The next day Quinn led the way to the mall that was a short walk and a bus ride away. She was a little worried about taking the ninja on a bus and they wanted to walk, but she couldn't walk that far.

She was squished between Kiba and Neji on the bus. Neji kept staring at the other people on the bus and muttering things about them.

"That kid doesn't really want ice cream, he just wants attention."

"Would you be quiet?" Kiba whined after the fourth comment. He wasn't in a good mood because they'd left Akamaru at home. Quinn promised they'd get Akamaru some dog things soon and that had just put him in a worse mood.

After the uncomfortable bus ride they walked the fifteen minutes to the mall. Kakashi and Quinn had lent the people with the more unbelievable outfits some clothes for the outing, so besides the fact that some of the shorter boys were drowning in their clothes they looked basically normal.

"Okay guys, here's the rules. We use the buddy system so we need partners, count'em one two. Pick whoever, I don't care, but we have an odd number so someone gets to be partners with me. Congrats to whoever that is."

The final pairings were: Rock Lee and Naruto, Sakura and Ino, Shikamaru and Choji, Temari and Tenten, Neji and Sasuke, Kiba and Kankuro, and Shino and Hinata leaving Quinn partnered with...Gaara.

Of all the rotten luck. It just had to he Gaara didn't it? Quinn groaned internally.

"Sorry, we just thought you'd handle him the best and besides he kind of scares the rest of us," Sakura said quickly before leaving with Ino.

Naruto wandered off with Lee following him. Hopefully to a clothing store, but Quinn doubted it. He had been the least open to fashion advice, she was going to have to check on him.

The group quickly split up and started wandering through the mall. Soon only Quinn and Gaara were left. She wished Kakashi-Sensei hadn't already had the normal clothes he'd bought back when he'd first met her parents. She could have paired Gaara with him instead.

"So, um, wherever you want to go first," Quinn said hesitantly.

Gaara looked around, then started walking. Quinn didn't bother to check where they were going and followed a few cautious feet behind him. She didn't want to get too close in case he suddenly went ballistic. He wasn't as scary with make-up covering the black rings around his eyes, but still, she wasn't taking chances.

Gaara finally stepped into a store. Quinn, who was too busy trying to be unnoticeable to check which one it was, followed him inside.

How's he gonna hurt me? He doesn't have his sand anymore and he wouldn't make a scene here...would he?

What if he did? If he did some police officer would arrest him and he'd go to jail for assault. Somehow Quinn didn't think anyone would be happy if that happened.

Fine. I can't let that happen then.

So far everything was going great. Gaara was doing what he was supposed to and he hadn't shown any signs of attacking anything. Quinn's phone vibrated in her pocket she pulled it out.

"Heyo, Quinn here."

"Quinn." It was her mom. "How have you been? We haven't been able to call you because of spotty cell service and we just wanted to check in."

At least they had an excuse for forgetting they had a daughter that they'd left in the care of a crazy ninja Sensei. "I'm fine mom."

"What about Kakashi? You said he brought some of his student didn't you? How are they?"

"Kakashi's good, yo. He doesn't do much except read and break up fights, but that's cool. He leaves the running of things to me 'cause he wants me teach these freaks how to be normal."

"Did you make any friends?"

Wow, mom, just wow. "Nah, I kind of keep a teacher attitude to these guys."

"Don't you like any of the other girls?"

"Two of them only talk about Sasuke. One is pretty quiet and I haven't seen the other one much."

"Do you like any of the boys?"

"Oh my gosh, Mom! No! Of course not, they're all weird."

"Do you even try?"

"I got in a fight with one."

"Quinn!"

"Anyway, you guys having fun in Hawaii?" Quinn asked in a desperate attempt to change the subject.

"Yes, it's very beautiful here. We're getting some great pictures, I'll e-mail you some later."

"Okay, good that. Love ya Mom say heyo to Dad for me and have a good time."

Quinn hung up and put her phone back in her pocket. She stood on her tiptoes and tried to find Gaara's standout red hair. She didn't see it right off so she wandered around. After she'd wandered through the whole store a few times she started to doubt he was still around. A small finger of fear slid down her spine and she realized she was twisting her chain.

When she was little she used to twirl her hair when she was worried, scared, nervous, or thinking. To break the habit she'd cut her hair short, only to realize a few weeks later that she had subconsciously started twisting the only thing that was almost constantly around: the chain she had for her wallet. It was better then having the sissy habit of twirling her hair though so she'd stuck with it.

Gaara?" She called softly. "Heyo, G-man, are you here?" She yelled when she didn't get an answer the first time. "Not good, not good at all," she muttered twisting the chain around her finger. "Where could he be?"

Quinn yanked her phone back out of her pocket and dialed home. Kakashi let it ring so long Quinn thought he wasn't going to pick up.

"Hello?" he asked drowsily.

"Kakashi! Great, you picked up. I was worried you wouldn't."

"I wasn't going to, but I thought I might as well. Why are you yelling?" he asked.

"Because I can't find Gaara anywhere!" Quinn screamed in frustration.

"How hard did you look?" He paused so long she thought he fell asleep. "Well if you really need to, go ask Neji to help you. His byakugon should be able to find Gaara. Now are you done?" He sounded like this conversation was boring him and he couldn't wait for it to end. Like Quinn was talking about some petty girl thing.

"Whatever." Quinn hung up and jammed her phone back in her pocket. Kakashi could be one of the most annoying people in the world sometimes with his annoying habit of not taking things seriously enough.

She power walked to the store Neji and Sasuke were supposed to be shopping at. When she got there they were almost done, a testament to how slowly it took for her and Gaara to get started.

"Hey Neji, I lost Gaara and Kakashi said you would be able to find him with your...bakugan?"

"'My Byakugan. Yes, I should be able to. Let me see. Byakugan!" The veins next to Neji's eyes popped out as he concentrated on whatever he was doing. It made him look kind of scary and ferocious. Quinn wondered if that was why his eyes were colorless because of his Bekangengon whatever.

"Do you see him?" Quinn asked nervously. "Is he mugging any old ladies?" she half joked.

"No, but...he looks like he's looking for something..." Neji said staring into space.

"Okay, cut that out people are staring, but where is he? I wish I could see." Quinn twisted her chain around her finger impatiently.

"We're done here so we can take you to him," Sasuke offered nonchalantly.

"Okay, that sounds great," Quinn replied calming down a little. Now that Gaara was all but found she wasn't as worried. Plus Sasuke's condescending tone rubbed her the wrong way. He could talk to Sakura that way all he wanted, but he couldn't talk to her that way!

"Okay, that'd be great," she replied sarcastically.

So Neji led the way back to the store Gaara and Quinn had started out at. "What? You were here this whole time?" Quinn exploded. "I can't believe this," she muttered then asked, "did you at least get some clothes picked out?" Gaara nodded. "Okay then, let's check out I want to make sure Naruto is on task for once in his life." Quinn approved the clothes Gaara had picked out, just jeans and t-shirts, nothing fancy, and then they went in search of Naruto and Lee.

"What do you mean? What's wrong with this?" Naruto yelled after Quinn vetoed another one of his fashion choices.

"Everything down to the fact that the whole outfit is orange!" Quinn exclaimed. "Are you colorblind?"

"No!"

"Then pick something that actually looks good together! Sasuke, Neji, Lee, even Gaara didn't have a problem. Why can't you pick out a decent outfit?"

Naruto shoved his hands into his pockets and sulked. Neji and Lee had gone to get haircuts, but Gaara and Sasuke had to watch Naruto struggled with fashion.

"Yeah you loser. Try and learn something for once in your life," Sasuke remarked with a smirk.

"Why don't you let me pick something," Quinn suggested hopefully.

"No! I'm going to figure this out if it's the last thing I do, believe it!" Naruto yelled pumping his fist in the air.

"We'll be here all day," Sasuke groaned. Quinn nodded in agreement.

"Y'know what, I should probably see if any of the other groups are done. I'll be back, try not to let him pick anything bad and definitely don't let him buy anything," Quinn told Sasuke before slipping away from the unfortunate group.

Sakura and Ino hadn't had any trouble picking out clothes. In fact, they'd picked out cuter outfits then Quinn did, but Quinn wasn't really into looking cute. Quinn made a metal note to consult them when school dances came around. Shikamaru and Choji hadn't had too much trouble either, Quinn made a few changes, but for the most part they'd done well. Kankuro and Kiba needed a little more help. Quinn and Kiba made a compromise on a hoodie with fur inside the hood, better then his old jacket for sure. Kankuro looked a little off without his face-paint. But for someone who lived in a dessert he was sort of obsessed with black.

Doesn't that get really hot in the dessert? Quinn wondered.

But they finally settled on some dark clothes that looked pretty good. Hinata hadn't needed much help, but Shino needed a few (read: a lot) of pointers. He was a little creepy with his weird little sunglasses, Quinn forbade him from wearing them ever again. Tenten and Temari hadn't done to badly. Tenten had picked some tomboyish clothes that Quinn could appreciate. Temari had picked something less Quinn-friendly.

"No, no, no, you cannot buy something that short. I forbid it!" This comment started a heated fight that lasted for fifteen tense minutes. Finally it ended in Quinn and Temari making a compromise. Quinn hated compromises because it made her feel like she was losing. She also hated to lose.

Quinn reluctantly took the group back to the store she'd left Naruto in minus Shikamaru because he needed a haircut too. Sasuke glared at Quinn when he saw her obviously not too happy about being left with Naruto.

Oh, well. He can just suck it up. He's on Naruto's team anyway so he should be used to stuff like this, Quinn thought irritably.

Sakura and Ino immediately parked themselves as near to Sasuke as possible and started competing for his unenthusiastic attention. It didn't take a genius to figure out he didn't really care too much about either of them or the attention.

Naruto stepped out of the dressing room.

"Wow, Naruto. That looks pretty good," Hinata said shyly.

"Ya, think?" he asked turning around to get a better look at himself. "Hinata thinks I look great," Naruto informed Quinn smugly.

"Oh, please. Hinata is new to this too, she doesn't know the first thing-what I'm trying to say is, that's not as good as it might seem," Quinn said diplomatically trying not to hurt Hinata's feelings while trying to tell Naruto is was a fashion faux pas at the same time. It wasn't a particularly inspiring attempt.

Quinn's phone vibrated in her pocket and she answered it while Naruto chose something else.

"Heyo, Quinn here."

"Are you guys almost done? You've been gone nearly all day." This was as close to annoyance Kakashi ever achieved. He was too laid back to put much effort into it. Sometimes Quinn wondered how he ever became a ninja. If there were any requirements or tests she couldn't imagine Kakashi passing them.

"Yeah, we're just waiting for Naruto because he can't pick anything out that doesn't make him look like a traffic cone and won't let anyone help him." Quinn gave Naruto's back a long death stare. If looks could kill this one might have.

"Okay, good luck." With that piece of advice Kakashi abruptly hung up.

Probably didn't want to get involved in whatever chaos Naruto has going on down here. It'd stress him out too much, Quinn thought bitterly sliding her phone back into her pocket.

Naruto came back with another outfit that would make him look like a carrot.

"Okay, enough is enough I'm helping you whether you want it or not so suck it up!" Quinn yelled. She steered Naruto back to the clothing racks and reached yet another compromise: Naruto could have a few orange clothes if he let Quinn pick out the rest.

"What d'ya say we get some ice cream and a movie," Quinn suggested in an upbeat tone on the bus ride home.

"What kind of movie?" Sakura asked at the same time Naruto asked, "What kind of ice cream?"

Warning, short author's note

Hey guys I hope you are liking this and if you have any ideas of something normal Quinn and the ninjas should do. Please review, do it for Naruto and his horrible fashion sense. And I also don't own Naruto, or any of the ninja, just Quinn and sorry my grammar is terrible. I'm working on it.

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