Oh, yeah! That feels good! Sorry...

I get uncontrollable very, very

often... Hmm... Well, anyway,

The second part of my fiction is here!

Last time, Kirei was pulled into the...

Oh, yeah! The deepest, darkest parts of

The forest! ... Oh, well! Enjoy peoples!

So anyway, Kirei felt a cold hand that pulled her back into the deepest, darkest parts of the forest. She gasped and then screamed like crazy. "LET GO OF ME, YOU FREAK!" Kirei screamed. "Whoa, hold on!" said a familiar voice. Kirei paused to look at the face of her captor and saw Neji's face. "Hey, you're that other Hyuga, Hinata's cousin!" Kirei gasped, "Why are you jacking me?" "I'm not jacking you... I--- want to talk to you..." Neji explained. "Why would you want to talk to me?" Kirei questioned. "You see," Neji explained, "I had heard from my uncle and my father that the Tanaka clan goes along the best with the Hyuga clan, and I think we should be... together..."

"Me with you?" Kirei questioned slowly, "I'm really sorry but... I'm with Sasuke right now and he and I are going to get married someday whether anyone likes it or not..."

"Well, at least... gulps ... go out with me one day..." Neji offered. "Umm, well, maybe I could, if Sasuke lets me, that is... I'll find out later..." Kirei answered.

Later...

"He asked you what?" Sasuke asked as if he'd never heard of walking. "You heard me Sasuke... I really don't want him to feel bad, but you're the ONLY guy for me," Kirei explained. "But that's just wrong! Borrowing someone's girlfriend for one day!" Naruto confirmed. "I know, Naruto... But, I don't like saying no... Besides, my dad said that I would meet a worthy enough Hyuga one day although I have Sasuke..." Kirei answered. "Go ahead, be with him," Sasuke told Kirei, "but it'd BETTER be for ONE day." Sasuke... Kirei thought. She nodded and walked off. "Sasuke, you're going to let her go just like that?" Sakura asked. "I'm not letting her go; she's still mine no matter what happens..." Sasuke explained.

"Alright, Neji, we accept your offer... But only for ONE day!" Kirei told Neji. "Exactly one day, got it. Actually, now half a day... 5 hours have already past..." he explained.

11 hours & 30 minutes later...

30 more minutes left... Hurry up, you stupid clock! Kirei glared at the clock on the wall as each second ticked by while sitting next to Neji.

Finally, Neji was falling asleep about 30 seconds before it was time to let Kirei go. 25...24...23...22...21... Kirei counted the seconds. 17...16...15...14... Just a few more left! 5...4...3...2...1... "Goodbye, Neji!" Kirei took off running toward Shack 11.

Kirei jumped into bed and fell asleep right away. Next thing she knew, "Kirei... Get up..." Hiroki threw his pillow at his cousin.

Kirei shot herself at Hiroki and started strangling him, playfully though... "What the heck is wrong with you, Hiroki? Can't you see I'm trying to sleep?" Kirei questioned. "I can see that VERY clearly..." Hiroki replied. "What are you two doing?" Hikari muttered.

"Nothing's going on... I'm just trying to get some sleep around here..." Kirei explained and hopped from her cousin's bed to hers.

"I think that qualifies as SOMETHING," Rekai told Kirei. At the sound of this, Kirei threw her own pillow toward Rekai's face. "Alright, geez, I'll leave you alone!" Rekai playfully said.

Kirei finally woke up about four hours after her disturbance at 4:00 in the morning. She stretched and then leaped off of her bed. She grabbed her washcloth and ran to the river as before. After she washed up, she dashed back to her cabin to put away her stuff and then she walked to the clearing to meet Sasuke.

This girl's pretty fast, don't you think?

Sasuke was leaning against a tree, gazing at the sky, waiting for Kirei. "So there you are," Sasuke said, "Did you sleep late or did you sleep late?" "Both," Kirei giggled. They got close to each other and hugged. "So what now?" she asked. "I don't know... It's been about 2 days since you guys showed up... Maybe they're making last minute adjustments to the new environment..." Sasuke said. "Wait a minute..." Kirei paused,"gasps I know what it is! They're trying to figure out what they're going to do to Hikari, Rekai, Hiroki, and me because they know there aren't enough Jonin to lead us, so maybe they're trying to figure something out because of that problem!"

Can this girl talk, or what! clears throat Sorry... And now, back to our story, I mean fan fiction!

Sasuke looked at her for a long time and then said, "That's completely possible... Maybe it's true." Kirei paused for a second and then breathed, "Yeah, maybe..."

Kirei said goodbye to Sasuke and ran off to her cabin. Just as she was about to leap onto her bed, she noticed a flyer on the bed. She picked up the flyer and examined it.

Meanwhile, Sakura and Ino were competing in a glaring contest with Tenten as the referee. They had glared and glared at each other for about 5 minutes when suddenly, a flyer swooped in and blinded Sakura's vision. "HAH! I win at last!" Ino gloated. "Wait a minute, Ino," Tenten declared, "Sakura is not disqualified... What is that paper, anyway?" Sakura paused and looked at the flyer, "I don't know..." Meanwhile, Hinata was caught in the middle of an argument between Temari, Kin, and Hikari. "I think you should apologize for tripping me, Hikari!" "Uh-uh! I think you need to apologize for tripping me, Temari!" "Will both of you just shut up! Besides, I tripped both of you..." Temari and Hikari stopped gabbing and glared at Kin... Then, they growled and attacked her. "Umm... Excuse me, but..." Hinata whispered, "QUIET!" Temari, Hikari, and Kin stared at Hinata. "Look at that paper under you..." Hinata explained. Temari picked up the paper and looked at it.

Kirei: Attention all kunoichi...

Sakura, Ino, and Tenten: You have been cordially invited to the annual kunoichi ablution...

Hinata, Hikari, Temari, and Kin: Actually, we don't think you have any choice at all... You will come whether you like it or not...

Together: Come tomorrow by the lake at... 4:00 A.M.! Signed... MITARASHI ANKO AND YUHI KURENAI!

The next morning at 4:00 a.m., the girls were up quicker than you can say bath time... Huh...

They grabbed their towels, bathing suits, soap bars, washcloths, shampoos, conditioner, and, of course, headbands. They met at the pond and sat for a long time...

POOF!

coughs The fog gagged, choked, and blinded all the girls except for Kirei... She stared into the fog and saw Anko and Kurenai standing and waiting for the fog to clear. "Hmm?" Kurenai noticed that Kirei was the only one that wasn't gagging or coughing. "Is that her, Anko?" Anko looked and then sighed, "Yep, that's her... It's pretty obvious that that's her... I mean, look at her! She's the only kunoichi that can withstand the fog!"

Kurenai sighed and walked toward the girls. "Welcome, young kunoichi! I'm sure that most of you know me as Yuhi Kurenai. And I know that you remember Mitarashi Anko as you proctor for the second Chunin Exam. Anyway, I hope you all remembered to bring your supplies," Kurenai announced. "All right, let's get started!" Anko yelled.

"This stinks, big time! I mean, where the heck did all the girls go!" Naruto protested. Where could she be? Sasuke wondered. "HINATA! HINATA, HEY, CAN YOU HEAR ME!" Naruto called. "Shut up, you moron," Neji told Naruto, "Try to calm down; I'm sure she'll turn up somewhere..."

Meanwhile, the girls stripped down to their bathing suits and waited in front of the lake as instructed. Finally, Kurenai and Anko showed up in bathing suits as well. Scary, huh? Can't you just imagine them in bathing suits? Uh-oh... They're glaring at me... Better get back to our story...

"Alright, now that you all are properly dressed, let's get down to the ablution!" Kurenai yelled. "You'll all walk, or run, into the lake and..." Anko paused. "Have fun!" they both insiste--- Hey, wait a minute! Have fun! What's the deal with that! 'Have fun!'laughs

All the girls, including Hinata, ran into the lake. They all splashed around and had fun just as they were told. Hinata was feeling better because she was around her kunoichi friends, but depressed because she wasn't with Naruto. "What's wrong, Hinata? Aren't you having fun?" Kirei asked. "Uh, you haven't seen Naruto, have you?" Hinata questioned. "Well, we wouldn't see him right now because this is girls only... But I think I can bring him over here without him getting caught..." Kirei answered. "How?" Hinata asked. "Could you do me a favor, Hinata?" Kirei pleaded, "Could you use your Byakugan to find out where Naruto and the others are, please?" "Byakugan!" Hinata used her all-seeing eye and found that all the guys were sitting down in the middle of the clearing, depressed. "They're all in the middle of the clearing," Hinata replied. "Alright, thanks, Hinata! You're a great friend! Now, excuse me while I try to contact Hiroki..."

Kirei sat down in the shallow water and concentrated. Hiroki, can you hear me? Kirei called out, in her mind. Not too far into the forest, Hiroki and Rekai sat and waited when suddenly, Hiroki heard Kirei calling. Kirei? Yeah, I can hear you. Where the freak are you? Hiroki asked. We're at an ablution in the lake. Bring everyone that wants to come with you. But you've got to hide in a spot where nobody but Hinata and me can see you, okay? Kirei asked. Gotcha, Kirei! Hiroki replied. "Hey, Rekai! I just finished chatting with Kirei. She told me to tell everyone to head toward the lake," Hiroki told Rekai. "So?" Rekai breathed. Jerk... "So spread the word! Oh, and we have to hide really good so Kurenai and Anko can't see us," Hiroki replied.

This is going to be very long... I'm sorry! So, Rekai told Sasuke, who told Naruto, who told Kiba, who told Shino, who told Lee, who told Neji, who told Kankuro, who told Gaara, who told Dosu, who told Zaku, who got excited to see Kirei. YAY! It wasn't very long after all!

So the guys followed Hiroki and Rekai to the lake and hid very well. "Where are they?" Zaku eagerly asked. "Why do you want to know, pretty boy?" asked Sasuke suspiciously. "Heh, look who's talking!" Zaku smirked. Sasuke glared at Zaku and Zaku glared back until Dosu and Naruto broke them up.

"Hey, there they are!" Naruto cried, "Wonder what they're all doing..." "It's an ablution," Neji answered. "An ab-what?" Naruto asked. "An ablution. It's the washing of one's or someone else's body or parts of it for certain reasons. Like a bath, Naruto. This looks like a kunoichi ablution. That's why they wanted us to come secretly," Neji continued, "It's girls only."

Kirei and Hinata quietly went around and told all the girls that the boys were coming to see them. They got excited and sneaked a few glances wherever they could when Kurenai and Anko weren't looking. "There they are!" Hinata cheered silently. The girls looked up and saw the boys waving at them. The girls smiled at them and waved back.

Tenten looked up at Hiroki and blushed at what she saw. Hiroki was waving at her only. Tenten hesitated and waved back. After the boys went back to hiding behind the bushes, Tenten ran off to tell Kirei what she saw.

"Kirei, you won't believe what I saw!" Tenten cried as she ran toward the young pride of the Tanaka clan. "What'd you see, Tenten?" Kirei asked. "Your cousin was waving at me in the cutest way!" Tenten cried as she blushed. "Tenten, I have to tell you something," Kirei said, "Hiroki has the hots for you!" Tenten turned redder than ever and stood stiffly for a long time. "He does? Really?" Tenten asked eagerly. "Would I lie to you?" Kirei replied.

Naruto poked his head out of the bushes and saw Hinata walking alone. This is gonna be fun! Naruto squealed in his mind. He crawled back behind a tree and, without being seen, walked away to meet Hinata.

Naruto hid in the trees close to where Hinata was splashing around. Hinata walked backwards and then heard a noise. "Hey, Hinata, over here!" a voice whispered. "Who said that?" Hinata asked, frightened. "It's me, Naruto! I'm in the trees!" Naruto called, silently. Hinata stared into the trees and saw two big, blue eyes. She let out a short, high-pitched yelp as Naruto pulled her into the trees with him. "Naruto-kun... What's going on?" Hinata asked quietly. "I couldn't wait to talk to you!" Naruto cried silently, "Ever since that day we met Kirei, I cherished that moment we had before we introduced ourselves to Kirei. When we got close and---" Naruto and Hinata moved closer to each other as they did before and this time, their lips were about 3 centimeters away from each other, and Naruto pushed Hinata toward him so each of them could have their very first kiss.

Naruto and Hinata gazed into each other's eyes as they kissed. They closed their Hinata closed her eyes about five seconds after it started. Naruto closed his eyes after she did. Then, they let go.

"Wow!" Naruto cried silently. "Oh, Naruto-kun... I want to tell you something..." Hinata blurted. "What is it, Hinata-chan?" Naruto asked eagerly. "...When I looked at you, there was an impact on my heart..." Naruto's eyes widened as Hinata spilled her feelings onto him. "Naruto-kun... You were the reason I fought back when I had to fight Neji... I wanted to look good in front of you. And I wanted you to be proud of me. I wanted to be like you, confident, friendly, outgoing, strong, and brave. Naruto... I love you!" Hinata closed her eyes and blushed as she said that last sentence. "Hinata... Thank you," Naruto thanked Hinata and then got close to her and kissed her once more. "Hinata, where are you?" voices called. "I forgot! I have to go back to the group!" Naruto smacked his hand on his forehead as he remembered the boys. "What group?" Hinata questioned. "All the guys are here, Hinata! You see that bush right there? That's where we're hiding! Don't tell Kurenai or Anko, okay?" Naruto pointed to the bush that the boys were hiding behind. With that, Hinata and Naruto kissed once more and Naruto ran off to hide behind the bush.

Hinata struggled to get out of the trees but she managed to crawl out. "There you are, Hinata!" Kirei ran toward Hinata, "Where've you been?" "Umm, Naruto-kun and I were talking in the trees..." Hinata confessed. "Oh, yeah, Naruto and the rest are here. But I bet he told you that didn't he?"

Sasuke looked down and saw Kirei, who was looking up as well. She smiled and waved. Sasuke paused and then did the same thing. They make a cute couple don't they? Even though you don't know what Kirei looks like...

Anyway, Sakura was sitting alone on a rock in the middle of the lake. "What's wrong, Sakura?" Ino sat down next to a depressed Sakura. "sighs I'm confused, Ino... I...need your help..." Sakura confessed. "You want my help?" Ino asked, surprised, "Well, what do you need help with?" "It's about my feelings for Sasuke... I'm not sure I like him anymore," Sakura confessed. "What! How could you not like Sasuke anymore!" Ino cried. Sakura looked down, "Haven't you heard? Ino, Sasuke isn't available anymore..." What? Ino thought. "What do you mean he isn't available anymore? Does, uh, he have a-a gulps girlfriend?" Ino nervously asked. She stared at Sakura with wide, pale blue eyes as Sakura nodded her head. "But, how can that be? Who is she?" Ino demanded. "It's Kirei... Please don't hate her, Ino! She's a kind, loving person! She deserves Sasuke, and I mean that. I want you to say it, too, Ino. You know that she's a great person, a great friend, and she's probably a good girlfriend, too! Please say it for her, Ino..." Sakura pleaded.

Ino pondered through her mind, trying to find the answer to her dilemma. Maybe Sakura's right, she does deserve Sasuke! But I don't want to say it because I don't want to let Sasuke go... Ino thought. "Sakura..." Ino said, "You're right!"

Ino... I'm sorry... Sakura guiltily thought. "Kirei's a very good friend. In fact, she's like a sister to me! She's probably like a sister to everyone!" Ino cried. "You're right, Ino. Kirei is like a sister to me!" Sakura replied.

The last 10 minutes of the ablution ended and Kurenai and Anko finally dismissed the girls. They dressed in their regular clothes and headed back toward the clearing.

As soon as Hinata saw Naruto, she ran toward him and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "Is that Hinata and Naruto, kissing?" Kiba cried. "Woof, woof, woof, woof!" Akamaru barked. "What do ya mean true love, boy?" Kiba couldn't believe it. "It looks like Hinata finally told him the truth," Shino told Kiba. "...Oh, yeah! I remember now!" Kiba remembered.

Kirei ran up to Sasuke and they kissed for about 20 seconds. Pretty long time for a young couple... Oh, well...

As Tenten followed Neji and Lee through the forest, she heard a rustling noise coming from the bushes. She glanced at the bushes and saw Hiroki leaning on a tree. She gasped and then blushed because she hadn't been that close to him before. "Uh, hi, Hiroki," Tenten gasped. "Hi, Tenten. I've been waiting to talk to you for a long time. And I mean a really long time," Hiroki walked toward Tenten. Tenten tripped, but Hiroki caught her before she could land.

Hiroki smiled at Tenten and she smiled back. Hiroki pulled Tenten back up and they both sat down on the ground. "Hey, Tenten?" Hiroki asked. "Yeah?" she replied. "Do you want to go out with me?" Hiroki asked. Tenten blushed and then said, "Yes!" Without warning, Hiroki lunged for Tenten's lips and locked them with his. He let go about 30 seconds later and said goodbye before walking back to his cabin, leaving a stunned and blushing Tenten behind.

Rekai sat down and ran through the images of Kirei having fun in the water at the ablution. She was splashing others and laughing and running around in her bathing suit. Kirei... You're the love of my life, Kirei. I don't know how to tell you... If only I could gain enough courage to tell you... If only... Rekai thought.

"Hey, Rekai!" a familiar voice came from behind him, "It's time to go to bed! Come on!" "Oh, it's you. Alright, I'm coming Kirei," Rekai followed Kirei toward their cabin. "Where's Hikari?" Kirei asked. "I don't know," Rekai replied, "I'm sure she ran off somewhere."

Shikamaru sat down next to Choji as he munched away on his potato chips as usual... "What a drag... I have to baby-sit you again... This is going to take forever..." Shikamaru complained. "Quit whining, you cutie!" "What did you say, Choji?" Shikamaru cried. "I didn't say anything!" Choji replied. Shikamaru and Choji looked toward the shadows that the trees were casting and saw two eyes looking at them.

Hikari emerged from the shadows, "Hi, there, cutie!" "Who are you talking to?" Shikamaru nervously asked. "Well, you, of course!" she replied. Shikamaru was surprised as Hikari walked toward him and sat down on the log next to him. "Ever since the introduction, I've been waiting to meet you! Your name's Shikamaru, isn't it?"

"Uh, yeah. And you're Hikari, right?" Shikamaru replied. "Yep! I think it's cute, the way you whine all the time! I know life can be such a pain sometimes but... Don't you ever see an upside to things, cutie?" Hikari asked. "... Well, I guess there's an upside to everything, like now," Shikamaru flirted with Hikari. Hikari blushed and leaned forward to plant a single kiss on Shikamaru's lips. "See ya tomorrow, cutie!" Hikari walked to her cabin.

"So, there you are, Hikari! Where've you been, young lady?" Kirei asked. "I had a little business to take care of with Shikamaru," Hikari explained. "Let's get to bed; I'm getting tired! yawns" Hiroki said. They listened to their friend and walked into their cabin, dressed into their night clothes, and climbed into their beds.

Meanwhile, Sasuke was tossing and turning in his bed. "Something wrong, Sasuke?" Kakashi asked. Sasuke sat up, "I can't help but think that something's going to happen tomorrow..." "Something bad?" Kakashi asked. "No, but it's something about our three-man cells," Sasuke said. "Well, we'll worry about it tomorrow. But for now, get some rest, Sasuke," Kakashi assured him. With that, Sasuke fell asleep and slept through the night peacefully.

The next morning, Kakashi woke up Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura early. "Time to wake up, you guys!" Kakashi yelled. "yawns What time is it!" Naruto cried. "Yeah, sensei, why did you wake us up this early?" Sakura questioned. Sasuke said nothing as he tried to open his eyes to see properly. "There's no time to explain, we've got to get there now," Kakashi said.

As they were told, Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura got ready and met in the clearing. Everybody was there, and I mean everybody. Yup, it was that important! Anyway, Hiroki, Rekai, Hikari, and Kirei were standing on the ground waiting for orders. "Ahem, if I could get your attention, please!" Iruka announced, "We are now ready to begin our new rules!" This is it... Kirei thought.

To be continued...

Well, that's the end of the second chapter, but there's one thing that I have to settle. When are we going to see what Kirei, Hiroki, Hikari, and Rekai look like? I'll try to post a picture of them in the next chapter. Until next time!