a/n Well, I have been slacking with this story. Shame shame on me XP SO, now I am TRYING to work on this chapter which you see, it's a funny story. I happen to have EVERY single chapter including most of the chapters for the sequel story written down on this paper/in my mind. Funny part is, I don't know what to do in just this chap SO I will have to think...after I find that paper...
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Okay, found the paper, now I know what I kinda-sorta planned for this chapter...I just wish I made it clearer on what I wanted to happen...damn, now I have to go with it and string it out...ugh. That trauma of it all. Anyways, hopefully this chap will come out today, June 11, Paige's (Ino admirer's) b-day but that's a very big hope... So, without delaying any further, here is the chap.
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Wondering if she should've just stayed in bed, Sakura, Sasuke, Neji, Shikamaru, and Naruto were all walking throughout the halls of the ship, making their way to the girls' cabins. Naruto, talking animatedly about...something or other, was starting to bring on a strong aching in Sakura's head.
Casting her eyes away from the group of boys, she unintentionally let her view change to the ever stoic Uchiha. Glancing at him quickly in hopes not to get caught, she fought the oncoming blush that always seemed to arrive at the wrong moments.
'Why is it that every damn time I even see him, I embarrass myself?' Fed up with her thoughts for the time being, she let her mind travel once again to the fall prior to this incident. 'If I could just keep my balance for once, maybe I wouldn't be so accident prone. Every time, it's always happening, I'm listening to my ipod and then-' She stopped for a moment. She thought for a second before calling out "Hey, Sasuke!" He stopped and turned around.
"Hn."
At what she hoped was a questionable statement, she asked "Did you happen to get my ipod?" He answered a moment later. "No." She groaned before turning and calling over her shoulder "Be right back." She began a brisk walk and broke into a slight jog when rounding the corner. 'Stupid, stupid, stupid.' How could she have forgotten it? Finally coming to a halt at where she assumed she had fallen, she got on her hands and knees and looked around.
Crawling on the deck, she tapped her hands around in search of the ipod. When her hands finally came to rest on an object, she was embarrassed to see that it was the foot of someone. Lifting her head, she immediately stood. "Oh, I am so sorry. I was just looking for something." She said quickly. The person smiled at her.
"That is alright, the youthfulness in life may embrace anyone at a given chance." Sakura smiled and nodded while thinking 'Nut-case.'
"So young miss, what is your name?" Sakura was hesitant but eventually answered "Sakura, Sakura Haruno." He smiled. "What a wonderful name for such a dazzling young lady such as yourself." She smiled once again. 'Yup, he's a froot-loop.' "Um...thanks...so, what's your name?" She asked out of politeness. His smile dropped. "Oh my, I am so sorry, it completely slipped my mind for the moment. My name is Rock Lee, you may call me Lee." He finished with a smile on his face.
She nodded hesitantly. "Um...okay, Lee-san. Um, well, I'm kinda with some people right now and have to get back to them." She bent down and retrieved her ipod. "Um...see you later I guess." She said quickly and began walking away. "Alright, good bye for now Sakura-chan!" he called from behind her. She waved slightly before continuing back to the waiting boys.
Going around the turns again, she finally met up with them. "What took you so long Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked. "Oh, noting, I just got caught up for a minute." She said absent mindedly. "Let's go." She finished and the group began walking back to the girl's cabins.
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Taking some turns and going down some halls after getting lost thanks to a certain blonde, the group had finally made it back to the cabins. Sakura pulled a room key out of her pocket and unlocked the door. Swinging it open, three pairs of eyes met with the group.
Jaws dropped, screams were heard. Suddenly, the door was slammed shut.
When Sakura had opened the door, Hinata was sitting in her bath robe while making breakfast for Tenten who was sitting in short pajama shorts and a spaghetti strap tank top while Ino was standing in a sports bra and pajama shorts on looking for an from the shelves of the closet. Sakura quickly reopened the door and slid inside, telling the now blushing boys that she would be right back.
Slamming the door once again, she began "I am so sor-" but was immediately hit with a pillow across the head. "You idiot!" Ino began yelling. Tenten immediately cupped her hands over her ears "Stop yelling, my headache is still killing me." Ino immediately shut up but sent a quick death glare to Sakura before asking in a normal-er tone of voice "Do you think this shirt would look nice?" Without bothering to glance at Ino, Sakura said a quick "Fine." before heading to he own closet to change into something else.
She ended up deciding on a white halter-top styled shirt with jean shorts and white flip flops. Ino ended up picking out a sky blue t-shirt with a jean mini skirt and black thonged flip flops. Tenten went with a light-brown-with-pink-accents tank top with jean shorts and light pink flip flops. Hinata chose a simple light green t-shirt with a pair of tan Bermuda style shorts and lime green flip flops. (Who doesn't wear flip flops in the summer? It's either flip flops or bare feet!!!)
Finally, after each girl was satisfied with their appearance and after making the boys wait at least twenty minutes, they opened the door to see the boys leaning against the wall having small talk.
Noticing the girls appearance, the group stood from the wall and walked back to the girls. "Hey, Tenten, Ino, you all okay from the party?" Naruto asked grinning. Ino and Tenten blushed about four different shades while averting their gazes to the ground and murmuring out answers of "Yes." When they finally brought their gazes away from the oh-so-interesting-floor, they took exceptional caution in meeting gazes with either Shikamaru or Neji. After a moment of awkward silence, Hinata finally spoke. "S-so...does anyone w-want to do s-something?"
Everyone shared glances (except a few certain people) and nodded. "Hey, how about a movie?" Sakura suggested quickly hoping to lessen the tension. Naruto immediately broke out into a grin. "Yeah, sounds fun. I'm in. Who else?" he asked looking around. Numerous voices were heard saying their quick agreements and the teens began walking in the direction of the on-deck movie theater.
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Currently standing outside the theater, everyone was currently trying to pick out a movie.
"How about-"
"No way, how about-"
"I don't think so, we are NOT seeing a chick-flick. What about-"
"HELL NO, ooh, what about-"
"Um, how about no? Hey, look at-"
"Are you crazy? That movie sucks, what about-"
"Hey!"
Everyone stopped and turned to the usually quiet and stuttering Hinata who had just spoken for the group. She blushed from the attention. "L-let's try agreeing on s-something, ne?" She said quietly. Everyone was silent for a moment until Ino pointed at one movie title. "What about a horror movie?" She asked. Everyone looked to see 'The Ring' in big letters. Thinking it through, everyone decided that they would see the movie seeing as it was the only thing they could agree on without leading to another argument. Walking into the theater, they all sat about five rows from the front.
It was Neji with the isle seat, then Tenten, Hinata, Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Ino, and Shikamaru.
(((Warning : Spoilers for The Ring might be mentioned)))
The lights in the theater dimmed and the previews began playing. Sakura shifted a bit in her seat, slightly unsettled. She had never been fond of horror movies, par say she never liked them. At all. The previews had now finished and the movie was beginning. Sakura sat in silence and watched as the movie progressed.
Within half an hour of the movie, she was gripping the arm rests of the seats so hard, her knuckles were turning white. All the other girls seemed fine, well, excluding Sakura herself and Hinata. She hadn't exactly been the most horror-filled person known. She was currently sitting, hands over her eyes, face cast down, whispering quietly "It's not real, it's not real, it's not real..." repeatedly.
Naruto had taken a quick glance at Hinata before looking back and seeing her in this state. He froze for a moment before blushing slightly and wrapped an arm around her. She peeked her eyes out from behind her hands for a moment to see Naruto watching her worriedly with his arm around her. "Are you okay Hinata-chan?" he asked. She blushed from the attention but nodded slowly and leaned more-so towards him until she was finally leaning on him. The two blushed but it couldn't be seen in the dim light of the movie theater.
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Sitting a few seats away, the same could not be said for Sakura. She was on the verge of screaming her lungs out but bit her lip and slid herself all the way into the seat as far as she could possibly go. Sasuke had noticed apparently and saw her frightened form. Knowing she was probably still wary from the incident earlier, he took a risk and laid his hand on top of hers rubbing her knuckles lightly. She darted her eyes from the screen immediately and looked at her hand, the contact almost causing her to release her scream. Looking up into Sasuke's eyes...or where she assumed they were due to the darkness, (Too dark in here, no?) She smiled lightly and slipped her hand away from his.
Slightly confused by the action, Sasuke was about to pull his hand away when he felt two hands lightly grip onto his arm. He was slightly surprised but then relaxed a bit when he felt Sakura's breath near his air and heard her whisper a quick "Thanks." before leaning slightly against him.
He smiled.
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Ino was currently sitting with her arms crossed over her chest leaning back into the not-so-comfortable seat of the theater. She wasn't paying any attention to the movie and hadn't been since she sat down. She had been thinking over what had happened the night before. When she awoke from her dreamless sleep, she hadn't remembered a single thing from the night before. She and Tenten had met up asking Hinata to recap the night.
"Well..." Hinata began. Ino and Tenten shot quick glances at each other before turning back to Hinata. "After you both decided on having that drinking contest...and won...you went over and started dancing on a table." Ino openly gaped at this and Tenten began smirking. "After you got off the table, you went over to Shikamaru and started talking to him. I don't know what you said but he looked kind of annoyed, then you...um..." She stopped for a moment and blushed at the thought. "What?!? What did I do?" Ino asked frantically. "Well...you started...rubbing on him...you know, grinding..." Hinata stopped again, looking away from the now staring Ino with her mouth hanging down to the floor.
Tenten by now was laughing on the floor due to her falling off her chair from laughing. After a moment of gaping, Ino stood, hands on table, face directly in front of Hinata "Did ANYTHING else happen?!?" Hinata looked up from the table top and hesitantly spoke again. "Um...Shikamaru ended up getting a nose bleed and you...eventually stopped...so then you talked to him again and he took you back to the room. We all ended up meeting each other in the hallway and Shikamaru and Neji ended up coming with me and Sakura to get you two back here."
At the mention of Neji, Tenten's attention snapped back to Hinata. "What happened between me and Neji then?" Hinata began telling Tenten's encounter with Neji but Ino had drifted off into her own world of thinking about what had happened.
Now sitting in the dark theater, she thought of everything she had heard. 'I probably made a fool of myself. He probably thinks I'm the biggest idiot.' She averted her eyes in Shikamaru's direction. She moved her hand, preparing to tap his when suddenly he shifted his arm causing their arms to brush. She could slightly make out his form turning to her and staring in her direction.She blushed graduallybut ignored it as she began to speak quietly to him.
"Shikamaru." she whispered quietly. She heard him move and then a response. "Yea?" She shifted a bit before speaking again "Whatever happened last night...I'm sorry...I probably made a complete fool of myself but...I'm really sorry for everything I did...or said..." she finished off quickly. She sat waiting for a moment, finally about to give up, she heard him speak "It's fine Ino." She was stunned for a moment but then broke out into a small smile before wrapping her arms around him and giving him a quick hug, then returning to her normal position in her seat. They both smiled.
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Tenten and Neji were currently sitting in complete silence, both in thought. Tenten thinking over everything Hinata had told her this morning. She was inwardly embarrassed on the highest level for acting like an idiot in front of her crush of three years. Neji was also currently thinking over everything that had happened the night before and was wondering if anything Tenten had said was true. 'Do I really look like a girl?' he repeatedly asked himself. Shaking the thoughts from his head, he was about to attempt to focus on the movie but paused when he felt a slight tug on his sleeve.He looked to his left and was surprised to see Tenten holding onto his sleeve.
"Hey." she whispered quickly. "Listen, Neji. I'm really sorry about what happened last night. Everything I said...I was out of it. I didn't realize what I was saying. Can you forgive me? Please?"He watched her through the darkness and finally nodded. "Yes." he could see the faint outline ofher light smile and was about to turn once more when he felt another tug.He turned and saw Tenten once again, smirking through the darkness. "And by the way," she whispered. She pulled him closer to her and leaned next to his ear. "You don't look like a girl." she said boldly.
Neji inwardly thanked Kami for the lighting in here because it was the only thing hiding his smirk.
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The movie had finally finished and the lights returned to the normal brightness. Everyone in the theater stood and stretched before exiting through the doors.
a/n ...um...yeah...kay...SOOO, it took a while...a very long while BUT it has arrived! I finished this chap at EXACTLY 2:30 p.m on Monday, July 9. Unfortunately, my internet is down at the moment so I will try to reboot my computer and see if my internet will work after : ( There IS good news though! BECAUSE, my internet is down, my life is down - aim won't work TT SO, I might be able to finish another I.A.S.W.A.C chapter! Anyway...I think there was something I was gonna say...but I forgot it XD once again, until the next chap, BYE! x0x