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~Naruto's Cookout~

Naruto stretched his arms out and yawned as his electric blue eyes opened with great alacrity. He then got out of his bed and cleaned up for the new day and changed into his usual clothes. Later, he went out of the bathroom and had quick ramen and then he was out the door to do some laps.

His blonde hair drifted with the early breeze as it swept down from the waving palm trees. The bright sunrays gleamed in the clear blue skies, with no ominous clouds. A new day.

After his first lap, he collapsed with his hands on his knees and couldn't stop panting from the "long run" he ran around the house. ^_^ Naruto wobbled to a close bench and then held out a water bottle only to have leftover ramen soup to consume after a hard jog. (hehe) After a sip, he heard running footsteps coming near him and he looked over and saw Hinata in sweats taking a drink of "water" from her bottle. Her shimmering black eyes met Naruto's cerulean eyes for a moment and then she sat next to him on the bench.

"Nice day, isn't it?" Naruto stroke up a conversation and Hinata blushed in the broad daylight which the light reflected onto her pale skin which glowed in the light. Hinata nodded with sincerity as she set her gaze onto Naruto.

"Naruto-kun............" she managed a slight giggle and Naruto wrapped her around with his protective arms and they both sat still for a few minutes until Naruto broke away with a smile on his face, which Hinata could tell is probably one of his impulsive ideas.

"Let's have a cookout!!!!" Naruto triumphantly held his fist in the air with Hinata mentally drooling over him. ^_^ (I like that line)

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An hour passed by and everyone in the house helped the energetic blonde to set up the cookout with some utensils. Nearby, Ino was laying still on the soft sand wearing a nice black bikini which brought out her pale skin and blonde hair. After everyone had finished setting up, Rock Lee smiled as he approached the girl on the sand.

"Ino," he greeted as he laid back with his girlfriend; his eyes glistened with liveliness.

"Lee," Ino answered in response as she set her glance onto the crystal blue waters which glimmered like diamonds from the beautiful radiance coming from the hot and warm sun.

"You've been quiet.........is something wrong?" Rock Lee raised up one of his thick eyebrows with a curious puppy look in his shining black eyes. Ino looked to her side and recalled of what had happened with Shikamaru and her and repudiated anything that had occurred to her.

"Ok, well if you need me, you know that I am always here," Rock Lee offered some advice as he laid back onto the restful sand with his arms beneath his head while the two relaxed in silence. And without their knowledge, Shikamaru was sitting in solitude and sneered at the couple.

Back at the cookout, a satisfied Naruto smiled as he managed to cook some teriyaki chicken with some delicious vegetables that Hinata had found in a hidden garden behind the beach house.

"Whaa-haa!!" Naruto's eyes gaped open marveled by the extreme height of the fire that had been enhanced as he cooked the meat. XD*

"So..........so cool," he held up two fingers with excitement and Hinata, by his side, held his hand beaming at him.

At the trees, Sasuke stood watching everyone in their activities as he calmly leaned against a tree. His black eyes landed on Sakura and then looked away; and Temari happened to see him gazing at Sakura who then sneered at the fact that Sakura doesn't like him anymore, but has moved on with Neji.

Aside from the cooking, the scrumptious aroma streaked down the smooth surface of the sand and happened to go past Neji and Sakura who were busy splashing each other in the water. They've been starting a war fight with each other ever since the barbeque started, and it seems that Neji surrendered humbly while Sakura smiled victoriously.

"Better luck next time," Sakura playfully teased him as the two dried themselves and both sat in the sand with the sun beating against their pale skin. (They do need to get a tan ^_^)

"It sure smells good," Sakura sniffed the air that was consumed with the smell of teriyaki chicken with some vegetables. Her green eyes smiled with delight and landed onto Neji's who was still staring at her. Sakura blushed as he gently held her hand and brought it up to him who then kissed it softly onto her smooth skin.

"I love you," Neji scooted closer to his girlfriend and Sakura's emerald eyes gleamed in the sunlight with satisfaction.

"I love you too, Neji," the couple leaned closer and managed a warm kiss.

Gaara sat silently as his piercing eyes managed to have a glimpse of Ten-Ten who happened to be going in his path. Panting from a long run, Ten-Ten plopped down onto the sand and smiled at Gaara who vaguely flushed.

"So, what do you plan to do while you're here alone?" Ten-Ten asked as she held up a water bottle to him.

Gaara kindly refused the drink, "Nothing, obviously," he bluntly said.

Ten-Ten frowned and let out a small sigh. "Hey, Gaara?"

Gaara looked up into Ten-Ten's kind eyes and her hair was in her usual up-do.

Realizing that he has her attention, "Is it true............well.........is it true that you may have.........a slight crush on me?" Ten-Ten grasped at the thought that it was hard to get those words out of her mouth.

Gaara chuckled and Ten-Ten joined with him.

"You're not bad, Gaara.........you've changed," Ten-Ten complimented him and soon the two were in a conversation. Right before Ten-Ten opened her mouth, there was a loud crash and also a voluble yelp.

It seems that while Naruto came back to the site with a teriyaki meat sauce, he accidentally slipped and the bottle flew out of his hand and crashed onto the delicious meat, which caused an explosion and Naruto happened to get caught on fire. To lessen the pain, Naruto panted and ran around in circles cursing as he tried to smother the fire. Later, a bucket of water flowed down onto his back and Naruto coolly fell down as Hinata put down the pail and tried to comfort Naruto.

"Moron," Sasuke smiled slightly at Naruto's usual screw-ups.

Naruto and Hinata tried to clean up the mess and right when Naruto started back to the house, his jaw fell down to the sand and miraculously, so did Hinata's.

The visitor smiled as he walked down the steps, his light hair glowed in the broad daylight. He then said, "Good day for a cookout, eh Naruto?"

Everyone else heard his voluble voice and was shocked as the unexpected guest walked down to the beach and evaluated how everyone was doing.

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