Authors' Notes: That's it for our first story! Here's a sneak peek of what we're working on now...

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"Ha! We win!" "C'mon! Not again! That's like the fourth time Kiba!" Choji moaned as Kiba and Shino pulled in various items that the other guys had used as bets (including one of his last bags of potato chips).

"Play again?" Naruto shook the bamboo cup with two dice inside tauntingly at the four Cho-Han players.

"Whatever, I'm running out of money so this'll probably be my last turn. This is such a bore."

"Haha Shikamaru! You don't need money! You can bet anything! Like, uh...your earrings! Ya!" Naruto pointed at his ear and then turned the cup upside down, covering the dice. "Ok! Place your bets!"

Shino threw five hundred yen into a pile, "We think Cho. Again." "Han." Shikamaru tossed two hundred yen and a few smoke bombs into the mix.

"Cool. Alright..." Naruto lifted the cup. The dice read 5 and 3. "Hmm. Let me see..."

"It's 8, duh! They win again! That's it! I'm out!" Choji angrily crossed his arms and moved out of the circle. Kiba grinned happily and collected the pile.

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Sasuke walked down the deserted street aimlessly, only looking up when a large, angular shadow crept across the ground. He saw the source of the rectangular shape illuminated by a street lamp. A box-like form was wandering over at a fairly fast pace. Sasuke tried to make out a face, but only a glass screen reflected the dim light. He moved to the side of the street and allowed the awkward character to pass. The "pack mule" stopped abruptly and Sasuke realized that whoever it was had dropped a bag.

"I got it." He bent down and took hold of the bag. Noticing a video tape that had fallen out, he threw it back in carelessly. "WHAT?" The person holding the large tv gave a muffled call from behind the box and swung it stupidly. Sasuke tried to dodge the tv but couldn't evade the unavoidable blow. He grunted as the sharp corner slammed into the side of his head. Rubbing his head he shoved the bag at the person angrily, growling, "Here!"

"Thanks." Sasuke recognized the dull tone and quickly matched it to Maro, the cousin of the two Hasekura sisters. "Hey! Sasuke! What's wrong with your head?" (He saw a slight bump had appeared.) The irritated ninja remained silent. Maro didn't care. He simply continued, "How far am I from Naruto's house?" and adjusted the apparently heavy tv.

"Not too far," Sasuke said through clenched teeth. "Oh good. I've been carrying this thing for...five blocks now! Wait a sec...I' ve got an idea! Why don't you come with me to Naruto's house? A lot of us guys will be there..." "No thanks." He didn't desire to see his immature teammate any more than he had to. Maro attempted to shrug, "Suit yourself, but if you don't have anything going on later you're invited. You'd really like what we're doing! See ya!" He lifted the tv higher and waddled away.

Sasuke stood for a moment, wondering whether or not to follow. He thought about it for another minute and pondered if he really would like what the others were up to. Deciding probably not, he continued with his walk...becoming even more bored than he was before he set out.

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"Hey guys! I'm back!" Maro grunted and carefully dropped the tv onto the floor. "Where were you Maro? You missed Cho-Han!" Naruto looked at the equipment curiously. "Sorry, but this should be worth it!" Maro tossed the bag to Naruto who opened it and went through the items Maro had brought.

"What is all this for?" Naruto, Shikamaru, Kiba and Shino surrounded Maro and watched as he set up the equipment next to Naruto's own television. "I'll explain in a second...Hand me that cord. Ya, that one. Thanks..." As the others were busying themselves with helping Maro, Choji made his way over to the bag and clapped happily at the bags of chips and other snacks he had found.

Maro jumped up and brushed himself off.

"C'mon Maro! What is all this for?" "You wanna watch a movie?" he replied with a sly grin. "What? Naruto had a tv already! Why'd you bring another one?" Shikamaru rolled his eyes. "Do you want to watch it or not?" Maro crossed his arms.

"What movie is so great that we need two tv's? Look at the titles Choji." Kiba turned and gave Maro an annoyed look. Choji rolled over and picked up the two tapes, "I dunno. They don't have any labels." "HA! See? Only I know. Afterall, they're my movies!" Maro laughed teasingly and grabbed the tapes from Choji. "Ugh! You know I hate not knowing! What is it already?" Naruto was growing more impatient. "Do you want to watch it now? I mean, it's at least seven hours long..."

"SEVEN HOURS?" Choji groaned and began to pile more food into his mouth, "I'm gonna starve." "That's way too long Maro..." "Hey! Its the weekend! No one has training tomorrow, right?" The five guys muttered in agreement. "Ok then! If you just sit down and shut up I'll tell you!"

"Who said we want to watch this? We have no idea what the heck you're showing us," Shikamaru asked boredly. Maro just gave another sly grin, "You'll know in a second!" The room went quiet for a moment before breaking into curious side conversations.

"Shut up!" Maro yelled over them. "Is this violent?" Naruto asked hopefully. The others smiled and nodded, wondering the same thing. "Uh...no." This was followed by a chorus of groans and hisses. "Shut UPPP!" Maro screamed at the top of his lungs.

The room went quiet again and Naruto looked around at the unhappy crowd and tried again, "Does this have any 'inappropriate' material at all?" "I don't know, I haven't even seen this yet." "Hm..." Naruto dropped into a nearby chair and dragged it over so he was just a few feet from the televisions. "Ha, I thought so." Maro smiled successfully as everyone else took a seat around him.

"What's on these two tapes," he whipped out the pair of identical video tapes from behind his back, " is footage that I guarantee you'll never be able to see anywhere else! I just got these back today so like I said, I haven't been able to check out what's on them..."

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A/N: If you're curious, the story will be up soon. We wanted to focus more on the characters and add some more...suggestive...material. (Hahahaha!)