Ino started, "Well..." and then there was a knock at the door.
"HEY! GIRLY! MASTER KIBA NEEDS YOU! YOU HAVE TO GO TO DINNER! OR SOMETHING!" said the utterly unmistakable voice of Naruto. To his plee, he was adding teeny weeny candlestick bangings.
"ALRIGHT. But only to knock some manners into this beast..." Ino squealed in a manner that might have been unnecessary, but probably she hadn't gotten to do much for very long now. She pulled out a dress of white lace, and stockings with the patterns of snowflakes stitched delicately into them. Then somehow, the dresser managed to fool and fix with her hair, tying a red ribbon at the back.
"The master loves a little red, but he also loves white..." Ino fussed, and Beauty just sat there astounded at the just what this wardrobe could do. "There! Perfect!" Beauty looked at herself, and rather thought she looked like a doll. But before she could complain, Naruto hopped up on her lap.
"Cast manifacto! DATTEBAYO!" Naruto was so happy, and nodded his little lit head so enthusiastically, that Beauty didn't have the heart to tell him he just butchered the saying. Instead she picked him up, and thanking Ino profusely and politely, and went to go find the beast that was to be her...dinner companion? She felt more like dinner than companion.
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They had picked up Shino along the way, for Naruto truly had no idea where to go, and though two little animate previously inanimate objects were squirming about in her arms, she couldn't help but feel safer. They had led her to a room with a roaring fire, and a long table laid in it, with many little objects scurrying about to make sure it was ready. Beauty wondered if this 'Sasuke' was in the room, and was rewarded when she heard little shouts.
"...totally useless men! You are a Japanese fan, understand? You are for summer and useless girls to fan themselves with. I am a REAL FAN, to fuel the fire..." said another blond-colored instrument, an old fashioned fan that was indeed, to help the fire.
"...Hn." said a small paper fan that sat right next to that fan. Naruto climbed up to her ear, and began whispering quickly.
"That's Sasuke, dattebayo. He gets all the girls. Even...Sakura-chan..." he pouted. "Then there is Temari. She will eat you alive, dattebayo. She is the sister of Gaa-chan...so I like her."
"Temari...please calm yourself. We finally have an answer to the curse. Please conduct yourself accordingly." said a chessboard, its pieces moving rapidly on their own.
"A-ah...yes, Shikamaru." said the fan, its green eyes going soft. A little feather duster bustled about cleaning the shelves, and said,
"Temari, you shouldn't tease him...I mean, he hasn't been able to train and get stronger, so that he can kill his brother and avenge his clan."
"Tenten, I like you. Don't change that with sympathy towards this weakling boy." Temari growled. The feather duster ignored her and instead hailed Shino.
"Shino-kun! It's been so long since I've seen you. We seem to be always getting busier, ne?"
Shino nodded, and then jumped onto the table. "Alright, the master will be here any moment. Please sit, and he will arrive, and the food very shortly thereafter. For our sakes, please give him a chance." And he bowed to Beauty. She blushed, her previous thoughts of scolding this monster a little shameful now.
"Shh! Here he comes..." And so he did, sweeping into the room, like a demon.
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Naruto © Masashi Kishimoto
Notes for the Reader
• This is a slightly promotional fanfiction for my other fanfiction, Dream.
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