"Well… when I woke up this morning she was gone… and when I asked my mom and dad, they said she was with Neji… so I was hoping you might know where they were," Soma said, "Kakashi-sensei… Gai-sensei."

"Ah… the youth and their passionate love… how wonderful it feels. I remember my first love…" Gai said, beginning to ramble.

"Well, Soma… if I knew where they were, which I don't, I would certainly say that they are in one of the shops… but I, of course, don't know where they are," Kakashi said.

Soma got a little suspicious, "you know where they are… don't you?" she asked.

"Hmm… not that I'm aware of… but I would still check…" Kakashi said, winking.

"YOU DO! Tell me! Tell me, tell me, tell me, teeelll meeee! Pllleeeeaaassseee!" Soma begged.

"I'm afraid I don't…" Kakashi said, as Kiba ran up.

"Kiba! Do you know where Katara and Neji are?" Soma asked.

"Why are you always looking for her? You should just abandon her… she doesn't seem to want to hang with you… I'd be more than happy to accompany you… if company is all you want," Kiba said.

Hinata ran up to them, "Soma! D-do you…?" she began.

"Hinata! Please tell me you know where Katara and Neji are?" Soma said, pleadingly.

"W-well… n-no… I was h-hoping y-you would," Hinata admitted, bashfully.

"C'mon So… forget about your sister and her boyfriend… I'd be more than happy to… do stuff with you," Kiba said, wrapping an arm around her.

Next thing he knew, Kiba was being dragged down the street. "What the hell is your problem?" Troah snapped, glaring at Kiba.

"Oh, sorry bro… didn't see ya there," Kiba said, smiling.

"Leave… her… alone," Troah growled.

"You're just sore because she chose the psycho sand killer over you," Kiba jabbed, hitting a sore spot.

"I am not!" Troah snapped.

"Yes… you are," Kiba smiled, walking back to Soma.

Just as Kiba and Troah rejoined them, loud yelling was heard. "That's Katara! There's no mistaking it!" Soma exclaimed.

"I guess you would know best, eh Superstar?" Troah asked, pretending as if nothing happened.

"Very funny… to the yelling!" Soma said, pointing in the general direction.


" UGH! YOU'RE UNBELIEVABLE! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU SAID THAT!" Soma heard Katara yell. She was beginning to wonder who she was yelling at. It was probably Neji, She always thought they were cute together but they did fight quite a bit.

" I WAS JUST PROVING MY POINT!" Neji responded to Katara's complaint.

"AND WHAT KIND OF POINT WAS THAT!" she yelled. "WHY ARE YOU IN BITCH MODE!" Neji yelled

Soma heard it and said to herself "damn, someone's gonna die here…..awwwww I wanted to go see a movie."

" YOU IGNORANT, POMPOUS…STUBBORN…" Katara was saying, clearly running out of words to say.

"ANYTHING ELSE!" Neji asked.

"SON OF A BICTH!" she yelled into his face as she turned around and started to walk away. When she turned she had finally noticed Soma, Hinata, Kiba and Troah were there watching the two of them fight. As she was walking away it was clear that Katara didn't care anyone was watching them.

"Ack, where are you going?" Neji asked. "Where am I going! Clearly I'm leaving because we can barley stand each other right now!" Katara yelled.

"Um…" Soma awkwardly said. "Better not interfere" Troah cautioned her.

"So what? WE fight all the time. You don't have to leave!" Neji tried to reassure. "Excuse me?" Katara asked. Their tones were still violent, but the volume seemed to have cued down a notch.

"Well…it's what we do! Some people go out for ice cream every Sunday, others go out for walks along a lake, and some just play sports or something. WE fight. It's our 'thing'. You continuously tell me when I'm being an ignorant, pompous, stubborn son of a bitch, and I tell you when you're in bitch mode and acting like a pre-Madonna! And it's cause I'm not scared to hurt your feelings cause you know that's not how I really feel and I know that's not how you feel. Besides you have like a 3 second rebuttal with another pre- Madonna remark," he said.

"Ugh! Wh…why! GAH" Katara stressfully said as she began to walk away. Oddly enough Neji went with her.

"Where are you going?" Soma asked.

At the same time the two of them replied "TO GET LUNCH NOW BUZZ OFF!"

"I'm not sure which is more off, the two of them fighting in public and in front of their friends or….fighting then getting lunch together clearly still angry at one another…" Kiba said with question.

"Wow……" Soma sighed, her eyes then darted around. "…Let's follow them," she said, with a smirk on her face.

"Are you sure you wanna do that…you're signing your death warrant you know," Troah said, but he clearly was interested in what Soma was saying.

" I-I'm j-j-just going to g-go home…I-I-I'll wait until brother-er calms d-down" Hinata said, as she left.

"Well my friends it would seem it is just the three of us now," Soma said as she wrapped her arms around both of them. "Nah, it sounds interesting but I'll have to catch you later. I've been in an argument with Katara before, and it ain't pretty. I'll avoid ones I know I can. Later," Kiba said. Soon he was out of sight and only Soma and Troah remained. "I really don't think we should follow them, its not smart Soma. You should know that," Troah said. "Yeah yeah, fine. We won't," she said, disappointment clear in her voice.

"Hey Superstar… aren't we suppose to be having a practice today?" Troah asked, thinking for a minute. "GAH! I TOTALLY FORGOT ABOUT THAT! CHOJI'S PROBABLY WONDERING WHERE WE ARE!" Soma exclaimed. Troah started laughing at Soma's distress. "Chill, So… we still have a good five minutes before we have to meet up with him," he chuckled.

"But still… we have to set the studio and everything," Soma said, a lot more calmly. "Alright, alright… we'll go now," Troah said, sighing.


"Hey guys!" Choji said, walking into the studio. Soma and Troah were in the process of moving the piano over at the time. "Choji!" Soma said, happily, dropping her side of the piano to greet him. Troah grunted from the extra weight.

Suddenly, the weight got lighter. Troah looked across to see Katara lifting the other side of the piano. 'O-kay…' he thought. "Thanks," Troah said, a little nervously. "What ever…" Katara muttered. "Oh… Katara when'd you get here?" Soma asked, she too was a little nervous.

"Uh… did something happen that I don't know about?" Choji asked. "No… nothing important," Soma said. Katara dropped the piano at Soma's words. Unfortunately for Troah, it landed on his foot. "ACK! That's smarts… oww!" he howled.

"Suck it up," Katara grumbled. "OHH! Troah! Are you okay? Here," Soma said, lifting one side of the piano to help free Troah's foot. "Is it okay? Do you need a medical Nin… oh I shouldn't have dropped the piano," Soma fussed.

"Have you guys seen… Naruto?" Katara asked. Soma looked at Katara in surprise. "No… why?" she asked. "No reason…" Katara muttered.

"Why do you want to see Naruto?" Soma pestered, starting to understand what Troah said the other day. Katara was beginning to act… different. "Well, if you don't know where he is, than I have no reason to explain myself to you," Katara scoffed. "I was just asking…" Soma muttered.

"Uh…" Troah said, not really wanting to get involved. "By the way… what happened to Neji?" Soma asked. Katara shrugged, "he went to go train," she said, simply. "So… you guys are cool again… right?" Soma asked. Katara shrugged again.

'Their cool again,' Soma and Troah thought at the same time. Katara walked out of the studio, seeming to be a little annoyed. "Don't take this personally Soma… but your sister is acting really weird," Choji said. "I know…" Soma said, getting very serious.

"So… are we going to practice or just stand here?" Troah asked, grabbing his guitar, now that the piano is in place. Choji smirked and went to his drum-kit. Soma sat down at the piano, the microphone angled towards her. She smiled, "let's do this…"