A/N: Oy… I really need to use spell check after finishing a chapter…

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, or any of its characters. I do however, own a small potted plant.

Chapter 9: Team Anko.

Chapter Begin.

Splash!

Naruto stumbled, and kept running. Another large ball of water was trailing him fast.

"Gomen Haku! I didn't know! Your parents said it was okay to come innnnnnn!!!!" he screamed tearing down the hallway, pursued by a large ball of water, and Haku wrapped in towel, with a look like thunder on her face.

"Naruto-kun, YOU-SHOULD-HAVE-KNOCKED!" she screamed at him, pelting yet another ball of water at him, catching him straight on his neck, and drenching it with cold water. Naruto let out a yelp, and kept running. Haku followed after, and saw her parents as she ran past. She backtracked to them, and gave them a betrayed look.

"Why'd you let him in while I was showering!" she asked. Both Haku's parents shrugged, and said, "We thought he would have knocked" before setting off around the house. Haku sighed, and went into her room to get dressed. It was around 6 in the morning, and each genin team had to meet their senseis at a training area. Or at least Haku's and Narutos team did.

Haku stumbled out of her room, clumsily tying her green gii top around her large brown sweater-skirt. She waved a hurried goodbye to her parents, and sped past them, hoping to find Naruto. She didn't have to travel far, she found him at the ichiruka ramen stand nearby, and ended up dragging him away. Haku shook her head. She didn't get Naruto sometimes... She had remembered he was enthusiastic, but the fact he could be so hyped all the time.... Eventually, the two friends reached the training ground, and went their separate ways with a wave. Haku found Hinata and Kiba talking quietly while waiting for Anko.

"Oi, Haku! Where ya been, we've been waiting for ages" Kiba yelled, his loud voice cutting through the silence. Haku mumbled apologies, and looked around for their teacher. She was nowhere to be seen. Hinata sighed.

"I turned up f-first. She's 2 hours late already. Do y-you think something could have happened?" Hinata asked, her eyes full of concern. Akamaru barked, and Kiba nodded in obvious agreement.

"Akamaru says that she's a Jounin, and that he doubts anything could happen to her Hinata-Chan," he said, smiling. Haku kept looking around.

"I think she's coming, I can hear footsteps, and sense chakra…" Haku muttered, and Kiba and Akamaru immediately became very very still. Hinata began looking around as well, her eyes focused, but not in her byakugan. Suddenly, a nearby tree burst open, revealing the female Jounin. She stepped out brushing her self off, and grinned at her students.

"Ah, so your all finally here" she said happily. Haku noticed that Ankos small duster-like tuft of hair was tilted to one side, and that her eyes weren't completely focused. Also, her grin was lopsided, and she wobbled as she moved.

"Your still asleep sensei" Haku said suddenly. Anko stopped walking towards the, and blushed.

"Of course not… I was waiting for you all in that tree... and um…" Anko stopped mid excuse, and had the grace to look embarrassed. Hinata shook her head, and Kiba whispered silently to Akamaru, who let out a yip, and growled at Anko.

"Oh man, I'm already off to a bad start. Lesse. Well, you're all here, and your all in a bad mood anyway, so I might as well get the bad news outta the way"Anko said with a shrug. Her face turned serious, and she locked eyes with each of her students in turn.

"Your not officially genin yet, your only qualified to be genin, and you can only become a proper genin, if you pass MY test" Anko went on, a trace of a smile over her face as she mentioned her own test. Kiba shrugged, even though it was obvious he was worried about another test. Hinata looked extremely put out, and Haku knew she couldn't look much better. It wasn't that the test might be hard, but taking into account how serious Anko was for once, it must be something bad.

"You see this forest? This will be our test area, your test, is to get these" she held up two small bells, before attaching them to her large coat "From me. If ya don't gettem in the hour i'm giving ya, then your not qualified to be genin. I'll give ya a minute to get ready, and then we'll start momentarily. Haku, can I have a quick word?" Anko asked, placing a hand on Haku's shoulder, leading her away from Kiba and Hinata. Haku gave her a puzzled look, and Anko smiled, in an almost motherly way.

"Haku, I have to ask ya not to use any techniques that'll eat up your chakra too much okay? This place is full of traps, and if ya run out of chakra, and fall into something nasty…" Anko trailed off. Haku nodded, and muttered "Hai sensei" although she was quite upset. Obviously Anko didn't think that Haku had much control on her chakra yet. Haku realised Anko was still there, but now she had a wide grin on her face.

"And very well done of taking down tori-head" ((A/N: just look at Sasukes hair. Two wings, and the tail all in his hair, COINCEDENCE? I THINK NOT! )) Anko said, giggling to herself "he was way to cocky " she said tapping her nose, and smiling. Haku lightened up, and smiled at her sensei, and began to check her equipment.

"Okay Team Anko!" The Hyperactive Teacher finally announced, "The test begins…Now!" she finished, and disappeared in a cloud of smoke. Each genin gave a nod, and jumped to a separate tree and began making their ways through the forest.

Kiba and Akamaru:

"Yahoo! This is TOO easy. We just have to track sensei down by her scent" Kiba spoke excitedly to his companion, who let out a bark. Both of them ran across the branches, until they found a clearing, reeking of Anko. Kiba held out an arm to silence Akamaru, who had been barking when he picked up on Ankos scent, Kiba looked around, and saw the teacher sitting on a low branch of a tree. They took cover in a bush not to far away, careful not to make a sound, or any thing to alert their unsuspecting teacher, and snuck underneath, so they could get a good view. Kiba lay on his belly, and crawled forward slightly. He got a better view of Anko, who was giggling slightly to her self and reading…

"A romance novel? Guh… what kind of teacher reads stupid books in the middle of a dangerous situation?" Kiba whispered and groaned, nodding as Akamaru gave a quiet "yip" of approval. Not to far away, another team-battling teacher sneezed, before resuming.

Kiba rummaged through a pouch on his waist, and brought out a few smoke bombs. He took careful aim, and felt Akamaru stiffen next to him.

"Ready Akamaru?" Kiba whispered. He looked round, and came face to face with Anko. He let out A Bark-like shout of surprise, and bolted out of the bush, seeing Akamaru where Anko had been.

"What? Kawimari no jutsu? But... we were silent!" Kiba growled at his smiling teacher, who came out of the bushes, dusting herself off.

"What can I say, I have sensitive hearing," she said with a smile and shrug her calmness started to get to Kiba, who clenched his fists, and realised he still had his smoke bombs.

A small grin played across the dog like boys face as he stared down his teacher. She occasionally made eye contact, but mainly read her romantic slush. ((A/N: no offence to people who like romance novels… I think they're just…any who)) Kiba waited, and as Anko turned a page, he launched his attack.

"Haaaaaaaa! Take this!" he said, jumping backwards, and tossing his smoke bombs, and landing near Akamaru. He started doing rapid seals. "Joujin Ninpou! Joujin Buushin!" he barked, finishing his seals, getting down on all fours, and letting Akamaru jump on his back. He flipped up a soldier's pill from a separate pouch, and Akamaru turned a reddish brown colour, and began growling at the purple cloud. Finally, there was a small POP and cloud of smoke, and the transformation jutsu was complete.

Anko meanwhile was making no attempt to get out of the smoke, but rather was trying to clear away the smoke round her book. She heard faint sounds outside the smoke, but paid no attention. He was only a genin, all he'd try to do now is attack from the smoke, and Anko could just dodge, even if she couldn't see. A genin wasn't gonna get the best of her…right?

Wrong.

The original Kiba signalled his copy to go one side while he took the other, and each of them ran into the smoke, using their noses as guides. They found the unsuspecting Anko near the middle of the smoke. The original Kiba dived straight at her.

"Good, but not good enough Kiba-kun" Anko said with a smile, catching his hands as he dived for her, and parrying the attack by tossing him back from where he came. She sensed Kiba, but didn't sense Aka-Kiba, who landed two feet straight into the Jounin's back, making her cry out in pain and surprise. Both Kibas disappeared into the smoke again, and began prowling around, cutting through the smoke, but leaving no signs. Anko didn't panic, but was in fact quite impressed.

"That was a nice try Kiba-kun, but I wont fall for it twice" Anko stated, watching the smoke around her. She began to focus chakra to her feet, and waited till she sensed his moving chakra. The real Kiba came crashing for her, as did the Aka-kiba, and Anko released the chakra seconds before they crashed into her. Even while colliding with his dog, Kiba attempted to grab the bells, but to no avail whatsoever. Anko easily landed on her feat outside the cloud of purple smoke, and waited for it to clear. Both Kiba and Akamaru were lying on the floor, small spirals for eyes, and tongues hanging comically outside their mouths. Anko couldn't help but grin at the sight.

"Too bad" she said happily, while she waited for him to awake.

When he finally did, he found himself pinned to a tree, looking up; he saw that his hood was stuck to the tree with Senbon in a heart pattern. He looked forward to see Anko standing there, with a large cheesy grin on her face.

"You said my romance novel was a stupid book Kiba. That's not very nice, so I'm gonna have to make you understand romance, and how BEAUTIFUL it really is!" she said, slowly advancing on him. Kiba's eyes widened, and he let out a howl like scream.

Haku

Haku looked up suddenly as a scream reached her ears. She looked in the direction of the sound, and shuddered.

She kept leaping from tree branch to tree branch, trying to find the source of the sound, but to no avail. She figured helping out a teammate was important, but she hadn't seen hide nor hair of either companion since the start of the test. She sighed and threw several senbon at the forest in front of her out of frustration. She didn't expect to hear the words: "Own! Son of a…" before seeing a blur heading in her direction. Haku quickly hid amongst the tree's foliage, blessing her green gii for camouflaging her. She watched as Anko emerged in the clearing, holding her shoulder, where small specks of red were blossoming onto her trench coat. The lavender haired Jounin scanned the area, searching for whatever had thrown senbon at her (( A/N: I know it should whoever, but you never know those birds, always chucking things at innocent jounins… ))

"Haku-kun, you can stop hiding now," yelled the Jounin teacher as she started walking in the opposite direction, making Haku half-slip from the tree in shock. She managed to steady herself, before leaping casually down to Anko.

" I guess you'll want these" Anko said, tossing the two bells up and down in one hand, and smiling sweetly at Haku. Haku watched the bells intently, and in a blur, whipped out a senbon, and threw it with pinpoint accuracy, spearing both bells into the tree behind Anko. Anko's eyes became very small for a second, before widening, and bringing a smile to her face.

"Very nice Haku, very nice…" she said slowly, before flashing another grin. Haku readied herself, drawing four senbon in each hand, so she could attack with ease. Anko's and Haku's eyes met for a moment, before both darted in the opposite direction. Haku began frantically tossing the senbon in a widespread pattern, hoping to catch her sensei in the middle of running, but each senbon fell to the floor, and Haku saw just in time, a grey blur heading in front of her own running path. Forcing chakra to her feet, Haku pushed off the ground, releasing the stored chakra, and leapt over the blur, revealing itself as…

"A dulled Kunai?" Haku murmured to herself. "If Anko sensei isn't taking me seriously, then I'll have to make her!" Haku thought, performing seals.

Anko hurriedly scanned the place Haku had vanished at. She saw the kunai fall to the ground with a "thud" but saw it make contact with a tree, instead of a student. Anko quickly rummaged through her large trench coat pockets, and pulled out:

"Dango! Ahh, lovely lovely dango" Anko sang to herself, causing Haku's eye to twitch involuntarily.

Anko popped the small stick of dango into her mouth, and chewed thoughtfully. Haku could barely stop herself from face faulting of her tree. Finally, another Haku appeared in a small cloud of white smoke, alerting Anko of Haku's location.

With no time to spare, both Haku's leapt down. Anko slowly removed the wooden stick the dango had been on, and tossed it at one of the Haku's, which disappeared instantly. Anko "Tut tutted" before looking at the remaining Haku, coming full speed at her.

" For shame Haku. I thought you had more sense then to come head on against an extraordinary Jounin such as myself" Anko said, and stepped to one side, letting the remaining Haku crash into the ground, and…

"Disappear?" Anko said disbelievingly. She turned around just in time to see a green and brown blur heading straight for the bells, still nailed to the tree. Anko's eyes widened in shock. Haku had managed to hide her own chakra, and give false chakra signs to two buushin clones, as well as sneak to the other side of the clearing, without alerting Anko whatsoever. Theses chuunin level tactics. Maybe she shouldn't have underestimated this kid. She seemed…different.

"Caught out sensei?" Haku called, not to far off target. Anko wouldn't be able to run all the way over and take the bells, even if she focused chakra to her feet. Haku reached out one hand triumphantly, and felt something cold, and slightly slimy touch her skin. She looked down; too see a slender brown snake, attached to the hem of her brown sleeve. Furthermore, there were two attached to her thick wooden sandals, and one to her other sleeve, holding Haku firmly in place midair. Haku looked at her teacher in astonishment, and saw the snakes were coming from her sleeves.

"Not caught out. But someone was caught, eh?" Anko laughed at her own, rather lame joke. Another long brown snake shot forth from her sleeve, and grabbed the bells in its mouth, before recoiling, and planting the bells in Anko's outstretched hand.

"Now, what to do with you…" Anko thought aloud, watching Haku twist around to try and get away from the snakes. Anko looked up in the treetops, and then smiled evilly. Haku looked into her teacher's eyes, and saw them become very small.

"A ninja must learn about Camouflage Haku. A ninja must learn" Anko said, matter-of-factly. Haku's eyes widened in horror, and she let out a small gasp of fright.

Hinata

Hinata hated being alone. She was very insecure when she couldn't see or hear anyone around her. But at least she did know she was safe. She had scanned the entire area, 20 feet around her with her byakugan, and saw no one, and no signs of movement. Hinata sighed, a sat on the forest floor, nervously scanning around every 5 or so minutes. She knew she wouldn't be able to get a bell; she lacked the strength to be able to get one from a Jounin. But if she at least tried to, she wouldn't be letting herself down. Hinata sighed, and stood up, scanning around herself once more, before leaping into one of the tree's, and bringing herself higher and higher until she had a large view of the whole area round her without even needing her byakugan. She relaxed against the tree and started breathing heavily. She really didn't want to be doing this. But she had to prove herself.

Anko on the other hand had no chance to relax, and was having a hell of a job trying to sneak up on Hinata. Every time Hinata so much as moved her head, Anko would have to switch position as quick as possible, just in case Hinata could see her. Anko finally managed to get near enough to Hinata without any signs of her noticing. Ankos hands flew into a few quick seals, and she blended against the tree's trunk, and began moving upwards towards her target.

Hinata finally steadied her breath, and decided that she had to do this now, or else she might as well not do it at all. For good luck, she activated her byakugan one last time, and saw Anko creeping up behind her, camouflaged against the tree, using a low-levelled genjutsu. She was obviously under estimating Hinata, or maybe she didn't want to hurt her own students. Either way, she was coming straight for Hinata, and there was only one thing left to do for Hinata.

"Sensei, Gomen Nassai…" Hinata mumbled as she sprang to her feet, and turned round, delivering a blow to her sensei's shoulder, causing Anko to drop her genjutsu.

Anko quickly let go of the tree trunk, and slid down, grumbling loudly as she did so.

"Stupid…byakugan…ruin…plan…squish dango… all nasty an' sticky…" were a few of the words Hinata heard as her sensei began sliding down to the grounds below. Hinata leapt down through the branches of the tree, into the small clearing, where Anko was dusting herself off, and pulling a squashed stick of dango out from her trench coat. Hinata could not help but feel she wasn't the most serious of teachers, but

Still…

"Sensei, please fight me" Hinata stammered as she took her gentle fist stance. The series of moves ran through Hinata's mind as she stood still, her byakugan activating as she placed her hands forward. Anko looked up from clearing squashed dango from her trench coat, and gave Hinata a surprised look.

"You didn't seal my tenketsu when you hit me Hinata-Chan. Are you holding back on me?" Anko asked, waving her finger. Hinata looked away and mumbled under her breath, which made Anko realise her mistake.

"You mean you… oh, Gomen Hinata-Chan, I didn't know" Anko said, holding her hands up in apology.

Hinata shook her head, and returned to her fighting position. Anko sighed, and took up her own fighting stance, and in no time at all, had moved straight over in front of Hinata without even appearing to move. Hinata opened her mouth in shock, and raised her arms to block any incoming attack. However, it didn't come, all Hinata felt was a slight tingling sensation on her exposed ankle.

She looked down, and saw a tree's root curling round her heel. She guessed it must be one of Anko's jutsu, and immediately seized one of her kunai, and began hacking at the root as much as she could, but to no avail. The root had already wound its self almost up to her thigh, and she hadn't made a mark. Deciding it was pure chakra; Hinata used her last tool available, and focused her chakra. She opened her eyes in her byakugan, and in a swift movement, cut straight through the root with two of her fingers.

She didn't have time to celebrate, as she saw yet another root coming after her. She quickly jumped backwards, and pressed herself against the trunk of the tree, which turned out to be a mistake. The tendril like roots quickly rose up from the ground, pulling there way upwards, and quickly tied themselves round Hinata and the tree, leaving Hinata helpless. Anko emerged from behind the tree, and clapped her hands together joyfully.

"That's all three students, I am so not losing my touch, thank you very much Kurenai!" Anko announced to Hinata… or the world in general, either way.

"I hope your not to uncomfortable Hinata-Chan, this is my shinrin shibaru (( A/N: supposed to be forest bind. My Japanese isn't brilliant ; )) no jutsu, I haven't exactly worked out all the kinks yet…" Anko said, and she ducked to avoid a flailing root that had been on course to decapitating her.

Hinata wasn't exactly listening at the time, since she was so caught up in struggling away from the mad tree. She tried to focus her chakra once more, and use her gentle fist to cut through the tree, but it was difficult for Hinata to concentrate, due to the tree's roots poking at her sides, causing Hinata to lose concentration each time, and have to try hard to keep her giggles in. Anko's "Kinks" were working quite well in her favour. Anko was too preoccupied rummaging in her trench coat to notice her pupils' predicament (( A/N: big words make me seem intell… intelly… smert? )) and after much searching; she pulled out a small timer, and checked it.

"Well, all three of you out, and only 15 minutes till the test are over. I guess I'll bring you together for one last try. You can stay here can't you?" Anko said, making Hinata feel a small twinge of anger, but she said nothing, still keeping her mouth closed to stop her from bursting out laughing. Anko smiled, and then was gone in next to no time. Hinata struggled as much as she could to get away from the tree, but she couldn't do a single thing.

A short time later

Anko emerged into the small clearing were Hinata was trying to escape from her captor, and she had still made no edge ways. Anko set down Kiba and Haku nearby, and then, after a few seals, managed to release Hinata from the tree.

"Well students, I have to say, I am impressed with all of you, but as good as you are individually, not one of you managed to take a bell from me. But, luckily for you, I will give you two minutes to make sure your ready again, before I give you the remainder of the test. With that in mind, I need to go find a nice quiet place to read my book. Romance is so beautiful, right Kiba-kun?" Anko said, her voice turning extremely girly at the last sentence. She put her timer on the floor, and without another word, disappeared into the forest. When she was out of sight, the small grey mass formerly known as Kiba groaned.

"Out of all the stupid teachers" Kiba growled, "why did we have to get the INSANE one?" he said, and slowly raised his head.

Hinata who had been holding in giggles for the last 5 or so minutes couldn't help but burst out into a small giggle fit at Kiba's face, and Haku merely smiled, and shook with silent giggles.

The usual red marks on Kiba's cheeks had been smeared, and were now in the shapes of hearts. His face had been covered in makeup, to the point were he almost resembled a girl. And Akamaru stuck his head out of Kiba's jacket after a few seconds, and was revealed to have a new poodle style about him.

Both girls couldn't stop themselves laughing at poor Kiba and Akamaru. After a short pause, it was Haku's turn to grimace. After shaking uncontrollably, Haku winced slightly, and reached into her long brown sweater-skirt sleeve, and pulled out a long twig.

"You know… I think I have to agree with Kiba-kun for the first… and hopefully the last time… Anko-san has to be the weirdest person I've ever met…" Haku said, wincing even more, as she pulled twigs and the occasional nettle from her hair and out of her clothes.

Hinata In turn told her story, and all three of them finally agreed that they NEEDED to get Anko back for this. But they had to start off by getting the bells. At tat point, Hinata finally noticed.

" Ano… if there th-three of us, why are there o-only two bells?" Hinata asked her teammates slowly. Both Haku and Kiba stiffened.

"Umm…" Kiba said slowly, while Akamaru growled quietly. Haku was as puzzled as they were, but finally she came to a conclusion.

"We were put into three man teams… So we're supposed to work as a team… but one of us won't get the bell…" Haku said pausing to think between statements. She looked up at both of them, and then smiled.

"You know, I don't think I particularly want a bell… I think going through the academy test properly this time will be fun you know" Haku said cheerfully. Kiba gaped at her, and Hinata quickly shook her head wide eyed.

"b-but Haku-kun…" Hinata started, but Haku quickly raised her hand. She was looking straight ahead at the timer.

"She'll be coming looking for us soon. But I have a plan this time." Haku said, quickly "She wanted us to split up first time so she could take us out one by one. So this time, we…" Haku started whispering to Kiba and Hinata. After a very quick brief of the plan, they all nodded, and disappeared.

Anko flicked the final stick of dango at the tree, leaving the kohona seal there. She looked around the other tree's in the clearing, and smiled.

"32 seals, almost 90 sticks of dango, and still no sign of them. Well, I guess I'll have to go find them this time" Anko said with a sigh. She leapt up onto the nearest tree, and immediately saw the top of Hinata's head as she ran towards where Anko had just been. Anko smiled to herself.

"They just don't learn" she said tutting, and leapt down to see Hinata still running, past where she had been. Anko raised an eyebrow, and quickly followed. Hinata kept running and eventually stopped in an area with large puddles everywhere. Splashing her way over to a tree, Hinata slumped against it, her hand on her heart. Anko slowly crept behind Hinata, going for the tree approach once more. Not this time though.

Hinata opened her eyes in her byakugan as she reached the tree, but kept her head lowered so she didn't let her teacher know that Hinata could see her. Hinata had to keep herself from running while Anko snuck up behind her. Finally, and Anko blended against the tree with her genjutsu, Hinata plunged her hands backwards, grabbing both her surprised teachers wrists, and forcibly flinging her into one of the puddles.

Anko let out a gasp of surprise as she was propelled through the air, and landed on her back in the puddle. She then saw Haku falling from of the treetops, and performing rapid seals with one hand, while using her other hand to slow herself down. The water around Anko froze suddenly, freezing Anko's wrists and ankles into the water. The hem of her trench coat was also frozen inside the water, making moving impossible. But Anko didn't panic; instead, she began to focus her chakra to her hands and feet so she could burst out. Unluckily Kiba and Aka-kiba came out of the bushes either side of the clearing, and barrelled along the ground, and as they passed, they each grabbed a bell from Anko's trench coat. Anko sat in surprised shock, then realised how cold it was. She burst out of the ice shivering, and then looked at her students in surprised shock.

Haku finally landed, and both Aka-Kiba and Kiba ran over to support her, as she had gone slightly limp. Haku smiled triumphantly, Hinata sunk to her knees, and caught her breath, and both Kiba and Aka-Kiba let out a howl of joy.

"Nicely done Team Anko!" Anko half shouted at her team. " You figured it out, and made a plan…. and acted very Anko like whilst doing so!" She said with a prideful grin.

"nani? By making tons of mistakes then learning?" Haku asked, dragging herself to her own feet, and thanking Kiba and Akamaru (as Akamaru had changed back after letting her go)

"Probably just the first bit" Kiba snorted, punching the Air in victory. Anko grumbled for a second, then looked at the ground.

"Unfortunately, there's only two bells…" she said, and held her hands out in sorrow. Haku opened her mouth to speak, but then Anko continued "and I need them back now, otherwise I can't get my money back" she continued, causing all four members of the team (( A/N: quoth the Kiba: Akamaru too! )) to face fall straight away.

"Umm… did I say something wrong?"

Later that day

"Itadakimasu!" Naruto cried, snapping his chopsticks in two, and grabbing a piece of pork from the grill. Both team 7, and team 9/Team Anko were seated round a table, including (much to Haku and Naruto's displeasure) Sasuke.

"Aw man, can you believe we all passed straight away? We can start doing mission's from tomorrow, and…" Kiba stuffed a piece of fried beef in his mouth, and grabbed another for Akamaru, before continuing to chat to Hinata. Sakura was as usual trying to talk to Sasuke, and making absolutely no progress, and the boy prodigy, stared down at his plate, and poked some pork around.

" … Then I jumped out of the water with tons of clones, and Kakashi-sensei didn't even see me coming, and then I…" Naruto told Haku, making elaborate hand gestures, before Sakura cut in.

"Before you got your self into even more trouble, and ended up dangling from a tree!" she exclaimed, punching Naruto across the back of the head. Haku laughed, half choking on the grilled shrimp she was swallowing at the time, and stared around at her friends. This was one of those memories that she would love looking back on for the rest of her life.

A/N: Damn, I almost forgot about this story! Special thanks to Twilight Faerie for reminding me this existed, and thanks to everyone else who's given me positive reviews! … Just don't expect another chapter for a while ;

The waiter walked down a few tables before finding the appropriate one, and laying a bill on the table.

"And who is paying?" He asked, looking round at the kids seated at the table. Haku turned to Naruto, and found an empty seat, as Did Hinata, finding neither Kiba nor Akamaru. Sakura's eye twitched involuntarily, then all three girls turned to Sasuke in Unison.

"……" Was all Sasuke managed, a huge sweatdrop on the back of his head, and an even bigger vein pulsing in his forehead, before he laid down some money on the table, letting out a huge sigh.