Okies, here's chapter three. I decided to add my favourite character in here. An idea popped into my head and I couldn't help but add it!

Also, the reason I took so long was because I'm also currently working on a webcomic now. Not to mention high school is in like four days! Geez.

Also, for people that are fans of THE RIVALRY ROOM, I WILL be posting soon. I'm just having writers block on it. It will be contniued!

Thank you.

Chapter 3: Spreading like sand

Sasuke sat with Naruto at Ichiraku, explaining the latest events and what they should do to stop them.

"The note proves that she's got a stalker now." Sasuke muttered. "Not only the photographer, but some other crazed fan as well."

Naruto nodded as he tried to restrain the anger that was welling up inside his chest.

"You know, there's always the chance that the photographer and the stalker are one and the same." He pointed out. Sasuke shook his head.

"I doubt it." he muttered. Wouldn't Sakura have gotten the note before?

"Who would be sick enough to do something like that to Sakura?" Naruto wondered aloud, crumpling the note with his fist. "And then put it in Icha-Icha Paradise! I mean that's just cruel!"

Sasuke ran his fingers through his black mane.

"Yes. I know that already." He muttered as he closed his eyes. "The question would be where to start our search."

Naruto shrugged. "Well Hinata's also agreed to help, so it'll be a lot easier." He then grinned. "Now we have the Sharingan AND the Byakugan on our side!" Sasuke rolled his eyes.

"And we're using these to find a photographer." He muttered. Naruto shook his head.

"It will come in handy! Believe me!"

Naruto gave the Uchiha a thumbs up just as the ramen arrived. The blonde boy grinned and soon had his face in his noodles. Sasuke sighed.

"Well there's no point talking to him for a while…" He muttered as he stood up. "Later, Naruto."

Naruto raised his free hand and waved at him before going back to his noodles. Sasuke rolled his eyes and left the shop, passing Hinata along the way.

He kept walking until a sudden cloud of dust on the horizon caught his eye. His black orbs widened and he took a step back. Fangirls? No… the ground was shaking even more so… not to mention there were no girly shrieks protruding from it.

It was something he had never seen before…

Fan-BOYS!

And he could only think of one person that the horde of people could be chasing at that moment.

Sakura!

Sure enough, a flash of pink soon appeared among the parting crowd, racing towards him at lightning speed. Right behind her were several perverted men chasing her.

Sasuke groaned. "Shit…" He muttered before stepping up to the frantic kunoichi and pulling her along in order to lose the group.

"Sasuke?" Sakura looked at her teammate in surprise. He glanced over his shoulder and glared.

"Shut up and keep running! If you don't you'll never get away from them!"

Sakura did as she was told, soon catching stride with him. They turned a corner, soon gaining speed with the added chakara they focused in their feet.

"Damn…" The Uchiha muttered as they turned and ran down another street. "And I thought girls were a pain…"

"Excuse me!"

"I didn't mean you!"

They turned a corner and hid in an alley as they waited for the mob to pass. Once they had gone, Sasuke glanced down at the pink-haired Kunoichi.

"These guys are fast… faster than the girls…" He then frowned. "How the hell did you stay away from them?"

"Ran as fast as my legs could take me." Sakura replied. "Those creeps are nuts…" She added, shuddering at the thought. Sasuke let out a small sigh before glancing out at the busy street.

"Let's go back to the manor…" he said quietly. "This place is too crazy for my liking."

Sakura gazed over at him solemnly. He was going through all this trouble… letting her stay with him, helping her find who had taken pictures of him, and saving her from fan boys…

"Sasuke?"

"Huh?" He looked over his shoulder at her, his face appearing indifferent. Sakura smiled weakly as she looked at him.

"Thank you."

Sasuke raised an eyebrow in question. He opened his mouth to ask, but Sakura waved for him to stop.

"Nevermind." She chirped, laughing slightly. "We should just get back."

Sasuke nodded quickly as the two headed further down the alley. Just when they thought they were home free…

"THERE THEY ARE!" Someone cried

"GET AWAY FROM MY SAKURA!"

It was the first time either of them had heard someone besides Naruto or Lee say that line.

"Shit…" Sasuke muttered freezing in his tracks. He glanced over at the young Haruno, nodding slightly.

"Alright, on the count of three." He muttered. "THREE!"

The two quickly sped away from there. Sakura felt as if she was in one of those lame chase-scenes from one of many corny movies she had dared to rent, and now she could've sworn she was hearing the music!

The two turned a corner and dashed past Ichiraku, leaving Naruto and Hinata behind in the dust.

"What's with them?" Naruto asked curiously. Hinata looked down the street where they had come, her pale eyes widening in shock.

"Naruto! Get back!" She cried, catching him by the hand and jerking him into the ramen bar just as the giant mob of perverted men stampeded by.

"Hinata… YOU SAVED MY LIFE!" Naruto cried, pouncing on her. Hinata blushed furiously as she tried to pry the ecstatic boy off of her.

Meanwhile, Sasuke and Sakura continued to run from the mob. They turned another corner, Sasuke pulling out a cloth and pressing themselves up against the fence. They felt the ground shake as the stampede headed by, completely unaware that they had performed one of the simplest tricks in the book.

Once the storm had passed, Sasuke turned to face the young girl beside him. "You okay?" He asked as he dropped the sheet. Sakura nodded.

"Yo."

"AAH!"

Kakashi raised an eyebrow at the two young ninjas, now extremely stressed out from the latest events that had just occurred.

"The stampede…" They both nodded. "Fanboys?" They nodded again. "That would explain it."

Sasuke and Sakura could only watch as Kakashi turned on his heel, beckoning to follow him.

"Come. We were told to go visit the Kaze Kage in the Sand village." He looked over his shoulder. "Unless you wish to stay here and hide…"

Neither Sasuke nor Sakura wasted any time in following him. They would do ANYTHING to get out of this hellhole…

Even if it meant visiting Gaara…

"Damn it all…"

A familiar auburn-haired teen walked the streets of the sand village, his eyes half lidded and index and middle fingers rubbing his temple. Sure, the life of Kaze Kage was stressful, but not near as bad as today.

Today was definitely not working for him, so he had decided to take a walk.

He would pass by several people, who now did not cower in fear, but gave him a slight nod in recognition or a smile.

Even little kids would come up and say hi.

It was indeed a nice change.

He continued walking, gazing up at the sky. He frowned at one section that was now blocked by an annoying billboard with some pink-haired girl in a bikini.

He froze. Pink hair?

There was only one person he knew that had pink hair. He glanced up again and his fears were soon realized.

There was Haruno Sakura; the girl that tried to protect the great Uchiha Sasuke when they were in battle. She was now on a billboard wearing nothing but a skimpy bikini.

Before he could do a thing, the sand took over, flying towards the billboard and crushing it in its hold. Several villagers backed away from the area and the now extremely stressed out Gaara.

His eye now twitching, Gaara headed back, his mind set on one thing…

Getting Team Seven's asses over here!

Damn he shouldn't have used the word ass…

"How much longer will he take?" Naruto asked, a hint of impatience in his voice. "I mean seriously. We shouldn't have to wait this long! It's been hours!"

"It's only been twenty minutes, Naruto. Be patient."

Naruto growled in frustration. "I want ramen after this…"

Kakashi sighed. "As long as it shuts you up…"

The door soon opened, a calm voice calling for them to come in. The four of them stood up, quickly stepping inside; Naruto going first, followed by Kakashi, Sasuke and finally Sakura. The room was quite tidy, and the only speck of imperfection was a bit of sand currently straightening out some scrolls over on the opposite side.

Gaara sat at the desk, his hands creating a platform in front of him to rest his chin on. His eyes were closed, but once the door clicked shut, one of his pale green eyes opened to respond to their entry.

"You wanted to see us, Gaara?" Naruto asked tentatively. Gaara nodded, his eyes never landing on the young Haruno. He opened his mouth to speak when he was rudely interrupted by the orange shinobi.

"Holy shit!" He cried as he pointed to a crushed billboard through the window. "What the hell happened! Isn't anyone going to fix that!"

"As if I'd really want to!" Gaara snapped. Naruto raised an eyebrow at the boy, whose teeth were now gritted together.

"That's the reason why I brought you here." He dared to glance over at Haruno Sakura, whose face had a look of curiosity in them.

"What the hell was Sakura doing on a billboard here!" He asked, his voice raising slightly. "In a bikini no less!"

The four could only gape at the fuming Kaze Kage, not only because of the look on his face, but also the fact that her fame had spread to the other villages.

Sasuke dared to turn his head towards the pink haired shinobi. He wasn't surprised to see her shocked face; eyes wide and face pale, except for the slight hint of pink on her cheeks from embarrassment.

Gaara raised an eyebrow at her, still totally clueless about what was happening. He noticed her knees buckling under her and quickly caught her with his sand. Sasuke quickly lifted her up, draping her arm over his shoulder to hold her. Naruto crouched down, flicking her forehead with his fingers

"She's passed out…" the blonde murmured, eyes wide in shock. He glanced over at the still clueless Kaze Kage, a nervous grin on his face.

"Hey, Gaara… This may sound funny, but do they sell Icha-Icha Paradise?"

The auburn haired ninja frowned. "What the hell are you-"

"Yes in fact they do!" Kakashi piped up. "There's a store a couple blocks away from here as a matter of fact!"

The three boys blinked at the strange sensei, all unsure of how he knew such things. The Jounin laughed, scratching the back of his head. "I bought an issue here once…" He admitted slowly. All three boys felt like they were going to hurl.

"Why were we cursed with the most disgusting sensei?" Sasuke rolled his eyes.

"Don't look at me, Naruto." He muttered. "You were cursed with two…" Sasuke smirked as the blonde shinobi pulled at his blonde locks.

"So would someone mind explaining what's going on now!"

She felt tired… EXHAUSTED more like. Her head was spinning… she felt the need to vomit…

Yup. Tsunade-sama had one too many.

"Damn you… (hic) stupid pickle…" She moaned, reaching a fist across her desk to slug the nonexistent food. The pickle vanished once her fist uh… made contact with it. "That's what you get… for taking… porno pictures… of my apprentice."

Her cheeks were a tinge of red and her eyes were hazy and unfocused. She frowned when something that looked like an old goat walked in. Glaring at the goat groggily, she picked up her paperweight.

"Die you stupid… uh… goat!" the Hokage shrieked, throwing it with amazing strength and accuracy. She chuckled and hiccuped when it hit her target, but then blinked when she heard a cry from the goat and watched it fall to the floor.

"Huh? The… goat's real?" She blinked and hiccuped again. Standing up, she walked over to the goat on her floor and after focusing a bit, she gasped.

"Jiraiya!" She cried, falling onto her butt. "What are you doing dressing up as a goat!"

The perverted sennin sat up, rubbing the fresh lump on his head. "You've been drinking again, eh Tsunade?" He forced a laugh. "You're taking the news about Sakura pretty hard…"

"Of COURSE I'm taking the news hard!" She snapped. "Why the hell should Sakura get into a swimsuit issue of Icha Icha Paradise before ME!"

Jiraiya laughed nervously. "Well you never did register… not to mention you have other magazines where you're published." He then winked. "And I own every one of them!"

Tsunade blushed furiously… well… her cheeks reddened even darker then before.

"Anyway… getting back on the subject of Sakura." Tsunade nodded, glancing over at her desk.

"She's in the sand village right now." Tsunade explained. "Gaara wanted to speak to them about something…"

Jiraiya winced. "If it's just Gaara… simply asking them to come for a talk… then it's not good."

They both stared at each other for a second.

"Sake?"

"Sure."

TBC…

Yesh. I finished with Tsunade and Jiraiya discussing the current incidents. I thought it would be fun to hear her reaction.

More to come. I guess you could say this was just a side story, but I pulled Gaara into it, so he shall suffer!

Review please! The only messages I seem to get anymore are for C2's and seriously they are getting really annoying.