I am EXTREMELY sorry this took so long to get up! I'm such a hypocrite! I planned to update constantly on my vacation (which I just got back from), but the internet connection was crap and it didn't work! I couldn't upload anything! Argggg...I'm so angry at myself.
I promise the next chapter will be up sooner. If it isn't, I'm going to update two chapters next week (before September 4th). If I don't, I swear I'll fail my first test when school starts. Seriously, I'll do that to punish myself. And I'll do twenty…painful…pushups… I hate pushups. I can barely do twenty good ones in one minute. I'm going to fail P.E. because I suck at pushups AND running long distance.
I also apologize for the lack of humour (in my opinion) in this chapter. I just couldn't find places to sneak good stuff in, but there will be more humour (hopefully…I'm still not used to this humour writing) in the next chapter.
And arg, I forgot to add the disclaimer for the previous chapters.
Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto, would I be writing a fanfiction? Nooo, I wouldn't. So, no, I don't own.
The hall was silent, and Tenten swore she could take out the kunai she kept under her pillow and cut the tension with it. Their usual seats with Lee and Choji were now filled by some other teenagers they haven't seen before. The boys glanced over at their table, to see it was empty and pushed together with another vacant table. The other teens stared up at the eight of them with hawk-like eyes, waiting for any of them to make a move. And there she was, Tsunade, standing in front, tapping her foot impatiently.
"Lunch is at twelve o'clock sharp," she said seriously, "not 12:10." Her crossed arms showed no mercy for any of them.
"We're really sorry," Hinata said instantly, bowing low and squeezing her eyes shut. She didn't move back up, and stood there, bent over like a sea-sick sailor. "W-We lost track of time and didn't realize it was lunch already." Her eyes darted up to see the rest of the eight, who looked unsure, but nodded subtly. "We will accept any punishment you have."
There was a loud stomping sound then it suddenly stopped. Hinata stood straight back up and they all looked at Anko, who was winded. "Don't be so hard on them," she panted, bending down and placing her hands on her knees. "They were just ten minutes late. It isn't like they brought Jiraya here or anything like that."
Kurenai came jogging towards them, her hair messed up like she was thrown into a tornado. "I'm so sorry, Tsunade. I tried to keep her locked up in the closet, but she practically morphed into air and slipped through the cracks of the door."
"Actually, I took the vent system," Anko corrected, "but that way sounds much cooler. Anyways, no punishment. Let's just eat and be happy!"
The eight kids wasted no time scurrying into the large, already formed line for the food. "Man, I thought we were going to get roasted!" Naruto whispered to his friends, who agreed.
The moment they got their food, the eight of them took sides at the table: the girls on one side, and the boys on the other. "So, Tenten," Ino said casually, just loud enough for the guys listen, "how's your brother and his girlfriend?"
"Broke up," Tenten stated, tossing a chicken nugget into her mouth. "He called me late last night and told me. My mom was pretty pissed; she wants him to get married soon, but he's only eighteen. I'm safe until both of my older siblings are taken."
Sakura laughed. "It's sort of like Ino's situation, then, because her parents are trying to set her up with Daiki." She glanced over at Ino, who made a sour face. "Don't worry, Ino, I'm sure you'll get out of it."
Sasuke raised an eyebrow and dropped his fork onto his plate. "I thought this Daiki person has delicate brown eyes, a personality that makes your knees buckle, and muscular arms that could sweep you off the floor?"
"And carry you to Never Never Land," Naruto added, rice spilling out of his mouth.
"Ew," Tenten muttered, staring at the rice raining down like snow in a blizzard.
Sakura was flabbergasted. "I---no she---Daiki---when did you---he's wonderful and---" She continued sputtering out nonsense, hoping it would form a sentence.
Ino covered Sakura's mouth and sighed. "N-No, just stop." She looked up at Sasuke and frowned. "Fine, you caught us. Daiki Susume is a royal jerk that my parents keep trying to set me up with. I have no idea why, though. I'm only sixteen."
"Wait," Shikamaru said, "you're sixteen? I thought you were going to grade eleven."
"I know," Ino scoffed. "That's what happens when your parents force education on you so you're skipping grades. I'm home-schooled, anyways, so it doesn't really matter."
"Not that she's any good at school," Sakura muttered. Ino shot her a glare.
Naruto looked at Hinata and directly asked her, "Are all of you like that?"
Hinata nodded. "Sakura, Ino, and I are sixteen, going to grade eleven. Tenten is going to grade twelve, and she's seventeen. She's preparing for university, and she'll have to go away for that."
"Same with us," Neji stated, surprised. "Naruto, Sasuke, and Shikamaru are going to grade eleven, but they're sixteen too. I'm seventeen, and preparing for university next year as well."
Kankuro, who was walking by, stopped at their table and grinned. "Hey, ladies!" he said slyly. "How about we exchange some phone numbers?"
Ino was the only one who seemed to be paying attention, but she scoffed and turned her head. "No way, Kankuro. Not on your life."
The boy frowned in a playful way, winked, and walked away.
There was a long silence. Whenever someone's mouth was empty of food, they would shove another mouthful in so they wouldn't have to speak. Odd and uncomfortable looks were tossed back and forth as Hinata kicked her feet nervously under the table. "This is ridiculous," Sakura sighed, dropping her spoonful of rice and folding her hands together on the table. "We're immaturely avoiding conversation by barbarically stuffing our mouths."
"Speak like a normal person," Tenten mumbled, cramming three more chicken nuggets into her mouth.
Sakura wrinkled her nose. "Don't speak with your mouth full; it's uncouth. And just because you're failing english doesn't mean I have to lower my vocabulary."
Tenten decided not to answer, and instead, downed a glass of milk. Hinata, however, agreed and offered a topic. "So, why did you guys decide to come to this summer camp?"
Naruto slammed his fist onto the table, gulping the last of his rice down. "Well, like I said before, I wanted to go to Disneyland, but my parents said I was being a pest, so they sent me here instead. It isn't like I want them to nag me either."
"Idiot," Sasuke muttered boredly (A/N: Is that a word?). "I came here because Naruto dragged me. Once he mentioned it to my mom, she said," he changed his voice so it was now higher, "'I think that's a wonderful idea, Sasuke! You and your other friends should all go!'"
"That sounded like you were finally hit with puberty," Sakura jabbed.
Before Sasuke could insult her back, Hinata cut in again. "Uhhh, so, what about you, Shikamaru?"
Shikamaru, who looked as though he was about to fall asleep in his soup, glanced up again and regained his composure. "As Sasuke said, he mother thought it would be a wonderful idea if all of us went." He wiped his forehead and then looked at the girls again. "Why are you guys here? Trying to get away from Daiki?"
"Yes," Ino said quickly.
Tenten rolled her eyes. "Actually, Hinata heard from her dad that Neji was coming here, and she told Ino, who thought it was, as she said, a great idea to get away from Daiki. Then they told Sakura and I, and here we are."
Sasuke and Shikamaru shot Neji a death glare. "You're the reason the girls are here? You're the one who clued them in?" Sasuke demanded.
"It was Naruto's fault for even bringing this camp thing up."
"It was not!" Naruto exclaimed, throwing a finger at Neji. Unfortunately, Naruto was holding a fry in his hand, and therefore flung it.
Neji twitched. Then, he twitched again. Sasuke snorted. Shikamaru gave an interested smile. Naruto threw his hands over his mouth and gasped. "I didn't mean to do that!" he shouted.
Frown. "Well, I didn't mean to throw the mashed potatoes at your face either, so I guess we're even."
"What mashed potatoes?"
"These ones." And in one swift movement, Neji smashed a handful of mashed potatos into Naruto's confused face.
Sasuke covered his mouth with one hand and laughed with disbelief. Shikamaru's grin grew even larger. Neji and Naruto both stood up and faced each other, waiting for the other to make a move. Hinata quickly scrambled out of her seat and stood between the two, her hands stretched out to divide them. "W-Wait," she ordered weakly, "we don't want to cause anything." Neji glared at her and she immediately backed off, running back to the food line to get more water to drink.
"You're going to pay for that," Naruto warned, narrowing his eyes.
"I'd be able to," Neji said smugly, "since my family is still richer than yours."
"Ooooo," Sakura, Ino, Tenten, Shikamaru, and Sasuke all taunted in unison.
Naruto slowly spun around so his back faced Neji. He picked up a handful of Sakura's rice (she went to protest, but Tenten and Ino stopped her, smirking), swerved around, and threw it at Neji. Being the genius he was (and the fact that Naruto did a horrible job at covering up his attack), he ducked.
"HINATA, DUCK!" Sakura screeched, standing up and pointing to her friend.
Hinata, who was just arriving from behind Neji, ducked as well. The rice landed on Aya, who stood up, furious. "Haha, you missed," Neji teased, standing up again.
Hinata followed his actions and stood up as well, breathing a sigh of relief. "WHO THREW THAT?" Aya howled, stomping up to their table. She pushed Hinata to the side, causing Hinata to lose her balance. She held onto the cup for dear life, but the water could not be contained. It splashed out of the cup, flew in the air like it had money on it, and landed on Aya.
With her hair soaking, she screamed, "YOU ARE SO DEAD!" The overdone mascara ran down her cheeks, making her look like a zombie. Aya walked over to the Sand Siblings' table, picked up a fajita (Kankuro whined that it was his, and received two solid bonks to the head from his siblings), and chucked it as hard as she could at Hinata, who caught it straight in the face.
Soon, the whole cabin burst out in the food fight. Choji was in the middle of the whole thing, crying, "Don't waste the food!" But when he realized he couldn't stop the madness, he began crawling around on the floor, grabbing the food that didn't seem dirty, then ate it.
Kiba, Naruto, and Kankuro gave war-like yells, jumped onto a table, and relentlessly aimed and fired at the weakest links (including Hinata, Chie, and Aya). Ino, Sakura, Hinata, and Tenten each turned a table down and formed a protective square. "We have to watch out for aerial attacks," Ino yelled over the screams.
"Ino, it's a friggin food fight! Nobody throws food at the ground! All attacks are aerial!" Tenten stated, using her tray to block an incoming slice of pizza.
"WHO THE FUCK THREW A BOWLING BALL AT ME?" Sasuke roared, jumping out of the way from the said object. He looked to his left to see Kiba, who was snickering and secretly trying to run away from Sasuke. "YOU'RE FUCKING DEAD!" Sasuke yelled, charging at Kiba.
"Stop the unyouthfulness!" Lee hollered to those who would listen to him, which was...well, no one.
Shikamaru emerged from the crowd, his shirt painted with ketchup and mustard, and a piece of bologna hanging from his left ear. "This is so troublesome," he complained, ducking behind Sasuke so the hot dog hit him instead.
"WHAT THE BLOODY HELL IS GOING ON HERE?"
The voice was like a bomb, leaving only silence after it. Everyone, still holding their ammunition, turned on the spot to see a fuming Tsunade. Her chest heaved as she growled. Everyone tried their best not to laugh and the bouncing breasts.
"Who started this food fight?" Silence. "WHO?"
Aya and Chie, who looked like they were dipped in rotten food and juices, began fake-crying. "It was her," Chie said, pointing to Hinata, who was as stunned as everyone else in the cabin.
"Hinata Hyuuga started this?" Tsunade repeated suspiciously. She recalled flipping through the profiles of each teen for the past few nights, even before the camp officially started. Hinata was stated to be shy, kind, and always staying in the boundaries and following the rules. "I highly doubt this, Chie."
"Miss Tsunade," Aya said in a pleading voice, "she dumped water on me. I swear it! You can ask anyone here. And besides, how can you be sure that wasn't a cover up?"
"Hinata didn't start it," Tenten barked.
Chie raised an eyebrow with interest. "Yes, let's let her friends stand up for her. It isn't like they'd lie to defend her."
"Maybe you started it," Ino sneered.
"She did not!" Aya retorted.
Sakura threw her hands up in a girly manner and mocked, "'Yes, let's let her friends stand up for her. It isn't like they'd lie to defend her."'
"N-No, I did dump water on her by accident," Hinata confessed, her voice drowning in the end.
The seven others looked at Hinata with disbelief. How could she turn herself in so easily? "Because Aya pushed her!" Sakura exclaimed.
"So, I will repeat: who started the food fight?" Tsunade's tone showed she was growing agitated with the passing seconds.
The boys looked between each other. They could be turned in at any second, especially since the girls didn't particularly like them anyways. Tenten opened her mouth and closed it a few times, and Tsunade caught it all. "Tenten Irikuchi," she said sternly, "if there is something you would like to say, please stop gaping like a fish and do so." Tenten was insulted, but gave no answer. "Fine, since Hinata Hyuuga is the only one I have proof of that started the fight, she will clean this up all by hers---"
"Us too!" Tsunade directed her attention to Ino, whose mouth was still open from speaking. "We started the food fight, Miss Tsunade. We'll help her clean up."
Aya and Chie smirked at Ino, Sakura, and Tenten. "They're giving themselves away!" Aya whispered with excitement. "That'll teach them!"
"We did it as well," Neji said, standing forwards. "We also started the food fight." He gestured to his friends, who nodded.
Tsunade surveyed their expressions, then after a few seconds, sighed and rubbed her temples. "Fine," she said finally, "the eight of you will clean up the mess hall. The rest of you, out, out, OUT!" She spun on her heels and walked down the hall, slamming the door closed at the very end after she entered it.
Aya and Chie sneered jealousy as they stomped out of the main cabin, leading the rest of the teens out. Temari gave the girls a thumbs up as she passed by with her brothers and a girl with extremely long, black hair (who they assumed was their last cabin mate) Lee and Choji smiled as they walked by. Kiba applauded and exclaimed how thrilling that was, and Shino gave an acknowledging nod.
Sasuke made the first move; he sighed, took his watch off, and placed it on the far table next to the hall way. Everyone else, grabbed either a wet cloth from the sink, a mop, or a dustpan. Quietly, they walked over to different parts of the room and began cleaning. This occurred for a while, until someone interrupted the silence.
"Why did you take the hit for the food fight?" Shikamaru asked softly, still concentrating on wiping down the tables. "You could have just turned us in."
"One," Ino said, gyrating her hand and the cloth on the table, "it wasn't actually your fault. Naruto accidentally threw a fry at Neji, and---no, actually it was Neji's fault."
"Two," Sakura listed, ignoring Ino's self-correction, "by doing a good deed for you guys, your conscience will make you feel more guilty the next time you prank us."
"Fat chance," Naruto snorted. "But thanks anyways, I guess. At least we only have to do half the work."
"You're welcome," Sakura murmured sarcastically, following Tenten and her mop with her dustpan.
Sasuke smirked. "We never thanked you, so I have no idea why you're saying that."
Sakura fumed. "You are such a---"
"A what?" Sasuke repeated, a smirk spreading on his face. "Are you going to finish that sentence?"
Before Sakura could respond, her cheeks were being pinched by Tenten and Ino. "Hey, forehead girl," Ino said, frowning, "you can't cheat on Akira. That's so naughty."
"You can't even spell naughty," Tenten teased. "But the pig is right: no crushing on other boys when you're already dating!"
"N-o…no wait, n-a-o…arg, damn it!"
"Ino, it's n-a-u-g-h-t-y," Hinata corrected, smiling sheepishly. "B-But," she turned her attention to a flushed Sakura, a grinning Tenten, and a confused Ino, "it's not nice to tease Sakura, even if she does---"
"NOT! DOES NOT!" Sakura screeched, slapping Tenten and Ino's hands away from her face. "I-I-I like---love Akira, not that two-faced, gay bastard!"
"Whatever," Ino, Tenten, and even Hinata sang together, continuing their chores.
I don't like Sasuke. I don't like Sasuke. Pshaw, what are they thinking? I don't like Sasuke! Hahahaha! Sakura continued to think this way for a while.
You so like him, Inner Sakura teased. You're just in denial.
I'm you, Sakura countered, therefore you like him too.
Duh I like him; he's really hot.
Shut up!
Don't talk to yourself. It's creepy.
"I AM NOT TALKING TO MYSELF, NOR AM I IN DENIAL ABOUT LIKING SASUKE!" Sakura screamed out loud. Everyone's heads darted to her direction. She laughed nervously. "Did I say that out loud?
Busted!
Fuck you.
"In denial about liking me, huh?" Sasuke repeated, smirking. "That's pretty cute, for a nerd." He sauntered over to her, held her chin up with his index finger, and gave her a quick peck on the lips. "But just letting you know, I'm not interested."
"That totally contradicts his actions," Tenten said loudly to Neji, who nodded. "It's obvious they like each other."
Sakura's eyes widened as she shot a death glare at her friend. "And I guess asking for Neji's pictures from Hinata means you like him too?"
"I was just going to use them as my new dartboard!"
"Mmhmm…"
"Well," Tenten said, trying to think up an insult, "shut up!"
"Ooooo, brilliant comeback," Neji said with fake awe. "But what's this about getting my pictures?"
"It's true!" Hinata piped up, trying to defend Tenten. "She was going to use them as her new dartboard. She already has the picture of you from Christmas last year beneath a few darts!"
Ino grinned. "You're just hoping she doesn't say anything Na---"
Without even thinking the plan through, Sakura bent down and swept the ground under Ino, causing her to fall flat on her butt. Sakura carried through her low attack, and swept Shikamaru and Naruto down as well. Naruto was the first to fall, since his only attempt to stay standing was flailing his arms around aimlessly. Shikamaru grabbed onto the nearest table, however, Ino slapped her hand down on his, hoping her sweaty hands could grip it. Shikamaru cried out in pain and fell to the ground, with Ino falling on him in a split-second. "What was that for, forehead?" Ino exclaimed, standing up and brushing herself off as though that would make everything forget the embarrassing situation. Tenten, Hinata, Sakura, Sasuke, Neji, and Naruto merely grinned suggestively.
"Nothing," Sakura said in a warning, yet innocent tone. The boys are obviously enjoying the fact that our secrets are being released freely. If we stop, they won't have much to attack us with later.
"Are you finished cleaning?" The demanding, bold voice was easily familiar to the eight pairs of ears. Tsunade stood there, with her big---ahem, stood there, with her hands on her hips, her narrowed eyes scanning the cleaned ground and tables.
"Yes, Miss Tsunade," Neji answered, professionally throwing his cloth into the sink from a few meters away.
Show off, all of the girls thought at the same time.
"Very good. You may all leave now."
Everyone nodded and placed their stuff in a corner and got ready to head off. "Just a sec," Sasuke said, walking over to the table next to Tsunade, "I need to get my watch."
He grabbed his watch and began putting it on slowly, as though trying to agitate his impatient friends. Sakura looked at her friends, and Ino and Tenten gave the thumbs up (Hinata looked unsure, but Sakura was sure deep, deep, deep down, Hinata wanted her to.) Revenge.
The pink haired girl pranced up to Sasuke, who was standing in front of Tsunade. With one quick movement, she pushed Sasuke towards the two, large, mountain-like breasts, and he fell right into them.
"S-Sa-SASUKE UCHIHA?" Tsunade roared, pushing him away.
Before Tsunade realized it was Sakura's fault, the pink haired girl slipped into the shadows and rushed out with her friends.
"You aren't going to help your boyfriend?" Ino and Tenten teased. Sakura scoffed.
Naruto slapped both hands over his mouth to stop the laughter from bursting out, but he was unable to move. So, Neji grabbed Naruto's legs, and Shikamaru grabbed his feet, and together, the two boys ran out, carrying their hysterical friend.
Sasuke attempted running away, but he slipped on the wet floor and fell to the ground. He tried to get up and continue running, but Tsunade caught his collar and dragged him to the hallway. "NOOOOOOO!" was the last thing heard before the door closed.
Well, nothing to write here. Hope you enjoyed it…-sweatdrop-
