-sigh- Hi. I know I have been taking forever with these updates, but my life has been more than a little nuts lately. Sorry if I sound depressed, but I have to go back to school tomorrow. I am NOT looking forward to that! Life sucks.
Sasuke: "Don't be so whiny!"
Huh? I thought Naruto killed you.?
Sasuke: "Yeah right! Like Naruto could actually kill me! Ha!"
Naruto: "Oh really?!"
Sasuke: "Yes really! And, if I'm not mistaken, you are still my cheerleader for this chapter and the next, correct?"
(smirk) You would indeed be correct Sasuke-kun. Why not make him do a cheer for us right now? Maybe that will convince my readers, I love you all, not to kill me.
Sasuke: (smirk) "Good idea Hoshi-chan. Well Naruto (snicker), how about giving us a little cheer?"
Naruto: (death glare) "I hate you so much right now."
FREEZE! HOLD EVERYTHING! Where's that video camera, Sakura? Idon't want to miss a second of Naruto cheerleader-hood!
Sakura: "Got it! One second. And, we're rolling!"
Naruto: -sigh-"Sasuke, Sasuke! He's our man! If he can't win it no one can! Go Sasuke!"
You could at least TRY to be somewhat original! Oh well, I don't own Naruto! Kishimoto is the rightful owner as he created the Naruto world, so yeah, too bad for us fans that wish we owned it! Anyhoo, on with the story!
(where we left off last time with the girls minus Rei)
"Truth or dare…Tenten?!" asked Sakura.
"Dare of course! I'm no sissy! Do your worst!"
"All right! But remember, you asked for it! Tenten, I dare you to sneak into Neji's room, climb on top of him, and stick you face right in his! Then, wake him up and see how he reacts!"
"Okay." Tenten was slightly flushed at her dare, but she seemed to like the challenge sneaking into the Hyuuga manor presented. No one had ever snuck into the manor without getting caught before. Hopefully, if she did get caught, being Neji's teammate and girlfriend would keep her out of too much trouble.
"But wait!" said Ino. "How will we know if she actually does it?"
"Come on Ino! You know I don't chicken out that easily!"
"Still," came Hotaru's voice, "She has a point. There is no way we can be sure if there isn't somebody there to witness."
"I'll go!" said Temari. "I'll do pretty much anything to stop this argument! You guys are being stupid, but if it makes you happy, I'll go and tape the whole thing. You have a video camera, right Sakura? We can use that to record the dares. Okay?"
"That's a great idea Temari! Of course you can borrow my camera! Why didn't I think of that before? Besides, I would hate to miss Neji's reaction!"
"Ditto! My cousin needs to loosen up a bit. And since it's his girlfriend doing it, he won't get mad."
"Whoa! Hinata, when did you stop stuttering?!" asked Ino. At this, Hinata turned red from embarrassment. She didn't really like the spotlight, and especially so when the attention was being drawn to her flaws that Naruto found so endearing. She would never understand how he could look at it that way.
"Calm down Hinata! Ino was just kidding! Right Ino?!" scolded Matsuri.
"Yeah, sorry Hinata. I was really only teasing!"
"I-it's okay Ino."
"Now, if we're done arguing, let's leave Tenten. I want to get back before sunrise."
Tenten just rolled her eyes at Temari's snippiness. Temari was slightly nervous about operation DEER starting tomorrow. She didn't think she could pull it off. By now, Tenten and the others had learned that Temari just had a bad tendency to take her irritation out on others. She was the same way at the Chunin exams when they first met. Temari had not agreed with those of her village betraying Konoha, much less that she and her brothers were so involved. Because of her irritation, she had come across as cruel when she was really just pissed off.
(at the Hyuuga estate)
"All right Tenten, we're almost in. According to Hinata's directions, Neji's room should be just around this corn- mm!" Temari was cut off by Tenten's hand covering her mouth.
"Shhh! I think I hear someone coming! Oh my gawd! Temari we are SO dead!"
"Shhh! Just be quiet and maybe whoever it is will walk away!"
They dove behind a plant and hid there for a while before they heard a familiar voice.
"I told you there was no one out here Hanabi, now go back to sleep."
"But Neji, I saw them with my Byakugan! They were standing right here! If you don't believe me, activate yours!"
"Fine, if it will make you happy." Neji rolled his eyes and activated his Byakugan. "There, I don't see anyone, now go back to bed. You probably just dreamed you saw someone."
"What?! But I could have sworn…!"
"Calm down Hanabi. Everything is fine, just go back to sleep."
"Fine." Hanabi began to mutter something unintelligible under her breath. She turned around, silently fuming as she returned to her room. Just when Tenten and Temari were beginning to feel safe…
"What exactly do you think you're doing here?"
A/N (Aren't you lucky today? I was debating cutting back to the others and leaving you to guess what happened, but I've decided to be merciful and tell you what happens next. XD)
Tenten whirled around to find that Neji was now behind her, his face now just a few centimeters away from hers. She could feel his hot breath on her skin, the smell of it intoxicating. Before she could lose all coherent thought though, Temari cleared her throat.
Tenten straightened herself, shaking her head to clear it. When she had regained her composure, she decided to have a little fun and try annoying him, since failing to do the dare was going to get her in trouble with the girls.
"Oh, you know, I was just in the neighborhood, and I thought I'd drop by and say hello."
"Oh really?" Neji wasn't angry with her, in fact, it seemed as if he was rather enjoying himself. A playful smirk found its way to his face while he winked, flirting with her.
Tenten responded exactly the way Neji anticipated. She began to wobble slightly, once again feeling the overwhelming desire to kiss him. Then she realized what he was doing. Two can play at this game. She thought.
"Why not? Can't I visit my boyfriend?" she batted her eyelashes, glad she had put on makeup. The mascara made her lashes look longer, and the lip gloss made her lips look fuller.
Neji thought she looked absolutely irresistible. He couldn't resist just one peck on the lips then continued down to her throat. Each kiss sent a new fire burning through his girlfriend. When he was done, he smirked against her neck, feeling her heart rate increase and her breathing become shallow.
"Is that so? I just have one question then. Why is Temari here with a video camera?"
"I don't really know, why are you here Temari? Are you stalking my boyfriend or something?"
"Ha ha." Temari joked dryly. She did not like being the butt of jokes, especially not ones that made her look crazy. "Tenten is here on a dare, we came from Ino's sleepover. I was the one assigned to tape it as proof."
"Oh, so you were dared to break into my house and…what? Put shaving cream on my face? That's pretty weak."
"Actually I was supposed to break into your house and wake you up…after climbing on top of you and sticking my face in yours. Hehe?"
"I see, then me finding you before you got that chance might present problem. What do you plan to tell the others?"
"I'll just tell them the truth, you caught me before I got the chance. They'll be disappointed though, they were really looking forward to seeing your reaction."
"Too bad. I hate to disappoint. Although, to be completely honest, if I woke up with you on top of me, I'd probably just have to kiss you senseless." Neji smirked as he said this.
Tenten turned redder than a lobster straight out of the boiling pot. She just about fell over until Temari grabbed her and started to drag her away.
"Alright, that's enough, lovebirds! Come on Tenten! Can you imagine what Hiashi will think if he catches you two making out in here this late at night? I'm getting you out of here before we get caught and bad things happen!"
(back at Ino's)
"The good news is, we made it out alive! Bad news is, we got caught! The other good news is, it was only Neji, so we didn't get in trouble! The other bad news is, that ruins the prank!"
"Leave it to Tenten to think getting caught in her boyfriend's house late at night is a good thing!" said Ino.
"But I got caught BY my boyfriend, so I'm safe! Sorry I failed the prank though."
"S'okay. Just, take your turn already."
"Alright, Ino, truth or dare?"
"Truth, I'm too tired for a dare."
"What was the most embarrassing thing that ever happened to you on a mission?"
Ino blushed. "Well, this one time when we were still genin we were traveling through this small town on our way to the village hidden in the grass. I had just bought these new high-heels, I knew I should have been wearing them but I was anyway, and I tripped right smack in the middle of the road. I fell on my butt in a pile of dog poop! It was already disgusting but, as if it wasn't embarrassing enough, this cute guy walked up and helped me up. I think he was about to ask me out, until he saw my shorts! He thought I went in my pants or something and just walked away looking disgusted. It was humiliating!" Ino buried her face in her hands. "I vowed to never wear high heels on a mission again!"
"You poor thing! That must have been horrible!" sympathized Azami.
"Don't worry Ino, we don't think any less of you." Tia smiled as she said this.
"Thanks you guys. That makes me feel a lot better. Anyway, I guess it's my turn, so, Temari, truth or dare?"
"Dare."
"I dare you to sneak into Shika's house and steal a pair of his boxers!"
"Sure, just one question. How did you know Shikamaru wears boxers?"
Ino shrugged. "You find out a lot of weird things about your teammates. I guess you could just count that off to them being our brothers, but even if they weren't, you'd still find out things you probably didn't want to know."
"Oh, okay then. I guess that makes sense."
(fifteen minutes later)
Temari came back in the room laughing her head off. She just about collapsed from lack of air.
"What's so funny?" asked Ino.
"This!!" Temari held up a pair of boxers. They were forest green with lots of leaping deer on them.
"Well what do you know," said Sakura, "looks like Shikamaru's got deer on the brain, in his name, at his house, AND on his boxers!" Everyone in the room burst out laughing.
"Alright, I'm okay now! Um, Azami, truth or dare?"
"Truth!"
"How'd a nice girl like you end up with my idiot of a brother?"
"Easy. We met at a party. He asked me to dance, and we started talking. We just kinda hit it off, and now we're together."
"Interesting."
"Hinata, tuth or dare?"
"T-truth."
"What is your deepest, darkest secret?"
The color drained from Hinata's face before it came back with a vengeance, turning her entire face scarlet. "U-u-uh, u-um, I-I er s-sleep w-with a p-p-plushie I made t-that l-looks like N-naruto!"
"Aww," cooed Sakura, "That is sooooo cute! If Naruto were here, I bet he would have burst from pure joy! He's ecstatic you like him, and knowing how much you like him would only make him all that much happier!"
"R-really?"
"Totally!"
"U-um, okay. Uh, Matsuri-chan, truth or dare?"
"I'm feeling brave, so, dare."
"Um, I'm not so sure I have any good ones. Sakura-chan, you're good at this, can ou help me out?"
"Sure thing Hina! Okay, Matsuri, I dare you to go in Gaara's hotel room, scream PANDA! And glomp him! I'll even film it!"
"U-u-uh!"
"Don't worry! It'll be hilarious!"
(in the hotel room)
"Are you sure about this?" asked Matsuri.
"Positive! The camera's recording so do it already!"
"Okay. PANDA!!" She jumped on him, hugging him with enough force to snap a small tree.
"Matsuri? What are you doing?"
"Giving you a hug." Her cheeks were slightly pink.
"Why?"
"Because I was dared to."
"Oh. Okay then. Have fun."
"You're not mad that I interrupted you?"
He smiled slightly and placed a chaste kiss on her forehead. "Of course not. You can interrupt me any time you like. My time belongs to you, as does my heart. Now go have fun with your friends."
"Thanks Gaara-kun!" She beamed.
(back at Ino's watching he tape)
"Aww!" just about every girl in the room gushed seeing the video of Matsuri's dare.
"I'mso glad you are the one my brother ended up with. He needs some love in his life, and just his brother and sister aren't enough. I'm glad he picked you, Matsuri, you're good for him." Temari smiled.
"Thanks Temari- YAWN –chan."
"I think it's about time to hit the sac, you guys. I don't know about you, but I need my beauty sleep," said Ino.
"Yeah, you're probably right. –YAWN- I'm pretty tired myself," agreed Sakura.
"Night you guys!" chirped Ino.
"Night!" they all mumbled. And so, they went to sleep dreaming of various things (mostly their boyfriends).
Temari's last thoughts were about the upcoming day, when she would begin operation DEER. Hopefully, it would be successful. She dreamt that night of going to the festival with Shikamaru, a smile on her lips as she slept.
Ugh! I wrote like six and a half pages this time. I'm exhausted and sore! Hopefully I can update soon! I'm not making any promises though. With school starting, I'll be lucky to update at all! I hope to start updating every week though, every other week at the latest. But seriously! If I haven't updated by September 6th, PM me and yell at me! Okay? Okay! Well, I'm done now so, please review! Sorry, the characters can't speak right now. I kind of, sort of set of a sleeping gas grenade. Hehe! (sweat drop) Sorry! Well, until next time! Ja ne!
