Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto
Ok, I'm not going to reply to all of the reviews because I think there's just a little too many…well, this one took a while to write. Now, to all of you wonderful reviewers, thank you so much! (Cherry eats a cookie given by a reviewer) well, I really do hope you like this. And for those who want Anko and Sakura's brother together, I'm really sorry….you'll see what I mean. Oh, and about the whole adding the same chapter, I'm really sorry about that…hehe…
The Girls: Sakura, Anko, Temari, Tenten, Ino, Hinata, Kate, Nicky, Korin, Kera and Saku. (just a reminder…)
Chapter 4: Elimination 1
Sakura looked over at Anko, who looked lazily back at her. "Anko?"
"Yeah?" she asked.
"Is it just me, or is there a red light over there?" Sakura asked lamely, pointing over to a red, flashing light. Anko looked at it, and approached it carefully. She brushed past the leaves of the plant that was in front of it and sighed.
"Camera…the place is bugged." Anko let go of the leaves and they fell back in place. "Looks like we're in a reality show." she said, smiling slyly. Sakura rolled her eyes.
"Well, at least you're excited. This is probably going to be the most lame thing in the world, and now I find out that it's a reality show. Those other ditz' will probably never find out." Sakura said with a yawn.
"Oh, you're no fun." Anko said, sitting back down on the bed and looking up at where she could see the back of Sakura's head as she rested her neck on the edge of the top bunk.
"Oh, I'm fun when I want to be, but right now, I'm really not enjoying the fact that we're being bugged." Sakura replied.
"Ok…" Anko said, and moved up to Sakura's ear, startling her. "I'll disconnect anything I can find." she whispered out, Sakura barely even able to hear her. Sakura nodded and got down, and helped her search, both pretending to be looking around. They ended up disconnecting three mikes and two cameras.
"I don't think they'd put in more…" Sakura mumbled, and Anko nodded. Suddenly, they heard a whistle, and instinctively left the room. They found the rest of the girls coming out as well, and in the middle of the village, there stood Naruto and Sasuke with one other person, a girl their age. She had supremely dark green hair that reached her butt, and was in a low ponytail. She had green eyes, and wore a black corset and a pair of baggy jeans.
"Who's that?" Anko asked.
"Uh…" Sakura mumbled. "Their third teammate?" she only said this because Naruto now wore a headband like Sasuke and Anko, and so did the girl. "Why is it that no one wears their headband like me?"
"Because they like to wear it properly? And besides, it means you're unique, be happy." Anko replied with a yawn. The girl glanced at them, and they just ignored it. They stood with the rest of the girls in the center, now noticing a couple more who weren't there before.
"Every one," came a voice, and they all turned to find Uchiha-san. "There are a few more people here who you have not met yet. There is Nicky Nojono," he pointed to a girl with long black hair and electric blue eyes, "Kera," he pointed to a girl with short blue hair that reached her shoulders, "and Korin." he pointed to a girl with long brown hair and red-brown eyes.
"Well, we have a new bunch…" Anko muttered.
"And also Sasuke's teammate has decided to join us in our events, Saku." the man pointed to the girl beside Sasuke. Said boy just glared harshly at his father, Saku grinning slyly. She seemed to whisper something to Sasuke which made him more pale than he already was. Sakura raised an eyebrow, and suddenly Sasuke looked at her, straight in the eyes, and she gasped.
"What's up with you?" Anko whispered.
"N-nothing." Sakura muttered, shaking her head. "Hey, that girl just whispered something to him, did you catch it?"
"I think so." Anko replied, she had an ultra high mike hidden in her coat at all times, never trusting anything, and was usually able to pick up the softest of a whisper a kilometer away if she wanted to, but she kept it on medium while here.
"Ok, I wanna listen when we're not here." Sakura replied.
"Why are you snooping?" Anko replied as she watched Uchiha-san introduce Sasuke to each of the girls, currently on Ino, who was far to their left.
"I just want to know." Sakura replied with a shrug. "I need something to do other than pretend to swoon over a guy I don't even like."
"Oh, c'mon, you have to admit he's cute at least." Anko replied, and stopped as soon as Uchiha-san came to them.
"Mitarashi-sama, and Haruno-sama. Also known as Anko and Sakura." he said to Sasuke, who leaned against the huge pole in the middle of the entire island and village. On it was a mega phone, one which Sakura was sure to be used during this time. Saku looked at them, and they gave her a small grimace of a smile, and Naruto gave a small incline of his head and a big grin. They gave a small wave to him.
"Is that all?" Sasuke asked boredly.
"No, not quite. I wish to discuss the rules and prospects of this game." his father said. "First, this is a reality show, you will sometimes be pulled off to speak to the camera face first. Second, for the first four days, every two days there will be an elimination. Now, you will be staying here for two weeks and a day. On the last day, there will be only one person left by the end of that day.
"There will be a series of events where Sasuke will be with all of you or with one of you, but in this time there will be days where he is to spend a couple hours with each person until he has met each one of you personally." Uchiha-san stated, and Sasuke glared coldly. "Also, you will be staying in the cabins, and food will be provided.
"There might be a time when the shipping of food doesn't come in, and you will all be sent out to hunt-" most of the girls went green in the face, but Anko and Sakura had a small glint in their eyes, smiling- "and you will eat your catch. Now, this island does not have plumbing, so you will be taking baths in natural hot springs."
"Um, sir?" Sakura butted in. He looked at her. "Sorry to interrupt and all, but back to when you said that you would be pulled aside, do you have to? Because I hate publicity and cameras, I don't know if my parents told you," Sakura said, and Anko snorted, trying to hold in her laugh. Sasuke gave a small smile.
"Uh, they may have mentioned it…" he mumbled. "If you don't want to, then I suppose you don't really have to…"
"Then, sir, what if none of us want to go in front of the camera?" Sakura asked sweetly.
"Well, I suppose that really wouldn't work out too well…" he said, smiling bitterly. "Anyways, back to the point-"
"Sir." Anko interrupted. "I have a question. The second thing you told us, about the elimination, who decides it? And also, after you answer that, can you tell me what we do if we don't like Sasuke and want to leave?"
"Sasuke would decide it." he grinded out, obviously getting annoyed. "And if you wish to leave, Mitarashi-sama or Haruno-sama, you may."
"Sorry," Anko said, giving a small bow to hide her smile.
"Quite alright," he replied. "Now, if that's all, tomorrow night will be the first elimination, and Sasuke will find out about you all in the meantime."
"So we're going to be pulled away?" Ino asked stupidly. Sakura blinked, how much of a ditz could this girl be?
"Yes," Kai said, smiling.
"Why is he so happy about her being a ditz?" Anko whispered over to Sakura, who just shrugged in reply.
"Who knows, it isn't the first time probably." Sakura replied, and Anko snorted.
"Yeah, you're probably right." She replied, and they watched as Kai asked Ino to come forward and watched as Sasuke was pulled off, Ino strolling along beside him happily while he looked at his father sourly.
"Well, he doesn't look too happy." Anko said with a small smile.
"You know, you're just becoming like me, not like a girl who wants to date him." Sakura whispered.
"I don't want to date him, I thought he was gunna be different." Anko replied.
"What's your dream guy?" Sakura asked as they walked back to their cabin after Kai told them that he would call them all separately.
"Your brother." Anko said with a small smirk, and Sakura's eye twitched.
"Anko…" she whispered lethally. Anko looked over innocently, a huge grin on her face.
"Hai?" she asked.
"You are so dead." Sakura whispered out, and hit Anko on the back of the head. The girl pouted, sulking into the cabin, with a fuming Sakura behind her.
"So…" Anko said as she sat down on her bed, rubbing where a small bump had formed. "You never told me who your dream guy is?"
"I don't have one." Sakura replied with a shrug. "Why do you like my brother so much?"
"I dunno." Anko replied with a shrug, falling back so her legs dangled off the bed. "I just like him."
"You only met him, what, three times?" Sakura asked, looking back at Anko, who just shrugged.
"He was cute, and nice." Anko replied.
"You don't know if he was just faking it to be polite," Sakura pointed out and Anko smirked.
"Right, but you told me he was always like that. Besides, I've seen the bond between you two, nothing could tear your apart." Anko said with a smile. Sakura huffed, going up the ladder to her own bed.
"Fine, you caught me." Sakura mumbled. "Yeah, he's my only life support in that stupid family. Oh, how I would love to just live a normal life with a normal, small house and parents who aren't fussed about work every minute of their life."
"Your mom doesn't work." Anko pointed out and Sakura rolled her eyes, popping her head over the edge and looking down at Anko.
"The way she looks for people for me and Kieran, it's like a job. It's all she ever does." Sakura sighed.
"Tell her about me!" Anko said, suddenly sitting up straight. Sakura looked at her with sad eyes. "What? Don't give me that look."
"Anko, you really love him, don't you?" Sakura asked, sighing. She looked down at the floor. "He wont listen to mom, he doesn't love anyone except for her."
"What, your mom?" Anko asked, looking disgusted. Sakura giggled.
"No, you idiot!" Sakura said, shaking her head.
"Ok, good, cuz that would just be strange. Anyways, who does he love?" Anko asked.
"The slave of the house," Sakura replied, and Anko blinked.
"Huh?" she asked. "You guys have a slave?"
"Yeah, her name's Saku. All Kieran ever dose is think about her, he wants to free her, but dad wont let him." Sakura said. "So your luck's out."
"Oh…" Anko whispered, laying back down again, closing her eyes.
"Hey, you can still be friends." Sakura said with a small shrug, and Anko smiled.
"Yeah, it's better than nothing, huh?" she asked.
"Well, honestly, the way you act and who you are just doesn't seem to suit a couple like you and Kieran. No, not a good couple at all." Sakura said, smiling, and Anko's eyebrow twitched. As Sakura said this, she realized that Anko was probably her best friend, and she was glad that she had met Anko, and that Anko was probably the only one to understand her other than her brother and Saku. Yes, Sakura was friends, very good friends, with Saku.
"So what made Saku a slave?" Anko asked.
"She lost her parents, and she was found sleeping in the basement, and my dad let her work here for food and water, and soon, she went too far and stole a valuable treasure, only because she wanted to leave her small, dusty room and actually have a home, with food that wasn't stale and water that was fresh. Kieran caught her. He didn't know her, so he told on her.
"We were only 10 then, Saku and I, and father took her to the torture chamber. Now, every night, he visits her small, dusty room and does things of the unspeakable to her." Sakura said, going into story mode, which Anko noticed.
"Well, you're good at stories, now tell me, what does she look like?" Anko asked.
"Long black hair always in a braid, and dark, forest green eyes, she always has bruises all over her body, so she wears things that cover her up, but dad never touches her face." Sakura replied. "Her skin is supremely pale, but not naturally."
"Well that sucks." Anko whispered, and suddenly her eyes went wide. "The third teammate, her name's Saku."
"Yeah, I guess it's a popular name." Sakura replied, rolling her eyes. "That girl looked like a slut if you ask me."
"You know, I'm kinda glad that we disconnected all of those cameras and mikes." Anko said and Sakura nodded. "Do you…think we should do a double check?"
"…Yeah." Sakura said, giving a small nod and looking all around her bed then getting down and helping Anko look around her bed, under the bed and on the bed, even where the bars were, holding up the other bed, and under her bed. They then searched around every where else and looked out the window, and Sakura screeched as she found a man there, a camera in hand and filming them.
"Sorry, but they said all the cameras and mikes were disconnected from this room, so I was sent to film for them." He said with a shrug as he turned off the camera.
"Those dirty little-!" Sakura growled under her breath. Anko chuckled, and leaned against the frame of the window. The man looked at her, and she smiled.
"Listen, why don't you give us the tape, and we will let you go free." Anko said sweetly.
"Sorry, lady…" he said, but before he had another word out, he found a kunai at his throat, and Sakura was holding the tape in her hands, looking down at it.
"Well, thanks for your cooperation." Anko said, smiling, and they went back into the room. Sakura pulled out a suitcase and brought out her portable DVD player, and she handed it to Anko. They hooked it up to the camera and watched the conversation.
"I really seem cheesy…" Anko mumbled as she watched this. "I'm going too soft," she sighed, pulling away. She unhooked the tape and threw it to the ground, watching as it smashed to bits with the unnecessary force she had used. Sakura rolled her eyes and was about to go back up to her bunk when a man came in, and called forth Anko.
Sakura sighed as she waited for Anko to come back, and as she closed her eyes, she heard the sound of feet. She cracked an eye open and found Anko there, pointing to the man. Sakura got up and fallowed him to where Sasuke sat, slumped against the wall. Sakura rolled her eyes at him, and he looked up at her.
"What?" he asked boredly.
"Oh, so he can speak?" Sakura asked, raising an eyebrow. He glared at her. "Why are you all sulky? Shouldn't you be happy? You're surrounded by girls, that's only every man's dream."
"Not mine," Sasuke grumbled, getting up. "Bunch of dimwits, anyways."
"You say that even about your own teammate?" Sakura asked, walking beside him as they walked into the forest.
"She's the worst. Since day one all she ever does is say that one day we'll be married, her fantasy is us together, sitting in a huge forest with kids surrounding us…ours." Sasuke said, with a small shiver. "I don't know why I'm telling you this."
"I kind of feel sorry for you," Sakura said with a small smirk. Suddenly she stiffened, and turned around. She glared as she found the same camera man from before fallowing them, holding a camera in his hands. "What is with you?"
"This is a reality show, they're supposed to film us." Sasuke replied, rolling his eyes. Sakura sighed and turned back around.
"Honestly, I hate cameras…" Sakura mumbled.
"I think you're the only girl here who does. All those other ones are spoiled little brats," Sasuke said, and Sakura looked over at him.
"You seem like the type whose cold, and never talks much." She said. "Just from looking at the way you walk, and how your face is always so serious. You really are…"
"Keep it up!" came a whisper, and Sakura stopped what she was saying, looking away. Sasuke looked over at her.
"You're a bore." He said, and Sakura stopped. She glared at him, eyebrow twitching, and she hit him over the head. He fell to the ground, a huge bump on his head, and he rubbed it. "What was that for?"
"For being rude." Sakura snapped, and Sasuke huffed, glaring up at her.
"You are, all you do is be quiet and talk about stupid things. You're worse than the other girls." He said.
"…" Sakura said nothing as she looked down at him. "Am I…really?" she asked.
"No, but at least they talk more." He grumbled, getting up, and walking off.
"Hmph, jerk…"she mumbled, turning and walking briskly away.
Sasuke sighed as he walked up to the beach. What would Saku think if she found out he had said that about her? She would go on a mad rampage, torture him more than she already did. What he had said was true, but that wasn't even half of it. Saku always tortured him, mentally, making him unstable when he was around her, and causing him to shut off the rest of the world.
He couldn't even be nice to a girl that was actually interesting. Sakura, wasn't that her name? She was different than most girls. Her friend, Anko, was ok, but she was too bouncy and sly, and her mind really needed to get out of the gutter. But then again, as he thought about it, she was trying to make him uneasy. As for Sakura, she didn't even want to be there. He had heard his father speak with her mother on the phone one day.
Of course, Sasuke thought it was just a blind date, no cameras, no island, no other 10 girls there, just a simple, blind date. He had heard her mother on the other line, using an ear piece, and had heard her saying something about having to force her to go. At first, Sasuke had been relieved that there was someone else who had to go through with what he did, but later he realized that she probably was just shy.
But when he had just met her, no, she had been reluctant to even talk to him. Her body language screamed that she didn't want to be there, but sitting in the cabin with her friend talking and ignoring the horrible fact that she was on an island for two weeks seemed to calm her down, make her feel at home. That would help him, too, if Naruto wasn't such a dweeb and Saku wasn't obsessed with him.
It seemed like Sakura didn't like being rich, but never said she wanted to live on the streets because she knew that she wouldn't be able to survive, unlike some people who thought not being rich would be better, but if they lived on the streets they would be torn apart. The only people who can truly say they don't like being rich is the ones who lived in the cities normally for most of their lives.
Sakura also seemed to not like girly things, she didn't talk as much, and she was always trying to hide from the cameras. She was the complete opposite from any other girl here, and also her headband signified she was a ninja in training, though he didn't know if she wore it because she had found it or if she was his level or if she was only a genin.
He sighed, then there was Ino. She was obsessed with him, too, but more for his looks and his silent demeanor. The less he talked and said rude things to her the more she wanted him. In fact, no matter what he did she wanted him more and more. She didn't even know him. Then, of course, there was Hinata, shy, quiet, always blushing, and seemed to like Naruto more than him.
Then there was Tamari, who thought he was cool and blushed whenever he talked to her. She was independent, though. Then there was Tenten, she didn't really seemed interested, but was in it for the popularity or something. But she thought he was hot. Then there was Nicky, full of life, hyper, girly, and wore skimpy clothes like most of the girls.
There was also Kera, who was quiet but timid and was quite pretty. There was also Kate and Korin, two girls who were almost exactly alike. They both talked nonstop and both seemed highly interested, especially for the cameras. Then there was Saku…he shuddered at the thought of her. She was the one he wanted to eliminate tonight, but he knew that he couldn't.
Yesterday had been hell, he had seen girls he didn't know on his island, his father was telling them rules for a show, and he was a bachelor waiting to be taken. He then had to talk to each girl, and got bored to death, and then hurt Sakura's feelings, something he didn't want to do at the moment. If he could, he would just hang around her so that he had someone to talk to who was a good friend and understood what he was going through.
He had researched on the Haruno family last night on his laptop. They were the richest family ever, though not very publicly known, and it was the same with the Uchiha family, and they ran a very good business with two teenaged children. They had a huge house and a few animals scurrying about here and there. They were the perfect rich family.
The media knew nothing of what went on inside the house, and when he looked at Sakura's profile it showed a picture of her with the same smile he had seen her give when she was laughing with his father, completely fake. It said her age, height, weight, blood type and her publicly known personal interests but nothing about what she did most of the time or where she lived or anything. Which actually was what he had been looking for.
He wanted to know if she was a ninja. But then again, that was top secret usually. They aren't aloud to let it out, and the sensei's never let anyone in the public know of their doings. So that was completely hopeless, and Sakura would probably end up giving him a witty comeback or not tell him anything, if he was correct.
And so he knew that he wouldn't eliminate her. He wouldn't be aloud to eliminate Saku, he liked Anko's spunk, Hinata looked like she was enjoying herself and he liked a few girls less than her anyways, and so he decided either Kate or Korin. He didn't know which one sounded better to eliminate. The brown haired or the black haired? He preferred keeping the brunette because he had a girl who looked exactly like Kate anyways.
So he had decided. Kate would go and then in two days Korin would go. Simple as that. He couldn't wait to see the how and what they added and didn't add. He also wondered how much they would show of Sakura and Anko. He sighed, he needed to stop obsessing over that girl…she was simply more interesting and probably was going to be the only thing that would keep him sane for the next couple of weeks.
She would become a good friend…
"I have elimination number one figured out." Sasuke said, and all of the girls looked up from their spot at the table. Desert, a perfect time to ruin a girl's heart…for the moment. She would probably get over it in a few days, especially after the publicity leaves her alone, bored of her. He watched all of them as they each looked nervous, all except for Sakura and Anko. They both looked like they could care less.
"Probably me…" he heard Sakura whisper. "Especially since he told me I was boring," she smirked, looking at him. "Can't have a boring one around, can he?" she asked, knowing he could hear her, and she smiled playfully at him.
"The one I'll be eliminating tonight is Kate," Sasuke said lamely, and Kate put a hand to her mouth, tears seeming to come to her eyes. "Trust me, you were one of the many I wanted to get rid of…" Sasuke mumbled under his breath as she passed him. She glared at him.
On The Show
Backstage with Kate
"I can't believe he did this to me! It was probably because of that stupid Ino, her pretty blond hair and her blue eyes…he seemed to be eyeing that Haruno girl quite a bit, too. Well, I'll get over it eventually I suppose, but it'll take a while. I just wish it could have been someone else, maybe if he had actually paid attention a bit more he would've realized I'm a much better person…Sasuke, you don't know what you're missing out on."
"Actually, yes I do…" Sasuke mumbled as he turned off the TV and sat on the bed, staring ahead of him blankly. Why did it always come to this? A game show…how could his father become so desperate? He sighed, turned off his lights, and turned off his own TV as he shut his eyes, going to sleep on his rather comfy bed.
End Chapter
C: so this is probably our longest chapter and also the first time we've ever talked like this…
An: yep! Heehee! OOOOH! This is sooo much fun!
Am: oh, shut up you stupid ditz…
E: … (sings that the two are annoying with a gesture and a roll of the eyes)
N: Well, I think we should all give the credit to me seeming as I'm practically the one who wrote it all
No: Ebasay…
C: she says yeah right
J: I agree with her :P
N: hmph…
C: I don't think we should do this again…bye every one!
