Sunday, December 1st, 2013.

Hey guys! I literally JUST caught up with the SnK/AoT manga. I have one more chapter to catch up with Before the Fall (prequel-ly thing to SnK) (my site has 3 chapters released so far) and then I'm gonna read the Gaiden (side story starring Levi).

Dayum, SnK. I can't wait to see this in animation whenever the next season comes out.

And cry while I watch it, dammit.

Though I had a couple days off of school, I got hardly anything constructive done during it. All I was able to do, at least, was write to chapters for this story (it was supposed to be one, but I split it). I didn't even do my homework, dammit.

Oh, well... 3 more weeks and I'll be off school for winter break. I plan to finish FMA and all the OVAs and movies, and maybe watch Code Geass, and maybe even AnoHana. Dunno... I might chicken out again. Too damn sad. Oh, and I plan to see A Garden of Words (made by the same studio as 5cm Per Second, judging by the animation), which I think I'll like better than 5cm Per Second, as well as Wolf Children.

And since my dad's going outta the country, I had him order Strong World (OP movie) for my birthday and X-Mas, since he'll be missing them. FUNi dubbed it, and the CD has the sub, dub, trailers, Brook introduction (because as far as the series go, they haven't gotten to him yet), and introducing Ian Sinclaire, who voices Brooke (perfectly) if I remember right.

Awesome!

Guest Review Responses:

Osiria Rose: Thank you, and you're right. Thanks again. I can't believe I missed that, either. I didn't even notice I misspelled it until the reviews told me. How do I screw up "Yoshino"? Oh, that's cool then!

Chloe: Thank you. I will. :) I plan on finishing this.

Disclaimer: There'd be more character development for EVERYONE. So no, I don't own it. I still love it, though.

Dedication: andshewasahurricane.

Warnings: The girls and guys are perverts, and apparently I am, too, for writing this. Nothing too bad, and only in the first part.

Couples: SasuSaku, ShikaTema, brief mention of GaaMatsu, mention of NejiTen, mention of IbikixAnko (IbAnko) if you squint real hard, SuiKa, and I think that's really it.

Length:

No AN: ~3.7k+.

AN: ~5.2k+.

Like I said before, I actually wrote two chapters by accident when intending to write one, so the next chapter's already nearly completely written.

Now I need to write ReWind's chapter... which I planned on doing but the one-that-became-two chapters for DoOver took too much time...

Anyway, enjoy, my lovelies!


Chapter 42: Girl's Night/Day Out (& Suspicions) Part 2


Guys' POV/Narrator on Guys' Side

"Guys, stop it!" Sakura said.

I could totally see her crossing her arms over her chest right now, Naruto thought. That's something she'd do.

He –like the other boys– were suppressing blushes at what some of the girls (*cough* Ino *cough*) were teasing not only Sakura, but Karin and Matsuri about, too. Their smaller chest sizes.

Yeah. That's Ino for you.

"Yeah, I think that's enough." Karin agreed.

"Alright, alright, I'll stop," Ino said, her laughs finally dying down as she even wiped a freaking tear from her eye. Not that the guys could see, though.

"It's just-… Ha! A… a"Bad Girl" version of Hinata called you a pettanko(1) while you were in the hot spring in this dream of yours? And I was shy and conservative? And Tenten was clumsy? Neji was a pervert? Shino with pesticide? Kiba without Akamaru? Dumb Shikamaru?! Playboy Sasuke?! This is the most ridiculous dream I have ever heard of! It should totally be a movie!"

"Playboy Sasuke?!" Naruto exclaimed.

The tension broke again as the boys all (sans Sasuke, of course, and some other few stoic guys) burst into laughter.

"That's ridiculous!"

Temari continued to laugh as well. "I would buy that damn movie and replay it over and over and over! Dumb Shikamaru! I can't get over that!"

"Of course you'd only care about Shikamaru," Ino teased her.

"Again, shut up Yamanaka."

Cue suggestive gestures and deadly glares toward the Nara.

Since Jiraiya came back, all the boys have heard are teasing remarks to the "apparently" smaller chest sizes of some of the girls (like the guys hadn't already noticed – they're in the peak of puberty for goodness' sake), and no, not including Hanabi and Moegi (which is expected because they're younger); general comments about all the girls' chest sizes, complete with a labeled size for each of them (I guess it's to be expected when you're in a hot spring, since you can well, see them); a weird dream that Sakura had about an alternate universe(2) (which apparently only Naruto shares, but was declared unimportant and separate to the dreams the guys care about); and Ino teasing all the girls about the "romantic tension" she claims they have with the guys. Very scarcely, though, surprisingly, compared to the rest of their conversations.

But that doesn't mean it was any less awkward for the boys, including the adults, to listen to, however.

However, they heard nothing of value.

Nothing that hinted that the girls were nothing else but normal, well… teenage girls.

Until now.

"I mean, unlike Tsunade, it's not like there's potential for you to like, grow gigantic melons or anything. You don't grow much, Sakura. Neither do Matsuri and Karin, now that I think about it." Ino commented.

This caught the guys' attention. Mostly because they're perverts, but for the smarter ones, like Shikamaru, the wording was suspicious. Is she saying there's no chance for her to grow more? But how would she know that?

"I know, so can we shut up, Ino?" Sakura's voice made it sound like she was on the verge on hitting her. She confirmed it, Shikamaru thought. But… How does that make sense?

"What?" Neji questioned, also confused.

"Alright, alright, I'll shut up. For reals, this time. Promise."

And that was when, as Jiraiya warned, the audio suddenly turned to nothing but pure, loud, static.

"Told you the audio sucked. This is the best it's ever worked," he said. "It's gonna go in and out like that sometimes."

Shikamaru sighed. "On the bright side, we did find our first clue."

"How, did you find a clue in that conversation?" Kiba asked incredulously.

"We found one, because unlike you, not everyone was thirsting to find out what category or size their girls' chests were put into. We actually listened for what we were supposed to – clues." Neji replied, snarkily.

"Don't tell us you're not privately pleased inside that your girlfriend's not 'small', and is 'average', dude." Kankuro said. "You're still a guy with hormones, as much as your hair says otherwise."

Before Neji can snap out a reply, one of the guys with the title Mr. Above-Average-#2 (meaning larger than normal, but not in danger of becoming Tsunade-size) interrupted and got the guys back on subject. (Shikamaru – Temari was had that size. Anko did as well, so Ibiki is Mr. Above-Average-#1)(3)

"The clue, believe or not, was Ino's comment of saying Sakura's… breasts were not going to grow too much larger, and Sakura confirming that. Whatever the 'unlike Tsunade' part meant," the pineapple-head boy explained.

"And what's weird about that one?" Naruto asks.

"How would Ino and Sakura already know how large Sakura's boobs would or would not grow to be?" Jiraiya answered. "Because you'd all hit me if I used a different example, I'll just use this one – it's like knowing how tall you're going to end up being already when you're only in the beginning of your growing stage. You can't know how much something is going to grow, especially at this point in puberty."

"Oh," Kiba said. "I guess that is pretty weird."

"What was the Tsunade comment about, though?" Shisui asked.

"Tsunade was flat as a board until she was nearing 15. Then, it was like her chest exploded. She grew unusually fast, and by the time she was in her mid-late twenties, her boobs were the size they are now. That's also a bit around age she's supposed to look like, if not too much older." Jiraiya explained. "Well, actually, judging by her whole body, I think that's what she looked like in her mid-thirties."

Naruto gave his mentor a look. "There's no way she was flat for that long."

Jiraiya nodded seriously. "Honest. Unlike other girls, who would have little molehills by then at the very least, Tsunade literally had the build of an 11-year old boy. She honestly had nothing. I would know - I peeked on her in the hot springs enough times. And I have photographic proof, too, of when she was flat and when she started growing. She's wearing clothes in them, of course. I couldn't get any nudes."

Wanting to move away from the subject, Inoichi injected his own words in the conversation. "You're right, Shikamaru. She wouldn't know how much she'd grow unless she somehow already knew the physique of her older self. Which is impossible, unless…"

"TIME TRAVEL!" Lee yelled. "She already knows because that's her real self – she's only in her younger self's body!"

Shikamaru rolled his eyes. "Or, they've been having the dreams, too. We all seem to be around 16, then. We know what we look like at 16. We all know Naruto has a huge growth spurt, for instance."

Suddenly, the audio feed returned.

"-Should get going, yeah?" They heard Tsunade say. "We've stayed in here long enough."

"… to the house…" came Mikoto's voice.

"Damn, they're leaving the hot spring!" Asuma cursed.

"What now?" Kakashi asked. "Unless someone knows where they're going and has cameras set up there, we've got nothing else to do but spy in person. Which is even stupider than this."

"Actually," Shisui said sheepishly. "I do."

Sasuke turned to his cousin. "What?"

"Mom said they were going to three places– the massage place, hot springs, and the house to 'be girls'. So, she kicked me out of the Manor after letting me have time to get anything I needed to spend the night at my place. Not to mention, Mom did just say, 'to the house.'"

"Okay, so how do you have cameras wired in your own home?" Chouji asked.

"Back when we were kids, Sasuke, me and Ita-… us kids decided to practice our espionage skills and spy on Mom and Fugaku-Tou when they had conversations that were labeled 'Adult Talks'," Shisui explained, putting air quotes on the last two words.

"We did it for two days before Mom and Fugaku-Tou found out. I took most of them away (they were mine)after we were punished, but then gave them to Sasuke when he was a bit older and frustrated that, once again, he was excluded in convos that me and Voldemort(4) were allowed to hear. But I stole them from him again before long. I still have them, and I even set them up a few years back just for the hell of it. They should still be working. They've just been off for a while, gathering dust."

"… Are you serious?" Shikaku asked.

"I thought you got rid of those…" Sasuke muttered. "But they're still set up?"

Shisui nodded. "Relax, Lil' Cuz. I haven't used them on anyone except on myself just to see if they still work. I can go get the speakers, if you want. They're in my apartment."

"Where are they set up, exactly?" Shikamaru asked.

"The living room. Where Mom said they'll all be talking and sleeping and stuff."

"Go get them, then."

"Alright, see you later." And Shisui left.


Karin POV

"Come on, honey, just tell me! It couldn't have been that bad, could it?" Mikoto begged Sakura. "How bad of a kisser could Sasuke-kun have been, huh? He's an Uchiha – he has to be decent at the very least."

"But-… I-I mean-… -it's not like-" Sakura stuttered, her face the color of my hair.

I couldn't help myself – I laughed and laughed and laughed, actually rolling on the floor and laughing some more.

This is just too funny!

"Karin, quit laughing at my misery!" Sakura whined. "I thought you were supposed to be on my side!"

"I'm-, ha! -On no side, haha!" But I did try to calm down at least.

"Could you at least just tell me where you and Sasuke-kun first kissed? Please?" Mikoto pulled the puppy dog eyes. Poor Sakura!

"Yeah, Sakura." Tsunade agreed, her face stern. "Tell us all about it."

"Man, you really don't like Sasuke, do you Tsunade?" Anko commented, hearing the tone in the Hokage's voice.

"Something like that."

"Why?" Kurenai asked. "I don't think it's his attitude or anything, because you'd have the same problem with Neji-san, too, then."

"It's not," Tsunade answered. "Though that Hyuuga does tick me off a bit, it's different from Sasuke."

"Is because you consider Sakura your daughter?" Mitsuki wondered. "Because you don't like the thought of her being with anyone? In an over-protective parent sort of way?"

"You're good," Temari praised. "Sounds plausible. Especially if that 'anyone' is someone like that Uchiha."

However, Tsunade just rolled her eyes. "I dunno. Something about him just makes my blood boil. Doesn't mean I'll purposely mistreat him for it or anything. God knows what I'd do to certain people if that were the case. And I'm the Hokage, for goodness' sake. I'd get impeached or something if I did something like that." Of course, some of us knew the real reason Tsunade didn't like the Uchiha, despite her willing to treat him civilly and give him a chance, just like she did in the future.

She's afraid of him breaking Sakura's heart. And Naruto's. And the rest of the team's and all their friends' hearts, too; not to mention the hearts of the family he has left alive this time, as well.

But she mostly cares about those two having their hearts (and spirits) broken by Sasuke.

Again.

"Hey!" Sakura protested. "Sasuke-kun isn't that bad."

"Agreed." Mikoto said, nodding. "He is my son, after all. The cutest one. But I understand there are certain parts of him that are, well... parts that could use a little polishing."

"More like a lot of polishing," Tsunade snorted.

"It's great and all that we established that Tsunade wants to rip Sasuke-kun's head off, but can we get back to the important stuff?" Ino injected, huffing impatiently. "Like why Sakura didn't tell her best friend and not-quite-blood sister that Sasuke-kun's kissed her already!"

"But you knew!" Sakura exclaimed.

"Because I know you!" Ino yelled back. "But you weren't planning on telling me!"

"Because I knew this would happen!"

While those two went back and forth, the rest of us just sat back and ate popcorn and yogurt and drinking tea. Weird foods to eat at the same time but they're all good, so it's okay.

"W-well," Sakura started, stuttering slightly. Her eyes raked across the room and I knew she was planning on using one of us as a distraction from Ino. I hope she doesn't pick me…

"Karin found Temari and Shikamaru making out in a tree the other day!" Cue half of us spitting out our drinks, the rest choking on popcorn. Way to sic her on us, Sakura.

"WHAT?!" Ino and Temari yelled.

"I knew it!" Ino exclaimed. She stood up and did a happy dance. "There's hope for you two yet!"


Guys POV/Narrator on Guys' Side

Meanwhile, the boys were contently sipping on their own tea (and coffee) while not only listening to the audio feed from the Uchiha living room, but also watching the girls' antics in a grainy, black and white picture.

Not much can be made out, but the audio worked fine, which was okay, and the sensible boys were glad there wasn't too much more amo for the girls to use against them and kill them with once they found out they were spying on them today. This was bad enough.

And there was no doubt the girls would find out. They were kinda planning on letting them know, anyway.

Naruto, in the meanwhile, was happily teasing Sasuke constantly about kissing their teammate. "Come on, man, why didn't you tell me? You should've told Uncle Naruto everything, I'd help you out."

Sasuke was about to angrily retort, "With what experience?", when the ShikaTema bomb was dropped.

Shikamaru spit out his tea (he wasn't in the mood for coffee) while his best friend, Chouji, choked violently on his own.

Shikaku, however, was one of the calmest in the room, only coughing slightly before regaining his composure and finishing his cup of tea, before pouring more.

Gaara, though, was the calmest, sipping his tea (because Matsuri insisted it was better for him than coffee, and that he didn't need any other reason to not sleep at night) like he didn't have a care in the world.

At least, at first.

Once the news sunk in, he suddenly took the tea away from his mouth, gave it a weird look, and then set it down on the table next to him with a disgusted expression on his face.

Kankuro, meanwhile, was struggling to breathe after choking violently on his coffee, before Kiba came and did the Heimlich maneuver (maybe with a little too much force) and he could breathe again.

All eyes turned to the younger Nara.

His face reddened considerably.

"T-to be e-exact," he stuttered. "W-we weren't m-m-making out, we were j-just kissing. Th-there's a difference."

Temari, on the screen, said the same thing (minus the stutters, because for whatever reason she spoke very calmly and she also added "I would know," at the end) when Karin snorted and retorted, "Had I arrived any later, I would've found you two sticking your tongues down each others throats."

Konohamaru and Udon gagged, along with Naruto.

Asuma had this odd expression on his face, like he wasn't sure whether to be proud or disgusted about hearing this about his favorite pupil.

"Probably." Temari didn't deny it, only shrugging her shoulders.

Shikamaru, however, continued to shrink in his seat in embarrassment, and become redder and redder.

Kakashi, Ebisu, and Jiraiya (AKA, "The Perverts") all snickered behind their hands.

"I was right!" Ino exclaimed. "I know Shika so well – he thinks he can come home all calm and suave - yeah right! During dinner that night –the Yamankas, Akimichis, and Naras had dinner together– he was constantly staring in to space while having this stupid grin on his face. And then he even blushed. I can't believe he didn't notice us staring."

Chouji groaned. "Ino was right. I thought so, too, but I couldn't believe it."

"Dad," Shikamaru started. "Was I really that obvious?"

"Yes." Inoichi, Chouza, Chouji and Shikaku said at the same time.

"That's how I knew," Shikaku said, explaining his calmness. "I had a sneaking suspicion something was going on, and your mother has the eyes of a hawk. She insisted something happened both that day and the night you two slept together. She has been, as she and you kids call it, 'shipping' you two together since she first met her in the hospital."

Shikamaru looked mortified.

"You did what with my sister?" Kankuro yelled, grabbing the young Nara by the collar.

"Oh, and Kankuro?" Shikaku said.

"What?" Kankuro growled, spitting in Shikamaru's face.

"By sleeping, I meant actual sleeping. Not sex."

"… Oh." Kankuro let Shikamaru go and shuffled over to his own seat. As he sat, he huffed and looked away from the stares, which turned back to Shikamaru, the far more interesting subject.

But quite quickly, the guys' attention was turned back to the TV screen (which Shisui wired up his "Spy Gear"(5) to, as he called it) at the next words.

"He confessed to you, right?" Ino was eagerly jumping up and down, while Temari rolled her eyes at her excitement and nodded.

"Oh, crap. Ugh." Shikamaru threw himself down on the floor, lying on his back and covering his face with a throw pillow from the couch in embarrassment. "Somebody just shoot me now. Please."

"And you teased him for it, didn't you?" Tenten asked, her tone incredulous.

"Who would I be if I didn't?" Came Temari's nonchalant answer.

"That's cruel!" Sakura exclaimed, as she and Hinata both grasped their hearts with their hands.

"Do you have any idea how much courage that takes!" Hinata agreed, horrified.

Sakura groaned and ran her hand down her face. "But knowing Shikamaru, he was probably expecting you to do that. Probably mentally prepared himself for it too. Damn, Shika."

This talk about confessions peaked Sasuke's interest. How would they know "how much courage that takes"? They haven't confessed to anyone… have they?

"So are you together, then?" Matsuri asked, excited.

"Probably not," Karin said, by now knowing Temari pretty decently.

"Nope." Temari said, popping the "p".

By now, Shikamaru was back in his seat, over his embarrassment (for the most part), and rolling his eyes at the looks of pity directed his way.

"Ouch. Sorry, kiddo." Chouza said, patting Shikamaru's back.

"It's okay, guys." Shikamaru said.

"No it's not!" Naruto exclaimed. "You kissed her, confessed to her, and then you get rejected after all that? That has to hurt! It's okay to hurt sometimes, man. You're only human."

Shikamaru gave his friend a weird look. "Look, guys, Naruto, I appreciate the sentiment… I think. But that speech should be directed toward somebody like Sasuke, not me. Really, it's okay."

"How-"

"She's in denial," Shikamaru, Karin, Gaara and Kankuro said in unison.

"See?" Shikamaru said, pointing to the screen. "They get it."

"Temari's weird, that way." Kankuro said, sighing.

"I believe Matsuri called her 'tsundere'." Gaara commented.

"She likes him," Karin continued. "But denies it because she's so damn stubborn. And tsundere."

"So like you and your ex-teammate." Anko stated.

"No!" Karin's face went aflame. "I actually hate his guts!"

"Hated his guts. Not now." Sakura teased. "And it sounds like to me that when you had your old crush on your Leader, you were the literal definition of 'tsundere' whenever anyone pointed out your obvious feelings for him. Certainly seems that way again now with your new feelings for you-know-who."

"Shut up, Sakura!" Karin crossed her arms. "I hate him now, I always have, and I always will! He's such a creepy asshole!"

"Who are they talking about?" Shino questioned.

The boys shrugged.

"Dunno." Naruto said.

"Wow." Mitsuki said. "You really are tsundere, aren't you? Even more so than Temari!"

"Hey!" Temari and Karin said indignately. "I'm not tsundere!" They continued in unison.

"Sure, you're not." Hana giggled.

"I thought you said you were friends now, Karin?" Sakura questioned, a grin on her cheeks. "How can you hate him so much if you're friends?"

"The same way Naruto and Sasuke do. Just not nearly as close as those two, because if this was an anime, those two would be a popular yaoi couple, I swear."(6)

"So a love-hate relationship."

"I'd say tolerate-hate relationship, but whatever."

"You know no one here believes you, right?"

"Because you all thirst for the romance you don't have in your lives and are deprived of so you try to fabricate romance (desperately) in others' lives?"

"Hey!" Everyone yelled indignantly.

"It's true."

"For most of us, maybe. *cough* Tsunade *cough* But Ino and I are perfectly settled in that department. And Matsuri, apparently." Tenten said.

"Karin." Sakura injected, giving her friend a hard stare.

"What?"

"Admit it."

"I will not admit to something that does not exist."

"You just told me the other day!(7) And, back when you first moved here!"

"…" Karin scowled.

"Before we go on, can the rest of us know who you're talking about?" Mura asked.

Karin looked at them, then back at Sakura.

"I'll tell them if they swear to keep their mouths shut and you tell the others all about the multiple times you've kissed Sasuke!"

Sakura had a shocked look on her face.

"Geez, dude." Naruto said, giving his friend a look. "And you two aren't together yet? Here I thought it was just once or twice."

Sasuke looked away in annoyance. "I don't want to hear this from the guy who's never even kissed his girl yet. So shut up."

After pestering from Mikoto and Ino, Sakura reluctantly agreed.

"Fine." The girls cheered. "But this better not get to Sasuke-kun. I don't think I'll be able to look him in the eyes after I tell you all this. And Karin goes first."

The guys gave Sasuke a look.

"Well, we're dead anyway, so Sasuke's might-as-well-be-girlfriend not looking at him is the least of our problems," Kiba said.

"You say that, yet you have no idea how hard and well Sakura can throw a punch." Naruto shuddered.

"Alright," Karin took a deep breath. "His name is Suigetsu Hozuki, that blue haired kid that He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named brought back."

"Oh, right! You two knew each other, didn't you?" Anko asked.

Karin nodded.

"We're all Oreo's former experiments. Juugo – the other kid– is a favorite of his, and Suigetsu is just an apparently interesting pain in the ass. I used to help Kabuto do experiments and checkups and stuff on some of the test subjects. Suigetsu was a frequent one.

"Then, a while after, Leader came by. He planned on leaving Orochimaru –who was planning on making him his next vessel– after a couple of years of training after him and enacting his revenge on someone.

"He gathered Juugo, Suigetsu and I to go with him. Juugo was in it because he had some kind of allegiance to him, Suigetsu went to get out of the lair and to look for the swords of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist, and I went because I was a crazy fangirl that was in love with him. Though at that time, we were at different bases, so it took a bit to gather all of us. We sorta became friends by the end of our journey together.

"After the revenge was done, we were all split up by then – I was alone with Leader and we assumed Suigetsu and Juugo were together, but we didn't know where. Leader, trying to kill some other guys in some new vengeance and nearly killed me in the process when I was used as a shield. And in a fit of insanity, he tried to finish me off later. Twice, technically, but the second time wasn't by his own hands. It didn't work out, obviously, but I fell unconscious then. I haven't seen him since and it's pretty safe to assume he's dead. After that, I went to grass and then the Chunin Exams came around a while later and here I am. In Konoha." Karin finished.

The boys injested this information, some of them (Shikamaru, Neji, and Sai) taking notes. This sounds like the dreams…, they thought.

After a moment of silence, the girls started again. "Okay, Sakura. Your turn."

Sakura sighed, lying on her back and covering her arms with her eyes, embarrassed. Although, from her position, the cameras couldn't see her face.

"Where should I start?"


(1): Term for a girl (or woman) with small breasts. Really.
(2): If you haven't figured it out by now, I am talking about the Road to Ninja movie. Naruto and Sakura were the only ones with this dream for obvious reasons. And because of that, it wasn't deemed important. (It has no role in the story except for comedic purposes.)
(3): If this confused you, both Temari and Anko were put in the "Above Average" label for the breasts sizes the girls came up with. Adding "Mr." infront refers to the guy they're paired to. Shikamaru and Ibiki are Mr. Above Average #2 and #1 respectively. Sorry if this does't makes sense. God, I feel like a pervert.
(4): Itachi, because he didn't want to say his name.
(5): I'm pretty sure there are some toys with that name, but if there is, I didn't do that on purpose. "All references to actual things or franchises are pure coincidence." Just taking a note from TV and stuff. And Durarara!, because they had anime references and other references EVERYWHERE. Blatant references.
(6): There are. Practically the #1 couple in the fandom. The other top couples are NaruSaku, NaruHina, and SasuSaku. Sasuke and Naruto are like Sanji and Zoro from One Piece. They're relationship is a lot alike. Main difference is, they care a whole lot more about each other (though now that seems one sided) and were close, legit friends. Zoro and Sanji... they're crew members, so of course they care, but compared to Sasuke and Naruto, they might as well be Shizuo and Izaya (DRRR!) who ACTUALLY, GENUINELY, hate each other's guts.
So it's pretty clear why SasuNaru/NaruSasu are so popular. Guys with love-hate or hate-hate relationships are guaranteed a ship in the fandom.
(7): That was off-screen. Maybe the day after the Invasion, when Sakura woke up with a nightmare. And the time about when she moved here was on-screen. Her personal chapter. I think it was like #13.

QotW: #1: X-Mas present suggestions. It's coming up soon, and I need as many ideas as possible.
#2: Favorite American cartoon(s)? If you don't know any, favorite cartoon of your native country? (Example: American; Teen Titans. Italian; Winx Club [I remember it was Italian originally]) It doesn't have to have been aired in the US.

I feel like a pervert for writing part of this chapter... and it's not even that bad at all!

Maybe it's because I'm such a huge goody-two-shoes...

Love,

Cherry.