Chapter Three- Games in the Dark

"Lights…turn on!" Naruto shouted.

"…"

"I command you!!"

"…"

"…Please?"

"Oi, Naruto, how many times do I have to tell you that you don't have the force?" I grumbled.

"Oh, I'm not using the force!" Naruto retorted. "I'm using telephony!"

"Telepathy," I corrected, "and you don't have that either."

"…Oh, I saw a spark!" Naruto cheered.

"A car drove by and the lights bounced off the bulb, you idiot." Sasuke announced.

"Damn it, why do the outlets make it look so easy!?" Naruto cried.

"Oh, gee, I wonder." I huffed sarcastically. "Just give it a break, Naruto, we have a flashlight."

"But what if it dies? What if we're all left in the dark for hours on end? Oh my god; what if I have to pee!?" Naruto panicked. "Oh, damn it, now I do…"

"Then go to the bathroom!" Tenten urged impatiently.

"B-But…it's all dark up there…what if a monster gets me?"

I sighed. "Naruto, you are such a child…just go to the bathroom and try to aim in the dark."

"But…but…Teme—"

"There is no way in hell I am going up there with you." Sasuke interjected pointedly.

Now Naruto bounced around as he tried to hold in his need to use the bathroom.

Bam!

"Aaaiieeee!" Naruto shrieked.

"It was just thunder!" I assured. "Here, just take the damn flashlight and go to the bathroom!"

"I…uh…don't gotta use it anymore…." Naruto stated sheepishly.

Everyone scooted away from Naruto.

"Um…fresh undies for Mr. Uzumaki, please…." Naruto chuckled nervously.

"I'll help him." Neji huffed in annoyance as he stood up and walked over to Naruto.

"What do you plan to do?" Tenten asked. "It's not like anyone packs emergency pants."

"I do come here every once in a while…I should have some spare clothes around." Neji explained. "But if you piss in those I'll beat the crap out of you."

"R-Right…" Naruto nodded as the two disappeared down the halls.

"Remind me never to be stuck in a house with Naruto during a thunderstorm ever again." Sasuke huffed.

"Try to live with him." I grumbled in response.

Naruto and Neji emerged from the hallways a couple minutes later. I had to put a hand over my mouth so I didn't laugh as I saw Naruto. He wore pants that were obviously too big for him, and they were so loose around the legs it almost appeared as though he wore a long skirt.

"Laugh and I kill you." Naruto growled.

"I thought you were going to wear one of Neji's pants." Tenten said through suppressed giggles.

"Well, apparently Neji couldn't find any of his so we…borrowed some of your dad's, Hinata." Naruto explained.

"Oh, uh, I guess that's alright…" Hinata stammered. "I would say we could wash your pants but…with no power the machines aren't working."

"Hey…they'll dry." Naruto responded.

The two of them sat back down with us and we all fell silent for a few minutes.

"So…anything we can do?" Naruto asked suddenly.

"Not much when the lights are out and we only have a flashlight to light things up." Tenten answered.

"Oh, we could play flashlight tag!" Naruto suggested.

"Flashlight tag…?" Neji asked.

"Remember Sakura? We used to play this all the time." Naruto grinned at me.

"Oh yeah, when we were younger we'd wait until it got really dark and get out a flashlight. If you get caught in the beam then you're it." I explained.

"Better than nothing," Tenten nodded. "I'm in."

"Yeah, whatever," both Neji and Sasuke sighed simultaneously.

"Sure," Hinata agreed.

"Okay…not it!" Naruto exclaimed.

"Not it!" I declared second.

"Not it!" Tenten quickly followed.

"Not it!" Hinata and Sasuke said just before Neji could get his out.

"Neji's it!" Naruto announced, and handed the flashlight to Neji. "Okay, count to thirty and everyone else has to hide!"

Neji nodded and shut his eyes. "Go then. One, two, three…"

Everyone else scrambled up and scattered.

"Ow, shit!"

"Watch out for the coffee table, Naruto!" I giggled.

"Stupid knee magnet," Naruto cried.

"Thirty," Neji declared, and suddenly the flashlight shone around the room.

The beam of light came my way and I ducked behind a couch. I just caught movement out of the corner of my eye as someone else dived out of the beam's vision.

"You can't stay in the same place for more than ten seconds!" Naruto yelled out to everyone as he dove between bookshelves.

"Now you tell us." I heard Sasuke grumble as he moved from a corner to a couch across from me.

"Gotcha," Neji stated triumphantly.

"Aw, you were aiming for me!" Tenten pouted as the light lit her form up.

Tenten crossed the room and took the flashlight.

"Now what, do I count to thirty?" Tenten asked.

"Yeah, everyone start finding new hiding spots!" Naruto confirmed.

So we played that for about the next half hour. Compared to the time we were having before, I'd say this was about the most fun I had had the entire time. Then, something miraculous happened. I was it at the time and I desperately searched for anyone to come out into the open.

"Ow!" I heard Naruto cry.

"Oh!" Hinata gasped right after him, and a thunk sounded through the room.

I started to move the flashlight around to the noise, but right before I spotted them light washed through the room. Half of us cried out as our eyes stung from the light, but once we recovered we gazed upon Naruto as he lay on top of Hinata.

"Wow, surprise, surprise, you guys ready for that first kiss yet?" Tenten snickered.

"I ran into her…sorry Hinata." Naruto apologized as he pushed himself off of, a now madly blushing, Hinata. "Wait…hey, the lights are back on!"

"I guess they finally fixed the power." Tenten cheered.

"Awe, but I was just about to catch someone." I grinned playfully as I turned off the flashlight.

"Hey, anyone know what time it is?" Neji asked.

Tenten looked around for a clock. "There, it says it's…holy crap it's nearly ten!"

"At night," Naruto gasped.

"No, in the morning…who wants pancakes?" Tenten replied sarcastically.

"And look, the storm's still going." I stated as I opened one of the curtains to view the pouring rain.

"Hey, did anyone else notice this?" Sasuke suddenly announced and held up a piece of paper with writing on it.

"What's it say?" Naruto asked.

"It says: 'business to attend to. Back tomorrow, dad'." Sasuke read aloud.

"So Uncle's gone for the night." Neji inquired.

"I suppose so." Hinata nodded.

"Well, what about us? I'm fairly sure mom's losing it right now." I stated.

"Oh, crap, she probably thinks we got abducted or something!" Naruto exclaimed.

"Well, since the power is back we could try calling them." Tenten suggested.

"My parents are probably asleep by now." Sasuke announced.

"Yeah, mine, too, they're kind of used to me being home late." Neji agreed.

"Come to think of it…my parents probably think I'm here anyway." Tenten added.

"So, what, you're saying we should just stay here for the night?" I inquired.

"If that's fine with you, Hinata," Naruto turned to his girlfriend.

"Um…I don't think father would mind…we do have an explanation after all." Hinata stammered.

"I still say we should give mom a call real quick to tell her where we are." I declared.

"Yeah, I think everyone should." Tenten agreed.

"Right, so we're all staying here for the night due to a thunderstorm…interesting sleepover conditions." Sasuke huffed.

Everyone laughed or nodded and we headed off to the kitchen where Hinata's phone was located.

"Interesting conditions alright…I can only imagine what's going to happen for the rest of the night." I thought. My eyes unconsciously drifted towards Sasuke.

Man, it's been a while since I've been able to finish a chapter in one day. Typically it takes me a minimum of two or three now…well, I did have some very good motivation recently. (Namely some reviews.) Well, I have to say it was quite amusing making this chapter…now I want to play flashlight tag…heh, I can be such a kid sometimes…. Hope I got some laughs out of you people. I have more plans in store for their night, and, knowing me, not much should be normal…but that's the fun part about it. Well then, more soon!