Disclaimers: Naruto don't belong to me.
This story is about Sakura, Ino, Hinata, Tenten, Temari, Matsuri, Karin as best friends doing the craziest of things that friends would do together. Couples are Sasuke and Sakura, Ino and Sai, Naruto and Hinata, Tenten and Neji, Shikamaru and Temari, Gaara and Matsuri, Karin and Suigetsu.
A/N: Ok so I was gonna update before this but the day I was free to do so I got sick like so sick could not even move without help but I'm better now and free so here's your update and I hope you guys enjoy this :)
BTW there would be two more chapters after this look out for those I'm already working on the next one and for the last one it'll be a epilogue chapter so yea, if you guys have any suggestions on what you'd like the epilogue to be like let me know in a review or pm me :)
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"Hmmm, hello."
"Sakura_chan."
"...Yea."
"It's Naruto, can you come outside for a second?"
"Naruto? It's three in the morning what do you want?"
"I want to talk to you about something important."
"Important...wait is Hinata ok?"
"Yes Sakura_chan, she is."
"Oh, um...I'd be down in a second then." Sakura sat up in the dark room and rubbed her eyes. She swung her legs of the bed and grabbed a jacket that was on her bed post. For Naruto to come over this early in the morning to talk means something is bothering him.
Sakura yawned as she opened the door and peeped outside, there he was standing near her mailbox. She motioned him over and opens her door wide enough for him to enter. She didn't want to be outside this early in the morning, the place was chilly and a bit creepy. He look as if he hadn't gotten any sleep, which was odd, Naruto loved his sleep time. Almost as much he loved ramen, how else would he be as energetic as he was?
"What's the matter Naruto?" He looked up at her with fear in his eyes, this made her mind go crazy with assumptions, and you'd never be able to know the kind of trouble the blonde could get into.
"Did you sell your soul to the devil Naruto? Did you get Hinata Pregnant? Did you burn down K.H.S? You killed someone didn't you, did you?" She began shaking him for answers; he grabbed her hands to stop the shaking.
"Sakura_chan, I didn't do any of those things, I'm just worried." With that said the pinkette took in a deep breath and relaxed. "You're crazy on mornings, you should drink some coffee."Sakura rolled her green eyes, she knew she wasn't to be blamed for her actions.
The last time Naruto came to her this early in the morning was because he thought the police was after him because he broke a store window.
"What's this early morning visit about then?" Naruto frowned once more; he leaned back on the couch and folded his hands at the back of his head.
"Results come out today, right?" Sakura did a mental check and her eyes widened.
"Shit! I forgot about that; don't tell me you think you'd get low scores." He shook his head, no.
"I'm afraid I won't be able to get into a collage." Before she could say another word a knock on her door was heard.
"Hold on." She left Naruto in her living room and raced over to the door, she didn't want to wake her parents. "Yes." She opens the door to see Karin standing there in a shorts and an over-size sweater. "Karin, what are you doing here at this time, dressed like that?" Karin didn't wait for an invitation and entered the house.
"Today results come out Sak's, what if I don't get into college, I mean...Naruto, what are you doing here?" Karin spun around to look at Sakura.
"Naruto's here for the same reasons as you. Don't you two have other friends besides me?" Sakura followed the two into her living room.
"Your house is the closes to mines, Sasuke doesn't count, and that bastard will kick me out before I could explain myself." Karin pushed Naruto's legs off the couch and took a seat as she spoke.
"I agree, that bastard would kick me out as well, besides I'm use to coming over at your place anyways." Naruto placed his legs on Karin top only have them thrown off.
"That bastard is my boyfriend so be careful to what you're saying or he'd hear about this, anyway, it's only fear in your mind you guys besides, I'm sure you worked your butts of studying for this exams."
Both blonde and redhead looked at the pinkette, they both knew they could depend on Sakura to ease their trouble minds. So they sat quietly as she began talking about how hard they have been working and about all the effort they have put into this. And just like that she was erasing their worries.
000
Neji and Hinata sat quietly as Tenten pacing back and forth in their kitchen talking about what she intend to do with her future, when Tenten got nervous she'd talk non-stop and pace at times. "I mean it's not that bad working as a prostitute right, I have a sexy body. Ino could teach me how to use make-up to my fullest. Hinata you would be my manager for free right."
Neji lightly glared at the brunet in front of him. "Yea." Hinata agreed without thinking, what can she say it was early in the morning and she was half sleeping right now.
"Great." Tenten beamed.
"Hinata!" Neji scold.
"I mean no Tenten you don't have to be a p-p-p..." Tenten frowned.
"It's ok Hina you don't have to help, I still love you." Tenten assured the girl.
"Like hell I'd let you be a prostitute." Tenten stopped in her tracks and began laughing loudly.
"Who says you have a say in this, I mean, ahhhhh, I don't know what I mean anymore." Tenten dropped onto an empty stool near the counter and propped her head on her hands.
"Tenten, you'd do very well, you're always like this and then when you get your results you do great as always so calm down." Hinata reached over Neji to pat her friends back, as always Tenten had stayed over for the night.
And early this morning she got up and began panicking. Hinata herself was a bit worried about her results, she hope she'd be able to please her father.
000
"I spend my money on the regular miracles. Just like you, like me, like everybody else." Temari sang along to the song that was playing on the radio. She was getting ready for the day and what else can get you in the mood to face the day, music of course. She was currently in her kitchen getting breakfast ready for Gaara and herself. "When it gets loud, I turn it up. Shake it like a bad girl up in Harlem!"
When she heard this sound she'd end up dancing around and this is exactly what she was doing. Temari knew today result was coming out but she refuse to be a downer about it. She'd spend time with her friends and be as positive as ever. She knew she'd get a pass but wasn't sure on how high it'll be.
Moving suddenly had put her off her studying, plus she hadn't plan on making this much friends and a boyfriend to. She was expecting to be a loner till she graduated and freshly started collage. But she liked the way things had turned out. "Makin a movie on the couch with a flip phone. Just like you, like I, like fingers in your mouth!"
'New Politics- Harlem' was by far one of her favourite sound, she had it on replay on her phone whenever she went out for a run on mornins.
"Temari! Do you have to be this loud this morning? Anyway phone for you!" Gaara scolded at her and walked over to get breakfast.
"No thanks or good morning. Who's it?"
"If you didn't have the radio playing so loud you'd know. Your cell phone was ringing upstairs as well." Gaara informed his sister while turning down the stereo set.
"Hello? Good morning." Temari answered, their house phone never really rang, so she wasn't sure who it could be.
"Temari! I've been calling your freaking cell phone! What the hell were you doing! Anyway...later today the gang would meet up at school and collect results together, you and Gaara up for it?" It was Ino who had call, Temari glanced over at Gaara.
"Yea we'd be there, what time?" She knew Gaara wouldn't mind meeting with the others, besides Matsuri would be there so he'd defiantly go. "Ok, I'd see you there, Ino." Temari waited for Ino to hang up before putting down the phone.
000
Matsuri stood at the front gate with RockLee, Kiba, Suigetsu, Jugo and Ino. They were waiting for the others to arrive. "Don't worry Kiba, if you don't get through this time around I'd pay you to be my man servant till you pass." Ino and Kiba were at it as usual.
"Same goes for you Ino, you'd be my maid." Kiba was flirting again.
"I bet Karin's keeping back Sasuke and Sakura, she's always taking long to get ready." Suigetsu was telling Jugo this since Lee and Matsuri was taking about Tenten being too nervous to come get her results.
"Hey guys!" Temari called out to the group. "How long have you been here?" She was with Gaara, Tenten, Choji and Shikamaru.
"Not that long." Matsuri greeted them with a smile and Gaara with a small hug. Just then Neji, Hinata and Shino came out of the Huyga's personal car.
"Hey guys." Hinata greeted and looked around. "Naruto isn't here yet." She mumbled to herself but Kiba heard and began teasing the girl about it.
"I should have brought a jacket." Matsuri rubbed her hands together, the place was cold out.
"Here." Gaara took of his jacket and placed it around his girlfriend.
"Thanks, but you'd be cold." The red head shock his head, this was his way of telling her don't worry about it.
As the group broke out in small chit-chat, Sakura and Sasuke showed up hand in hand alongside them were Sai, Karin and Naruto. "We're all here let's get a move on..." Ino spoke but no one moved, their nerves were getting the best of them.
"Um...do we have to go in now...?" Naruto laughed sheepishly, he began rubbing the back of his neck.
"Come on Naruto_kun, I'd be there with you let's go in." Hinata held his hand for support and smiled at him.
"Your right Hinata, we're all here for each other." Matsuri said with confidence rolling of her with her words, and then she held Gaara's hand and tugged him.
"Yea let's go." Temari held Shika's hand as well as Gaara's and they walked in; everyone else followed in slowly and saw other students hanging around awaiting their results and wishing each other good luck.
000
The group found themselves at their hangout spot, on the school's roof. They were deciding how to open and tell their results. "Ok how about we do the straw picking thingy, like what we did back then." Matsuri suggested, they didn't want to go in order by first or last name because the first person always found it un-fair.
"Great idea but where would we get nineteen straws?" Choji pointed out the flaws in Matsuri's plan, it'll be too many.
"Well there is seven couples here aren't there, so let the couples pick as one and say their results as one." Shikamaru suggested and everyone agreed to the boy-genius.
Hinata was given twelve straws to hold up, everyone would pick one and Naruto would pick for her and himself. She was the one they trusted the most in the group, she'd never try to cheat her friends and everyone knew it, it sounded bad but it was in a way the truth. In other words she wouldn't pull any tricks on them
000
"It's your fault Karin, who told you to pick that one!" Suigetsu yelled at the red head, they got the shortest straw and had to go first.
"You did you idiot."
"Stop buying time and spill it." Gaara spoke, his tone giving the couple chills. Both Karin and Suigetsu immediately held their big brown envelope between their palms to say a little pray, before opening their envelope.
It was a traditional thing students did before opening anything for good luck. "Here goes." Karin opened hers and so did Suigetsu. "Oh...my...Good!" Karin lips twitched up into a smile. "I did it guys, I passed my subjects." She then turned to Suigetsu.
"Hehehe, me too!" The two hugged each other and everyone surrounded them to congratulate the two on their success.
000
Ino and Sai were second, then Rocklee, and right after him in fourth place was Jugo. They had also passed their subject and now it was Tenten's and Neji's turn. Neji opened his without hesitation. "Passed." He spoke as Tenten opened hers slowly.
"I-I, didn't pass." Tenten bowed her head and her shoulders began moving a bit, she was crying...properly.
"T-ten, it's ok."Neji wrapped as arm around her.
But then she began...laughing loudly. "Got yah I passed!" Neji dropped his arm and pouted cutely for her alone to see.
"Why you little witch!" Temari smacked the girl on the head with her envelop and started laughing.
Choji, Shino and Gaara and Matsuri went next one after the other and gave their good news on passing. Now it was Naruto's turn to open his, Hinata had already announced her pass and Naruto was next. "I passed all, low grades but I passed...I passed! Guys I passed!" The blonde began celebrating. "I actually passed...I mean I knew I'd pass." Naruto made everyone laugh.
Sakura and Sasuke knew they'd pass and didn't falter in opening theirs and same went for Temari and Shikamaru. Especially Shika, before he even wrote the exam he knew he'd pass, everyone knew he would.
"Now that's over with lets grab something to eat." Naruto suggested.
"Well Gaara and I have plans with our parents, sorry." Temari frowned, she didn't want to miss out if everyone would be together.
"Shika and I have plans as well, our families are having a get-together." Choji confirmed.
"Oh yea I'd be there as well." Ino stated.
"Sorry Naruto, Sasuke's parents are having a dinner thing with us as well, my dad wants to 'talk' to them and stuff." Sakura didn't want to leave her best guy friend alone to celebrate his 'pass' but she couldn't blow off Sasuke's parents. Her future in-laws, well she was hoping they would e anyways.
"I have to go now actually, my parents have... stuff, to talk to me about." Jugo announced suddenly and left without further explanation.
"Hinata and I would be having dinner with our parents to." Neji stated, he knew Hinata didn't want to disappoint Naruto so he said it instead. Hinata gave him a grateful smile and turned to Naruto.
"Aw you toooo!" He whined out loudly.
"I'm free." Kiba petted Naruto back.
"So am I." Shino softly announced.
"Karin and I were planning to getting a bite anyways so we're free." Matsuri smiled at the blonde.
"I got to go." Lee waved goodbye to his friends and left quickly.
"I'm free." Tenten punched Naruto playfully.
"Great let's go." Naruto marched on.
"Hey what about me I'm free to you know." Suigetsu finally snapped out of his world and joined the group heading out to get dinner.
"Sai what are you doing?" Ino asked noticing her boyfriend silents.
"Nothing but I'm not hungry." He frowned.
"Well you can still go hang out with them, you know instead of being by your lone-some at home." Ino suggested.
"I guess, I was hoping to spend some time with you." Sai smiled weakly at her.
"Awe, sweet but I can't, so go with the others." Sai nod and took off with speed to catch up with the rest of the group.
"Ino, want to go home together?" Choji asked, he and Shika were going together already so he invited her.
"Sure thing." She waved bye to the rest of her friends and left. Everyone was going their separate way and not only for today.
...
"When were in collage together we have to rent an apartment for seven and have parties together." Karin was babbling on about collage and Sakura was pretending to care. A few days had pass by since they got results and she and her friends, all six of them, agreed to go to K.U.
"Ha, living with you would be trouble I can see that already." Temari laughed at Matsuri's comment. Matsuri, Sakura and Karin had come over to help her pack her stuff for Tokyo.
"Sure." Karin tossed a bra at Matsuri's head, this made Matsuri throw a socks at Karin.
"Hey! More packing and less playing around." Temari ordered, but neither one of them pay any attention to her.
"Temari! Tenten's here too..."
"Tenten what...?" Temari shouted out to Gaara but he never replied so all four girls stood up and raced out the room to see what Gaara was talking about, the worry in his voice was noticeable and this is what made them suddenly get serious and dash out of the room.
"What's wrong Ten?" Matsuri and Sakura ran over to their crying friend.
"I'd leave this up to you girls." Gaara was about to leave but Temari grabbed him and lead him to her room, just encase they needed him.
"Oh no you don't."
When Tenten calmed down she was finally going to tell them what was wrong. "Lee...Lee's..."
"What's wrong with Lee?" Sakura stood up quickly. She wasn't as close to him as she was to Sai, Naruto or Sasuke but he had grown on her over the years together.
"OH, he's leaving isn't he?" Tenten nod to Gaara's question.
Matsuri looked at him with confusion. "How'd you know that?"
"He came to me for advice the other day." Gaara answered casually, Karin glared.
"And you told him to leave!" She shouted at the other red head in the room.
"No I told him to do what he thought was right." Tenten began crying again but quietly this time.
"Awe Ten, don't cry...you should support him on this or you'd make him feel bad if you keep crying." Sakura robbed her friend's back.
"I-I-I know." Tenten couldn't help herself; Lee was like a brother to her.
000
Hinata gasped and Kiba squeezed her hand for comfort, the tears began welling up in her eyes. Shino had called them over to tell them something important, but she hadn't prepared herself for this, no she couldn't prepare for these words ever.
"Why are you only telling us this now man?" Kiba slightly glared at Shino. He didn't mean to, he was fighting back the sadness with anger, but both were present in his eyes if you looked close enough.
"I only recently decided to, my parents think it's a great idea."
Hinata began crying softly and Kiba wrapped his arms around her. "Hinata I'm sorry...I really want to go to Assmer at Dumont University, what I want I can achieve there, I wish I didn't have to leave." Shino got up from his seat across from the two and sat next to the crying girl.
They were at a coffee house at an outside table under an umbrella. "N-n-no I-I-I'd j-just miss y-y-you, it's a g-great idea." She tried to smile but failed and Shino and Kiba hugged her to calm her down.
"I'd miss you guys to, I'd visit as much as I can." Shino didn't like the fact that he was the cause for her tears, he hated seeing her cry. She was like his sister, no loving brother wanted to see their sister cry.
"Its ok man, we're happy for you, but sad at the same time." Kiba explained and laughed, he could feel the tears building up. He hated crying in front of people but at this moment it couldn't be helped.
000
Ino gasped in shock when Suigetsu threw a punch at Jugo. "Fuck you man, tell her yourself!" Suigetsu yelled.
"Suigetsu calm down!" Jugo tried but Suigetsu punched him again, in the stomach this time. Jugo grew angry and inpatient and punched Suigetsu in the face and both boys began scrambling at each other. Sai and Naruto got up to stop them and Ino stood up yelling at them to stop.
A few minutes later Ino was putting ice on their bruises and Naruto was grumbling about the undeserved punches he got. Sai was lucky to walk away unharmed. "I'm, sorry." Suigetsu apologised first.
"Yea me to." Jugo pouted cutely as Ino placed an ice-pack on his swollen cheeks.
"Hey what about me, both of you punched me." Naruto demanded an apology.
"Sorry." Jugo apologised but Suigetsu decided to have a little fun.
"Well that's what you get for jumping directly in the middle." He laughed and Naruto began fussing. "Ok, Ok, I'm Sorry." Suigetsu gave in, Ino admired them.
One minute they'd fight then become friends again. The last time she and Sakura fought, it took a whole day for them to make-up. That day they cried non-stop and apologised for every single thing, while they were in each other's arms. It was a funny scene to see though and they could laugh at it now.
Things had happened so fast she didn't see them coming. She, Sai, Naruto and Suigetsu was chilling at Suigetsu's when Jugo came by. He asks to speak to Suigetsu privately and then after a few exchanged words they began fighting. "So what was this fight about?" Ino asked, she was curious about it.
"Jugo's leaving Konoha and wants me to tell Karin, because he know it'll crush her, so he wants me to do the dirty work." Suigetsu spoke in a low tone; it was crushing him as well.
...
Sakura sat near her window and sighed loudly, lately things have been gloomy with some of the guys form their group leaving, everyone was in a sulky mood as well. They were like dominos, when one got knocked down it affected all the others.
Everyone was either packing for vacation or to leave Knonha or preparing to get a job on their time off.
A sight of raven hair caught her attention; it was Mikoto and Sasuke on his balcony. They were talking; it looked serious because Mikoto wasn't too happy. This made Sakura curious about what was going on. She ducked low enough so she won't be seen, it wasn't like her to do this on the Uchiha's, but she was concern for Sasuke.
But then Mikoto smiled brightly as if she was teasing Sasuke and walked over to the door and spoke once more before leaving. Then Sasuke pulled out his phone and called someone. This made Sakura even more curious until she saw her phone ringing. 'It was Sasuke, why was he calling her?' Sakura ducked down to the floor and made her way to her bed so the Uchiha won't see her and what she had been up to.
"Hello, Sasuke." She tried to answer as casual as ever.
"Sakura there's something I need to talk to you about." This made her nervous, he sounded serious. What if he wanted to ask her to marry him, she'd say yes but she didn't know if she was ready for this. Or what if he wanted to end things with her? Or maybe he wanted to leave Konoha to study, then what'll she do?
She couldn't be away from him for that long.
"Sakura?" His voice brought her out of her train of thoughts.
"Uh yea, sure when? What's this about?" He didn't answer right away and Sakura found herself holding her breath.
"Today, now...you'd find out what when you get here...at my place." Sakura fiddled with her bed sheets, her mind was going crazy trying to find out what this was about.
"Ok, I'd see you there in a few then."
000
Hinata was dressed and ready to see Shino and the others off at the airport but she wasn't ready, not mentally. She couldn't accept losing a best friend like this, sure she had the others, but still. Shino promised to keep in contact with them but how long will this last?
When he makes new friends and he's busy or even when she's busy. Everything was changing fast, way too fast for her liking. But she'd be brave and accept this change for the best, she had to, or she'd just be left behind in sorrow.
"Hinata? You ready?" Neji was outside her room door, everyone would be there to say goodbye. Shino, Jugo and Rocklee decided to leave at the same time to make things easier. The good thing was all three would be going to Assmer.
Lee and Shino would be in the same collage and Jugo said his collage would be nearby, so they'd have each other. Jugo however wanted to do a trade cost in an all boys before going to Collage. This way he'd get a job to help support himself financially while there.
"Yea I'm coming." Hinata answered and got off her bed wiping away the tears that had escaped her eyes. Neji wanted to leave early and meet up with Tenten. He wanted to make sure she was ok also he didn't want her to run off and do something stupid. Which she does when she was depress, she was something else to handle all right but Neji would always be there to protect her.
He'd always be there.
...
When Sasuke, Sakura, Temari and Shika arrived at the airport Hinata, Tenten, Neji, Karin, Suigetsu, Kiba and of course the three members that were leaving was all ready there. Tenten was hugging Lee and crying, Karin was lecturing Jugo on taking care of himself and Hinata was softly speaking to Shino.
But both girls, Hinata and Karin, had glassy eyes as they spoke.
Temari went over to Tenten to try and get her to stop crying and Shikamaru followed closely behind. Sakura and Sasuke stood close by Karin and Hinata. Sakura had exciting news she wanted to share but she knew now wasn't the time.
Lee, Shino and Jugo would hear about it after she told her girl friends, so she didn't have to worry about them missing out. She'd have to wait till things get settled again then she'd be able to share. But there wasn't that much time, soon everyone would be busy and would leave for vacation.
Not long after the others arrived and they all sat down in an airport cafe. The flight would take off in half an hour so they were saying their goodbyes. Plus they had gifts for the three for their apartments or dorm rooms.
"Hey Lee, like the gift." Temari teased, she had gotten him allot of curry powder, enough to last three months.
"Yes! Thank you!" She laughed this was her way of repaying him for the one she ate.
000
Hinata held onto Naruto and sniffed as Shino waved to her, they were leaving. Tenten had to be held back by Neji, she wanted to see Lee of to the plain itself. Karin waved back at Jugo but her face was covered with tears as Suigetsu held her from behind.
Everyone was sad and the other girls were also crying silently. This was it; from now on things would be different. No more 'see you at school' or 'I'd come over to do home work'. No more weekend adventures or holidays road trips. It sucked to a certain extent, but they'd defiantly meet again.
"By guys take care." Temari waved, and then let her hand drop as they vanished behind the door.
"You ok?" Naruto wiped Hinata's tear away from her cheeks.
"Yea, I think I want to stay at yours tonight." The blonde boy nod in understanding.
"N-Neji I want to go home." Tenten sniffed, she felt sick and at any moment she could vomit.
"Sure, you want me to stay with you?"
"Yea, that'll be great." She sighted, she expected to be the stronger one in a situation like this but Hinata and Karin were way stronger than she was. She hadn't cry like this in a very long time, that's why Neji was treating her like glass, as if she'd break any moment now.
"Let's go home guys, I'm sure everyone is tired as I am, so let's go home and rest." Karin suggested her eyes red and puffy.
"Yea Karin's right." Sasuke agreed as he gave Sakura's shoulders a little squeeze.'
"Is that...Sari?" Matsuri stopped Ino and pointed to her left. Ino looked over at the direction Matsuri was pointing to and smiled, it wasn't her usual bright smile but it was a true one.
"It is, guys look its Sari!" Ino got their attention as she spoke up raising her voice. ''
"What's she doing here?" Sakura asked as they raced over to great her.
"Don't know, don't care, let's go." Matsuri pulled Gaara along with her.
"Hey Sari!" Tenten called out, her voice a little horsed.
"Wow, what are all of you doing here, how'd you know I was coming." She joked but her smile fell when she saw Tenten's face, then she saw the signs that they were crying, all the girls that was. "Guy's? What happened?" She dropped her bags and hugged Hinata as tears slip down her face.
"Lee, Shino and Jugo just left us, they went away to study." Sari sighed in relief and smiled at the girls.
"I'll be in Konoha for a few days, I'll explain everything when we get out of here, I'm tired." Sari knew what it was like saying goodbye to friends, she's been doing it all her life, sort of.
The only good thing about travelling like she did was you'd always have someone where ever you go around the world. She got use to always leaving saying goodbye but even till now it can be difficult. But she knew the girls would see those friends again, so she didn't need to worry about them being broken like she was at some point in her life.
Besides they still had each other for support and what not. "Ok, let's hang out at your apartment or something, if that's ok." Ino suggested, she thought it'd be cool to hang out tonight, to get their minds off the sad thoughts.
"Sure it's ok, I want to catch up on stuff and hang out as much as I could, Matsuri told me you guys are going to split for your vacation. I want to know where you'd be so if I stop by we can hang out." Sari grins at the thought of meeting one of them elsewhere that'll be a nice change.
"Sound like a plan." Temari and the girl agreed.
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