Yay! I new story! Its gonna totally ruin my schedule! Hooray! Ahem, anyway, this is something I cooked up that will be done in less than ten chapters if everything goes as planned! It's mainly just humor, not so much romance. I guess the title sort of messes it up though. I'm not looking for good pairings, mainly just pairings that I think would be comical to poke fun at. I actually don't care much for good pairings, since I hardly support any.
Anyway, I hope you like it everyone! Or at least...the people who are reading it!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
"We have to do what?"
"You heard me," Tsunade said, her chin resting on her hands and her eyes closed. "You must go find a few certain insects in the woods called the Aimushi. Tomorrow, a couple will come to claim them."
"What's Aimushi?" Naruto asked.
"The Aimushi are insects that literally makes people fall in love with each other for about a day," Shino said. "The female bug makes men fall for women and the male makes women fall for men. When someone gets bit, the first person they see they fall in love with according to the gender that bit them."
"Why would we need to find such a bug?" Sakura asked. Maybe I could swipe a female one while we're there! Yeah…Sasuke will be mine!
"It isn't important," Tsunade said. "You shouldn't stick your noses into other peoples' business. Shino, you will be the leader of this mission."
"But shouldn't we know why we're looking for it?" Naruto urged.
"Fine, fine," Tsunade said. A couple wants their daughter to marry a wealthy man by tomorrow. The man's parents approve also but their son does not. The son and daughter are very reluctant to marry someone whom they don't know. The parents are sure their children would love each other if they had time to talk to each other, but they can't get them to cooperate."
"That's why they want the Aimushi," Shino finished. "So the marriage would go without a struggle."
"That's right."
"But isn't that wrong?" Sakura said, starting to get second thoughts about using the bug on Sasuke. "Forcing people to love, I mean."
"I see your concern," Tsunade said. "And that's why I didn't want to tell you, but usually after two people have fallen in love with each other they start to realize how much they like each other when the effects wear off."
"Oh." Sakura's second thoughts were crushed by third thoughts of Sasuke realizing that he loved Sakura.
"Oh Sakura, I've finally realized how much I love you," Sasuke said.
"I've known for so long that I've loved you, but I was afraid that you didn't feel the same," Sakura said.
"Well, nothing's getting in the way of our relationship ever again," Sasuke said. "Especially that pig, Ino."
"Hello? Sakura-chan! We're going now!"
"Huh, what?" Oh, right!"
"So what do they look like anyway?" Naruto asked.
"The females have a pink spot on their wings and have a certain sparkle to them. The males have a red one and shine brightly in sun or darkness. We need both to complete the mission," Shino said.
"Tsunade-sama said that they'd be in a cave around here," Sakura said, checking her map.
"What're they doing here anyway? I've been around here all the time and I've never seen any pink and red bugs!"
"They only come around here for mating season, now," Shino explained.
"There's the cave!" Sakura exclaimed, pointing ahead of them. Her face fell. "Wow…that's small…"
"A pretty short person would be able to fit through here," Shino said, examining the opening. He and Sakura turned to Naruto.
"I'm not that short!"
"Go in, Naruto. I am the leader of this mission, and—"
"Yeah, yeah, I know. But I get full credit for this mission!" Naruto stumbled into the cave and immediately saw a shine of bugs on the walls. A sweet chirping sound filled the air. The bugs decorated the walls. They were beautiful.
Naruto snatched two bugs, one with a red spot and one with a pink one, and dropped them in the jar. He ran out of the cave after squeezing through the hole again. "Hey, hey! I got it! I got—ah!" He tripped over a large tree root and fell flat on his face in mud, splattering mud all over Shino and Sakura.
"NARUTO!" I'm gonna kill you, you klutz!
Shino caught the jar without much effort. He looked down at his muddy pants. "Clumsy idiot…"
"What did you say?" Naruto demanded, wiping mud off his face. "Why don't you try saying that to my face?"
Shino leaned down, three inches from Naruto's face and said clearly, "Clumsy idiot."
"Oh yeah? Well—"
"Shut up, Naruto, and let's just go home so I can take a shower!" Sakura ordered. She started stomping off back towards the village.
"O-Okay, Sakura-chan. Whatever you say," Naruto said, getting up.
"Tsunade-sama says that one of us has to take care of those bugs," Sakura said. "Who is it gonna be?"
"Shino, duh," Naruto said.
"No," Shino said.
"What?"
"I can't take care of them. Even though they're closely related to the insects I control and my clan has a relationship with most insects, these aren't one of them. They'll cause trouble."
"I can't believe it…" Naruto mumbled. "Fine, then I'll take them!"
"No way," Sakura said. "I don't trust your responsibility."
"Sakura-chan!"
"Sakura's right," Shino said. "So she'll take them." He handed the jar to her and walked away. "Don't lose them."
"She won't!" Naruto shouted. Then he turned around and pouted. "Man, I hate that guy."
"Well, I guess I'll see you later, Naruto," Sakura said, turning and sprinting off.
"Wait! Wanna go hang out or train or something?" Naruto called.
"Maybe later!"
She found herself in the park and sat on a bench. She checked to make sure there wasn't anyone around and looked into the jar. The bugs were oddly stunning and pretty. Sakura smiled. "Which did Shino say would make a boy fall in love with a girl? The pink-spotted, I think…yes, the female one. Heh." Once Sasuke-kun gets back from his mission, I'll show him the female one.
"Hello, Sakura," said a voice.
Sakura quickly hid the jar. "Ino-pig!"
Ino scowled at her comment. "I give you a friendly hello and you call me names?"
"Oh, sorry. Force of habit," Sakura said, smiling nervously. "What did you want?"
"Just to say hello. Oh, and has Sasuke-kun gotten back from his mission yet?"
Sakura frowned. "You only wanted to know if he was back so you could try to woo him over, huh? Well, for your information, he isn't!"
"Fine then," Ino said, turning away. "But I'll be the first to see him!"
"Hmph! In your dreams, Pig!"
"No, in reality, Billboard Brow!" Ino trudged away.
I'll let her be the first one this time… Sakura said. Because after that, I'll be the one with Sasuke-kun's heart!
So Sakura's got some kind of lovebug, huh? Well, I'll get it no matter what! Ino thought as she waited at the gate for Sasuke. Then she spotted him. "Oh Sasuke-kun! I've been waiting for you!"
Oh crud, its Ino, Sasuke thought. Just ignore her, Sasuke.
"Sasuke-kun, I bet your mission was a success, no? Of course, all your missions succeed! You must be tired!"
Sasuke walked past her but that didn't keep her from trailing along.
"Would you like to go out to eat something with me?" Ino asked.
"No," Sasuke said.
"Oh. I guess you wanted to eat alone today again…"
"That's right."
"Well then would you—"
"Sasuke-kun! There you are!"
Great. My day just keeps getting better and better…
Sakura clung to his arm and pulled him away from Ino. "I want to show you something, it's really cool!"
"Hey, Forehead, get away!" Ino shouted. "Sasuke-kun was talking to me!"
"No he wasn't!" Sakura exclaimed. She took out the jar. "Sasuke-kun, look at this!" She took out the female bug and dropped it on Sasuke's arm.
"What the—ow!" Sasuke was bitten by the bug. He flung his arm around and the bug flew away. "What did it do…oh…?" His eyelids drooped. I feel weird…
Oh no, the bug! Oh well, I'll get Naruto to get it again tomorrow morning! No biggie! Now I just have to get Sasuke-kun to—
"Give me that jar!" Ino exclaimed, reaching for the open jar.
"No, you pig! Get your own! Hey!" Ino made a grab for the jar, only making Sakura fall and drop it on the ground. "Oh no!" The second bug crawled away. "Where is it? Where?" She searched the ground.
"It's just a bug, big deal," Ino said. Dang it! Where did Sakura get it? "Here, I'll help."
"You look especially radiant today," Sasuke said suddenly.
"Me?" Sakura said, turning around quickly.
"Not you, her," Sasuke said, smiling at Ino.
"Me?" Ino exclaimed. She jumped up, completely forgetting about Sakura and her little bug. She had starry eyes.
"Yeah. I never noticed before Ino, but...you're gorgeous. Wanna go out?"
"Of course!" Ino hooked her arm with Sasuke's, smiled sweetly at Sakura, and walked off.
Sakura tore the ground. "INO-PIG!" She screamed.
LATER…
"Hm? What is this?" Lee said, picking up a sparkling red bug with a pink spot. "What a peculiar—ow!" Lee dropped the bug. What…What is this feeling?
"Lee! We're going to train now!" Tenten called.
"Huh?" Lee looked at Tenten, dazed. "Tenten…"
"Hey, Hinata, what do you think this is?" Kiba said, kneeling down.
"It looks like its some kind of bug…"
"Eh, even without Shino around there are still bugs…" Kiba said. "Ow! It bit…me…"
"Kiba-kun!" Hinata exclaimed.
Kiba looked up at Hinata with an odd look. He smiled faintly. "Wow…Hinata…you're beautiful…"
"Kiba…kun?" Hinata said uncertainly.
Hm...a little short, no? Hope it was long enough! R&R please! Construction criticism is welcome! And again, R&R! I absolutely hate it when people don't review so I don't get motivated to update...Well, until next time!
-TTF