Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke were still working on singing their carols some few hours later, and progress was not evident. Sakura seemed to be the only one able to sing, or at least willing to.
"Naruto, you're a horrible singer!" Sakura accused, pointing a finger at Naruto.
"So bad of a singer that you scared Kakashi-sensei away." Sasuke added, smirking.
"No I didn't! He said that he had errands to do!" Naruto protested.
"We should get back on topic." Sakura said before an argument between the two could break out. "We have to perfect ourselves up by tonight! So, how do we do it?"
"Eat ramen and pray that inspiration and skill come to us?" Naruto suggested.
"Get Naruto a better singing voice?" Sasuke suggested.
Naruto slapped Sasuke. Sakura, in turn, hit Naruto.
"Don't hit Sasuke!" Sakura shouted.
"Alright, alright! I'm sorry! But really! How are we gonna get better?" Naruto asked.
"Well, sing me 'Jingle Bells' again." Sakura told Naruto.
"Alright! I'm gonna get it this time. Believe it!" Naruto said, taking a deep breath and began to sing.
"Dashing though the snow, on a pair of broken skis
Over the hills we go, crashing into trees!"
Naruto sang out loud horribly as ever with all the wrong horrible lyrics. Sakura looked ready to cry.
"We're never going to get this down by tonight." Sakura moaned, shaking her head.
"Aw, sure we will! We can do it no problem! Believe it!" Naruto grinned, confident as ever.
"Not with your horrible singing voice we can." Sasuke scowled. "We're basically screwed."
"You guys are acting like a pair of wet blankets!" Naruto shouted in frustration, "Fine then! I'll practice on my own!"
With that, Naruto snatched the sheet music from Sakura and stormed off.
"Naruto, come back! We have to finish getting these carols right!" Sakura called after him.
"No! I'm going to practice on my own!" He shouted back angrily.
"He really should be staying with us to get help on his singing." Sakura said as she shook her head.
"Me and Sasuke alone! Brilliant! Now I can make my moves on him!" Inner Sakura cheered.
"So Sasuke, what do you say you sing again? You know to see how those carols are coming along!" Sakura suggested, blushing.
Sasuke did not like the prospect of singing in front of Sakura alone, as he knew of her obsessive crush on him, and singing would only make it worse. He reluctantly began to sing, but stopped after a few seconds.
"No, I can't do this. I'm going home where I can practice in peace." Sasuke said, turning to head to his house/
"B-but you were doing so well! We need to practice together now that Naruto's left!"
"I'll do better if I practice alone. Believe me." With that said, Sasuke walked off towards his home.
Sakura flopped on the ground, pretty much ready to cry. Just to make her day worse, a stray snowball flew into the back of her head as a passing-by academy student pointed and laughed at her.
Meanwhile, in the center of Konoha where all the shoppers were shopping, Naruto was standing up on the roofs of one of the tallest stores, singing at his very best (which still sounds like crap, mind you.), driving all the shoppers insane.
Sasuke had to pass through the horrid Christmas shopping part of town in order to get to his home, and he heard horrible singing that almost made his eardrums bleed. Sasuke looked up on one of the rooftops and saw Naruto singing "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" very loudly.
"Naruto! What the hell are you doing up there!" Sasuke shouted up.
"Singing of course! What does it look like?" Naruto shouted back down. "I'm singing to those who'll appreciate my singing more than you guys! See? All the shoppers love it!"
Sasuke stared at the shoppers who looked ready either to drop their things and escape the singing or jump up on the roof to kill Naruto. All of the children were crying.
"At least he's got the lyrics of the carol down right." Sasuke thought to himself.
"So, do I sound any better now, Sasuke?" Naruto shouted down challengingly.
"No! You sound worse than before!" Sasuke replied back.
"What? That's funny...maybe if I try another song." Naruto said to himself.
Naruto began to sing "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" loudly, sending the shoppers in denial.
Sasuke quickly leapt up to where Naruto was, slung him over his shoulder and leapt back down to the ground, saving the shoppers from their death.
"You don't practice where everyone can see you! I'll teach you how to sing better before tonight, otherwise Sakura and Kakashi-sensei will freak if we don't get our carols down to heart. Well, I have the Christmas carols down, but Naruto, you need some serious help."
"No! I can do it myself!" Naruto stubbornly said.
"Do you want to look like an idiot in front of people's doors tonight?"
"But I won't!"
Sasuke sighed, giving up. "Alright, whatever. I don't care. Do what you want. Just don't go up on the roofs again. Sing in your own house where less people can hear you."
"Ok! I'll go practice right now and I'll be even better by tonight! Believe it!" Naruto cried and ran off in excitement to his house, ready to sing his heart out and destroy everyone else's.
So Naruto sang Christmas carols in his apartment/house thingy.
Sasuke sat in his house, quietly plotting ways of revenge on his brother Itachi, when should really be practicing the Christmas carols he learned. (The shame!)
Sakura sat on the bridge, angsting over Sasuke leaving her.
Kakashi stood up on a ladder, putting up Christmas lights on the outside of the Hokage's headquarters, one of his various and tedious errands he was assigned to do.
And Iruka sneezed. Though that's not in anyway relevant to this story.
Naruto meanwhile, seemed to be getting the hang of things back at his place.
"Sleep in heavenly peace!" Naruto finished singing. "I'm really getting the hang of this! I'll sing these carols, no problem!" Naruto proceeded to his kitchen and opened and heated up a pack of ramen to eat.
"Alright, now back to singing!"
And so Naruto proceeded to sing while eating his ramen at the same time, only to result in choking himself.
Once again, some reviews would be nice please. They really keep my spirits up at a horrible time of year like this!
What's that you ask? Why yes, I do in fact dislike Christmas. So "Why am I writing a Christmas fanfic then" you're wondering? Don't even ask. I don't know "why" myself either.