This chapter has a lot of drama in it. sorry about the wait. XD

The Bet

The boys just went to each of their homes and sat trying to think of what went wrong. Neji thought about this in the meeting.

Back at the ramen stand

"Kakashi, what is wrong with Naruto?" asked a deep voice behind him.

Kakashi didn't even turn around because he knew the voice of the Kazekage. "He tried to confess his love and apparently he never got the chance to."

Gaara pulled up a seat next to him. "Naruto needs to learn about women."

"What, like you know," said Kakashi sarcastically.

"I could have any woman that I want," stated Gaara defiantly.

"Care to make things interesting?"

"You just pick a woman."

"Well I have four in mind."

"I'll do it. Who are they?"

"First the rules. This has to be done before the end of the night. You have to make out with each of them, but you can't go any further then that. If they are met then I will give you $200."

"Deal, who are the girls?"

"Sakura, Tenten, Hinata, and Ino. Also, in order to get the money you have to get away with it, and you can't tell any one about the bet."

"This will be a piece of cake."

Gaara then stood up and left. He went back to his hotel room and took off his gourd. Then he left to find his first victim.

Outside the interrogation office

"Bye guys," Ino said as she waved back to them.

She started to walk down the street when she spotted Gaara.

"Hey Gaara, how's it goin'," she said as her wave was redirected to him.

"Hello Ino, just the person I wanted to see. I have to ask you something," said Gaara as he looked longingly at her.

Though her heart didn't speed up as it did when she was around Shikamaru, this look could make any one melt.

"What is it?"

"Oh, do you know why Temari has been getting letters from Konoha's intelligence department?"

She felt her heart sink because she knew that Shikamaru was in charge of that department.

'Time to go in for the kill,' thought Gaara as he started to lie more.

"I-ino," adding a stutter for effect, "I've had a crush on you for a while, and maybe," he said as he became extremely close to her, his breath beating upon her lips, "you might think of me that way sometime." Then he filled the space between them as he plunged in for a kiss.

Shikamaru was walking past Ino's apartment when he saw this. Know that Ino does not like Gaara but was too depressed about Temari to stop it.

After about a two minute make out session, he broke away from her. After that he just left thinking, 'first girl done.'

Shikamaru saw all of this. He looked at ino who was still just standing there. Then he did something brash with out really thinking about it.

"Hey Ino, have fun with your boyfriend," he said as sarcastically as he could.

This broke her out of her trance that she was in.

"What are you talking about Shikamaru," she said as she was confused.

"You heard me. I come over here to ask you to go out with me just to find you making out with the next guy around. Now I know that your confession of love last night was because you were drunk. So forget it, and just leave me alone for a while."

"But, he said that you were in love with Temari," she said as she started to cry.

"Don't you even start to cry," he said as he was getting angrier, "What was Temari the only excuse you could come up with. For a matter of fact, Temari already has a boyfriend." He kept yelling at her as she kept crying more and more. "Temari and I are just friends. That doesn't constitute for you acting like a whore!" Then he left.

She sobbed even harder as she ran into her apartment and collapsed.

Back to Gaara

Gaara left Ino to find his next victim, Hinata. He found her in the back of the Hyuuga main house estate. He turned back on his romance mode and slowly sat next to her. He tried to act as shy as he could.

"Hello Hinata," he said as meekly as he could.

"Oh hello Gaara, how are you?" she asked in her polite manner.

"Well I just wanted to see how you were coping," he gave her the most sincere look he could.

"Coping with what?" she asked.

"You know, Naruto announced that he would never give up on his love for Sakura."

After he said that, he gave himself a maniacal smile.

"Oh," her happy politeness was soon replaced with sadness. "Why did you want to know though?" she asked when she had finally built up enough courage.

"B-because I… I've liked you since my reformation," he said as he gave her a shy, timid, yet extremely hot smile.

"I-I-I a-am s-so-sorry," she started to stutter more as he got closer and closer to her. "I l-l-like some…"

She was interrupted when Gaara moved in fast. He had her practically pinned against the bench when Naruto came around the corner. He didn't notice who it was but he did notice the deep kiss they were involved in. Then he saw the Hyuuga eyes open up and he knew who it was.

After a three minute long make out session, Gaara stood up and left. Hinata just stayed there trying to think of what just happened when she saw Naruto coming towards her.

"N-Naruto, Sakura isn't around," she said holding back tears.

"Why the hell would I be looking for Sakura? I was looking for you. You the one and only one, I want to be my girlfriend. Never mind with that though, I see you already have a boyfriend," he yelled.

"Bu-but he s-said that…"

"What he said doesn't matter. In fact just stay away from me," she started to sob, "Don't think that fake tears will help you any. I know it's just a game."

"I," she started to sob even harder.

"Don't talk to me bitch. Why don't you just return to your corner and loose the whole shyness thing. It's annoying."

After that he just left, Hinata ran to her house and into her room. There she cried hard and long but not loud enough for anyone to hear.

With Gaara

'Target spotted,' he thought as he saw Tenten carrying groceries home. He walked towards her and said, "Can I help you with those?"

"Of course, I would never refuse help," she handed him the heavier bag, "thanks and hello Gaara."

"No need to thank me, every man should help a woman, especially if they are as beautiful as you."

She blushed at the comment and couldn't respond. Gaara saw this and started to move closer and closer. He leaned in and whispered, "I don't see why Neji never talks about you."

He pulled away from her and saw sadness in her eyes when she said quietly, "I thought so."

He gave himself an evil grin as he leaned in to her and thought, 'three down, one to go.' He, then, closed the gap between them.

After four minutes he pulled away from her, his longest of the one-sided make out sessions. He left.

Neji finally made his presence known. The veins on his eyes were not a good thing.

"So that's how you spend your free time when you're not training or with the girls," he said in a cold harsh tone.

"What are you talking about?" She was now confused about everything that was going on.

"What I'm talking about is you and your new boyfriend."

"I don't have a boyfriend," the tears started to trickle down her cheeks.

"Oh so than how much do you charge you ho because that was some kiss. I have a reputation to keep up so just stay away from me. I can't believe that I was going to ask you out," he walked away with a hint of sadness in his eyes.

She could have easily seen this but she was too busy sobbing. She got home put away the groceries all the while she was crying.

Back to Gaara

He spotted Sakura as she was almost to her apartment. He ran up to her.

"Sakura," he yelled. She heard this and turned around.

"Oh hello Gaara," she said with a smile.

"Did you know that Sasuke just signed up for a three year long mission?"

"No," she said this in a much softer, and much sadder voice, "That must have been what he wanted to tell me."

"The Hokage and I asked him why he wanted to go and he said that there was nothing and no one important to keep him here."

She lowers her head to hide the tears that were welling up in her eyes. Gaara grabbed her chin and forced her to look at him. He gave her the same look that he had used with the other girls and thought, 'last one,' as he closed the distance between them. She would have pushed him off of her but she lacked the will after hearing about Sasuke and lacked the strength after just getting off from the hospital.

He made out with her for five minutes, yet another one-sided session. Sasuke had been watching the whole time. Gaara left her there as she was still a little stunned.

"Wow, Sakura, I didn't know you are a slut. If I had I wouldn't have wanted to ask you out so badly."

"But you're going on a mission," she said as tears streamed down from her eyes.

"Ha, I have to get your approval before I can go on any mission above a C-rank. Stay away from me." He left her just crying there.

She ran into her home and called her other friends. They all decided to go over to Ino's house to talk, with a few things packed. On the way Sakura stopped by the Hokage tower to get permission for all four of them to go on a mission together. After four hours of talking and complaining about what had happened they left for their mission. It was an information gathering mission that would last at least a month, maybe longer.

Hope you liked it.