A/N: I updated faster than I expected. It's probably because ideas are coming in. But I can't promise that it's gonna be this fast every time, okay? I might have writer's block soon. I found some time today so instead of gossiping, I wrote this chapter instead. Here goes…I hope you enjoy! ^_^
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
Chapter 19 – Plan's Initiation
"Man, I finished work today. Now it's time to get some sleep. I'm sure I'll win the bet!" said Naruto as he walked home, chuckling slightly from the thought of eating as much ramen as he wants without paying for it. He was decided to walk at the park for a couple of minutes. He looked around, the park was very beautiful with all the park lights on. He saw the bench where he and Hinata fed the birds. He smiled from the thought of it. He walked towards it and sat down, remembering the time when they were still feeding the birds, laughing and talking happily with each other.
"I guess I'll have to leave now." Said Naruto as he stood up and continued his way back to the apartment.
Naruto opened the door. His apartment room was on the second floor of the building. It wasn't too small, but wasn't too big either. It had a bathroom, a kitchen, a considerable-sized living room, and a good-sized bedroom. He left his bag near the couch and headed to the bathroom for a shower. After 10 minutes, he went out. His hair is still dripping wet. He looked rather cool while drying his hair with a towel. He wore an orange and black bathrobe with a fox design on the back. After drying his hair and wearing his pajamas, he prepared his bed and set his alarm clock. Lucky for him, he didn't have any homework for that day. He set his alarm on an hour before school just to make sure he won't be late. He glanced at his alarm clock and saw that it was already 10pm. He slipped to the bed and only after a couple of seconds, he's already deeply asleep.
It was 10pm when the gang gathered at the park. They checked the items brought and made sure that their plan won't fail.
"Kiba, do you have the key?" Sasuke asked while rummaging through his bag to make sure he didn't forget anything.
"Yeah, even Shikamaru has one. I think even you have one, right?" Kiba answered, also checking for anything he forgot.
"Yes, I was just making sure if you had one as well." Sasuke, sure that he has everything he needs, closed his bag.
"So, here's our strategy. We'll enter the house in groups of two." Shikamaru said. "Sasuke and Sai, Kiba and Shino, Lee and Neji, Me, Choji and Gaara. Kankuro didn't want to get involved so he didn't come and Gaara will come with me and Choji."
"We'll enter swiftly and quietly. If we wake him up, we'll be in trouble. And make sure no one sees us because they might think we're burglars." Neji reminded. They nodded.
"Sai and I will be in charge of the rope. Kiba and Shino, you guys will deal with the honey. Lee and Neji, whipped cream. Shikamaru, Choji, Gaara, you guys can think of other delay plans." Sasuke told them their positions.
"Are we going to hide his alarm clock?" Sai asked.
"No, it's much better if he wakes up and then struggles to get to school on time." Sasuke smirked.
"But we can't see him struggling and it won't be as much fun." Lee pointed out.
"I brought my laptop and I'll apply some cameras." Shikamaru smiled.
"Yeah, but isn't that sort of like spying?" Choji asked, munching on his chips.
"I'll only put one in his bedroom and one in the living room so it's fine." Shikamaru reassured.
"Good thinking, Shika. So we can use your laptop to see what's happening, right?" Sasuke inquired.
"Of course." Shikamaru smirked.
"Now, let's get this plan into action!" Sasuke said. Everyone agreed and they headed to their victim's house with a mischievous look on their faces.
They finally reached Naruto's house. The first group was Shikamaru, followed by Choji and Gaara. After two minutes, Sasuke received a text message from Shikamaru saying that they successfully entered the house. Sasuke nodded at Sai and they went inside the house. And then, after 5 more minutes, they were all inside. Shino closed the door. The living room was spacious enough for all of them to fit in with some space to spare. Sasuke and Sai were already inside Naruto's room.
The light from the moon was enough to illuminate the whole room even if it was only faint. Naruto's cute sleeping face made them both chuckle silently. The others were quite curious and also entered the room. The same expression was also evident in their faces but they did their best to restrain their laughs. Kiba took out his digital camera and took Naruto's photo. Sasuke took out the rope from his bag and handed the other end of the rope to Sai. While they were working, Kiba went to see how Shikamaru and the others were doing. Shino, Lee, Gaara and Neji were hooking up the cameras. Shikamaru was typing some stuff on his computer, probably some kind of command that would let him control the cameras or something like that. Half an hour later, Sasuke and Sai finished tying up Naruto. The rope wasn't too tight and wasn't too loose either. So Kiba and Shino went to work with the honey and Lee and Neji with the whipped cream.
Kiba and Shino both had a bottle full of honey and they carefully spread it on Naruto's chest and belly. His shirt is going to be so sticky. Meanwhile, Neji and Lee played around with the whipped cream. They put whipped cream on Naruto's face, and made him look like Santa Claus. After he finished his work, Kiba took out something from his bag. It was a cherry. He placed it on Naruto's nose. Kiba took another picture. After being satisfied with their work, they left Naruto's room and went to the living room to check on Shikamaru. Shikamaru glanced at them and then looked back at his laptop's monitor.
"Okay. That's that." Shikamaru whispered as he pressed a button on the keyboard and closed his laptop.
"Alright, let's get out of here." Kiba murmured and everyone left the house as quickly as they can. Before Sasuke went closed the door, he saw Naruto's shoes and a smirk crept to his face when he hid the shoes under Naruto's couch. He didn't hide it completely just for fun.
When all of them were out of the house, they decided to go to the park to rest. When they reached it, they all sat down. Tired from their mischief.
"Hey, Sasuke. You're rich, and treating us all to ramen isn't a big deal for you. Heck, even if you treat us all to ramen for a month, it won't hurt your budget at all." Neji asked, leaning on the bench.
"Yeah. But it's fun, so why not? It's not really a big deal if I lose this bet. I just want to test Naruto's capabilities." Sasuke smirked, staring in the sky.
"That's so much like you. You always like to set the bar higher to those around you so they would do their best and you, in return will do your best even more. You're quite competitive." Kiba chuckled.
"Hn. I guess you could say that." Sasuke answered still gazing upon the stars in the sky.
"This was really fun." Lee commented.
"Yeah. But the real fun will start tomorrow." Shikamaru also gazed up the stars and then everyone did the same.
"I remember back when we were all still in pre-school. We've all been friends since then." Kiba reminisced.
"Yeah. Lots of people bullied Naruto and treated him an outcast but for some reason, we ended up being friends with him." Shikamaru agreed. "I think he has some kind of power to change people and make friends with them.."
"Hmmm…yeah, I think that's true. We're all like brothers, right?" Lee asked. Everyone gave a 'yeah', 'yes', 'of course' and 'yhup'.
"How about us who started being your friends in Junior High?" Sai asked. Gaara was also thinking of asking that but Sai beat him to it.
"Of course you're both like brothers to us as well!" Kiba grinned. Sai and Gaara smiled, happy to be thought of as their brother. After a couple more minutes of star gazing, it was already 11:15
"It's already getting late. We should all head home because we'll probably have a tough day tomorrow when Naruto finds out that we're the ones who planned this." Sasuke suggested as he sat up and swung his bag on his shoulder. The others also fixed their stuff.
"Yeah. So, tomorrow at 6:30, right? That was the time on Naruto's alarm." Kiba asked.
"Make it 6:15." Sasuke answered.
"I'll bring some chips so we can eat while we watch." Choji added.
"Yeah, that'd be great." Neji approved.
"Alright, see you all tomorrow." Kiba said as he started to walk. Then they all headed home with smiles on their faces, obviously filled with anticipation for tomorrow's event.
Another cliffhanger! I hope you all look forward to the next chapter! Clue: I have a little NaruHina prepared for that chappie! ^_^
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