I'm getting good at this updating fast thing! Yay! And I couldn't think of a name for this chapter, so I picked something random from it:)
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Unwanted
Chapter 21 – Miso Sushi
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"Damn…why does this crybaby like Gaara anyway?" Kankuro thought after Cagalli had insisted he take her to dinner, to repay her for making her cry. She didn't usually cry, her only soft spots were her crushes (only one of which she's ever had), because she loved to read tragic/romantic stories, also write them, and always in a tragic/romantic stories, the couple never gets together. That was one of her two soft spots because she always thought her relationship would end up with one of the two, her or who she likes, would die. Her other soft spot was death, not for herself but for the people around her; her friends.
Sometimes she secretly wished that she would die before anyone she loved did, so that she wouldn't have to bear the pain of losing someone she cared deeply for.
"Hello!" Kankuro's voice pulled her away from these thoughts.
"Oh…sorry what?" she said shocked, remembering he was taking her to dinner.
"The waiter is here! What'cha having?"
"Um…" she picked up the menu. "I'll have miso soup and miso sushi." the waiter wrote down her request and left.
"A miso fan, are ya?" Kankuro asked, trying to start a conversation and kill the awkward silence.
"No, not particularly." she replied.
"So why'd ya order all miso stuff?" he inquired.
"Oh, I didn't want to keep you waiting, so I ordered something I haven't tried before.
Well, I have tried miso soup before, but not miso sushi. I wonder what it'll taste like…"
"I wonder why someone that seems so innocent would like Gaara? He's the complete opposite of innocent." thought Kankuro.
"What are you thinking about? Your face seems so serious."
"N-Nothing."
"It has to do with me and Gaara, doesn't it?" she leaned on the table with her elbows, making it impossible for Kankuro to dismiss the question.
"Yeah."
"What were you thinking?"
"Well, you two are so different, I was wondering why you like him." he replied, "She might say because he looks good, but if she wanted that she'd like me! Hehe…"
"Oh, ok."
"Aren't you going to answer that?"
"Why would I? It was only what you were thinking, not an actual question, right?"
"…"dinner finished awkwardly, Kankuro having no interest in trying to start another
conversation with the stubborn girl. But, as a gentleman would, (Kankuro not being much of one himself) he offered to walk her home, but she declined. She explained that she wasn't going home immediately, and that he shouldn't trouble himself. Thinking that best, he went back to his hotel room.
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"Katya, I'm so glad we made this whole thing up, but you did worry me a lot." said Naruto happily as he walked her home from the Ichiraku Ramen shop, where they
shared dinner together.
"Yes, me too," Katya agreed, "and I promise never to run away again."
"Yup, and I'm glad of that, I wouldn't want to look for you again."
"You looked for me?"
"Yeh, I did with your friend, Cagalli. We searched everywhere." she laughed at his funny attempt to emphasize the last word he said.
"Hey, Naruto?" she looked at the ground as she waited for a reply.
"What is it, Katya? Is something wrong?" he inquired, seeing her look awkwardly at the ground in front of her feet.
"Would you like to stay over with me tonight?" the sudden question shocked him, making him pull his hand out of Katya's comforting grip.
"W-What do you mean by that?" the thought of what he thought she meant ran through his head, over and over, that three letter word.
"No, don't take me wrong!" she replied, thinking how he must have taken the question. "I want to know if you'd like to sleepover with me, it wouldn't be just us, Ayame and Cagalli live with me, y'know!"
"O-oh, right…hehe, silly me!" he slipped his hand back into hers. "Yeah, Katya, I'd love that."
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"Hi, Katya!" Ayame went to greet her friend at their door. "Oh, hello Naruto. How are you?"
"I'm fine." he replied, then Katya explained her idea.
"Oh, what an awesome idea, Katya!" Ayame jumped up at the thought of that mysterious Sasuke coming into her apartment.
"Hey…where's Cagalli?" Katya asked as she showed Naruto in.
"I dunno," Ayame replied, hiding the milk jug in the fridge that she had just been drinking out of, "she hasn't come back yet."
"I'll call her." Katya speed dialed Cagalli, a weak 'hello' answered her.
"What's wrong? You sound like you were just run over." Katya asked, jokingly.
"I feel that way, too." replied Cagalli.
"Well, anyway," Katya skipped the subject, wanting to tell Cagalli her idea, "Naruto is staying for a sleepover, and Ayame is calling Sasuke as we speak, so you can call G-someone to come over, too!"
"I'll be home in a minute, I'll talk to you then." Cagalli replied and they both hung up.
"Who would she invite?" Ayame asked after a loud 'he said he can come' shriek. They were both silent for a moment as they thought of Gaara, who would never set foot within five feet of their friend, unless in a fight. "Well, she'll decide if she will even invite anyone, we don't know many people here, though, so it'll be hard."
A knock on the door told them that Cagalli was there, and too lazy to fish out her keys to unlock the door herself. They let her in, greeted her and watched her lazily flop down on the nearest couch.
"So, who are you inviting?" Ayame asked quickly, excited that Sasuke was coming in less than 15 minutes, "oh sorry, I mean, you don't have to invite anyone if you don't want…" she tried to cover up her obvious mistake, because Cagalli sighed strongly at the question.
"No, no," Cagalli argued, "it's fine! I'm content with spending the night with only my two best friends, I don't care at all!" but deep in her heart she wished Gaara was there, even if he would be a stick in the mud, or even try to kill them all. Kankuro had given her his number, and he said if she wanted to talk to Gaara he's in the next room, so she could.
"Alright, that's good!" Ayame jumped at the sound of another knock on their door. She happily let Sasuke in. "Hi, hunky!"
"Hi, hottie." he replied with a smile.
"Have they gone out already? Do they already have nicknames for each other, or was that just a spur of the moment thing?" thought Katya, intrigued by the nicknames.
Katya made popcorn after telling Naruto to try to cheer Cagalli up, which he tried in vain. Ayame and Sasuke set out Naruto's and Sasuke's sleeping bags, and set up the movie Ayame had asked Sasuke to rent. They were going to watch Yu Yu Hakusho the movie.
"I love Kurama!" Ayame addressed a red haired guy from the movie, who was a demon fox, like Naruto. "Have you see the series, Sasuke?"
"Yes, I have."
"This is going to rock!" Ayame smiled slyly.
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Thanks for the reviews! And in the next chapter, there are going to be a few references to Yu Yu Hakusho, so for those who don't know what I'm talking about, you can either look up the names in google if you want (google it!) or just ignore them, they have no part in the plot of the storyline. I just picked the movie 'cause I love Yu Yu Hakusho, plus I watched it recently. Please R&R!