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The four boys walked out of the Uchiha house at nine and gave each other a final glance. It was a silent good luck. They were all going to need it.

Sasuke growled as he got into his car and drove toward Sakura's house. He knew the way; he had been near it before, but never inside. That was a silent rule he made. Never go where the devil lives and Sakura was his personal devil. This challenge was enough proof of that.

"You really don't have to keep walking me home." Sakura frowned as she crossed her arms.

"Hn."

"Can you say anything else?"

"…hn."

"You are unbelievable." Sakura muttered, shaking her head.

They had just finished another grueling day of team building with the idiot and the pervert. It was dusk and Sasuke had insisted on walking Sakura home again.

They reached the drive way and Sasuke frowned. "Why is it dark in there?"

Sakura looked at her house and shrugged. "It's their date night so I have the house to myself this evening."

"Will you be safe?" Sasuke scanned the neighborhood skeptically.

Sakura rolled her eyes. "Yes."

"Are you sure?"

"Sasuke!" Sakura slapped him on the arm. "Look you walked me home, thanks and good bye."

She turned to leave but Sasuke grabbed her hand. "I'll walk you to the door."

"That's not necessary." Sakura tried to pull her hand away.

"Hn." Sasuke smirked as he kept a firm hold on her hand as the two made their way to her door. Once they got there Sakura ripped her hand away from his.

"Great, we made it safely. Bye." Sakura hissed as she reached for her key.

Sasuke frowned and spun her around. Sakura dropped her key as he stepped towards her, trapping her between him and the door.

"S-Sasuke? What are you doing?" Sakura's eyes went wide open.

Sasuke leaned down until he was an inch away from her lips. Sakura was sure he was going to kiss her. "Just figuring out something." He smirked as he backed away from her and picked up her key.

Sakura was speechless and red in the face. She for sure thought he was going to…but he was just fucking around. Stupid asshole.

She grabbed the key from his hand and unlocked her door. "Bye."

She went to slam it but his foot blocked the way. She glared at him and he smirked again. "Lock your doors Haruno."

"Bye Uchiha." Sakura growled before closing the door.

Sasuke parked a few houses from her house and sighed. He had brought a knife incase her window was locked by he really wasn't too keen to committing a crime, his dad had been a cop after all.

He slowly crept to the house and raced across the lawn. He could see the lights on the first floor. Her parents were watching television. Sasuke looked at the tree in her yard and figured it was the only way up.

He quickly climbed the tree and carefully crawled on the branch closest to her window. It was locked, figures, so he had to pry it open with the knife he thankfully brought. After a few minutes of fiddling with it he was in. He jumped through the window and landed on the ground with a thud.

Her room was fairly small, and neat. Her bed was neat and her room was spotless. Small mementos and photos were frames and scattered on flat surfaces. It looked rather average to him. He gently set the lunch box on her bed and scanned the room for an envelope.

When he spotted it on the door leading out of her room, he quickly walked up to get it when he heard voices, probably her parents.

"I'm sure it's nothing sweetie." A male voice said. "It's probably just your imagination."

"Would you please go and check?" A woman's voice pleaded.

"Fine, but I'm telling you, there is nothing in there." A male said again.

Sasuke's eyes widened upon realizing that they were making their way to their daughter's room. Sasuke grabbed the envelope and looked around. Jump to the window would take too long so he quickly slid under bed. Not a few seconds later did the door swing open.

Sasuke gulped as he watched male sock clad feet walk around the room. He never felt more fearful in his life, and that was saying something when Naruto is your (destructive) best friend.

"Like I told you darling, nothing in here? Just the way our Saku left it."

The male walked out and closed the door behind him. Sasuke let out a sigh of relief as he crawled from under the bed.

Once out, he sat down on the edge of the bed and read Sakura's latest letter.

Sasuke,

I spend hours making sure my room was perfect for you so don't mess it up! I hope you didn't raid any of my drawers because I will know and you'll be dead. One toe out of line Uchiha and you're out, that's a warning.

Now enough joking because what I have to say next is a bit on the…sadder side and I really hope you don't hate me for this. Please don't. If you can't or don't want to, it's fine and I totally understand. Please just don't hate me.

But in order for me to believe you, I need you to say it out loud. I need you to say, I like Haruno Sakura and mean it. So on my desk are two white lilies. Those are for your parents. I'd like you to go and talk to them. I know you haven't in a while and you need to, not for this challenge's sake but for yours. Please go and visit them. For them, for you, for me even.

That is clue number nine, don't sweat it if you can't I know it's kind of a terrible thing for me to ask. I won't hold it against you if you don't want to. Just think about it okay? You shouldn't have stopped visiting them and if you want to move forward in your life (in anything), you need to get speak with them, even if there aren't able to respond. Telling them that you like me (if you even do) is just a way to get you there.

Consider it and please don't hate me. I think you know the drill by now, pictures to MASTERMIND.

Good luck Sasuke.

Sakura

Sasuke crumbled the note in his hand. She was taking it too far. Breaking into school property? No problem. Visiting embarrassing past memories? Piece of cake. Sneaking into her bedroom? Child's play. But this…it was too much. Revisiting that was just painful.

Sasuke pulled out his phone and took a picture. Sakura was going to get a piece of his mind.

To: MASTERMIND

From: Sasuke

*ATTACHMENT*

Sakura,

I know you mean well but don't meddle

in my personal business. Stay out of it.

I don't care if it is for my wellbeing,

stay out of it. You're not a part of that life.

Sasuke

To: Sasuke

From: MASTERMIND

Sasuke,

I don't mean to meddle, but don't tell

me I'm not a part of that life. You

wanted to (supposedly) go out with me.

That puts me in your personal life but

I can't be in there unless you get closure

from them. I can't drag you to visit

them anymore. You have to do this on

your own. This is all yours Sasuke.

Own it.

Sakura

To: MASTERMIND

From: Sasuke

Sakura,

You don't have the right to tell me

what to do. You don't know anything.

Stay out of it. I don't need you to act

like it is your job to take care of me

or my problems. I don't need you to

babysit me and drag me places. It's not

your job.

Sasuke

To: Sasuke

From: MASTERMIND

Sasuke,

Then what do you want me around

for? People take care of each other

when in a relationship or it's not that.

Deal with it. I'm not babysitting you,

I'm caring for you. I want to be there

for you and always will, even if you

don't want me to. It may not be my job

but I still will help you no matter what.

Just go and visit them. It's been three years

too long. If nothing else, just drop off the

flowers for me.

Sakura

Sasuke turned his phone off. He walked toward the window and looked back at the flowers. Like hell she could tell him what to do. She didn't know anything. With that, Sasuke was out the window, climbing down the tree, back to his car down the road. The flowers laid on her desk, untouched.


Naruto gulped and sent a fleeting look to Neji who had dropped him off. No good luck, no signed that Neji even believed Naruto would make it out alive. Great, just fucking great. He was screwed.

"Wow!" Naruto exclaimed. "This is where you live?"

"Yes." Neji replied in a clipped tone.

"Damn!" Naruto yelped as he looked around with big eyes.

"Come, let's go." Neji ordered as he led Naruto toward his room.

"So Hinata lives here right?" Naruto asked casually as he inspected a piece of artwork on the wall.

"You don't need to know where." Neji hissed.

Naruto looked confused. "Why?"

Neji shook his head and walked on, leaving Naruto to follow helplessly. The house was huge and Naruto had no doubt that he would get lost without Neji.

Naruto finally saw a door at the end of the hallway and ran for it. Neji grabbed the back of Naruto's shirt and yanked him back.

"Ow! What was that for?" Naruto whined as he rubbed his neck.

"Where are you going?" Neji hissed.

"Isn't that your room?" Naruto asked confused, scratching his head.

"No." Neji growled before walking past the door and down yet another hallway.

Naruto looked back at the door and frowned. What was behind the secret door? Naruto would go and investigate but he would probably get lost trying to get back to wherever the hell Neji's room was.

Naruto snuck through the backdoor of the Hyuga mansion. Thankfully Neji was at least helpful enough on how to get in. Finding Hinata's room was a whole other matter.

Naruto walked down a few hallways and panic filled him. What if her father found him? Naruto was certain he would meet his end if he did come face to face with that man. Naruto half considered leaving but Hinata popped up in his head and she wasn't worth losing. Not when he had so much to talk to her about…so much to apologize for.

"Naruto?" A voice came from behind him. Without thinking like a rational person should, Naruto spun around dropped to his knees and bowed.

"PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!" He yelled.

"…Naruto, why are you here?" A voice asked. This time Naruto registered the fact that it sounded a lot more feminine then he thought Hinata's dad would sound. He didn't sound mad, just curious. Maybe he was wrong about Hinata's dad. Maybe he was a bro. Naruto dared a look up and only found Hinata's little sister.

"Hanabi! Thank heavens it's you! I thought you were your dad." Naruto sighed relieved.

"I can go get him." Hanabi shrugged.

"No! I-I, I mean that's okay, you don't need to."

"Then why are you here?" She asked, placing her hands on her hips. "And why do you have Hinata's Mr. Foxy?"

Naruto blinked and stared down at the fox plush in his hands. "Oh…I-I-"

"Hinata isn't here right now. Neither is Neji." Hanabi stated dully.

"I know…it's complicated." Naruto looked down. "I actually need to give Hinata back Mr. Foxy but I have to find her room. You don't think you could…" Naruto looked hopefully at the youngest Hyuga.

Hanabi frowned and thought for a moment. "You got twenty bucks?" She finally asked.

Naruto blinked. "…yes."

Hanabi stuck her hand out. "I can show you Hinata's room."

"But I need that!" Naruto yelled.

"Fine, I'm sure my dad can show-" Before Hanabi could finish her sentence; a twenty dollar bill was resting in her hands. She smirked. "Right this way."

Naruto followed the evil child through the maze of a house until they stopped outside a door. "This is it?" Hanabi nodded her head. "You aren't lying are you?" Naruto questioned. Hanabi gave Naruto an evil smile and walk off without a word.

Cursing to himself, he tried the door. He looked inside and felt relief wash over him. The room was bigger than Naruto's whole apartment but he knew in an instant it was Hinata's. The purple bedding, the neat desk, the fragrance the drifted through the room all reminded him of the shy but sweet girl.

He gently set Mr. Foxy on the bed and picked up the envelope that sat on the pillow with his name on it.

Naruto,

Congrats on clue eight and not dying! Now all you have to remember is not to get caught leaving and you are as good as you can get…well you still have two more clues and you still have to find Hinata, but you won't be dead!

Anyways, clue nine: Talk to Iruka. It's simple but that's not all. If you are serious about Hinata, you need to tell him. It's only fair to you and Hinata. If you're serious about a girl, you should tell someone about it. Even if Iruka isn't your dad or mom, he still loves you like one. He would want to know if you have your eyes set on someone. This is for you to prove that you want to do this and be in a legit relationship with her…if not I heard Kiba is interest.

Pictures as always to MASTERMIND!

Good luck and tell Iruka that we all love him!

Sakura

Naruto understood what Sakura was trying to do and was fine with it. He was okay with letting Iruka (and the whole world) he liked Hinata. What filled him with dread was the prospect of navigating out of the house. Lord help him!


Shikamaru stopped outside Ino house and rolled his eyes. That pink haired freak really was fucked up. It's not like he had never been to Ino's house. It was like a third home to him (Choji's being his second). It was just that he never snuck in there. He never had to, plus her father…what a drag.

"Come on, Shikamaru!" Ino pleaded as she jumped beside him.

"What is the purpose of this?" He frowned and crossed his arms.

"It's stealth training!" Ino yelped excitedly.

"Why do I need stealth training?"

"So we can be real ninjas!" Choji cheered with Ino.

"Why aren't you doing this?" Shikamaru shot at his best friend.

Choji smirked. "Ino already did my stealth training."

Shikamaru glare at them. "I'm not sneaking into your room." He muttered to Ino.

"Come on! It could be useful one day." Ino explained.

"Ino the only way it would be useful is if we were in a trashy teenage movie. We aren't, so it holds no use." Shikamaru sighed. "Anyways, what was Choji's?"

Choji and Ino shared a criminal glance before snickering. "Nothing." Ino shrugged.

"Let's just say your house is missing a box of cookies." Choji smiled proudly.

Shikamaru looked up the large tree that sat beside Ino's house. It was similar to the one he used to get in and out of his window but it was still Ino's.

With another tired sigh he began to start climbing up the tree. Once he got to level with her window he climbed in. Thankfully she had left it open.

He fell onto her pink bed and set down the beach bag filled with pillows and blankets. He rested there for a moment with a frown on his face. With a tired sigh, he sat up and saw the usual envelope with his name on it. He picked it up as he heard a cough from the door way.

He froze and slowly looked toward the door. Leaning against the frame was Ino's father who looked at him with a mixture of confusion and curiosity. Shikamaru gulped and straightened up and said the first thing that came to mind.

"Yo." He saluted casually.

Inoichi raised his eyebrows at the gutsy kid in front of him. He lifted his hand and waved back. "Yo, Shikamaru."

"How are you?" Shikamaru asked rapidly.

Inoichi paused before hesitantly answering. "Confused. Why are you here?"

Shikamaru shrugged. "I'm learning to be a ninja; obviously I have some more training to do." He stood up and glanced at Ino's father. "Mind if I use the stairs? Being a ninja is kind of tiring."

Inoichi, against his better judgment moved out of the way and let Shikamaru pass him. Both walked down the stairs toward the front door.

"Does your father know about this?" Inoichi finally asked.

Shikamaru looked back and yawned. "Probably not. My father doesn't have time for ninjas, I suppose you don't either."

With that, Shikamaru opened the door, waved behind him as he left a confused Inoichi to stand in his kitchen wondering why his childhood friend's son was sneaking into his daughter's room while she was gone for the week.

Shikamaru on the other hand ran for it the minute he stepped out of the house. He didn't know when Inoichi would snap out of his daze but when he did, Shikamaru was dead.

He made it three blocks away from Ino's house when he deemed it save to stop and rest. He pulled the envelope from his pocket and read it before he died. He had to know what he risked his life for…even if it was stupid Sakura's notes.

Shikamaru,

Whoop! You did it! Ino knew those ninja skills would come and handy. Before you make a witty comment, let me tell you that this was way better than a trashy teenage movie. You know it, I know it, and it's a fact of life. ACCEPT IT DAMN IT!

Anyways, you're not dead and that is good. Out of all four of you, you were the one I was hoping wouldn't die! Naruto is annoying, Neji is deadly and Uchiha…well he is Uchiha. But you my little genius help me with science projects so I don't fail!

Anyways clue NINE: Just tell your parents you like Ino, you know if you're serious! *insert evil laugh*

MASTERMIND has already been inside Ino's room so a picture of the note will be splendid.

Sakura

Shikamaru stared at the note. Admitting he liked Ino to his parents was…unfortunate for him. His dad wouldn't care, at least he thought, but his mother (the bossy woman) would probably nag him forever. Jeez girls were troublesome.

…wait…did Sakura just say MASTERMIND has been in Ino's room?


Neji walked, opened the door to Tenten's apartment, and sunk on the couch. Lucky for him, he knew he had the easiest one out of them all. Tenten lived by herself and showed him how to get in.

"You are the best friend in the world!" Tenten smiled.

"I still don't get why you can't take it with you." Neji hissed. "Or why Lee couldn't do it."

"Well one it's a he, two he doesn't get along well with Ino, and three, do you trust Lee with other life forms?" Tenten countered.

"Tenten, it's a goldfish!" Neji exclaimed.

"So? He still needs lovings!" Tenten pushed past him. "Anyways, I can't make another copy of the key so you'll just use the emergency key. I keep it here." Tenten gestured to the plant. "It's tapped underneath this branch! Simple right?"

Tenten led him inside and showed him the fish. "This is Swimmy! He gets fed every day at noon, remember Neji, noon! I also watch TV at eight o'clock with him, make sure you do that."

"Why?"

"If you were in a glass bubble all day wouldn't you want to do something every day, even if it was watching TV?" Tenten asked with a frown.

"You are gone three days." Neji reminded.

"Every day at eight! And no news, Swimmy hates that. Only sci-fi movies." Tenten nodded her head. "Understand? He likes the trashier ones so make sure it has at least a terrifying hybrid and one cheesy love scene."

Neji sighed and nodded his head. The bunned girl tackled him into a hug. "You are the best!"

Neji remembered that 'Swimmy' had died on the second day. Tenten blamed him, saying it was because he made 'Swimmy' watch the news. While it was true, he just didn't want to tell Tenten he had forgotten to feed the damned thing.

Neji sighed and set down the bag with the dinnerware from the first clue on her table. He picked up the envelope that laid beside it and read.

Neji,

I DOLPHINITELY knew you COD do it! No SQUIDDING! Holy SHIMP! Sakura's got it back and she is KRILLING it! WHALE, lets continue SHELL we? Bro…that was fucking awesome! Admit it!

Now, clue nine: tell your uncle about your little crush! If you do, you are pretty much golden- like Swimmy. Just own up and admit it to your uncle and Tenten will know you're serious. Plain and simple.

Pictures to MASTERMIND!

Good luck and don't ruin this perfect oppor-TUNA-ty with Tenten. WATER you waiting for? REELY go for it!

Sakura

Neji almost cried. Not only did he have to have a serious talk with his uncle about his love life but Sakura found the worst type of puns to use on him; fish puns. He never wanted to relive the week where Naruto found out about them but Sakura just had to open that can of worms.

Neji jumped as the door to Tenten's apartment swung opened revealing a man with a bandana on and a toothpick handing from his mouth. Neji knew this man as Genma and they usually got along fine but Neji couldn't help but fear for his life because in Genma's hands was a nice gun.

"Neji?"

"Genma I-"

"You have five seconds, run." Genma hissed before starting to count down.

Neji could barely hear the numbers following five as he bolted down the hall, hoping he made it to his car before Tenten's landlord killed him.


If he made it through it, Sakura was dead. Not only was his life in danger but now he couldn't get those fish puns out of his head.

Sakura held MASTERMIND's phone in her hands shakily. She pushed him too far. She was only looking out of him and now…she really fucked up.

"I don't think he will respond." MASTERMIND sighed from beside Sakura. The other three girls sat in front of her.

"Should I send another?" She whispered. MASTERMIND shook his head. Sakura sniffled. "I-I just w-wanted to help him."

"I know." MASTERMIND whispered kindly as he rubbed her back. "All you can do now is wait and see. If it wasn't meant to be, it wasn't meant to be."

Sakura nodded her head. "I think I'm going to sleep. Please let me know if he says anything more."

MASTERMIND nodded his head as he watched the four girls go to the guest room. He looked down at his phone. He knew they had pushed it when clue nine but it was true. Uchiha needed to face it if he ever wanted to get with Sakura. Now he just hoped the idiot would do it.


Only four more chapters to go! Anyways, sorry for the little deep moment in the Sasusaku part...will it get resolved? Who is MASTERMIND? And which boy will get to the finish line first?

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