Sleepover Extravaganza: Technical Difficulties

Chapter One- Unexpected Events

"And then we went to the park!" Naruto finished as he told us the outlines of his and Hinata's latest date.

"Dobe, why is it you feel the need to tell us every aspect of your romantic life? Especially with Hinata around who may be a little embarrassed to be having her romantic life displayed like that?" Sasuke stated exasperatedly.

"Then what's with you and telling me and Neji what's going on between you and Sakura?" Naruto retorted.

"That's in private, not out in the open."

"Well, I can kind of understand that seeing as you're quite the romantic." Naruto grinned devilishly.

"Naruto, shut up!" I interjected heatedly. "Sasuke has a point, you know, and you don't have to start describing other people's love lives!"

"Oh, I won't say anything. One, because I prefer to keep breathing, and two, because I think I'd be the one going red talking or hearing about it."

I resisted the urge to beat my brother senseless right there, but only because Sasuke held onto my waist so I wouldn't be able to get him anyway; that and the fact that Hinata stood in between us.

"Well, while it's very amusing watching you two bicker endlessly," Tenten interjected with sarcasm, "what's say we break from all this walking for a while. Besides, it's about to rain soon."

"Hinata's place is nearby; we could always bunk there for a bit." Naruto suggested.

"Sure, if that's fine with Hinata." I agreed. "But if I catch you trying to look through Hinata's drawers I'm going to strangle you."

"I have more dignity than that!" Naruto exclaimed. "I'll wait for a few more years!"

"I don't know whether or not that's a good thing to hear." Sasuke muttered.

~*~*~*~*~*~

We reached Hinata's house just as a few stray drops of rain began to fall. We all sat down in the living room to continue our conversations.

"So I guess we'll all hang out here until the rain stops." Tenten stated as she turned from looking at the pouring rain.

"Yeah, that's fine." Hinata nodded.

"Hey, where's Uncle Hiashi?" Neji questioned.

"Oh, I-I guess he's not here right now." Hinata answered. "He must have had things to do."

"So there's no adult supervision?" Naruto grinned.

"No, but there's friend and sibling supervision." I growled. "We'll keep you in check."

"I was just asking…it's not like I'm going to set something on fire or anything." Naruto scowled.

"On your word we can't be too careful." Sasuke grunted.

"Shut up, Teme!" Naruto retorted. "If there's anyone who needs to be watched it's you!"

"I'm not labeled by everyone as a—"

"Alright, casting that argument aside before it gets any worse." I interjected. "Anyone have a good subject to bring into the conversation? Or maybe something we can do for some amusement?"

"I'm hungry." Naruto stated.

"You're always hungry." Neji responded.

"Well this time I really am, I haven't eaten since breakfast!"

"There's stuff to eat in the kitchen. I can take you there." Hinata suggested.

"Please and thank you!" Naruto beamed as he and Hinata stood to head to the kitchen.

"We better not walk in on a make-out session!" Tenten called after them.

Hinata visibly blushed from across the living room and even Naruto changed color a bit.

"Just tell that to Teme and Sakura!" Naruto retorted over his shoulder. "Remember what happened last time we didn't have adult supervision?"

"Shut up and get your food!" I snarled warningly.

Naruto laughed triumphantly as he and Hinata disappeared down the hall to the kitchen.

"At least we'll have some peace for a minute." Sasuke sighed.

Briiing-briiing

"So much for that," I huffed as I took out my ringing cell phone. "It's Ino."

I flipped open my phone.

"Hello?"

"Sakura, how are you doing!?"

"Fine, we're at Hinata's house."

"You and Tenten," Ino inquired.

"Everybody, it's raining outside if you haven't noticed." As I finished my sentence I stood up so I could find somewhere to talk to Ino while everyone else talked.

"No, it's not raining where I am."

"You don't live far from where Hinata is, though. How are you not getting rain?"

"Isn't it obvious? I'm in another town right now!"

"You couldn't have said that from the beginning?"

"No."

"So where are you and why?"

"Oh, I'm just in the next town. You know the one with the huge shopping mall."

"Typical you," I sighed.

"Yeah, well, anyway, I didn't just call to chat randomly. I got some big stuff to say!"

"I'm not interested in helping you buy a pair of shoes. I don't care how cute they are."

"Oh, I know, that's what Shikamaru's for!"

I rolled my eyes. "So what is it?"

"You will never believe who I ran into." Ino's tone noticeably changed.

"Who," I asked warily.

"Only the red-haired bitch."

"Oh boy, what, is she after Shikamaru now?"

"No, she would not make it back to town if she tried to take my man!"

"So why's this so important? I'm just glad it means she's ten miles away like I always want her to be."

"Because she decided to come over to me and start running her mouth is why!"

"What did she say?"

"For one, she said some nasty things about you that I promptly insulted back for."

"Guess I have to thank you for that."

"No problem, it's always fun, but she also started saying things about Sasuke."

My heart dropped. "What did she say? And do I need a chainsaw?"

"Possibly, she said the typical 'Sakura better start looking for a new guy soon' shit."

"Yeah, and then what did she say?"

"She said that yesterday she ran into Sasuke when he was walking home."

"Moreover she waited until he dropped me off and stalked after him for a bit until my house was out of distance." I stated. "Then what did she say?"

"She starts this big rant that 'things' happened between them and that you won't be his girlfriend for long, but then I told her off and walked away."

"She's probably just talking bull."

"May—oh, hold on a second, Sakura, I got a text."

I waited for a minute as Ino checked her message and I heard her gasp.

"Bad, bad, news Sakura," Ino almost yelled.

"What is it?"

"I just got a text from Tsuchi, from biology, and she said she heard a rumor Sasuke and Karin are together!"

"But he's with me!" I replied in a strain whisper so no one would hear me.

"Hold on, I'll ask her about you."

I waited a couple minutes as Ino texted and received a reply from Tsuchi.

"She says she doesn't know about you two, but that she heard someone saw them in some 'proximities' that should be reserved for you!"

"You mean to say they think he's cheating on me?"

"I don't know, Sakura." Ino now sounded worried.

"Maybe I should ask him."

"Are you nuts? Sasuke's the last one I'd ask. You know when a guy is cheating he usually lies about it."

"But what if they're telling the truth if they say 'no'? How do I know they're lying or not?"

"Beats me, just try to get the facts elsewhere; that's what I suggest."

I heard another voice on Ino's side.

"Oh, Sakura, I gotta go. Hope you can solve this. Later!"

"Yeah, later," I replied solemnly as I hung up.

"Sasuke…is cheating on me with Karin…? That just can't be right." I muttered.

Clap!

I jumped involuntarily as the loud noise rang through the house.

"The hell was that?!" I heard Tenten yell.

"I think its thunder!" Naruto called.

"Sakura, are you alright up there?" Sasuke called closer than the other voices were.

"Uh, y-yeah, I'm okay! I guess there's a thunderstorm coming!" I responded and made my way towards everyone.

I ran into Sasuke in the hall.

"I guess we're going to be here for a while." Sasuke stated as another clap of thunder rang.

"Yeah, I guess." I answered quietly.

Sasuke caught my tone. "Is everything alright? What did Ino say?"

"Oh, uh, yeah, everything's fine. Ino was just telling me she's in the next town and a few girl things."

Sasuke looked at me skeptically, but brushed it aside and led me back to the living room where everyone was.

"Looks like we're going to be here for a long time," Neji stated as he looked outside at the pouring rain.

"Yeah, I guess you got your wish, Naruto, we're all in a house together for several un-adult supervised hours." I huffed.

YAAAAAY!!!! I FINISHED THIS FIRST CHAPTER!! I am so happy I'm finally writing again!! I have many thanks to give for getting me back up here! One, thanks to Mangafox101 for sending me that PM that really made me feel better! Two, my Gamecube and Pokémon Colosseum for amusing me all those hours while I tried to officially recover from writer's block, and three, I thank my own will for surviving barely being on the laptop at all as a part of the recovery! YEAH! Alright…Okami-chan proudly out!