Hey all! Sorry for such a delayed update. I've been busy with school since it just started. I'll still be able to update on weekends though so don't worry Um...I think I should continue the poll longer. Because I checked my reviews and I saw SHIKAINO SHIKAINO! And stuff like that. So, yeah...the poll will be up longer. Anyways, here's the next chapter! Thank you to all my reviewers!

Disclaimer: I've said this before and I'll keep saying it...I don't own Naruto.

Chapter 12

Arrival At The Beach House

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Sakura woke up. She could hardly sleep because today was the day that they would go to the beach house! And her birthday was in 3 days. Ahh…spring break is excellent. Her excitement conquered over tiredness.

"Yes!" She was charged up and ready for the day!

'Better get ready. Stop cheering to yourself and hurry up! Sasuke-kun will be over in 2 hours!'

'Hey I know you're celebrating too!'

'Celebrate while you're packing!'

'Fine fine.'

The clock read 7:00am. She had plenty of time. She got up and took a quick shower and blow dried her hair. She decided to wear her bikini under her clothes so she wouldn't have to change. She packed everything she needed for the beach:

Towels

Sun Screen

Tanning Oil

Umbrella

Extra clothes

Sun Glasses

And she decided to pack things for the beach house:

Extra pillow

Movies

CD's

Pajamas

Clothes for the whole week

Snacks for the road

Maybe some make up

Brush

She counted over her things again and she had everything she needed. The clock read 8:30 am. Thirty minutes to spare. She set down all of her things near the door and flopped down on the couch to watch TV.

After a while of watching TV, she glanced at the clock. It read 8:59 am. And then someone knocked on the door.

"Coming!" She got up quickly and looked into the eye whole. It was Sasuke. She opened the door and gave him a very big hug. "Ohayo Sasuke-kun!"

"Gah! Sa…ku…ra….I…can't…breath!" He was being suffocated but her tight embrace. She let go and smiled. He was wearing a navy blue t-shirt with the Uchiha Fan on the left sleeve, and white shorts with tennis shoes. His sunglasses rested on top of his head. "Whew." He sighed. "Are you ready?"

"Hai!" She picked up both of her bags and stepped outside. Sasuke took one of them so she could lock her door. Sasuke put her things in the trunk. He had his things there as well. His car was cool! It has three rows of seats and it was a top-less convertible SUV, so they had plenty of space for their luggage.

"Ano…Sasuke-kun, how did you remove the top?"

"With a saw." He smirked. Sakura sweat dropped. She knew it wasn't true. He had it custom made.

"Eh…Let's go pick up the others." She smiled. He nodded and they both went into the car…ahem…SUV convertible. They picked up Tenten, Neji, Naruto and Hinata at the Hyuuga's house, and left for the beach. Tenten and Neji sat in the very back, and Naruto and Hinata sat in the second row. It would be about a 3-4 hour drive to Iwaki(Iwaki is a city in Japan right along the coast.).

"It's going to be a long drive, so get yourselves comfortable." Neji said. They all nodded and shifted a little in there seats. Then they heard someone's stomach grumbling. They all looked at Sakura.

"G-gomen! I didn't have breakfast!" She sweat dropped. She took out a pastry from her bag called Taiyaki(A Japanese pastry that's usually shaped like a fish.).

She started chowing down. She offered some to everyone else and they all took one. Sakura made the Taiyaki herself the night before. It was delicious. After they finished, Sasuke turned on the radio to listen to some music. Fortunately, the girls didn't make a fuss when they listened to Linkin Park. They actually started to like it.

When they were driving, lots of teenagers and even some adults were envious of them. 3 hot guys and 3 hot girls, in a SUV convertible, having the time of their lives.

They stopped listening to Linkin Park so the could talk about various things.

"How was everything before I arrived?" Sakura asked, curious.

"Boring as hell! We're glad you came Sakura-chan!" Naruto yelped.

"Yeah. Everything was pretty dull. I never had the courage to walk up to Neji, and my only friends were Naruto and Hinata." Tenten stated, resting her head on Neji's shoulder. He wrapped his arm over her shoulder.

"Boring here too." Neji said coolly.

"Hn." Sasuke said.

"I guess t-the same as T-Tenten-chan." Hinata stuttered. She didn't stutter as much as before because she felt comfortable around her friends.

"Oh." Sakura was actually surprised, and then she flashed a big smile, "I'm glad I came too! Although I miss some of my friends at my old school."

"Who were they?"

"Let's see, there was Temari, Kankurou, Gaara, the siblings, and my favorite teacher Kurenai-sensei. There were some other people too. Miriko, Kaoru and Yumi."

"Can you still talk to them?" Tenten asked.

"Yeah, but over the phone only. They live far away in Hiroshima."

"That's so far!" Naruto exclaimed.

"Duh dobe." Sasuke made a turn on the road and smirked.

"STOP CALLING ME DOBE BASTARD!"

"Stop calling me bastard dobe!"

"Hey hey! Stop!" Neji ordered. "Any more of that and I'll get a migraine."

"Hmph!" Naruto folded his arms and pouted like a stubborn child. Hinata didn't like the yelling either, so she leaned on Naruto's shoulder and buried her face in his chest. They had space since in Japan, if you sit in the back seat, you don't have to wear seatbelts. Only people in the front seat have to. Naruto hugged her and rested his head on hers. They were all pretty tired. It's already been 2 hours. Naruto was sleeping, as well as Hinata. Tenten and Neji were almost there, and Sakura was getting tired as well.

"Yaaaaawwwwn." Tenten let out a big yawn and collapsed on Neji's shoulder. He was resting his head on his hand lazily.

"She asleep?" Sakura asked.

"Mhmm…" Neji replied coolly.

"God. You 2 are 2 of a kind. One word in your dictionary." Sakura scoffed and lied her head on the side of the door. Sasuke smirked, and Sakura went to sleep.

2 HOURS LATER

They arrived at Sasuke's beach house. Neji was still awake, and Sakura woke up an hour ago. She got out and stretched her body, and took in a big whiff of the ocean. It was so refreshing. Sakura looked around and saw the beach house. Her mouth dropped open.

"Sasuke-kun! That's the beach house!" She exclaimed pointing at the elegant beach house. It was surrounded by a fairly tall metal fence, resting at least 20 feet away from the edge of the cliff. It was a wooden house with 3 stories. It was probably Sakura's apartment size…times 10! It was just a plain wood color, but it was huge!

"Yeah. So?" He replied getting the luggage out of the trunk.

"It's humongous!" She stared in awe.

"It's nothing really." He grinned, while carrying some of his and her luggage to the door. She followed. Neji was waking up everyone. When they all were awake, they gaped at the beach house. The same expression Sakura had. Neji was shocked as well, but the Hyuuga's were somewhat, since they were rich as well. Sasuke unlocked the door and Sakura picked up her things and walked in. She gaped, even more than she did when she first saw the size. It really was huge! It didn't really have chandeliers, or marble floors or any of that. It looked like a regular house. I mean, you can't really expect a summer home to be big and elegant like a mansion. But to Sakura, it was a mansion. They all walked inside, staring in awe because of how big it was.

"Tenten and Neji, your room is upstairs, third floor, down the left hall, third door on the right." Sasuke explained. They nodded and went upstairs to unpack their things. "Hinata and Naruto, your room is upstairs, third floor, down the left hall, second door on the left." He explained again.

"Alright! Let's go Hinata-chan!"

"Hai!" She replied happily. They ran upstairs carrying their luggage.

"Where will our room be Sasuke?" She asked smiling brightly. He grinned and led her upstairs to there room. Upstairs, third floor, down the right hall, the very last door on the right. When they walked in, it was beautiful. It was huge! It had a king sized bed, a plasma on the wall, a walk in bathroom and closet, plus a balcony looking over the cliff that the house sat on. She stared in awe and set her things down. She walked out on the balcony and stretched her arms out, staring at the big blue ocean. Sasuke stared at her.

'Wow. She's so beautiful.' He thought to himself.

Her hair was blowing in the direction of the breeze. She turned around and saw Sasuke staring at her. She walked up to him and embraced him.

"Arigato Sasuke-kun." She whispered. He hugged her back and they stood there for a few minutes, until Naruto knocked on the door and called them.

"Oi! Sasuke-bastard! Sakura-chan! Come with us! We're going outside!" He exclaimed. Sasuke and Sakura broke apart.

"Okay Naruto! We'll be there in a minute!" Sakura replied. Sasuke walked to the bathroom and came out in his swim suit. It was just plain men's swim shorts, with the design of blue flames on the rim of the pant legs. He removed his shirt and flung a towel around his neck. Sakura smiled and followed him outside. Tenten and Hinata were setting up the chairs and umbrellas, and Neji and Naruto were setting up the food on the table, and the fire pit. They were also shirtless and wore their swim shorts. Neji wore plain wait shorts that had a blue stripe going down the right leg, and Naruto wore orange swim shorts with a swirl on the right pant leg. The girls all wore bikinis. Tenten wore a purple bikini decorated with golden flowers, Hinata wore a white bikini decorated with Japanese fans, and Sakura wore a pink bikini, decorated with white flowers. Sasuke helped them with the fire pit since it was fairly heavy. Sakura started cooking some food, since she could do it very well. After Sakura was done cooking, she set the food on heat pans so it would stay warm and decided to go out and relax with her friends. They set up their stuff on the sand, below the cliff. Sasuke had brought his surf board, and decided to go surf before it got to night time. Sakura, Tenten and Hinata were racing the remaining boys to the water. Neji won followed by Naruto, Sakura, Hinata and then Tenten since Neji pushed playfully. Once Tenten got up, she tackled Tenten into a wave.

"That's pay back Hyuuga!" She pointed at him and gave a triumphant smirk. Neji didn't rise after a few moments and she got pretty worried. She bent over and tried to get a closer look, and then she was pulled down by his strong hand. When they both came up from the water, Neji was carrying Tenten on his shoulders. ""Chicken fight!" Tenten announced. Naruto brought Hinata on his shoulders, and Sakura was the ref.

"Begin!" She announced. Both the teams came at each other and Hinata and Tenten were going at it.

"Cat fight!" Naruto smirked. They all laughed, even Neji OO Finally, after a while, Hinata managed to push Tenten off and she fell, as well as Neji.

"Winner…Naruto and Hinata!" Sakura rose Hinata's hand and Naruto dropped her in the water. He swam after her. Hinata rose to the surface and laughed her heart out, with Naruto.

"Haha!" Sakura laughed with them as well. Sasuke finally came back, holding his surfboard under his left arm.

"Back so soon?" Neji smirked.

"The waves are crappy." He smirked back. They all decided to go back up to there little set up and eat since they were pretty hungry. Sakura had cooked salmon teriyaki, with rice and vegetables, plus Miso Ramen for Naruto. He jumped with glee when he whiffed the familiar scent of his beloved ramen. Everything was excellently prepared and it all looked delicious. They all grabbed their share and Naruto grabbed his ramen.

"Mmmm! It's delicious Sakura-chan!" Tenten exclaimed with glee, when she took a bite of her fish.

"Yes it is!" Hinata exclaimed the same way. Sakura smiled and looked over towards the guys.

"Hn." Sasuke nodded in agreement and Neji did as well.

"Sheesh…Lost for words ne?" Sakura smirked and crossed her arms. Neji and Sasuke just looked at her and took another bite of their fish. They both thought it was delicious.

'This woman's cooking is really good.' Sasuke was acting impressed in his mind, but his outer self didn't show anything. Everyone finished their food and Naruto finished his 12 bowls of ramen. Neji lit the fire pit and set up some chairs surrounding it. They all sat down and relaxed around the warmth of the flames. It was quite cold because it was near the ocean.

"Nice night." Sasuke broke the silence.

"Hm." Neji replied.

"Yeah. It's really peaceful. You're lucky Sasuke-kun." Tenten said.

"Yeah." Hinata replied.

"Yup." Naruto smiled. Sakura was silent. She got up and walked towards the water and sat down on the cool sand. You can't see stars if there's a lot of light around, and she wanted to see them. It looked like a milky way in the sky. The stars were scattered everywhere, and the moon stood out of all of them.

"It's so beautiful." Sakura smiled.

"Yeah?" A voice from behind her said. It was none other than Sasuke.

"Oh. Hey Sasuke-kun." She smiled and turned to look at the sky again.

"You'll get really cold if you stay out here like this." He said. He wrapped a blanket around her and sat down next to her.

'Wow. He's so caring.' Sakura thought to herself.

"Are you enjoying yourself?" He asked. She looked at him and gaped. Sasuke never tried to start a conversation. He was staring at her eyes, which were staring back. Onyx met emerald. Back at the fire pit, they were all walking about the way Kakashi teaches and if he really should get paid for it. Anyways, back to Sasuke and Sakura. She was getting kind of tired. She yawned loudly and rested her head on Sasuke's shoulder. Sasuke smirked.

"Hey don't get tired yet. We're going to go watch a movie when we get inside." Sasuke said.

"Yeah okay." She replied. She got up and stretched her arms widely. He got up as well and they both walked back to the fire pit. Tenten, Neji, Hinata and Naruto were still talking about Kakashi's teaching.

"I mean, does he really have to bring that gross book to class?" Tenten asked them.

"Who knows. He's just a sick old man looking for porn or young entertainment." Neji said leaning back in his chair.

"That pervert has a sick mind!" Naruto threw his fist in the air.

"Also, why d-do you think h-he wears that m-mask?" Hinata said. They all fell silent and thought about that for a second.

"Good question Hinata-san." Neji said.

"I've never thought of that." Naruto rubbed his chin.

"When we get back we'll find out. Let's go inside. It's going to get really cold." Sasuke said coolly. He didn't feel cold, but he was concerned about Sakura.

"Alright! Movie time!" Naruto jumped up and threw his fist in the air again.

The girls were heading inside to take showers and get comfortable. The guys were putting away all the things. The fire pit, chairs, tables, etc;

Once they were done, they decided to take showers as well. Of course, the guys got done before the girls. Always, the girls had to look just right before showing themselves.

"They better not play that spider trick again." Neji said. Sasuke and Naruto agreed. To ensure they didn't, they hid behind the couch and sat there until they hear their footsteps come down.

"Where are they?" Sakura asked.

"I don't know." Tenten replied, looking around. Hinata was silent as usual. The guys thought I was safe, so they rose up, only to be squirted in the face with little water guns.

"Gah! Stop!" Naruto said covering his face.

"Sakura!" Sasuke let out, being drowned by water.

"Ten! –spits water- Ten!" Neji struggled for words. The girls finally stopped and laughed their hearts out. The guys were catching their breath and scowling at them.

"What the hell was that for?" Naruto yelled out.

"What? We can't have any fun?" Sakura said smirking.

"Hahaha!" Hinata was laughing so loudly. Naruto gaped. He'd never seen this side of Hinata. So bright and energetic. He liked it.

"Ha! Okay now. Let's watch a movie!" Tenten said while catching her breath, and smiling. The guys were still mad, but decided it sake it off. So they dried their faces off and sat down on the couch.

"So what will it be? Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, White Chicks, Love Hurts, Timid Girl or Hide and Seek?" Sakura asked them taking the movies out.

"Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon." Neji said bluntly.

"White Chicks!" Naruto jumped up.

"Hide and Seek." Sasuke said bluntly as well.

"Love Hurts!" Tenten exclaimed.

"Timid Girl." Hinata said very timidly.

Sakura sweatdropped.

"None of that romance junk." Neji said again.

"WHO MADE YOU BOSS?" Tenten and Neji started a glaring contest. Sakura sweatdropped again.

"Now now. We'll…uh…draw sticks." Sakura brought out some toothpicks and broke them into different sizes. "Whoever gets the biggest toothpick, wins, and gets to choose the movie." They all agreed. Sakura started from the left to Naruto, then Hinata, Neji, Tenten and then Sasuke last. Naruto drew one…it was probably the shortest. It was a stub.

"Damn it!" Naruto whined. Hinata drew a larger one, but still pretty long. Neji drew one, which was really long, except for a stub missing off the end and Tenten drew a half way cut toothpick. Sasuke's was last and he got the full toothpick, so he won.

"Damn." Neji muttered under his breath. Sasuke smirked and chose to watch Hide and Seek. Sakura put in the movie and they sat together in pairs. Tenten and Neji sat on the couch, Tenten leaning into his shoulder. Hinata and Naruto sat on the floor left of the couch and Sasuke and Sakura sat opposite. The girls were holding their knees close to their chest because they thought it was really scary. The guys were smirking, holding in mounds of laughter.

The Movie: "Where's Charlie?"
She points to the closet. The woman walks towards it and opens it. Charlie jumped out at her and it caused her to fall out the window.

"AHH!" The girls screamed. They tried to lean into their guy protection, but fell over when they realized they weren't there.

"Guys?" Sakura called out. They all got up and walked cautiously around the pitch black room, only being lit by the TV's screen. Then suddenly…

CRACKLE

The TV went off. They yelped I fear and tried to turn on the light, but it wouldn't. The power was out. They went upstairs and decided to separate, but Tenten didn't like it.

"We shouldn't separate!" She whispered loudly.

"It's alright. The guys are trying to scare us. Don't worry. Lets just all check our rooms." Sakura whispered back.

"Y-yeah." Hinata replied. They went to their rooms and opened the doors carefully. The rooms were also pitch black and freezing because the balcony doors were opened. They stepped inside and covered theme selves with their arms. What were they up to?

END OF CHAPTER

End of chapter 12! Hope you enjoyed it

Shikamaru: So...I will be in there in later chapters?
Zuan: yes.
Shikamaru: WOOT!
Sasuke:...
Gaara: Why are we here?
Sakura: Because we want to!
Sasuke: I don't want to...
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