Chapter 8 of Here We Are! Lalala!

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"Can you repeat that?" Tsunade asked as she leaned against her desk a little more, unconsciously exposing a majority of her cleavage.

"We need to move Sasuke and Itachi. Maybe into a new apartment?" Sakura put her finger to her chin in thought. She knew that it would never work if they all went to her apartment and stayed for a long time: It was just too small. It was fine the first time only because it was for one night. However, there was no way that she would be able to live in that cramped of a living space for who knows how long.

Tsunade looked at her apprentice thoughtfully. "Why do they need to move all of a sudden?"

Sakura brought her hand back to her side and felt sad when she remembered last night.

"I don't like this place. I want to leave it."

"Then we can go. I promise."

She would not go back on that promise. Sasuke was putting his trust in her, and she needed to be strong. She could not back down even if it was Tsunade.

"It's unhealthy for them to relive the worst day in both of their lives, and that's what they'll be doing everyday they have to stay in the Uchiha compound."

Tsunade took this all in and nodded. It was all very clear to her now. She really should have thought it all through before she hastily just put them back in their old home.

"Come back at the end of the day with both of them," she said softly. "I'll have something put together."

Sakura gave her shishou a bright smile. "Thank you Lady Tsunade!" She then bounded out of the office and ran through the streets. She was going to go tell Sasuke and Itachi the good news.

Tsunade watched the girl go with a smile on her face. That girl…

She then dug around her desk to find a bottle of sake. "Shizune!"

The door opened and Shizune came in carrying her ever faithful pig, Ton Ton. "What is it M'lady?"

"I need you to find a two bedroom apartment for Sasuke and Itachi."

Shizune looked at her quizzically, but didn't voice her question. It was better for her to just go with it. "Yes." She then turned around and walked out the door.

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Sakura ran to the training grounds where she had left the two Uchihas with Naruto. She had told Naruto to keep them busy while she asked Tsunade about their living arrangements.

…But this wasn't what she had in mind.

Sasuke was standing by a tree with his eyes closed and his arms crossed. Itachi and Naruto were nowhere in sight.

She walked up to him and he opened his eyes when he felt her presence.

"What's going on?" Her voice held genuine confusion. "Where's Naruto and Itachi?"

Sasuke had an annoyed look on his face when he answered. "Hiding."

It took Sakura a few seconds to understand what he just said. "Oh! You're playing hide and seek!"

Sasuke glumly nodded. He didn't even want to play in the first place. He was only playing because both Naruto and Itachi questioned his ability to find them. Sasuke scoffed at the memory. Yeah, right.

A grin grew on Sakura's face. "And you're it?"

"Aa."

Sakura got really excited. "I'm playing!"

"Why would you want to play this game?" He already knew she would want to play as soon as she found out what was going on. It was just…Sakura.

She pouted at him. Because it's fun, Sasuke." She gave him a mischievous smile before she disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Sasuke let out a sigh and ran a hand through his hair. Let's get this over with.

He shut his eyes and when they opened, his Sharingan was spinning wildly. He instantly found Naruto. He was the idiot who hadn't decided to hide his chakra.

Sasuke smirked. Found you.

In a flash Sasuke was behind Naruto. Naruto was so surprised that he fell out of the tree he'd been in.

"Ouch! Bastard, you didn't have to scare me like that!" He held his head and glared up at Sasuke.

"Idiot," Sasuke simply said and searched the rest of the area. Now this was going to be tricky. Both Itachi and Sakura had their chakras masked and were nowhere to be seen. The both of them were smart enough to remember that he had the Sharingan and that he would most likely use it.

Too bad they're not as dumb as Naruto.Sasuke smirked down at his blonde best friend who had now crossed his arms and legs, with his chest puffing out in sporadic movements.

Sasuke jumped out of the tree and stood very still. He closed his eyes, trying to concentrate and find the other two with his instincts.

"Stupid, bastard. He wanted me to fall out of the tree on purpose," Naruto grumbled to himself.

"Shut up, idiot." Sasuke's eyes were still shut, but he knew Naruto was scowling at him. He remained silent, however.

Sasuke felt a presence to his right. He went with it and ran in that direction.

He shouldn't have been so hasty.

A wire snapped up from the ground right before Sasuke ran over it. His eyes widened when he felt his foot get caught. He only had time to turn over so that he landed on his side instead of his face. He stared blankly ahead of him, unsure of what just happened.

A fit of laughter came from behind some bushes. Sasuke's eyes narrowed in on the bush and he pushed himself up. Behind the bush was Sakura, clutching her stomach and laughing. Tears gathered at the corners of her eyes and she could barely breathe.

"You…you should have…seen your…face!"

Sasuke glared down at her and started to walk away. He saw that Naruto was also hunched over in laughter. Sasuke walked over to him and pushed him over with his foot. Naruto didn't even try to stop his fall, he was laughing too hard.

Sakura finally made her way out from the bushes and ran over to them. Sasuke was still glaring at Naruto while his hands were stuffed in his pockets.

"Don't be such a grump, Sasuke," Sakura said and smiled. Her eyes still held laughter within them.

He really did try and stay angry, but when he looked into her eyes a wave of calm swept over him. He just couldn't stay angry at her.

So he returned his glare to Naruto, who he could stay angry at.

Itachi appeared out of nowhere and took in the scene before him. "Is it over?" Just like Sasuke, Itachi didn't want to play hide and seek, but once Naruto started to question Sasuke's "manliness" (Naruto's words, not his), he just couldn't stop himself from joining in.

Surprisingly, it was Naruto that answered him. "Haha! Sasuke doesn't want to play anymore because he ate dirt!"

Cue Sasuke's deathly glare.

"Shut it."

Naruto only laughed harder and Itachi had a smirk plastered on his face.

"Sakura!"

Sakura turned around at the mention of her name. Shizune was running at them and waving one of her hands in the air. Ton Ton was running after her.

"Shizune? What is it? Is something wrong?" Maybe something happened at the hospital?

Shizune shook her head. "No. I came to tell you that I found an apartment. Tsunade told me to tell you." It seemed that Tsunade was being nice in sending Shizune to her rather than having them make the trek out to the Hokage's Tower later.

Sakura smiled and looked back at Sasuke. His eyes were glued to hers. She did it, he thought incredulously.

Sakura turned her attention back towards Shizune. "So, Sasuke and Itachi can move in now?"

Shizune nodded her head. "Yes, but you will also be moving in with them for the time. Lady Tsunade's order still stands." She looked down at the pink-haired medic with sorry eyes. She wouldn't think that this information would go over well with Sakura.

Sakura stared at Shizune, unable to understand. "What? Why can't I go back to my own apartment yet? They can function perfectly well on their own." She really couldn't say that she didn't like staying with Sasuke and Itachi. However, she sort of wanted to go home and sleep in her own bed. She missed it.

"The Uchiha trial is coming up and Lady Tsunade thinks that it will be a good decision if you stay with them."

Sakura understood now. Tsunade doesn't want them to do anything they would later regret. Like taking out an elder? Yeah, something like that.

She nodded her head in understanding. "Right."

Shizune turned away and said, "I'll show you where it is, and then you can move in whenever you want."

"Come on, Naruto, come with us," Sakura said as she, Sasuke, and Itachi began following Shizune. Naruto didn't move to follow, instead he rubbed the back of his head embarrassingly.

He gave out a nervous laugh. "Sorry, Sakura, but I have to go."

Sakura looked at him questioningly. "What?"

A blush made its way onto Naruto's face and he slightly turned away from the group of people. "I'm meeting someone for lunch."

Sakura's interest was immediately piqued. She zoomed over to him and tried to catch his eyes, although he seemed to be looking anywhere but at her. A sudden knowing smile spread across her face.

"You have a date!"

"Wha…that's…no!" He still wasn't making any eye contact with her.

Sakura looked at him knowingly. It was obvious that the blonde had a date. He wouldn't be getting so flustered if he was meeting with someone he regularly ate lunch with. Sakura was itching to know who it was. She had an idea as to who, but wanted to make sure.

"Oh, okay, Naruto. Well, since you're busy, I guess we'll see you later!" Sakura turned on her heel and walked over to Sasuke's side. A devious expression lit up her face.

Sasuke didn't know what to expect from that gleam in her eyes. She must be plotting something; Sasuke thought that it must've had something to do with Naruto's lunch date (It was even obvious to an Uchiha that the idiot had a date).

Sakura pulled on his arm and followed Shizune when she started to move again. She turned her head slightly to the side to see that Naruto was still standing there with a blush on his face.

"I have an idea," Sakura said and turned back towards Sasuke.

"Hn."

"We'll spy on Naruto's date."

Shizune looked at the girl and saw that her eyes were full of determination. She decided to not ask questions and trust that Sakura knew what she was getting herself into. And if she didn't, then Sakura was going to have to answer to Lady Tsunade.

That was possibly the worst consequence that Shizune could think of.

She quickly led them all to the new apartment. The walk took about five minutes, not long at all.

"Thanks, Shizune!" Sakura said and grabbed the keys that Shizune handed to her. Shizune nodded and walked away with Ton Ton.

Sakura waited for Shizune to be out of sight before exclaiming, "Okay, let's go!" Sakura took off in a run with Sasuke and Itachi close by.

"What are we doing, now?" Itachi asked. He thought they would have at least gone inside to look at the new place. But, he guessed he should be used to being confused by all of these random actions. Honestly, these people never took a break from the crazy stuff they did. It was amusing to watch, but at the same time Itachi had to wonder: Did it ever stop?

Nope, it did not.

Sakura suddenly stopped and hid in an alley way. She grabbed both Sasuke and Itachi by their shirts and dragged them along with her. They all poked their heads out of the side of the building and looked at the famous ramen stand that they all knew so well. Itachi not so much. But from what he had seen last night of it, he didn't really want to see more.

"What's going on?" Itachi repeated in his normal tone.

Sakura turned to him, hands waving as she whispered, "Shh! Could you be any louder? We're spying on Naruto." She turned her head around and continued to look at the stand.

They all watched as Naruto came around a corner and looked up and down the streets. They hid their heads for a few seconds before poking them out again. Naruto sat on one of the stools. He didn't order any ramen yet, which was pretty bizarre.

Just then a familiar figure approached the ramen stand slowly and timidly. She looked at the store and quickly turned around and started to walk the other way, but then changed her mind and continued to go towards the ramen stand.

Sakura pulled herself back into the alley and started jumping around like a lunatic. Her hands were up in the air near her mouth and she had one of the biggest smiles on her face.

"It's Hinata! I knew it! I knew it!" she whispered gleefully because she didn't want either Naruto or Hinata to hear. However, just because she whispered it, didn't mean that it lost any of its excitement.

Sasuke watched her and smirked. Once he saw that it had been the Hyuuga heiress, he wanted to smack his forehead. Of course it would be her, she'd had a crush on him since they were young.

Itachi looked back and forth between the two. He smiled at the jumping Sakura and the smirking Sasuke. "I take it this is a good thing?"

Sakura stopped her jumping, but she was still wiggling around with happiness. "Yes! It is a very good thing!"

She poked her head out of the alley and looked at the two in the ramen stand. She was so happy for the both of them. Hinata had liked Naruto for such a long time, always watching him, always cheering him on in the background. As the years past, she couldn't help but think that Hinata probably fell head over heels in love with him.

Also, Naruto deserved to have someone in his life that would love him the way he deserved to be loved.

"A very good thing!"


Okay, so that was chapter 8 of HWA! I hope you enjoyed it!

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