A/N: I'm so sorry I haven't updated sooner. I've had a sort of writer's block and I'm writing another story with my friend so it's kind of hard to have my ideas for this and then ideas for my other story. And there's also the fact that it's almost winter break (and Christmas, yeah!) and teachers are assigning so much last minutes stuff. Anyways, hope you enjoy the chap!

"Sasuke, stop moving before I make the driver stop somewhere so you can use the bathroom." Tenten growled, crossing her arms as Sasuke fidgeted in his seat.

"I don't need to use the bathroom, Tenten," Sasuke replied crossly. He hated being woken up in the morning, but Naruto couldn't resist yelling at the top of his lungs when he found the boxes of ramen in the kitchen.

"Then stop moving around so much. It's not like those files are going anywhere, anyways," Neji told him coolly, fixing his shirt. Already they'd found the principal of the school and asked to read the files. She'd sloppily written them a note, giving them permission to enter the school and search for whatever they needed.

"Driver, are we almost there yet?" Sasuke asked irritably. He decided to look out the window and finally spotted the school. "Finally!" Sasuke huffed. After what seemed like forever, they finally pulled up to the front doors of the school.

"Ah, yes, the power of youth is strong in this school." Lee commented as he stepped out.

"Let's just find what we need and get going." Neji said boredly, walking towards the front doors. He pressed an id badge into the scanner and opened the door. "Hurry up or else you'll never get in." The others quickly followed Neji who made his way to the front office. He turned on the light and made his way to a cream colored cabinet. He shuffled through all the folders quickly, pulling some out every once in a while.

"Um, Neji, how do you know where all these things are?" Tenten asked, shuffling through the folders he pulled out.

"They don't call me a prodigy for nothing," he replied smugly, closing the cabinet. "Okay, I have the folders."

"Aha, found her," Sasuke said, successfully pulling out a school photograph of the pink-haired girl.

"You know, she looks cute too, but I still think Hyuuga Hinata is much cuter. Where's her picture, Sasuke? You better not be hogging hers as well."

"As if, Naruto. She seemed a little too meek for me. I like girls with more spunk."

"Oh, good; I was starting to think you didn't like girls." Naruto replied, smirking slightly. "Ow!" He pouted, rubbing his head where Sasuke had hit him.

"Her name's Haruno Sakura." Sasuke scribbled that down on a sheet of paper along with her address. "Okay, that's all I need. Now let's go. We can come here Monday and find her."

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Sakura closed her eyes. She knew she should probably wake up, but the warmth was really comforting.

"Sakura…go cook breakfast," Ino groaned, turning over in her sleep. "Please? You know no one else besides you and Hinata that can cook a decent breakfast."

"I resent that," Kiba mumbled, pulling the blanket over his head. Sakura thought it over in her head.

"Don't worry Sakura, I'll make breakfast," came Hinata's quiet voice. That quickly made up Sakura's mind.

"No, it's alright Hinata. I'll make breakfast. You're a guest after all."

Hinata giggled. "Yeah, but we all visit so often that this is like our second home."

"You know what? I think we should all make breakfast. We've never done that before, have we? Come on, everyone wake up." Sakura removed the blanket and gently nudged everyone with her feet. "Please? Or else I'll poison all your pancakes."

"Oh, please. We'll probably end up poisoning them ourselves with our horrible cooking." Temari muttered, removing her blanket.

"You're probably right. But we'll get poisoned together," Kiba added enthusiastically. Akamaru barked happily, now fully awake.

"That's a really comforting thought," Shikamaru grumbled, rubbing his eyes tiredly. He got up however and followed everyone else into the kitchen. They wordlessly began cooking a whole bunch of breakfast things: chocolate chip and blueberry pancakes, French toast, eggs, bacon, sausage, and crepes.

"Let's eat outside. It's actually kind of warm out," Sakura told them, stepping back into the house.

"What were you doing, Sakura?" Hinata asked, a couple plates in hand.

"I was just watering my flower." Sakura answered, opening the back door.

"What kind of flower are you taking care of?" Temari asked, bringing out some more plates.

"It's a Wisteria." Sakura replied. "It's actually really beautiful now. Come winter time I'll have to move it to the greenhouse."

"I would've thought you'd take care of a cherry blossom tree," Kiba remarked, carrying out yet even more plates.

"Well we see cherry blossoms all the time; I think it's great that she's taking care of a Wisteria," Ino disagreed, bringing out the final plates.

"It's just a flower. I still don't get why you guys are fighting." Shikamaru brought up the rear, carrying a whole bunch of plates and utensils. Sakura grabbed the cups, bringing them outside and setting them on the table. She went back inside and brought out a pitcher of pink lemonade, orange juice, and water.

They all sat down, spooning out portions of food for themselves.

"Alright, hope I meet you guys in Heaven," Kiba gulped, looking at the food unsurely.

They each took some food and slowly put it in their mouths. They chewed slowly and swallowed. For a minute they sat in silence.

"I-I'm not dead?" Kiba whispered, astonished. He took another bite of food. "I'm not dead!"

Sakura rolled her eyes. It was true that the rest of them were bad cooks, but they weren't bad enough to poison anyone.

"Stupid! Of course you wouldn't be poisoned. We had Hinata and Sakura there to help us after all." Temari scowled at Kiba who childishly stuck his tongue out at her.

"You seemed a little hesitant as well!" Kiba countered, stuffing some pancakes in his mouth.

"Only because you were cooking as well!" Temari stuffed some bacon and sausage in her mouth.

The two continued glaring at each other all through breakfast, each trying to eat more than the other. By the time breakfast was over, the two were having serious stomach aches.

"It's your fault my stomach hurts so bad…." Temari groaned, rubbing her stomach.

"How is that? You challenged me first," Kiba replied. Kiba and Temari sat at the kitchen table while Sakura and Hinata did dishes. Ino and Shikamaru (reluctantly) wiped the dishes and put them away.

"You two are so stupid sometimes. I mean, really, getting into fights over nothing." Ino sighed.

"It's probably true love," Hinata chuckled quietly. Sakura, being the only one who heard her, laughed as well.

"What's so funny?" Ino asked, putting a stack of plates away.

Sakura simply shook her head and continued laughing.

"Sakura, tell me, please!" Ino pleaded, giving Sakura a puppy pout. Sakura turned her head away. That was how Ino always got things out of her.

"You're no fun." She turned to Hinata. "Hinata, you'll tell me, right? What are you laughing about?"

"It's nothing too important, Ino." Hinata replied politely.

They made their way to the living room and sat for most of the day watching a couple of movies. Afterwards, they left and went window shopping.

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"Sasuke, can we stop already? I'm tired and we've been walking around for forever." Naruto whined, slumping against a light pole.

"I'm still shopping. You know how crowded these shops will get around Christmas. People are so lazy and wait until the last minute." Sasuke observed a music box in a window. "I think I'll get that for Mother." He headed inside, Naruto grumbling about ramen, Tenten following after, bags in hand, Neji carrying the rest of Tenten's bags, and Lee carrying some of his own.

Unknown to them, Sakura and her friends were heading towards the same shop.

"I've wanted that music box for a long time. I've been saving up for it with the money I earned from my job. I just hope that no one else bought it. It's been a couple months since I last saw it."

"I don't understand why you want it so bad or why you don't just ask mom and dad to get it for you."

"Because I want to earn it myself, and it'll make things more meaningful if I got it myself. Also, it reminds me a lot of the music box from the movie 'Anastasia.' I've always loved that music box, and the chance of actually getting something similar to that is just too much to pass up."

"Woman are so troublesome. Why go through all this trouble? We could've stayed in some nice café and waited for you. How hard is that?" Shikamaru muttered, hands stuffed in his pockets.

"Stop being such a sourpuss," Temari told him.

"Yeah, Shikamaru. You're totally ruining the atmosphere," Ino agreed, looping her arm through his.

"Please stop acting so boyfriend-girlfriend-y; it's disturbing." Kiba said behind them.

"You're just jealous because you could never get a girlfriend." Ino stuck her tongue out at him, leaning her head against Shikamaru's arm. They soon reached the store and headed in.

"Yes, I'd like that music box you have in the window." Sasuke told the owner.

"Alright; that's the only one I have. It's incredibly unique."

"Excuse me sir, but I'd like that music box as well," Sakura told the owner boldly. She recognized Sasuke from the night before and she was afraid of what he'd do when he found her, but there was absolutely no way she was going to allow him to get what she'd ceaselessly been saving up for.

"I was here first and I'd like to purchase that music box." Sasuke told the owner again.

"Excuse me, but I've been saving for a long time and I really would like to get that music box." Sakura looked earnestly at the owner.

"Look, I'll offer you double the price for that music box." Sasuke said. The owner took on a thoughtful expression, contemplating.

"I'll let you have free cookies and muffins from Rose Café for a month. The owner's expression changed. 'Score! No one can resist those sweets. They're the best things ever!'

"I'll give you more than that. I'll buy those recipes and give them to you so you can always have them."

Sakura bit her lip. There was no way she could compete with that. Sasuke smirked at her, knowing that he'd won.

"Hey, you know, you look familiar. Do you happen to know our mother and father: Yamanaka Inoichi and Kaiya?" Ino brought up, squinting hard at the old man.

"Ah, yes, they're such wonderful people. They really helped me out a couple years ago when I was in debt. How are they now?"

"They're doing just fine. They're also out of town at the moment. I'm their daughter Ino, and that's my sister, Sakura." Ino pointed at Sakura.

"Well, it'd only be right if I gave my saviors' daughter what she wanted." He moved to the window and removed the music box. He gently wrapped it in tissue paper and put it in a box. He made sure to place the key in there as well. "Here you go," he said, handing it to her. Sakura pulled her wallet out of her purse. "Oh no, you don't have to pay. However, I'd like it if I was able to get those treats from Rose Café for free."

Sakura smiled. "Of course. You don't know how much getting this music box meant to me." She somewhat cradled it in her arms, ecstatic. She also smiled in satisfaction. She'd gotten the thing that Uchiha Sasuke wanted. She bowed to the owner and thanked him. Sakura motioned to her friends and they quickly filed out. It took a moment for Sasuke to react before following them out.

"Haruno Sakura, stop this instant!" This however, only caused Sakura to speed up. "Haruno Sakura, get back here!" She began running, her friends following, although somewhat slowly. Sasuke sighed grumpily before running after her. He sped past her friends who had stopped. Neji, Tenten, Naruto and Lee stopped next to Sakura's friends and decided to make acquaintance. To them, it seemed like they'd need to know each other's names. Apparently Sasuke and Sakura were going to get much closer…well, that's what it looked like anyways.

A/N: While I was reading it over, I sort of noticed that the ending was rushed. I really hope it wasn't though. Anyways, hope you enjoyed the chap. And Happy Holidays!