A/N If I owned Naruto then you would have no life.

We'd be kin.

And I'd be happy. To have you as kin.

"Let's play beach volleyball!" Tenten suggested. Almost everyone was for it, except Gaara, Sasuke and Neji who had to be goaded into coming. As Tenten inflated a ball, her cheeks burning red, Sakura noticed there was another member added to their little group.

"Hinata, who's the blonde with the four pig-tails?"

The other girl looked at who she pointed to, "Oh, that's Temari, Gaara-san's sister. She's a year older than us, and that cat-man, the guy that saved you, is two years older than us. They both came by motorcycle apparently." Sakura nodded, and the two of them went to join the group in playing volleyball.

It was Tenten, Hinata, Temari, and Sakura against Sasuke, Naruto, Gaara and Kiba. Shino, Lee, Neji, and Kankuro made the third team, but they were sitting out this round.

"Oi, Girls, you ready?" Kiba asked.

"Bring it!" Tenten and Sakura challenged.

Kiba served the ball and the game began.

In the end, the girls dominated the field. Mostly because Naruto and Kiba kept running into each other and arguing while they should have been concentrating and Gaara seemed indifferent either way. They almost lost to the other boys, Shino, Neji, Lee and Kankuro, but Lee kept hitting the ball to hard, sending to flying out of bounds. That alone gave the girls a lot of points and chances to get even more points.

The main reason they won, however, was because all the girls were able to cooperate and they knew when to follow and when to lead.

After the match, everyone decided it was time to eat. Going back to her pack, Sakura took out the milk, which had cooled enough, and her bento. All the others sat in a ring, so when Sakura joined, she sat between Gaara and Naruto.

Sakura whistled for the kitties, and watched as the two fur bundles came racing over to her, spotted coats gleaming in the midday sun, short tails wagging, ready for food.

Gaara looked at the cats curiously. "What kind of cat is that?"

"I dunno," She replied, feeding Kei-chan first. "Maybe a cross breed….I just found them one day…." Her voice trailed off. Switching cats, she fed Mero-chan.

"Oi, Sakura-chan," Naruto started, "What did you name them?"

She smiled softly, "This is Mero-chan, Merodi. The other one, with more spots, that's Keikai, or Kei-chan. In Japanese their name's would be Melody."

"That's so poetic," Kiba commented, on Naruto's other side. "Me, I think a name's good if it's more powerful and tough, right Akamaru?"

Sakura glanced over at him, around Naruto's bulk. "You would, Kiba."

The blonde inbetween laughed. "She got you there."

After that, the entire atmosphere seemed to lighten a bit.

It was then Temari proposed an idea.

"Since my brothers and I don't know you very well….Why don't we play a little game?" Everyone looked at her expectantly. "How 'bout some truth or dare?"

The group looked at each other, and all the heads bobbed in a yes. (Except for the trio of indifference) "Who'll start?" Someone asked.

Naruto jumped up. "ME! ME!"

"Alright, Naruto, but calm down." Tenten ordered.

Giggling, the boy looked over at Sakura.

"Sakura, truth or dare?" She seemed startled.

"Uh….dare."

It seemed like he couldn't stop giggling. "Alright…..Sakura….I dare you to….give me a kiss."

Sakura bowed her head, trying not to kill him. "Okay…" Hinata watched intently, as did Tenten. In truth, everyone watched closely but those two the hardest. Hinata because she like Naruto and Tenten since she knew who Sakura was crushing on.

The two stood up, Naruto puckered his lips. Clenching her fist, Sakura punched Naruto good and hard in the chest. He went flying a few yards back. She was twitching, arm outstretched, seething.

"NEVER, NARUTO, NEVER."

"S-sakura-chan…..what was that about?" The boy whined.

"Yea," Temari said, "He said he wanted a kiss, not a punch."

Sakura sat back down. "He didn't say what to kiss him with…." All the girls laughed, and Sakura looked for her next target.

"Neji….Truth or dare?"

"Dare."

Wow….mister ice cube. "'Kay, I dare you to….give Tenten a kiss on the cheek….with your lips."

With a sigh, Mr. Ice Cube walked over to Tenten and placed a gentle kiss on her cheek. Tenten immediately turned red and looked at the sand to try to hide it. Neji walked back to his seat.

"Sasuke, truth or dare?"

I won't get caught in that trap. "Truth."

Neji smiled. It sent shivers down Sakura's spine. "Why are you so cold?"

"I could ask you the same thing." Neji grunted. "Ah….fine. Probably because of my brother." That's all he'd say.

"Hinata, Truth or dare?"

The girl blushed and looked down. "Dare."

"Fine. I dare you to…." He paused a moment to think. "race Sakura-chan again."

The two girls mentioned looked up at him. "WHAT?!"

"Do you have a problem with that?"

Sakura was uncomfortable. "YES! Last time I nearly drowned!"

Retaining his cool, Sasuke looked over at her. "Why's that?"

"I don't have to tell you." She spat. Although he didn't let it show on his features, Sasuke was a little hurt that she wouldn't tell him. With a shrug, he let it go. "Your turn, Hinata."

"Umm…umm…Kankuro-san, truth or dare?"

He glanced over at the girl. "Truth."

"W-why do you c-carry around a….a puppet?"

A smile appeared on his lips. "It's what I do, what I enjoy doing. Playing with puppets, manipulating things."

Sakura looked at him, she tried to see what was underneath that smile. The…the way he says that….it's really creepy…

Gaara noticed Sakura's look of intensity directed to her brother.

"You won't be able to figure much out about him….he always has a mask on." He grunted. The girl looked over at him with one pink eyebrow raised.

"I see…" She sat back. He makes me feel soooooooo weird!

The game continued on for a few more rounds. After a while everyone got a little bored, so a different game was suggested.

"FREEZE TAG!"

A/N I am glad, however, that I don't have you as a brother or sister. I'd hate you.

And I'd be sad.