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Tsukiko: Sorry for the delay! x.x To make a long story short, my dad accidentally deleted this chapter and I forgot what I was writing about when I wanted to rewrite it. When I finally remembered what I had written about, I got Writer's Block. But now it's almost over, I think. XD
Chapter 3: The Final Decision
Tsunade felt like she could kill someone.
No, by the way, maybe we should change the sentence. She felt she would kill someone.
She gazed down at the white-haired boy at her feet, who was groaning out of pain, still trying to recover from her repeated punches. A sinister sparkle appeared in her rage-filled eyes, but then she remembered the bet, bit her lip, snorted, and walked away.
Then she stopped again.
My plan failed! Inner Tsunade screeched. My beautiful plan failed! What the hell am I going to do now? What? What? Damn! It's all Jiraiya no baka's fault! I'll sure beat him up when I'm done with this bet! SHANNARO!
Then she got it.
The perfect idea.
And it was hers. All hers.
Well, not exactly. She had had her source of inspiration. Her eyes wandered back again to Jiraiya, who was now struggling to stand up without falling together again. Well, he wouldn't bother her too soon... hopefully. But at least, he had given her some inspiration.
Tsunade smirked out of triumph, and laughed out loud at the thought of how Orochimaru would react; he'd do the weirdest things ever (well, weird to him anyway), like drooling, getting 'hearts' as eyes, begin flirting and everything... because deep inside, Orochimaru was like any other normal boy...
... right?
Tsunade waved away the little doubt she carried in her mind, and walked away, laughing wickedly like some madwoman. Then she stopped once more, looked back at Jiraiya with her mostevilsmile, and said scornfully: "Thanks, Jiraiya. Your perverted mind just gave me the perfect idea." And then she began laughing again, nowrunning out of sight.
Jiraiya looked at her, his eyes widened, half out of horror, half out of disbelief. What is she up to now?
Orochimaru sighed. Finally peace and quiet.
Not that he minded Tsunade and Jiraiya around, really. They were his teammates, and teamwork was always good, even though he preferred to be alone. He liked to be independent. Not that he wasn't already, but the more independent, the more power. And power was just... good.
But today had been a bit too much. Tsunade hardly ever looked for him when they had days off from being ninjas and just being able to either train or relax (Orochimaru always trained, of course), let alone together with Jiraiya. And they had acted weird. Real weird.
Maybe they were some other shinobi from another village impersonating his teammates? He thought of the idea, then shrugged. Well, they only seemed to want to disturb him if so. Maybe they were bored academy students who had nothing better to do than to practice their henge no jutsu.
But then again... Tsunade's almighty punch would hardly be any academy student's work. And Tsunade really had great strength. He suppressed a shiver at the thought of receiving the punch himself. Luckily, he never made Tsunade mad. Good thing he didn't.
Hmm... come to think of it, maybe it was Sarutobi-sensei testing his power of not being distracted during training? Maybe. But not too likely. The way Tsunade acted was just way too weird for Sarutobi-sensei.
Then our dear Orochi, who had come to another part of the forest, solely to train without being distractedbut had stopped training due to distractingthinking of why histeammates had come to distract him. Oh, the distraction. And while he was fighting his brain to search for any clues of his teammates' bizarre behavior, he heard a movement in the bushes.
Orochimaru's immediate reaction was to stand up with a kunai and ask, "Dare?" (A/N: In Japanese it means 'who' for those who don't know.)
"Orochimaru-kuun, don't be too aggressive nooow!" half-sang, half-spoke a familiar voice, abnormally sweet. It was so sweet, Orochimaru almost puked. Like some certain avenger boy we know in the present time, Orochimaru did not like sweets.However,he was good at hiding his feelings, and only wore the same blank face as always. (A/N: Does Orochimaru dislike sweets? o.O I don't know, I just thought he might... because he doesn't seem like the sweet type. But then again, I don't know much about his childhood, more about the way he was when he became an adult. x.x)
"Tsunade", he merely said, raising one of his eyebrows. "What're you doing in the bushes?"
"Orochimaru-kuuun!" Tsunade exclaimed and jumped out of the bushes. Orochimaru had to stop himself from puking another time. Because out of the bushes came...
Suddenly, Jiraiya stood up. His panic had once again surfaced, and he now knew exactly why. Tsunade was going to use... that jutsu...!
...what seemed like an older Tsunade (about in the early twenties), her body perfectly slim, her, er, bust perfectly formed, her blonde hair lying in perfect shiny waves on her shoulders, her brown eyes glimmering perfectly, and she was perfectly... naked.
Yes, my ladies and gentlemen. The infamous Sexy no Jutsu. Unknown to Orochimaru (whose face was unreadable - a.k.a. blank) and Tsunade (who was doing her best posing sexily, which she had never done before), this jutsu would be perfected by none other than the infamous Uzumaki Naruto (who, at this time, was yet to be born).
Well, even though Tsunade was not perverted at all, she had merely fulfilled this jutsu because of a bet of her and Jiraiya's. She had only used it once, and it was in front of Jiraiya for ten seconds before beating him up because of his drooling, but she knew that any guy fell for it.
But when she looked confidently and seducingly into Orochimaru's yellow eyes...
... they were blank.
Totally blank.
Almost bored.
As always.
"As always"! Inner Tsunade bellowed. What's wrong with that guy anyway! Why doesn't he nosebleed, drool, flirt, get hearts as eyes, or at least look a bit affected by my jutsu? Maybe it IS true that he's gay...
"Tsunade", he simply said calmly, "What the hell are you doing a henge no jutsu and are... naked? And why the hell are you flirting with me?"
"Uh, because... because..." Tsunade's charming surface was blowed away in an instant. Crap. Then she glanced at him again and noticed some reaction after all; he had said 'what the hell' and 'why the hell'. She had never heard him say that before! I rock! Shannaro! "Uh..."
"I'm waiting. And if you do mind, put your clothes back on."
"OK, fine, I'll tell you about it", Tsunade pouted, muttered 'kai' and went back to his normal self, now fully dressed.
Silence. A breeze lifted a couple of leaves from the ground that blew past them.
They could even hear each other's breathing.
Breathe in. Breathe out.
Breathe in. Breathe out.
Breathe in. Breathe out.
"I'm waiting, Tsunade..."
"Okay, okay! So Jiraiya and I had a bet about if you could go out with any girl at all before my birthday to prove that you're not gay, and... well... you know the rest." She turned away, not wanting to look him straight in the eyes.
Orochimaru, as she expected when she hurriedly glanced at him and then continued to stare at the ground, was frowning. "They think I am... homosexual?" he asked. "What reason do they have to think that?"
"Uh, yeah", sheresponded uncomfortably. "Because, uh, you've never had a crush on any girl before or dated one, or even... well... liked a girl, like, we're teammates and we're not even friends, and... yeah, you get the point."
"And what do you get if you lose the bet?"
"Eh... I get to go on a date with Jiraiya."
"And if you win?"
"Ehm... he gets to run around and shout that he's gay."
Orochimaru looked amused. "Because he said I was gay?"
"Kind of... I guess..." She blushed, realizing that the entire bet had been because of her stubbornness, and well... the fact that she wanted to prove Orochimaru not gay.
Why she wanted to prove that anyway was beyond her.
"So why did you want to prove I wasn't gay?" he asked, smirking once more.
"Because... because..."
"Because?" he repeated, now sounding pretty teasing. Wow, another first.
"Because..."
"I'm waiting..."
"Oh, I don't know!" Tsunade exclaimed frustratingly. "I... I just did! I just wanted to prove I was right and that you weren't gay! That's it!"
"Well, if you wanted to have me go out on a date, why didn't you ask me, then?" Orochimaru wondered, raising an eyebrow.
"Because, I, uh..." Tsunade went red in the face. "I was assured you'd say no."
"Why?"
"I'm not your type."
"Says who?"
Tsunade looked up, pure astonishment plastered all over her face. "Excuse me?"
"I said, 'says who'?"
"Uh... I don't know. You're the quiet, cool kind of guy who likes training, I'm the kind of girl who likes talking much and is casualeven though I don't have anything against training. Strictly speaking I think we're just opposites." She laughed nervously. "That's a reason good enough, isn't it?"
"Haven't you heard of the saying, 'opposites attract'?" he now said with a smirk and looked her straight in the face as he leaned closer.
Tsunade's face went tomato-red because of how close their faces were to each other, but the last second he pulled away from the petrifying position, turned around to leave, but before doing so, he stopped, looked across his shoulder with the same emotionless face as usual and said:
"Ichiraku, 11 a.m. tomorrow. And don't be late."
Tsunade just stared after him. Then, when he was out of sight, she sat down on the grass, sighing deeply out of reliefand then smiled a little. Maybe the past few days hadn't been that bad after all... it had been worth the work. Now she was just going to lean back and relax with his new date. Not such a problem, eh?
"Tsunade-hime, Tsunade-hime... you should always know that shinobi don't give up too easily...", Jiraiya murmured for himself behind the bushes, having watched the entire scene. It surprised him his teammate would go on a date with Tsunade at all, let alone almost sounding non-gay.
"But, Tsunade-hime", he added in a whisper with a sneer, "You just got past phase one. Phase two will begin soon..."
Tsukiko: Hope you liked the chapter:D The next one is coming soon!
Inner Tsukiko: How soon is 'soon'? You said you'd be done with This Is (Not) My First Time 'soon' and you ended up being stuck at the twenty-fifth chapter.
Tsukiko: I'm not stuck, I'm only trying to think of what to write next.
Inner Tsukiko: When thinking of such a thing for a certain amount of time, it's called being stuck.
Tsukiko: You make it sound as though I've been writing it for months. Only for some days, actually. But please review! Ja ne :D
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Sneak Preview of Next Chapter: The Date I: Emergency! Jiraiya's pleading
Orochimaru's eyes widened in horror. Well, even Orochimaru who was NEVER frightened, NEVER with capitals, I repeat N-E-V-E-R, as in never ever, felt fear awake inside him. But then again, who wouldn't?
Any guy who was forced to such a terrible thing would die out of fear. Even the Hokage would rather fight with a bunch of skilled super-assasins or even one of the Jinchuuriki than dealing with every man's deepest fear...
The thing that all men despise and all women love...
... the thing Orochimaru wouldn't do if he so had to choose between 9999999 D-rank missions and THAT...
... the horrible or loveablething that we all know...
Shopping.
(A/N: Sorry all guys who like shopping out there and all girls who hate it, but imagine Orochimaru go shopping! XD It was just to make it dramatic that I expressed it that way. Aaaah, shopping! I need to go shopping soon before I die of lack of shopping! T.T)
Fanfictions Coming Up!
Hi guys :D I'm soon done with This Is (Not) My First Time (I don't know when this fic will be done, though... x.x Probably in a couple of weeks or something), and I wonder what you'd like to see next? Please vote in your review! Arigatou:D
Replacement - Obito asked Kakashi to take care of Rin in his place, and to grant his best friend's death wish, he obeyed. But what happens when Rin runs away because she thinks Kakashi's protectiveness is only for Obito's sake? And what happens when they meet, seven years later, both successful and skilled jounins and teachers of two teams, both called Team 7? KakaRin Minor SasuSaku
Genre: Romance
Don't Forget Me - During their last year in high school, we meet funny, kind and always late for class Haruno Sakura with her four friends, Naruto, Tenten, Neji and Ino. Then a new student arrives, ice prince Uchiha Sasuke, who Sakura's friend Ino immediately claims to be 'hers', and warns them not to try to 'steal' Sasuke. Then, to everybody's horror and surprise, something throws (well, roughly expressed) Sasuke and Sakura together, and just as suddenly as they're announced to be a couple, just as suddenly they're torn apart.. and once again thrown back together, in a cruel game of Hide-and-Seek, guessing and tag. Based on the Korean TV series, Dong Ji Lian Qu (I don't know its original title, tho, only the Chinese translation), which can be translated into something like 'Winter's Romance Tale' or 'Winter's Romantic Tragedy' or something similar (I suck at Chinese). NaruSakuSasuIno Slight NejiTen
Genre: Romance/Drama
Forbidden Memories - In order to free Sasuke from his curse, Sakura finds Orochimaru's henchmen who possess the power to granta wish for a high price... your memories that you must regain in order to make the wish come true, but you have a time limit... thus, Sakura becomes Orochimaru's test for Sasuke (who is forced to take care of her) to prove his loyalty and the fact that he has broken all bonds. But will Sasuke be able to pass the test? SasuSaku
Genre: Romance (mostly, it's slightly angsty here and there but it's mainly romance)
NEW! Dance With Me - When tough guy and hiphopdancer Uchiha Sasuke and bittersweet ballerina Haruno Sakura were thrown into a wild dancing tournament where they were forced to cooperate, they never knew what awaited them. SasuSaku, minor NejiTen, NaruHina and ShikaIno
Genre: Romance(maybe angsty?)
NEW! Princess Sakura - She's a princess who has just run away from the castle. He's a normal guy who looks like any girl's dream prince. She's cheerful and talkative. He's cold and quiet.So how the hell did things get like this? SasuSaku
Genre: Romance (mostly, a little bit humor here and there, but..)
(A/N: If you find errors such as words pasted together likethis, sentences that are in bold or italics when they shouldn't be or sentences that are repeated even though they're not supposed to, please tell me. This happens a lot out of some unknown reason, and it isn't because it was like that from the beginning - no, when I edit the chapters after uploading them, they get like that. I don't know why, maybe it's my dad's computer being weird. And also, do the symbols ' and ... look weird? Because on dad's computer, it does.)