I would forgive you… BUT I CAN'T! HA HA SUCKER!! Sorry that wasn't directed at you, I needed to get that out and over with. No offense really. Am I an anime freak of nature? And have any of you eaten an emo cow? And oh yes: I DO NOT, I REPEAT DO NOT OWN NARUTO.

Here to Stay

Chapter Nine: The Need For Aspirin: ENDED

The hunt for aspirin continues. So does the ultimate nagging of the conscience. And finally after yelling at his inner self Neji bumped into the well known… ROCK LEE!!!

And today Lee is absolutely ecstatic and is bouncing of trees. " HELLO NEJI! May I poke you?"

"Hello Lee. No you may not poke me and please don't scream no matter how happy you are."

"Well I'm off to roast squirrels!"

"Don't… if you value your life… just don't…"

But alas Neji's words were thrown to the wind as Rock Lee skipped away.

Two minutes later the voice of Cynara rang through Konoha, "FOR GOD SAKE! WHEN I SAY STAY OUT IT MEAN'S STAY OUT! SO STAY OUT!"

Somewhere in Konoha

Ino stared at a broken pane of glass.

Choji was so shocked because he had dropped a bag of potato chips at the sound.

Shikamaru was watching the clouds go by.

Sakura blinked twice and punched the person next to her to make sure she wasn't hearing things.

Naruto is now unconscious because he was next to Sakura.

Tenten just shook her head and went on searching for a certain medication.

And Neji winced.

Oh and well Lee sailed across Konoha like a missile and hit the ramen stand and landed on an unconscious Naruto.

Somewhere in Sunagakure

Kankuro was staring at a bridge that had collapsed with the innocent passengers on it.

Temari was sailing down on her fan, saving the innocent passengers thinking 'Stupid Sound'.

Gaara heard a pitiful scream. Nothing more.

Back in Konoha

Neji decided not to visit Cynara considering that she just threw Lee around two kilometers…

Violent people tend to have violent ways… So true… I was talking about you…

Shut up.

"Do you know where the aspirin is? I sure don't!" Gai was also skipping around screaming this and going around in circles. "I'm going to toast squirrels! Bye bye!"

Two minutes later, "THE SAME GOES FOR YOU TOO!"

Somewhere in Konoha

Ino was staring at the newly bought pane of glass that had cracked again…

Choji fainted because the impossible had happened… he had dropped his second bag of precious chips in ONE DAY.

Shikamaru is still watching clouds because he doesn't care. No not at all.

Sakura poked Naruto trying to see if he was still alive.

Naruto is face first in ramen…

Tenten went on with her shopping.

Neji cringed.

And Gai sensei went flying like a bird and hit the ever so lazy Shikamaru.

Somewhere in Sunagakure

Kankuro's mouth flew open when on of the bystander fell off the cliff.

Temari cursed when she dropped one of the passengers.

Gaara heard another pitiful scream. Nothing more.

Back in Konoha

Neji was suddenly very scared because if Lee and Gai were thrown a few kilometers because the provoked Cynara what would happen if someone actually got her mad?

Oh my… that would be very scary… very scary indeed… Do you think killing would be involved? Uh… most probable… What would happen if we poured water on her? DON'T. I don't wanna find out… Why not? Well Tenten said not to and she's her cousin!

Good point…

"BLECH! They call this teriyaki? More like salt mixed with a lot of curry!" Neji turned to find Cynara strolling down the streets eating a piece of teriyaki. He kept himself from jumping back with the fear that he might face Gai and Lee's demise… "Hello Neji… may I poke you?"

"No… why are you asking me this?"

"You mean you didn't know? Today's international poke day!

"What?"

"I don't know either but your friend in the spandex told me that just now so yeah… thought I'd give it a try…

"What are you eating?"

"Teriyaki you fob…"

"What's a fob?"

"Some one who does those silly little poses in pictures… You know kinda like bunny ears but no…"

"But I don't pose in pictures… in fact I don't pose for pictures…"

"What are you? Camera shy?"

"No…"

"Do you like Tenten?"

The sudden randomness of this made Neji choke. Cynara whacked him hard on the back many times as he coughed. "Are you plotting against me or something?"

"Uh… why?"

"I FOUND THE ASPIRIN!" Tenten bounced into the conversation.

"What? YAY!!!" Cynara is now high because of this…

"Where did you find that? It's like an endangered species now…"

"Hmm? Oh there were a couple of bottles lying around Lee when I passed him on the way back…"

"WHA'CHA, WHA'CHA, WHA'CHA, I MADE IT THROUGH THE DAY! WHA'CHA, WHA'CHA, WHA'CHA, I MADE IT THROUGH THE DAY!" Cynara sang this to the tune of 'Dreidel Dreidel Dreidel"

"Are you on drugs?" Neji arched an eyebrow at Cynara who is currently running around like a maniac, dancing and punching innocent bystanders.

"It's just the thing that I'm seeing my good friend the aspirin jar again…" Cynara replied still punching innocent bystanders. Then she took three bottles full of aspirin and danced off.

"Your cousin is really odd you know that?"

Tenten grimaced. "Tell me about it…"

NOW! NOW!

What do you mean now?

Now is when you confess your love for her!

You really are hopeless… GET IT THORUGH YOUR HEAD! I DO NOT LIKE TENTEN!

Sure doesn't seem like it…

"Do you want any aspirin? Because I have enough to make a small fortune off of…"

"Sure… Where were you for those two years?"

"I thought you didn't want to know…" Tenten replied as she handed him a bottle of DR BEN'S MULTI PURPOSE ASPIRIN.

"No… Last time you asked if I wanted to know why you left… right now I'm asking you where…"

"…"

"Don't steal my thing…"

"Well for half a year I traveled around and then for one year I became a well known hermit who live in the mountains who you were not supposed to mess with. The rest of the time I spent traveling."

"Oh… Where did you say you got this aspirin from?"

"It was around Lee…"

"Wait a minute… If it was around Lee and there was so many…"

They both turned in the direction of town. "Do you think Gai and Lee stole every single aspirin bottle in town?" Tenten asked Neji.

"I don't know… And I'm afraid, knowing them…"

A FEW MINUTES LATER

Villager1: Look at all the aspirin!

Villager2: ASPIRIN RAID!

Villager3: I call dibs on all the DR BEN'S MULTI PURPOSE ASPIRIN!

Villager2: No fair!

Villager3: WHO CARES! CHARGE!

Tenten and Neji: OMG! RUN!

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SPELL THE WORD DREIDEL! I need help I know… but it's just the fact that school's out and I have been knitting furiously because I'm too lazy to buy Christmas presents… -Scrooge A.K.A Shadoom