Chapter Five

8:00am Chicago Airport

"This is so boring!" Angiru exclaimed!

It was morning and still snowing. Everyone sat in a circle talking.

"It's not like we can do anything to get out." Bethy pointed out.

"Hmm…" Peachie thought.

"Oh no! Not another one of Peachie's stupid ideas." Sasuke shook his head.

"Hey! They're better than anything you've said." Shikamaru yelled.

"Wait guys; let's listen to what she has to say!" Trowa yelled at them both.

Peachie thought for a moment more then looked up beaming at everyone. "Well we're all very board right now. So I've thought up a way for us to have some entertainment."

"Well?" Bethy asked.

"What is it!" Sakura pleaded.

"I'm throwing a party tonight. Its Christmas Eve remember? I'm gonna throw a party for all of you! I'll go shopping now to get the stuff except the food and drinks I'll get that later. While I'm setting up, you all can go shopping for presents!" Peachie said smiling.

"An awesome idea!" Angiru agreed.

"Totally!" Sakura agreed.

"All in favor?" Trowa asked. Everyone raised their hands, including Sasuke who did reluctantly. "Unanimous!"

Everybody cheered.

"I'll need some help, if you don't mind Angiru and Beth?" Peachie asked.

"We'd love too!" They said at the same time and began giggling.

"What about me?" Sakura whined.

"You need to stay and keep the boys in check." Peachie told her.

Sakura shrugged. Trowa, Sasuke, Kakashi and she soon disappeared down the hallway.

"Where are we supposed to get party stuff?" Angiru asked Peachie.

"I was thinking about making a Japanese party. We can get stuff at the Japan store. It's only a few doors down." Peachie explained.

"Kewl!" Bethy agreed. They all got up and started down towards the Japanese Store.

9:15am Chicago Airport

Sasuke, Trowa, Sakura, and Kakashi were all in the gift shop looking for presents. Shikamaru was next door in the electronics shop. Sakura had all her stuff picked out and wrapped and was sitting on the cash register counter. Sasuke and Trowa were hopeless in finding gifts and were still looking.

Sakura felt a tap on her should. She turned around to see who it was. Kakashi stood behind her smiling.

"Why did you do that?" Sakura yelled at him.

"Shush!" he told her. "I need some help with presents. Can you help me?"

"Oh sure sure!" Sakura told him. They walked over to the Beanie Babies. "Let's get some of these!"

"But there's so many." Kakashi sound hopeless.

"Well it's easy. Frog for Beth. Bunny for Peachie." Sakura began stacking the little animals on his arms. "Dog for Sasuke. Cat for Shikamaru. Teddy for Angiru. Dragon for Trowa. And last but not least…..a fox for me!" Sakura went on and on picking out more and more for everybody, loading them on top of Kakashi's arms.

5:30pm Chicago Airport

Peachie and Angiru were still working on putting up the disco ball. Bethy had a boom box and had set it out in one of the chairs. They had set up tables for food, candy, cookies, and soda. Angiru had even dragged an artificial Christmas tree down from the Hallmark display window.

They finished around 6:00pm. Soon enough everybody showed up. Peachie was busy mixing the punch. Even Sasuke was impressed. It no longer looked like an Airport Terminal. They had put streamers and Japanese umbrellas and motifs everywhere.

Shikamaru came over and even kissed Peachie, everyone then noticed the mistletoe.

Kakashi brightened up. "Mistletoe anyone?" Everyone politely refused.

Bethy went over and put on some Christmassy Jazz Music. Angiru turned on the multicolor lights and the disco ball.

"Kewl!" Sakura exclaimed. "Come on Sasuke!"

"Come on what?" he asked her.

"Come on, let's dance!" She told him.

"Oh no! I'm not dancing!" Sasuke refused.

"Oh yes you are!" Sakura grabbed his arm and led him out onto what Peachie had marked off as the dance floor.

"It'd help if we had some better dance music." Kakashi pointed out.

Bethy then put on 'The Train'.

Soon everybody was dancing and having fun.