AN: Well, I would just have to say, Have fun! R&R, please don't forget to. I'm serious when I say that I won't update if you don't review. See why I took long to update this chappie? Sorry but this is how life works. :P
By the way, Hinata's and Neji's mansion is sort of over looking the village high on a hill or something but it is still part of the village. It is just a bit far.
Disclaimer: Obviously, Kishimoto-san is the brains behind the masterpiece, not me.
Chapter 13- What a weekend!
Lying on the futon, early in the morning, Sakura snored lightly. Her chest moved slowly, upward then back down in every breathe she took in. The bright happy sun rose and a new day came once again. An almost quiet atmosphere surrounded her. Only Sakura's snoring, birds chirping (as usual), and a loud commotion outside.
"Kyaa!" …. "HIIYYAA!" Both sounded like a manly, masculine voice. (Not technically manly though)
This commotion woke sleeping beauty. (AN: Sorry Sleeping beauty fans but the prince thingy so does not match with an atmosphere like this) Once her eyelids unfasten, she explored the room with her eyes and saw that she was the only one there.
She got up and fixed her futon. Due to her sleepiness, she unconsciously went outside the room and searched for the source of the noise. The noise led her outside, where she saw everyone.
"Sakura, watch out!" Something or someone flew towards her and so she ducked. Looking behind her, Sakura saw a thick-eyebrow guy wearing a jumpsuit and had a bowl hair cut. Sakura realized something...he was the one that has identical looks to her biology teacher, and chases her around as her fan club's president.
"Ah! Sakura-san, what a pleasure to see you at such a beautiful and youthful day as this!" said Rock Lee. Even in the tight position as he is in now, he still happened to have given his 'guy-pose' smile.
"Erm… Hello Lee-kun. Uh, nice to see you too!" Sakura forcefully said, with a sheepish smile.
Everyone was sitting down on the floor except Neji. He was breathing deeply, as if to say he was kind of tired. The girls signaled Sakura to go to the girls and so she did. They explained to her what was happening.
"Neji-kun and Lee-san are… were fighting. Cool, ne!" Tenten happily said, stating the obvious. She seemed very excited about this while Sakura thought differently.
"Cool? Why don't you stop them? They can get hurt."
"Well, Hinata-chan said that it's sort of like their usual routine." Her eyes were glued to Neji the whole time, Sakura observed this.
Lee gradually got up and pointed his index finger at Neji.
"You may have defeated me this time, but I shall not allow it in the next!"
'That's what he always says.' Neji silently thought as he tried to fight the urge the roll his eyes.
"And, as I promised… because I never break my promise, I shall do 2,000 one-arm push-ups." He got to the ground and did his 'punishment'.
Well, as you can see, this a very weird sight to look at. Sakura, who laughed at quite loud, had tears in her eyes. She was crying… because Sasuke shouted at her. Actually, he stayed quiet the whole time. She cried because of joy.
"Neji-kun must be really strong." said Sakura.
Sasuke heard this and thought for a moment. 'If I beat this Hyuuga, what will Sakura say… NO! WTF! Why should I care about...er…never mind! I'll just do it for warm-up.'
He sighed deeply and stood 8 meters in front of Neji. Once he began his fighting stance, Neji did the same.
"Let's fight." He said coolly. Neji couldn't help but smirk.
"Hope you both lose! Jackasses!" Naruto scream with an evil laugh as his closing remark.
"You are next, dope." Sasuke said as wind passed between the two fighters.
Like it was on queue, both ran towards each other and lunged a punch. Neji dodged it and Sasuke blocked. Sasuke motioned his leg to make the Hyuuga fall down but Neji jumped to miss it.
A kick was aimed for Sasuke's stomach but Sasuke caught it in time and grasped it, only for Neji to do a twist. Sasuke let go and both collided with a punch. Tension filled the air and some strange aura was emitted from both of them. LITERALLY.
Naruto sort of got scared at the scene while the others just sweat-dropped. They, Sasuke and Neji, seemed to be really serious and… angry at each other. They both had eyes that read: 'You are gonna die right here, right now!'
Why this happened, know one knew. Sakura guessed that they must have been rivals… for a very long time now. Now, they collided once again. It seemed like neither was gonna lose so Sakura just decided to excuse herself to go to the washroom. Heck, who would want to watch a battle that never seemed to end?
She let out a sigh and went upstairs to the balcony. Up on the balcony, the floor was wooden and you can really see the village from above there. It was still early in the morning and the sun shone brightly. The air was quite refreshing though. Sakura tugged her hair behind her ear and closed her eyes; as if she was listening to the wind. Once she opened her eyes, it was met by cerulean ones.
"Hi Sakura-chan!" Naruto screamed, sort of Stitch like.
Sakura got shocked by his sudden appearance and jumped back a little… okay, maybe not THAT little. She over did it by an insy-bitsy, tripped, fell over, and bye-bye Sakura to the ground below!
Actually, she did fall, but… scratch that bye-bye part. A pair of muscular arms caught her in time. She didn't open her eyes as she fell but decided to open them already because she realized that she wasn't falling anymore. Her eyelids focused on the outline of her savior. With the sun, it was hard to see; but nevertheless, her rescuer was none other than…
"Th-Thank you, Neji-kun." She was getting redder and redder like Hinata gets.
He just nodded in acknowledgement and placed her down. His pearl white eyes stared at her for awhile as she got up then turned to go inside the house again. When Neji was walking back, Tenten ran to her friend with worry and a bit of jealousy.
From up on the balcony were Naruto, and Hinata. And from below at the entrance and Sasuke was standing there. The two missing were inside preparing breakfast. (Shikamaru and Ino)
From where he was standing, Sasuke seemed to be quite annoyed at what Neji did. I mean, he could've saved her, should've saved her and WANTED to save her! But nooo… Nejio just HAD to be there… um…okay, I dunno what I'm saying anymore…
"Sakura, are you okay?" She asked with her sort of worried voice.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Naruto…" She shot a direct glare at the balcony, where Naruto stood. He shouted back to reply that… scary glare.
"Sakura-chan, I'm sorry!" Sakura shook it away and turned back to her brunette haired friend.
"Hey, Tenten, I'm sorry." She whispered so only Tenten could hear.
"Huh? For what?" She said with a curious look.
"Well, I know how much you like Neji and you saw what happened didn't you. I---" Tenten smiled at her friend and cut her off.
"Oh Sakura-chan, It wasn't your fault anyway. Come on, let's eat breakfast."
They smiled at each other and then went inside. Everyone else was already there in the dining table. Sakura sat in between Tenten and Hinata. Across her was Naruto, who sat in between Shikamaru and Sasuke. On the other hand of Sasuke was Lee, then Neji. Beside Shikamaru was Ino.
Now that was cleared, they began to eat their breakfast, bacon and eggs. It was uncomfortably quiet. All you could hear are they clattering of spoons and forks.
Sakura noticed that Sasuke and Neji hardly had any scratches or bruises while Naruto had a LOT, with a matching black eye. Until now though, Sasuke and Neji still glared at each other while eating, with the matching lightning that zapped in between their foreheads.
"What happened? Who won?" Sakura asked, trying to break this silence.
"Well, Neji-kun and Sasuke-kun have fought well, but Naruto-kun was very loud and got to their nerves till they actually lost their patience with him and beat him up. So, neither won nor lost." Lee answered, glancing at the poor Naruto.
'Wow, I didn't notice that awhile ago when Naruto scared me.' Sakura thought in her head.
"I'm really sorry Sakura-chan. I didn't mean to scare you like that." Naruto pleaded. Sakura just waved it off, but inside, she was still mad.
"I have to go before lunch or my mom will get worried, by the way." Ino said. It seemed like everyone had something to say now.
"I can leave anytime I want so I guess I'll be leaving early so I can---"
"Watch the clouds… we know." Shikamaru stared at Ino, who cut him off. He just let it go since he thought---knew it was too troublesome.
"I'm leaving after lunch and so is Sasuke and Sakura-chan!" Naruto said. Sakura wasn't really gonna leave that time but she couldn't refuse anyway.
"If you are staying here, I shall too so I can bring Sakura-san home." Lee said with his thumbs up and with the matching ping.
"What? Who said you were taking her home? I am!" Naruto shouted. The two started arguing in the dining table.
'Oh boy. Fan boys can get so---what's that word? Oh yeah, troublesome.' Sakura thought inwardly.
So, Ino left, with the escort of Shikamaru. How this happened, nobody knew. The two just decided upon it. They waved their goodbyes and left.
O!O!O!O!O!O!O!O!
They both headed back home together. Shikamaru's hands were shuffled in his pockets while Ino's were behind her. She felt the soft breeze caress her face gently as her hair swayed to its motion. She closed her eyes like Sakura did and just answered the call of the wind.
"Hey Ino, what the heck are you doing?" Shikamaru said with his bored look that glanced at Ino with the corner of his eye.
"What does it look like I'm doing?" Ino said, maintaining her look.
He didn't answer her question, he just looked at her. His jaw opened slightly at Ino's beauty. Luckily, Ino didn't notice this. Light red blush crept upon his face.
"Well, why are you doing it?" Ino brow twitched a bit.
"Are you trying to annoy me? It's just like asking why you love to stare at the clouds all the time."
"To answer that, I just do."
"There you have it!" Ino screamed, grumbling under her breathe. Shikamaru just smiled at her.
'Yeah, I am annoying you… And, I think I am enjoying myself.' He said to himself, smirking inwardly.
Before long, they reached Ino's house. Shikamaru stood on her door step before she stepped inside.
"Arigatou, Shikamaru." It was the first time Shikamaru heard her say 'thank you' so he was sort of startled.
"No problem. Be careful." With that he turned around and started walking out.
"Wait." Ino shouted unconsciously shouted. She didn't know why she shouted, she just did.
"What?" Her mouth opened, and then closed again. No words came out especially since she has no idea what the heck she is doing!
"… If you want to go on a date with me, sure, I'll go." He said, turning around again. She froze for a second then realized what Shikamaru said.
"Hold on! I---"
"Next Friday, 6:00pm." He walked further on until Ino could see him no longer. She smiled and said to herself "6:00PM it is." And walked inside.
O!O!O!O!O!O!O!O!
So there they were, Hinata, Sakura, Lee, Sasuke, Naruto, Tenten, and Neji. In the living room, dying on the floor, slowly gasping for air as if someone invisible was trying to choke them… What can I say? Boredom can KILL. Of course, you can scratch everything but the living room part. Sasuke, and Neji were playing the PS2, fighting. Lee was battling against Tenten in a team battle of Sakura and Hinata.
Let's not forget Naruto, with his bruises. He was cheering some of them. Sadly, he was doin IT again… pissing off Sasuke and Neji.
"Shut up dobe." Sasuke said with his eyes glues to the tv screen. His fingers seemed to be in a tight position right now and so were Neji's.
Turning to Sakura's side of the story, she was teamed up with Tenten. Hinata was actually good. She seemed to be beating Tenten, whom Lee couldn't beat. It wasn't like she was doing on purpose really. Sakura was now next and before she knew it, she was holding the controller, on the floor, and pressing the buttons really quickly.
Unlike Sakura, Hinata was sitting on the floor and pressing only two buttons with immense speed. Once Sakura lost, Hinata kept pleading for forgiveness. Tenten didn't get mad though and so did Sakura.
After lunch, everyone left the house. Neji escorted Tenten home, Naruto couldn't get to walk with Sakura so he decided to take Hinata alone. Actually, this was how they settled it… rock, paper, scissors. Naruto lost, Lee won. Sasuke shrugged and headed towards his mansion.
Fortunately, Sakura's house was in that direction so he had no other choice. They said their goodbyes and went their different paths home…
O!O!O!O!O!O!
It was quiet but you can't blame the two. Well, I understand Naruto anyway. Great, just when I mention his name, he starts speaking with his oh-so-loud voice.
"You know, your house is very, and I mean VERY big." Naruto said, with a foxy grin. Hinata was blushing so much already. She started to fiddle with her fingers again.
"A-arigatou, Na-naruto-kun." She stammered. Naruto placed his hands behind his head and just walked on but stopped his pacing... it made Hinata stop too.
"Wh-what Naruto-kun?" Naruto sniffed the air and faced Hinata.
"Smell that?" Hinata blinked at him, clueless then giggled at his hilarious antics. Wind passed and Naruto all of a sudden shouted, startling Hinata.
"Ichiraku! You know what that means! Ramen is near by!" He grabbed Hinata's hand and dragged her without refusal.
"Come on. I'll treat you." Hinata just smiled while blushing. To be exact, she felt like fainting. Hey, this is her dream come true after all.
O!O!O!O!O!O!
"Neji-kun, you were awesome awhile ago!" Tenten squeled.
They were heading to Tenten's house right now and since Neji didn't know where it was, he let her lead the way. Tenten was beaming with a smile right now whil Neji just kept his hands in the pockets of his shorts.
"It sure looked like fun though. Ne Neji-kun, if I fought against you, you wouldn't give me any chances, would you?" She faced Neji and Neji looked back at her. They both stopped walking as they looked at each other.
"What makes you think I will? I hear that you are a good fighter though." Neji said, smirking.
"Who ever said that?" Tenten asked with a quizzical look.
"Rumors. Let's see if it's true, shall we?" He shot her an evil, (while smirking) glare.
He tried to hit her ankle but she jumped and just smiled at him. She was prepared, he had to admit, but not too prepared. It was an awkward sight that they were fighting in the path of a suburb but nevertheless, they were having fun. Besides, nobody was there.
O!O!O!O!O!O!
"Ooh dear Sakura-san! It is an honor for me, Rock lee the president of your fan club, to escort you back home." Lee enthusiastically said to Sakura.
The three of them were walking to Sakura's house. Lee was very noisy the whole trip. Well, he WAS the only one talking. Sakura could only let out a forced smile at him, partially listening. Sasuke could see the twitch she had on her lips every time she smiled. He smirked at this.
"You know what else Gai-sensei taught me? He said that a young boy's youth comes from the heart…" He continued, with some actions that really showed how much he was devoted to all the youth in the world… oh yeah, and Gai…er…
'Yeah, I'm sure he said that.' Sakura thought.
Once they FINALLY reached her house (AN: Sakura thought she would pass out from all the things Lee said, before they reached her house.), Lee had, HAD to kiss her forehand and bade her goodbye in a formal way. On the other hand, Sasuke just walked away silently right after glaring at Lee. After they both left, Sakura went inside and muttered some things under her breath like "Sasuke… baka… no… goodbye… grrr…"
Not like she cared or anything... or did she? Anyway, she went upstairs, dropped her bag and opened her computer. Ino was online but Hinata and Tenten weren't. Ino opened a chatroom for them to chat.
Before Sakura typed something, the phone rang. Sakura's parents weren't home yet so she picked it up on her own.
"Hello?" she heard a very recognizable voice on the other line. Sakura smiled with delight as she heard it.
"Hey, so glad you called Gaara."
AN: R&R. Sorry, I was gonna make it different but it was too long so I hope you understand. Bye, and advanced Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Btw, wish me luck in the exams. TY
