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Sasuke chuckled, "Yeah, at least we have that."

He leaned back and stretched. He began to wonder about some of these changes that the lounge was going to go through. He already noticed that the fighting arena went under a major change. "Say Yumi," he added, "Did you notice that this arena just went through a major change? I mean, I thought that the automatic door was the only thing until I noticed the arena itself."

Sasuke nodded, "Yeah, I heard that too. I'm entered in that fighting tournament because I am a ninja, plus, there is a certain someone that I have to prove that I can beat. As odd as this is going to sound, but I have trouble beating Naruto."

Meanwhile, Terry could not ignore that whimper. He opened the door for Kogaku, which the pup jumped into Terry's arms. "Sorry to worry you, son. Its just that...well..I suppose you are more like the one who pranked me so maybe you wouldn't understand from a victim's point of view."

Kogaku gave his mother a kiss, wolf style, then hopped down and barked. Tilting his head, Terry wondered what that meant exactly. Kogaku began pulling at Terry's leg in indication for his mom to follow him.

Sighing, Terry followed Kogaku to the main kitchen of the mansion. The one the Bogards are allowed to use but not the rest of the public. Laughing slightly, Terry understood. "Ah, I should have known. You're hungry."

Kogaku smiled and nodded. Opening the fridge, Terry allowed Kogaku leap to what the kid was in the mood for. Finding the leftover pasta, Kogaku began yanking at the plastic wrap hanging over the edge. Terry gently took his son off the shelf first and then took the pasta down next.

Reading on how to re-heat pasta, Terry removed the plastic wrap from the bowl and then set the timer for 1 minute. He set out a plate for Kogaku and like a good mannered boy, the pup sat at the table as properly as any wolf-cub could. When the timer went, Terry served a helping for Kogaku and then one for himself. He had to admit it, he was getting to be hungry too.

One thing that Terry and Kogaku had in common besides relation, was that they loved the same types of food. Kogaku then began telling Terry why he was worried before in the proper language.

"It's a good thing that Dee was there when she was. The odd thing is, the last thing I remember before that fight was stepping on something loud, then I saw a bright flash. Then, when I regained my composure, Dee was there."

Sasuke wondered if maybe he was too much by the book. Then he asked, "When it comes to those pranks, as lame as they are, do you think they have any meaning behind them?"

"Ah, now I see what happened,"Terry said, "A camera flash caused me to forget my manners. And I take it Naruto was the one who placed those round explodey things aka balloons for anyone to step on. Speaking of that, did you ever find the treasures you were looking for?"

Meanwhile...

Sasuke listened intently on what Yumi said, then replied, "Perhaps that would have been the case if he was alone. He wasn't this time. Not when he placed those balloons. He was with Violet. I do still think there is a hidden meaning."

As if having a Naruto-type reaction, Sasuke was like, "No way! That little sneak!"

Explaining, Sasuke went on, "Okay, Naruto's so called prank could also be a simple training drill in times of war. Imagine that those balloons were bombs instead. The enemy sets the bombs down just like Naruto did with the balloons waiting for some unsuspecting victim to step on them. I know I don't have to state the obvious, but we would have been dead because we weren't watching where we were going. As for Michal throwing one of those balloons and nailing Kai and Rei with it, well, their body parts would have been scattered all over the place if that was a real bomb and Kai's so called best friend would be his worst enemy."

Laughing, Sasuke replied, "No, the Shadow Clone Jutsu move was his way of acting like a little crybaby because he knew he was in trouble. Its similar when Kogaku goes around the neighborhood whizzing on everybody's fences after he knows that Zane has given the cub his own private bathroom stall."

Terry smiled at his son. "Now that I am happy about. So, what do you think about these new renovations that Dee, your father, and I have been working on? Any ideas you want to add to this project? There is room to put new things."

Terry thought over what his son had said about the ballroom. "That is a wonderful idea, Kogaku. I hadn't thought about an area where I could train for the SNK Dance festival and we could put it two floors below where Joe's place is. We can put in two express elevators that go from the lounge to the ballroom if someone wants to join in. And that elevator can be placed where the current stage is now."

Beaming from ear to ear, Kogaku was happy that his mother was giving him praise on the idea. Then, as quickly as that smile came, it faded. He said, "There is but one problem about where the express elevator you want is going to go."

"Yeah?"

The cub nodded, "Yeah. People aren't gonna like watching an elevator all day while they eat. Not unless there is some sort of entertainment to go with it."

Then Terry thought of something, "What if beside the elevator, we put...oh that might not work. I was going to say water slide, but that could cause more harm than good. Perhaps something that people could watch that would make people look at the elevator amused, but not want to stop their meal for it."

"How about a food fighting pit!" Kogaku yipped, "Like, we put the elevator in first, but then beside it, we'd have this see-through glass type thing where those who walk in it can get nailed with food! We can change the flooring so it doesn't damage and once a certain amount of weight is put on it, then it opens up the garbage hatch!"

"Now that is a good idea!"

Kogaku quickly finished his food and waited for Terry to finish before the both of them headed up stairs.

The loving between Kai and Rei were starting to get more intense now and so they headed to one of the upstairs bedrooms. They didn't notice Yumi and Sasuke were in the room that they chose and started undressing each other in front of them.

With a silent grunt, Sasuke led Yumi down the stairs and to the main kitchen.

Meanwhile, Corrigan and Jonathan were on their way over to the lounge now, closing the steakhouse early.

Terry and Kogaku told Dee and Vegeta of their plan with the ballroom and what to do with the stage and that's when Dee told Iori to start prepping the new elevator. Terry said that he would give Iori a hand with this project so that the red-head didn't quit in the middle of it.