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Coke: I had the time of my life discribing Shika in the outfit. :) lolz
Sprite: Yeah, I can just imagine him in my head.
Silverbutterfly506: We are thinking of a new story after this one, about Itachi and some girl. Would you guys, as readers, want ItachixOC, or ItachixSakura, please vote for one or the other. We really need your opinion.
Coke: And thank you Kantwon for your fabulous review on chappie 7. Sprite here -glares at Sprite- didn't want any randomness from me. At least, someone liked it. Thank you for supporting me.
Sprite: Hey! I just thought it was pretty pointless
Coke: But I wanted to speak my mind. And someone likes it! So there! -sticks out tongue-
Sprite: I'm sure -sticks tongue back-...thanks for the Gaara souv. though.
Coke: Origionally, we wrote a lot more on this chapter, but we felt really sorry for Shika in his maid outfit that we toned it down a bit, sorry if you're disappointed.
The grinning blonde crept up to the sleeping boy quietly. He readied himself, took a deep breath, and yelled, "Yo! Shikamaru! Time to get up!" in his ear.
Shikamaru only stirred in his sleep and mumbled, "Temari, have you seen our kids?"
"Huh?" Naruto said blankly. He put down the paper bag he had in his arms and knelt closer to Shikamaru.
"Have you seen our kids Temari?" Shikamaru repeated, smiling slightly in his sleep. "I could only find six of them."
Naruto paled a little. "Six?" he whispered hoarsely. Then he split into a wide, evil grin. It was wrong to take advantage of the weak, but this was too much to resist.
"No dear," Naruto said in his most girly voice. When Shikamaru didn't respond, he blew on his face.
"It's cold, lets go sit together over there alone," he sighed finally.
Naruto continued his girly voice. "Okay, teehee."
Then out of no where, Shikamaru's hand grabbed Naruto and pulled him closer. He tried to wiggle free, but Shikamaru had an iron grip.
"Man, he's like those old perverts," he muttered, struggling in his grasp as Shikamaru pulled him closer to him.
Naruto couldn't stand smelling Shikamaru's smelly breath and wanted out. Plus, this position wasn't the most comfortable in the world.
"FIRE!" he yelled loudly.
Shikamaru jerked awake instantly to see a pair of bright blue eyes.
"Hi there," Naruto smiled.
"Eeeyaaaa!" Shikamaru yelled out, kicked him off of his bed, and sat up tangled in his covers.
"How the fuck did you get into my house?" he shouted, throwing his pillow at him.
"Easy, your mom let me in," Naruto replied breezily, dodging the pillow. "Hey," he added when he saw that Shikamaru was still glaring at him, "You're the one who put your arms around me while dreaming about marriage life with Temari."
Shikamaru blushed a little and got up too. "Well, why are you here anyway?"
"I'm here to give you..."Naruto trailed off dramatically."...Your new maid outfit!"
He dumped the contents of the bag to the floor, and Shikamaru backed away in horror.
"No, please!" he begged, eyes wide. "Anything but that!"
Naruto shook his head. "You lost the bet Shikamaru. Face the consequences."
Shikamaru climbed back into bed and cowered into the far corner as Naruto advanced towards him.
Coke: Yay! I got a supporter from my randomness! I thank thee Kantwon, for thy review. For all you randomness haters out there (cough Sprite cough) you can just skip this and go on with the story. I had a dream the other night where Sprite married Naruto. Weird. I know. I went with Kiba. Anyways. I think they would actually go pretty well with each other. If opposites attract. See? Naruto's loud. Sprite's quiet. Naruto is annoying. Sprite is...not as annoying. He's short. She's taller than he is. Naruto speaks his mind. Sprite keeps to herself. Naruto rushes into a fight when he's mad. Sprite quietly accepts it and plans revenge. Perfect. Ne? Right now, I'm typing as fast as I can. Sprite is definately gonna kill me when she sees this. No. Scratch that. She'll destroy me! I beg you, all my randomness loving people, to UNITE! And remember me when I'm gone.
Somewhere far, far away, Sprite sneezes.
MAY KITTIES RULE THE WORLD! (signature phrase)
-Coke
"Damn you, Naruto." Shikamaru said as he stepped out of the bathroom in…in…in…a FRENCH MAID OUTFIT! (Nooooo! fan girls weep)
Naruto gawked at the sight for a moment then started the roll of the floor clutching his stomach, laughing.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You look so stupid!"
When he stopped laughing, he looked at Shikamaru's feet. He frowned.
"You're not wearing the high heels."
"There is no way I am going to wear those things." replied Shikamaru coldly.
"But you've got to! It's part of the outfit! Remember the bet." Naruto waggled his finger.
Shikamaru scowled. "I hate you."
But he went back into the bathroom to fetch the shoes and put them on.
"No, wait! You're missing something," Naruto said thoughtfully when he looked him over.
"Hmm, I wonder," Shikamaru said sarcastically, "Maybe it's...I don't know...my gender? My dignity? My manhood?"
Naruto ignored him and began circling him. At last, he snapped his fingers and cried, "I know! I know what you're missing! Come on! Ask me what!"
"Enlighten me."
"What you need is make-up! Yes! That's perfect!"
"You're joking," Shikamaru gasped in disbelief. "Insane. That's what you are! Have you no pity?"
"Nope!" Naruto laughed cheerily. Grabbing a hold of his arm, he ordered Shikamaru to take him to where his mom kept her make-up.
Twenty minutes later, Shikamaru was fully transformed to Naruto's satisfaction. He had on a frilly while blouse, with a black apron trimmed with lace, complete with some net stockings and blood red high heels. He even had on those stupid little hat things also trimmed with lace on his head.
Naruto had gone overboard and had powdered his face until it was ghost-white. His lips were now a deep crimson, and the thick eyeliner made him look like a raccoon. Naruto had even twisted up his pony tail into a neat bun.
Shikamaru had never more wanted to throttle Naruto when he handed him a small gong and ordered him to bang it before he yelled.
And then Naruto had dragged Shikamaru outside, and there Shikamaru began on his side of the bet.
BANG!
"I CAN'T ASK A GIRL OUT!"
BANG!
"I CAN'T ASK A GIRL OUT!"
BANG
"I CAN'T ASK A GIRL OUT!"
I'm going to get Naruto for this thought Shikamaru as he continued chanting. He cringed when the mallet hit the gong loudly and echoed all over Kohana. He continued to walk, bang, and yell.
Soon, a laughing crowd had gathered into a large passway for Shikamaru in his one-man parade. He gritted his teeth hard and tried and failed to ignore all the pointing and mocking laugher.
Word spread fast, and in a few minutes, Temari and Sakura had squeezed themselves through the crowds to be stunned with shock at the sight.
"Ummm…...What do you think Shikamaru's doing?" asked Sakura.
"I really don't wanna know," Temari muttered as Shikamaru went past.
"I'll tell you what he's doing!" Naruto jumped in from nowhere.
After Sakura punched him for scaring her, they both rounded on him, demanding to know everything.
Naruto explained.
"So that's why Shikamaru attempting to romance you," said Sakura. "It's a dare."
Temari's face slowly colored in anger as she clutched her fists. He had just been as good as using her all that week. She thought he liked her, even if it was a tiny bit, but no, he was just doing it because of a dare.
Sakura looked at Temari worriedly.
"Are you okay?" asked Sakura.
There was no reply, instead Temari pushed though the crowd and ran away. Sakura ran after her, shouting, "Wait! Temari! Wait up!"
"Humph! They always ignore me." mumbled Naruto.
The day was finally over. It was 7 o'clock. Shikamaru had faced the challenge like a hero. It was grueling. After dinner, he had switched on the t.v, only to see a newscast about a "crazy" boy in a maid outfit striking a gong. He flipped the channel intoKonoha News. At least this channel gave good, honest news and did not concentrate on stupid stories like that... (text below suggested and written by Lise)
"Welcome to theKonoha News. Today, we have Kyoko reporting on this huge story about a boy in a maid costume. Kyoko?
Kyoko: Yes, I'm here Uotani.
Uotani: What do you think made this boy do what he did Kyoko?
Kyoko: That I do not know. Perhaps it's because of neglection at his home. That can cause a child to behave this way. To get attention.
Uotani: Let's see the tape.
-Replay of Shikamaru's walk-
Kyoko: Uotani, I do know that the boy is a ninja, but his identiy is currently unknown.
Uotani: Do you know what he was yelling?
Kyoko: It seems it was "I can't ask a girl out"
Uotani: -snickers- So it seems he's a loser too.
Uotani: Even if this is a cry for attention...it sure the hell is funny! BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!
Kyoko: -joins in on the laugher and begins banging on the desk laughing-"
Shikamaru, face red with humiliation turned off the t.v and stuffed his maid outfit into his closet.
Like any normal day, he stretched out on his bed and listened to some music.
It'll be fine, he kept telling himself. It's going to blow over someday. It has to!
He jerked his head up when his door opened. There stood Temari looking very mad.
"You bastard! You only pretended to like because of that stupid dare! I was going to say sorry but now I'm not! I knew you were the stalker! I HATE YOU! You were totally-."
He couldn't hear her. He frowned and made wild motions to his ears. Temari saw that he was listening to music and she yanked the earplugs out of his ear.
"Hey, Temari. Long time no see." he said.
Temari's face flushed with anger.
"WERE YOU EVEN LISTENING TO ME!" she screamed.
"Huh? Well, not really. See, I had the volume up really high-"
"UGH!" Temari yelled in disgust. She stomped out of his room.
"Wait, Temari!" he called as he sprinted out to follow her, but she was nowhere to be seen.
He stopped running at the entrance way of his house.
"Well….that certainly went well," he sighed. What a rotten day. And this was happening to many times for his liking. Him, saying something wrong, and Temari, running away before he could explain.
"No kidding," Sakura sighed from his side.
"Geez Sakura.Where'd you come from?"
"I happened to be listening in to what Temari was saying. You could hear it from a block away she was so loud."
"What did she say?"
"She said that you were a bastard and she was sorry but not anymore and that she knew you were the stalker and she thought you liked her and other stuff…I forgot."
"She knew I was the stalker?" Shikamaru cried in horror.
"It wasn't that hard to figure out. Kind of obvious really."
"My life is officially over."
"No, not really. I think your life ended when you walked around in that maid outfit today."
"You saw?"
"Who didn't?"
Shikamaru groaned and sank to the ground.
Sakura turned away but then looked back and said "Words of advice, Shikamaru, go and talk to Temari."
"I was planning to."
"Then stop planning! Go tomorrow and that's an order!" Sakura snapped. Then she too had gone off into the night.