A/N: Hey guys it's time for another chapter Whoot! Whoot! I am so totally stoked. I'd like to thank everyone that reviewed and favorited my story. I really appreciate it and you guys are great. I know some of you Naruhina fans are starting to get antsy for when the real action begins. But trust it will be well worth the wait. LOL I love keeping you guys in suspense. Now enough with my babbling, here we go.

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Chapter 12: Let's Play Hide and Go Seek

At the FFF townhouse on a cloudy Thursday afternoon…

As soon as Shiho dropped Temari off, the FFF leader asked the geeky blonde if she wanted to come in, but she politely declined as she started to back out of the driveway. With a slight shrug of her shoulders, the brunette bombshell made her way to the front door and started to lightly knock. After a full minute and no answer, the slightly vexed blonde started to pound heavily on the door.

What are those idiots waiting on? Temari thought as she heard footsteps going back and forth inside the townhouse. It only took 45 more seconds for her to lose her temper. Taking a deep breath and focusing her chi, the sexy seductress karate kicked the door open. She stormed inside the house with metaphorical steam coming out of her ears. As she looked around to find the causes of her anger, Temari was confused to find that they were nowhere in sight.

Where the Hell are they? I know I heard footsteps behind the door. The annoyed brunette was almost on her wits end until a shy Hyuuga came into view. She looked like she was trying to be sneaky, but failed miserably when she bumped into Temari.

"Hinata, what is going on? Where is everyone?"

"Umm… W-w-well you see. Tenten said she wasn't feeling well so she is lying down. A-a-and you see Sakura and Ino are…well." The stuttering Hyuuga looked as guilty as ever.

"They're what?"

"Come see for yourself."

Temari sighed sensing that the said pair had probably done something stupid to get themselves hurt or either incarcerated. She was 100% sure it was the former. Whichever it was she would find out soon when Hinata led her into Sakura's bedroom. When they reached her door, the pale-eyed beauty told her to brace herself, to which her leader reluctantly agreed. After Hinata opened the door, Temari pushed past her and headed straight towards Sakura's disheveled bed.

"Now what in the hell is going…" Temari was only so far into her sentence until her face turned completely red at the scene before her. Right in front of her eyes the two girls, who supposedly hated each other's guts to no end, were making out! The brunette was distraught yet slightly turned on by Sakura's licking Ino's collarbone while said blonde groped the pinkette's ass.

"Oh Ino squeeze it harder!" gasped Sakura.

"Oh Sakura bring that tongue lower." groaned Ino.

Doing an immediate about face to face the Hyuuga Temari screamed, "What the fuck is wrong with them? They are completely out of character!"

"Well you see Lady Temari while you were gone Ino tried to fix her some coffee but discovered that we were out of sugar. And well, you know how she is. She threw a major hissy fit because she couldn't drink her coffee black. So Tenten suggested that you had stashed away some in your room because you usually hide the cream in there as well.

"How in the hell does she know that?"

Hinata shrugged and continued. "Anyway she took Tenten's advice and went plundering in your room and found some white powdery stuff in a bag which she assumed was sugar and put in her coffee. The next thing I know she is running around singing "Can't Touch This" and is pelvic thrusting all over the place."

Temari took a deep breath. "What she mistook for sugar was, in fact, a new aphrodisiac that the ladies from the laboratory created and sent me upon request. Upon ingesting it, the person becomes engulfed in an erotic state of euphoria. It takes about 2 hours for a teaspoon of it to wear off. How much did she take?"

"I don't know for sure, but at least 3 teaspoons as she likes her coffee sweet."

"Dumbass, well that explains what happened to Ino. What about Sakura?"

"Ino was in such a fun-loving mood that she put some of that powder into Sakura's tea without her noticing. After that, well, the rest is history." Hinata suddenly got a worried expression on her face. "Madame, what do we do?"

"I guess all we can do is let them sleep it off. All I know is that they will be totally shit-faced in the morning." Temari then walked out with Hinata trailing behind her, shutting the door on her way out. The last thing they heard was Ino making a random proclamation.

"Saku-chan let's play a love game!"

"What kind of love game, honey?" The bubbly pinkette replied.

"Hide 'n seek. You see love, you will hide and when I find you I'll-"

The rest of that sentence was so inappropriately vulgar that poor Hinata's face turned a bright tomato red and Temari's right eye twitched. The both of them cringed in horror when they heard Sakura happily agree.

"I'm going to take a nice long, cold shower." Hinata ran to her room and slammed the door. The exasperated brunette shook her head and remembered that she had to check up on Tenten. Walking only a short distance across the hall, she lightly knocked on the door. On her third knock, the door opened to reveal a very distraught looking Tenten. Her hair was in a messy bun, her eyes were read, and she had an ice pack on her head. Temari looked her up and down to notice that she was wearing some polka dotted flannel pajamas. Tenten was going to explain but her leader stopped her.

"Look, I have seen and heard enough for one evening. Whatever you have to say, save it until tomorrow after your mission. In fact, that's the reason why I'm here. You do know the full details of your mission right?"

The tousled chocolate eyed girl leaned against the doorway. "Of course, I am supposed to go to the art gallery opening tomorrow and find Sai. Then I will work my magic on him. Why?"

"I discovered a little extra information about your artist. Turns out he is connected to some very powerful people who are connected to some former targets of ours. I'm certain they have already tipped him off about us, so I want you to be extra careful."

"Don't worry 'Mari. I won't screw up like last time and I will make sure to redeem myself." Tenten struck a good guy pose and gave her leader the thumbs up sign.

Getting a sweat drop on the back her head, Temari told her friend, "At least you're being positive anyway I'm going to bed early. Hopefully, I'll be able to find some earplugs or the lesbian lovers in there will keep me up all night." Tenten laughed as she saw Temari turn to leave.

"And by the way, the next time you send Ino into my room looking for sugar of all things, I'll kill you." With that last remark, Temari vanished down the hallway.

Tenten giggled to herself as she went into her room and closed the door. Walking over to her bed she lied down and closed her eyes and drifted off into sleep.

The next morning in an east Tokyo apartment…

The early morn was rather gloomy as the cloudy skies produced an eerie shade through the windows onto a sleeping body. Soft snores could be heard throughout the bedroom. The man was sleeping so soundly that he didn't hear the door to his apartment open, or the door opening to his own bedroom. Silent footsteps crept upon the spiky haired man who was curled up into fetal position holding his favorite teddy bear. The bedroom intruder sighed as he could see a little bit of drool escaping from under the sleeping man's mask.

Is this dope planning to sleep all day? It's already 10:30. The ginger intruder was disrupted from his thoughts when he heard the snoozing man mumble in his sleep.

"No mommy, I don't want to drink the nasty medicine. It gives me the toots." The masked man rolled over in his bed to have his back facing his unexpected guest. He entangled himself in his sheets so much that he looked like a burrito.

"Okay, that's enough." The ginger grabbed the sheet at the end of the bed and yanked with all his might. The force caused his victim to do a 360-degree flip and roll out of bed, hitting his head on the floor in the process.

"Holy fuck…" the tired brunette rubbed his head. "What happened last night?"

"Tobi, you idiot get up and get dressed. We have a lot to do today." Tobi looked up to see an annoyed associate of his giving him a pissed glare as he through a pair of pants at him.

"Sasori, long time no see. How have you been?"

"Spare me the formalities. We have 20 minutes to get to the Suna Art Gallery and help set up for today."

"Damn, I forgot we had to do that this morning." Tobi immediately got up and started to throw on some clothes. "How did we get roped into doing this? I thought we were supposed to find that Sai guy at the party tonight and follow him around."

Sasori folded his arms over his chest and gave Tobi his usual passive expression. "Yes I know that but I promised Deidara that we would help. Besides he told me that we would get the first look at some of Japan's most exclusive artwork that as handcrafted from professionals themselves. Also, he's supposed to be giving us more information on his so we will be better prepared when we meet Sai."

"Pssh, you aren't bullshitting me." Tobi snorted. "We both know the real reason you volunteered us to help out was so you could spend more time with Deidara. Isn't that right, Sassy?"

"First of all, don't ever call me Sassy ever again. Second of all, just because I am an openly gay male doesn't mean I like every guy I come across. And third of all, we both know that 'Dara is bisexual and he sleeps around more than I'd like. So would you please stop insisting that I have some bizarre crush on him?" Sasori took a deep breath. Besides he had his chance.

"Whatever helps you sleep at night." Toni had just finished putting on his combat boots. "Let's get this artsy thing over with already." Sasori agreed and followed Tobi out of his bedroom and out the front door, locking it on his way out.

Several hours later at the FFF Townhouse…

It was 7:30 pm on a beautiful Friday evening. Sakura, Ino, and Temari went out for Chinese at PF Changs, while Hinata stayed home to help Tenten get ready for her the art gallery opening. The lavender eyed beauty was setting on Tenten's comfy futon waiting for her to come out of the bathroom. They had been through many outfits trying to decide on which one was suitable enough for the ceremony she was attending tonight, but not too appropriate to where she looked like a nun. Currently, the brunette was in the bathroom deciding between two outfits. Hinata was starting to get impatient as she stared at the ceiling.

"Come on Tenny, you've been in there for almost 15 minutes. Just pick one already." Hinata shouted out.

"Okay, jeeze I'll be out in a sec!" Hinata sighed heavily. That's what she said 15 minutes ago. If she keeps at it she's going to be late. The Hyuuga was going to call for Tenten again, but she realized she didn't have to when she heard the bathroom door open. Hinata sat up quickly to see the outfit her friend had chosen, and she had to admit it complimented Tenten's body very well. She was wearing a dull black sleeveless jumpsuit that had a gold zipper going up the front. As the brunette did a pirouette Hinata could set that the fabric was decorated in gold chains that wrapped around Tenten's entire body. What the ensemble so daring was the three cutouts that went down the back and stopped just above Tenny's butt. The look was completed with a pair of gold wedges and some matching hoop earrings. Hinata was completely awestruck as Tenten pranced over to her.

"So what? How do I look?"

"Would sex on heels be a bit too brash?" Tenten laughed as she went over to the mirror to fix her hair. It was the first time in ages that she had decided to wear her shoulder-length locks down.

"I hope my hair behaves tonight, it's supposed to be very humid."

"Well going to be even hotter inside the gallery." Hinata surmised much to her friend's dismay. "But I have an idea." The Hyuuga quickly left out the room only to come back not even 30 seconds later holding a black beret and a pair of sunglasses. She walked up to Tenten and gently placed the cap on her head while handing her the shades.

"There you go. This way even if your hair frizzes up, no one while be able to tell." Tenny glanced at herself in the mirror and giggled.

"Now I look all Frenchy now. By the way, what are the sunglasses for?"

"I overheard Temari telling you last night that you might have to watch your back on your mission today. So I thought that the shades would help you look more elusive."

"What do I look like an amateur? Trust me Hina I can handle myself." Tenten looked over to her alarm clock to see that it was already a quarter to eight. "Shit, I need to go. See you later Hina." The brunette grabbed her leather jacket and rushed out of the room barely hearing Hinata say have fun.

25 minutes later…

Damn it took me long enough to get here. Though Tenten as she walked up the steps into the stone building. She looked up to see the gold plated Suna Gallery sign welcoming her. There was major traffic on the roads so she's missed the opening ceremony. Also, there were so many cars in the parking lot that she had to park across the street at a café.

Who knew so many people actually came to these things. The chocolate eyed girl walked up to the entrance handed the guard who was standing there her ticket, TenTen civilly thanked him as he held the door for her as she went inside. She followed the signs to where it said the after party had been moved to grand ballroom, and pretty soon she found herself within the middle of the dance floor. Not being one for parties, she made her way over to the bar and ordered a Shirley Temple. Tenten noticed that the bartender was kind of cute. He had white hair and was wearing circular glasses. His name tag read "Kabuto". She started to make light conversation with him.

"So," Tenten spoke. "Is this supposed to be where someone starts splattering everyone with neon paint and everyone starts to have sex on the walls?" The bartender laughed and flashed her a smile.

"Yeah I know. You would think that this event would be about the appreciation of art with long boring speeches and slideshows and what not. But it turned out to be nothing more than a colossal party. Everything originally started out in the main exhibit area where all of the actual paintings are. However, more and more people started to show up so they were all herded in to here. The next thing I know someone plugged up their iPod one the speakers and, well, here we are. Excuse me for a second." Kabuto disappeared into a black room and came back with her drink. "Here you go, it's on the house."

"Thanks babe." Tenten said with a wink. While she sipped her drink as an idea popped into her head and she started to look very sad. Kabuto instantly took notice.

"Why the long face pretty?"

"I am just so upset at myself. I was counting on getting a chance to meet the famous painter Sai so he could sign this photo." Tenten pulled a photo out of her cleavage and showed it to Kabuto. In the picture was an elderly woman painting a floral mural on a wooden wall inside a log cabin.

"Is that your grandmother?"

The somber brunette nodded her slowly while placing the photo back in her pocket. "My granny was an excellent artist and what she lacks in capability she makes up for in artistic vision. She was recently put in the hospital for TB, and the doctors say that she doesn't have much longer to live. Considering Sai is one of her favorite artists, I figured an autograph would bring some joy to some of the final moments of her life." The story worked better than Tenten hoped because Kabuto's looked like he was about to break down into tears.

"That was *sniff* one of the saddest stories that I've ever heard." The snow-haired man started to pull himself together. "But I think I can help you."

"Oh? How so?" mused a surprised Tenten.

"Well, you didn't hear it from me, but I believe that Sai is still in the main exhibit area on the other side of the building. He didn't seem too thrilled when the party had to be moved to the ballroom."

"Do you think he's still there?"

"There's a strong chance he is."

"Oh thank you, Kabuto." Tenten gave him a quick peck on the cheek and started to make a path through the bodies of sweaty dancers. Kabuto merely blushed and held his cheek. Yeah man, I still got it.

Tenten had finally made it out of the ballroom and was making her way to the opposite side of the building by following random signs as she went deeper, darker parts of the complex.

Man this place gives off a creepy feel. Tenten thought. After walking for several minutes, Tenten thought she'd lost her way until she saw a bright light coming from the end of the corridor that she was walking down. The sunny glow seemed to be illuminating from the double doors at the end of the hall. Once she was there, she pushed her way into the candlelit exhibit. As she walked around her eyes took in the mass array of paintings, sculptures, and drawings made by various artists. Even though some were rather eccentric or too weird for her taste, there were quite a few that were really good-looking. One that caught her eye was a pastel painting of an adolescent girl holding a blue jay. Tenten noticed the indecisive look on the girl's face. She didn't seem to want to release the bird but knew she had to because the bird was struggling against her grasp. For some reason, Tenten started to feel connected to the young girl.

"Beautiful painting, isn't it?" Tenten's eyes grew to the size of saucers at the sound of the deep, monotone voice. She turned around quickly to meet the gaze of the person she had been looking for. Before her, stood the stoic painter in a pair of black jeans and a tight dark gray shirt under a black jacket. He seemed to be intrigued by his new guest.

"I take it that I scared you. Sorry, I have no manners. By the way, my name is Sai, but I'm fairly certain you already knew that." His voice sounded so empty that the woman couldn't tell whether he was being sarcastic or not.

"Oh, it's quite all right. You just surprised me is all; I didn't think anyone was in here." Tenten adjusted her beret while looking him up and down. By the way he dresses; he doesn't seem to be much of an exciting guy.

"Trying to get away from the noise?" Tenten nodded. Sai sighed and continued on. "You know it's really sad when something that was going to be a celebration of the arts turns into nothing more than a party full of drunken people dry humping each other. People make me sick." Sai walked over to painting and lightly touched it. "Not many people appreciate the value of masterpieces such as this." He didn't notice his new visitor walk up beside him.

"I know it depresses me because this pretty painting has such a deeper meaning. It is one that everyone can easily relate to." Sai looked at her intrigued.

"And what is that?" Does this woman even know what she's talking about?

"The struggle to hold on to innocence. The young girl is a teenager who is forced to grow up and become a more mature person, while the bird represents the innocence that she is trying to hold on to. Although she tries, she realizes that she can't keep it forever and that she will grow to be as corrupted as society wants her to be." Tenten was lost within the depths of the painting. No one wants to grow up too fast.

Internally Sai was shocked that she could even make such an in-depth analysis, but he didn't let it show. Perhaps I misjudged her. The pale man turned from the painting and offered her an elbow.

"Would you care to walk around this exhibit with me? I've never met a woman that respected art like you before." Tenten nodded and she wrapped her arm around his. The couple started to happily stroll around the showroom taking in the beauty of all the artwork. As they walked, Sai turned to his new acquaintance.

"By the way, I didn't catch your name."

"I go by Mika Yamamoto." Sai smiled a genuine smile and faced the front. Mika I like the sound of that.

15 Minutes Later…

Amongst the ocean of partygoers, there was a lone man standing off to the side slowly sipping his sake. His eyes were currently focused a sexy blonde dancing with two trampy looking Lady Gaga wannabe's. The ginger wrinkled his nose in disgust as he turned his attention to the masked man approaching him.

"Hey Sassy, why are you being such a party pooper? Join in on the fun." Tobi was obviously drunk off of his ass.

Sasori started to look very peeved. "Unlike you, I am actually doing my job by trying to see if I can find Sai before that whore does. How did we lose sight of him anyway?"

"I dunno, I kinda lost him after we all got moved from the art exhibit. He's probably off somewhere admiring some stupid painting."

Sasori gasped. "That's it! Tobi, let's move." The undercover officer grabbed Tobi by his sleeve and started to pull him towards the exit.

"Awe but they're playing my favorite song." whined Tobi as he hesitantly let Sasori drag him away from the dance floor.

Tenten and Sai had just finished looking around and now they were sitting on the outside patio talking.

"You know I'm having a lovely time with you Sai." Tenten purred dreamily. "You seem so different from other guys. Have you always been that way?"

Sai chuckled. "I guess you could say that I never really fit in anywhere. I guess that is how I became who I am today. Because I refused to be what others told me to be, I became my own person. Clearly, you know how that worked out." The pretty woman smiled and he grinned in return. "But still, even with the fame and fortune, I still feel like to loser kid from high school. I feel like I'm missing something." A lost expression appeared on his face.

Tenten started to get excited. He's venerable now, here's my chance. "You know what Sai? I feel that way too sometimes and I completely understand. There are times when I need someone to talk to, too." Tenten took a sharpie out of her pocket and grabbed Sai's hand. She scribbled a number upon his palm. "Whenever you need someone to talk to, call me."

Sai looked at him his palm and back at Mika. "It is comforting to know I have a shoulder to lean on. Hey I was wondering if you-" A crash was heard from inside the gallery along with some cursing.

"Dammit Tobi, I told you to be careful." A scolding voice harshly whispered.

"Well excuse me if that mannequin decided to run over my foot!" A higher voice yelled that sounded in pain. Sai heaved a deep moan and rubbed his temples.

"Shit, it's those two again."

"Who are they?" Tenten asked with her stomach sinking.

"They're kind of like my bodyguards except even more annoying. I think you'd better leave." He pointed to a path that led off of the patio. "If you go that way and around the building, you will end up in the parking lot.

Awe I was just starting to have fun. "Until we meet again." Tenten squeezed his hand one more time and ran off of the patio. When Sai heard footsteps behind him, he turned to meet a redhead with an injured brunette accompanying him.

"Sasori, Tobi are you enjoying the party?" Sai asked emotionless.

"Yes but we were looking for you. Were you talking to someone out here?" Sasori looked around for signs of another person.

"No, it's just me here; the party scene isn't really my thing." He pointed to Tobi's foot. "I think that we should get him some medical attention. I'll go find some ice, you two wait here." Sai then vanished into the building. Sasori looked skeptical. I knew I heard another voice. What is he keeping from us?

"Sasori, sorry to interrupt you but I think my foot is swollen," Tobi whined. "I think I need to sit down. Sasori rolled his eyes and helped Tobi into the chair opposite of where Sai was just sitting. Next time I do a job, I'm requesting a different partner.

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