Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ The Great Konoha Sleep-Over ❯ Afternoon ( Chapter 3 )

Around 3 in the afternoon, most people had more or less finished unpacking and were strolling around the hotel grounds. Chouji and Shikamaru hit the restaurant (well Chouji 'really' hit it, his belly anyway). Naruto, Kiba and Lee set off for the woods, Kiba had heard from one of the Sands in their room that there was going to be a massive game of Shinobi Rumble and there was no WAY they were missing out on that!

 

Sakura however was still in her room, the Sand had left and it was only her and Hinata.

 

"Ooooooh I'm going to ask Sasuke out on a stroll..!! Then maybe we could get a drink, or go for a swim... hee hee" Sakura blushed bright red and picked a pink coloured blouse out of her bag.

 

"You really like Sasuke don't you, Sakura..." Hinata mumbled

 

"Oh... well!! Hee hee" replied Sakura who was rapidly turning into a post box with pink hair. "Hey Hinata, now that you mention it... you've never told anyone who you have a crush on, I'm sure you like SOMEbody!"

 

Hinata suddenly blushed so hard, she made Sakura look pasty; she put her thumb to her lips and looked down. "Well...” she mumbled, “I um... I really have a crush on... Naruto-kun..." Hinata blushed even further, breaking laws of biology. She instantly regretted her open-ness "Please don't tell anyone, Sakura-san?? I really, really like him and..." Sakura wasn't listening, she was in shock...

 

"She likes... Naruto?" Suddenly Sakura felt something she had never felt before... was she jealous... Over Naruto?

 

Deep in the woods, things were beginning to heat up. It had become a mock war between Konoha and Sand. Even Sasuke, whose only reason for being in the woods was to take a quiet stroll got caught up in the shenanigans, a stray exploding tag thrown by Naruto nearly sending him to hospital...

 

At the restaurant, Shikamaru was beginning to feel sick after witnessing Chouji wolf down his third pig in a row.

 

"Chouji, I'm going for a walk... be back soon."

 

"MmmOK Shikamaru" Chouji replied, his mouth full to the brim.

 

Outside, Shikamaru inhaled deeply and headed for a secluded spot where he could take a nap. "By the stream should do" he thought as he sat down and stared at the clouds.... two hours passed....

 

"Hey there, Shika-kun...”

 

Shikamaru was suddenly awoken from his slumber.

 

"Who's there??" he called out towards the cluster of trees where the voice came from.

 

"It's only me, silly" He finally realised who it was!!

 

"Temari..?" he said in a daze.

 

"In the flesh, Mr Lazy... honestly, were you really taking a nap?" She hopped down from the branch she was sitting on and landed at Shika's feet.

 

"I'm off to get a drink at the bar, care to join me?" Temari tilted her head towards the hotel.

 

"Aren't we a little young for alcohol?" Shikamaru remembered the recurring image of his drunken father who habitually over-stepped the line on alcohol consumption and shuddered.

 

"Haha, don't be such a cry-baby, come on". She started walking... Shikamaru didn't know why but he couldn't resist and decided to follow her.

"Tsk... women are so damn troublesome...”

 

Upon entering the plush bar, a clearly drunk Kankuro stumbled past Temari and Shikamaru.

 

"Are you two?! Hahahahahahaha... you'd better not let Gaara catch you... now that I think of it... Where did he get to..?" He stumbled off outside chuckling to himself... "Off to scare some kids with Karasu...”

 

Temari leant her fan up at the bar and sat on a stool.

 

"So... am I buying or are you?" she asked

 

"There's no way I'm going to let a woman pay for me" Shikamaru reached into his back pouch to extract his wallet... "Hey, where's my-"

 

"You mean this?" Temari had the wallet and was thumbing through Shika's hard earned cash. "Barman, I'll have two screaming orgasms...”

 

"What the?! You're really going to order that??" asked a bemused Shika.

 

"Sure, wait till you try it.. I think I'll hold on to this for now..." She dropped Shikamaru's wallet onto her lap and in no time at all their drinks had arrived...

 

"Drink up, buddy!" Temari grinned and took a long sip from her glass all the while looking right in his eyes... he blushed, looked down and once again followed suit...

 

Four rounds later, the two were having a wail of a time.

 

"Look at the time... we're going to be late for dinner...” Temari had suddenly seen the clock on the wall. It was already 6.40; dinner was to start at 7.00. She stood up, "We don't want to be late now do we? Whatever will they think we've been up to?" She winked, and then headed off to her room. Shikamaru decided to head off to the restaurant early, Chouji was probably still there...

 

The final result of the Shinobi Rumble ended in a surprise victory for Sasuke with Kiba coming in second, Sasuke's Grand Fireball technique proving too much for him. He, Naruto and Lee made their way back to their room, clothes covered in dust and dripping with sweat.

 

"Phew... that was a real work out... right, Akamaru!!" *raff raff*

 

"Naruto-kun... isn't that Sakura-san?" Lee had spotted Sakura walking on her own.

 

"You're right datte bayo!! Saaaaakura-chaaaaan!!!" Naruto shouted out, catching her attention. She looked over and her eyes lit up..

 

"Naruto??" She was smiling, clearly happy to see him. The jealousy had had a strange effect on her and she noticed immediately. "I mean... err... stop shouting Naruto!! I'm right here... (Inner Sakura: Phew... that was close...!!)"

 

"Sakura-san, are you coming to dinner?" Lee asked in his usual polite manner.

 

"Yes Lee, I just wanted to work up an appetite by taking a walk, Hinata's back at the apartment" she replied.

 

"So I'll see you there, then??" Naruto shouted again, this time much closer to Sakura. She made a face...

 

"Make sure you bathe before you come to dinner... I can smell you... (Inner Sakura: I'm like so totally turned on by his manly scent!!)"

 

Naruto and the boys continued on their way back to the room, Naruto crudely sniffing his underarms.

 

"I'll show her... you know what... I've had enough of that girl... why does she hate me so much anyway?!" Naruto mumbled to himself as he rummaged through his (already untidy) part of the room for his wash bag. "There it is!!" He grabbed it and strode to the bathroom dressed in his towel.

 

"WHAT??!"

 

Kiba and Lee had already occupied the two showers and were vigorously conversing with one another across the echoing room.

 

"Kiba-kun, may I borrow your shower gel?" Lee asked.

 

"Sure thing" Kiba tossed a bottle of Imperial Leather over his shower curtain towards Lee.

 

"Oi tebayo... hurry up guys... I need a shower too...” complained Naruto. Lee piped up, "Apologies, Naruto-kun but as important as it is to cleanse the mind, one must also cleanse the body to the fullest and never rush the process... furthermore-"...

 

Naruto wasn't about to wait around for this, he was hungry and was sure if he didn't get a shower soon he'd definitely miss dinner. Grabbing his wash bag, he headed out the door in search of an empty room in which he'd find a shower...