Naruto-

Lucky Star

Chapter 11- Doughnuts!

"Its 17:00 and we're stationed infront of the target's location. There has been no sign of the target leaving the house. There are signs of life in the target's house by loud squaks and chirps which I can only assume are lyrics of Akatsuki," Sakura was sitting in the front seat with binoculors.

"Aren't they of the Suna Sun?" Sasuke asked bent down next to her, "I'm sure as much as I hate my brother, it wouldn't be that crappy….and why are you talking like a spy preview announcer?"

"Because I want to," she continued in the voice, "Will the Sakura Squad be able to save her from the grasp of the evil emoer panda? Will she find her one true love in a slight-less emoer girly man? Will my life ever be normal?"

"I don't know the answer to any of those question," Ino responded bored looking at a map in the back seat, "But I do know this, if you keep that up, I'll kill Shikamaru."

"Why me?" Shikamaru demanded. What did he do to deserve to get punished like this?

"Because you're handy. Now shut up. I see Gaara coming," Ino pointed to a black motorcycle with a red-headed familiar rider, "I say we follow them to the concert, make sure Neji is there, ask Itachi to let Neji dedicate a song to Tenten and have him confess to her in front of the whole audience."

Even though she actually proposed an idea, she was met with a long silence and skeptical looks.

"Ino," Shikamaru said gently, "This isn't some shoujo manga. It's not going to work as nicely as that."

Ino pouted, "Says who? I'm sure it would work."

"I'd be too simple then," Sakura admitted, "And a bit too boring for them. They need something big and bang."

"…big and bang?" they repeated.

She waved them off, "You get what I mean. Ahh, Tenten's coming out!"

Sasuke and Shikamaru, underneath it all, being guys had to whistle appreciatively. "Neji is sure missing out," Shikamaru commented.

"I'm surprised she managed to pick out a decent outfit by herself," Ino noticed something out of the corner of her eye. She tugged Shikamaru's sleeve, "Please tell me I'm not seeing Neji in the most silliest outfit stalking Tenten openly with kids laughing behind him."

He glanced and sweatdropped and became embarrased for the temporarily insane Neji, "I would love to, but I have to say it is."

"Sasuke," Sakura commanded, "Go get him."

Sasuke was too busy glaring holes at Gaara's head to answer.

After some hitting, whacking, yelling, and arguments, they got Neji in the car and in a more decent outfit, Sasuke to stop glaring, and barely managed to sneakily follow a small motorcycle in a black truck. This was going to work well.

Hinata, at the shop, looked up at the clock worriedly, "They haven't called. This either means everything is going according to plan or everything is falling apart as we…I …speak."

Naruto paused in his spitwadding a picture of cup, "But they didn't have a plan."

"That's what I'm worried about," Hinata admitted, "Honestly they're all stupid when it comes to things like these."

"I know what you mean," he nodded seriously, "They're like novice ramen orders. Ordering exactly what's on the menu, never venurting furthur in the possibilities of sauces and sides."

"…right."

"So little brother," a large smirk and a malicious sparkle in the eye started the battle.

"Itachi," the word dripped from his mouth like a nasty brew of Tenten's experimental flavor of raspberry/strawberry lucky cake/red bean mochi/expresso with a hint of French vanilla.

Itachi sat in his throne haughtily, "So let me get this straight, you want to save little Tennie from the grasp of one sadistic insomicatic panda into the hands of another sadistic twisted bastard."

"Exactly."

Deidara, one of the bandmates, cackled, "That sounds a little weird doesn't it, yo? It sounds like you're after her, yo."

"I'm not after her," Sasuke gritted. The others were more than content sitting back and avoiding the targetting.

"It's not any funny if your in denial," Kisame's large sharklike teeth clicked, "Why not just get it out? I think we'd be more likely to help if you did so, eh Itachi?"

"Sadly I must admit that I do care for little Tennie, and it disgust me to say that I prefer the other sadistic bastard to a sadistic insomniatic panda."

Before Sakura could think, the words jumped out of her mouth, "So you'll help?"

Itachi's blood red eyes stopped her in her tracks and made her feel like target, "Yes, I will," he looked at her the same way Sasuke did the first time he saw her, "Have we met before?"

"Not that I believe," she stuttered.

He stared at her a moment longer, a moment too long in her opinion, before contining, "So what plan have you underlings made?" When no one answered, he scoffed, "I'm ashamed. Going in without a plan, I'd atleast expected my miserable little brother to come up with a half-assed plan atleast."

Sakura watched Sasuke grit his teeth and glare angrily at his brother. It must be horrible to have a sibling relationship like theirs, not that she knew. She was an only child.

"I'll tell you what," Itachi smirked wider than before, "I'll give you a plan IF," which dapened they're initially reactions, "Sasuke bows down before me here and now."

Ino, Shikamaru, and Sakura glanced worriedly at each other. Would he actually do it?

---author's note---

Will he bow down before the hot and sexy Itachi? Will Tenten be saved? Where was Neji during the Itachi/Sasuke interlude? Did Naruto actually make a ramen cake? These questions and more to answer in the next chapter of Lucky Star: Chapter 12!

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