(A/N: Hey all! Lady Hiran here! Enough with the chitchat! Onward and upward peeps!)
"…nn…" Kiba groaned, tossing a bit to block out the sunlight that streamed painfully into his eyes.
"Wh-wha' time izzit?" Kankuro mumbled sleepily from the next room, fumbling for the non-existent clock.
"Hey…this ain't my room…" Naruto slurred smartly, taking in the unfamiliar bedroom.
"Wh-where…awwwwwn…am I?" Hinata murmured sleepily, rubbing her eyes.
Somehow, someway, the entire group of Shinobi has had a lapse in memory and forgotten the events of the night before.
That is, until-
"SORA! HINODE! GET YER ASSES OUTTA BED NOW!"
-SPLOORSH-
"AAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIE!"
"COLD!COLD!COLD!"
Sora and Hinode dashed down the hall, clad in pajama's- completely soaked.
"WAAAAH! Why does Akane hafta be s' cranky first thing in th' morning!" Sora sobbed.
"Cuz she hasn't had her coffee yet, dummy!" Hinode smiled brightly.
Temari, Shino, Sakura and Sasuke emerged from their rooms to investigate the noise.
Gaara, who hadn't slept, knew exactly why Akane was so pissed first thing.
Sora and Hinode, being as big of pranksters as they were otaku, had decided it would be funny to sneak into Akane's room while she slumbered and cover it floor to ceiling with anime posters.
Akane now had a very distinct tic pulsing in her forehead as she walked down the hall.
Rui was on her head.
A now empty bucket was in her hand.
"GETCHER FUCKIN'PAWS OFFA MY PLATE, MANNEN!" Akane yelled, swooping the plate over her head and kicking her half-brother in the chest, "YA HAVE YER OWN HASHBROWNS, DAMNIT!"
Kazuo then made a pass at Takaomi's bacon.
"BACK OFF, SHIT FER BRAINS!" Takaomi snarled, blocking Kazuo with the flat of his elbow, "GETCHER OWN FOOD!"
Suo made a pass at Mannen's waffles.
"I don't THINK SO, GAME FREAK!" Mannen growled, whacking the bread-winner's hand away with his ally, Aunt Jemmima.
The Shinobi stared in disbelief.
Breakfast had never been so chaotic.
Food was being hurled thru the air...
…as was cutlery…
…and condiments…
…and several pieces of dishware.
Sure, with their superior ninja skills, evasion was easy.
But the fact that such conduct was taking place amongst people as old as, if not older, than them, was a little bit more than disturbing.
"Okay." Suo said once breakfast had ended (they ran out of syrup), "You know the drill. Ro-Sham-Bo for dish duty."
"ONE-TWO-THREE- SHOOT!"
"Ha ha! Tough luck, Suo!" Takomi laughed.
"Goddamnit." He growled.
"Hey Akane!" Sora said, watching as the blue haired girl picked bits of egg out of her hair, "We're gonna take these guys down town to Banzai Anime (or Hooray Anime; HA HA!) in Nerima. Ya comin;?"
Akane stared at them blandly, Rui hopping up from her place on the floor onto her lap.
"Do you even need to ask?" she said dully.
Hinode laughed sheepishly, "You're right! Sorry! We'll be back later, kay?"
"Whatever." Akane said dismissively, "Have fun and all that shit."
"Oh don't worry! We will." They said together.
"Hey…" Sakura said sullenly as they boarded they walked down the street towards the bus stop, "What's her deal?"
"Yeah, why does she hate us so much?" Temari snorted, "I mean, we haven't even done anything yet."
"Oh, there's actually a very funny story behind that!" Sora grinned.
"It was NOT funny!" Hinode cried, "Akane almost DIED!"
"D-died?" Hinata stammered.
"Yuh-huh." Hinode nodded.
"It happened eight years ago." Sora said thoughtfully, reminiscing, " Akane was as big an otaku as we are!"
"In fact, she's the one who introduced US to the stuff." Hinode sighed, "Anyhoo, she was in the library's huge anime/manga section when an 7.3 earthquake hit."
"Three bookshelves filled with manga and anime came crashing down on top of her." Sora sighed sadly, "It sent her into a seven day coma."
"The first thing she said when she awakened was- I…Hate…It." Hinode said with a shrug, "She's despised it ever since."
"Yeah." Sora huffed, "She even burned her entire collection! She could've had the courtesy to see if WE wanted them!"
"Soraaaa…" Hinode sighed.
"Well anyways, that's why she hates you." Sora grumped.
"Whaddya mean?" Naruto blinked.
"Well you guys are animanga charas in our world." Hinode shrugged
"Meaning in your world…" Gaara said slowly, "…we're made up?"
"As in, fictional? Not real?" Sasuke pressed.
"Basically. Yeah." The two nodded, climbing on the bus as it arrived.
"I refuse to believe it." Kankuro snorted.
"Well you'll believe it once we get to Banzai Anime." Sora smiled, "You guys are famous!"
"…is that so?" Shino muttered, "…mm…"
Hinode did her best to contain a fangirl squeal.
Sora did her best not to drool all over Gaara.
Temari and Sakura tried not to be sick.
Half an Hour and a Subway Ride Later…
"Here we are!" The pair whooped joyfully, "Banzai Anime! Our home away from home!"
The Shinobi stared in incredulity at the huge store.
It was comparable to the Uchiha Estate.
"See?" Sora said, leading them without looking to the section devoted to nothing but Naruto, "Whad'we tellya?"
Sasuke stared in astonishment at the rows of Sasuke plushies that were quickly being snatched off the shelves.
Kiba stared between an Akamaru plushie to the real Akamaru.
"Close." He smirked.
Kankuro looked in disbelief at the cosplay sets they had for him; they even had Karasu down, pat.
Temari and Gaara stared with amusement at the rows of Yaoi Doujinshi featuring GaiXLee (...brrr...scary!)as the pairing.
Hinata spotted a Naruto plushie and, before anyone could stop her, hid it beneath her shirt.
Sakura spotted an Ino plush and quickly punched it in the face before anyone could stop her.
While all this was going on, they failed to notice the store owner creep over to the front entrance and lock the door.
A horde of boys, girls, sweaty, forty-year old men converged on their aisle quietly.
A thrill of fear shot down Sora and Hinode's spines.
They knew this feeling.
This was the, "You-Have-The-Last-Copy-Of-A-New-Release-In-Your-Grasp-So-You-Better-Haul-Ass" feeling.
"Uh…guys?" they murmured, sweating profusely.
"Yeah?" the shinobimuttered backnervously, sensing the approaching danger.
"RUNFORYOURLIFE!"
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" The crazed fans screamed, "SASUKEEEEEEE! MARRRRRY MEEEEE!"
"NAARRRRUUUUUUUUTOOOOOOO!" a thirty-something woman shrieked, "I LOOOOOOOOOOOVE YOUU!"
"SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKUUUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" a multitude of men roared, "YOU ROCK!"
"TEMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!"
"GAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
"SHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
"KAAAAANNNNNKUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRROOOOOOOO-DARRRLINNNG!"
Sasuke leapt on top of the shelf, punching out an air vent, crawling inside.
He was closely followed by Gaara, Sakura, Kiba, Temari, Naruto, Shino, Hinata and Kankuro.
"Everybody here?" Kiba asked.
"I think so." Naruto panted.
"W-wait a minute!" Hinata gasped, "Wh-where are the girls?"
"ALRIGHT! START TALKIN'!"
"Hn?" Shino grunted, peering out of the vent.
"WHERE'D THEY GET TO?" A random fan snarled, another holding Hinode against a rack of manga.
"Stop it!" Sora cried!" Don't hurt FURUBA! It didn't hurt anyone!"
"SHUT UP!" Another fan yelled, "Just tell us where the Charas went!"
"NO!" The two yelled.
Two of the rabid swarm came forward with Skuld's Mallet, Inuyasha's Tetsusaiga and Sailor Saturn's Silence Glaive.
"OR ELSE!"
"HEEEEEEP!" They squeaked.
A whirlwind suddenly raised around them, infinitesimal particles of sand stinging their eyes.
They landed with a thump in the air duct.
"Let's get out of here!" Naruto hissed.
"Agreed!" Sora nodded frantically.
"I'm with you!" Hinode chimed.
"SHHH!"
"sorry!" they whispered, doing their best to keep up.
(A/N: School. Akane almost always skips, unless she's in the mood to go, or convinced otherwise by her only friends. A waste of time says this former (koff-liar-koff-current-koff) gang member. Sora and Hinode drag her, as well as the animanga charas she so despises along.Will these powerful ninja discover that these three are more than they appear? Or simply more of the same, vapid shallow girls they've come to know and hate? (koff-Sakura-koff-Ino-koff) R&R)