Sakura found herself surrounded when she arrived in the classroom that morning.

"Sakura, where were you this morning? I called your house, but the operator said that your line had been disconnected."

"Oh, my mom must have cut the phone service for during the repair time."

"Repair time?"

"Yeah, a tree fell through the roof and—"

"Was anybody hurt?"

"Your house!"

"Where will you live?"

"Everyone's fine. I'm staying at Sasuke's house for now. My mom is with my dad."

"B-but, where will we practice?"

"Uh…"

"Maybe Sasuke has a place?" Saran said softly.

"I don't know. I'll ask." Sakura turned to the back of the classroom. "Hey Sasuke! Can we practice at your place?"

He gave a nod before turning back to Naruto who was talking animatedly about something.

Sakura turned back to the group. "Problem solved." The bell for lass to begin rang. "Just in time too." Sakura said with a laugh. The girls sat down as class began.

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"Man, his house id huge!" Ino said appreciatively as they pulled into the driveway that afternoon.

"Yeah, I was surprised too." Sakura answered.

"And all the guys live here?" Saran said incredulously.

"Sakura gave a nod.

"Wow." Tenten said.

"I know, it surprised me too. Now come one. Let's go inside. We'll never get any work done staring at it."

The girls nodded in agreement and climbed out of the car, entering the house through the garage. They walked into the kitchen and were surprised to find the back of a person digging in the refrigerator great them. Sasuke had said he and the guys would be out for the evening. The person pulled out an apple from the fridge before pulling back and shutting the door. Then he turned around to great the girls.

"SO, you're the girls. Follow me." He took a bite of the apple and began to lead them down one of the numerous hallways in the manor. The girls followed hesitantly.

"Sakura, who is that?" Ino whispered quietly.

Sakura shrugged her shoulders.

"Well," Saran said in an appreciative whisper," whoever he is, he most definitely is good eye candy."

"Saran!" Sakura said reproachfully.

"Hey, I can appreciate the view. Don't tell me you guys hadn't noticed."

The girls a looked down slightly at that because, as usual, Saran was right. They had all noticed the attractiveness of their guide and had definitely not minded the view.

"So, who's going to ask his name?" Ino said mischievously.

All the girls looked at Sakura. "What? Why is this always my job," Sakura grumbled. She turned and walked faster to catch up with their guide. When Sakura caught up he turned his gaze on her. Sakura forced the words out. "I don't mean to be rude, but what is your name?"

"Uchiha Itachi."

"Uchiha…wait you're—"

Sakura was cut off when Itachi stopped walking and opened a door. "You're welcome to practice as long as you like. These are the old instruments, so be careful. Apparently, they hold sentimental value," Itachi said in a bored tone.

Sakura nodded in understanding. "Thank you." She entered the room and flicked on the lights. The girls followed.

"These are the old instruments?" Tenten said in disbelief.

"I'd hate to see the new ones," Saran said sarcastically.

Hinata was running an approving hand over the drum set and nodded in agreement. "Amazing."

Sakura walked forward and grabbed the guitar siting there. "Come on girls, we need to practice to get our new song right."

"Right!" The girls went and over to their instruments, getting ready carefully.

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"We need to practice her more often," Ino said as she unstrapped her bass after rehearsal.

"I'd agree," said Sakura, " but we'll have to see if Sasuke and the guys would mind."

"They'd let us," Saran said confidently," they always give us what we ask for."

"They do, don't they?" Tenten said thoughtfully.

"W-why though?"

"Maybe someone should ask," Ino said thoughtfully. All eyes turned to Sakura.

"Again?" she groaned.

"Well," Ino said," we could try too."

"Yeah," Tenten chimed in.

"That way we could compare answers," Saran said happily.

"Yeah, that sounds good," Ino said. "What do you think Sakura?"

"Sounds okay to me, but can you do it Hinata?"

"I think so," Hinata said softly.

"Okay then," Ino said energetically," plan ask the guys is a go!"

"After I get some sleep," Saran said with a yawn.

"Yeah," Tenten said in agreement. "Let's get cleaning so we can go home."

"Oh, I'll do it. You guys can go."

"You sure Sakura?"

"Yeah, no problem. You guys go on. I'll pick up tonight."

"Okay," Saran said hesitantly," if you're sure."

"I'm sure. Go on."

The girls were out the door when Ino stuck her head back in. "You're going to hold this over our heads later, aren't you?"

"Probably," Sakura said with a laugh.

"Well, later then."

"Later."

Sakura set about reorganizing the room. The practice had gone really well. They had finished the song and even polished it up. It was almost ready. She was just about finished when she noticed a sheet of paper on the floor. "What's that?" Sakura wondered out loud. She picked up the page. "Lyrics? I've never heard these before. There pretty good." Sakura sat down. "Really good in fact, but there not for us. I wonder who they're for. I'll ask Sasuke when he gets back." With that Sakura stuck the page into her pocket and finished up cleaning.

She carefully retraced the path that had led her to the room and past what had appeared to be a living room. At least, there was a couch and TV in it. Sakura settled into the couch and began to watch TV, trying to pass time waiting for the guys to get home.

When they got home much later that night. The guys would find her there asleep on the couch with the TV still on.

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I typed this Friday, and I got home today, so you're getting it today. You might get another chapter tomorrow, but warning, I'm on retreat Monday to Friday so if there's no update tomorrow, there won't be one for another week.

I'm too busy to check for typos right now. If there are any bad ones, tell me.