Me: yaaay another chappy! And it's a long one :D
kuro: dammit go work on your other fics.
me: o.O ... anyway, I don't own Naruto.
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(Naruto POV)
"Psst," I whispered, leaning over in the boat, "Sasuke-tebayou!"
"What?" Sasuke whispered back.
"Do you think something's wrong with Touka-chan?"
Sasuke smirked. "You mean more than usual?"
"Yes, actually dattebayou. She's being... quiet."
Touka-chan hadn't said anything since we left Wave, just giggled and scribbled some things down in her notebook.
"I think it's an improvement," Sasuke noted, "But I worry about what she might be writing."
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(Kakashi POV)
What the hell was with Touka? On the way over she was teaching Sasuke that 'ninety-nine bottles of beer on the wall' song, and loudly too might I add. Now, she just sat on the deck with her notebook, smiling and giggling to herself.
Curiously, I leaned my head over to see what she was writing. The page she was working on was titled, 'Chuunin Exams-- Brainstorm.'
'hmmm...' she wrote, 'well, first off is the problem with Orochimaru. ...wait. I bet if he figures out that switching me was a bad idea, he'll send me home. If it was Orochimaru who switched me in the first place. I didn't see his face-- it sure as hell sounded like him.
'At any rate, I better work on that henge seal if I'm going to be Touka for the exams (or am I? Kakashi might make me be Sakura) so it doesn't drain my chakra as much... oh well, at least it holds the henge when I faint. Now I can be me 24-7!'
Aha. So that was why she still looked like herself when she fainted on the bridge.
"What seal?" I asked her.
Touka looked up at me and grinned, then pulled a little piece of paper out of her sleeve. There was a symbol on it that looked a little like the seal for 'repress,' but it was a little more ornate and had swirls around it.
"It holds my henge so I am always myself... err... my eleven-year-old self. I have no idea what I look like now." She gazed off into the distance. "...Wonder what Sakura's done to my hair... did she cut it to keep it at the original length or is it longer now?"
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(Sakura POV)
"It is, and I stopped dying it," I giggled, stocking my tongue out at the computer screen (I check up on my body using Youtube xD).
Kei, who was sitting next to me, stared. "You mean... you didn't bleach it? Touka-sempai was blonde the whole time?"
I nodded. "She's been dying it orange since she was little- something about not wanting to be mistaken for someone."
"Who?" Kei asked.
I shrugged. "No clue."
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(Sasuke POV)
Touka eventually started talking again, which was a shame, since she'd been absolutely silent for almost two whole hours. ...Oh well. You can't have everything. And since I have Naruto now, I'm okay with that.
For now.
Because I do plan on killing my brother eventually.
I haven't given up or anything...
"Sasuke!" Naruto poked me in the arm, waking me up from my inner rantings.
I smirked. "What is it, dobe?"
Naruto blushed. "Don't call me that. And, I was... wondering..."
"Yes?"
"If..." Naruto looked away, to hide the level of redness his face had now attained. "If you meant what you said on the bridge before you-- before we all thought you'd died!"
I blinked. He wanted to know if I meant it when I said I loved him? I'm not that guy Raito in the anime Touka was telling us about the other day-- when I say stuff like that, I mean it.
"I meant it," I said, as if it was nothing at all (believe me, I sometimes scare myself with own casualness) even though, in reality, it was one of the most important things I had ever said.
"You meant it?" Naruto asked, eyes disbelieving (obviously he couldn't believe his good luck). "You love me?"
"Yes," I said, more serious this time. "I... I love you."
Naruto smiled.
"Well then, teme. Right back atcha, dattebayou."
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(Kuro-chan POV-- remember her?)
"Are you sure they'll be here soon?" Kiba yawned.
I glared. "Cover your mouth, retard, or you'll swallow a bug."
"No he won't," Shino said methodically. "If any bugs get within that fleabag's vicinity, I'll warn them of the danger before his big mouth eats them up."
"Wow," I said, "I think that's the most I've ever heard you say at the same time."
Shino frowned.
"HEY!" Kiba yelled. "I THINK I HEAR VOICES!"
"You always hear voices," I pointed out.
Kiba smirked self-importantly. "Yeah, because my hearing's better than yours!"
I rolled my eyes. "Whatever... hey, I hear them too!"
And I did-- there were three voices singing something that sounded like this:
A doggie stole a sausage when he was underfed
The butcher saw him take it and now poor doggie's dead
And all the little doggies
They gathered there that night
They built a little tombstone
And on it they did write:
A doggie stole a sausage, when he was underfed...
I think you know how it goes from then on. It repeats in a loop, like the Song that Never Ends (or, when Touka sings it, Pop Goes the Weasel, since she only knows the chorus, and sings it over and over... oh god she better not have taught that one to Sasuke).
I smirked. "They're coming. Touka used to sing that song to annoy her parents."
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(Touka POV)
"So, you weren't lying," Sasuke noted, slinging his arm around Naruto's shoulders, "You really do know two other songs that loop besides the Song that Never Ends."
I giggled. "Actually, I forgot about the last one. I'll teach it to you when we have more time, though-- I think I see Kiba and Friends running at us. Hina-chaaaaaaan!"
I laughed and ran at HInata, preparing to running-glomp her, when Kiba grabs my arm to stop me.
"That's not Hinata," he chuckled."
I furrowed my brows. "Who is it then?"
'Hinata' smirked. "Figure it out, stupid."
I stared. "... Hint?"
"I'm someone you know," she said, byakugan eyes gleaming, "From since you were very small."
"Hmmm..." I said closing my eyes to think. "Are you my friend then, or just a classmate?"
"I think I'm your friend," she sighed, shaking her head.
I grinned. "So I can hug you!" I ran at the person and gave her a BIG hug.
You see, I hug pretty much all of my friends at some time or other, and they all react differently. Banshou-chan, for instance, grabs my arm and says something about her rights listed in he Second Amendment, or tells me she 'has a hug.' Daidaiiro freezes and stares into space, and more often than not informs me to never, ever hug him again. Kon-chan would hit me. HARD. And so on.
This person's reaction was to stand there still for a few seconds.
And then...
"It burns," she announced, and I hugged her harder.
"KURO-CHAAAAAAAAN!" I squealed. "Oh I missed you soooooooo much! How is everyone back home?"
"Well, without your klutziness to laugh at they've gotten kind of bored," my friend said, smirking.
I grinned. "That expression looks really creepy on Hinata."
"Thanks," Kuro-chan said, "I practiced in the mirror."
"Couldn't you just henge into yourself?" I pointed out. "Obviously, that's what I did."
Kuro-chan rolled her eyes. "Yes, because I totally want to be death-glomped by Ino," she said sarcastically. "If Sakura thought I was Sasuke, then Ino definitely will."
I laughed. "Sakura thought you were Sasuke?"
Kuro-chan sighed. "Such a rabid fangirl... oh well. I've improved her..."
"Have you?" I asked, curiously. "How so?"
"Well... when she read a certain part of the manga, she kinda went emo. So, I showed her some good SasuNaru yaoi and she cheered up!"
"YES!" I yelled, "Good girl!"
"What's with the scar?" Kuro-chan asked suddenly, poking my chidori-attacked shoulder (it has healed but there was still a mark).
"Oh, this?" I laughed. "I got it on the bridge."
Kuro-chan smirked. "Speaking of the bridge and the people who were on it, did you r-"
"NO I DID NOT!" I yelled, blushing.
"... But I did kiss him," I mumbled, "Right before I left."
"Huh?" Naruto asked. "I don't get it. What did you mean by r-...?"
I rolled my eyes. "Kuro-chan wanted to know if I raped Haku."
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(Sasuke POV)
"Kuro-chan wanted to know if I raped Haku," Touka said casually, as if this was a normal question.
I felt Naruto tense under the arm I had draped across his shoulders.
"R-rape?!" he whispered, eyes wide.
Touka blinked, then giggled. "Oh, right, sorry. I forgot." She turned to Kuro.
"Since ninjas deal with stuff like rape and murder on a regular basis, they don't really get jokes about it, usually. Generally, they find it pretty damn disgusting. So, until we get home, no rape jokes, okay?"
"Get home?" Kuro laughed. "And how do you plan on doing that?"
Touka smirked. "When you got switched, Kuro-chan, did you hear a voice?"
"Yeah..." Kuro laughed. "It sounded like Orochimaru."
"I know!" Touka said, grinning. "And what if it is Orochimaru? We know of his plans, so there's no good for him if we stay here. He's better off if these bodies contain Sakura and Hina-chan than if we are-- especially if we make it look like they don't know either." She let go of Kuro (who she'd been hugging since she first latched onto her) and giggled.
"We'll be torturing Chibi-Akachan once more!"
Kuro smirked now. "Good-- it's harder to hug him without your brute force to help."
Kakashi coughed. "Em-hem," he said, "I think it's time we took Touka to see the Hokage. If Kuro-san's been switched too, she should probably come as well."
"C'mon Kuro-chan!" Touka said, grabbed Kuro by the wrist. "Let's get this over-with so we can do something else!"
"Like eat yogurt?" Kuro teased. Touka laughed.
"Well, I'm gonna eat yogurt. You can have something else."
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(Touka POV)
"So... let me get this straight," The Sandaime Hokage (-sama) said, scratching his chin. "You're originally from an alternate dimension where we're all manga characters?"
"Yup!" I said. "Pretty much."
Sarutobi thought a moment. "Well, then..." he said, "I believe you."
"Ehhh?" I gasped. "You believe us just like that?"
The old man shrugged. "I've heard stories of another world before. In fact, Sasuke's aunt Fuyumi was particularly fond of them."
"To bad we can't ask her," Sasuke said through his teeth, "I bet that would have helped considerably."
"Actually," Kuro-chan noted, "I've met her. So has Touka."
"WHAAAAAAT?!" yelled everyone in the room, staring at Kuro-chan, who grinned and gave a peace sign.
"It's true," she said, "Fuyumi loved those stories... she believed in them. So much, in fact, that she set about making a jutsu to get there."
"Did it work?" Naruto asked.
"Yes, it did," Kuro-chan said, "And, in fact, if it didn't, I wouldn't be here."
My eyes widened so much that they began to water. "Kuro-chan... how?"
"She appeared in the middle of Japan," my friend the Sasuke-look-alike continued, "And met someone who occasionally saw the things happening here. A starving manga artist named-"
"Masashi Kishimoto," I breathed, "The manga-ka who drew 'Naruto'!"
Kuro-chan nodded. "Fuyumi stayed with him and his family until she could stay on her feet by herself."
"Why didn't she come home?" Sasuke asked. "From what I hear everyone assumed she drowned!"
"Oh, she tried to, but she could never figure out how to do the jutsu again. Eventually, she gave up, especially after she met someone who'd come to Japan on business-- a man named Oumagotoki."
I blinked. "But isn't that--"
"Shh!" Kuro-chan said. "I'm getting there. When Oumagatoki left for a country called America... Fuyumi followed him."
"I KNOW THIS STORY!" I yelled suddenly.
Kuro-chan rolled her eyes. "Finally! You tell the rest, I'm too lazy."
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(Sasuke POV)
"Well..." Touka said slowly. "I don't know everything, but..." she giggled.
"Eventually, Oumagotoki married Fuyumi and moved to a little town called Springfield. They had two sons, who were above average in both physical and mental capabilities, and one daughter, who would grow up to be one of the most kickass people with asthma you ever will meet."
"Her name is Oumagatoki Kuroko," Kuro said, "In the middle kindergarten, a new kid moved in whose hair was--"
"That part isn't important," Touka interrupted. "Pretty much, I moved in and she helped me with something. Now we're friends."
"And Masashi Kishimoto, apparently, sees not only into this dimension but the future too," Kuro continued, "And wrote a manga about it called 'Naruto.' It covers things that happen here until up to about three years from now. When Fuyuki told Kuroko about it, she read it."
"And how do you know all this?" I asked slowly. I have family that's still alive? And not named Itachi?
"Because I'm Kuroko," Kuro (Kuroko) said. "Fuyumi is my mother."
"She's Sasuke's cousin," Touka added to herself... "Wow. That explains a lot."
I wasn't exactly paying attention. I was busy staring at Kuroko. "You're... were... cousins?" I gasped.
Kuroko nodded smugly. "Yup. In fact, if Hinata's been training in my body she might have unlocked sharingan."
"Cousins..." I said. "I have living cousins."
I slumped to the floor. "That means Itachi hasn't killed us all."
Kuroko blinked. "Huh? Oh, yeah. I guess he hasn't."
"Still gonna kill him though," I said breathlessly. "You wanna help?"
Touka raised her hand. "Do you think he's got sensitive hearing?"
Kuroko, my cousin (sorry, still a bit shocked here) rolled her eyes. "Touka, when it comes to you all people have sensitive hearing."
"So, if I were to, say, put chakra into a scream while Itachi was nearby, around the timeline of, say, Episode 92, would he fall over unconscious like the demon brothers and everyone else who was present did?"
Kuroko blinked, then smirked.
"There goes half the plot of Shippuuden," she muttered.
She and Touka both laughed.
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(Naruto POV)
A month passed, and nothing that was too important happened. ... Except the time Hyuuga Neji's shampoo bottle exploded. He suspected Touka, but I'm pretty sure Sasuke's cousin has something to do with it. It'd be easy for her to get into the bathroom Neji uses or whatever. After all, she's in Hinata's body, right?
I've only actually seen what that girl really looks like once. She looks so much like Sasuke, it's scary. Thankfully, she doesn't want to get mistaken for him, or I'd be scared. One Sasuke is enough. Imagine if there were two!
Speaking of Sasuke... heheh. We're 'officially' dating now. Every day after practice, he grabs me by the hand and takes me... somewhere. Sometimes it's Ichiraku Ramen, sometimes it's another training ground. It doesn't matter where we go as long as we're together.
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(Touka POV)
"Where is Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto whined. "We've been waiting half an hour longer than usual!"
"Oh, give him a break," I laughed. "Icha Icha Violence, the latest installment in the series, just came out. If it were me, I'd pretend to be sick."
"Didn't you say you felt dirty after reading the first one?" Sasuke pointed out. "Who would you want to read the second one?"
"Because it's the only good book series in the whole damn dimension!" I whined. "You guys are great ninja and your techniques kick ass, but as far as music and literature go you all pretty much FAIL!" I hung my head.
"So?" Sasuke asked. "There are more things to life than tunes and printed words."
"Maybe if you read a GOOD book you'd get it!" I yelled, before becoming depressed again. "I want my Beatles music..."
"If you want your music so badly then sing it or something," Sasuke said rolling his eyes.
"Or you could do that thing you did the day I got my hitai-ate!" Naruto suggested. "The genjutsu thingy!"
"Oh..." I said. "Right... I knew that!"
I formed a hand sign, and was about to think of a song to play, when Kakashi appeared.
"Yo!" he said. "Let's go get our missions!"
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(Sasuke POV)
That day, we pulled weeds (Naruto pulled up flowers too), walked dogs (Touka took the biggest one but she says in the original series, Naruto did and he was ragged through a field of land mines) and we cleaned the river-- Naruto almost fell over the waterfall.
Thankfully for me (and Naruto too), I jumped down and caught him from a branch hanging next to said cascading body of water. Then, I picked him up and jumped to safety.
I smirked. "You know the deal," I said. If I save Naruto's life, he has to kiss me.
Naruto glared.
"I hate you," he decided. The dobe got on his tiptoes, out his arms around my neck, and I brought my lips to his.
One word: heh.
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(Touka POV)
After Naruto spent the day being saved by Sasuke (I took pictures for Kuro-chan), eventually we got off the hook for the day and went our separate ways.
"I'm gonna get a yogurt!" I called, walking roughly in the direction of... the best entrance in the history of the entire manga or anime.
"Wait for me!" Naruto called. "Sasuke, you coming?"
"I'll catch up," Sasuke called. Naruto shrugged and I grabbed the hem of his sleeve and dragged him down that destined path (pleeeeeease don't tell Neji I used the 'D' word).
"Naruto-oniichan!" Konohamaru called, dragging his friends behind him. "Wanna play ninja?"
"I already am a ninja," Naruto huffed. "Why would I play ninja?"
I grinned. "You guys should play cowboys and aliens instead!"
"What a cowboy?" Konohamaru asked.
Udon looked confused. "And what's an alien?"
Moegi nodded. "And why is Touka-neechan always with Naruto-oniichan when we run into him?"
"Because if Sasuke's not there then I have to be the one to save his ass," I told her sweetly.
Moegi gasped. "T-Touka-neechan! That's a bad word?"
I rolled my eyes. "So?"
"Won't your mom get mad at you if she finds out?"
I laughed. "Moegi-chan, I assure you, that won't be a problem. If she saw me she'd be too happy to see me to care that I said 'ass' to a little kid like you."
Moegi stuck out her tongue. "C'mon guys let's go! Touka-neechan's a big dummy!" She ran away from us.
I took a deep breath and waited.
Soon...
Soon...
Soooooon...
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! LEGGOA'ME! LEGGOA'ME!"
There we go.
Naruto, the two annoying little boys and I ran around the corner to find that a guy in a catsuit was holding up Moegi by the scruff of her neck.
"I should crush a little sh-- like you," he hissed.
I gasped. "Omigosh I love your hat!"
"Thank you," he said genially, still choking the eight-year-old girl. "I had it specially tailored for the outfit."
"I figured as much," I replied, just as politely, "Now put the little girl down before I cry rape."
He laughed, not believing me. "You wouldn't do something like that, would you? Not if you knew who you were talking to. I'm the son of the Kazekage."
I blinked. "Does that mean you're allowed to harass small children?"
He grinned. "To some extent, yes."
"Well, that doesn't seem right," I said. "Why does what family a person was born into have to do with human ethics? I person shouldn't be given different treatment for something that isn't their fault."
Kankurou (because that's obviously who it is), slowly put the little girl down. "I suppose you're right," he said, "All the kid did was bump into me after all." he frowned. "But some people, you know, whether or not the situation is their fault, should be avoided anyway."
"Hmmm..." I said, "I can see where you're coming from there. A situation can change how a person views the world, and change their personality for the worse, right?"
Kankurou nodded.
I grinned. "But sometimes a person is alienated when they shouldn't be, you know? I'm sure you've been alone before when you wished you had someone to talk to, right?"
The cat-boy grinned. "Yeah. I hate the feeling that I get when it's like that."
"Good," I said. "Now, I want you to imagine you felt like that every day. All the time. You have no friends, even your own family avoids you. Those who come close to you only do it so they can later betray you. You've been labeled 'freak' and you feel that's never going to change."
"That would suck," Kankurou said appreciatively.
"KANKUROU!! There you are!" A girl with blonde hair in four pigtails bounded up to meet my confidant. She noticed that Naruto and I, then glared at him.
"You haven't been causing trouble, have you? You know you shouldn't pick on kids. It looks bad on your record."
"Oh, hey, it's Temari," I noted.
Temari started. "How'd you know my name?"
I shrugged. "I know things... I know your name, I know your village, I know why you'll say you're here and what some of your jutsu are. I also know why you're really here so if I were you I wouldn't piss me off or I'll report you."
"And who are you?" Temari glared.
"No one of consequence," I said. "In this part of the story no one is of consequence because there won't be any fighting for a day or two."
"Oh, really?" She said, reaching over to grab ahold of her fan.
A rock hit the ground near Temari's feet.
"Step away from my teammates," said Sasuke, who was sitting in a nearby tree. He clenched his first and dust poured out.
"Woah," I said, "Did you just crush a rock with your bare hands?"
"Nah," Sasuke said, "It was a dirt clod."
"Oh," I said, "Well, that seems less cool." (Inner Sakura was, by now, literally rolling around in the floor of my mind, laughing at the references to Naruto Abridged).
"So it seems he's all talk and no walk," Kankurou sneered.
Sasuke smirked evilly. "Wanna bet?"
"Temari, Kankurou, stop it. We don't want to cause unnecessary trouble."
And there was a red-haired psychopath, standing randomly in a tree upside-down, glaring at Temari and Kankurou.
I started laughing.
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(Gaara POV-- finally. Have you any idea how long I've wanted to type this scene?)
"Why do you laugh?" I asked the orange-haired girl, glaring.
"Dude!" she said, "BEST ENTRANCE EVER! You were all just-- standing there-- upside down-- in a tree-- AHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
I felt one of my sleepless eyes start twitching. Using one of my sand techniques, I appeared on the street below.
"So... you think I'm funny?" I hissed, taking a step towards her.
She nodded, still giggling. "Your entrances are the best."
"If you know who they are..." I jerked my thumb at the two imbeciles known as my teammates, "Then do you know who I am?"
"Yup! You're Sabaku no Gaara-san, right?" She smiled and held out her hand. "Nice to meet you!"
I didn't shake hands with her. I only deepened my glare.
In the background, I heard Temari whisper to Kankurou: "If she knows who Gaara is, then how does she find him funny? And how does she know these things anyway?"
"I can hear you, Temari-san," the girl called, looking over my shoulder. "And I know because..." she thought for a moment.
The guy in the tree smirked. "Here's an analogy: if this were all an anime, she would be the character who came from a place where it was an anime. The one who knew what was going to happen because she saw the episode at least three times."
The girl huffed. "Well, I've only seen this episode twice!"
"You mean this is an anime?" Kankurou gasped.
The strange girl just giggled. "Sort of," she said, "At any rate, that's what I know it as. And why I know these things. And why I haven't attacked any of you... it's just not worth it."
"Why?" the blonde boy in the orange jumpsuit (note to self: kill later) asked loudly. "Are they that weak?"
"AHAHAHA!" The girl collapsed into another laughing fit. After a moment, she stood back up and said, "No, they're just too unbelievably kickass. Just because I threw myself in front of that chidori doesn't mean I'm suicidal. Gaara-san'd kill me in three seconds flat-- wait two seconds. Right, Gaara-san?"
I continued glaring, but nodded.
'What a smart girl. Maybe I won't kill her after all,' I thought to myself. I turned and began to walk away.
"WAIT!" yelled the guy who had been in the tree (who was now on the ground). "Who are you?"
Temari turned around. "Who, me?" she asked in what she probably considered a flirtatious tone.
"No, not you," the guy said, rolling his eyes. "And besides, I'm gay anyway. I was asking the guy with the gourd on his back."
"My name is Sabaku no Gaara." I stopped walking to face him. "And what is your name?"
He smirked. "Uchiha Sasuke."
Kankurou faced the girl with orange hair. "And you...?"
She giggled. "They call me Touka!"
Kankurou frowned. "But what's your name."
"It's Touka!"
"But, then why did you say, they call me Touka?"
Touka giggled. "Because that's what they call me. It's my name. Or, if you want to be formal, my last name's Yaezaki. ...Hey, what is your last name? It's never covered."
"We don't have last names in Suna," Temari said, rolling her eyes. "Just titles sometimes. How stupid are you?"
"Pretty stupid," Touka said. "Just goes to show-- you can't have everything."
"What, like you think you have looks too?"
Touka shook her head. "I'm average-looking-- but I'm tall and my fingernails aren't filthy, so that's okay. And aren't you supposed to be the nice one of the three?"
Temari flipped Touka the middle finger and stomped off.
Touka just giggled. "Oh, my. It seems I've made an enemy. Good thing I won't have to fight her... oh, well. Oh bla dee, oh bla da, life goes--"
"Stop singing," the one called Sasuke snapped. "And why are they here anyway?"
"Kakashi-sensei'll tell you later. In the meantime, I still haven't bought that yogurt."
She walked past Kankurou and I, waving. "Nice meeting you two! And good luck."
Sasuke sighed. "I really wish she'd tell us more about these things," he said.
Touka stopped and yelled back, "WHERE'S THE FUN IN THAT?"
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(Naruto POV)
"Chuunin Exams?!" I yelled. "Really?"
Kakashi-sensei blinked. "Really," he said. "Here, take these papers. You'll need 'em." He disappeared in a poof of smoke.
"OH, YEAH!" I yelled, jumping up. "I'm gonna pass these exams and become a Chuunin! And, form there, the path to Hokage will be clear dattebayou!"
"Well..." Touka laughed. "I don't think that's how it works." She ran a finger through a strand of her hair, glared at it, and continued. "But it can't hurt to make a good impression."
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(ROCK LEE POV)
(OH HELL YES)
"I heard that Kakashi's team is entering this year," Tenten-san remarked, tossing a kunai at the target above Neji-kun's head. "That Uzumaki kid, the famous Uchiha Sasuke, and--"
"The bitch who blew up my shampoo bottle," Neji hissed, glaring at nothing in particular.
"NEJI-KUN!" I gasped. "Your method of language is most shockingly unyouthful! My sparring partner is nothing like a female dog!"
Tenten smirked. "Did you just call Touka-chan masculine?"
"No!" I said. "Touka-san is a feminine, youthful flower on the great tree of life! But she is nothing like a dog. I distinctly remember her telling me she is a cat person."
"Oh, Lee..." Tenten shook her head. "You just don't get it, do you?"
I blinked in a moment of unyouthful ignorance. "Get what, Tenten-san?"
Neji rolled his eyes. "Once an idiot, always an idiot... but one thing is certain."
Tenten nodded. "The Chuunin Exams are sure going to be interesting, aren't they?"
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Sasuke: You forsook going to your little brother's play... to finish that?
Me: What? I saw the play two nights ago. Nevermind that the rest of my family went to see it again. I wanted to finish a chapter today!
Kankurou: Do you really think my hat is awesome or were you just trying get on my good side?
Me: Dude, I have a cat-ears hat myself. Here, look-- (pulls out Digi-Charat's Dejiko-chan hat) see?
Kankurou: ...woah.
Gaara: Why did you make me sound like Santa Claus?
Me: I DID NOT!
Gaara: I quote-- 'and what is your name?'
Me: Oh... heheh. ...ANYWAY, something has been called to my attention! I need more YAOI in this, so please tell me what I should do with these (male) characters:
Kabuto
Orochimaru
Zaku
Dosu
Kankurou
Actually, I might pair Kankurou with Kin,but still. Should I give Kabuto some fangirl crush on Orochimaru or what? And of course Orochimaru wants Sasuke-kun...
Might put Zaku and Dosu together, but I don't know their personalities so that'll be hard.
On the subject of Zabuza... should I pair him with Kisame-san? Or Hayate? (yes, THAT Hayate. The one who dances Numa Numa in the Ultimate Naruto Fanflashes.)
Of course, we've got KakaIru, SasuNaru, SasoDei, and KakuHida. But the rest of the Akatsuki... particularly Kisame, since I have this thing with KisaIta-- I just don't like it.
...Hmm. ShinoKiba or KibaHina? (yecch I don't like Shino. Maybe I'll pair him with Neji.)
But I can't don't do anything with Lee or Gaara TTTT my friends the Gaara and Lee fangirls would kill me, very slowly... with their teeth (at least in the case of the Gaara fangirl, who is otherwise known as Stephy-chan). And the same goes for Haku-- Sorry. I just CAN'T DO THAT!
And as for the Sound Five-- who should die and who should be saved? I might save Tayuya 'cuz she's a girl (and we girls should stick up for each other), and Kimimaro since he's pretty... pretty... umm, just pretty. Plus I feel bad for him and stuff...
Well, my long end-of-chapter rant is over. I release you!