"insert "And now…" here", Chrono Trigger: Naruto Style!

Chapter 3: Gato and the Telepod

Millennial Fair

9:17 a.m.

Last time…

As Sasuke walked to the fair, his 'favorite' inner was babbling his head off about how his outer should be more social, and of ways to lose the fangirls, or whatever, when all of a sudden he ran into someone.

While Sakura had been running towards Tsunade's Bell, Sasuke was running from Ground Zero, the former village mountain, at such a speed the two of them would intercept each other anyway. And so as they collided, Sakura's Hokage Bracelet fell off and landed somewhere. She was sent flying back eighteen inches and for some reason, Sasuke ended up hitting the bell post, and Tsunade's Bell fell on top of him with a loud GONG and tipped over.

"OW! That hurt… WATCH IT WILL YOU!!", exclaimed a now peeved Sakura.

"CHA!! Whoever did this will pay!!!... Wait Omg is that a body o.o"

"Omg I think it is"

"I DIDN'T DO IT YOU TOTALLY KILLED HIM NOT ME!!"

"Traitor.."

Anyways back to reality…

"Holy crap!! I killed someone!! How am I gonna explain this?!"

While our master of disguise princess was freaking out about what happened with the whole bell incident, a now thoroughly annoyed Sasuke was sitting up with a splitting headache.

"Yay! He's not dead after all!"

"Haha knew it all along!!"

"You're the one who said he was dead!!"

"Whatever…Hey look he's looking at you!! Geez woman pay attention!!"

Sakura mentally scowled at her inner, and then turned towards the Uchiha. She then

"OMG! I'm so sorry!! I didn't mean too! Are you ok?"

"Hn…Imp fine…"

"O-oh"

When Sasuke turned to answer her, Sakura blushed not just out of embarrassment, but because of what her inner was saying.

"OMG!! HE'S SO HOT!!!"(A/N: Sakura blushes so easily hmm?)

"EH!! Nani?!"

"You heard me!! I know you think he's hot too cuz I'm YOU!! Kekeke!!"

"Sometimes I really wish you would go away…"

"FINE!!! but I'll be BACK!!!"

Taking the moment of peace she had from her inner, Sakura took this as a chance to actually see why her inner was drooling over the stranger. The first thing she noticed were his obsidian eyes, and perfectly constructed face (A/N: lolz), after that she saw how even though his hair looked like a chickens butt, it still looked good on him. His clothes weren't too shabby either: A black sleeveless shirt with a neck bandanna (like cowboys sorta) two wrist warmers (like in the show) and a pair of jean shorts. All in all her inner was right, although she would never admit it.

She was interuptted from what she was doing when she noticed him waving his hand in her face.

"What are you looking at?

"Hmm? OH! Nothing!!", She said while trying to sustain a blush

"Hn…"

While he was standing up to brush himself off noticed that the strange girl was starting to panic.

"Hey are you ok?"

"NO!! My bracelet!? Where is it! I NEED that BRACLET!!"

"Oh, you mean this thing?"

"Oh um yeah that's it! Thank you!!

"Hn"

Sasuke never intended to keep the bracelet, he was just annoyed and dizzy from the bell incident.

"Um what's that supposed to mean?"

"Hn"

Inside Sasuke's mind:

"DUDE!! This is a chance for you to earn one more friend and you're blowing it off with the word 'HN'!!! HN!!!!!!"

"But what if she's a fangirl?"

"You don't know that…besides this girl is pretty", replied his drooling inner.

"Why does my inner have to be a perv? WHY?"

BACK TO REALITY

"Um well you see… I came to see the festival! You… live in this town, don't you?"

"Hn…Yeah."

"I feel a little out of place here. Would you mind if I walked with you for a while?"

Sasuke thought about that for a few minutes… should he let her follow him? Or should he just leave her there?

"If you don't let her follow you then I won't stop talking all week!!"

"You wouldn't dare!!"

"OH!! But I WOULD!!!"

"Fine… I'll let her come cuz she doesn't seem to be as annoying as the fangirls…"

And with that he mentally punched his inner unconscious.

From Sakura's point of view, it almost seemed as though Sasuke was having a battle with his inner, but she shrugged it off thinking that she was the only one with an inner.

"Sure, I guess."

"You're a true gentleman!"

"Hn."

"Oh, by the way… my name is, err…"

Sakura became nervous because she never thought about making up a name, so she looked around.

"OH crap… what should I tell him!! I cant just go off saying my name is princess Haruno!" (A/N: In this story the most people know her as Princess Haruno or Haruno-hime…yes she does seem isolated)

"Where's my inner when I need her?"

"Looking for me?"

"Yes!! Btw where were you?"

"…Somewhere, but that's not the point!! you need help finding a name so that's what I'm gonna do!! Quick scan the area!!!"

First, she saw a man drinking sake. Then, she saw the four racer's making a u-turn. And lastly, she saw a little girl cheering the racers on: "Ra, ra, ra!" (A/N I know this sounds kinda lame, but I can't think of anything else.)

"I got it from the sake we get 'Sak' from the U-turn we get 'u' from the cheerleaders we get 'ra'!!! Put it all together and you get SAKURA!!!"

"OK!!"

"um…Sakura! ("Aww crap…") And you're?", she said with a twitchy smile cuz she had just realized that she gave away her own name.

"Sasuke."

"Sasuke? What a nice name! Pleased to meet you!"

"Hn"

"Now, lead on!"

"Hn."

Sasuke then led Sakura around the fair, enjoyed listening to a song from Prehistory, and also found a girl's cat, and as they conversed later on, something caught Sakura's intrest.

"Hey Sasuke! Let's go check out that robot!"

"You mean that one I tested yesterday?"

"Huh?"

"That robot, Gato, was built by my friend, Tenten. I tested it, and it's very weak."

"You sure she didn't do anything to it?"

"No, but I think a similar looking one vaporized the village mountain."

"Hmm…But don't you want to fight it anyway? You get 15 Silver Points if you win!"

"Hn…"

"Well even if you don't want the SPs, I'd be very impressed if you beat him."

"Hn…"

With that, Sasuke got out a sword he had recently bought from a weapons merchant, Melchior (A/N I'm out of old people, so the Gurus stay the same).

"Uhh… Sasuke?"

"Yeah?"

"You're going to fight a robot with a sword?"

"I guess…"

"Ok."

W. Millennial Fair

Gato Zone

9:43 a.m.

Sasuke and Sakura walked up to a blue mat where a big, red, cat-like robot was standing.

As soon as they got close to him, he pulled out a mic and started singing:

English Japanese

They call me Gato Aa Gonzaresu [Ah Gonzales

I have metal joints Ore-wa tsuyoi [I am strong

Beat me up Ore ni kattara [Beat me up

and earn 15 silver points! shirubaa pointo [and earn silver points!

"Crap! the robot sings too?"

Gato:

I'm a singing robot

That is true

But I don't take advice

From a chicken-butt haired kid like you.

"It seems that that isn't the only thing Tenten's done to Gato. Can we start fighting now?"

Gato:

Bring it on runt

I'm more than ready

I doubt you can beat me

If you sleep with a teddy.

"Hn." (A/N Gato lied.)

"You sleep with a teddy?"

"Hn… I mean NO!!!"

"You hesitated so I think that you're lying to me!!!"

"No I don't sleep with a teddy, and just because you said that you're gonna be my backup"

"Huh?"

"You just have to stay behind me until he KOs me."

"Ok."

"Let's go then…"

Sasuke, armed with his sword, ran up Gato and was about to hit him when a flap opened revealing a large punching glove stored in Gato's belly compartment, and hit Sasuke, who was sent flying back. Right before he fell, Sasuke did some back-flips and landed on his feet. Since Gato couldn't knock him off his feet, he decided to use his most powerful attack…

He sung the song Staying Alive (by BeeGees).

"OMG!! He's using a cheap shot! Hey are your ears are bleeding?!"

Sasuke just stood there, helpless, because the song was on too loud so he couldn't move. (A/N: lol I have nothing against the song)

As he said that, Sakura went behind Gato, and he fell silent.

"I can hear again!"

" I turned Gato off!"

"You did? But how?"

"There was a giant switch on his back!"

"…Giant switch?"

"Yeah! Do you want me to turn him back on for our reward?", she asked with an innocent look in her eyes

"No…"

Sakura turned Gato on anyway.

Gato:

I lost,

you won.

Here's 15 points,

Now wasn't that fun?

The stomach flap opened and 40 silver points in a plastic bag fell out.

"Wth? 40 silver points? The sign said 15!" queried inner Sasuke. (A/N The 40 points will be important later on.)

"There you are! I've been looking for you." said a girl with two hair buns and hazel eyes.

"Hey Tenten."

When Tenten was close enough, he whispered: "Why is Gato so much stronger?"

"You shouldn't underestimate the amazing Tenten! Hey did you get to see the new weapons system I installed?", asked Tenten with a gleam in her eyes.

"--" "insert sweatdrop"

"Anyways…Sasuke who's the cute friend of yours?"

"Oh where are my manners?", he replied with sarcasm.

"Tenten, this is Sakura, Sakura Tenten."

"Oh, hello Sakura! It's nice to meet you!"

"Likewise!"

"Sasuke don't tell me you were trying to show off to your new friend!"

"Tenten you know I don't show off"

"Whatever, more importantly my demonstration of the Telepod starts in five minutes! Come on you guys!"

Tenten then dragged Sasuke to the Telepod Zone, with Sakura following.

N. Millennial Fair

Telepod Zone

10:00 a.m.

The show started, and Tenten and her friend Itachi unveiled the Telepod.

After explaining how it worked Itachi asked if there were any volunteers.

Itachi: "Alright! Who wants to try out our 'Super Dimensional Warp'? …Anyone? …"

Sakura then whispered to Sasuke: "Maybe you should try it out."

Sasuke: "Hn"

Sakura: "What's that supposed to mean?"

Sasuke: "It means no! Do you not know what happened with Tenten's last invention?"

"Not really."

"…"

Itachi: "Ah foolish little brother would you like to try it out?"

Sasuke: "No.'

Itachi: "Great now step up into the pad!"

Sasuke: "Hn. Fine, but I don't trust you"

Tenten: "Just get on the left pod."

Sasuke did so; Itachi formed a few handsigns and said "Main systems on!" He made one more handsigns and tapped a pad which made the telepod power up.

Tenten: "Begin energy transfer!"

Sasuke started spinning.

Sasuke: "Tenten do you think I should be spinning?"

There were now sparks coming out of Sasuke, who was spinning faster and now levitating half and inch, and the telepod rumbled a bit.

Inner Sasuke: "Centrifugal force...crushing heart…my world is pain!"

Sasuke: "OH shut up!!"

And with that, he disappeared with a "pop" and a few seconds later, his atoms reassembled on the right pod. He looked like he just woke up.

Everyone there except for Sakura then said: "oooo"

Sakura: "So… how was it?"

Tenten: "Sasuke?"

Sasuke: "Hn…"

Tenten: "It seems his brain hasn't returned yet."

Itachi: "I knew all along that he was brain-dead but this just proves-"

Sasuke: "Of course my brain came with me!! Doesn't anyone think that I could be in a state of shock? HMM??"

Tenten sweatdropped: "Well you never know…"

Sakura: "Are you ok Sasuke?"

Sasuke: "Hn"

Sakura: "Yup, he's ok."

Tenten: "Hey Sakura, do you wanna try the telepod?"

Sakura: "Ok!"

"Great! Now step on the left pod!"

Itachi powered the machine again, but then it started malfunctioning.

Sakura: "Tenten w-what's happening?"

Tenten: "I don't know!"

"Help me Sasuke-kun! AAAAAAAH!!!!!"

To Be Continued…

What happened to Sakura? Find out next time!

Next time: Trapped in the Past.

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Wow! That took awhile. For those who've played the game, you know what happened. ;)

Well at least I can get started on the next part of the story!