Chapter 2: The Third Member.

Ino's P.O.V:

I stopped walking and turned my head to get a closer look at what caught my eye. Sakura noticed and turned to look at me.

"What's wrong, Ino?" She asked, scanning the same direction I was looking at.

"No way, it can't be…!" I ran towards what was obviously an Uchiha clan-symbol. Sakura looked dumbfounded as she slowly followed behind me.

"Sasuke!" I blurted as I wrapped my arms around his body.

Hearing this, Sakura quickly ran to me with an enthusiastic demeanor. Only to look shocked when she finally arrived.

"Hey, let go of me!" The person I was embracing shrieked. I quickly blushed and smiled.

"Oh, there's no need to be shy Sasuke…. I won't hurt you at all." I said in a slightly seductive tone.

A still shocked Sakura finally opened her mouth and said, "Ino….. that's not Sas-"

"Oh my god, shut up Billboard Brow!" I retorted before she even finished her sentence. "You're just jealous because I found Sasuke first."

I turned to her and stuck my tongue out at her. She just rolled her eyes and sighed.

"But I'm not Sasuke!" The person I was hugging screamed, pushing me off of him.

I jumped back and looked at the boy I was just embracing.

"Told ya." Sakura said in a teasing manner with a smug look on her face.

"I was not going to be disproved by Billboard Brow! The person before us was definitely Sasuke!" I thought spitefully to myself.

"Maybe the time paradox altered his appearance!" I scoffed.

"Then why weren't ours?" Sakura replied.

I was at a loss for words. Somewhat annoyed by Sakura I grabbed Sasuke's hand and started to walk off with him.

"H-Hey!" He yelled as I pretty much forced him away with me.

I stopped when we finally lost Ms. Forehead.

"Sasuke's" P.O.V:

It was just the two of us. Her friend was nowhere in sight. That's when she finally turned to me and asked...

"Sasuke… um…" She was fidgeting and was blushing like crazy.

"What's with this girl?" I wondered to myself as she finally said what she wanted to say.

"Sasuke, you don't mind joining our team for the battle royal, do you?" She looked at me with puppy dog eyes…. I couldn't help but blush myself. She did look kinda cute despite her mistaking me for someone else.

"Okay…" I started, "but I'm not Sas-"

"Yay!" Her face lit up with extreme satisfaction while still maintaining that blush.

"Ino!?" We heard a female's voice call. We turned around to see that it was her pink-haired friend. Um, Sakura… was it?

Sakura's P.O.V:

I jogged to Ino and the boy she believed to be Sasuke, stopping to catch my breath when I caught up.

"What on earth is your problem, Ino pig!?" Were the first words to come out of my mouth.

"Took you long enough, Forehead girl." Ino scoffed.

I noticed Ino and the boy were still holding hands, both of them with red cheeks.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you!" Ino blurted to me. "Sasuke said he's joining our team!"

"Great!" I replied. "But that's not-" I was cut off by a falling object that landed near us with a crashing, ear-popping thud.

We approached what appeared to be an oversized box. We all stared at each other and nodded. I slowly opened the box and we all peeked inside.

"Is that a…. tent?" The boy asked, more than likely think aloud.

"Oh Sasuke! You're so smart and observant!" Ino shouted. I sighed and rolled my eyes as did the boy.

"Oh look, a letter." I said as I picked it up from the box and opened it. I started to read it aloud.

"Congratulations on forming a 3-man squad within the time period! I hope you all get to know each other well (if you already don't) and learn a thing or two about past and/or future shinobi. Here is a tent as well as other materials needed for staying outdoors! Cheerio~~~" (There's no signature.)

"Um, why are we staying outdoors? How long does is this battle royal supposed to go on?!" Ino asked in a panicky voice, clinging to the boy she thought was Sasuke…. I felt kind of bad for him.

"It's getting late." He said, rubbing the back of his neck trying to hide his obvious flushed face.

"You're right." I replied to him. "Let's try to setup camp. We seem to be in a decent spot already, so we don't have to walk anywhere."

We all nodded in unison and started to unpack the box.

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