WAL-MART!!! I hate it so much... and yet its so amazing.

As the bus rounded a corner and pulled into a parking lot, the students let their jaws drop as they saw that their destination was none other than, Wal-Mart. Everyone made disapproving sounds and gestures as the bus eased to a stop, and Kakashi sensei stood, still reading his book.

It took them a few minutes to notice their teacher standing before they took the hint and sat back down. Kakashi cleared his throat and announced, "As you can see, our field trip is to Wal-Mart. We are not, however, here for just fun. You have three hours to make a list of all the products you would need to survive in the wilderness, but you may have at most 20 different items. Each item should have specific brand name, quantity in package, and price. We shall all be meeting here, in front of our bus, when the time is up, and you will need to turn in one list for every three-person group before you can board the bus. Oh, and you can feel free to buy/eat lunch while you're here. Any questions?"

All of the students had looks of suspicion on their face, but no one asked any questions.

"All right then, GO!" said Kakashi, and everyone rushed off the bus. As Sakura got off the bus, Naruto and Sasuke were waiting off to the side as the rest of the groups made their way happily into Wall-Mart.

Sakura completely ignored Naruto as she skipped merrily to Sasuke, grabbing his arm.

"So, Sasuke-kun, lets go! I already have a plan to get this done quickly… unless YOU have an idea. Then we'll do what you think", Sakura kept gushing as a now nervous Sasuke attempted to peel the overly excited girl off his arm.

Sakura began dragging Sasuke towards Wall-Mart as the boy gave helpless glances to Naruto, who tried to stay back and not get in her way. After a few minutes, Sakura had managed to drag Sasuke to the aisle that has mass-packaged water bottles before Sasuke asked, "Oi, Sakura. Where the hell is Naruto?"

"Who cares? We don't need him, he'll just slow us down…" Sakura remembered the conversation she had with Naruto, and let out a sigh. She stood up and looked around, the blonde-haired idiot nowhere to be seen.

"I don't know. But if my guess is worth anything, I'd say he'd be somewhere near the instant ramen."

Sasuke stared at her for a moment, shocked by the simplicity of the idea, and grabbed her hand as he turned to go find the ramen aisle, pulling her with him. Sakura protested, but followed anyway, also feeling bad about her earlier reaction to what had happened even though it was an obvious accident.

However, when they turned a corner and looked down the aisle with instant ramen, Naruto was nowhere to be seen. Sasuke sat down with an audible thud, and Sakura made a frustrated gesture.

"Wow. I can't believe he isn't here," said Sasuke, genuinely surprised.

Sakura paced, nearly thinking out loud, and said, "I can't think of anywhere else he would be. Maybe he just hasn't gotten here yet. I'm willing to wait for him five minutes before…." Sakura left her sentence unfinished, drawing Sasuke's attention.

"What's wro…"

"Shhhh. Can you hear that?"

The two waited and listened and sure enough, they heard a horn honking in the distance, barely audible above the rush of the Wal-Mart shoppers. They both turned slowly, almost afraid of what they would find, and both gaped at what they saw.

Naruto was riding toward them on a little yellow pedal bike. The kind built for kids under six that has one big wheel in the front, two small in the back, a lowered seat, and two handle bars on which was mounted, none other than, a small grab-horn.

Naruto was nearly falling off the bike he was laughing so hard, and looked slightly high or drunk. You pick. "SAKURA-CHAAAN! SASUKE! CHECK OUT WHAT I FOUND!" shouted Naruto, still honking the horn.

Sasuke stood up and started to walk away, shaking his head, and Sakura was busy saying something about not knowing the kid on the little yellow bike. "What's up guys?" Naruto said as he stopped in front of Sakura.

"Where the hell were you? And why do you have THAT? This is a school assignment!" yelled Sakura, but with less rage than usual so she must have found this at least slightly amusing.

"Well, I was trying to find the ramen aisle but I got lost and ended up in the bike section, which is where I found this! It's awesome. Ya know, they have a red one and a pink one too if you guys want to get some."

"Are you retarded?" asked Sakura, a look of exasperation on her face. Sasuke just started laughing.

"I can't believe you would actually ask that question," said Sasuke, wiping tears from his eyes.

"Oh. And Sakura-Chan? I'm sorry about what happened on the bus. It was an accident. Ok?"

"I guess I forgive you. But how can you be so calm about all of this?? I mean that was my first kiss! It was yours too wasn't it?"

Naruto and Sasuke froze, and gave a quick, almost unnoticed, glance to each other.

"Wait a second." Sakura said, backing up slowly so she could look at both Naruto and Sasuke.

"It wasn't your first kiss, was it?"

Naruto, refusing to meet her eyes, shook his head.

"Then, if your first kiss wasn't me… it wasn't any of the girls in our class, or else I would know. But that must mean…" Sakura's eyes grew wide as she realized that his first kiss had been with Sasuke.

"HIM?" she said, eyes wide with shock. Naruto nodded in agreement to Sakura's hand pointed at Sasuke.

"So your first kiss was… but that would make you both …" Sakura jumped with surprise as Sasuke placed a hand over her mouth.

"I suggest we have lunch now," said Sasuke, "we will tell you the story there if you PROMISE not to tell anyone."

Sakura nodded in agreement and Sasuke dropped his hand. The group went over and hand lunch at the McDonalds at the front of the store, where Sasuke and Naruto explained the incident at the party. Sakura understood completely and swore she wouldn't tell anyone.

By this time about two hours had gone by. They all found themselves back at the water bottles, finishing up their list, when Kiba and Akamaru came from nowhere and ran into them, causing their lists to go flying.

"Ow. That really hurt," mumbled Naruto, rubbing his butt as he stood up. Kiba quickly apologized and grabbed a list, handing one to Sakura as well, before running off to wherever he was headed.

"Well that should be everything. The water was our last item," said Sakura, confidently. Without a second glance, she slipped the list into her pocket for safekeeping.

"Sweet. So what should we do now?" asked Sasuke.

"BIKES!" shrieked Naruto, who was jumping up and down with excitement.

Sakura looked to Sasuke, who just shrugged and followed Naruto. They spent about 10 minutes riding around on the multi-colored tricycles before they were thrown out of Wal-Mart.

When the bus came, everyone met in the designated spot and handed Kakashi their lists as they boarded. The ride back was uneventful. The following week team 7, who had been the lowest ranked group in the class, began rising in grade. Sakura and Naruto were getting along much better, and Sakura had actually become much less attached to Sasuke. So far so good, but something has to go wrong, or else there would be no plot to this story. WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT?!?

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