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And… Cliff Hanger and Pluki-kun

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As always, italics… bum bum buuum! Equals thoughts.

It's annoying (to me anyways), but the show must go on!

Disclaimer: You know the drill - I ain't Masashi Kishimoto.

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Just a Simple Bet

Chapter 4: The Dates

This time we're starting with the two…youthful…green beasts of Konoha, Maito Gai and Rock Lee.

"Gai-sensei!"

"Lee!"

"Gai-sensei!"

"Lee!"

"GAI-SENSEI!"

"LEE!"

I think we came at a bad time. So…sunset, waves, Iruka-sensei (dolphin-man) jumping out of the water…all that good stuff.

(To Kaka-sensei and Naruto)

"KAKA-SENSEI!!" Naruto pointed an accusing finger at his sensei. "I DON'T WANNA LOOK AT PORN WITH YOU!"

People stared in disbelief at Naruto and his sensei.

"Did that kid say porn?"

"Mommy…I didn't know old people liked porn."

"How do you know what porn is?"

"Daddy showed me!"

Kakashi quickly covered his students mouth and dragged him into the store. "Naruto…you don't say things like that out loud in public…" People are gonna be staring at me all week…

"Well we need to go watch Sasuke and Sakura on their date!!!" Naruto yelled into his sensei's face.

"I just need to get one Icha-Icha book and we'll be out of here before you know it." Kakashi got up and grabbed the book he wanted.

"Hey Kakashi!" Jiraiya was standing behind the counter, staring down at what looked to be a…mirror. "You must be doing a lot of reading lately, I believe this is the 3rd visit this week."

Naruto glared at the copy nin.

"Heh…yeah." Kakashi paid the toad sage and walked casually out with Naruto.

"Yosh!" Naruot pumped a fist up in the air. "Now we can finally go!!" He better not say anything…

"…"

"Kaka-sensei?"

"…"

Naruto looked next to him. No sensei. "Kakashi-sensei!?"

"Hn? Oh, yeah, right." Kakashi was back a mile away, Naruto's scream was barely audible to the mask-wearing ninja. He saw Naruto coming back quickly.

"Kakashi-sensei! Let's go already!" Naruto screamed into his sensei's face.

"Coming, coming, fine fine…"

(Ugh…Neji and…Sakura…)

"Here's your food, yes." Fred handed them their meals. "Have fun you two!"

Sakura giggled and Neji just sighed. Fred left them alone with their meals.

"Alright, here's your dango," Neji switched their food.

"Thanks…uh…" What am I supposed to call him? "So…uh…"

"Hn…" Neji stopped eating his grilled fish for a second to look up. "So…uh… what?"

"Well…what do you wanna talk about?" She took a bite out of her dango.

"Hn…"

"C'mon, you have to have some interests!"

"Hmm…" Neji took another bite of fish. "I like hair products…"

The pink hair thing… Sakura recalled her disturbing letter. "Hair…products? You are a boy, right?"

"Yes…" Neji growled at her. That's the 2nd time this week! "I. Am. Not. A. Girl. I just like my hair is all."

She giggled again. "Sorry…not many guys are interested in their hair…" Sasuke has really cute hair…I wonder if he likes to mess with it all the time… "So…what hair products do you like, then?"

"Hn…" Neji thought about her question. "…I like…L'Oreal…I guess…"

She giggled again.

"What?"

"Well…I like L'Oreal, too!" She smiled big. Weird… "That's just kind of…odd, you know…"

"Hn." Neji pushed his plate of fish-no-more in front of him. "Sure."

Sakura took her last bite of dango and set down the stick.

(SasuTen…I mean… Sasuke and Tenten…)

"So…Snake…" Tenten smiled. That feels so weird to say… "What do you wanna talk about?"

"I…uh…" Sasuke had never, ever been on a date. What do people talk about on dates? "…hn."

Tenten sighed. "Alright then…"

"Can I get you two something to eat?" Fred stepped by their table, but not too close…you never know if an evil glare is gonna be sent your way.

"I'll have some kushi dango…she'll have nori dango…" Sasuke ordered.

"Okie dokie then!" Fred went the long way so he could check by the tables where Gai and Lee and Kakashi and Naruto were supposed to be sitting, but they weren't there. Where are they? Other people could be sitting there for dinner…

"Ok Snake…" Tenten put a finger on his forehead. "We're gonna have a conversation and you'll be the one to start it!" She poked his forehead over and over until he grabbed her hand.

"Please. Stop. Now." He set her hand down gently on the table, but didn't take his off of hers.

She blushed and quickly pulled her hand back. "S-sorry…"

"Hn."

Tenten sighed. "Ok…whatever."

They sat in silence for about 5 or 6 minutes, which, in silence, can seem like an hour.

"Here's your food!" Fred said as he came back.

Tenten smiled. Thank you for breaking the silence!

Fred put their food on the table. "Enjoy your meals!" He walked away, once again passing by Gai and Lee and Kakashi and Naruto's tables. Still not here?

(Gai and Lee)

…They're still at it…

(Kakashi and Naruto)

"Kaka-sensei! You're going too slow!" Naruto screamed at his sensei.

"I'm coming, just be patient." Kakashi walked while reading his Icha-Icha book. That really slowed him down.

Naruto stood in his spot, staring at the copy nin. "C'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon c'moooooooooooooon!!!!"

End Chapter

Yeah I know it was super-uber-short this time!

I'm sorry…alright all the things with stars next to them are explained.

(mirror - His store is right next to a woman's bath house, so the mirror is so he can see into it.)

(stick - I know absolutely nothing about dango, so if this is wrong…don't blame me.)

Preview to next chapter:

Sakura had to start some sort of conversation. "So…your letter…"

"Letter?"

(Sasuke and Tenten)

"So…what did you want to talk to be about…for real?" Sasuke asked.

"What are you talking about?"