Of Hotels and Roommates Chapter 3: Bedtime, Night Visitors, and Sleep-Talkers

"Wow, I'm really tired," Ino said, taking her leave of Shikamaru and Choji, "See you guys tomorrow." Yawning, Ino stuck her key into her door and glanced back at the boys.

"Bye Ino." they drilled.

"That's what I thought." she finished, stepping into her room and closing the door.

"Dude, she's got you guys whipped." Kiba said, shaking his head and knocking on the door. "Ino open up." The girl complied and Kiba left the boys with a smirk.

"It's true." Choji said sadly, looking at the ground.

Inside, Ino dropped her towel on the bed, then squatted on the ground and dug through her bag to find some pajamas. She pulled out a purple tank top and a pair of pants of the same color. Getting up, she went to the bathroom turned the water on to take a shower. "And don't you event think about coming in to brush your teeth or anything until I come out."

"You don't even have to tell me once. There's no way I'd do that." Kiba said in disgust.

"Good." Ino said, disappearing into the bathroom, not to return for the next twenty minutes. In the mean time, Kiba got dressed in his pajamas and decided to go visit Shino and Hinata.

Inside of her room, Hinata lay on her bed with a somewhat dismayed look on her face. Hearing a knock on her door, she rose and lightly pushed her wet hair from her face, walking swiftly to the room entrance. "Kiba…?"

"Heeeeey! Wanna come with me to see Shino? I don't trust him alone with people."

Smiling with resignation, Hinata nodded her head solemnly and left the room. Lee didn't even notice because he was too busy being Lee, which pretty much means that he was working out, even though it was like, 10 o'clock at night.

Outside, Kiba and Hinata walked the hallway, both hearing the obscenities muttered from Neji and Naruto's room. Hinata, being the lady she is, tried her best to ignore them, while Kiba outright laughed, grasping Hinata's arm, to which she responded by rolling her eyes in an un-Hinata like way and pushing him off. Kiba gave a little pout, but didn't say anything as they reached Shino's door.

"Ey Shino, open up man. We gotta make sure you didn't duct tape Tenten to the wall or something!" Kiba shouted through the door. Slowly it opened and Shino appeared looking passive.

"Well, it's safe to say that I have done nothing of the sort to Miss Tenten." Shino said looking from Kiba to Hinata and then opening the door a little wider to reveal Tenten sitting on her bed reading a magazine.

"Shino, it's Tenten, not Miss Tenten." said girl reminded from her bed.

"Sorry."

"So, can we come in?" Kiba asked. Not waiting for an answer, he pushed past Shino and jumped on his bed. Sighing, Shino looked to Hinata and motioned for her to come in so he could close the door.

"Nice room you got here." Kiba said lazily wall giving it a once over.

"All the rooms are the same. Except for Shikamaru's." Tenten commented nonchalantly.

"So?" Kiba asked.

"I was just saying. You don't need to be defensive."

'Darn it, saw through my shield' "Yah, well…leave me alone." Kiba actually said defensively.

Changing the subject, Hinata quickly asked, "Does anyone want to go get something to eat? I didn't eat much at supper, so I'm kind of hungry."

"Sure." Shino supplied.

"No thanks, I ate enough, even though I had to haul your past-out butt up to your room." Tenten answered with a grin and a wink at Hinata.

Giving Hinata a questioning look, then returning at once to oblivious demeanor, Kiba said, "You know I'm in!"

"Well, see you guys later. I'll probably be asleep by the time you get back Shino."

"Ok." And with that, Team 8 left the room leaving a tired Tenten to wait for sleep.

Turning off the light, Tenten dropped her magazine onto the floor and rolled over, pulling her covers up to her neck. Inhaling deeply, she closed her eyes and waited for unconsciousness to come. When she had just reached cat-nap level, a load knock came ringing through the room.

"Holy son of-" Tenten muttered loudly, getting up and stomping angrily to the door. "What?!" She demanded, whipping it open.

"I'm staying here." Neji said while pushing past her and making himself comfortable on her bed.

"Excuse me? Why can't you stay in your room?"

"Naruto. Snores. Loud." Neji said, taking off his socks and putting his feet under the blankets.

"You're not staying in that bed! You get the floor, either that or borrow a cot. That's mine." Neji pouted at this. "I can't believe you just did that. You're Neji."

"Oh, but I thought you liked those moments during away missions in the tents when you and I-"

"Shut up!" Tenten screeched, clearly embarrassed at what he was implying, though it never happened, but inside she wished it had.

"Fine, I'll get a cot…sheesh." He mumbled.

Sasuke sat at his dining room table with his brother Itachi while his mother did dishes in the sink.

"Will you practice shurikan throwing with me brother?"

"No, I'm busy."

Flash!

"Die!" Sasuke charged his brother with the intent to kill, chidori rapidly forming in his hand. Suddenly he was up against the wall, held by his collar while Itachi lowered his face dangerously close to his brother's.

"Foolish Little Brother…You lack Hatred."

Flash!

Seeing smoke, Sasuke ran as fast as he could toward his house. Entering the complex, he searched rapidly for his family, "Mom…Dad…Itachi?!"

Flash!

His parents. On the floor. Dead. By Itachi's hand.

"Brother…why?"

"…Sharingan…"

"MOM!!! DAD!!!"

"Wha-" Suddenly Temari was pulled into a bone crushing hug. "U-chi-ha!"

"Mom…Dad!" Sasuke sobbed hysterically, pulling Temari closer and closer, thinking it was his parents.

They sat like that for a full ten seconds before Sasuke quieted a bit and pulled his face out of a bewildered Temari's shoulder. His eyes widened in dismay as he quickly realized his mistake and he immediately pulled his arms back as though they were on fire and rolled over in his bed, facing away from Temari. "What do you want?" he asked testily.

"WELL, you were the one who hugged me. I just came over to wake you up because you were disturbing my sleep. All I could here was 'Itachi, Itachi', so don't blame me if you're embarrassed." Temari stated, moving away from Sasuke's bed and getting back into her own.

Minutes passed with no sound until, "Thank you."

"Your welcome Uchiha."

It was now almost two in the morning, and the Sand boys and their unfortunate roommate had yet to fall asleep, due to Kankuro's and Gaara's arguments.

"Will you get your stuff off my bed!"

"I need more space. This is not sufficient."

"Put it on the floor."

"Could you two quit it, I'm trying to sleep." The two brothers turned towards Shikamaru and glared at him. "Or not…" The boy rolled back over in his bed and stared at the black wall. He was contemplating on the best way to fall asleep, when a knock came at the door. "For the love of-"

"I'll get it." Surprisingly, this came from Gaara and he got up from his bed and opened the door. "What do you want?"

Temari stood in the doorway in a silk nighty that just reached her knees. It was peach colored and you could tell she'd had it along time because of the bare and scruffy spots, adding on to the almost see-through material (however, she was wearing undergarments).

"Well, Uchiha woke me up because he was talking in his sleep, and apparently Hinata can't hear, because next door Lee was counting his push-ups extremely loud and enthusiastically, then he decided he'd take a shower, at this ungodly hour of the night- er morning I guess it is now..." She trailed off, then picked back up again, "So, basically, I can't sleep. I figured, might as well check on my brothers, you know, make sure they aren't killing each. Besides, when ever I look at Gaara, it makes me sleepy." Gaara said nothing, but Kankuro exploded on her.

"What are you doing wearing that?! Uchiha didn't see that, did he? We have another person in the room! We shouldn't even see, let alone him!" Kankuro shot his finger in the direction of Shikamaru, then let it fall to his side in a huff.

"Well, he's not making any protests, is he?" Here Temari winked at Shikamaru, who instantly turned away, partly to hide the blush and partly to not break under Kankuro's evil gaze.

"Heh." Gaara mumbled, an amused expression on his face. "If Temari wants to where revealing clothes in front of people, let her. It is not of our concern." Kankuro gave his bother a bewildered look, at the same time making some obscene hand gesture, then sat down on his bed angrily, turning away, but instantly calming down with a smirk.

"I didn't do this on purpose!" Temari said, crossing her arms over her chest in a protective fashion, "I didn't even think about him." Shikamaru finally turned back to her, offering a smirk, then rolled over in his bed. Temari sat on the end, facing Gaara and Kankuro, then began to tell them a story about something pertaining to her fan, while Shikamaru smiled at the warmth on his feet. He fell asleep to the sound of Temari's ecstatic voice.

Next Chapter: Exploring the Hotel: Mayhem and... Murder!?!

A/N: Nothing much to say here besides sorry for the late update! I just couldn't find any inspiration, seriously! I'm one of those people that can't write or draw without some sort of inspiration or material to give me an idea. I don't know when the next chapter will be out, but hopefully sooner! -SunnyHinata

Edit: I went back and fixed the grammer mistakes. I also added a couple little details, but it's not a big deal so I wouldn't bother re-reading it. I hope Sasuke didn't seem too OC, but what can ya do? Anyways, there will be fighting to come, especially after the next couple of chapters, giving the genin a chance to show off their mad skills. Next Chapter is going ot be about Team 8 and surprisingly (cough) enough, Tenten and Neji. I'm not going to give away the story, but you can probably guess what is going to happen by the title. I was watching a movie called The Glass House and I got inspired. I also got some inspiration from one of the Pheonix Wright games. They are the bomb, but SOO hard! (oh yah, this is how observant I am; I didn't even know that fanfiction (dot) net HAD a spell check button. What and idiot...) Review people! and tell me if you would rather have SasuSaku or KibaSaku...I prefer SasuSaku, but I want to know what people think...