Mix Ups Chapter 9: Fresh Air and Adventures…Almost!

Sasuke was flipping channel through channel, Sakura was doing the laundry, Elly reading some fantasy novel she took interest in and Kakashi checking some of the quiz papers he got. Naruto just exploded and all turned their heads towards the blonde ninja, "Man, I can't take this! The heat is taking toll at me and the boredom of weekend's been bothering me!" he declared and all his companions returned to what they were doing, ignoring him totally. He pouted and slammed back to his sitting position.

Silence once again entered the house for quite some while; all you could hear were the movie Sasuke was watching and the washing machine doing its job when the gate suddenly burst open. Sakura turned her head and greeted Chii morning, "What's with the outfit, Ms. Chii?" she asked the long blonde girl who was wearing a summer get-up, Gaara behind her shoved his hands in his shorts pockets, "Mother, Ms. Chii is here." The pink haired girl announced.

Elly picked her head from the novel she was reading and took a good look at her friend, "Yo, Chii, what's with the summer get-up?" she looked at the nearest calendar, "It's only September, it's still not summer." She reminded her friend and returned to her novel, "Anyways, just come inside, it's pretty hot outside."

Chii entered the house so did Gaara and sat the sofa, beside Elly, "Aren't you going to come?" she asked her black haired friend. Elly turned to look at her with a questioned look on her face, she blinked in confusion, "Didn't Sui-chan call you last night?" she asked her.

Elly placed her bookmark at the last page she read and closed the book, "No, Amano didn't call me last night." She leaned relaxed and asked her, "Why would he call me?" she asked her friend.

"Well, duh!" she caught her friend in surprise, "He was inviting us to join him in his uncle's resort today!" she told her and her friend only blinked in more question. She sighed and looked quite disappointed, "I thought you're going to come." She stood from her place and sighed once again, "Seems like we'll be going without you." She was really down.

Elly looked at the back of her Math teacher, who was checking some papers with tensed shoulders. She picked herself from the sofa and stood behind the silver haired teacher, "Tea~cher." She sweetly called the silver scarecrow who tensed severely. She bended a little to have a face to face look at her teacher, "Did Amano call last night?" she sweetly smiled at him.

He avoided the smile and buried his face further at his papers; "No." was all he answered.

"Tell me the truth, teacher." Elly asked firmly but the smile was still there.

Kakashi sat straight, let go of his pen and looked back at his landlord, "What will you do if I say yes?" he asked her equally.

Elly stood in her full height and looked back at him equally, "Nothing, really but why didn't you tell me?" she asked him and looked at Naruto who was looking at her with twinkling hopeful eyes. She sighed, "Sa-chan, Naru-chan, Sakura, go fix your things, we'll be joining Chii and the others." She told the three and they suddenly leaped from their places to fix their things, "Is this going to be an overnight?" she asked her friend who nodded in reply and sighed, "Why didn't you tell me, Kakashi?" she asked the silver haired jounin.

Kakashi pouted, crossed his arms against his chest and looked gloomed out, "Nothing really." He answered her. He received a deep sigh and he got a hit on the head, "Hey, what was that for!?" he demanded and stood on his full height.

Elly stared at him through narrowed eyes, "Why are you acting like a child?" she asked him like she was talking to a child, "Why are you suddenly turning childish whenever Amano is being the topic?" she asked the jounin. Before he could answer she raised a hand that indicated his not to answer, "I really don't want to hear it, yet." She told him and crossed her arms against her chest, "Anyways, why don't you just go fix your things for our overnight at Amano's?" she suddenly smiled at him like nothing really happened. Kakashi puffed his cheeks like a child and went to the changing room, where all their clothes were kept, and fixed his things together with the kids. Elly shook his head disapprovingly, "Really, what's happening to him?" she spoke her head out too loud.

"Maybe he's jealous of Amano or something." Chii answered her question with a smile, "Oh, yea, Amano's waiting outside together with Dietrich and Mai." She suddenly remembered.

"WHAT!?" the black haired girl burst, "You're all here!?" she asked when the gate suddenly opened. Suichirou, Mai and Dietrich entered. She looked at the blonde girl. Chii just placed a hand behind her head and pulled a laugh. Elly sighed deeper than normal. She offered the three a seat and apologized, "I am really sorry that I made you wait." She told the three.

"Nah, that's okay." Mai told her while flipping though channels, "We were the ones who are sorry." She told her friend, "Sui-chan actually told us that you wouldn't come."

"We really didn't believe that because you never reject an offer without valid reasons, and it's an overnight adventure so we persuaded him to pick you up today." Chii finished the explanation.

"I never knew that you called last night." Elly looked the stoic guy, "Did you really call last night?" she asked for confirmation.

Amano leaned at the sofa and nodded, "Yes, I did but you said that you wouldn't be joining us because you got a lot of work at home." He repeated what he heard last night from his phone call, "You even said that I should just die and burn in hell." He said through narrowed eyes, "Were you drunk last night?" he asked her.

Elly's eyes popped saucer like at what she just heard from the pale classmate of her, "What?! I don't drink and I never talked to you last night!" she told him truthfully, "And why would I want you dead there's no benefits in me if you're dead!" she told him but then again she raised a thoughtful eyebrow, "Now that you've mentioned it, if you're dead, the girls in school won't have to glare at me every day." That suddenly gave a smile and broke off back to reality, she saw Suichirou staring at her disbelievingly, she panicked, "But believe me, I didn't say those things to you last night!" she waved a hand.

"Then who told me all that last night?" he was suddenly in a deep thought, "Anyways, are you going to come with us?" he asked her, somewhat hopeful.

"Naru-chan's bored and I really want to go somewhere, yep, I am coming with you guys!"

"Hey, mom, why don't you go and fix your things!?" Sasuke and Naruto came into their view. Elly blinked in disbelief when she saw the bag the two were using. The bags were too large for them and from their views; it looks like the bags were going to explode.

"Are you two going to train in the mountains for a long while!?" Elly suddenly burst, "Why are your bags that bulgy!?" she asked them both with her hands on her hips.

Naruto and Sasuke stared at each other for some while and blinked back at their landlord, "Is there a problem?" they asked her.

"There is! We're only staying overnight!" She pinched their ears and pulled them back to the changing room, "You two, leave the things we wouldn't need here at home!" she told them both and the three of them vanished from their guests view as they enter the room.

While the other were fixing their things for the overnight, their guests silently waited for them to finish. The silence were suddenly cut off when Suichirou's cell phone suddenly rung. All heads turned towards him, he excused himself and answered the call:

"Yes, Suichirou speaking."

"Su-chan!"

Suichirou's nightmare came true, "Yes, sis?"

"I've heard that you'll be going at the resort today, was that true?"

"Yes, it's true." He said grimly.

"With some friends?" she asked excitedly.

"Yes, with friends." He said in one deep sigh.

"Fantastic, then I'll be waiting you in here!" she told him and suddenly broke the call,

Dietrich, Mai and Chii looked at the back of their friend who suddenly turned into stone. "Hey, what do you think happened to him?" Chii asked Mai who just shrugged; she turned to look at Dietrich who only smiled at her that made her question more. She walked towards the taller guy, she raised an eyebrow at the dumb look her friend was giving, she smiled and waved a hand in front of the guy, "Yo, Sui-chan, what happened who called you?" she asked him while waving her hand, "Hey, Sui-chan, what happened?" she puffed her cheeks, frustrated, she placed her hands on her hips and fumed, "Mai, come here and wake Sui-chan back to reality!" she called her friend.

"He'll come back to the world sooner than later, Chii, let him be for a while." She told her long blonde haired friend, with a smile while watching some movie in H.B.O.

Chii puffed a cheek and looked back at the dumb face her friend was sharing and laughed, "Then just look at how dumb he can be whenever he turns into this state of being, Mai!" she called and before she could realize he returned back to life.

Suichirou shook his head free from worries and slapped himself, left and right, making Chii surprise, "Okay, I am ready for anything!" he said and went back inside leaving Chii outside. When she went back inside they were all ready to leave, she noticed that Sasuke and Naruto's bags were changed into something smaller that the first, "Managed to convince that we'll be staying overnight?" she asked Elly.

"Yup!" she answered her cheerfully, "But you should see how many things they've managed to push in that bag!" she told her, "I think they were really going to train in a mountain for such a long time." She shook her head, "Anyways, come on!" she smiled a Dietrich, "I am really sorry we took almost of your time." She apologized, "I am really, really sorry!"

Dietrich waved a hand, "You really should say that to the young master not to me, Ms. Elly." He told her.

"I am really sorry, Amano." She told him, "And I am sorry about last night." She took a look at her teacher who pouted and stared her classmate through narrowed eyes.

Suichirou blinked and waved a reassuring hand, "Nah, that's okay, Insensitive." He pulled a tensed laugh, "A-Anyways, come on, we're burning daylights." He told them and was already heading out.

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"So, why are we going to your uncle's resort again?" Elly asked her classmate.

"He asked me if I want to have some fresh air, that's all." Suichirou answered her flatly, "And he told me to invite my friends to come along." He added he turned to look at Elly who nodded innocently at him that made him smile a little, "So I tried to invite you all." He's voice suddenly lowered, "But you rejected me last night." A guilty pang hit him when he saw Elly turned down when he brought the topic back, "But I am really happy that you're joining today." He said truthfully.

"I am really, really sorry about last night!" she apologized again. Suichirou waved a hand and assured that it was all right.

A few feet behind Suichirou and Elly were Kakashi and Dietrich. Kakashi was mumbling something like curses towards Elly's new friend and stared daggers behind him. Dietrich noticed what the scarecrow was doing and smiled, "You know what?" Kakashi whipped his head towards Dietrich, "I am really thankful that someone like Ms. Elly ever crossed into his life."

Kakashi stared at him through narrowed eyes, "What do you mean?" he spat at the other guy.

Dietrich looked at the scarecrow, then at the back of the two in front of them then smiled, "Well, the young master's well aware of his status in life and because of that, he was given special treatments in all the schools he ever attended at." He told the fuming teacher, "All his classmates were treating him unequally all the time because of that he had a hard time making friends. So when he met Ms. Elly who was totally innocent about his status in life, even declared war at him, it made him really normal." He smiled in relief, "If you could see how happy he was that day." He chuckled, "It always makes me laugh."

"What are you trying to imply here?" Kakashi asked him.

Dietrich looked at Kakashi and smiled, "Nothing really, just want to share it." Kakashi was still staring at him, "Sir. Kakashi, do you like Ms. Elly?" he asked the scarecrow.

"None of your business." He replied bluntly and looked forward.

Dietrich smirked, "Oh, yes, sir, it is my business." He said. Kakashi whipped his head towards him, "For my master's sake, I'd do anything." And there he excused himself from their conversation and walked up front; "Young master, I'll wait for you in the van, okay?" he excused himself and walked faster than the others.

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Sasuke seated himself beside the window at the back seat, Naruto beside Sasuke, Gaara beside Naruto and Sakura placed herself at the other end of the back seat, beside the window. Sasuke brought a novel he was reading, Naruto leaned at Sasuke and was asleep, Gaara was playing his sand and Sakura was also reading a novel she brought for the trip.

At the middle seat, Mai and Chii occupied the seats; Mai listening to her mp3 player while watching the scenery outside the window while Chii was also leaning at Mai, asleep.

The first row, Elly, Kakashi and Suichirou occupied the seats, leaving Dietrich all alone at the very front, Why am I all alone here at front? He thought and tears flowed like falls out from his eyes with a forced smile. Elly was already dozing off from the trip when Kakashi noticed it, "You want to sleep?" he asked her.

Elly shook herself awake but to no avail she was still sleepy, "Yeah, seems like it." She told him through a sleepy smile, "Amano, are we there yet?" she asked the guy beside Kakashi.

"Not really, it's still far from here." He gave her an apologetic smile, "I am sorry."

Elly shook her head, "No, it's okay, I like the scenery." She looked outside the window. She stared at the bright blue sky, the clouds lazily rolled from their places. The sea was very calm and clean, some fishes were jumping in it, too. The trees near the sea swayed their leaves lazily and some leaves flew off from their trees. The islands floating in the sea made her smile though and there she accepted her teacher's offer to sleep, "Man, I really am sleepy." she gave Kakashi a sleepy smile. She pulled the pillow Kakashi was using to relief his head on the trip and startled him a little, "I am going to use this, okay?" she told him, she fluffed it and placed it on his lap and there she rested her head and shut her eyes.

Kakashi sighed, rested a hand on his landlady's head, "Really, you don't need to pull that away," he sighed, "I'll give it to you if you just ask me." He pulled a smile.

Elly turned and looked at him, "Then, can I borrow your pillow?" she asked the silver haired teacher.

He sighed, "What can I do, you're already using it." He smiled at her and petted her head.

"Hey, who told you to pet me?" She asked through narrowed eyes but then again she smiled, "Just wake me when we arrive, okay?" and there she closed her eyes and relaxed at the pillow and at her position.

A long sense of silence befell the van when the hyper active characters were all asleep that made Suichirou doze a little. Kakashi noticed that the dark haired 3rd year student was lolling his head. He slid a look at the driver; he remembered all he had said that morning, then back to the younger man. He broke off the silence, "So, how long have you known Elly?"

Suichirou got a little startled, he looked left and right, "Huh, what?" he asked, "I didn't catch what you just asked."

Kakashi sighed, fixed a lock of hair that fell freely from position off of his landlady's face that can cause her irritation from her sleep, "I said, how long have you known Elly?" he repeated his question.

Suichirou closed his eyes, "How long….hmmm…" he swayed left and right, like a little kid waiting on his seat, "Since Freshmen years." He answered him, "Though I never knew her more than she's the one who hates me the most back then." He tilted his head then nodded, "Yeah, she's really hates me that time but," he looked outside his window, "a lot of people in the school knows her as a very cheerful person yet at the same time an anti-social type of person." He turned to look at him, through half lidded eyes, then down to his classmate.

"Anti-social? How come?" Kakashi asked his student then looked at his landlady, "Cheerful yet anti-social, nice one." He smirked.

Suichirou was once again in deep thought, "Hmm, from what I've noticed so far," he tapped a finger on his chin, "she only knows her batch mates, nearly all of them except for the transferees." He added, "She was also known as a weirdo by most of the girls in school."

"Really?" Kakashi looked at her in disbelief, "That's new to me."

Shuichirou looked at him; half lidded eyed, still, "She didn't tell you that she graduated elementary in our school too?" Kakashi shook his head and blinked, "So I know something you don't?" he turned childish, to the point he's grinning like a five year old and it crept Kakashi, "Anyways, I asked Ougami all about her." Kakashi raised an eyebrow, "Oh, class rep's with her since grade six," Kakashi nodded, in thanks for clearing things, "so, I asked him all about her and he just told me that she's a cheerful person but she's a loner, she only talks whenever you ask her and she only talks to very selected people." He continued, "One of those chosen people is our class rep, Ougami, the others, I forgot their names, but there are only very few, I tell you, very few!" he started counting with his fingers, "Anyways, at least she has friends now, Chi, Mai, those kids…" he sighed, "So hard to admit but, you and me." He pointed out, "At least, we're here for her now."

"Loner, huh?" the silver haired jounin smirked, "She doesn't look like one though." When he turned to look at his student once again he was quite surprised when Suichirou was already asleep on his seat.

"The young master was sleeping the time you asked him why he called Ms. Elly anti-social." Dietrich told him while driving.

"Really, then how could he have answered me?" he looked at the pale guy, "Not to mention he responded to all of my questions." He asked the driver while looking at his student through disbelieved eyes.

"The young master sleep talks once in a while." Dietrich told him honestly, "Whenever he does that he talks too much and you can ask him anything you want." He smiled, "He'll tell you all and honestly." He looked at the back mirror and noticed that the silver haired jounin was watching his young master, "He'll even tell you his deepest darkest secrets when he's in that state if you ask him." He saw Kakashi grinned evilly, "But when he started to sleep, he won't answer anymore."

"You know him too much, how long have you two known each other?" he asked the driver.

"Most of our life, sir." Dietrich answered him, "I've been with him since I could remember."

Kakashi closed his eyes and smiled, "That's a long time, indeed." And there he relaxed and unconsciously dozed off through.

Sasuke shut his book and looked at Gaara, who looked back and Sakura who nodded as if she knows what was running inside his head,"They've complete forgotten all about us." He smirked, then looked back at his pink haired friend, "Never thought that mom is anti-social...she never looked like one!" He leaned on the window and watched the sceneries that they passed by, he looked at the blonde who was leaning at him, "My shoulder's starting to stiffen, Naruto's heavier than he looks!" he complained, he slowly placed the blonde's head onto his lap for a better position. Naruto shifted a little but got comfortable right away from his new position.

Sakura smiled at the blonde, it amused her very much, she really doesn't know why though. She nodded in agreement about what Sasuke said, "Yep, she never looked like one, not to mention, with the attitude she has, who would have guessed." She shook her head, "You better give him a pillow," she told her friend, "to cushion his head when we bounce from the trip." She pointed a finger towards the blonde who was sleeping. She handed the raven-haired boy a pillow that was ignored at her side. She looked outside her window, leaned her elbow on the sill and rested her chin on her hand, "That only proves, we really shouldn't judge people by their appearances." She declared.

The raven haired boy smirked at the remark, "Yeah, we can't judge people by their appearances," he rested his head on the window, "because we're not judges."

The red head of the Sand turned to look at the raven haired nin, "Sasuke, do you understand what you're talking about?" Both Leaf Ninjas turned to look at him, two pairs of eyes blinked at him in surprise. He looked left and right, sighed a deep breath, "I knew it." He said, "You totally forgot that I am between the two of you." He leaned on his seat, threw his head back and shut his eyes, "This travel's pretty long." He commented, "You think it would have been better if we were on foot?" his thought was said too loud, he really didn't notice.

"It'll take us days before we arrive to the resort if we travel on foot, young master." Dietrich spoke out as to response to the question that was thrown by the Sand child, "But we'll have a lot of fun if that were to happen." He added and smiled, he looked at the back mirror to see the young ones, "Most of the people have gone to sleep, I see." He chuckled, "Why don't you three do that, too?" he asked the three.

Sakura sat straight, "Isn't Miss Mai awake?" she asked and loomed over at the second row of seats; she peered over at Mai's face. She forced a smile. Mai, headphones still plugged in her ears while sleeping soundly, she returned to her seat, "Yep, seems like it's only us awake, Sir Kakashi, even Big bro Suichirou's asleep." She told her other awake companions.

The brown haired driver gave them a thumb's up in agreement, "You three do that, too, so that you'll be charged ready to any activities you active young ones may intend to do in the resort in this overnight adventure." He gave the kids a large grin, more like Naruto's grin. He saw the three exchanged looks at each other then nodded in a decision, "Don't worry, I'll wake you people up when we arrive." He gave them a smile, though they really didn't see the glint of mischief in his eyes because his eyes were also curving in his smile.

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A sudden jerk made all of the passengers fall off their seats and tumbled onto the floorings of the van. Kakashi slowly picked himself from his fall, trying to sink what just happen to him, he nursed his abused part, "Man, you can always-"

"What was that!?" Elly accidentally connected her head onto her teacher's chin. She automatically placed nursed the injured part and glared at the silver head, "Hey, what was that for!?" she demanded with teary eyes, "Auuuu…"

His head was thrown aback at the impact, he recovered easily though, "Hey, you were the one who hit me!" he corrected the girl. He turned at his right to see his raven haired Uchiha upside down from his fall, "Oh, hello there, Sasuke." He blinked, beside his student, his rival picked himself from his position, he looked left and right, nursed his bumped side, "Yo, had a nice sleep?" Suichirou just stared at him through narrowed eyes and glanced away from his stare; he shook his head and scratched his head, "You're better asleep than awake."

"What happened?!" Chii panicked, looked around and hid under her seat, "Are we under attack or something?!" she peered over at the window and got a hit on the head, "We're under attack!" another hit on her head, "Mai, hide! We're under attack!"

"You're too hysterical…" she pulled the earplugs off from her ears, "So, are we here?" she looked out of the window. Upon to her observation, they were parked inside the resort, "This place pretty much answers my question." She sat at her seat and pulled Chii from the floor, "You, calm down." She told her.

"Man, that hurts!" Naruto nursed his nose, "I hit my nose somewhere." He fought back tears and turned around. He jumped off his place as Gaara's sand returned to its jar, "Great defense, Gaara." Gaara blinked at him, clearly question was present at those green orbs of the Sand user. The blonde noticed his pink haired friend on the floor, he stood, bumped his head on the roof of the van and helped the girl, and "Sakura, does it hurt anywhere?" he asked his friend out of concern.

Sakura waved a hand and gave her blonde friend a smile, "Nah, I am okay, it doesn't hurt much anywhere." She told him, "Thanks for the concern, though, appreciate it very much.

"Will somebody help me?" Sasuke suddenly spoke up.

Elly whipped her head towards the raven haired boy, "Sa-chan, what are you doing there?" she asked and helped him, she dusted the boy from dust, "Does it hurt anywhere?" she asked as she checked the boy. She got a shake of his head and there she smiled, she turned her head towards the back and made her way there, "Are you guys all right? Nobody got seriously injured?" she asked the three. The three assured that nobody really got hurt by answering her 'nobody', she sighed in relief and gave the three a big hug, "Thank the Lord you guys are all right." She said through a relieved sigh.

The van's door opened, "Of course nobody got hurt, I calculated everything!" Dietrich proudly told everybody with a sweet, dazzling smile. He got a why-that-kind-of-way-to-wake-us-look from his little Su-chan, "You were all asleep, so I just figured to wake you all up in one big jerk of the car." He gave everybody a thumb's up, "You're things are all inside the house all ready." He told everybody before they could question, "I placed them inside the cottage, that you all be using for swimming, a while ago, you know before waking you all."

Suichirou shook his head and alighted from the van, "So you mean that you stopped normally then jerked the car after?"

Dietrich placed a finger at his cheek, "Something like that." He told his master truthfully, "Actually, it broke my heart when I woke you all guys up." Suichirou just raised an eyebrow at him, "Really, it did." He said through sweet smile.

Suichirou just looked at him with his usual bored look, "And you think I will buy that?" Dietrich nodded furiously, he sighed, "Actually I am not, as you can see." He poked his head in the van, "Anyways, come on guys, we're here." He announced inside.

One by one the group alighted from the van, giving them a full view of the resort, the typical coconut trees stood up high, cottages that will be used for the costumers, of course the swimming pools.

"Let's greet my Uncle first befo-" he was cut off when a shirt hit his face. He peeled it off immediately, "Hey!" he looked to his left and to his right, noticed that four of his friends gone missing, in a blink of an eye, Chi, Elly, Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura were all ready in the pool, playing, like children. He blinked in amazement, "How did they do that?" he gave the thrown shirt a look then looked at his other companions.

Mai shrugged, "There are things you can't just understand from hyper people." Was all she answered at her friend, she sighed and looked left, then to her right, "Is there a place where I can take a rest?" her classmate.

Suichirou stared at him bored, "You just woke up, didn't you?"

"True, but the ride exhausts me." She stretched her numbing limbs, she covered her mouth as she yawned, "So, is there?" she asked once again.

The young master of the Family Amano's looked at his right hand, "Dietrich, would you kindly show, Mai to their room?" he requested his right hand. Dietrich simply gave his young master a smile and a nod. He sighed then looked at his friends who were swimming at the pool, shook his head, "Whatever, I'll just go and greet my Uncle, then." He turned and fell off the ground, "U-U-U-U-Uncle!" he said in surprise.

A man with his hair all push to the back, some bangs escaped the push though, his hair shiny like Suichirou, towered him, "Oh, my dear nephew, long time no see." He said with his deep voice, "Do I happen to look like a ghost to you?" he kind of joked and offered his nephew a hand. He dusted his nephew off from dirt, clapped his hands and his eyes twinkled like an excited child, "Where are you friends?" he looked left and right, he noticed Kakashi and Gaara, he blinked for a while then rushed towards the two. He took both of their hands, "Thank you for taking care of our Suichirou." He said thankfully like a father, "How can I repay you?" he asked them both. Behind him, Suichirou, blushed and was trying to make him stop talking, "Oh, sush, nephew, let Uncle thank your friends for you." He said.

Kakashi blinked his eyes and stared at the older man, noticing that he looked just like his student, though his uncle's older, darker than his nephew, hair's shorter than his nephew, taller than his nephew, body structure's bigger than his nephew (fit to be exact), voice's deeper than his nephew, more energetic than his nephew and more comical than his nephew, it crept him out, it was like looking at the stoic Suichirou as a five year old, hyper active kid, "U-U-Uh, really it was nothing." He said and avoided the gaze from the older man, If I look at this man again, I may scream or laugh or do both all of a sudden. He thought.

Suichirou's uncle heard the splish, splash in the pool; he whipped his head and gazed behind his nephew's shoulder. His eyes grew larger in a very happy surprise, "You have more friends over there, Su-chan!"

Before Suichirou can catch his uncle, he was already at the pool side. He ground his teeth in embarrassment at the same time, irritation. He balled his hand into a fist, "I should have expected this." He mumbled to himself, "But I was too occupied by what my sister said." Upon saying the word, he called for his uncle, "Uncle, is my sister here today?" he asked him politely.

His uncle stared at him for a while, crossed his arms against his chest, shut his eyes for deep thought, "Hmmm, I think I saw her car at the parking lot." He told his nephew, "Yeah, I think I saw her, too, but I can't remember if she greeted me already." He suddenly thought, "Oh, my, I wonder what kind of mischief you sister may cause up in the house." He kind of panicked, grabbed his nephew's wrist and ran off towards a large gate at the parking lot, "Ummm, sir," he called out for Kakashi, "would you mind if I kidnap my nephew for a while?" he asked while running.

Kakashi smirked and gave the older man a thumb's up, "Sure, don't worry, take him away if you want, take your time, my good sir." He called back. He received a loud thank you from the man. When the two were out of sight, he crossed his arms against his chest, "His uncle's not half bad at all."

"What are you talking about?" Gaara suddenly spoke out.

Kakashi averted his eyes towards Gaara, "Oh, I thought you joined the kids in the pool."

Gaara stared at him though narrowed eyes, "Later, I am not yet into swimming." He told him and made his way to the side of the pool.

Kakashi followed the red head; he watched the five play like kindergarteners in the pool, Naruto and Sasuke were racing from end to end, Sakura, Elly and Chi were just splish, splashing water, that made him thought for a while. He made his way to the three, "Hey." He tapped the black haired girl, "Why aren't you three playing like those two?" he suddenly asked.

Elly turned to look at him, her eyes showed the emotions of having some real fun, "Oh, hello there, Kakashi." She greeted the silver haired jounin with a smile, like a five year old kid, "Why aren't you still having fun?" she asked him, crossed her arms against her chest.

Chii clung herself on Elly's back sending some small splashes towards the silver head, but he dodged away before any water hits him, "Yeah, why aren't you still changing for the swimming?" she asked, smile large as a five year old kid. Chii and Elly grabbed his ankles and caught him by surprise, "Come on now!" she chirped and together they pulled him in the pool.

A large splash occurred at the pool, Kakashi slowly raised himself from his fall, he heard laughter from the girls and sighed, "Man,I am not even in my swimming wear, yet." He shook his head like a dog and sprinkle of water caught the girls, "Now you're gonna get it!" he chased the girls around the pool. Sounds quite impossible for a normal human being, but you all know Hatake, Kakashi.

Elly, Chii and Sakura were playing along their teacher, well, Elly and Chii were holding at the side rails, while Sakura was swimming under water.

While the six were having fun in the pool, the red head stared at the large gate that their hosts enetered in, made him a little curios and made his way over there, complete forgotten by his friends.

The guard of the gate halted him, "Only authorized personels can enter here." He told the red head.

Gaara glared at the guy in return, "Really?" he asked, sands around the place were already rising from the ground, he shut his eyes, sighed and left the guard shaking, whether or not from fear or something else, he was really not sure. He returned to the pool side, pulled his slippers off and dipped his feet in the pool water, "Man, the season's too freaking cold." He complained, "So, why a swimming outing?" the thout suddenly surfaced.

"Why are you in a bad mood all of a sudden?" the blonde ninja pulled himself out of the pool and sat next to the sand user, water dripped out from his hair. He grinned at Gaara, placed his arm on his shoulder, "Just enjoy the place, Gaara." He told him.

Gaara peeled the slithered arm away from him and moved a little a way, "You're way too wet, Naruto, so get a way from me for the moment." He told the blonde and glared.

Naruto just grinned stood and walked behind the red head, "Oh, Gaara, if you would just pull your shirt off and just swim with us, your mood will lighten, my friend!" he placed his wet hands on the hem of Gaara's shirt and in a flush the shirt was off.

Gaara, in reflex, covered his upper body, "Hey, give that back!" he stood and tried to take his shirt from those dripping wet hands of the blonde, "Naruto, you're wetting my shirt!" he growled. He took a closer step at the blonde and tried to pull his shirt from the blonde. He's eyes went saucer like when the blonde intentionally fell off the ledge and into the pool, including him in. A large spalsh, once again occurred. All heads turned to where it happened. Naruto and Gaara raised from the water at the same time. Gaara shook his head to remove water from his hair, he also wiped his face and took a glare at the grinning blonde, "Now, I am wet!" he growled and his head got dipped into the water by another hand coming from his back.

"Go and cool your head under." Sasuke said while keeping the head from rising, "I don't know why you're bad mood, but don't bring it here." He said and pulled his hand away from the head. Gaara raised his head and gasp for breath, "Got your head cooled?" he asked, bored.

Gaara whipped his head towards the brunette and pulled his bangs, "How can I calm down if you were to do that!?"

Sasuke pulled his hair away from the sand user, "Seems like you need another trip under the water…" he stared at Gaara, "Naruto!" he called and before he could say anything.

"Waaaay ahead of ya', Sasuke!" he told him, gave him a thumb's up, dove under and pulled Gaara by his feet under the water. Sasuke, on the other hand, pushed the red head further in the water by the shoulders.

Chii panicked, "Aaaah, don't bully, Ga-chan like that!" she rushed towards the two, pushed the two bully away and picked Gaara from the water, "Stop bullying Ga-chan like that!" she snuggled the red head then hugged him protectively away from the two, "Waaaa, why did you let them bully you, Ga-chan." She puffed her cheeks and hugged him tighter.

Gaara was tapping her bared arm, "C-C-Chii, you're crushing my lungs!" he told her, Chii automatically let him go. He gasped for breath, caughed a little then relaxed. He looked at the worried blonde girl, he sighed in defeat, "I knew that I wouldn't like this trip." He told her, ignoring the apologetic face her friend was giving, "First and foremost, the season is cold resulting for a colder water temp." he dictated, "Second, it's very far from home and it exhausts me." He cut Chii off before she could speak, "But I'll try to relax more and somehow enjoy this adventure." He smiled at the blonde.

Chii stared the the read head, she sniffled, tears formed in her eyes, "Gaaaaaara!"she launched and hugged the red head, making them fall in the waters, once again.

Naruto and Sasuke looked at each other, Naruto grinned, Sasuke smiled a little, then they gave five at each other, "Success!" they whispered.

At a far end corner, Elly blinked at the site, "So," she looked at the pink haired girl, "what just happened?" she suddenly asked the other two clueless people. She got a shrug from the girl. She looked once again at the four, well, Naruto and Sasuke were back playing like kindergartners, racing from end to end, trying to cheat at each other while doing it while Chii and Gaara were doing something. Elly blinked at what they were doing, she looked at Kakashi then to Sakura. She looked back at her friend then grabbed the pink haired hands, "Sakura, can you teach me how to swim?" she asked, Sakura blinked. The black haired girl turned to look at her blonde friend, "Just like Chii and Gaara, can you teach me how to swim?" she repeated.

Sakura and Kakashi stared hard at their landlady, then laughed, "Hey! What's so funny?" Elly puffed her cheeks.

"I never thought that you couldn't swim." Kakashi placed a hand on her head and smudged her dripping wet hair, Elly pulled her head away from his hand, "Well, you look like someone who know how, that's why."

Elly stared at the silver haired jounin through narrowed eyes, "Don't judge me by my appearance because you're not a judge!" she told the silver haired scarecrow. She turned to look at the pink haired girl once again, "Sakura, can you teach me how to swim?" she asked like a child, once again.

Sakura smiled at her landlady, "Sure, mother, there's no problem." She told her and Elly jumped happily like a kid, "So, first of all," she told her student, "you've got to relax." When she turned to her student, Elly was splish splashing water from side to side, "Mother!" she cried in panic. She helped the girl, after she'd calmed down, she sighed, "Mother, you need to relax." She told her once again.

Elly furrowed her brows, "But I am relaxed!" she told her and crossed her arms against her chest.

Sakura scratched her cheek, "Ehehe, let's see." She scratched her chin, "Oh, I know!" she suddenly brightened, "Father, I need a hand." She called for her teacher. Kakashi blinked at her then pointed a finger at him, "Yes, you, I need your help." Kakashi walked towards them, "Father, you guide mother I'll tell you what to do." She told him.

Kakashi looked at his landlady, who hissed, "Sakura-chan, I have a strong feeling that your 'mother' wants my help." He told her in a sarcastic tune. He looked back the girl who hissed once again.

Sakura waved a hand, "Whatever, just help me!" she told her teacher, "So, mother, you want to learn how to swim or you'll learn it by yourself?" she sweetly asked her landlady. Elly pouted then glared at her, she grinned evilly, Sakura felt something slither down her spine, "A-Anyways, let's just start." She looked at her teacher, "Father, you hold mother's hands, I'll guide her legs and body." She smiled and walked behind her landlady.

Kakashi looked at the girl and forced a smile, "Let's just do what she says, okay?" he said, "Then, maybe you'll start to learn how to swim." He added.

Kakashi offered both his hands with a smile, Elly stared at it for a while then slapped her hands onto his without giving him a look. Sakura shook her head with a smile, she walked at her landlady's side, "So, once I count to three, you try to float, okay?" she instructed her landlady who nodded vigorously, quite very determined, "Now that's the spirit. So, 1…2…3!" Elly kicked off from the tiles and floated a little, Sakura carefully raised her legs and stomach, "Now, just be calm and relax." When she felt that Elly loosened up, "Okay, keep on doing that, now" she looked at her teacher, she smiled when he picked his head, he raised an eyebrow, "Try to pedal." She told her. Elly did what she was told, but not quite what Sakura expected, "Mother, I mean not to pedal like you're in a bike…ummm…what was that right word again?" she looked at the silver haired man.

"Fluuter." He told her and she suddenly brightened.

"Oh, right, try to flutter your legs." Elly looked innocently at her, "You surely know how to flutter right?" Elly brightened all of a sudden, she sigehd in relief, "Well, at least that's a relief, so why don't you flutter?" she asked. Elly tried and splashed a lot. She winced and tried to fend off some stray waterdroplets, unconsciously, she let Elly go. When the splashings were done, she pulled a smile at her site. Kakashi was still holdin his landlady's hands while Elly was gripping tightly at his hand only her head was visible while feet were still fluttering under the water. The pink haired girl shook her head, she walked back to her place, "Mother, try to be more relaxed." She told her.

Elly stopped fluttering her feet and when she felt the tiles under her feet she stood, "I am relaxed!" she told her, "I just don't know why I keep on sinking." She pouted.

"From what I've seen and felt, you're tensed, my dear." Kakashi told her. She picked her head and looked at him, "Believe me, your tensed." He repeated, "Your muscles hardened when you started kicking." He commented. Elly stared at him blankly, "Let's start over, Sakura." He called the pink haired girl, "You hold her feet and body after I count 3, alright?" he instructed the girl, "Now, relax, Elly." Elly breathed a large amount of air then exhaled, "I'll count, 1…2…3!" Elly kicked from the tiles and again and Sakura assissted one more time. Kakashi nodded, "Now, try to flutter again." He instructed the black haired girl. The black haired girl obliged but still she just splashed water around, Sakura was already wincing and pulling her head away but kept her assisst, "Elly, try to relax, you're stiffing." He gently told the girl. Elly puffed a cheek but gradually she was starting to relax, "Good, good." Kakashi praised her, "Now, Sakura, slowly remove your hands off of her." He told her student who agreed. Sakura slowly removed her hands off her landlady and Kakashi slowly walked backwards, assissting, his student gripping on his hands tightly, "Now, now Elly, relax, you're beginning to tense up, again." He reminded the girl.

"Shut…up!" she told him through breaths but she tried to relaxed a little successfully. Kakashi smiled at her and she just ignored him.

Kakashi kept on walking slowly backwards, "Elly, I am going to let go of you and see if you improved, alright?" Elly looked at him surprised but then agreed, "After I count to three." He smiled once again, "1..2..3." they broke their link and slowly released from each other. Elly kept her eyes shut while fluttering her legs Kakashi slowly moved to her side. He watched her as she progressed a little, "Very nice!" he praised her while she flutter her legs in the water. Confident enough that she'll not get drowned, he walked beside Sakura, "See, she improved." He placed a hand on the pink haired girl's head.

Sakura crossed her arms against her chest and looked at her teacher with narrowed eyes, "I was about to teach her those things but you just have to act like a hero." She told her teacher, "but that was just okay, saved me from explaining things." She smiled and watched her landlady swim like a kid, "But she really needs to practice more if she really wants to swim…better, that is." She said.

Kakashi stretched his arms and yawned, "Well, at least she won't bug any of us anymore." He assured the girl.

Sakura slid her gaze to him, "Oh, really?" she raised an eyebrow at her teacher, "Is that something you really want?" she asked, she leaned a little for a better view at her teacher's face. He averted his gaze away from her, she smiled at the reaction though. She shrugged then watched her landlord swim like a kid, they were taken a little a back when the black haired girl suddenly stopped moving yet still splasing water around her, head still afloat and looked like a kid playing in a bathtub. The splasing ceased and the black haired student slowly sunk, Sakura felt panicked, she turned to look at her teacher, who, also was watching at the spot where their landlord sunk in with wide open eyes. She stared back, bubbles rose and popped as they surfaced, "S-Shouldn't we be already helping her, Tousan?" she asked.

"Y-Yeah, I really think we should." Kakashi pulled a nervous smile then both of them rushed towards the spot where bubbles were rising. They stooped to look over, both of them blinked when something was risng from the underwater. A large splash surprised them both and made all activities in the pool stop and look over their direction. Kakashi and Sakura winced and defended their faces from the splashed water. They blinked their eyes when they heard gasps of breaths then laughter, "Hey, we thought you drowned there!" Kakashi hit the girl's head, she nursed it in response and got kicked right on the right cheek, he's head jerked to the side and he nursed his injured part, "Hey, what made you do that!?" he demanded.

"Do what?!" still nursing her bump and glared at the silver haired guy.

"Both!" he answered equally.

"What both!?" she answered back equally.

"The drowning and the kicking!?" he told her, hand still on his bruised cheek.

"Whoever told you that I am drowning, damn it!" she glared at the scarecrow, "I just got tired and stopped, let the water relaxed my muscles!" she growled, "And you hit me on the head, an eye for an eye a hit for a hit!" she exclaimed.

"You made us worry back then!" he raised his voice.

She glared back, "Worried, you say, if you're worried then you would have rushed the minute I stopped!" she pointed out. Kakashi glared back at her but she just returned it with an enforced icy glare. They both crossed their arms against their chest and looked away from each other.

"First time I've ever heard teach raise his voice." A deep voice suddenly broke off the silence, all heads turned towards him, "What happened?" he asked. Amano already changed into his swimming wear, you know, plain white shirt then board shorts. Well, actually all of them were wearing t-shirt, Chii's wearing a white tank top and swimming shorts, Gaara worn his stolen shirt, he got it back and board shorts, Elly's wearing a not too loose not too fit shirt then her elemntary P.E. shorts, Sakura was also wearing a tank top shirt then cycling shorts, Kakashi's wearing a shirt fitted enough for him and his board shorts.

Elly stared at Suichirou and blinked, "Amaaaaano!" Elly rushed towards the side, "Where's Dietrich?" she stared at the host then looked left and right, "Isnt he going to play with us?" she suddenly asked.

"My sweet little nephew!" All heads turned towards the direction of the voice, Suichirou felt shiver down his spine at the call. Elly's eyes went large in disbelief when she saw their host's uncle get up, "My dear little Suichirou, why did you leave ol' dear uncle behind?" he frowned, "Ah, hello." He waved a hand at Elly, who was nearest to them.

She stared at the uncle of her classmate. The older man was wearing floaters on his waist, arms and legs, snorkels were even worn by the older man but he's wearing normal swimming wears, just like their's he's plainly wearing white shirt and boxer shorts, "H-Hello, sir." She greeted back the older host.

He knelt down to have a closer view of the girl, nod then smiled, "Thank you for taking care of our sweet little Suichirou!"

Elly blinked at what the older man just said then placed a hand at the back of her head, "Really, Dietrich's the one taking good care for your nephew, not me." He answered the older man.

The older man stood his full height, "What a bashful girl." He said to Suichirou, "No wonder you became friends with her." He slapped his nephew's back, "Now, come on let's play!" he told him and jumped into the water making, another large splash.

"Don't you still have work to do?" Suichirou asked his uncle who just risen from the waters.

"That could come later!" the older man paddled his way around the pool with the help of his floaters, it was successfully done, "Why don't you join the fun, little Suichirou?" he asked his nephew with a smile on his face.

Suichirou slapped his forehead out of irritation, "How many times do I need to tell you, do not call me that way!"

"What's wrong with that? Is sounds cute." Suichirou whipped his head towards a side of the pool to find Kakashi smirking at him, "Little Suichirou." Suichirou gacked as he said the name.

An irritated eyebrow twitched but he managed to control his voice, "L-Lunch is being prepared." He announced, "I suggest you guys get ready." He looked at his uncle, "You know that I am just going to announce lunch, so why did you jump in the water?"

His uncle turned his head towards his nephew, blinked, then splashed water like a kid, "Eh!! Can lunch just come later?" he asked like a tantrumizing kid, "I just got here!"

"Well, whoever told you to jump anyway?" Suichirou crossed his arms against his chest, "Oh, you guys can use that room." He pointed at the room right across him, "Towels and bathrobes are already prepared for you there." He told the pool occupants, "I'll just wait for you guys here so we can go together."

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"Boys, you go first!" Chii smiled at the boys. She ignored the protests coming from the boys, "What, you want to wait for us to finish before you take yours?" she asked.

"Not that we want to wait for you girls to finish." Sasuke protested, "You'll freeze us to death if we wait for you." He slid his gaze away from the Chii as he gave the reason, then he returned his look back to the blonde girl, "But why the four of us at once?" he asked, more like demanded.

"You're already lucky that Sui's uncle didn't join you guys." She crossed her arms against her chest, "And, besides, you are all boys, no malice or anything will happen if you four take a bath at the same time." She pointed out. Well, we all know Sasuke, he continued to argue with Chii.

"Now that you've mentioned it, where did he go?" Naruto suddenly whipped his head towards Suichirou, "Big Bro. where did your uncle go?" he asked innocently.

Suichirou looked at the blonde ninja with his small, bored eyes, "He said he'll change in the main house, he said he'll just add up to the space and time if he joins in." he sighed in relief, "Luckily, he didn't know that you guys will wash the same time, or else…" he trailed off, Naruto understood what it meant, so he just dropped the topic but he answered when the blonde ninja asked where the main house was located, "Oh, the main house is beyond that large gate near the garage." He blinked, "Well, it's rather a little far from beyond the gates because there's something else beyond the gate, so it's really beyond another gate."

"Whatever, just drop it and go take your bath!" Chii suddenly pulled Sasuke by the ear and pushed him in the bathroom making him fall off to the tiles, face first, she pointed a finger inside, "So, who wants to be like him?"she asked the others you were left. In a split second, the three other boys rushed towards the bathroom and slammed the door to her face, "HEY!!" a tap on her shoulder made her look at her side. A bundle of pink cloth welcomed her face, she peeled it off at once, "What's that for?!" she asked.

Elly looked at her, "Huh? Oh, nothing really, just a towel and a robe." She answered her blonde friend, "Anyway, you better dry yourself for the mean time or you'll freeze to death." She handed the towel and robe to her friend and sat at the nearest chair, happened to be a chair from the dining room.

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Naruto, Sasuke and Gaara were lookin at each other through narrowed eyes.

"So…who would take their clothes off first?" Naruto asked, seriously. He turned to look at Sasuke, who shook his head ferociously, then turned to look at Gaara, who glared back at him, he felt his hair stand so he looked back at Sasuke, this time, was eyeing him in doubt, "Oh, come on, if none will take their clothes off now, Chii might kill us, or worse, mommy would." He bit his thumb, "You know how she hates waiting." The sudden splash of water from their backs made them all whip their heads to the sound. Kakashi was already taking his bath, his shirt was all ready off, "Eh!!!"

Kakashi looked at him, "What, nobody ever told us to take all of our clothes, right?" he made his point, "Or, you want me to use genjutsu for you guys?" he suggested.

"Genjutsu…now that you've mentioned it…" Sasuke suddenly was in thought.

Naruto whipped his head at Sasuke, blushed a little, then slapped himself, "NO!" he suddenly burst out, all heads turned at him. Bangs on the door echoed inside.

"Hey, what's happening there?" Elly's voice echoed inside the small bathroom.

"Nothing, Naruto just thought of something scary!" Kakashi answered back.

"Really, guys, don't do that again!" Chii's voice echoed inside.

"We won't, don't worry." Kakashi replied then looked at the kids, more like on Naruto, "Well, Naruto, what kind of genjutsu were you trying to think of?" he eyed the blonde suspicously.

Naruto raied his hands and waved it defensively, "Nothing, nothing, I wasn't thinking of anything!" he reasoned out.

"Then, why did you suddenly burst?" Gaara asked him, grabbing the dipped away from the older ninjan and ignored his protest, he splashed water onto himself, "Uhh, do you have shampoo there?" he asked, when Naruto kept on being silent, he dropped the topic, "Just borrow shampoo from Chii." He uttered.

"I tell you I thought of nothing!" he cried out, then pouted like a defeated kid, opened the bathroom door wide, exposing everybody in, "Chii, can I borrow your shampoo?" he asked, Elly and Chii's conversation was cut and two pairs of eyes grew large at the site.

"I-I'll go get it." Elly hurried upstairs to get their shampoo.

Chii kept on staring at the guys occupying the bathroom, "Kakashi…" she blinked innocently and pointed a finger at the said guy, "You better eat something…" she said, "You're too thin…" Kakashi looked at himself, then blinked back at the blonde girl, she placed a thinking finger at her chin, tilted her head a little, "Or was the right word slim?" she pondered in thought.

"Here ya' go!" Elly threw the bottle of shampoo in the bathroom like pitching in a baseball game, targeting her teacher, who caught the bottle of shampoo beautifully with his face, "And faster, my hair's starting to get sticky!" she ordered as she shut the door with a bang.

Naruto, Sasuke and Gaara stared at Kakashi's injured face, trying to trying to suppress their laughter, "N-Nice catch, teach!" Naruto managed to tell his teacher through suppressed laughter.

Kakashi massaged his damaged nose, "Ha ha ha, very funny, guys." He muttered sarcastically, he ground his teeth, "Why do I suddenly feel that I am being treated with freezing shoulders, huh?" he thrust the dipper into the water and splashed water to himself, resulting him to hit himself with the brim of the dipper, "Ow!" he cried out in pain.

"Whoever told you to hit yourself, anyway?" Sasuke stared strangely at his teacher, "We really should get ourselves clean before mom give us hell." He reminded his other companions. The other two boys agreed, the three of them used the shower and let their teacher use the dipper, bucket method.

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Chii stared at her friend, "You trying out for baseball?" she asked her black haired friend.

"Something like that." She asnwered her while scratching her eyes, "Why did you ask?" she looked at her feet like it was really interesting to watch.

Chi placed a finger at her chin and replayed what just happened a while ago, "Hmmm…I think you hit Sir's face." She remembered all of a sudden, "I think you'll pass for the try outs." She grinned innocently at her friend who jerked her head towards her, eyes were wide, as if surprised, "What, don't tell me that you didn't notice?" she raised an eyebrow, placed her hands on her waist, she tilted her head and stared at the black haired friend, "Did you apply some blush-on?"

Elly's face faulted, "I am allergic to make up." She waved a hand with a disgusted look on her face then covered her mouth, and avoided the eyes of her friend.

Chii crossed her arms against her chest, "Hey, what's wrong?" she asked. Her friend shook her head in answer, though she's not convinced, "Come on, tell me."

"Hey, what's wrong?" Sakura suddenly entered the conversation, curios about what's going on with her landlord and friend, "What did I miss?" she asked through innocent smile.

Chii placed her hands on her waist and sighed, "Well, your lovable landlord over here," she thrust a thumb at Elly, ",has some problem."

"What kind of problem?"the pink haired girl asked more with eagerness shown in her eyes.

Chii raised an eyebrow and waved a hand in defeat, "Oh, sheesh, let's just let her ponder in her thoughts." She hit her forehead and walked away, sat besides their hosts.

Sakura watched her blonde friend then looked at her landlord, "Yo, what's wrong?" she asked as she peered over at her face, she blinked in confusion as she saw the red traces of blush on her face, "Oh, you sick or something?" she placed her forehead onto her lanlord's forehead, Elly was taken aback, the pink haired pout, defeated, "You're kind of hot, mother." She announced her check up, "And jumpy, not to mention." She heaved, "You feeling ill?"

Elly shook her head, "No, I am all right, feeling energetic as always." She waved a hand and laughed, "Well, it's kind of hot inside, the heat must have gotten into me." She grinned, she looked at the bathroom door and knocked, "Hey, you guys done?" she asked.

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Before they arrive at the main house, Suichirou, toured them around the place behind the large gate near the garage. Houses made out of glass were built there to display collections of automobiles and motorcycles, from the first ever made car up to the latest were displayed. Elly and Chii marveled over it, awewing at each of everything they saw in the display. Well, if the two were awewing at it, ten times the fold of the kids questionings were being thrown at them, since they're not very familiar with it.

After the automobile and motorcycle displays, Suichirou, toured them around the little bird farm they have just after the displays, of course, some people love to awe a lot of things, birds of different kinds were not out of the question, so they've enjoyed every minute they've spent with them birds. While they were in their tour around the bird farm, Dietrich suddenly appeared and announced that their lunch's all ready, ready to be served and they're the only ones being waited by the others.

Though a little disappointed, Suichirou cut the tour and guided them towards the main house, he noticed that the blonde ninja was really down, so he assured that they'll return later after they have their lunch. Naruto brightened after the reassurance that their hose promised.

So, they've marched their way towards the main house, paired they were, everybody were buzzing and talking of anything they could think of after lunch except for two people, a certain black haired landlord and a silver haired scarecrow. Paired with each other but not even a single word came out from their mouths, only silence from both of them. Kakashi was kind of in the bad moon while Elly was kind of in the awkward mood.

Kakashi's eyebrows furrows every time he looks at his landlady while Elly every time she sees the looks her teacher throws at her, she avoids the stare by looking at trees they passes at.

After five minutes of walking, they've arrived at the main house. Well, to be precise, the main house's a mansion, one big hell of a mansion to the point that servants welcomed them politely and showed them the way to the dining hall. As they were on the way to the dining hall, Elly just happened to ask how rich Suichirou's uncle is, Dietrich just laughed and Suichirou pulled a tired smile at the question thrown at them. Upon arriving at the dining hall, one hell of dining hall it was, a long table was at the center with hair chairs as the dining chairs, everybody's eyes turned saucer like when they saw Mai at the other end of the table tied at the dining chair. She glared at her friend, "So," she let out an icy voice, "what took you guys so long?" she asked with a smile but the venom in her voice was present in the question.

"Why are you tied up?" Elly unconsciously asked her through her shock.

Mai pulled a sarcastic smile, "I should be asking the one asking, why are you not?"

Elly blinked and her mouth gaped open, she looked at their host, "What's going on here?" she asked.

Suichirou shook his head, sighed in defeat and hit his forehead, "I knew something's going to happen." He looked at Dietrich.

"I couldn't find her, young master." He said with an apologetic smile.

The lights in the dining room suddenly died, all were surprised and were starting to ask what's happening, of course exclude Dietrich, Mai and Suichirou, who knew what's going to happen and both Kakashi and Gaara.

"Hey, what's happening!?" Sasuke sounded quite panicked, "Naruto, where are you?"

"Hey, what's going on?" Naruto's voice sounded alarmed, "I am just beside you, don't scream at my ear!"

"Hey, who turned off the lights?" Sakura asked, though she sounded a little scared.

"Mai, where are you, are you all right!?" Chii suddenly burst at the black out.

"I am only here, I won't be able to go anywhere! I am all tied up!" Mai replied almost screaming out of irritation.

"Ooooh, nice, the dark makes me sleepy." Elly gave out.

A spot light suddenly appeared and lighted Mai, "Hey, what gives!?" she struggled against the rope around her, her chair swayed a little, "Turn that irritating light off!"

An annoying laughter echoed in the dining hall, a woman's voice to be precise. Another spot light focused the new comer, a woman wearing a cocktail dress of green and blue, her long black hair flowed down her waist and was tied in a half ponytail, a feathered fan covered half her mouth, "Welcome to Amano Rest House, everybody!" she greeted the just arrived guests after her annoying laughter, "Today's a very special day!" she announced, ignoring Mai's screams and protests she proceeded with what she was trying to announce, "Because today's the day, my dear little brother, Su, invited a girl, not just any ordinary girl, I may say," she looked proud and happy, still ignoring Mai's protests against her being tied up and being not the person she's being accused of, the woman covered Mai's mouth with her fan, "Because this girl's the first ever girlfriend my young brother ever had!" a lot of violent reactions blew, Mai just rolled her eyes and gave up, "I mean in a literal way, you know girl and friend is what I mean!" she laughed, covered her mouth as she laughed with her feathered fan, "But I wish that she'll be his first ever girlfriend." She patted the tired girl's head, "Anyways, everybody, please welcome and know, Elly Aura!" she announce, suddenly the lights switched on and the servants suddenly appeared and clapped their hands. She then laughed once again.

"I think you've mistaken gravely, my dear lovable neice." Everybody's heads turned towards the door, Suichirou's uncle entered the dining room, neatly dressed in a suit, a gentle smile was present at the moment. He looked at Elly then looked at his nephew, "I knew you'll bring mischief here, my dear niece," he then looked at the woman, "but I didn't know you'd tie a mistaken identity." He chuckled, "Untie her, please."

"What do you mean, uncle?" the woman asked, "That this girl over here," she pointed a finger at Mai, who nearly bitten the finger, then pulled it away before anything can happen, "is not the girl I think she is?" she whipped her head towards Mai and blinked in disbelief.

"I've been telling you the whole time, didn't I?!" Mai rolled her eyes then glared at her friend, "Do you know how I've been insulted!?" Elly blinked in question, "She insisted that I am you!!!!" she screamed, "Do you know how insulting that was!?"

"Really insulting, I might say." Elly scratched the back of her head and answered the question with a large grin. Mai squealed in irritation.

"I think you've missed something vital in your info, sis." Suichirou suddenly spoke "This is Elly Aura!" he placed his hands on her shoulders and made his way towards his sister and Mai, "I did say she has shoulder length hair, not waist length hair."

The woman looked at the person her younger brother introduced, she blinked, looked at her from head to toe. The girl, her brother, just introduced was wearing a plain yellow shirt and khaki baggy shorts that run below her knees, her hair was still kind of wet and looked like it was just pushed at the back after drying it with a towel to be a little fixed. She also noticed that the girl has a snobish look, maybe because of her eyes, they're kind of small or maybe because of the expression on her face, quite a little bored, she really can't put her finger on it. She blinked curiously at her then to her brother, she tilted her head a little and gave herself a thought.

"I am really, really sorry, Mai!" he apologized and untied her. He turned towards his sister, pulled her by the ear and dragged her towards their uncle, ignoring the screams of agony his sister was letting out, "Uncle, I think we need to talk outside." He let out a smile that only the three of them understood, his uncle nodded furiously while his sister shook her head like there's no tomorrow. The three of them walked towards the exit, before the door closed Suichirou told Dietrich that they begin without them and he's in command.

Dietrich already told them to take their seats, and they obliged, they begun without the three hosts. Sasuke and Naruto took their seats and made their landlord sit between them, Sakura on Naruto's left. Chii and Gaara sat across Sakura. Mai sat next with Chii, Kakashi sat across Sasuke next to Mai. And there, the menus were given out one by one. the kids dug in the food happily, especially a blonde kid. Most of them were enjoying their lunch, well it's the typical noise you'll hear whenever they eat their luch at school, except for one.

Though very mad and irritated, Mai noticed that Kakashi wasn't his usual self, she turned to look at her teacher, "Hey, you're pretty quite." She commented, "You're creeping me." she added. Kakashi only raised his brows in acknowledgement and kept on eating his lunch. Mai raised a curios eyebrow, tapped her friend, Chii who was insisting Gaara to say Ahh and feed him, "Kakashi's acting weird, something happened?" she looked at Elly then back to Chii.

Chii stopped persisting Gaara for a while to answer her friend, she let go of the fork she was holding and placed it on her plate, "Hmmm, I dunno." She answered, she looked at her teacher then to Elly, who was happily eating with the kids and also reminding Naruto to eat slower, she looked at Mai and pulled a hesistant smile, "Really, I don't know, I think Kakashi's really quiet when eating."

"It's because you're always pestering Gaara that's why you never notice how talkative that pervert is." Mai crossed her arms against her chest, stared at her food for a while then returned to eat, "Whatever, not my case." She muttered.

After five minutes or so, their hosts returned and joined them. Suichirou's uncle apologized with the inconvenience and apologized gravely at Mai who only raised her brows as acknowledgement and waved her hand at their host.

Kakashi eyed the three when they've arrived. Most particularly, the woman, he eyed the woman hard. It only broke when he heard the woman's uncle ask a question to his landlord, "So, how long have you known my nephew?" he heard him ask, he shook his head, shrugged, leaned on his chair and crossed his arms against his chest, Why am I not surprised? He thought to himself and just watched. The questioned girl looked at the older man and answered him bluntly and quickly, "3 months ago." Then she stuffed some rice into her mouth. Kakashi noticed that the older man nearly coughed his just swallowed luch and the woman's drink got caught on her throat after the answer and coughed hard. Kakashi somewhat smirked at the reactions. He picked his neglected fork in his plate and punctured anything that was left in it, he sighed deep then picked his head up and stared at his landlord, he narrowed his eyes when she quickly bowed her head when he saw her stare, Okay…now she's being awkward, why the mood swings? He raised an eyebrow. He shifted his gaze to the kids, Naruto and Sasuke were fighting over a piece of meatball, the blonde just stole from the brunette's plate, ignoring their landlord at their middle, while Sakura was the one scolding them, he smiled at the three, he took a look at his seatmates, Mai just kept on eating her lunch silently while Chii was still insisting Gaara to be fed, the red head spontaneously refuses while blushes on his cheeks glowed, So, peaceful… he thought.

"So, you just met my nephew?" Uncle asked to clarify, "I thought you've known each other since freshmen years." He slid his look to his nephew, who stared blankly at him, he raised an eyebrow.

After drinking she answered, "Yes, we've known each other since fresmen years." She answered, "Though, we really never knew each other since we never talk, we know each other by face and name but we really didn't manage to know each other's personalities."

"Why?" Sister came in the conversation.

"We were at war from those past two years." She answered bluntly, "If he didn't tell you the reason, then, I'll tell you." She smiled. She looked at her classmate, who only rolled his eyes, "Anyways, the reason we were at war those time was because I got pissed off of him."

Both his uncle and sister's mouth gaped at the answer. He sighed, "I did tell you I get a lot of trouble because of my facial expression but you guys never believe me." He stuffed some vegeis in his mouth, he noticed that both his uncle and sister were staring through narrowed eyes, "Hey, what's with look?" he asked."Why don't you try to smile more often." his sister requested and stressed the words. He looked equally, "I tried that but the result gave me an enemy." He looked at his classmate and housemate of his teacher, "You get my drift? My smile's never considered a smile but a smirk" he rolled his eyes.

Kakashi continued to watch his landlord. She picked her head and he noticed that her eyebrows were furrowed at the middle and she was staring with confused look. He tilted his head to a side, curios over at her reaction, she started to speak, "You didn't smirk when that freaky guy took our picture in the arcade center." That gave him a surprise, "Since when did that happen?" he found himself asking, making all heads turn to him, he raised an eyebrow, "So?" he asked once again,

She puffed her right cheek, looked sideways, blushes were present at the moment, he noticed and felt a brow twitched out of irritation, "L-Last Jume." She puffed her cheek once again, she answered without looking at him. He glared at his host, youngest host, that is, Suichirou glared back equally at him, to his relief.

Sudden slam of the dining door made all heads turn at its direction, a woman, wearing round glasses, blonde hair was tied to a bun and was wearing an office suite and a clipboard on hand, Kakashi head a shriek from the oldest Amano, he turned to look at the head of the table to see that the chair being occupied by their host's uncle, empty.

"Was the president made his detour here?" the blonde woman asked firmly. Suichirou and his sister looked at each other, looked at their guests, who blinked innocently at them, "He said he'll just be using the bathroom then he never returned to the meeting!" she walked in the dining room and stopped beside Suichirou's side, "So, where did he hide?" she asked the nephew.

Suichirou sighed, placed his elbow on the table and rested his head in his palm, he looked at the woman with his usual bored expression and pointed under the table. The blonde woman's eye flased in an instant and raised the table cloth to reveal his uncle with a scared scream, she pulled him by the collar, "I knew that you'd be escaping from the meeting, president!" she dragged her out of the table and out of the dining room. Suichirou ignored his uncle's plea of help while his sister gave him a wave good-bye. He stared once again at his lunch, dropped his fork, "Anywas, after lunch, you guys want to go to the beach?" he suddenly asked.

Sakura, Naruto, Sasuke and Gaara suddenly turned their heads towards their young host, eyes sparkled happily.

"I am done eating!" Naruto suddenly jumped off his chair after he stuffed all the vegies from his plate into his mouth.

Sasuke wiped his mouth with the table napkin that was on the table and stood from his chair, he looked at his blonde friend, "Don't act too excited, Idiot." He told him.

Naruto whipped his head towards the brunette, "Oh, yeah, look who's talking!" he cried and glared at the brunette.

Sasuke tried to hide the blush that appeared from what the blonde just pointed out, "I-I am not excited!" he defensively cried at the blonde. He noticed that Naruto isn't buying it, so he just puffed his cheeks and crossed his arms against his chest, "Whatever!"

Gaara and Sakura both stood from their seats at the same time and joined the two excited boys with their wait. One by one, they've finished their lunch and made their way to the beach, that happened to be just a five minute walk away from the mansion's backyard.

Naruto's and Sakura's eyes sparkled as they saw the clear blue sea, well, you'll not notice the excitement from Gaara's and Sasuke's eyes when they've arrived at the beach but you'll feel their auras heightened when they set foot on the sand. Sakura and Naruto ran towards the water and let the washing water run onto theit feet while Sasuke and Gaara were playing on the sand, more like watching Gaara play over the sand and Sasuke watch the red head play with his chakra on the sand, not too much to cause suspicion, though. Chii and Mai joined Sakura and Naruto on the water, Elly joined Sasuke watch Gaara play over at the sand. Kakashi just positioned himself beside his landlady while Suichirou, his sister and Dietrich set up some chairs and umbrellas on a spot they've took.

Kakashi looked up to the sky, shaded his eyes with a hand as he do it. The sun was glaring at them happily, he frowned at it and looked at his landlady, who was swaying and all flushed, he sat next to her, intentionally bumping her on the shoulder as he sat. It shook her, her head bobbed a little then she looked at him through half lidded eyes, "You sure you want to stay under the sun?" he asked her, she just nodded, her eyes were already closed, he sighed, he placed a hand on her forehead, "You alright?" he asked her, she gave a nod. The two of them were enveloped with silence while the others were having fun, Sasuke was requesting a lot of animal shapes made out of sand from Gaara and Chii and the others were already playing tag on the sand, Suichirou and company were talking of something they really don't care about, something about their family it was. He crossed his arms against his chest and yawned sleepily he looked at his landlady who was bobbing her head, "You know, I've been itching to ask you something." He started and caught her attention, he pulled his lower lip as he saw the sleepy reaction she was giving him, "Why have you been avoiding eye contact with me?" he asked her, she suddenly blushed and pulled jerked her head away from him, he sighed a deep one, "See?" he noticed that she was twiddling her fingers, that ought to make you awake, "So, tell me, what's the reason behind?" he leaned a little forward towards the girl. The girl suddenly whipped her head towards him, making them look at each other face to face, leaving an inch away from each other's face, more like eye to eye, she pulled back away, once again but now, she's redder than before, Man, we're not going anywhere hee! He thought irritatably, he scratched his head and looked at the vast site.

"W-Well…" It caught the silve scarecrow's attention, "I-I-I've been me-me-meaning to t-t-talk t-t-t-to you." She's stuttering like mad, this is new. The thought made him amused, he shifted his sitting position to an indian sit position, rested his elbow on his knee and rested his head on his knuckle, he looked at the girl with an amused smile, "I…I…" she trailed off scratched her left ear then played the lock of her studdex on the same ear, "I mean, I want to say sorry that the bottle of shampoo directly hit you on the face." Her mood suddenly changed so as her tone of voice, from the stuttering, hesitant one to a blunt, direct one. Kakashi blinked at the sudden change but still the amused smile stayed. She looked at him, all flushed with an eyebrow raised, "What's with that smile?" she asked.

"Nothing, really." He told her, placed a hand on her head, placed bumped her forehead with his, he looked right into her eyes, "Are you sure that's why you've been avoiding me?" he asked, she slid her look away, "It's not you to avert eye contact when being asked." He commented, "So, you want to tell me?" once more, he tried.

She returned her gaze to his, she stared back to those sleepy eyes of his with her simple stare ones, "You tell me if you really want to know." She threw the question back, her tone was kind of icy, that brought a smirk from the silver haired jounin's face. He suddenly let go off her head and pulled back, she suddenly blinked innocently, she looked around and noticed that all their friends's heads were all looking at them.

"Maybe later." Kakashi smiled at her then mushed her hair when he was suddenly thrown at the ground by a blur of yellow and blue, "Hey, what gives!?" he shook his head.

"Daddy!" Naruto exclaimed.

"Dad!" Sasuke exclaimed as both of his and Naruto's hands were gripping hard on their teacher's shirt collar, "What are you doing with mom!?" he demanded, then looked at Naruto, he blinked innocently, "I thought I am the only one panicking over mom?"

Naruto pulled his lower lip then looked at his teacher then to his friend, then grinned, "Well, it's broad daylight right now, don't you think it's kind of improper to do whatever they are doing?" Sasuke gave him a disbelieved stare and shook his head, "Hey, not that I don't want anything to happen-" he was cut off by his black haired friend by a tackle, "H-Hey, what's wrong!?" he asked, more like demanded.

Sasuke was gripping the blonde's shirt collar, "What do you mean?!" he glared at him for a while, the blonde glared back at him equally. Naruto grabbed his shirt collar too, both of them were gripping on each other's collar now, "Want to fight?" Naruto asked his black haired ninja friend when Sasuke suddenly shook his head then blinked innocently, he looked at the blonde, confused, then he blushed, he let go of Naruto's shirt, and ran towards his landlady, he hid behind her. Naruto was left confused, Elly was chuckling, as if nothing happened to her, Chii was squealling happily while bear hugging Gaara at what happened and Mai covered her eyes.

-;-;-;-;-;-;-We're Skipping to Night fall!-;-;-;-;-;-;-

"Test of Courage?" all heads turned towards Dietrich who smiled at them all and nodded.

"That's great!!!" Elly suddenly jumped off her seat, "It's my dream to play that kind of game!" her eyes sparkled as she turned to look at her friends, Chii and Mai.

Mai looked at Chii then to Elly, she sighed and shrugged, "Do we really have to?" she asked Dietrich, who organized the game, she looked once again at her friend, Elly, "We might encounter unexpected things in that kind of game!" her voice was kind of scared, she looked at Chii, then to Elly once again.

"Don't tell me that you're scared already?" Sasuke interrupted and got a hit from the head, "Hey!"

"Shut up! I don't need you to tell me because I already am scared!" Mai admitted, "I am scared of ghosts, okay!" she crossed her arms against her chest and harrumphed.

"Oh, don't worry, Ms. Mai, you'll be entering the haunted house with a partner." Dietrich assured her but her atmosphere suddenly worsened at what he just said, "Well, it will all be a waste if you will not join the fun."

"You call that fun!?" Chii outburst, "I don't like dark, creepy, spooky, eerie places!" she suddenly hugged Gaara from his place, ignoring all the protest the sand user were saying while she hugged him tighter, "A ghost might appear at that kind of place!"

"That would be fun!" Elly's eyes shone brighter than before, "I might know what kind of reaction will I be doing if a ghost suddenly appears!" she said excitedly at her friends who shrieked in fear, "It might be a white lady or something else!" she said in a scary voice and got hit left and right by Chii and Mai, "Jeez, no need to hit me like that." She rubbed her injured cheeks.

"G-Ghosts…" Naruto recited, his eyes looked around the room, he caught something at the corner of his eye and shrieked in fear, he launched his self to Sasuke. He pointed a finger somewhere, "T-T-T-T-T-There's something at the corner!" he announced.

Sasuke hit his head, "Idiot, it's just a spider!" he told the blonde, he looked at the scared blonde for a while, "Don't tell me that you're scared of ghosts, Idiot?" he realized as he pet the shaking blonde's head.

Naruto picked his head then jumped away from the black haired boy, the blonde pointed an accusing finger at him, Sasuke blinked innocently, "I-I-I-I –I am scared of no ghosts!" he declared, flailing his accusing finger at the black haired boy, "W-W-W-W-Whatever made you think I am s-s-s-s-s-s-scared of g-g-g-g-g-g-g-ghosts?!" he demanded, his face all flushed and beads of sweat were dripping off his face.

Sasuke stared at the blonde ninja through narrowed eyes, "By your actions, Idiot!" he answered, "Anybody who can see you right now will definitely know that you're scared out of your wits!" he shoved his hands inside his short pockets, he slid his gaze away from the blonde, pulled his lower lip, "D-Don't worry, no ghost can harm you if I-I am with you." He muttered, he blushed as he whispered it enough for only the blonde can hear.

Due to the panicked state of Naruto, he really didn't understand what the raven haired boy just said, he cupped his ear, "What did you say, Sasuke?" he asked.

Sasuke looked at him, wide eyed, "NOTHING!" Sasuke suddenly burst and kicked Naruto on the leg. He ignored the cry of pain the blonde let out.

"Was there any house near here?" Sakura suddenly asked Dietrich, "I mean, I thought…" she trailed off, blushed, scratched her cheek then just gave out a laugh.

"There is a house near here." Kakashi answered her question, making the pink haired girl look at him, "I saw it when we were at the beach." He cleared the questioned look at her, "But I didn't really think it was a haunted one." he leaned on his chair, "I thought it was some cottage for guests."

"Anyways, when will we go there!?" Elly asked Dietrich all fired up.

Dietrich smiled sweetly at the girl, "Right after dinner, if you can still wait, Young Miss Elly." He petted her head. Elly pouted and looked a little disappointed, "Dinner is almost ready, don't worry." He assured the girl. He looked at their guests, "Anyways, I'll explain the game." he kept on petting the young girl's head as he explained the rules and how the game will be played, "So, we'll be going to the 'haunted' house together, you will be partnered according to shuffle when we arrive there, there would be a small altar in the dining room and all you need to do is light a candle there then you'll find an exit near there." He looked at the guests and read the atmosphere, he pulled a small smile, "The candles are located at the end of the hall of the second floor, then you'll go down to the dining room. After a minute the next pair will enter the house."

They had their dinner that night, Elly was all fired up, Chii, Mai and Naruto were just staring at their dinner that night, only managed to eat very little, Sakura, Kakashi and Gaara ate normally that night. Suichirou, his uncle and his sister looked at each other when they felt the atmosphere at the dining room, they shrugged at each other, Suichirou looked at Dietrich with an eyebrow raised, Dietrich only smiled at him innocently, as if he has nothing to do with anything, his master just shook his head and thought of what would happen that night.

-;-;-;-;-;-SKIP!-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-

As they made their way to the haunted house, the path way towards the beach was really dark due to all the trees that covered the moonlight; they were all equipped with flashlights. Elly, side by side with Dietrich led the way, Chii and Mai were walking hand in hand, tightly, gripping each other's hands, Gaara, Naruto and Sasuke walked together, Sakura and Kakashi and Suichirou walked together, three of them were just following silently at the group, watching over the group up front, Suichirou's sister and uncle were left at the mansion that night, due to some work. The two really wanted to join, to the point that they've tried to escape from their secretaries but still got caught. Every strange sound or any sound at all made Naruto, Chii or Mai flinch, shriek or sometimes hugs the nearest person to them, of course, all those who aren't scared got amused at the entertainment the others were doing.

So, after a fifteen minute walk, they've arrived at the promised destination, the 'haunted house', what Sakura called it. The house was quite big, just a dilapidated two floored construction, made out of plywood, some window glasses were shattered, the paint of the house was already peeling off, some planks were peeled off and some hung loose on the house. There's a veranda before you can enter the house, on the veranda was an old, forgotten, dusty but still usable rocking chair, a small rusty tea table, a dusty bench, and some wilted plants from old forgotten pots, some pots were already broken. The second floor had a terrace, located at the middle; everybody speculated that must be the master's bedroom. Some tiles on the roof were broken, some missing and some were sliding off the roof itself, Dietrich added a warning of Falling Debris as one of the tiles nearly connected to Naruto's head, luckily he was pulled away by Sasuke on the nick of time.

"So, who wants to go first?" Dietrich asked the gang, he pulled Elly by the collar when she walked passed him, ready to walk inside, "Young Miss Elly, you still need to pick a partner and number before you enter." He told her. Elly puffed her cheeks and walked back together with her friends, "So," he pulled a fish bowl only-god-knows-where, "here is the bowl that will decide who your partners will be and your turn in entering the house." He smiled, "So, who wants to go first?" he asked. Elly thrust her hand in the first bowl, took a paper and into the other bowl, followed by Kakashi, who did the same, Gaara together with Sakura took theirs, Chii and Mai shut their eyes as they took theirs, Suichirou took his casually. So they got their papers, "On the count of three, we'll open together, okay?" he announced and counter to three.

Different expressions explode at the same time, some were glad, some were disappointed and some got mad. Mai and Chii were partnered together, they were the ones who got disappointed, Kakashi and Suichirou were together, they grunted, glared at each other and harrumphed at each other, Sakura and Gaara were paired, they only looked at each other, Elly and Dietrich got paired, they both were happy and Sasuke and Naruto were paired together, they were the mad ones.

"Why am I paired with this stone!?" Naruto demanded, looked at Sasuke and glared blushed a little then turned to look at Dietrich, "He'll help the ghosts scare me if ever!" he stomped his foot on the ground.

Sasuke took a violent reaction at what the blonde just said, "Hey, I may be a stone but I won't help no ghosts in scaring you!" he growled, "Why would I scare a guy as c…" he trailed of turned his back, "I just won't scare you, okay!"

Elly waved a hand, "Just believe him, my dear little Naru." Elly told the blonde boy, "He won't scare you, he's more scared to you than you to him." She grinned, she giggled at the confused look Naruto gave her, "Anyways, Dietrich and I will be going then." She grinned and gave the group a thumb's up, "We're pair number one!" she excitedly grabbed Dietrich on the wrist and hurriedly went inside the house.

The group watched the two vanished inside the dark, old, creepy house, some gulped as the first group entered the house. All were silent, waiting for something to happen. Silence befell them, the only sounds that can be heard were the rustle of the leaves on the trees, the splashing waves of the sea, the crickets that sung on that night, the whistle of the wind, the deep breathes of the group and the chattering of teeth of Naruto. Sasuke shook his head and hit the blonde on the head.

It felt like eternity to the group outside. Some screamed in surprise when Suichirou suddenly spoke, all heads turned to him, "Who'll go next?" he called. He looked at Gaara and Kakashi who shook their heads and pointed at Mai and Chii, who were trying to push each other to enter the house, he shook his head and walked beside them both, "Want me to escort you to the entrance?" he asked.

"You want to escort until the exit?" Chii smiled at him sweetly. Suichirou looked at her through his natural narrowed eyes and shook his head, "Eh! We won't manage to go to the exit!" she cried and grabbed Suichirou at the wrists, "Please, Sui, escort us till the exit." She asked sweetly.

"Hey, don't go stealing someone else's partner." Sasuke called out. Chii and Mai whipped their heads towards the brunette, he raised an eyebrow, Chii let Suichirou go, grabbed Mai on her hand, opened her flashlight and walked inside the house, stomping their way in. Sasuke smirked and shoved his hands inside his pockets, "She hates being provoked…though I really didn't provoke her." He shook his head and sighed, he looked at his paper, "We'll be next Naruto." He told the blonde.

Naruto looked at his paper dreadfully, he looked at Sasuke, puffed a cheek, crossed his arms against his chest, and looked away from the brunette, "Why am I partnered with you anyways?" he whispered and hid his blush.

Sasuke looked at his co-ninja with an eyebrow raised, "Like I want to be partnered with you." He also looked away from the blonde, luckily, his bangs and the dark hid his blush. Something caught his attention at the second floor window, inside the master's bedroom, his sight wandered at the particular place, when he saw nothing he shook his head, Maybe just my imaginations. He thought.

Suichirou walked back to his partner and sighed, he rarely talk to the pink haired girl, actually, he only spoke to her very few times since they've become friends. He peered inside the dark, old house silently, waiting for some reactions from the ones inside. Something moved at the master's bedroom, which caught his attention; his eyes widened for a moment then revert back to its normal size.

Another minute passed and Sasuke and Naruto entered the house, with Sasuke leading the way and Naruto grabbed onto Sasuke's shirt at the back, "Naruto, quit holding my shirt!" Sasuke hit him on the head as they entered the house.

"B-But I might get lost inside, it's too dark!"

"Open you forsaken flashlight, Idiot!"

"Oh, right, I've got one."

The other outside sighed, some sweat dropped as the two quarrel inside. Kakashi, Gaara, Sakura and Suichirou were the only ones left outside the haunted house. Kakashi felt something, something disturbing and Sakura felt the change of aura her teacher emitted, she touched him on the wrist, "Father, something the matter?" she asked.

Kakashi blinked at her, smiled and shook his head, "Nope, nothing." He tried to hide the unidentified trouble he felt. Every minute passed and he felt something strange, he felt as though something weighs him, something emerged from the bushes, all heads turned to it, he blinked when he saw Dietrich came into sight, "Dietrich, you're back." He welcomed him back. Dietrich stepped out of the bush, his head roamed around and his eyes were like looking for someone, "Hey, are you alone?" he asked.

Dietrich nodded, "Isn't the young miss with you?" he asked, hint of fear were on his voice.

Kakashi's eyes grew wide and panicked, "Aren't you with her?"

"She was but we got separated. She suddenly disappeared when I turned back to her after we lit our candle." He answered the silver haired jounin.

"HOW!?" Suichirou growled at his right hand man and grabbed him at his collar, "I swear Dietrich if something happen to her…" he trailed off when two blur suddenly landed on the ground, all covered with dust and leaves on their clothes, "Mai, Chii, welcome back." He greeted the two, forgetting that he was grabbing Dietrich on his collar, "That was fast of you."

Mai looked at his black haired classmate, "How can we not be fast? It's creepy inside!" he sighed a long relieved one, "Sure glad that was over!" she smiled exhausted, she blinked curiously when he noticed what was happening, "Hey, did we miss something?" she asked, Chii also blinked at them. Suichirou let Dietrich go and cursed, that sent Mai's and Chii's brows sky high, you won't hear Suichirou Amano curse without reason, they remembered, "Okay, we missed something."

"Where's Lan?" Chii asked them curiously as her head turned left and right, noticing that their friend's partner was out and she was left missing, "Did she go back to the mansion already?" she asked innocently, she read the expression on both boys' faces, that made the two of them on the ground to stand, "You're kidding!"

"S-She may have b-bumped into Naruto or that Filthy Chicken Hair inside." Mai tried to kept herself calm but she kept on stuttering. She looked at Sakura and Gaara, who were still there, "Yeah, she could have bumped onto those two since they're the last one who entered the house." She kept on nodding.

Rustles on the bushes made them turn their heads towards the sound, "I thought I am going to die inside!" Naruto came into view.

"Right, you fainted at the middle of the hallway!" Sasuke reminded the blonde, "It was I who thought I am going to die inside!" he hit Naruto with his flashlight, "Hey, are you all waiting for us?" he suddenly asked when he noticed that all heads were on the both of them.

Naruto noticed their expressions, "Hey, what's wrong?" his tone of voice changed into a serious one, "What's with those expressions?" he asked, Sasuke looked at him disbelieved, as if nothing happened.

"Did you bump into Elly?" Kakashi asked them, Sasuke and Naruto looked at each other and then shook their heads, Kakashi's panic heightened, "Where could she be?!" he made his way to the door, "I'll look for her inside." He told the group.

Suichirou stepped up, "I'll help." Kakashi stared at him for a while then nodded in agreement but before they could enter the house, they've heard footsteps from the pathway they've taken to arrive at their destination, "Who goes there?" Suichirou called out, an old man, almost bald on the head, he was wearing a jacket and jogging pants, "It's the care taker."

"Oh, Young Master Suichirou, nobody told me that you'll be here." He said with his slow, old tone of voice, hints of being surprised was in the sentence, "Paying a visit?" he smiled, "Oh, you've brought your friends, nice to meet you, people." He smiled at the kids, "I am the old care taker of this old guest house." He introduced himself.

"Old man, does this house have secret rooms? I mean does this house have hidden trap doors or passage ways?" Kakashi asked the old man. The old man thought for a while but then shook his head, he asked him why, "My friend entered this house and she still hasn't returned."

"Well, it's pretty dark inside, maybe she caught her foot onto some hole inside." He let out a joke, "Anyways, why did she enter the house?" he asked, "That's some brave friend you got there, young man." He smiled at the silver haired jounin. Suichirou glared at Dietrich who eeped at him. The old man looked at Dietrich, "Oh, so Dietrich took you guys here." He sighed, walked his way to Dietrich and hit him with his flashlight, "How many times do I need to tell you don't bring our guests here!"

Dietrich pouted and twiddled his fingers, "I didn't expect this to happen." He told the old man who hit him once more on the head, "I said I am sorry!" he cried and shielded his head.

In the middle of that conversation Kakashi saw light from the inside, he opened his flashlight too and turned it to the direction of the light, "Hey, what gives, it hurts my eyes!" Kakashi's eyes widened in relief when he heard the voice, he rushed towards it and hugged her, "H-Hey, what the heck are you doing!" she cried out and hit Kakashi on the head. He felt the girl sighed and then petted his head, "Anyways, come on, let's go out of this dark place."

When Kakashi and Elly emerged out from the house sounds of relief exploded from the group, some rushed towards the girl and hugged her, more on Chii, Naruto and Sasuke bear hugging her.

Elly got hit on the head with Mai's flashlight, "WHERE WERE YOU!? YOU MADE US ALL WORRY!" she kept on hitting her friend on the head, "Dietrich told us you suddenly disappeared!"

When Mai finished hitting her she smiled, "Well…" she blushed, scratched the back of her head, "I got lost inside." She grinned, "I got separated from Diet here because I dropped my ring somewhere." She told her friends, "I started playing with my ring when he suddenly turned silent." She got hit again by Mai, she asked her why didn't she asked for help from Dietrich, "I did! But I don't know if he heard me, though." All heads turned to Dietrich, "B-But it's okay, a guy came out from the master's bedroom came out and helped me look for my ring." She smiled then looked at Dietrich, "I never thought that somebody still lives in this old, creepy house." She laughed, "Why didn't you tell us that someone still live here?" she walked her way to Dietrich.

"Master's bedroom?" the old man spoke out, Elly blinked at her, trying to remember if she knew him, "Young Miss, did you just say that a guy came out from the master's bedroom?" he asked for clearance and she nodded, "Was he wearing a white polo and slacks?" he asked her again, she nodded back, "Brown hair, brown eyes?" she nodded again.

She suddenly brightened up, clapped her hand then took something from her pocket, "I just remembered!" she suddenly spoke, "That guy told me to give this to the old care taker of the house!" she showed an envelope.

Dietrich suddenly froze, "Is it 24 today?" Suichirou asked to anybody, Sakura nodded in confirmation, he gritted his teeth and punched his best friend, Dietrich square on the face, "Why didn't you tell me that it was this place!?" he growled at Dietrich.

Elly was taken aback and rushed towards Dietrich who was on the ground, "Hey, what did he do to you?" she demanded.

"Young miss, allow me to introduce myself." The old care taker stood next to her, "I am the old care taker of this house." He looked at the old dilapidated house.

"Oh!" she stood from the ground, letting Dietrich's head hit the solid ground, "Yippy, then, here ya go." She gave the letter to the old man, "He said that you should read that." She smiled a sad one, "He also said that he was really sorry then he just disappeared in the dark afterwards." She suddenly crossed her arms against her chest, "He didn't even escort me to the exit!"She just realized.

"Young miss, the guy you've met inside WAS my son." The old man suddenly turned emotional, hugged the letter dearly.

"Oh, I thought nobody lives here." She blinked innocently, "Such a shame I didn't manage to ask his name, he was such a pretty guy, catch my drift?" she laughed.

"That guy died fifteen years ago." Suichirou said firmly to her, he didn't look at her.

"D-D-Did you just say that he died?" Elly felt a little light headed and weak, "Y-Y-You're kidding, Amano." She pulled a weak smile, "I-It can't be, he just helped me find my ring, he was also the one who gave it to me, it was this ring!" she pointed at the ring at her right hand, "He was the one who handed this to me!" then she looked at the letter, "And he gave me that letter to give it to that old man!" she turned pale a little, "He was pretty SOLID that time!" her breathing pattern turned rapid.

"What the young master just said was the truth young miss, my son's dead, fifteen years dead, this day was his fifteenth year." He told Elly while clutching the letter dearly; he walked to her, held her hands with his shaky ones, "Thank you very much."

She felt her knees weakened but she managed to pull a smile for the old man, "N-N-No problem, old guy…" she said shakily. She looked back to the old house, slowly, she saw the guy in the master's bedroom once again but this time, the guy was smiling at her and was waving his hand. She suddenly heard her teeth chattering, "I-I-I think you're son's saying good bye, old guy." She pointed at the window shakily. All heads turned to the bedroom but all looked questioned, she shook her head, stood straight and slapped her face from left to right, "Anyways, let's just get out of here, let the old guy have his moment." she looked at the old care taker, she smiled at him, "He also asked if you could forgive him from what he did." She saluted on the old guy, "We're off, then, old guy." And there she made her way out of the haunted house's location.

"Hey wait up!" Sasuke, Kakashi and Suichirou called her, each one of them carrying someone on their backs, "Mai, Chii and Naruto fainted when you said you saw something in the bedroom." Sasuke heaved his carriage to a comfortable piggy back ride, "You should have just kept quiet when you saw that guy, mom." He told his landlord and shook his head.

"Hey, I didn't mean to scare them, I, too was scared when they said that he was already a ghost!" she said defensively, "I can't believe that I had a crush on a dead guy." She laughed, pointed her flashlight on their path, "Anyways, let's just get back to the house…" she shivered, "It's starting to get chilly here."

"It's because the ghost's following you." Kakashi joked as he walked side by side with his landlady and got hit, "Nah, surely I was just joking." He laughed, "You should have seen yourself when you realized that you've been talking to a ghost."

Sakura and Gaara followed them, the pink haired girl pouted and dragged her feet on the ground, "Man, I was also looking forward into entering the house…" Gaara looked at her and she noticed the stare, she smiled and waved her free hand, "Just don't mind me, Gaara."

Gaara looked away from the pink haired girl, "Yeah, me, too, was looking forward in entering the house." He admitted to the pink haired girl, "It's such a rare chance to enter one." he added. Sakura stared at him surprised, "What?" he asked her.

Sakura gave him a cheesy grin, "Well, I never thought that the Shadow of the Wind Country's interested with ghosts." She chuckled, Gaara looked away from her and blushed a little, "Well, it's nothing to be embarrassed about, it's kind of thrilling, that's why!" she chuckled more, "We're just human so we get curios over a lot of things." Gaara looked at the pink haired girl, blinked then let a small smile out, Sakura felt pleased at what the red haired just did.

Suichirou and Dietrich were the last ones who followed the group, Suichirou kept on ignoring his right hand man and Dietrich couldn't take the silence his master was giving him, he kept on apologizing and bowing his head, "Su, I am really, really sorry, I didn't mean any harm in this game." He kept on saying while Suichirou kept on walking silently, supporting his carriage on the back. He pouted and crossed his arms against his chest, "Young master, I know that I've made such a mistake but this isn't the right way to treat your hand…" he mumbled.

"Yes, you did commit a GREAT mistake, my dear hand." He said icily, Dietrich eeped at his master and covered his head, "Don't worry I won't hit you." He told his friend, "What were you thinking bringing us here anyways!?" he asked, more like demanded from the brown haired guy, "Did you know that if anything happen to them I am accountable for it!?"

"Relax, relax, Su, nothing happened." Dietrich gave him a thumb's up and a cheesy grin.

"That's not what I meant!" He growled, Dietrich winced at him, "What will you do if something happen!? What will I do if something happen!?" he shook his head, "You're lucky that it happened to Insensitive. Thank God that nothing happened to her." He shifted his friend position, "What will you do if one of these," he heaved his friend to emphasize, "were the ones who saw that ghost?"he received a look from his best friend, "Now what's with that look?" he asked.

"You're GLAD that it was the young miss who WITNESSED the ghost?" he rephrased what his young master just said. Suichirou raised a questioned brow and agreed, his brows went sky high, "Really?" he asked for clarification.

"Knowing that insensitive girl, she doesn't care if she's talking to an inanimate thing as long as she's interested in it." He reasoned out, "And she's not really scared of them that much, luckily that the ghost was the old man's son…what if it's not!?" he just thought of something unnatural that sent shiver down his spine, "She might bicker with that ghost…" he noticed that his right hand man went silent, "Hey, what's wrong?"

Dietrich blinked then smiled, "Oh, nothing, Su." He told him, "Oh, did your head already cool off?" he suddenly changed the topic.

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"Just lay them on the bed; they can fit in that bed." Elly told the boys who carried their unconscious friends. One by one, Kakashi, Sasuke and Suichirou laid the three on the bed side by side, "Man, I didn't they're that scared to the point of fainting." She grinned, "Oh, that's too sweet." She threw herself on the sofa.

Kakashi sat next to her at the sofa, "Yeah, like you didn't turn pale that time." He poked her cheek and grinned. His hand got slapped away, he winced at the stinging pain, "You're hand's pretty heavy, I got marks…" he showed her the finger marks, all red.

She looked at him through narrowed eyes, "Yeah, whatever, I don't really care." She laughed then crossed her arms against her chest, "But you know, that ghost sure is a cute one." she told him and she got a disbelieved look from the silver haired jounin, "What, it's true! He is a cute guy…I mean was a cute guy."

"Anything cute bites your taste, doesn't it?" the silver haired jounin leaned on the sofa, she nodded like a kid, he looked at the ceiling for a while then leaned at her pointing a finger at himself, "Do I look cute to you?" he suddenly asked the girl.

She nodded like a kid then stopped, she noticed the scarecrow grinning at her, then she shook her head and panicked, she waved her hands, "No, I mean NO!" she tried to changed what she just agreed on, "You're not even near to the word!"

Kakashi laughed out and poked her continuously on the cheek, "Trying to change the answer you just gave, what a sore loser." He laughed and received a round house kick afterwards that sent him flying, "Hey!" he nursed his cheek, "I might lose a tooth!"

"That's what you get when you train her every weekend." Sakura laughed out loud when she witnessed what happened, "You know that she's not the peaceful type." She was already hugging her abdomen from laughter.

"You shut up!" Kakashi picked himself on the floor and sat on the sofa, "I didn't know she'll be using it against me!"

"Who else do you think she'll be using it on?"Gaara asked him with a smirk.

Kakashi looked at the wind country's shadow, "Now even the Shadow of the Wind's laughing." He looked at Suichirou then back to the red head, "Well, I thought the reason she wanted to know some tai was to protect herself from assaulters." He gave his reason.

"Yeah, the only assaulter that I can see and guess is you." Sasuke sat next to his landlady, "But mom, don't go kicking people with low reasons, you might engage yourself into something uncontrollable." He soothed her by rubbing a hand on her back, she was all flushed when Sasuke noticed her face and was trembling, he doesn't know if from anger or embarrassment, he sighed and looked at the occupied bed, he sighed once more.

The sudden slam of the door made all the awake occupants look at that direction, "Dietrich told us that a ghost showed himself to one of you guys!?" Suichirou's sister and uncle asked in panic and entered the room in haste, "Was one these three the witness?" His uncle asked him. He received a head shake from his nephew, "Oh, I thought one of them was the victim." He scratched the back of his head.

"Then, who was the witness?" The Amano woman looked around, she noticed that Kakashi was pointing at the girl her brother introduced that lunch, "Oh, so, you're the victim." She sweat dropped and gave a weak smile, "I thought…well…you know, you more…hmm-hmm…" she observed the girl who was all energetic and well, you know, normal, still energetic as if no ghost ever existed. She placed a finger on her chin in thought but suddenly got thrown by her uncle, "Hey!"

He squeezed himself between the silver haired man, he shunned the violent reaction from the guy, and the black haired landlord, he took her hand and placed it on his and soothed the back of her hand, "Did something bad happen in there or did the ghost harm you or what?" he asked concerned, "Tell me all about what happened." The girl at first was shocked then again laughed and obliged at his request. His eyes widened at the end, he blinked innocently at the girl then looked at the three at the bed, then back to her, "Woooo…that was slow of you." He commented on the girl who stared blankly at him.

Suichirou shook his head at his relatives and sighed, he noticed that his uncle and sister were already in their sleeping wear and was carrying their personal pillow, he cleared his throat, "Um, uncle, sis, what's with the pillows?" he asked. He shook his head when his uncle and sister pointed at their pillows.

"Well, since we didn't manage to join you in your game a while ago…" his uncle grinned,

"We decided we'll all sleep in one room!" His sister finished the sentence and both of them gave their youngest a thumb's up. Her brother only placed his hand on his forehead and sighed, "Oh, come on, don't be a party pooper, Su." She pouted and poked him on his cheek.

"She's right, my dear lovable nephew." His uncle seconded his sister, "It's no fair if you guys only had fun!" his uncle joined his sister in poking him on his cheeks, "And don't worry, we already fixed the futons!" he waved his hand and came in the maids with futons in their hands, "See, it's all ready!" he grinned a cheesy one.

Suichirou felt migraine forming, "I won't be a party 'pooper', as you two are calling me, but don't you think the girls will feel uncomfortable?" he suddenly looked at his guests, he sweat dropped when he remembered that two from his guests were knocked out, he looked back to Elly and Sakura and frowned.

"Nah, don't mind us, Amano." She blinked when both of his uncle and sister looked at her, she laughed a little, "Oh, yeah, you three are Amano, I mean Suichirou, it's okay." She waved her hand, "About those two." She looked at Chii and Mai, "I am surely sure that Chii won't mind and Mai, she loves to go with the flow."

"Back at home, the five of us sleeps in the master's bedroom." Sakura told her host, "So, there's no problem at all."

"See?" His sister and uncle synchronized, "It's okay! We'll just separate the girls and boys, then." His uncle clapped his hands, "The girls will be on the right side of the room and the boys will be at the left side." He smiled proudly. His nephew sighed, a defeated sigh that is and pulled a weak smile and at the end agreed to what they wanted, both him and his sister jumped for joy.

"Anyways, I'll hit the showers before one of those three wakes up." Sasuke suddenly spoke as he opened his bag and took his towel and clothes, "Those three takes their shower too long!" he commented and entered the bathroom that was available in the room.

So, after everybody took their showers and at last the three woke, though in different times, Mai woke first then Naruto and lastly Chii, first thing they did was ask what happened so the ones available filled them in with what happened and all their replies were 'oh' and 'really' then pulled out from the bed and took their line in the bathroom. They had their slumber party after when all had their showers, they were even asked by Suichirou's sister to model their sleeping pajamas, most of them groaned of course but his sister persisted and did a puppy eye look at them and at the end they agreed, since it will not cause them harm, but Elly was still against it but still in the end she joined after a deal she and the woman made, though, they're the only ones who knew what the deal was.

They've partied all night long and told stories all that night. Stories about this and that, funny moments and embarrassing moments, who was their idols and their heroes, favorite stories and movies. They also did a little show tell that night, well, they've used only thing s that were available in their bags those times, never expected something like this would happen.

So, after some fun all of them got tired and fixed their futons, nobody used the bed to join everybody on the ground. So as planned before, girls on the right and boys to the left but Chii got a little lonesome and squished her way to his futon resulting to reassembling the futons from divided to one long line and everybody took their desired places. Suichirou was sandwiched by his sister and uncle, next to his sister was Dietrich to his left was Kakashi to his left was Naruto next to Naruto was his landlady, beside her was Sakura and next to the pink haired ninja was Sasuke, Mai transferred and stayed beside Chii and Gaara.

While everyone's having their sleep, Elly twisted and turned in her futon, she sat up looked around and picked herself from her futon, trying her best not to knock over somebody on her way to the door, she tried her best, though she accidentally stepped on someone's leg and got a combo to another leg, she apologized to whoever she stepped on and rushed out of the room. She sighed in relief and shrugged, "I know this is kind of embarrassing but I want something to eat!" she scratched the back of her head and made her way to the dining room, "Damn, this house is too big, wonder if the kitchen is just beside the dining room." She looked around, a maid noticed her and she smiled in relief, "At last I found one you, miss." She told the maid, the humble maid asked her if she could do anything for their masters, she blushed and pulled a hesitant grin, "C-Can you help me find the kitchen?" she asked the maid.

"Oh, I can get what you want, Young miss." The maid bowed and smiled, "What is it that the young miss wants?" she asked the guest politely.

"Oh, no really, if you have milk, then I can have it myself." Elly waved her hands on the maid.

"Oh, no really, young miss, we can't do that." The young maid took her hand and looked all fired up, "We are here to serve the masters' guest so serving will be our job."

Elly sweat dropped and sighed, "Oh, oky, then, can I have a tumble or sweet cold milk, then?" the young maid gave her a salute and guide her way to the dining room, she was asked to wait there for her return and requested milk. So, she was left all along in the big dining room, she sat silently one of the chairs and her eyes roamed around the room. She warmed herself as she waited for the return of the young maid that she accidentally bumped into. She turned her head towards the door when it opened, "Oh, that was fast." She commented and gacked when the one who entered wasn't the maid but her teacher, "Yo, couldn't sleep?" she asked.

Kakashi smirked and shrugged, took a seat next to her, "I should be the one asking you that." He rolled his eyes heavenwards, "Couldn't sleep?" he grinned.

Elly shrugged and leaned on her chair, "Yeah, try pointing out the obvious, Captain Obvious." She told her teacher, "So, what brought you here?"

Kakashi looked at her through his narrowed eyes, "Sure, you stepped on my leg." He told her, she blinked in surprise, "Yep, I am the one you stepped on the leg, remember, then I followed you, got curios on where you're going." He sighed, "I never thought that you'd go look for the kitchen of someone else's house." He shook his head then laughed when he noticed that the girl flushed mad, he slapped her on the back, "Oh, don't worry, I won't tell anybody."

"Shut up!" Elly slid her gaze away, placed her elbow on the table and rested her chin on her knuckle, "Don't worry, tell it to anybody, I don't care." She said firmly at her teacher.

The both of them were enveloped in silence after that small conversation and after a few minutes, the young maid came in the room carrying a tray with a tumbler of milk and mug with something hot. She apologized for the wait and exited the room excitedly. That made the two look in question but let it slip. They silently drank their ordered drinks silently.

Kakashi broke the silence first, "So, mind if I ask you some questions?" he asked as he placed his glass down, the girl acknowledged as she drank her milk slowly, "You asked me this afternoon if I want to know what made you avoid you, remember?" the girl nodded as she lowered her glass and licked her lips, "So, tell me." He looked at the steam that his coffee was emitting.

Elly suddenly laughed and slapped his teacher on the back, "Well, promise me you won't get shocked, okay?" she warned, placed her elbow on the table once again and rested her chin on her knuckle once more, "I avert my gaze from you because whenever I remember you, topless and all, Iruka always pops into my head." She told him, Kakashi raised an eyebrow but before he could ask she raised a hand, "So, whenever Iruka and your topless image pops out it always leads to one picture." She continued, "Doujins." She answered.

Kakashi looked at her with furrowed brows, "Doujins?" he asked, the girl nodded, he thought for a while, actually he was in deep thought then he suddenly burst into surprise and was shaking, "Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-You mean…" he trailed off and the girl nodded then burst out laughing, "B-B-B-B-B-But I don't swing that way." The girl was still laughing and he got slapped at the back, "Well, I admit that Sir. Iruka sure is charming, kind and can be a mother and a father at the same time but I…" he trailed off once again, shook his head and looked distressed.

The girl slid her arm on his shoulder and nodded with a cheesy grin on her face, "I warned you, didn't I?"

"But I didn't expect that one." he admitted. He picked his head up, took his glass and drank a little from it then returned his head on the table, "Man, that jumbled my world." He told the girl.

She laughed and took her tumbler again, "Yeah, I know." She drank her milk once again.

Kakashi sighed then looked at her once again, "So, what kind of guy do you like?" he suddenly asked and made Elly spurt her drink, luckily he sat next to her, the milk didn't hit him, only a few sprinkles, though, "Ew…" he wiped it with the tissue that the maid gave them.

She coughed hard, pound her chest, when she recovered she wiped the milk off her mouth, "Man, where did that come out?" she asked then drank a little from her cold milk, "Didn't see that coming." She admitted when she brought her tumbler down.

"You did say I can ask you questions." He emphasized the word.

"Well, yeah, but I didn't see that question coming." She leaned on her chair and crossed her arms against her chest, "Are you trying to get back from what I just told you?" she looked at him through narrowed eyes.

Kakashi shrugged, "Maybe yes, maybe no." he gave her his signature smile.

Elly gave him tired and disappointed look then shook her head, "Fine, since you asked for it." She breathed in, looked serious, she placed her elbow once again on the table and supported her chin with her palm, she looked at the top of the wall, "Now that you've mentioned it…what's my kind of guy, anyways?" she suddenly asked, Kakashi hit his forehead in the answer, she turned her look at her teacher, "What?" Kakashi shook his head, "Well, let's face it, I want a rich, tall, handsome and kind guy." She answered, "Everybody would want that." She grinned, "but I really don't know since love comes in different shapes, time and gender." she drank the last drop of her cold milk and licked her lips, brought the tumbler down, "Well, there's always a low chance of marrying your dream guy since he's only a dream." She emphasized the word and stood from her seat, "But low chances does not mean zero, right?" she smiled at the silver haired jounin who only smiled back, "Well, you done drinking your coffee?" she asked, the silver scarecrow drank the last drop and placed it down and they were ready to leave the room, "Can you really sleep with all that coffee you just drank?" she asked him.

"Well, coffee makes me sleepy." He told her as they made their way to their room, an irritated brow twitched, he looked at the girl with a serious face then pointed a finger at her as they made their way back, that gave the girl a surprise, she looked at him with a surprised expression, "I don't swing that way!" he said firmly at her.

Elly laughed and walked faster, she placed her hands on the back of her head then she turned to look at her teacher, "Well, I like guys who also swings that way." She grinned at him and left him puzzled on the hallway, ignoring his calls for a wait, Well, this trip also gave me a fresh air.

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Elly: Well I am back!!! It's the return of the come back, baby!! HA HA HA HA!

Chii & Mai: Okay, so we were back in third year high school when you started this one, so, what year in college are you?

Elly: Uhhh…second year?

Chii: You took your vacation too much, my dear.

Elly: Yeah, I know!

Naruto, Sasuke, Kakashi and Sakura: ELLY!!!!! –tackles and hugs-

Naruto: Where were you!?

Sasuke: Yeah! We already tuned teen agers in the anime!

Sakura: Do you know how long you were gone!?

Kakashi: Yeah, Sasuke already killed his brother, Nine-tails's coming out of Naruto in his own little ways and Sakura…she grew up already in the anime while me…I think I am already dead in the manga!"

Elly: Yeah, I know that…get off me, you're freaking heavy!

Kakashi: Is it just me or you cut your hair short…shorter than before! You look like a guy!

Elly: Hey, shut up, I don't need you telling me that one!

Sakura: You're way of speaking changed too, Elly, it sounds more violent…well, not like you are not.

Sasuke: Yeah, and you're more aggressive!

Naruto: You're more rowdy than before!

Elly: No, I am not, I've always been like this before.

Team 7: No, you're not!

Elly: Fine, fine, whatever!!! Anyways, this chapter's waaaaaay delayed, I really wanted to post this one before the Christmas holidays and the new year's but, I think that won't happen anymore but I am still going to do the Christmas and New year's chapter even if the holidays are done, you just watch, waahahahahaha!

Team7: And you laugh sounds eviler than before! Where is our Elly!?

Elly: Gone with the wind! WA HA HA HA HA! Thanks for the reviews on the last chapter, please read and review on this one!!! Flames, are also welcomed! THANK YOU!

Sasuke: Where's my mom who's so Moe??

Naruto: Yeah, I suddenly missed her.

Sakura: Well, nothing we can do about it.

Kakashi: Well, I kinda like this one, you know more aggressive and feisty. What? She's not sweet to begin with!

Sakura, Sasuke and Naruto: PERVERT!