Thanks for all the great reviews guys! I'll comment on them at the end of this chapter. Sorry for not updating. School kills and it should die. I wrote this chapter in split dates, so some of it might not make sense. I'm going over it and making some changes. I'll probably edit this after I post it up on And since you guys were so patient, there will be an extra chapter up this week. Maybe even two! Isn't that just exciting? Depending on the work amount though. But I promise for an extra. I'll be working on it after I put this one up. Oh yeah, expect updates to be one every week at the fastest. The longest would be at least 2-3 weeks. Any longer would mean I have a ton of assignments, work, etc. or I'm just one heck of a lazy ass. Ahahaha
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Celebration and Scary Movies
"YOU WHAT?" shouted Ino.
The other three girls covered their ears wincing at the loud shriek that their blond friend had just made.
"Jeez Ino, do you have to be so loud?" asked a annoyed Tenten. The people in the classroom were looking at the group with weird expressions in their faces.
"Yeah, we're right in front of you, you know." said Sakura.
"Ino-chan didn't mean it...she was just shocked..." Hinata said quietly.
"Yeah, what Hinata-chan said. I'm shocked."
"Well we all are you know. Except for Sakura though...I think..." said Tenten.
"Sakura-chan, you'd better keep this quiet." whispered Hinata.
Tenten nodded. "Those freakish fan girls better not find out about you sleeping over at Sasuke's house."
"Who knows what they'd do to you!" added Ino.
"I think this is a first for Sasuke being nice to a girl." commented Hinata.
Tenten and Ino nodded.
"It's true. I don't think he'd do that if it were one of fan girls." said Ino.
"Yeah, he'd probably just leave them lying there and die of hypothermia." laughed Tenten.
Sakura sweat-dropped. Would he really do that? Am I really the first girl he's ever been nice too?
"Isn't that a little too um...harsh?" asked Sakura slowly.
"Hey this is Sasuke we're talking about." stated Tenten.
Meanwhile on the otherside of the classroom...
"Heh heh Sasuke-teme. You actually let a girl stay in your room?" smirked Naruto. "I wonder what you two did."
A vein was popping out of Sasuke's forehead.
"Shut-up dobe." he growled as he smacked Naruto in the head.
"Ow! What the hell was that for!"
"You deserved it. Thinking of dirty thoughts." said Neji calmly.
"What! I'm sure Neji and Shikamaru had that in their minds too!"
Neji and Shikamaru sweat dropped (does Neji every sweat drop?). Naruto was right. They DID have that thought in their mind, but they would never let Sasuke know. No sir.
"You disgust me dobe."
"Your fan girls better not find out about what happened. It's always so troublesome running away from them and saving you from them too." drawled Shikamaru lazily.
Neji and Naruto snorted in agreement. All of it was true. There was one time when Sasuke was being chased by his fan girls. They chased him up the tree and were bombarding the trunk. One of them took out a saw and started to hack at the base. Poor Sasuke, helpless and vulnerable, it wasn't until the other three came to help he got down from the tree.
So what did the three do to distract the fan girls? They took a shirt of Sasuke's and threw it in the crowd. In a few seconds it was ripped into shreds and divided the pieces so each of them had a piece. After that they left. Poor Sasuke that was his favourite shirt too. Oh well.
"Shut-up. That was only one time you idiot." glared Sasuke.
"Come on let's get to the gym. The girls already left. (Ino, Sakura, etc.) It's volleyball tryouts for girls today." said Neji.
"Okay, I want all of you to divide into pairs. Each pair will be playing against another pair. This will be based on your teamwork and skills. Remember there are only two spots open; don't get disappointed if you don't get on the team." Ino said loudly so everyone could hear her.
Neji, Naruto, Shikamaru and Sasuke sat down on the benches in the gym next to Hinata and Tenten. They spotted Sakura and waved. She smiled and waved back at them only to find that Sasuke was staring intensely at her which made her blush furiously and turn away.
"Eh? What's wrong with Sakura-chan?" asked Naruto.
"Dunno, maybe it's just the nerves." replied Tenten.
Ino, who was team captain, stood to the side as she watched the pairs play against other pairs. She noted on each ones strengths and weaknesses. She weeded out the ones she knew would not make it on the team. Sakura's turn was up next.
"Sakura-chan! You can do it!" screamed Naruto.
"Come on Sakura!" cheered Tenten.
"S-Sakura-chan! Do your best!" said Hinata.
Ino blew the whistle. It had begun.
Sakura was the first one to serve.
Okay, calm down Sakura. Remember what dad taught you.
Sakura tossed to ball in the air and smacked it hard. The ball skimmed the top of the net and was speeding down to the ground. It was too low for the other team to return it.
Hm, pretty good serve. Even better than mine. Thought Ino.
Sakura did four more successful serves. Though at times it would go a bit off but at least it was still in.
On the opposing side they had served a low ball. Sakura instinctively put her hands together and bumped it in the air.
"Set it!" she cried out.
The other girl nodded and volleyed the ball high in the air. Everyone watched Sakura as she jumped in the air and spiked the ball downwards to the other side. At first they were confused. Everyone wondered where the ball was. It wasn't until they saw it half buried in the ground.
Okay that was exaggerating. But there was a dent in the ground. Sakura had spiked the ball so hard that when it sped towards the ground no body saw it. (Happened before. Mr. T spikes hard.)
"Holy shit Sakura! Don't pulverize the ball." muttered Ino.
"Oops...did I do it too hard?" asked Sakura sheepishly. The whole gym was silent. Their eyes were wide after witnessing Sakura killing the ball.
"That concludes the tryouts!" rang Ino's voice in the quiet gymnasium. All the hopeful girls gathered in a group ready to hear the two names that would be on the volleyball team this year.
"Thank you for trying out. It has been a difficult decision but I'm confident in these two."
They all gasped for breath as Ino opened her mouth again.
"The two girls on this years team will be..."
"Come on Sakura-chan. You just have to make it!" said Tenten under her breath.
"Kurei Kina and Haruno Sakura."
Sakura looked at Ino wide eyed.
"I made it? I really made it?"
"Yup! you deserve it Sakura! I'm pretty sure you're even better than me!" shouted Ino in happiness.
"Congratulations Sakura!" smiled Hinata as she hugged her pink haired friend.
"Sakura-chan! That was amazing! That power!" gasped Tenten.
"Good work Sakura." said Neji.
"Sakura-chan! That-was-so-cool! That spike was the best ever!" Naruto said loudly. He was overly hyper after he witnessed the spike.
Shikamaru walked over with hands in his pockets followed by Sasuke.
"Congrats Sakura. You know we should celebrate." he said lazily.
"He's right Sakura! What should we do?" asked Ino excitedly.
"Umm..." Sakura thought. Then it hit her.
"I know! Why not we sleepover at my house! We can do it tomorrow because it's a Friday."
"R-really Sakura? Are you sure?" asked Hinata.
"Of course I am!"
"Yeah! Sleeping over at Sakura's!" shouted Naruto.
"Dobe, you're being too loud." said Sasuke.
"I'm excited and so is everyone. Well except you that is."
"Whatever."
Everyone talked loudly on the way home. Each of them separated when it was their stop home. One by one they left until it was only Sasuke and Sakura.
They both walked in silence until Sasuke said something.
"You know that was pretty good...for a girl."
"What's that suppose to mean?" glared Sakura.
Sasuke just smirked.
"You're just jealous." stated Sakura.
He raised an eyebrow.
"Oh really."
He turned towards her and walked closer to her. Feeling that he was getting too close, Sakura began to step back. It was until her back hit something she had to stop. Again Sasuke smirked and leaned down to her ear. She could smell him feel him breathing. He was so close to her.
"Why would I be jealous of you?" he asked. His breath was dancing on her neck.
"I...um...Sasuke..." her face was turning red from the closeness.
He smirked and straightened himself out.
"What."
"I uh...house that way gotta go! Bye!"
Sasuke smirked at her retreating back and walked away to the direction of where he lived.
Yeah nice Sakura. I uh house that way gotta go bye? Smooth just real smooth.
Sakura was replaying what had happened between her and Sasuke just a few minutes ago and how stupid her reaction was. She flopped down onto her pink bed and buried her head in embarrassment in her pillow.
"That was my stupidest reaction yet."
Stupid idiot. What the hell is he doing to me!
She sighed and started to get ready for bed.
"Can't wait, can't wait CAN'T WAIT!" shouted Naruto.
"Yes, yes, we heard you. Now please SHUT THE HELL UP!" said a very annoyed Tenten.
"Jeez you get over excited over little things." said Shikamaru.
Sakura giggled a bit. "Okay, so I'll see you guys in half an hour?"
They all nodded. All of them were excited on sleeping over at Sakura's house. They would be packing up once they get home and then go to her house in half an hour.
"Oh before I forget, I need to give you the address to my house."
"Tsh, no shit." snorted Sasuke.
Sakura glared at him.
"Okay, I live at 57 Crescent Hill Drive. (Crappy street name I know)."
"Got it!" they all chimed writing the address down on a piece of paper.
"See you later Sakura-chan." smiled Hinata.
Sakura grinned and nodded.
"Coming!" shouted Sakura. She was running down the stairs in her grey sweats and white tank top with her hair up in a messy bun. She had changed her clothes once she got home. Swinging open the door she was greeted with a stoic face, and grins.
"Hey guys! Come in."
"Is this really your house Sakura?" gasped Ino.
"Uh huh."
They all looked around. It was amazing. There was a chandelier hanging down at the main entrance, the staircase looked so grand. It spiralled down to the floor. Everything in the house looked so elegant. (She's rich, forgot to mention.)
"You're house is really nice." commented Hinata quietly.
"Thanks Hinata-chan!"
"Doesn't it get troublesome finding your way around here?"
"Er...sometimes..." Sakura looked at all of them and noticed that something was missing. Then it hit her.
"Hey where's Naruto anyways?"
"The idiot said he had something to do." snorted Sasuke.
"Probably going out buying more ramen." added Neji.
"Well he'd better hurry up and get here, it's gonna rain soon!" said Tenten.
"Great, I'll get the towels." grumbled Sakura. She motioned her to follow her up the stairs.
"And now, I shall give you the tour of the house...well just the second floor cause that's where we're gonna stay."
She walked down the hall with her friends trailing behind her. Sakura pointed t the rooms and they "Ooed" and "Ahhhed". Er...okay so they didn't do that.
"That's the second floor kitchen, it has everything the first floor one does so you guys can make anything you want." she explained pointing to her right.
"That's the media room, where we'll be sleeping, watching movies and yeah. It's connected to the kitchen so easy access." Again it was on her right side.
"Here's my room." Sakura walked to the opened door three rooms in front of the kitchen and media room.
"If the girls haven't taken a shower yet you can use my bathroom in my room. Guys, you use the one a doors down on the left. I think its 3 doors down."
All of them walked inside her room. It looked like a normal girl's room. Her bed was pink, walls were white, a few posters and stuffed animals on the window ledge. There were more in the corners of her room. A desk occupied the space on the right side the room. A computer was on it along with a few framed pictures and a pencil holder (Are those what those things are called? Dunno...). It looked very comfy and snugly (My rooms so snugly! But there's too much stuff in it...).
"Oh, Sakura-chan! I love your room!" squealed the girls in delight. They all flopped onto her bed. Except the guys, they were standing there weirded out by the girly stuff though it wasn't THAT girly. Sakura giggled.
"Your room is so nice!"
"It's so clean!"
"Ah, look at that! It's so cutee!"
"Do you really think so? I was thinking of getting it redecorated."
"Noo! It's perfect the way it is!" said Tenten with wide eyes.
"Sakura-chan, you're so lucky!" grinned Ino.
Hinata was grinning poking at one of her stuffed animals. She seemed to be in love with the cute stuffed mouse.
"Hinata-chan, if you like the mouse. Why don't you take it?"
Hinata snapped back to reality.
"Eh? I-I couldn't Sakura-chan!"
Sakura smiled.
"No, I want you to take it. It's my gift to you!"
"B-but..."
"No buts! It's yours!"
Hinata blushed.
"T-thank you Sakura-chan!"
"Hello! Are you forgetting there are other people here?" snapped Sasuke.
"Eh? Sasuke? Neji? Shikamaru?" said Sakura dumbly.
"Who'd you think it was?"
"Ahaha, I forgot that you three were here. You guys are so quiet!"
"Jeez..." Sasuke rolled his eyes.
"Sakura, I just heard the doorbell." said Neji quietly.
"Eh? Naruto's here then!" said Ino.
"Let's go!" grinned Sakura.
All of them ran down the doors and flung open the main door and were greeted with a mop. Or something that looked like a mop.
"Uh...what is it..." asked Tenten.
"Dunno...looks like a mop or something." said Ino.
"N-Naruto-kun?" asked Hinata.
The er mop seemed to spring to life.
"Aren't you guys gonna let me in? I'm freezing! Plus soaked!" shouted Naruto.
"Wow, you look like a drowned rat." commented Sakura.
"Serves you right for coming so late dobe."
"Oh where's the towels?"
"Here." said Neji as he handed them over to Sakura.
"Thanks Neji!" she smiled at him as she handed Naruto the pile of towels.
"Naruto come on, take a shower then we'll start the movie." said Sakura.
"Yeah, okay. Where is it."
"We'll take you to it!" shouted Ino.
in spongebob narrator voice 5 Hours Later...
"Oh my...what the hell is he doing in there!" roared Sasuke.
"I bet he's taking a shit." yawned Shikamaru.
"I think he's drowning in there..." frowned Ino.
"How the hell do you drown while you're standing up in the shower?" asked Tenten.
"It's possible." commented Neji.
"I-I h-hope he's o-okay..." Hinata whispered.
"I'm sure he's fine..." said Sakura trying to reassure herself and everyone else. They were all currently waiting for him in the media room.
"Oh I'm sure he is." snorted Sasuke.
"Ah! I feel so much better now!" came a bright cheery voice.
They all turned around and saw Naruto with his big trademark grin.
"WHAT WERE YOU DOING IN THERE?" they all yelled in unison.
"Eh? Well uh...you uh...see...I was uh..."
"Jeez, we have no time for this." said Sasuke.
"Naruto, you don't have to explain. Come on let's watch the movie." sighed Sakura. "Okay, you guys don't exactly get a choice cause I only got one movie. I don't watch a lot and this was a present. So yeah. I hope you like scary moves."
Naruto's face and Hinata's face froze. Did she say a scary movie? Yes she did. Poor Naruto and Hinata, both of them hated those kinds of movies. It makes them pee in their pants, and Naruto actually did once.
"Ahaha, Sakura-chan. I think I'll go find something else to do." laughed Naruot nervously.
"Eh? Why?"
"He peed in his pants once watching some horro movie." explained Neji.
"That's the last time we take you out to watch some scary movie with us." said Sasuke.
"So troublesome."
"Hey! I thought you guys promised not to tell!"
The other three guys shrugged and the three girls were rolling around in laughter.
"N-Naruto-kun. I'll stay with you and do something else with you if you want."
"Eh? Hinata-chan too?" asked Sakura.
"Yeah, Hinata doesn't like scary movies much." explained Tenten.
"I'm really sorry Hinata-chan!"
"I-It's okay Sakura-chan. Don't worry about it!"
"Besides I bet she'd rather spend time with Naruto." whispered Ino to Sakura and Tenten.
"Really Hinata-chan! You want to do something else with me?"
"S-sure!" Hinata's face was now fire truck red. She was going to spend some time alone with Naruto!
"I have a play station in my room, I don't play with it much but I got a ton of games. You two can play with that. Plus I got some board games in that cupboard if you get bored of play my play station." Sakura said pointing to the last cupboard nearest to the door.
Naruto and Hinata nodded and headed to the cupboard pulled out a few games and then headed to Sakura's room.
"Okay! So that just leaves us!" she sighed.
"Um Sakura-chan. Me and Shi-kun are kinda hungry so we're gonna go to your kitchen and make some stuff to eat kay?" asked Ino.
"Yeah sure! Help yourselves!" beamed Sakura. Shikamaru sighed and Ino grinned. Ino took his hand and literally dragged him to the kitchen with him protesting it was too troublesome to cook and that if he tasted her cooking again he would need to order a casket in advance.
"Okay, now it just leaves us four! Now where did I put that movie?" Sakura started to rummage through her DVD case though there weren't many movies placed in it. "Aha! Found it!" The cover of the DVD read Predator.
"Ohhh, I heard that one was really scary!" squealed Tenten.
Sakura grinned evilly, "We'll just have to see."
The four of them had split into pairs. Sasuke and Sakura dominated the couch and Tenten and Neji settled themselves onto the floor. Already, they were halfway through the movie and Sakura was scared to her wits. The guys didn't seem to show any emotion to it, they seemed to be asleep...But anyways, Tenten didn't seem scared at all. In her head she thought the movie was way to predictable and it wasn't scary at all.
"Jeez, this is too stupid. He gonna find her body, gasp in horror then turn around and find the killer behind him only it isn't the killer but a small child." she mumbled under her breath.
"Tenten, shut-up for at least a few minutes will you? It's getting annoying." whispered Neji.
"Hey, it's not like your watching it!"
"Whatever."
Stupid idiot, loser, asshole... thought Tenten mentally listing foul names at Neji. Until...
"What was that..." she breathed. She felt something furry brush against her leg.
"Huh?" grunted Neji.
"Nevermind."
Again she felt. It felt big, furry and it was kind of wet too.
"Neji, that's not funny...stop it!" laughed Tenten nervously.
"Stop what?"
"Don't play dumb with me. I know you're doing it."
"Doing what?"
"Nevermind."
When Tenten looked back at the screen Neji turned to her. He smirked when he saw that she was getting paranoid, every once in a while she would turn her head back thinking someone was there. He turned back to the t.v. still smirking, waiting for just the right moment...
In the kitchen...
"Shi-kun come and help me!" said Ino as she looked through the cupboards. She wanted to cook something up to eat she hadn't eaten since lunch at school and that was a very long time.
"Ino, it's too troublesome to cook when you could just have some thing from the fridge, and microwave it. Besides I wouldn't eat anything you cook up even if it's the last edible thing on earth."
He had earned a glare of daggers when he finished that sentence. But technically it was kind of true. Her cooking wasn't something you'd call her greatest talents. The last time she cooked for her friends they ended up calling poison control.
"Shi-kun, come on! Trust me this time! I practised!" That was true. Ever since that incident she had practised her cooking skills, but it didn't turn out pretty...
He sighed and rolled his eyes.
"Fine, but it better be worth it. I'd rather be watching the clouds."
"What clouds. Right now it's like a huge lump of nothing." Ino snorted.
He sighed. It was true. Since it was raining the clouds weren't fluffy and cute anymore. Too bad Shi-kun. Maybe next time!
"What are you going to make..."
"I'm not sure. Maybe an omelette. That's pretty easy!" Ino said thoughtfully.
"Okay then...what's in it..."
"Eggs, mushrooms, cheese (I like mine with cheese yum), green peppers."
Shikamaru sighed.
"Let the fun begin."
"Ah! AH!" screamed Naruto. Currently he was in Sakura's room with Hinata playing with the play station. He was leaning in the direction of the game. (You know when you get really into it you start going left and right swaying. Haha I do that.)
"N-Naruto-kun! Watch out!"
"Crap!"
in game voice
"Game over. Sorry you lose loser AHAHAHA"
Naruto and Hinata sweat dropped.
"Hmm, what game should we play next Hinata-chan?"
"Um, h-how about Monopoly?"
"Great idea! Except, can you be banker? I suck at math."
"S-sure!"
And thus begins the game of Monopoly!
Half an hour later
"Dammit! I'm on my last dollar!"
"N-Naruto-kun, you have a lot of debt. I-I think r-right now you owe the bank at least over 10 000 dollars."
"Crap! Okay, last roll. Come on dice!"
Naruto rolled the dice. It landed on the numbers 3 and 5 which adds together as 8.
"1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8." He counted.
His jaw dropped.
"Hinata-chan's property!"
"N-Naruto-kun?"
And thus ends the game of Monopoly! Yes, Naruto loses. He's not good with money. Tsk tsk.
Naruto sighed.
"Okay how about just the play station this time?"
Hinata nodded.
And thus begins the new beginning of playing play station!
"Neji! Stop it!"
"What did I do."
"That furry crap."
"What furry crap."
"Don't play dumb!"
"I'm not."
"ARGGG!"
Tenten was now red in the face mad. Plus she was getting paranoid. Extremely paranoid. Neji took this chance to freak her out. Slowly without her noticing he inched towards her ear. And blew in it. (Hey, it freaks me out)
"KYAAA!" Automatically, Tenten flung herself on Neji.
"Tenten...are you alright...that part wasn't even scary..." said Sakura, looking at her friend oddly.
With wide eyes full of fear she nodded slowly, still clinging onto Neji. Sakura turned back to the screen.
"Heh." Smirked Neji.
"It's not funny!"
"Yes it is."
"No it's not!"
Neji nuzzled his head in the crook of her neck. She blushed.
"I love teasing you."
"Hmph." Tenten pouted. (They're going out. Didn't mention that. Sorry. Haha)
"Besides, I said I'd protect you from anything that scares you. What scared you."
"I dunno. It was furry and wet."
He looked behind her. Sure enough the furry wet thing was there.
"A puppy...you were scared of a puppy?"
"What! I didn't know what it was!"
He smirked again. He looked into her eyes and kissed her on the forehead. She blushed and sighed still in his arms.
Sakura was hugging her knees and covering her eyes.
Why oh why did I choose this movie? Dammit! What the heck was that? She flinched. Something just touched her. She looked beside her. Sasuke's head was being propped up with his hand. He seemed normal. Nothing strange. He wasn't touching her. Good. Just her imagination.
Again something touched her. She shrieked. Sasuke jumped up surprised by her scream.
"Are you okay?" he asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Her hand was over her chest like it was trying to steady her beating heart. Looking down she saw a furry lump wagging its tail.
"Mani-chan! What are you doing here?" Sakura exclaimed lifting up the puppy.
"You nearly scared me to death." She cooed while cradling the puppy. "Come on let's put you back to sleep. She got up to leave and returned in a few mintues flopping down on the couch. But her relaxed state was only for a short while. It was thundering outside. A flash of lightning lit up the room. Sakura stiffened. A loud crash was heard soon after.
With a yelp she jumped into Sasuke's arms.
"-cough- -cough- Ino! Do you know what your doing?"
"Of course! I just over cooked it a little..."
"I'm sure! You set the whole thing on fire!"
"What! I thought fanning out the little flame would put it out!"
What happened you ask? Well, Ino and Shikamaru were going to make an omelette. Well more Ino and less Shikamaru. Ino left the stove on with the cooking omelette still in it. God knows how the omelette caught fire but Ino had tried to put it out by fanning it with Shikamaru protesting to put it out with water.
"Ino, I told you this was troublesome! Next time don't cook at all!"
Ino looked at him shocked. He hurt her. All she wanted to do was make an omelette for him to eat. Ino looked down at her feet. Trying to hold in her tears. She nodded in response and started to clean up.
"Hey, are you okay?" he asked quietly sensing her odd quietness.
Ino looked up, her tears were streaming down her face.
"I'm sorry Ino. I didn't mean it." He sighed. Shikamaru walked closer to her and hugged her. Stroking her back in comfort. Ino cried on his shoulder and choked out,
"Shi-kun I just wanted to make something for you."
Again he sighed and said quietly, "I'm sorry, why don't we try it again. Would that make you feel better?"
Ino looked up. Was he actually being nice to her? Was he actually comforting her? She was in disbelief never in her life has she seen Nara Shikamaru like this! Slowly she nodded her head and wiped her eyes.
"Um...Shi-kun...you can let go now..."
"Eh?" he slowly started to turn red and quickly released her. "Sorry." He mumbled.
Ino smiled a little, "It's okay. I like it when you hug me you know."
Shikamaru looked at her in the eyes.
"Really?"
"Uh huh, you've never done that before and just then you did."
Again he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her closer to him breathing in the scent of her hair. Ino wrapped her arms around his waist and sighed. Both were content and happy being in each other's arms.
"Sa-Sakura!" Sasuke said surprised. When the sound of thunder erupted she immediately jumped into his arms.
She peered at his face. Good thing it was dark because his face was tomato red.
"I'm sorry Sasuke-kun. But...I can't help it. I'm kind of um..." she trailed of mumbling the last part embarrassed. Sakura had a fear of thunder and lightening since she was small. As you grow older it is said that you will over come your fear but in Sakura's case it was different. Since all those years she was still afraid.
"Didn't catch that. Say it again?"
"I said I'm afraid of thunder and lightening."
Sasuke was silent. Oh, so that's why she jumped on my lap. Oh she's so cute when she's scared...wait a minute where the heck did cute come from? No she is not cute. NOT CUTE!
(He's having his inner battles again.)
Another roll of thunder was heard. Sakura buried her head deeper into his neck. He stiffened a little. Her soft pink hair tickling his chin. Sakura's body was now shaking. Sasuke was now puzzled on why she was shaking up and down.
"Hey uh are you okay?"
Sakura looked up she was crying! Sasuke panicked. What do I do! What do I do! WHAT DO I DO? She's crying!
"Sakura, don't cry." He said. His arms slowly wrapping around her pulling her towards himself trying to comfort her. Again she buried her head in his neck.
"I'm really scared." Came her muffled voice.
"There's nothing to be scared of. It's okay."
Sakura was silent. Nothing to be scared of? It was thundering outside! That is something to be scared of!
The t.v. shut off.
"Hey what happened?" came Tenten's voice. An outline of Neji could be seen as he unwrapped his arms from Tenten and got up to turn on the lights. He flicked the switch up then down again then up then down again.
"Power must be out from the storm." He said.
"Awww, and we didn't know what happened in the end!" came Tenten's voice again.
"Sakura, it's okay. It's nothing to be afraid of." Sasuke was trying to comfort her. Sakura felt somewhat comforted but she still was scared. Ah, Sasuke holding her. Perfect. Wait did I just say it was perfect that Sasuke's holding me? But it does feel nice. So warm. Our bodies fit together perfectly...WHERE DID THAT THOUGHT COME FROM!
"Okaa-san used to tell me that when it was thundering outside, the angels were crying and that the gods were angry. (I used to believe that. My mom didn't tell me. I still do believe it. I'm not weird!)" A sniff was heard.
A nod. Another sniff.
They were both engulfed in silence. Their breathing was in harmony and their heartbeats matched each others. How long they were in silence they both did not know. All that was on their minds were how much they enjoyed being in each others arms.
Sakura's eyes were getting heavy. His steady heart beat was slowly lulling her to a deep sleep. Finally, giving, she shut her eyes and was engulfed in the world of dreams.
Sasuke saw that her breathing had slowly, her sniffing had stopped and she looked calm now.
"Sakura?" he whispered. He looked down at her face. Though it was dark he could see the outline of her face. She looked so sweet, like a child. The delicate features were still and he could now look at them more clearly. He watched her sleeping face, so beautiful, so elegant. Sasuke heaved out a quiet sigh and closed his eyes with his arms around her waist protectively, head leaning on hers and with her head buried in his neck.
"N-Naruto-kun?" Hinata whispered. She was getting scared of thinking that she was alone in the dark right now. The lights had gone out abruptly while the both of them were playing a game.
"Hinata-chan?" asked Naruto feeling his way around trying to find the half frightened Hinata.
"N-Naruto-kun, I-I'm over h-here!"
Slowly feeling around he made his way to her.
"Hinata-chan, are you okay?"
Hinata nodded but suddenly realizing Naruto probably couldn't see her in the dark she said a quiet "uh huh". A flash of lightening lit the room. Hinata's eyes went wide at lunged at Naruto for protection.
"H-Hinata-chan!" he exclaimed fighting the urge to blush.
"G-gomen N-Naruto-kun. B-but, I'm getting s-scared."
Realizing this Naruto wrapped his arm around Hinata's waist and pulled her to him. "Don't worry Hinata-chan, I'll protect you."
Naruto-kun is holding me! The sudden closeness of her and Naruto made her blush like no tomorrow. She felt like she was going to faint in his arms until his voice broke her train of thoughts.
"I found a flash light while feeling my way." He said as he turned it on. The light broke the dark barrier that surrounded them.
"Come on, we'll go find Sakura and the others. Do you remember the way to the room?"
"Uh huh."
Quickly they made their way to the room where the rest of them were staying.
"Hinata, you and Naruto are okay?" came Neji's voice. Naruot directed the flashlight at Neji and the person beside him, Tenten.
"Naruto! Stop that!" said Tenten angrily while she shielded her eyes from the light.
Currently Neji was holding Tenten on his lap.
"Heh, looks like you two were busy."
Neji glared daggers at him.
"Naruto, if you wish to see your next birthday. I advise you to shut it."
"Fine, fine. Where's Ino and lazy ass."
"Who're you calling a lazy ass, idiot."
All of them looked at Ino and Shikamaru who seemed to be emerging out of smoke.
"Um...I uh...never mind..." stuttered Naruto.
"Where's Sakura and Sasuke?" asked Hinata.
"Dunno..."
"I think they're still on the couch. But it's all quiet." Said Tenten.
All of them had a wicked smile on their face. Well except for Hinata and Neji.
Naruto quickly aimed the light at the couch finding Sakura on Sasuke's lap sleeping and Sasuke holding her and sleeping as well.
"Wow...those two sure look cozy..." said Ino.
"Uh huh." They all said.
"Should we just leave them there?"
"Let's poke them awake!"
"T-that's mean Naruto-kun!"
"You're right..."
"So we just leave them there?"
"Let them find out tomorrow morning." Said Neji.
"Meh."
"I'm tired. Can we sleep?"
"Shikamaru how can you be tired?"
"I just am."
"Fine we'll all sleep."
"Let's all get our stuff into this room." Piped up Tenten.
They all nodded and got up to get their stuff returning in a few minutes. An hour later all of them were asleep.
Yes, I leave it at that. I can't believe it 22 whole pages! I'm getting better. Wow the characters were so OOC. Gomen gomen. Aha. So yeah, I'll be editing later on. Anyways, on the reviewers. I want to thank you all for reviewing this story and stuff. I shall now list all the people I bow down to.
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