Blah, this one took forever to write... not sure why... maybe all the distractions? It got confusing for me.. too many point of views in this chapter...

Chapter 4

Complicated Things

I'm tired. What happened yesterday? How come my bed isn't as comfortable as it usually is? I opened my eyes, everything was blurry, I could see my long blonde hair scattered all around the… green room? My eyes focused on a guy standing over me.

"Troublesome." He said.

My eyes became less blurry ant it was that guy. Wait? WHAT! Yesterday's events replayed in my head as I sat up and looked at him.

"Finally up?" Asked Shikamaru.

I nodded. "Good, Sasuke came by with this…"

Shikamaru handed me the journal. I can't wait to see what the other's had written. My mind realized that Shikamaru was standing over me still. I looked up at him and frowned.

"What?"

"You're so troublesome." And he left the room.

Don't I get any breakfast? God, what's up with these guys? How can they be so good looking and yet be so… stupid? No that might not be the word. How about 'cruel'? I can't go one without food…and sleep, talking about sleep, I'm tired. After that I laid back into the green bed and fell asleep, cuddling the journal in my arms.

I slowly opened my eyes and they were greeted by a pink mess. What the hell? Why is there… oh yeah. Her. I got up from my bed and looked at her. Her short pink hair was sprawled out, and she was snuggled under the dark navy blue sheets. She kind of matches with the bed, even though she stands out, a lot.

I don't like her. For some reason she annoys me, and I don't even know her yet. She's probably like all the others. But what gets to me is her hair. Why is it pink? That's not natural! What about her eyes? Teal? Come on! She's just some stupid girl who's out to make me notice her or something, stupid fan girls. Stupid girls. Stupid women. But, she does look peaceful, wonder why.

I walked away and saw that thing on the desk still. On it there was a note: Sasuke, can you take this to Shikamaru's girl, Ino? I sighed and left the room with the stupid book. Why do they like this book? It's made of light colors and a planty theme, vines covering it with pink spots and stuff. What's wrong with these people? The book is so… dull and ugly.

I walked through the dark, barely lit halls and approached Shikamaru's door. I knocked on it and a few seconds later he came to it. He had just woken up.

"Here." I shoved the journal into his hands, "For your girl."

"How troublesome. You got the pink haired one, I'd trade you." Shikamaru mumbled.

I peered into his room and saw a girl with long blonde hair still asleep on his bed. I don't like her either, er, I dislike her more than Sakura. She's like the others too, I bet you that.

"Hn."

"You got that right." Shikamaru stared at the sleeping girl as she turned over.

"Where'd they come from?" I asked in my usual tone.

"Your brother kidnapped them on accident. They were hiding in the crate. I'm not sure about them; I just know their names and some other things." Shikamaru said lazily, "This one, Ino, she's not too bright, but she's really troublesome. That Hinata girl is quiet and she's Neji's cousin. And that Ten-ten girl is a weapons master; Neji's got her in his room. And That Sakura girl, I don't really know anything about her."

I snorted, neither did I. We barely know them.

"Whatever." I said and I walked back to my room.

I'm very comfortable. I opened my eyes and I was blinded by how orange the room was. Naruto-kun sure is strange. I turned over to look at him and I stopped as my eyes widened. Here I am, sleeping, while he was… sleeping while holding onto me. Help! What do I do! What do I do! I have a weird feeling in my stomach, on no! I'm going to faint!
I felt something shift in my arms. I had been awake for awhile so I opened my eyes and realized the girl next to me fainted. Oh shit. What do I do! Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit! I picked her up and held her, and gently slapped her cheek. She didn't budge. Maybe just letting her sleep would be good?

I tucked her into the bed, making sure that she was comfortable. I stepped back and ran out the door, running like mad to get to the kitchen before all the food was gone; knowing the entire group, they may have already taken it all. Hinata-chan should be hungry when she wakes up, nothing like waking up to warm food, right?

I've been awake for awhile now, just sitting here quietly. Abut thirty minutes ago, I got out of the grey bed and sat in the chair at Neji's desk. I'm just staring at the walls, taking in the detailed curves and the things hanging. There were pictures so dark that I thought they were black, and posters that said a line or two. One of the posters caught my eye: To train is to win, to live is to train. This guy is a bit depressing.

I looked over to his sleeping figure; at least he doesn't sleep with his eyes open, right? He's been asleep for awhile; I wonder what time it is. If he continues to sleep he might be as bad as Ino. Ino will sleep till noon or even passed noon, if we don't wake her up. I take a deep breath and sigh. It sucks being in a room this depressing, with a guy hat is quiet and distant. Here, I have no hammer and moldings, nothing to make weapons. I cannot do what I do best, being a weapons mistress.

I hear something move and I look to Neji, who isn't sleeping any more. His white eyes are staring at me. He blinks and gets out of bed and into the bathroom. I hear running water, and he comes out of the bathroom about ten minutes later.

He looks at me and throws a towel at my head, "Your turn."

I obey, not wanting to upset the Ice King. I step into the bathroom, as usual and like everything else; it's grey and black. Maybe he's color blind? I doubt it. My clothes are off as I finish up my thoughts and I step into the running water. It feels so nice against my tired muscles. The warm water sooths me. After about fifteen minutes in the slower I finally come out and wrap my towel around me, and…

"Good." I say, as I hear the water finally stop.

I walked over to my dresser and open it, where did I put that scarf. I think this girl would like it, it's probably the only colorful thing I have. I'm not sure why I have it in the first place. I continued to rummage through the drawers and there it is. I hear the door open and turn around.

My eyes were fixed and my mouth wide open. Huh? What's that weird feeling in my noose? I look down to see red liquid pouring from my nose. I look back up at Ten-ten. Here she is, in a towel, naked. She looking at me oddly, what do I do?

"Hey, your noose is bleeding!" She yelled.

"Nnn…M-maybe, you should…uh, get changed?" I mumbled.

She looked down at herself and shrieked and ran back into the bathroom. I starred at the door dumbfounded. What the hell?

I can't believe I did that! Oh crap. Neji saw me only in a towel. Oh crap. Oh crap. Oh crap. I stood there frozen in my tracks in the bathroom. After the shock mostly faded I quickly got dressed and exited the bathroom. To my surprise Neji wasn't there any more, I guess he left.

I walked into the room and saw something lying on the bed. I walked over to it and picked it up. Wow. In my hands was a beautifully and skillfully made scarf. I liked it, no, I loved it! It was red and had black designs on it, not only that, but it was so soft. It fit me perfectly. And I wrapped it around my neck, it is so warm.

My mind wandered from the scarf and went to Neji. He gave this to me? Why?

I opened my eyes. Oh no. I fainted again. I realized that Naruto-kun wasn't beside me, instead I found him sitting in a chair, eating none other than his favorite dish, or so I assume it is his favorite dish. Ramen. As I approached him he stopped eating and looked up and smiled. I felt my face burn hot, oh no, not again. But this time I didn't faint, he handed me some ramen.

I am pretty hungry; after all we haven't eaten anything for awhile. I gladly took the ramen and snapped the chopsticks he handed me. I slurped it down with him. It was actually really good, chicken flavor I believe. It wasn't hot, nor was it cold, just perfect. I'm happy that I'm with Naruto-kun.

"What time is it?" I asked him, trying to keep my cool for once.

"Passed noon." He replied between slurps.

"Oh, I see. What did you do today?"

He put down his chopsticks and thought. "I woke up, took a shower, grabbed some food, ran into Shikamaru and talked to him for awhile, then I ran into Neji; who was acting really odd, I think he had some blood dripping from his nose…" Naruto laughed at the part about Neji.

I chuckled; it's not like Neji to have blood dripping from his nose. I wonder what Ten-ten did to him.

I moaned, my head felt bad; another horrible migraine. I heard shuffling around the bed and I slowly opened my eyes. Everything was blurry at first and then it all came together. Handsome devilish eyes stared at me and I sat up. It was him. I frowned at the sight of him; he was just standing there holding a tray… a tray of food! Damn, did he read my mind or something? My stomach growled, loudly.

"You're annoying." He glared.

Thanks for the news flash. I pushed aside the warm navy blue sheets and shoved myself out of bed. As I strolled over to him I yawned and stretched my arms; cracking my back. His dark glaring eyes stayed on me as I approached him. I stood in front of him my eyes staring into his onyx ones, and then he shoved the tray into my hands and left the room.

I looked down at the food. Was it breakfast, or lunch? I'm not sure. There were two plates and a glass of… orange juice? On the first plate was a cheese omelet with some strips of juicy bacon. On the second plate was a tuna sandwich. I stepped back and sat on the corner of the bed. Taking a drink from the glass I chocked, this was not orange juice… what the hell was it? I set the glass back down and ate away at the plate's contents. The food didn't last long as it disintegrated into my mouth.

The food wasn't bad, but it was poorly made; I suppose Sasuke-kun made it. I think he needs a cooking lesson. I chuckled as I thought of Sasuke in an apron, cooking. Maybe he would be singing a song along with the cooking, now that image was funny. I can hear it now, Sasuke singing along with 'I feel like a woman!' That was indeed funny.

When I had finished the food I found myself staring down at the empty plates. I just stared, for no reason at all. I set the tray aside and stood up. Maybe, I should take a shower? And I walked into the bathroom, took a quick shower, and sat back on the bed. I was bored, supremely bored. Where was that Sasuke guy anyway? I stood up and walked over to the door. Maybe it would be unlocked, if not… I'll break it down. To my surprise the door was left unlocked. Had it always been? Did he even try to keep me inside in the first place?

I opened the door and walked out into the dark halls. I have no idea where I'm going. I walk down the halls, passing other corridors and rooms, until I come upon an open area, funny how'd I get here? The open area turns out to be a large training room, where, strangely trees grow. There isn't any sun light, but it sure is the brightest room around here, it's almost like it's the outside; but it isn't.

I walked around the area and spotted something I didn't think I'd find. I saw Sasuke, Shikamaru, Neji, Kiba, and Ten-ten all in one place. Sasuke and Neji were going at it; training. Kiba looked over and saw me.

"Oi! Sakura!"

I walked up to them and Ten-ten gave me a huge hug. "Ten-ten… let go…. air…."

The immediately let go, "I'm just happy to see you!" She smiled.

They all turned to watch the fight. "Neji and Sasuke have been going at it for awhile." Ten-ten whispered.

I nodded, it sure looked like it. Both were all sweaty and breathing heavily, they seemed tired. But then they saw that I came and they stopped their training and walked over to us. Sasuke stared at me with those dark eyes again, I just glared back.

"Sakura-san, Ten-ten has told me some things about you." Neji made a small bow toward me.

"Oh really?" I said.

"You're surely one of a kind? Pink hair, green eyes?" Kiba stated.

Sasuke snorted, "I bet she's just weak. Probably can't fight for shit."

The guys just stared at Sasuke and Kiba finally said, "That's right, you didn't see the performance last night…" Kiba stopped and looked at sakura, "That was really worth seeing." The guys chuckled and I blushed a bit.

"It was nothing!" Ten-ten exclaimed, "Sakura is one the best of us!"

I'm not that good. I have no blood limits or anything, nor am I weapons mistress. I don't know where Ten-ten got that from, but surely I'm not that good. Hell, I'm not very experienced with fighting as the others are.

I frowned, "No, not really."

"Prove it." Sasuke snorted.

The guys smirked, "Prepare to get your ass whooped Sasuke."

I walked out into the ring and took my stance, as did Sasuke. I was curious to see if he was like his brother in combat. Neji stepped into the center of us; as he was the referee.

"On the count of three…" He looked at both of us, "One…." I was ready. "Two…" Sasuke seemed to get tense. "THREE!" Neji jumped out of the way and…

Neji jumped out of the way. That pink haired girl was going down! There is no way she's good, she's just a girl. I'll go easy on her.

She ran towards me, her speed was horrible. I threw a kunai at her and… wait? She disappeared. I looked around, nowhere. Where'd she go? I felt a hand go to the back of my neck and quickly turned around to see a flash of pink. How'd she get behind me? I jumped away before she could swipe at me with a kunai. Landing onto a branch, I took out some shuriken and thrust them at her. They all hit her, scratching her lush perfect skin.

Anyone could've dodged that. That just proves that she sucks. I jumped down from my perch and ran towards her, kunai in hand. And strike, I hurled my fist towards the face I didn't like. She caught my fist, so easily. I must admit I was surprised, but what got me more was what she did next. She flicked my forehead and I went crashing into and through some trees. What the hell was that! My body hurt all over. I could get up but I was in shock. How the hell did she do that!

I saw her pink head walking towards me, no Mr. Nice Guy. I rushed towards her and used my speed to strike her 109 times; she blocked all of them… all 109 hits. However, I struck another time, and she didn't block that. She flew backwards into a tree trunk. I smirked, I win. Or not? She got up and walked back towards me, stopped and got into her stance again. This girl was getting on my nerves.

I jumped above Sakura and quickly made hand seals, "Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu."

A giant flamer thrower came from my mouth. There, that should do it, no more annoying girl… huh? The flames died down and no Sakura was seen, but a presence came from behind me and I turned around and saw her pouting at me.

"Trying to kill me?" She pouted. "Apparently you want to go all out…"

She raised her fist and…

"Sakura!"

I saw her fist stop in front of my face. It was Ten-ten who saved me.

"No need to beat the crap outta him, no going all out yet! You could kill him!" Ten-ten yelled.

I saw Sakura frown, "But this Ice Cube challenged me!"

Ice cube? My eye was twitching. She's annoying. She actually thinks she can beat me? I laugh at that. The day she touches Itachi, will be the day I have respect for her! I walked over to the others with Sakura and I saw the other guys chuckling silently.

Neji walked up to me, "Watch it. You weren't there to see what she did last night, so don't go and make her mad."

Shikamaru laughed out loud, "I can't wait to see what she does next time!"

"You guys make it seem like it was so surprising!" Ten-ten exclaimed.

"IT IS!" Kiba said. "We've never seen anyone lay a hit on Itachi before!"

What? She…what? No way. What the… Did I just eat my own words? I found my mouth was wide open in shock. This girl, this Sakura, had actually laid a blow on Itachi. I probably could, but I don't want to blow my cover yet; not until I'm ready and I kill him. But she, actually hit Itachi. What was the world coming to?

Naruto handed me the journal. I was excited to see what was written. I can't wait. I gave a huge smile to Naruto and blushed as I took the journal from him. I sat down on the orange bed and opened the book, beginning to read.

I'm bored out of my mind. That Shikamaru guy is one lazy person. I've slept most of the day, and I've been reading his books on clouds. Man, those books are boring but interesting to say the very least. I took a long nice bath also. I also found out some things about Shikamaru. Well, actually I went through his things and found some old crumpled up letters, from his ex!

I'm not sure what's going on, but in the letters it seemed like they were pretty close. Seems that they aren't anymore, wonder what happened. Her name is Temari. Other than that, I only know that she likes to write; as I read about five pages of one letter from her, god she just rants about random things… did Shikamaru even read most of this? She just goes on and on about her day, boring day! I quote, 'I got up this morning and found my brother had gone out training and my other brother was oddly playing with his puppets again; he's such a pansy. I took a quick steamy, lush, intoxicating shower… I just wanted you to know…' god… what a whore, or at least in my opinion.

Shikamaru came into the room awhile ago, I put the letters back exactly where I found them; he doesn't know. But I asked him about any girls he'd been with. He just gave me the usual response "Troublesome". But then I brought up hearing about a girl named Temari. Man, his face lit up like a Christmas tree, he was pretty mad about it. All he said was that she was his ex, and that she had broken up with him. He seems to still have some feelings for her, but not much.

Well that's all, later…looks like Sakura forgot to write in here in the morning, probably slept in and Sasuke took it over here before she could do anything about it.

--Ino (Day 3)

Oh my god. Today was unexplainable. Something happened, it was so embarrassing! I took a shower this morning and Neji saw me in just a towel! But then once I changed and came back out, Neji wasn't anywhere to be found. He left me a beautiful soft red scarf, I love it so much. I guess I've forgiven him for his actions earlier. But, man, Neji was one surprised guy! Haha, you should've seen his face.

Other than that, when Neji came back he took me training with him. We ran into Shikamaru and Sasuke there and they got into a fight. Sasuke and Neji went at it for about thirty minutes before Sakura came and they finally stopped; only to go up again between Sakura and Sasuke. She was about to beat the crap out of him before I stopped her. She was going to punch him in the face, and we all know how bad that would've been… with her inhuman strength and all. Too bad Tsunade-sama never taught us that, but then again the medic in our group should at least have great strength, right? Sasuke sure seemed surprised, even though he sure didn't look it through his cold demeanor.

Well, it's late and Neji is glaring at me, so I better hurry this up before he drags me to bed. Oh my god! That did not sound right!

--Lost in a room of shading, Ten-ten (Day 3)

Hinata's mouth dropped as Naruto read the lines about Neji and the towel. And he and Hinata were laughing pretty hard, well not Hinata; she was silently chuckling. And she thought about what I'd write.

This morning I woke to fins Naruto-kun hugging onto me and I fainted. Oh boy. When I awoke again it was noon and Naruto-kun gave me my lunch, Ramen. I was very hungry. For the rest of the day we sat around and talked; well he did. Every once in awhile he'd ask me something about myself or about you guys. I always gave him an answer, but it always came out stuttered. He asked me about my family, I gave him the short response "I have a sister and a father. Then there is Neji-san." He also asked me about Sakura-Chan's hair, I had no idea what to answer, but I told him that as far as we all knew that it was natural; how she got it is another story.

Sakura and Sasuke were fighting? Oh my. Good thing Ten-ten stopped them, who knows what could've happened! Oh dear. Poor Ino, all alone and bored; trapped in the green room of doom. That rhymed.

Other than that, I've had on ok day. I'll see you all tomorrow, hopefully. I'll ask Naruto-kun to lead us on a tour; I'll make a map for us.

--Love in orange, Hinata (Day 3)

What'd you think? Who do you think would've won in the fight, Sakura or Sasuke ? Please review and tell me you opinions and tell me weither you like the story so far, is it moving too slow?