Really bored due to flames and Pm's.
Really CBA carrying this fanfic on.
I have done 13k words on this chapter which is what alot of people have for ONE story.
Chapter Forty-Four: Sasuke
Three weeks later.
"Naruto! Where's my black dress shirt?!" I asked from my room as I braided my hair. "I washed it! Just wear a different one!" Naruto yelled. I sighed and went through my closet. I grabbed a white dress shirt. I pulled it on over my white tank top and tucked it into my black jeans. I rolled the sleeves up to my elbows and contemplated on a tie. "Eh." I said, throwing it on my bed. I pulled on a black belt. Naruto came in. "Hey. Have you…?" He asked. We looked at each other and we had on the same thing. "Weird." He said. He switched to a light blue dress shirt that matched his eyes. "Have I what?" I asked. "Oh. Have you heard from Mom or Dad yet?" Naruto asked. "Yeah. They should be here in a…" I said. Just then, the doorbell rang. "Never mind." I said. Both of us went to the door. Just as soon as I opened it, Mom hugged us. "Oh! I've missed you two so much!" She said. "We've missed you too, Mom but it's getting hard to breathe." I said smiling. "Sorry." She said, letting us go. Mom had my eyes and Naruto's hair color. Her hair was long and naturally wavy. She wore a very colorful, long-sleeved dress shirt and a black skirt. "You two look so nice. When do I get to meet your girlfriends?" She asked. "Later today. Where's Dad?" Naruto asked. "Right here." A deep voice said from behind us. We turned around. "Why do you bother asking? He always does that." I said. Dad has short raven colored hair, Naruto's eyes, and a beard. He and Mom were complete opposites. He was serious while she was cheerful. "Hey Pops." Naruto said smiling. Dad nodded. "We should probably get going." I said. "I'll drive." Mom said. "No!" Naruto, Dad, and I said wide-eyed. Mom was also a bad driver. "I'll drive." Dad said. "Honestly. My driving isn't that bad." Mom said, crossing her arms. All of us got into the car. When we got to Ino's house, we were the last family. "This is a very lovely house." Mom said smiling. We got out and Dad adjusted his dark blue dress shirt. "Think that Hinata and Saku are nervous?" I asked. Naruto nodded. "You?" He asked. "Oh yeah." I said. I didn't have my lip ring. Mom rang the doorbell. A woman with bright red hair, green eyes, and glasses answered the door. She was a fairy. "Oh hi. You must be the Ravencrofts. Come in." She said smiling. We went inside. "Are you Temari' mom?" Naruto asked. "How could you tell?" She asked smiling. "She looks just like you." I said. Temari' mom noticed Mom's outfit. "I see that you're a fan of my clothing line." She said smiling. Mom's eyes widened. "You're Marie Sabaku!" She said. "Yes. It's nice to meet you." Mrs. Marie said. "I'm Delilah and this is my husband Edward." Mom said. "Hello." Dad said. "Everyone's in the next room. You should meet the other families." Mrs. Marie said. We followed her into another room. I immediately noticed Sakura. She was wearing a light green and white kimono with pink cheery blossom petals all over it and a white obi with the same design. Her hair was in a high ponytail with a large light green and pink bow. She smiled at me and I smiled back. "By the look of it, we should probably start with the Haruno family." Ino's aunt, Carol, said. She was short and average sized with short blonde hair and Ino's blue-green eyes. Sakura and her family stood up. "This is Mebuki, Kizashi, Shoichi, and Sakura Haruno." Mrs. Carol said. Sakura's father was an intimidating looking man and her brother as at least six foot three. All of them were in their demon forms. "It's nice to meet you. I'm Delilah and this is my husband Edward." Mom said smiling. "It's nice to meet you too." Mrs. Mebuki said smiling. "It seems that Sasakay is quite smitten with your daughter." Dad said. Both Sakura's dad and brother looked at me. Her brother smirked. "This is your little boyfriend, Squirt?" He asked, looking at Sakura. "Yes. And stop calling me that." She said blushing. While Sakura's family sat down, Hinata and her uncle stood up. Naruto grinned. "This is Hinata and her uncle Hizashi Hyuga." Mrs. Carol said. "Hello." Mr. Hizashi said. They sat down and Temari' family stood up. "This is the Sabaku family. This is Marie, Francis, and Temari." Mrs. Carol said. "It's so nice to meet you, Marie." Mom said smiling. "You too, Delilah." Mrs. Marie said smiling back. Temari' dad was a grim looking man with short, curly red hair and gray eyes. Tenten's family stood up. "This is Julia, Robert, Tenten, and Keith Stewart." Mrs. Carol said. Tenten's mom, Julia, was tall and supermodel looking and her dad, Robert, was athletic looking. "No wonder she likes sports. She looks just like her dad." I thought. Julia had long, wavy, light brown hair and ice blue eyes and Robert had short blond hair and dark blue eyes. Tenten's little brother, Keith, had short, very curly dirty blond hair, light blue eyes, and a bunch of freckles. "Nice to meet ya." Mr. Robert said smiling. Julia had a very serious air about her. Matsuri and her family stood up. "This is Carmen and Matsuri Martinez and their grandparents, Lucia and Diego Martinez." Mrs. Carol said. "Hi!" Carmen said grinning. "I'm Carol Yamanaka and this is my niece, Ino." Mrs. Carol said. Ino stood up and smiled. "Hi." She said. She wore a light green short-sleeved dress shirt and a white skirt with the bottom outlined in green and matching sandals. "That's everyone." Mrs. Carol said. Everyone kind of separated after that. "I want to meet your girlfriends." Mom said. "Okay." Naruto said. He went and got Hinata. "Now?" I asked. "I promise not to embarrass you." Mom said. I went over to Sakura, who was with her brother. "Um Sakura?" I asked. "Hi Sasakay." She said smiling. She motioned to her brother. "This is my idiot older brother." She said. "I'm gonna ignore that. Nanika atta?" Shoichi asked. He wore a light blue kimono with a white Haruno crest on the back and dark blue hakama. Hakama are kind of like pants. "Hi. My mom wants to meet you, Sakura." I said. "Okay." Sakura said nervously. We walked over to my parents. Hinata wore a white shirt with long sleeves that flowed that had a pink belt at the top of her stomach, a pink pleated skirt, and pink and white wedges. "Um hello." Sakura said shyly. "It's so nice to meet you both. I hope that you're taking care of my little Shaney and Jay-Jay." Mom said smiling. My eyes widened and Sakura stifled a laugh. "Mom!" I said. "Oh. I'm sorry." Mom said, smiling apologetically. "Shaney? That's so cute." Sakura said, nudging me. "I hope that Sasakay and Naruto are being gentlemen." Dad said. Hinata smiled and nodded. "Shouldn't you be mingling with the other parents?" Naruto asked, obviously embarrassed. "Oh okay." Mom said. They went into another room. The others came over. "Hi guys!" Matsuri said. She wore a strapless yellow dress with a white belt and the dress had white polka dots and white sandals. Temari wore a red short-sleeved button-up silk shirt with a collar, black dress pants, and red heels. Tenten wore a purple long sleeved dress shirt, a long black skirt, and purple heels. "Temari, you look just like your mom." Naruto said. "And Tenten, you look just like your dad." I said. "We get that a lot." They said smiling. "You guys look like your dad." Hinata said. "Well… Sasakay looks more like their mom." Sakura said. "Speaking of which, your mom seems to really love my mom's clothes." Temari said. "We told you. All of her clothes are from Fairies Forever." Naruto said. "I'm sure that she's embarrassing us." I said. We could hear our guardians laughing. "Which way's the bathroom, Squirt?" Shoichi asked Sakura. "I'm sorry but 'Squirt' isn't available right now. Leave a message after the beep." Sakura said. Tenten and Matsuri made the beeping noise. "Come on, Sakura. I need to go." Shoichi said. "Down the hall and to the right." Sakura said smiling. Shoichi left. "Why does he call you Squirt?" I asked. "When I was little I used to spray people with squirt guns." Sakura explained smiling. I chuckled. "And have you seen the guy? He's huge." Tenten said. Mrs. Carol came in. "Okay everyone. It's time to eat." She said. "Okay." Ino said. When Shoichi came back, we all went into the dining room. It was lavishly decorated and foods from every family adorned the table. I immediately noticed the influence of different cultures from the dishes. I was across from Sakura. "Before we eat, we should all say grace." Mrs. Carol said. Everyone joined hands. After we said grace, Mr. Robert and Mr. Kizashi came in with the turkey. Soon, everyone was served. "So Delilah. How did you come up with Sasuke and Naruto's names? Wouldn't they have been unusual when they were born?" Mrs. Marie asked. "I actually had help. My best friend, Grace, is a psychic and she had a vision when I was pregnant. She saw two twin boys with light and dark hair that would be destined for greatness." Mom said. "So why don't you like to be called 'Sasakay', Sasakay?" Sakura asked. "Well…" I said. Naruto and I were running through the grass. We had just turned nine years old. "Hurry up, Sasakay! You're moving too slow!" Naruto said, looking back at me. "Yeah Sasakay!" A voice said. We stopped and turned to see Jack and his friends across the large field. "It's no surprise he can't keep up. He should have been a girl with a name like 'Sasakay'." Another boy said. They laughed and walked over to us. "Shut up!" I said. One yanked my hat off of my head, causing my shoulder-length hair to tumble down. "He has girly hair too!" Jack said. They laughed more. "Give me back my hat!" I said. The boy tossed it to Jack and he held it over my head. "If you weren't so short like a girl maybe you could reach it." Jack said. Out of nowhere, Naruto punched Jack. He fell to the ground and dropped my hat. "Who else wants one?!" Naruto asked scowling. Jack and his friends ran off. Naruto picked up my hat and dusted it off. "Here Sasakay." He said smiling. Naruto was always nice but when you made him mad… it's a scary sight.
I scowled. "Sorry." Sakura said. "It's okay." I said. "Unfortunately, that's when everyone decided to name their daughters 'Sasakay'." Mom said, smiling sheepishly. "Is that why you wanted everyone to call you Sasuke?" Temari asked. I nodded. Soon, everyone was done eating. "I say we should play a few sports huh? Who's with me?" Mr. Robert asked. "Ooh! Me!" Tenten said. "That's my girl. I have stuff in the car." Mr. Robert said. Everybody went outside. "Anyone up for a round of football?" Mr. Robert asked, tossing a football in the air. "I'm game!" Shoichi said. "How 'bout it, Sasakay?" I asked. "I guess that I'll join in too." Mr. Kizashi said. "Not unless you change first, sweetie." Mrs. Mebuki said. "Did you bring extra clothes?" I asked. "Of course. Did you expect me to walk around in this all day?" Naruto asked smiling. Everyone went and changed into their regular clothes. "We need another person. With only me, Robert, Shoichi, Naruto, and Sasuke we have five people." Kizashi said. Sakura started to say something. "No." Kizashi, Shoichi, and I said. "Fine." She said, pouting cutely and crossing her arms. Naruto and I looked at our dad. "What?" He asked, eyebrows raised. "Wanna play?" Naruto asked. "Oh go ahead, honey." Mom said, kissing his cheek. He reluctantly stood up and sighed. "Alright." He said. The teams were me, Naruto, and Dad against Mr. Robert, Mr. Kizashi, and Shoichi. While we played, everyone else cheered. When Naruto threw the ball to me, Shoichi tackled me. It was hard enough to knock the wind out of me. "Sasakay!" Sakura said. I sat up. "I'm okay." I said, smiling slightly. "Shoichi, you could've hurt him!" Sakura said, scowling slightly. "Yeah right. What are you made of dude? Rock?" Shoichi asked as he helped me up. "I guess so." I said smiling. By the time we were done, Shoichi's team had won. "It's the girls' turn! Let's play soccer!" Tenten said. "Yes!" Sakura said, high-fiving her. It was Tenten, Carmen, and Matsuri against Sakura, Ino, and Temari. Sakura and Tenten placed sticks in the ground to make goal posts. "Anyone else want to join?" Matsuri asked. Mom stood up and smiled. "I'll give it a burl." She said. Naruto and I looked at each other and then at her. "I will too." Mrs. Mebuki said smiling. Sakura and Shoichi's eyes widened. Mom was on Tenten's team as the goalie and Mrs. Mebuki was the goalie on Sakura's team. "Now you get to see Sakura's skills." Naruto said. I smiled and they got ready. Sakura was in the middle with Ino on her left and Temari on her right. Tenten was also in the middle with Carmen on her right and Matsuri on her left. Hinata stood in the middle as the ref. She just so happened to be wearing a black and white striped shirt. "Go!" Hinata said. As soon as she did, Sakura went for the ball. No one won the game with both teams tied at five. "Ugh. I hate playing against you, Liv. You're an elbow user." Sakura said, rubbing her side. "Sorry. I forgot that you had on your choker." Tenten said, smiling apologetically. "Right." Sakura said rolling her eyes playfully. "You're really good, Sakura." I said smiling. "Thank you." Sakura said, smiling cutely. "Are you both playing soccer again this year?" Mrs. Julia asked. "Yeah. Hopefully we'll win the championship this year, Sakura
." Tenten said. "I said that I was sorry!" Sakura said. "What'd you do?" Naruto asked. "We made it to the championship game and I got hurt." Sakura said. "Sakura and Tenten were pretty much the star players on the team even though they were only freshmen." Mrs. Mebuki said. "And we'll be the star players again… if Sakura doesn't twist her knee again." Tenten said. Sakura sighed. "That girl from the other team pushed me. And she was huge! At least we got a penalty kick out of it." Sakura said. "Good point. But you scared me out of my mind. I'd never seen you go down like that." Tenten said. "Sorry." Sakura said smiling. The sun started to set and the adults went inside. I looked around. "Where'd Sakura go?" I asked. "I think she's in her tree." Ino said. I raised an eyebrow. "You'll find her in the back yard." Matsuri said. I walked around the house. I immediately noticed a large tree and Sakura was in it swinging her legs. "Hi." I said. She looked down at me and smiled. "Hi Sasakay." She said. "Any reason why you're up there?" I asked. "Any reason why you're down there?" Sakura asked. I smiled and climbed the tree. I sat beside her on the branch. "I come up here every year so that I can look out at the beach." Sakura said, resting her head on my shoulder. "Why not just go to the beach?" I asked. "I've thought about going tonight. Wanna come with?" Sakura asked. "Yeah. I haven't had you to myself for weeks." I said, wrapping my arm around her waist. She smiled and snuggled closer to me. "Will your mom let you out?" I asked. "Uh…" Sakura asked. "Is that a no?" I asked. Sakura nodded sadly. "Well, I don't want to be a bad influence and tell you to sneak out." I said. "Can we teleport to the beach?" Sakura asked. "You hate teleporting." I said. "I'm starting to get used to it… a little." Sakura said. "Okay." I said smiling. "Having fun?" A deep voice asked. I tensed and let Sakura go. "Shoichi." Sakura said. We looked down at the ground and Shoichi was standing there with his arms crossed. "Hi." Sakura said smiling. "Damn." She thought. "You know you can't just disappear like that." Shoichi said. "Oh. Sorry dude." Sakura said. "How long was he there?" I thought. "You two should come in. They're serving dessert." Shoichi said. "Ooh! Is it the same as last year?" Sakura asked excitedly. "Yes." Shoichi said smiling. "Last year?" I asked. "We had a dessert buffet!" Sakura said, jumping down from the tree. She landed on her feet perfectly. I jumped down. "Sakura, Mom wants you to help." Shoichi said. "Okay." Sakura said, running inside. I tensed. "So Sasuke?" Shoichi asked. "Yes?" I asked. "What are you so nervous about? I'm not gonna hurt you." Shoichi said smirking. "Have you seen yourself?" I thought. Shoichi was probably twice my size. "Uh… It's just that you're Sakura's older brother." I said. "Oh. I remember the first time I met my girl's family. I made a complete fool of myself." Shoichi said with a wistful smile. He snapped back to reality. "Anyway, I want you to be perfectly clear on something. If I hear that you've hurt Sakura in any
way at all… be ready to have your ass hunted down." Shoichi said, going inside. I stopped in the doorway and my eyes widened. "Come on!" Sakura said, grabbing my hand. When I saw the table, my eyebrows shot up. It was covered in desserts. "Whoa." I said. Sakura piled her little plate with different ones. "I don't think that all of those desserts are good for you." I said. "Oh, lighten up, Sasakay." Sakura said teasingly. Everyone sat around the room. "I'm surprised that you didn't get one of these cherry tarts since you got some of everything else." I said. "I'm allergic to cherries." Sakura said. "Oh." I said. "Wait. Weren't you eating cherry candy one day?" Naruto asked. "No. That was strawberry." Sakura said. Soon, everyone was going home. "I'll see you later, Sasakay." Sakura whispered to me when she hugged me. I smiled slightly and kissed her cheek. When we got home, all of us sat on the couch. "We should go again next year." Mom said. "So those two girls… are your soulmates?" Dad asked. "Yes." Naruto said. Mom's eyes widened. "Soulmates?! Naruto you only said girlfriends!" She said. "No. I said soulmates… I think." Naruto said scratching his head. "You said girlfriends." I said. "Oh. Sorry." Naruto said. Dad looked at his watch. "Delilah, we should go before we miss our flight." He said. "Alright. Bye sweeties." Mom said, hugging us. "Bye Mom." We said. "Bye sons." Dad said, giving us one of his rare smiles. "Bye Dad." We said. They left and we sat back down on the couch. "Why are they flying when they could just teleport?" Naruto asked, turning on the TV. "I don't know. Maybe they just like riding planes." I said. He flipped through the channels. I took my braid out and ran my fingers through my hair. I sighed in frustration and went to brush my hair. When the wave in my hair was gone, I went back downstairs. "Going somewhere, young man?" Naruto asked smirking. "The beach." I said, smiling as I left.
*Nanika atta?: What's up?
Chapter Forty-Five: Sakura
"Daddy, are you going back to do more business?" I asked. "I'm afraid so." Dad said. "Aww. Why?" I asked. "I have to. Shoichi will be staying for a while though." Dad said smiling. "…But I don't want Shoichi." I said. "Hey!" Shoichi said. "I'm really sorry, Sakura-chan." Dad said. When he got home, Dad gave Mom a kiss. "I'll see you soon, dear." He said. "Bye honey." Mom said. He kissed my forehead and got back into his black Mercury Cougar. "Is my stuff still here?" Shoichi asked. "Yes. In your room." Mom said distantly, going inside. "I hate when this happens." Shoichi said with a sigh. "I know." I said. "You haven't been in my room, have you?" Shoichi asked. "No…" I said. "What'd you take?!" Shoichi asked. "A t-shirt." I said. We went inside. "Well, I want it back." Shoichi said, going to his room. I grabbed that old Criss Angel shirt and went to Shoichi's room. It was a creamy color with blue trimming. Shoichi's scent, pine needles, was everywhere. "Here bro." I said, holding it out to him. "Oh. You took that one? You can keep it. But why'd you take one of my shirts?" Shoichi asked. I blushed and looked at my feet. "Because… I kinda sorta missed you." I mumbled. "Aww. How sweet." Shoichi said, hugging me. I elbowed him. "Don't get used to it." I said smiling. "Night Squirt." He said. "Night." I said, turning to leave. "Have fun with Sasuke at the beach." Shoichi said. My eyes widened and I looked at him. "Don't worry. I won't tell." He said. I smiled and went to my room. I packed two beach towels in a small orange bag. There was a tap on my French doors. When I opened them, there was no one there. I put on my choker and stepped out onto my balcony. "Huh?" I asked, scratching my head. Suddenly, someone wrapped their arms around my waist slowly. "Sasakay." I said smiling. "Hi." Sasakay said. He let me go and I looked at him. He didn't have his lip ring in. "Ready?" He asked. "Hang on." I said. I grabbed the bag and my jacket. "Hang on tight." Sasakay said. I wrapped my arms around his neck and Sasakay teleported us to the beach. I blinked a few times to straighten my vision. "Still not used to the swirling colors?" Sasakay asked. "No." I said. I opened the bag and tossed him a green beach towel. I pulled out a pink one with Jack Sparrow on it. "Nice." Sasakay said smirking. "Jealous?" I asked smirking back. "Very." Sasakay said playfully. We laid on the beach towels and watched the stars. "Did you have fun today?" I asked. "Yeah." Sasakay said. "I hope that my dad or brother didn't scare you." I said. "Well, they have a good reason. You're Shoichi's little sister and your dad's only daughter… I think." I said. "I am. And Shoichi's only older than me by four years." I said. "So what kind of work does your dad do?" Sasakay asked. "Well, you know. Typical, boring business stuff." I said shrugging. "His name sounds familiar." Sasakay said. "Well, maybe he's gotten famous." I said smiling. Sasakay held my hand. "You miss him, don't you?" He asked. My smiled faded. "Of course. I mean, I know that his work is important but I hate that it takes him away from us for long periods of time. It's been like this for five years. And every year he's missed my birthday." I said. "I'm sure that he tries to come." Sasakay said. "I know he does. He sends me the best presents though. The car was from last year's birthday. But… It would be better to have him there with a crappy present instead." I said smiling. Sasakay smiled and we sat up. I shook slightly. "Cold?" Sasakay asked. He started to shrug out of his gray jacket with white designs. I took off my choker and smiled. "It's okay." I said. "Are you sure?" Sasakay asked. "Yeah. Besides you might get…" I said. Sasakay smirked. "Oh, shut up." I said. "I didn't say anything." Sasakay said. "Your cute, little smirk implied it." I said. "You think my smirk is cute?" Sasakay asked, raising his pierced eyebrow and smiling. I smiled and rolled my eyes playfully. "Wait. Where's your lip ring?" I asked. "On my dresser. I didn't think that it was appropriate to wear today." Sasakay said. We stood up and walked along the waves. "The moon is beautiful tonight." I said. "Yeah. I've always wondered who came up with the idea that the moon was made of cheese." Sasakay said. "I actually believed that." I said smiling. Sasakay shook his head playfully. "Shut up." I said, playfully pushing him. I forgot that I had taken my choker off and I pushed him harder than I meant to. He ended up in the water. "Oh my God! I'm so
sorry, Sasakay!" I said. I went over to him and held my hand out. Sasakay took my hand and smiled mischievously. My eyes widened. "Sasakay, don't you dare or…" I said. I shrieked as Sasakay pulled me into the freezing water. "Sasakay, you jerk!" I said. "Good thing you left your glasses up there." Sasakay said. I stood up and wrung out my hair. "Aww. Don't be mad." Sasakay said, standing up. "I'm not mad!" I said, walking up to the beach. I wrapped myself in my towel. I couldn't stop shaking. "Yes, you are. I'm sorry." Sasakay said, pulling me close. He was shaking too. Then, I realized that he was shaking with quiet laughter. "It's not funny!" I said, pushing him away gently. He sat on his towel and leaned against the cliff behind us. "Come here." He said, holding his arms out. "W-why?" I asked. "So I can warm you up." Sasakay said smiling. I smiled as I sat next to him and he wrapped his arms around me. Suddenly, I felt something warm and soft wrapped around me. It was Sasakay's wings. "Better?" Sasakay asked. I smiled and snuggled up to him. "Yes." I said. "Still mad at me?" Sasakay asked. "A little." I said. "You should've seen your face." Sasakay said smiling. I turned bright red and buried my face in his shirt, which was still wet. "You know I hate it when you make me blush." I said. "I think that you look very aikurushii with those red cheeks." Sasakay said. I smiled. "I should take you home." He said. "Aww." I said. I packed the towels and Sasakay teleported me home on my balcony. "Oyasuminassai Sakura-chan." Sasakay said, smiling slightly. "Oyasuminassai Sasakay-kun." I said, smiling back. He kissed me and teleported away.
*Aikurushii: Adorable
Chapter Forty-Six: Naruto
Two weeks later.
"Do we have everything?" I asked. "Uh-huh." Ino said, holding up a big, black book bag. "I really don't think that this is a good idea." Sasakay said. "Don't be such a stick in the mud, Sasuke." Temari said. "We're going to get in trouble. I've been suspended enough in all of my years of school. Don't you think that everyone will notice something dodgy going on?" Sasakay asked. "No because we have no idea what 'dodgy' means." Matsuri said. "Something suspicious." Sasakay said. "When are we gonna do this?" Tenten asked. "During lunch. We'll split into two groups after we start in the cafeteria." Sakura said. "I feel so bad." Hinata said smiling. "We're seriously going to get caught." Sasakay said. "It's Prank Week. We probably won't even get in trouble." Matsuri said. "Onegai shimasu, Sasakay-kun?" Sakura asked, batting her eyelashes at him. Sasakay looked at her and looked away. "Pretty please?" Sakura asked. "Fine." Sasakay said with a sigh. She kissed his cheek and he smiled slightly. "Arigatou." She said. Soon, lunch finally came around. "Okay. Everyone grab one of each." Ino said opening the book bag. Everyone grabbed an air horn, a can of Silly String, and a bag of confetti. "Ready Saku?" Temari asked. Sakura climbed on the table and smiled. "Now!" She said, pressing the button on her air horn. All of the students freaked out and scattered while the teacher's were trying to keep order. All of us ran out of the cafeteria and we split up. I was with Hinata, Matsuri, and Temari and Sasakay was with Sakura, Ino, and Tenten. We ran through the hallway blowing our horns and screaming. When people came rushing out of the classrooms, we sprayed them with Silly String and threw confetti. Hinata and Ino were taking pictures in the process. All of the students were having fun, while the teachers looked P.O.'d. Soon, we caught up with the others. "What is the meaning of this?!" Mr. Michaels, the principal, asked cutting through the crowd of people. He was tall with thinning, blond hair and green eyes. You could tell that he was Karin's dad. She stood next to him with a triumphant smile on her face. Sakura fought the urge to scowl. "Is this some sort of joke?!" Mr. Michaels asked. We looked at each other. "Yes?" Ino said, cocking an eyebrow. "It is
Prank Week." I said. "And Sakura's behind it, Daddy." Karin said getting in Sakura's face. Sakura set off her Silly String in Karin's face. Karin put her hands up and shrieked. "Is that true, Sakura?" Mr. Michaels asked. "Yes." Sakura said, trying not to laugh. "Come with me." Mr. Michaels said. Sasakay wrapped his arm around Sakura's waist. "If she gets punished then we all get punished." He said. Karin scowled. "Fine. All of you. In my office. Now." Mr. Michaels said. The students booed him as we went to his office… while we were spraying each other with the Silly String. Mr. Michaels sat at his desk. "I know that it's Prank Week but the pranks aren't supposed to interrupt the school day." Mr. Michaels said. "I'm sorry." Sakura said. She wasn't sorry. Mr. Michaels rubbed his forehead. "But it was a commendable prank and no one was hurt so… I'll let you off with a warning." He said. All of us sighed in relief. "But you will be cleaning the entire school today." Mr. Michaels said. All of us groaned. When school was over at three we stayed and cleaned until five. "Thank goodness for magic powers." Hinata said smiling. "Still. Next year we should pick a cleaner prank." Matsuri said. "Yeah." Temari said. "Aww. My next one involved paint." Sakura said. "No." Sasakay said. When everything was cleaned up we went to the cars. "Do you guys want to stop and eat?" Tenten asked. "Yes!" Sakura said. "Andy's!" Hinata said. "I haven't been there in forever." Ino said. "What? We went last Thursday." Matsuri said. "Which was almost a week ago." Temari said. "Exactly." Ino said smiling. We drove to Andy's. "I'm surprised that you didn't apply here, Temari. I seem to remember you wanting the poodle skirts." Matsuri said smiling. Temari turned bright red. "Shut up, Matsuri." She said as we sat down. We ordered our drinks first. Sakura blew the paper from her straw and it hit Sasakay in his forehead. Sakura burst into a fit of laughter. "Very funny." Sasakay said. He blew his back but she caught it. "Ha! You can't get past my catlike reflexes." She said smirking. He chuckled and pulled some Silly String from her hair. Soon, our food came. Sakura happened to look up at the door and she scowled. "Three, two, one." Ino said. "Hi Sasakay!" Karin said, walking over. Sasakay only waved since his mouth was full… which I'm sure he did on purpose. "Did you have fun cleaning the school, freak?" Karin asked. Sakura flung a chili cheese fry at her and it stuck to Karin's white blouse. "You freak of nature! Do you have any idea how much this shirt costs?!" Karin asked. "I'm guessing three bucks at Wal-Mart." Sakura said, eating a shrimp. Karin attempted to wipe the chili and cheese from her shirt and left. "That was a waste of a good French fry." Sakura said. "And it was mine." Sasakay said. "I'm sorry." Sakura said, kissing his cheek. "I don't see why she doesn't leave you alone. You'd think that she'd take the hint by now." Ino said. Sakura swallowed a mouthful of food and shrugged. "She's really starting to get on my nerves. She's just jealous because I snagged Sasakay when she couldn't." Sakura said smirking. I snickered. "You were snagged, bro." I said nudging him. Sasakay looked as if he was pulled from a daydream. "What?" He asked. "Away with the pixies again?" I asked. "Sort of." Sasakay said. "Away with the pixies?" Tenten asked. "Daydreaming." Sasakay said. "Oh." Tenten said. "Something wrong?" Sakura asked. "No. Everything's fine." He said. "Are you sure?" Sakura asked. "Yeah." Sasakay said smiling. "Does anyone know when Mrs. Kurenei's gonna hand back our book reports?" Matsuri asked. "After Christmas break. She has three classes and some of them are long." Hinata said. "Oh. Do you think that you did well?" Matsuri asked. "I would hope so." Hinata said. "Yeah. It took me forever to write that thing." Temari said. "It only took me two days." Sasakay said. "That's because you don't have to sleep." Ino said. "Yeah. You suck." Sakura said playfully. "You don't mean that, Kitten." Sasakay said, pulling her into a playful headlock.
Chapter Forty-Seven: Matsuri
Two weeks later.
All of us were sitting around Ino's room. Cherry Blossom, her ferret, was running around in her ball. "I wonder why our guardians wanted us to meet here." I said. "I bet it's Christmas related!" Hinata said, bouncing up and down in her spot next to Naruto. "Yeah. Our break does start tomorrow after school." Sakura said. "I even think that our oldies came." Sasuke said. "You can come down now!" Mrs. Carol said. All of us went downstairs. Our guardians, including Sasuke and Naruto's parents, were there. "The reason that we called all of you here is to give you one of your Christmas presents early." Mrs. Mebuki said. "Ooh! What is it?!" Hinata asked. Mr. Hizashi smiled. "We've decided to send you to Colorado." He said. Our eyes widened. Our reactions were a mixture of 'what?', 'really?', and 'huh?'. "There's a ski resort in Aspen and we thought that we would let you go." Mr. Robert said. "But on one condition." Mr. Robert said. "Condition?" Sasuke asked, raising his pierced eyebrow. "That you drive. The weather's unpredictable. If the snow gets too bad, you can't just park a plane and get a motel room." Mrs. Carol said. "And which place are we going to?" Temari asked. "The Independence Square Lodge." Abuelita said. "If we drive there that'll be about… fifteen hours and twenty-three minutes." Naruto said. Everyone looked at him. "What?" He asked. "Man, that's weird." Sasuke said. "Shut up. You always know what time it is." Naruto said. "Everything is already set up. You all have three rooms. One of them holds four and the other two hold two people." Mrs. Delilah said. "Aww. Am I sharing a room with Sasakay?" Naruto asked. Sasuke punched him in the arm. "All you have to do is pack, select a decent route, and enjoy yourselves. There'll be a few places where you can go skiing and snowboard." Mr. Robert said. "Snowboarding? Awesome!" Tenten said. Temari was on her phone. "Looking at a map?" I asked. "Yeah. It looks like we can make pit stops in San Bernardino, Cedar City, Utah, and Grand Junction, Colorado." She said. "Now all we have to do is pack." I said. "We should do that tonight." Sakura said. After a while, everyone went home. I was so excited that I packed everything including my presents for everyone. The next day at school went by slowly. We sat in fourth period. "Come on, already. Ring." Tenten said, tapping her foot. "A watched pot never boils, Tenten." Temari said. "Yes it does." Sakura said. "Okay then. A watched pot never boils… unless Sakura is there to manipulate the heat." Temari said smiling. "Thank you." Sakura said smiling. Just then, the bell rang and Tenten hopped up. "Yes! Come on!" She said, running out of the room. We smiled and went after her. "Should we leave now or tomorrow?" Sasuke asked. "It's three o'clock now. By the time everyone gets their stuff it may be four. If we leave now we'd only be able to drive for eight hours before midnight. Then if we stop and leave at most likely eight the next morning, we'll get there six hours and exactly fifty-three minutes later at two fifty-three. But if we leave tomorrow, at most likely eight, and we drive nonstop while taking driving shifts we'd get there at eleven twenty-three p.m. If we do that, we'd get there and immediately fall sleep and will have wasted a day of our nearly two week vacation." Ino said. "Wow." Hinata said. "Have you figured out the driving arrangements too?" Naruto asked. "No. I did. We only have three drivers-Ino, Naruto, and me. Ino should take along either me or you, Naruto, so that she can switch whenever she gets tired and since we don't need to sleep." Sasuke said. "And whichever one of you guys I pick, I'll take you soulmate and another person of my choosing." Ino said. "Right." Sasuke said. "Come on! At this rate, we'll never get there!" Tenten said. "Okay. I'll take Naruto, Hinata, and Matsuri." Ino said. "Then I'll be with Kitten, Temari, and Tenten. Has everyone had their stuff shrunken by Hinata?" Sasuke asked. "Yes! Now move it!" Tenten said, dragging him to his car. "Oy! Tenten, let go!" Sasuke yelled. Sakura raised an eyebrow. "Don't you have the keys, Naruto?" She asked. "Oh right." Naruto said. He fished the keys out of his pocket and tossed them to her. She ran to Sasuke's car. Ino stopped at our houses to get our shrunken stuff. Suddenly, there was the sound of rushing air when Ino parked in Hinata's driveway. "A flat tire?! Really?!" Ino asked. "We can take my car." Hinata said. "Thanks Shirls." Ino said. All of us got into Hinata's pink Lincoln MKZ. "Nice." I said. "Thank you." Hinata said smiling. We met up with the others at Sakura's house. "Does everyone have everything?" Tenten asked. "Yes. We even had to switch cars because of a flat." Naruto said. "My poor car." Ino said. I rolled my eyes playfully. "So let's get moving." Sakura said. "Alright." Ino said. We left. "So what'd you guys get me for Christmas?" I asked. "We're not telling." Hinata said. "Aww. You guys are mean." I said, pouting and looking out the window. "Oh! I bought the cutest coat yesterday! And it came with a scarf, gloves, and a hat." Hinata said. "How many coats did you bring?" Ino asked. "Yeah. From the look of your bags, that's all you packed." Naruto said. "I only packed four." Hinata said. "Well, the inside of the lodge won't be as cold, so I packed a bunch of turtlenecks." Ino said. "So did everyone else." Hinata said. "I thought that Temari didn't like turtlenecks." I said. "She doesn't." Ino said. "I think that today's the first time I've ever seen her in jeans." Naruto said. "She has a lot too. I think that her mom sends them to her because they're all from Fairies Forever." I said. "Having a parent that designs clothes must be awesome." Hinata said smiling. Just then, her cell phone rang. "Hello?" She asked. She paused. "Ino, Temari wants to know what time we'll get there, including pit stops." She said. "I didn't include pit stops?" Ino asked. "No." Naruto said. "Well… There are three stops. If we take thirty minutes at each one, that's an hour and a half so… about four twenty-three." Ino said. "She said about four twenty-three." Hinata said into her phone. They hung up and I turned on the radio. 'So What?' by Pink was playing. "Our first stop is in San Bernardino, right?" Naruto asked. "Yeah." I said. Hinata pulled out her pink and white DSi. "You may want to save that for a little further along in the trip, girl." Naruto said. "Oh. Good point." Hinata said, putting it away. "Don't you have a car charger?" I asked. "I kinda… lost it." Hinata said, smiling sheepishly. Soon, we stopped at a gas station.
Chapter Forty-Eight: Tenten
"Okay. We only have thirty minutes." Sasuke said. "I'm gonna buy snacks. Do you guys want anything specific?" Sakura asked. "Gummi worms!" Temari said. "Anything else?" Sakura asked. "Anything's fine with me." Sasuke said. "Me too." I said. While Sasuke and Naruto filled up the gas tanks, the girls went to the bathroom and bought snacks. My watch beeped. "Time to go." I said. All of us got back into the cars. Ino and Naruto had switched places. Sakura emptied one of her brown paper bags onto her lap. "Okay. Temari, I didn't know whether you wanted sour gummi worms or regular ones so I got you both. I also bought gummi bears, cookies, chips, Slim Jims, Debbie cakes, Hubba Bubba bubble gum, and chocolate bars." Sakura said. "Did you get enough?" I asked, grabbing a Slim Jim. "I bought plenty of money with me so I figured I should get enough to last." She said. She put the snacks away. "Oh! I also have MMs and those little crackers and cheese packs in my bag." She said. "Man." Temari said. "So you want anything, Sasakay?" Sakura asked opening the gummi bears. "What kind of chips are there?" Sasuke asked. "Um… Nacho Cheese and Cool Ranch Doritos, regular and Chili Cheese Fritos, Lays, Sour Cream and Onion, Barbeque, and Munchos." Sakura said. "Cool Ranch Doritos." Sasuke said, smiling slightly. Sakura opened them and held them open for him while he drove. "Can you turn on the radio?" I asked. "Ooh! Let's listen to my Nickelback mix CD." Temari said, getting it out of her purse. She gave it to Sakura and she put it in the CD player. The first song was 'How You Remind Me'. "I love this song!" Sakura said. She and Temari and sang along. "You guys should join the chorus." Sasuke said smiling. "I have Advanced Chorus next semester." Sakura said. "I remember that she made us all take Chorus last year." I said. "Are you not a singer, Tenten?" Sasuke asked, looking at me from the rearview mirror. "All of us have pretty decent singing voices but I'm little shy in front of big crowds." I said. "You do just fine with sports." Temari said. "That's completely different for me. Sports come naturally to me. Like a being a computer nerd comes naturally to you." I said smirking. Temari rolled her eyes playfully. "How many coats did you guys bring? I only packed three." She said. "Four." Sakura and I said. Sasuke's eyes widened. "Oops." He said. "You forgot coats?" Sakura asked. "No…" Sasuke said. "Maybe you can buy a few at the lodge tomorrow." I said. "I might buy one too. I wondered why my mom told me to save my money after Thanksgiving." Sakura said. "How much did you bring?" Sasuke asked. "After the snacks, I have two hundred and seventy left. On top of that, we get a discount since Matsuri's grandpa knows the owner." Sakura said. "I need to talk to Ino again." Temari said. "Why?" Sasuke asked. "I don't think that our time of arrival is right. Did she include eating breaks?" Temari asked. "I'm not sure." I said, grabbing a bag of peanut MMs. Temari called Ino and put her on speakerphone. "Hello?" Ino asked. "Hey. Did you include eating breaks in our time of arrival?" I asked. "Oh! That's what I was forgetting! Just add two hours for dinner and breakfast. We'll get there at about six twenty-three." Ino said. "Okay." Temari said. "Is there anything else I need to add? Maybe about twenty minutes for a flat tire?" Ino said. "Don't jinx us." Sasuke said. "I think that's all." Temari said smiling. They hung up. "Ooh! Circus!" Sakura said. Sasuke groaned. "I hate the circus." He said. "What? What's not to like? They have elephants and tigers and all kinds of animals." Temari said. "Acrobats and awesome performers." I said. "Cotton candy." Sakura said smiling. "Clowns." Sasuke said. "Is the big bad vampire afraid of clowns?" Temari asked smirking. "I'm not afraid of them… I just don't like them." Sasuke said. "Same thing." I said. "No, it isn't." Sasuke said. "So you don't like any clowns? Not even Ronald McDonald?" I asked. "No… except for Naruto." Sasuke said smiling. "That's mean." Sakura said smiling. "I don't trust those huge ass shoes of theirs. How do I know they're not hiding weapons in there or something?" Sasuke asked. We burst into laughter. "So when are we stopping again?" Temari asked. "When we get to Cedar City." Sasuke said. "Then we stop for the night right?" Temari asked. "Uh-huh." I said. Sasuke glanced at the rearview mirror. "I don't want any of you to panic but… there's a huge bug back there." He said. "Where?! Kill it!" Temari said panicking. I looked around. "Oh um… This is Matsuri's ladybug bag." I said. Temari turned bright red and scowled. Sakura burst into a fit of laughter, almost choking on her chips in the process. "Sasuke, you jerk!" Temari said. "I thought that it was real. Sorry." Sasuke said, trying to stifle his own laughter and patting Sakura's back gently. She kicked the back of his chair. Soon, it was around seven thirty. "Call Ino and ask them where they want to eat, please." Sasuke said. Temari called and Ino was still on speakerphone. "Hey Rox. Where do you guys want to eat?" She asked. "We already decided on Wendy's." Ino said. "Wendy's sounds so good right now." I said smiling. "Okay. We'll see you guys inside." Temari said. "Alright." Ino said. They hung up. When we got to Wendy's, I gave Matsuri her bag. "Sorry. I forgot that you asked me to hold it." I said. "Sasakay thought that it was real." Sakura said smiling. "It was an honest mistake. Temari was the one that thought it was real." Sasuke said. "Shut up!" Temari said, punching him. After we ordered, we pushed two tables together. "Why didn't we just eat in the car?" Matsuri asked. "Because no one's spilling anything in my car." Hinata, Naruto, and Sasuke said. Sasuke and Naruto looked at each other. "Sasakay, that car is mine." Naruto said. "No, it's not. I was the one that paid for it. You only picked the paintjob." Sasuke said. "I helped pay for it. Five thousand dollars of that money was mine." Naruto said. "And the rest, which was an ass-load, was mine." Sasuke said. "Ugh! Does it matter?!" Ino asked. "Yes." Sasuke and Naruto said. "Guys and their cars." Sakura said, swallowing a mouthful of fries. Sasuke took one. "Hey!" Sakura said. Sasuke smiled and kissed her cheek. She punched him playfully and stole one of his. When we were done eating, we got back in the cars and Ino and Naruto switched again. After about two hours or so, we stopped at a hotel and got two rooms. "Night guys." We said. "Night." Naruto and Sasuke said leaving.
Chapter Forty-Nine: Temari
All of the girls shared a room, which had three beds. "I'm so glad that we'll get there tomorrow." I said. "Yeah. I want to go to the gift shop first." Hinata said. "You know what? I think that Sasakay just teleported." Sakura said. "What makes you say that?" Matsuri asked. "I dunno. He did need to get some coats though." Sakura said, pulling out her phone. She pressed a few buttons. "Hello?" Sasuke asked. "Hi Sasakay." Sakura said smiling. "Hey Saku." Sasuke said. "This is going to sound weird but… did you leave?" Sakura asked. "How'd you know?" Sasuke asked. "Because she's your soulmate!" Matsuri said smiling. "Good point. I thought that I would go to Wal-Mart and get a few coats. Did you need anything?" Sasuke asked. "Could you please get me a few batteries for my camera?" Sakura asked sweetly. "Sure." Sasuke said with a smile in his voice. "Get a room." I said. "Shut up." Sakura said, nudging me. "What kind?" Sasuke asked. "The little packs." Sakura said. "Okay. Anything else?" Sasuke asked. "Nutri-Grain bars!" Ino said. "Why?" I asked. "Because I'm seriously craving one." Ino said. "Okay. Bye Kitten." Sasuke said. "Bye Sasakay." Sakura said. They hung up. Suddenly, Naruto teleported in. This sent Matsuri three feet into the air. "Naruto! Don't do that!" She said. "One of us could've been naked!" Tenten said. "Hinata said you were decent. Why would you be walking around here naked anyway? There might be cameras." Naruto said, sitting next to Hinata. "Are not." I said. "Did you need something, Jaycie?" Hinata asked. "I'm bored!" Naruto said. "Why didn't you go to Wal-Mart with Sasakay?" Sakura asked. "Have you ever been to Wal-Mart with him? You start to think that you'll never leave." Naruto said. "Crap!" Sakura said. We looked at her. "Are you okay?" Matsuri asked. "I died!" Sakura said scowling at her blue DSi. "What are you playing?" I asked. "Naruto: Path of the Ninja 2." Sakura said. "I like the Wii Naruto games better." Naruto said. "Me too. I wonder if there's a Wii at the lodge." Sakura said. Just then, there was a knock. "Can I come in?" Sasuke asked. "At least he knocks." Matsuri said, opening the door. "Eh." Naruto said, rolling his eyes playfully. Sasuke had a few Wal-Mart bags. He gave Sakura a small one. "These are your batteries. I didn't know what kind of Nutri-Grain bars to get so I just got different ones." He said. "Ooh! Gimme!" Ino said excitedly. "She loves her Nutri-Grain bars." Tenten said smiling. Ino opened a blueberry one. Sakura was rapidly pressing buttons. Sasuke raised his pierced eyebrow and looked over her shoulder. "Wait." He said. "What?" Sakura asked, looking up at him. "Can I see?" He asked. Sakura gave it to him. Sasuke pressed the buttons a few times and rubbed the screen with the stylus. "There ya go." Sasuke said, giving it back to her and smiling. Sakura's eyes widened. "How'd you win?" She asked. "Since all of your opponents were in a straight line, I thought that it was a good idea to use an attack that hit all of them. So I used Sakura's turn to replenish Kakashi's chakra and used his Lightning Blade." Sasuke explained. "Nerds!" Ino said in a cough. "Hey! I play them too." Matsuri said. "Sakura still plays the Pokémon games." Tenten said. "So do you! All of you did." Sakura said. "I still play mine. I have adorable Pokémon." Hinata said smiling. Sakura turned off her DSi and switched games. "Sasakay refuses to acknowledge the fact that he still plays." Naruto said smirking. "Aww. I didn't know that you like Pokémon, Sasakay." Sakura said smiling. "I don't." Sasuke said. "You still have the games." Naruto said. "So? That's simply sentimental value." Sasuke said. "I think it's cute." Sakura said, smiling and kissing his cheek. Sasuke smiled and stood up. "We should let you guys get some sleep." He said. "Okay. Good night, Jaycie." Hinata said smiling. Naruto smiled and kissed her cheek. "Night girl." He said. Sasuke kissed Sakura gently. "Night." He said. "Good night, Sasakay." Sakura said smiling. "Get a room." I said. Sakura turned bright red and threw a pillow at me. "Night everybody." Naruto said. "Night." We said. Naruto and Sasuke left. "I bet everyone's gonna wear a turtleneck and jeans tomorrow." I said. "And boots." Matsuri said. After we took care of everything, we went to sleep. The next morning, we got up at six. "No long showers." I said sleepily. Soon, everyone was dressed and ready to go. I wore a red turtleneck and black skinny jeans tucked into red boots, Matsuri wore a yellow (no surprise), turtleneck and light blue skinny jeans tucked into yellow boots, Hinata wore a pink and white turtleneck and dark blue skinny jeans tucked into pink boots with two strings that had a fuzzy ball on the end, Tenten wore a light purple turtleneck with black skinny jeans tucked into light purple boots, Ino wore a dark green turtleneck with white skinny jeans tucked into dark green boots, and Sakura wore a dark purple turtle neck with dark skinny jeans tucked into black boots. We grabbed our stuff and left. The guys were standing by the cars. When Sasuke saw Sakura, he smiled. "We match, Kitten." He said. She looked at her outfit and then at Sasuke's. "Did you do that on purpose?" She asked smirking. "Now why would I do that?" Sasuke asked innocently. Sakura rolled her eyes playfully. Naruto wore a light blue turtleneck, light blue jeans, and his sneakers. "Where do you want to go for breakfast?" Matsuri asked. "McDonalds!" Hinata said. "I don't care as long as they have coffee." I said. "McDonalds it is." Tenten said. We got into the cars and left. "Ugh. That crappy bed messed up my back." Sakura said. "No kidding. But just think about the beds at the lodge." I said smiling. "You know that they have a rooftop Jacuzzi?" Tenten asked. "We told you that." Sakura said. "When?" Tenten asked. "The night we packed. I told you to pack a few bathing suits." I said. "Oh. I guess that I'll just buy a few when we get there." Tenten said. "Can you swim, Sakura?" Sasuke asked. "A little." Sakura answered. Soon, we stopped at McDonalds and ate. "Okay. Our next stop is Grand Junction and after that, we'll finally be at the lodge." Ino said. When we were done eating, we got back into the cars. "Are you still going to buy a coat at the gift shop, Saku?" Tenten asked. "Most likely." Sakura answered with a smile.
Chapter Fifty: Ino
Naruto was driving and I was in the back with Matsuri. "I'm still tired." I said. "We still have a while. You can go to sleep like Hinata." Naruto said. "I'll probably end up sleeping too." Matsuri said. I rested my head on my small Scooby-Doo pillow and drifted off to sleep. Hours later.
"We're here!" Hinata shrieked. I shot up at the same time as Matsuri. "What happened?!" Matsuri asked. "We're here!" Hinata said excitedly. I yawned. "Finally." Matsuri said. We got out of the car and grabbed our stuff. "Yay! Let's go to the gift shop first!" Sakura said. "We should get settled in our rooms first. We have plenty of time, Kitten." Sasuke said smiling. "Aww." Sakura said. All of us went inside of the warm building. "Whoa." Temari and Sakura said, looking around. "Awesome!" Tenten said. "Matsuri? Is that you?" A man's voice asked. We turned to see a man with graying red hair and brown eyes. He was some sort of were-animal. Matsuri's eyes widened. "Mr. Mark?" She asked. "I'm glad to see that you remember me." The man said smiling. Matsuri dropped her stuff and hugged him. "It's so nice to see you again! I haven't seen you since you I was twelve." She said. "I know. Look at you. You've gotten so big." Mr. Mark said. Matsuri turned to us. "Guys, this is Mr. Mark Gallows. He used to baby-sit me. Mr. Mark, this is Ino, Naruto, Hinata, Temari, Sasuke, Sakura, and Tenten." Matsuri said. "It's nice to meet you all. I hope you enjoy your stay. You may check in over there." Mr. Mark said, pointing to a desk with a pretty raven-haired receptionist seated at it. "Okay." Matsuri said. We went over to the desk. The receptionist looked up from her eyelashes and smiled warmly at Naruto. "Hello. By the size of your group, I assume that this is the M.Y.T.H. group?" She asked. "That's us." Naruto said. "Well, here are your keys. Your group will have the rooms 203, 208-1, and 209." She said. "Thank you." Naruto said, taking the keys and smiling. "You're very welcome." The receptionist said, smiling warmly. Hinata rolled her eyes. When we walked off, Naruto held Hinata's hand. "She was just being friendly." He said. "I know friendly. I'm
friendly. That was flirty." Hinata said. Naruto kissed her cheek and grinned. "You're so cute when you're mad." He said. Hinata smiled slightly. "So who's sleeping in what room?" Tenten said. "I want to share a room with Hinata!" Matsuri said. "Yay!" Hinata said. "Well then… Sakura, Ino, Temari, and I can share a room." Tenten said. "Wait! Temari stay with us too." Hinata said. "Okay." Temari said smiling. "We'll put our stuff in our rooms and then go to the gift shop before Sakura explodes." Sasuke said smiling. "Yay!" Sakura said. When Sakura, Tenten, and I got to our room, our eyes widened. "Oh man!" Sakura said grinning. The room sort of looked like a mini house. "It's so… cozy-looking." I said. "Hey. Someone gets a bed to themselves." Tenten said. Ino and I looked at each other. "You." We said. "You like to kick in your sleep. I had to learn that the hard way." Sakura said. "Fine with me." Tenten said smiling. We put our things down. "Gift shop!" Sakura said, practically running out of the room. "Slow down!" I said. All of us followed her to the gift shop. Everyone had a coat with them except for Sakura. While Sakura looked around from one spot, she had an uncertain look on her face. "Douka shita no, Sakura-chan?" Sasuke asked. "Well… There's a coat but… I don't want you to think that it's childish." She said. "Well, you're childlike." I said. "Which one?" Temari asked. Sakura pointed hesitantly at a coat hanging on the wall. It was a light purple and white knitted coat with white faux fur on the bottom, the opening of the sleeves and lining on the hood. The reason that Sakura must have thought that it was childish was because of the huge, cartoon-like cat face design sticking its tongue out on the front. The coat came with a scarf, mittens, and a beanie with the same design. "Aww! It's almost just like mine!" Hinata said, holding up hers. It was pink and white with a bunny face design. "It came with all of the same stuff." Hinata said holding up the mittens, scarf, and hat with the same design. "It's not childish. It's childlike." Sasuke said. "Is there a difference?" Sakura asked. "Just buy the coat." I said. "It'll look cute." Sasuke said smiling. Sakura, without a second thought, bought the coat. "So what are we doing first?" Matsuri asked. "It'll be a good idea to look around and see what's here." Temari said. "You're right." Naruto said. All of us put our coats and stuff on and went outside. It was snowing a little. "The lodge serves breakfast but what about dinner?" Naruto asked. "I don't know. Our parents had stocked the refrigerator and cabinets though." Sakura said. She looked cozy and adorable in her new coat. "Oh." Naruto said. "Hey look. I think that's where we go skiing and stuff." Hinata said pointing. She was pointing at a large mountain. "Whoa." Naruto said, wide-eyed with excitement. "What if you can't do either?" Sasuke asked. "You never tried before?" Matsuri asked. "I have. It didn't turn out well. I'm more of a beach sport person. Like surfing." Sasuke said. "Maybe surfing and snowboarding are similar. I'm still a beginner at snowboarding myself." Sakura said. "Well, we've looked around. Let's go to the Jacuzzi!" Tenten said. "You still need a bathing suit." I said. "Oh. Right." Tenten said. "I'll teleport you to your house if you want." Naruto said. "Thanks Naruto." Tenten said. She held his hand. "I promise to bring your boyfriend back, Hinata." She said smirking. "You better." Hinata said playfully. Naruto and Tenten disappeared. "I can't believe that she likes teleporting." Sakura said. Sasuke chuckled. "Some people take to it better than others." He said. Tenten and Naruto were back a few minutes later and Tenten had a little purple bag. "Now we can go to the Jacuzzi." I said smiling. We went back to the lodge and changed. Sakura's bathing suit was a black bikini with red tiger marks and a pair of matching shorts, Tenten's was a dark purple bikini and she wore a pair of black guy shorts with purple Hawaiian flowers, and I wore a bright green bikini with white peace signs and the bottom part was shorts. We each grabbed a towel and flip flops and left the room. "Ugh. Flip flops feel weird." Tenten said. "Because you're always wearing tennis shoes." I said smirking. First we met up with the other girls. Hinata wore a pink bikini with white vertical stripes and it came with a matching frilly skirt, Temari' bathing suit was red with white zebra print, and Matsuri's bikini was yellow with orange flowers and a matching frilly skirt. Sasuke and Naruto walked over from their room. Sasuke wore black shorts with red Hawaiian flowers and Naruto had white ones with blue Hawaiian flowers. Both had on white tank tops. They were both more muscular than I thought. "Sasakay, you told me that you didn't have any tattoos." Sakura said. Sasuke raised his pierced eyebrow. "What are you talking about? I don't." He said. "There's a mark on your left shoulder." Matsuri said. Sasuke looked at his shoulder and his eyes widened. "Naruto!" He said. Naruto burst into laughter. "What's it say?" Hinata asked. "Nothing!" Sasuke said, covering it up. Naruto pulled Sasuke's hand away to reveal a faded 'KT'. "Aww." Matsuri said smiling. Sakura turned bright red. "It would look better if you didn't make it fade." Naruto said. "Well, I had to shower." Sasuke said. "If it makes you feel better, Sakura drew your chibi all over her notebook." Hinata said. "Hinata!" Sakura said, turning red again. "Oops. Sorry." Hinata said smiling. "Sasakay has a picture of her in his locker." Naruto said. "Naruto, shut up!" Sasuke said. "Can we please just go to the Jacuzzi?" I asked. "Yeah Sasakay. Can we go to the Jacuzzi?" Naruto asked. "How about I throw you there?" Sasuke asked. "Do you honestly think you can, little
bro?" Naruto asked smirking. "Strange how I'm younger than you but I'm taller." Sasuke said smirking. "Only because you hit a growth spurt before you were changed." Naruto said. Just then, all of us tensed. "Werewolf." Temari said. "I'll go. I haven't seen any action in a while." I said. "Are you sure? I can help." Matsuri said. "Yeah." I said. I ran into the room and changed into a very dark jogging suit. I didn't bother with shoes. "I'll be right back." I said. I went to the front and snuck out when no one was looking. I shivered against the cold and shifted into a snow leopard. I ran around the lodge, making sure to notice every little thing. Suddenly, I heard a howl. "Found ya." I thought, smirking inwardly. I ran to my left until I ran into a large bronze wolf. "Oh crap." I thought. The werewolf lunged at me and I jumped in the air. The wolf swung quickly and knocked me into a tree. I coughed up blood and shifted back to normal. I tried to move but I couldn't. "What's going on? Why can't I move?" I thought. The wolf stood there snarling, while I struggled to stand. Before I could shift again, the wolf had me pinned to the ground my by throat. I kicked at the wolf but not even my superhuman strength was enough. My lungs burned and gray dots blurred my vision. "Ino!" A voice yelled. I managed to turn my head slightly to see Temari in her full fairy form. She was in a blue miniskirt with white leggings that stopped a little below her knees, a blue shirt that showed her stomach with a long sleeve that flowed on her left arm, a white belt, blue ballet slippers, and white gloves. The bottom of her skirt and shirt had wave designs. "A-Temari…" I said weakly. The wolf let me go and I gasped for air. The werewolf charged at Temari, who created a spear made from the surrounding snow and ice and she stabbed it in its left shoulder. It howled in pain and staggered backwards. She split the spear into two large daggers and pinned the wolf to the ground. "Ino! Are you okay?" Temari asked, running over to me. "Yeah. I'm fine." I said standing up. The werewolf changed back into its human form and groaned. We walked over to find a boy with shaggy bronze hair in nothing but shredded pants. Our eyes widened as the boy looked at us with big, gray eyes. "Danny?!" We asked. "Ino? Temari?" He asked in a hoarse voice. He looked around. "Whoa. Did you guys do this to me?" He asked. "We didn't have much of a choice. Why did you attack Ino?" Temari asked. "I don't know. I didn't even know that I was a werewolf!" Danny said. The daggers melted away from Danny's wrists and he stood up. He rubbed his wrists and the wounds were already gone. "So you guys are a fairy and a shapeshifter?" He asked. "Yeah. Your parents didn't tell you that you were a werewolf?" I asked. "I didn't believe them. I'm really sorry, Ino. I didn't mean to attack you." Danny said guiltily. "It's okay but try not to attack anyone else." I said. He raised an eyebrow. "You do know that you guys are surrounded by this pink and purple aura right?" He asked. "That's called M.Y.T.H. aura. Yours is brown. Eventually, you'll be able to shut off seeing it automatically." Temari said. She happened to have a pen with her. "You wouldn't happen to have a piece of paper, would you?" She asked. "I have a hand." Danny said. She rolled her eyes playfully. "Go to this website and everything you need to know is there." She said. "But do not tell anyone with white aura surrounding them. They're humans." I said. "But… Why would this be on the internet for humans to eventually find?" Danny asked. "They don't have the aura to access the website. If you're on the website and a human's around then it kicks you off." I said. "Got it. Well, I'm going to get back to my folks. We're actually staying at this lodge." He said. "Really? You should hang with us." I said. "Your other friends won't mind?" Danny asked. "No. The more the merrier." Temari said smiling. She changed back and we snuck back inside. When we caught up with the others, they looked surprised or confused. "Danny?" Naruto asked. "Hi." Danny said, smiling sheepishly. "Were you the werewolf?" Matsuri asked. "Yeah. Hey you're a werewolf too." He said. He noted everyone's attire. "Are you going to the Jacuzzi?" He asked. "Yeah. Come with us. We can answer any questions you have." Tenten said. "I'll be right back." Danny said. He went upstairs. "Hey. Why isn't your outfit shredded?" Sakura asked. "It's made from the pelt of another shapeshifter. That way, it doesn't shred." Ino said. I changed back into my bathing suit and Temari pulled off her jeans and t-shirt. Danny came back in blue shirts with white Hawaiian flowers. "Does every guy own a pair of shorts like those?" I asked. "Probably." Sasuke, Naruto, and Danny said. We went upstairs to the Jacuzzi.
*Douka shita no?: What's wrong?
Chapter Fifty-One: Sakura
"I meant to ask you before I left, Sakura, but why in the world are you wearing a jacket?" Ino asked. "Because." I said, turning slightly pink. When we got to the Jacuzzi, Tenten, Matsuri, Hinata, and Ino immediately jumped in. Naruto pulled off his t-shirt and jumped in with Temari and Danny. "I'm surprised you haven't jumped in yet." Sasakay said. "I uh… I'm shy." I said. "Aww. Hazukashigaranaide." Sasakay said smiling. "I'm normally not but…" I said. "I'm still gonna make you get in." Sasakay said. "I know." I said. He pulled off his tank top and I fought the urge to stare. I mean, obviously they didn't have weight training equipment back when Sasakay was alive but Sasakay must have done some sort of physical labor before he was changed. I hate to admit it, but he and Naruto were like those clichéd, gorgeous vampires that always seemed to have a six pack. "Sakura!" Hinata yelled. She snapped me back to reality. "Huh?!" I asked startled. "Come in!" Matsuri said. "Onegai shimasu?" Sasakay asked. "Don't look." I said. Sasakay smirked and rolled his eyes playfully but turned around. "You're overreacting." He said. I pulled off my jacket hesitantly. "Can I look now?" Sasakay asked. "I guess." I said. As soon as he did, I turned bright red. "Tiger marks?" Sasakay asked, raising his pierced eyebrow and smirking. "Shut up." I said, playfully swatting him. We got in the warm water. "So what are you and Sasuke, Naruto? Your aura is black." Danny said. "Vampires. Tenten's a psychic, Sakura's a cat demon and, my little girl is a witch." Naruto said. "Cat demon?" Danny asked, looking at me. I took off my choker. "Wow." Danny said wide-eyed. I put my choker back on and Matsuri splashed me. "Hey!" I said. I splashed her back. Soon, all of us were splashing each other. Naruto dunked Sasakay under the water. "Oy! Naruto!" Sasakay said. Soon, we all decided that it was late and we went to our rooms. "Oyasuminassai Sasakay-kun." I said, smiling sweetly. He kissed me. "Oyasuminassai Kitten." He said smiling. All of us went to our rooms and showered. I put on my pajamas and relaxed in the large bed that I was sharing with Ino. "These beds are so
soft!" I said smiling. "Way better than the motel beds." Tenten said. Ino flipped through the channels on TV. "Aren't you mad that you're missing 'Smackdown!'?" Ino asked. "I'm recording every show that I'm missing while I'm here." I said smiling. "Smart." Ino said with a smile. She eventually stopped on George Lopez. "I bet Hinata's watching this." Tenten said. She looked comfortable sprawled across the queen-sized bed. "No doubt." I said. Ino pulled her hair into a low ponytail and crawled into the bed next to me. "Tomorrow we're going to the mountain." She said. "Of course." Tenten said smiling. Soon, we all fell asleep.
*Hazukashigaranaide: Don't be shy
Chapter Fifty-Two: Hinata
I was lying next to Matsuri in a queen-sized bed. I listened to her deep, even breathing. I looked over at the digital clock and the red numbers said that it was three twenty-eight. I rolled onto my left side and closed my eyes. Soon, I rolled over to my right side and sighed softly. I got up quietly and slid on my pink bunny slippers. I grabbed my pink, fuzzy, plaid robe over my light pink camisole and pants that matched my robe. I left the room quietly and stood outside. I watched the gentle snowfall. "Aren't you cold?" A slightly deep voice with an Australian accent asked. I turned around to look up at Naruto. He was in nothing but a gray tank top and blue, plaid pants. "No. I'm fine." I said. Naruto raised a blond eyebrow. "Is something wrong, girl?" He asked. "No. I'm okay." I said, sitting on a bench. Naruto sat beside me. "Are you sure? You know that you can talk to me, right?" Naruto asked. I nodded. "I just… can't shake the feeling that Isabel may be coming back." I said. "Oh." Naruto said simply. "How can Sasuke act like she's not coming back for him?" I asked. "Well uh… because… Sasakay doesn't know that Isabel is coming. He still thinks that no one knows for sure." I said. "What?!" I asked, standing up with my eyes widened. "I couldn't tell him. He knows about the vision but he doesn't know that Tenten thinks that Isabel is responsible." Naruto said, looking at his feet guiltily. "Why couldn't you tell him?!" I asked. "Because he's actually happy. If I told him, I'd have kangaroos loose in the top paddock." Naruto said. "What?" I asked. "I'd be stupid to tell him." Naruto said. "But…" I said. "You don't understand, Hinata. Sasakay's been clucky, uh brooding, ever since he was changed. I want him to finally be happy now that he's found his soulmate." Naruto said. "But what if Isabel is the one that kills Sakura?" I asked. "I… I don't know. Sasakay hasn't even thought about that possibility." Naruto said. I sighed and sat back down. Naruto wrapped his arms around me. "She'll be apples, girl. Tenten said that there may be a way to change the future." He said. "But… What if Sakura's not the only one that could die?" I asked. "girl, everyone will survive if Isabel comes back." Naruto said. "I know that everyone else
will but…" I said. I burst into tears and buried my face in Naruto's shirt. "I'm scared, Naruto. I'm really scared. What if I don't come out of this? I'm not a fighter and you know that. She's gonna know that. I'm the weak link and she's gonna exploit that." I said. Naruto held me closer and stroked my hair. "I'll be there to protect you, Hinata. I promise you that." I said. "But…" I said. "No buts. Vous êtes mon soulmate. I'll never let anything happen to you. I'll protect you with my life because I…" Naruto said. He shifted uncomfortably. "Je t'aime. I-I love you, S-Hinata." Naruto said. My eyes widened and I looked up at him. "W-what?" I asked. The look on Naruto's face said that if he could blush, he would've been beet red. "I love you." Naruto said. "Naruto… I love you too!" I said, hugging him. He chuckled and hugged me back. "Better?" He asked. "Better." I said. We went back inside. "Night girl." Naruto said. "Good night, Jaycie." I said smiling. Naruto kissed me slowly and sweetly. My cheeks felt as if they were on fire. "Don't worry, kay?" He asked, resting his forehead on top of my head. "Kay." I said. I went inside and went to bed.
*Vous êtes mon soulmate: You're my soulmate
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