Author: XxDreaming of RealityxX

Disclaimer and warnings can be found in Chapter 1

Comments & Author's Notes: Thanks to everyone who read my fanfictions and reviewed, I'm truly grateful! I've written the 2nd chapter as quickly as I can to show my appreciation...No not really, I just had this chapter ready XD. I'm grateful to everyone; you guys keep me on my toes. Even if I only got one review, I'd carry on writing. I need some constructive criticism to help me improve; please don't hesitate to point out any mistakes!

Thanks for reading!

Let's Play a Game

Chapter 2: The Winner Takes All

"Okay, let's play." Sakura handed everyone a can of lemonade, except Sasuke, and shifted to join them in the circle.

I can't win this, I wouldn't wanna kiss Sasuke-teme! I'll have to drink slower than usual…but this is a contest, and I never back down from a challenge… Naruto bit his lip, his brows furrowing in concentration. If I go at it, and give it my all, I'll win for sure…but that's not what I want, is it?

"…Earth to Naruto…" The concentrated blond blinked when he found Kiba waving a hand in front of his face; blushing when he realised he'd been staring off into space for a considerable amount of time now.

"You alright? Don't tell me…you're allergic to lemonade?!" Kiba bounced back in mock horror and gasped melodramatically, the blond throwing his can at the brunette's head.

"Okay, enough. Let's start already!" Ino shouted at the boys, anxious and anticipating her win. She would win and she would get a kiss from her Sasuke-kun.

"Now, who doesn't want to do it? Whoever backs out now will be the one who sees if anyone's cheating and will shout out the winner."

Hinata, TenTen and Temari backed out. All of the boys except from Naruto, Choji and Sai raised their hands to withdraw. The girls stared at them in amusement.

"Wow, I thought that all the boys would back out." Sakura mentally groaned – more competition. "Choji, what's your reason for playing?"

"You don't even have to ask, he's in it for the drink."

"Sai?" Ino asked. Sai looked away, smirking inconspicuously.

"Okay, I'm not even gonna ask…And Naruto, what about you?"

"A challenge is a challenge, so I'm not backing out!"

Everyone rolled their eyes, even Gaara. In turn, they popped their cans, comparing them to make sure each can had the exact same amount of drink, to ensure the game was fair.

"Hinata, TenTen, Temari and you boys-" Sakura pointed at the group of people watching from the sidelines uninterestedly, "-you keep watch to make everything go according to plan."

"Don't I get a say in the matter?" Sasuke whispered, almost inaudibly, raising a threatening eyebrow.

"I'm afraid not, Sasuke-kun. But if you really don't want to kiss someone for a particular reason, then you don't have to kiss them." Sakura spoke in a sing-song voice. But of course, when I win, you'll have to kiss me. The pink haired bubble mentally cheered herself on.

"Okay, let's do this!"

They brought their cans to their lips equally; Sakura and Ino were practically shaking with anticipation.

"When you're ready." Shikamaru muttered to Hinata, who was nominated to say 'Go!', against her will.

"O-okay. On your m-marks. Get set. G-go!"

Sakura and Ino jumped right in, gulping down every drop of lemonade until it flowed down their jaws. Resisting the urge to run far away, Sasuke decided to attempt to keep a low profile – and failing. These girls were like vicious animals.

Choji wolfed his drink down, almost swallowing the actual can at the same time. Sai drank his steadily, Kiba was jumping around to cheer them on, waving his arms in the air like an idiot. Naruto almost choked, but stopped himself from laughing - he wasn't eager to win, but adrenaline was being pumped constantly around his body.

The blue-eyed male gulped his lemonade down at an incredible speed and, before long, slammed the can to the ground, wiping his chin furiously.

He looked around and realised that no one else had finished their cans. Hinata stood up slowly, blushing and losing her confidence.

"T-the winner…is N-Naruto-kun."

"WHAT?!" Sakura and Ino turned, ready to kill.

"Oh." He glanced to the side, "Shit."

"NA-RU-TO!" Naruto could feel his body being torn apart by two savage she-wolfs.

"Yes, Ino-chan? S-Sakura-chan?"

"Don't you 'Sakura-chan' me, Naruto!" Sakura yelled.

"B-but-"

"No buts! How did you win?!"

"Well, I normally drink fast because I eat ramen so quickly, so it was just…natural instinct?" Naruto felt considerably proud of himself for his ability; but the fuming girls weren't listening, blinded with rage.

"You can't kiss Sasuke-kun!"

"Yeah, you can't!"

Sasuke felt slightly annoyed – how come those girls could kiss him but the dobe couldn't? The raven sighed decided to speak up. "The rules were: Whoever wins has to kiss me, right? Well Naruto won, so he's gotta do just that."

Sakura and Ino gulped.

"B-but Sasuke-kun…Naruto's a b-boy."

"And? That was the rules."

Naruto stared incredously at Sasuke. Had he just lost his mind? The raven had just argued with Sakura and Ino about kissing Naruto. This couldn't be true, right?

"Well, we'll have to get this over with, usuratonkachi."

And with that, Sasuke hovered over Naruto.

To be continued...

DUN DUN DUUUN! My, I'm so evil. Sorry this chapter's so short, it was mainly just the competition. BUT, don't worry, the next chapter is what you've all been waiting for (don't deny it). I might take a little longer to update because I have exams this week! Grrr. I think the next chapter will be longer. But if you keep pestering me to update, I'm sure I'll come around. After all, I'm very easily influenced. Or am I? Mwahahaha…sorry, I tend to do that sometimes. Anyways, please review! Chapter 3's up next!