A/N: I'd like to thank those two people who reviewed, kazekagesama23, KiriUchiha, Pepsi Dragon, and yumi-maki (And if it wasn't for her, I wouldn't have known that the submision had screwed up). Also, for reference, I've put this as a humor story. It will have some funny (in my opinion) parts to it, but it won't be straight out crack. How I wish it would be though…Anyways, Here's chapter 2.
Word count: 1,539
Of Hotels and Roommates Chapter 2: Lets play chicken!
After everyone had gotten settled, they decided to have dinner down in the 'expo' as it was called. The girls took charge and got each of the boys and themselves meal tickets. They would be used throughout the week if they were ever hungry.
Once everyone had gotten their food they sat down at random tables. Except the girls. They sat together at one table, because they are just that awesome.
"So, who'd you get stuck with Hinata?" Ino asked casually while picking up her apple.
"Well, umm…Lee." Hinata said quietly.
"That's good. I'm sure you'll be up all night." Tenten mused. Sakura raised her eyebrows at the weapons mistress, but remained silent.
"Why?" Temari demanded lightly.
"Because," Tenten started, "On missions when Neji and I are trying to sleep, Gai and Lee are up at five training. I wouldn't put it past him to get up early at like three and start doing push-ups or something." Tenten finished, giggling.
"I'm sure he won't bother me." Hinata said.
"Well, what about you Temari?" Ino asked. "What lucky person got you as a roommate?"
"Oh, no one, just…Sasuke." She bragged. "I don't even like him. I don't know what you guys see in him."
Sakura didn't say anything, but eyed one of the boys' tables. "What? He's a stud!" Ino practically screamed. The boys across the room turned to stare at the girls' table. "Heh heh…" Ino laughed nervously, returning to her macaroni salad.
"But he's hot." she finished confidently.
"Well, actually…Naruto has better abs than Sasuke. I've seen." Sakura said quietly, with her head down. Hinata blushed furiously and wished she had seen. She glanced over at one of the boys' tables and caught Naruto's eye. He waved.
"You have got to be kidding me." Ino said raising one of her eyebrows. "No way." she declared, taking a bite of her apple.
"I guess we'll see later when we go swimming, unless Naruto decides to do something else, which I doubt he will." Temari stood up and directed her body to the boys' tables. "Hey, are you all going to go swimming?!" she called over.
"You know I am!" Naruto yelled, spitting food on Sasuke who glared and wiped it off. Hinata thought she might have fainted right there if it weren't for the fact that there was hot food under her chin and she didn't want to risk burning herself.
"Me too!" Lee and Kiba called over, giving each other a high five. Akamaru barked in agreement. Neji, Choji and Kankuro nodded, while the rest said nothing.
"Gaara will go down, he just won't swim." Temari told the girls, sitting herself back down.
"I don't think I'll go." Hinata's face was still scarlet when she spoke.
"You know how to swim, right?" The embarrassed girl nodded. "Well then what's the problem?"
Hinata mumbled something incoherent, earning a "What did you say?" from all the girls present.
"I don't want…bathing suit…boys."
"Hinata I have no blessed idea what you are talking about. Speak up." Sakura commanded.
"I said: I don't w-want to wear my bathing suit in front of the boys!" she yelled. All heads turned towards Hinata. She flashed pink, then red, and fainted.
"Poor thing." Tenten said, fishing into Hinata's jacket pocket. "I'll take her back up to her room. See ya later." The conscious girl with buns in her hair pulled Hinata out from the table, slung the girl over her shoulder and left the cafeteria-like place without a sound. Everyone else resumed their meals. When they were done they all went back to their rooms to get into their bathing suits.
"Lee, are you ready?" Naruto called through the door.
"Oh, Naruto! You can come in." Lee told him from the other side. Naruto opened the door and plopped down on one of the beds.
"I am all ready, just waiting for Hinata. She is in the bathroom changing." Lee said while stretching his arms. "I do not want to get cramps while I swim!"
"Right.." Naruto said, only half listening. Suddenly the bathroom door opened and Hinata stepped out with a huge fluffy towel draped over her. Naruto couldn't help it; he cracked up. "Hinata, you look so silly!" he said laughing. The laugh was not crude, but left Hinata disappointed in herself for having a huge towel (at this point, the author slaps herself in the forehead). "But you still look fine."
'Fine, fine, fine…'
Then the Hyuuga fainted."I'll carry her." Naruto said walking over and draping her and her monster sized towel over his shoulders. "Ohhh, the towel is soft." Naruto said contently. He and Lee left the room and met up with Shino and Tenten (who didn't even ask what had happened to Hinata) then practically ran down to the pool.
Naruto set Hinata down on one of the chairs, then did a double cannon-ball with Lee into the massive heated pool. The water rose high and made a wave, almost taking Kiba, Kankuro and Akamaru under, then came down with a crash, splashing most of the girls on the side of the pool.
"Nar-u-to!" Ino yelled while Sakura laughed at her friend's misfortune in getting wet. The noises of yelling and apologizing stirred Hinata, and she opened her eyes. "Whazat?"
"Just the usual. You fainted." Tenten clarified.
"How did I get here?"
"Naruto carried you." Realization struck the midnight purple-haired girl and she flushed.
"Hinata, if you don't want anyone to know that you like him, try to be a little more inconspicuous, hm?" Temari pointed out.
"What do you m-mean?"
"It's clear as day that you like him. Why don't you go tell him yourself?" Tenten asked. Ino pulled Hinata up off her lawn chair and hurled her into the pool. She flailed around a little bit before settling herself and treading water. The girl was trying as hard as she could to glare at Ino, but it just wasn't working, it only ended looking as if she had to go to the bathroom.
"Oi, Hinata! I was waiting for you to get in the water. Let's play a game!" Naruto announced, swimming over to Hinata. The girl desperately tried to cover herself up and go incognito next to the pool side, but failed miserably and was roped into playing some game referred to as chicken or something.
"I say we ride on our roommates shoulders." Tenten suggested, even though Shino stood fully clothed at one of the tables that occupied the pool side.
"I don't want Neji on my shoulders!" Naruto complained, crossing his arms.
"I don't want to be on your shoulders." Neji said indignantly from the side of the pool.
"Well since Shino isn't playing, Tenten can ride on my shoulders, and Hinata can…." Naruto trailed off.
"Ride on mine." Neji said while swiftly jumping into the pool.
"And someone from the side of the pool can ride on mine." Kiba looked over at the girls on the side of the pool and called out to Sakura to come into the water.
"Sure." Sakura said, removing her towel and walking down the built in steps to the pool.
"Temari, you want to ride on mine?!" Lee yelled to her. Temari nodded enthusiastically, surprising everyone. She stole a glance at where the rest of the boys were sitting and then jumped into the water.
"I don't want to play. I think I'll just wrestle with Akamaru." Kankuro said, getting out of the water and calling the Kiba's dog friend.
"I think I'm going to play." Choji said. Shikamaru, who was fully clothed, was surprised, but didn't question his friend. Seeing Choji rise, Ino ran over and jumped onto his shoulders.
"Forward march!" she screamed. Choji sighed and walked into the pool. Apparently, Ino was his partner.
The first round went rather quick, but they always do. That round is usually one to gauge people's abilities. On that particular one, Hinata didn't try to knock any of the girls off, Sakura lost her balance on Kiba's shoulders and pulled Tenten off Naruto, both girls landing in the water with their partners (Sakura had smiled sheepishly, while Kiba forgave her with no more than a wave of his hand). It was down to Choji and Ino vs. Lee and Temari. In the end, the green beast came fast from behind and Temari struck for Choji's arm pits, causing him to let go of Ino and then fall himself.
Round two, Hinata got a little bolder, but only managed to stick her foot into Kiba's mouth. Luckily, he was caught off balance and he and Sakura fell into the water. She apologized profusely, but Kiba said that it was ok (Sakura nodded the whole time).
Most of the rounds went the same, but when the fifth one came, Hinata didn't want to play anymore, so she and Neji sat on the pool side to dry off.
During all these rounds, Shikamaru chatted with Shino and Sasuke, and Gaara watched Temari (she was having too much fun to be natural).
After Everyone had had a good enough time, they all went up to their rooms and parted ways for the night.
Next Chapter: Bedtime, Night Visitors, and Sleep-Talkers
A/N: I f you don't know what chicken is, I'll explain; it's basically a game where you have a partner and you sit on his or her shoulders and try to knock the other people of your other friends shoulders'. I've never played, but it sounds kinda fun.
Also, If you got an update saying Chapter 2 was out, I was just correcting a few things, but I'm hoping to have Chapter 3 up by tonight or tomorrow.