Hey guys! It's Kitty Catty, or Kitty as my friends know me! First fanfic, be nice!

Never Ending Summer

Chapter 1: Welcome to Konoha Bay

"It'll be fun, Saku-chan! I promise! A lot of kids your age will be there!" Ms. Haruno was telling her daughter as they pulled up in the dusty lane that led to the small village they would be staying in for the summer. Konoha Bay.

The pinkette with the emerald eyes scoffed. "Please, it's not like I know any of them!" Sakura was very peeved that they had to leave Amegakure to go to some lousy place called Konoha Bay.

They stepped out of the car and Ms. Haruno gave Sakura some keys.

"Here, you're cabin 41. I'm 29. If you need anything, come down by my cabin, okay honey?" She hugged her daughter.

"Mom, I'm eighteen!" the girl protested. The she took her luggage and hauled it towards cabin 41.

"Hey, I don't know you, do I?"

Sakura twirled around. A boy with very messy red hair and pale blue eyes was staring skeptically at her. "No, you don't. I'm Sakura," she said.

The boy took her luggage. "Here, let me help you. I'm Gaara. I'm in cabin 38, but I have an older sister, she's eighteen, and she's in cabin 40," he explained as he stopped in front of cabin 40.

"I can go from here. I'm in 41," Sakura smiled.

At that precise moment, the door opened. "Neh, Gaara, what do you want?" a girl with dirty blonde hair and teal eyes was standing there. Her eyes rested on Sakura.

"Who're you? I'm Temari!" She grinned, holding out her hand.

"Sakura," the pinkette shook it.

"Yo Temari, who'se there?" A masculine voice came nearer. Sakura got a glimpse of a boy with black hair and narrowed brown eyes.

"Oh, Sakura, this is Shikamaru. Shikamaru, Sakura," Gaara said.

"Nice to meet you. Check mate," he said triumphantly, punching Temari on the shoulder. Temari scowled and muttered something that sounded suspiciously like a string of very nasty words.

"Bye sis," Gaara smirked, clearly overjoyed at his sister's loss. Sakura looked at him quizzically.

"Oh, she and Shikamaru were playing Shogi, but Temari never wins, since Shikamaru has an IQ of 200, while Temari's is only 198," he smirked again. "But she's a lot friendlier when she's in a good mood, or at least when she's not stuck in her cabin. She's a very outdoor kind of person," Gaara continued as he helped her unpack.

The cabin was very simple. It had a plain wooden floor, a low bed with white sheets, two windows, a closet and a small table with a chair. The walls were creamy white.

"Hey, I'm hungry. Is there any place we can get somethig to eat?" Sakura asked. Gaara grinned. "How old are you?"

"Me? I'm eighteen. Why?"

Gaara shrugged. "There's a real nice place up by the cliffs, but they don't let minors get in because it's so up high, unless they're accompanied by an adult. I'm only seventeen, so I've never been there."

Sakura smiled. "All right, show me this place."

Sakura had an excellent time with Gaara, and they got to know a lot more about each other. Apparently, Gaara and his two siblings, eighteen year old Temari and nineteen year old Kankurou, had been dragged here by their parents, who thought some beach air would do them good.

"The so called 'beach air' has only made Kankurou more annoying, Temari's mood a lot more crappier, and has gottem me really bored."

"How so?" Sakura asked.

"Oh, we're from Sunagakure, and there is no beach there. It's mostly just sand, so mom is afraid I'll drown if I get in the water!" Gaara complained. Sakura laughed. She was starting to like Gaara (as a friend, morons!), and she could only hope she would become friends with Temari.

"How about you? Why are you here?" Gaara wondered.

"Oh, my mom dragged me here because she hasen't seen her old friend, Yuki Yamanaka, for a long time, and apparently Yuki dragged her daughter Ino here too, so my mom is really excited about this and wanted me to come too. But are you seriously from Sunagakure?"

"Yeah, it's a long way, I know. In fact, we came by train. Believe me, Konoha Bay is a paradise compared to the Sand City!"

"Seriously? I'm from Amegakure, the so called 'Rain City'. And I like it a lot better there," Sakura sighed. Gaara smiled sympathetically. "Yeah, I heard Amegakure is supposed to be an amazing city."

"Well, looks like I have to go, my mother is calling me," Sakura grumbled dejectedly.

"OK, I'll leave the money on the table. See you tonight, Sakura!"

Sakura took a quick shower, changed into a pink tanktop and white denim cutoofs, pink flip flops, amd tied her hair up in a ponytail, when she heard a knock on her door.

She opened the door to find Temari standing outside. "Hey, Sakura," she greeted her. Temari's hair was tied into two low ponytails, and she wore black shorts and a light blue t-shirt.

"Temari, what's up?" Sakura asked, confused.

"Gaara's gone down with Shikamaru already, I was wondering if you would like to join us for a bonefire?" Temari smiled.

"Yeah, sure!" Sakura said enthusiastically.

Temari led her to a small clearing between the rocks near the beach, where it was mostly sand and dirt. There was a big bonefire burning, and there were a dozen or so kids toasting marshmallows. Amongst them, Sakura recognized Gaara and Shikamaru talking to a blonde boy. Gaara smiled and waved at the two girls.

"Hey, Sakura! This is Naruto!" Gaara exclaimed. Naruto grinned. "Hello there!" He smiled, then offered her a marshmallow on a stick. "Want one? Wait, I have to introduce you! Peoples, may have your attention for a second?" Naruto stood up. Everyon turned to stare at him.

"Guys, this is Sakura, from..." he looked at her. "Amegakure," Sakura finished for him. "Right, that." Naruto said cheerfully.

A weird guy with a bowl cut and ver bushy brows bowed and said, "Hello, oh youthful Sakura! I am Lee!"

A boy with dark brown hair and pale grey eyes said, "Neji Hyuga, and my cousin Hinata," he pointed to a girl with his same eyes, only the girl had black hair with a purple tinge to it.

"I'm Tenten!" Said a girl with chocolate brown hair pulled up into two buns. Her warm brown eyes sparkled as Tenari sat down next to her, and the girls soon started a private conversation.

"Kiba Inuzuka and my dog, Akamaru!" A boy with brown hair and red marks on his face waved and held up his puppy.

"Ino Yamanaka!!!!!!! You must be the famous Sakura Haruno!!!!!!!" A blonde girl with pretty blue eyes squealed. "Er, yeah, our moms knew each other..... My mom is Mizuki Haruno," Sakura explained to the group.

"You already know Temari, Gaara, Naruto and I," Shikamaru said, looking bored.

"I'm Kankurou," this guy had brown hair, brown eyes, and purple markings on his face.

"And Sasuke!" Ino simpered at the boy next to her.

"Hn."

Sakura stared. He was goergous. He had black hair that stood up slightly at the back, and deep black eyes. On his face was a strange smile, halfway between a grin and a smirk. Sakura felt herself blush.

"Guys, stop putting stress on the girl!" Temari waved at everyone else who was staring at Sakura, including Naruto, Ino, Kiba and Lee.

"Sasuke-kun!! Where are you?" A girly voice called out. Sasuke stiffened.

"Dammit, it's Karin!" Tenten hissed.

"Oooh, Sasuke-kun, can I join too?" Karin said, sitting down in between him and Neji.

"No."

"Thank you!"

"Eh, I think I hear mom, calling," Hinata said.

"Aaargh! If your mom finds us here, we're all dead!" Shikamaru supplied.

"Back to the cabins!!!!" Kiba yelled, and the kids dispersed. Sakura found herself being dragged by Temari.

"Woah, what was that all about?" Sakura gasped as they reached cabin 41.

"Hinata's parents own the place, and that place we were in is out of bounds for us kids. So...yeah, you get the point," she explained.

"Oh. That explains it. Well, see you Temari."

"Night Sakura."

Sakura changed quickly before sinking in her bed. She was exhausted from all that running.

Tomorrow would be better.