Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ New Beginnings ❯ Operation Ramen ( Chapter 6 )

Chapter 6!

 

I'm so so so sorry this is so late. Ah, so late, and the thoughts were all flowy and I wanted to write them here but let's just say my computer was smashed. Yeah…Blame it on the smasher! And the library is only good for an hour. Anyways, it's here now right?

 

ALSO! My friend and I are having a debate, is Ka(o)nkuro's name spelt like Kankuro or Konkuro? I think it's the first, and so does my story, anyways, how is it?

 

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

 

Thoughts

 

Inner Thoughts

 

Chapter 6: Operation Ramen

 

 

“Proceed.”

 

Kankuro shot his head back from around the corner of the hallway, positioning his hands in a James Bond gun pose. He leapt to the opposite side of the hallway which opened up into another dimlit hallway.

 

“Right!”

 

Naruto and Kiba followed after, holding their hands in the same position. Kiba shot after Kankuro and stood behind him while Naruto jumped up and rolled across the hallway. Gaara glared at the three and shoved his hands in his pockets and walked calmly across the hall.

 

“Idiots.”

 

Neji followed with a similar composure to Gaara's, while Shikamaru yawned and walked slowly behind them, staring at the off-white hallway walls. They followed Kankuro down the hall which had several doors on either side. They reached the end of the hall when Kankuro turned left towards a wooden door and smiled proudly at it. When Gaara had gotten there with the rest of the group his eyes shot wide.

 

“Kankuro don't tell me you…This is…You fucktard!” Naruto looked quizzically at the door then to Gaara.

 

“Um, what's wrong?” Gaara crossed his arms and glared at Kankuro who continued to smile.

 

“It's the only way we can hear them bro.” Neji who was getting annoyed stepped in.

 

“What's going on?”

 

“Ask Kankuro what the great the plan is.” Neji looked at Kankuro who raised his hand.

 

“I know, I'll tell you…So, behind this door gentlemen happens to be a room, and inside the room there happens to be a state of the art laundry chute!” Kankuro smiled and clapped his hands but was greeted in silence.

 

“Uh…so?”

 

“So, Shikamaru, this particular laundry chute happens to run strait through to the basement. The very same basement the girls are staying. Now, Naruto please place your ear against the door.”

 

“Huh?”

 

“Just do it.”

 

“…Okay” Naruto walked up and cautiously placed his ear against the door. His eyes went wide, “I-it's the girl's voices! I can hear them talking!”

 

“Exactly.” Naruto removed his head from the door and looked at Gaara. “What's so bad about that?” Gaara stayed quiet and walked over to the door and swung it open. The other guys peeked in and then turned to glare at Kankuro.

 

“It's not that bad!” Neji took a threatening step closer.

 

“Yeah, if you exclude the fact that there's room for maybe three of us!”

 

“Not if we squish!”

 

“Told you he's a fucktard.”

 

“Am not!” Neji glared at Kankuro, clenching his fist.

 

“And five years old.” Kankuro gave an exaggerated sigh.

 

“Fine, we won't listen to the girl's; we'll just go to Naruto's and wonder what they're thinking…I can hardly wait.” The group glared at him before letting out a few muffled `fine'. Kankuro smirked and held the door open as they each piled in the small closet. “Remember, the laundry chute goes both ways, so be quiet no matter what.”

 

(Girls)

 

Sakura lay stretched out on the couch with her hands behind her head, staring into the light bulb up on the ceiling. She was waiting for the other girls to finish changing into their bed clothes. She had finished early and came back to the couches. Her thoughts were jumbled through out her head, replaying the events of the night, feeling as though she might be dreaming, like it wasn't real. She felt pain in her body, she was alive. It was a moment when she suddenly felt awake, not necessarily to reality, but something gentler. Sakura looked into the light, it looked like a star when she squinted, and it was comforting. She squinted her eyes and smiled, she opened her eyes, but it went dark.

 

“Huh, Tenten? Oh!” Sakura's heart jumped, and she went a long with it, hitting her head against Tenten's.

 

“Owy, owy, owy!” The two girls yelled in unison. Sakura and Tenten both held their heads, squeezing their eyes shut. Sakura peeked out one eye.

 

“Sorry about that…you just surprised me.”

 

“Heh, I noticed.” The two girls heard a noise towards their left; they both looked over to see Temari on the ground laughing. Hinata was standing beside her with a worried look, staring over at them. Tenten smiled at Hinata.

 

“We're fine. And thanks Temari for the concern!” Temari looked up, choking on her laughter.

 

“No problem!” When Temari calmed down, Hinata helped her up and together walked over to the couch where Tenten and Sakura were seated, still rubbing their foreheads.

 

Temari sat down next to Sakura, “So, what shall we do to begin this party in honor of Sakura?” The three girls looked at Sakura, who scooted back from their stares.

 

“Um, since it's my night I say that…Tenten has to choose!” Sakura gave an evil chuckle while pointing at Sakura. Tenten glared at Sakura until she stopped laughing and retreated to an innocent smile.

 

“Well, I'm pretty sure when it's a sleep over it's customary for us to eat ice cream out of the cartons and drink soda and eat popcorn while playing truth or dare. Does this sound good?” The girls stared at her before Temari spoke up.

 

“You've been surfing the internet again haven't you?”

 

“Maybe…” Tenten smiled innocently at the girls. Sakura clapped her on the back.

 

“I like that idea, now, what's truth or dare?” The girls stared at Sakura dumbfounded. Hinata scooted close to Sakura and stared her in the eyes.

 

“You mean, you've never heard of it?” Sakura's face had a nervous look as she shifted her eyes to all her friends.

 

“Well, I heard about at my schools but, um, I've never really played. Oh! And I heard it earlier today. And hey I thought it was a stupid game the way you told the guys we weren't going to play it.” Sakura furrowed her eye brows and pointed an accusing finger at Tenten.

 

Tenten smiled, “Oh, well it is dumb when you're with your guy friends, but if it's just us girls, it's nice.” Sakura's face resembled a smile child as she smiled.

 

“Oh, okay!” Temari rolled her eyes and smiled.

 

“So uh, Sakura you can come with me to get the snacks and I'll explain on the way.” She stood up a long with Sakura and walked out of the room towards the stairs.

 

They made their way up the dark hallway, with the soft carpet under their feet easing the sounds of their steps. Temari got out in front of Sakura so that she could lead the way towards the kitchen. Temari and Sakura reached the last step, and Temari took a left, leading away from the front door. She made her way throughout the dark house, letting Sakura look around to see the different hallways, and doorways, realizing how big it actually was. Temari took another left when ended immediately at an opening. She flipped a switch which revealed a large kitchen, with marble stone countertops. The fridge was a two door steel fridge, and the cabinets surrounding them were a light wood. Temari walked slowly in the kitchen before stopping at a countertop which was in the center of the kitchen, she turned towards Sakura with a serious look.

 

“Truth or Dare is a game where if you get picked they ask you truth or dare, if you say truth, they ask you any question you want and you have to answer truthfully. If you get a dare they will dare you to do something, anything and you are obliged to do it.” Temari bit her bottom lip with concern in her eyes, “This may be a problem seeing as they will want to get all the information on yours and Gaara's so called relationship. Now you should know something, and that is Gaara has only had one other girl friend, her name was Karin and that is a long, not so good story. They will want to know everything and you're going to have to lie your ass off.”

 

“I'll be fine, I've lied about a lot of things in my past, this won't be any trouble…Hey, it might even be fun, so don't worry.” Sakura smiled trying to make Temari feel better. She hated it when people were worried or sad on her account. Temari looked at her eyes for a moment longer as if to check to see if she lying but then smiled.

 

“Great, now, let's get the snacks before they start to get anxious.”

 

“Okay.” The girls stormed through the kitchen, gathering, clanking and giggling. In the end they managed to have three ice cream containers, one bag of pretzels, two bags of popcorn, a box of chocolate chip cookies, a small cooler full of coke, and four spoons. They're arms were full as they made their way through the house and down the stairs. Temari led the way while yelling to Hinata and Tenten.

 

“Okay, we've got the food and the junk and the drinks and we are good to go!” Hinata and Tenten ran over to help take some of the stuff from their hands and brought it over to the round table in between the couches. The girls sat around the round table in the order of Hinata, Temari, Tenten, and Sakura. They clapped their hands in unison and then dug into the snacks, grabbing random cartons of ice cream, cookies and drink. When they had finally gotten situated the table was a complete mess with their snack choices set out in front of them, each with content smiles. Temari swallowed the cookie she was eating and dusted her hands off and held them up to silence the other girls. This of course didn't work.

 

“Hey! It's time to start the game, c'mon!” She waited a few moments longer until the other girls were looking at her. “Now, who wants to go first, excluding Sakura since she just now learned the rules of the game?” Tenten raised her hand excitedly.

 

“I shall take the honors!” She smiled and sat up strait, “Now, who shall I torture…Ah, Hinata!” Hinata gave a small squeal, “Hinata, truth or dare?”

 

“Dare…” Tenten had a deviant smile.

 

“Excellent…Hinata, I dare you to tell Naruto how you feel before midnight on Halloween.” Hinata turned a deep shade of red, averting her eyes from the rest of the group who were laughing.

 

“I…I accept.” Tenten giggled, Sakura looked at Hinata as she laughed and smiled with the rest of the group. She found Hinata to be a refreshing person; she was shy, but brave. Tenten looked at Hinata.

 

“Your turn to torture!” Hinata lit up a little, the red fading from her face. She looked around a few times, finally stopping at Sakura.

 

“May I?” This made Sakura giggle. What's with me? I never giggle; it's weird, this night-I like it.

 

“You may.”

 

“Truth or Dare?”

 

“I think I like the truth one better.”

 

“Okay, um, when did you and Gaara start to like each other?” Sakura looked over at Temari who was giving her an `I told you so' look. Sakura's cheeks flushed a small amount as she thought about what to say. Her thoughts were coming in jumbled, she was trying to think but something kept interrupting her usually clear mind.

 

“Well, you see…We just…It was…Really it was spur of the moment, both liking each other thing. I mean, tonight is our first night together so really I'm still getting used to it.” Sakura let go of the breath she was holding, she looked over at Temari who had one eye brow raised. Sakura looked at her apologetically, slightly shrugging her shoulders.

 

“That sounds very lovely.” Hinata smiled serenely at Sakura. Tenten looked at Sakura and Temari with a curious expression.

 

“Yeah…” She looked at Sakura a moment longer, before Temari broke the silence.

 

“Okay! So it's Sakura's turn, let's see how good she is.”

 

“Thanks.” Sakura's gaze remained on Temari, “Well, I think I'll ask Temari.” Sakura's smile went evil. “What the hell was going on with you and Shikamaru outside?”

 

“Ha-ha.” Temari's cheeks went a slight pink, “Honestly it was nothing. I was just using my feminine charm to get what I want.” Temari smirked at this last part. Tenten who looked at Temari as though she was story teller spoke up.

 

“Which was?”

 

“I just wanted to know why he smoked all the time, so I asked to try it…He said no and I thought yes. Simple.” The three girls looked around at each other exchanging looks before simultaneously rolling their eyes and laughing, tossing a few popcorn kernels at her.

 

“Hey, hey, okay. I do believe it's my turn to turn the subject away from me and to someone else, such as Tenten!”

 

“Hah, bring it on.” Temari smirked, thinking in her mind of the regrets Tenten will face.

 

“So Tenten, about Neji, I-“Right then there was a loud screaming heard from outside, the four girls shot up. “What is that?!” Before anyone could answer they heard them get louder. Sakura started for the stars with the rest of the group following after.

 

“We better find out.” The four girls raced up the stairs, as the yelling from outside became louder, echoing throughout the house. Sakura wrenched open the door and didn't make it but a few feet outside before stopping frozen in her tracks. The three girls, who were following stopped as well, all with shocked expressions at the sight before them.

 

 

(Boys)

 

The boys stood pressed against each other in a dark room, their heat cascaded off their bodies filling the small space to an unpleasant extent. They stood still, each one careful not to make a sound. Gaara stood closest to the opening in the wall which was known as the laundry chute, his head was practically being shoved through the hole, in danger of becoming stuck. Naruto and Kankuro were pressing against him with their heads on either side of his, both pressing towards the hole, making Gaara's situation not much better. Shikamaru, Kiba and Neji were pressed against the wall in the back of the group of friends, each one avoiding putting their heads down towards the three backsides of their friends pressing against their crotches. They waited patiently for words to fill the room once again.

 

“Okay, we've got the food and the junk and the drinks and we are good to go!” Their ears perked as the sound of Temari's voice, they listened closely, hearing the girls rustle through things accompanied by a few giggles. “Hey! It's time to start the game, c'mon!” There was a pause and she spoke again, “Now, who wants to go first, excluding Sakura since she just now learned the rules of the game?” Each boy listened in anticipation, each one hoping for a different individual to start, finally hearing Tenten speak boldly “I shall take the honors! Now, who shall I torture…Ah, Hinata!” There was another pause, “Hinata, truth or dare?” They listened closely and heard in a small voice someone say “Dare.” There was a shift among the guys as they smiled, wondering what kind of things girl's considered `Dares'. “Excellent…Hinata, I dare you to tell Naruto how you feel before midnight on Halloween.” Naruto's eyes shot wide, turning a light shade of pink.

 

“Sh-She likes me?” He looked towards the other guys for answer's but was answered in glares. Kankuro gave a quiet laugh and moved in closer to Naruto.

 

“You're…clueless.” Naruto gave a confused look, and looked towards Kiba who patted him on the back.

 

“Naruto you're-“ Kiba sniffed into the air, “-Hey do you guys smell smoke?” He shot his head to his left and glared at Shikamaru who stood frozen with a cigarette in his mouth, smiling innocently. Neji reach over Kiba and smacked Shikamaru in the back of the head making the cigarette fly out of his mouth, landing on Gaara's shirt.

 

“Idiot, they're going to smell that and know-“Gaara let out a hushed yelp, smacking his back repeatedly. Neji looked down to see the cigarette had burnt a hole through Gaara's shirt and touched his skin, making him jump and slap his back. Gaara turned his head to glare at Shikamaru who pointed a finger at Neji. “It was an accident…” Gaara turned back around, shutting his eyes and clenching his fists, resisting the urge to slap both of them. Kankuro tuned around and smiled happily at the two.

 

“Nice job.” He gave them both a thumb's up. “You really-“ Naruto hit His chest.

 

“Shh, we're missing their conversation!”

 

The group shut up instantly, having forgotten about the girls momentarily. “When did you and Gaara start to like each other?” Gaara gave a nervous gulp, listening to the long pause she gave before answering. “Well, you see…We just…It was…Really it was spur of the moment, both liking each other thing. I mean, tonight is our first night together so really I'm still getting used to it.” The guys looked at Gaara silently laughing. Gaara himself was relieved she was able to come up with something at least semi-believable. Now that it was so quiet he started to think about how he found himself in this situation with Sakura…it confused him, making him feel indifferent and not certain about anything anymore. He couldn't figure out what was going to happen tomorrow, or in the next ten minutes, when usually he was so confident in his life and the way he lived. He felt unsure about things, he felt worried for Sakura, and hate towards her father. These things were so meaningless but still, he couldn't stop running them through his mind, continuously poking at him bringing up new concerns each time. Temari's voice broke through his thoughts, making him and Kankuro turn to glare at Shikamaru who avoided eye contact by looking at his finger nails with deep fascination. He tuned back around, and continued listening to the girls, scowling about how he had another thing to worry about.

 

“So Tenten, about Neji, I-“ The boys didn't hear anymore, but heard screaming coming from outside of the house. They looked around at each other, hoping that one of them knew what was going on. They heard the girls foot steps running up the stairs towards the front part of the house. They heard the screaming get louder, making out some of the words that came out of the person's mouth. Gaara's eyes went wide.

 

“You guys, does that sound like…” Neji looked off into space trying to hear the words and replied quietly to Gaara.

 

“Yeah, it's her.” Kiba looked between the two with a confused expression, but it was gone when he heard the screaming become clearer.

 

“Should we go?” Gaara pushed his way through the group, going for the door when Kankuro put a hand on his shoulder.

 

“Dude, if we go we should hide unless things get out of control…it won't be worth it to just show up and blow everything.”

 

“Yeah, okay.” They quietly made their way out of the closet, trying not to fall or make any big noises. They followed Gaara through the silent dark house, occasionally hearing yell's echoing through the house. They reached the back of the house, escaping through the back door. Gaara waited for them to get outside before shutting the door and locking it. He waved his hand, motioning for them to follow him. He crept slowly, pressed against the house around towards the side of the house. They followed the side of the house until Gaara came to a holt, peeking around the edge of the house to see the sight where the screams had been coming from. The other guys followed his example, each one careful not to make a sound.

 

(Girls)

 

Sakura stood watching as a drunken Ino attempted to walk down the street, yelling out drunken slurs. She came underneath the streetlamp, and looked towards to group of girls who were watching her. “Whad-fuck-yah-starn-at?” The girls looked at each other, while Sakura started towards Ino, looking curiously at her. The other girls hesitated before following her, all keeping a sour look towards their intoxicated enemy. Sakura narrowed her eyes, trying to look at Ino; she could have sworn she saw a red gleam in the street light. Ino attempted to walk towards Sakura but tripped, and instead sat on the side walk, watching Sakura approach her.

 

“Ino, why is your lip bleeding?”

 

“Fuckh-jyou.”

 

“Yeah, no thanks. So, why are you getting drunk alone?”

 

“I wazn't shit-head”

 

“I wouldn't be so rude. You are a lone, and we are four together. Not to mention you can barely stand up.” Ino huffed out her chest and went to protest but stopped herself, knowing Sakura was right. “Now, why don't you tell me who made your lip bleed like that?” Ino didn't say anything, just glared at Sakura and the others. “I thought so.” Temari came up beside Sakura.

 

“Sakura, what are you talking about?”

 

“Isn't it obvious? It's Sasuke.” Temari looked back at Ino to see her swollen lip, dry blood trailing down her chin.

 

“Hate to say this but not even you should put up with that Ino.” Ino continued her emotionless glare, while swaying a bit from the alcohol.

 

“Sasuke lubs meh.” Sakura rolled her eyes. Tenten and Hinata had come up besides Sakura and Temari, both examining Ino with curious expressions. Tenten spoke up with a sarcastic remark.

 

“I can see that.” Sakura snapped around towards Tenten with hate and compassion in her eyes.

 

“It's not that easy.” Tenten was taken back, wondering what had just happened. Before she could say anything, bright car lights shown on the group of girls. They came closer, revealing the form of each girl, as they shielded their eyes. Ino smirked and slowly and wobbly got up. The girls watched her as she walked towards the car. When the car came beside them they were able to see Sasuke driving the car, with a few of his friends in the car. He stuck his head out of the window.

 

“Bitch, get in the car!” She turned towards the group of girls and smirked.

 

“Told you.” She slowly swayed towards the car, getting into the front seat, and slamming the car door behind her. Sasuke smiled towards the group and pointed towards Sakura.

 

“Pretty soon, it'll be you!” The car sped off in the dark street, making screeching sounds as it made a turn. Sakura dropped to her knees, and grabbed her hair.

 

“FUCK!” Sakura's scream seemed to echo throughout the world. She clenched her hair as if it were her support, she put her head in towards her knees, letting go of her hair and encircling her knees, hugging them with all her strength as she breathed in and out against the cold cement feeling the cold grip at her heart. Her friends stood around her frozen, Temari dropped besides Sakura. Sakura eyes went wide when she felt someone bringing her towards them. She looked up at Temari, and sprung in her arms, burying her face in her shoulder, feeling the warmth of another person. She had someone who knew, someone who cared. Tenten and Hinata dropped down and came beside her, rubbing her back, she sat up and smiled at the two. Even though they had no idea what was going on they still cared for her. They didn't ask questions they just tried to comfort her.

 

“Sorry…I just…” Tenten just shook her head no.

 

“It's okay, just as long as you'll be okay.” Sakura smiled and nodded her head.

 

“I think I will.” She smiled at Temari who beamed at her. Sakura slowly made her way up, and walked towards the house, while the four girls locked arms, each one feeling as if something was accomplished yet, not really knowing what.

 

When the girls had gotten inside they decided they would take things easy and start a movie. Tenten had managed to talk Temari out of a horror movie and instead they watched the movie Saved. Each girl took their own couch, Sakura taking the one farthest away from the TV, in the middle of all the couches. About half-way through the movie Sakura could feel her eyes getting heavy, and decided not to fight it. While Sakura was asleep, her mind was still at work, having a vivid but familiar dream.

 

Sakura was walking towards her friends who were waiting for her in the clearing behind the bush where they normally ate lunch. She smiled and waved to them as she walked. She felt the ground crumble beneath her and whispered “No…” She started to fall into darkness; she remained silent but heard screaming anyways. She looked beside her to see Ino falling beside her, “Ino?” Ino stopped screaming and looked towards Sakura and smirked, and whispered, “Too late.” Sakura screamed and looked up towards her friends, they smiled not noticing anything, until she saw Gaara and Temari break from the crowd and started to reach out towards her. She smiled and then looked down to see a rocky ravine getting closer by the second. She watched as Ino fell faster than her, she hit the bottom but when she hit it she disappeared like a splash of water. She looked back up to see Gaara and Temari, they were yelling something but she couldn't hear them. She looked back towards the bottom, feeling it getting closer and closer to her.

 

“Sakura…Sakura!” Sakura slowly opened her eyes to see Temari shaking her shoulder lightly. “Sakura, we heard something upstairs.” Sakura looked around to see Hinata and Tenten also huddling by the couch with scared expressions.

 

 

Voila! Please read and review, tell me if you liked it or not. I hope you did like it, even though it took so long for it to come out. I think I'm forgetting to say something…oh, well. OH! Haha, when I say Karin, I mean the Karin in the Shippuuden episodes. Hehe, you just might see more of her.