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A Typical Vacation

Chapter I: Happy Birthday Sasuke-kun!

It was morning at 6AM. Today was an ordinary day to Sasuke, it was July 23rd, and his birthday, but he didn't seem to care. For all he knows, he's just another year older. Sasuke turned 13 today, and of course, that was the sign that they were at the turning point of life. He was older than Sakura and Naruto, one by 3 months, and one by a year and 8 months…but what did he care?

Sasuke got up and out of bed, got dressed and did all his morning chores, he was getting ready to go training again. It was sunny out, a good weather for the beach, and it was the last month of summer, which means beach parties. Knock Knock. Sasuke was in the middle of his breakfast. Who could it be so early in the morning? He walks over to the door and opens it, to find a Pink haired girl with beautiful green ember eyes peering at him, and next to her stood a blonde boy, about an inch shorter than the girl, with sea deep blue eyes.

"Sasuke-kun! Guess what!" Sakura exclaims.

"You're bothering me at 6 in the morning. This better be something important." Sasuke told her. She is so annoying. Why won't she leave me alone? Even if she wants to bother me…at least at a later time.

"Hey don't be so mean to Sakura-chan! She's here for a cause!" Naruto angrily yells out at Sasuke.

"Hmph. I doubt it's anything good." Sasuke replies.

"Sasuke-kun…it's your birthday!" Sakura says, and then smiles at him. "July 23rd, a day that will forever be remembered." She flashes him another smile. "Here, this is your birthday present!" She hands him a box, neatly wrapped with a green bow, and pink wrappings. "Open it!" She says anxiously.

"Maybe later." Sasuke was about to close the door.

"Wait, Sasuke-kun!" Sakura says. Naruto pushes the door open and walks inside. "Sasuke-kun!" Sakura repeats, as Sasuke follows Naruto into the living room. He takes her present and puts it down on the empty coffee table, while Naruto sits on the couch and turns on the TV to amuse himself.

"Sasuke-kun…I have a second part to your birthday present…Naruto and I decided to buy you tickets to the Konoha Beach, for 14 days!" Sakura reaches into her pocket, and pulls out an envelope. "In here, there are 16 tickets, 1 for you, 1 for Naruto, 1 for me, and the other 13 are people I invited to join us! Like Kakashi-sensei!" She beams at him.

"I'm not going."

"W-What?" Sakura's smile fades away. "W-why not? I already bought the tickets…and it's booked for today at 3 in the afternoon. Everyone's already going to meet up…Why not?"

"I never asked for this. Thanks anyway. I need to train, to become stronger. I can't spend 14 days of my summer playing at the beach. I need to be strong, for when the time is right…to kill…HIM." Sasuke tells her, he was going to walk into the kitchen to finish his breakfast, until Naruto pulled him from going. Sakura just stood there, stunned.

"What are you thinking! Sakura-chan spent weeks of her time preparing this for you! And what do you do? You just don't care! You haven't even opened her present! What kind of person are you!" Naruto spat out in a rage.

"N-Naruto…it's okay…he may be busy. Let's go." She starts heading for the door and Naruto hastily just follows. "Sasuke-kun…if you change your mind…please meet us by the Ichiraku Bar at 3 Pm." She and Naruto heads out the door, Sakura with her head down. Sasuke closes the door, and slowly walks over to his living room, and sits in front of his table. He takes the present in his hands. Shake Shake. He opens it, and finds a golden key chain in the shape of a heart. He fumbles with it and finds the button to open it. Press. The Cover of the Heart slowly opened up and revealed a small photo of Team 7 together, along with a soft soothing melody that Sasuke seemed to enjoy. He held her present close to himself, and sat there just staring at it, listening to the music…then decided that it was time for some vaca fun.

Late in the afternoon, Sasuke was finished packing. He put the key chain in his pocket, careful not to lose it. I can't believe I'm going to do this. Sasuke pulls his suitcases after him, and opens the door. The sun was getting hotter, a perfect day for swimming. He held his luggage close and walked to the Ichiraku bar, where everyone was already eating lunch together before the journey started. He saw a luggage cart, and put his stuff in it, then walked inside accompanied by Sakura.

"Sasuke-kun! You came!" Sakura smiled, happily pulling his arm. "Come in and eat lunch with us! Everyone's arrived!" She pulls him into the middle of the restaurant where everyone was talking with each other.

"Oi!" Kiba yelled out. "Sasuke came!" Kiba gave a smile.

"Never thought the day would come." Shikamaru replied. "Happy birthday Sasuke."

"Thanks." Sasuke mumbled. He wasn't used to a celebration, especially from his friends. They all handed him gifts, all wrapped, except for Chouji's, which was a whole 2 months supply of potato chips. Sasuke disgustedly put that in the luggage cart, along with all the other gifts. Special shuriken from Shikamaru, a mini-fan from Temari ("It'll come in handy when it's hot at the beach Sasuke!"), a pack of Kunai's from Rock Lee, Shampoo from Neji (" For hair like mine Sasuke!"), A Sand art from Gaara, a set of ninja dolls from Kankauro, Gel from Ino ("I made it myself Sasuke-kun!"), a warm jacket from Hinata, A Pillow with Akamaru's face on it from Kiba, sunglasses from Ten-Ten, A Wristband from Shino, and the first Volume of Icha Icha Paradise from Kakashi ("You'll love it." ). Sasuke threw the things into his luggage (which was nearly half full) and everyone gave him a hug, which he totally didn't like.

They were finished with lunch, Naruto's treat (since he can get a discount), and got in the carriage that so happened to have arrived right when they got out of their seats. There were 3 carriages; suitable for 5 a carriage, and the arrangements were made carefully. In the first carriage, it consisted of Sasuke, Sakura, Naruto, Shikamaru, and Ino. In the second carriage, it consisted of Chouji, Temari, Gaara, Kankauro, and Shino. In the last carriage, the remaining were Hinata, Kiba, Neji, Rock Lee, and Ten-Ten. Kakashi sat in the front with the driver (who was annoyed by Kakashi for he was reading chapter 26 of the Icha Icha Paradise…out loud.).

"Everyone sit still." The driver grunted. "My name is Kanto Kenshi, and I will be happy to assist of you today. Happy birthday to you, (he pointed to Sasuke) and may everyone PLEASE sit still, this journey will only be around an hour long. Thank you, and have a nice day." He turned back to the wheel, and started driving.

Carriage 1 – Sasuke, Sakura, Naruto, Shikamaru, Ino. Daylight of Konoha

"Sasuke-kun! Happy Birthday!" Ino reaches her hand out trying to reach Sasuke, but Sakura just so happens to "accidently" step on Ino's foot.

"Oops. My bad." Sakura gives Ino a death stare. Ino stares back, Sasuke just turns to the window while Naruto starts to poke Sasuke.

"What do you want?" Sasuke says, disturbed by the poking.

"Can I read the book Kakashi gave you?" Naruto shows his teeth smiling.

"Naruto you Hentai-yorou!" Sakura yells at Naruto, while Ino just pouts and looks out the window. Troublesome…women. Shikamaru looks at the other side.

"Go ahead. That books junk anyways." Sasuke tells Naruto. "YES!" Naruto says, and reaches in the back trunk for the book.

Inner Sakura: Phew. Thank GOODNESS! Sasuke's not a Pervert like Naruto! Score one on THAT!

"This books good." Naruto smiles.

"Naruto…" Sakura stares at Naruto with flaming eyes. Naruto just shut up, knowing that if he continued to talk, he would get injured badly.

"Sasuke-kun!" Sakura reaches over Naruto and looks at Sasuke.

"What?" Sasuke looks back at her. Ino turns at them with round eyes, wondering what was going on. Shikamaru just starts to nap against the wall.

"I was wondering…well you randomly get roommates in the hotel of the beach…just a question but…if you got to choose…who would you share rooms with?" Sakura asks hopefully. The owner of the hotel, Anko, was going to choose roommates, but Sakura was curious about what Sasuke would pick, so asked him.

"I highly doubt he would pick you." Ino smiles at Sakura and turns to Sasuke. "Right Sasuke-kun?"

"Heh. Right." Sakura says with gritted teeth. "But you never know until Sasuke answers."

Sasuke just looked at both of them and replied, "Probably Naruto."

"Huh? Did someone say something?" Naruto looked up as Sakura and Ino's faces turned red and started to faint at Sasuke's answer.

"Nothing." Sasuke replied. Naruto got back to the book while Sakura and Ino started to revive. Sasuke just looked back at the window. Well Naruto's the closest person I got to know.

"Sasuke-kun…" Ino called out.

"Now what?" Sasuke turned to Ino.

"Did you like my present?" Ino asked him, Sakura looked at Sasuke, to see what he would say.

"Um…sure. I might not need it though." Sasuke tells her. "Oh. No worries! But you'll use it some day I know! I made the gel myself so it has extra special hold in it! Atleast I gave you something huh Sasuke-kun? Unlike Sakura who didn't give you ANYTHING." Ino smirked.

"What! I did give him something. He probably just…didn't open it or didn't like it…" Sakura looked to the floor. Ino lunged forward. "What did she give you Sasuke-kun?"

"A Key chain. A special one. I liked it, thanks Sakura." Sakura, amazed that he had thanked her, smiled at him, then another one at Ino who was jealous.

"What's so good about the key chain? Key chain's get rusty…" Ino stopped in the middle of her sentence while Sasuke opened the key chain. Dazzling music was heard, and Ino peered into it and saw a picture of the Cell 7. No wonder he likes it…it's a soothing song from the Haruno clan. It dazzles anyone that hears it, and it has their pictures in there…Ino didn't talk for the rest of the trip, knowing that Sakura had beat her. Sasuke closed the key chain and slipped it back into his pocket. It seemed to be the only present he had kept with him since he opened it.

Carriage 2 – Chouji, Temari, Gaara, Kankauro, Shino

Everyone was quiet. Chouji was afraid of the Sand nins, Temari was just fixing her fan, Kankauro didn't care, Gaara was always quiet, and Shino just never talked. Chouji shuffled in his seat finding a potato chip behind him, Temari was disgusted and broke the silence.

"Fatso! Would you stop moving in your seat so I can try to relax! It's supposed to be vacation and I'm starting out to be angry! If you continue I'm going to kill you!"

Chouji was mad at her for calling him Fatso, but didn't dare attack Temari, knowing that she was throwing threats that she would make come true, and someone that would actually kill him. He just sat in his seat, and looked down. The potato chips right there. But I can't get it…if I just move a little…Chouji shuffled in his seat again and this really set Temari off.

"OKAY THAT'S IT!" Chouji screamed and Temari was picking up her fan, when Gaara and Shino both stopped it. Chouji was crouched in the corner with his hand over his eyes. "Calm down, sister." Gaara told her. Shino just retrieved his spot and Temari calmed down. "Okay." She mumbled. "But I'm changing seats with someone!" Temari got up and switched seats with Shino. Man…I understand why that girl doesn't want to sit next to him anymore. Shino was thinking to himself, disgusted. Chouji was still shuffling in his seat.

Carriage 3 – Hinata, Kiba, Neji, Rock Lee, Ten-Ten

This group on the other hand, was both quiet and loud. Hinata, Neji, and Ten-Ten were quiet, while Kiba and Rock Lee kept throwing insults at each other trying to see who was better, with Akamaru barking every once in a while on Kiba's side.

"Well I bet my Taijutsu is sooo gonna beat your white fur!" Rock Lee spat out at Kiba with his arms raised, in a karate form.

BARK!

"Yea, you tell him Akamaru! We're better than you Eyebrow freak! Right Akamaru?"

BARK! Akamaru shook his tail in approval. They were just doing this for nearly the whole journey. Hinata was looking down the whole time, fingers touching together again and again, while Ten-Ten and Neji were embarrassed, due to the feelings they had for each other.

"Ah, we're here at last!" Kenshi announced. "Everyone please step out in an orderly fashion. Lady Anko wishes to see you all in her lobby first thing you arrive, all your luggage will be brought to your rooms shortly." Everyone listened and started walking towards the lobby. Once they were in, they were all greeted by Lady Anko, who was sitting on the couch…eating Ramen. Naruto, finally finished with Volume 1 ("Aw Man I so got to get Volume 2!") rushed towards Anko with eyes hungry for ramen.

"Ah, Welcome Genin of Konoha! I am Lady Anko, the owner of this beach and hotel, I will be announcing your roommates, the rules and the guidelines. I want you to take a seat, I will call out names 2 by 2, then your room number, and you are to report to your rooms."

UchimakiKurumi: Okay, I hope this wasn't too short. It's getting late over here and I'm kinda tired so I'll stop for today. I'll try to update as soon as possible. For your info, I usually update once a week.

He held her present close to himself, and sat there just staring at it, listening to the music…then decided that it was time for some vaca fun. Where this sentence is, it's best if you play the song "Sadness and Sorrow" From soundtrack 1 of Naruto. That is the music inside the key chain.