(A/N: Here it is Hidden leaf high chapter 2, remember Disclaimer: I couldn't possibly own Naruto or make profit from it, it's just my way of showing my love as a naruto fan . please review or do anything necessary to give me feed back and with that please enjoy the second chapter of Hidden Leaf High : First Semester : Enter Saori Kobasyo)
Hidden Leaf High chapter 2: You're invited
A total of 2 days have passed since the entrance exams at Hidden Leaf High School Academy. It seems like everything turned back to what you could consider normal in the home of our heroine; however normal in that household is called insane in others. Saori rested comfortably in bed sleeping in like a lot of people did on the weekend morning. Soft tapping grew louder as they approached her room and quietly slid her door open. Barely 8:00 the sun was shining its light still visible through the opaque paper covering her window outside. She stirred as something poked her.
"Poppet…" Her name echoed through her ears. She stirred annoyance turning her head from the voice.
"Poppet…" her name whispered again into her ear. She got under her covers and hid her head from the voice that whispers her nickname. She heard the same foot steps scurry away. Saori let out a sigh of relief. He's gone. She spoke too soon. The feet hurried back and stood at her bedside. The owner of the feet drew in a deep breath and then screamed into what Saori believed was a megaphone:
"WAKE UP POPPET! IT'S ALMOST 8 O'CLOCK AND THEIRS NO BREAKFAST TO FILL ME HUNGRY GUT"
Saori's eyes shot open and then she groaned from annoyance. Shishou was the only thing that crossed her mind. She got up and stood to her feet her vexed glare met with his seemingly goofy, drunkard stare.
"WHAT THE HELL SHISHOU! IT'S JUST NOW 8 AND YOU WAKE ME UP JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO COOK!" she was furious with her shishou. She massaged her temples and took a deep breath releasing all her anger. She was usually a morning person but Sunday morning was her only exception. It was always her shishou, Murada who found the most annoying ways to wake her and he took great pleasure in doing it and what peeved her more is when he started acting like a pirate. He could be compared to a drunken Jack Sparrow on meth.
"You don't have to yell I'm right across from you" he said digging in his ear. She growled.
"Murada…." She was ready to snap his neck.
"That's Shishou my under developed apprentice" he began to squeeze one her breasts. She flushed and her left eye began to twitch. "You've grown more since last time I felt you but you're still nearly a "c-cup"- before he could say anything further Saori's back hand collided with his face, the impact mad him stumble back a few paces.
"I deserved that"
"YOU PERVERT! I TOLD YOU LAST TIME FOR YOU NEVER TO TOUCH ME IN SUCH A WAY"
"Poppet, I'm bloody ravenous please go into the kitchen and work one of your culinary miracles" he hugged her knees and pleaded with her. Saori glowered down at her master about 36 years of age and grabbed him by his crimson locks. She lowered her face to his level and looked him in his eye.
"You're lucky you let Aniki and me stay here without rent." She snarled and let go of his long crimson locks. She proceeded to the kitchen were a pot, a pan and many different seasonings were prepared and already set out for Saori's use. She turned the oven on to 375 degrees and the stove to medium heat. Breakfast would be served shortly.
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"Saori, dearest poppet you're amazing" Her now full Shishou belched and picked his teeth. He laid back against the wall behind him and took a deep breath and massaged his distended stomach. She had already finished her meal and headed toward the front door.
"Where ya going?" He asked her grabbing the tail of her loose invader zim tee.
"I'm going for a walk captain idiot" She walked down to the door. She felt sudden rush of wind and lifted her right hand to catch what ever she presumed was being thrown at her. She looked to see her phone in her hand she turned to see her aniki standing in the corner.
"Yuuya?" She looked surprised to see him for he usually was still asleep at this hour.
"Listen twerp, you'll need your phone just in case shishou needs something; Itachi asked me to meet him somewhere." His morning voice was a deep monotone. She could tell he was somewhat frustrated the Uchiha called him at this hour. He's been getting those for about a month. Every other weekend Itachi or one of his friends would call requiring his assistance. Aniki was class president so he must be of service to his fellow classmates. He still finds the morning calls annoying though.
"I'll only be gone a little while and besides shishou is a grown man not a pet we have to love and care for" she scoffed.
"You sure about that?" he said looking over to shishou who was hugging his knees a sobbing, you always leave me alone. Saori sighed and rolled her eyes.
"I'll be back in about a half an hour". She strolled outside merrily; she covered her eyes from the sun. It's a beautiful morning and she could hear the birds singing, she tried to mimic the melody with her voice. She walked the dirt road aimlessly and without a care in the world. I've got two hands full of sunshine , I've got one foot in the grave, I've got twenty five cents in my wallet and I'm feeling mighty lucky today. She hummed that tune all the way to town not stopping until she heard a commotion in what seemed to be a flower shop. Out of curiosity she ventured inside the tiny shop to see what was going on. There was a mid height girl with long blond hair frantically arranging flowers while barking orders at the girl she recognized as Sakura. She cocked her head to the side out of confusion.
"Move Sakura! I have to prepare these arrangements for Asuma's wedding the day after tomorrow, and if those aren't finished by this afternoon I can't go to the entrance celebration tonight!" The blond fretting and moved as if she were being chased by a ferocious beast.
"I'm moving as fast as my body permits, what you need is to either quit procrastinating your work or get more hands around the shop" Sakura growled. Saori sighed and sent Shishou a text message. Shisho, I'll be back a little later than planed if you need anything there's some money in the piggy bank on top of the fridge but whatever you do don't touch anything ! With that she put her phone in her bag at her side and silently entered the shop. The girl Sakura called Ino was running around like a chicken that had recently been decapitated and screaming like a banshee. I can't make it in time! I can't make it in time. Saori cleared her throat to get her attention. She stopped and flushed then ran behind the counter.
"My apologies miss how I can help you today" Her breath was an unstable staccato and her nervousness drove her to shake. Sakura looked up from the pile of flowers she had put into a bouquet and recognized the familiar face standing across from Ino.
"Kobasyo! It's so nice to see you" She said cheerfully
"Hey Sakura-san" she said with a toothy grin. Ino froze in her stance. Kobasyo. That name echoed through her head.
"KOBASYO! YOU'RE THE GIRL WHO RANKED #3 IN THE EXAM STATS, UPPERCLASSMAN KOBASYO'S YOUNGER SIBLING SAORI!" Ino jumped over the counter to shake her hand franticly. Saori was taken aback.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Kobasyo-chan, I consider it an honor that I'll be servicing the sister of our beloved class president and local school hottie" She was hopping up and down her excited gestures made Saori stumble back.
"Ino! You're scaring ! her back up, you stupid pig" Ino snapped her head back a Sakura. Saori left proceeding to the floor where flowers were scattered.
"Shut it five head, I'm only trying to make friends and possibly befriend my future sister-in-law" she hissed. Sakura scoffed and closed the distance between Ino and herself.
"Sister-in-law? How would Sai feel if he heard you talking about another guy like that?" Sakura cocked an eyebrow at Ino's flushed face. Before Ino could retort, Saori cleared her throat.
"Suimasen" Both girls apologized simultaneously.
"I'm here because I over heard that you, Ino, were in a bit of a time crunch and I'd love to volunteer my help". Saori picked up the last flower on the floor and placed it with a mixed assortment of flowers. In the little time Sakura and Ino had been arguing, she had put together 5 bouquets of flowers from the ones that were once scattered on the floor. The two girls gasped at what she had done. Ino smiled at Saori and took her hands in hers.
"Saori, your help is greatly appreciated" she said calmly for the first time since they met. Saori flushed and smiled back at her. Ino headed to the back room of the shop and took out 3 medium sized baskets. "This is the rest of it Saori, I understand if you're not willing to help, but I'll appreciate it none the less" In response Saori took the order of the top of one basket. Two bouquets of color coordinated flowers, 5 bouquets of roses, and 10 mixed bouquets.
"Ino we'll be done within the next 45 minutes" Saori smiled. Ino's eyebrows were up to her upper forehead and her eyelashes fluttered.
"Arigato Saori-chan"
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Three baskets lay in the middle of the small flower shop empty and neatly stacked inside the other. The three girls sat at a table in the back of the small flower shop and ate lunch prepared by the cheerful blonde.
"Saori I admit when you said 45 minutes , I doubted you but I'm glad it turned out like you said, you work fast for a first timer" Ino placed down 3 cups of tea. She showed her gratitude for Sakura and Saori helping her by making them snacks.
"It was nothing, really Ino. I'm just glad you got it done in time for that thing you mentioned to Sakura earlier" Saori smiled. Sakura's eyes widened from realization.
"Saori weren't you invited to the party too?" Ino cocked an eyebrow.
"No. Was I supposed to be?" Saori looked at Sakura as she raised a hand to her forehead. She began to laugh.
"How could I have forgotten to get you on your way out of the exams, I'm so forgetful sometimes" Sakura sighed.
"We rookie nine have made it a tradition that every exam in which we're accepted together, one of us must host a party" Ino explained.
"Really, then how am I invited?" Saori asked.
"Because you're one of us now, so I guess we can't call ourselves rookie nine anymore" Sakura finished.
"Everyone who hasn't met you til this point is eager to meet you and every one who has met you is eager to see you again" Sakura chimed finishing her tea. Saori flushed a light crimson. Honestly, why is everyone so interested in her? She understood that third rank was nothing to sneeze at and she hasn't become "Queen of Combat" yet so everything just seemed a bit odd.
"So Saori will you come" Ino questioned. She and Sakura both had hopeful looks on their faces it would crush them if she declined. I guess there's no way out of yes on this one.
"Sure" Saori agreed. Sakura and Ino were overjoyed and glomped her in them middle of the small flower shop. Saori fell with a thud.
"Ugh" The pink and blonde haired girls laughed and helped their new friend off the floor and dusted her off. Ino went top the next room to make a quick call to her folks while that took place Sakura sat Saori down for a chat.
"Saori who all did you meet on exam day? " Sakura asked. Saori scratched her head with a low 'hmmm' to try and recall the people from 2 days ago.
"Oh yes!" She exclaimed upon recalled the people she'd met. " Before and met you and Naruto, I met Hina-chi " She started off.
"Hina-chi?" Sakura questioned
"It's the nickname I gave Hinata" Sakura cringed; a painful memory of her teammate flashed inside her head.
"So you like to give nicknames huh" She chocked
" Just to certain people" Saori smiled. That made Sakura calm down about the matter and asked the Heroine to continue.
"And before I met Hina-chi, I met Nara-san-err…- Shi-ka-ma-ru" Sakura laughed at the way she pronounced the boy's name.
"Shikamaru? Why do you say his name like a robot?" Sakura giggled.
"It's because , I'm not used to calling him by his first name, I was calling him Nara-san the hole exam until , I thought I heard him say to call him Shi-ka-ma-ru" Saori still pronounced every syllable of his name which made Sakura laugh more.
"Anyone else?" she asked between giggles. Saori shook her head 'no'. Sakura nodded her head and smiled.
" Well, I guess you still have to get acquainted with five more people before you've met the original rookie nine, I can speak for almost everyone that we're happy to make you our number ten, Saori-chan" Sakura smiled and gave Saori a formal welcome bow. Saori flushed "I'm just glad to make friends at such a rapid rate. At that moment Ino walked from behind the corner with a smile with pen and paper in hand.
"So Saori, since you are now the friend of the rookie nine I'd like to know more about you" Ino Sat right across from Saori.
"Okay Ino fire away" She smiled and listened for her first questions.
"What are your favorite colors, one or two please" Saori paused to think tapping her chin.
"I'd have to say green and purple" Ino nodded recording her answer on the paper then preceded to the next question.
"Favorite Fruits, two please"
"Pineapple and Strawberries" Saori said without hesitation.
"Two all together favorite foods"
"Spicy Tuna Roll and Dumplings" Replied Saori
"Any favorite songs limit five" Saori thought for a moment and scratched her head.
"Suck my Kiss by Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Sweet Escape by Gwen Stefani, Listen to your heart by D.H.T, Helicopter by Bloc Party, and Pain for pleasure by Sum41"
"I see your song choices aren't genre specific" Ino laughed. "They aren't" Saori giggled along
"Favorite show"
"-man"
"Oh you're an anime watcher too, the entire rookies nine are anime watchers like you" She added
"Favorite Character?" Ino asked
"Tyki Mikk"
She giggled and looked Saori straight in the eye. "I only have one more question for the time being if I think of more I'll ask later, but this last one is my most important by far"
Saori nodded wondering what was so important about this last question.
"Is..." Ino began
"Upperclassman Yuuya Kobasyo single?" Ino's face was all so serious at that moment. Saori stared at her mouth agape in shock. Sakura scoffed.
"Ino these are supposed to be questions about her!" Sakura scolded. Ino looked at Sakura side ways and snorted.
"I couldn't pass that chance up Sakura! she has more info on him than any of the Kobsyo Fan girl guilds at school!" Ino snapped. The two began arguing; again.
"What would Sai say about this Ino pig?" Sakura Jabbed
"He won't say anything case you're not gonna say anything about it Billboard brow!" Retorted Ino. Saori sighed .This will take a while.
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A couple of hours passed. The three girls where now on they're way to the party after they made some stops at the store for some junk food, and by a little outlet so Sakura and Ino could buy a new outfit. Saori just stuck with her black and green invader zim tee, jeans, Purple plaid tote, and black flip-flops. Saori wasn't like most girls that just get dressed up because they're going to be around other people, she saved stuff like that for special occasions. She wanted the rookie nine to know the real her and the real her was casual and nothing else.
"So, Sakura, Ino who's hosting the party this year" Saori asked just out of curiosity. Sakura giggled and said
"Shi-ka-ma-ru" Sakura was teasing her and giggled to her self.
"Oh you are so hilarious Sakura" Saori said facetiously. Ino looked dumb founded but digressed.
"We're here" She exclaimed and dragged Saori in. Sakura followed them giggling. Saori glanced around the house, it was pretty big and spacious and a total of seven teens around her age were scattered about the down stairs portion. She recognized right away the faces of Shikamaru, Hinata, and Naruto. The other four people she presumed were the people she hadn't met. One boy who had a beast-like appearance looked up amongst the girls' arrival.
"It's about time you guys showed up" He scoffed. Ino growled.
"Shut it you mangy mutt we just made a couple of stops". The boy closed the gap between him and Ino and snarled. He eyed her pinned up hair mid-drift top and mini skirt.
"Oh yeah I forgot you girls gotta go get all dressed up for no reason taking hour upon hour doing so" He scoffed and was punch right in the face by Ino. He lay sprawled on the ground grabbing his face and grimacing.
"There's no shame in looking beautiful, idiot Kiba, and beauty takes time" Ino scoffed and walked right passed his bleeding figure. Saori looked bewildered, she hadn't anticipated Ino was so violent, but didn't think of her to be passive aggressive either. She sighed and walked to the bleeding boy.
"Oi, here's a Band-aid for that" The guy looked up at her standing figure as if to try and figure out her identity, after all he's never met her before. She knelt down to his level and grabbed his chin.
"You…" he trailed of. Saori applied the band aid and got up from her kneeling stance. HA! Saori could here as she turned her back to the guy. She turns around slowly to figure out what's going on.
"You looked familiar but I couldn't place it before, you're number 3, Kobasyo's sister!" He pointed out. His words seemed to get everyone's attention in the house.
"KOBASYO!"a voice from across the room hollered. A psyched Naruto scrambled to his feet and broke into a sprint to meet the heroine. He grabbed her head in a head-lock and gave her a nuggie.
"Naruto!, What's up" She said elbowing him the stomach then grabbing his head in lock repeating his actions. Hinata seemed to appear from oblivion, her face was flushed and she was twiddling her thumbs just as she did the day they met.
"Hina-chi!" Saori chimed. Hinata flushed deeper and giggled. A tired voice came from the kitchen telling everyone to calm down. Saori recognized this voice right away as Shikamaru. The lazy boy walked through the hallway and met the other nine people.
He yawned and looked out the window before directing his attention to his 'honored guests'. He scanned the room to see if everyone was there. His eyes stopped when they met with those of our heroine. He smiled and walks over to her.
"I'm guessing you're the cause of this entire troublesome ruckus" He said cocking an eyebrow. Sakura stepped between them and said loud enough for the party to hear "partly, BUT THAT BIMBO INO PIG CAUSED IT FIRST". Ino snapped her head back at Sakura and began arguing for the umpteenth time that day. This must be a normal occurrence because no one made any attempts to stop the two. Instead, the party ignored them and turned their attention to the class president's kid sister. The seven people who were left made a circle with Saori in the middle. There was Hinata, Naruto, Shikamaru, the boy Ino called Kiba, and three others who she hadn't had the pleasure of meeting. They were right in front of her.
"So you're Kobasyo's kid sister, huh" A guy began. His attitude reflected an aloof spirit. Saori nodded.
"I'm Sasuke Uchiha, you're brothers' cool with my brother" He states in a monotone. Saori smiles politely. A guy who carried great deal of weight spoke up next. I can already tell what not to say to him. He flushed.
"I'm Chouji Akimichi, and umm…I l-like chips" he stammered.
"Wow Chouji , you could have said more about yourself" Shikamaru sighed. He flushed deeper. Saori laughed.
"Chips are awesome" she said with a smile. He seemed nervous but lightened up once the heroine related to him. Saori looked around to the last boy who had yet to introduce himself. She smiled at him to encourage him. He turned away.
"You…" He turned to face her. "What's your name?" she asked bluntly.
"Shino… Aburame , I'm surprised you noticed me , unlike some people who walk right passed their friends without as much as a hello" He directed his gazed to Naruto. Naruto mutter something along the lines of 'will you get over it already'. Saori rolled her eyes and laughed to herself. She looked to the beast-like boy and gave a toothy grin.
"And you're Kiba, they guy I gave a band-aid." Saori clarified. He chuckled.
"Yeah, Kiba Inuzuka, I'm the big dog around here" He said smugly
"More like stray mutt" Naruto said under his breath. Kiba growled at him. Our Heroine examined her surroundings a bit while no one was engaging her in conversation. This house was spacious as she observed earlier. The décor was brown and the walls were all earth toned. There was a stair case that leads to the upstairs right beside the doorway to the kitchen. There was a nice sized plasma screen TV in the room that was mounted on the mantle where a decorative fireplace was under it. Shikamaru was hooking up a game system to the TV at the moment while everyone was scattered either playing cards on the floor or helping themselves to the junk food she , Sakura and Ino bought. That's not gonna last us the night Saori thought. Saori looked around at everyone, she grinned inwardly. It must be awesome to have such a tight bond with friends like them. She did notice that the boy Chouji disappeared. That was strange, but she digressed.
"Guitar Hero's ready" Shikamaru called to everyone. Naruto jumped to his feet to grab a guitar that was red and white.
"I call first match and I'm challenging Sasuke!" Sasuke sighed and rolls his eyes. Ino stood up and clapped her hands together.
"Alright girls that's our cue to begin makeovers in the next room" Ino, Sakura and Hinata got up and walked into the next room. Saori completely ignored her, not intentionally of course but she was too mesmerized by guitar hero. It was her favorite game.
"I play winner!" Saori sat up with the boys all staring in awe. Had she just said taboo. They stared at her mouth agape and gasps escaping their throats.
"What? yall never played guitar hero with a girl?" They looked at each other then back to the heroine.
"Actually no, all the girls we know aren't really in to video games" Shikamaru explains. Saori scans the room and finally noticed all the girls had left somewhere.
" Run along and get your nails polished Kobasyo, we don't want you crying somewhere because we boys aren't going easy on you" Kiba smugly commented. Saori furrowed her eyebrows from frustration but then her lips curled from amusement.
"I don't want you boys to go easy on me , I'll whip your ass if that happens and that usually leads to emasculation. I can handle anything you can dish out." Saori retorted in a calm but dangerous voice. Kiba's eyes widened from amusement and his mouth formed a toothy grin.
" Oho, we got a smart mouth on this one, that sounded like a challenge ,tomboy" Saori's facial expression rivaled that of Kiba's as of now.
"Naruto, Sasuke you don't mind if I take the next match with Kobasyo do you?" Kiba asked not taking his eyes from the heroines. Everyone else minus the missing Chouji was bewildered at the attitude Saori carried on. It seemed like she wasn't threatened in the least.
"Ha! The match between Sasuke and I can wait I wanna see this" said Naruto handing his guitar to Saori.
"I've been waiting for an excuse not to beat Naruto on Monsters" Naruto snarled at that but stepped back none the less. Saori looked at Kiba and Kiba looked at Saori , guitar in hand and ready to rock.
"No whining about a broken nail when I beat you Kobasyo" Saori growled and retorted.
"Shut up and pick the song and difficulty, beastie" Saori snapped getting impatient. Kiba showed a death glare in his eyes and snarled at our heroine.
"Fine then since you're in such a hurry I pick: DRAGONFORCE- FURY OF THE STORM…. On expert!" The group of boys gasped in terror eyes wide and mouth agape. Saori grinned both inwardly and outwardly. The two teens pressed the start button and the beginning of their 7 and half minute song began.
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"Oh. My. G" Naruto once again bewildered. The two players looked at their final percentage.
Player 1(Kiba)
82%
Player 2 (Saori)
96%
The girls came from the inside of the other to see the boys at Saori's feet bowing to her. Kiba on the floor grimacing and rocking back and forward.
"No, no Kiba no whining about a broken nail since a I beat you" Saori smugly snarled at her vanquished opponent. The girls ran over to her to see what was up.
"Where were you Saori? we wanted to give you a makeover" Ino looked disappointed.
"Sorry, I was too busy kicking Kiba's ass at guitar hero" The heroine looked down to the brooding boy and chuckled. To show her good sportsman ship she lends a hand to the loser of the match, she helps him up. When he looks at her with a confused, dumbfounded facial expression she returns to him a smile.
"You played hard, I'm pretty sure you're hungry now let's get something to eat."
" Such good sportsman ship , I think I'm in love" said Naruto in a daze.
"Shut up Naruto" Sasuke says while getting up off the floor. Shikamaru follows everyone to the snack table were it looked like everything was bare. Stomachs began to growl at that moment. There was an awkward silence then a resounding ocean of voices in unison whined " So hungry" then looked to their host. Shikamaru cleared his throat having already anticipated running out of food. He had his mom take care of the matter.
"There's no need to panic people, I already thought about not enough junk food so my mom made some hors d'oeuvres for everyone. so remain calm, they should be in the kitchen" he explains. Ino looks around frantically for something, by the couch, under the pillows and in the closet.
"Umm, Shikamaru , where's Chouji?" Her voice was semi panicked. Shikamaru's eye widened.
"Oh god" he grumbled " I have a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach; this is so troublesome" The assembly of teens ran to the kitchen as swiftly and as fast as there legs could carry them. Upon entering they see a portly young man passed out on the floor.
"Chouji" The venom in the tone of everyone's voice was conspicuous. The boy sat up from his lying position and laughed nervously.
"Hi" He paused to belch rather loudly and obnoxiously then he continues " You know Shikamaru your mom's one hell of a cook" He could tell he had just eaten his last supper because just about everyone was about to skin him alive. He giggled nervously at the vicious looks he could see on the faces of Naruto , Kiba , Ino and Sakura.
"Please tell me you, thought of Chouji being a total fat ass and eating your whole kitchen" Ino growled. Shikamaru sighed and shook his had no.
"Way to go Fat ass you've done it again!" Ino put inches between Chouji's face and hers. She drags him by the hair into the living room with wider space for a butt kicking. Chouji got angry with fire in his eyes.
"You just called me Fat Ass didn't you"
"Yes the hell I did, Fatty Mc Fat-Fat" (yes I did put fatty mc fat-fat there XD) Shikamaru sighed and tried to break it up. Saori went to the cabinets wondering of its contents.
"Alright Ino, you know how Chouji gets when you say the "f-word" and I'd rather not my troublesome nagging mother com home to a destroyed house." The two pushed the peace maker aside and growled in each other's. Shikamaru sighed massaging his temples saying something like I hate my turn to host parties.
"Nara-san" Shikamaru's head turned for the kitchen door way where Saori was. She was calling him.
"Shikamaru come in here with me, bring Hinata with you" She whispered. I finally said his name without sounding like a robot.
"Saori?"
"Just do it"
The host of the party signaled Hinata to progress to inside of the kitchen. The two of them walk in to see the heroine rolling mackerel in seaweed.
"You can cook?" Shikamaru says in awe.
"We can talk about that later Shikamaru, I need a knife rice and teriyaki sauce, I'm pretty sure since your mom cooks you have some." The boy quickly fetches the requested supplies for the "master chef". The two watched in awe as there friend of two days worked a culinary miracle.
"Do you two mind helping me roll the mackerel and cook the salmon, just for times sake" Saori asked. Hinata nodded happily, washed her hands and proceeded to the food. Shikamaru chuckled.
"This is so troublesome, cooking is so much work, I guess there's no avoiding it" For the next 20 minutes the three worked rapidly and rigorously completing dinner.
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Ino and Chouji were still going at it nearly an hour after it started. The smell of cooked fish and fried rice suddenly filled the room.
"Hey is it me or do I smell… food?' Kiba sniffed.
From the not so distant kitchen a muffled voice called
"Food is ready!"
The other group stumbled into the kitchen to find Shikamaru, Hinata and that of our heroine sitting at a table with plats before them.
"No way" Naruto and Kiba were vocally amazed. The others just stared with wide eyes.
"Hurry up and dig in I'm eager for your opinions" Saori smiled. They rest of them hurriedly got plates and were seated at the table too. Ino snapped at Chouji who tried to eat more saying something along the lines of it's your fault we were out of food in the first place.
"Itadakimasu!" everyone chimed, Chouji was left out.
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Apparently Saori was seen as a master chef among her peers now. They each complimented on the taste. All these years cooking for aniki and shishou paid off.
"Oh crap shishou is probably ravenous and aniki would blow up the kitchen if I don't get home soon" The girl said absent mindedly. She got up from the table and gave each of her new friends a parting grin.
"I enjoyed the company of you all but I must be leaving"
"Aww, but it's not even 8:30" Ino whined
Saori chuckles and grabs her purple plaid tote.
" Be that as it may but I also have to go home and cook for my big brother and shishou, I'll see you guys on the first day of school alright" Saori progresses to the door when she sees Chouji sulking in a corner.
"Cheer up big guy, I hid a good portion for in some tuber ware on the counter" Saori walked off as Chouji's eyes lit up and silently thanked her
Her future classmates went to the door to see her off. It had gotten dark already even though it was daylight saving time. The street lights were dull and white and shedding very little light.
"Wait Kobasyo!" Shikamaru calls from the middle of the crowd. He mutters about something troublesome but not loud enough for anyone to hear.
"Nara-san?" Saori cocks an eyebrow and gives him a questioning look. He groans and furrows his eyebrows embarrassed by the light crimson starting to show on his face.
"Let me walk you home, there aren't very reliable people out when it's dark" His face was serious while Saori's was mildly amused. Ino gasped with a huge gin on her face whispering to everyone "This could be the start of a beautiful romance".
"Sure I need the company" Saori said with a small grin. The started off into the darkness with everyone saying their goodbyes in the background.
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After ten minutes of walking
"You can go home if you want Shikamaru, my home is just up a head" Saori reassured
"Nah I like walking, on sunny days I either lay around or walk around watching clouds"
Saori smiled at their similarities. She chuckled softly.
"I usually come out during twilight hour to watch the stars, you should go with me one day up to the mountains watching stars is almost like watching clouds" she cold see his interest nearly piqued .
"Such troublesome climbing would have to be worth a view" he compromised. His voice was flat either from tiredness from the day's activities or just laziness it could go either way for the lazy cloud watching ninja. They approached Saori's humble home the light was on in the living room as well as the kitchen. Aniki and Shishou were waiting on her; they were there to welcome her home. She felt happy inside just knowing she was needed at home. Saori was at the door. She bowed to the boy who'd walked with the whole ten minutes.
"Thanks for being concerned about me" Saori curtsied. Shikamaru flushed.
"We all want to see you tomorrow at school it would be troublesome if something happened a day prior to you're your first day." He turned to take his leave.
"Tell me, Nara-san, do you find everything troublesome?" she asks. He lightly chuckles and turns to face her.
"Just about"
"What don't you find troublesome" She asked out of curiosity. Like he did before he chuckles lightly then turns away and begins to walk in the direction his home. As if he didn't hear Saori say anything he waved
"Konbanwa, good night Kobasyo" he calls from afar
"Wait Shikamaru!" She sighed it was pointless "Good night Shikamaru".
She takes out her keys and quickly unlocks the door. She is greeted by the noise of breaking glass and yelling. Ugh this screams shishou. She walks into the family to see a woman who was scantily clad with a frightened look on her face in the middle of the room with Aniki on the floor pinning a broken wine bottle to shishou's neck. Shishou.
"YOU SON OF … DAMN YOU!" Yuuya screamed in the face of their shishou Murada.
"What the hell happened this time" Saori groaned.
Yuuya got of him and held up Murada's phone. The text message she had sent earlier was on its screen.
"Remember this" His tone was malevolent and his face was fixed into a scowl.
"Yeah" she answers.
"Since you said use the money if you needed anything this bastard goes and uses our hard earned cash on a whore!" He was about ready to kick Murada's untrustworthy tosh. Saori growled and saw half naked lady out the door. She'd have nightmares if she saw what events were about to take place.
"Come now children let's all have some understanding and compassion, as a grown man I have special needs"
"YOU'VE GOT SPECIAL NEEDS YOU RETARD! MURADA, YOU'RE GONNA BE IN A BODY BAG BY THE END OF THE NIGHT" the siblings bellowed while cracking their fists. Tonight would be a very long night in the insane household of the heroine. Though she could say that most of her day was pretty alright. School starts tomorrow she'll get to meet her teachers and everything. She could only hope she's not tired from kicking shishou's ass all night.
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Today I was woken up at the crack of dawn by my annoying master Murada, then headed out a stroll were I met and helped Sakura and my newest friend Ino. They invite me to this party were I met all kinds of people , like Boisterous Kiba , Quiet Shino and Shy Chouji I had to go home early though because I was think of my master and my brother so Shikamaru walked me home in that dark, ( how thoughtful). When I get home Yuuya and I double team Murada for blowing all the money we earned from fund raisers car washes baby sitting and street performing on a whore .ugh. But all in all my day was alright, I wouldn't mind having another one like it, minus Shishou and his whores… =D
Today's Rating:
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( A/N: Thanks for reading and I really hope you enjoyed it. I know I made Kiba the ass and its Ooc but that's kind of how Imagined him in this story. I know Sasuke and Naruto had little dialogue and Chouji and Shino had almost no dialogue at all but I hope that wasn't a huge factor. Back to the subject of OOC does anyone believe I've made Shikamaru OOC? I've been working on this story forever and I put my heart and soul into, I'd love to have some reviews because It only seems to me that I have ONE READER when my traffic says otherwise. Oh well, Reviews Alerts and Favorites are all great means of feed back but reviews are still the best. I'll have the next chapter up as soon as time permits and also those of you who are -man fans check my profile for my newest ideas until then Sayonara and ashiteru beautiful readers =D )