AN: Hello, again! Thank you all for the kind reviews (year-of-the-gnat, I already told them that you helped)… You nice people have convinced me out of my utter laziness to add another chapter! Just so ya know, this one starts in the Uchiha mansion…. Enjoy!

"I can't believe this!" Ino yelled. "This ruins all my plans!"

"What plans?" Sakura asked, stupidly. Ino smacked her.

"Stupid Forehead! My plans to get Shikamaru!" Ino stopped. The door had just opened. Sasuke stood in the doorway. His shirt was hanging at an odd angle and he looked like he hadn't slept in days.

"I heard yelling." He said, looking kind of dazed.

"Oh, hey, Sasuke! ♥" Ino said, very girlishly. Sakura looked concerned.

"Sasuke, you should be in bed, remember what the therapist said." Sakura replied. Sakura looked at Ino, pointedly. "The therapist said he would be like this." Sasuke frowned.

"I don't want to stay in bed all the time! I want to train, again! Why are you even—" he yelled.

"Come on, Sasuke, the therapist said you needed to stay in bed, just until—"

"I don't care what that quack of a shrink said! I want to train!" Sasuke raised his voice. Sakura looked at Ino, as if she were an unwanted guest (which she probably was) who shouldn't be listening to this conversation. She looked back to Sasuke.

"Come on, Sasuke, I'll take you to bed." She murmured, embarrassedly.

"I don't want to go back to bed—" Sakura had just placed a finger to his temple. His eyes drooped and he muttered, "I'm tired."

"That's right, Sasuke-kun, I'll tuck you in." Sakura said, taking his arm and leading him. Ino was left alone for a minute, plotting her revenge against Temari. Finally, a plan formatted in her mind. Sakura came back, looking annoyed.

"Sakura, I have an idea!" Ino replied. "You're pretty good at draining chakra, like you just did, right?"-Sakura paled-"Can you show me how?" Sakura let out a sigh of relief.

Meanwhile…

"I'm hungry." Naruto said, looking at the ramen shack. "I wish Sasuke were here, but Sakura's locked him up in that mansion, maybe I should break him out." Naruto thought about it. "After I have some ramen." He decided.

Meanwhile…

Kankuro and Gaara walked through Konoha's streets, looking for somewhere to have lunch. Kankuro had an angry expression and his arms were folded across his chest. Gaara looked tired and bored, of course, he always looked tired and he was bored half the time.

"I can't believe this! That-that-that kid kissed my sister! He'll die for that." Kankuro raged. Gaara sighed.

"Well, Temari let him and you're starting to sound like I did, before I found out that killing is bad." He drawled. Kankuro looked at him like he was mad.

"But what if he has her under some jutsu, like that shadow one! He could be keeping her prisoner right now!" Gaara stopped and turned to him.

"Kankuro, look at me." Kankuro did. Gaara slapped him and continued walking, saying "Get a hold of yourself." Kankuro hastened to catch up.

"But, Gaara, don't you see—"

"Maybe you're just jealous, you ever think of that?" Gaara asked. Suddenly, Kankuro covered Gaara's mouth and tackled him into the bushes. Passerbys looked at him, like he was crazy.

"What the hell is wrong with you?!" Gaara yelled, removing Kankuro's hand and piling out of the bushes, brushing leaves and twigs out of his hair. Kankuro jerked him back.

"Shh!" Kankuro pointed at Shikamaru and Temari who were making their way through Konoha. Gaara narrowed his eyes, but still watched.

"You know what?" Temari asked Shikamaru. "After we eat lunch, let's go back to your place and get wasted." Gaara was ready this time to hold Kankuro back. Temari laughed. "I'm glad Kankuro's not here. He would've had a heart attack if he would've heard me say I'm going to get drunk at some boy's apartment." Kankuro jerked forward again, but Gaara held him steady.

Meanwhile, a few minutes afterward…

"There's this really great spot for lunch." Shikamaru said, leading Temari around the streets of Konoha. They were passing a small restaurant named The Kitchen of Youth.

"That's the stupidest name I've ever heard of." Temari remarked. Suddenly, two dark figures towered behind them…