Okay. A lot of you were hoping for some Naru/Hina action in this chapter, but there is no romance. There's something else. Also, I finished chapter 14 and that's the major fluff chapter. You won't be disappointed, I promise! Thank you to all my reviewers. Sorry I'm just to lazy to answer to all of the reviews, so without further ado, here's the next chapter!

Disclaimer: Must I say it? It burns me deep inside! I...DON'T OWN NARUTO!

Chapter 11

Mix Ice Cold Water, With Very Grumpy Non-morning People

"Hinata-chaaaaaaaaaaaaan! Wake up!" Naruto was persuading her to get up. Hinata finally gave in to his annoyance and sat up.

"Wh-what Naruto-kun?"

"Want to play a prank?" Naruto grinned. Hinata blushed.

"I don't th-think we sh-should…"

"Oh come one! It'll be fun!" He yelped again. Hinata glanced at the clock. It read 6:37 am.

"O-okay. But after, we g-go to sleep."

"Alright!"

"Shhhh…."

"Oh, right. Sorry. Heheh." Naruto rubbed the back of his head. He took Hinata's hand and led her to the kitchen. "Hmm….No buckets. Do you think she has any buckets?"

"M-maybe plastic ones."

"Perfect!" He took out 2 plastic buckets and a metal one. He filled the metal one with ice and water and salt, since salt tends to cool it down even more, and filled the plastic ones with the hose water. Since it was morning, it was bound to be very cold. He opened the door slightly to Sasuke's and Sakura's room. They were asleep…about 3 feet apart, back to back. Sasuke has a smirk on his face, Sakura had a scowl.

"You'd think that'd be opposite." He whispered, just enough for Hinata to hear. She silently agreed. He placed one of the plastic buckets on top of the door and silently crept away with Hinata following. He did the same with Neji's room. After, he crept to the nearest bathroom that had a shower, and he placed the bucket inside on top of the door, since the door opened to the inside.

"Okay! All done! Now we just need them all to get out of bed at the same time…hmmm…."

"I-I have an idea…" Hinata muttered.

"Great! Tell me!"

Hinata whispered faintly, and a big wide grin grew on Naruto's face.

"Great idea!"

Hinata immediately plugged her ears as much as she could and Naruto took in a lot of air. Then, he let it all out, and added a word.

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!"

All of them shot up and ran for the door at the same time, but when they did…

SPLASH

Ice cold water dumped on all of them.

"GAH! IT'S FREEZING! SHOWER!" Sakura exclaimed. They were all running for the shower, but when they opened the door…

SPLASH

An EVEN COLDER bucket of ice water, with salt, dumped on all of them. They burst threw the door and piled in the shower. Sasuke reached for the knob to turn the shower on. At first it was very cold since it took a while for it to warm, and they were fidgeting every where. Neji was on bottom, Tenten was kind of on top, and kind of next to him, followed by Sasuke on top of Neji on his back, and Sakura in the same position. The water finally got warm…warmer…warmer…WARMER…WAARRMMEERRR…..HOTT!

But it felt jut perfect for them. Then they realized what they were doing.

"WHAT THE HELL! WHO SCREAMED HELP?" Sasuke scowled. They all thought for a sec then veins busted everywhere on their faces.

"NAAAAAARRRRRUUUUUUUTTTTOOOOOOO!" They all yelled in unison, all with the most evil faces you could think of. Naruto came in with a video camera and taped everything. Them in the tub, running to the bathroom, EVERYTHING. Hinata was innocently walking past the hall, half of her wanted to burst out laughing and roll around everywhere, and half of her felt kind of guilty. Then she heard pummeling.

BOOM

BANG

CRASH

THUMP

THUND

CLASH

BANG!

Naruto walked out with bruises, scars, lumps, scratched, dents, sprains, black eyes, bloody nose…the list goes on! He still held on to the camera and then tossed it to Hinata. She caught it. He gave a thumbs up to her and collapsed on the floor. She had to drag him to their room so he wouldn't have to get anymore pummeling. She got the first aid and tended to his scratches and bruises. They were minor, but she knew that they literally wanted to kill him.

LATER

Everyone was dressed in their dry clothes and were all sitting on the couch, waiting for Naruto so they could finish the job. He finally walked out, bandaged up and his arm in a sling. They grinned when he walked in and Naruto gave them a I've-learned-my-lesson-so-please-don't-hurt-me-anymore! look. They decided yeah he had enough, and got ready to leave for their houses.

IN THE CAR

"So Hinata, were you a part of his whole scheme?" Hinata's cousin asked, curious.

"I-I….w-well…"

"No. It was all my idea! She didn't do anything so don't hurt her." Naruto rubbed the back of his head. "I didn't even bother to wake her up, but when I came in all wounded, she helped me."

"Hn." Sasuke said. He didn't believe him, but he would just let it slide. He first dropped the dobe off, and then the Hyuuga's. They said their good byes and would see eachother at school tomorrow.

Sasuke walked Sakura to her door.

"Uh...arigato Sasuke-kun…for taking me to the dance."

"Hn." He said with no expression.

"…"

"Do itashimashite. (You're Welcome)" He said. She smiled and pecked him on the cheek. She unlocked her door and went in, but the door didn't close, because Sasuke's foot blocked it.

"Wait." He said. She turned around with a puzzled look and opened the door all the way. "Spring break is coming soon. After next week."

"Oh yeah! My birthday's that week!" She smiled.

"Oh. Well, I was thinking of bringing you and everyone to my beach side house. It's right there at the beach in a little private area."

"Really?" She exclaimed.

"Yeah." He rubbed the back of his head. "Would you like to come?"

"I'd love to Sasuke-kun!" She hugged him. Sasuke just stood there, with that Shikamaru look on his face. The 'troublesome' look.

"Okay then. I'll see you at school tomorrow." He said, nudging her off and walking back to his car. Sakura smiled and entered her house.

NEXT DAY

Beep

Beep

Be—

Sakura pressed the snooze button on her brand new RCD Alarm clock. She was actually able to get a good nights sleep.

"Ah!" She was refreshed and ready for anything that was going to be thrown at her. She did her normal routine, and walked out at 7:30. She stopped to see a guy leaning against the wall. He had dark brown hair up in a ponytail, and both his ears were pierced. He had a weird look on his face, like he was annoyed.

"Hi." Sakura greeted. He looked at her and waved by bringing up his hand and moving it a little.

"You're not very social are you?" She asked.

"No."

"My name is Haruno Sakura." She smiled.

"I'm Nara Shikamaru."

"Can I ask who or what's annoying you?"

"A little bit of both. One, waking up in the morning is very troublesome." Sakura sweat dropped.

'He must be lazy…'

"And this girl won't stop annoying me. She keeps asking me out. I thought she liked that Uchiha dude." He stuffed his hands in his pockets and sat up.

"Who?" Before Shikamaru could answer who, they heard a loud, piercing shriek.

"Shikamaru lazy-ass!" A girl with blond hair up in a ponytail, curves in all the right places and a dazzling shade of blue in her eyes, ran up to them.

"Stop calling me that." Steam rose from his face and stress marks kept coming back.

"Okay then! Can I call you Shikamaru lazy genius?" She said putting her hands on her waist.

'Genius!' Sakura thought to herself.

"Whatever." He pointed towards Sakura. "This is Sakura."

"HARUNO Sakura." Sakura said.

"Oh! You're that girl I pushed down away from Sasuke a few weeks ago! I'm really sorry!" She apologized.

"Yeah…" She was confused. Isn't she mad that Sasuke didn't like her, and liked me?

"Yeah I've gotten over Sasuke. I've got my eyes on someone else." She turned her eyes towards Shikamaru. He was blushing. "And I have a new rival." Her smile was gone. "Temari-baka!" She screamed.

"I'm right here." A girl walked up to all of them. She had blond hair tied up in 2 ponytails and dark blue eyes. Her body was slender, and well built.

"This is getting troublesome." He whispered. The two girls were at each others throats, so they didn't notice Sakura and Shikamaru walk away to school.

"Seems like you have a fanclub." She said to Shikamaru. She saw a lot of girls looking at Shikamaru with wooing eyes.

"Yeah and just like Sasuke, I don't like any of them." He slumped down.

"Ohayo Sakura-chan!" Naruto ran up to both of them, with a big smile.

"Ohayo Naruto." She smiled back. "Where's Tenten, Hinata and Sasuke?" She asked looking around.

"Oh there in class already. I was looking for you." He smiled a big smile.

"This is Shikamaru."

"Yeah I know. The class genius!" He exclaimed.

"Thanks." He said almost mumbling.

"Come on! Let's go to class!" Naruto yelped. They both nodded and followed after him. People were throwing things at each other. Chalk board erasers, paper wads, paper airplanes, text books, scissors, glu—wait! SCISSORS? Scissors were flying straight towards Sakura when…

BLOCK

She wasn't hit. She opened her eyes to see Shikamaru standing lazily in front of her, twirling the scissors.

"How troublesome." Once he did that, people were staring in awe. The girls were wooing him more than ever.

"Arigato Shikamaru-san!" Sakura thanked him with a bright smile.

"Mhmm." He walked to his seat next to a plump, chubby kid with a bag of chips. She walked up to her seat next to Sasuke. He seemed like he was kind of jealous.

"Ne…Sasuke-kun? Something wrong?" She asked worried.

"Do you like him?" Sasuke asked. He had his hands folded on his desk, and he was staring straight at her.

"Well, he's a friendly guy. But I only like him as a friend." She smiled brightly again. Sasuke smirked and was relieved. She looked around and saw all of her friends sitting down, bored as hell. Class went on normal again. Same ol' same ol'. Sakura and Sasuke weren't paying attention, so they played rock, paper, scissors underneath the desk. Sasuke was winning. After that they played thumb war. Surprisingly, Sakura won that. Class ended and they all walked to the lunch room.

"What's lunch today?" Tenten asked all of her friends.

"Ah…I think it's chicken teriyaki." Naruto said.

"Oh." They all said at the same time. They were all walking together, and the other people in the school saw them as the most popular gang in the school. Not a bad gang, but a friend gang. They arrived in the cafeteria. Indeed it was chicken teriyaki.

"Mmmmmm….smells good!" Sakura exclaimed.

"Y-yeah." Hinata said.

"The lines kind of long though." Tenten complained. Then, all of there stomachs growled.

"Heh. Looks like we're waiting." Neji smirked. They walked up to the line and waited. After about 10 minutes, they got their food and sat at an empty table.

"Mmm…Tastes good!" Sakura said.

"Hn." Sasuke said his trademark word. He then noticed Raiku walking up to their table. He had a giant smirk on his face and he was staring straight at Sakura. Sasuke stood up and gave him an icy glare.

"What do you want Raiku? I ought to kick you out of this school for what you did to Sakura." He said coldly.

"Relax Uchiha. I'm only gonna ask your girlfriend a question."

"Hurry up."

"Yeah are you free Saturday night?" He said, his smirk growing wider.

"What the hell?" Sasuke was outraged. He stood up from his chair and gave Raiku an icy glare.

"Relax. I was only kidding. I wanted to see how you would react." He gave a triumphant smirk. "Looks like the ice around your cold heart is finally melting away."

"So what…?" Sasuke was getting furious.

'Don't make another outburst…don't make another outburst…don't make another outburst…' Sasuke was saying that over and over in his head.

"I just needed to see if it was true. But hey, if Sakura wants a good time, she could always come to my house." He triumphantly smirked again and through her his number. It wasn't caught by Sakura, but by Sasuke. He snatched it out of the air and clenched his fist tightly. Then, he swung his fist at Raiku and socked him in the stomach. Raiku was gasping for air. "Damn…i-it…" He struggled to say those words. His friends were all staring at Raiku with eyes burning like fire, Sakura's the most furious. He walked away still holding his stomach.

"Damn that guy…" Sasuke cursed under his breath, still clenching his fist. He got back to sitting down and acted like nothing had happened.

"A-arigato Sasuke-kun." Sakura said smiling.

"Hn."

END OF CHAPTER

Yeah it's pretty short. Hope you liked it!

Shikamaru: it's about time...
Zuan: Hmmm...maybe I'll add you in chapters after the others arrive back from Spring Break, and you'll be with Ino.
Shikamaru: EH?
Sasuke: chuckle
Gaara: Smirk
Sakura: Yay! I was saved by SHika! Hugs Shika
Sasuke: Death glare
Shikamaru: Review please before I die...

Sabaku No Zuan