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The Mask to Play
Chapter three: A Disturbance and A Change
Shikamaru suddenly fell face down , hard to the floor, causing him to jerk awake. He watched his friends and leader pant to get air into their lungs; he stared down the hallway they had just come from and squinted. There, he saw four distinct figures, which attempted to stealthily creep down the hallway towards him and his friends.
"Oi, lazy-ass you okay?" Naruto said loudly, causing him to jerk out of his reverie. He blinked and suddenly the figures were gone. Shikamaru shook his head at an attempt to clear his clouded eyes, Naruto and Sasuke looked at him strangely.
"It's so troublesome. I just thought I saw people down the hallway trying to follow us." Shikamaru muttered.
"Are you feeling okay lazy-bum?" Naruto asked while scratching his head sheepishly.
"Obviously. I'm not like you with no brain cells. Which is a drag." Shikamaru replied.
"Huh? What's a bra- a brain thingy?" Naruto asked, furrowing his brow.
"It's something, you will never have."
" But lazy-bummmmmm. Why?"
"Because you're too dense to notice something that has been clear for everyone else since the end of elementary school."
"Well if you're so smart, what is it then?"
"Well of course I'm smart, I have an IQ of over 200." Shikamaru replied lazily
"What's an IQ thingy?"
"Something you're under-developed brain will never achieve."
"Wha? I don't get it."
"Well then it's pointless to explain to you and your density." Shikamaru said while Neji and Sasuke snickered at Naruto's stupidity.
Suddenly a muffled giggle was heard, all four heads whipped to the right, gazing. Followed by a screech and a 'thump'.
"What was that, teme?" Naruto questioned
" I don't know dobe. What do you think Hyuuga?" Sasuke answered his gaze flickering over to the stoic Hyuuga.
" Most likely fangirls or some guys trying to jump us." Neji pondered
"Listen" Shikamaru whispered, he lazily pointed to the corner near them.
The fangirls froze. One thought going through their minds. What if I get caught?
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With the girls
Ino chatted animatedly, the others listening. Sakura trailed after Hinata and Tenten. Then, Ino stopped, and toppled over gagging, and out went the remnants of Ino's breakfast. Tenten stared at Ino, she was wretching over the pile of vomit. Sakura rushed over and checked for blockage in her lungs. Tenten then took Ino by the arms and over to the girls' washroom which was conveniently located a couple of steps away.
Hinata watched, fear written on her face as Sakura stared back, wondering the same question. What just happened?
They hurried after the two and the door swung shut.
Ino kneeled by the toilet; she recoiled as she stared into the bowl. It was all the contents of a pastry she had recently eaten. Tenten and Hinata stood by the stall, anxiously waiting for Ino to emerge. Hinata was overwhelmed with worry for her friend's health, Tenten looked fearful. Sakura watched, her eyes scanning the bottom of the other stall, in case someone else was there. She looked at the heels of Ino's feet as they clicked and she heaved into the bowl again. Hinata knocked against the stall door.
"I-Ino-chan?" Hinata whispered, her voice cracking at the end. Tears were trailing down her cheeks. She was scared.
The door slowly opened, Ino quickly rushed to the sink, her hair sticking to her now sweating forehead. Hinata followed Ino, checking her forehead in search of any signs of a fever. Ino spit and rinsed, she fell to her knees leaning her head back against the wall. She held her stomach, in an attempt to stop the pain from coming. Both Hinata and Tenten kneeled next to her, trying to comfort her.
Sakura stood apart from the rest of the girls. Quickly giving Ino a once over, checking for any signs of blockage. Even though she is a player of masks, she still has some emotions and wanted to be a docter, someone to help others.
Sakura slowly walked over, cautiously. She kneeled down next to Hinata and carefully but gently placed her hand to Ino's forehead to check her temperature. Ino looked back at her bewildered. Sakura noticed her face and gave a small chiming laugh.
"It's alright Ino. I'm studying to be a docter, so I'm trained in this stuff 'kay? Sakura said, placing her hands around Ino's neck to check for blockage in the throat.
"Do you think it was something you ate?" Sakura asked thoughtfully.
"I-I don't k-know, I remember eating a small cupcake this morning. There was a note too… I think it said that it was from Shikamaru."
"Are you sure it was in Shikamaru-san's writing?"
"It looked different." Ino replied
"You know it could have been forged right? From an…enemy of yours perhaps?"
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With the guys
Sasuke, Neji, Naruto and Shikamaru stood silently, creeping along the wall. The giggles had stopped and four pairs of high heels clacked rather loudly. Sasuke led the rest of them to the corner and signaled them all to be quiet. They round the corner; there they saw...a tall dark haired female in a tight midnight blue tube top with a short, tight, purple miniskirt with black fishnet leggings underneath. Her face was covered with thick purple eye shadow and thin mascara, her lips were covered in dark red lipstick, thick lashes of pale blush were visible on her cheeks. The other three girls were dressed similar. One red haired, one a deep dark blue haired and one yellow blond haired.
Sasuke looked at them incredulously, Naruto gaped, his mouth hanging open. Neji looked shocked and surprised, Shikamaru just let a sigh out.
"What a troublesome situation…such a drag."
"Itachi? What the fuck are you doing here?" Sasuke asked, disbelief written on his face
"Are you not glad to see me little brother?" Itachi replied in a sweet girly voice
"Are I not glad to see you in a whore outfit?"
"I am shocked Uchiha Sasuke. I have never been disgraced in my whole life!" Itachi screeched, his voice rising an octave
"And I have never witnessed something so revolting in my whole life" Sasuke replied in a mimic of Itachi's girly voice.
"How dare you!"
"Yes I dare."
"Naughty, naughty"
"Hn."
"In bed too?"
"What. The. Fuck?"
"Language Sasuke"
"Oi Itachi!" Naruto cut in
"Hai blond idiot?"
"Hey! Who you callin' idiot?"
"You obviously, seeing that you're the only blond I'm talking to"
"Oh shut it Itachi, it won't get through that thick skull of his" Sasuke said monotonously
"Teme! Don't say such mean things to your best friend"
"I don't even know why I'm best friends with you"
"That really really hurt teme. Right in the heart" Naruto said and he thumped the right side of his chest.
"Uh dobe? It's the left side of your chest"
"Oh…right."
Neji leaned against the wall, his arms folded over his chest casually. Shikamaru, sat against the wall beside Neji and apparently dozed off.
"Eek! Look it's the Hyuuga Neji. I love you!" the blond screamed out.
Sasuke covered his ears "Shut your friend up Itachi!"
"Now, now otouto. No need to get aggravated. Deidara! Shut. Up."
"Why are you even here posing as obsessed fangirls?" Neji asked his voice cold and questioning.
"Trying to scare you guys and then take pictures, to use as blackmail of course"
"Not unless we get them first." Shikamaru said lazily and with a flick of his wrist he pulled his phone out and took a picture.
"Ah! You're blinding me with that light"
"There's no light Itachi. Just a flash." Shikamaru said expertly
"Ah it burns!"
"Don't be so dramatic." Sasuke said, his patience thinning
"I'm not dramaticcccc" Itachi whined
"Then why are you whining because of a petty flash?" Shikamaru asked, his voice drifting off at the end.
Shikamaru was deep in thought when something occurred to him. Sasuke's brother and his friends weren't the figures he saw. He had seen a wisp of reddish/pinkish long hair and none of Itachi's friends had long red/pink hair.
"Guys!" Shikamaru commanded in a loud voice, even though he was of lower rank than his leader, this was an emergency.
"There's something wrong here. Something isn't in place. We heard giggles, girly giggles. Even Itachi can't giggle like a girl."
"That's right, something is wrong. Shika-kun." A voice called out.
Everyone turned slowly.
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Ino looked back at Sakura, disbelief clear in her eyes.
"You're kidding…right?" Ino asked, she laughed slightly
"This isn't funny Yamanaka-san."
"I didn't say it was"
"Then take this seriously and stop being immature"
"I'm not being immature"
"Then why don't you go find out who it is then instead of sitting there on your ass doing nothing?
Sakura stood up and dusted her skirt off. She walked out leaving the girls stunned.
"Well, that was uncalled for" Tenten said
"N-no, sh-she's r-right T-Tenten-chan" Hinata said
"Yea, I mean I'm just sitting here and not doing anything about it." Ino said, she stood up and followed Sakura out the door.
"Ino's really starting to change isn't she?" Tenten asked "I mean usually she would have just sulked about it until someone actually did it themselves."
"Y-you're ri-right T-Tenten-chan. S-Sakura-san i-is ch-changing In-Ino-chan into a be-better p-person."
"You think so? Or maybe it's something else." Tenten stated suspiciously
Hinata looked at Tenten questioningly. Then they both left in search of the missing guys. They were taking too long losing the rabid fangirls.
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Sakura walked down the hallway, in search of Ila Amaya. She had already gotten information out of Ami, very intriguing information.
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