A Change of Scenery

A:N // Well, I found a computer with internet. And it was right beside me, too. Literally right beside me, in my brother's room. I won't be able to go in there to use the computer much though, because he's usually in their using the internet, and also we're having internet troubles as well. It sucks, hey? Oh well.

Japanese Lingo in this chapter:

Itikimas – I'm leaving now

Itadakimasu – Bless the food

Anou – Um, uh

Ja ne – See you (Female)

Ja na – See you (Male)

Ja - Bye

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The game of Truth or Dare had ended an hour ago, and nobody had won, as per usual. Jess, Carly, Tenten, Temari and Hinata had gotten a lot more dares including the boys. One of Jess' dares had been to go and sit on Sasuke's lap and give him a peck on the cheek, curtesy of Temari. Sakura and Ino just stared on helplessly, and nearly screamed in rage when Sasuke kissed her back. And with that, the girls had joined the boys, with Jess still sitting on Sasuke's lap.

Sasuke had admitted that he liked her to Jess, and Jess had said that she'd developed a bit of a crush on him since their second meeting, so everything had gone fine there.

"So, what're we gonna do now?" Carly said, sitting down cross legged on the ground. Kiba shrugged. "I dunno. You guys have been the life of the party since it started at 5:30," Kiba looked at the clock. "and it's now 10:20. Why don't you think of something?" Jess looked over at Carly and nodded. Carly nodded back. "Okay then. You really want us to choose the next game?" Carly asked Kiba. When Kiba nodded, Carly stood up. "I'll go get the stuff then. You guys wait here."

Five minutes later, Carly still hadn't returned with whatever it was she was getting. Shikamaru stood up. "I'm ah… Gonna go see if she needs any help…" he said, not looking at anyone. "Shikamaru, you're such a bad liar." Sasuke said. "Hmm, just go up there and tell her how you feel, for crying out loud. We all know she fancies you." Jess added. Shikamaru blushed, but didn't say anything. Instead he just walked up the stairs.

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Carly was searching through her bags upstairs when she heard the door open. "Watch out!" she said, turning around quickly. She saw Shikamaru's look of surprise, and quickly ran over to him and caught the kunai trap before it embedded itself in his chest. He just looked at the kunai and then at Carly. Carly looked right back at him. Then she sighed, dropped the kunai and went back to her bags.

Shikamaru looked a little confused, but walked over to her and sat down in front of her and her bags. Carly looked up, a little surprised. "What?" Shikamaru asked. "Whaddya mean, what? What are you doing here?" Carly shot back at him. He looked a little taken back, but proceeded to answer her. "Well, you were taking a little while, so I came up to see if I could help." he said, peering into her bag. Carly hit him over the head gently. "Hey, the only reason I came up here is so that you would come up here and we can be alone." Carly announced, smirking at him.

Shikamaru shook his head. She had him. Feeling frustrated, Shikamaru leaned forward, grabbed her arm and kissed her. He let go of her arm and broke away. Now he had her. Carly looked the tiniest bit shocked, honestly not expecting him to do that. Shikamaru grabbed her arm again and dragged her down onto his lap. "You're troublesome, but so worth it." he whispered in her ear and she smiled.

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Downstairs, Kiba was getting impatient. "What's taking her so long? And how come Shikamaru hasn't come back yet?" he asked. "He's probably been hit by one of our traps, and Carly's probably healing him. Who knows?" Temari said, shrugging. Kiba stood up. "Well, I'm going to find out." he said, walking up stairs.

Kiba came to the door and opened it. A kunai whistled past his ear and he jumped. "What the hell?!" he shouted, when he saw Shikamaru and Carly, together. Shikamaru looked up at Kiba as he heard the shout. "What?" he said simply. Carly just stared at Kiba. "Carly, you said that you were getting the stuff for the next game!" Kiba shouted. Carly nodded. "Yeah, and I found it." she said, holding up an empty, glass bottle. Kiba looked a little confused, so Shikamaru filled in the gaps. "We're going to play Spin-the-Bottle." he said, and Carly nodded again. Kiba sighed. "Then why the hell is Carly in your lap, and why are you kissing her?" he asked. Shikamaru and Carly shrugged. "Dunno." they both said simultaneously. Kiba shook his head and walked back downstairs.

"So w-what did you f-find out, K-Kiba?" Hinata asked, looking up at him from her spot next to Sakura and Tenten. Kiba laughed. "Looks like it's gonna be fun after all." he stated as Shikamaru and Carly came back down the stairs, holding hands.

Carly sat down in a hurry, still holding Shikamaru's hand, causing him to fall down next to her. She laughed silently while he cursed and picked himself up, sitting down next to her and placing a protective arm around her waist. Carly held up the bottle. "Okay guys. We're playing Spin-the-Bottle, whether you like it or not!" she announced, setting the bottle on the ground. She then held out a hand. "Paper, Scissors, Rock on who spins first." she said, and everyone held out a hand.

Sasuke won, and spun the bottle. It landed on Carly, and as Sasuke leaned over to give Carly a peck on the cheek, Shikamaru glared at him. Carly laughed when she saw his face. "Hahaha! Shika-kun!" she said, wrapping her arms around his neck. He protectively put both his arms around her, lifted her up and placed her on his lap.

Next, Carly spun the bottle and it landed on Lee. Lee wasn't looking though, and was shocked when Carly gently kissed him on the cheek. It seemed he had been staring at Sakura the whole time. "Well that's a surprising youth blossom!" Lee shouted, staring at Carly now. Carly giggled and sat back down next to Shikamaru.

The game continued, and soon everyone got bored. Suddenly, Tenten yawned, whether she wanted to or not. It seemed not, because she covered her mouth almost immediately afterwards. "Are you tired, Tenten?" Neji asked, looking at her. Tenten blushed and shook her head. "C'mon, don't lie. It's 11 o'clock, we should all get some sleep." Kankuro said, standing up. Kiba nodded and so did the rest of the boys. Tenten sighed, but remained seated. As everyone else forwarded out, Tenten stood up and walked to the window, looking outside at the full moon.

She opened it and climbed outside, walking over to a large tree leaning against the fence, the one she had been dared to climb and sing on earlier today. She once again climbed the massive tree, sitting on the topmost branch, looking out into the stars. She jumped as she heard someone's voice behind her.

"What're you doing out here, Tenten?" asked the voice. "Looking at the stars." she replied, not looking at the figure. "Why are you looking at the stars?" the voice asked again. "They look so happy. They always have company; if not the moon, then each other. I wish I could be like them. I wish the one I loved would make me happy, just as the one they love, the moon, makes them happy."

Tenten continued to talk with the mysterious voice for the next hour. "Tenten, I must leave. I bid you goodbye, for now. Itikimas." the voice said. "No, wait!" Tenten cried, turning around and flinging an arm out to try and stop the mysterious voice. It wasn't there. She looked around her, up, down and behind, but the voice did not appear.

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"Woah, Tenten, you look tired. What time did you get to sleep last night?" Carly asked, leaning over the drowsy Tenten. Said person sighed. "Anou…. About one in the morning?" Carly laughed. "At this rate, you'll become insomniac like me!" she said, sitting down again.

It was breakfast time, and Carly had prepared food for anyone. As she sat down, cries of, "Itadakimasu!" could be heard as people started eating with pleasure. As she started eating, Jess and Tenten came and joined her. "Well, that was fun last night!" Jess said happily. Tenten nodded and yawned. "I don't think I got much sleep though." she said, after swallowing, the spoon resting on her bottom lip. With a confused look from both Carly and Jess, Tenten began explaining. "I came outside for a little bit, because it was a bit stuffy inside, and I fell asleep under the tree. Then, when I woke up it was pitch black. I used the small torch I brought with me to find my way inside, but I couldn't get back to sleep after that." As Tenten finished, Kiba stood up in the middle of everyone.

"Well guys, it's been fun, but I guess it's time to go now." he said unhappily. Everybody stopped eating and didn't look at anyone else. Jess glanced at the clock and accidentally caught Sasuke's eye while doing so. She smiled and waved, and he smiled back.

Everyone came out of their daze as a crash was heard and a terrified Gaara stood in the broken doorway. "Help me!" he whispered, hiding behind a bush. "GAARA-KUN?! WHERE ARE YOU, MY GAARA-KUN?!" came the voice of Lady. Carly and Jess walked up to the girl. "He jumped over the wall and ran into the forest." Carly said simply. "Yeah, he seemed very desperate. Are you guys having a race or something?" Jess added, leading Lady to the hole in the wall. "He ran north. If you follow the path for about 4 km, you should catch up with him."

Lady smiled and jumped over the wall. Her cries of, "Gaara-kun?! Gaara-kun?!" disappeared after about five minutes. A very relieved Gaara came out of hiding in the bushes and shakily walked over to the girls. "I-Is she g-gone?" he asked nervously. Jess nodded. "Thank you! Thank you so much!" Gaara cried, giving Jess a big hug. Noting all the looks of surprise and shock, Jess awkwardly patted him on the back.

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The girls were upstairs, packing their bags. Tenten was sitting on hers, looking at everybody else, because she had finished packing up. Hinata was sitting next to her on her own bags. Carly was just finishing, as was Jess. Sakura and Ino were both having trouble with their bags, because they had brought four bags full of skimpy clothing, shoes and jewellery to try and seduce Sasuke with. As Sakura threw a low cut, pink tank top into one of her bulging bags, she caught Jess' eye and scowled. Temari was almost finished her bag, but was having trouble with her sleeping bag. She cursed, sitting down on it to try and fit it into the bag.

"Need any help, Temari?" Ino asked, abandoning her bags to reach for Temari's. Temari glared down at her darkly, and Ino slowly backed away. Carly and Jess finished packing their bags and looked over at Temari struggling with her bags. Jess decided to help. "Hey, Temari? Maybe if you folded the sleeping bag?" Temari looked over at the two girls. "But I'm too lazy too!" she complained. Carly walked over to the bag. "Well, I can fold it for you, if you like?" she offered. Temari nodded and smiled at her. Carly smiled back and picked up the offending object. She folded it quickly, and easily fitted it into Temari's bag. Temari thanked Carly, and Tenten, Hinata, Jess, Temari and Carly walked downstairs, leaving Ino and Sakura to battle with their bags.

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The boys were sitting down talking about various things when the five girls came down the stairs. Carly and Jess sat down next to their respective boyfriends, Temari leaned against the wall with Shino and Kankuro, Tenten sat down a few metres away from Neji and Hinata went and joined the conversation between Naruto, Kiba and Chouji. Everyone was getting along nicely when Ino and Sakura stumbled down the stairs carrying all their bags. Seeing the looks on their faces, everyone started to laugh.

"Well, fine! We'll leave then!" Ino shouted, and stormed out the door, soon followed by Sakura. As she left, Sakura glanced over at Gaara and caught him looking at her. She hurriedly left the house and caught up to a very annoyed Ino.

"Hey Carly, Jess, we should get going too." Max said, coming to stand by the four. Sasuke rolled his eyes and Shikamaru yawned, signalling they didn't care. Carly also rolled her eyes, gave Shikamaru a peck on the cheek, and stood up. Jess sighed and followed suit. "Max, you're such a spoil sport." Carly complained, picking up her bag. "Ja ne, Sasuke-kun." Jess said, also picking up her bag. "Ja na." he replied, also standing up. "Bye-bye, Shika-kun." Carly said, and received a, "Bye" in return.

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So, that's the end of the sleepover. Hope you found it interesting if not funny. I'm terrible at making humour these days. This is what lack of internet does to me. -cry- And now I'm hearing things. I swear I just heard the garage door open. And a car pulling up the drive way. But, no. Ja ne! Pebble's Daydream