It All Started With A Smell

Tumbling Down

It wasn't hard to spot Naruto amongst the number of guests walking around. Most of the guests were Nara's since Eiji didn't have any family, meaning most of the people had dark hair. All he had to look for was bright blonde hair and there she was. After the ceremony they had been separated. Along with the marriage certificate that Eiji and Airi had to sign, Shikamaru and Eiji had to sign documents to make Eiji an official Nara. It was amusing to watch Airi bouncing around with glee as they signed.

When he finally had time to track Naruto, he made sure to grab food from the buffet first. His stomach had made its demands known the moment he had smelt the variety of food options. Naruto was sitting at a table with Hinata, Ryota, and surprisingly, Temari and Kankuro. Sitting down next to Naruto, he raised an eyebrow at the two Sand Siblings.

"I don't think you two were invited."

"We weren't," Kankuro admitted with a smirk. "We're crashing the wedding for fun."

"If it helps we brought a gift," Temari added, taking a sip of her drink.

"It's fine. They are fun," Ryota said, signalling a one of the servers to bring Shikamaru a drink. "Temari was just telling us how Kankuro thinks Naruto is a girl."

Kankuro groaned as Naruto laughed and took a sip of her own drink.

"Maybe that's just his excuse to hide his arousal."

Naruto choked on her drink as Shikamaru looked at Hinata in shock. The girl sat innocently beside Naruto, patting the choking girl's back. Both Temari and Kankuro looked as surprised as Shikamaru felt, whilst Ryota cackled.

"I like this girl."

"Hinata, don't say things like that when I'm drinking," Naruto coughed.

The Hyuga girl just smiled as she stroked her friend's back. She chuckled when Naruto moved her cup away.

"No more alcohol for you!"

"More alcohol for you!" Ryota spoke up, putting his drink in front of Hinata. "Soo, Kankuro is having an identity crisis. But I'll give you this, male or female, Naruto is a good looking ninja."

Naruto smiled, pretending to blush. "Aww, you're embarrassing me. Though it would mean more to me if it came from the hot Nara."

Ryota gasped, a hand to his chest as he looked offended. "I'm not the hot Nara? Don't tell me Eiji is. He's been a Nara for only an hour."

"No, it's not Eiji. I've never seen him that way. Besides, the best looking Nara has dark hair."

"I don't know," Temari piped up with an amused smile, "Ryota is a handsome man."

"At least someone is helping my ego. So Oh Wise Naruto, who is the best looking?"

"If it's not me than we're going to have some issues," Shikamaru taunted, putting an arm around Naruto's shoulders.

"Well you are the only one here I've seen without a shirt."

Shikamaru went bright red as their friends laughed. Rolling his eyes at Naruto's joke, he cleared his throat. "Let's change the subject so that I can go back to normal colour."

"You know, the more and more time I spend with you, the more I like you," Temari commented.

"Please don't team up to torment me!" Shikamaru groaned.

"Now that's an idea," Hinata declared. "Naruto, you should make Shikamaru confused about your gender too. It could be funny."

It was hard to tell who laughed hardest, Ryota, Temari, or Naruto. Kankuro blushed as heavily as Shikamaru did as he tried to bury his face in his hands.