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A/N: And as for Sakura, in the series, she has this bad side to her...when it reveals it, it will be in this sign. Thank you for reading!!

~Getting Acquainted~

Naruto looked up and saw Gaara. He was dressed the same since the last time Naruto and everyone saw him. Sakura and Ino had their eyes wide opened and Hinata clasped her hands together to her mouth, as if afraid. Neji did nothing, but just close his eyes and looked away.

"Heh heh! Hey Gaara, how are you doing?" Naruto smoothly stood up and went over to give him a handshake, but Gaara just looked at him pitifully, "geez, what's with you?" Naruto scratched his head with a big question mark around his head.

"I see," Gaara gave a sly smile and looked down. Naruto was confused and looked around but realized that no one was doing anything.

Just then, Sasuke came out of the building and stopped dead in his tracks when Gaara and he saw each other face to face. Sasuke had a key in his hand and put it in his back pocket of his white shorts, and looked carefully at the guy in front of him.

"Sasuke," Gaara greeted, and then walked away to the building where Sasuke emerged out of. When Gaara was out of sight, Naruto opened his big fat mouth and yelled out something to Sasuke.

"Sasuke!! Did you get the keys??" Naruto curiously asked, while Hinata was watching quietly admiring the active blonde in front of her, "cuz...you know that it's time to eat!! Heh heh!!" Naruto gave one of his famous Crest smiles and winked.

Sasuke didn't answer, and went over to where Naruto stood only to gather his stuff and walked off to a house near the building.

Sakura realized what Sasuke was doing and yelled out with her stuff, "Sasuke-kun!! Wait for me!!" However, before she could get up, Sakura was knocked out by Ino, who grabbed her bags and yelled out to Sasuke the same thing, and walked with him to the house they were all staying in.

On the floor, Sakura could feel steam coming out of her ears, and just got up and patted her dress to remove any dirt, and just walked alone.

"Sakura-Chan!" Naruto ran over to her, and gave her a smile, hoping for an escort.

"Idiot!" Sakura punched Naruto down, and Hinata got up and ran over to the unconscious guy. After that, Sakura continued on to bring her invitation to the building, where she will get Sasuke from Ino.

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Gaara followed Sasuke and Ino in silence as they reached the house. When they went in, Gaara went straight upstairs and claimed one of the rooms that were the furthest from the other bedroom doors. It was perfect.

Neji dropped down his personal belongings and sat down on the couch while Naruto and his rowdy mouth entered in loudly into the living room where he dropped his luggage carelessly and headed straight to the kitchen.

Hinata arrived into the living room and caught a glimpse of Naruto bobbing his head around the kitchen. She somewhat went pink in the cheeks and decided to go sit on a plump chair across from where Neji sat.

Later, Rock Lee arrived last with a huge bump on his head. "Does anyone know where Sakura-kun is?" his black eyes and thick eye brows searched the spacious room only to find three people, but not Sakura.

Rock Lee then gave out a huge sigh, and then plopped down on a chair where Naruto was searching in the kitchen. Just then, he heard some loud chattering down the halls, and Rock Lee smiled and ran to where the noise was coming from.

"Get away from him!! Ino pig!!" Sakura yelled out at her rival sternly, while her foot was on Ino's head, which was on the ground trying to get to Sasuke's room. However, despite of Sakura's foot on Ino's head, Ino got up briskly and pushed her away at a wall which caused Sakura to lie unconscious.

"Humph! Who would want a girl with a big forehead...like you!?!" Ino laughed maniacally, and had a fist up in the air, "finally, I've waited for this moment, Sakura!!! Sasuke will be mine!!" Ino's long fair hair whooshed in the air in triumphant.

Just then, Sasuke's bedroom door opened and Sasuke came out and looked at Ino standing proudly with her pointy noise up in the air, and then the unconscious Sakura. Ino stopped laughing and saw Sasuke in front of her.

"Sasuke! I've been waiting for you out here; want to have a walk with me?" Ino walked up closer to the tall black-haired guy who was at least a head taller than her, with her hands closed together, as if praying.

Sasuke looked away and closed his eyes, "Move," was all his low voice said.

Ino was surprised, and a huge vein popped out of her forehead, but could do nothing as Sasuke walked slowly past her, without even helping Sakura up.

When Sasuke reached the living room, he saw a running Rock Lee passing him heading toward the hallway, but ignored him...because his eyes were already occupied on someone else.

Neji looked up and gave an angry look in his white eyes, which were as white as ever. Sasuke gave a cruel look while his black eyes bore into Neji's.

"Neji," Sasuke said, trying to find out why Neji was staying under the same roof as him.

Unlike other people, Neji didn't answer and just closed his eyes and looked away. Sasuke then turned and opened the door, and walked out of the house.

Meanwhile, Naruto was still busy searching for something in the kitchen. He gave up and scratched his head. "...w...wh...where...is the...pot?" His blue eyes looked slowly around the kitchen until it landed on Hinata who was right in front of him.

"N..Naruto-kun," Hinata said in a soft and shy voice. Naruto had a question mark on his head, and wondered what she was doing in the kitchen, ".." was all Hinata could express as she kindly held out a small pot...genuinely fit for ramen...gently toward her crush.

Naruto was surprised and looked at Hinata, "Heh heh!! Was that in the drawer next to the refrigerator??"

Hinata looked down on the floor, and slowly nodded. Naruto gave out a happy laugh and put a hand on her shoulder, which Hinata looked surprised but blushed. "Thank you," Naruto held the pot in his hand, and put it on a stove nearby. Hinata gazed at him as if she was in a daydream...while Naruto was cooking his ramen.

A/N: ***Hey everyone!! I have a request...when you review this, could you please tell me...if you know, how to make the format in italicized on fanfiction?? Thanks, cuz I tried doing that...but it won't work. So please answer and review!!!