I am SO sorry about the lateness of this chappy, i just couldn't think for like a week D:
But anyway, it's here now - so enjoy!
-Gives Oreos-
A week had passed, though to the guys it felt like a month. They had been so busy that everyday as soon as their heads hit something comfy they were out cold, no matter where they were.
"Do you guys ever listen!?"
Said 'guys' cringed at the loudness of Setsuko's voice, they had heard it several times, yet it still affected them the same way as it had when they first heard it.
"I don't get what we're doing wrong!"
Poor Naruto was sweating profusely, much like his three friends who stood next to him panting lightly. True they were shinobi, but even with previous training some of the tasks Setsuko had them doing was murder.
Setsuko dragged her hand over her face, she had told them several times yet they still didn't seem to get the point. It looked like she would have to get the girls in; they were more likely to listen to them. At least, those girls were more likely to be able to scare them in to doing something.
"Take 5, I'm going to get the girls."
With that said she left, just in time to see the four Teens slump to the floor, glaring at a comfortably dozing Shikamaru.
"Why is she going to get the girls? We already know all the dances."
Shikamaru sighed, knowing he would be the one to answer the blonde's question even if he was 'sleeping'.
"I think you'll find that Setsuko wants you to have more … 'Umph' as she may put it."
It was Kiba's turn to speak, though it may not have been intelligent, it was what was on everyone's mind – whether they would admit to it or not was a different matter.
"Huh?"
Shikamaru couldn't help but sigh, yet again.
"Troublesome… Basically you guys need more stage presence, you need to give the fans something."
'Wow, he really does sound like a manager.'
"Oh."
With that mystery solved, they returned to the mystery van, dragging along a hungry Scooby and Shaggy.
Sasuke: This isn't Scooby-doo.
Marie: Huh? It's not?
Neji: No.
Marie: Are you sure?
Kiba: I liked your idea, could Akamaru play Scooby?
Sasuke: Shut up, Kiba.
Neji: Hn.
Kiba: Bu-
Sasuke: One more word out of you dog-boy, and I'll have you and your precious Akamaru neutered.
Kiba: Gulp -Walks away fast-
Neji: That was a bit much, don't you think?
Sasuke: Glare
Neji: 'Jerk'
Sasuke: Smirk
Neji: 'Is he reading my mind?'
Sasuke: Nod
Neji: 'Holy shit'
Sasuke: Shit isn't holy. -Walks away-
Neji: …-Pass-out-
Scooby and his male counter parts looked up to see-Glare
Okok, sorry!
Ahem
The male shinobi looked up to see the girls, standing in the doorway with Setsuko in the lead.
"Get up, lazy ass's"
Many mumbles and curses later, all the guys were standing, all be it slouched, ready for what was about to come.
"I've explained our situation to the girls, and they are here to help you losers get it right."
Que anime Sweat drop 'Does she have to insult us all the time?'
Ino and Sakura we're grinning manically, while Tenten and Hinata stood behind them, Hinata with a blush and Tenten with a look that told you that she had something better to do.
"What exactly is it that they are going to be helping us with?"
Sasuke, though Shikamaru had explained it, wanted a precise explanation. And precise was what he got, not even sugar coated.
"Sex appeal."
Blink
Blink
Naruto finally chose to break the awkward silence.
"W-what do you mean by 'Sex appeal'"
Setsuko sighed as she dragged her hand through her messy hair, 'ok, I'll just explain, then leave. I can go have a nice relaxing bath with amazing bubbles and…'
"-uko?"
"Setsukoooooo?"
Blink
"What!?"
Naruto shrunk back behind his friends as the woman snapped at him.
"U-um, you've been day dreaming for the past two minutes..."
'Crap'
"No I wasn't, thank you very much. I was simply figuring out the best way to explain to you what exactly it is that I want the girls to teach you."
She sighed internally as Naruto seemed to believe her story, though the others looked at her sarcastically.
Stupid smart kids-
You do realise, that makes absolutely no sense.
Quiet you.
Fine, fine. No need to be a bitch for the rest of your life.
Why did my inner have to have my attitude too…
Because I needed something negative to balance out my positives, since I got the brains and all..
I hate you.
Love you too.
"Right."
Seeing as she was ready to start informing them of what exactly it was that she wanted them to do, they sat cross-legged, giving them her full attention.
"Ok, girls what attracts you to guys?"
"Hey! I thought this was about us."
Setsuko glared at the speaker, who shut up abruptly at her glare. Kiba shuffled uncomfortably under her gaze, when she noticed his nervousness, she rendered her job complete and continued her lesson.
"As I was saying, girls, what attracts you to guys?"
Setsuko sighed as the guys sweat dropped; the infamous kunoichi of the rookie 9 and Tenten seemed to think that she could understand them when they were all talking at the same god damn time.
Raising a hand for quite, she used her other hand to rub her left temple, trying to keep the inevitable headache at bay.
"Ok, let's try this again. What attracts you to guys, Sakura?"
Ino pouted as her childhood friend got to speak first, the flashed grin from Sakura doing nothing but making her friend's mood even sourer.
"Hmm"
Sakura raised a finger to her pale chin as she contemplated on her answer, trying to choose the most important to her. Sasuke meanwhile was fighting down a blush; she was so cute when she did that. 'Get a grip Sasuke'
"Their eyes."
Sasuke raised an eyebrow, she liked his eyes? Well, he couldn't say he didn't like hers, the way you could see each and every emotion that she felt flash across her jade eyes. The way they seemed to darken when she was in battle with somebody who had just hurt or insulted her friends, and the way they seemed to brighten when he complimented her. Yes, the famous stoic Uchiha had complimented his girlfriend on a few rare occasions. True he wasn't one to use compliments openly; he only used them when the person had truly impressed him. Within the rookie 9 and Gai's team, he had only complimented a couple.
He could list them on a single hand; Sakura, Naruto, Hinata, Lee, Shino. They had all impressed them in their own right, Shino when he had been sparring with him once he had come back from sound. The bus user had given him a good battle, which resulted in the destruction of a fair bit of Konoha's surrounding forestation. Shino had been one of the few people who Sasuke had battled and had to be serious with. Lee, whom he had also trained with after coming back from the sound, had done similar to Shino. The taijutsu master had given him an amazing taijutsu spar that only Neji and Hinata could actually keep up, with thanks to their Byakugan.
Hinata, this compliment may have surprised most. A few months after coming back from sound, Naruto had informed him that he was dating the Hyuuga. Sasuke was as surprised as most, when they first heard. Hinata had finally gathered up the courage to tell Naruto how she felt, when Naruto had asked her out on their first date. That wasn't what the Uchiha had complimented her on, no. He had complimented her a few weeks later, when he had been sparring against him. The Hyuuga heir had pushed him further in battle than Neji had. Though he had never really had a conversation with the Hyuuga, he complimented her while panting for breath after their training. Even then she had blushed, and thanked him, that was until Naruto leapt out from the nearby untouched forestation and exclaimed how she had royally kicked the 'Teme's' ass. That was one of the few times Sasuke had smiled since his childhood, though he had simply walked of and left poor Hinata to calm down the hyperactive blonde. Though Naruto hadn't seen the slip of his ever so stoic mask, the Hyuuga girl had, and that was the day they had taken to training together more, and even having conversations with each other when the rookie 9 and Gai's team would have their little get-together's.
His compliment to Naruto, as most would have expected, was coated in insults. But Naruto had known that the 'Teme' was giving him praise, if the huge grin on his face after their so called 'argument' had anything to do with it. After that, the two had grown even closer, close enough to have the Uchiha agree when Naruto once told an enemy that they saw each other as brothers. Naruto, to Sasuke, was not only a brother, but one of the few people in the world he held deep respect for. The dobe had even helped him on several occasions with Sakura, and hadn't even cracked jokes about his situation of coming to ask the 'village's dead last' for help with a girl.
Sakura. From the Uchiha's memory, she was the only person that he had given more than a few compliments to. Coming back from sound, he knew that he loved her, she was one of the few reasons he had gone so far to come back. True, he had finally defeated his brother, but the last remaining Uchiha had still debated on whether coming back. He knew the council of Konoha would force the Hokage to allow the Uchiha back, that wasn't his worry. His worry was about how Sakura would react to him, he had actually worried for her feelings. He contemplated never returning to the village, would Sakura be happy and be able to forget about him? He probably would have stayed away, if his heart hadn't argued about the fact that he was in love with her. Before he even realised it, he was on Konoha's doorstep, waiting to be escorted to the Hokage. True his punishment hadn't been light; he had been shadowed by the elite ANBU for weeks. After that he had been forced to do an insane amount of D rank missions that would make any shinobi cry. But to his surprise, his team…No, his friends, had helped him on every mission. The two had practically screamed at the Hokage, well in Naruto's case, he had screamed at the Hokage, telling the old woman that they were a team – therefore they had to complete the missions together.
His first compliment to the pink haired shinobi was about her strength, not her Tsunade-trained-inhuman-strength, but her true strength. He had heard about how she had defeated Sasori, training until she could no longer stand – basically pulling a Naruto. His second had been about her appearance, true it had been on their first date, but it was a compliment nonetheless. He had given her several compliments since then, and each she took to heart, knowing that they were indeed a rarity coming from the Uchiha.
"I see your finally back with us."
Sasuke was staring in to his girlfriends jade eyes, the same ones that had sent him in to a dream-like state many a time.
"Hn."
Sakura smirked at his reply, simply Sasuke.
"Ok, sorry to break the moment, but moving on!"
A light blush made it's way on to Sakura pale face as she returned to her sitting position next to her boyfriend, who himself was fighting a small blush that threatened to break his 'cool' demeanour.
"Ino, what about you?"
Ino smirked; this was going to be fun.
"Their body, of course."
Setsuko smiled inwardly, she had got the answer she had been looking for.
"Care to explain?"
Sakura, Hinata and Tenten sighed inwardly, you really shouldn't start Ino off on talking about guys bodies, it just wasn't healthy.
Phew, took me like an hour and a half to write that...
Again, im sorry about the lateness! Puppy-Dog-Eyes Please don't hurt me.
Please review, im going to update my To Feel Alive story, and then im going to work on the net chapter for this. So hopefully i can get the next chapter up in the next few days.
Ja.