Okay, I SHOULD be able to finish this tomorrow. If I don't , since New Years is sort of counted as a part of the season, would you guys mind if I continued to update the story until then?

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto


"Naruto?" Sakura called out softly, trying not to trip or bump into anything, "Where are you?"

"Come on dobe, I know you're around here somewhere." Sasuke said, annoyed.

"I think I know where he is." Shikamaru said, walking up beside them.

"Then why didn't you say so before?" Sakura said through gritted teeth, suddenly fustrated with the lazy genius.

"Well, he's in this room somewhere, and someone like him would probably only get up in the middle of the night for one reason. Food." Shikamaru replied, ignoring Sakura's tone.

"So, he's in the kitchen?" Ino concluded.

"Either the kitchen or the snack bar. Let's just split up and two of us each go to one place. Then we'll get back to bed faster."


Ino and Shikamaru went back to the cafeteria kitchen. From there, they went in two different directions to look around.

Then, Ino found a door. "Maybe he's in here," she said pulling it open, and quickly shutting it again. "Holy shit, that's cold."

"That's probably because it's a freezer, Ino." Shikamaru sighed, "Well, I don't see him in here, so let's go back to bed."

"Right," Ino said, pulling it open, and slowly making her way across the cafeteria. She found the empty mat, and lay back down, instantly falling asleep. Shikamaru could have done the same, if it wasn't for one little detail.

"Ino. I was sleeping there. Ino, get up and move over to yours. troublesome woman." Shikamaru gave up, and fell asleep on the mat next to his, the one Ino had been using.


Sasuke and Sakura eventually found the door to the cafeteria's snack bar, having to feel along every wall until they found a door knob. Unsurprisingly, as the opened the door, they were met with a blinding stream of light, causing Sakura to temporarily lose her sight, and topple back into Sasuke, who had shielded his eyes, and caught her with his right arm.

"Heh...um...sorry Sasuke?" Sakura blushed.

"Whatever. Okay, Naruto, where are you?" Sasuke called out.

"Over here!" A voice said. Naruto came out from around the corner, "I found where they kept the ice cream, want some? Hey, why are you holding Sakura like that?"

Sasuke looked down to see that he hadn't let Sakura stand up on her own. "She tripped."

"And you havn't let her go yet?" Naruto smirked. Sasuke immediately let her go. At this point, Sakura was getting annoyed.

"Look Naruto, we were worried enough to come look for you. Not so we could listen to you blabber about what you think is happening between me and Sasuke. So, put the ice cream bar down, and go back to bed so we can sleep!" Sakura commanded.

"Yes ma'am." Naruto replied. Sakura was terrifying when she was tired, wasn't she?"


Don't worry, I'll be getting back to the NejiTen next chapter. Review!