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Ok, here's chapter two, hopefully it will be better than the last one

When we left off Sasuke was being a jerk (as per usual) and a table had been laid out with food on it.

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"Everyone, please listen to this announcement!" called Host from the stage. People looked up from their plates. What did the weirdo want now?

"I shall be absent this round, so you will have to keep the flow going yourselves," he said. Well, that was one positive, Host was going to be somewhere else.

Hinata was just returning to her meal when a familiar figure plopped down in the chair next to her. It was Naruto, and he seemed barely awake. "Yo," he muttered sleepily, "Mind if I sit here?" Hinata didn't know what to say. What was Naruto doing? He had just plonked himself down (a bit uncomfourtably close) next to her without any warning, and she had no idea what to do. "S-sure, g-go ahead," she stuttered nervously. "Thanks, Tenten," he replied with a yawn (insert anime sweat-drop on all readers). Hinata was a little bit put out that he thought he was talking to Tenten, even in his fatigued state, she had rather hoped that he had intentionally come to talk to her. Still, what would she say? It had only been three weeks since she had proclaimed her love for him.

"Hey, Tenten?" he asked, eyes closed. Oh well, I guess I may as well just play along with this. It would be awkward if he suddenly figured out it was me, she thought. "Y-yeah?" she said, trying to sound a bit more like the weapons mistress, but she still couldn't cut out the stutter. Naruto smiled "You know what? You smell like cinnamon. You know who also smells like cinnamon?" Was it just Hinata or was this going from weird to weirder? "Who?" she asked. "Hinata does! Yeah, Hinata smells like cinnamon. Oh, and lavender. Yeah, that's a nice smell. Hinata smells nice. Actually, she's nice as a person too. Can I tell you a secret?" he continued. Hinata desperately wanted to hear but she couldn't lie to Naruto. "I think that I…" but he fell asleep, cutting his own sentence short.

Meanwhile…

Gaara of the desert was sitting in his chair, arms folded, his gourd of sand resting on the ground next to him. Temari was sitting beside him in a similar posture while Kankuro devoured a bowl of beef ramen. "Come on you two," he said, desperately trying to lighten the mood with his siblings, "This isn't all bad. I mean, the food is great, and it's free! All we have to do is play along with the weird guy and we get double what we put in!" His icy companions were not impressed. "Here, Gaara, try some of the food. You haven't eaten in three days. Aren't you about due to eat around now?"

"No," came the cold reply.

"Temari?"

"No," she parroted.

The puppet master sighed and went off to refill his bowl. When he left Shikamaru plopped himself down next to Temari.

"What do you want?" she demanded.

"Jeez, would it kill you to try a: 'Hello, Shikamaru, it's good to see you again'?" He asked sarcastically. All he got in return was Temari grabbing him by the scruff of the neck and explaining to him in many graphic details exactly what she would do to him if he bothered her again. She then resumed her original position of stubborn pessimism. Even Gaara was a little bit curious as to what her problem was. "What is it?" he asked her in his usual disinterested, sandy tone. She cocked an eyebrow at him. "Temari, it is not the 14th of the month so Kankuro's usual explanation cannot be used here. Furthermore, you're even more testy than you regularly are at the moment," The sand lord explained. There was a moment in which Temari sat gaping at her younger brother mentioning her time of the month.

"The 14th? Makes sense," put in Shikamaru. The wind mistress punched him in the face and dragged him off somewhere else to beat him further.

Excellent, now Gaara was alone. Again. As usual.

He got up and decided to take a walk. He strapped on his sand gourd and wandered around, aimlessly exploring the ruins. He didn't know how long everyone had been there but it just seemed as though it were always night in this place. Odd.

A familiar figure fell into step beside him. "Hm?" he looked to his right, "Matsuri?" His former student smiled at him. "Hi, Gaara sensei," she replied. She still called him that even though they weren't technically student and sensei anymore. It was sort of like a nickname he supposed, although she really should have been calling him Lord Kazekage. "What are you doing?" he asked in as curious a tone as one could expect from Gaara. "Nothing, I just thought you might like some company," she said innocently. Oh well, maybe he could use a companion.

"Alright."

They walked in silence for a few minutes, each to their own respective thoughts, until Matsuri again broke hush. "So, what do you think of this place, Gaara sensei?" she asked. Hm, obviously she's trying to make conversation, thought Gaara.

"It doesn't seem threatening."

She laughed, "I asked what you thought of it, not what you didn't think of it!"

Her laughing. The sound pleased him. He found himself hoping to hear it again.

"Well, I suppose it seems alright. I am not fond of this Host character however. I don't trust him."

She nodded, "Neither do I. He looks dishonest."

"Well, what do we do about it? No one else seems to think he's anything but an eccentric."

She shook her head, "No, I was speaking to Tenten and she hates him."

Meanwhile…

"I hate him!" Tenten shouted in response to Lee's question. She, Neji, and Lee were all discussing much the same thing that Gaara and Matsuri were.

"I thought you rather liked him," said Neji skeptically.

His teammate snorted. "Oh, yeah, sure, he's got a pretty face but he has all the manners of a dead slug!"

"What did he do?" asked Lee.

"He came on to me."

"HE WHAT?!"

Neji turned around slowly after his outburst.

"Where are you going?" asked Tenten.

"To find Host."

"What for?"

"I just want to talk to him."

"Really? Because you look pretty ticked off."

"I just want to talk to him."

"Are you sure?"

"I just want to talk to him."

"Neji, it's no big deal! The man's an idiot but that's his problem! You shouldn't get involved in this!"

"I just want to kill him I mean I just want to talk to him."

"Neji!"

Tenten followed the Hyuuga, trying to talk him out of tracking Host. Lee sighed, this was going to be a long night.

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Oh yeah! Second chapter done! Lol, the real second chapter that is!

The last chapter had a thing in it that I thought would be the second chapter but isn't.

Special thanks to Mathlover15 for the fav and helpful comments!­

I should have the second chapter up in about a week or so :D