SR: Thanks for the reviews! Now i'm actually getting some! Having my story posted on the front page really helps!

Saeki: You know, I noticed something after me and Keisuke came in.

SR: What would that be?

Saeki: This story is supposed to be hell for Sasuke right?

SR: That was the plan.

Saeki: Well you're kinda getting out of control with me and Keisuke. We think you're moving away from the original plot.

Keisuke: He's right you know.

SR: Oops. You're right. Sorry about that. I'll try to torture Sasuke more.

Keisuke: Good boy. And sorry for the long update. We got a new puppy and have been occupied with him. And we don't own naruto.

"word" talking
"word" thinking
"word" Kyuubi, Shukaku, or inner Sakura

It seems Kiba wasn't the only one who was lost. A certain green spandex wearing genin we all love (or hate) was wandering around, not noticing the people staring at him.

"This is terrible! I'm supposed to be looking after Sasuke with Sakura, but I can't find them anywhere! Help me Gai-sensei!" Lee started crying.

Back at their room, the senseis were deep in a game of Go Fish. Kakashi was about to ask Asuma if he had any sevens, when Gai suddenly stood up, knocking over the table.

"LEE NEEDS HELP!" Gai shouted, clenching his fish, flames in his eyes. He rushed out of the room with Asuma and Kurenai staring at the door. Kakashi was peeking at Gai's cards which he dropped, grinning as he found the seven he needed.

Gai was running to find Lee, leaving a long trail of dust in his wake. He skidded to a halt when he spotted a boy wearing green spandex, walking slowly, head down and arms hanging.

"LEEEEEEE!" He yelled, rushing towards his student. Lee heard his call and looked up.

"GAAAAIIIII-SENSEEEIIII!" Lee rushed towards his sensei, and the two collided, resulting in a huge dust cloud enveloping them and everything in a 50 meter radius. As the dust settled, people could see two figures in the middle of the cloud, kneeling on the ground in a huge hug.

"Lee! I sensed you need help! What happened!"

"Oh Gai-sensei! I'm lost! I don't know where I am, and I need to find Sakura and Sasuke!"

"Never fear Lee! The power of youth will lead us on our way!" Gai dramatically pointed his finger towards the sun.

"You're right as always Gai-sensei!"

And together, they set off to find the chibified Uchiha prodigy and his pink haired baby-sitter.

The Naruto, Hinata, Gaara, Kankuro, Neji, and Tenten group were wandering around, looking for what to do next. Gaara looked more spaced out than usual.

"Hey Gaara, what's up?" Naruto looked over to his fellow demon container.

"Hmm? Nothing. I gotta go somewhere. I'll meet you back at the room." Gaara waled away and was soon surrounded by the crowd.

"Are you sure it's ok to let him go like that?" Neji asked Kankuro

"Yeah he's fine. If he tries to do anything, we can just follow the screams of pain and agony to find him." Kankuro stated simply.

"Good point"

Gaara wandered the streets of the amusement park. He had never seen such a crowded street. The streets of Suna were always deserted, with occaisional people walking along it. He was also glad he didn't recieve the usual glares and people didn't run off when they saw him. So he started skipping around happily in a field of flowers, and birds chirped and there were pretty rainbows. Ok maybe he wasn't THAT happy, but he was still pretty happy. So he walked up one street, looking at all the games and attactions. But one thing he noticed was that there were many couples there. He felt sad that he never had the chance to have a relationship with anyone. Sure he made friends with Naruto, and he actually started viewing Kankuro and Temari as siblings, but he will never experience the love only a woman can give.

"Forget about that crap. It's bad enough you gave up killing, now you're going too soft!"

"That's enough out of you Shukaku. I'm going to live my life my own way now. I won't give in to your demands."

"You're no fun. The old Gaara, now he was a man."

"The old Gaara is gone now. The new Gaara will try to understand and find love, and will protect my important people. Naruto taught me that."

"Bah. The Kyuubi container is soft too. Kyuubi was powerful. I can't believe he got sealed into such a brat. I have to have a talk with him."

"Naruto would never agree to that. Kyuubi almost escaped once, Naruto won't let it happen again."

"Whatever brat. You go on and find your so called 'important people'."

Gaara was so lost in his conversation with Shukaku, that he didn't see where he was going, and ran into someone.

"Oh, i'm so sorry!"

Gaara looked down at who he had just knocked over, his sand caught him from falling. He saw a girl. She had long brown hair that went to the middle of her back, and bangs that came down just above her eyes. She had a blue konoha forehead protector around her neck, a brown t-shirt on, black pants, and black wrist bands.

"She's beautiful." Gaara thought as he stared at the girl on the ground, rubbing her head. "Are you ok?" Gaara held out his hand.

"Yeah." She took Gaara's hand and got up. "Sorry about that, I wasn't looking where I was going."

"It's ok. I'm Gaara." Gara smiled a little.

"Kira." She smiled back. "Are you here by yourself, because you look no older than 13."

"Yeah, i'm here with my older brother and sister. They're off somewhere else."

"I'm here with my sister Laura and my sensei Alana. We got seperated and i'm looking for them."

"I'll help you."

"That'd be great!" Kira grabbed Gaara's arm and pulled him off to look for her missing sister and sensei.

Gaara and Kira were walking around for a while. Kira kept telling Gaara about herself, what her life had been like, her dreams, goals, that kind of stuff.

"But enough about me, what about you?" Kira asked Gaara.

"I used to be a deranged pshycopath who killed everyone I saw. My father, the Sand's Kazekage, sealed a demon inside of me when I was born, And because of it, my mother died. As I grew up, my father realized how dangerous I was and made orders to have me assassinated. One of the assassins was my uncle Yashamaru, who I had loved. I ended up killing him and vowing to only love myself. That's why this 'love' kanji is tatooed on my forehead. But later, in the last Chuunin Exam, I met Uzumaki Naruto. He taught me killing people to prove my existense was wrong and that power comes from protecting your important people. So now I changed myself and am trying to understand the meaning of the word 'love' and what it means to be a friend."

Kira took a while to let that sink in.

"If you're going to run away, now's the time to do it." Gaara told her.

"I-i'm not going to run away. You said you're trying to change yourself, so that's good! I'd like to meet this Uzumaki Naruto. He seems like a good person."

"He is. He taught me many important things. I owe him a great debt."

"HEEEEEY! GAAAARAA!"

Gaara and Kira looked to see an blonde haired boy running at them, with 3 others following behind.

"Hey Gaara, it's great we found you. They're having a party back at the resort later tonight, and we're gathering the rest of the group to head back there right now!" Naruto told Gaara quickly while panted. Then he noticed Kira. "Who's that?"

"This is Kira. I'm helping her find her sister and sensei."

"Hello." Kira bowed to Naruto.

"Hi Kira-chan! I'm Uzumaki Naruto! Konoha's next Hokage after Tsunade-obachan! You can call me Rokudaime-sama!"

"Eh? Naruto? Is he the one you were telling me about?" Kira looked at Gaara. Gaara nodded.

Neji, Tenten, Hinata, and Kankuro finally caught up.

"Oh yeah, Kira-chan, this is Neji, Tenten, Hinata, and Kankuro." Naruto introduced his friends. "Guys, this is Kira-chan!"

"Nice to meet you." Kira bowed. Neji and Kankuro nodded, Hinata also bowed, and Tenten smiled.

"Well we better go find everyone else before the party starts!" Naruto called to everyone. He was already up the street. "Hurry up!"

Everyone followed. They walked for about 10 minutes, until a huge dust cloud came at them. They all shielded their eyes, and opened them to see two green spandex wearing nins.

"Naruto-kun! You have to help me! I can't find Sakura or Sasuke anywhere! And i'm supposed to be taking care of Sasuke today! And the day's almost over! I'm doomed to a doubled training regiment!" Lee cried throwing himself at Naruto's feet.

"Get off me fuzzy eyebrows!" Naruto kicked Lee off his feet. "We're gathering everyone since there's going to be a party tonight back at the resort. We'll find Sakura and Sasuke eventually."

"See Lee? The power of youth has guided our way to your fellow comrades! Now we can join them in their hunt for the rest of the group!" Gai flashed his nice guy pose. Lee watched in awe while everyone else quietly sneaked away. "GASP! Our fellow ninjas have disappeared! Come Lee! Let us find our companions and go to the party!"

Lee and Gai ran off, not knowing Naruto and the group went in the opposite direction.

Next, Naruto found Kiba and Kumi, who were desperately asking for directions.

"Hey Kiba!" Naruto called to him.

"Naruto! Hinata! I'm so glad we found you! I was beginning to think you were lost!" Kiba and Akamaru joined the group.

"Kiba, WE were the ones lost. THEY found US." Kumi pointed out.

"What? With Akamaru and my amazing sense of smell, I CAN'T get lost!"

"Whatever. Anyway, there's a party going on tonight at the resort. We're tracking everyone down, and we could use your nose." Naruto explained.

"Alright! Party! Let's go Akamaru!" Kiba petted Akamaru's head and he gave out a bark.

So Kiba started sniffing out the other ninjas, while Hinata and Neji activated Byakugan and scanned the area. They found everyone and told them to meet them back at the resort party room at 7 pm. So everyone split up to prepare for the party. Naruto and Hinata went to their room to change. When they went in, they found the room was scorching hot. Naruto flopped down on his bed, asking Hinata to turn on the air conditioning.

Sakura was holding Sasuke in her arms and heading to the room to also change and prepare. She was about to open the door when she heard Naruto inside.

"OOHHH! THAT FEELS SO GOOD!"

Sasuke looked at Sakura.

"OOH YEAH! COME ON HINATA! GIVE ME MORE! THAT FEELS SOO GOOD!

Sakura looked at Sasuke in shock, and slammed open the door. Her right arm was holding the door open, while she pointed at Naruto with her left. Sasuke was clinging to her outstretched arm for dear life. (SR: Kawaii! I can just imagine that!)

"Naruto! Hinata! What are you doing!" Sakura shouted. Then realised Hinata was at the air conditioning panel, and Naruto was lying on his bed which was right under an air duct. "Oops." Sakura looked down, embarressed.

"Wh-what's wrong Sakura-san?" Hinata asked Sakura.

"W-we th-thought you two w-were..." Sakura stammered. "Oh forget it." Sakura put Sasuke down and went into the bathroom to change.

Sasuke went over to his bed, jumping up to get on. Once he made it (after a few attempts) he opened a bag that Sakura brought for him, and took out a blue shirt, with the uchiha fan on the back. Basically a mini version of his usual, normal size shirt. Then he pulled out a comb and started combing his hair. Naruto stared at him.

"What? I want to look good for the party." Sasuke continued combing.

"Whatever. I just hope there's ramen." Naruto layed back down.

"Naruto, we just came back form an amusement park called 'RAMEN Land' and was completely dedicated to ramen, and the owners' also own the resort. Of course there's going to be ramen." Sasuke put his comp back and took out a mirror. After making sure he was looking good, he layed down on his bed too.

Sakura came out of the bathroom, changed and ready to party. "I'm going to go on ahead with Hinata. Naruto, you take Sasuke later."

Naruto and Sasuke both nodded, and Sakura and Hinata left the room. Naruto and Sasuke were left in silence, until Naruto spoke up.

"Hey, Sasuke."

"What?"

"You know that Sakura really cares about you don't you?"

"It's just a crush. She'll get over it."

"No, for her, it's not just a little crush. Ino, now she had a crush. But Sakura really loves you Sasuke. I've been trying to get her to like me for so long that I never noticed. You've been so focused on killing Itachi that your heart has turned to stone."

"What are you trying to say Naruto?"

"I'm saying that you should at least give her a chance. I know you once loved your brother before the accident, you can also love someone else."

Sasuke just layed there, letting it all sink in.

"I don't know how long Hinata has been watching my back, but tonight i'm going to change all that. You should too." Naruto got up to go change, leaving Sasuke to think about Naruto's words.

"When did Naruto become so mature?" Sasuke smiled at the irony. Naruto matured, while he became a little kid. Then Naruto came out wearing a coconut bra, grass skirt, and a 2 foot high hat with fruit attached to it.

"I'M READY TO PARTY!" Naryto shouted.

"Forget what I said about him becoming mature." Sasuke shook his head. "You better change into something else or you'll be banned from the party."

Naruto sighed and went back in to change. "And i've been wanting to wear that for a long time!" Naruto thought.

Naruto came back wearing a black t-shirt and white shorts. "Let's go then."

Naruto picked up Sasuke, and they both went to the party.

Back at the park, Lee and Gai were still running around, looking for their missing comrades.

"Lee! We must hurry! The party starts soon!"

"Ok Gai-sensei!"

Gai and Lee ran off again, getting even more lost.

Naruto and Sasuke entered the party room, finding it very crowded. Naruto saw Sakura talking to Tenten and Hinata, and walked over to them.

"Here Sakura." Naruto handed Sasuke to her. "I've got a ramen stand to raid." Naruto ran off in search for where the ramen was, Hinata slowly following behind.

Chouji and Shikamaru were at the bbq. Chouji was stuffing his face, while Shikamaru played a game of Shougi against himself. Ino came over and sat down next to Shikamaru.

"This party is pretty boring." Ino sighed, putting her head down on the table.

"Why don't you find something fun to do?" Shikamaru beat himself and set up another game.

Ino thought for a while, then made an evil grin. "Oh I know what to do. Chouji, Shikamaru, let's go find the others. I have an idea."

"So troublesome..." Shikamaru sighed and followed Ino. Chouji grabbed as much bbq as he could and followed behind.

Shino, Miharu, and Chiaki came into the room. Miharu squealed in delight, as she grabbed Shino and ran around looking at all the fun things to do. Chiaki just sulked in a corner, glaring at any guys trying to make a move on her.

Shino and Miharu found there way to a sushi bar. They sat down and made their orders. Shino was about to eat a squid roll, when someone at the table next to them yelled "SPIDER!" and killed it with a napkin. Shino walked over to them.

"Did you just kill that spider?"

Well yeah, it was on the table."

"Did that spider do anything to you?"

"Well no, but it's a spider!"

"Would you like it if I killed YOU with a napkin?"

"What are you getting so worked up about? It's just a spider."

"A spider who had a family and a life, until you took it away from him."

"Dude, chill. It's a stupid bug."

"Uh-oh. He shouldn't have said that." Miharu sighed.

"A stupid bug? A STUPID BUG! I'LL SHOW YOU STUPID BUGS!" Shino let his bugs swarm over the evil spider slayer.

"AAAHH! HELP ME! THIS MAN IS TRYING TO KILL ME WITH HIS EVIL BUGS!"

Shino called his bugs back. "Next time you see a bug, treat it with respect, or I WILL kill you next time." Shino walked over to the spider's corpse. "Come Miharu, let's give him a proper burial."

"Ok!" Miharu bounced over to Shino, giving the petrified man on the floor a piercing glare. Shino and Miharu wnt outside, and buried the spider.

"This spider, was a great spider. Until today, when he was mercilessly slaughtered by an evil napkin. Rest in peace, dear friend." Shino spoke sadly. Miharu patted Shino on the back and they made their way back to the party.

As Shino and Miharu left the forest where they bured the spider, Gai and Lee came.

"Lee! I think we're close! Let's try heading south!"

"You're so smart Gai-sensei!"

So Gai and Lee ran south, not knowing the resort was only 50 meters north.

As Shino and Miharu entered the party room again, They bumped into Ino, Shikamaru, Chouji, Kiba, Kumi, Sakura, and Sasuke.

"Hey Shino! Miharu! We're gathering everyone so we can..." Ino whispered into Miharu's ear.

Miharu's eyes widened. "Ooh great idea! Let's go! Chiaki should be in a corner somewhere sulking and glaring at guys trying to hit on her."

So they searched the corners, also finding Neji and Tenten in the process. Tenten grinned at the idea, while Neji just had his 'I'm too good for that' face on. They found Chiaki soon after, with a pile of unconscious boys.

"What?" Chiaki asked, as everyone stared at the pile of unconscious boys. "Those perverts tried to hit on me."

Miharu shook her head and told her about the plan.

"Whatever. Nothing better to do." Chiaki joined the group.

"So the only one's left are Naruto, Hinata, Lee, Gaara, Kankuro, Temari, Saeki, and Keisuke!" Ino said happily, and they went to the ramen stand to find Naruto.

At the ramen stand, Naruto, Saeki, and Keisuke were having a ramen eating competition. Hinata, Gaara, Kira, Temari, and Kankuro watched.

They were on their 15th bowl when Ino and the group got to them.

"Stop eating right now guys!" Ino commanded them. And if Ino tells you to do something, you do it.

"Whad iv id?" Naruto asked Ino.

"Huh?"

Naruto swallowed his ramen. "What is it?"

"Oh I got this great idea since this party was getting boring. And since Lee doesn't seem to be here, we might as well start without him."

"What's the idea?" Temari got up.

"And what do you mean the party is boring?" Saeki and Keisuke said together.

"There was nothing interesting to do." Ino sighed.

"Just get on with the plan!" Sakura giggled.

"Oh yeah. Everyone agreed to..." Ino started.

"Everyone agreed to...?" Naruto, Saeki, and Keisuke repeated.

Ino grinned evilly. "Play Truth Or Dare!"

"Truth or dare?" Naruto gaped

"Oh yeah! Time to get wild!" Saeki and Keisuke high-fived eachother.

"What is Truth Or Dare?" Gaara asked.

"It's where one person askes someone if they want to do a dare or truth, and if they choose truth, they have to answer a question truthfully, buti f they choose dare, they have to do anything the person asks them." Temari explained to her little brother. "This is going to be fun!"

"I love Truth Or Dare! It's really fun Gaara!" Kira bounced up and down. Hinata just played with her fingers.

So they went into an empty room and Ino took out a bottle.

"What's the bottle for?" Naruto asked.

"This is how we'll decide who goes next. The first person, me, will spin the bottle. Who it points to, i'll ask them if they want a truth or dare. This way it's completely random." Ino explained, and sat down.

"I get it." Naruto and everyone else sat down into a circle.

Ino put the bottle in the middle and spun it. It landed on Gaara. Ino gulped. "G-Gaara? Tr-truth or d-dare?"

Gaara crossed his arms. "Dare."

SR: Ooh how's that for a cliffie? Gaara's going to do a dare. Ino's got the pressure on her now.

Ino: I'm going to dieee!

SR: Don't worry Ino, I can't let you die. Who will Shikamaru be with?

Ino: Yes! I gotta live for my Shika-kun!

SR: Your Shika-kun?

Ino: You're the author! You made me say it!

SR: Whatever. Anyway, please review!