Uchiha-babe-16: Here is chapter 4. This is the last of my pre-published chapters. From the next chapter on out I will be continuing 'Magical'. This is the last chapter of editing.

*****Chapter 4*****

***Half Day and a Pool Party***

As they were walking toward the others, Ino just so happened to look up and see them.

"Hey guys!" she yelled as she waved maniacally. Hinata rolled her eyes and pulled Ino's arm down.

"Ino, if you don't stop, everyone is going to think you're mental and not want to talk to you, and it's only your first day here," she said as Naruto started laughing, and Shikamaru just smiled slightly. Ino blushed as Sakura and Tenten walked up to them with the other two guys.

"So, what's on the agenda for today?" asked Ino. Each girl looked at a guy until Neji finally spoke up.

"How about, we take you guys home so you can get your bathing suits, then we can go back to Sasuke's place and go for a swim. What do you say?"

All of the girls shared a look and nodded in agreement.

"One problem, though," spoke Ino as all the guys turned to look at her. "Our dear Sakura, here," she said wrapping her arm around Sakura's shoulders "doesn't have a bathing suit." Naruto turned and looked at her like she had five heads, causing her to blush.

"How can you not have a bathing suit? Don't all girls have at least five of them? Isn't it some kind of unwritten rule that all girls have to have a bathing suit," he asked dumbstruck? Tenten rolled her eyes.

"No. Our dear Sakura is just very self-conscious." Sakura blushed again.

"Would you guys please stop talking about me as if I'm not here, when I'm actually standing right next to you?"

Shikamaru tilted his head, "Can't she borrow one of your bathing suits?" he asked looking at the rest of the girls. Now it was their turn to blush. Sakura just giggled. "What? What did I say?" he asked as Sakura turned to look at him.

"Nothing, it's just that I'm smaller than all of them except Hinata. But she's smaller than me. So, none of their bathing suits will actually fit me." She noticed that Sasuke and Neji were huddled together discussing something.

"Okay, never mind that. We'll take Tenten, Hinata, and Ino to their place to let them get changed, and Sakura will go with Sasuke to get her a bathing suit," said Neji as he looked at all the girls in turn. "Okay, well, let's get this show on the road." Tenten, Hinata, and Ino followed Shikamaru, Neji, and Naruto, while Sakura left with Sasuke.

"Where are we, Sasuke?" she asked as they pulled up in front of a huge Victorian style house with a wrap-around porch.

"My house," he answered as he opened her door for her and helped her out of his car. He walked her up to the door, just as it swung open to reveal a beautiful older lady with a huge smile on her face.

"Neji called just before you pulled up and told me what's going on." She glanced at Sakura and smile brightly. "I think I might have the perfect thing for you. Come with me." Poor Sakura was dragged into the house and up the spiral staircase before she could even blink. She was breathing heavily as they finally came to a stop inside of one of the biggest rooms she had ever seen. The unknown lady dropped her arm, as she walked into a huge walk-in closet. Sakura barely had time to take in her surroundings, before the lady was back standing before her with a huge smile on her face. "I'm sorry, dear. I didn't mean to scare you. I'm Sasuke's mother, Mikoto. It's very nice to meet you." Sakura smiled at Mrs. Uchiha.

"I'm Sakura. It's nice to meet you, too. Would you mind telling why Sasuke brought me here in the first place?" she asked. Mrs. Uchiha laughed.

"Well, you don't have a bathing suit to go swimming in, and we can't let you swim in your clothes. Plus, you are about my size, if not exactly my size, so you are going to borrow one of my bathing suits." Before Sakura could argue, Mrs. Uchiha had her by the arm, and was walking her into the bathroom that connected to her room. "No excuses. I expect you to be in that bathing suit and out back at the pool in no more than ten minutes. Sakura saw her smile and knew she wasn't mad, just very authoritive. Sakura mock soluted and Mrs. Uchiha laughed as she left the bathroom, shutting the door in her wake.

(A/N: I suck at describing clothes, so I'll just tell you there is a link to the bathing suit on my profile. :D)

She wasn't too sure about wearing this bathing suit, but she had no choice. It was either wear it, or face the wrath of Sasuke's mother. Sakura wrapped a towel around her body and walked out of the bathroom, and then into the hall. She retraced the path Mrs. Uchiha took when she had drug her up their and soon found her way to the back yard. Everyone was there already, next to an in-ground pool. Ino smiled as she watched Sakura walk up, then frowned when she saw the towel that Sakura was holding around her body for dear life. Sakura took in all of her friends' bathing suits, which she had seen before. Every suit matched the owner's personality and sense of style.

(A/N: Pics of their bathing suits on profile, too. :D)

"Ah, Sakura, dear. There you are." Mrs. Uchiha walked up to Sakura and her, too, frowned when she noticed the towel. She shifted so that her weight was on one of her hips, and she started tapping her foot with a disapproving frown at Sakura. "What is with the towel? I did not pick out the perfect bathing suit, only for it to be covered by a towel. Hand it over, young lady," she said as she held out her hand. Sakura blushed.

"You'll have to excuse Sakura. She has confidence issues." Sakura glared at Ino, the blush never leaving her face. Hinata suddenly got this blank look on her face and started staring off into space. Sakura's brows furrowed.

"Hinata? Are you okay?" she asked as Hinata's vision refocused. She smiled a mischievous smile, grabbed Sakura's towel and pulled. Sakura let out a soft squeal and hid behind Tenten. Ino, Tenten and Mrs. Uchiha were all laughing hard.

Sasuke and the guys were all talking when they heard a squeal, and then girls laughing. They turned to see all of the girls holding their sides laughing, and Sakura was gone.

"Hey, where'd Sakura go? And, what's so funny?" asked Naruto. Hinata stopped laughing and looked at them.

"Can I ask you guys something?" They all nodded, confused at where this was going. "Do you think Sakura looks good? Nobody's going to get in trouble, just in a professional sense." All of the guys shared a look before Neji was brave enough to speak up.

"She does look nice. She has a really nice figure, and we don't see anything wrong with her facial appearances, either. Why? What brought all this on?" Ino sighed.

"She's hiding behind Tenten right now because Hinata stole her towel. She absolutely refuses to come out and face the music." Naruto's face lit up.

"Come on Sakura-Chan. We don't bite. We want to see the bathing suit Mrs. Uchiha let you borrow."

"See Sakura, nobody's here to judge. If that were the case, Naruto would be long gone." Shikamaru said. Everyone laughed at that.

(A/N: Pics of the boys' board shorts on my profile.)

"See Sakura, can you please come out now? We need to get this pool party started," begged Tenten with a roll of her eyes.

Sakura sighed heavily. "Okay. Please don't laugh though. I look ridiculous."

Heartbreak-Succubus: Well, that's it for chapter 4. Hopefully chapter 5 won't take me too long to type.