A/N: Happy New Year! And in honor of the new year this is the last chapter in the prank saga! Rejoice peoples! It was a good saga: short. but comical. Unfortunately, the next couple of chapters are kind of angsty, so be prepared. However, the good news is that they will bring Sasuke and Naruto closer together (I hope). So, you ahve that to look forward to soon (I hope). Onward!
Chapter Specific Warning: I warned earlier that this story has aspects of fiction that become far more noticable as it goes on. If you can't the fact that the prank is completely ridiculous, then click that back button and go watch TV static.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any related characters, etc.
CHAPTER SEVEN
And So It Ends
"Naruto, are you sure this is such a good idea?"
"What? You think the plan needs adjusting?"
"No, I think if we get caught, we're dead!"
Naruto shrugged. "So we don't get caught."
Sasuke snorted. "You make it sound so simple."
"Sasuke, I am the prank master. We're not going to get caught."
"Naruto, there's no way we can do this," Sasuke said, gesturing to the plan before them, "on our own."
"So we get Shikamaru to help us."
"That's not the--"
"Naruto? You home?" a shout called from below.
"Crap! Enzera! I totally forgot about her."
"Huh?" Sasuke said in confusion.
"I'm not worried about people at school catching us, but Enzera's another story."
"That makes no sense! How would she find out?"
"Trust me," Naruto whispered as he rolled up the poster-sized paper, "she has her ways." Naruto glanced around the room in apparent suspicion while Sasuke looked at Naruto sarcastically.
"MORDY!" Naruto all but shouted, awaking the small fox from its slumber on Naruto's bed. "Go distract Enzera while Sasuke and I destroy the evidence!" The small fox yipped and ran down the stairs.
"Ahhh! Mordy!" Enzera cried almost immediately from below.
Naruto rushed down the stairs with Sasuke following close behind.
"HeyEnzerawe'regonnatakethecar!" Naruto spewed as he snatched a set of keys from Enzera's hand. "Thanks! Bye!" Naruto and Sasuke we out the door faster than Naruto can eat a bowl of ramen.
Enzera blinked and looked at Mordy who suspicion.
"Well that was... odd."
Sasuke had to admit, Naruto's plan would be complex, yet effective if they pulled it off. With the help of Shikamaru and Chouji they were able to set everything up. Naruto even convinced Howard to let the three boys into the security room so that they could watch the whole ordeal unfold. The four boys, or rather targets, approached their lockers. There was a brief discussion in the security room about how they managed to get lockers next to each other, which concluded with the two basic theories of bribery and written threats.
The four attempted several times to open their lockers, but with no avail. Thanks to Shikamaru, all the combinations on their lockers had been reset. The four boys shuffled off the custodial office where an unsuspecting janitor followed the boys to their lockers. The janitor unlocked the lockers and took a step back to make sure the boys could get them open. The boys unlatched their lockers and were immediately pelted with various forms of goo; pudding, oatmeal, cafeteria chili, and a cornstarch and water solution now coated a different boy (thought Naruto had been sure that Bradley got chili-- he really hated that guy). The now fuming janitor had gotten a smaller dose of all four varieties of nastiness. The reddish man told the boys to go the nurse to get changed, and then meet him back here to clean up their mess.
The next few moments were crucial. Naruto had (somehow) figured out a way to cut of a portion of the computerized sprinkler system so that the sprinklers would go off in only one section of the hallway. Naruto held a walkie-talkie to his mouth and pressed a button.
"Chouji, the targets are headed your way."
"Roger," came Chouji's response through the walkie-talkie.
When the boys arrived at the nurses office, the lights were dim. Odd that both of the nurses would be on short breaks at the exact time goo-covered boys showed up. Odd indeed. Little did the four bullies know, but Chouji was sitting behind the blind-covered windows at one of the nurses computers, waiting for a signal.
"Now Chouji," Naruto's voice sounded through the walkie-talkie.
"Roger," Chouji responded, and quickly pressed the enter key on the nurse's computer.
Naruto, Sasuke, and Shikamaru let out a yell of victory as a green liquid drenched the four boys. The green eventually ran out letting through a steady stream of water.
"Well done Chouji," Naruto said. "You can shut off the sprinklers now. Over and out." Naruto clicked off the walkie-talkie and turned to Sasuke and Shikamaru. "All right boys, let's go to work."
Four outraged boys stalked off to find their coach. As soon as they were out of the hall, Naruto and company moved with the precision of a well-trained SWAT team. Shikamaru ran to where Chouji was to destroy the evidence of the sprinkler tap. Naruto reset the locks on the lockers to their original combinations and stole Howard's mop to clean up the now green hall. Sasuke walked into the cafeteria. He spotted a mess of red hair and sat down next to the boy.
"Hello Damien," Sasuke said in an even tone.
"Oh, hi Sasuke," the redhead said, turning to face his classmate.
"Remember when I saved your butt freshman year?"
"Y-yeah," Damien stuttered, suddenly afraid of what Sasuke was going to ask.
"I figured out how you can repay me." Sasuke slipped the nervous boy a large envelope. "Make sure these pictures get into the year book. I figure since you're the editor this won't be a problem."
Damien took the envelope gingerly and snuck a peek inside. Damien's eyes widened to view photos taken from the security camera system.
"No. No problem at all Sasuke," Damien said, smirking slightly. "It's the least I could do, since you sent that senior to the hospital for beating on me."
"Do me this favor, and I'll never mention it again, " Sasuke said standing up. "Oh, and by the way, when you're done with those pictures, burn them. No one knows who got them from, understand?" Sasuke finished with a glare. Damien nodded, looking nervous again.
Sasuke exited the cafeteria, and saw the four boys moving toward him down the hall, followed by their coach. Sasuke smirked at them, and then cleared his throat dramatically.
"Whoa! What happened to you guys!?" Sasuke said (shouted) a bit too loudly.
Sure enough, every person in the cafeteria shuffled into the hall to see what had broken the Sasuke Uchiha's stoic shell. Everyone had a good laugh and several people took pictures on their cell phones. What did they see? Well, four boys stood before them, covered in who knows what, with green hair. Yes, Naruto had somehow filled the sprinklers with hair dye. It certainly didn't help that the school's basketball team was playing their rival school that evening, since the rival school's colors were green and white. There were several shouts from the makeshift audience about school loyalty and self respect.
The hall that had been green, looked as if nothing had happened and when the boys tried to show their coach how their lockers wouldn't open, well, they opened. The janitor was waiting by their lockers with two mops and (though his face was back to his normal color) it was apparent he was unhappy about having chili in his hair. All four boys stood extremely confused, and then who should walk by, but Naruto.
Naruto paused, took one look at Bradley, and lost it. Naruto had to lean against the wall to steady himself from the laughter. Bradley growled and grabbed Naruto's shirt collar, pushing him against the wall forcefully as Naruto feigned a frightened look.
"You!" Bradley shouted, spraying Naruto's face with spit. "You did this!"
"I-I don't know w-what you're t-talking about!" Naruto stammered.
"Bradley!" the coach said sternly. "I can't believe you would blame Naruto. This was all a plot to get him in trouble wasn't it? Well, it didn't work."
"Oh, and the fact that I'm pinned against a wall doesn't phase him at all," Naruto muttered.
"Come with me you four," the coach continued, "and we'll discuss your punishment in addition to cleaning this hallway."
"Punishment!?" one exclaimed.
"In addition!?" another spat.
"Yes, punishment," the coach said sternly. "You vandalized uniforms and school property and tried to bully Naruto. You can probably look forward to a suspension."
The four boys wallowed away behind their coach leaving Naruto desperately holding in a fit of giggles. Naruto did an about-face and turned a corner to find his three friends waiting.
"Mission accomplished!" Naruto blurted excitedly while giving them all a huge grin and exchanging high-fives.
END CHAPTER SEVEN
A/N: Thanks for tuning in everyone. Hopefully you enjoyed that:) As I said above, prepare yourselves for angst in the future. Until then, see my profile for updates (as always) as to whats going on.
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