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CHAPPIE 2

-- DISMISSAL (no one cared for school anyways because it's so boring…XP) --

"ALA-CHAN!" Again, the hyperactive boy shouted as he ran towards the walking raven-haired girl.

Hearing her name being shouted, Ala stopped and saw Naruto running after her. She smiled slightly and waited for him to catch up.

"I thought you're gonna treat us out today?" He asked, as Neji and Temari came.

"I am…" She said flatly. The three noticed the sudden change of voice in her, and as friends would, they became worried.

"Oh, why the sad voice?" Temari asked the girl but Ala just shrugged.

"Nevermind that." Ala said, shaking the negative feeling off. She shouldn't feel this way. Just because he hadn't given her anything for a gift means he forgot her birthday. He couldn't have. He did greet her a 'Happy Birthday', didn't he?

"So where's your gifts?" Naruto asked as Ala pointed towards a big bulk of presents in a black trash bag. "Hmm," Naruto said, examining the packages. "More chocolates and teddy bears… and flowers… " He said, poking his head inside the bag. "Neji, I need help with this one…"

Neji smiled and walked up to the packages. "Hmm," he too, started to scrutinize the package. "A bit bulkier this time." He said after taking a look at it.

"Sorry for troubling you like this, you lot." Ala smiled at them as the two boys shrugged.

"We're used to it." Neji said.

"Yeah…" Naruto said before smirking. "And your birthday is the only day of the year that we get to carry loads… unlike someone I know…" He turned to Temari who had an anime vein on the back of her head.

"Are you implying that I don't get gifts?" She asked tauntingly as Naruto shook his head.

"I never said anything like that," he said, looking innocent.

"Shut it you two!" Neji roared under the package, making Naruto and Temari stop bickering. "Help me with these, Naruto." Neji commanded Naruto as he nodded and they proceeded to the parking lot followed by the two girls.

A shadow watching the retreating figures sighed slowly and dumped something at the once empty garbage can. He too, left, making the light illuminate the thrown objects. A package wrapped in violet, and it had a name written across it, To Ala.

-Ala's House-

"So let's see," Temari said, holding a notebook in her hand and a pen in the other. "40 bouquet of flowers, 60 teddy bears and 90 chocolates." She said, making changes in her notebook.

"Most of them are from boys… only 10 are from girls…" Naruto said, also looking at Temari's list.

"Duh." Temari said, turning to look at the Kyuubi beside her. "Half the girl's population hates Ala." She said. "What do you expect?"

"Oh yeah…" Naruto's face dawned in realization. "And after the incident with Sasuke, now it's ¾ of the population of girls that's after her."

"Most of these are from boys which had courted Ala…" Neji said, scanning the packages one by one. "I thought they had given up after her and Sasuke--?"

"Oh, give me a break. Half the boy's population loathes Sasuke. He made their favorite girl cry." Temari said, recounting the gifts again and was now creating a checklist.

"Hi!" Ala came back to the living room with a tray of cookies, glasses of orange juice and cakes. She is followed by her butler that carries Naruto's ramens.

"Hi…" them three greeted in unison. Neji stood up to get the tray from Ala as she said thanks. He then placed the tray in the center table and he sat down, taking a cookie. Ala then sat down beside Temari. Naruto? He was off somewhere the house, enjoying his ramen.

"So what's the news…?" Ala asked as Temari handed her a checklist. "What's this…?" She asked as Temari pointed at the paper.

"Akimori Daisuke gave you 2 bunches of flowers and 4 chocolates while he gave you none last year."

"So…?" Ala asked unsure, taking a bite from her own cookie.

"So you must never go out with him!" Temari said, looking serious and was pointing an accusing finger while Ala sweatdropped.

"But Te-chan," Neji said, making Temari look at him. "No one has given gifts to Ala last year except the famed 3 and us because of the 'her-Sasuke' incident."

Hearing this, Ala averted her gaze and refused to look at the two when Temari gazed at her.

"Oh, sorry…" Temari said, meaning it because she made a mistake in calculating and because she made Ala remember something she doesn't want to.

"Nah." Again, Ala turned cheerful and smiled at them. "So, other news?"

"Hmm… not much…" Temari said, looking at her notebook again and crossing out something about Akimori Daisuke. "Shi-chan's given you a silver pin… but I don't think you'll like it…" Temari trailed off, handing Ala a small package.

Ala opened it and saw something glittering. It was the pin. It's a dragon pin colored black, blue and white. It was 'his' favorite animal… moreover, it consist of the three most colors that make her remember 'him.'

"So…? Your plan to do with it…?" Temari asked her, ready to trash the gift if Ala said so.

"I'm gonna keep it." Ala said smiling. Temari smiled too. Ala then pinned it at the necktie of her school uniform. It glittered more, making the pin shine.

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"Why are you giving me this!" Sasuke asked Toshiro who was pinning a tiger pin in his shirt. They're now at the school grounds and were resting under a chestnut tree.

"Oh, you need this!" He said, forcing the pin in Sasuke's shirt. Gaara just looked weirdly at them.

"But I don't want it!" Sasuke struggled, but only managed to hurt himself with the pin's point. "Ow!" He exclaimed, looking at his hurt thumb and at the rich blood color that's escaping the fresh wound.

"Look Sasuke, wear it or I'll tell everyone!" Toshiro smirked, making Sasuke's face contort in disbelief.

"Tell what!" He probed angrily, lifting the guy off the ground since he, Sasuke, is inches taller than Toshiro is.

"Hurt me as much as you like, but that can't stop me from telling everyone!" Toshiro proclaimed, making Sasuke sigh in defeat and put him down again.

"Tell everyone what?" Gaara, whom they thought was sleeping, (does Gaara sleep? XD) spoke. Toshiro looked at Gaara with glinting eyes while Sasuke looked at the both of them in horror.

"Oh, oh!" Toshiro shrieked, jumping like a 10yr old, excited to tell Gaara everything-And I mean EVERYTHING that he knows.

Sasuke just sighed in exasperation, knowing that the boy wouldn't keep his mouth shut about his 'SECRET'…

"Did you know…?" Toshiro said in a low voice after glancing left to right. He bent near Gaara's ear to avoid eavesdroppers. "That Sasuke whisper, whisper, whisper, whisper, whisper!"

"Is that true…?" Gaara asked, looking at Sasuke and he just nodded.

"You see…?" Toshiro said, "I told you he did!"

"Shut up or I'll tell Ala you liked her!" Sasuke exclaimed, his face flushed with anger.

"Oh, pleaseeee!" Toshiro said, waving an arm. "I liked her before you courted her!" He said, rising his voice to the level that Sasuke sported.

"SHUT UP!" Gaara roared at them, ending the verbal argument.

"…" Sasuke sighed. Why didn't he have a comeback with that one? He's not getting dumb, is he? No, positively not. Maybe Toshiro's cluelessness (cluelessness…? Hmm… not a word, is it?) is contagious? Maybe… but he hope not.

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