OMGOMGOMG I am SO sorry! I updated and completely forgot where I was in the story! ARGH! I am so embarrassed! SO SORRY! I owe you guys one!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
And thanks to NoCareChakara for the heads up on the chapter. :)
BTW, here's a few things you'll probably need to know if you don't figure it out while you read:
thoughts
flashbacks
"conversation flashbacks"
"whispering or emphasis on a word"
Anyway, you'll figure it out. You guys are smart.
THE NEXT DAY (After school)
"So are the other girls coming?" Tenten asked.
"Yep. And some of the guys too," Nori said.
"WHAT!"
"I'm sorry," Nori said in a pleading tone. "Really! I just don't think I could stand being in the same room with Ino and Sakura alone!"
"But Hinata and I will be there!"
"Yes, but I don't think its enough! I'm weak…"
"Fine," Tenten sighed. "Who did you invite?"
"Naruto, Kiba…"
"Oh boy."
"Neji, Lee, Gaara, Shikamaru and Sasuke."
Tenten's jaw dropped to the ground. "You…got Neji, Gaara, Shikamaru, and Sasuke to come?"
"Uh yeah."
"How?"
"Well…"
Flashback
Neji and Lee were sparring in the school gym after school.
"Hey, Neji, Lee, want to go to my sleepover?" Nori asked.
Neji stared at her. "No."
"A girl's sleepover?" Lee said, looking confused. "At a girl's house?"
"Yeah. Ino, Hinata, Sak—"
"I will come!"
"Well I'm not."
"That's fine," Nori said.
"What's at your house?" Lee asked eagerly.
"I've got a living room, a kitchen, a wide field and a gym; we'll probably play some sports—"
"I'll be there."
"Okay, Neji."
Next Flashback
"Shikamaru, wanna go to my sleepover? Sakura, Ino, Hinata, and Tenten will be there. We'll have a lot of fun."
"Like I want to be in the same room as Ino."
"Good point. But Lee and Neji will be there too."
"How'd you get Neji to come?"
"Long story."
"No."
"Why not?"
"Because girls' sleepovers are stupid and troublesome. All you talk about it girl stuff."
Nori looked at Shikamaru in a disgusted way. "Fine if you don't want to know what we'll be talking about. It's not like you know everything in the world."
Shikamaru paused. A chance to see what girls were actually thinking? Even he couldn't skip out on that. "All right."
"Okay. See you later, Shikamaru!"
Next Flashback
"Hey Sasuke!"
"What do you want?"
"It's not what I want. It's what you want."
"…Wait, what?"
"Do you want to come to my sleepover?"
"With girls?" Sasuke said, raising an eyebrow.
"And guys."
"No."
"Don't you want to know what we'll be talking about?" Nori asked.
"I already know. You'll be saying 'Sasuke-kun is hot'," Sasuke said.
"Pft," Nori said. "You wish. Naruto's going to be there."
"So?"
"So he'll have something to brag about to you," Nori said. "And you know how annoying his bragging is. Plus, he'll beat you in something."
"And what's that?"
"He's able to go to a girls' sleepover and you aren't."
"…" Sasuke's fist clenched. "Fine, I'll come." That loser's not gonna beat me in anything, especially something this stupid. "Just keep those girls away from me."
"Gotcha."
Next Flashback
"Gaara, do you want to come to my sleepover?" Nori asked.
"No."
"That's exactly what Shikamaru and Neji said before they said they'd come. What would it hurt?"
"My pride. My dignity. My—"
"Okay, that's enough. But Gaara—"
"No."
"Gaara—"
"No."
"Let me just—"
"NO."
"Fine," Nori said. "I thought you were nicer than that."
"What gave you that idea?"
"Please, Gaara?"
"No."
"Pretty please?"
"NO."
"Pretty pleeeeaase with sugar on top?" Cue the puppy eyes.
"N-No."
"I guess you don't want to," Nori said, heaving a sigh. She started walking away sadly.
"…W-Wait," Gaara said.
"Yes?" Nori said, looking over her shoulder.
"I'll…I'll come…if you keep everyone else away from me," Gaara said.
"Deal," Nori said, giving him a cute smile. "Thanks, Gaara."
"Y-Yeah…"
End Flashbacks
Tenten sweat dropped after looking at the flashbacks. "That is so unlikely. I can't believe it."
"Yeah, I know," Nori said, rubbing the back of her neck. "But their boys, they'd kill to get into a girls' sleepover on the inside."
Tenten nodded. "That's true."
"Besides, if Sakura and Ino are riled up with Sasuke coming, they'll pay more attention to Sasuke."
"But that'll cause a commotion."
"I'm willing to take that chance."
"Hey, wanna come early to get things ready? I've got to move a bunch of stuff."
"Okay."
SLEEPOVER 4:00 PM
The doorbell rang. DING DONG!
Nori and Tenten were moving the last of the furniture.
DING DONG!
"I'm coming! I'm coming!" Nori reached for the doorknob when the door flew open and smashed her against the wall. "Ow…"
Lee pranced through the door. "Nori? Nori?"
"Back here," Nori said, closing the door.
"I'm sorry! Are you hurt?"
"No," Nori shook her head. "It's okay."
"Is Sakura-san here yet?"
Nori shook her head.
"Oh, well, that's okay." He sat himself down on her couch and waited like a good boy.
DING DONG!
Nori opened the door to see her two best friends grinning like morons. "Hey guys. Come on in."
"I can't believe it!" Naruto exclaimed. "We're sleeping over with some girls!"
"And some guys," Nori said. "And don't get too wild, you guys are sleeping in the guest bedroom and I'm locking the girls' door."
"Oh."
"And by guys you mean…?" Kiba said.
"Shikamaru, Lee, Neji, Gaara, and…cough, Sas, cough, ke," Nori said.
"Who?" Kiba said.
"Sasuke," Nori whispered to Kiba.
"WHAT! Sasuke's here?" Naruto shouted.
Nori sighed.
"WHY'D YOU INVITE THAT GUY?"
"Kicks?" Nori said, shrugging.
Naruto took a handful of chips, sat on the couch next to Lee, and pouted.
The doorbell rang again. Kiba's jacket started jiggling around.
"Uh…Kiba?"
"Yeah?"
"Why'd you bring Akamaru?"
"Um…"
DING DONG!
"Never mind," Nori said as she opened the door. Hinata, Sakura, and Ino were there.
"Hello, Nori-chan," Hinata greeted.
"Hi Nori," Sakura and Ino said.
"SAKURA-CHAN!"
"SAKURA-SAN!"
"Naruto! Lee!" Sakura exclaimed. "What…what are you guys doing here?"
"We were invited!" the two said happily.
"What?" Sakura and Ino glared at Nori. Hinata looked away while blushing furiously.
"You invited your to guy friends?"
"Not only them," Nori said, backing away. "Just Naruto, Lee, Kiba, Shikamaru, Neji, Gaara, and Sasuke."
"Sasuke's gonna die!"
"Sasuke?" Sakura and Ino's faces perked up.
"I'll just wait outside for the other guests!" Sakura exclaimed.
"No way, Forehead!" Ino shouted.
"Yes way, Pig!"
The girl fought their way to the door and squeezed themselves out. At the same time.
"Maybe I should greet them…" Nori said thoughtfully. "Hey, Hinata, food's on the table in the living room. Go ahead and help yourself."
"A-Arigato," Hinata said quietly.
Nori walked out to see Sakura and Ino looking around eagerly, awaiting their Sasuke-kun.
"Hey, is that him over there?"
"No, you hag, it's Shikamaru."
"How'd I get him mixed up with Sasuke?"
"Hey Shikamaru," Nori waved. "Glad you could make it."
"Yeah," Shikamaru said. He glanced at Sakura and Ino. "Uh…?"
"They found out Sasuke's coming," Nori said.
"Die Sasuke!"
"Was that Naruto?"
"You are smart. Food's on the table in my living room."
"I'd rather just lie outside."
"Okay…"
Shikamaru placed himself on the grassy front yard and closed his eyes.
Nori looked at him for a while until she saw Neji and Sasuke walking up the street. That is, she saw Neji walking up the street and Sasuke being bombarded with two psychotic fan girls.
Nori ran over and helped Neji pry the girls off of the surprised Uchiha.
"Heh, sorry Sasuke," Nori said.
"Sasuke's here?" Naruto ran out of the house and put on a triumphant grin.
"What are you smiling at, moron?"
"I was here before you!"
"It's cool to be fashionably late."
"Dang it…"
"You said you'd keep them away from me," Sasuke said to Nori.
"You said what?" Ino and Sakura said.
"It was a one time thing, really," Nori said. "Promise."
Sasuke just grumbled.
"Oh, and hey Neji," Nori said, smiling.
"…Yeah…"
The group minus Nori went inside.
Gaara came over a few minutes after everyone went inside. "I just saw a bunch of people greet Sasuke. Some welcoming committee you've got there."
Nori chuckled. "Well, he's Sasuke after all. Glad you could make it."
Gaara looked down at Shikamaru. "Is he…?"
"No, he isn't dead," Nori said. "He's sleeping. I think. Shikamaru, move your head if you're asleep."
Shikamaru moved his head.
"…"
"Well! Now that everyone's here, we can get the party started!" Nori exclaimed. "C'mon, Gaara!" She grabbed his hand and was about to pull him inside when she remembered something. "Shikamaru, wake up!" She shook him.
"H-H-Hey! W-What's the b-big idea?" Shikamaru said. "Stop shaking me!"
"Sorry. We're all going inside now," Nori said.
"And you're telling me this because…?"
"Come on!"
She pulled both boys inside by the hands.
"Hey everyone, Gaara's here and Shikamaru's awake!"
Everyone looked up and backed away a little.
"What?" Nori looked at Gaara who was glaring at everyone. "Erm…Gaara?"
"Huh?"
"Can you turn down the glaring just a little?"
"Fine." Gaara's face was blank.
"Okay…who wants to play Twister?"
"Me! I can beat all of you!" Naruto declared.
"Yeah right. I'll play," Sasuke said.
"I want to play!" Ino and Sakura shouted.
"Okay…that's four people already," Nori said. She laid out the matt and took the spinner.
The four took off their shoes and each got onto one side of the matt.
I'm gonna beat all these guys and Sakura will finally notice how awesome I am! Sasuke's gonna be so mad! Heh, heh, Naruto thought.
Sasuke-kun's definitely going to be one of the last people on this matt, so I have to be to! Naruto's a complete idiot and the most uncoordinated person on Earth, so he'll be easy to beat. But I'll have to beat Ino-pig if I want to stay with my Sasuke-kun! Sakura thought.
Humph, I may not be able to beat Sasuke, but I can definitely beat the Billboard Brow and idiot! This is perfect! Sasuke and I playing Twister! Ino thought.
Great. I was hoping to humiliate Naruto alone, but now the fan girls have to get into the picture, Sasuke thought. How annoying.
"Guys? Are you gonna just stand there or put your right hand on yellow?" Nori said.
"OH RIGHT!" the players said, placing their right hands on yellow.
"Okay, left foot red," Nori said.
The players obeyed.
Just say right foot green and I'll get a good view of Sasuke! Ino thought evilly.
I will win! Sakura thought.
Uh-oh, Naruto thought.
Maybe this wasn't such a good idea to play with Ino and Sakura… Sasuke thought.
"Right foot green."
The game didn't work out too well for anyone. It didn't work out for Naruto because Sasuke won the game and he fell flat on his tush once Nori said, "Right foot green." Too bad for Sakura and Ino because when Naruto fell, he brought both girls down with him. Sasuke wasn't happy because his victory was pretty empty and stupid considering the game only lasted about one and a half minutes.
"Uh…ha, I won…" Sasuke said awkwardly.
"Naruto!" Ino and Sakura screamed as they pummeled Naruto into the ground.
Everyone else just stare at them.
"Well hat was pointless," Neji said.
"…Anyone else up for another game?" Nori asked.
Again, I am SO sorry. R&R please! Oh, and if you have the time to read little short humorous one-shots, you can go to my profile and read mine! Lates everyone!
-TTF