Wow, that 7th Harry Potter book is good! I still didn't finish it yet, I'm only at chapter 10 or something :p Don't spoil it for me! Don't tell me who dies in the end! Ok, I know it's not Harry cause I read the last sentence in the book lol. Sorry if that spoiled it for you guys… hehe…. Anyways, I'm reading that book so that's why I haven't been updating that often.

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"Ouch," said Shikamaru's familiar voice as he plugged his ears.

"Shika!!" Ino screeched, "You gave me a heart attack!!"

"Sorry."

Ino frowned.

Shikamaru looked her up and down. "Nice dress."

Ino blushed. "You like it?"

"Yeah."

Ino, flattered that Shika liked her dress, ran into the change rooms and got changed.

"Do you like my dress, Neji?" Ten-Ten asked with a sweet smile.

"No," was Neji's reply.

Ten-Ten looked shocked and she stared at her bare feet. "Oh."

"I don't like the dress alone but… on you, you look amazing," Neji smirked.

Ten-Ten looked up again, her eyes sparkling, "Really?"

"Yeah, even without all that makeup and junk."

Ten-Ten, her eyes still sparkling, ran into her change room.

"Do girls ever make any sense?" Shikamaru asked Neji once both girls were in the change rooms.

"Sometimes."

Once the girls were finished shopping for dresses, the gang met up at the food court. It was four o'clock.

"I'm starved!" Ino said as she plopped down on a chair.

The others joined her at the same table. "Aren't you going to eat at home soon?" Lee asked.

"Nope. I asked my mom if I could eat out with you guys. We are eating out… right?"

"Sure. Tsukiko's staying at her university overnight so I can stay out for as long as you want me to," Akira said.

"Great!! Anyone else eating with us?" Ino asked.

Everyone just nodded. "So let's get something to eat already!" Sakura said in a whinny voice.

They bought some food from the food stalls and had their supper. The guys were still getting their food. While the girls were in the middle of eating, a boy from school named Hiroto walked up to where they were sitting. He had black, short hair. He was quite handsome.

"Hey, Sakura," Hiroto said.

"Umm, hey," Sakura replied.

"Did you want to go to that amusement park in mall with me?" There was a small amusement park inside the mall. It included a roller coaster (which was quite big) and other small rides.

Sakura looked unsure. She was kind of already going out with Lee. She couldn't just ditch him like that! She looked over at the other girls, who were giving her a look that told her not to do it.

"Sorry. I'm kinda eating with my friends right now."

"Couldn't you hurry to finish up so we could go?" Hiroto asked impatiently.

"Excuse me?" Sakura sounded cross. This guy was such a jerk! "No, I can't hurry up and finish just for you. I'm not in a huge hurry to go out with a jerk like you."

Hiroto looked taken aback, then he glared at her. "Fine. Who cares anyways, it's not you're pretty anyways."

Now Sakura was pissed. She stood up and was about to knock the wind out of him when the guys came back with their food.

"Hey, what's wrong Sakura-chan?" Lee asked.

"This jerk won't leave me alone!" Sakura told Lee.

"Oh, so you're going out with fussy brows here?" Hiroto said. "Well, if you were interested in ugly guys, why didn't you just say so?"

Sakura nearly jumped on Hiroto to pummel him but Akira and Ten-Ten got up to stop her.

"That must make you pretty low-class since such a pretty girl chose me over you," Lee said with a smirk on his face.

Hiroto charged at Lee but Lee flipped him. When he got up, he glared at them and walked away silently.

"Jerk," Sakura mumbled. Then she turned to Lee and jumped on him to give him a hug, "Thank you soo much Lee-kun!!"

Lee, who was proud of himself, returned the hug. "He doesn't deserve you anyways."

"So cute!" Ino said as she stared at Sakura and Lee hugging. Everyone was eating away happily when all of a sudden, Akira jumped and ducked her head under the table.

"What are you doing down there?" Sasuke asked as he looked at Akira's half hidden head.

"Hiding, duh!"

"…From what exactly?"

"Him" Akira said as she peeked out from under the table.

"Who?"

"That guy! The one walking alone with the sunglasses in his hands!!"

"Why are you hiding from him?" Hinata asked as she too looked down at Akira.

"Because!"

Naruto turned around to look at the boy that Akira was hiding from. "Oh."

""What? Who is it?" Ten-Ten demanded.

"Akira ex. Ryuu."

"Never heard of him. Does he go to Konoha High?" Ino asked.

"No. He's supposed to live in Hiroshi village."

"So…. Why is he here again?"

Naruto shrugged, "I don't know."

"Why are you hiding from your ex? You really shouldn't be doing that, Akira. It means you're not over him."

"Exactly," Akira hissed from under the table. "We only broke up a bit before I left the village!!"

The girls exchanged looks of understanding.

"Why'd you brake up?" Sakura asked.

"Well, he was amazing and all, and I loved him a lot but… he kinda dumped me…"

"Why??" Ino demanded.

"For another girl…"

The girls looked completely shocked. The guys were just going to stay out of this. But Sasuke was a little interested.

"How could he??" Ino exclaimed. "I mean, you're like, so pretty and everything. And you're so much fun to hang around with, how could he dumb you for another girl??"

"He said that he wanted to give it a shot with that other girl. Then he just left me."

"So sad…" Hinata said.

"Yeah. I'm going to go over there and teach him a lesson!!" Ino said as she got up.

Akira got out from under the table and grabbed Ino's arm to stop her. "No, Ino!"

"Why not? He totally deserves it."

"I know but…" Akira was cut off because Ryuu had spotted her. He flashed her a smile and Akira blushed and sat down.

Sasuke saw this blush and immediately took action. "You still like him?"

"No! He's such a jerk for dumping me like that!" Akira exclaimed.

"Then why did you blush?"

Akira looked so guilty. Like someone who had just been caught for murder. "I told you… I'm still not over it."

Sasuke looked pissed off. He got up and went somewhere. God knows where.

Akira's face dropped. "I didn't mean it like that…"

Everyone was just looking at her and then Sakura stood up. "Come on, Akira! Let's go get Sasuke back here!"

"But he's so mad at me."

"Why do you think he's mad at you?"

Akira thought for a second, "Because he thinks that I still like…. Or love Ryuu…."

"So what are you going to tell him when we go find him?"

"That I don't care about Ryuu anymore."

"And….?"

"And that…. He means a lot to me."

"Who, Ryuu or Sasuke?"

Akira gave her a weird look, "Sasuke, duh!!"

"So kawaii!" Ino exclaimed. "I have to see this, let's go!!"

The other girls got up as well to go find him. "Aw!! Can't we finish eating first??" Naruto complained.

"Come on," Neji said as he dragged Naruto away from the table.

The gang spit up in groups of two (one with three people) to go search for Sasuke. The mission was to find him, bring him to Akira, drag him if necessary, and have Akira tell him that she was sorry.

It was a simple mission, but who knows what will happen with the ever-stubborn Sasuke. Some of you know how stubborn he can be from the newest manga updates on-line…

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Ok, that's chapter 21!! Harry Potter…. Very interesting…. Anyways, I'll try to update the next chappy ASAP ('as soon as possible' for those that don't know that…). Got this amazing new song, it's called 'Wake up Call' by Marron 5. It's sooo cool!!! I love it!! But I doubt that it'll be in my story lol.