Chapter Seven- Showdown
Ino, Temari and Shikamaru boarded onto the roller coaster cart. Ino felt her stomach squirm, and hoped she wouldn't throw up. That would probably obliterate her chances at Shikamaru, and give Temari free reign to hold it over her head for life. She kept a calm face, and she was determined to beat Temari at her own game.
The three were strapped in, given safety regulations, and prepared for the cart to lurch forward at any second. Ino took in a deep breath before the ride began.
Everything started out slow as usual, and everyone was deathly silent in anticipation. Ino looked to the side, Shikamaru was next to her, and Temari was on the other side of him.
Ino smiled, maybe she could score some points before the ride picked up. "Would you mind if I grabbed onto you in case I get scared, Shikamaru?"
Shikamaru shrugged his shoulders and sighed. "Whatever…let's get this over with."
Temari wrinkled her nose, fully aware of Ino's plans. She was suddenly hit with an idea to crush them. "Awe, are you really scared of a little kiddies ride, Ino? Sit back and watch how a real pro rides these things."
Ino glared at Temari. "Then I guess we should see if we can find one to watch."
Temari scoffed, but said nothing as they suddenly lurched forward at a tremendous speed.
The coaster sped up as it took a sharp left turn, and Ino banged into the side as it took a sharp right following that. They spun around and were met by a sudden climb to the top of a hill. People screamed in joy and terror as they descended down the hill and spun off to the right.
Ino was feeling nauseous from the spins and twists, and could feel the breakfast she ate coming back up her throat. She glanced to the side; Shikamaru looked as bored and normal as ever minus his hair which flapped around in the wind. Temari had a crazy grin on her face, and occasionally let out a joyous yelp as the cart lurched and swerved around the track.
The ride took them up another hill, which they descended down at a great speed, and spiraled around until the cart began to lose momentum, and came to a stop back at the entrance.
Ino was pretty sure she was about to barf, but held it back as the safety bar came up and everyone began to exit the ride.
"Feeling dizzy, Ino?" Temari asked from behind.
Ino turned to look at her blond rival. "Not really, how about you?"
Temari beamed. "I could do that all day."
Shikamaru came up behind them. "I'm going back to hang out with Choji. I've had enough of this."
Ino felt an uncomfortable lurch in her stomach. "I'm going to go somewhere else."
Temari looked from Ino to Shikamaru. "Can I come with you, Shikamaru?"
Ino's eyes widened, she should have expected that. But she knew she couldn't go with them in her condition.
Shikamaru sighed, "Fine…" and the two were off.
Ino watched them go for a moment, and then quickly turned to find the nearest bathroom. She had to be quick, or Temari would win for sure.
~*~*~*~*~*~
"Hinata…Hinata…Hinata…." Naruto called to the unconscious girl in front of him.
"Naruto, give her some breathing room." Sakura ordered at the blond who hovered above Hinata.
Sasuke came up to the two. "I got a fan." He said as he held up a green piece of plastic with folded paper inside.
"How'd you get a fan?" Naruto asked as Sakura took the fan, opened it, and blew a steady stream at Hinata's face.
"They had them at a prize booth inside. I just had to get some tickets from the arcade games."
"Wow…Teme and fun things…who'd have thought!" Naruto snickered.
"Shut up, Dobe."
"Why don't you, Teme!"
"Both of you shut up!" Sakura interjected fiercely. "I think she's about to wake up."
The boys moved closer to Hinata and Sakura. Hinata's eyelids began to twitch as she came to.
"Hinata!" Naruto cheered as said girl sat up.
"W-What happened?" Hinata stammered.
"I don't know…I just hugged you and suddenly you were out!" Naruto explained.
Hinata's face reddened. "O-Oh yeah…I remember now."
Sakura handed the fan to Hinata. "Well…now that that's all done and taken care of…why don't you two go eat something? I'm sure all that dancing has made you guys hungry."
Naruto grinned and rubbed his stomach. "Yeah! I was gonna suggest that! I'm starved! What about you, Hinata?"
"Oh…uh…yeah…I'm pretty hungry."
"Then let's go everybody!" Naruto exclaimed.
"You two can go. Sasuke and I already ate." Sakura stated.
"Alright…let's go, Hinata!" Naruto declared, and motioned for the shy girl to follow him.
Hinata nodded her head and began to follow Naruto. She looked over her shoulder at Sasuke and Sakura. "W-We'll see you two later."
"Have fun!" Sakura called after the two.
Bing!
Sasuke looked down at his cellphone. He had a new message.
To:
DarknessAvenger
From: RamenKing
U still gotta ask out
Sakura!
~*~
Sasuke frowned at the message.
"Who's it from?" Sakura asked curiously.
Sasuke looked over at the pink-haired girl, making sure she couldn't see the message. "Hn…the Dobe…he must be running and texting."
"In which case he probably ran into a wall and is on the ground right now." Sakura sighed.
"Probably…."
"What'd he say?"
"What? Oh…nothing…just Naruto stuff."
"Oh…okay…."
Sasuke looked down at his cellphone and shot Naruto a quick text.
To: RamenKing
From:
DarknessAvenger
I will while ur
eating…so u gotta ask Hinata 2.
~*~
Sasuke sat down next to Sakura on the bench Hinata had been laying on.
"So what do we do now?" Sakura asked.
Sasuke shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know…play I spy." He said the last part with obvious sarcasm.
"Alright, I'll go first!" Sakura agreed, much to Sasuke's surprise. "I spy something…yellow."
"Someone's shirt."
"No."
"The rule board for mini-golf."
"Nope."
"…The sun?"
"It's only yellow in crayon drawings! There's a yellow butterfly on that leaf over there." Sakura answered as she pointed to a plant that had the mentioned yellow butterfly on it.
"My turn…I spy something brown."
"A tree."
"Which one?"
"That one," Sakura pointed at a random tree.
"…Damn you're good."
Sakura giggled. "I am a master at this game! Okay…I spy something…strange."
"But Naruto's not here."
Sakura laughed. "Something strange that's not Naruto."
"…I don't know."
"Your hair!"
"My hair is not strange."
"It practically defies gravity! How do you do it without gel?" Sakura questioned as she poked her fingers through the ends of his spiky hair.
"I usually don't let people do that…and if anyone's hair is strange it's yours." Sasuke defended.
"At least mine's natural!"
"So is mine."
"Then I guess we're a strange, matching pair!"
Sasuke looked away at the word "pair".
"…What's wrong? Was it something I said?"
"…No…come on…let's do something else."
"Like what?"
Sasuke looked around and his eyes suddenly landed on something that gave him a good idea.
"You want to make another bet?" Sasuke asked.
Sakura beamed. "Like what?"
Sasuke looked at the smiling girl and smirked. "You. Me. Go-carts."
Sakura's smile turned into a devious grin. "You're on, Uchiha."
Ta-dah! We are coming to the close of AP:LW&M! I plan to end this in the next chapter! I finally have ideas on how to end all the couplings…except NaruHina. I still have to come up with something. Well, I am amazed…I wrote this entire chapter in one sitting…on paper. Then I had to type it all up! But I'm amazed I hit my average mark for a chapter length! (Well, it's a little short, but at first I thought it'd be too long!) I got it good! I've been busy for quite a while…I actually did the first writing at a friend's house while we were bored. Anyway, chapter eight coming up when I can!
