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Welcome To Camp Nightmare
Chapter 4
The girls gasped. There were a dozen dresses, each a different color. They were strapless and if the girls were wearing them they would have gone down to their knees. The dresses sparkled in the light. Each girl grabbed one and ran to the dressing rooms. Sakura had grabbed a red one, Hinata's was black, Emiko got a light blue one, TenTen a green one, and Temari's was yellow. As the girls came out they admired each other's dresses.
"These are beautiful!" Sakura looked at her friend's dresses.
"I like yours Hinata. It sparkles the best." TenTen observed.
"Y-Yeah, but the blue r-really matches your eyes Emiko." Hinata was getting better at talking without stuttering.
"Thanks. I love that yellow though Temari. And that red looks nice with your hair Sakura." Emiko and the others were examining themselves in the mirrors.
"O.k. it's official. We got the look now all we need is the date." TenTen grinned.
"That shouldn't be to hard." Emiko and the others laughed. Sakura was daydreaming. She saw herself walking with Sasuke to the dance, her dress sparkling in the late evening light. Sasuke was blushing and he stuttered when he talked. Then they were dancing to a slow song, and Sasuke whispered her name.
"Sakura…" He leaned in slowly, his eyes closing. Sakura, eager for her first kiss, closed her eyes and leaned forward.
"Sakura?" Sakura looked up. Her lips were out and it looked like she was going to kiss the air. All her friends stared.
"You were daydreaming, weren't you?" Sakura nodded, and her face turned 34 different shades of red.
"Let's go, it's nearly time for dinner and that's the perfect time for you guys to get dates." Sakura suggested. Her friends agreed.
"Who were you daydreaming about Sakura?" Hinata asked.
"I bet I know. Was it Sasuke?" Emiko said in a sly voice. Temari and TenTen giggled at Sakura's still burnt face.
"Maybe." She said, a small smile creeping on her face. Laughing, the girls headed for their cabins where they would sit their new dresses.
"Where are they?" Neji scanned the mess hall.
"I'm not sure." Chouji shoved a potato chip in his mouth.
"Usually they're here by now. If they don't hurry then we won't get to ask them to the dance." Naruto sighed but grinned as he looked at Sasuke.
"But luckily Sasuke doesn't have anything to worry about. He already has a date!"
"Hn." Was all Sasuke said.
"Hey, I think I see them." Lee pointed towards the mess hall entrance. All the girls except Ino walked over and sat down.
"Where is Ino?" Chouji asked, looking worried.
"Oh, she, uh, went for a walk I think." Sakura answered. She felt ashamed.
"Oh." Chouji seemed crestfallen. Shikamaru cleared his throat.
"We have something we'd like to ask you girls." The girls looked at each other and then back at the nervous boys.
"Well, I was wondering if you, TenTen, would like to be my date for the dance." Neji said, sitting up strait and trying to look calm. TenTen nearly squealed.
"Yes, that sounds great." Neji looked equally happy. Next, Shikamaru eyed Temari and asked
"So, you wanna go to the dance with me?" Temari smiled.
"Yeah. I'd love to." Lee asked Emiko the same question, only Lee asked it louder.
"Um, yeah! I was hoping you'd ask me." Emiko watched as Lee jumped up and down, cheering.
"Hey Hinata, you wanna come with me?" Naruto asked.
"W-With you N-Naruto?" Hinata stuttered. Then she fainted. Before she became unconscious, Hinata muttered
"I-I would-d love to N-Naruto…" Naruto seemed pleased. They all looked at Chouji.
"I was going to ask Ino but…" He looked around. There was still no sign of her.
"Sasuke aren't you going to ask your girlfriend? Oh, wait, sorry. I forgot you already did." Naruto said in an innocent, casual sort of way. Sasuke's face turned a light pink. Laughing at his friend's embarrassment Naruto turned to Chouji and said
"Dude, why don't you go find her and ask her?" Chouji had a look of determination as he said
"Your right! I will go find Ino!" and he grabbed a piece of chicken before he headed out the mess hall door.
Chouji was running through the forest paths trying to find his beloved Ino.
"Ino!" Chouji shouted. And then, he saw her. She was sitting on a rock, crying.
"Ino?" Chouji sat down beside her.
"What do you want Chouji?" Ino asked unkindly.
"Well, maybe now isn't the best time, but I was wondering if you'd like to go with the dance to me."
"What?" Ino seemed confused.
"Uh, I mean go with me to the dance." Chouji corrected himself. Ino thought for a minute.
"Yeah. I think that would be fun." Chouji couldn't believe his ears. The grinned at each other until a deep manly voice said,
"Well what do we have here?" The voice laughed at the terror that was showing on the two teen's faces. It reached forward and the two screamed
"HELP!" But nobody was close enough to hear it.
Meanwhile the girls were heading towards their activities.
'Hey, Ino should be here…' Sakura thought as she looked around. It was time for arts and crafts. Today they were learning how to sew dolls.
'Only gay guys to this stuff…' Sasuke thought. He was bored and didn't find dolls interesting.
"Sasuke, don't you wanna get a doll?" The counselor asked.
"Hn." Sasuke put his hands in his pockets.
"Whatever." The counselor sighed. Sakura was having fun with the project, despite the worry she felt for Ino. She was making a little doll of herself. Suddenly an idea popped into her head. When nobody was looking she grabbed some extra fabric and sewing needles and put them in her pocket. Once everyone had finished (except Sasuke) the counselor decided to let the campers talk to each other. Sakura saw Sasuke and his fan club a few feet away. She felt a twinge of annoyance.
"Move it, I'm trying to talk to Sakura." Sasuke shoved past the girls and walked over to where Sakura was standing.
"I hate these stupid fangirls." Sasuke muttered.
'Sakura seems worried…' Sasuke watched her carefully. Sakura laughed, but her heart wasn't really in it.
"Isn't that Ino girl in this class?" Sasuke noticed she wasn't there.
"Yeah. Ino's been MIA all day. I hope she's ok…" Sakura sighed.
"She'll be fine." Sasuke didn't know what to say to her. When arts and crafts was over Sasuke said to Sakura,
"If you want, I'll help you find Ino."
"You don't have to help." Sakura said.
'Why does Sasuke care? Oh don't tell me he likes her now! I mean, that would be nice for Ino and all but…' Sakura, lost in thought, didn't see a kid running at her.
"Move!" He yelled. He pushed Sakura into Sasuke and continued running. Sasuke wasn't expecting that and the two fell to the ground, with Sakura on top.
"Sorry Sasuke." Sakura blushed. She didn't want to get up and Sasuke didn't say anything. So the two just kinda stayed there.
"It's a shame all the fangirls left. Now when I get up you'll have nobody to take my place." Sakura teased. Sasuke snorted.
"Hn. Whatever." And he pushed her off of him. That's right, pushed her.
'Her surprised face is pretty cute.' Sasuke thought as he stood up and offered Sakura a hand. She grasped it and Sasuke helped her up.
"Thanks, I think." Sasuke smirked.
"Let's get you back to your cabin. There are lions and tigers and bears out here."
"Oh my." Sakura added, just for fun. They walked to the cabin and Sasuke almost kissed Sakura goodnight. Almost. Right when he was leaning in the cabin door flew open and Hinata said
"Sakura!" All the girls stuck their heads out the door.
"I'll see you around…" Sasuke walked off.
'Darn it, I was so close too! If only Sakura's friends hadn't interrupted…' Sakura had to sit down and explain to her friends what happened.
"Aw, you guys are the perfect couple!" Temari said. The others agreed.
"Let's just get some sleep." Sakura and the others looked at Ino's empty bed.
"If she doesn't turn up by morning then we'll go and talk to Josh about it." Sakura said.
"I wonder where she could have gone. And I haven't seen Chouji for awhile…" TenTen looked out the window as she spoke. The girls fell into an uneasy sleep.
A/N: Suspenseful, isn't it? Next chapter will include the dance and some more suspense. Isn't this suspense game fun? Anyway, for those of you who don't know, MIA means Missing In Action.