Willoffire123: What can I say? I'm being lazy with my other two unfinished fics, and I need to get my latest guilty pleasure (Big Time Rush) on page.

Sakura: Well it's about time.

Willoffire123: …For?

Sakura: That we're in one of your fics. We're popular enough to be in thousands of other fics you know.

Willoffire123: Well someone's got a high opinion of herself. Disclaimer please!

Sakura: Meh, Willoffire123 doesn't own Naruto.

Kendall: Or Big Time Rush.

Willoffire123: Ahem, yes, well, thank you. Anyone remember my two-month hiatus last summer? Well, I'm going back to camp in three weeks, so that hiatus is coming back.

Zoro: Not like it matters anyway; you haven't updated our story in four months.

Willoffire123: Hehe, Zoro go away! You don't belong in this dimension.

Zoro: Too late, I'm stuck.

Willoffire123: I hate my life. I've also decided that I'm going to try writing in third person for this fic. If it doesn't work the way I want it to, I might switch to first person mid-fic, so don't get confused. On with the chapter!

Kendall

"Freedom never felt so great," said Carlos, holding his arms out and spinning in circles down the hall of Roque Records.

"Dude, you've never been enslaved or imprisoned before," Logan pointed out.

"Yes we have! Where did we just escape from?" James reminded him. Of course, they'd just left Bel-Air, the world's swankiest, and most prison-like neighborhood.

"You have to admit, the house was pretty cool," said Kendall, slinging one arm over James' shoulder, the other over Carlos' shoulder.

"But it stopped there," said James, cringing at the memory of the tiger.

"Anyway, remind me why we're here on a Sunday?" asked Logan, rubbing his eyes sleepily.

"And at 10AM?" said James. "My Beauty Sleep requirements shrink no smaller than 9 hours, and 8 on tour."

"Dunno, blame Gustavo," said Kendall once they'd reached the black door of Gustavo Roque's office.

"Dogs!" barked Gustavo from the other side of the door, and making Carlos jump backwards onto Logan's toes.

"Ow," Logan groaned, hopping from one foot to the other while Carlos apologized profusely.

Kendal yanked the door open. "What?"

Normally the guys were used to weird things going on in Roque Records, but when Kendall yanked the door open, and found Kelly flanking Gustavo's desk, and a strange girl with bubblegum pink hair flanking the other side of the desk, Kendall knew he'd hit the jackpot.

"Who's the pretty girl?" Carlos asked innocently.

"Your new bodyguard," said Gustavo. "I lost Freight Train somewhere in Moscow on the tour, and since Bel-Air didn't work out…"

The guys chuckled nervously.

"Griffin hired you a new bodyguard. She stays with you, Mama Knight, and Katie at all times," Gustavo finished smugly.

Kendall observed the girl. This girl, who was about the same height as Carlos, was studying the four of them so intently that Kendall fully expected her to shoot lasers out of her jade green eyes, or something.

"Does this girl have a name?" asked Kendall, directing his question at the girl.

The girl finished her staring and smiled sweetly. "My name is Sakura Haruno; it's very nice to meet you, Big Time Crush."

"Big Time Rush," Kelly corrected her.

"Oops," giggled Sakura. "Sorry 'bout that."

"Are you from Japan?" asked James.

"How do you know English?" asked Kendall.

"Is that your REAL hair color?" asked Carlos.

For one, fleeting moment, Sakura's face darkened in annoyance. "Yes, because I just do, and yes, this is my real hair color."

"I think the important question here is why are you here in the states?" asked Logan. "You're how old, 16?"

"17," said Sakura, leaning against Gustavo's desk.

"Then you're our age. Shouldn't you be in school back in Japan?" Logan finished.

"I was on vacation in DC when Griffin's goons kidnapped me," she said blandly.

The boys turned on Gustavo.

"Gustavo, kidnapping's against the law," Logan said angrily.

"Yeah, she needs to go home," said Kendall.

Gustavo opened his mouth to shout, but Sakura beat him to the punch.

"I'm kinda stuck here for now," she said. "My friends already left. Until I can figure out a way home, I will survive off this job."

Before Kendall could argue back, Sakura continued. "Plus, aren't you guys really famous? You need some sort of protection. So, that's my job," she said as if it was the simplest thing in the world.

Before Gustavo could speak, he was interrupted again; this time by Kendall.

"What's with the purple diamond on your forehead?" he asked.

Sakura grinned. "Tattoo, any more questions? Nope? Good, let's go."

"Be back tomorrow after school for your photo shoot with Pop Tiger," Gustavo bellowed after the departing teens.

"We're home!" James announced, making a bee-line for the kitchen. "Who wants a sandwich?"

"Who else lives here?" asked Sakura, rifling through the fridge before fixing her own sandwich.

"Just my mom and my little sister," said Kendall. "That's not important right now. We'd like to learn more about you. Tell us about yourself."

"Can you fight crime?" asked Carlos suspiciously.

"Can you fight at all?" asked James, equally suspicious.

"I sure as hell can fight better than the four of you combined," she said, swallowing her bite of ham and cheese. "Otherwise, why would you need a bodyguard?"

"She's got a point dude," said Logan, gripping James by the arm.

"Relax Loges, I would never hit a girl," said James, winking at Sakura.

She rolled her eyes. "Someday, once I'm out of this job, I'll wipe that smirk off your face when I kick your ass all the way down to Roque Records."

"Is that a challenge?" asked Kendall, popping up next to James.

"It is," said Sakura, placing herself within an inch of Kendall's pointed nose.

"Challenge accepted," said all four of the guys at once, diving onto the orange couch.

"Come on Sakura," said Carlos, patting the seat next to him. "Halo 3 marathon is how we do it here in LA."

*Of course she's never gonna accept,* thought Kendall. *She doesn't look like a gamer; girls rarely are.*

Without even flinching, Sakura fell on the couch next to Carlos, and grabbed the 5th controller. "You're on, pretty boys."

Willoffire123: This is a bad idea. This is a very bad idea. But I'm doing it anyway. Why am I doing it anyway?

Zoro: Because you're an idiot.

Willoffire123: You shut up. You're not even supposed to be here.

Kendall: Sakura's got pink hair, that guy has green hair, what's next? A weirdo with blue hair?

Willoffire123: Kendall, you jinxed it.

Black Star: Until next time!

Willoffire123: See? You jinxed it.