-rises from the dead- I am soooo sorry guys. See I started this chapter awhile ago, and then got writer's block which lasted FOREVER. Then school started, and I've been swamped with homework, so I've had no time to write except on the weekend. I've also been sort of sick and a little stressed out lately. But I finally finished the chapter I promised. So enjoy!

Inner Sakura

Sakura to Inner

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.


"Kairi? He's here." Anko, Kairi's personal assistant, said, opening the door to the girl's bedroom. Kairi, who was a 16-year-old with wavy brown hair and blonde highlights, looked up from texting one of her many friends.

"Really?! Finally! Tell him I'll be right down. I need to change. Oh, and tell daddy I won't be here for dinner. I'm sure Sasuke made plans to take me out to somewhere special. Ok, Anko?" Kairi said with a smile.

"Sure..." Anko replied, forcing a smile, and shutting the door behind her, "Geez, he's right downstairs, I would think you could tell him yourself..."


A little earlier

"This. Is. So. Cool!" Ino said, looking around inside the stretch limo. They were now on their way from the airport to Kairi's house, or mansion, or estate, depending on what you want to call it.

Naruto nodded his head, he would have said something, but his mouth was full of the snacks he had found next to his seat.

"Idiot," Sasuke said, watching the blonde stuff his face.

"Ew, baka!" Sakura said, slapping Naruto upside the head when some crumbs flew out from his mouth onto her clothes. She couldn't be sure, but that might have been a smile on Sasuke's face.

"Get used to him, he's not that troublesome once you look past how annoying he can get," Shikamaru leaned back, closing his eyes, "Wake me up when we get there."

"So, Sasuke, how long have you been seeing Kairi?" Neji asked, making a rare attempt at starting a conversation.

"About a year now. She's...great," Sasuke replied, staring out the window.

"You two are so cute together!" Tenten exclaimed, "You're so lucky to have her, she seems so nice in her interviews."

"I-I have always wanted t-to meet h-her. So has N-Naruto." Hinata smiled.

"Yeah, she's so hot!" Naruto grinned, after swallowing his mouthful of food, earning him a slap upside the head from Ino.

"Naruto Uzumaki! Don't say that in front of your girlfriend!"

"But it's true! Right Shikamaru?"

Shikamaru stayed asleep.

Nice? Ha! I bet she's really a little bitch.

Don't say that! Sasuke seems happy with her, so we should be happy for him.

Don't your remember that story a few months ago where someone found out she posed with almost nothing on for some magazine? And after that pretended like it was no big deal after said she was "sorry" and everyone forgave her?! She's our age for Kami's sake!

Well maybe...maybe she was sorry. I'm going to wait until after we meet her to form my own opinion.

Of course you are...

"Sakura? Sakura!"

Sakura looked up to see Ino waving her hand in front of her face, "Are you ok Sakura? You've been quiet for awhile now."

"Huh? Oh, I'm just fine Ino. Lost in thought, that's all."

"As long as you're not being annoying." Sasuke smirked, looking at Naruto who was now making faces at other drivers passing them by.

Sakura sighed and looked out her window to see that they were going up the incredibly long driveway to an enormus mansion, "Wow..." was all she could say.

"We're here," Kakashi said, "Come on guys."


"SASUKE-KUN!"

That was the first thing they heard when they stepped into the house. The other guys covered their ears the protect them from the high-piched squeal, but it didn't seem to do much good. Sasuke, who was at the front of the group, seemed used to it.

"Hey Kairi," he smiled, letting her throw her arms around his neck.

"Oh Sasuke-kun, I've missed you so much! So, what are we going to do tonight? Dinner? A movie? A romantic walk somewhere? Sure, there'll be papparazzi around for our first big date in such a long time but-"

"Ahem," Kakashi interrupted them as he walked in, causing Kairi to look up.

"Oh...you brought friends. How nice."

"I didn't exactly choose to bring them, but-" Sasuke began.

"Yes Kairi, these are Sasuke's new friends. They'll be with him until his tour is over." Kakashi finished for him.

"I see," she replied, turning to the group with a smile, "Hi! I'm sorry I was so rude. I'm Kairi, Sasuke's girlfriend." Naruto's eyes widened, and his mouth hung open, earning him another slap from Ino.

"We know," Ino replied, starstruck, "I mean, you're amazing, it's so great to meet you!"

"Thanks, it's nice to meet you all too. Oh my God!" Kairi turned to Sakura, "I love your hair! How often do you dye it to get it to stay like that."

"Actually, it's, um, my natural color." Sakura said, looking down.

Kairi's face noticably fell, "Well that's...interesting. So you'll be with Sasuke until the tour is over?"

"That's right, we'll be leaving again tomorrow evening," Kakashi replied, "I'd just like to talk to your father to see if he wouldn't mind a few extra people staying the night."

"Of course he won't mind Kakashi-san! I'd also like to get to know Sasuke's friends better. I'm sure we'll get along nicely! The girls can even share my room."

"We actually get to stay here?!" Naruto exclaimed, "Awesome!"

"This will be so much fun. Right Neji?" Tenten smiled at her boyfriend.

"Sure."

"T-Thank you K-Kairi-chan." Hinata said, "That's very n-nice of you."

"I guess I'll let all of you go see where you're sleeping. Girls, my room is upstairs and it's the sixth door on the right. Boys, your room is right across the hall. Come on Sasuke. We have a lot of catching up to do," She said with a wink, "I'll see you all later! Maybe we can go shopping or something."

Shikamaru sighed, "She may be even more troublesome than Ino." He said quietly enough so noone would hear.


"Now that we're finally alone, what gave Kakashi the idea to let you bring friends on this tour? I didn't even know they existed until now." Kairi said, sitting next to Sasuke on a sofa and wrapping her arms around him.

"Look, they arn't really my friends," Sasuke tried to explain, "They snuck onto the bus after one of my shows and Kakashi just decided to let them stay. I'm not happy about it, but so far they havn't been that bad."

"Not that bad?," Kairi crossed her arms, looking at Sasuke like he was crazy, "Have you seen some of them Sasuke-kun? The blonde girl was so excited to meet me, it's like she's some sort of crazy stalker or something! The one with the short, black hair is way to shy and don't even get me started on that creepy eye color! Are her and that guy with the long brown hair related?, and the other blonde kid just seems like an idiot. I don't know why, I can just tell. He looked like he was Also, who wears their hair in two buns? That's the ugliest style I've ever seen! And the boy with the ponytail looked like he was going to drop dead asleep any second. What was up with that? Is he like, on drugs or something? Who acts like that?"

"Hey, it's not like I asked for this-"

"Let me finish! That girl, with the pink hair, that is just not normal! If I had hair like that I would at least wear a wig, come to think of it, I'm surprised she doesn't. Who would go out like that in public? She must get made fun of everywhere! Now what was it you were saying, love?"

"Nothing. Let's go outside for awhile. I need some fresh air." Sasuke said, grabbing her arm and leading her out the back door.


So that's it for this chapter. Don't worry, there will be NaruHina fluff in the next chapter. Naruto would never forget about Hinata in this story! The only part in this chapter I don't like as much is Kairi's rant at the end. I think I could have done a little better on it. The SasuSaku is on it's way, but it's going to take awhile to build up. What to you guys think of Kairi? If you hate her, good, that's what I was hoping for. Since I worked so hard on this chapter, I'm holding the next one ransom. I want 10 reviews! Or I'll keep you waiting even longer for the next one! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!