The Color Blue
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Naruto AU/AR › General
Rating:
Adult +
Chapters:
18
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1,514
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3
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0
Currently Reading:
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I do not own Naruto. Masashi Kishimoto does. I make no money from this story. All other characters intended to be fictional, and any similarity between them and a real person, living or dead, is coincidental.
Chapter 7
"Well, I'm certainly not objecting," Asuma pointed out as he waved the waitress over. The red-haired girl fluttered over, wearing a frilly light blue apron over a dark blue dress.
The waitress took the jounin's orders, even ignoring Kakashi's avid stare, and bounced over to the chuunin's table.
"Can I take your ord-" the girl froze, dropping her notepad and stumbling. Automatically, Kiba reached out and caught her before she fell. As she apologized profusely, the chuunin waved her off, asking for menus and embarrassing her. As she disappeared into the back to deliver the jounin's orders to the cook, the boys conversed and delved into their menus.
"I think I shall order the grilled gyoza!" Lee declared as Chouji and Kiba inspected their menus. "What will you order, Naruto-san? You have not looked at your menu."
Naruto was lounging even more than Asuma, his head and arms dangling over the back of his chair. "Order?" Naruto mumbled distractedly and gave a toothy yawn. "Crab-fried rice and shrimp ramen."
As Lee began to ask Naruto a question, the waitress scurried back over, asking for their orders. Never missing a beat, Naruto ordered the seafood dishes. Similarly, the waitress wrote the orders down without hesitation. Lee and the others stared at Naruto with curiosity, but the blonde was dangling over his seat again, oblivious to them.
Ten minutes later, the waitress brought the eight ninja their orders, though she had to make several trips for Chouji's large meal. Lee had to admit, as he eyed Naruto's meal, that the seafood dishes looked much more appetizing than his order of gyoza.
Scarfing down his meal, Naruto rose, stretched, and looked back at his fellow chuunin. "I'm calling it a night, guys. Later." The other seven ninja watched bemusedly as the proprietor of the inn and the red-haired waitress dashed up the stairs moments after Naruto.
"W…wait!" the waitress called after Naruto as he walked down the hallway toward the rooms. Smiling, Naruto stopped and turned.
"It's been awhile, hasn't it, Asayake?" Naruto grinned at the waitress before giving her a hug.
"It is you! It's been eight years, you jerk! Why didn't you write?" Asayake laughed excitedly as she hugged the taller, younger boy.
"No time," he laughed. "And you, Hane-baa-chan!" he waved the older woman over and gave her a large hug.
"My!" she chortled happily as she returned the hug. "What are you here for dear? Business?" Naruto nodded. "Tsk," she scolded. "At least let us offer you our best room, for old time's sake!"
"Nah, thanks, Hane-baa-chan. The others'll be suspicious if I'm not around. I'll just share a room with Sasuke-teme."
"You haven't told them you've been here before?"
"Nope, or we woulda come here first instead of wasting time over in the other districts." Naruto smiled mischievously and the women laughed. "And I see you're still overcharging the tourists."
"Sorry about that," Hane gave him a sheepish but guiltless smile.
"Nah, no worries. I figured we'd get here eventually and I'd have to get your attention or we'd be cleaning this place till next month to pay for board."
"Well, we'll get back to work so that you don't get caught talking to us." Hane tweaked Naruto's nose playfully. "Tell them soon, okay? And come visit when you get some time, gaki."
The women waved bye as they trooped back down the stairs, and Naruto began the arduous task of finding Sasuke's room without accidentally walking into one of the girls' rooms.
*~~*
The waitress took the jounin's orders, even ignoring Kakashi's avid stare, and bounced over to the chuunin's table.
"Can I take your ord-" the girl froze, dropping her notepad and stumbling. Automatically, Kiba reached out and caught her before she fell. As she apologized profusely, the chuunin waved her off, asking for menus and embarrassing her. As she disappeared into the back to deliver the jounin's orders to the cook, the boys conversed and delved into their menus.
"I think I shall order the grilled gyoza!" Lee declared as Chouji and Kiba inspected their menus. "What will you order, Naruto-san? You have not looked at your menu."
Naruto was lounging even more than Asuma, his head and arms dangling over the back of his chair. "Order?" Naruto mumbled distractedly and gave a toothy yawn. "Crab-fried rice and shrimp ramen."
As Lee began to ask Naruto a question, the waitress scurried back over, asking for their orders. Never missing a beat, Naruto ordered the seafood dishes. Similarly, the waitress wrote the orders down without hesitation. Lee and the others stared at Naruto with curiosity, but the blonde was dangling over his seat again, oblivious to them.
Ten minutes later, the waitress brought the eight ninja their orders, though she had to make several trips for Chouji's large meal. Lee had to admit, as he eyed Naruto's meal, that the seafood dishes looked much more appetizing than his order of gyoza.
Scarfing down his meal, Naruto rose, stretched, and looked back at his fellow chuunin. "I'm calling it a night, guys. Later." The other seven ninja watched bemusedly as the proprietor of the inn and the red-haired waitress dashed up the stairs moments after Naruto.
"W…wait!" the waitress called after Naruto as he walked down the hallway toward the rooms. Smiling, Naruto stopped and turned.
"It's been awhile, hasn't it, Asayake?" Naruto grinned at the waitress before giving her a hug.
"It is you! It's been eight years, you jerk! Why didn't you write?" Asayake laughed excitedly as she hugged the taller, younger boy.
"No time," he laughed. "And you, Hane-baa-chan!" he waved the older woman over and gave her a large hug.
"My!" she chortled happily as she returned the hug. "What are you here for dear? Business?" Naruto nodded. "Tsk," she scolded. "At least let us offer you our best room, for old time's sake!"
"Nah, thanks, Hane-baa-chan. The others'll be suspicious if I'm not around. I'll just share a room with Sasuke-teme."
"You haven't told them you've been here before?"
"Nope, or we woulda come here first instead of wasting time over in the other districts." Naruto smiled mischievously and the women laughed. "And I see you're still overcharging the tourists."
"Sorry about that," Hane gave him a sheepish but guiltless smile.
"Nah, no worries. I figured we'd get here eventually and I'd have to get your attention or we'd be cleaning this place till next month to pay for board."
"Well, we'll get back to work so that you don't get caught talking to us." Hane tweaked Naruto's nose playfully. "Tell them soon, okay? And come visit when you get some time, gaki."
The women waved bye as they trooped back down the stairs, and Naruto began the arduous task of finding Sasuke's room without accidentally walking into one of the girls' rooms.
*~~*