What Is Love?
Chapter 10
Disclamer:I don't own Naruto.
Gaara:What?No smartass comment? -raises eyebrow-
Kaori:-crosses arms and turns back towards Gaara- Hmf.
Gaara:???
Hitomi:She's mad at you. -smirks-
Gaara:Nani?
Chikara:She said you're the biggest jackass she's ever met. -smirks-
Gaara:?!?!?!
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The six finished their dumplings with a few laughs here and there.Sasuke and Gaara ended up paying...a lot.Kaori ordered 5 orders of dumplings and Naruto ordered 3 just to piss Sasuke off.They walked out of the shop,all of them full.They figured they would walk around to digest and look around at the trees dropping their leaves,getting ready for winter weather.Lights from the buildings of the shopping district seemed to pass back behind them as the walked along.It continued to rain outside,but only lightly.
"So Kao,eat your fill?",Naruto asked Kaori with a smirk.
"Yea.Did you?",Kaori anwsered,smirking back at Naruto.
Sasuke and Gaara could only frown and glare at the two.Both of them had stomachs like bottemless pits.They could never stop eating,specially Kaori.
"Hey!",a girl with brown hair in a low pony tail waved.
They heard a girls voice behind them.Kaori,Hitomi,and Chikara all knew that voice very well.Kagesaki Aishiki,a teammate of Akane's.Aishiki didn't really care for Akane all that much.Akane was too preppy for Aishiki's tastes though she was known for being hyper.In fact,Hitomi,Chikara,Kaori,and Aishiki were all known for being hyper as hell.With Aishiki was Takato,her older cousin,and Kiba,her boyfriend.
"Hey,Ai!",Kaori welcomed cheerfully.
The three caught up with the rest of the group.
"Mind if we join?",Kiba asked sarcasticly.Akamaru came up out of Kiba's sweater and barked.
"Not at all.It kinda gets boring with the two emo kids over there.",Naruto said,moitioning his head towards Sasuke and Gaara.
"More fun than hangin' out with two dumbasses.",Takato mumbled,walking along side Sasuke and Gaara.
"Hey!",Naruto and Kiba said together.
"Relax,jesus.",Chikara shook her head.
"You should really train your boyfriend,Ai.",Hitomi commented with a smirk.
"I trained mine and see how he turned out?",Chikara chuckled,Sasuke glaring at her.
"Yours didn't need much training,Chi.Uchiha ya' know.",Aishiki continued,"And you really can't talk Hito.Naruto isn't excatly the best trained boyfriend."
"...Yeah...",Hitomi sighed looking down at the ground.
Naruto noticed Hitomi's sudden disappointment and walked over to her.He put his arm around her shoulders and looked down at her,waiting for her smile.She looked back up at him,looking slightly uncomfortable.Not the reaction he was looking for.
"Can I talk to you alone?",Hitomi asked Naruto.
Naruto nodded and said,"We'll catch up to you guys in a little bit."
"Be safe you two.",Kaori told them.
They both nodded and walked over behind a larger vendor.Naruto and Hitomi watched the other seven keep walking.
"Naruto,we're over.",Hitomi said silently.
"Wah?But...I...why?Is...is it another guy?",Naruto asked hestitently,feeling like his heart was just broken in two.
"No,it's not.I just don't feel the same way I did before about you.",Hitomi explained,she seemed kind of careful of the words she used,careful not to hurt his feelings to bad.
"We can still be...friends,right?",Naruto asked her,disappointed with what just happened.
"Yeah,of coarse.",Hitomi said smiling a little,looking up at him.
"Cool.",Naruto said as he did the same as Hitomi.
They ran to catch up with the rest of them.
"So you told him the news,Hito?",Kaori asked,raising her eyebrow and putting her hands in her pocks because of the cold chill.
"Yeah.",Hitomi said,smiling a little.
"Well,it had to be done sometime,I guess.",Chikara sighed.
"Well,Hito and Naruto are now offically on the market.",Aishiki said,smirking.
"If only,if only.",Takato said to himself quietly.
"Huh?",Sasuke questioned.
"Nothing",Takato anwsered.
"So Naruto,who are you gonna go for next?",Kiba asked curiously.
"I'm gonna wait awhile.Right now I'm wondering how all you know about this without us telling you.",Naruto said,confused.
"I kinda told them I was planning to break up with you.",Hitomi said.
Everyone nodded,even Gaara.
"Oh,that's nice.",Naruto said pouting.
Out of no where they heard a high-pitched scream coming from in front of them.There stomped Akane,the eye that Kaori punched covered with a bandage that went all the way around her head.She looked pissed.Hell,she was pissed.
"Kaijuuuuu!",Akane screamed out.
"Kao,what did you do to her this time?",Hitomi asked sarcasticly as she smirked.
"I'm scared to ask.",Chikara followed,smirking as well.
Kaori chuckled and anwsered,"She started it."
"Well,we're about to find out.",Sasuke said,watching a dirt cloud form from behind the screaming girl.
Akane stomped up to the group and looked at all of them until her eyes reached Kaori.She glared at Kaori and Kaori just stared blankly back at her.Everyone in the group looked at the two rivals.Most glared at Akane.
"You...",Akane snickered,walking over to Kaori.
"Jesus,Akane.Will you just fuck off?",Aishiki asked annoyed that her teammate was here.
"Shut up,Kagesaki.",Akane sneered.
Kiba stepped in front of Aishiki.Akamaru started to growl.
"You shut up you whiney bitch.",Takato said to Akane,anger in his voice.He was protective of his cousin.
"Taka-kunnn,don't talk like that.",Akane said in a flirty way.Akane was known for being Takato's fangirl.
"Don't bring them into this...and Taka-kun?",Kaori said,questioning her rival's sanity,"Why the hell are you here anyway?"
"Why?Why?!Because of this,Kaijuu!",Akane screamed out,pointing to her bandaged eye.
Everyone chuckled or giggled under their breath.
"I wouldn't have had to do that if you didn't try to randomly attack me.",Kaori said smirking,"And I use the word try for a reason."
"Meaning she failed...bad.",Kiba said laughing.
Everyone else joined in.Gaara included.
"Just shut up!",Akane shouted out.
"You shut up.",Hitomi said with attitude.
"Calm down,swirly bitch.",Chikara said.(Explaination of "swirly bitch" at bottom after story.)
"Can't make me.",Naruto said,sticking his tongue out at her afterwords.
"I'm not taking orders from a girl that looks like a pirate.",Gaara said plainly.
Gaara's joke made everyone laugh.
"Nice,Gaara,nice.",Kaori laughed out.
Akane glared at Gaara who was smirking.
"You're like her.",Akane said to Gaara,"You to Naruto."
They all knew what she meant.The joke was over.It came to using the demons as an insult.
"Monsters.That's you are,monsters.",Akane said laughing.
All their expressions were angery.
"Specially you,Kaijuu.You're the worst of them all.",Akane said,walking back over to Kaori.
"You haven't changed at all.You still cry and run away.",Akane said grinning evily.
Hitomi,Chikara,and Aishiki looked at Akane in complete blood lust.Hitomi mainly.Takato,Naruto,Kiba,Gaara,and Sasuke felt the same way.
"Come on,Kaijuu,cry...cry.",Akane said grinning still,grabbing a kunai from her holster.
Kaori eyes grew sad.She looked down at the ground.
"Heh.I've waited along time to see that face again.",Akane snickered,getting ready for the attack.
"Now,cry!",Akane said,hurling her hand with the kunai towards Kaori.
"Kao!",Hitomi,Chikara,and Aishiki shouted together.
It happened to fast for Kaori to react.She shut her eyes and waited.She felt nothing.She opened her eyes to see the kunai was stopped by sand.
"Gaara.",Kaori mouthed.
She saw Naruto punch Akane in the stomach,Chikara kick the back of her head,Hitomi twist her arms around,Akamaru
bite her leg,Kiba kick her lower back,then Takato kick the back of her knees making her fall down.Sasuke had Sharingan on telling them her next moves,when to strike and how to attack.Aishiki went over to help Kaori and make sure she was ok.Many people had already gathered around to watch the fight.Gaara watched the girl get beat up and then looked at Kaori.
His glance seemed to ask,"Are you ok?"
Her smile said,"Yup."
They were finished.Everyone that stopped to watch the fight walked away and continued whatever else they were doing before.
"Fuckin' preppy bitch,get your ass out of here.",Hitomi growled out.
"Honestly,Hito,I don't think she can.",Kaori said to her friend.
Akane lay there on the ground,motionless.
"You ok,Kaori?",Takato asked.
Kaori nodded,"Yeah,I'm fine.I more impressed with you guys.I owe you all."
"You can start with giving me as much money as I spent on dumplings.",Sasuke said in a matter-of-fact tone.
Kaori giggled and nodded,"Sounds fair enough."
Kaori looked at Hitomi,Chikara,Aishiki,Naruto,and Kiba,kinda like asking what they wanted in return.They only smiled.Even though Hitomi and Naruto's smiles said "ramen".
"Gaara?",Kaori asked.
He thought.He really wasn't sure what he wanted.Well,he kinda knew,but didn't want to ask her.He got an idea.
"Same as Sasuke.",Gaara said after a little while of thinking.
Kaori nodded and looked over at Takato.She asked him what he wanted.
"Sushi.",he said simply.Both he and Kaori loved sushi.Infact,"Sushii" was one of Kaori's many nicknames (I meaningly put two I's).
Kaori laughed and said,"That might be hard for me to give up."
"Well,to bad.",Takato anwsered,grinning.
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Another chapter,another day. :3 Aishiki and Takato are real people (and actual cousins O.O).I bet you didn't see the unexpected twist between Hitomi and Naruto.Haha,got you all!Hitomi,in real life,just didn't want to be with Naruto in the story anymore.So,I agreed to break them up...in the story.Oh well.I was always a NaruHina fan anyway.Oops!Did I just say that out loud?! -wink wink,spoiler spoiler- Btw,when Chikara says "swirly bitch",it's from an inside joke from real life.Not telling. :P She says it a lot in real life so I figured I put it in here.
-EmoKunoichiKaori