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Asian Kung-Fu Generation

Previously on Naruto, dattebayo!

It was a short journey. They had found Neji in a tree and TenTen had to work her magic to bring him down. She finally declared her love for him, and he replied to it with a kiss. They brought him back to the hospital, where the next day, Itachi finally decided to interrogate Sasuke. Straight after the story, Neji went wild when doctors tried to touch him. It ended with that.

"Just wait, okay? They're going to fix this entire mess, clean up a few things, and then we'll be able to leave, okay?"

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!!WARNING!!WARNING!!

There are no warnings.

Except naughty swearing on Sasuke's behalf.

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It was not until two days later did everything finally play out evenly. Itachi was sent back to court for the trial with Hiashi. The story was told. It turned out that Hiashi's million-dollar company had been falling gradually with their stocks and with his anger, he had taken it all out on Neji, with the fact that he had also murdered his brother on his shoulders as well. To regain money, he had sold Neji for countless nights to other men. He had implanted the microchip-activated onto Neji as a form of severe punishment and a way to keep him in check.

With all evidence and information, Hiashi was sentenced to a lifetime in jail. Hinata was, in no way, remorseful. She did not think of Hiashi as a father. Sasuke was released, but had stayed in the hospital for one more day until Neji could finally be released as well.

Genma was still in his coma.

But the largest part was what would happen when Neji was released. At this, Itachi spoke with the doctors in now-Genma's room with everyone (except TenTen and Neji) around to hear.

"Neji's birthday is in two months," he began. "At this, he will be turning eighteen, which he will then be legal to the full ownership of the Hyuuga household. Therefore, there is no problem. He will keep Hinata and TenTen beneath his custody until they come of age."

"But during those two months, what will the three do?" asked a doctor.

"They will be staying in my household."

Sasuke smirked at his brother's decision. He had not been told of the plan. Hinata buried her face into Naruto's shirt.

"I will take full custody of the three of them for two months; therefore, there is no problem. The social securities will be contacted by me, of course, during those times. Is this understood?"

The doctors nodded.

"Now if you don't mind, I have a few party guests I need to pick up."

"Did he just crack a joke?" exclaimed Naruto. Everyone had returned to their normal ways once more. "Did the Uchiha Itachi crack a joke?"

"Sarcasm and jokes are categorized differently, Naruto," said Itachi as they walked down the halls. He, however, was giving off a small smirk. He loved toying with Naruto's over-complicated-yet-simplistic mind.

TenTen was helping Neji out of bed when they entered the room. He put up a hand to greet them before leaning heavily on TenTen.

"He's going to need a lot of rest in the next few days," a nurse advised Itachi. "I have an entire list of medication that he'll be taking for a while and the hospital will call you for a weekly checkup."

"It's like having another Sasuke," Itachi commented as he looked at the long list.

"So where are we heading off to?" asked TenTen with a smile. She hadn't been told the plan.

Sasuke thought he'd break it in his Sasuke-ish demeanor.

"You're going to be living with us."

Awkward silence.

"I get shotgun!" Naruto called suddenly before kissing Hinata on the cheek and running out of the room. Hinata followed him after glancing nervously at Neji, who had either failed to notice her or was completely ignoring her.

"The door's locked," Itachi said once he'd left before turning back to see the shocked expression on TenTen's face and the sad one on Neji's.

"We can't be of intrusion," said Neji quietly. He looked Sasuke straight in the eyes. "I'm sure there's –"

"Your birthday is in two months, is that not correct?" Itachi replied for him. "And therefore, you will be eighteen, which you will then be able to take ownership of the Hyuuga house and put TenTen and Hinata beneath your wing."

"That's right!" TenTen exclaimed. She hugged Neji tightly. "We don't have to worry about staying somewhere!"

"But until two months –"

"You'll be living with me, Hyuuga," said Sasuke with a smirk. "Is it too much to stand me?"

"Not at all, Uchiha," Neji replied with an equivalent smirk. "However, we've been deprived of jobs and have no way to pay off our debt. I'm sure the hospital bills must've been quite a sight –"

"Which will be taken care of and you will be able to pay it off when you can. I'm pretty sure Temari has a few slots open at the café."

TenTen smiled widely and briefly let go of Neji (who toppled onto the bed) to embrace Sasuke in a death hug as best as she could with Sasuke's crutches at his side. When she had let go and let his limp body fall beside Neji's, she turned to Itachi.

"You don't do hugs, do you?" she asked. Itachi shook his head and backed away slightly at the manic glint in the girl's eye. "Well, then, this is a first."

She pounced on him before he had the chance to run and was hugging him around his waist. "Thank you so much. There is absolutely no way we can repay you enough."

"If you let go, you won't be in debt anymore," Itachi said with what little breath he had. TenTen gave a sheepish smile and did so.

"So? What are we waiting for?" said Sakura. "We've got a celebration to attend to!"

Shikamaru walked out without saying anything, his hands in his pockets and giving a wide yawn. Sakura followed him just to see if he had enough imagination to make out a certain cloud shape on the hospital walls.

"Your limo awaits, m'lady," Sasuke said to TenTen when he had regained his breath. He pointed one crutch in the direction of the door and bowed his head.

"And what am I? The driver?" commented Neji as they walked out of the room together. TenTen and Itachi had to help him so he wouldn't hobble forward.

"No, I was thinking more along the lines of the flies on the windshield."

"If I wasn't being helped, I'd hit you."

"You'll have plenty of time to try to do that."

"Oh, I'll get you, Uchiha."

It wasn't until they got home did things heat up like an obese baboon in a sauna.

"I am forever grateful," said Neji, sipping his lemonade in the living room of the Uchiha household, "but I refuse to go anywhere near her."

Hinata buried her face in Naruto's sleeve.

"Neji, you can't do that to your own cousin –"

"Neji."

It was Hinata that had interrupted Naruto. She stared at the elder Hyuuga seriously.

"It wasn't my father that killed Hizashi."

"How dare you speak his name?!" Neji spat. He winced inwardly at the sudden movement of his body.

"It wasn't my father, Neji!"

The room was silent. Hinata had raised her voice. She never raised her voice. Even if the world was announcing that it would end in a few seconds unless she did, she wouldn't.

"My father is not the man in jail at the moment! My father is dead to me! Why must you hold a grudge on me when I did nothing?!"

Neji sat silent, thinking. She had him there.

"For three years, you have grown to resent me after finding out the truth! But I didn't do anything, Neji. I wasn't the one that killed him; I wasn't the one that hurt you!" She put her hands on her face. "I would've told him to stop, but I was too scared . . ."

"I drew myself like that because I want to be strong. I want to help people instead of hiding away in fear."

Neji drew his knees to his chest on the couch and buried his face in them. The room was awkwardly silent once more. Shikamaru looked around and decided he couldn't stand it.

"I have to leave," he said. "I promised my parents I wouldn't be late."

"I'm coming too," Sakura said quickly. "Come on, Naruto."

"Wait, what?" said Naruto. He looked at Hinata, who was still staring fiercely at Neji. "But –"

"Come on, Naruto."

Naruto could've sworn he saw lightening strike behind Sakura and his life flash before his eyes. He bid everyone goodbye and followed the rest out of the room.

Neji finally looked up to meet Hinata's eyes.

"I'm sorry."

It was all he said before he nodded towards Itachi, Sasuke, and TenTen and left the room with a limp.

"He's got as much pride as an Uchiha," teased TenTen. "He can't help himself."

"I hope I've straightened things out . . ." said Hinata. She had returned to staring at her twiddling thumbs. Sasuke eyed the girls over before staring at Itachi, and then at the clock. Itachi knew what he was trying to say.

"It's getting late," he said, standing up. "You two should get some rest. Sasuke, if you would please show them to their rooms."

Sasuke stood up with his crutches and walked silently out of the living room, knowing that TenTen and Hinata would understand. They did, and they followed him out.

"But Sasuke," said TenTen, "None of us have our things. It's all back in the house."

"Just sleep in your clothes for now. Sakura, Itachi, and I are going to go back to the house to gather some of your necessities tonight until they allow us back in after investigation and such. Sakura will get your clothes so you won't have to worry about us snooping around."

He led the two of them into a separate guest room besides Neji's, taking note that Neji's door was closed and most probably locked.

"Holy flying hippos, this room is huge!" said TenTen when they entered inside. Before Sasuke had the chance to stop, admire the fact that their house was amazing, and turn around, TenTen and surprisingly Hinata shoved him roughly out of the room. He hopped on his uninjured foot to regain balance.

"Okay, thanks, good night!" they said in unison before slamming the door in his face.

"Tch," Sasuke sneered. "Women."

He could hear giggling from inside.

Itachi was nowhere in sight when Sasuke went back into the living room. He suspected that the older had gone to his room for some isolated thinking. Therefore, the younger turned to the kitchen to feed his monster of a growling stomach.

"I swear if Itachi ate all of the marshmallows in Lucky Shuriken . . ." he mumbled as he turned to cupboards. He opened them wide and shuffled through them, standing on one leg. "Oatmeal . . . expired prunes . . . ramen . . . vodka . . . more expired prunes . . . pickled eyes . . ."

Sasuke's brain suddenly stopped for a moment, telling him to go back on the list he had just orally stated. Pickled eyes? No, he remembered something more disturbing . . . but what . . .?

Vodka.

There was a large bottle of it hidden all the way in the back behind two cans of beans. The name was crossed off in marker, as if the person who owned it didn't want Sasuke to find out.

But he knew.

Suddenly slamming the cupboards shut, Sasuke ran down the hall as fast as his leg would take him. "You asshole!" he screamed loudly. He added a few more slurs of curses as he passed the guest rooms, from which TenTen and Hinata were now looking out of.

Itachi's room was in front of Sasuke's, which was directly next to Neji's. Sasuke rammed the door open and lunged in at where his brother stood by the window. He took Itachi by surprise and slammed him into the window, grabbing a firm hold on the front of his shirt. The crutches clattered to the floor, leaving Sasuke to stand on a single foot.

"What –"

"You asshole!" Sasuke repeated, their noses almost touching. "How could you?! You swore, and you promised, and after everything we've been through, you still do it!"

"I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about –"

"Don't bullshit me!"

Sasuke slammed Itachi into the windowsill painfully this time, but the older Uchiha showed no signs of agony. He merely looked down at Sasuke with an emotionless demeanor. TenTen and Hinata were now cowering at the doorframe, watching the two Uchihas. Neji's door was still locked.

"Sasuke, if you would just calm down and explain –"

"Get out."

Itachi raised his eyebrows at Sasuke's feral expression.

"Excuse me?"

"Get out. Get out of this house."

He shook Itachi slightly, grabbing tighter onto his shirt.

"I hate you."

That hurt.

"I never want to see you again!"

That just poured salt onto the wound.

"Sasuke –"

"I should've never trusted you. I should've taken it all as a sign. You can't change, Itachi. That's just you. You –"

It was Itachi's turn to grab hold of Sasuke and pick him up so that his feet left the ground. Sasuke struggled for a moment, feeling the strain, before he was pushed roughly onto the bed.

"You are going to sit right there," he said, his voice raised, "and explain to me – in calm – why the hell you just jumped into my room like that, got it?"

"Vodka."

Itachi wracked his brain for a few seconds and found nothing.

"What?"

"Vodka. There's fucking vodka in the fucking cupboard!"

It took a second to register it because Itachi was thinking about telling Sasuke not to swear. And then . . .

"Oh."

At this, Sasuke sat up with the same anger as he had before. "Oh? Oh?! That's all you have to say, you bastard? Oh?! You are the –"

"I forgot about that one."

"– Biggest bastard in the – wait."

Sasuke looked at Itachi strangely.

"You forgot?"

"Yeah."

Itachi said it with the same air as if he was asking for the time. He walked towards his desk to shuffle through a few police files.

"I don't get it."

"I said I'd quit, didn't I?"

"But you didn't."

"Ah, see, that's where you're wrong."

Itachi opened one of the drawers to his desk and took out a piece of folded paper. It was ripped and torn in some places, as if he had opened it in a rush at some point.

"I kept a stash of alcohol around the house when I was addicted," he said. He walked to where Sasuke sat dumbfounded and showed him the list. It was a map of the entire house with a red x on certain areas. "And I had recently gotten that vodka before I quit, so I didn't mark it down on the map. After the incidents, I threw away every bottle in the stash. Since it wasn't marked down, I didn't get it. Got it?"

He turned casually to his desk once more and shuffled through some more files. TenTen and Hinata had to bite back slight giggles at the expression on Sasuke's face. It was a cross between confused, embarrassment, and what looked like constipation.

After a bizarre silence where a man sitting by a fire in Mexico broke wind and caused a forest fire that took down most of the animal's population in South America, Sasuke looked down at his hands.

"Sorry . . ." he whispered, bruising his pride. It felt horrible.

"I can understand," Itachi said lightly, his back still turned to Sasuke.

The younger Uchiha took it as the time to sit back on the bed and think. Except he didn't think. He slept.

On accident, of course.

Behind a door, a certain Hyuuga smirked before closing his eyes as well.

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Kenji loved zoos.

He loved visiting all the animals. He loved feeding them. He loved the way their tongues felt sticky and slimy on his hand.

Kenji loved zoos.

But zoos didn't love him.

Or at least, karma didn't.

Walking over to the gorilla cage, he waved at a particularly young one.

"Hello, you big fat ape."

No one ever said he was nice to the animals.

"Sitting over there on your fat ass without a care in the world. You make me sick." He threw a rock into the cage. It hit the gorilla on the belly and bounced off to lie in the grass. The gorilla looked up.

It didn't move.

But its mother did.

Kenji didn't know what happened. One second, he was staring at a baby gorilla, and the next, he was being viciously pulled through the fence at the zoo by a large gorilla. There were gasps from people around him.

"Help! Mommy! Help!"

"Call the police! Someone!"

Itachi was called that afternoon.

He said he was busy.

He hung up.

And that's how Kenji's karma came up to meet him.

Coming out of the hospital a week later with a long cast on his arm and bruises on his face, Kenji vowed to never pick on animals again.

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When Sasuke woke up, the first thing he noticed was that he felt extremely warm in the cozy sense. Looking to his right, he saw an open suitcase filled with clothes.

'Itachi must've gone with Sakura without me,' he thought, before turning to his left.

Itachi was sleeping on the bed beside him, still in his work clothes, with his mouth slightly open. His right arm and leg were hanging off of the bed, and his other arm was slung around Sasuke's shoulders.

Moving carefully so as to not awaken his brother, Sasuke took himself off of the bed with the crutches that had been conveniently placed beside it and headed wearily out of the room. Everyone's door was opened and he could hear voices from the living room.

The entire gang was there: Naruto, Sakura, Shikamaru, Hinata, TenTen, and Neji. All of them were sitting at the large dining table with plates of waffles and cups of orange juice in front of them. Neji was reading the newspaper.

"Good morning, bed-head!" Sakura exclaimed when she saw Sasuke walk into the room.

"Wow, you still manage to look pretty decent when you wake up," commented TenTen as she stabbed her waffle. "Touché."

Sasuke looked at the clock. It was eight-thirty. He was told later that Naruto, Sakura, and Shikamaru had slept over in the middle of the night when Itachi and Sakura had gone to fetch the clothes from the Hyuuga house.

"Why didn't anyone wake me up?" he asked as he turned to head into the shower.

"You look so adorable in this picture, don't you agree?"

It was Naruto that had said it and frankly, it freaked Sasuke out so much that he turned around just to see if Naruto had coincidentally found the vodka in the cupboard and had used it as milk for his ramen. But Naruto was just holding a Polaroid picture in his hand.

Upon closer inspection, he realized that it was a picture of him and Itachi sleeping in the same position he had woken up in.

"Give me that!" he exclaimed, lunging forward to smack Naruto across the head. He only managed to lose control of his crutches, fall hard – yet gracefully – onto the floor while Naruto quickly threw the picture across the table to Neji, who caught it without looking out from behind his newspaper. It suddenly disappeared.

"You won't find it now, Sasuke," said TenTen. "It's as good as gone."

Sasuke grumbled and took off to do his morning ritual. When he came out, wrapped in only a towel, he was greeted by Itachi, who had a change of clothes in his hands and a towel on his shoulder.

"Had a good sleep?" the older asked dryly with a smirk. He ruffled Sasuke's wet hair before entering the bathroom himself and closing the door behind him.

Sasuke got dressed and met everyone in the dining room. They were still at the table, some eating, and chatting away jovially. Neji had stopped reading the paper and was now immersed in conversation between Naruto and Shikamaru. Sasuke noticed he was wearing white. He expected nothing less.

"Yes, but if the ducks had teeth, they would'vebeen rabid after getting bit by the dog, right?" asked Naruto.

"Sure," Neji said lightly, "if they hadn't died yet!"

"I don't think it was the dog that killed them," added Shikamaru. He took a sip of black coffee. "I think it was the wild vet that injected them all with the vaccine that really destroyed most of their immune systems secretly."

Neji and Naruto stared at one another.

There was a moment of silence.

"I think it was the dogs," Naruto stated finally.

Sasuke deemed them crazier than he had ever thought them to be. He began to brew up a new pot of coffee and put a single waffle in the toaster.

There was a sudden knock on the door.

"I didn't know there was a milk delivery system in this neighborhood," said TenTen.

"There isn't," said Sasuke as he stood up to answer the door. "It's probably just the mailman or something."

He positioned himself on his crutches and walked to the door with everyone watching him. They had nothing better in their lives to do. Turning the doorknob seemed like brutal manual labor suddenly . . .

The second Sasuke turned the knob, the door flew open on its own accord and someone launched into the room, threw something onto the couch, and latched onto Sasuke. The two figures fell brutally to the floor.

"Burglar alert!" Naruto screamed suddenly, standing up.

"Sas-uke!" came an all-too-familiar voice. It then began laughing and Sasuke struggled to breathe.

"G-G-Genma!" he gasped out from the older man's death embracement.

"The one and only!"

Suddenly, Naruto, Shikamaru, Hinata, Sakura, and TenTen were standing up and running towards where Genma was picking himself (and Sasuke) up. The girls embraced him at the same time whilst Shikamaru hung back until Genma pulled him in as well.

"When did you get out?!"

"You're okay!"

"Did you see the purple ducks?"

Genma looked as he always had, except his skin had an unhealthy tinge of yellow to it. He smiled a smile that met his eyes as he walked over to the table to greet Neji. "I heard everything," he said as he sat down and helped himself to one of the extra waffles on the table. "They let me out at six or so. I woke up yesterday night. So, did anyone miss me?"

"Miss you?" Sakura practically shrieked. "You had us worried sick!"

"Oh, so you were so worried that you sat here, eating waffles and drinking orange juice? I'm afraid to find out what you do when you're happy," said Genma sarcastically. He laughed and stood up to turn to the hallway. "Where's the older Uchiha?"

"In the shower, but he'll be out in a few minutes."

"Ah, this should be fun. Kiddies, let me teach you a little something about pranks."

Sasuke suddenly started to like the sound of the morning. Genma was in an amazingly cheerful mood as he skipped – yes, skipped – to the bathroom where Itachi was currently still in. The shower was still running.

"Girls, you may want to close your eyes for a few moments," he warned before he turned the handle of the bathroom door. It was unusually unlocked.

"Done," said TenTen before she, Sakura, and Hinata turned around.

Genma opened the door slowly and looked in to inspect. The doors to the shower were tinted so Itachi could see nothing, and they could not see Itachi. But Genma wasn't looking for him. He took a brief glance at the toilet before looking to where Itachi put his clothes.

"Naruto, you're going to head in and grab his clothes, okay? Then I want you and the others to run out into the dining room and pretend like nothing happened, got it? I'll be with you guys in a moment."

Naruto nodded, entered the bathroom stealthily, and retrieved the pile of clothes. He rushed out to meet everyone else before Genma turned to head in.

"If I don't make it," he said solemnly, "then just know that there's a hidden stash of candy in my desk drawer, okay? The combination is thirty-one, seventeen, twenty-three, got it?"

It was rhetorical, because he entered the bathroom right after it. Everyone held their breath as they watched Genma tiptoe over the toilet (little did they know that he was humming the Mission: Impossible theme in his head) and place his hand on the flusher.

"Oh . . ." said Sakura.

"My . . ." said Hinata.

"God . . ." ended TenTen.

Genma jerked the handle down, heard the flush, and turned to run before –

"HOLY CREATOR OF BARBIE DOLLS!"

They moved out of the doorway and raced down the halls before Itachi had the chance to wrench open the shower stalls. Upon finding no one there, he turned off the now-cold water, grabbed a towel to dry himself, and turned to dress.

Only to find that he had no clothes.

"SASUKE!"

"Genma," panted Sasuke, sitting at the table painfully and trying to regain his breath. Crutches weren't the easiest thing to walk with, let alone run. "Itachi is going to skin you alive."

"I know, isn't it great?"

Apparently, Sasuke was living in an alternate universe where everyone was nuts.

They could practically hear Itachi's bull-like breaths as he came stomping down the hall, dripping wet and a navy towel wrapped around his waist. His eyes scanned the room to look for the perpetrator before they landed on Genma.

"You're out of your coma!" he said. Then he noticed the clothes that Naruto had tossed to Genma and his eyes narrowed. "You!"

Genma backed away slowly, his hands up in defense as Itachi's clothes fell to the floor. "Take it easy, Uchiha. I just got out of the hospital."

"I'm about to put you back in it."

Genma looked to the rest of them for help, but they shrugged helplessly. Itachi was so close to his face now that their noses were touching.

"Wait, wait!" Genma said as a last attempt, sinking low into his seat. "Think about it!"

"I'm listening."

"If you hurt me, kill me, or do me any bodily harm, you'll be lowered a rank and you'll lose your Chief position!"

Itachi seemed to back down a little, but did not retreat completely until he had punched Genma's arm to the point where he couldn't feel it for a few minutes. He smirked, clapped his partner on the back and said, "It's good to have you back, Genma."

"Likewise," Genma croaked out, hugging his arm closely to himself.

"Itachi! Put some clothes on!" exclaimed Sakura, shielding her eyes.

Itachi forgot that he had nothing but a towel around his waist. He picked up the clothes that had been thrown onto the floor and turned around to exit the room.

Sasuke visibly winced.

A line of bruises crossed the mid of Itachi's back from when he had been shoved onto the windowsill. Sasuke, feeling immensely guilty, looked to the floor with a grimace.

"Oh!" Genma suddenly exclaimed. "I brought cookies! I brought cookies!"

He raced towards the couch where he had thrown them and poured several large, plain tin boxes onto the coffee table. A sweet smell wafted through the air. Naruto was the first to reach them.

"Did you make them yourself?" said Shikamaru, walking over to examine the cases. He lifted the lid off of one and was met with a large pile of delicious-looking chocolate chip cookies.

"You can say so," was all Genma replied before stuffing his face with whatever he could get his hands on.

"I thought they were for us," said Hinata as she watched Genma devour an entire bin. He ignored her.

When Itachi came back in, fully dressed, they sat around the living room with the cookies (unusually delicious) and discussed whatever they could think of.

"I didn't say sorry enough," Sasuke whispered to Itachi. He handed his older brother an oatmeal raisin cookie before biting into a peanut butter one.

"You saw the bruises, huh?" replied Itachi.

Sasuke nodded.

"Don't worry about it. I understand your situation. Besides, it doesn't hurt."

"Oh?" Sasuke said with a mischievous glint in his eye. "So you won't mind if I –"

"Don't even think about it."

Insert hair ruffle here.

Further insert amazingly adorable pout here.

TenTen was sitting next to Neji on the other side of the couch.

"Hinata," said Neji quietly, kindly. "Can you please pass a chocolate chip cookie?"

"Sure thing, Neji," Hinata replied with a genuine smile. She handed him one and Neji took it gratefully before turning back to TenTen. Hinata had Naruto to deal with.

"So things are getting pretty good between you two, huh?" said TenTen, snuggling in close to Neji as she bit down on her coconut cookie.

"It's a good solution to a big problem."

"Every good solution deserves a reward."

She leaned in to kiss him gently on the lips. There was a sudden wolf whistle (from Genma, no doubt) and a few oohs and ahs before TenTen pulled back, blushing. Neji simply acted as if nothing had happened, but when all attention was taken off of him, he turned to TenTen and gave her a peck.

"I love you way too much," he told her.

"And I love you, too," she replied.

Genma dove into a small pile of cookies.

"And I love these cookies!" he exclaimed.

"Seriously, Genma," said Sakura. "Where did you get these cookies?"

"Oh, I bought them off of a few girls at a cookie stand after giving a donation to some guys with grandmas."

Sasuke and Itachi - halfway through their bites - looked at each other, opened their eyes wide, and spat out their cookies.

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In the bushes of the Uchiha household sat a small group of girls, carrying sashes that held dozens of patches and binoculars. They looked through the window at the mayhem going on. Two boys that looked similarly alike were waving their arms around frantically.

"Part 1A of bringing together everyone, complete," said one.

"I loved the ending of their stories. We brought them together with our cookies, didn't we?" said another.

The first one smiled maliciously.

"Part 1B of world domination, in the process," she said before letting her binoculars fall around her neck, pulled the fake skin off of her wrist, and pressed a large red button.

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On the other side of the Uchiha household, through the other window, sat a small group of boys will an old lady behind them. They too had binoculars around their necks, but they wore bandanas around their necks instead of a sash filled with patches.

The tallest one turned around to the others.

"We will commence Operation O.L.D.L.A.D.Y. immediately. Bring in the grandma."

The old lady that had been with them walked forward obediently.

"Okay, grandma, here's what we’re going to need you to do. You're going to walk to their house and ask for a cup of sugar . . ."

The boy continued with the plan until the grandma understood it fully.

"Ready . . . Go!"

He ripped off the fake skin on his wrist, looked past all of the turning cogs, and pressed a large red button.

Fifteen seconds later, Itachi and Genma had their longest police case in history.

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I'm gonna make it bend and break

(It sent you to me without wings)

Say a prayer, but let the good times roll

In case God doesn't show

(Let the good times roll, let the good times roll)

And I want these words to make things right

But it's the wrongs that make the words come to life

"Who does he think he is?"

If that's the worst you got

Better put your fingers back to the keys.

Fall Out Boy – "Thnks fr th Mmrs"

The Waffle House

Fear my and my awesome power at connecting everything together!

This is BY FAR the most hilarious chapter I have written. I just LOVED the ending. I hope you guys thought so, too, because I couldn't stop laughing for a while.

To all those who didn't get my apology, I'm sorry it took me so long to update. I blame procrastination.

Well? That's it!

This is the end!

It's been ultimately fun dishing out this story and reading your replies to it. This is the chapter that I'm actually asking for reviews. I want to share the laughter with everyone that's read this story up until now.

Thank you, everyone, because (like all authors say), I wouldn't have updated this story without you. (I can't really say that I couldn't have written it because it was already written).

Look for me, because I'll have a Kingdom Hearts story out in May! And I'm already working on another Naruto fanfiction!

I love you guys!

Peace, Mahalo, and Zai Jian!

R.G. Waffles.

PS - I TOLD YOU THOSE NINJA AND KUNOICHI SCOUTS WERE UP TO NO GOOD!

PPS - ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF KILLING MASASHI KISHIMOTO FOR WHAT HAPPENED IN THE MANGA, RAISE YOUR HANDS!