Muhahaha "Cough, hack!" Okay Note to self: Dear Self, do not Muahaha…. When you are trying to take a drink of water… Love Sterling.
Anyways, I'm glad you all like that last chappy cause here's another one for you all to gawk over!
One question: Do you guys want Orch. in this? I don't but if you think he's important I guess I could write him in.
Oh! Guess what!? Okay no need to cause I'll tell you, unless you want to suddenly delete this page then make a guess then come back and then read this… go right ahead… but ya, I'm going to write that Sasori/Naruto puppet story after this one! YAY! Its going to be a comedy/romance because I love doing those, and Sasori's going become a real boy! (Sasori glares and Sterling from off stage.) Yes, anyways, I can't wait! Not that I don't want to finish this, cause I do! But I'm just saying (sweatdrops)… yes… now just read before I start to go insane… (Sasori laughs and shouts "I thought you already were!" Sterling growls. "Why you little!" and if you've ever seen Homer Simpson strangle Bart well then you can probably picture what Sterling is doing to Sasori right now! While Kakazu is taking bets on which red head will make it through the fight.)
Chapter 16: Dango was his Name-oh! (Waaayy to tempting to leave that one, sorry)
Deidara shook his head. "No, this was all supposed to be me! I was going to get him, how can you guys come in and do that, you will be on opposite teams!" Sasori shrugged.
"We are not here to bug you, well I'm not, I don't know about Itachi though, he seems pretty… excited to see Kaname or Naruto… whatever his name is, again."
"Hmph. Well do what you want, just don't get in my way, and don't hurt him!" He growled protectively.
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Back in line Naruto stood there with Sasuke in silence. "I wonder what that was all about?" Naruto asked looking in the direction the two went. Sasuke shrugged.
"Probably family problems." Naruto nodded.
Deidara came running over, out of breath, "H-hey guys!" He panted.
"I never thought you'd be back in time! We are just about to get let in!" Naruto said. Deidara smiled.
"Sorry, we had some problems that needed to be solved."
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Once everyone got inside people sat down in seats like in a classroom. The teams were to be split up, much to Deidara's dislike. Naruto sat himself down near the front. People past by but no one sat down beside him. 'Maybe its because I'm one of the rookie nine.' He thought.
No, it was because every time someone was about to sit down a curtain blonde would give him or her the death glare from behind Naruto.
The doors of the room started to close and everyone was now seated. Poor Naruto was still partner less. Just as the door was an inch away from closing a hand stuck out to stop it.
"Hey!" The doorman shouted causing everyone to look over at the back.
"I'm sorry we are late, me and my team had to walk a long way to get here." The person holding the door open said. The doorman opened it and let them in. Three people stood there dressed in all black (A/N: No not the Akatsuki cloaks). Naruto recognized one to be Fai's father and the other two were just a mystery to him. Everyone started to whisper at their presence. The girls were blushing and some waved for them to come and sit over with them. While the boys looked at them with fearful eyes at the dangerous aura they sent out.
They started to walk down the isles looking for a place to sit. The person at the front of the room smiled. "Yes, late comers, please find a seat so that we can begin." Naruto gulped and slid down in his seat.
Those guys looked dangerous and he just happened to have an open seat beside them. He shut his eyes and prayed. 'Please don't sit here, please don't sit here!'
Hinata who was sitting on his right looked at Naruto in worry and almost yelped in surprise when one on the new latecomers sat down beside him.
The man had silver hair and purple eyes. She could see that he was using some type of jutsu to cover up his appearance. The man looked over at her and smirked when he saw the fear in her eyes.
Naruto almost fell asleep as his prayers were getting harder to concentrate on. He felt a presence beside him and his eyes snapped open to meet with a pair of purple ones. "Wha!" Naruto screamed and almost fell over in surprise but the man held him up. "You okay?" The man asked in a deep voice. Naruto blushed in embracement and nodded.
The person at the front whistled to get everyone's attention. He coughed and moved to the side to let a tall scared face man enter. He too had something deadly about him, which made everyone uneasy. He cleared his throat and began.
"Welcome to the Chunin Exams, for your first task you will be asked to do a test." Naruto looked ready to faint. 'A test? GOD I suck at those!' "If one of your team mates fails your team will fail." Naruto and the rest looked nervous. "There are also instructors on the sides on your isles and if they catch you cheating then you will be given a mark deduction. If your team mate loses 5 marks then you are all out of the exam… but if you don't think you are ready for this, please, I will give you 15 minutes to decide if you want to stay or go."
With that said the man walked over to a chair and sat down, staring at all who started to leave. Naruto looked over at Sasuke who was staring at him, giving him the look that said, "Leave now and I'll kill you." Naruto gulped.
"Hey, hey, Naruto-kun!" Naruto looked up to see Fai in the seat behind him. "Don't worry, just try you're best and if you fail then, well we can try next year right?" (Ya, but by the time next year you will be home and I won't be letting you come back!)
"Ma, ma, d-don't worry, I was never even thinking of leaving!" Naruto laughed and rubbed the back of his head. He looked beside him and saw Hinata. "So are you going to stay?" He asked her.
She blushed and put her fingers together. "W-well y-yes!" Naruto grinned.
"Good." Naruto was just about to turn to the figure beside him to ask but the scared faced man stood up. Quieting everyone again.
"I see, so you all will stay?" Everyone nodded, uneasy. "Good, well we will start to pass out the test and if you still want to back out, the door is still open."
Itachi looked over at Sasori and Tobi who both looked ready for the test. This would be easy… though he was just worried about Naruto-kun. He looked ready to pass-out.
The test was handed to them and the time started for one hour. 'ONE HOUR!' Naruto's mind screamed. 'I'll never be able to finish this in time!'
He looked down at the first question. 'Okay name… N-A-R-U-T-O U-Z-I-M-K-I(sp?)… okay next…. Okay I don't know what one, next… okay I don't know that one, next… oh crap… I don't know that one either!'
He started to look around quickly but caught the instructor's eye. 'Crap, note to self, do not look around again.' People were feeling the same way, this test was almost impossible so they started to do what they all did best at, cheat.
Sasuke looked at the guy in front of him and activated his Shariga. By doing that he started to copy what the guy wrote. 'Done, thank god.' He looked over at Naruto. 'That baka… CHEAT you stupid dobe!'
Deidara looked at the test in wonder. 'What the hell does this stuff mean, un?' He thought. 'Oh well.' He started with his name and noticed Itachi looking over at Naruto with worry.
His own test was done, and it was facing Deidara! Deidara almost smirked and started to copy the test by using his scope eye to read the page. 'Poor baby!' He thought once he was done.
Naruto didn't seem to get that he had to cheat! Itachi kept looking over, trying to get his attention by letting his page lay out in the open. But Naruto never looked.
-X-
One minute was left of the test and Naruto was clutching the sides of his head in panic. Itachi felt like hitting the baka on the head, 'Cheat!' His mind screamed as if Naruto would hear it.
Sasuke looked back at his partner and noticed someone sitting beside him that looked strangely like Itachi… oh shit! Sasuke's eyes lit up as he felt anger ran through him like cold water. 'If that is Itachi then why is he here, and why the hell is he sitting with Naruto!'
The bell rang and Naruto moaned and laid back against the seat. "I'm done for, Fai I'm so sor-"
"You all past!" Everyone's eyes went wide.
"WHAT!" Naruto screamed from his seat and tried to make a run at the guy but Itachi grabbed his waist to stop him. Naruto stopped and looked back at the handsome man and pouted. "Ops, sorry." He said and sat back down.
"Yes, anyways, you all past because this was all just a test on the mind. How strong you are mentally to go through this and stay put."
After that everyone was let go to the next room where they would explain the next challenge. Naruto stood up and looked down at the guy who was staring at him. Naruto's eyebrow raised.
"What? Do I have something on my face." Fai jumped over the table almost landing on Naruto.
"Yes! Right here!" He licked his finger and rubbed the spot on his cheek. Naruto gagged and pushed him off.
"Why do you keep doing that!" Naruto shouted. Deidara looked confused. "I'm not a baby!" Naruto cried.
"Could have fooled me." Said a voice from behind Naruto he turned around and saw Fai's dad.
"And you!" Naruto shouted, pointing a finger at the man. "What's up with you!? Ya keep showing up everywhere! First your Fai's dad, next you're a ninja, now you're in the Chunin Exams!"
Sasori sighed and pulled out a stick of dango. "Will this make you shut up if I give it to you?" He asked taunting Naruto with it. Itachi eyed the piece of candy too. "Yup!" Naruto grinned and Sasori gave him the candy.
"Okay lets go… team." Sasori said and walked away with the Orange masked guy. Itachi looked down at Naruto's dango stick. He reached over with one hand just as Naruto was about to put it in his mouth and stopped the boy. "Hey what are you doing!?" Naruto shouted as Itachi took the stick out of his hands.
"This could rot your teeth, I'd better take it… unless you want one piece?" Itachi smirked and leaned down inches away from Naruto's cute button nose.
Naruto blushed and gawked at the man. 'What was he trying to do to him?' His mind went to jelly as the man smirked a most seductive… smirk. "Want some?" He asked playing with the words so that they would sink into Naruto's mind for a long time. Naruto gulped and nodded. Itachi stood straight and pulled one piece off the stick and held it out in front of Naruto face. "Open up." He ordered. Naruto's face went red and his eyes looked around the room but he noticed one very important detail… they were the only two there!
Naruto's eyes went wide and he thought he could see stars swimming around in front of his eyes. Itachi grew impatient and placed the piece in his own mouth. Naruto noticed this and shook his head, the daze he was in had gone. Itachi smiled down at Naruto and Naruto looked ready to turn around. "Can I have a welcome present?" he asked. Naruto looked confused, Itachi leaned down to Naruto level and drew the boy closer. Naruto felt himself grow dizzy again, almost like a drunken feeling.
Just as Itachi was a centimeter away Deidara ran into the room. "Baby! Where'd you go?" He asked and took one look at the two before stopping in his tracks, face set in shock. "WHAT!" He shouted. Itachi's eyes widened and he quickly let go of Naruto who stumbled back into a desk. Deidara marched down to the front row and grabbed Naruto in a hug from behind and glared at Itachi. "Mine." He growled and walked a still dazed Naruto out the door.
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I had to change the last part, I changed it to this because I found that Itachi didn't make as big of an entrance as he should so I wrote this. I hope you liked it!
Okay now for the important ramble part: Itachi will be going by the name of Ichi, Sasori is Kero, and Tobi is Toru! Got it? Look in my profile for how they look… it's at the bottom of the page I must say before you venture into a land where you may get lost and have to delete the page… a.k.a, my profile is LONG! And confusing…. Yes.
Challenge! (Last chapters challenge was taken by Blackrosebunny! But she said that all her updates would be slow since she is busy most of the summer.):
(Itachi/Naruto)
Itachi and Kisame were walking when they were stopped by an old woman covered in a cloak. "What do you want baa-chan." Kisame asked rudely as he tried to walk around the old woman but she stopped him. Itachi just stood there, there was something wrong about this woman which made him worry. "You two killed my son." She said in a gulfed voice. Kisame laughed. "Well then old woman, what are you going to do? Hit us with your handbag?" The woman started to laughed but choked and coughed. Kisame rolled his eyes. "You're wasting our time old woman, step aside or I'll have to make you." He said as he pulled out his sword. The woman held a hand, which froze the two in place like their bodies shut down. Itachi held the woman's gaze. "What are you going to do now?" He asked. The woman chuckled. "Now don't worry." She said sweetly. "I'm not going to kill you, that would be to easy on your halves and to nice of me… no I'm going to change you… for the better so that you will never kill another loved one again." With that the two Akatsuki members blacked out.
Itachi opened his eyes and looked around, everything seemed to be bigger! He heard footsteps coming towards him and they were loud! He felt something rap around his body and get picked up. "What's this?" A loud voice asked in from behind. He was turned around to come face to face with Naruto-kun! "Naruto-kun!" He gasped. Naruto looked around. "Who said that?" "Me." Itachi sweatdropped. How did Naruto become so big! It must be his jutsu or something. "Me who?" Naruto asked and started to turn around and around. "Come out!" He shouted. Itachi blinked back tears. That voice was too loud for his eardrums! "Stop shouting you baka!" He shouted. Naruto looked down at Itachi and gasped in shock. He let go and Itachi fell. "Ahhhhh… Ouf!" He hit the ground and rubbed his head. "Don't drop me you baka." He growled up and the huge Naruto. Naruto squatted down. "Hey you look like Itachi Uchia in doll form!" He grinned. Itachi raised an eyebrow. "What's that suppose to-" He stopped, realizing something. "Do you have a mirror?" He asked. Naruto shook his head. "No, but I can take you to the river side." He picked Itachi up and brought him over to the water. Itachi looked at his reflection and almost screamed in horror. He was a DOLL!
Notes: Naruto takes Itachi home, he doesn't like Naruto at first but then starts to once he sees Naruto live his afoul life, Itachi falls in love, gets changed back, Naruto falls for him, happy ending… sort of.
I hope you like it, I went all out on originality! I don't think there are many like this out there! I hope!
Cheerios!