I keep telling my best friend, Cole, that it's not smart to wear a shirt that reads,

"I'm with stupid" if he's by himself…

Does he listen? NOOO…

No one ever listens to good 'ol Rin.

A Blooming Cherry Blossom Chapter 9

Naruto's plan failed miserably and he paid the price. (I'm talking about ice packs and bandages). Plan A failed.

Naruto, Tenten, Neji, Ino, Shikamaru and Kiba sat in the meadow, thinking of a new plan to corrupt Sakura and Lee's relationship.

But every time someone recommended a plan, it was always followed with a detailed explanation of why it wouldn't work. This was getting seriously hopeless. They've been sitting there for at least 3 hours.

"Can we set Sakura up with another guy?" Tenten asked.

"Nah." Kiba said.

"Too much work." Shikamaru complained.

"Too hopeless." Naruto said.

Tenten scoffed. "Then you try to think of something."

The wind blew softly and the sun began to set. It was indeed a beautiful sight to see. Ino lay down next to Shikamaru. Tenten cuddled with Neji as he gave her a shoulder massage. Kiba and Akamaru lay down and watched the clouds. Naruto smiled. It wasn't everyday when they got to spend quality time as a group.

The sun set.

(The Next Day)

Naruto and his group finally came up with another plan, codename Plan B. It started with Tenten calling Sakura…

The phone rang in Sakura's room.

Sakura retrieved it, "Hello?"

"Hi, Sakura. This is Tenten." Tenten said.

"Oh…hi." Sakura remembered that time when she caught her spying. "What do you want?"

Tenten gulped. Plan B was actually a plan to get Lee and Sakura to go out on a double date with Neji and Tenten, so that they could pry out some personal information to use against Lee and Sakura. Basically, they were hunting for a weakness.

"You know…we're really sorry we were spying on you. So…I want to make it up to you." Tenten said in her most unfake voice…which sounded pretty fake.

"And…?" Sakura waited.

"Would you like to go on a double date with me and Neji?" Tenten asked quickly.

"A double date?" Sakura asked uncertainly. "Are you sure this isn't another dumb plan to break me and Lee up?"

Tenten flinched. Whoa! She saw right through me!

But Tenten just gulped. "What? What plan? Nooooo…"

"Ok, fine." Sakura answered and hung up.

Tenten sighed with relief and wiped a drop of sweat away.

(At the Café)

Tenten and Neji waited for Sakura and Lee to arrive. Naruto and the others would watch and monitor the whole date in case anything bad happens.

"Phttss…Naruto, do you really think this is going to work?" Kiba asked.

"Yeah, seriously. Tenten and Neji are like the worst liars that ever walked this earth. I doubt they're pull this off." Ino countered.

Naruto shushed her. "That's ok. If anything does go wrong, we'll be their back-up!"

Tenten stood nervously, pacing back and forth. Neji was against this whole idea in the first place. He didn't like to tell people that he and Tenten were dating. Especially in front of a whole restaurant, in public.

Lee and Sakura arrived.

They sat down.

Let Plan B begin!

At first, the date was pretty awkward, and Neji and Tenten were basically quiet. If you were smart, you could see right through this plan…

That's why, Tenten started having spaz attacks. Neji looked at her horrified. If you were smart, you could see right through this plan…

Neji shoved Tenten and she shut up.

Lee looked at them with curiosity. Sakura just looked at them blankly.

"So, Sakura…" Tenten began. Naruto had told her to try and pry personal information out of both of them without sounding too obvious.

"What do you see in Lee?" Tenten asked.

Sakura thought for a moment. "His sweetness." She crinkled her nose cutely and she hugged Lee.

Tenten coughed. Um, ok…hugging is not the best response.

She tried again. "What do you two lovebirds enjoy doing the most?"

Lee and Sakura looked at each other and laughed.

"We like to take short walks." Lee said.

"Go to some restaurants." Sakura said.

"Cuddle and read."

"Go to the movies."

"Go to the park."

"And go shopping."

Tenten looked at them with her face white. Wow…I'm surprised they don't take bathes together. This is going pretty smoothly though…I thought we'd be dead by the first question, so this is going pretty well.

Tenten relaxed a bit. But Neji was practically turned into a block of crumbling white stone. You could tell he's not really good at this.

"So you guys like to do everything together?" Tenten asked, forcing in a smile.

Neji remained motionless…still as a stone.

Sakura laughed. "Yep."

Tenten nodded.

The rest of the date went pretty well. There weren't any obvious suspicions or any dumb jokes. Tenten relaxed a bit and even talked to Sakura about her first encounter with Lee.

But Sakura noticed that Neji wasn't saying a thing and she tried to make him talk.

"So, Neji-kun…" Sakura started.

Neji looked horrified. Is she trying to engage in conversation with me? Oh lord, I'm screwed.

"Do you and Tenten-san do anything together?" Sakura asked.

Neji looked around and at Tenten. Tenten gave a nervous laugh.

"Heh…Neji is just nervous, don't mind him." She said and shoved him.

Neji reacted to the shove quite badly and coughed. He twitched. "Uhh…" his voice creaked. "Uhh…don't worry…I'm not nervous because we are being set up…"

Tenten clamped a hand over his mouth.

Sakura raised an eyebrow. "You guys aren't setting us up to your plans, are you?"

Uh-oh.

Tenten started laughing hysterically, while sweating nervous. Neji coughed wildly. These two idiots were totally giving away their cover.

Naruto watched the two of them, going crazy and he slapped his forehead. Busted…

Sakura glanced around and saw Naruto and the others spying. "NARUTO!" she bolted up and pointed a mad finger at them. "YOU ARE SPYING ON US!"

Fortunately, Naruto had his "back-up" plan.

He turned around to the others and held up two fingers. "Activate: back-up plan." He said.

Immediately, everyone drew up their eyeglasses and moustache disguise. They put it on and walked around, whistling, acting like innocent fools.

But Sakura already recognized him. "WHAT KIND OF FOOL CAN'T SEE WHAT YOU'RE UP TO? ONLY AN IDIOT WOULD FALL FOR THOSE DISUISES!"

Lee cocked his head. "Hey…who are those innocent looking people in the disguises?"

Sakura slapped her forehead and clobbered everyone.

Eek…more ice packs and bandages.

Plan B failed.

Ehh…confusing chapter. But then again, all my chapters are confusing right?

Next Chapter: Sakura and Lee's relationship is on the rocks. And it's not because of Naruto. A special little visitor that Sakura though she'd long forgotten, comes back with a haunting secret. SASUKE HAS FEELINGS FOR SAKURA!

That's right, you heard me folks. Sasuke comes back to Konoha to claim Sakura's heart. Who will win her heart? Lee or Sasuke? Find out!