Rating: Just treat it like this... everytime there's another chapter, the rating gets a notch higher.
Cast: Team 7 and Saki
Summary: Naruto and Sasuke did not even think that a simple visit in the temple would have devastating effects.
Notes:For those who do not know, Saki is the genius creation of Asuka Kureru. (Read the fic Lace and Strawberry) She is somewhat a representation of what Sasuke is not and never will be. Like another side of the coin. One and the same but largely different.
Some points to note:
-Let’s pretend that Orochimaru didn’t happen, shall we?
-characterization based on the young team7 (pre-shippuden and before everything else gets sabotaged by the snake oro-baby)
-so, this is some sort of AU form the original storyline.
-will only be using Japanese words on some important or irreplaceable(in notes of culture and such) words/terms
-sautéed egg with tomatoes is best with fried rice. (nods) that’s what we usually eat in the mornings. Either that or pan de sal with butter. I presumed that Sasuke would like that since he loved tomatoes.
ikee-let’s go
boke-idiot
chikuso(naruto pronounces it chikusho so I left it that way)- damnit
monthsary-in our country, young (or even the older ones) do that. like if you got together at the 10th of August, then almost every 10th of the month you will give little things and gifts and most of the time go to special dates to celebrate the day.
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That afternoon, Naruto had decided to take Saki on a stroll up the hill to the temple. Hell, she’s still Sasuke afterall and a little exercise would benefit the both of them. He knew that the other boy’s (currently girl's if you’re very particular in mechanics) resiliency was beyond normal and if the b***h Boots would tire his pretty girlfriend down, it was a chance to carry her, right? Man, was he a genius. He grinned at the thought.
So here they were at the temple, offering incense to the gods and privately celebrating their monthsary the way Saki liked ‘em. (Of course he asked for her preference from time to time for he was the best boyfriend!) The picnic basket was beside his feet, waiting to be relieved of its contents.
Saki rubbed her hands together to conclude the little ceremony. “Naruto-kun..?” She said without looking up.
“Eh? Nani.. what is it?”
“Do you… love me?”
“Of course I do! My love for you is as real as you are, Saki-chan,” Naruto said in complete fervor. “And I love you just the way you are.” So what if the b*****d heard it or not? It applied both ways anyway. He made a face.
Saki stayed silent for a while and then lifted her gaze to look directly at Naruto. “I’m real and you love me?”
“Huh?” All the blond boy could do was to vaguely nod and smile due to some temporary mental incapacity.
Black eyes widened and a soft smile graced her beautiful features.
“I hope so too,” she whispered while staring at the wisps of smokes filling the whole altar.
Naruto blinked uneasily but quickly brushed it off (like everything that he failed to understand) and raised his fist in the air. “Ikee! Let’s go and eat! You’ll love the place. I’m sure of it,” Naruto said boisterously. He was going to pull his girlfriend with him when he stopped, remembering something. “Ah, wait, wait. Before anything else…” He snatched the bamboo tube from the altar and ran to take it to Saki despite the protests of the monk.
“So, what is your wish?” Naruto beamed. “Come on, pet. Don’t be shy. Just wish with all your heart and it will all come true.”
Saki reluctantly agreed with him. She let Naruto shake the canister and took a stick that escaped out of the hole. Naruto grinned big as he gave back the bamboo tube to the monk as well as the stick. The monk looked at the stick and gave him the corresponding number. He ran back to her to have her read what her fortune said. After reading, she smiled apologetically to the expectant blond. Naruto impatiently ripped the paper away from her.
“What is it?” In big bold characters, the word UNLUCKY loomed large. “What the ********! It’s the 20th century already, who would believe in this crap?” He screamed.
Saki sweat-dropped. “Naruto, it’s the 21st."
“Whatever.” Naruto growled, more embarrassed than anything. “Let’s go ********!” He swore when he bumped into something. Naruto immediately regained balance to catch the old woman before she fell down.
Saki was too busy shushing her noisy boyfriend and apologizing to a disapproving monk to notice the old woman who Naruto had bumped into minutes before was now looking at them with malicious eyes from behind the altar.
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