a/n: Another chapter up! I thought that I should go into depth about Kari and Lily's personalities, so that's where I got the ideas for this chapter. Read on, and enjoy!

Disclaimer: I only own Lily and Kari. Must I always repeat myself?

. : 4. Just A Little Something : .

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– – – – – Day 1– – – – –

When all the guests had awoken bright and early, they found notices on their doors.

Good morning! This is Lily here – well, not actually here, but you know. Anyway, once you get dressed and all that jazz, please come downstairs to the living room! See ya soon!

Lily

After last night, everyone was slightly suspicious and went downstairs wondering what they would be forced to do this time.

Lily and Kari were sitting on a two-seat couch, facing everyone. "Well, what are you waiting for?" Kari waved to the empty seats. "Sit."

Sakura looked over one of the chairs very carefully before sitting. "Are you sure these chairs won't, like, bite or something?" Lily noticed that she was wearing a pink ski cap over her hair, with the words Snow Bunny written in glittery letters – most likely worn to cover her now-green hair.

"What do you take us for?" Lily asked in fake surprise, putting her hand over her heart. "We'd never want to hurt you…but we don't have a problem with humiliating you!"

Ino said cattily, "No doubt about that." She looked at Sakura's head with a smug expression; Sakura returned the look by sticking out her tongue and scowling.

"Could you just tell us what we're here for?" Sasuke cut in. His face was still painted like a clown's, which caused Naruto to laugh loudly when he strayed in after the rest. Sasuke quickly silenced him with a punch in the arm.

"Oww! That hurt…" Naruto whined, rubbing his arm.

"If you mention the face paint again, you'll get a lot worse, trust me." Sasuke said angrily.

"Ahem!'" Kari cleared her throat noisily. "If Bozo and the cow-" Naruto was still in his cow outfit- "-are done arguing, we'll tell you why we called you here."

Lily waited a few seconds until everyone had settled sown in couches and chairs before continuing.

"Okay! Well, Kari and I thought that we didn't properly introduce ourselves, so we wanted to tell you more about ourselves."

"Sounds fair enough…" Kiba said, since he's the kind of person who always needs to say something.

Kari continued where Lily left off. "We thought that it'd be boring if we just sat here and talked about ourselves, so we decided to include you guys in it too."

It was silent for a few moments; no one really knew what to say or do. Finally, Shino spoke up. "So you want us to each tell something about ourselves, right?"

"Yup!" Lily answered, cheerful as always. She had clearly forgotten her suspicions of Shino form the night before. "So, I guess I'll start, and then Kari will go –" she gestured to Kari, who was sitting to her right. "– and we'll just go around like that!"

Everyone voiced their agreements, some more loudly than others. Each person silently counted how many people would go before them, and those closer to the girls visibly sagged in disappointment.

Throwing her shoulder-length strawberry blonde hair over her shoulder, Lily looked over everyone with her light sapphire eyes.

"Okay then. As you know, I'm Lily! I'm best friends with Kari, and my hobbies include playing with my cat, Sparkles Fantastica, seeing how long I can hold my breath without passing out, and battling with the evil birds that live outside my window. I don't like tomatoes, the month of February, or can openers – and I guess that's it!"

No one was sure how to react to this information. Sure, it was just as random as Lily, so they should have expected something like it. But then again, Lily isn't a very predictable person. In the end, no one decided to ask questions.

Before starting, Kari tucked her long black hair behind her ears and stared at everyone with piercing, deep brown eyes. As soon as she did that, the room seemed to get colder.

"You all know my name, so I don't see the point in repeating it. I don't like…well anything…"

She's such a copycat, Sasuke thought to himself. Kari looked him straight in the eyes as if she heard the thought. She added, "…except for music – mostly rock – and caramel-flavored ice cream. In my spare time, I rage against the machine and stick it to 'the Man'…and that's all I feel like telling you."

She looked at Naruto, sitting to the right of her. "Your turn."

Naruto immediately leapt out of his seat and started. "My name is Uzumaki Naruto, and someday I will be the greatest Hokage!"

"Sure, sure…we all know that." Neji said. "And…?"

Naruto sat down, discouraged. "And, well…I like ramen…"

"We know that too!" everyone said together.

"Well, then I guess that's it, since you all know sooo much about me! Gosh…" he crossed him arms and sulked.

Since Shino was next to share, everyone looked at him expectantly. No one knew much about him and they were eager to know more.

"You already know as much as you need to know. I'm not telling you any more."

Lily coughed, "He'stotallyavampire". Apparently, she hadn't forgotten her suspicions from last night.

"I guess I'm next, then." Tenten seemed just fine now, much better than she had last night. "I like to stop and smell the flowers when I can, and I love the beach. I really don't like it when people ask about my last name – you know, 'cause I don't have one –, and I'm actually pretty scared of sharp objects – don't ask why."

After Tenten was Shikamaru, who had the smarts to explain as little about himself as possible so he could get it over with.

"Okay…well, I like watching clouds, and I guess I like being a Chuunin. I don't like anything that involves physical activity, and I especially don't like it when Ino nags me – which is pretty often."

"Hey, I do NOT nag you!" Ino cried. "Who do you think I am, your mom!"

It was pretty apparent that he was done, so Hinata started, blushing already. "Umm…well, I-I don't think there's anything I dislike…I like to just…hang around with my teammates…and what I really want to do is change myself." This last part was said so fast that hardly anyone understood, but no one wanted to push her.

Next was Sasuke, in all his face-painted glory. He pretty much just repeated what he said when he introduced himself to his team and Kakashi, so I won't go into detail there.

Then it was Sakura; she had managed to squeeze herself in next to Sasuke just as he sat down. Again, for the sake of time (my time), we'll assume she did the same and just repeated what we already know about herself. Got that? Good.

Kiba sat to the right of Sakura, and since we all know the drill by now, he started. "Well, I like dogs!" Akamaru, sitting on his head, barked in approval, "but I guess you all knew that. Well, I don't really like cats – I think they're cold and unfeeling."

"Hey…" Lily said softly to herself.

"In my free time, I like to hang out with Akamaru and my best buddy, Shino! I like attention, but not the negative kind – my counselor say's it's bad for my psyche. And...yeah, that's pretty much it."

Lee thrust his fist into the air and cried, "All right, I'm next! WOOHOO!"

"Keep it down!" everyone yelled in annoyance.

"All right! My name is Lee, as you all should know! I enjoy life and the out doors – and I especially love spring because of all the life and youthfulness it brings! There's nothing I don't like, and I especially like spending time with my team, because I believe we're the best of friends!"

Neji scoffed and rolled his eyes. …Yes, all at the same time. He's had lots of practice. Thankfully, Lee hadn't heard, and he finished his introduction.

"Okay then, now it's me!" Ino said. "The things I like are…Sasuke, cherry-vanilla ice cream, the summertime, Sasuke, and…Sasuke! I don't like it when Shikamaru accuses me of nagging him, or when Sakura get in the way of my undying love for Sasuke." The two glared at each other at the same time…spooky.

Chouji was next on the chopping block. Don't worry, there's no ACTUAL chopping – or block – involved.

"Well…I like food. I like to eat too, but what most people don't know about me is that I secretly dream of being thin!" Jis eyes glazed over as he stared into the distance, lost in his imagination.

After a few moments, Lily finally spoke up. "Uh, Chouji, if you're done with being lost in your imagination, we'd like to continue."

"Oh! Heh heh, sorry. Anyway, I really enjoy hanging out with Shikamaru, since we're best buds and all. The one thing I don't like is when I'm out of milk, just as I've made a PB&J sandwich…and I guess that's all!"

A once, everyone fixed their eyes on Neji. "…What?" he said, confused.

"Well, you're next!" Naruto said. "Are you gonna go or what?"

"Yeah, I guess… Well, uh, okay…" Neji was starting to panic again. As I've said before, he doesn't have much social experience, so he gets freaked out over things like this. But it's part of the reason we all love him! Well, I do anyway.

"Okaaaay…crazy fangirl…" Neji muttered.

Hey! That's very hurtful! Ah, whatever, let's get on with it. I'll just pretend you didn't say that.

Now where was I? Oh, right – Neji felt everyone's eyes drilling into him, and he was cracking under the pressure.

"Well!" Kiba demanded. "Do you need me to hold your hand so you can get through this?"

Neji glared at him angrily, causing Kiba to back away. "Hell, no! I was just…preparing what I was going to say. That's right…"

Kari rolled her eyes impatiently. "Yeah, you keep telling yourself that."

"Well, you all know who I am," Neji started. "I don't like many things – except for plotting ways to wreak my revenge on the Main House."

Hinata's eyes darted nervously from side to side as Neji threw her a powerful glare.

"I like to be by myself, and I don't enjoy others' company. The rest is personal, so I'm through."

Lily stood up and stretched exaggeratedly. "Well, I'm starving. Time for some breakfast."

At the mention of the word breakfast, Chouji and Naruto, the big eaters, raced to the kitchen.

"Hey! Watch it in there!" Lily shook her fist at them and yelled. Everyone slowly stood up; some people made their way to the kitchen, others – mainly the girls – went up to their rooms to spruce up.

"Well, that was a colossal waste of time," Sasuke muttered to Shikamaru as they walked to the kitchen.

Shikamaru replied sarcastically, "I wonder what 'fun-filled' activity we're up for next."

Both boys suddenly felt a hand grip their shoulders tightly; they turned just as Kari's face appeared between them eerily.

"You'll just have to wait and see, won't you…?"

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a/n: So, did you like it? A bit redundant, I know…Anyway, I have some bad news: this story may have to be put on hiatus. I'll try not to, but we're getting new Internet service and I don't know when I'll be able to get online again. I'll try to get the next chappie up ASAP, but chances are that it may not come up for a while. Again, I'm really sorry! As always, suggestions for the story are welcome!