Yo everyone!! I'm sorry it took me so long to get this chapter up, but at least i got up now. I'm ganna try, (keyword TRY) To get a new chapter up every week or so, so please don't give up on me, i don't plan on ending this story anytime soon. Alright, enough of my babbling.

Kankuro- Where. have. you. BEEN?

Plum- Soooorry, un!

Kankuro- Don't give me that, you've been gone a while!

Plum- Will you forgive me, yeah? Pretty please, with a cookie on top, un!

Kankuro- Cookies?!? What?!? whatever, sure!

Gaara- Did someone say cookies?

Plum- I don't own Naruto or any of that good stuff!

Sakura- ON WITH THE STORY!

Enjoy, yeah!

Chapter 9

"Okay guys, that's enough." Sakura stated wearily as she watched Sasuke continue towards Kankuro.

"Sasuke, I don't know what's up with you man, but your creeping me out." Kankuro shifted slightly waiting for Sasuke to stop striding towards him.

Sasuke glanced back at Sai, hoping he'd see some sort of signal that he didn't have to do this, but all he got was a simple smirk for him.'I can't believe this!!' He finally reached Kankuro, but just stood there about a foot away from him. His head was bent downwards and Kankuro just stood there. (A/N: RUN KANKURO, RUN!)

"Okay what are--" Tenten stopped in mid sentence when Sasuke suddenly lunged out and pulled Kankuro into a 'loving' hug.

Click. Flash.

"GAH! WHAT THE HELL?? GET EM OFF ME! GET EM OFF ME!!" Kankuro struggled trying to get Sasuke off him. Which he didn't prevail, instead Sasuke leaned up and gave him a slight kiss on the cheek.

Click. Flash.

That left Kankuro frozen, as well as the rest of the room.

Sasuke turned to Sai who was cracking smirks left and right, and then dashed out of the room into the kitchen.

"Oh. My. God. What the hell, just happened??" Temari was the first to break the drawn out silence.

"I think…I think Sasuke, just kissed…" Everyone was sort of at a lost for words. Never in their entire lives could they imagine Sasuke doing something so…so, ABSURD!!

"Yeah, he did alright." Tenten shook her head vigorously.

"That was quite--" Sakura started…

"--unexpected, is what it was." Kankuro finished clenching his fist. He was blushing from embarrassment, but no one could tell do to his makeup which was still plastered to his face.

"Uhm, Kankuro? Are you going to be okay?" Temari asked sweetly as she cautiously walked over to her brother. She placed a hand on his shoulder and he immediately snapped.

"SAKURA!"

"Uhm, uh, yes…Kankuro?" Sakura questioned, surprised by his outburst.

"I WANT A SHOWER! NOW!"

"Uh…er…okay, follow me." Sakura got up and led the fuming Kankuro to the bathroom.

With everyone in the living room

"Well, I do have to say tonight has been FULL of surprises." Sai chuckled as he stood up off the couch and stretched.

"You could say that again." Kiba sighed. All of this was actually getting pretty interesting.

"So, does that mean Sasuke likes--" Ino was cut off when Sasuke walked into the room. Everyone just stopped and stared at him.

He rolled his eyes and walked over to Sai. "Sai, we should talk."

"Ooo la la." Kiba smirked at made kissy faces at Sasuke.

"SHUT UP!" Sasuke glared and grabbed Sai by the arm and dragged him into the kitchen.

Meanwhile with Kankuro and Sakura

Sakura turned on the shower and grabbed a towel out of the closet while Kankuro just stood there.

"Here you go. The towels on the toilet and the wash cloth is already in the shower." Sakura smiled at him and began to walk past him.

Before she could get very far Kankuro grabbed her by the arm and pulled her into a long hug. Sakura just stood there, completely shocked.

Click. Flash.

"Uhm K-Kankuro…are, are you o-okay?" Sakura stuttered for her words, but she was at a loss for composure. Embarrassment quickly overwhelmed her.

Kankuro let her go and pushed her out of the bathroom door and slammed it shut. "Wh-what exactly just happened?" She asked herself, but actually not wanting an answer. She simply brushed it off and made her way back to the others.

Back with the others

"--well technically he did say--oh Sakura…" Kiba stopped and turned to her.

"Uhm, hey. Okay well Kankuro's in the shower." Sakura replied as she roughly flopped on the couch next to Temari.

"Okay guys, I think we should start looking for Neji. Have you all forgotten him?" Tenten asked while standing up getting ready to start their search.

"Oh right! Okay, well we should wait for everyone because it's supposed to be a game, remember?" Temari pointed out.

"Mhm, okay. Once everyone's back we'll start our search game for Neji." Tenten sat silently after that, thinking of ways she could win this game and make everyone have to do something embarrassing. She so looked forward to this.

Meanwhile with Sasuke and Sai

"Okay, so what'd you want?" Sai asked as they reached the kitchen.

"This is getting out of hand Sai! Everyone thinks I like Kankuro now!" Sasuke was boiling with anger and wanted this all to end.

"No one said that you like Kankuro." Sai calmly smirked.

"They don't have to Sai. You know they think that! For goodness sakes you made me KISS HIM!!"

"Only on the cheek."

"ONLY?!? I DON'T KISS GUYS!"

"You kissed Kankuro, he's a guy."

"SAI--"

"Oh, hey guys, we're ganna start the search for Neji soon so hurry up." Ino suddenly poked her head into the kitchen and left just as fast not waiting for a reply.

"Looks like this little talk is done." Sai replied as he started walking towards the kitchen door.

"Wait sai. You can't keep making me do this, I won't let you."

"Ugh. Sasuke listen. You have no choice, you have to do what I say or else Sakura will be finding out about how you read her diary. I don't think she'd appreciate that, do you?" Sai was just at the door when he turned and smirked, " Then, you'd never have a shot with her." He said that last nerve wrenching sentence and walked back to the living room.

"GAH! What the hell? What makes him think I want a chance with her?" Sasuke stomped out of the kitchen and back to the living room to join the others.

With everyone

"Everyone here then?" Temari asked counting heads.

"No, Kankuro's still in the shower." Sakura added.

"Still? Go check on him will ya?" Temari asked Sakura huffing and puffing about how her brother's a girl in disguise.

"W-what? W-why m-me?" Sakura blushed, remembering what happened only a while ago.

"What's the problem? Just go knock on the door or something." Temari shooed her with her hand as Sakura stood and walked off.

'Geez, why me?' Sakura stood in front of the door, not really wanting anything to do with Kankuro at the moment. She took a deep breath, held up her hand to knock, and in…

3...

2...

1...The door opened and Sakura ended up hitting Kankuro's chest instead of the door.

"Why hello there." Kankuro smiled at her and placed a hand on his hip.

Sakura quickly jerked her hand away pulling it to her chest "I uh, uh, was just coming to uh, get you."

"Hmm, are you sure you weren't just planning on sneaking in with me?" Kankuro grinned at her and leaned down a little. Pratically hovering over her.

"W-what? N-no I was r-really j-just--"

"Whoa, chill Sakura, I was only joking. Didn't know you would get that worked up."

"I'M NOT GETTING WORKED UP! IT'S JUST ALL OF THIS IS SO DAMN CONFUSING!" Sakura pulled both fists to her side and leaned up to yell at him.

"Oh, okay. So your NOT getting worked up? Whatever you say." Kankuro threw his used towel over her head and started walking off down the stairs.

"GAH! WHAT?!?" Sakura grabbed the towel and whipped it at the back of his head, hitting him directly. He smirked and threw the towel back at her, but ran back to the living room before she could get a chance at revenge.

"What's with him?" Sakura huffed and threw the towel in the dirty clothes then made her way back to the others.

Back with the others

"Okay, now that everyone's here, we need to start searching for Neji. He's been gone a while, and I'm getting kinda worried." Temari stated as everyone stood around preparing for their search.

"Okay, so this is going to be a game right?" Ino asked placing a finger on her chin.

"Yeah. Whoever finds him first gets to choose something embarrassing for the rest of the losers to do." Kankuro cleared up.

"Well, my house isn't that big, so it shouldn't be that hard to find him. Maybe we should go in groups, or pairs?" Sakura asked hoping they'd all agree.

"Sakura, what the heck, your house is huge. We've only been hanging out on the fist two floors, you've got like five." Tenten busted out throwing her hands up for emphasis.

"Okay, that's a good idea. So let's pair up." Kankuro decided considering the game was his idea.

"Alright, but I get to choose the pairs cause I'm the oldest." Temari smirked pointing to herself.

"Hey! It's my house."

"So…okay, well I'm going to be with Sai. Ino can have lazy bum, cause she's the only one who will actually get him moving." Temari smirked at Ino's distorted expression.

"Ugh, fine!" Ino walked over to Shikamaru who was sleeping on the couch. "Hey! Lazyass! GET UP!!"

"GAAH! MY EARS!" Shikamaru's eyes shot open and he grabbed his ears falling onto the floor in the mean time.

Ino smiled sweetly and Temari "happy?" Temari shook her head and continued on with the pairing.

"Hinata gets to go with Naruto. She's the only one who can withstand his constant talk of ramen."

"Tenten you can go with Lee. You're his team mate after all, you should work well together."

"Sakuraaaa uhm, you get to go with Kiba, because I decided so."

Sasuke glared at Kiba once he heard that and Kiba simply smiled at Sakura who looked back at him.

"Wait! That leaves…ME AND SASUKE?!?" Kankuro stared dumbfounded at his sister.

"Mhm!" Temari smiled at him innocently then screamed "LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!" and bounded off down a hallway leading to who knows where with Sai being dragged behind.

"YEAH! LET THE GAMES BEGIN!" Everyone took a different direction and started the search for Neji.

Okay, so that was my chapter, yeah! I'm so happy i got it up by tonight, i spent i while writing it, un. Hope you enjoyed it. I wasn't so sure about this chapter, it jumped around a lot, but it's needed for the story, un.

Sai- I love you.

Plum- Uhm, i love you too, un?

Gaara- What was that? GLARES

Plum- I-i mean, no, i only love Gaara, un!

Gaara- That's what i thought, Sai?

Sai- Review please!

Plum- What he said, yeah!

Reviews are fuel for the writing, un!