Meh. Here's the next chapter, and sorry for taking so long. I know it's late, but Happy New Year, and Happy Holidays!
Disclaimer: Maya-chan2007 does not own Naruto, nor does she own the franchise known as Sea World. She also doesn't own any ramen stands, nor does she own any race horse derbies. That's about it, I think.
This means regular whatever's going on and dialogue.
This means thoughts, emphasis, spray paint, and Sakura's thoughts.
This means Inner Sakura.
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After the ramen shop, Sakura took the kids, as per Lee's request, to the race horse derby. When they entered, Hinata, Shino, and Kiba's eyes went wide in shock at what people were making the horses do, such as run around a race track for profit.
For the entire time that they were there, the three of them were huddled next to each other, muttering under their breath. Frankly, it was starting to scare people, particularly some of the other patrons who were seated around them.
Near the end of the derby, with Tenten for some inexplicable reason 5,000 yen richer, Sakura leaned over to tell Hinata, Shino and Kiba that they would be leaving soon. When she did, Sakura overheard one of them, who sounded just like Hinata, say, "So when we leave here, we call PETA to set up a sting operation to get these S.O.B.'s, right?"
As soon as Sakura heard this, she quickly gathered up the teenagers, Tenten saying, "Yes, jackpot!", and shooed everyone out.
When they were out, some of the kids turned around to protest, but the look that Sakura gave them clearly said Ask me at your own risk. When they saw that, they shrugged and continued onward.
When they got to the bus stop that would take them home, they stopped short upon sight of the bus. Written in spray paint on the side was, Stupid Old Lady! Hag! Job Stealer!
"Why would someone have something against an old lady?" Ino asked, confused. That seemed to be the general consensus for everyone, except for Sakura, who was laughing silently, but still hard, over what was written.
"Don't know. Something about a job stealer?" Kiba answered.
"How pathetic do you have to be to get your job stolen by some old lady?" Naruto asked. That just made Sakura laugh harder, and this time the adopted teenagers noticed, asking her what was wrong with their expressions. Sakura just motioned with her hands to get onto the bus.
Apparently, the old lady who was driving the bus didn't know that someone had vandalized the side of it. Instead, she greeted them when they got on as if nothing had happened.
Since it was approaching night time, the old lady drove even slower than she did before. Sakura started banging her head on the seat in front of her, and only stopped when Hinata, Naruto, Gaara and Lee pulled her back and made her stop.
To pass the time, and to keep Sakura busy so she wouldn't try to hurt herself again, everyone started talking about their day, and what everyone's favorite part of the day was.
Gaara's, Shino's, Hinata's, and Lee's favorite parts were when they were able to go to the places the wanted to go to. Tenten's was the derby, for various reasons. Since his two closest friends, one being his girlfriend, liked the derby best, Neji decided that it was his fate to like it best as well. Ino's favorite place was Sea World, and since that was where his girlfriend and best girl friend liked best, Kiba had to agree that that was where he liked best. Shikamaru thought it was all troublesome, and Choji's was the same as Naruto's-the ramen stand. Kankuro's favorite was the video game store, especially when Lee and Naruto got kicked out. Temari's favorite was the record store, though it might have been because she found an old classics c.d. there.
By the time they got home, it was a quarter 'till midnight. Everyone shuffled their way to their respective rooms, even Naruto to tired to say more than 'dattebayo' to everyone as a good night.
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"-And that's what happened today. I'm actually surprised that you were still up, considering how late it is," Sakura said, finishing her story of what had happened, along with her tea.
"Eh, I have no life. I was up already, throwing needles into one of my voodoo dolls of people I don't like," Kin explained. Sakura giggled.
"Well, I don't want to keep you up from your fun, and I'm about to fall asleep sitting up," Sakura said, interrupting herself with a yawn, "-so why don't we call it a night?"
"Sounds good to me," Kin said, getting up and gathering up their tea supplies. "By the way, breakfast is going to be at eight-thirty tomorrow, since we're probably going to sleep in." Kin called over her shoulder as she closed the door behind her.
Sounds good to me… Sakura thought to herself as she snuggled into her rather large bed.
Me too… Inner Sakura replied. Outer Sakura didn't hear, however, because she was already asleep.
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So, that was this chapter. And I hate to say it people, but yes, this was a filler chapter. Sorry. But, hey, look on the bright side, at least this little story-thing within the bigger story-thing is complete! Yay! And now, a little teaser to help you look forward to the next chapter-Itachi and Kisame may make an appearance! So, please look forward to that, and please review!