An: Hi everyone. It took a while to write this one since I had so many things to put in but had no idea how to word it. Well, I clearly found a way ^_^
Anyways, I would really like to thank everyone for their support regarding that bitch comment. I really appreciate the encouragement.
As promised, the next chapter. Again I do apologise that it took so long. I will be focusing mainly on this story for the time being. I really want to finish it before going back to work on the rest of my stories. On assumption, there will be another two maybe three chapters left so bare with me a little longer.
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Chapter 11
Wedding Week: Day 5
PARTY Time
The blankets had been long acquainted with the floor and the sheets barely clung to the bed. Naruto snuggled closer to his pillow, holding it as though it were the love of his life, with a puddle of drool just below his mouth
"Ramen, I love you baby," Naruto mumbled in his sleep.
"Hehe…" a chuckle from the side came.
The figure that had chuckled was met with a fist to the head and a glare from the other occupant.
The figure that had punched his companion scoffed at just how vulnerable the Kyubi vessel was. Anyone could kill him at this moment and there wouldn't even so much as be a scuffle.
Motioning for his companion, the pair picked up each end of the sheet beneath Naruto and carried him out of the room without even so much as a sweat.
Mission accomplished.
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Naruto became aware that there was something severely wrong when he started to shiver. Even without the blankets, the aircon system should have at least been on to prevent to chill that was still present in Konoha during its last burst of warmth before winter.
Snuggling closer to his pillow and chalking it up to forgetting to close the window the previous night, Naruto was about to doze back off to sleep until-
-SPLASH-
"WHAT THE HELL!"
Naruto swam to the surface of whatever the hell he was in only to find all of the guys having a good laugh.
"Ah, you should see your face Naruto!" Kiba managed between laughs.
Using his chakra to pull him up to the top of the water, Naruto had a pout on his features. "What was that for you jerks?"
"Oi, Sasuke," Neji smirked from the side. "Dry the idiot off."
Sasuke smirked before performing a set of hand signs that were all too familiar to Naruto.
"Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu."
"GAH!"
Naruto just barely managed to jump out of the way of the fireball. Turning to yell at them, Naruto almost had a heart attack when they decided to use him as a live target.
"Survive the next three hours of training and we'll treat you to a late breakfast," Sasuke yelled after him.
"Naruto-kun, prepare yourself," Lee appeared in front of him. "You must prove that you are worthy of Hinata's youthfulness."
"I should have gone drinking with obaa-chan," was all Naruto managed before training began.
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Hinata woke to the light bounces on her bed as several people plopped themselves around her. Recognising the different chakra signatures, she smiled and opened her eyes to see the friends.
"Ohayo Hinata," Ino smiled.
"The guys have already abducted Naruto so we have the house to just us girls," Sakura said.
"And that means that your bachelorette party officially begins here," Tenten announced.
Hinata pulled her body up to a sitting position and nodded. The next thing that she knew; she was sitting on the couch in the lounge, surrounded by most of her friends and female cousins.
"Welcome to the Naruto Chronicles," Tenten introduced after a while. "You will learn tactics of how to tame Uzumaki Naruto. Hilarity is ensured to occur. Please do not refrain from laughing."
"Alright," Ino stood in the centre of the room with one of those boards used to explain battle strategies and pointer in hand. "There are several tactics that we must ensure that you are equipped with before marriage."
Hinata had to refrain a giggle at Ino's military approach in her pink polka dot pyjama pants and tank top with bunny slippers.
"You must remember everything or this mission will be a failure," Sakura stood next to Ino, a pointer in her hand as well and dressed similarly in baby blue.
"Temari," Ino called. "Initiate manoeuvre thirteen."
The dirty blonde nodded and stood, forming her stance, she transformed into Naruto, clad in boxers and a black sleeping shirt. His frog sleeping cap was picked up from the table off the side and placed upon her head.
"Tenten," Sakura nodded at the brunette.
Tenten stood and grabbed the bag next to her. Emptying out the contents, Hinata was shocked to see all of the empty ramen cartons falling out.
"Now Hinata-chan," Sakura spoke. Hinata noticed that the strategy board behind her had been turned to display graph 13. "This is how things must be handled."
"Yes, pay close attention or else," Ino threatened. She nodded at Hanabi who stood and took her position and transformed into Hinata.
"Ohayo Hinata-chan," Temari spoke in a sleepy Naruto-like manner.
"N-Naruto-kun," Hanabi stuttered.
Okay so this was role play…kinda…
"Is there ramen for breakfast?"
"H-Hai."
"Stop," Sakura ordered. "Now this is how you DO NOT do things."
"This," Ino smacked her pointer at the graph, "is how you do things."
"NARUTO!" Hanabi yelled.
"H-Hai Hinata-chan?"
"What the hell do you think you are doing leaving ramen cartons lying everywhere! Pick everything up slave."
"H-Hai master. I promise it will never happen again."
Temari dropped to her knees and began to pick up the cartons.
"It better not or else you will be severely punished."
"H-hai. My greatest apologies master."
"And that is how you handle the situation," Ino stated. "Zero filth tolerance."
Sakura nodded her head in agreement despite the hilarity of the situation. Soon the entire room burst out laughing at the thought of Hinata having to punish Naruto.
"If you thought that was funny, manoeuvre twenty will have you in stitches," Tenten promised.
This would definitely be a good morning.
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Naruto lay panting on the river bank. He had just barely managed to survive the three hour training session with the guys. He thanked Kami that Gaara had business to attend to or else he might have been in some serious trouble.
"Are you still alive Naruto-kun?" Lee asked.
"Dickless should be alive because we all held back," Sai stated with a smile.
"Eff you guys," Naruto muttered.
Given the severe handicap that Naruto was facing, they had decided to hold back instead of going all out or else Naruto might have either used the Kyubi or worse, been too battered to be healed in time for the wedding.
"Oi, blondie," Kiba yelled.
Naruto titled his head to see what he wanted only to be met with the sight of Akamaru sitting next to him with a familiar wad of orange and black. Blinking a few times, Naruto tried to remember why the now spit soaked wad looked so familiar.
And then it clicked…
"GAAAAHHH!" Naruto jumped up and pulled at the wad. "Give me my clothes and stop drooling on them!"
Akamaru growled and the pair began to have a match of tug-of-war. Clearly Akamaru was winning since he had begun to drag Naruto as he pulled back.
"Should we warn him?" Sasuke asked Neji.
"He'll find out soon enough," the Hyuga said with a smirk.
And sure enough, a few second later a rather loud –SPLASH– echoed through the training grounds followed by a drowning blond.
"Not again!" Naruto managed between gasps of oxygen when he surfaced.
Taking pity on the blond, Sasuke walked over to the lake and pulled Naruto out –read threw out onto the training field. "Usuratonkachi."
"Thanks teme," Naruto smiled his Colgate smile. "Wait! My clothes!"
Sasuke rolled his eyes when the blond jumped back into the lake to fish his clothes out. What a waste of energy and time.
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"Mendokusei," Shikamaru groaned as he lugged the bags towards the training field.
Having opted to laze around rather than partake in the morning's training session, he was unfortunate enough to be stuck getting the food while everyone gave Naruto hell in the last few minutes of training.
The delicious scent of food wafted through the air from the bags he was holding and it only served to make his task even more troublesome since he was starving
As he walked, he noticed the girls just a short distance away from him waiting to be escorted to their brunch reservation. By his guess, they had finished part one of ten in their plan and part two was about to take place.
Ducking behind one of the stalls, he watched as the group walked into the restaurant. He could see Ino in the front with Sakura, clearly holding command in this situation.
Not that he was avoiding her or anything but it was kinda hard to be around Ino when just the day before he was making out with Temari.
The guilt would eat at him faster if he had to be around both of them. Yesterday wasn't supposed to happen and he definitely did not have a thing for Temari but just the thought of getting caught did something for him.
The rest of this wedding week was definitely going to be a bitch.
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Ino and Sakura smiled in approval once everyone had finished eating and was awaiting dessert.
The pair of them had been working on making sure that this was one hell of a party and they had managed to 'acquire' reservations at one of the most prestigious restaurants in the Hidden Leaf Village.
They were seated in the VIP room on the top floor overlooking the magnificent restaurant below. In the room that they were in, there had to be at least six tables seating six at a table and everyone there was ready to spend the day with Hinata and enjoying her bachelorette party.
"Alright everyone," Ino called attention to the front of the restaurant. "Today is Hinata's day of 'All Access.' That means that anything goes and Naruto never has to find out about it or even approve for that matter."
Everyone let out a laugh at this, knowing how protective Naruto was.
"So anyway," Sakura picked up where Ino left off. "There is still a world of things left to do."
"We've already had our morning fun," Ino paused while all of the girls let out a giggle at the memories of this morning's entertainment. "After dessert comes the ultimate game of…PAINTBALL!"
All of the girls erupted into cheers at the sound of shooting paintballs at each other and the promise of good colourful fun.
"But first," Sakura interrupted. "Hanabi, if you would."
Hanabi popped up next to Hinata and placed the traditional bachelorette tiara and veil on her sister's head.
"Just so you know Hinata," Hanabi spoke, "I'm going to be the first one to paint you. You are going down my dearest sister!"
Giggling at her sister's declaration, Hinata couldn't help but wonder what they guys were doing to Naruto.
It couldn't be that bad right?
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"I HATE YOU GUYS!" Naruto yelled.
Kiba stuck his tongue out at the blond that was tied up to the training post and watched as they ate ramen in front of him.
"I'm gonna kill you!" Naruto kicked his legs out in attempt to get free.
"Well this is nostalgic," Kakashi commented as he poofed onto the top of the training post.
"Stuff you Kakashi-sensei," Naruto pouted.
"You're late," Sasuke commented from his seat on one of the tree branches.
"Gomen, gomen," Kakashi apologised. "There was this little old-"
"Uso!" Naruto yelled.
Kakashi chuckled at Naruto's childlike behaviour and wondered how out of all of his students, the blond had been the one to change the most yet managed to stay the same.
A loud grumble came from Naruto's stomach and everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at him.
"GAH! Don't just stare at me! Feed me!" Naruto yelled. "I'm gonna die if I don't eat soon!"
Rolling his eyes at his best friend's antics, Sasuke threw a kunai to cut the rope holding the blond to the post.
As soon as he was free, Naruto dove at the bento box of rice, sweet pork dumplings and vegetable that lay in front of him. Devouring the contents of the box in seconds, Naruto groaned when he realised his food was all gone. Naruto pouted at this and his stomach grumbled at the same realisation.
Taking pity on the blond –he seemed to be doing that a lot lately –Sasuke jumped down and offered him the remains of his breakfast.
Naruto's eyes lit up like a Christmas tree when he saw the offering and he gave Sasuke one of his heart warming Naruto smiles before accepting and eating the bento.
"Be thankful I didn't want ramen or no one would have gotten you something different dobe," Sasuke chuckled at Naruto's overenthusiastic nod.
"You're the best teme," Naruto managed between mouthfuls.
"Hn, I know."
Once all of the guys were finished eating, Lee stood up with determination.
"Now that we have restored our youth with such a youthful meal we can now move onto the youthful games for such a wonderful day in the springtime of our youth!" Lee spoke with sincerity.
"Hey teme," Naruto nudged Sasuke. "What's he talking about?"
"Hn, wait and find out dobe," was all Sasuke had to say.
"I wanna know! I wanna know! I WANNA KNOW!" Naruto bounced up and down.
Neji rolled his eyes at Naruto's behaviour before walking to Lee and speaking to him soft enough for Naruto not to hear. With a nod of his head, Lee was filled with more determination and walked up to Naruto.
"Naruto-kun, shall we have a race to see whether you are deserving or not of Hinata-san's hand in marriage," Lee proposed.
A fire was lit in Naruto's eyes at the mention of a challenge and he completely forgot about bugging Sasuke.
"Yosh!" Naruto got psyched for the upcoming race.
"Then the first one there wins Hinata-san's heart," Lee stated before running off.
Naruto looked as the green beast ran into the distance before realising that he was supposed to be participating and had no idea where they were going.
"WHAT THE HELL!" was all Naruto managed before running after Lee.
Finding it to be more entertaining than what they were presently doing, Kiba ran off after Naruto and Lee leaving the rest of the guys behind.
"Finally," Kankuro sighed in relief, stepping out of the forest and into the clearing. "I thought that he would never leave."
"Are you finished?" Neji asked.
"Well it was difficult to complete given the fact that Naruto almost stumbled into the clearing that we were setting up in but we managed just fine."
Sasuke nodded before glancing over at Kakashi. "And you?"
"I wouldn't be here if I hadn't taken care of everything," Kakashi smiled.
"Why did I let you do this again?"
"Because I am the only one who could do something like this."
"Hn," Sasuke rolled his eyes. "Shikamaru, are you busy with tomorrow's plans?"
"Yes," Shikamaru confirmed. "Everything is on track. If it weren't for Gaara, it would take even longer but everything is projected to be ready by this evening. All that we should have to do tomorrow is a few last minute necessities and we're ready."
"That means that everything for the rest of the day is taken care of," Neji clarified.
A chorus of yeses came from everyone.
"Then let's go meet Lee, Naruto and Kiba."
Everyone nodded before moving in the direction of the shortcut to their destinations.
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Naruto stared at the sight before him before jumping and down in excitement like a child in a candy store.
"You guys are AWESOME!"
"Thank my genius," Kiba smirked while taking all of the credit.
His comment was responded to with several glares and he gave them a wolfish smile in response.
In front of them lay what Kankuro and Chouji had spent the morning preparing - it was a massive smoothed over dirt track with the most extreme twists and turns and bumps and hills that one could imagine. Next to the track lay several boards and the required guards to go dirtboarding.
Naruto ran to an orange board, grabbed all of the gear he needed and ran to the centre of the track, pulling everything on in the process.
"You guys rock!" Naruto yelled before hopping onto his board.
Not allowing Naruto all of the glory of showing off, everyone grabbed a board and guards before joining in the fun.
Sasuke wasn't in a rush and took his time in pulling his guards on. Gazing at Naruto and smirking at the competition that had started between him, Kiba and Lee, Sasuke couldn't help but be thankful for the mini distraction.
It was however short-lived when Gaara and Sai arrived next to him.
"I'm almost finished with everything," Sai reported.
"And Shikamaru is handling everything left for tomorrow," Gaara said.
"Take a break," Sasuke sighed. "Tonight is going to get a little extreme."
"I must ask," Gaara spoke, "how in the world did you allow them to plan tonight?"
"Hn."
"He's moping over Sakura-san," Sai smiled.
-Twitch-
The next thing Sai knew, he was flying down the ramp and into Naruto, Kiba and Lee's competition on Sasuke's board without any guards.
-smirk-
"Idiot," Sasuke smirked at his doppelganger's misfortune.
"Are you and Sakura still not back together?" Gaara asked.
"Buzz kill," Sasuke murmured. "No, we're not back together."He spoke those words a little louder for the Kazekage to hear though he was sure Gaara had heard his earlier comment. Oh well…
"Fix it."
"It's not that easy."
"It is," Gaara gaze off at the guys having fun. "You just need to apologise. Sakura waited for you while you were after revenge. She forgave you then, she'll forgive you now."
"Shut up," Sasuke muttered. "I know I'm an idiot. No need to keep reminding me."
"Tomorrow would be a good time to do something," Gaara added. "That's just my suggestion."
"Aa."
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Ino hummed to herself as she walked to the club they were going to. She was running a little late since her mother had called for her in the middle of the party they were throwing with an emergency.
Despite the emergency being nothing too serious, Ino found herself more relaxed than annoyed as she normally would be.
Today was a good day filled with plenty of fun with her best friends. Her months of planning with Sakura had paid off and tomorrow would make everything revolving around Hinata and Naruto's wedding just perfect.
Turning into one of the side paths that would cut down the amount of time it would take to get to the strip club that she had found for the evening's entertainment, Ino gasped. There, pressed up against the wall was Temari and Shikamaru, lips locked.
Hearing the gasp, Shikamaru pulled away from Temari and was met with tear-filled baby blue eyes.
"Ino…"
"Why Shikamaru?" Ino whispered.
She balled her fists and dropped her chin to prevent him from seeing all of the tears that she was shedding. Her world was shattering and her heart was breaking with each second.
"Ino, I-" Shikamaru started.
"He likes me more blondie," Temari cut in with a smirk.
Ino's eyes narrowed and her tears stopped.
That. Was. It!
"Fuck. You!" Ino screamed and with all of the energy she could muster, she punched the older blonde.
Turning to face Shikamaru, Ino gave him a look filled with anger and resentment.
"Ino-"
"I don't want to hear your excuses Shikamaru," Ino spoke with what dignity she had left. "All I want is for you to stay away from me."
And with that, she turned and ran away from Shikamaru.
Running as fast as her legs would carry her, Ino ran in whatever direction her feet took her. Ignoring the pain from running in pencil heels, Ino continued to run until she ran straight into someone.
Looking up to apologise to whomever, Ino came face-to-face with a battered looking Sai.
Going into full motherly mode, Ino started to pull Sai towards her to get a better look at him. There she saw a couple of tiny cuts and a few bruises that were sure to leave him with angry purple splotches for a while.
"Sai what happened?" Ino asked.
"I said something that offended Sasuke-san and somehow I ended up on a dirtboard and in the middle of a rather Neanderthal competition."
"Your apartment's not too far from here right?" Ino asked without bothering to answer. She had been a Sai fangirl long enough no know where he lived and where he kept a spare key.
(GA: Stalker -.- Ino: Not stalker…potential girlfriend ^_^)
Pulling Sai to his own apartment, Ino held out her hand to take his house key from him before unlocking the door and going inside. She sat him down at the nearest chair before locating the bathroom and finding the first aid kit.
Leaning over Sai, Ino worked on cleaning the cuts that were there before proceeding to heal some of the bruises along his arms.
Whether it was her confused emotions or past emotions, Ino could distinguish but before she knew it, she was leaning in to place a kiss on each of the cuts and bruises on Sai's face, healing him in the process.
Sai, thinking hard about the book that he had recently read detailing a similar scenario, tried to correctly recall what the character in the same position had done.
He didn't have to think long before Ino's lips were on his and they were moving together in what felt like the most natural rhythm in the world.
"Oh right," Sai thought. "The character did something like this too."
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Sakura cringed as she washed the disgusting taste out of her mouth. Gargling and making sure that every inch of her mouth had been cleansed with the mouthwash before spitting and rinsing with some water she groaned.
"Are you alright in there Sakura?" Tenten asked, walking into the bathroom.
"It's supposed to be morning sickness not evening sickness," Sakura complained.
Chuckling at Sakura's complaints, Tenten walked over to her handed her a few tissues to wipe the water off her mouth. Handing Sakura her mini makeup bag and putting away the small bottle of mouthwash, Tenten was content to helping her friend.
"What's it like outside?" Sakura asked as she reapplied her makeup.
"Chaos," Tenten chuckled. "Ino and Hanabi are dirty dancing on one of the tabletops with the strippers. Temari is at the bar with an icepack on her cheek and Hinata is blocking her eyes since the stripper won't accept any bribes she uses to get him away from her."
"I get Ino dancing with the strippers but Hanabi?" Sakura asked.
"Well it seems that the owner of the club's son is the boy she likes and he happens to be working here waiting our tables so she's using one of her thousands of schemes."
"Hehe, Hyuga heartbreaker," Sakura smiled. "How's Ino?"
Tenten thought for a moment before speaking. "Ino's handling it. She's broken about what happened with Shikamaru but for some strange reason, she's handling it better than I thought. I mean, there's no room full of ice-cream and Shikamaru targets."
"Yeah, her last breakup was quite the show," Sakura smiled at the memory."
Tenten smiled as well before getting serious. "The better question is how are you holding up Sakura?"
"I'll be fine."
Tenten didn't miss the sad look that crossed Sakura's face or the forced attempt at smiling.
"Let's go back out into the chaos," Tenten suggested.
"Let's," Sakura smiled in anticipation.
The pair walked out into the booming music, drunken females and the scantily clothed men. Spotting poor Hinata, who was covering her eyes, in the corner, the two made their way to her.
"Hey you," Sakura looked at the stripper that was trying his hardest to get Hinata to look at him. "Leave her alone."
"But the blonde on stage said that the quiet one really like this stuff."
"Go," Sakura ordered, offering him a few bills in compensation.
"But-"
Tenten smiled a deadly smile and pulled out a kunai. "Go, take the money and run before I use this on you and not in a kinky way either."
Fearing for his life, the male grabbed the money and ran as far away from the crazy females. Nothing was worth that!
"Th-thanks guys," Hinata spoke, her face bright red.
"Might as well rescue one friend tonight," Sakura muttered while looking at Ino's rather interesting on stage display.
"Mou," one of other girls said from behind them. "I wish that Neji-kun and Sasuke-kun were stripping instead. They are soooo much hotter. Even that Shikamaru guy."
"Hell Hinata gets to see Naruto-kun strip whenever," another one spoke.
Tenten turned to face them and her face shone with the desire to kill. "You were saying what about my boyfriend and my friend's boyfriends?"
The girls freaked out and ran off to the other side of the club.
Sakura sighed and spoke calmly to Tenten. "Your boyfriend, Hinata's fiancé and Ino and my exes. Though if I were still dating Sasuke, they would be floor rugs by now."
Tenten and Sakura grinned at the thought before making an attempt to join the fun before the night was over.
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"MY EYES! MY POOR VIRGIN EYES!" Naruto yelled, eyes covered and huddled in a corner.
"Virgin? Wahahahaha! You haven't slept with Hinata yet! Wahaha," Kiba rolled on the floor from laughter.
He was stopped when Neji dealt him a swift kick to the gut and gave him a glare that reminded him not to dare say anything about Hinata lest he want to leave in a body bag.
"Virgin's a little much dobe," Sasuke rolled his eyes at the blond in the corner. "Your godfather is a porn writer who practically lives in brothels. You had to have at least seen something before."
"I never looked," Naruto shook his head violently.
"Idiot," Sasuke sighed.
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"My original plan," Kiba spoke, "was to go to Ame and go to thee most awesome Icha Icha bar there. Of course Sasuke was a total kill joy and mention the time it would take to get there and back. So instead we're going to some place just as good."
"An arcade?" Naruto asked full of hope.
"No," Kiba shot that idea down there and then. "We're going to the sister Icha Icha bar that is an exact replica of the one in Ame. Isn't that fantastic? It's got everything there to experience everything to the max."
And that's how they ended up in their current situation with Naruto in a corner covering his eyes.
"Can I interest you in some fun sexy?" a near naked lady asked Gaara, pressing up to him.
Gaara's eyes went wide and he magic'ed his favourite cute baby blue teddy bear and held it to his body. Gaara decided that Naruto had the right idea and found his own corner to huddle in. "There's nothing to be afraid of. Your eyes won't burn out Teddy-chan."
"Well this idea was a total bust," Kankuro pointed out.
"I dunno what you're talking about man!" Kiba jumped into the pool of males that were trying to gain the female on stage for the night.
"How'd you let him talk you into this?" Neji asked Sasuke.
"Hn," was all the Uchiha managed. He had no idea himself as to how this had happened.
"What an interesting display of youthfulness!" Lee exclaimed. "I must take notes and ask Gai-sensei about this youthful display later."
Neji, Sasuke and Kankuro sweatdropped at the Gai-clone's naivety.
"Let's get out of here," the Hyuga prodigy suggested. "Kankuro get Gaara. Uchiha get Naruto. I'll bring Lee."
Nodding in agreement, the three split to go and find their charges. Pulling Naruto by his jacket collar, Sasuke beat away all of the females that were trying to strip the pair of them and pushed his way out of the club.
"Teme, you're the best," Naruto praised his best friend.
"Hn," Sasuke dragged the blond away and found a quiet spot to wait for the others.
After a while, the other four appeared – Neji dragging a protesting Lee who was yelling something about wanting to document the youthful display to question Gai-sensei later and Kankuro pulling a traumatised Gaara and his teddy bear.
Reaching a silent decision, the three pulled their respective charges to the nearest food stall and ordered something to eat.
"Ignoring the last hour," Naruto spoke. "You guys really planned an awesome day. Thanks guys."
"Shut up and eat your food dobe," Sasuke ordered with a smirk.
Today was quite fun after all. Wondering what the girls had gotten up to for a moment, Sasuke decided that he didn't want to know. He had more fun with his best friend today than he had in a long time despite the constant reminders of how much of an idiot he was. Everything else could wait a little longer. He was going to enjoy the rest of the evening messing with Naruto's head and psyching him out before the wedding.
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~ Simone ^_^