Zan_TOP: Yosh. Chapter 9 is in the house!


Chapter 9

At school

"Sakura-chan!!!" yelled Naruto in the school hallway. Sakura was about to enter the classroom. "Yes?" she asked. "Let's continue the truth or dare game!! It's my and Ino's turn!!" he yelled. "Sure, since Kakashi-sensei is always late, why not?" They went into the classroom and Naruto and the boys went to the girls' group. Of course, the ones who played the game last time must witness the other participants. Shikamaru got the bottle and it was Sakura turn to spin it. It landed on Ino. She asked the same question. "Dare," said Ino.

"Okay, I dare you...to not going shopping for ONE WHOLE WEEK!"

"What?! That's insane. What if I don't?!"

"You'll have to date Naruto tonight at the cinema, watching 'Rainbow Monkeys the Movie',"

"WHAT?! THAT'S WORST!!" Ino yelled.

"So, what is it going to be? Date with Naruto or no shopping?"

"Urgh! Fine! I'll pick date with Naruto! I can't risk my shopping spree!" she shouted.

"What?! How did I get into this mess!" yelled Naruto.

"But, on one condition. Hinata must come with us," said Ino while smirking at Hinata.

"W-What? How did I get involved in this?" she asked.

"Fine. Hinata will go with you two on your date," announced Sakura.

"Okay. Finally, Naruto. Truth or dare?"

"Dare!"

"I dare you to not eat ramen for three days!" said Ino.

"WHAT?! What if I don't?!" asked Naruto.

"If you don't..." Ino whispered to Naruto the consequences. Naruto's eyes widened.

"I'm not ready for that," said Naruto quietly. "Fine, I'll pick the dare! I'll eat as much ramen as possible later and get ready for tomorrow," he continued, sounding sad."Um, I-Ino-chan. W-What did you tell Naruto?" asked Hinata. "It's a secret. You'll find out one day," replied Ino with a smirk on her face. Hinata remained confused. Shikamaru has bags under his eyes because of his dare previously.

All of them were about to take their seats when Sakura went over to Sasuke. "So, how will I pay off the debt from yesterday? Are you sure you don't want $25?" asked Sakura as she kept glaring at him. "I don't want money. I have lots of them. I'll tell you how to pay off your debt after this class," he said as he took his seat with his arms crossed. "Come on! Don't you think it would be easier if you tell me right now? Besides, Kakashi-sensei will be late anyway," complaint Sakura with her hands on her hips. "Nah. Too much people around. Don't want to risk this request. We'll just wait for everyone to get out," he said while looking at the front. "Fine. What a moron," mumbled Sakura loud enough for him to hear.

"Could you repeat that statement, Miss Haruno?" said Sasuke, almost losing his cool.

"Are you sure you don't want to visit the hospital or even an ear clinic? Or I could ask Naruto to shout it out for you? MO-RON!" she said that loud enough for him and the rest of their friends to hear.

"Why you little-"he was about to stand up and punched her in the face but Shikamaru hold him back. "Stop it! You both would get punished by the principal again!" warned Ino. "It's not my fault that he's a moron!" yelled Sakura and this time, the whole class heard her. She went towards him but Tenten hold her back. Some arguments were produced because both Sakura and Sasuke's fans were arguing about them. "You're the moron! You're the one who forgot to bring enough money to pay for your stuff!" Sasuke yelled back while struggling out of Shikamaru's arms.

"You're the one who's greedy! I want to pay you back but you said you wanted something else but you couldn't tell me right now! What's the big idea?!" shouted Sakura.

"Cocky bastard. I wouldn't want anyone to hear about it! Don't you understand, woman?!"

"Why?! Is it a secret or something?!"

"No. It's just... I don't want people to hear about it," said Sasuke, lower down his voice as he noticed almost all of the students in his class were looking at them.

"You know you should stay away from Naruto because his idiot illness got you and the effects are already started to act up,"

"Hey!" shouted Naruto.

"Why you-"Sasuke managed to get off Shikamaru and ran over to her to punch her and Sakura was free from TenTen and started defending herself. They both fought but neither of them was injured. They both have good fighting skills. Sakura was about to deliver a punch to Sasuke when he was defends less but suddenly, a certain red haired boy appeared between them and hold Sakura's fist. "Sakura-chan, I don't think it's a good idea to fight, don't you think?" he asked calmly as he let go of her fist. "(sigh) you're right. I'm sorry," said Sakura as she uncurled her fist. 'When did HE get here?!' thought Sasuke. "Hmph, you're lucky Gaara's here to stop me. Thanks Gaara," said Sakura as she went back to her seat and had a little chat with Gaara. Sasuke remained silence as he went back to his seat.

His fan girls surrounded him and started to flirt him. "Get. Away. From. Me," said Sasuke to them with a scary voice and the fan girls backed away slowly. Kakashi-sensei entered the class and was a little surprised because the students are quieter. 'No fan girls surrounding the boys. No fan boys surrounding the girls. No talking. No yelling at me. Did I enter the right class?' thought Kakashi-sensei as he looked back at the name of the class.

After Kakashi-sensei's class

Sasuke and Sakura waited for everyone to get out of the class. When they were alone, Sasuke walked over to Sakura. "So, what should I do? Why does it have to secret? You can just whisper to me in class," said Sakura while getting her sling bag over shoulder. "I want to talk back but I don't want to start a fight. Anyway, to pay off the debt, you'll have to attend this formal party as my partner the day after tomorrow. My whole family was invited," said Sasuke while showing her the invitation.

"What?! You want me to attend it as YOUR partner?!" asked Sakura while scanning the high quality invitation and she knew it was for rich people. 'This is why I don't want to tell her in class, or else, she'll scream,' thought Sasuke.

"I heard that you have manners and everything so why not? Besides, you have the looks too," said Sasuke while smirking. "But, I don't have a dress...or jewelry... or anything. It's too expensive," admitted Sakura.

"That's why you and your friends will come with us at the mall, even though I hate malls. I heard that Ino has a sense of fashion and she will help you to pick a dress and buy the jewelry. Your other friends and my gang will come too because we will also buy some clothes for the concert. The guys and I will pay," he explained while taking his books and walked away.

"Wait!" Sakura hold his shirt and he looked at her. "This is too much. Just because I have to pay you $25, I have to buy an expensive dress and jewelry and my band's outfits...and YOU GUYS will be paying?! What an awkward way of paying my debt," said Sakura.

"Just accept it. You're gonna be my partner anyway," said Sasuke as he walked and Sakura besides him. "Did my friends know about this?" asked Sakura while they were about to enter a science lab. "My gang should have told them right about now," he replied as he opened the door and they heard Sakura's friends shouted "WHAAAAT?!" in front of Sasuke's gang. Luckily, there was no teacher in sight. They saw Sakura at the door and they rushed to her.

"Did you hear? They-"started Ino. "Yes. I heard," Sakura cut off her sentence. "And they're paying?!" asked TenTen. "(Sigh)Yeah," Sakura replied. "Yes!!!! We are going to the mall!" Ino shouted. "W-Why a-are they p-paying f-for us?" asked Hinata calmly. "Because I don't want the band my band are cooperating with look bad, especially the leader," replied Sasuke with a smirk. "Gee, thanks for the consideration," said Sakura sarcastically. "You're welcome," said Sasuke as he walked to his gang. "And I th-they said that y-you are g-going to a formal p-party with Sasuke as his p-partner," said Hinata. "Yeah, that's why he said that Ino will help me to find a dress for me," said Sakura. "Sure! I'll help you!" said Ino. Sakura thanked her and they went back to their seats.

At the mall

"Try this one! Or this one! Or this one!" yelled Ino as she handed dresses to Sakura. Tenten and Hinata helped her to carry them while the boys sat on chairs, watching them.

"Hey, Sasuke. Why did you choose Ino again?" asked Sakura as she balanced the clothes she carries. "Because she knows about dresses and stuff," replied Sasuke.

"Come on Sasuke. I'll help you find a tuxedo," said Shikamaru. "Fine," he replied as they stood up and searched for a tuxedo.

"Sakura-chan! Try this dress! It will suit you!" said Ino as she handed a dress and pushed her into the dressing room. "What's the point we're carrying this stuff?!" asked TenTen. Ino ignored her and went to look for accessories.

"Somehow, I felt bad about the girls. No wonder they didn't want to go shopping with her," stated Naruto. Neji just nodded.

After a while, Sakura walked out from the changing room in a dark blue dress with a belt around her dress. "Wow! It definitely suits her!" shouted TenTen. Hinata dragged Sakura to look at herself a tall mirror. "You look p-pretty," said Hinata. Sakura thanked her.

Then, she saw in the mirror Sasuke in a black tuxedo next to her, adjusting his coat. "Nice suit," said Sakura as she adjusted her belt. "Thanks. Nice dress," said Sasuke. "Thanks," replied Sakura. They just looked at the mirror, adjusting their clothes. "Sakura-chan! Try this necklace!" yelled Ino as showed her a blue necklace with a shell attached to it. "Would you do the honors, Sasuke?" asked Ino. "Glad to," he replied as he took the necklace and put it around Sakura's neck. Sakura hold her hair so he can hook up the necklace. Sakura blushed as Sasuke smirked, as always. When he was done, Sakura let go of her hair and looked at the necklace as Sasuke hold her shoulders behind her.

"Hn. At least you look like a rich person," said Sasuke. "I take that as a compliment," replied Sakura. They smiled, not smirking, and went into the changing room to change back into their clothes.

"Hmm, I wonder who Sakura will fall for. Sasuke or Gaara?" asked TenTen to herself. "I think Sasuke," said Neji besides her. "No way! I think Gaara will be the one," TenTen talked back.

"Wanna bet?" asked Neji. "Fine! The loser will have to his/her servant for the whole day," said TenTen. "You're on!" said Neji.

"Hehehe. Who will it be? The bad boy or the good boy?" said Ino to herself. "I like that question. It suits her," After Sakura and Sasuke are done, Sasuke paid for the dress and the tuxedo at the counter and Sakura took the bags. She looked at the cash register and saw that the dress cost about a thousand dollars and the necklace cost half of thousand. "What the?! Why is it so expensive?! Are you sure you're okay with it?" asked Sakura as Sasuke took out a credit card. He gave her his most famous respond. "Thanks anyway," said Sakura.

Sasuke took the receipt and said "Alright, next is jewelry. Neji is somehow an expert on it since his family has a company on jewelry so he will help you," He called Neji and he brought Sakura to a jewelry shop. The rest followed them. "Okay, which one do you like?"he asked as the seller showed them diamond rings. "I don't know. Hey, TenTen. Help me out please?" she called TenTen as she walked towards her. "What's the problem?" she asked. "You know about jewelry, right? Please help me," begged Sakura. TenTen sighed as she looked at the rings. Neji joined her and they discussed about the rings.

"What are they talking about? Carrots and cuts and stuff? There only diamonds," she said to herself. "No. Diamonds are really different, depending on the size," explained Sasuke. He was standing near her and she didn't realize it. 'Is he a ghost or something?' Sakura thought. "Well, aren't sizes are S, M, L, XL and more? Why do they use carrots instead?" she asked Sasuke. He slapped his forehead in disappointment. "It's 'carats',"corrected Sasuke. "What's the difference?" asked Sakura. "(Sigh) Never mind. Anyway, tomorrow, I'll ask your friends to teach you some more girly stuff," said Sasuke.

The 'jewelry experts' finally picked a ring and they also bought other stuff. Sakura was still shocked because the jewelry costs more than her dress. After that, they went to a shop to by their clothes for the concert. Ino went crazy, screamed at every cute clothes she saw. Nah, just kidding. She just went crazy though. Each of the bands was going to wear the same type of clothes but different colors. Next, they all made the bands' name on the clothes. 'Night Angels' for the girls and 'Double SN' for the boys. They bought shoes and other stuff and the boys paid for them and decided to eat at the Jollibee. Sakura called Shaoran that she can't cook their dinner.

After they had finished eating, Ino remembered the date with Naruto and Hinata so they went to a cinema nearby and watch 'Rainbow Monkeys the Movie'. "We're going home so tell us everything tomorrow," whispered Sakura to Ino. She agreed as Naruto, Hinata and her walked into the cinema.

Sakura, TenTen, Sasuke, Neji and Shikamaru walked away and they passed a small park with a playground, a pond and some benches. "Hey Sakura, remember when we used to play the playground when we were kids?" asked TenTen. "Yeah, good times. Wanna play for a while?" asked Sakura. "Sure," she replied as they ran to the playground, forgetting the boys.


Zan_TOP: So so so... how do you like it? Fun? Boring? Please review!