Hi peoples!! I'm back!! Didn't I say I'd update soon?! Don't ya just love me?!?
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
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"Gaara?! What're you doing here?!?" Naruto shouted, ruining the SakuSasu moment.
"Naruto! How dare you accuse Gaara of being here!! You know very well that he isn't here!! It is not youthful to lie!!" Lee said, in a heroic stance, with lights shining on him.
"You probably can't see past those bushes you call eyebrows, imbecile."
Lee froze and turned around fearfully only to see a certain red-headed sand ninja standing there with his arms crossed at his chest.
"Hi guys!"
"Hey."
"Temari! Kankuro! You guys are here too?! What a coikidink (that is not a spelling error btw, reread the word) meeting you here!!" Tenten said, making her way over to the Sand Trio. She hugged Temari and whispered, "Thank you! Now I have my wonderful helper!"
"No prob. I even got my matchmaking kit!" The two girls squealed excitedly, then, chuckled evilly. Everyone stopped chattering and sweatdropped.
"Erm, Tenten, are you ok?" Sakura asked, putting a worried hand on her friend's shoulder.
"Uh, yeah, yeah, just fine, heheh..."
Suddenly, THERE WAS AN EARTHQUAKE!!!!
No, just kiddin', it was Naruto stomach growling. Then as if on cue, everyone else's stomach growled too.
"Need food..." Naruto fell face first into the snow... and sunk. "Oi, Sakura-chan, can you carry me to the hotel?"
"NO!"
"Oh, c'mon! Please!?"
"No! I'm hungry and I'm a girl, but do you see anyone carrying me to the hotel? I mean jeez, I- Ah!" Sakura yelped as she felt herself being picked up bridal style. She looked up to see... you guessed it, Sasuke the avenger. He smirked down at her. She melted.
"Oh Shikamaru! Carry me to the hotel!" Ino screeched.
"No way woman. It's too troublesome."
"CARRY ME NOW!!!!!!"
"Alright, alright, fine get on." He said, sighing and bending down. Ino got on his back, and he stood up.
"Yay!" Then she turned to Sakura, "Take that forehead girl! I get carried too! Nya!" She taunted, pulling her eyelid down. Shikamaru started to walk back to the hotel. "Am I heavy, Shika-kun?"
"Yes, very." He teased, smirking.
"Hey, take that back or I'll make it harder for you to carry me!!"
"I'll just drop you if you do."
"Grrrr... fine, you win this round."
"Um, I-I'll carry y-you N-Naruto-kun." Hinata offered.
"Thanks Hina-chan, but I don't think you can- LIFT MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!" Naruto screamed as hinata hauled him onto her back. "Jeez, Hina-chan, you been workin' out?" Hinata shook her head an started towards the hotel behind everyone else
Up by Shikamaru...
"Hey, Shika, long time, no see, eh?" Temari greeted, walking beside Shikamaru.
He sighed, "Yeah..."
"So, what's up?"
"ME, THAT'S WHO!!!" Ino shouted, reminding the two that she was on Shikamaru's back.
Shikamaru sighed again. "Temari, you remember Ino. Ino, Temari."
"Hi PLEASED to meet'cha," Ino said through gritted teeth.
"Hey," Temari answered carelessly. She then continued to speak to Shikamaru, "Anyway, have any plans tonight?"
"YES!! HE DOES! HE HAS TO HANG OUT WITH ME!" Ino interrupted again.
"Says who?" Shikamaru questioned flatly.
"ME DAMMIT!! ME!"
"Ya know what? Nevermind." Temari said while glaring at Ino and walking to Gaara's side.
"YEAH!!!NEVERMIND IS RIGHT!!!" Ino cheered, punching the air in front of her. Shikamaru sighed again. "WHAT'S WRONG NOW?!?"
"Nothing."
"No! Something's wrong!" Ino paused. "Is it because you don't want ot hang out with me anymore?" She asked quietly.
"It's not-"
"FOOD!!!" Naruto's voice pierced the air. He hopped of Hinata's back and ran full speed into the hotel, clouds of snow behind him. Everyone looked relieved to finally be back at the hotel.
"COOKING CREW!!" Sakura called once in the kitchen doorway. All the girls crowded around her, chattering about what to prepare for dinner. They decided on riceballs, sashimi, and sushi and got to work.
Later in Shikamaru and Ino's room...
Ino was sitting on the bed with her arms folded on her knees and her head on them. She sighed. The door opened and closed again. Someone sat beside her.
"Hey," the voice said.
"Hey," Ino grumbled.
"Why aren't you downstairs?"
"I ain't hungry."
"Ino, about earlier..."
"I don't wanna hear-"
"Just listen,"
Ino sighed, layed on the bed, and covered her head with a giant pillow. Shikamaru removed the pillow and loomed over her. She grumbled and turned away from him. "Ino."
"What?"
"I do want to hang out...still...So..."Ok, gow about now?
"You do?"
"Yeah. I mean, you are my girlfrie- Er... best friend"
"Hmmmm? What were you about to say?" Ino said smiling evilly and crawling over to him. He backed up.
"Nothing."
"C'mon, you can tell me."Shikamaru blushed? And turned away."Well, fine, I'm not gonna force you. Let's go eat." She concluded smiling sweetly and pulling Shikamaru off the bed and to the kitchen.
In a closet somewhere in the hotel...
"U-um, N-Naruto-kun, c-could you p-please move y-your arm?"
"Ok! How about now?"
"T-thank you."
Naruto and Hinata were sitting in a closet... because Tenten pushed Naruto in there when Hinata went to put away her snow shoes. Now the two were sitting in the cramped closet, only having enough room to sit across from each other with a few inches in between them.
"Hey, Hina-chan, why do you stammer so much?"
"U-um, I d-don't k-know, somet-times I'm just n-nervous."
"There's no reason to be nervous around me Hina-chan! C'mon! You can talk normally around me! Practice!"
"Ok."
There! Ya see! You said ok!"
"Y-yeah, I guess I did o-ok."
"Yeah! You didn't stammer so much that time! You can do it! Say anything you've always wanted to say! Anything!"
"Naruto, I've always liked you."
""See?! You did fine! Wait wha?"
Hinata blushed and hid her face. "I-I'm sorry! I-Idon't know w-what came o-over me!"
"No, it's ok... I like you too!"
"Really?"
"Yeah! You're awsome!!"
Meanwhile, at the dinner table...
"Jeez, Hinata and Naruto have been gone a long time! I wonder where they are? Naruto said he was hungry." Tenten said sarcastically. Temari giggled.
"Yeah, you're right Tenten! I wonder what happened?" Temari replied with equal sarcasm in her voice. The two bust out into laughter. Everyone looked at the two strangely. Sasuke and Neji were too cool to do that so they continued to eat their riceballs.
"Sakura," Sakura turned her attention to Sasuke. "These onigiri are good." He continued, giving her a small smile.
Sakura blushed,"Thanks"
"Muahaha! She likes him!" Everyone looked around for the source of the sound.
"Muahahaha! You'll never find me!" The slightly feminine voice said again. After a while, they found the source of the voice... Gaara's sand.
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Cya later!