A/N: Ami-chan, you didn't review... now i'm really sad... oh well, here's the second chapter...
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto… Even if how much I wanted it… Darn! (Sulks at the corner)…
Romance in the Autumn AirChapter II- Red Leaves Festival
Kumi frowned. "Are you sure you aren't going to the festival?" Ami nodded. "But you always go every year…"
"I'm not feeling well, Kumi-chan…" Ami gave a fake cough. "I think I'm catching something… colds maybe but please, enjoy yourself in the festival without me." She smiled weakly.
The brunette sighed before leaving the room. As soon as she was out, Ami got out of bed, dressed not in sleeping attire but in commoner's clothes. She smiled to herself, she was going to enjoy herself in the festival without the burden of having to be a princess. Tonight, she will be just a normal teenager.
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When Ami reached the festival, she smiled. It was fairly easy for her to sneak out of the castle undetected because some of the usual guards were attending the festivities. Her dark pink eyes shone in delight when she saw the huge blood colored cherry tree in the middle of the whole festival area. She loved the Red Leaves Autumn Festival for a lot of reasons but one of them was because the color of the cherry petals reminded her of someone's eyes and this festival was where she first met that person.
"I came here to have fun and that's just what I'm gonna do!" she cheered herself up before attacking booth after booths selling foods and played all the games she saw.
After hours of playing and eating and trying to not bump into unwanted people, Ami needed to catch her breath so she set off to the comforts of the Red Tree, a stick of cotton candy the color of her hair in her hand.
She hummed a tune, she always felt relaxed when she was near the Red Tree but something caught her eyes, just at the other side of the tree. "That cloak, that pattern, that kasa…" her gaze were fixed on a man wearing a black cloak with a red cloud pattern on it and on his head, covering most of his face, was a traditional bamboo hat. Without even thinking, she threw the cotton candy and darted to the direction of the man, pushing aside people and not caring who they were.
When she was in front of him, Ami suddenly latched himself to the man, hugging him extremely tight. "What the hell are you doing, un?!" the man protested, trying to squirm away from the ecstatic pink head (well, there's 'red head', right?).
The princess gawked at him, pouting cutely. "Don't joke around!" she hugged him tighter. "I knew you'd come! I love you!"
The man started to panic upon hearing the 'I love you' part. "Get away from me, un!" he shove Ami away forcefully, making him lose his balance in the process. He ended up falling on, butt first on the ground, he took off the kasa and threw the hat at Ami in anger. "You're a freak, un!"
Ami just gaped at him for a while before shouting, "YOU"RE BLONDE?!" she pointing an accusing finger at the blonde man whose long golden locks were tied up in a high ponytail while his bangs covered one of his eyes from sight.
"Yes, I am, thanks for pointing out, un!" Blondie stood up and started dusting himself of he was scowling pretty badly.
Another man with the same attire, minus the kasa, arrived, "What's wrong, Deidara?" he asked in a monotone voice, his blood colored orbs followed Deidara's glare and came eye to eye with familiar dark pink ones. "Ami?" his eyes widen a little, so little that you couldn't even notice it.
Ami was paralyzed for a moment, taking in the sight of the man she loved. "Itachi!" she was about to glue herself unto Itachi just like what he did to Deidara earlier only this time a hand on her face stopped her.
Deidara was in between Itachi and Ami, an arm still outstretched and hand on Ami's face, keeping her a safe distance away from Itachi. "Itachi-kun, do you really know her?" he asked, Itachi nodded, not even bothering to answer verbally.
Ami slapped Deidara's hand away. She just met the guy and already she hated him. How dare he go in between her and the man she loved? And how dare he place his filthy hands on her face? And most importantly he was… BLONDE! She glared at him, "Place your hands on my face or on any part of me and I'll beat you within an inch of your life!"
Deidara glared back, "Was that supposed to be a threat, well, I'd like to see you try, un!"
"What's with the 'un' at every end of your sentence?!"
"It's the way I speak so back off, un!"
"Well, the way you speak is annoying!"
"No it's not but you are, un!"
The Uchiha sighed, their verbal attacks on each other was catching a lot of unwanted attention. "Ami-hime." He called.
Ami's angry visage quickly altered to a mixture between being happy and being cute, staring lovingly at Itachi. "Yes, Itachi." Taking the opportunity, she was finally able to attach herself to Itachi and hugged him.
Deidara twitched, 'She's gone from Miss Pissy to Miss Perky!'
"Ita-kin, wasn't your partner that shark-faced dude but why are you here with that?" Ami pointed at Deidara.
Deidara was so close to chocking the pink head, if only they were in a less crowded place but he decided to say something insulting instead which resulted into another verbal battle. Itachi just sighed again.
From afar, they didn't notice a redhead with a manic grin on his face, a plan was slowly formulating in his demented and twisted mind.