Author's notes:

Here's chapter three! Oh my gosh, I love your reviews! Anyway, here are the reviews that inspired me the most for the last chapter:

Thanks to:

moonlightpath, shawdowknife, punksasuke, lunarangel, benjem, xx-Tsumi-chan-xx, animeforever24, cherlye, momiro-chan, El3ments, Princess Sakura Haruno, Kumii-cHan, krista, eli

Disclaimer:

I don't own Naruto...though I wish I did...

6:05 - Airplane

"Woah! Who would have thought we'd get a private plane?" exclaimed Kiba as he sat down beside Lee, with Akamaru on top of his head, as usual.

"Yeah! Gai-sensei's youth goodness must have done this!" said Lee happily as he did a happy dance.

Sakura placed her bags in the overhead cabin before she sighed. She turned around to see Sasuke who was waiting for her to sit.

"Um, do you want the window seat?" asked Sakura awkwardly. Sasuke just stared at her blankly.

"Just sit now." he said. Sakura nodded before walking over to the window seat. Sasuke then followed and sat beside her on the aisle seat.

Sakura neatly placed her hands on her lap before she stared at the floor, which she found very interesting at the moment. It was patterned blue and white carpeting and it really made an incred-

Wait a minute, we're not supposed to be talking about the floor. Anyway, Sasuke noticed Sakura's lack of noise.

She's been like that for the past few weeks...

Suddenly, someone leaned towards Sasuke and hugged his neck.

"Oh Sasuke-kun my darling! You get to sit in front of me!" Ino exclaimed happily as she attached her hands to his neck. Sasuke looked annoyed but before he could even touch her, Shikamaru took Ino's arms off Sasuke.

"Ino, try to be less troublesome..." he muttered sleepily before grabbing a pillow and leaning on his chair. Ino glared at him, but complied.

Naruto, who was sitting in front of Sasuke, faced Sakura and smiled at her happily.

"Ne Sakura-chan, isn't this exciting?" he asked happily. Sakura looked up and smiled warmly at Naruto, and Sasuke felt a bomb drop in the pit of his stomach.

He quickly noticed that Sakura did not smile like that at him. She smiles at him with a forced one. Wait a minute? Why did it matter anyway?

Sasuke just turned away and began a glaring contest with Neji, who was sitting across the aisle in his and Sakura's row.

6:09

After a few minutes, Kurenai grabbed the microphone before she started to speak.

"Okay everyone settle down. The captain has turned on the fasten seat belt sign, so please comply. We'll be departing in just a few minutes, and may I remind all of you that this is a non-smoking flight. Thank you." She said before she let go of the microphone.

"Aww..." muttered Asuma sadly before he threw his cigarette out of the window.

Everyone stopped their chattering and they all fastened their seatbelts.

Naruto then turned to Kurenai.

"Who's the captain again?" he asked as Hinata helped him fasten his seatbelt.

Kurenai smiled before turning to all of them.

"Don't worry...The captain of this plane is your sensei, Gai..." she said before she sat down herself and fastened her seatbelt.

Everyone's eyes widened and they stared at each other.

"Did she just say, Gai-sensei?" asked Tenten slowly as she faced Neji. Neji looked at her and a blush immediately sprouted on her cheeks.

"Yeah..." he said.

Suddenly, a loud voice was heard and then everyone froze in their seats.

"BRACE YOURSELVES EVERYONE! WE'RE ABOUT TO FLY!" shouted Gai.

The plane then began speeding rapidly, and Ino clutched Shikamaru's hand. Hinata closed her eyes, her hands holding on her seat. Naruto placed his hand over Hinata's.

"Don't worry Hina-chan...I'm here." He said. Hinata nodded a little before smiling at him.

The airplane then flew towards the sky. It was so unexpected and they were flying upwards very fast.

Tenten unconsciously hugged Neji as she closed her eyes. Ino was shrieking loudly and Shikamaru was trying to calm her down. Lee was cheering Gai on.

Akamaru was running around the plane, trying to find an escape route. Now, Naruto was screaming and Hinata just held his hand shyly to calm him down.

Chouji's chips went flying and he began chasing after them. Then the chaos begins. Gai laughs sinisterly.

"My chips!"

"Chouji, stop!"

"Akamaru! Where's Akamaru!"

"Snore..."

"Uh...keep your calm Sakura..." muttered Sakura to herself as Sasuke stared at her.

"Ahh! Shika-kun! I'm afraid of heights!"

"Don't wo-worry Naruto-kun...It's gonna be alright!" said Hinata quietly as she held Naruto's hand.

"Go Gai-sensei! I idolize you're flying! You're the best!" exclaimed Lee happily as animated tears poured down his face.

Sakura clutched her dress tightly as she forced herself to remain calm. She tried to stop the tears from flowing down. Sasuke just kept his cool and stared blankly at the wall.

"Ten-ten, I can't breathe..." said Neji calmly. Tenten closed her eyes and hugged Neji tighter.

"Ahhh! This is illegal! He can't fly a plane!" shouted Naruto loudly.

"Gai-sensei! You rock real ha- Tenten, your sunblock!"

"Stop this plane right NOOOOW!"

"They can't stop it Ino, otherwise we'll fall from the sky!"

"Shut up!"

"I wish I could be like you Gai-sensei!"

Gai laughed and laughed before he swerved to the left. Ino and Naruto shrieked more loudly than before and Akamaru cried as he hit the door.

Sakura accidentally bumped into Sasuke, and they both fell on the floor.

Ino then wailed more loudly as she saw Sakura on top of Sasuke, her face inches away from Sasuke's face.

"How troublesome..."

"Stop-stop it please..." said Hinata as she patted Naruto's back, whose eyes were flaming.

"Neji! This is too fast!" screamed Tenten. Neji glared at the door leading to the captain's room.

"I'm sorry Sasuke-kun..." Sakura muttered as she tried to stand up. Unfortunately, the plane was still going up and she stumbled again, landing on top of Sasuke, this time, their lips only centimeters apart. Sakura's eyed widened as she backed away a little.

"Get away from him, forehead-girl!"

"Gai-sensei! I wish I could be like you! You're the best sensei ever!"

"Akamaru! You're bleeding!"

"Ahhh! My chips! They're wasted!"

"This is illegal!"

"Snore..."

"Asuma, this is a non-smoking flight!"

"Oh right...Sorry."

"STOP! Don't squish that! That's Ten-ten's su-

"WHAT THE? EWW!I HAVE SUNBLOCK ALL OVER MY FACE! SHIKA-KUN, MAKE IT GO AWAY!"

"What does he have to do? Hey, sunblock makes a great mayonnaise for my chips!"

"Stop it with the chips, CHOUJI"

(crunch)

"WHAT THE? YOU STEPPED ON MY CHIPS!"

"Na-naruto-kun, my fingers are red..."

"Get this SUNBLOCK out of my FACE!"

"Asuma, don't throw that the-

(BIG FIRE EXPLOSION NEAR THE DOOR)

"AAAAAAAAAAAH!"

Kurenai did some hand seals and extinguished the fire easily.

"Snore..."

"I didn't know Shino snores..."

(THUD)

"What the? Rocks coming from the sky?

"Oops, sorry that was me. I was supposed to hit forehead girl and AHHHHH"

Gai then stopped and the plane immediately stopped going upwards. The plane then balanced itself and everyone calmed down. The plane started to move forwards steadily and neatly. Kakashi came out from a door, pushing a cart with food.

He walked towards Naruto and Hinata then began speaking.

"Sir, will it be sausage or ham?" asked Kakashi. Naruto stared at him strangely, panting.

Sakura stood up and dusted herself. She forced the blush out of her cheeks before she faced Sasuke.

"Sorry..." she said quietly before she sat back on her seat. Sasuke stood up and sat down beside Sakura. He pushed the blush out of his cheeks.

Uchiha Sasuke never blushes...

"Tenten, you can let go of me now." said Neji. Tenten opened her eyes and looked around, before she blushed and let go of Neji.

Ino was crying, and Shikamaru was quite bewildered since he did not know how to calm down a crying girl.

"Um, don't cry..." said Shikamaru as he patted Ino's back.

Kiba walked over to Akamaru as Kurenai handed him bandages. Lee was trying to get in the captain's room to congratulate his Gai-sensei. Chouji was mourning his wasted chips...and Shino was still sleeping.

6:30

Everyone had calmed down. Shikamaru was sleeping and Ino was talking endlessly, thinking that Shikamaru was actually listening.

"...yeah, and then there was this cow. Shikamaru, are you listening?" asked Ino as she pinched Shikamaru. Shikamaru instantly woke up and then stared at her.

"Huh, oh yeah...How troublesome..."

Ino sighed.

"Nothing's ever gonna happen like this! Shika-kun, stop sleeping!" exclaimed Ino as she pinched him again.

"Damn troublesome!" Shikamaru said angrily. "If I didn't like you, I probably would have tossed you off the plane by now." he added quietly.

His eyes widened.

Where did that come from?

>>>

"Um, Naruto-kun, y-you have ketchup on your cheek." said Hinata. Naruto stopped eating his sausage as he tried to rub off the ketchup.

"Hinata-chan, could you wipe it off for me?" asked Naruto. Hinata grabbed a tissue before she wiped Naruto's cheek, accidentally touching it.

"Thanks Hina-chan!" said Naruto happily.

Hinata smiled at him before looking at her own food.

"Um, Naruto-kun...Do you want my food?" asked Hinata as she handed him her plate. Naruto stared at her.

"Aren't you eating that?"

"I'm not really hungry..." she said.

"We could share it!" exclaimed Naruto happily as he handed Hinata a fork. Hinata blushed.

"A-arigato..."

>>>

"Neji, could you please stop looking after your cousin? She's old enough to look after herself." said Tenten as she examined a kunai that she held between two fingers.

Neji looked away from Naruto and Hinata and stared at Tenten.

"If she's hurt, Hiashi will kill me."

"She won't get hurt Neji. She can take care of herself. Besides, Naruto would take care of her." she said.

"That dead last-

"Hey! I thought you respect him!" reprimanded Tenten. Neji looked at her, and Tenten immediately looked away to stop herself from blushing.

"I do respect him."

"Good, so drop it. Um, also, I apologize for hugging you a while ago. I was just scared and all." muttered Tenten.

"It's not a problem. Do you want to spar sometime when we get there?" asked Neji. Tenten looked up and smiled.

"Why me? Why not Lee?"

"I want a good sparring partner. Besides, I don't want to spar with someone annoying."

Tenten smiled as she faced her kunai.

I'm a good sparring partner...I'm not annoying...Oh-my-gosh!

>>>

Sakura sighed as she looked out her window. Usually, she would start conversations with Sasuke at this point, but now it's different.

I can't even utter a single word...

Sakura placed her hands on her lap neatly as she faced the floor again.

Sasuke closed his eyes, but even though he doesn't want to admit it, the quietness is killing him slowly.

Suddenly, he felt a force on his shoulder and he turned to look and saw Sakura sleeping on his shoulder.

Sakura has unconsciously slept on Sasuke, and Sasuke's heart was pounding.

What am I supposed to do?

"If I were you, I'd put her head on your lap. Makes it much easier. You see, just put this arm of the chair up..." said Kakashi as he pulled the arm of the chair up and held Sakura's head.

"Then, you put her head on your lap. That way, you could sleep too." said Kakashi as he placed Sakura's head gently on Sasuke's lap.

Sasuke then froze and Kakashi walked away, with a smile under his mask.

Sasuke looked down and then unconsciously tucked a strand of Sakura's hair behind her ear. Sasuke pulled his hand away.

Why did I just do that?

Unknown to him, Kakashi saw the whole incident and he smiled more under his mask.

Hmm, I think...I need to do something about this. Tee hee, this is better than Icha Icha Paradies Volume six. Ohohoho...