Hello, my wonderful readers! Sorry it took me so long to update! But here you go! And by the way, Brightshadow 5 and I are having a who-can-be-meaner to Sora contest. So, if you haven't read it yet, read his story (Fall Back) and then review and tell me which of us you think is making life more difficult for Sora!
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18. Naruto and Ramen... Oh God.
"We'd love to get you guys some dinner, if you'd like," Kakashi offered generously as the company headed for his house, which was apparantly closest.
"Yeah! Have any of you ever had ramen before?" Naruto asked, looking very excited at the thought of ramen.
"Umm... No. There's nothing called ramen in our world, I think," Kairi replied. Then she remembered that Darran and Lifelle came from a separate world than her, Axel, Riku, and Sora.
"What about you, Darran? Anything called ramen in your world?" Kairi asked, being only slightly flirty. She had seen Sora looking at her furtively from her peripheral vision a moment ago.
Darran, who had been staring into space a minute ago, perked up immediately.
"Ramen? Nope, I don't think so. What's it like?" He cheerily asked Naruto, who wasted no time in giving them a detailed analysis of the joys of ramen. Sakura rolled her eyes; it was obvious she'd heard this speech before. Sasuke merely continued to gaze into the trees surrounding him, a dark and brooding look on his pale face.
Out of the corner of her eye, Kairi saw Sora peeking at her once more.
Hmmm... She thought, an evil idea striking her. She caught up to Darran, who was listening intently to Naruto's description of beef ramen, and grabbed his hand. He looked alarmed for a moment, then went a deep shade of red. Soon the embarassment gave way for delight, though, and he swungtheir clapsed hands together as they walked. Kairi tilted her head a fraction of a degree and saw Sora looking as though someone had slapped him, a murderous rage in the bright blue eyes Kairi knew so well. He continued to glare at Darran until Riku, who saw what was going on, left Lifelle's side to whisper something to Sora. His mouth moved as little as it could as he tore his burning gaze from the boy who was holding hands with Kairi to the ground. Kairi smirked.
...You don't honestly think this is going to work, do you? He's gonna end up losing it like last time. Namine predicted from the back of Kairi's mind.
I just wanna see if he gets jealous, that's all. If he does, then at least I know he likes me and didn't acknowledge what happened for some other asanine reason. Kairi explained, the smirk not yet having left her face.
You're an idiot.
That's a matter of opinion.
No, I'm pretty sure that's everyone's opinion.
Oh really?
Yeah, really!
Name one person besides your fanboy who doesn't think you're an idiot.
Shut up!
Kairi and her Nobody continued to bicker until the came to a large apartment complex.
"Home sweet home!" Kakashi announced, leading them up a flight of stairs. He got a ring of keys out of one of his pockets, then swore loudly.
"I left my key in my apartment!" He growled, his uncovered eye narrowing.
"I can handle it," Sora offered. Kakashi's eyebrow rose in defiance as Sora called his keyblade. A beam of white-blue energy shot out of it and directly into the keyhole. A sound like a door being locked reverberated through the hallway.
"That was the keyhole?" Riku asked in disbelief. Sora shrugged sheepishly. "Guess so."
"That was easy," Axel said, strolling through the door as if nothing more exciting than finding a penny heads-up had happened. Kairi rolled her eyes and was the first to follow him, Darran entering the door after her, seeing as he was still holding her hand.
It was a cozy apartment, all in all. Books littered the coffee table and the walls were painted off-white, with blue furniture surrounding them. A small kitchen was to their left, and a short hallway strait in front. The hallway had a guest bedroom, a closet, and a bathroom along it, with the end being a master bedroom.
"It's RAMEN TIME!! WOOOO-HOOOO!!!!!" Naruto yelled obnoxiously, running into the kitchen and getting out a large pot. Several loud crashes and swearing followed. Kairi giggled.
Darran finally let go of her hand to help in the kitchen. Soon Lifelle and Kairi were the only ones left in the large living room.
"So... You're into my brother?" Lifelle asked shyly. Kairi nodded absentmindedly; Sora was talking to Riku in a low undertone.
"Ew." Lifelle was looking at her, her nose wrinkled in disgust. The two girls looked at each other for a moment, then burst out laughing.
"Haha, I'm guessing he's not your type?" Kairi asked, after catching her breath. Lifelle chuckled.
"Nah, I prefer the quiet ones..."
"But... Darran is quiet," Kairi pointed out jokingly.
"Oh, that's only around you," Lifelle clarified, a smile still on her face, "He's usually quite the talker. Can't ever get him to shut up, actually."
"Wow, really?" Kairi asked, her eyes widening in disbelief.
"Yep. Actually, if you want to know a secret, he's had a crush on you since he first met you. But don't tell him I told," Lifelle confided.
"I won't!" Kairi promised.
You don't feel bad about this at all? Namine asked her, pity and disapproval coloring her tone.
...Maybe a little. But it's okay. He's a guy, remember? All I have to do is get a little moody and whiny and he'll get over it real quick, trust me. Kairi answered, confident.
"THE RAMEN'S DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Naruto yelled, obviously more happy than one really should be at the thought of ramen.
"You guys might wanna get out here before Naruto eats it all. Sasuke's been known to put it away, too," Kakashi said, poking his head out from the kitchen wall and grinning. Well... he looked like he was grinning. It was kind of hard to tell, with the handkercheif and all.
Kairi helped herself to a bowl of the steaming noodles, blowing on them delicately before taking a bite. They were fantastic; she could see why Naruto was so clearly obsessed.
"This is really good!" She exclaimed, after taking a sip of cold water to douse the fire in her mouth. She had burned her tongue on the ramen.
"Told ya, told ya, told ya!!" Naruto I-told-you-soed through mouthfuls of steaming noodles. Kairi wondered how he couldn't be crying from the scalding his mouth must be taking.
"More!" Sasuke and Naruto cried at the same time, standing up with their bowls in their outstretched hands.
"Ow... my mouth hurts," Kairi complained, tears streaming from her eyes.
"Mine too," Darran sympathetically, draining the last of his water.
The slam of a door made them all jump about a foot in the air.
"Hey, Kakashi. You home yet?" Said a kind-sounding voice from the doorway. Kakashi got up and brought a gentle-looking man with brown hair and a scar on his nose.
"Everyone, this is my roomate Iruka. Iruka, this is Sora, Kairi, Riku, Axel, Lifelle, and Darran. They're from anther world," Kakashi explained, gesturing to each of them in turn.
Iruka and Kakashi went into the kitchen to get ramen refills for everyone, and Naruto caught everyone's eye.
"By the way... They're not 'roomates'," He whispered, giggling a little
"What do you mean? Kakashi just said that they were," Kairi questioned politely.
"They're not... roomates," Naruto said again. He and Sakura started laughing quietly, and even Sasuke cracked a smile - the first time had seen him do so. Eventually, everyone but Kairi was snickering.
"What? I don't get - OH!"
Kairi had to stuff a napkin in her mouth to stop the hysteria.
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For everyone that got that final joke, sorry if it made you mad or whatever. I just support that type of thing and I put that in on a joke and for a personal joke xD
Also, HAHA Lizibeth-chan. I'm hoping you got the glaringly obvious personal joke and the other more subtle joke I put in there? Because if you didn't I'm gonna like kill you tomorrow in study hall.
Vampire love!
PS - Review! And read my Pirates of the Caribbean story, "Yo ho, yo ho." Yes, I knwo the name is corny. I'll fix it when I can think of a better title.