Well, here's chapter eight. Some SakuNaru stuff. . Hope you like it.
Chapter 8
The Beach
Tenten was bored. She had nothing to do, as Neji was off somewhere, so she couldn't train. She thought. Suddenly, she had an idea. She would invite everyone to the beach!
One hour later, Sakura, Ino, Temari, Hinata, Tenten, Kankuro, Gaara, Shikamaru, Naruto, Sasuke, and Neji were all at the beach. The girls were all wearing bikinis. Tenten's was orange, Sakura's was pink, Ino's was white, Temari's was lavender, and Hinata's was blue. Shikamaru was wearing his normal clothes, only instead of his normal mesh shirt, he was wearing one that said 'Procrastinators unite! ...Tomorrow.'
Gaara had bought swimming trunks, they were black. Naruto's were a gaudy mix of orange and blue. Neji's were light gray, Kankuro's were dark purple, and Sasuke's were navy.
Sasuke almost smiled when he saw Tenten's bikini; she had always been something special for him.
Hinata saw Gaara in his new swimming trunks. Wow. His abs are so…
Temari read Shikamaru's shirt and smiled. it suited him perfectly.
"Oy, Shikamaru!" Naruto called. "Aren't you going swimming?"
"No."
Everyone else went into the water, though. Naruto was thinking. He wanted to play a prank on someone, but who? Then he saw Neji, who didn't seem to be doing anything interesting. He smiled.
Five minutes later, Naruto was running away with Neji swimming trunks. Neji stood up.
"Hey!" he shouted. "Give those back!" He was about to run after Naruto, when it sunk in that if Naruto had his swimming trunks, he had nothing. He blushed and sat down, wishing that he had been quieter about it.
Tenten had been sneaking up on him when it had happened. She got a good look at him before blushing profusely and looking down.
Sakura realized that she had to do something. As his girlfriend, she was responsible for him. She walked out of the water, swaying her hips. "Hey Naruto." she called, using her most flirty voice. He turned around, and she flipped her hair. He stared.
Wow. She's hot. And she's mine! Naruto walked over, forgetting he had Neji's swimming trunks. Sakura did something she would have never thought of two months ago. Sakura kissed Naruto in front of everyone. As she had predicted, Naruto dropped Neji's shorts in surprise. Though it was to get Neji's shorts back, Sakura enjoyed it. Naruto also enjoyed it. In his opinion, it was the best thing that had ever happened to him. When she broke it off, Naruto stood there in a daze.
Sakura picked up Neji's shorts and threw them at him.
"Arigatou." he said, still in shock. Even though Naruto had told everyone about him and Sakura's relationship, it was one thing to hear it from Naruto and another thing entirely to see it.
Sakura blushed as she realized everyone was staring. "What?" she asked. "It was only a kiss." A few eyebrows were raised.
About two hours later, everyone was eating at the beached hotdog stand. Tenten walked over to Sakura.
"Tell me the truth: was that to get Neji's shorts back, or was it just because?"
"It was to get Neji's shorts back, but it was really…fun." she said.
"Then you enjoyed that?" Tenten was confused.
"Yeah," Sakura replied. "I wouldn't be dating him it wasn't enjoyable to kiss him."
"Wow." Tenten said. "I wish I had a boyfriend."
"Meaning Neji." Sakura replied mischievously.
"Hey!" Tenten exclaimed. Then she whispered. "What if he heard?"
"You would have a better chance." Sakura said.
Tenten didn't appreciate this answer, but Neji walked over to them. Tenten seemed to radiate happiness, even though she had been angry a second ago.
"Sakura," he started. "I wanted to thank you for getting my shorts back."
"No problem." she said. "I enjoyed it." Neji looked surprised for a brief second.
Naruto saw a dock in the distance. "Wow." he said. "I bet no one can swim over there." Everyone looked, and everyone agreed. Temari took it up.
"I bet I can." she said.
"I challenge you to." Naruto said.
"I will." she replied, wading into the water. Once she got to the drop-off, she started swimming. She swam with the ease of someone who swam every day. Shikamaru looked at her, going through the water at an easy pace. Swimming made her every curve better.
If she likes me, that's not a problem. He thought.
Temari swam on for half an hour. Everyone watched her. She continued swimming, slower and slower. Shikamaru started to get worried. She wasn't going to make it. Finally, at three quarters of the way through, she stopped moving.
Shikamaru didn't think. He ran into the water with all his clothes on and started swimming after her, quickly. Naruto looked alarmed. He knew instantly that he would get in a lot of trouble.
Ino was the first one to recover from shock. "Shikamaru isn't strong enough to swim all the way there with Temari! They'll both drown!" Sasuke was the second to recover, and raced to the boathouse. Unfortunately, they were out of boats, as it was a great day for boating. Sasuke cursed and ran to get the Hokage.
Finally, the rest recovered from shock, and Hell set in. It was instant chaos. Even Neji looked upset.
Shikamaru kept going, praying that Temari would be okay, not realizing that it was himself he should pray for. When he finally reached Temari, she was floating, unconscious. He put her on his back and swam on, not realized that his body was taxed past its maximum.
He realized that he had a very beautiful girl on his back. He smiled grimly. Maybe he would get a reward from her if he lived to get that far.
Finally, he reached the dock. He put Temari on the dock, and checked for her vital signs. Lucky for him, she had a heartbeat and she was breathing. He shook; his clothing would give him a fever. He removed everything but his boxers, in case she woke up. He knew that they would only survive if they shared body heat, so he leaned her against him, hoping that someone would find them before they starved to death or worse.
Oops
Naruto walked over, forgetting he had Neji's swimming trunks. Sakura did something she would have thought of two months ago. She slapped him across the cheek.
"You don't go around stealing people's swimming trunks!"
Well, that was chapter 8. The next chapter will have some ShikaTema,I promise.
