Not long after the last story, the door opened once again. This time it was Jiraya, followed by Sakura and Ino, who were both wearing nothing but their bathing suits.
"What on Earth? Why aren't you guys wearing clothes? It's freezing outside!" Sasuke asked laughing.
Sakura glared, "Does it look like we like wearing these?"
"I do, people seem to recognize me more." Ino said, smiling at a few guys at the table over. Gaara was still finishing off his last plate of food.
When he looked up at the newcomers he said, "What has Jiraya done now?"
"What makes you think I did anything?"
"They are two girls, wearing bikinis, in a bar AND IT'S MIDNIGHT! Maybe it's just me, but I don't think that happens too much around here."
"It would happen a whole lot more if I was in charge of this place! Oh yeah!" Jiraya boasted, ignoring the glares of all the women in the building.
"So, are you going to explain?" Sasuke asked.
Jiraya looked over at Sasuke, rubbing the large bruise Sakura had just given him, "Alright, let's just say we made a negotiation."
"Pfft, you said that if we stayed in these you'd help us be better stalkers!" Sakura explained.
"Okay, calm down." Jiraya took a seat next to Gaara, "have you noticed…" His voice dropping to a whisper. Gaara nodded, stroking his chin thoughtfully.
"So it is true."
"What's true?" Ino and Sakura said in unison.
"You've all been pranked, by Kakashi. What other explanation could there be?"
"You mean, we were set up on this wild goose chase, so he could have a couple days off?" Sasuke growled.
"Yup, and that's why I propose you get him back." Gaara said. Just as he finished laying out the plan, the door opened again. This time it was Hinata leading Naruto by the wrist.
"Ouch, ouch! Hinata stop, you're hurting me!" Naruto yelped, "What happened to the innocent, sweet Hinata? Bring her back, please!" The whole bar burst into fits of laughter. Naruto was puzzled; he looked around, glaring at his enemies. "What's going on here? Why are all these criminals here?" He looked at Sasuke and Sakura, "and WHY AREN'T YOU GUYS STOPPING THEM?"
"Hey squirt, one question at a time," Jiraya began, "First, Hinata is the stalking rookie of the year; she's in her element here. There is no reason for her to be shy. Second, this is kind of like an illegal organization, so we don't turn in our members."
"You know what? Nothing else this week has made sense, so why should this?" Naruto sat down, and ordered some ramen.
Gaara handed Sasuke a list of materials for their ingenious plan. "Hey Sasuke, what's this plan you're going on about?" Naruto asked.
Sasuke went into a flashback of the preceding events. When he was finished Sakura gave him a funny look. "Um, Sasuke, I don't really know the significance of flashbacks, since WE CAN'T SEE THEM."
Orochimaru, who was still half asleep next to Sasuke, sat up. He swiveled his chair and said to Sakura, "You know, I heard that there are some kinds of people that can see flashbacks…"
"Oro! Hey I didn't see you there. So what are you going on about? You know, flashbacks are just used as fillers, there's really no need for them at all." Jiraya explained. The whole bar darkened. Nobody likes fillers.
Sasuke sighed, and then explained every last detail of what had happened in the last hour. By the time he was done, he was rather tired. He had never said so much in one sitting before.
"Hn. So that's it? That's how you're going to get Kakashi to take his mask off? You know, you could just beat it off of him. It'd be faster." Naruto said, shrugging.
"Naruto Uzumaki, have I not taught you anything in these last couple of hours? Stalking is a refined art; you don't just go up and hit the person!" Hinata chastised.
"Um, Hinata you're scaring me… Please go back to your other self," Naruto curled into the fetal position, "please…"
"Yea… you're scaring me as well." Sakura added, still in her bathing suit. Naruto just noticed this, and was staring at her from his seat on the floor. "Naruto! Are you ogling me?" She gasped, whacking him over the head.
"Hn… noo…" Naruto mumbled, almost unconscious.
"Alright, everyone know the plan? It's time for operation Payback!" Sasuke announced.