"Sooooo.... what are we doing here again?" Ino looked up from the box on her lap, looking confused.
With a sigh, Akari looked down to the script for the tenth time in the past hour. "We're doing a special Christmas chapter, Ino. The author wanted to take a short break from the very improvised plot they came up with and impulsively decided to write this chapter at 11:46 PM on Christmas Eve."
"Yeah, yeah, I get that part. But... what exactly is Christmas?" Ino awaited her answer, putting air quotes around the word Christmas.
"Oh right. We don't celebrate that here. Christmas is one day of the year, supposedly the best day of the year, where people spend all of their hard earned money buying gifts for other people they don't even like all that much, only for the other person to either return it or never use it. Oh! And also the adults lie to the children about an old dude that stalks them all year and breaks into their house on Christmas Eve. Sounds like fun, right?" Akari set down the script, looking out over the gathering. Almost the whole cast for the book was present, minus a few individuals and the background characters that don't matter whatsoever.
"But... if the author has time to write this chapter why not just continue with the plot..?" Heidan spoke up, grabbing a cookie from a red and gold plate.
"I explained this already!" Akari felt the urge to face plant right then and there, tired of explaining the unexpected chapter. "Just shut up Heidan. You weren't even supposed to be in this book originally."
"That's hurtful," Heidan cried, dramatically putting a hand over his chest. "I can't even count how many times I've saved your life-!"
Just then, Naruto entered the room, looking excited. "Hey guys! It's been a while!"
"Naruto! You're supposed to be on a training trip with the perv! Shoo!" Akari walked over to the anime's protagonist. "No teleporting for you! Not yet anyways..." The white haired girl grumbled the last part, as though she was jealous of how overpowered older Naruto would become.
"Oh come on Akari! Let him stay!" Kiba stepped up to Naruto's defense, shooting the boy a grin. "You're pretty much dead in the actual plot so why can't Naruto join in?"
Akari opened her mouth to respond, before realizing he was right. "...Fine." She looked at the script in her hands, then back to the mess of whatever was going on in the room. "You know what, screw this stupid script. Everyone just grab your present and open it already so the author can go to sleep at a somewhat reasonable time."
"Hang on! Hang on! Akari why are you almost dead..?" Naruto ran up to the girl, poking at one of her bandages.
Akari smacked him away with the piece of paper, crossing her arms. "If you'd been paying attention to the plot then maybe you would know."
"Akari! Some of our readers want to know more about your past, can you tell us a bit?" Rock Lee looked up from a pile of letters, secretly hoping she would spill the beans so he could hear about her past as well.
"You think I'm going to spoil everything just because this is a special chapter?! The author will get around to it eventually!" Groaning in frustration, Akari left the room.
"I'm calling it here before I end up hurting one of those idiots. Have a wonderful Christmas readers! The author really appreciates all the support this book has gotten despite the terrible update schedule. And uh...." Akari glanced down at the script. "They hoped you enjoyed this mess of a special chapter!"
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destiny calls | *. naruto fanfic
Fanfiction[ completed ] " do you have any idea what it's like? to be trapped by a so-called destiny you didn't ask for? to not be able to leave the past behind no matter how much you wish to move on? " akari mizushima. found in the woods at a young age, barel...
