Hey guys! This is my first fan fiction so please… go easy on the criticisms. But reviews are really encouraged.
It's a little bit of a songfic by the time you reach Chapters 4 and 5. Hope you read it till the last chap! Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I only wished I owned Naruto. I also don't own Krispy Kreme Donuts. Or Cosmopolitan. Or Moe Howard.
CHAPTER ONE: An 'Urgent' Meeting
"Shut up! Shut up!"
It's 11:00, or half-past 11 to be exact.
The stars were practically out next to the moon.
All the houses and stores were closed for the night…
Well, except for the Yamanaka Flower. It was filled with teenage genins.
The shop reeked of artificial ramen flavoring.
The Aburame bugs were attacking the flower bouquets.
Plastic bags were littered all around the room.
Akamaru has done multiple Dynamic Markings.
And, randomly, the Krispy Kreme donuts were being passed around.
Ino was on the counter, near to pulling her hair off.
Her vein was throbbing in irritation as she screamed,
"Hey! Listen up! Guys!"
Her efforts were obviously in vain.
"This is so not going to work out," she muttered to herself.
She turned to her friend, Shikamaru, demanding,
"A little help here?"
Shikamaru fixed his comfy seat at the foot of the counter and murmured,
"I'm on it…"
He flipped his fingers into a couple of hand signs and soon, his shadow spread across the room. At that, everyone froze and sat on the floor, mimicking his position.
Ino smiled with satisfaction and clasped her hands together,
"Thanks, Shika," she said, "Anyway, I think you all know why we're here…"
"Uh," Sakura interrupted, "Actually, you called an hour ago, saying this meeting was urgent." Ino's eyebrows met as she stuck her tongue out. "Billboard Brow," she murmured.
Sakura plastered a smirk on her face as she leaned on Sasuke's shoulder, making Ino jealous.
Kiba impatiently threw his hood back and exclaimed,
"Can we get on with this? Stop wasting our time!"
Hinata pulled him back, making him calm down.
She tried not to ask… but she did, anyway,
"W-Where…is Big Brother Neji and Tenten?" Hinata asked, fidgeting.
Ino smacked a confident grin,
"Well, technically, they're tonight's topic…"
Before Ino could even go on, Naruto spat his ramen out yelling in surprise (and disgust),
"What?! We came over here this late to talk about the Destiny Dork?!"
Choji crushed a handful of potato chips and added,
"A-And the Shuriken Sissy!"
The two laughed with (and at) each other until they spotted Shikamaru's stare,
"You guys aren't making this any easier, y'know."
Surprisingly, Choji and Naruto shut up.
After a pause crept around, Ino began to talk again,
"Anyway, I've invited you all to discuss their… (Ahem) compatibility."
Murmurs buzzed around the audience, some of disagreement, some of disgust, some of the murmurs were just… there to make noise.
Neji and Tenten? Compatible? Real good pals, yeah, but COMPATIBLE?
Sasuke chuckled in amusement to the statement and said,
"Exactly, what sick proof do you have to proclaim them compatible?"
Ino's turquoise eyes twinkled back at Sasuke. She's till got 'Pre-teen Syndrome'.
But, soon, Ino's eyes drew back as she stuttered, surprisingly,
"Er… I just have a hunch that they're a little compatible. But…"
She opened a drawer at the counter and took out a magazine, thick enough to use for hitting Naruto's head,
"I read their horoscopes and all in Cosmopolitan's July Issue and guess what? I think they just might be compatible."
Groans filled the store. Everybody was just getting pissed by the minute.
Shikamaru slapped his palm onto his forehead, thinking,
"This is going to be really troublesome…"
Shino had something to say (wow.),
"Let me guess…"
He gulped.
"We're going to help you match them up?"
Ino gave a rather mischievous aura, making them all shiver,
"Duh." She said.
At that, they all panicked like crazy.
Akamaru (and Kiba) ran around the shop, going nuts.
Naruto's fox chakra was leaking out slowly.
Hinata shivered and was stuttering about how much trouble she'll get into when her father finds out.
And Choji began to just lie down and suck his thumb.
Sakura, had indistinct thoughts about it until she raised her hand,
"I'M IN!!!"
Her face shimmered with a fun-loving grimace as she explained,
"I don't know about you guys, but this sounds like a lot of fun to me!"
Everyone was staring at her.
She had guts… and a little too much overconfidence, if you ask me.
Crickets were practically crooning when Naruto, too, raised his hand, yapping,
"Yeah! That's my girl, Sakura! Let's go do this Crappy Compatibility Challenge!"
And, cliché as it may sound, everyone joined in at the end.
A few did it out of boredom. A few felt out-numbered. A couple of them were just stupid enough to just raise their hands. Some did it with hesitation. One did it for Naruto (you know who she is).
Ino grinned in complete happiness. She felt like she had taken complete control of the world.
Shikamaru let out a deep sigh. He actually wanted to stay out of this, but he felt like he had no choice,
"Alright, Ino. I'm in. But, honestly, this has got to be one of the most troublesome things you've ever done."
Ino turned to Shikamaru saying in an even tone,
"I know, isn't it great? Make a plan, will you please?"
Rolling his eyes, Shikamaru did his thinking pose and muttered,
"And you bothered to say please…"
With his eyes shut, thinking, Shikamaru sat still for quite sometime until the shop door swinging open broke the silence. The guy in the Moe Howard cut was here.
"Rock Lee, the handsome savage of the Leaf Village is here!"
The gang just stared at him. "Yeah," Sakura muttered, "And you're thirty nine minutes late."
Shikamaru blinked his eyes open. He had a Plan.
"Lee,"
Shikamaru called out,
"Where's your damn squirrel?"
-- End of Chapter One --
What do you think? Hm? If you liked it, I'm glad! If you didn't, well, I'm a little hurt but nothing personal. You're invited to leave a review, you know, but I'm not forcing you. It may suck a lot or a little, but, hey, I'm a beginner, a'ight?
Thanks for reading though. I hope the next chap proves to be better.