A/N: Thank you so much for your support. My friends and I decided to update a week earlier. Remember that I am in a kind of deal with Erihiwatari5 and Maten as we update our stories simultaneously.

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The Try-outs

By: NenaUchiha22

Chapter 1: Sabotage

God.

Was she nervous?

Nervous didn't come close to describe what she was feeling. She was frightened.

She had her first date ever. She didn't know how to act, she was scared. What do you say in a first date, anyways?

Besides, it was a blind date.

She had never seen this guy before.

Ino didn't even tell her what he looked like.

She sighed.

She looked at herself in the mirror for the hundredth time.

She was wearing black botties and black long socks above the knee. A black skirt and a white blouse with a "Jack Daniel's" stamping. She finished her outfit with a black beret. She smiled at her reflection. She looked cute, she guessed.

She took a deep breath and got out of her room. She was going to nail this date. Hell yes. She was not going to lose to Ino.

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"Good night" she said as she walked down the stairs.

Sasuke got out of the kitchen and looked at her, every inch of her body was covered by his stare no matter how little that part could be. She blushed, and smiled confident of her outfit selection.

If she could get that look from Uchiha Sasuke. Then her date would definitely be no different. Yume would be a mortal, after all.

Kakashi who was reading his novel looked up and if he hadn't been wearing his mask, Sakura could swear that his mouth dropped. God. She was feeling less nervous now.

"I'm out" she said smiling walking straight towards the door.

"Where to?" asked Sasuke not taking his eyes off her.

"Uhmm… girl's night out" she mumbled. She didn't know why she lied. But she guessed it would be less problematic that way. She opened the door and Naruto was about to get in. "Bye, Naruto" she said before waving quickly and running outside.

Naruto stood there with his hand up waving slowly. His mouth dropped. He turned to see his other teammates.

"We gotta start this plan, now" he said worried.

The other two nodded and grabbed their respective jackets before heading out.

They had to sabotage this.

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She took Ino's advice. She didn't get there early, because that would make her seem too excited, and didn't get there too late to not make him wait too much. So if the date was at 7:00 she would arrive at 7:10.

She wasted time looking at stores that were close and arrived at the restaurant. Rari's Italian Restaurant. It was elegant but not too fancy.

She looked for the reservation with the waitress, the reservation was confirmed. But her date hadn't arrived. She thought it was okay and went ahead to the reserved table. She'd wait for him there.

7:20

No sign of her date

7:30

She was getting worried.

7:40

Ok… he definitely stood her up. Great.

Just as she was about to get up from her seat and leave, she heard a lot of voices arguing at the front door.

The tables around her stared at the entrance trying to figure what the fuzz was about.

"I'm sorry, restaurant's policies. I can't let you in, wearing that" the waitress argued.

"I have a reservation and my date is probably waiting for me inside. Please, let me in" he explained.

Sakura heard the man, date? Could that be Yume?

Sakura approached the entrance where there were a waiter, a waitress, and a young man wearing a dark gray suit that was stained with what she assumed was black paint. It looked like he had been in a fight with a huge ink container. Sakura smiled at the thought.

"Look, I'm sorry but—

"Yume?" Sakura spoke. Looking directly at the young man, Ino didn't say he was godlike gorgeous. His hair was brown and his eyes were light blue, his features were so beautiful she forgot that he was forty minutes late.

"Sakura?" he asked. She nodded and smiled. His mouth opened a little while he examined her whole body, a little more subtle than Sasuke and smiled embarrassed. "Sorry, I had a problem and—

"Sir, we can't let you in. We apologize" the waiter said.

Sakura approached him.

"It's okay. I didn't like this place, anyways" she said as she pulled his arm. Dragging him out of the restaurant and into the street.

Yume smiled victoriously.

"I'm really sorry. But if I told you what happened you would never believe me" Yume said walking with her.

"Try me" Sakura invited.

"Okay, well… I kind of got into my car and drove here to get here early. But suddenly cartoon cows crossed my way and they wouldn't move"

"Cartoon?" she asked.

"I told you, you are not going to believe me. It was as if the cows had just gotten out of a drawing, and when I got out to scare them so they would let me pass they exploded and that's why I'm all covered in ink" he explained. Sakura analyzed this, it wasn't that crazy. She knew someone who could draw animals and give them life. Could it be possible that—

"And then, because I had no time to change I just kept driving and I was still on time but then one of my tires just disappeared" he explained hoping she would understand. She grew suspicious not of him, though. He looked honest.

She smiled. "I believe you" she said.

He sighed and smiled. "Thank you"

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They arrived at a local store of ramen that wouldn't get picky on the costumer's outfit. They picked a table and started talking, as it turned out, they actually had a lot in common. He was interested in medicine and planned on minoring on it after he finished his thesis on Legendary Jutsus.

Sakura was surprised when he admitted that he already knew who she was.

"Well… you were a hero in the war" he said shyly. "And a beautiful hero, which just ads a boost to your fame a little" Sakura blushed and smiled. This date was going great.

She excused herself to use the restroom. When she got there, she analyzed herself in the mirror, she still looked good. Her makeup was on point, and she put on a little more lipstick just in case... When she got out of the lady's room she reached their table, but—

"Did you just eat my ramen?" she asked which sounded more like a threat.

God. Sakura didn't share food.

Okay, she might have changed that a little, after she started living with her teammates but it was hard enough already sharing her food with them. She would not share her food with a first date no matter how hot he was. Besides he didn't even had a little, he had the whole dish. What the—

Yume looked at her plate.

"What? No! It was like that, wasn't it?" he asked scared. Sakura lifted an eyebrow looking at him suspiciously. "I'll ask for more" he asked the waiter for another bowl of rammen and it immediately came.

She decided to calm down. Jeez, Sakura. It's just food, she kept telling herself. They decided to forget the whole argument and kept sharing stories.

When they finished the bill came and he grabbed it smiling. She smiled thankful at his chivalry. He grabbed his pants looking for his wallet.

"Fuck" he said. Sakura looked at his worried expression.

"It's okay. I got it" she smiled and gave a bill to the waiter. He looked at her ashamed.

"I'm really sorry. I don't know where I lost my wallet" he apologized. She nodded and smiled.

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He walked her home.

Despite the little details, overall the conversation was good. This might lead somewhere, after all her pig friend wasn't wrong.

When they arrived to the destination she turned around so she could look at his eyes.

"Well, I'm sorry about this not being a good date. I totally screwed up my chance with Sakura Haruno" he said with a sad smile.

But for Sakura it hadn't exactly been a bad date, just a bizarre one. Just as he turned around in order to leave, she grabbed his arm to stop him. She didn't put on lipstick to not get a goodnight kiss at least. But just when she touched him, she transmitted an electric shock that made him yank his arm away.

"Woah!" he screamed.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know I had this much energy" she apologized surprised by this.

"I guess this is what it is to have an electrical connection" he joked. "Can we try again?" he asked and she nodded.

This time he started leaning towards her face with the intention of a kiss. He grabbed her chin so she could lift it—

"Ahh!" he screamed separating his whole body from her. He had just received an electric shock from touching her face. "What is it?"

"I don't know, I'm sorry?" she said equally confused. She turned around to look at her house and caught a glimpse of four heads picking from the window who quickly hid behind the curtain. "I think you should go"

"Okay" he finally agreed. They waved goodbye and she ran straight to her house.

She caught them.

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As she entered she noticed how everyone was trying to act normal.

Kakashi was on the couch reading. Sai was on the table drawing, Sasuke was sipping his coffee while reading a magazine, Naruto was looking for a book to read… Well, Naruto may have been the only one out of place, just standing in front of the bookshelf pretending to be thinking what book to choose. As if…

"Okay. Everyone, my room now" she said seriously as she walked up the stairs.

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She sat on her boudoir waiting for them to come. One by one entered the room quietly. First Sai, whom she believed was forced by the rest. Then, Sasuke acting totally aloof. Next, Naruto and Kakashi together, the first one looked incredibly embarrassed and Kakashi entered with a fake nervous smile. Sai, and Naruto sat on the bed, while Kakashi sat on a chair and Sasuke just leaned against the bed post.

"So what is it?" asked Kakashi acting as if he had no idea.

"Well…" Sakura started. "I had a date tonight" she said looking for reactions. They all kept looking at her the same way, proving they already knew as she supposed. "But curiously, it got sabotaged" she said.

"Oh, too bad Sakura-chan. Want some pancakes?" Naruto asked, getting up.

"I'm not done" Sakura said making him sit down again. "I know you sabotaged it"

Silence.

Boosted.

"Why would you do that?" she asked.

"Why do you need to date anyway?" Sasuke finally asked.

"What? Because I'm 19 and want a boyfriend and you should all really let me be happy and mind your own business" she answered starting to feel a little attacked by his question.

"We just didn't like the guy" Kakashi said.

"Why?" she asked "He's a jounin and he's nice, and polite—

"He had stains all over his suit" Naruto interrupted.

Sakura turn her eyes to look at the blonde. "I assume that's because of you" Sakura said.

"It was my fault the suit thing. In my defense, he didn't have to get out to scare my cows, he just had to stay in the car." Sai argued. "Besides, Naruto was only responsible for stealing his wallet"

"Idiot!" Naruto elbowed him for revealing part of their sabotage plan.

"And I assume the ramen thing was also your fault, Naruto" Sakura said.

"That wasn't planned" Sai stated.

"It just happened" Naruto excused himself, not looking ashamed. God, that kid loved ramen.

"What was the plan?" she exhaled waiting for an answer.

They all looked at each other before proceeding.

"Okay" Kakashi took the lead. "The plan was first to entertain your date enough so that he'd be late. That's why Sai created cows that just magically appeared on his way to the restaurant. The cows exploded and he was all covered in ink… That was not planned, but you got to admit, it was awesome…" he said. The men nodded in agreement

Sakura looked at them frowning and Kakashi continued.

"Okay" Kakashi said. "Then as we saw that the cows didn't delay him much, I used my Kamui to disappear the tire"

"So… you sent the tire to another dimension?" she asked with a serious tone.

"Pretty cool, isn't it?" he asked and after her negative response, he continued. "Okay, then… it was Naruto's turn to steal his wallet and make you pay. But he also ate your ramen while your date was looking away. Which was a great idea, because you looked even more pissed when you thought that he had eaten your ramen than when he couldn't pay dinner" he said "Good job" he said bump fisting Naruto.

"Uhm…hello?" she said interrupting his compliments.

"Then it was Sasuke's turn, and he used his lighting chakra to make sure that every time your date touched you, or you touched him he'd receive an electric shock. The end" Kakashi said.

Sakura looked at Sasuke frowning and saw that he was smirking proudly.

"Okay, you had no right to do that" she said trying to calm herself down. "Yume's a great guy who likes me and I think I like him too"

"You think" Naruto said.

"If you hadn't sabotaged me I could have probably found out if I really liked him or not" she stated. "Besides, now I'm going to lose a stupid bet thanks to you"

She exhaled deeply before looking at them again, their expressions changed and looked intrigued.

"Bet? About your date?" Kakashi asked.

She opened her mouth but closed it immediately, there was no way she could tell them about the bet. If they got crazy enough with Yume.

"Tell us" Sasuke said.

But she couldn't hide it from them now. Fuck. Maybe just tell them the first part of the bet letting out the "go all the way" partout so they won't get scared.

"I… made… I made a bet with Ino. Since I've never been on a date, she dare me to be on a date and get serious with someone before my birthday" she said. It was not a lie. But she didn't tell them the rest of the bet.

Silence

It was a whole minute of silence before she decided that it was too awkward and left. "I'm a little hungry, I'll go to the kitchen"

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She opened the fridge and grabbed the milk. She almost dropped it when she closed the door and saw her four roommates in the kitchen staring at her.

"We have an idea" Kakashi said.

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N/A

Kakashi and the rest have an idea? Maybe to solve Sakura's dilemma ? I hope you enjoyed this episode. I'll try to update on the 14th but I have to wait for my friends Erihiwatari5 and Maten, so that we can update together.

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