NO OWN NARUTO.
"Normal Conversation"
'Inner Sakura or other people thinking'
"Sakura thinking"
"Tenten talking into her microphone"
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Chapter 11: Ino's Plan and the Beach
Ring ring ring. Ring ring ring.
"Hello?"
"Hey Sakuraaa!"
"Oh, look who's calling… What do you want, Ino?"
"Aww, don't be like that Sakura, I just called you so we can all go to the………… DUN DUN DUUUN! THE BEACH!"
"………Have you forgotten one thing? I have boys all around me…"
"Yeah, I thought about that. And I have a plan. So come"
"No, I need to study anyways"
"COME"
"I said no!"
"DAMMIT FOREHEAD GIRL! YOU ARE COMING WETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT! WE'RE GOING AT 12, SO YOU BETTER BE THERE WHEN WE ARRIVE!"
"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME YOU INO-PIG! I FREAKING CAN'T COME TO YOUR STUPID-"
Ino hung up the phone and turned back to her friends, "She's coming!" Ino said with an innocent smile. The girls laughed nervously, and went back to their packing.
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"What the-! She hung up on me!"
"What are you yelling about early in the morning, Sakumo?" Naruto spoke as he rose from his bed.
Sakura growled and her chilling eyes averted to Naruto, "Ino… she's making me go to the beach…"
"………Ino? You mean that night club girl?"
"Yeah, that freaking night club girl…"
Naruto thought for a moment, "! DOES THAT MEAN SAKURA-CHAN IS GOING TO BE THERE?" Sakura widened her eyes. Will she be there? Sakura didn't answer and Naruto somehow took that as a yes, "OHHHH, I'm coming with you Sakumo! I wanna see Sakura-chan in a bikini!"
"I'M RIGHT HERE, HELLO?" She hit Naruto's head and he went flying across the room.
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"Sakuraaaaa…. Where the hell is she…?" Fire began to show in Ino's eyes as she and her friends stood waiting.
"W-well, Ino, you gotta give her a chance! She IS having a bit of a trouble with all those boys around her…" Tenten tried to calm Ino down.
"Y-yes, maybe you should have invited the boys, too…?" Hinata asked, thinking about Naruto.
"UGH! WHO CARES ABOUT THEM!"
"Hey, here she comes" Temari informed. She pointed to the direction where a girl was running their way. She finally reached them, almost out of breath.
"H-hey you guys…" Hinata went to her side, and aided her to breath calmer.
"Where were you forehead girl?" Ino asked.
"Hey! Give me a break! I had to somehow escape from those guys!" She panted and panted until her heart slowed down, "Oh… and… a bit of a news… A boy is coming over. OKAY, NOW LET'S SWIM!" Sakura started to run towards the sea until a scream was heard and an angry hand grabbed her neck. Sakura squeaked and slowly turned to Ino.
"WHAT? YOU INVITED THOSE BOYS?" Ino screeched.
"No, only one boy is coming, and I told him to come at 1, so we have and hour to ourselves!" Sakura sweat dropped, scared.
"NO! NOO! Now I have to come up with a new plan!" Ino released her hand from Sakura and got a piece of paper and a pencil out to scribble on.
Hinata blushed as she thought of a boy coming over, "I-is it N-Naruto-kun who is coming…?" Hinata shyly asked Sakura. Sakura nodded, smiling.
"Well, at least this would be a bit more exciting then I would have thought it would be…" Temari commented.
"OKAY! DONE! Since you, Sakura, can't play two people at the same time, you need to make another copy of yourself as a boy! Got it? And somehow hide the chakra around it, OKAY?" Sakura nodded, "And now, everybody get dressed!" Ino yelled and the girls scampered into the changing rooms.
'Wow, the only thing I don't miss is Ino's temper…' Inner Sakura sighed.
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"Oh my god, Ino, isn't that too… much?" Tenten questioned, scanning Ino with her bathing suit up and down.
"You think? I just want guys to run to me when they look at me…" Ino looked at herself in the mirror. She had a purple bikini on, her top only covered so much of her, and the bottom looked like a thong, "I don't think… it's that bad…… Right, Temari?" She looked at Temari with a worried face, and she rolled her eyes.
As for Temari, she had on a white bathing suit. Although it was a one piece, it looked very adult like. Hinata also wore a one piece; she had elegant flower silhouette prints on it. Tenten had a two piece, but it was very tomboyish. On the top, it covered most of her privates and the bottom, she wore shorts on top of her swim suit.
"Wow, you guys sure dress dull…" Ino smirked as she examined her friend's swim suits, "But whatever, Sakura? Are you ready? COME OUT ALREADY!"
"SHUT UP INO-PIG! I'm freaking coming out!" Sakura came out of her dressing room with her two piece on, but was covered with shorts just like Tenten, and she also wore a grey sleeveless jacket on. She also had her hair up in a ponytail so that it wouldn't bother her, "Okay. Now let me just make a copy of myself…"
"KAGE BUN SHIN NO JUTSU!"
A puff of smoke covered the girl and revealed another Sakura with identical clothes on.
"Hey… she's dressed like a girl…" Ino pointed out, not satisfied.
"Yeah, I know. Just wait a second…" Sakura rolled her eyes and turned to face her other self. The copy made a few hand signs and yelled out.
"HENGE!"
Another huge smoke covered them, and this time, the copy was a boy version of Sakura. The chest was manly looking, and dressed up only in swim shorts. The copy also had wrapped a towel on its forehead.
"Wow, okay. Now it looks like a boy" Tenten smiled, a tint of red showing on her cheeks as she peeked at the copy's handsome figure.
"I know!" Both Sakuras said in unison, one high pitched and one low voiced, "Now let's go!"
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"The beach? What is this, some picnic day?" Kiba asked, his arms crossed and Akamaru in his hood.
"Yeah, I invited some few other guys too!"
"And that would be…?"
"You, me, Sasuke, Gaara, Neji, and Shika!" Naruto said, as he packed up his stuff into the bag.
"Right… Why are we going anyways…?" Kiba started to grab his own bag to pack stuff into.
"Well, Sakumo was the one who got invited, but I begged since, you know… Sakura-chan is going to be there! So after minutes of begging, he finally invited me to come! The things at 1, by the way"
"Sakura? You're just going to see her?" Kiba sighed, "Naruto… you are really… something…" He couldn't think up a word perfect for Naruto, so he gave him that and left the room to pack his own things.
"Eheheheheh, Sakura-chaaan" Naruto cupped his hands on his face and blushed as he imagined Sakura in a bikini.
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"Sakura! Get that ball!"
"Why me?"
"Cause you're closer to it, idiot!" Sakura mumbled her complaints as she went out to get the ball. Surprisingly, the ball went bouncing farther than she thought. She finally reached it and bent down to pick it up. As she was going to raise herself up, a pair of sandals showed in front of her eyes. She raised her pink head to see Naruto, "…Oh, you came…" She said, trying not to make it sound too much like a discouragement.
"Hi Sakura-chan! I so missed you!" Naruto hugged Sakura who was frozen by his actions. Then she noticed some other familiar faces in front of her.
"Kiba? Gaara? Sasuke, Neji, and Shikamaru?"
"W-WHAT ARE THEY DOING HERE?" The girl pointed at the group of boys as she pushed Naruto away from her.
"Oh, I invited them" Naruto grinned.
Sakura snapped and grabbed Naruto's neck, making him unable to breath, "I told you to just bring yourself! You dolt!" She made the grip of her hand tighten and Naruto's face began to redden.
"Pah! I-I'm sorry! I'm really sorry! Let go, LET GO! Sakura-chaaaaannn!" His voice started to squeak as he ran out of more air. His body struggled, grabbing onto nothing but air. Sakura finally let go, and Naruto went on his knees, gasping for wonderful air. By this time, only Inner Sakura noticed that Sakura said 'I' instead of 'Sakumo'. But she didn't notify Sakura since nobody else became aware of it.
'Wow, she's scary…' The boys who watched the scene thought as they began to turn pale.
Naruto finally got plenty of air in his lungs and went back on his feet. He looked at Sakura up and down. Sakura noticed his eyes all around her, "W-what?"
"Sakura-chaaan, you're not wearing a bikini…" He pouted, putting a finger in his mouth. Sakura popped a vein and started to tremble.
"NARUTOOOOOO!" Sakura jumped in the air and before Naruto knew it, she kicked him right in the face and sent him flying a few feet back away.
'Oh man, she's killing Naruto!' The others thought as they watched in horror, their jaw opened wide. Sakura walked up to Naruto and was about to smash him under her foot until pair of arms grabbed her and backed her away from Naruto.
"HEY! LET GO! I NEED TO FINISH THIS GUY OFF!" Sakura kicked around in the air.
"H-hey! Calm down! It's not like he raped you or anything!" Kiba yelled without thinking and Sakura stopped her movements. Her thoughts immediately went back to when she was raped. When Kiba thought she has calmed down, he noticed her face was getting pale, "H-hey, what's wrong?"
"Sakuraaa!" A voice called out from the direction of the beach. Everyone faced the figure who called her name. It was Sakumo. Gaara narrowed his eyes in confusion.
"O-Onii-chan!" Sakura ran towards her 'twin brother' and went to talk to him. They had a short chat about something, and then Sakura left to find her friends. Sakumo's eyes followed Sakura's body and then averted them to his friends. "Hey you guys! So you came!"
"Yeah"
"What's up with Naruto…?" Sakumo sweat dropped when he saw Naruto lying on the ground, half dead.
"Well… you know… he said some wrong things to your sister…"
"Oh, ahahaha, right" Sakumo laughed, but the others looked at him like, 'WTF?' "Well, come on guys, we don't have all day to enjoy this!" Sakumo called out from his spot and the others came running past him. Gaara walked his way, and stopped when he reached Sakumo. He stared at him, eye to eye. Sakumo only smiled.
"So she used henge on you… You're the copy?" Gaara asked, his arms crossed.
"Yep" Sakumo answered with glee.
Gaara only smirked.
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"LET'S PLAY COMPETITION BEACH VOLLEY BALL!" Tenten yelled, her hand raised in the air.
"YEAH, LET'S!" Naruto agreed.
"But we just PLAYED volley ball…" Sakura said, resting her head on Hinata's shoulder. Hinata didn't care, as long as she saw Naruto…
"Yeah, but this time it's a competition!" Tenten said, trying to convince her to play, "And we'll get everyone else to play, too!" Sakura rolled her eyes and didn't reply. When Tenten wanted something, she would get it, no matter what happened. Tenten knew she has won, so she called out to the others who were playing in the water, "HEEEYYY! We're playing a beach volley ball competition!"
All the boys shit their heads to the girl and started to run towards the volley ball court. They must like sports, right? Temari was about to go until a voice spoke.
"Temari" She turned to see Gaara.
"G-Gaara! How… um… nice to… see you here! W-what are you doing here?" She asked with an anxious smile on her face.
"I came with Naruto. What are you doing here?"
"I-I came with Sakura!"
"You're the sister's friend?"
"Y-yeah…" Temari started to get uncomfortable and started to bite her lower lip. Gaara humphed and passed his sister to the volley ball court. Temari let out a sigh and stared at the water covering her legs.
"Temari! Are you playing or what?" Tenten called out.
"I'm coming!" The blond girl started to walk out of the water and ran to the court. As she entered the place, a game was already beginning.
"OKAY! Our first contestants are… Naruto and Ino versus Neji and Hinata!" Tenten yelled into the microphone she just happens to have. Temari sat down next to Sakura, "READY?"
"NO! Why am I with the night club girl?"
"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?" Ino hit Naruto on the head and he crouched down, holding his now, fragile head.
"I'm sorry. Damn. I'm sorry…"
"Ugh, okay, are we ready NOW?" Tenten asked and everybody nodded, "Okay then, LET'S START THIS GAME!" The brunette girl blew the whistle and everybody started to cheer.
"NEJI! You better give me your best!" Naruto yelled from his spot, motioning himself to throw the ball.
"Oh, I will" The boy smirked.
Before Naruto hit the ball, he turned his head to look at Sakura. She noticed and he got her attention, "SAKURA-CHAN! WISH ME LUCK!" He shouted. Sakura shook her head, leading her to burry her face into her own hands. Temari sweat dropped, "HIYA!"
"Naruto starts by hitting the volley ball over the net!"
Hinata got prepared when the ball started to fly towards her. She crouched a little and hit the ball with her fist formed hands and the ball went back to the other side. This went on for minutes until Neji finally hit the ball with all his might and the ball hit the ground like that; Naruto and Ino just staring at the spot where the ball hit. The game was cleared.
"OKAAAAYYY! NEJI AND HINATA WINS! THEY GO UP ONE!"
"Dammit!" Naruto clenched his hair with his hands. Both him and Ino were covered with sweat. They felt like they were in the water. Ino just frowned, but she was also glad that the game was over. The four all went back to their seats and waited for the next game to play. Naruto sat next to Kiba, who was shaking his head, "Dammitttt! If I only… just… I… GRR!"
Ino sat next to Sakura, and Hinata followed, "Hey Hinata, good game out there! I'm really proud of you!" Ino smiled.
"T-thanks Ino…" Hinata blushed as she sat down in the shade next to Ino.
"Yeah, Next round up! Sakura and Sasuke versus Temari and Kiba!"
"Whaaat? I don't want to play…" Sakura whined as she got up from the shade and into sunlight. Kiba placed his hand on her shoulder as he walked by.
"Good luck! Cause you'll be needing it!"
'Ah! Was that a mock?'
"Hahaa, I see how it is…"
"Hey Kiba!" Sakura called out, and the dog boy turned, "Take your stupid luck back! Because now I have confidence of my own to kick. Your. Ass!" Kiba looked at her surprised and Sakura stuck out her tongue.
Kiba smirked, "Fine. Don't take my luck"
"YEAH! ARE WE READY? NOW STAAAAARRRRTT!"
Kiba raised his arm with the ball and hit it. Sakura got ready for the right timing. When that time came, she hit the ball back upwards to the other side. Temari made it in time to strike it back. Now it came towards Sasuke and he also hit it upwards, but it didn't look like it was going to make it over the net.
"Oh! Oh? OH? Is it going to make it?"
Everybody stared in silence until Sakura jumped and slammed it with her hand to bounce right on the ground, causing them to earn a point, "YEAH!"
"One point for SasuSaku teeeaaamm!"
"Don't call it like that" Sasuke told Tenten.
"Um, okay. How about… SASE?"
"What? D-don't call it that either!"
"Geez you're picky! Fine, the elephant team!"
"Just shut up already…" Sasuke turned, raising his hand at Tenten's face.
"HEY! Don't 'talk to the hand' me!"
Sasuke ignored her and went back concentrating with the game.
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"And so, SAKURA WINS!"
"Hey girl, I won too"
"YAY FOR SAKURA! WOOT WOOT!"
"Don't you dare ignore me!" As Sasuke yelled at Tenten, Sakura went up to Kiba, who was mumbling under his breath at his defeat.
"Hey, good game!" 'losssseerrr!' She held out a hand to shake and Kiba only stared at her hand.
"I… don't need your sympathy…"
Sakura's heart was scratched, lightly. It hurt her inside, but she didn't dare show it, instead, she took her hand back and crossed her arms, "Fine. Be that way…" She walked away with an angry face, "Idiot…"
Akamaru whimpered and nudged his face against Kiba's legs, "Hey boy" The dog boy kneeled down to pick up his pet. Akamaru frowned, "W-what? Why are you looking at me that way for?" Akamaru continued to frown until Kiba sighed, "…I don't care…" He put down his dog to the side and walked to sit next to Naruto again.
"NOW, Ino will take over my precious role! INO?" Tenten gave Ino the microphone and went running out in the court.
"Thanks Tenten! I'll be your host from now on, INO! Right now, Tenten and Sakumo are getting ready to fight against Gaara and Shika…ma…ru…" Ino stopped talking when she noticed the boy with his hair up in a ponytail. She put the microphone down and gaped, "Oh my god, he's hot…"
Meanwhile, in Temari's spot, she was also gazing at Shikamaru. 'N-no… I can't possibly think this way right now… I just… can't…' Temari shook her head to get the boy out of her mind.
"Temari? A-are you okay…?" Hinata asked with concern in her eyes.
"Y-yeah, I'm okay. Thanks Hinata"
"Uh… ummm… so… uh… A-are we… reaaadddyyy…?" Ino stuttered on, still staring at the boy.
"Uh, what do you think? Let's GO ALREADY!" Tenten screamed from her spot and got Ino back into reality.
"Uh, r-right! Let's get ready to rumble! START!" Ino blew the whistle and people started to cheer once again.
The game went on with the first few rounds, and in the end, they were tied. Tenten, who was still getting ready, wiped her sweat off her forehead. She then threw the ball high into the air. Everybody stared at the ball, confused at why the girl would throw it that high. Tenten smirked and jumped after it and kicked the object, which went over the net.
"H-hey! Is that okay? Can you do that?" Shikamaru asked, panicking. Gaara stood in place, crossing his arms still. Nobody did anything and the ball hit the ground.
"YES! The game is cleared for Tenten!"
"OHHHH! The game still goes on!" Ino yelled into the microphone, which got Tenten's attention.
"WHAT?" Tenten looked closer at the ball and noticed that there was a pile of sand hovering in the air, and caught the ball right before it hit the ground, "W-what? What is that?"
Shikamaru was also surprised, "HEY! Can we actually do this? Isn't it cheating if we do this?"
"No sweetie…" Ino gave a pleasant sigh as she gazed at Shikamaru. Shikamaru looked her way and gave her a puzzled look. Gaara threw his hand from the side to front to order the sand to throw the ball back over the net. Tenten flinched and she ran over to the spot where the ball would hit.
"I won't let these guys win! Come on Tenten, give it your best shot!' Her eyes began to form fire and she successfully hit the ball. This went on for several minutes that some people were starting to fall asleep. Even Shikamaru and Sakumo; they weren't actually in the game anymore. It was now Tenten versus Gaara. People started to leave and do their own things, as the others slept into boredom.
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Ino yawned from her seat as she endlessly watched the game. Tenten was out of breath, and Gaara was just controlling his sand, so he didn't have to move. It was Tenten's turn to serve the ball and she panted heavily. Her arms began to droop, they felt like rocks for her now. Eventually, the brunette collapsed, face first to the sandy ground. Ino's eyes immediately shot opened and saw Tenten's fall.
"T-tenten! Ah… Um, Gaara wins!" Ino put down the microphone and ran towards her fallen friend, "Tenten! You okay?"
"She's okay. She just ran out of energy is all," Gaara said, as he walked out of the court. Ino looked at her friend with concern and carried her on her back out of the court.
"Sakura, Sakura!" Ino shook the pink haired girl, who was sleeping.
"Hanyuh!" Sakura woke from her sleep and opened her eyes dazedly, "Inoooo….?" She rubbed her eyes to get a clearer sight.
"Yeah, can you watch Tenten? Or… heal her for a bit? Thanks" Before Sakura could ask any questions, Ino left to find a certain someone.
"Whaaat? What's wrong with Tenten…?"
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"S-Shikamaru…kun!" Ino ran through the sand and waved at the boy.
"Huh? Oh… it's you… uhhh… Imo?"
"I-Ino" She corrected him.
"Right, what do you want?"
"Well, um…" Ino smiled and cupped her hands to her cheek to hide her blushing, "I just… you know… noticed you playing and… well…"
"Shikamaru!" Another voice called from the other side, making Shikamaru and Ino turn. It was Temari.
"Oh, um, Temari…? Right?"
"Right. Oh, hey Ino" 'What is she doing here?' The older girl thought.
'Heeeey, this wasn't my plan! What the hell is she doing here calling for my target's name?' "Hi Temari! What are you doing here?" Ino asked sweetly.
"Well, um, I just came to speak with Shikamaru… and…"
"Oh, well, that's too bad cause I'm speaking to him right now" Ino hugged one of Shikamaru's arms. This made Temari frown.
"Yeah, but… Can I at least have a little chat with him for a while?"
"After me"
"No, can I borrow him RIGHT NOW?"
"Yes, after me"
"Can you two just… talk to me at the same time… like normal people?" Shikamaru rubbed the back of his neck, realizing what situation he was in.
"NO! SHIKAMARU YOU ARE GOING TO TALK WITH ME AND ME ONLY!" Both girls screamed as they pulled Shikamaru's arms to their side.
"……… How troublesome………"
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"……Tenten… Tenteeennn…" Sakura lightly slapped the brunette's face, but she wouldn't budge, "God Tenten, wake up already…"
"Maybe she ran out of energy," She turned to blink at her other brunette friend. He plopped down next to her and looked at Tenten.
Sakura rolled her eyes, remembering what he had said earlier, "What are you doing here?" She asked coldly. Kiba could sense the anger in the air that came out from the young kunoichi and sighed.
"I'm just here to say… sorry………" Kiba scratched his head as Akamaru nudged his head against Sakura's thigh and barked softly to tell her an apology. Sakura looked at the white dog in surprise, she wasn't ready to look at Kiba just yet.
"I forgive you…" Sakura whipered, and Kiba turned his head, quite surprised, "…Akamaru…" Kiba frowned, he was expecting it though. Sakura scratched Akamaru behind the ears and it yelped happily. The girl smiled as she continued to pleasure the dog. Kiba let out another deep sigh to get Sakura's attention.
She rolled her eyes and questioned without looking at him, "Yes?"
"Don't… I get forgiven too?"
"…No. What would you do with it? Forgiving is all about sympathy, am I right?"
"…I said I'm sorry"
"Gee, so you said sorry. What am I suppose to do now? Just forgive you and act like nothing happened?"
"…Yeah………"
"YOU IDIOT! Forgiving is all about understanding each other, excusing somebody from their own mistakes! Knowing the other's feelings! YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW I'M FEELING!"
"But-"
"Leave, I need to treat Tenten, and I need privacy, thank you. So leave please" Sakura turned to face back to her collapsed friend and didn't say anymore. Kiba eventually gave up and left, leaving Akamaru with Sakura to frown.
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A/N: Ohh, InoxShikamaruxTemari! I always thought about this… And I was drawing a character graph… and this came out. EHEHEH. (Weird and freaky old man laugh) Do you want to see the graph? Well… uh, I don't know how to post a link in here, so yeah. Either somebody tell me how until next chapter comes, or I'm going to post it into my profile. So yeah, help me, okay? Thanks! And oh my god, Kiba and Sakura's first emotional fight… And the author knows exactly how to use this in the story…