Chapter Three
I ' l l D o A n y t h i n g F o r Y o u

STANDARD DISCLAIMER APPLIED.

And I don't want a conversation
I just wanna sit and stare at you
I don't wanna talk about it
'Cause I'm in love with you.

-&-

Autumn! October 1…

"This is officially the first meeting of the student council members." Everyone ceased their small talks and quieted down at the voice filled with authority. "As you all know, it is finally autumn and like usual, we'll have a back to school festival to bring everyone back into spirit. Right now, the students are still mourning for their summer break." The voice boomed out across the spacey meeting room. All the main student council members sat on their rolling chairs surrounding a long, business-like, rectangular table.

Tsunade sat at the more narrowed side speaking about the info for the upcoming event. Her back was facing the wide window that gave you a great view of Konoha. In front of her were a few coloured folders, both of her hands were sprawled out on them to support her weight as a chair she was sitting on a few moments ago was behind her.

"The deadline is the week before Halloween. I want all the activity preparations to be finished." She added, "Nara, what's our budget this time?" The said boy lifted his head from the table and spoke lazily, "7000, knock yourself out." and after that, he laid his head back down into the comfort of his crossed arms. He was drifting off to a dream with big, fluffy clouds and no Ino.

A small vein popped out at the side of Tsunade's forehead but she kept her cool since she knew Ino was going to deal with him later. She turned her head a few centimeters to the right and low and behold, Ino was glaring murderously at the napping boy.

'She likes him.' Tsunade thought carelessly. "Uchiha." She stated and willed her head towards the raven-haired man that was sitting like a statue with both of his hands propped up against his mouth and covering his nose. His eyes were calculating and at his mentioned name, he focused his gaze on the principal.

"I leave everything to you, please do a good job on it." With that, Tsunade shuffled her folders into a messy stack and hopped out the door, probably for more sake. Sasuke nodded and regained his composure, darting his eyes through each council member.

Naruto was sitting quite rudely as his legs were crossed on the table, his arms rested behind his head leaning back against his chair and a few centimeters from falling. Sasuke was tempted to knock that chair down, letting Naruto get a good taste of his shoes.

His gaze landed on the Hyuuga girl. Hinata was blushing as usual, perhaps it was the idea that she was sitting next to the blonde dobe.

Right next to her was of course her cousin, Neji. The Hyuuga boy had his eyes closed and arms crossed. He looked like he was sleeping but don't be fooled, he's 100 percent awake. If Sasuke remembered correctly, Naruto tried to cut off bits of the brunette's hair in middle school while Neji was in this state. But in the end, Naruto was beaten to a pulp. If Naruto weren't the president's son or his friend slash classmate, he would've ended up in the hospital, perhaps in a coma too.

Tenten was casually staring dreamily at her boyfriend. Nothing interesting there.

His gaze passed Shikamaru and Ino, he looked at Sakura who was sitting right beside him. She had her right elbow up and palm pressed against her cheek. It looked like she was daydreaming as she was staring out the large window. He followed her gaze and saw a couple of robins flying in the sky, trees swaying slightly due to the autumn breeze and of course, the view of Konoha. The student council meeting room was four floors above the ground.

It was after school, most of the students had evacuated out of the large academy already. But the sun was still shining proudly. He made himself turn his head away from Sakura and stood up. He coughed slightly and once again, all eyes were on him. Everybody waited for him to speak. "As Tsunade has said, our deadline is three weeks away. As the events coordinator Ino, what do you suggest we do for the back to school autumn festival?"

The blonde flipped her ponytail behind her, the strip of hair covering her left eye flipped along with it. She also stood up and grinned proudly. "Simple." She said, "We do a dance for all the girls to meet cute boys and all the boys to meet cute girls, dressed in hot costumes no duh." She ended obnoxiously.

Everyone in the room rolled their eyes. Sakura spoke up, "Ino-pig, dances are overrated and trust me, we're going to have a lot of those this year. How are you chosen as events coordinator again? I'm still clueless."

Naruto and Tenten snickered silently as Neji and Shikamaru… who apparently woke up smirked amusedly. Hinata was smiling apologetically to the blonde female. Sasuke intervened before a catfight would start, "Any fresh ideas besides a costume dance?"

Naruto reached up his hand and yelled out childishly, "Ohh! Ohh! I know! I know! Pick me teme! Pick me!!"

"If this is about another ramen eating contest again then rejected." Sasuke responded darkly.

Naruto didn't retaliate and slumped back into his seat, slightly freaked out of the teme's tone of voice. But he'll never admit it out loud. Hinata was comforting him quietly but the loud boy didn't seem to catch what she said and only beamed at her with a grin that can stretch a mile. She blushed and looked down. Naruto was confused by her reaction but shrugged, giving his attention to the other council members.

"Well, it's a festival after all isn't it…?" Sakura broke the staring contest between her and Ino and suggested intently. Sasuke turned towards her with a virtual question mark above his head. Taking it as a response for her to continue, "We can set up different booths with different activities going on and in the middle of it all, we can have one big event like a performance or something…"

Tenten's face exploded with joy, bounced out of her chair and shouted, "Yes! Yes! Triple yes! I love Sakura's idea! We can take Ino's suggestion and have everyone dress up in costumes and hold the event the week before Halloween! Though I know it seems a bit weird wearing a costume before the 31st but it's going to be so much fun!"

Ino clasped her hands together, grinning widely when Tenten agreed with her idea, forgetting the little dispute she had with Sakura earlier. Tenten sat back down into her seat and Neji can only give a small smile to his girlfriend and nodded in agreement. Shikamaru mumbled out a tiny "Troublesome…" but everyone knew he agreed.

Sakura smiled happily. But she saw Naruto still with a bit of dissatisfaction on his face and suggested one more idea, "And we can have one of the booths as a ramen-eating contest for the sake of Naruto's sanity." With that, Naruto jumped up and grinned foolishly, "Oh I agree! I support Sakura-chan all the way! Believe it!" he screamed.

Hinata still had a small blush on her face but she managed to stutter out, "I-I agree." and looked down at her lap again when all the members turned their heads in her direction to acknowledge her agreement. Sasuke can only let out a huge sigh and gave a curt nod. "Okay, we'll go with Billboard Brow's idea, let's pick a date for the festival to be held and start giving ideas for the different booths besides the ramen one…" he said.

After a few small conversations between the council members, Ino raised her hand and yelled out, "Fortune telling is a must! Heck, I'll even be the fortune teller if you want me to!"

"Do you even know anything about fortune telling Ino?" Tenten asked, doubt evident in her question. Ino gave out a toothy grin and laughed notoriously, scratching the back of her head with one hand giving away her uneasiness. "Nope! But I have a book on fortune telling, I'll just skim through it the day before the festival!" she admitted sheepishly.

Sakura snorted, "Is the book labeled, 'Fake Fortune-telling for Dummies'?" Ino, surprisingly, did not rampage this time and replied smugly, "You know what Forehead-chan? If I had a time machine, I would go back in time to when we were 7 and never helped you from the bullies, we'll see what kind of self-esteem you have now."

What really caused Ino's rampage was when she found her best friend discussing the date the festival would be held with the president, completely ignoring her smart remark. Shikamaru seeing this only sighed heavily and muttered a, "Troublesome woman…" quietly but it didn't escape Ino's ears he noticed when his left ear was being pulled by a thumb and finger with French nails.

'Troublesome. These nails of hers are so damn sharp! Maybe she really is a witch...' He thought, pretending to listen to Ino's complaints and threats about calling her "Troublesome."

"October 25th it is then." Sasuke finished while Sakura gave a quick nod before turning away. "…Billboard-Brow." He just had to add that. In a blink of an eye, he saw Sakura sending him death glares. He noticed a dark aura clouding around her and smirked even more, which is like adding more fuel into the flames. "Drop dead." She snarled out.

Much to Sakura's dismay, the dubbed chicken ass president's smirk could only grow wider. Their silent war was interrupted when Neji spoke up. "Tenten and I suggest some booths with sports-related activities."

Both the presidents faced the two sports coordinators. "What do you have in mind?" The dark-eyed president asked in monotone.

The athletic couple stared at each other for a while then turned back to their presidents. "We're still undecided but I know for one thing is that we want to have a dunk and drop where a volunteer sits on a board connected to a target board and when hit, gets dunk into the water and the thrower of the ball receives a prize!" Tenten chirped out happily, all the while grinning.

"Isn't it a bit cold for such an activity? Originality would also be nice." Sasuke asked, raising a dark eyebrow. The couple once again stared at each other with silent messages flickering through each of their eyes. "We'll see what we can do, we also have other activities in mind that still needs to be discussed." Neji stated. "But the old fashion games are what people miss!" Tenten cried out whiningly.

Sasuke gave a "Hn." And Neji and Tenten went back to discussing except without words but with eyes. Sakura thought this was amazing. "They love each other so much that they know what the other is saying just by looking at each other." Sasuke just gave her a dry look.

"Shikamaru!" Sasuke called out and the boy stood up to walk towards him. Sakura's sharp eyes detected the small bruise that was slowly forming on the side of his right cheek. She looked behind him to see Ino on his chair, a smile of satisfaction covering her face.

'Shikamaru must've tried to argue back.' Sakura sighed inwardly. 'After all these years and with the IQ of over 200... he should've known better.' Shikamaru could've beaten Sasuke in the brains department easily but the teen was just too lazy to even lift a pencil during exams.

When Shikamaru reached Sasuke and stood before him. Sasuke gave the order to him to keep track of their budget and leaving him to do the entire math. Shikamaru only nodded and stepped out of the room to avoid the violent pig that is currently on his chair.

Sasuke then called out Hinata's name and the shy girl looked up to his blank face slowly. "I want you to be in charge of ordering the decorations and supplies needed for the festival. Ask Naruto to help you since he's the spirit coordinator."

The girl nodded quickly, a bit intimidated by the president's cold expression and voice but blushed violently at the mention of her crush's name.

Sasuke then saw Ino heading out the door, most likely to follow the lazy teen but he stopped her to tell her to take care of the different booths and received an "okay" from the girl as she flew out the door.

Sakura told him that she'll keep a close watch on the things happening, making sure that nothing goes wrong on the preparations for the festival and the festival day itself, getting a nod from him.

Seeing that most of the bigger details had been taken care of. Sasuke decided to end this meeting. Everybody filed out the door in an orderly fashion. Naruto was asking Hinata to go eat ramen with him since he was terribly hungry. Hinata's face flushed but nodded nonetheless. Neji was glaring at the interaction but was pulled away by his girlfriend with a peck on the cheek.

The last ones remaining were Sasuke and Sakura. The president was about to make his way out the door, his hand was already on the doorknob when he heard a small whisper coming out of Sakura's small mouth.

"If only we can see some fireworks…then my night will be complete." She remarked quietly and closed her eyes, not noticing that there was still a breathing life form in the room. She knew the budget wouldn't be enough for fireworks because all of it would be spent on the booths and the big surprise event that Sasuke said he'll be deciding later on during their conversation.

Sasuke stood there for a full minute. He was contemplating in his mind, charcoal eyes once again calculating. He slipped out the door like a ghost leaving the pink-haired girl to her thoughts. He walked along the academy's hallways towards the exit but not without a smirk on his face.

It was already 7 PM, they've been there for over three hours. He reached the doors and stared into the setting sun. A stroke of pink and orange greeted his eyes as the main yellow blob of the sun sank slowly into nothingness. The sky was clear and no clouds were in sight. A purple hue started to envelope in the sky above the setting star. He thought slyly, 'The main event huh?'

Author's Note: Much appreciation for the reviews. Once again, thank you for enduring all my foogly grammar and typos, I know it can be heart wrenching to stand. x3 I'm hoping to improve in the future as I write along.

! Kat.

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