Sakura sat on a bench at Senju Park. This is where she usually met up with Sasuke whenever they wanted to meet up. It was weird, they haven't seen each other in a good 3 weeks due to Sasuke going on vacation with his family to the states. They used to play here at the park all the time when they were little. She smiled looking at the playground they used to run around and swing on the swings seeing the new generation of children playing along and having fun with not a care in the world. She played around with the strap on her purse. She felt awkward just sitting there alone while everyone passed by her and glanced at her. She growled and brought her hand up in a fist.

'That damn Sasuke!! Who does he think he is being late?' He always got on to her about punctuality and here he was 5 minutes late. She took out her compact mirror and checked her hair to make sure it was fine and her teeth to see if there was any food in it. God forbid Sasuke sees her with something from her lunch stuck in her teeth.

"Sakura." a voice called out from in front of her.

"KYAHH" She jumped and closed her mirror to see Sasuke in front of her. How long was he standing there? How embarrassing... She shook of her embarrassment in an instant and yelled at the boy. "Sasuke-kun! YOU'RE LATE YOU JERK." She huffed.

She took a good look at him. She could feel the heat rising to her cheeks. Curse him for being so damn attractive. She wanted to smack her head on the nearest light post for thinking such thoughts about her best friend. Why couldn't she have a crush on someone else? It was so unfair that she had to hide her emotions from him and pretend she wasn't in love with him. Their friendship meant way more than some silly crush... well that's what she kept telling herself. Sasuke's usual spiky black hair with the blue tints was now longer. It seems like he was growing it out and changing up his hairstyle. His bangs were now swept to the side covering his left eye making him more attractive. Today he wore black skinny jeans with a few rips, converse chucks and a black shirt with a red button down shirt that was opened. He wore a silver necklace with the Uchiha family crest on it. Sasuke always wore his clan symbol on him. She learned that he was very proud of his family name and he should be. His family ran the police force for the city. They were one of the most prominent and recognizable family in all of Konohagakure with their family history reaching far back to the birth of the city. Sasuke's great, great grandfather was Uchiha Madara, one of the founding fathers along Senju Hashirama who founded their city. The stories stated that Madara helped build Konoha along with Hashirama and helped make the city prosper.

Sasuke took a seat next to her and stared ahead at the giant tree that was surrounded by water. Many people claimed that the giant tree was the only tree standing that was there since the birth of their city others claimed that Hashirama was born with a rare gene that allowed him to control wood and the tree was made by him. Whatever the story was, the giant tree was sacred to their village and thus Senju park was born.

"Sorry. We went to get our tuxedo fittings today and it took longer than I anticipated." He leaned back on the wooden bench and took a good look at her. Today she had her pink locks down with a green headband that matched her green off the shoulder top. She had some white jean shorts and white wedges. He noticed that she was wearing some green stud earrings and a long silver necklace and some bracelets to match.

"You're wearing jewelry." He said out loud. God did he want to mentally slap himself. He meant to keep that in his thoughts. A light blush dusted her cheeks and she bought her hands up to her mouth and laughed. It was very rare for the Uchiha to notice and comment on a females appearance. She should consider herself lucky. In all honesty, she was happy that he took notice of the little things about her. It meant that he paid attention to her.

"Haha. Yeah, I figured I'd start to dress up a little bit more since we're not in high school anymore. My mom has been getting onto me about how I'm an adult and I should start acting like one. Plus she said I would never find a husband if I dressed like a high schooler. I think the look makes me feel a more mature. I could say the same for you. You're growing your hair out. I like it." She lifted her hand and ran it through his bangs. "Did you cut this yourself?" All Sasuke could do was nod. Her small soft hands ran through his hair and then to his bangs. "I thought so. You did a horrible job. I can't believe Mikoto-san allowed you to walk out of the house like that." She giggled. "I'll fix it up for you later okay?" She retreated her hand away from his hair and clapped them together. "OKAY!! What's the plan today?"

Sasuke shrugged his shoulder. "I don't know. Whatever you want to do." Sakura gave Sasuke a mischievous smile. Oh no. He knew that smile. He was about to regret saying he didn't care. Sakura jumped up from the bench and pulled him off the bench. Why did she have to be so strong? "Hey! Hold on. No shopping." He wish he could retract his earlier statement.

"Nuh uh. You said whatever you want to do and I need to go shopping for Ino's bachelorette party. Now be a gentleman and drive because you know how much I hate to drive." Sakura walked towards his 2 door black sports car. Sasuke sighed and followed behind her with his keys in tow. He didn't really have a say in the matter.

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After taking Sakura shopping, Sasuke dropped her off at the park and helped haul her bags to her red 4 door SUV. She had picked up decorations and presents for Ino's bachelorette party that was going to be at the hot springs this weekend. He stood on the sidewalk in front of her car and watched her get in. She looked up at him and gave a small wave goodbye and headed home. He always had a tendency to make sure she always left first before him. If something were to happen to her in the parking lot he would never forgive himself. Making his way back to his car, his felt his phone vibrate in his pocket. Fishing it out he looked at the screen to see who texted him. He rolled his eyes. Of course it was the Dobe.

'Hey Teme! I hope you had fun on your date with Sakura-chan. Anyway, I had an idea for Sai's bachelor party! Do you want to meet up at Ichiraku's at 7?' Sasuke looked at his watch. It was already 6:15.

'Fine' Sasuke quickly replied back and hopped in his car and drove off. He made it to Ichiraku with a full 15 minutes to spare. He headed inside which once was a small ramen stand, to a full indoor restaurant. Throughout the years Ichiraku became popular (due to a certain blonde and his parents constantly eating there) and it brought revenue and business to the point where old man Teuchi and his daughter Ayame had to expand and hire more employees. As soon as he walked in he was greeted by a slender woman with dark brown hair and black eyes. She was wearing a white robe with a dark blue apron and a white bandanna in her hair. She had a big smile on her face as soon as she saw Sasuke.

"Sasuke-san! Hello, I'm assuming Naruto-kun will be joining you?" Sasuke nodded at her. He looked around the restaurant. He was glad that it wasn't busy tonight. There would be times where the wait was so long that sometimes they had to end up going somewhere else for food.

"Good evening Ayame. Yes, he's on his way here." Sasuke followed the girl to one of the booths.

" I'm sorry that your seats aren't opened but I'll get started on your usual orders. Can I get you something to drink in the meantime?"

"I'll just have a glass of water. Thank you." Ayame nodded and headed towards the kitchen to get started on the food. In the meantime Sasuke pulled out his phone and started scrolling on Photogram (I dont know. I'm honestly just making up a knock off Instagram). He scrolled down and noticed that Ino had posted up a picture of the girls at lunch today. His eyes drifted to Sakura who was sitting next to the red haired Uzumaki. She had a grin while throwing up a peace sign. She was always happy and he couldn't help to feel that her smile was contagious even through a photo. He smiled. He didn't know what he did to deserve such good friends like Naruto and Sakura. He knew he wasn't the most social person in the world and sometimes (okay most of the time) he comes off as an asshole but those two stuck by him despite that.

"Ehh?? Teme? You're smiling. That's so creepy. What are you smiling about?" Naruto walked up to him and peeked over his shoulder to see him looking at a photo of the girls from earlier. "Oh... Sakura-chan aye? She looks a lot more prettier these days don't you agree? I really like her new look." Naruto slapped Sasuke on his shoulder and slid in the other side of the booth. "But I think my Hinata-chan looks better since she IS my girlfriend." The blonde grinned at the Uchiha. It was true, him and Hinata had been dating since they were 16 and the blonde was madly in love with the girl that Sasuke knew that those two were eventually going to get married. He wondered what the blue haired girl saw in his idiot friend. He was noisy, stupid, his love for ramen made him gag and to be honest he's messy. "Soo... how was your date?"

Sasuke glared at Naruto. It wasn't a date. He didn't understand why everyone always joked or assumed that him and Sakura were always on a date. They were just two friends hanging out with each other. Only friends. Best friends. Nothing more, nothing less.

"It wasn't a date.. Sakura just wanted to go shopping for Ino's bachelorette party." Ayame bought over their food and placed it in front of them and smiled at the boys. Naruto grabbed his chopsticks and broke it in half and stirred his ramen in the broth. He picked up some ramen and stuffed it in his mouth. Once he swallowed it he spoke up.

"Speaking of parties. I was thinking about doing something similar to the girls. A hot spring sounds great don't you think? Plus it would be cool to go to that new villa hotel thing! You know the one that has laser tag, paintball, indoor water park and that awesome race track on site? It'll be fun ya know!"

Sasuke nodded. "That does sound... fun. I could get behind racing all day, besides I heard that the track was pretty big." If he recalled, that villa hotel was one of the biggest ones in Konohagakure. It was recently built within the last year and had a hot springs, sauna, spa, arcade, indoor water park, restaurant on site, and a bunch of outdoor games. It was almost like a theme park, minus the extravagant rides, mixed with a luxurious hotel. The place should be big enough to where the girls wouldn't see them.

"Then its settled! I'll get everything planned in the morning and let Sai and the other guys know."

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The rest of the week rushed by and before they knew it Friday was upon them. Sakura had picked up all the girls (despite arguing about how she didn't want to drive but she had the biggest vehicle to hold everyone's stuff) and headed to the bridal store and picked up their dresses. Unfortunately for them, Ino's dress (and theirs as well) were already zipped up on the black garment bag with their names on it. They were hoping they would get to see a sneak peek at the brides dress but they would just have to wait until the day of the wedding like everyone else. The ride up the mountain side was beautiful with a vast view of their city. In an hours drive the girls finally pulled up to the Konoha Mountain Villa Hot Springs and was immediately greeted by a bell hop who helped them load their bags and dresses onto a cart. Once they were checked in the receptionist gave them each a key card and towel cards for their stay.

"Thank you for staying at the Konoha Mountain Villa Hot Springs Hotel. Your villa is located right here on the east side." The receptionist circled their villa with a red circle and proceeded to circle other places as well. "The hot springs are located here, the dining area is here, and the spa is over here. There is a list of other facilities located right here. Please feel free to check out the pool area, indoor water park and arcade area." The girls were each handed a brochure of the hotel. They thanked the lady and followed the bell hop to the outside towards their villa.

"Geez forehead. How did you even managed to get a villa in this place? It's always rented out." Ino said in awe. The bell hop escorted them to a golf cart and packed their luggage in the back. Once the girls settled in the golf cart the bell hop proceeded to drive them to their private villa.

"Because I know people pig." The pinkette laid back to enjoy the breeze through her hair. She could get used to this.

Karin snorted and laughed. "People like the Uchiha's? I bet Mikoto-san helped you out. Anything for her 'adopted' daughter" she said with 'adopted daughter' in air quotes. Sakura turned around in her seat and glared at the red head and stuck her tongue at her. Karin gasp. "I KNEW IT! SHE DID!" Sakura wasn't going to deny it. Mikoto-San was the one who actually hoped Sakura come up with the plans for Ino's bachelorette weekend. She asked the Uchiha matriarch for help and they came up with a wonderful plan and Sakura couldn't be more grateful to her. The bell hop slowed the golf cart down and they stopped in front of villa 7.

The building was a one story contemporary building with a red tiled roof and beige brick walls. In front of the house was a big tree that provided shade to the front and a white bench underneath the tree. The trail to the front door was decorated with stepping stones and a variety of assorted flowers on the side. The girls hopped out of the golf cart and Ino ran to the door with her key card and swung open the door. She walked into the foyer that had a high ceiling, on her left there was a closet where they could store their shoes. The blonde walked further in and saw the first bedroom on the right with grey walls with a queen size bed and a decent size closet. Sakura, Hinata, Karin and Tenten walked in placing their bags in front the closet.

"You know you can help us. Even though you're the bride and it IS your bachelorette weekend, we shouldn't have to haul your 2 suitcases. What did you pack in here anyway? Bricks?" Tenten places the purple suitcases in front of Ino.

"Shh!! Never mind that! Let's take a look around!"

The girls nodded and walked around. The house had 3 bedrooms. A master bedroom with its own bath, and 2 rooms each with 2 queen beds and a bathroom. Enough room for all of them. Everyone agreed that Ino, being the bride, should have the master bedroom to herself. Karin and Sakura roomed together and Hinata and Tenten took the other room. Once Sakura finished getting her things organized she heard a soft knock on her door. Karin gave Sakura a look to open the door since she was too preoccupied on the floor sorting out her outfits.

"S-sakura-chan, can I come in?" Sakura got up from her bed and opened her door to see the Hyuuga giving a shy smile at her and Tenten behind her. "Of course Hinata-chan. Whats up?" Sakura let the girl in and Hinata and Tenten sat on her bed.

"Well... N-Naruto-kun told me they're here as well. I-I didn't want to bring it up earlier in case Ino-chan would get mad." Sakura slapped her forehead.

"You've got to be kidding me"

"UGH THAT IDIOT. We were suppose to get away from the guys! Why are they even here? Out of all the places they could have gone to." Karin yelled from the other side of the room. She got up and marched over to the two girls holding up a can of hairspray. "When I see that idiot cousin of mine I'm going to kick him in the ball so hard that he won't ever have the chance to have children in the future!!"

Sakura sweat dropped and sat down next to Hinata and pulled out a notebook from her bag. "This is fine. Everything is... fine. We'll just have to work around this MINOR inconvenience. Let's make a plan and pray we don't run into them. Can you call Naruto and find out what they're planning on doing while they're here? I'll plan around it. I don't want Ino to know they're here because who knows what she'll do. I don't want this to ruin her fun time here."

Hinata nodded and pulled out her phone and scrolled down to her boyfriends contact. She pressed call and after a few rings he picked up. Hinata talked to the blonde for a good 5 minutes and scribbled on the notebook page the plans they boys had and hung up on Naruto.

"S-so, Naruto-kun said they have one of the Kage villas rented out so it looks like they're a bit further from our villa. They're already here and are at the arcade. After that they're going to head to the water park. For tomorrow, they were going to play some laser tag and race on the raceway and then head to the hot springs."

Sakura sighed. This was becoming... annoying. Not only did she have to make sure Ino bachelorette party and bridal shower was going well, she had to hide the fact that the boys were in the same hotel as them. Sakura brought her hands up to her chin. So basically they had to avoid the water park area today. She looked at the time on her phone. It was almost 1pm. They had planned a surprise bridal shower for Ino tonight. Ino's mother and her mother were already at the hall in the main building setting everything up while they distracted their blonde friend.

"Well, lets get ready and head over to lunch. Remember we have Ino's bridal shower tonight. So maybe after we get back from lunch we can head to the outdoor pool area and maybe play some volleyball."

The girls nodded. Little did they know that a nosy blonde had her ears to the door and heard everything. She ran to the other side of the house and into her room and pulled out her phone and sent a text message. She laughed. Everything was going according to their plan.

A/N: Okay so I intended for this to be a 2 part chapter but I didn't realize how much I wanted to write. I also didn't want y'all to be upset since I promised a chapter last week. I've been busy working extra shifts since property tax is due in a few weeks. The horrors of being an adult. I figured something was better than nothing. I really hope that y'all enjoyed this chapter. I will try to update as soon as I can but I expect this series to be updated at least twice a month! Again, writing on mobile. I'll edit everything later.

Thank you for all your support.

~~SaladxBurrito