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XiAoXi's CheRrY bLosSom:
Hey! Another fic! Yippee! But I know that I should be updating my other stories but I just gotta put this one on!! I hope you guys would love this new one. The pairings are complicated. Just read the Sum and find out:) I was planning to post this story a long time ago but since school just ended. And now that it is summer, I put this up:) Don't forget to review! Please please review! It means a lot a lot a lot to me! I'll be waiting for them;P
Full Summary:
Training, Missions, and Families separate Teams 7, 8, 10 and Team Gai from each other. A single day, a special one day comes and all teams finally see each of their team mates and others too after three years separation.
Guys are falling hard for their female team mate.
Girls, being naïve, thought that their boys are love-sick with their friends.
Boys, being stupid, said that they are without even realizing it.
Girls, since they care so much for them, decided to help them with their "supposed to like" kuniochi.
Main Pairings:
Naru Sasu Sai x Sakux Kaka Gaa Yam
Neji x Ten x Lee
Kiba x Hina x Shino
Shika x Ino x Kan
Shika x Temx Cho
Hints:
Neji Lee x Sakux Kiba Shino Gen
Naru x Hina x Gaa
Cho x Inox Sasu Sai
Ten x Kan
Asu x Kure
Jira x Tsu
Kaka x Shizu x Gai
"The Domino Effects"
Chapter One:
'The One and Only Special Day'
Near Konoha
Two figures with green jumpsuits, thick eyebrows, one with bowl-cut hair and the other with longer hair, are happily skipping on their way. They are singing their youthful return to their home.
"Gai-sensei! I could see the gates to our lovely Konoha!" The longer hair, short fella exclaimed happily to his sensei. He is pointing his fingers to the gates. His sensei looked ahead and indeed, they are almost there.
"You are right, Lee! I am so proud of you!" The tall one, Gai-sensei, said as he extended his hand towards his students while still walking. Lee looked at it and placed his hands on his with tearful eyes as his sensei congratulated him.
"Gai-sensei!" They shake hands with their fists in the air.
"Lee!" Gai said while giving his student his one and only smile.
"Gai-sensei!" Lee shouted while they both hugged each other crying out in joy. They remembered all their hardships but youthful training. Sun sets then sun rises with birds flying in dawn but they still continued to hug each other. They finally broke the hug and looked around them.
"What do you know? We are already here, Lee!" Gai said happily as both of them stepped inside the gates of the Village Hidden in the Leaves.
"Indeed, I think we should report to our youthful Hokage!" Lee suggested as both of them made their way to the Hokage Tower.
Moments later at the streets
Both Gai and Lee where kicked out the office. Their report to the Lady Hokage isn't exactly, as they call it, "youthful". It is a bad time to be youthful to a not youthful Hokage esp. when you burst through her doors shouting "Youthful Hokage" while she's counting bunch of documents in her desk.
"I say we meet Neji now." Gai suggested while still shaking. The ANBU that Lady Tsunade sent to look for them are making Gai nervous.
"That is a great idea, Sensei!" Lee said as he gave his sensei thumbs up. They both made their way to the Hyuuga Compound.
At the Hyuuga Compound
"Get outta here!" Yelled one of the guards by the gates of the compound as they threw Lee and Gai out. They landed on their face, butt sticking out while twitching.
"This is so embarrassing." Came the voice of their Hyuuga team mate. He still looks the same with his long chocolate locks loosely wrapped at the end. He is wearing his usual shorts with a loose shirt on top.
"Neji!" Both Gai and Lee shouted while standing up and ran towards their teammate trying to hug him but ended up meeting the ground again.
"What do you guys want?" Neji asked coldly but he gently helped his sensei and friend up.
"Three years of youthful training and not seeing each other and this is how you welcome us in a not youthful way!" Gai pouted at Neji. Lee joined him too. Neji sighed.
"TenTen will be back around noon today." Neji randomly said. At least, he said something. At the sound of meeting another teammate, they got excited and did their happy dance.
"I say we wait for her by the gates. I wanna welcome her first!" Lee shouted as he took a run toward the gates.
"Hey! Fine, then I'll race you there!" Gai shouted as he ran too catching up to Lee. Neji heavily sighed again. But nevertheless, started to walk towards them.
Back at the Hyuuga Compound
"Hinata!" Hiashi called his daughter while taking a seat by the porch.
"Yes, Father?" Hinata softly answered while bowing to her father before standing before him. She wears a very light jacket with the same pants she used to wear, ninja shoes, and her hair down since it grew much much longer.
"You could go outside for the day since Neji took off with his uh.. Ridiculous friends." Upon hearing the word 'outside', Hinata found herself nodding endlessly. Hiashi smiled at this while she ran outside.
Hinata is admiring the places outside their compound. She and Neji were practically training non-stop in their compound. They barely have time to have fun. She thought that maybe if she's much stronger then she would have time to enjoy the village.
"Hyuuga Hinata, huh?" Hinata's thoughts were interrupted by a familiar voice that she hasn't heard for a long time. She turned around and met her ex-sensei's smiling face. "How have you been?"
"Sensei!" She shouted as she immediately hugged her sensei. She is still wearing her usual outfit. Kurenai broke the hug and looked at her student.
"Now, now I am not your sensei anymore." She smiled down at her.
"But you are still Team 8's Leader." Hinata argued but after a sec, she realized the words she said. Her face fell in a frown. Kurenai noticed this and realized what she said. Three years. Three years of separation mainly because of their families. Three years not seeing both of her boys. She knows the feeling of being abandoned due to duties and responsibilities but her team loves each other so much. How they manage to survive? She doesn't know.
"Hinata," Kurenai looked at the sky. "I have a small mission at the forest just outside Konoha. Mind giving me a hand?" She asked as she smiled at her. Hinata shook her head saying she doesn't mind. Both of them walked over to the gates where they saw Neji, Lee and Gai.
"Kurenai! Hinata! What a surprise!" Gai happily made his way to them while smiling ear to ear to them.
"What a surprise indeed! And what a day this is." Kurenai mumbled the last words to herself. They greeted each other. Hinata asked permission from Neji to go with Kurenai and to tell her father about it. Neji warmly agreed to it.
He sighed loudly as he laid down on the field. The Akamichi boy in his shorts and simple white shirt with scarf around his neck closed his eyes. He needs rest after another session of training. He opened his eyes and looked up on the sky. Then he noticed the clouds. 'Shikamaru' he thought. It took him a while before he realized again. 'Shikamaru!' Then he stood up and started running. 'I almost forgot that he'll be coming back just few more hours from now!' He decided to just rest up to where they first met.
When he got there, he was surprised to see a pineapple head guy with his vest and usual pants lying down staring at the clouds.
"Shikamaru!" The said boy turned his head to the side and sat up smiling. Standing with wide eyes, is his now skinny tall best friend.
"I thought you are not gonna be here yet." Choji said as he walked towards his best friend. He noticed that his hair grew longer than usual and he doesn't have his lazy eyes at this moment. Choji smiled at this.
"Well I thought so too but my family-get-away-training is too troublesome that I need to be back here soon." He smirked at him. They slap hands and pound. Then he noticed how Choji is sweating and beat up.
"I see you've been training." Choji nodded grinning widely at him.
"And no thanks to me." The familiar voice of their ex-sensei said as Asuma joined them. He nodded to both of them. Then looked at Shikamaru. "I see you are back."
"Troublesome." He sighed.
"Just Ino and Team 10 is to be complete!" Choji said with his fist raised up.
"I heard she'll be coming back by now with her family." Asuma informed them.
"Let's wait for her by the gates! I can't wait for Team 10 to be together again!" Choji said as he dragged both his best friend and ex-sensei to the gates.
When they got there, they saw Neji, Lee, Gai greeting Hinata and Kurenai. Kurenai. As soon as Asuma saw Kurenai, he blushed. He never mentioned it to anyone or planning to that he is actually attracted to the said jounin but his face gave it away.
"Are you ok, sensei?" Choji asked while looking at Asuma's red face. Shikamaru looked at him too and smirked muttering 'troublesome'.
When they approach them, Kurenai saw Asuma and looked away blushing. This got a confused Lee and Gai, a blushing Hinata, a worried Choji and smirking Neji and sleepy Shikamaru.
Then Kurenai and Hinata excused themselves and headed out in the forest. That was a relief to the whole group. The tension and the awkward silence disappeared. Then Asuma acted as if nothing happens so that he won't give away more of his secret. Moments later and the Yamanakas are coming home. They all greeted them but their teammate is nowhere to be found.
"Oh darlings," Mrs. Yamanaka called her daughter's team. "I forgot to tell you that Ino is just by the Flower Field." She said as she pointed her finger by the trees.
Team 10 nodded and said their goodbyes to the Yamanakas and Team Gai. They jumped from a branch to a branch heading towards their female team mate. They can't wait to see her.
By the time Team 10 went off to fetch their girl teammate, it's almost noon and it is time for team Gai to be excited to meet their girl teammate.
Neji is about to rip his precious hair off. Unfortunately for him, his teammates never changed at all. He is being annoyed to death by his 'youthful' friend and his 'youthful'sensei.
'That's it! I can't take it anymore! They are gonna die!'He thought. He slowly walked to them with deadly aura. Lee and Gai noticed this and started to back away. Just inches away from beating them up, Neji froze. He could feel her chakra.
They looked at the forest. They saw her family and they greeted them just like how Team 10 greeted the Yamanakas with familiarity. Then someone in long brown hair stared at them. They stared back as well. She has long brown hair wearing cargo pants and her Chinese top with the exact same face as their teammate. 'TenTen?' Neji thought. Then she giggled at them.
"How youthful of you!" Gai said as he giggled with her.
"You haven't change at all, sensei." She said. Lee and Gai looked at her questioningly. Neji sighed. She laughed while she hugged her sensei, then Lee and finally Neji. Gai gave Lee the: who-the-heck-is-this-girl look.
"TenTen, duh?" TenTen said pointing at herself. She looks different esp. with her hair down. The guys looked at her then blushed. TenTen who is oblivious about this smiled at them like everything's normal.
"How bout a Team Gai celebration?" She excitedly asked at them.
"That's a lovely idea, TenTen." Lee said as he nodded his head. He placed his arm before her. She blushed while she put her hand and lead her the way.
"Why thank you, Lee-kun." TenTen said as they walked away with a very proud Gai and a red Neji. It is either anger, jealousy, or embarrassment or maybe all.
After Kurenai and Hinata left the gates with Team Gai and Team 10, the awkward silence is still there. Kurenai is still blushing.
"So what kind of animals are we planning to catch again, sensei?" Hinata asked hoping to make the Kurenai speak. And it worked.
"We need to find this particular dog with a big bug with it." Kurenai smirked at Hinata hoping to ring a bell. Hinata nodded feeling puzzled. Kurenai could see all the question marks above her head. She sweat dropped.
'Wow, Hinata.'Kurenai thought as they kept a steady pace. Then she jumped down on the ground followed by Hinata.
"We'll start the search here." She commanded as they looked at the opposite direction.
Hours later, Hinata couldn't find the said animals. She found a big rock and sat there as she sighed heavily.
"Give up already?" Asked a very familiar voice that made Hinata sat up, stare, then faint after muttering "Kiba."
"Oh man! " Kiba said as he caught Hinata before she hits the ground. "I shouldn't have snuck up on her." He said trying to wake Hinata up. He is wearing almost the same thing minus the jacket. Duh? It is summer, who would wear a jacket? He's hair is still slightly messy and his triangles in both of his cheeks.
"Good job, dog boy!" Kurenai said appearing behind them. Akamaru barked and licked Hinata's fingers. Akamaru grew so much bigger.
"It's not my fault!" Kiba immediately defended himself.
"Actually, it is your fault." Shino suddenly said kneeling besides Hinata and Kiba trying to wake her up. Shino is still the same. He is still wearing the same thing since he is pretty worried about his bugs. She slowly opened her eyes. They widened before they closed again and she fainted again.
"You gotta be kidding me!" Kiba said crying.
Asuma, Choji and Shikamaru made their way to the flower field. It is on the left side of the gates not far from it. They stopped on a particular branch where they looked for Ino.
"See her?" Asuma asked as he held his hand above his eyes covering it from the sun.
"There!" Choji pointed at a head with blond hair. "Ino!" He called her.
Ino turned around from the flowers she's examining and stared at them with wide eyes. Her team! Choji ran towards her and hugged her. She was shock at first but eventually returned the hug.
"Choji." She said. Asuma and Shikamaru stood before them.
"Shikamaru! Sensei!" She happily called their names and hugged them. "It's been a long time." She said while hugging both of them.
"Too long." Asuma said as they broke the hug. Choji picked up flowers and gave it to Ino.
"Thank you." She said while getting the flowers. Asuma and Shikamaru picked some for her too. They talked and caught up on things.
"Let's go back home and celebrate!" Ino said while dragging her team back to the village.
XiAoXi's CheRrY bLosSom:
Okei! Team Gai, Team 8 and Team 10 are finally together! Whoa! Finally done with Chapter One! Remember this is still day one: )
As for the next chappie, it is going to be about Team 7! Yehey! I can't wait to update for Team 7! Theirs is complicated.
I hope you guys enjoyed it. And I hope you guys liked it.
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