II. Another monster from the Sand?

Sakura's eyes grew round as saucers.

" This. Is. Not happening."

Gaara slurped as he drank his orange juice.

" Heh." Kankuro peered at Sakura from behind his soda can. " She may not look like it but once the sandman comes…all hell breaks lose."

Tenten is a sleep-talker.

Ino snores like storm.

Hinata sleeps with nothing but panties on.

Kurenai and Anko sleep with nothing on.

Temari does all of it.

" Consider yourself lucky if she doesn't take her panties off…" Kankuro added.

Gaara flinched, and then gave out a chuckle.

Sakura slammed her hands on the table so hard that the patties jumped off the burgers.

" Hey watch it forehead girl! You're ruining my midnight snack!"

" YOU MEAN I WON'T HAVE A DECENT SLEEP FOR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS!?!" Sakura shrieked.

" Well, you can hang out with Gaara here." Kankuro said, pursing his lips together.

" I have insomnia." Gaara revealed, a smirk playing on his face.

" Have a midnight stroll in the beach, Gaara builds nice sand castles you know…"

" And more than just that…" Gaara interrupted coldly, "I can do mausoleums, tombstones, funeral pyres…but you know what is my favorite? Coffins…"

" Stop." Sakura said with a wave of her hand. With a final sigh, she left the table and stormed off towards the dormitories.

" Hey! We're trying to help you out!" Kankuro called after her.

Sakura paced back and forth in the darkened lobby. She could hear a gentle snore emanating from somewhere. She felt herself growing envious.

" Lucky crap!" She thinks. The humid air combined with the relaxed atmosphere made Sakura even drowsier.

Not wanting to go back to the lobby, she found her feet dragging her towards the airy balcony.

" Maybe I can get some sleep there…" Sakura murmured to herself.

The screen doors leading to the balcony was open.

" Who's staying up this late?"

She cracked the sliding door open.

Sprawled on a snug rug on the balcony floor, wearing only his briefs and his head propped on a huge sake gourd was a drunken Jiraiya.

Poor Sakura was petrified!

The 1/3 of the Sannin lifted his head weakly and stared at the pink-haired gennin.

" You came at last! My little, sweet geisha girl!" Jiraiya exclaimed dreamily.

"EEEEEEKKKKK!!!" " HOKAGE-SAMA!!!" Sakura screamed as she tore across the corridor.

Then a thought hit Sakura. " I'll stay at Hokage-sama's room!!!"

Sakura squinted her eyes, peering at every room number.

" No. 7, No. 7…" The snore she heard a while ago seems to get louder and louder with every step. It made Sakura even more determined to get her goodnight's sleep!

" Oh here it is…Oh no." Sakura finally found the Fifth and Shizune's room but was aghast.

" Oh God. Oh God."

The snore was coming from the Fifth's room!

From the gentle drone she heard earlier, it now sounds as if a whole cascade of waterfall was just behind the door!

Sakura hung her head in defeat.

A scream tore into the night.