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Chapter 45

Note: Laughing with people, even ninjas can make you happy, or look insane.

~Kahlan's POV

I munch on the 'Nacho Cheese' Doritos slowly. They're not as good as the 'Cool Ranch' Doritos that I like best, but I'm not going to complain. I'm just happy I get to eat.

The old man flicks the little spinner causing it to spin really fast. I'm surprise it doesn't fly off. Naruto is grinning, jumping up and down on his spot. He doesn't seem so bad, he's kind of funny. Laura has a grin on her face and no doubt she's going to try and beat these ninjas. I'm going to root for her. Then there is the other guy, who I don't know yet.

"Left foot green," the old man calls out. As the three players do as he instructs I turn to look at the people I'm sitting with.

"So," I say softly causing them to look at me. "I don't mean to be rude but I would like to get the names of everyone here. I don't want to be walking around and saying, hey you there with the such and such hair."

"I understand," Shizune says with a chuckle and smile.

"I'm H-Hinata Hyūga," says the girl next to me with a soft smile.

I look at her for a moment then return the smile. She seems to be an okay person as well. Actually all the people seem to be an okay person here. I'm not going to take the chance of trusting all of them though. I do trust the kid Naruto and I think I just may trust Hinata. She seems like a very sweet girl. I have to resist the urge to hug her. Yes, I can be a hugging type person if I want to be.

"It's nice to meet you," I say keeping the smile in place. "My name is Kahlan Ward."

"It's n-n-nice to m-m-meet you too," Hinata replies.

Okay this may seem very out of character for me but I can't resist any longer. I hug the girl close to me saying, "You're adorable."

"Uh…uh…th-th-thanks," she says slightly blushing.

It's at that moment I remember that I'm a spy for the Akatsuki. I'll end up betraying these people. It makes me sad for a moment but I push it to the back to my mind. For now, I'll use this time to relax and get used to the fact of being away from the Akatsuki before ending up back with them.

"You're welcome," I reply giving a small sad smile.

"Left hand red," the old man calls out causing me to look away to see how the others in the game are doing.

Already the three players are starting to get tangled up with one another. The other unknown ninja is saying some sort of rap that kind of doesn't rhyme but whatever. Naruto looks like he's trying to concentrate really hard as he slightly has his tongue stick out. And Laura is smiling looking like she's having fun.

"Go Laura," I call from the couch. "You can win."

"I know," Laura says in a sing-song voice.

"Hey, I want someone to cheer for me," Naruto says with a slight pout.

"You c-c-can do it N-N-Naruto-kun," Hinata says blushing a lot more than when I hug her as she slightly throws her arms in the air.

Naruto blinks then grins saying, "Thanks Hinata, I know I can count on you!"

Hinata looks down blushing. I look back and forth between the two. Smiling, I lean back into the couch. It seems Hinata has a thing for Naruto. That's really cute. They look like they would make a cute couple together. I'm not going to play matchmaker though, but maybe one day they might get together.

"Nice," I say with a chuckle. "Anyways, I almost forgot I got to learn the names of everyone else."

"You know some of our names already," Shizune says. "Jiraiya is the one on the other couch. You already know Naruto. The other man playing the game is Killer Bee. It will be better if you ask the other's there name. It will be more polite."

"Not a problem," I reply with a nod.

I finish the Doritos and continue watching the game. At some point I actually end up falling asleep. At first I don't see anything in my dream but I hear a lot of things happening. There's explosions, gunshots, people screaming in agony or they're crying.

Then slowly I start seeing things, but not really clearly. I can see what looks like ditches with people lying in them. Most of them look alive but there are a few that look dead. As the images get clearer I notice that what I'm seeing and hearing is a battle…no is war.

The moment I realize what it is, I wake up. I sit up quickly, slightly dazed trying to figure out where I'm at. Then I remember I'm at the Village Inn with the Konoha ninjas.

"Are y-y-y-you alright," I hear Hinata ask. I look over to the girl and notice I'm hugging her. Immediately I let her go.

"Sorry about that," I reply. "Yeah, I'm fine."

"It's o–o-okay," she replies.

"Kahlan," Laura shouts. I turn to see her with a wide grin and jumping up and down. "Guess what, guess what."

"What," I ask with a slight chuckle.

"I won," she says then glomp me.

"Congratulations," I reply chuckling giving a hug back. "I knew you could win."

"Where is Killer Bee," I ask noticing the man is gone.

"Uh…he went somewhere," Laura replies with a shrug. "I think he'll come back."

"Okay," I reply patting her on the head.

"Let's play a new game," Naruto shouts.

"W-W-What kind o-o-of game N-N-Naruto-kun," Hinata asks.

"I don't know," Naruto replies rubbing the back of his neck.

"Well look at what kind of games they got brat," Jiraiya says.

"I was going to do that Pervy Sage." Naruto starts to look through the games that are in the cabinet.

"Did you have fun playing twister," I ask.

"Yep, yep, yep," Laura replies and I chuckle. "It was a lot of fun playing with the ninjas."

"That's good to know."

"Hey," Naruto shouts. "How do you play this game?" Naruto turns and holds out the game 'Just Dance 2.'

"I know how to play," Laura says getting up from the couch. "It's fun."

"I want to play this," Naruto replies grinning.

"I'll hook the stuff up," I say standing up. "Does anyone else want to play?"

"I do," Laura says.

"I'll p-p-play," Hinata replies.

"Awesome," Naruto shouts.

I chuckle as I walk over. Taking out the Wii they have, I hook it up to the large TV. I then go through the process of making sure the remotes work and all that other jazzy stuff.

"Okay," I say once I place the game in and it goes to the menu. "Here you go."

I hand a remote to Naruto, Laura and Hinata. I keep one remote for myself. I'm actually going to play the game for the first time. Hopefully, I don't do too badly.

"So what do we do," Naruto asks.

"We pick a song," Laura replies knowing how to play the game.

"What kind of song," Naruto asks.

"Any song," she replies with a smile.

"So what song should we do," I ask.

"How about you all get a chance to pick a song," Jiraiya says.

"Yeah," Laura says.

"But I don't know any of these songs," Naruto replies with a pout.

"I d-d-don't either N-Naruto-kun," Hinata says with a soft smile.

"Yay, I'm not alone in this," Naruto says, grinning.

"Just pick one that catches your attention," I tell the both of them.

"Who p-p-picks first," Hinata asks.

"I vote Laura," Naruto says.

"Let's do girlfriend," Laura says with a smile.

"Cool song," I say with a nod.

"What do we do," Naruto asks slightly panicking.

"You dance," Laura replies. "Do the moves that they tell you to do at the bottom of the screen."

"That's easy," Naruto says.

Laura selects the song. After a few moments four people show up on the screen. The music starts playing and I move my head to it. Naruto looks confused as he tries to follow what's going on. It takes Hinata a few minutes but she's able to catch on quickly of what to do. Laura is like a pro and I'm doing okay.

"Dang Naruto you suck at this," Jiraiya comments after about thirty seconds into the song.

"Shut up Pervy Sage this is hard," Naruto replies with a slight growl.

I can't help but laugh causing me to mess up on the next move. Laura chuckles and Hinata smiles; this causes Naruto to pout even more.

"Cheer up it's your fist time," I say.

"I'm gonna win this game, believe it," Naruto shouts and tries harder.

I start watching Naruto trying to dance harder causing me to miss the dance moves. Some people walk in, but I have no idea who they are. Soon there's laughter behind us, and I end up laughing all thanks to Naruto.

The song comes to an end. Laura is in first, Hinata second, I'm in third and Naruto is last. Naruto pouts at losing. I cover my mouth trying to hold back my laughter.

"I'll win the next one," Naruto says with determination.

"Then you can pick the next song," I reply.

"I will," Naruto says.

For about five minutes he scrolls through the songs like fifty times. Finally he picks the song 'Wake Me up before You Go-Go' by Wham. I nod my head at the song choice. Hey, I may sing rock music and listen to it more, but the song Naruto picked is really catchy it's hard not to like it.

"We're doing this one," Naruto says, a look of concentration on his face.

"Good luck," I say, looking to the screen hoping not to get distracted by Naruto.

"Good l-luck everyone," Hinata says.

The song starts by saying jitterbug. All of us do well dancing to that first part. Once the song really starts though I sort of get side tracked by Naruto doing the dance moves wildly, as if that will help him.

"Dang Naruto you're hopeless," says someone, probably one of the new people in the room.

"Shut up Kiba," Naruto shouts. "I'm doing just fine."

"This song is catchy," Laura says smiling. "I like it."

I start laughing, falling to the ground because of Naruto. He's putting too much emphasis on each move that I just end up laughing. He lets his arms go out to fast, almost like he's swinging them, and he jumps in the air a few times. It's just so funny, and the people from behind seem to think the same thing seeing as I can hear them laughing. Naruto almost hits Laura but she was able to move out of the way.

In the end I'm the one who ends up losing the rest of the dances. It's not my fault that Naruto just ends up being funny. I'm sure some of the people behind us were thinking I was a little weird. I'm okay with that though. It's been a while since I've had this much fun. For the time being all my worries are gone and I guess that's what counts.

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Here is the second update for the day. The results from the voting are this: Laura has two votes Pein, one vote Hidan and four votes Deidara. AshXChan had suggested Sasori and Kakuzu for Laura and if anyone agrees go ahead and say so. SaphiraEragon agrees that Laura should also be with Kakuzu. Just know that 1zara-uchiha1 and I will have to discuss this between each other so they may not be with each other. Now onwards to Kahlan, so far she has six votes Itachi no one else.

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