New and interesting knowledge
Naruto, Lee, Kiba and Gaara sat in a half circle around a very disgruntled Kankurou, who was bright red and explaining every little sex question they had. They were fifteen, how did they not know these things?
"And yeah…that's what people mean by 69."
"Wow…."
"Kinda weird."
Kankurou ran his fingers through his hair, having discarded his hat during the discussion on anal beads, "Is that all?"
Gaara shook his head, and flipped the book open. He skimmed through the pages, then found what he wanted, "What is S&M?"
The puppeteer groaned, rubbing his temples. He was about to speak up, when he was saved by a pink haired girl carrying a bag of groceries.
"Hey! What're you all doing?"
Naruto straightened up, grinning widely, "We were just explaining to them was 69 means." He was smacked upside the head by Kiba, Kankurou and Gaara, and Sakura giggled, a light blush on her face now.
"Now, why would you want to know that?"
"It was in Gaara's book."
Sakura frowned, giving Gaara a curious look. He held up the book and she sighed, shaking her head, "That's the one Tsunade wrote, isn't it?" she said, looking a little exasperated. She giggled though, looking at Kankurou, who was tugging his hat back onto his head, "You want me to take these kids off your hand?"
"Please, in the name of all that is holy…"
Sakura laughed, then looked to them, "I need help carrying some books home from the library. Can you guys lend a hand?"
Naruto and Lee jumped up and started shouting out their offers to help her. She smiled and nodded to them both, and Lee took Gaara's hand and pulled him up as he and Naruto marched off after Sakura. Gaara just sighed and trotted after the green-clad boy.
Kiba watched them go, them cleared his throat and looked to Kankurou, who ran his hands over his face and started laughing, "That was the most awkward thing I've ever had to go through."
"Sorry."
Kankurou just chuckled and let his hands fall into his lap, watching Kiba. They were quiet for a long few moments, then Kiba cleared his throat again and shifted until he was comfortable, "So…you wanna go grab something to eat?"
"Sure," Kankurou got up, then held out a hand for Kiba. The other boy took it and pulled himself up, holding on a few seconds longer than necessary, then letting go quickly, coughing awkwardly.
"Where to? After sitting that close to Naruto for so long, I've gotten a craving for ramen."
Kankurou snorted and gave him an odd look, "How does that work?"
"He smells of it."
This caused Kankurou to laugh in a strange way, almost like he was choking on it, which in turn, caused Kiba to start snickering, "You alright there?"
"Shut up, man," Kankurou said, smirking and pushing Kiba's shoulder. He bit back another laugh as Kiba tripped and rolled a short way down the slight hill, "Nice one."
"Hey! Hush up!"
Kankurou chuckled and jogged to where Kiba was standing up, tugging on his arm to 'help', then dragging him off to the ramen stand.
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"Orochimaru-sama."
"Kabuto-kun?"
"I found this outside," Kabuto held out the obnoxiously pink book, pushing his glasses further up his nose, trying not to wince at the bright cover.
Orochimaru took it, leaning back in his chair and scanning the front cover with interest, "Icha Icha Paradise? Hm…" frowning curiously when he saw Tsunade's name at the bottom, he flipped it open and started reading, one hand touching his lower lip curiously. Kabuto was left to peek over his shoulder curiously, however rude it was. He wanted to know what it was.
It was until the third paragraph, on the second page that it became apparent what the book was about, and Kabuto's eyebrow twitched, and he took a step back. Right…Orochimaru, however, was intrigued. He didn't know Tsunade had the capability to write anything, especially a novel. And so far, it proved to be rather interesting, a nice change from what he'd seen in Jiraiya's books. Iow, an equal balance of plot and intercourse. Or, almost equal.
Yet still very descriptive. That woman was obviously pent up.
"How much more time do I have to myself, Kabuto-kun?"
Kabuto cleared his throat, and slightly disturbed look on his face, "Well…not long, really."
"Make more time."
"But, Orochimaru-sama…"
Orochimaru started humming softly, and Kabuto sighed. He was SO sure Sasuke would appreciate THIS. He turned and left, thankfully missing Orochimaru chortling at a particularly dirty line. Yes…Tsunade was definitely pent up.
"You're telling me, Orochimaru has decided a pornographic novel, is more important than training me?"
"So it would seem, yes."
Just as Kabuto predicted, Sasuke was not in the slightly bit pleased by this. In fact, he had a look on his face that Kabuto had come to associate with something akin to rage. Not that Sasuke showed it to terribly often, over the past couple of years.
"I hope his not to busy to talk," Sasuke said stiffly, getting up off his seat and heading out of the room, leaving Kabuto to sigh, and fidget with his glasses. He knew he should have left that book where he'd found it, why did he not listen to his senses?
"Orochimaru," Sasuke said, in quite the demanding voice, as he made his way over to the man. He couldn't help but glance at the book as he neared him, even seeing the name of the Hokage printed proudly on the front. This caused him to stop dead in his tracks and stare. "What…are you doing?"
"I'm reading, Sasuke-kun. It's quite an interesting book."
"I'll bet it is," Sasuke frowned, one hand going on his hip, "You are aware we had prior arrangements, aren't you?"
"You deserve a break, Sasuke."
Sasuke damn near twitched as that, taking another few steps forward, "If I wanted a break, I'd ask for one!" Not that he ever would. In a quest for power, there simply is no such thing as a 'break.'
"Then perhaps I could use one," Orochimaru said, glancing up from the book, "But I have somewhere to be," he said, standing up, and memorizing the page number. He handed the book to a livid Sasuke as he passed him, "Read it, it's good."
Sasuke turned, to glare at the man as he disappeared, then looked down at the book, his frown deepening. "Icha Icha Paradise…Kakashi reads these," he muttered to himself, but didn't allow himself to get too nostalgic, as curiosity got the better of him, and he opened it.
Not long after, the young Uchiha found himself at a desk, with the book open to his left, and paper in front of him, as he wrote quickly. This book was good, though perhaps not in the entertaining sense. It had good tips. On things we really don't need to share at this moment. He was hoping to get as much down as he could, and get the book back to the chair Orochimaru had been in, so it looked like he hadn't even opened it. Last thing he needed was this sort of thing sullying his name, on top of abandoning his village, and whatever else could be pinned on him.
"Sasuke-kun."
Sasuke quickly snapped the book shut and hid it, before standing, and going out to where Orochimaru's voice had come from, "What is it?"
"Do you have my book?"
"I left it on your chair," without anything further, it was his turn to move past Orochimaru, and leave. This new knowledge called for a quick sneak call-in on Konoha…
But we'll find out for sure next chapter.