Disclaimer: What's the point? Don't own this and since you know that perfectly well, I'm not gonna put one in the next chap, it's a waste of ink.

Notes: Mentioned in this Chap: Ketsueki Shinri, Ryuuchi Shikari, Uchiha Fei, and Yamamoto Akiko. Umm, yeah.Really short chapter, but I was in a hurry, gomen.

Note to Jinky Kuprica: Obviously you like Sasuke, and I'm sorry if you feel that Fei is left out, I hope that this chapter will make up for it.

To Astly Hinata-chan: Umm, the SasuHina bit will come in like in Chapter 13 or 14, but at the rate I'm going, I'll never get there, and I have a feeling all the Naruto fans are gonna kill me when the time comes…ehehehe.

7. Slumber Party

"Shinri-chan!" called her mother, "Get the phone!"

Shinri sighed with annoyance and flipped herself nimbly off the couch and grabbed the receiver, "Hello? Make it quick, whoever you are."

"Well, Shinri, isn't that a nice greeting." The caller was her friend, Fei, "Fine, tell you what? I'll make it quick by hanging up, how about."

"I thought it was someone else." Shinri said quickly, "Like Akiko or somebody."

"Why the heck do you hate her so much?" Fei asked with interest.

"I don't hate her, come on, Fei, what the hell, she's a slut." Shinri sank down on the couch. "I just can't stand her type."

"You're weird, I'll tell you that much." Fei muttered, then added, "Hey, oh, yeah, I was gonna ask you if you could come over and spend the night at my place."

"Who else is gonna be there?" Shinri narrowed her eyes, even though Fei couldn't see over the phone, "Akiko is, isn't she?"

"Well, er, yeah, but Shikari's going too, and she's not that bad." Fei answered somewhat hesitantly, "If you really do hate her that much, then just don't talk to her."

"Goddamn, for the last time. I don't hate her." Shinri sighed, "Yeah, I guess, don't have anything better to do anyway." She hung up. "Ma, I'm going out."

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Shinri showed up on Fei's doorstep precisely 13 minutes later, "Hey."

"Hi, them two are already here." Fei greeted her friend shortly, "Come on."

Shikari and Akiko were sitting at the card table drinking cocoa, "Hi!" Akiko chirped brightly, looking up from the magazine, Chuunin Chic.

Shikari just nodded, "You came too, I see."

Fei, on the other hand, was having second thoughts about having this party, after all, she wasn't the outgoing type, and it was obvious that her guests, with the exception of Akiko weren't either. "Umm, should we, um, pop in a video or something?"

"I guess, don't care, really." Shinri shrugged, curling up on an armchair.

"What flicks do you have?" Shikari looked interested.

"I dunno, just about everything." Fei was on her knees, rooting through the pile of tapes, "Genre?"

"Action." Said Shikari, the same time that Akiko piped up with, "Romance!"

"Regarding my question this morning," Shikari turned to Akiko, "Why the hell do you guys care so much about boys and crap?"

"Boys aren't crap!" Akiko was indignant.

"No," Shikari sipped her cocoa calmly, "I didn't say they were, nor will you ever hear me say it, just that caring too much about their opinions might screw you up?"

"In what way?" Akiko demanded hotly.

"For instance," Shinri glanced up at the girl dressed in a pink tank and miniskirt, "You might become depressed because your nonexistent boyfriend dumped you?" she yawned, "Can you just pop in that stupid movie, Fei?"

"All right, gosh. This is a random tape, and don't blame me if it turns out to be shit." Fei turned on the television. "Here goes."

All four of them stared expectantly at the screen, which stayed blank until a white flash brought out the words, 'Toy Story'

"Turn it off." Shikari and Shinri ordered at the same time, shielding their eyes from the ludicrously childish pictures.

"Alright, I told you it was random." Fei clicked the screen off again. "My brother must've been watching. How about Rush Hour 2 or something."

"Um, how about no?" Shinri suggested uncoiling herself and sitting upright in the old armchair, "

"Oh, I know!" Akiko began to flip furiously through the magazine, "We can play this!"

"What?" Shikari grabbed it from her and read, "Shinobi Tell All: Get the Secrets!" it was a board game type of thing with a built in spinner and cards and crap, "What the hell is this?"

"It's a cool game, kinda like truth or dare. It'll be fun!" Akiko ripped out the game pieces.

Just then, the doorbell rang, Fei jumped up, "Save by the bell, I'll get it!"

The visitor was, too good to be true, Sasuke. "Greetings, Fei." He grasped her hand briefly, "Is your mother here?"

"Yeah, uh, I think she's in the kitchen cooking." Fei stammered, "You need anything?"

"Nah," Sasuke shrugged "I forgot, last week was your birthday, wasn't it?" he rummaged around in his pack, "Ah, found it, here you go, happy late 13th, I guess."

"Th-th-thanks." Fei took the package from him, blushing a deep crimson as she looked at her shoes, "A lot, Sasuke-san."

"Don't worry about it, it's nothing." Sasuke nodded and headed into the kitchen.

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"Awww…" Akiko sighed.

"Shut up." Fei kicked the girl off the chair, still clutching the package tightly, "Say that again and I'll kill you."

"Seriously, Fei, you shouldn't just toss threats out like that." Shikari took an unnecessarily large gulp of the hot drink, "Point is, someone might take them for real and kill you first."

"Frankly, I don't care," Fei carefully began to unwrap the package. "Hey, this is cool!" she unearthed a kunai with entwined with gold ivy leaves, along with a note, Fei, Happy Birthday, train hard, and don't lose this…Sasuke-san.

Shinri grabbed the note from her, "Uh huh, this explains it, no wonder you're obsessed with him."

"Hey, I'm not!" Fei protested.

"Whatever." Shinri yawned and looked to Akiko, who was still preparing the game pieces, "Do we have to wait a decade to play that stupid game of yours?"

"Wha—oh, it's almost ready." Akiko shuffled the cards carelessly and dropped them, "Oops."

"What the hell?" Fei picked one up and scanned it, "Name your crush and reason why you like him, punishment: 10 punches on the arm."

"There is no way in hell I'm playing something like that." Shinri groaned out loud, "Better yet, I think, since Akiko, here is probably the only one of us who wants to play, then you'll just answer all the questions and we'll have much more fun punishing you."

"That's not fair." Akiko whined.

"Or is it?" Shikari cocked an eyebrow, "I'm going to the bathroom."

"Yeah, I think it is quite fair." Fei added with a wicked glance at Akiko, "I'll be looking forward to those 10 punches."

"Anyway," Shinri returned the grin, "Should we start?"

"Um, Fei?" Sasuke poked his head into the living room, "Did your mother go out without telling you? I can't find her."

"Maybe she did, I'm positive she did say something about Hinata-san…"

"Hinata-san, eh?" Sasuke looked thoughtful, "No, it's not that important anyway, I'll come back tomorrow, see ya." He waved a hand and left.

"See you." Fei tripped over the rug in her eagerness to open the door, Sasuke caught her by the arm, "Careful."

"For future reference, Fei, um, Isn't Sasuke-san a little old for you, he's alreadly in his late twenties and all." Shinri smirked lightly as soon as Sasuke was out of earshot, "Be careful indeed."

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Notes: I know that was kind of random, but all chapters are, sorry if you people are disappointed, I really do try my best. Oh, before I forget, note to Crutches: It's just the way I learned to spell Ginjutsu, and I can start spelling it Genjutsu, though…thanks for the constructive advice. Next chapter, people mentioned are the following: Uribatake Seiya, Shorai Natsu, Aburame Kinji, and Uchiha Maki.