Double Trouble!
By: SuperHyuga Yoshi-chan
Chapter 6: Building my life back up, one step at a time.
"Now, it's time to go find Tenten! But where to start..." I asked myself as I surveyed the park.
It was hard to believe that less than 24 hours ago I was hanging from a tree here. If I wasn't mistaken, I was sitting on the same bench that Yoshiro and Tenten sat on. That's when something Yoshiro said came to mind:
"...There's a new restaurant that i've been meaning to go to. I was thinking of going alone; but seeing you cry makes me want to cheer you up."
"Hmmmm...Now which new restaurant is opening up?" I thought to myself. "Hey, did you hear about the new restaurant opening up?" I overheard a passerby.
"Yes. As a matter of fact, their grand opening is today." Another passerby responded.
"What is place called?"
"Akamichi's Grill and Bar."
"No, not that one!"
"Oooooohh! You mean that fancy one? Akautski's is its name, I think. That one opens there at 6:00 tonight."
"Great! Can we go, babe?"
"Sure, honey."
I looked up and sighed. The two people who were talking were a couple. This only set off to remind me of Tenten even more.
However, I did get some very crucial would be at one of those restaurants, and with him he would have Tenten.
I had a lot of preparing to do for tonight...
{Sauske's House-Sauske's Point of view}
"Sauske! Sauske, open up!" I heard a voice on the other side of the door. Whoever it was, was certainly banging up a storm.
"Sauske, get the door!" My foster dad Kakashi called out to me.
"Alright!" I got up from the kitchen table and went to get the door.
However, I was surprised to see my best friend and arch rival Hyuga Neji panting on the other side.
"Hyuga?" I quirked.
Kakashi came to the front door. "Oh! Hello, Neji. Come in."
He stumbled in and collapsed on the couch for the second time in two days.
"Hyuga?"
"Yes?" Neji looked at me.
"It's only been the second time you've collapsed on my couch in two days."
"So?"
"You do that way too well." I stated.
'I have a feeling i'm gonna need to be concerned about my video gaming schedule...' I thought.
Kakashi came back into the living room with orange soda. He handed Neji one, which he gladly accepted.
"Well, you seem out of breath." Kakashi replied.
"Well, you would be too if the dad of the kid who tried to rob you sought his dad after you." Neji shuddered.
Kakashi chuckled. "Oh, you must be talking about Kyodan. He's the son of Kabuto. He's known around this block for being a leader of the Konoha Raptors, the local gang, and they can be pretty notorious. Heck, how you managed to survive and make it here in one piece is beyond me." Kakashi looked at Neji.
"So, why are you here anyway?" I asked.
"Well..." Neji looked at Kakashi. "Kakashi-san, may we please have a moment alone?"
"Sure." Kakashi left the living room. "Do what you need to do."
"So," I looked at the Hyuga, "what do you need?"
"Well, I have good news and bad news."
"What's the bad news?"
"So pessimistic."
"Hey! I just want to get the bad *%! out of the way."
"Oh. Well, the bad news is that I don't have my girlfriend back."
"Bummer." I snapped my fingers.
"But the good news is that I might be able to get her back." He smirked. "You know the two new restaurants that are opening up?"
"Yeah. I think they both open up at 6:00." I said.
"Well, Yoshiro said that he wanted to take Tenten out to a restaurant that was opening. I think he might be taking her to one of those two.
"What does this have to do with me?" I asked.
"Now this is where you come in. I need to borrow some plungers and need you to Map Quest Ó the directions of the two places."
"Sure." I stood up and went to my room.
"Oh, and Sauske?" I heard him speak up.
"Yeah?" I looked back at him.
"Thanks. For everything. You're a great friend." He looked away from me, but I knew he was feeling embarrassed.
"No problem, man. After all, I can't be emo all the time." I smirked.
{Evening 5:45- Neji's P.O.V}
I was outside one of the new restaurants that were opening: Akamichi's bar and grill to be exact. I was glancing through the crowd, hoping to spot Yoshiro and Tenten. Unfortunatly, I didn't see either of them there. However, fate seemed to work with me today when I realized that the two restaurants were only a block away from each other. That saved me a lot of time.
As I ran up to the crowd, I heard a familiar voice that melted my heart and was music to my ears.
"Yoshiro, why did we come here so early?"
Then I heard a 'not-so-heavenly' voice.
"So then we can get the best seats, Tenten."
I peered around a big-boned person and saw the two at the front. That was them, alright.
'Time to move in.' I thought to myself.
I snuck to the back of the restaurant and hid behind a dumpster; making sure no one would see me. I then tied on the suction cups from the plungers I borrowed from Sauske. That's when I attached myself to a wall, and...Well, 'plunged' myself up it. I spotted a window that was close-by and peeked into it.
"Augh! Deidra," A man whose name happened to be Sasori (I saw his name tag) seemed to be chewing out one of the fellow chefs. "How many times have I told you to stick strictly to the recipe?"
"I just wanted to add my own artistic touch to it, yea." The blond man known as Deidra shrugged his shoulders.
I took a glance to my left, only to see a three layered carrot cake. It was pretty nice looking until I noticed the shrimp nicely decorating the edges.
(Hey reader? Is it just me, or is that shrimp on the left curve, second layer moving?)
"Deidra, you can't just add shrimp to carrot cake! For crying out loud: the shrimp are alive! Don't you care if someone dies or passes out from shock from something like this?"
"Well, this is a beach theme restaurant, yea! What do you want me to do, because I'm not gonna waste it." Deidra pouted.
"Fix it." Sasori said. He then walked out.
"Humph. Stupid Sasori. I went to school to be an artist, not for a degree in culinary arts." He started plucking off the shrimp that were on the cake.
Suddenly, a girl walked into the room with a bag of ice. Deidra seemed to look delighted.
"Hey Konan! You went to culinary arts school, yea?" He asked.
"Pshh, duh. What do you think I'm doing here, clowning around?" She rolled her eyes.
"Naw. That's Tobi's job." Deidra chuckled. "Could you fix this cake up for me please?"
"Sure." Konan wheeled the cart out of the room with Deidra hot on her heels.
As soon as I was sure that they were gone for good, I crawled in.
Now I don't know what the hell happened next: but whether I missed where I was reaching for, or Sauske actually used this plunger this morning didn't really matter.
I slipped and fell butt-first into a huge pot. A pot. A MOTHA' #*&^%! POT!
"Huh? What was that?" I heard Konan's voice. She was about to open the door, but I heard Deidra reasurring her that there was nothing to worry about.
'Thank, Deidra. If you're as cool as your degree is, then you're alright in my books. Even if I don't know you.' I smiled.
I then carefully slipped out of the pot (which was amazing considering I was wearing plungers) and stepped on the fancy looking floor.
"Huh." I whispered. "That's funny. Even the kitchen looks rather fancy. I guess they have pretty high standards here." I then tried to walk to the door without making too much noise.
This took up a lot of time considering that I fell into a pot that contained some water. As soon as I got to the door, I took off the plungers on my hands, grabbed a towel, and dried them off. Afterwards, I tied them back on and crept out the door. No one was out there (thankfully) so I then proceeded to cautiously climb up the wall. I would sneak right behind a curtain every once in a while.
"Tell the public that we'll need an ex-tra 5 minutes for some last minute preparations, Tobi." I heard Sasori's voice.
"Okay! Tobi's a good boy, right Sasori?" I heard a light happiness to his voice that reminded me of Tenten's.
"Whatever, Tobi." Sasori snapped.
I saw Tobi step out of a door. All I saw however was a small mop of brown hair hidden behind an orange, swirly mask. He seemed shorter and younger than the other chefs I saw. He was about to walk out the main entrance, when he turned around and glanced at the curtain I was hiding behind.
"Come on out. Tobi knows you're hiding behind that curtain." I heard him say.
My heart froze. He spotted me without even taking so much as a glance at me. Maybe I wasn't as well hidden as I thought I was.
"Don't be afraid. Tobi won't hurt you." He said in an innocent voice.
"H-hi Tobi." I peeped out from the curtain.
"Hi. What are you doing here?"
I thought for a little while. Then I got an idea.
"Hey Tobi..." I looked back and forth, as if I was being secretive. "How good are you at keeping...secrets?" His eye-holes seemed to widen in surprise.
"Secrets? Secrets?! Tobi loves secrets just as much as he loves keeping them!" He giggled.
"Okay. Just as long as you promise not to tell." I smirked. "Promise?"
"Um...PROMISE!"
"Okay. Let's just say that I have someone I love-
"Like a girlfriend?"
I was shocked at how quickly he could put two and two together.
"Yes, Tobi. She was my girlfriend. Anyway, she's in the process of being taken away by this cousin that I never even knew about until yesterday. I'm gonna get her back, but-"
"Don't worry, my man. Tobi will stay outta your way and make sure not to tell a single soul where you're gonna hide."
Again, I was surprised at how fast he put two and two together. For someone who seemed to be ridiculed and disregarded, he sure was smart.
"Thanks, Tobi. You're the best."
"It's nothing." He rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "But if I were you, i'd hide in that aquarium in the sky. There's some ferns and fauna that you'll be perfectly concealed in." I then crawled as quickly as I could to the aquarium in the sky. I then untied one of my hands and peeled myself off. I landed with a soft *thud!* on the ferns and fauna. Turns out, there was also a grape vine as well.
I wrapped myself within the branches and ducked low enough to be out of view.
I ducked just in time too, because Sasori came out just as I was covered and snug.
"Tobi, tell the customers that we're ready for them." He told Tobi.
"Okay!" Tobi walked out the door and spoke to the customers.
"Ladies and gentlemen...'Akautski's Fancy dining' is offically open!" I heard him squeal with excitement.
People slowly filed in, taking in the wonder of the restaurant and it's decor. That's when I spotted Tenten And Yoshiro amongst the crowd of wide-eyed people.
"Now all I have to do...is wait."
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The Aurthor's Block!
Hey, Hey HEY! IT'S YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-SHI-CHAN! Whew! This one took a while to push out. Mostly because I kept getting distracted by Super Smash Bros. Melee for the Nintendo GameCube. But you can't blame me. The game is fantastic. If you can, rent the game, the system, and a couple of friends. I guarantee a Spring Break/Summer full of fun! :D (Just make sure you don't play with any sore losers. Or sore winners in my case.)
'Till next time though,
imma stay posted!
Yoshi-C!