(A/N- Here's the next chapter. Thanks for all the reviews. I truly love you guys! (Crying in happiness).)
Chapter 11- "Aww, They Made Up!"
So…today is Sunday after lunch. And the four couples were together again. Everyone was sitting together in the TV room. Naruto and Hinata were on the couch, Naruto's arm around Hinata's shoulders. Ino was sitting on Shikamaru's lap again in front of Naruto and Hinata. Neji was sitting on the couch next to Naruto and Tenten was sitting on the floor in between Neji's legs. Sasuke and Sakura were in a similar position to Ino and Shikamaru's except Sakura was in between Sasuke's legs.
In the middle of a show, Chidori, Ami, and Kiba walked in. They stood there, looked at the couples, what positions they were in, and then grinned at each other.
"Aww, they made up!" Chidori exclaimed.
"I know, isn't it cute?" Ami replied.
"Shut up!" they all yelled, faint blushes on their faces.
"So, how'd you all get this close?" Chidori asked, wiggling his eyebrows. Ami giggled.
"The same way you two did," Neji said.
"W-what?" They stammered.
"Exactly," Sakura said.
So started the teasing. At first it wasn't that bad…that is until the day when everyone was outside and Ino tripped and landed on top of Shikamaru. They teased them even worse so everyone else tried to be careful and not do anything stupid. They were so nervous that they did do something that was stupid…over and over again. We join them all on Tuesday after lunch because there's nothing to tell about the rest of Sunday and Monday.
"Thank god they're not around," Sasuke said.
"They didn't have to tease us that much," Tenten said.
"They're worse than my stalker fan girls," Neji said. She scowled.
"And my fan boys," Sakura and Ino said, to which Sasuke and Shikamaru scowled.
"They're more than annoying they're…" Hinata started.
"They're just so-so…" Naruto trailed off.
"Troublesome," Shikamaru offered.
"Exactly," everyone said.
As if on cue, Chidori and Ami came in, followed by Kiba. Everyone groaned.
"Speak of the devil," Neji muttered.
"Or devils," Naruto continued.
"And they come," Tenten finished.
"Hey guys! What's up?" Chidori exclaimed brightly…too brightly.
"Nothing," they chorused uneasily.
"Having fun?" Ami asked sweetly…too sweetly.
"Yeah," they were getting suspicious now.
"We hope you are because we have something for you," Kiba said innocently…too innocently.
"Okay, on the count of three…run. Pass it on," Naruto whispered.
When Neji who was on the end nodded to him, Naruto nodded back.
"THREE!!" And boy did they run! They locked themselves in their rooms.
"You know what I just remembered," Tenten said, a hand on her chin.
"What?" Sakura said worriedly.
"Ami has a key to their room."
"Oh," she relaxed. "Oh!"
Soon they heard pounding, but then it stopped.
"Sakura, Tenten it's okay. They just gave us our tasks and then left!" Ino said relieved.
Too bad she didn't read the paper. Poor Ino, she was always leaping before she looked. One day the ledge would actually be big. Unfortunately, today was that day!
Sakura opened her door and Ami shoved two pieces of paper in her hand and then left as quickly as she had came. The same thing happened with the boys.
"Hm, I wonder what it says," Sakura said.
"Open it and maybe you'll find out!" Tenten said with fake excitement.
"Okay!" Sakura exclaimed, not catching it at all.
Tenten rolled her eyes. Sakura gasped and dropped the paper. Tenten quickly opened hers.
"Are you serious?" Tenten exclaimed to no one in particular.
"This sucks," Hinata and Ino came into their room.
"I just had to do this. I couldn't just sit at home, eating my beautiful cheez-its in peace could I?" Tenten sniffed.
"I know! That's exactly what I should have done," Ino said regretfully. "I need a hug."
Hinata and Sakura rolled their eyes as tears streamed down their two friends' faces. Suddenly…they hugged in a very warm, youthful embrace as-not a sunset, but a rainbow!-came into the background.
"Why? Why did we do this," Ino wailed.
"Ino-"
"Why couldn't we just be with our cheez-its? They would never harm us!" Tenten joined her.
"Ten-"
"Oh why? Why, oh why, oh-"
"SHUT UP! IT'S NOT THAT BIG OF A DEAL!" Sakura screamed. They looked at her. "Look at yourselves! You've gone and turned into a couple of girl versions of Gai and Lee!! Is that what you want?" Sakura exclaimed, now crying herself, just because she's on crack too. "Huh? Is that what you want, to end up as two crazy girls who d-defy all nature and time and-and reality as we know it and start making rainbows appear even though we're indoors!!!" Sakura exclaimed, now sobbing. "…And it wasn't even raining!"
Hinata tried to comfort her while Tenten and Ino looked guilty.
"We're sorry Sakura. We didn't mean to make you upset," Tenten said. "We got a little carried away when we thought of cheez-its."
"Yeah we're-hey did we really make a rainbow appear?" Ino is on crack also. Oh wait, we already knew that or how else would she act like Gai. Yup, crack can do that to you.
Ino shut up as Tenten and Hinata glared at her.
"You know, the task isn't even that bad, getting back to the matters at hand," Hinata, being the only sane one left.
"Oh yeah, I completely forgot about that!" Sakura exclaimed.
"Weren't you just on the floor, sobbing?" Tenten asked. She saw no tear stains on her cheek or anything for that matter.
"Yeah, but that was like five seconds ago!" Everyone sweatdropped.
"Well, anyway…we can't just go up to them and give them a kiss," Ino said. (A/N- Oh yeah, I never told you the task did I. Silly, silly me.)
"…"
"I mean- hey look, it says '…and before you go all crazy, you can tell them about it. It's not that big of a deal, right?'"
"That's all it says?"
"Oh and under that it says 'signed Kakashi'. Well…"
"I feel slightly better," Tenten said.
"Oh wait! It does say more!" Ino said, earning glares.
"Well…go ahead and read it!"
"Okay, it says 'you have to do it in front of the senseis and Chidori," she said.
"Okay so-"
"Oh, wait! There's more! It says 'and Ami and Kiba'," Ino was just stacking up those glares, wasn't she?
"Anything else?" Tenten was annoyed.
"Heh heh, yeah," Ino scratched the back of her head.
"...Well?"
"'…And Chidori and Ami have to give each other a kiss too.' Well, that's not bad at all!" Ino was relieved.
"Oh...we-"
"Oh wait! It says one more thing!" Ino exclaimed. More glares.
"Jeez, I was just kidding," she tried to laugh but failed.
"…"
"Let's go," Tenten walked out the room.
"Wait up! Goodness, you're in such a hurry to kiss Neji!" Sakura yelled as Ino and Hinata snickered.
"C'mon, I'm waiting," Tenten growled. She was standing in the hall, her arms crossed.
"Alright, Tenny!" Ino exclaimed. She knew how much Tenten hated that name. She twitched involuntarily.
"Don't call me that," she muttered and walked on.
"What? What'd Tenny say, Sakura?" Ino said, rewarded with the image of Tenten twitching again.
"I don't know," Sakura said, bursting into a fit of giggles.
"Sasa, Hina, and…um No-no?" Tenten scratched her head and just shrugged her shoulders. "Oh wait…piglet! C'mon guys!"
"Grr," Ino glared.
"Where'd you get Sasa from? I kind of like it!" Sakura said.
"I got it from the idea of a baby nickname," Tenten stifled her laugh.
"Oh," Sakura mumbled, disappointed.
"Well, I like mine!" Hinata said happily. Ino and Sakura just kept walking.
"Oh, just come on. We might as well get this over with," they grumbled.
When they got to the TV room, everyone was waiting.
"Okay, let's get this show on the road! I got things to do!" Tenten said, acting as though she didn't care.
"Hn," Neji remained indifferent.
"Well Tenten, since you're so enthusiastic, you can go first!" Kakashi said happily.
"Wha? Wait a minute! I didn't-" Tenten protested.
"Now, now," Kakashi cut her off. "I insist. If you want to give Neji a kiss, by all means, give him one."
"Kakashi-sensei!" Tenten had a faint blush on her face. She turned to face Neji, who had his arms crossed.
"…"
"Well, 'get the show on the road' as you said," Kakashi waved his hand to go on.
Tenten leaned in quickly and placed her lips on Neji's. Just as quickly as they went on, they were off. Tenten looked away as Neji stood there, stunned. He didn't even get a chance to feel her lips.
"Ok-"
"OH, THE SPRINGTIME OF YOUTH!!! THE FIRE AND PASSION OF YOUTHFUL YOUTHFULNESS IS BURNING!! MY YOUNG PRODIGY AND OUR SWEET KONOHA FLOWER ARE GROWING UP! IF ONLY LEE WAS HERE TO SEE HIS WONDERFUL TEAMATES!!" Gai shouted, tears streaming down his face.
"…" Neji glared while Tenten glowered, a kunai in her hand.
"I TOLD YOU NOT TO CALL ME YOUR FRICKIN' FLOWER," Tenten screamed. Gai cowered into a corner behind Kakashi.
"Oh, save me, my young and hip rival!" he cried. His 'young and hip rival' did no such thing as he drew a bulls-eye on Gai's forehead and stepped away.
"Thank you, Kakashi-sensei," Tenten smiled sweetly.
"Any time! Who's next," Kakashi said happily.
"Um…Chidori and Ami?" Ino suggested.
"You said Shikamaru and Ino? Okay! Step right up!" Kakashi said.
"But-"
"Oh, no need to be modest. Just go right up and smack a big one on Shikamaru!" Kakashi exclaimed.
"B-but, I said Chidori and Ami!" Ino screamed as she turned bright red.
"They're going last. It's your turn," Kakashi grinned under his mask.
"Ugh! Fine," Ino turned and kissed Shikamaru but ended it as quickly as Tenten.
"THE BURNING POWER OF YOUTH!! IT IS-" Gai immediately shut up as a kunai mysteriously appeared above his head. Tenten was whistling nonchantly.
"Well, we'll go next!" Naruto exclaimed happily.
He took Hinata by the shoulders but kissed her very quickly as he felt a glare from a certain Hyuuga burning into the back of his head. Hinata turned red and fainted. Psyche! She's only partially shy in my story. If she fainted just because of that, she would be shy to the extent that it would be called a social disorder. Fainting because of coming into physical contact with a person. Psh-shah! Lol
"U-um-"
"You got that right! Sasuke and Sakura are next!" Kakashi said enthusiastically.
Everyone sweatdropped. How did he get all that out of 'u-um'? The world may never know.
"…O-okay," Sakura said nervously. She turned to Sasuke and…stuffed popcorn in his mouth!! No, I'm just kidding. She kissed him like the others did, very quickly.
"Now, Ami, give Chidori a kiss," Kakashi turned to the two younger ninjas, no longer excited.
"Alright, here ya go!" Ami handed Chidori a chocolate kiss.
"Thanks, I got you the cookie dough one!" Chidori said.
"Thanks, you're the best!"
Everyone's mouth dropped open. Well, not everyone just…Naruto, Neji, Ino, Sasuke, Tenten, Hinata, Shikamaru and Sakura. Kiba was rolling on the floor laughing.
"Dur…"
"Wha?"
"Are you serious?"
"Troublesome."
"WTH?"
"GRR,"
"AHH!"
"LALALALALALALA, I CAN'T HERE YOU!" Everyone looked at Naruto confusedly.
"What? You guys took all the good exclamations," Naruto whined.
"Well, anyway," Sasuke turned back to the smirking senseis. Except Gai, he looked like some deranged, psychopathic, lunatic with a creepy smile because he couldn't smirk.
"WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT???" Tenten and Ino screamed.
"What?" Kurenai spoke for the first time.
"How come we had to kiss each other?" Neji asked.
"And all they had to do was give each other a freaking piece of candy?" Sakura exclaimed.
"We never said you had to kiss," Asuma said.
"But you said-" Hinata started.
"We said to give each other a kiss. You could interpret it anyway you wanted to," Kurenai explained.
"Wait a min-" Ino started.
"No, Ino…they're right," Shikamaru said.
"But Shika-"
"No. I know it's troublesome, but that is what happened. We were too worried to think of a loop hole," Shikamaru said.
"Oh don't get technical with it!" Chidori said.
"Yeah, you know you wanted to kiss!" said Ami.
"Your hormones wouldn't let you think straight," Kiba teased.
"Shut up!" They all yelled.
"Don't be embarrassed now," Chidori said. "We know you love each other."
They all stomped away to their rooms. Their stomachs growled though a second later so they stomped to the food hall.
"What's for dinner, I wonder," Tenten wondered aloud.
"I HOPE IT'S RAMEN!!" Naruto grinned as he got his chopsticks ready.
"Dobe, we have to get in line," Sasuke muttered. "This isn't the Ichiraku Shack."
"Oh yeah," Naruto scratched the back of his head. "I sort of got into the ramen-eating mood."
"Well, come on. You still have to get up," Shikamaru grumbled.
"Itadakimasu!" They said when they got their food. (A/N- That's something you say before a meal in Japan.)
It was silent for a few minutes while everyone ate their food.
"Soo…what do you want to do tomorrow?" Tenten asked no one in particular.
"…"
"Yeah, that seems like fun," she said sarcastically.
"I don't know," they all said.
"I'm bored," Naruto said.
"Noo, you're excited!" Ino said sarcastically.
"Tch, troublesome."
"What'd you say?" Ino demanded.
"Nothing…troublesome," Shikamaru muttered.
"Oh just shut up!" Sakura yelled as Ino opened her mouth.
"We need something to do," Sasuke stated.
"And the sky is blue but you don't see me broadcasting it," Neji said. Sasuke's eyebrows twitched in annoyance. Tenten started cracking up.
"That is so funny!" she said.
"Can we please go somewhere after dinner?" Hinata exclaimed.
"Yeah, let's go!" Naruto said. "I'm done."
"Me too."
"Me three."
"Me four."
"Me-"
"Okay, just shut up!" Sasuke exclaimed.
"Oh, I know what we can do tomorrow!" Naruto said.
"What can we do tomorrow?" Neji asked, bored.
"Sit and lie around in the grass and do nothing except talk about whatever comes to our minds!"
"So basically," Sakura started.
"You want us to act like," Hinata continued.
"Lazy bum Shikamaru," Ino finished.
"Yup, pretty much!" Naruto exclaimed.
"Troublesome," Shikamaru muttered.
"Well, what are we going to do right now?" Hinata asked.
"Let's go in the couch room," Neji said.
"Cool! I have this game we can play in there!" Sakura said.
"Well, what is it," They had got there.
"Oh…I don't know."
"What!!!"
"I was just kidding about the whole thing."
"You suck."
"Shut up Ino-pig!"
"How about you make me, forehead-girl!"
"Grr, come over here and I will!"
When the others had finally pulled them off of each other, the two girls' hair was a mess and they had cuts and scratches on their arms.
"Well…" Neji started.
"I'm going to bed," Shikamaru left the room.
"Same here," Naruto walked out.
"Me too," Hinata left.
"Me three," Sakura smacked Ino upside the head and ran out the room.
"Me four," Ino ran after her.
"Me five," Tenten followed to stop them.
"Me-"
"SHUT UP!!! THAT IS SO ANNOYING!!!" Sasuke yelled.
"So you wait till number six to say something. Wow, smart one," Neji left.
"Argh," Sasuke stomped away last.
Next Day
It's after breakfast and the young ninjas are going outside to do exactly what Naruto said: to sit and lie around in the tall grass and talk about whatever pops into interest. Naruto was sitting next to Hinata near a rock that Ino was lying on her stomach on. Shikamaru was lying down next to the rock. Neji was next to him, Tenten was next to him, Sasuke was next to her, and then Sakura was lying in between Sasuke and Hinata.
They weren't really doing anything. Sasuke was staring off somewhere, Neji was watching a bird in a tree, and Tenten was absentmindedly cleaning her weapons. Naruto was scratching designs into the dirt with a kunai while Hinata petted Yuubi. Sakura was just…whatever. Shikamaru was obviously looking at the clouds. Ino was watching Shikamaru watch the clouds, occasionally dozing off.
"Hey Naruto, Tenten, and Hinata," Ino called.
"Huh?"
"Why aren't you wearing your regular clothes," Ino asked.
Naruto had a pair of baggy orange shorts on and a black shirt with it. Hinata just had some dark clothes on. Tenten didn't have any of her Chinese styled clothes. She simply had a big red t-shirt and some baggy black cargo pants on.
"It's going to rain," They answered simply.
"So? You're supposed to leave when that happens," Sakura said as if they were slow.
"Hm…" was all they said as they went back to whatever they were doing.
"Yeah…right so…whatever," Ino gave up on the conversation. She started braiding some strands of grass. She gave up on that too and threw it at Sakura's face, not caring in the least if it hit or not.
"Ino!" Sakura exclaimed. She had been surprised.
"Sakura," Ino sounded bored.
"Ino!"
"Sakura."
"Ino!"
"Sakura."
"Ino!"
"Tenten?"
Everyone looked over at her. She frowned and pouted cutely.
"What? I got tired of hearing you two saying each other's names so I said mine," Tenten mumbled. "I need some cheez-its. Ino!"
"Hm?" Ino raised her head sleepily.
"Join me as I raid Kakashi or Asuma's closet!"
"Hm…alright," Ino got up sleepily and left with Tenten.
"5…4…3…2…1," Sakura said, counting her fingers.
"WHERE ARE ALL THE CHEEZ-ITS??" A scream was heard from the building.
"How'd you know?" Sasuke asked.
"They never bought any more than the two boxes. They'll have to settle for chips or cookies."
"…Or both," Hinata said as they came back holding two bags.
"Why's everyone lookin' at us?" Tenten asked.
"No special reason," Sakura mumbled.
"I'm bored," Naruto whined. He took out a shuriken and started sharpening it.
"Aren't we all?" Neji said…bored.
"Nope!" Tenten was happily munching on some chips.
"Here," Neji er…asked.
Tenten handed him some. Shikamaru took some out of the bag too. Neji gave it back to Tenten.
"Give me some," Sakura didn't wait for an answer and snatched the bag out of Tenten's hand.
"No," Tenten snatched the bag back and popped a chip in her mouth.
"Yes!" Sakura reached for it again, but Tenten threw it to Naruto. Surprisingly, chips didn't fall out.
Naruto caught it, took some out, and offered some to Hinata. After she took some, he threw it to Neji. Neji took some and gave it back to Tenten.
"Fine, be that way, uglies!" Sakura stuck out her tongue.
"That's not a word," Tenten said, sounding uninterested. She liked fighting with Sakura.
"Oh shut up," Sakura said.
"Now Sasa, what did we say about saying the 's' word? You know you're too young to say it," Tenten scolded.
"Sasa?" Naruto started cracking up.
"Shut up! Tenten, don't call me that!"
"Why ever not? You don't like your nickname, Sasa?"
"Evidently not!"
"Well I do, so there!" Tenten stuck out her tongue at Sakura.
"I hate you," Sakura turned away from her.
"I love you too," Tenten said. (A/N- No, they're not gay. That's what best friends do sometimes. Get your head out of the gutter!!)
"Hmpf."
"Anyway, Ino. Give Sasa some cookies," Tenten said. "She's on time out so she can't have chips."
"Alright," Ino said. "Here ya go, Sasa!"
"Stop it!" Sakura reached for the cookie.
"Okay," Ino took the cookie back and put it in her mouth.
"Ino," Sakura whined, which was what they were hoping for all along.
"Aw, what's wrong Baby-Sakura," Ino said.
"I want a coo-hey stop calling me that!"
"It's not grammatically correct to stop in the middle of a sentence," Tenten said plainly. She looked over to see Sakura and grinned as she saw her glaring. "And it's not politely polite to glare."
"I hate you," Sakura said again.
"I love you too!" Tenten and Ino chorused happily.
"Grr!"
They were completely oblivious to the fact that everyone was now rolling around in laughter.
"JUST GIVE ME A FRICKIN' COOKIE!!"
"Sasa/Baby-Sakura! I am shocked and appalled. There will be no such language in this er…field that we are sitting in," Tenten faltered.
"And you don't raise your voice at your mom and aunt like that!" Ino scolded.
"Who's my mom?" Sakura said suddenly.
"Tenten." Ino said. "Yay! Since we're going to play house, Sasuke you're her big brother. Hinata and Neji can be the twins who live across the street, which is the rock. Shika can be my husband and Naruto can be our son!"
"…"
"Well, how come I don't have a husband?" Tenten said, while everyone else sat there…eating chips and cookies.
"You're a single mother of two kids! Except Sakura's adopted because we don't know WHERE she got THAT pink hair from!" Ino explained/exclaimed.
"Ino-pig!"
"No talking to your aunt like that!" Tenten scolded.
"I hate-"
"We love-"
"This DAY!" Sakura said instead.
"Aw man…oh wait, the day loves you too!" Tenten said happily.
"Why me?" Sasa groaned. "MY NAME'S SAKURA!! YOU BETTER WRITE IT THE RIGHT WAY!! JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE THE FRICKIN' AUTHOR DOESN'T MEAN I CAN'T COME OVER THERE."
I mean 'Sakura groaned'.
"Well, let's start playing," Ino said.
"No."
"Don't think so."
"Don't want to."
"Troublesome."
"Really don't want to."
"Grr."
"It's time for lunch anyway," Naruto jumped up and ran with the others following, kind of scared of Ino.
"You better run!" Ino followed, dragging Tenten and Sakura -still arguing- with her.
At lunch, they -cough Ino cough- decided they were going to play house.
"Alright let's go!" said Ino, happily skipping ahead.
"Aw man."
"How troublesome."
"This sucks."
"I don't wanna."
"Hn…stupid."
"Did you say something," Ino turned around and smiled sweetly…too sweetly.
"Um…nothing. Nothing at all," Naruto stammered. "Did you hear something Sasuke? I didn't hear something."
"Nope, didn't hear anything. You, Neji?" Sasuke turned to Neji.
"Nope, must've been the wind. Yup, the wind," Neji hid behind Hinata.
"Oh…okay!" Ino turned around and started skipping again but then stopped. "Are you sure?"
"Yes," Shikamaru said. "Of course."
"Yeah, because we didn't say anything," Hinata said.
"Alright let's go!"
This time there were no exclamations/running away/complaints/any talking at all. They all knew how Ino could get sometimes.
…
"Oi, Sasuke nii-chan!"
"What Sakura? I'm busy training," Sasuke said, very annoyed. Who knows if he was acting or not?
"I need your help. Mommy said to get the house ready because Ino-" Sakura was interrupted by Ino clearing her throat. Sakura rolled her eyes.
"…Because Aunt Ino, Uncle Shika and Naruto are coming down for a little while," Sakura corrected herself. "And mommy wants the house to look extra nice!"
"Well Sakura, if you hadn't asked who your mommy was in the first place, Aunt Ino wouldn't be our aunt and we WOULDN'T BE PLAYING HOUSE!!" Sasuke shouted, losing all his composure.
"Hi, Sakura and Sasuke," Hinata and Neji walked up, looking equally annoyed. "Need help?"
"Yeah, thanks Hinata and Neji-kun!" Sakura hugged Neji, both of them twitching. This is so wrong. Ino will die!
"N-no problem Sakura…" Neji said.
"Ahem," Ino glared at him.
"Sakura…chan," he muttered. Why me?
"Okay, put more feeling into it next time," Ino said.
"Next time! There is no FRICKIN 'NEXT TIME'!!! THIS ISN'T A FRICKIN' MOVIE, THIS IS 'HOUSE' AND YOUR NOT THE FRICKIN' DIRECTOR!!!!!!" Neji also lost his composure.
"Did you say something?" Ino said looking up from the design she drew in the dirt.
"Why do I like her again?" Shikamaru whispered.
"It's beyond me," Naruto whispered back.
"I hate my life," Neji said.
"Ohayo, Neji and Hinata! You're so cute! Did you come to help Sakura and Sasuke?" Tenten asked, looking down on them with a grin on her face. (A/N- They're on their knees because they're supposed to be little.) Neji looked up and smiled sweetly.
"No, we're here to cut your heads off," Neji said, the smile still on his face.
"Oh, that's nice!" Tenten never faltered and she still had the grin on her face. "Would you like a kunai to do it?"
"Sure! Thanks Ms. Blahblah," Neji said. Ino glared at them but they ignored her.
"No problem. Make sure not to do it on my carpet though. I just got it," Tenten answered. Ino started twitching while everyone watching started laughing.
"Alright. Would you like us to kill your sister, nephew, and brother-in-law too?"
"Well sure. That'd be nice and I'm sure they'd appreciate it," Tenten said happily. "They'd be so happy to be murdered by a couple of 7-year-olds! Oh look at me, I'm tearing up," Tenten sniffed.
"You know what-" Ino was about to start yelling at them, but the rain saved them. There was a loud crack of thunder and a flash of lightning and then it started pouring.
"My hair!!" Neji, Sasuke, and Ino shouted. "My beautiful hair!"
Everyone ran inside except Naruto, Hinata, and Tenten.
"What's up with them?" Tenten asked, confused.
"I think it's the rain," Naruto said.
"What about it?" Hinata asked, equally confused.
"Maybe they don't like it?" Naruto sort of asked.
"Hm…well I love it!" Tenten said.
"Me too!!" Hinata and Naruto yelled.
Naruto got up and started splashing in the puddles like a little kid.
"What are you doing?" Tenten asked.
"Splashing! It doesn't rain much in Konoha so I'm going to make the best out of it!" He said as he started spinning around.
"You're just like a 5-year-old," Tenten shook her head.
"Do I have to remind you of the cheez-it incident?" Hinata said teasingly.
"C'mon Hinata!" Naruto grabbed her hands and spun Hinata around, who blushed.
"Hey! You guys want to play a game I just now invented off the top of my head?" Tenten asked.
"Sure!" Hinata said, getting dizzy.
"Alright, it's called…leapfrog in the rain!!" Tenten said.
"Are you se-"
"Yay!!!" Naruto exclaimed.
They started playing leapfrog…in the rain.
Meanwhile
The others were inside the game room sitting at the table. Sasuke and Neji were playing paper football, while the others played 'I Declare War'.
"Hey…where are Tenten, Naruto and Hinata?" Ino asked suddenly.
"Who cares," Shikamaru said lazily.
"I do obviously," Ino said.
"They're probably playing in the rain," Sakura said.
"Yeah, Tenten loves the rain," Neji said. "She can stay out there for about three hours before she gets sick."
"She can last that long?" Sasuke asked.
"Yup."
Back to Others
Naruto had gotten tired of Leapfrog and tried thinking of different games.
"Well…?"
"I don't know yet!"
"Well…hurry it up then!!"
"Shut up then!!!"
"You-"
"Both of you just think of a game!" Hinata shouted, losing all her patience.
"Alright…I got it!"
"What?"
"Oh no…I lost it," Naruto said sadly.
"…" Tenten just stood there glaring daggers at the oblivious blond.
"Let's play follow the leader," Hinata said.
"You mean Simon Says?"
"No…follow the leader is doing everything without ever getting out."
"Oh…I'm le-"
"No you're not," Tenten cut him off. "You're too hyper. I'll be leader."
"Fine," he grumbled.
"Actually…I don't feel like it. You can be the leader," Tenten said after some time.
"Yay!! Follow me!"
Naruto started splashing around in a few puddles, the others following. Then he climbed up and slid down a slide that just magically appeared for this part of the story. He then started doing a few cartwheels but then went back to spinning in circles, his arms up. This is apparently his newfound favorite pastime.
"You know what I just remembered?" Naruto asked, jumping over a log.
"What?" They asked, still following.
"How in the movies they always have the guy jump on a lamp post and sing that song."
"What song?"
"I'll show you," Naruto said. "Tenten, you're the lamppost."
"Hmpf," Tenten held out her hand so Naruto could hold on.
"Alright…Raindrops keep falling on my head!" Naruto sang. "And just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bed, nothing seems to fit. Those, raindrops are falling on my head… they keep falling! So I just did me some talking to the sun, and I said I didn't like the way he got things done, sleeping on the job. Those, raindrops are falling on my head they keep falling! But there's one thing I know. The blues they sent to meet me won't defeat me. It won't be long 'till happiness steps up to greet me! Raindrops keep falling on my head! But that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turning red. Crying's not for me, cause I'm never gonna stop the rain by complaining! Because I'm free. Nothing's worrying me. It won't be long till happiness steps up to greet me. Raindrops keep falling on my head but that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turning red. Crying's not for me cause I'm never gonna stop the rain by complaining. Because I'm free. Nothing's worrying me."
(A/N- I suggest you listen to this at the same time. It's funnier. And I copied and pasted this. If I remembered this whole song, I'd have no life.)
"…"
"So?" Naruto asked, grinning.
"…Wow," Tenten said after some time while Hinata just laughed.
"Well…I thought it was pretty good," Naruto pouted.
"Well…you sang pretty good… at least better than I thought you would do," Tenten admitted.
"Thanks I think," Naruto said. "Now let's all sing together!"
"Um…that's okay," Tenten said hurriedly. "I'd rather not."
"I like the song," Hinata said.
"And anyway, I'm the leader so follow me while I dance and sing…and I call: following words too. At least for this song," Naruto said.
"Fine," Tenten grumbled. "How do you know the freaking song anyway?"
"Um…alright let's start," Naruto grinned once more. He grabbed Hinata and Tenten's hand and started spinning them all in a circle. Wow, he's obsessed with the shape. Well…look at his name.
"Rain drops keep fallin' on my head," Naruto sang with Hinata following. They looked at Tenten expectantly.
"Rain drops keep falling on my head," Tenten said in monotone.
"Put some feeling into it," Naruto said, flashing yet another one of his foxy grins. "Oooh, oooh, let's make a conga line while singing! Won't that be fun!?"
"…"
"Alright, raindrops keep fallin' on my head," Naruto sang. After a while, they had sang the whole song and Tenten actually had fun.
"Hey- ACHOO," Naruto sneezed. "Someone's probably talking about me."
"No baka, you and Hinata got sick," Tenten said, looking at Hinata's flushed face.
"What about you?"
"What about me? - ACHOO," Tenten sneezed.
As if on cue, Neji walked out, carrying something.
"Hey Neji!" Tenten and Naruto said excitingly.
"Haven't seen you in a while," Naruto joked.
"Here…you two lovebirds," Neji smirked as he handed Naruto and Hinata a big towel
"We're not lovebirds!" they shouted as they blushed.
They wrapped themselves in the towel. Neji turned to Tenten as she sneezed again.
"Here," he handed her one.
"Now you don't have one," Tenten said.
"Here," he repeated.
"Neji…you know how easily you get sick," Tenten said as she wrapped it around the two of them.
"Hn."
They walked to the house together but it was getting colder. Tenten shivered and Neji wrapped his arm around her waist. She blushed while Hinata and Naruto happily had each other in a one-armed hug.
"Told you they were lovebirds," Neji said loud enough for them to hear. "I hope they didn't hear me."
"We're not lovebirds," they shouted.
"ACHOO!" Tenten sneezed.
"You're sick," Neji said, sounding slightly worried.
"Okay…" Tenten looked at him as if he were stupid.
"I'll ask Kakashi to make some soup," Neji said hurriedly.
"Oh, thanks Neji," Tenten said. "I never knew you cared," she said teasingly.
"Hn," Neji, back to himself.
"Well, come on," Tenten dragged them all to the food hall, which is odd because she has two hands and three people to drag.
"No, I don't think so," Naruto said. "I don't feel too good."
"Me neither," Hinata mumbled as they went to their rooms.
"Hm, I'll have to bring her something," Tenten said quietly.
"Hey, Tenny! What have you been doing all this time?" Ino asked as they sat down.
"We were outside."
"In the rain?" Sakura raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah…so," Tenten said slowly.
"Why?"
"I love the rain," Tenten said happily.
"Ok…" Sakura looked at her strangely.
"I can't wait until tomorrow!" Gai whispered enthusiastically, if that's even possible. The senseis had moved their table slightly closer to the young ninjas.
"Neither can I!" Kurenai whispered, equally enthusiastic.
"I wish they would just go to sleep already so they could wake up faster," Kakashi said impatiently.
Asuma stood up and walked over to the ninjas. He saw that they were done eating. He cleared his throat.
"You should probably go to sleep because you guys will have to wake up earlier than usual," Asuma said with a grin.
"What?" Ino asked in confusion. "What are we doing tomorrow?"
"You'll find out," Kakashi said, coming up behind him.
"Hm," Sakura stayed quiet, thinking.
"Well-" Ino started, no doubt about to demand something.
"Alright, we'll go to bed," Sakura said. "Come on, Ino."
"But Sakura-" Ino had a bewildered look on her face.
"Come on, Ino," she said more firmly. Ino allowed herself to be pulled away. Tenten followed, two bowls of soup in her hand.
"You too," Kurenai turned to the boys.
"Why should we?" Sasuke said, the ever defiant one.
"Because I said so," Kurenai's eyes flashed with anger.
"Right, we were just going," Shikamaru said hastily as he pushed Sasuke out, dragging Neji behind.
"Why'd you pull me here?" Ino demanded as soon as she got in Sakura's room.
"Wait till Tenten gets back," Sakura said.
"…" Ino sighed annoyed.
"Where the heck is she!!" Ino screamed after a few…seconds. "It's been like 5 hours!"
"Where in reality it's been 15 seconds," Sakura said bluntly. Ino blinked.
"I'm back!" Tenten busted through the door.
"Finally," Ino muttered. "What were you going to say?"
"Oh, I was going to say that we should put some things in a small pack."
"Why?"
"Because I think the senseis are going to make us go somewhere," Sakura explained.
"Why do you think that?"
"I just do. They want us to wake up earlier than usual. They'll probably lock us up somewhere all day… And make us do embarrassing things while we're there," she added as an afterthought.
"…"
"Well, what do you think we should pack?" Tenten asked.
"I think you should pack some snacks to last all day. Also maybe some books to read, small games to keep you occupied…a blanket."
"A blanket?"
"Well…you never know. It could be cold," Sakura said in defense.
"Whatever…"
"Let's sneak out and get some snacks for tomorrow," Tenten said.
"…" Ino and Sakura looked at her like she was crazy.
"What? There's no way I'm going to sleep at 8 o'clock."
"Good point."
They snuck out of their room and went to the pantry room outside of the kitchen. You know the rooms full of shelves where cooks keep things they don't need in the refrigerators. Don't ask me how they got there because I never said where it was when I described the building.
"Hm…what should I steal?" Tenten thought aloud as if it were the most normal thing in the world.
"I think I'll get the bag of chips," Sakura said.
"Hm…I'll get the cookies," said Tenten after some time.
"Alright, let's go," Ino said.
"Aren't you going to get something?" Tenten asked her.
"Nope."
"Why not?" asked Sakura.
"Because I count this as an emergency so I'll eat the double sized box of cheez-its I save for emergencies."
Sakura sweatdropped. "You mean you had another box this who-"
"Darn it!! I didn't think of packing an emergency box. I thought they would just have all the cheez-its I would need," Tenten exclaimed.
"My friends are all on crack." Sakura walked out the room.
"Hey, wait up Sasa," Tenten teased.
"Yeah forehead-girl. Wait up!"
"Don't call me that Ino-pig!"
"Forehead-girl!"
"Ino-pig!"
"Forehead!"
"Pig!"
"Grr!"
"Ah!"
"Rowr," Tenten said unenthusiastically. They looked at her and blinked. Once. Twice.
"HAHAHAHA!! That-haha-is so-haha-funny! HAHAHAHA!!" Sakura and Ino rolled around on the ground.
"Now, my friends are all on crack," Tenten walked towards their room.
"Wait up, Tenny!" They cried.
"You might want to also wear clothes that aren't necessarily your favorite. We still don't know for sure what we're doing," Sakura told them once they got in their room.
"Hm, I'll go pick out my clothes and I'll come back. Then we can do something fun until we want to go to bed," Ino walked into hers.
"You know Tenten," Sakura sounded very serious.
"What?"
"You and Ino…I think you need to get some therapy about that cheez-it obsession problem," Tenten sweatdropped at the look of seriousness on Sakura's face.
"There's no big deal. We just really like cheez-its."
"No, 'really' does not define your love for them. You worship them," Sakura still sounded serious and it started to scare Tenten. What if she really did put her in therapy? …At least she would have Ino for company.
"We don't worship cheez-its. We're just very fond of the ground they er…sit on," Tenten said.
"Well-"
"I'm back!" Ino said as Tenten gave a sigh of relief.
"So…what do you want to do?" Ino asked impatiently.
"Hm…let's play cards," Tenten said.
"And what?" Sakura asked. "That's boring."
"Talk obviously! Baka!" Tenten said.
"Tenny. You're mean," Sakura said sadly.
Tenten rolled her eyes. They started their game.
"Soo…what do you think we'll do if we stay locked up somewhere?" Tenten struck up a conversation.
"I bet they'll make us stay alone and do embarrassing stuff while everyone else is watching," Sakura said.
"Or…maybe they'll have the girls fight the boys all day…nah," Ino dismissed that idea.
"Hm…maybe they'll make us stay with a certain person that annoys the heck out of us. Like Ino and Naruto or me and…Shikamaru or Sakura and Neji."
…46 card games and 97 ideas later.
"I got it!" Ino said.
"What?"
"Maybe they'll make us stay with our crushes so it'll be really awkward and embarrassing!" Don't know why she's excited about that.
Tenten and Sakura looked at her, then each other. They contemplated this for a few moments. Ino watched their expressions with bated breath.
"Nah!" They both said. She fell down, anime style.
"That would never happen," Sakura said.
"Yeah, well…goodnight. I'm getting sleepy."
"Yeah, 'night Tenten," Ino said as she opened the door. "'Night Sakura."
"Night, Ino," Sakura said as she yawned.
Next Day
The young ninjas were all gathered around the senseis who were about to tell them their tasks. Chidori and Ami were standing next to the senseis, evil grins on their faces.
"Sooo?" Tenten asked, growing impatient. "You woke us up at 6 o'clock so you better tell me."
"Alright well, since Tenten's in a hurry, she can go last," Kakashi said.
"Kakashi-sensei, that doesn't make sense," Sakura said.
"And why are you always picking on Tenny?" Ino asked.
"So, we'll start with Ino. You have to stay with Shikamaru for at least a day," Kurenai said.
"Where?"
"In the greenhouse," Kurenai said.
"We have to stay there all day?" Ino exclaimed.
"Troublesome." No need to tell you who said that…unless you're mentally ill.
"Actually, it's until we tell you to leave. You two can stay out there overnight too," Kurenai said after some thought.
"What!"
"Now, Neji and Tenten…you have to stay in the library overnight just like them," Kakashi said.
"Hn," Neji seemed indifferent.
"Are you serious?!" Tenten shouted. "There's no way I'm doing that!"
"Just do it, Tenten," Neji said.
"Neji?" Tenten stopped ranting and looked at Neji curiously.
"What about us?"
"You four are on room arrest," Asuma said.
"What?"
"You can't leave your rooms," Asuma said.
"Don't you mean house arrest?" Naruto pointed out.
"They're right. Actually…they can leave their rooms only to go to a different room if we call them," Gai said. "They're so smart! Their brain is youthful too! THEY MUST GET YOUTH WAVES!!!" (A/N- Brain waves youth waves)
"Whatever, you're on house arrest in certain rooms," Asuma said.
"That's more like it," Naruto said.
"Well…when do we start?" Tenten asked.
"Now…we'll walk you there," Kakashi said.
"Hmpf," Tenten and Ino were mad.
"What's wrong with you guys?" Sakura asked.
"I had to wake up early," Tenten grumbled.
"I have to stay outside," Ino whined.
"See you tomorrow Ino and Tenten… That feels so weird," Sakura said as Gai and Asuma walked them away. The senseis didn't seem to notice the bags on their backs.
"Well, bye Tenny," Ino said sadly as Asuma walked Neji and Tenten into the library.
"Bye, Ino."
(A/N-Be sure to keep reviewing. This story is almost over. Probably in about six chapters.)