Songs I listened to while writing this: That's Not My Name by The Ting Tings (Katie's voice is so unique!), Shut Up and Let Me Go by The Ting Tings, Calibria 2007 by Enur feat. Natasha (or however you spell her name), Whine Up by Kat DeLuna feat. Elephant Man, This Kiss by Faith Hill, Heartbreaker by Pink. Weird combo, ne?

Well, my Internet isn't shut off yet. That may change soon, but what the heck, right? Trying to type this fast so I can put it up before it does, but I'm sorry if it doesn't get up in time. Scratch all that. My mom made some kind of deal with the phone company. They're gonna keep it on until she can pay it on Monday. Probably bcuz she's preggo with twins and ready to pop lol. In the words of that cashier from Juno, "Her eggo is preggo."

Anyways, to kataang2: I'll try to check it out, but I might not have a chance right now. I will, though! ...it just might be a while.

Trying to get this up soon, guys. Hang with me if I spell something wrong or put the wrong word, okay?

Liz Kilbourn--lol Yes, I kind of formed Sakura from what I would be like if I let my spontanuity(it's actually a word, looked it up!) out in public. My family and close friends think I'm insane, but everyone at school and stuff think I'm really shy and quiet. I just prefer not to talk; does that make me shy? Well, my family knows that I'm not. And my friend Marion thinks I'm weird, but loves me anyway. My other friend Chenoa doesn't think I'm weird at all. This is because she herself is insane. On the last day of school, she yelled out, "FAGGOT!" in the lunchroom and didn't get in trouble...I just shook my head at her and said, "Only YOU would do something like that, Chenoa."

Anywho...SakuraXSasuke121. Aw, thanks. I take your unnecessary praise and take a bow. -bows-

And please don't shove a cookie of death up my ass...that would hurt. A bunch of you just laughed, ne?

Just4Laughs17...Yes, I did get the idea for that Sakura and Sasuke moment where she said, and I quote: "Yeah right. I think you're just scared that no one will like you. So you keep up the cool persona so that people will think you're mysterious, and smart, and sexy--" I DID get the idea from 27 Dresses, though I have not yet seen the movie itself--my mom hasn't paid Netflix yet, so I have to wait!! Saw Juno, though, love that movie soooooooo much! I'm getting off subject. -ahem-

Naruto: I have a question.

Kisa Kisa Yum Yum: What is it, Naruto?

Naruto: What if the Hokey Pokey IS what it's all about?

Kisa Kisa Yum Yum: O.O Whoa...that is so DEEP...

Sasuke: You two are so stupid that I find it amusing.

Sakura: O.O Whoa...that is so DEEP, Naruto...

Sasuke: Hn.

Naruto: Yup, I'm smart. And Kisa Kisa Yum Yum doesn't own me, Dattebayo!

"Good call, Chouji!" Ino told the boy brightly, then scowled back at us.

"I'm not telling you, Ino!" I yelled to her.

She rolled her eyes at me and shouted, "Okay! Fine! Then, at least tell me how you and Sasuke came to be SHARING A BED!"

Shit.

All eyes on the bus locked onto me like heat-seeking missiles, and a fiery blush filled my face until I was sure it resembled a tomato's long lost cousin. I snuck a peek at Sasuke; he looked nonchalant.

"Uh...What are you talking about, Ino?!" I yelled to her with a nervous laugh. "I'm not sharing a bed with Sasuke-kun! What a ridiculous thing to say, really! Ahhahahahahahaha!"

Tenten grabbed the blonde before she could say another word and clamped a hand over her mouth. "Ino, you pig! Don't make up lies about other people! Why would Sakura share a bed with Sasuke?! She's not a slut! She's not some common whore that would sleep with him when she just met him days ago! She's not a skank--"

"That's quite enough, Tenten-chan!" My left eye twitched.

"Oh, right. Gomen nasai. Anyways, Ino, shut up, you pig!!"

"Ino-Pig, that sounds like a good name for her!" I glared at the blonde. 'I'll kill you!' I mouthed to her when everyone else had turned away.

She rolled her eyes and glared up at Tenten. The brunette let her go, and Ino gave a 'humph!' and turned to Shikamaru, who she immediately began badgering.

I sighed in relief and made a mental note to send Tenten a huge box of chocolates when I next got the chance. Then I glanced over at Sasuke.

"Why are you GLARING at me?!" I asked in alarm when I saw that he was, indeed, GLARING at me.

"You told her?!" he hissed so that no one else could hear. "How could you tell her?!"

"Erm, it just slipped out accidentally...no biggie!" I told him brightly, trying to lower my voice. No one seemed to have heard. The only people close enough were Hinata and Naruto, and they were too busy making goo-goo eyes at each other to note our conversation. "Besides, Tenten-chan covered it up. No biggie!" I repeated.

He didn't reply, just crossed his arms over his chest and glared out the window. Now, I'm one of those people that can't take the silent treatment. So, after about two minutes of me just twiddling my thumbs, I slipped across the aisle and into his seat. He didn't even move, but his glare became so hard that I'm surprised the glass didn't crack. "Sasuke-kun?" I said tentatively. He didn't answer. "Sasuke-kun?" I placed a hand on his arm and said his name again.

I was getting a little tired of his silence. Bristling at his indifference, I smacked him on the head; not hard, just enough to get his attention, ya know, like a love tap.

It worked. He turned to face me with that glare. "What do you want?!"

"Stop ignoring me, you big ol' poo-poo head!" I shouted angrily.

Once again, we had the attention of the entire bus. The vehicle swerved slightly, so that I knew that Minato was trying to stare at us, too. Thankfully, he kept his eyes on the road and his ears to us.

Sasuke's expression was incredulous as he asked, "Did you just call me a 'big ol' poo-poo head'?!"

"Hai, I did! What're you gonna do about it, Mr. Stick-Up-The-Ass?!" I shouted.

Then he did something that will confuse and baffle me for years to come. Something that made me stare at him like he'd gone mad.

He laughed.

Yes, I said laughed.

I took the moment to appreciate the sight. His normally stoic façade had crumbled and he was a handsome, happy-looking boy, and I admit it. I stared. He was handsome when he was angry and all, but when he laughed, he was……gorgeous. I fell in love a little more.

I looked around the bus, and everyone else had the same confuzzled look I'm sure that I had on my face. Then I glanced back at my boyfriend; he was still laughing. Now, I'd never seen him laugh like this. It wasn't a chuckle ha ha kind of laugh, or that laugh you laugh when you're nervous or don't get the joke. It was the laugh you laugh when you find something so funny that if you didn't let it out in laughter, you would explode. And that's how he was laughing.

"Uh, Sasuke-kun…..why are you--? What's so--? Huh?" Every time I tried to ask him, when he'd take in a gulp of air, he'd begin laughing again.

Finally, after ten minutes of full-bodied laughter, he quieted down. When his laughter turned into giggles and into hiccups, I said, "Wow. That was so out of character for you…."

He straightened in the seat and shook his head, still smiling, except now it was directed at me. "You make me laugh; 'big ol' poo-poo head'…."

"Okkkkkaaaaaaayyyy…….." I eyed him warily. Maybe he was in the middle of some psychotic breakdown…. "Alright….so, are you still mad at me?"

His answering smile took my breath away--literally. "I can't stay mad at you, no matter how hard I try. You must be a witch or something."

"Yup, that's me. The wicked witch…." But I couldn't help but smile myself. What can I say? He's so cute! I snuggled up to his side and grinned up at him. "Forgiven?"

"Forgiven." He kissed me on the top of the head and slid his arm around me, pulling me harder against his side.

"Awwwww!" Everyone on the bus said this in unison, even Ino-Pig. Yes, I will call her that now.

Naruto, who was sitting in Hinata's seat with her, followed suit and hugged her to him. She flushed prettily, but I noticed how she snuggled closer to him with a shy smile. My chest swelled with pride. My shy little girl was growing up. Sniff.

The rest of the bus ride was spent like that. Me, sitting beside Sasuke, holding his hand. Occasionally, he'd press another kiss to my hair, and I would smile and my fingers would squeeze his. In fact, I wasn't even aware of the time passing until the bus lurched to a sudden stop. Sasuke and I each went flying forwards and hit the seat back in front of us, as did everyone else on the bus. I heard Shikamaru curse; he must have been asleep.

Minato stood and beamed back at us. "We're here!" he announced.

"Already?!" I disentangled myself from Sasuke and stood with difficulty, wincing as my foot, which had been asleep, tingled painfully. (A/N: I hate that….)

Sasuke glanced outside the tinted windows. "Yeah. This is the Uchiha hotel."

"Oh, good! I wanna see it!" I raced to the front of the bus; even I'm not sure how I got up there so fast. I waited for Minato to open the doors, then clambered down the steps.

And halted in my tracks.

"Holy shit balls."

It. Was. Huge.

I mean, the building was, like, sixteen floors. No lie. There was the Uchiha family lollipop--er, I mean, family symbol--in the front of the building above the doors, with their name scrawled across the top. It was painted an elegant beige-gold color that looked pretty, especially with the white sandy beach right beside it.

I felt Sasuke behind me, and he smirked when I turned to him with my jaw open. "Nice, isn't it? Although it's not as big as the one we have in Suna--"

"'Not as big'?! Are you insane?! It's ginormous!"

"That's not even a word."

Hearing Naruto's impatient sigh behind us, I walked forward, pulling Sasuke with me by the hand. "We gotta get our stuff! And then we're gonna go to our rooms! And then we're gonna go to the beach!" Naruto shouted gleefully as he dragged poor Hinata behind him.

"Naruto, it's almost six o'clock. It gets dark fast; we'd be falling around drunkenly in the dark," Sasuke, my ever-so-wonderful boyfriend, pointed out to the blonde.

Naruto pouted, then brightened. "I know! We could have a party! In the hotel!"

"Ooh, what kind of party?! I love parties!" I shouted, then lowered my voice when my ever-so-wonderful boyfriend glared at me. "Like, what kind of party?"

"Well….a we're-at-the-beach party!" Naruto beamed at his own genius. "We'll just, you know, party!"

Ino got off the bus in time to hear him and grinned. "Yeah, we'll have a party! They got sake here, right?"

"We're too young to drink, Ino-Pig," I told her.

She gaped at me. "D-did you just call me a pig?!"

"Well, it suits you, does it not?"

She just smirked and said, "Alright….Billboard Brow."

My left eye twitched as the others laughed. "Bill….board….Brow…?" I repeated, the twitch getting worse.

Sasuke grabbed my arm and steered me to where Naruto and Minato were unloading the luggage. "Alright, don't kill anyone, especially not in front of my family's hotel," he murmured in my ear.

I rolled my eyes and said, "I wasn't going to kill her, Sasuke-kun! They're just silly little names that best friends have for each other! It's just a way to show you care; the way I keep calling you cumquat."

"….did you just call me a cumquat AGAIN?!"

We got our luggage and trudged up towards the front doors of the hotel; I noticed with an "Awww!" that Naruto wouldn't let Hinata carry her own luggage. He carried it for her. Which left Minato to carry his son's crap. Ya know, that guy needs to get LAID. Seriously. (A/N: Just kidding, people. If Minato even TRIED to sleep with another woman besides Kushina, I'd kill him. Personally.)

We finally got inside, and I gazed around me in amazement. It really was nice inside--beautiful, really. And blessedly empty. Like, as in devoid of people. Awesome.

Sasuke strode confidently to the front desk, and I went with him. The receptionist was gorgeous, with long black hair and dark eyes. She wore her make-up perfectly. Her uniform was tight in all the right places. I deemed her as a whore when she batted her lashes at my Sasuke-kun and said, "Uchiha-sama! What a delightful surprise!"

"How is it a surprise? He called yesterday and said he was coming!" I butted in, annoyed at the way she was shamelessly flirting with my Sasuke-kun.

Her name tag said her name was Chiaka. Well, Chiaka (what kind of name is that, seriously?!) spared me a contemptuous glance, then smiled coyly at my Sasuke-kun. "The hotel is all yours, Uchiha-sama. Please, if there's anything you need," At that point, she placed her freshly-manicured hand on his arm, and I bristled, "anything you need, I'd be delighted to assist you."

I grabbed the key she extended to him and said, "Arigato, Chiaka-san. We'll definitely do that. Let's go, Sasuke-kun!" I grabbed my boyfriend by the arm and propelled him to the left.

"Our rooms are this way."

"I knew that!" I swiftly changed directions, going to our right. I could almost feel Chiaka's jealous fury following us.

I hadn't even noticed it when a dozen or so porters arrived to take our luggage; we trailed after them, me wondering what the rooms would like, Sasuke thinking about….perverted things, probably. Room connecting to his my ass.

I heard Naruto gabbing happily to Hinata behind us, and the occasional soft-spoken word from her that the blonde seemed to take pleasure in hearing. I mentally patted myself on the back for my matchmaking skills. Next, Temari and Shikamaru. And maybe Kiba and Ino.

Hm, or Cara and Tomisho. I must find out about their relationship, or if they like each other. And it dawned on me that, besides Cara having amazing taste in clothes, and Tomisho being an ass, even if not a complete one, I didn't know them at all. I resolved to correct this before the weekend was over.

We split up into four different groups. In my group: me, Sasuke, Naruto, and Hinata. Bootiful. Our group (or Team Awesome Alpha Wolf Squadron, as I called us secretly in my head) got into an insanely huge elevator with three porters and went up so many floors that I got dizzy and couldn't count. (Yeah, I got dizzy in an elevator! Don't ask how!)

It finally stopped, and we got out. The hallway was pretty, with lots of doors leading out of it. We stopped at one such door and dropped off Sasuke and his luggage; I waved bye-bye to him, then continued on. The next door, one of the porters put my luggage down, so I figured it must be my room. Said porter pulled out a key, and the others moved on. "Ja nae, Hinata-chan, Naruto!" I called to my friends.

Then the porter unlocked the door and ushered me in. It was so…..so…..awesome. "Whoa…" I breathed out as I studied the room. The walls were painted in a pretty green that looked so cool. There was a tall dresser, a dressing table, two doors, a walk-in closet, and a huge bed. It must have been, like, a King-size or something. The furnishings were down in crème and the same green as the walls, and I beamed around me. My room was so pretty!

One of the doors opened, and Sasuke walked into the room. "Like it?" he asked, smirking at my obvious awe of the brilliance surrounding me.

"Are you for cereal?! Of course! I love it!" I exclaimed, then grinned sneakily. "So, your room really does lead into mine, does it?"

"The great Uchiha Sasuke does not lie," was his reply.

I giggled. "Right. Okay. So, what are we supposed to do now?"

I heard a door shut quietly; the porter must have settled my luggage by the dresser or something, then left. So it was just Sasuke and I, staring at each other. I scratched the back of my neck nervously. "Uh…."

"You know…" He moved closer. "How long has it been since I've kissed you?"

I frowned in concentration as I tried to remember. "Uh…well, we had an uber cool make-out session this morning….then you kissed me on the forehead….so, this morning, I guess, why?"

"Hn, too long." He wrapped his arms around me and pressed his lips against mine. I melted. I mean, who wouldn't? When THE Uchiha Sasuke kisses you, there's nothing else to do except turn into a pile of mush.

After a good one-minute kiss, we pulled apart and I smiled up at him. He was tall, damnit all… "Shouldn't we be unpacking or something?" I asked.

"Probably…." He didn't let go of me. I was secretly pleased.

"No, really, Sasuke-kun, we should unpack and freshen up or something; knowing Naruto, he'll have trashed everything with his big 'party'," I told him dryly.

He sighed and finally released me. "Okay, you're right….I'll be back in here in twenty minutes. Be ready." With that, he stalked back to the door that connected his room to mine, went through it, and slammed it behind him.

I shook my head at his antics, and set about unpacking. It only took me about five minutes; glancing at my watch, I figured I'd have time for a quick shower. So I hopped into the awesomely huge shower and picked my way through the astonishing array of bath products; I could see that I was going to have to take the time to have a leisurely bubble bath while I was here.

After drying off with the softest towel I've ever used, I found a blow dryer underneath the sink; wow, this hotel had everything! I used it, to amazing effects, I might add, then, wrapping myself in the towel, exited the bathroom.

"Gyaaah--! Kami, Sasuke-kun, you scared me!" I glared at him. He was sitting on my bed nonchalantly, just staring at me; just how long had he been waiting?! "How long have you been waiting?!" I asked aloud.

He shrugged. "About five minutes. Are you gonna get dressed, or are you going out in that?" His eyes perused my towel-clad form with amusement. "Very attractive."

"Aw, blow it out your ass!" I went over to the closet and surveyed my clothing; studying the outfits for a moment, I chose a long-sleeved dark green shirt and a silky black skirt with long tendrils that swayed around my legs. Oh yeah. I would so totally rock. I pulled a black bra and matching panties out of the dresser and glared at Sasuke. He was still sitting there. "Uh, do ya mind? I gotta get dressed!"

"No, I don't mind. Go ahead."

I wanted to throw something at him; I settled for giving him a haughty glare. "Out. Now. I'll be ready in five!"

He stood from my bed with a shrug and slouched over to the door. "Alright, alright. Just hurry."

When he'd left, I sighed and swiftly put on my outfit. I was right. I totally rocked. I kept my hair down and free around my shoulders and pulled on a pair of black flats. Staring at myself in the mirror above the dressing table, I thought about putting make-up on, then decided against it. If we did end up going outside, I didn't want to get all sweaty and have it run down my face. Urgh, gruesome.

I slipped the key the porter had left into my bra (the only place I had to store things in) and left the room, locking it behind me. Sasuke was waiting, somewhat impatiently, outside the door. I hadn't noticed before that he'd changed into a pair of black slacks and a long-sleeved black shirt. Kami, he looked so handsome. "All ready to go?" I asked cheerfully. He mumbled something, and steered me towards the elevator.

We rode down, and I even found myself humming some dreadful song coming from the walls; strange, alien elevators….strange…. Sasuke definitely needed to get someone to change the music in there. It almost put me to sleep.

The bell dinged, and the doors opened. And I was greeted by a sight I did NOT want to see.

Karin, the red-headed bitch from Hell. With two ugly, evil henchmen. Wearing slutty clothes. With a wide, evil smile on her face. "Sasuke-kun! Aren't you glad to see us?!"

Warning: Sakura may punch you. Be prepared.

Ouch. My chest hurts…..well, it is 4:30 AM here….yeah, I need to go to bed….

Hey, did anyone read Naruto Shippuden, Manga Chapter 421? I was ready to kill Karin right then and there--but, alas, she's on paper. Or, in this case, on my computer screen. -sighs- Well, enjoy the chapter.

Oh, and I've been in a real music rut. I love music, really, I do, but I want MORE. MORE AND MORE MUSIC, MUWAHAHAHAHA! -coughs- Sorry. So, if you have a favorite song, please, share it. I might not have heard it before. Or, if you think that there's a song and/or artist that I would like, holler it to me. And I will…..listen to it. Nyah. Ciao!