I do not own Naruto
No MP3's were harmed as they were drained of power in this Fan Fic
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"I am telling you, we have to do it on Friday or they will rot by Saturday," Ino said as she set her tray down on the table.
Sakura sighed. "Alright, I can do Friday. Are the radishes here already?"
Ino nodded. "They delivered on time, thank god."
Temari chuckled. "I can do Friday too."
"Me tfoo," Tenten said, speaking through her pasta.
"I-I can as w-well," Hinata said, picking at her salad. She and Naruto had decided to keep their relationship on the down low for a while, so none of Hinata's other friends knew… though Hinata was sure Ino would figure it out soon enough.
"Hey," Temari said casually, sipping her generic high sugar drink. "Do any of you play instruments?"
"Oh yeah," Tenten said, swallowing. "I play guitar."
"Bass," said Hinata quietly.
"I'm a keyboard type of girl," Sakura said with a smile.
"Um… I play drums," Ino said.
Temari stared at her. "Seriously?" she asked.
Ino nodded. "Yep," she said, making an extra popping sound on the 'p'. "What about you Temari?"
Temari was looking suitably impressed. She had never pegged Ino for a drums kind of girl. "I sing mostly, but I can play the piano and the violin."
"Awesome-ness," said Sakura, grinning as she started peeling her banana.
"So why do you ask?" Tenten asked, jiggling her foot.
Temari shrugged. "I was thinking of getting some girls together to jam. Never thought I would only have to look as far as my girls."
Hinata smiled. "I-it would be n-nice to have some more p-people to play with."
"When you say jam, are you also thinking like getting a band together or something?" Sakura asked.
"You read my mind," Temari said, tossing her head back. Tenten grinned.
"Well I am all for it. It sucks to be playing by yourself in your room."
Sakura took a bite of her banana. "What Tenten said, only I can only play in the basement."
Ino clapped her hands together, her signature move. "Yay's! We can do it at my house… seeing as I really can't move my drum kit. What do you say Hinata."
"A-alright," Hinata said, smiling faintly.
"Bitchin'," Temari said with a triumphant grin.
After school…
"Aren't they fabulous?" Ino asked, practically beaming as she looked at the pictures in front of them. They were at the opening to a new art gallery and some of Sai's artwork had been featured. Sakura grinned at her friend as Ino stood next to her, glomped onto her and Tenten's arms. Temari and Hinata were also there, and were all 'oohing' and 'aahing' as appropriate.
One of the pictures was one of Ino, facing something behind her as she walked down the steps outside school. Ino had been shocked when she saw it seeing as she didn't even know he had done that one. "Where is Sai anyways?" Tenten asked, scanning the crowd.
"I don't know," Ino said, looking so disappointed that they all decided to go track him down.
Sakura and Ino wove in and out of the crowd. They were passing the stairs that lead to the second story when someone crashed into Sakura. "What the--" she said, stumbling into Ino.
She looked up at the guy who had crashed into her and held back a gasp. He looked almost exactly like Sasuke, the only differences really being the length of his hair, and the bags under his eyes. Even his eyes were the same color. "S-sorry," she said, looking away quickly. Ino was watching her with a curious look.
"What are you doing Itachi?" A guy… well, Sakura couldn't actually tell until he got closer, said walking up to Itachi with an annoyed look. He had very long blonde hair, and looked a little like Ino might if she was the opposite gender.
"Sorry," Itachi said, partially to Sakura, partially to the other guy. "What Deidara?" he said to the guy.
Deidara and Ino were looking at each other with slightly horrified expressions though. "Oh my gawd," Ino said a little loudly, before she dragged Sakura off.
"What is it Ino?" Sakura asked, trying to get her mind off of the guy named Itachi.
"I can't believe Deidara is back in Konoha. I can't believe he had the guts," she growled.
"Deidara?" Sakura asked, confused.
Ino shifted uncomfortably. "We kind of dated last year, even though he was like, way to old for me. I mean, he was like, 18. Anyway he was a masochistic pig, so we broke up," she said, biting her lip.
Sakura stared at her. "You dated him?"
Ino nodded. "Yeah…"
"Jeezus Christ, Ino."
Upstairs…
Temari was scanning the crowd for Sai. "Fuck," she muttered.
"Hidan, you're going to get thrown out if you keep trying to feel every girl in here up," came a voice from behind Temari. She looked around, and spotted a guy with a weird mask and a harassed look talking to some guy. The one named Hidan had sleeked back silver hair, and was pretty muscular. Temari raised her eyebrows, allowing herself a second to check him out before she turned back to look for Sai.
"So now you like painting too?"
Temari turned around and saw Shikamaru behind her. She could see Choji a little ways away and she shook her head a little. "Not as much as photography. Why are you here? I never thought of you as artsy."
"Ino told me to come," Shikamaru said, sounding tired. Temari chuckled.
"What, she got you whipped?" she asked, an evil smirk on her face.
He gave her a look. "Thankfully not yet," he said, leaning against an empty bit of wall.
"Have you seen Sai?" Temari asked, looking around again.
He shook his head. "I think he was coming late. Something about detention."
Temari groaned. "Great. Ino'll be thrilled," Temari said.
"This may cheer you up," Shikamaru said, handing her her MP3 back.
She snorted. "Arigato, Shika-kun," she said, taking it from him. "You drained the battery," she said, glaring at him.
He shrugged. "You said listen. I listened."
"And you didn't bother to turn it off… lazyass," she growled. She saw the silver haired guy approaching them from the side. She wasn't so keen on getting hit on just then, so she tried to ignore him.
"This guy bothering you?" Hidan asked, a smirk on his face.
"What the fuck are you doing here Hidan?"
"Ahhh, Nara."
Temari looked between Shikamaru and the Hidan guy with a confused look. "Um, what's with the death glares?" she asked, positioning herself between them.
"Temari, I'd like you to meet our neighborhood sadist, Hidan."
With Sakura…
Ino had disappeared into the crowd, so Sakura sat on a bench. She vaguely registered someone sitting on the bench by her. "Oh, you're that girl."
She looked up and saw Itachi. She blinked. "Um, yeah."
He just turned away, staring at a picture in front of him. Sakura bit her lip.
"Hey Sakura." She looked up and saw Sasuke.
"Sasuke-kun," she said, smiling as she stood up. Sasuke kissed her firmly on the lips, something Sakura hadn't been expecting seeing as he didn't seem to be a fan of PDA. She enjoyed it though. "K-Karin may not like that if she saw us," Sakura said, catching her breath from the kiss.
He rolled his eyes. "And I care why?"
She shrugged. "I don't care either." She sat back down, and Sasuke sat next to her, and Sakura automatically scooted closer towards him as she stretched her arms in front of her. "Hey Sasuke, is that guy related to you are something, he looks so like you," she said, jerking her thumb towards the guy named Itachi. Sasuke stiffed and looked pointedly away.
"Is something wrong?" Sakura asked, trailing off at the end when she noticed his look, which bordered on furious.
"That is my brother, Itachi," he said, his voice sounding strained.
"Oh, no wonder he looked so similar," she said, glancing at Itachi before looking back at Sasuke. She saw a muscle in his jaw jumping and his expression was the same as before. "Sasuke?" she asked, sounding a little alarmed.
"My brother and I are not on the… best of terms," Sasuke said, his voice tainted with anger.
Sakura looked confused. "What do you mean?"
"I mean," Sasuke said, glaring at Sakura. "My brother and I do not get along at all."
She shrunk away from him a little when he glared at her, and looked away. He didn't apologize, and they sat there in silence, Sakura not wanting to say anything, and Sasuke not either.
"Sakura, there you are. Come on, I found this great picture," Ino said, pulling Sai, who had evidently just arrived, with her. Sakura stood, feeling grateful to move away from Sasuke.
"Where is it?"