Me: Hey it's Kicho chan here with a special message from one of my favorite characters from Naruto, NEJI! Take it away Neji!

Neji:…*sigh*…Kicho doesn't in any way what so ever own Naruto or any of the characters *including me*, though she wishes she does.(fast talk) Kicho does however own this Fanfic, and thought it up herself, so please no hating, no bashing, and review, review, review…that is all.

*All of the Lights*

Bright lights flashed in multi colors dying the town of sin in beauty and mystery. All types of colors of red, and blue, green and purple, and orange and yellow shun brightly all around the passing people as they wore shameless smiles of nothing but pure autonomy and bliss. Everything seemed to be perfect here. Everything had no specific path to fallow. Everything lived by their own rules, by their own beliefs, by their own conscience, by their own heart. Everything was beautiful in…

"VEGAS BABY!"- (1) - Tenten yelled at the top of her lungs as she stepped out the limo with the rest of the normal crew, Hinata, Temari, Ino, and Sakura, close behind. "This really is what I needed. A time to be free, a time to start over at a place no one knows you at, a time to be free and to just let loose! This is going to be amazing I can just tell!"

Hinata laughed a little at her friends' enthusiasm. Everything she said was true. No one knew them here so they were allowed to do as they pleased without being scolded by their elders or discriminated against by their enemies. This really was the City of Lights, the Sin City, The Strip, the Glitter Gulch, the Entertainment Capitol of the World! This was the place to be when you just wanna let go of all your troubles, and just start anew. This was a secret miracle worker sent down from the heavens above! This was Las Vegas.

"Tenten, honey, calm down will you. You're attracting unnecessary attention." Sakura asserted trying her hardest to calm the excited girl down.

"Who cares?" Tenten declared with her hands still up in the air. "I don't know these people, and they don't know me, so no one's going to be affected. I'm going to live my youth the way I want to, and this is how I want to live it, on the wild side!"

"That's the spirit, Tenten!" Temari chimed in to her excitement, "Let's dominate this town!"

"You bet!"

"Guys!" Sakura yelled stopping the two dead in their tracks. "Calm down a little, will ya'?"

"Eh? What's this? Does Sakura chan have a pole up her ass or something?"

"Nani?"

"Come on, Sakura. Live a little, will ya. This is Vegas, why should it matter what we say out loud. Besides, we're speaking Japanese so these westerns won't know what we're saying unless they know the language or if we start speaking English to them, and the first one aint happening no time soon, so chill, relax, enjoy yourself and just let loose." Temari protested to her friend's unspoken argument.

"Yeah," Tenten added, "It's not like what we do here will track us down and render us useless. This is the Sin City, Sakura, so sin why don't you."

Sakura stared at her more energetic friends, suddenly remembering why she preferred Hinata's timidness and Ino's self infatuation, but nonetheless, she sighed and ignored the two who were now running through the hotel lobby like ten year old children on a trip to the petting zoo.

"Just ignore them Sakura." Ino started. "Let those two pay for whatever mess they cause. Remember that you are not their mother, you are their friend."

"Yes, I know, but I feel that as their friend I need to keep them from doing something they'll regret even after we leave Vegas."

"Relax. It's their problem, not yours."

Sakura sighed again, still not understanding why she shouldn't do what she was doing, especially if she's considerably helping two of her very close friends. Ino smiled wearily at her childhood friend. "I agree with them on one thing though, Sakura. This is the Sin City, so live a little and just go wild. Nothing here can affect you back in Japan unless you go bankrupt from gambling too much."

"Gee thanks for staying on my side Ino." Sakura pouted.

"Tell you what, why don't we go to the casino after we finish unpacking. I'll teach you how to work the slot machines. They're fun and addicting so I'm sure you'll soon forget all about this mess with Ten and Temi. How does that sound, fun right?"

"I guess I can try it out."

"That's my girl. Now come on, we have a lot to do before we leave, what's more, Tenten and Temari don't have the Key to their rooms, Hinata does."

Bright city lights shun every which way around Sakura and her friends as they stood there gawking at the amazing sight they saw.

"See what I told you." Ino laughed as she saw her friend's reactions. "Isn't this amazing, Sakura?"

"Amazing," she questioned, "more like unnecessary. I mean I thought the outside of this place was extravagant, but this…this is ludicrous! There is really too much!"

"What the hell did you expect a merry go round and sissy pony boy rides in the background." Tenten joked. Temari laughed alongside her friend.

"Just let loose, Sakura. Here, let Ino show you how to use the slots. I bet you'll like that one it's easy to do. Now, Tenten and I are going to the pro's league. Hopefully we'll be able to hit the charts though, wish us luck!" Temari turned around quickly then ran after her already disappearing friend down the corridor. Sakura just stood there smiling nervously at the both of them before she turned to face Ino.

"Well, " she piped, "looks like it's just the two of us."

"For now."

"Oro?"- (2) –

"Well I don't plan on staying at the slots all day. I have to get out there and make my money, honey. Besides, I was never all that good at the slots my luck reined mainly on bigger games so here's the deal; you put in your coin, pull the lever and wait till you see what you get. If you get three of the same thing then you won a certain amount of money…I'm pretty sure it's listed somewhere on here."

Sakura watched as the machine moved about in front of her till three small pictures stopped. One cherry, one grape and one 7up looking sign thing. Ino cursed under her breath before she smiled down at Sakura with reassurance. "Well that's how it is. Who knows, maybe you'll be luckier than me at this game. Have fun." And just like that, she left twitching her small hips in her short purple dress.

So I just have to put in a quarter. Sakura looked in her purse then pulled out her coin bag. Then pull down and wait. That sounds easy enough. Oh look its working! – (3) -Sakura laughed silently to herself as she sat there feeling like she won a little already.

"What are you so giddy for?" a dark yet strangely familiar voice whispered scaring her slightly. She turned only to see the infamous Uchiha brother, Itachi staring deeply at what probably was the back of her head.

"I-Itachi? What are you doing here? How did you find me? Are you stalking me or something?"

Itachi blinked at her interjection then sighed. "One," he began, "I'm here probably for the same reason you are. I found you by looking through the crowd and finding a very noticeable pink splotch of color and fallowing it. And no, I would never, not even in your dreams."

Geeze, you didn't have to say it like that. You could have just said no. "So it's serendipitous- (4) - ,or something along that line?"

"Pretty mu-ˮ

He was cut off suddenly by loud chiming noises. Both turned just in time to see the tons of coins fall out of the machine Sakura sat at. On the screen was a row of three cherries. Itachi's face was lost in confusion, Sakura's as well.

"U-um…what just happened?" Sakura asked.

"I think you just won."

"Oh…cool." Sakura cooed before she looked back at Itachi who was still staring at the coins she now had in her possession. It took her a while to understand what was going on. "I WON! OH MY GOSH I CANT BELIEVE I WON! THIS IS SO COOL!"

She jumped high before hugging the closest person to her at the time; Itachi. "I really won! Wow, this is so much fun!"

She stopped. Then looked at who it was she was hugging. Then, just as soon as the hug made contact, she let him go with a loud blush left on her face.

Interesting. Why did she hug me? Better yet why did I let her hug me? Hm…either way, she did win, and based on her reaction I'm going to go ahead and say that this is her first time gambling. Beginners luck…

"So you did. Now let's see you do it again."He challenged her.

Sakura looked his way before smiling comfortable at the wager formed between the two. Her eyes ignited with the "fire of youth" and her fists clutched tightly by her side as she tried her hardest not to attack him back with words of her own.

"You bet."

Tenten and Temari played happily with the other people at their poker table when Hinata approached them.

"The boys said they'll be a little late."

"Late!" Tenten squealed obviously on the verge of being drunk, "What for? What happened."

"N-Naruto Kun was prevented from entering. He brought Ramen along with him to the station and they wouldn't let him board with it. He refused to give it up though, so the boys are still waiting with him."

"Wait," Temari started, "does that mean that their still-ˮ

"Y-yes, they are still at the Japan Air port."

"Baka." Both girls yelled.

"H-hey. Where's Sakura?" Hinata asked.

"Who knows?" Tenten laughed as she racked in her chips.

(1)= when the words are slanted like that, that means they were speaking in English.

(2)= Ahh; one of my fav comments from Roruni Kenshin; he said it pretty often

(3)= the slanted underlined things are the people's thoughts

(4)= Word from Phenius and Ferb; means by chance or something along those lines.

Well there you go. Hope you liked it. I'm kinda doing my Fanfic debut and I'm on this writing frenzy thing trying to find out what all stories are worthy enough to stay and which ones need to go, so please review. Tell me what you think, I am take it…I'm ready for anything!

ᴋᴲᴎᴑᴛᴈ ᴀ.ᴋ.ᴀ. ᴋᴉᴒԋᴑ is out. Peace!

(Keynote A.K.A Kicho)