Chapter 03 :: Flicker of Lights
"Oh Sasuke!" Sakura whispered as she tugged onto black haired boy's t-shirt collar.
Ino watched from beside them and growled with anger. "I'll go get some popcorn," she nearly roared. She couldn't stand it so left for the kitchen.
Shikamaru watched from across the room. He smirked as he thought of the pain Ino must've been going through. Though, he couldn't help but feel a slight emotion of sympathy. He shook it off and began enjoying the movie.
Suddenly, the shrilling cry of zombies blasted the silent living room.
Tenten shivered, wanting someone to hug and feel comfortable with. Unfortunately she was sitting on the floor on the opposite side of Neji, where he also sat on the floor. He didn't seem frightened or in need of any company.
"Naruto-kun... I'm a little scared..." Hinata whispered so that only Naruto could hear.
"Don't worry, they're only actors. Besides we're ninjas!" Naruto whispered back.
That still didn't assure Hinata too much.
Naruto realized this and smiled, "but I think I'm a little cold in my pjs." He took a blanket from behind the couch and wrapped Hinata and himself in it.
"Okay! Popcorn's done!" Ino must've been really pissed off. She made 6 big bowls of popcorn, holding two in each arm and two balanced remarkably on top his head.
"Are you crazy Ino?" Shikamaru stood up looking shocked and tried to help her hold some.
"Gah!!" Ino tripped and fell, hurling all the popcorn bowls into the air and landed on Shikamaru.
At this point of the movie, two people were nude and began to make out.
Ino saw Shikamaru's face first thing when she opened her eyes. She would've slapped him or something, but she saw how soft his skin was for a boy of his caliber. Her hair hung loose, fluffing Shikamaru's cheeks like a napkin. "I...." She started out.
Sakura stopped cuddling with Sasuke, which relieved him.
Neji opened his eyes to see what happened.
Naruto was about to laugh, but still held onto Hinata.
Tenten stared with her desire for excitement.
Shikamaru blushed for the first time in his life. But he hid it with a straight calm face.
Everything was slow for a moment, the popcorn was still hanging in the air.
Neji quickly reacted and whirled his ultimate defense, "SPIN!" the white-eyed ninja spun around constantly, gaining speed with each spin. Wind surrounding the popcorn and pushed it to each ninja in the room, each of them catching a bowl successfully, as well as Neji catching his own.
Naruto began eating the popcorn right away, not taking his eyes off of the couple on the floor.
"Um, this is a bit too much for me..." Hinata whispered with a blush.
Neji put down his bowl and walked over to Ino and Shikamaru. "Take it somewhere else, you two are ruining the movie."
Ino stood up, blushing like crazy. "Um, sorry."
Shikamaru followed after, "Not like you even watch the movie..." he muttered.
Everyone went back to watching the movie, except this time, Ino sat beside Shikamaru on the floor, her spot beside Sakura lost by Tenten.
Tenten began plotting something to get Shikamaru and Ino together.
Neji caught this look in Tenten's eyes, "what a troublemaker..." he thought with a smirk.
After the movie ended, Naruto yawned and helped with Hinata's bowl of popcorn which she couldn't finish.
"Oh that was so scary Sasuke, hold meee " Sakura snuggled up into Sasuke's arms and pulled a blanket around them.
"Oh get up you two! No time for sleep yet!" Tenten smiled innocently and practically teared the blanket from them. "It's time for some truth or dare!" the black haired girl announced. "I'll even start!"
"Sounds good," Ino agreed.
"Okay..." Hinata smiled shyly.
"Heh, as long as we don't have to sleep," Naruto grinned.
"Hah, you're one to say that, you were yawning the most after the movie," Shikamaru nudged the blonde in the elbow.
"Ouch! Shut up!" Naruto sat down quickly in a circle.
"Okay guys, lemme just get some hot cocoa," Sakura smiled and left the room.
"Okay, now let's start," Ino suggested.
"Yep!" Tenten snickered. "Truth or Dare Shikamaru?" she asked.
"Truth," he answered boringly.
"Crap! Why don't you say Dare??" Tenten scolded.
"I don't like to be made a fool of," the annoyed ninja replied simply.
"Fine, did you ever kiss anyone?" Tenten questioned.
Shikamaru suddenly blushed, "No..." he lied.
"Don't lie now..." Neji sensed it right away. Partly because of Byakugan that saw a sudden change of emotion in Shikamaru's chakra points.
"Um... I kissed Temari before," Shikamaru muttered.
"WHAT?!?!" Everyone except Sasuke and Neji exclaimed. But even Sasuke and Neji flinched in shock.
"How did it happen?" Tenten hissed.
"No fair! Only one question," Shikamaru retorted.
Ino was most devastated by this, but she hid it poorly. "Hey it's obvious, I mean he looks at her all the time. And why not? She's sexy enough," Ino made a very fake laugh.
Sakura caught this and even she of all people felt sympathy.
"Okay your turn Shikamaru," Tenten said, still a little shocked from his secret.
"Er, this is a pain... Naruto truth or dare?" Shikamaru asked.
"DARE! I'm not scared of anything!!" Naruto grinned pounding a fist on his chest where his heart was.
"Fine, I dare you to strip off all your clothes except your boxers and dance in front of Hinata.
"NANIIIII!?!?" Naruto screamed.
"EEEEHHHHH!?" Hinata blushed to death and shrieked japanese style.
Tenten clapped her hands, "nice Shikamaru," she smirked.
Shikamaru chuckled.
"Ewwww... Naruto's gonna show his body??" Sakura yelped.
Sasuke almost laughed, "he's not gonna do it, I can sense fear running in his veins."
Naruto's entire attitude changed when he heard those words. He immediately tore off his shirt and clenched a fist at Sasuke. "I'll make you eat those words!" but instead of punching Sasuke or something like that, Naruto began dancing in front of Hinata.
"Aeeee!!" Hinata blushed and looked away. For some reason, she couldn't help herself but giggle. She figured it was the tension in the room.
"Ahahah! Naruto-kun so sexy!" Tenten joked.
Hinata thought, 'Naruto-kun is pretty buff...' this thought made her blush more. But then she gathered courage to unshield her eyes.
Naruto finished shaking around and put on his shirt. He took his seat beside Hinata and smiled at her. Inside though, he was still intimidated that he had to do the whole thing.
Hinata began giggling.
"Hahaha! That was hilarious!" Shikamaru laughed.
Everyone did in fact. Sasuke chuckled, Neji smirked. The girls were laughing like crazy.
"Okay, enough! Sakura-chan," Naruto turned to the pink haired girl beside Sasuke. "I dare you to kiss Sasuke on the lips for at least 10 seconds."
"I'll count!" Tenten suggested.
Ino was outraged by this, "that's unfair! You're daring two people!"
"So what?" Shikamaru protested. "I dared Naruto to dance in front of Hinata, she was also part of the dare."
Ino just growled.
"Um, I don't think Sasuke will..." Sakura began, but she was cut off by something soft against her lips.
Everyone was so surprised, Sasuke had made the first move!
"Tenten, start counting!" Naruto commanded.
"Oh yeah!" Tenten began counting. "10... 9.... 8... 7..."
'Oh my god! Sasuke is kissing me! It's so soft... I always thought he'd be hard on me or something... Maybe this means that... that Sasuke... likes me?' she embraced the feeling deeply.
"1! Times up!" Tenten called out as if she was being paid to count.
Everyone except Neji began to clap.
"That was pretty nice Sasuke!" Shikamaru smirked.
"That was very brave..." Hinata whispered.
Sasuke broke the kiss first, as fast as he linked them together.
Sakura was obviously still in awe, drowned in the magic of her first kiss ever.
Sasuke blushed a little bit, "See Naruto? I'm not afraid of your dares..." he muttered, trying to cover up the shivering in his socks. lol usually ninjas don't wear socks but whatever! ;;
Neji caught this with Byakugan and smirked.
"Umm, okay my turn!" Sakura smiled. She wanted to get it over quickly so people wouldn't tease her or something. "Tenten! I dare you too..." here came her plot. "I dare you strip Neji all the way to his boxers!"
"WHAT?!" Tenten and Neji both yelped in unison.
It was the first time Neji opened up for anything.
"That's just not right!" Tenten retorted.
"Well you have to do it, don't tell me you're afraid," Ino smirked as well as the rest. She was very interested to get these two together.
Shikamaru began chuckling. Sasuke grinned, he was relieved that his dare wasn't the only embarassing one.
Neji was about to say something until Tenten had a tight grip on his shirt. "What are you doing?" He questioned with a blush. He wanted to push her off, but she looked so cute under him. He saw a complete view of her head, hair let down and a bit of her eyes, shining from the light. It was beautiful.
Tenten didn't answer him. She continued lifting up his shirt, blushing like crazy. It was a moment of silence, the gang couldn't even blink with the risk of missing a good part. Tenten lifted his shirt all the way too his arms.
Neji slowly lifted up his arms for her to finish. He couldn't breath, too shocked to speak.
Suddenly Tenten's right arm lost grip of his shirt. Her palm slipped and made a graceful land on Neji's chest.
He flinched, her hand was cold.
Shikamaru laughed as he saw this.
"Aw so cute!" Ino and Sakura said in unison.
Hinata just blushed under the blanket.
"I... I'm sorry," Tenten blushed. Her eyes met completely with Neji's.
Neji gently laced his fingers around Tenten's wrist and lifted it back up to his shirt.
Then she completely pulled off his shirt.
The two of them began breathing again.
"There yeah go!" Tenten looked at her audience and smiled. "I'm not afraid of anything!"
"Hey Neji, are there boxers under your shorts?" Ino asked.
"Yes, I'm not retarded," Neji answered.
"Tenten, you have to strip EVERYTHING to his boxers," Ino began laughing.
Everyone laughed, but they were all interested as well.
"But, but I can't!" Tenten complained. She looked down at Neji's shorts.
"Come on! You already got it half way, it's not like he'll be naked!" Sakura insisted. By now she was so eager that her legs were shivering.
Tenten hesitantly moved her hands towards Neji's shorts until...
"STUDENTS!" Iruka-sensei burst into the house and saw the gang all in the living room.
"Iruka-sensei!" Naruto staggered. He hadn't seen Iruka in awhile due to numerous meetings. He wanted to hug his old teacher, but there was someone with him.
"I have a new student who has just been accepted into our Leaf Village," Iruke began. "But first, I hope I'm not interrupting anything.." he said referring to Neji's loss of toping.
The white-eyed ninja blushed and took back his shirt from Tenten and pulled it on.
"Okay then," Iruka cleared his throat. "Today, we haven't built a home for the newcomers yet, and all the hotels are booked. Kakashi-sensei told me that you were having a slumber party," Iruka said. "And so I thought that the youngest of the family could stay with you tonight."
Suddenly, a girl came from out the door.
She was gorgeous. Her eyes were a bright green. Her brown hair was waist length and braided blue streaks. She wore a decent silk jacket with a sweater under that and a miniskirt. She was short yet thin.
Both Shikamaru and Naruto stared at her.
Neji was closing his eyes, but used Byakugan to see.
The girl blushed as her eyes wandered to Neji. He was still putting on his shirt. She saw how muscular he was and began to stare.
"So what's your name?" Tenten asked as she walked in front of her.
"Um, my name is Terra..." her voice was as quiet as a mouse, but graceful and peaceful like a bird.
"Hi! I'm Tenten," she smiled. "This is Sakura, Sasuke, Hinata, Naruto, Ino, Shikmaru and Neji!"
"Nice to meet you all..." Terra replied.
Everyone said hi except Sasuke and Neji.
Iruka smiled at all of them, "Well, I need to go back to meeting to sign all their files. Hope you guys become quick friends!" Iruka sniffed and went off, closing the door.
"So where do you come from Terra?" Sakura asked.
"Um, I'm from an Island in between the water and fire country..." Terra answered.
"Ooo I see, so are your parents with you?" Sakura continued.
"My mother died when I was just little and my father deserted me," Terra looked down in sorrow.
"Oh I'm so sorry..." Ino replied for Sakura.
Neji stood up, "I'm off to bed," he muttered.
"Was it something I said?" Terra was surprised a little.
"No, he's just like that. He had some conflicts with his parents," Tenten answered while watching Neji leave.
The night ended with lots of questions for Terra. All of them answered. Sakura introduced Terra to a guest's room, being not enough room in Sakura's room. But then Tenten decided to let Terra have her spot in Sakura's room. She really did feel like being alone that night anyways.
A/N :: Well, hope you all liked this chapter. Soon it will reveal something that's wrong with Terra, our new character. The sands will come along and so will Kiba, Shino and Chouji. Kurenai and Kakashi will also begin their romancing hehehe. Lot's coming up so don't miss a chapter!