The Package

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A/N: Sorry for not updating in awhile. Life got in the way. Laptop broke, had a sleep over party for a friend I hadn't seen in awhile, had to work on the house, and stayed out with friends. Life really got in the way of this story. My guy friends kept staying over to make sure I was fine. I broke down crying one time when I was hanging out with them. It was because I miss my uncle. It really doesn't happen often where I break down crying about missing my uncle. He's just been gone so long and it gets lonely not having the only family member you've ever had after your parents died gone for so long. Well, I discovered something; Jose and Logan can't talk to me because of Jose's girlfriend. She doesn't like me, at all. She's afraid I'll steal Jose. I don't steal people. If Jose wants to go out with me, like he promised when I was 15, then he can go out with me once she's out of the picture. I will NOT include any part of Jose or Logan in this story because of the fact it's not about them. It's about the Akatsuki and Naruto Characters finding love in our world. Onto the story!

Chapter Eight: The Marvelous Mall Adventure (Part 4 of 5)

~Dutch's POV~

I was ecstatic. No, that was an understatement; I was so excited and ecstatic that there was no word for it. Sure I was babysitting a bunch of Naruto Characters, but at least I was having so much fun. Shino and I were holding hands and walking to one of the play areas. I had Shino, Ino, Naruto, Sai, Sakura, and Kankuro. I was SO HAPPY that I didn't get Tobi, Gai, or Lee. Anyways, Sai and Ino were totally flirting. It was DISGUSTING. I knew Alyssa would be happy because that was her favorite pairing. She also loved SakuraxKiba, ShikamaruxHinata, KakashixTemari, and SasorixKonan. I only see three out of those four pairings happening.

"OMG! RAMEN!" Naruto yelled, running to the mall's ramen stand. We had a ramen stand in the mall and the ramen rivaled Ichiraku's Ramen. By the time we got there, Naruto was on his third bowl. I was really hyper today and sitting still is something I can't do for long periods of time.

"Naruto! Enough ramen!" Sakura yelled, punching Naruto's head. Shino had his arm draped around my waist the whole time.

"Let's go forth to the play area!" I yelled into the arm, raising my hand like I was holding a sword and announcing a battle cry.

"Sure! Let's go!" The ever-hyper Naruto yelled. I heard mutters of agreement from the others. I led them all to the play area with the monkey bars and platforms which were great for playing tag and man on wood-chips on. I was really excited to teach the Naruto Characters how to play these games. I think they'll beat me because of their awesome ninja powers. I don't think they can use chakara here, though. I haven't seen Itachi or Sasuke use their sharingan at all in their time in this world. Anyways, once we got to the play area, I got everyone in a circle.

"You guys know how to play tag, right?" I asked the obvious question. You never know if they had a different way to play it.

"Of course!" Naruto yelled, his eyes shining.

"Alright, in this world, there is also a game called 'man on wood-chips.'" I told them.

"How do you play that?" Sai asked. He didn't play games as a kid because of the fact he was in ROOT. Poor guy, he didn't have much of a childhood.

"It's like tag, but the person who is it has to stay on the wood-chips, which in this case, is the floor. If they want to climb up to the platforms, they have to have their eyes closed. No one is allowed to go onto the floor and if the person who is it sees and yells 'man on wood-chips' while the person is still on the wood-chips, then that person is now it." I explained to them. "Now put your left foot in the middle!"

"Why?" Shino asked, putting his foot in the middle next to mine.

"So that we can decide who's it for the first round!" The others put their feet in the middle and Kankuro ended up being it for the first game. We stayed in the play area for over an hour and then headed to another play area. On the way, we ran into Logan.

"More cosplayers?" He asked.

"Get out of here before I slowly pull your curly hair apart." I told him. Alyssa and the others had told me what Jose and Logan both did to Alyssa.

"Just leaving the mall." He called from over his shoulder, he was going the opposite way we were.

"Good riddance. I really hope that guy takes the hint and leaves Alyssa alone." I muttered under my breath. Shino must've heard me because he wrapped his arm around my waist tighter.

"Can we stop in here?" Sai asked, it was a Chinese Oriental gift shop and there were paintings that must've caught his attention.

"Sure. There are pieces of jewelry in there that have bugs in them." I told Shino. We walked into the store and got a weird look from the cashier. He shrugged it off and just assumed it was now the social norm for teenagers to have crazy hair and be extremely pale.

~End of part 4~

~Start of part 5 out of 5~

~Jenny's POV~

Life was actually looking up for a change. I'm really glad I went to the mall with Alyssa and her friends. It's good to get out and do stuff for a change. I really think Sasori and I have a connection. We both grew up with our grandparents after our parents died. I really like him. We also have the red hair in common.

"Where do you want to go?" Sasori asked me.

"I don't really know. I don't go to the mall that much…" I told him. He took my hand and held it.

"Let's just go and sit somewhere." He suggested. I nodded, my read hair over my eyes hiding the fact I was slightly blushing. We walked until we came to one of the many sitting areas at the mall. It was overlooking the fountain and the movie store that was on the first floor. We sat there for a good fifteen minutes before we both got tired of watching the fountain.

"Want to go and look at the puppets at the craft store?" I asked. I just remembered there were puppets we could play with at the craft store. His eyes seemed to light up, as if I'd said the magic word. I grabbed his hand and pulled him to the craft store. When we got there, we immediately went to find the puppets.

"These are really cool. Simple, but cool." Sasori said, admiring the craftsmanship. I nodded and he started controlling one of the puppets. I then picked up one of the puppets and started to control it. We played with the puppets for a good fifteen minutes.

"Well, that was amusing." I told him as I gently put the puppet away.

"Maybe we should buy some supplies and make our own puppets back at Alyssa's house." Sasori suggested. I softly smiled. He got me to smile. That's amazing. Hardly anyone or anything could get me to smile these days.

"That sounds like a really great idea." I told him and we started to gather items we would need to make the puppets.

"Is this all?" The cashier asked as he rung up the items.

"That's all." I told the cashier and handed him the money. He carefully put the items into bags and handed them to us.

"Have a good day." He said with a gently nod. We left the store and went down to the first floor.

"Let's go check out the Anime store." I suggested.

"Sure." He agreed. We walked towards the Anime store making little to no conversation on the way. I really enjoyed having Sasori's company. It was good to have someone who would stay by your side no matter what.

"Look, it's you as a plushie." I pointed out to him as we walked into the store. He raised an eyebrow at me and walked over to where the plushies were kept. He picked up the plushie of himself and examined it.

"It wouldn't make a very good puppet." He commented in a monotone voice. He set the plushie down and looked at the others.

"There are plushies of everyone from Naruto in this store." I told him. He seemed to be looking up at the wall scrolls now. They had a bunch with all the Akatsuki members on them. There were a few of the rookie nine in Shippuden version and one with Sasuke next to Kabuto and Orochimaru. Another one held Team Hawk.

"Well, I wonder when we're going to meet up with the others and leave the mall." Sasori thought out loud.

"That's a really good question." I told him as my phone went off. It was Alyssa.

"Hey Jenny." She greeted when I picked up the phone.

"Hi." I told her.

"We're all going to meet by the fountain in five minutes so we can leave to my house." I heard her say. There was talking in the background and I can just imagine her rolling her eyes at the things the Naruto characters were saying.

"We'll be there soon." I told her and hung up.

~End of 5 out of 5~

~Switch to Alyssa's POV~

So today had been a successful day and we were all ready to go home. Pein had asked me to be his girlfriend and I had agreed. I really liked him. Hinata and Shikamaru had also gotten together. I was so happy because that was one of my all-time favorite crack pairings.

"To the fountain!" I yelled into the air, grabbing Pein's hand and pulling him towards the fountain. The others followed me and we sat on a few of the benches that were around the fountain. Pein and I were holding hands and I was smiling. I really enjoyed his company. Well, I enjoyed all the Naruto characters' company, but his more now that we were boyfriend and girlfriend. The others soon showed up and we stood up, heading out to the cars. Everyone was tired after the crazy day that would be known as 'The Amazing Mall Adventure.' We could wait to hear everyone's stories tomorrow.

~End of Chapter Eight~

A/N: So, what'd you guys think?

QOC: If you were stranded on a desert island with no land in sight and had three items with you, what would those three items be?

Answer: I love the color combination of blood red and black.

A/N: I know it's been so long since I've posted. I just had a really chaotic life for these past two months. I have just been able to go out and have fun with my friends this week. A bunch of my friends came over yesterday and I finally had some inspiration to write with. Yesterday was amazing. I had a game/movie day with some of my closest friends. Sara was among them and she had her Hidan keychain with her. It made me smile. I laughed more yesterday than I have for awhile. I literally had a coughing fit and was crying after my laugh attacks. My uncle came home last month and left a week later, so I have my giant house to myself. I also now have a job. I will not have one of those long periods with no updated to be seen anymore. Well, I know it's short, but as I said before, I cannot write in other people's POVs. And if you're still reading this, you get a virtual cookie and a hug.

Bye bye! =]