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Scammed
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Warning for this Chapter: Naruto and Kiba are abusing their privileges of the word "fcuk" from the first chapter.
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"C'mon you know you wanna start. Please?" Kiba cooed as he lovingly patted the beige-colored dashboard before returning to do his handiwork beneath the steering wheel.
Currently, Kiba was attempting to hotwire the Aston Martin car for the past three wasted minutes.
"Are you even doing this right?" Shino looked skeptically at his friend's pathetic attempt to coax the car to start.
"Of course I'm doing this right!" The other huffed indignantly as he continued to tamper with the wires. Surely the rich snob who owned this car did have the decency not to have it designed so that hotwiring was futile? That maybe, just maybe, no one will even hijack his car in hopes of being scared off by means of the car's lame excuse of a state-of-the-art security? "Why don't you try it then smart ass?"
"I will." Whipping out his tools of the trades, he swiftly unlocked the glove department. There sitting on top the owner's car instruction manual, laid the spare keys in all its shining glory.
"Who the fuck leaves the spares in the fuckin' glove department?-!" Kiba exclaimed incredulously at the sheer stupidity of the owner. He tucked away the loose wires in its proper place before angrily swiping the keys. "And locks it no less!" The purring of the engine somewhat alleviated his anger a bit.
"And you're asking me?" A raised brow over his shades was thrown to the driver's side as he quietly put away his tools.
Ignoring his supposed companion, Kiba waited until the other exited the Aston Martin to the hitched car. Previous to this attempt, the duo had successfully hotwired the Porsche. However, due to unforeseen circumstances, the owner of the Porsche had returned earlier than the two had anticipated and had to regrettably ditch the silver car. It was a damn good thing Shino was the extremely observant one or else they really would've had their asses taken to jail plus the long record of past illegal activities had they been caught for those.
Bringing the Aston Martin car around so that he was parallel to Shino and the parked silver Infiniti GT-R Midsize Coupe, he wildly grinned.
To make up for the loss of the expensive Porsche, the two decided upon agreement to hitch the Infiniti Coupe. Kiba and Shino had found out that it was more than they originally bargained for. After making a call to Shikamaru, the lazy brunette confirmed that the Coupe had yet to make its debut. The set date for the debut was at the Tokyo Motor Show in the fall and was to go on sale later that year (1). From what Shikamaru had provided, it seemed that the set price was unavailable. Kiba was stoked beyond belief. But then Shino wondered aloud how the owner of the car had gotten his hands on this Infiniti model. They had looked at each for a moment and then shrugged.
They didn't need to know as long as said car reaped in the rewards.
At first Kiba was torn between choosing the Infiniti and the Mitsubishi since both were currently one-of-a-kind model. He then sided with the Mitsubishi one given that it was a 'truly unique' car and that the Infiniti will eventually be sold in the market.
Apparently, the dog-lover wanted a car that no one else had.
Prior to having done any of the hitching of the three aforementioned cars (Porsche, Aston Martin and Infiniti), Kiba drove the black and red Mitsubishi car to the rendezvous to the bored brunette and the continuously munching teen. While he was verbally engraving to Shikamaru not to damage his beloved car in any shape or form, the said brunette languidly slid into the driver's side and stared out the window to the cloudless night sky, slightly frowning. The trio already knew beforehand and past experiences that Naruto loved to take the selected cars on a joyride for a several minutes that could turn to hours if no one called to remind him to get his 'sorry ass' back, so it was no surprise that the should-be blond wasn't back yet.
"See ya, loser!" Kiba mocked salute with his middle finger out of the driver's window to Shino's passenger. The other returned the gesture by raising his own without the salute and a small smirk before entering traffic followed by his friend. "Oh, yeah? You're so gonna eat my dust!"
Shino's gesture was an answer of "You're on" to Kiba's mock salute of an impromptu race.
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Sasuke's charcoal eyes narrowed dangerously when his mind flashed him of a redhead with blue eyes and two brunettes with one having streaked red hair (and weird facial markings), in his mind's eye. "Fuck." He quietly muttered under his breath.
"What's wrong, Sasuke-skun?" Sakura inquired once she finished her little chat with Hinata. Verdant eyes turned to fall upon the back of raven's head before falling over to where the black Lamborghini should be but wasn't. "Oh no, the car's gone!"
"No shit." The owner of the said car rolled his eyes.
"Damn, so is mine's." Neji quietly cursed right after he glanced over in the general direction of his last seen car.
"Wh-what will we do n-now?" Hinata tentatively asked as seeing how the two drivers appeared to be silently seething even if her cousin wasn't really showing it.
"Obviously we've been ripped off," the raven blatantly stated as he shoved his hands in his pocket, scowling. "So for now, I'd say we hunt down the fuckers and burn them to ashes."
"Or we could just call a cab and head over to my place," the other male teen suggested while shooting a glare at the other for using such offensive language in the presence of females. "And we'll think of something from there." Taking out his black cell phone, he made the call.
"Whatever." Sasuke continued to scowl and upped a notch in his glare as his eyes swept over the scenery.
It wasn't his fault that he was in a sour mood. The Lamborghini was the raven's most prized and fastest car out of the fifteen or so he owned back at the estate. He would've bought another one right on the spot when he bought the black one if the Sabaku Cooperation hadn't bought out the rest of it right then and there. He still hadn't figure out why they purchased all of it. Maybe that Gaara wanted to snub it into the young Uchiha's face, flaunting his freedom while Sasuke was like a caged bird.
Damn you, Itachi, for dumping all the responsibility on me just because you're a fucking bum.
The pale teen couldn't fathom how Itachi weaseled his way out of being the next heir to the Uchiha Cooperation. All he could get out of his older brother was 'stick', 'black' and 'fuck.' Pondering on that now, Sasuke figured he was better off left in the dark.
Adding to that was the arranged marriage between the Uchihas and Harunos; him and Sakura. If Itachi hadn't pulled his stunt, he would've wounded up with her and leave Sasuke be.
Neji, on the other hand, was quite calm about everything. Quite. However, if Sakura had just kept her plans to herself rather than inviting Hinata, they wouldn't be in this mess. Correction: he wouldn't have his car stolen. Typically, the pale-eyed male wasn't a materialistic type but this Mitsubishi car...he wanted it back. Maybe he's unknowingly a speed demon like Sasuke...?
Initially the foursome was planning to go clubbing after eating at a restaurant and possibly get plastered to oblivion if the need was extreme enough. Sakura was the one who proposed the idea to the raven and begged him to come along. Unfortunately for him, she mentioned that in the presence of his parents and with 'no ands, ifs or buts' Sasuke had to comply. Hinata was invited to come along and bring to a date so it would end up as a double date. Being the nice and kind person she was, she didn't refuse and thus Neji tagged along to watch over the Hyuuga Heiress.
The three brunettes personally detested the idea of going to a night club so they were somewhat relieve that it was canceled.
When the cab arrived, the four scrambled in. Luckily Sasuke claimed the passenger seat leaving Neji to sit in the middle of a quiet Hinata and a sulking Sakura. It's not as if he had anything against the opposite sex...well, okay, maybe he did if for most of his childhood he ran away from horde of fan girls and arrived home with several less article of clothing than he had started out with each day. No wonder he looked the other way.
Speaking of looking the other way, while the cab was at a red light, he looked out his side of the window and spotted a black car that seemed to vaguely remind him of—
"THAT'S MY FUCKIN' CAR!"
Without another notice, Sasuke immediately fled from the cab and weaved through the still traffic to the other side of the road, leaving his baffled-looking friends and a very much confused cab driver behind. Dumbfounded for a moment, the trio had their senses come back and hurried out of the car, leaving Neji to pay a generous amount to the driver.
"I apologize for my friend's behavior."
"Uh, no problem man."
"Wait, Sasuke-kun!"
"S-Sakura-chan!"
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Drumming his fingers against the steering wheel along with the beat of Psycho le Cemu's 'Michi no Sora,' Naruto grinned stupidly. He had just recently returned from his joy ride onceChouji paged him to get his ass back. Said teen was now napping in the back seat.
I'd never pegged this 'Sasuke' as the one to listen to this type of music. Huh, I had almost forgotten how Daishi looks likes... (2)
Out of the corner of his eyes, crystal blue orbs spotted a familiar figure sprinting and weaving through stopped traffic.
Funny, he looks a lot like...
"OH SHIT!" Quickly starting up the engine, Naruto was ready to pull out until Chouji popped his head up.
"What's up?" He groggily rubbed his eyes only to find himself staring at the back of the driver's seat when he could've sworn he saw flashes of headlights, and realized that Naruto had pushed his head down.
"Stay down." Naruto hissed as the temporary redhead managed to flash a vulpine grin at the fuming owner before swiftly pulling out into the moving traffic.
"What's that all about?" Chouji frowned once he sat up; noticing that his unopened bag of chips was gone with the wind but then happily produced another one from within the confines of his black hoodie.
"Let's just say the owner of this car looked about ready to maim me."
"Ouch."
"My words exactly, Chouji. If I didn't keep the disguise on, he maiming me would be the least of my worries." With his free hand, Naruto pulled out his orange-colored cell phone that made the other teen slightly wince from its vibrant hue, and without looking punched in the needed numbers. He then put it on speaker before dropping it on his lap, proceeding to find more music in the provided LCD screen.
Rich lucky bastard...
Upon the second ring, a drawling and yet annoyed voice greeted the two, "'Tch. Why'd the hell you ran off, Naruto?"
"Mou, did you not see a PO'ed owner barreling my way, Shika?" The driver pouted even though the brunette couldn't see.
"'Tch, so troublesome."
"I'll take that as a 'Meet you back at base'?"
"Whatever." CLICK!
"'Tch, so troublesome'." Naruto mocked at the phone and flipped it shut. After safely tucking the phone in his pocket, Naruto continued to fiddle with the music selection on the LCD screen with one eye on the road and the other on the screen.
"Um...Shouldn't you be keeping both eyes on the road, Naruto?" Chouji uneasily asked as the other was known for reckless driving that could be labeled as a near brush with death and the speed demon he was infamously known for.
"No worries!" The asked being cheerfully replied, moving the black Lamborghini back into the right lane. "Hmm, how does this Ellegarden band sounds to you, Chouji?"
"Ye-yeah, sure whatever...Just keep your eyes on the god damn road!"
"Ellegarden it is, then!" Naruto tapped the screen for random play of the band's songs. It played 'Red Hot.' (3)"I like 'em already!"
"Naruto!" Chouji screeched when the car moved precariously to the other lane as a truck come speeding down.
"Oops!" He budged the car back.
I'm gonna die young aren't I? Either from being killed by Naruto's reckless driving or eating myself to death... was the chubby blond's pitiful thoughts.
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(1) The set date for the debut was at the Tokyo Motor Show in the fall and was to go on sale later that year (2007/2008)(Infiniti GT-R Midsize Coupe) This is true (I think). I found the info from carzunlimited(dot)com.
(2) Daishi is the lead singer of Psycho le Cemu. They're awesome. You should check them out AND the music video of 'Michi no Sora.' So...awesome.
(3) Ellegarden, 'Red Hot' Another awesome band. Bow down to them. And to PLC, too. (smile)
Came out longer than I expected since it contains some history...
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