Chapter 11

"So, he told me to gather everybody in the restaurant." Sakura thought out loud in front of the restaurant door. "Hmmm, how can I ask them to gather here without being questioned so much?" she winced as she looked at the sun.

"Saaaaaaaakura!" a familiar voice called her.

"Ah, Ino, hi." She waved her hand at Ino.

"Where have you been! I was looking for you ever since you didn't come back after you talked with Naruto!" Ino fumed. "And what is this door behind you?"

Looking bored, "Cant you tell that I've been here, since I am still standing at the door." She raised an eyebrow. "Anyways, hey," Sakura grinned at her friend, "can you wait for me here?" she opened the door of the restaurant.

Ino cocked her head at her side, "And why? I am suppose to meet Hinata-chan and Ten-Ten back." Ino protested as Sakura pushed her inside. "Hey! Sakura!"

"Don't worry! Sasuke-kun is inside there, you can talk to him." Sakura grinned at her and slammed the door close.

"A customer!" Haku, again ran towards Ino. "Come in, please." He smiled at her.

Ino scanned the room. "Where's Sasuke-kun?" She asked.

"Eh?" Haku gave her a smile of confusion. "Oh, Sasuke-san." He turned to the counter. "Oh, he's over there, talking with the Manager."

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"Okay, one down…" she begun to count her fingers. She sweat dropped. "Many to go." She sighed and hunched her back. "Hmm, I wonder, how long will I take before everybody goes there."

"Hey! Somebody let me out of this sand!" Sakura straightened her body and shot a look at the caller. "Waaaa! Sakura-san! Tasuketekure!"

"Lee-kun!" Sakura ran at his side. "Who did this to you?" she asked as she raked her hands in the sand.

Tears followed in Lee's eyes. "I was just sleeping here, relaxing, then I woke up, being buried under the sand." He explained to her.

"Oh, that's so mean! Whoever did this to you! I surely will kill him or her or it or whatever!" she dug the sand harder and faster than before.

"Sakura-san, thank you…" Lee cried a fountain while being rescued under the sand.

"There, at last." Sakura wiped her forehead with her hand, "Nice and done." She smiled at Lee.

" I don't know how to thank you at all, Sakura-san." Lee held her hands on his with tears following out of his eyes. He noticed Sakura blushed and avoided his eyes. "Sakura-san? Something wrong? Are you sick or the sun's too hot for you?" he asked rapidly.

Sakura shook her head and waving her hands. "No, no, nothing's wrong!" she said. Then remembered her mission. "Ne, Lee-kun, since you don't know how to thank me," she said with a sly smile, "I know a way how you can thank me." she said.

Lee gulped and blushed a little. "And...h-how may I help you then, Sakura-san?" his heat begun to beat faster than the normal.

She gave him a cheesy smile. "Oh, go to the restaurant up ahead here." She pointed at the direction. "And wait for me there." She chuckled. "Don't worry, I'll be back soon." And there she pulled Lee up and tapped his shoulder. "I'll better be going now! See you there!" she waved at him and ran away.

"Restaurant?" Lee raised an eyebrow. "I thought that this is a 'private' resort." He shrugged but made his way to the location Sakura had told him.

So when he arrived at the restaurant…

He raised his thick eyebrow at the name, "Aka no Tsuki? It rhymes with Akatsuki!" he laughed. "Anyways, since Sakura-san told me to head here, then I must do it!" he entered the restaurant.

"A customer! Yay! We have another customer besides Sasuke-san, Naruto-kun and Ino-san!" Haku jumped in front of Lee. "Irrashaimasen!" he halted and stared at the brows.

"Oh, hello, I was just asked to wait for someone here, can I stay until she come?" Lee asked politely at Haku. "Uhh, hello." He waved a hand of Haku's face.

"Huh? Oh, sure don't worry, why don't you sit at the counter, I have a feeling that you know the people who are seated there." He pointed at the counter.

"Naruto-san, Sasuke-san, Ino-san!" Lee bowed at Haku and made his way to his friends.

"Lee!" Naruto smiled and waved at him.

Sasuke was seated two chairs away from Naruto, Ino sat near Sasuke, talking to him nonstop. "Uhh, Hello, Naruto-san, Sasuke-san, Ino-san."

"Aiya…who's your friend?" Itachi nudged Sasuke. "I wonder if he let me pluck his eyebrows." He stared at Lee's eyebrows.

"Aniki! Don't say that!" he snared.

"I was just wondering!" Itachi shrugged.

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"Okay, Lee-kun and Ino are in there already, I wonder how many people can I ask without too much effort?" she wondered. She there noticed a chocolate spiky haired boy, a lazy eyed boy and a shaded boy. "Kiba, Shikamaru, Shino!" she ran towards them.

"Sakura?" Kiba looked at her, then worried eyes darted her. "Have you seen Naruto?" he shook her, hard.

"Here we go again." Shino sighed. "Kiba, don't let her faint." He said in a monotone voice. Shikamaru nodded.

"Oh, sorry 'bout that, Sakura." He said and placed his hands on her shoulder. "So, have you seen Naruto? He was gone when we came back at the cottage that he occupied." He said without breathing.

"Be sure to remember breathing." Shikamaru reminded Kiba. "It'll be troublesome if you die."

This will be easy… "Naruto? Let's see, have I saw him?" she tapped her chin. Shikamaru, Kiba and Shino looked at her with great desperation. (Vinscent: actually, I don't know about Shino-san, he's wearing shades.)

Please, tell me you saw him!

Where's Naruto, come on! Tell us!

Troublesome, if she hasn't saw him.

"Actually, if my memory is still right, I saw him enter a restaurant there." She pointed at the direction of Aka no Tsuki.

"Thank you!" Kiba hugged her in a bear hug and ran off.

Shino bowed at her and gave a little smile, then back to his expressionless face again, and followed Kiba's trail.

"At last, somebody who knows wherethe idiot is." Shikamaru passed her but never failed to give her a smile of appriciation.

"Heh, the one of the hard ones are already on their way. That's great!" She chuckled and made her way to where she was heading…to somewhere in the beach.

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"NARUTO!" Kiba, Shikamaru and, even, Shino cried inside the restaurant.

"CUSTOMERS! AND THEIR NOT EVEN HERE FOR THE FOOD!" Haku screeched. "Naruto-kun, do you mind if you entertain those three?"

"Naruto!" Kiba saw Naruto, who was talking to Lee, made his way to him and hugged him tightly. "Naruto! I thought someone kidnapped you!" he ruffled Naruto's hair.

"So sorry, Kiba…Sakura dragged me." Naruto smiled at Kiba.

"Don't," Shino hugged Naruto, too as Kiba stepped back, "ever do that again."

"Shino, thanks…" Naruto hugged him back, Shino stepped back and smiled at Naruto.

"Was that Shino?" Ino asked with jaw dropped mouth. Lee and Sasuke just nodded with the same looks as Ino.

"Ever consider leaving a note?" Shikamaru ruffled Naruto's hair, but a glint of relief and happinessstained his eyes and voice. "Don't ever do that again, you'll kill Kiba out of worry." He sighed. "You're too troublesome." He smiled. "Yo, Ino!" he sat near Ino. "Hey, what a troublesome face."

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"Where did Ino go?" Ten-Ten looked around. "She said that she's only going to look for you." she pointed at Sakura.

Sakura choked and spat her tea at Ten-Ten. "Please tell me one good reason why wouldn't I kill you?" Ten-Ten asked.

"So, sorry…Ino 's in a restaurant." She wiped the tea out of Ten-Ten's face. "She told me that she'll just meet you there."

"Restaurant?" she raised an eyebrow. "I thought that this is private." She looked at Hinata.

"Huh? I thought so too, I better ask father." Hinata bowed, ready to leave but was held on her wrist. "Ten-Ten?"

"Don't, we'll just meet Ino there, I don't need the reason why there's a restaurant here." She pulled Hinata and made their ways. "Sakura?"

"Yea?"

"Where's that restaurant?" Ten-Ten scratched her head. Sakura pointed a finger. "Straight ahead, eh?" she followed the finger. "Okay! Thanks! Let's go Hinata!"

I hope things wont get complicated and all… Sakura thought.

"Oh, that reminds me…Sakura, wont you come?" Ten-Ten came back with sparkling eyes. Sakura shook her head. "Eh? Anyways, when you crisscross with Neji, tell him to gothere ok!" there she ran off, dragging Hinata, and squealed.

"That's weird." Sakura thought out loud.

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"Hello!" Ten-Ten announced inside the restaurant.

"No way! I wont entertain the customers anymore! Temari, do the task for me." Haku sighed.

"Irrashaimasen, Ten-Ten? Hinata?" Temari asked. "Hey! How have you been?"

"Temari?" Ten-Ten hugged her. "We're fine! Oh, and you work here?"

"Yup! Itachi-sama's the manager." Temari pointed a finger at Itachi, who's at the counter.

"He looks like Sasuke, are they related…Kiba? Shikamaru! Naruto? Sasuke? Shino? And INO?" she noticed her friends, who are laughing, even Shino… "Hey! Wazzup!"

"Riiiight, just leave me and Hinata like that, that's…rude." Temari gave a bored look as she saw Hinata flinched. "Hey, Hinata, why don't you join them?"

"O-okay…will you join us?" She asked.

"I can, after work, I guess…Haku asked me to be the greeter." She sighed. "So, go on then."

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"Just a little more…there…" Kakashi smiled under his mask and Gai smiled his trademark.

"Hey! What are you doing, Kakashi, Gai?" Iruka and Kurenai asked them.

"Can't you see?"they backed away fromtheir art. "We're sculpting." Kakashi said as he revealed a woman in two-piece with a Manilyn Monroe (Vinscent: Or something like that spelling!) pose. "Ain't she beautiful?"

"PERVERTS!" Kurenai and Iruka pounded them. "How could you sculpt something like that?" they chorused. "Gai! How could you helped him sculpt that?"

"Hey, but I am impressed, though." Kurenai stopped pounding Kakashi. "Hey, that woman looks like someone I…" her eyes popped out. "THAT'S MEEEEEEEE!"

"Didn't I tell you she's pretty?" Kakashi smiled, even though being pounded.

"I guess that's all right." Iruka clapped his hands clean. "She does looks like Yuuhi-san, but still, why made her wear like that? If the kids see that…"

"Iruka-sensei! Kurenai-sensei! Iruka-sensei! Gai-sensei!" Sakura cut Iruka off.

"Oh, Sakura, hello." Iruka waved at her. "Something wrong?" he asked her with worried eyes.

Panting heavily. "No, nothing much…umm…" she straitened her posture. "What happened to them?" she pointed at Gai and Kakashi.

Kurenai and Iruka pointed at the sculpture. "Hey, isn't that Kurenai-sensei? Wow, those two made that?" they nodded. "Anyways, could you visit Sasuke-kun and Naruto-kun at the restaurant straight ahead?" she asked as she pointed at the direction.

"Sasuke and Naruto?" Kakashi bolted, alive, again. "Hey let's go!" Kakashi scooped Kurenai and hung her on his shoulder, Iruka was being carried bridal way, and he tied Gai in lightning speed on his leg, dragging Gai while he ran. "Well, see you there, Sakura!" he looked at her and ran super speed, ignoring Iruka's and Kurenai's protests and screams. "Aaaa, whatever!" was all his replies.

That was easy, I thought they'dgive me a hard time. Sakura thought. "So…I think, Gaara and Neji's the only ones left, leave Hiashi-sama ." she skipped her way as she looked for the only left boys.

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"HELLO PEOPLE!" Kakashi entered the restaurant. "Aaa, there you two are…" he walked where Sasuke and Naruto are.

"Kakashi-san?" Itachi poked his head out of the kitchen. "Umm, why are you carrying…"

"Put Iruka-sensei, down! NOW!" Naruto ran towards Iruka and hugged him tightly. "Iruka-sensei, are you alright? Did he do something to you?" he asked him.

"A, Naruto, I thought something happened…" he was cut off as Naruto glared at Kakashi. "Uhh, Naruto, he didn't do anything…" Naruto raised an eyebrow. "Really he had done nothing."

"Hey, cool off, Naruto, I didn't do anything." Kakashi said in a bored tone.

"Kakashi! Let me down!" Kurenai planted her knuckles on Kakashi's head, leaving him a lump on the head. "Better." She straightened her clothes. "What? Do I have something on my face?" she asked her surprised students.

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"Any luck?" Neji asked Gaara.

Gaara shook his head. "No, I haven't seen him, and…" he looked at the deserted beach. "Where has everybody go?"

Neji shrugged and looked scared. "Don't you think that something bad happened?"

"Oh shut that up!" Gaara punched Neji on the face.

"Ouch…hey! Look over there!" He pointed out at the girl that stands near the shore. "Do you think it's a ghost?"

Gaara back fisted Neji… "Ahou! It's afternoon! And would you stare at it?" he said. Neji stared at the figure. "That girl is wearing pink, pink, pink! And her hair is pink!" he shook Neji.

"Sakura!" Neji ran and called for her. "Oi, Sakura! Do you know where everyone gone to?" he asked her.

"Waaaaaaaaaaaaaai!" she jumped and hugged Neji and Gaara. "At last I've found you, both!" she said. "Anyways, let's go! You're the only ones that's needed!" she pulled them by the wrists.

"Where are you taking us?" Gaara asked her.

"Somewhere where Naruto and the others are." She smiled at the two.

"Yay! At least we wont look for him anymore." Neji gave Gaara a toothy smile.

"Really? Well, anyways, let's go! I am hungry; too…" she said leaving the two confused.

So when they arrived at the restaurant.

"Sasuke-kun! All are here now!" Sakura announced as she threw Gaara and Neji in the restaurant.

Sasuke walked towards her. "Thanks, Sakura…" then he looked at his brother, and gave him a smile.

"You go, otouto!" Itachi cheered. Naruto looked at him. "Huh? Smile, Naru-chan!" he said and pointed at Sasuke.

"What do you mean 'all here now'?" The others asked Sakura, and then looked at Sasuke.

"Hehe, you'll soon find out." She smiled. "Cause I don't know either."

"Oi, Sasuke! What's the meaning of this?" Neji asked Sasuke, as he was being dragged on the stage together with Gaara. "Explain, explain, Uchiha…" he said as he crossed his arms.

"His right, explain, Uchiha." Gaara asked Sasuke as they stepped foot on the stage.

"My Plan B." Was all Sasuke's reply for the two and left the two confused.

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Vinscent: There! I am done with this one…-sighs-

Naruto: What's wrong?

Vinscent: I dunno, I feel…left out… -Sits at the corner and poke the wall-

Sasuke: Why? Where's your spirit, woman?

Vinscent: I am the spirit…haaaay, I don't know where it went…

Naruto: What's wrong? Don't tell me that, you're going to kill yourself again because you're a failure…

Vinscent: How did you know?

Naruto: Typical.

Vinscent: Well, the reason is, I think this chapter is really corny and all that negative things you can think off, especially, I can call this one crap that needs to be thrown in the bin, again. –Pokes the wall, poke, poke, poke.-

Sasuke: Gosh! You really sure that Ire is different from you?

Vinscent: Yup, very much different…why?

Sasuke: I don't think so, cause all Ire did was criticize her work too! Like you always do. She also blames herself if the chapter goes ugly and all…actually yes, it's her fault, but you don't need to blame yourselves always! And always look at the bright sides will ya! You always look at the dark side.

Vinscent: Well, then Sa-chan, give me one bright side of this story? –Pouts and poke the wall-

Sasuke: Ummm…let's see –reads the script- no, not this one, boring, corny…what? Nope not this…oh here's one!

Vinscent: What's that 'one'?

Sasuke: When Kiba, Shino and Shikamaru lectured Naru-chan, and hugged him. I found that sweet…

Itachi: Too sweet, to be exact! Ne, Watashino Daisetsuna Otouto!

Sasuke: If you wont peel those pigtails, I'll cut your hair!

Itachi: Waaaaaaai! My baby brother cares for me! –Hugs Sasuke- I love you brother!

Sasuke: Let go off of me! Ew! Love yourself!

Vinscent: Anyways, I want to thank all the people who are reading this one…hope you enjoy this…I think I should've let Ire manage this one, while I manage Demented's story… -Still poking the wall while announcing-

Naruto: Don't be too hard on yourself. Anyways, thanks for reading this one! HOPE YOU LIKE IT ALL! Oi, Sasu-chan! Let's treat her for Tonkatsu or something, maybe she'll cheer up.

Sasuke: Huh? Oh, sure. Let me go you incest freak!

Iruka: Yuck! I don't love you love you; I love you as a brother! Hey, let's treat her! My treat!

Naruto: Yay! Oi, Sasu-chan! Can you carry her?

Sasuke: No! Aniki, since it's your treat, go carry her or drag her…just drag her!

Itachi: Oi, Vin-chan, come on now.

Vinscent: Haaaaaaaaaay –being dragged by Itachi- anyways…

All: We're off!