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say about that fact right now, check back later.
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Sakura and Sasuke followed Kakashi over to one booth, where Naruto was sitting. Kakashi motioned for them to sit down. Sakura plopped down next to Naruto, and Sasuke and Kakashi sat on the other side.
"Okay, now that we're here- what's the surprise?" asked Sakura. Kakashi smiled from under his mask, and pulled out something from under the table. Sakura gasped.
"Tada!" said Kakashi proudly, and all three students gasped.
"How did you get THAT?!" yelled Naruto, and Sasuke kicked the boy in the shins under the table to shut him up. Kakashi held in his hands a bottle of white wine- a fine brand as well.
"Well, there was this lady for a bartender..." Kakashi said, making a hand gesture that signaled that he wouldn't go on.
"Wow," said Sakura, impressed. "Now this HAS been a surprise-filled day, hasn't it? Pour me a glass!"
"Wait a moment, Sakura," Kakashi said. I didn't manage to get glasses. Please go and get some," Kakashi said patiently. Sakura stood up and started walking towards the bar, but Naruto grabbed her shoulder from behind.
"I'll come with you!" he said cheerfully. Sakura smiled sweetly, and they crossed the dance floor and approached the bar. A woman, who looked to be about forty, was working behind the counter, and teenagers sat on the stools everywhere. Naruto shoved through the crowd, knocking several people over.
"Can me and my girl have four cups?" asked Naruto, leaning on the counter. Sakura, for once, didn't say anything about the 'my girl' comment. The woman leaned down and came back up with four Styrofoam cups.
"Not quite what we had in mind, but..." Sakura trailed off. Naruto grabbed the cups and walked over to Sakura, grinning broadly.
"See? If Kakashi can do it, so can I!" said Naruto proudly. "Now let's get back!"
That proved to be a bigger problem than it sounded. The dance floor was now packed tightly with people, and Naruto and Sakura had a tough time even staying with each other in the crowd.
"Hang onto my hand, Sakura-chan!" Naruto instructed, and Sakura grabbed his hand. He tried pushing his way around, but the music and noise increased and the crowd around them seemed to close in on them.
"Naruto!" Sakura yelled as he hand slipped from his as someone shoved her. Naruto didn't seem to hear here, and disappeared into the crowd. Sakura tried bravely to push her way through, but the crowd had grown to quick. Someone shoved her again, and she fell into another person. She slipped and was about to crash to the floor, when a set of hands caught her around the waist. Sakura looked up- into the gray eyes of a boy.
"You okay?" he asked loudly, standing Sakura up.
"Yeah!" Sakura yelled back.
"You lost?" he asked. Sakura nodded. The boy- who had spiky brown hair and black clothes- took her hand. "Come one! I'll get you off the dance floor!"
"Thanks!" Sakura yelled back. People seemed to make a path for the boy instead of staying in the way, which amazed Sakura. Within moments, they were standing in the little section between tables and the dance floor, where there were practically no people.
"You okay?" he asked, letting go of her hand.
"Yeah, thanks," Sakura breathed. The boy slipped a pair of blue sunglasses out of his pants pocket and slipped them on over his eyes.
"I'm Hideaki," he said. "You here with anybody?"
"I'm Sakura. I came with my ninja team," she said, not really thinking. He raised an eyebrow.
"You're from one of those Hidden Villages?" he asked.
"Yeah! How'd'ya guess?" Sakura asked.
"I know everything about this town, sweetheart," he said. "There aren't any ninja schools around, so...."
"Oh!" Sakura said, realizing that she had just given out information about herself. "Well, I should be getting back, we scored some wine and-"
"You got some wine off the bartender? That's a first," he said, leaning against an empty table. "Your team is the first to do that in a long while. Hey, did your boyfriend get in a fight earlier?" he asked.
"Well, he isn't really my boyfriend, but- yeah, he did," Sakura replied. "Why?"
"My little sister, Hikari, said that she helped some girl with pink hair out. I assume that was you," he said.
"She's your sister?" Sakura asked. Now that he mentioned it, they did have the same eyes...
"Wanna step outside for a minute?" he asked. Sakura became alert.
"Why?" she asked.
"Well, you seem like you need some fresh air, and I need a cig," Hideaki said, crossing his arms over his chest.
"I didn't know you smoked," Sakura said. Hideaki shrugged. "Sure, but- won't I have to pay to get in again?" Sakura asked.
"Nah, I know a back way out. They don't bother to lock it," he explained. "C'mon." Hideaki grabbed Sakura's hand and pulled her along the small path, towards the bathrooms in the back. There was a third door, and he looked around cautiously before opening it and pulling Sakura outside.
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Sakura and Sasuke followed Kakashi over to one booth, where Naruto was sitting. Kakashi motioned for them to sit down. Sakura plopped down next to Naruto, and Sasuke and Kakashi sat on the other side.
"Okay, now that we're here- what's the surprise?" asked Sakura. Kakashi smiled from under his mask, and pulled out something from under the table. Sakura gasped.
"Tada!" said Kakashi proudly, and all three students gasped.
"How did you get THAT?!" yelled Naruto, and Sasuke kicked the boy in the shins under the table to shut him up. Kakashi held in his hands a bottle of white wine- a fine brand as well.
"Well, there was this lady for a bartender..." Kakashi said, making a hand gesture that signaled that he wouldn't go on.
"Wow," said Sakura, impressed. "Now this HAS been a surprise-filled day, hasn't it? Pour me a glass!"
"Wait a moment, Sakura," Kakashi said. I didn't manage to get glasses. Please go and get some," Kakashi said patiently. Sakura stood up and started walking towards the bar, but Naruto grabbed her shoulder from behind.
"I'll come with you!" he said cheerfully. Sakura smiled sweetly, and they crossed the dance floor and approached the bar. A woman, who looked to be about forty, was working behind the counter, and teenagers sat on the stools everywhere. Naruto shoved through the crowd, knocking several people over.
"Can me and my girl have four cups?" asked Naruto, leaning on the counter. Sakura, for once, didn't say anything about the 'my girl' comment. The woman leaned down and came back up with four Styrofoam cups.
"Not quite what we had in mind, but..." Sakura trailed off. Naruto grabbed the cups and walked over to Sakura, grinning broadly.
"See? If Kakashi can do it, so can I!" said Naruto proudly. "Now let's get back!"
That proved to be a bigger problem than it sounded. The dance floor was now packed tightly with people, and Naruto and Sakura had a tough time even staying with each other in the crowd.
"Hang onto my hand, Sakura-chan!" Naruto instructed, and Sakura grabbed his hand. He tried pushing his way around, but the music and noise increased and the crowd around them seemed to close in on them.
"Naruto!" Sakura yelled as he hand slipped from his as someone shoved her. Naruto didn't seem to hear here, and disappeared into the crowd. Sakura tried bravely to push her way through, but the crowd had grown to quick. Someone shoved her again, and she fell into another person. She slipped and was about to crash to the floor, when a set of hands caught her around the waist. Sakura looked up- into the gray eyes of a boy.
"You okay?" he asked loudly, standing Sakura up.
"Yeah!" Sakura yelled back.
"You lost?" he asked. Sakura nodded. The boy- who had spiky brown hair and black clothes- took her hand. "Come one! I'll get you off the dance floor!"
"Thanks!" Sakura yelled back. People seemed to make a path for the boy instead of staying in the way, which amazed Sakura. Within moments, they were standing in the little section between tables and the dance floor, where there were practically no people.
"You okay?" he asked, letting go of her hand.
"Yeah, thanks," Sakura breathed. The boy slipped a pair of blue sunglasses out of his pants pocket and slipped them on over his eyes.
"I'm Hideaki," he said. "You here with anybody?"
"I'm Sakura. I came with my ninja team," she said, not really thinking. He raised an eyebrow.
"You're from one of those Hidden Villages?" he asked.
"Yeah! How'd'ya guess?" Sakura asked.
"I know everything about this town, sweetheart," he said. "There aren't any ninja schools around, so...."
"Oh!" Sakura said, realizing that she had just given out information about herself. "Well, I should be getting back, we scored some wine and-"
"You got some wine off the bartender? That's a first," he said, leaning against an empty table. "Your team is the first to do that in a long while. Hey, did your boyfriend get in a fight earlier?" he asked.
"Well, he isn't really my boyfriend, but- yeah, he did," Sakura replied. "Why?"
"My little sister, Hikari, said that she helped some girl with pink hair out. I assume that was you," he said.
"She's your sister?" Sakura asked. Now that he mentioned it, they did have the same eyes...
"Wanna step outside for a minute?" he asked. Sakura became alert.
"Why?" she asked.
"Well, you seem like you need some fresh air, and I need a cig," Hideaki said, crossing his arms over his chest.
"I didn't know you smoked," Sakura said. Hideaki shrugged. "Sure, but- won't I have to pay to get in again?" Sakura asked.
"Nah, I know a back way out. They don't bother to lock it," he explained. "C'mon." Hideaki grabbed Sakura's hand and pulled her along the small path, towards the bathrooms in the back. There was a third door, and he looked around cautiously before opening it and pulling Sakura outside.