Sorry if the name makes absolutely no sense. I had no idea what to title this story.
I apologize for my lame attempt at humor. Suggestions are always accepted with open arms!
Enjoy! :D
It was a night, like any other night. Each member of the old genin twelve were on their regular Friday schedules. Everybody that is, except for four very bored kunoichi.
Shikamaru Nara sat on the side of a hill watching the clouds slowly drift by as the sky began to darken, wondering why Ino had yet to be troublesome and ruin his view. Neji Hyuuga calmly trained alone, wondering why Tenten had missed practice; even if she had given him advance warning. Sasuke glared at the bridge where Sakura normally passed on her way home from the hospital, wondering why she was an hour late. And Naruto watched from a tree limb near his training ground, wondering why the four girls all sat in the grass sighing.
"Nara! Hey! Shikamaru!"
"What do you want Naruto? You weren't the blonde I was expecting to see." Shikamaru pushed himself up onto his elbows as he gazed steadily at Konoha's number one knucklehead ninja.
"Ooo! And the plot thickens. You wouldn't happen to be waiting for a certain blonde kunoichi with anger issues, now would you?" Naruto grinned broadly when Shikamaru's cheeks turned pink. He decided to bait him. "Well I happen to know exactly where she is on this fine evening. And who she happens to be with." Naruto winked.
Shikamaru hated to admit it but Naruto's words intrigued him. He pushed himself the rest of the way up. "So you gonna tell me or are you going to make this troublesome?"
Naruto chuckled evilly. "I will take you to her, but first…we need to pick up Neji, at the Hyuuga Manor, and Sasuke." Shikamaru rolled his eyes.
"What a drag. Let's get this over with."
Within five minutes Naruto and Shikamaru stood outside the Hyuuga Manor. It had a large wall encircling it, but for a ninja it took a matter of seconds to jump over it. Almost as soon as Naruto reached the ground, he received a gentle fist to the stomach. Two Hyuuga guards stood in front of him. Menacingly, the two began walking closer.
"How troublesome. Umm excuse me, but we just came to pick up Neji. As ninja, we don't really use gates." Naruto glared at Shikamaru who still sat on top of the wall.
"That's what I get for trying to help Konoha's most cowardly ninja." Naruto grumbled.
Shikamaru didn't even react to his words, agreeing that it probably fit, even if he was a genius.
"Guards you are dismissed. I will handle these two." Naruto sighed in relief as the guards backed up, nodded towards Neji, then disappeared into the bushes. "What exactly would you two be doing here?" Neji stood before them with his usual emotionless face. Though if you knew him well enough, you could trace a bit of annoyance in his voice.
"Hey Neji! Long time no see, huh?" When Neji made no move to reply Naruto continued. "Anyways I have a proposition that may interest you. I bet you are wondering where Tenten must be right about now. Seeing as how you were obviously not at your training grounds."
Neji replied coolly. "It is of none of my concern as to why Tenten is unable to train today. She is perfectly capable of handling herself."
Naruto smirked. "Really? If she is so good at handling herself, then why do you spend every minute together and why do you glare at any guy that approaches her other then the genin twelve?" Naruto couldn't help but chuckle, knowing that he had him.
Neji's eyes were wide in embarrassment and his mouth hung agape. "I…well, she um, she needs to focus on developing her skills. Those guys would only ruin her concentration."
"Hmmm so then why is your face red? It's no use Neji. Everybody knows you like her. Now the question is, don't you want to know why the four girls are sneaking around and not telling us about it?"
Neji hung his head in defeat. Naruto had him. "Very well. I must keep an eye on my cousin, Hinata. I am her protector."
Naruto and Shikamaru rolled their eyes. "Lame excuse."
Neji ended up using his Byakugan to locate Sasuke, since he was not at his house or the training fields. They found him on a bridge, glaring in the direction of the hospital. Naruto quickly thought to himself, this is going to be easy.
"Yo! Sasuke! You're not going to find Sakura coming this way tonight!"
"Quit yelling Naruto, I am right here. Where is Sakura?"
"I have to show you. Are you willing to join us to go meet up with our four kunoichi?"
"Hn…" Sasuke kept his gaze on the wood underneath him.
"Great! That's all of us, lets go meet up with Sakura, Tenten, Ino, and Hinata!"
Sasuke kicked his foot up against one of the bridges posts. "Fine, but I am only going because I have nothing better to do."
Shikamaru looked up at the sky as he sighed, shaking his head. "And I thought Neji's excuse was lame." Neji tripped over his own foot before recovering from shock and joining Sasuke in glaring at the lazy ninja who still had his head in the clouds.
Naruto, who had entirely missed the entire thing, called over his shoulder, "Come on guys or they might leave before we get there!"
"Wait!" Naruto turned to be met by three curious eyes. Sasuke asked the question they were all thinking. "Why did you only come get us three to go join the girls?"
Naruto smiled widely. "Well its obvious! I thought you three were all geniuses!" He received three blank stares in answer.
Naruto just chuckled. "Neji likes Tenten." Neji stiffened. "Shikamaru likes Ino." Shikamaru blushed slightly then stared up at the darkening blue sky. "And Sasuke likes Sakura." Sasuke turned the color of named kunoichi's hair, and quickly shook his head, causing the three to smirk at his expense.
Shikamaru was the next to speak. "So if we follow this same thought process then that concludes that the only reason you did this was because you like Hinata." Naruto fell backwards in shock.
"I-I-I well, umm…"
"Wow Naruto, you look exactly like my cousin when she is around you." Neji smirked.
Naruto huffed angrily, upset that they had turned the tables on him. "Lets just go. If we don't hurry they might leave." The three smiled triumphantly as their small group took off towards the girls.
Meanwhile the girls continued to talk in the little clearing Naruto had found them in earlier. At first the conversation had started out fairly normal, just discussing missions and clans. However, Ino, always the meddling matchmaker took this sleepover as a chance to get details on all of the guys. Seeing as how each team consisted of two guys and one girl, it would be fairly easy to put all of their notes together. Ino quickly explained this to the others and suddenly they were all excited again.
"So Hinata why don't you go first. You have Shino and Kiba on your team. Bugs and dogs, not my thing." Ino shuddered, though she had to admit they were both strong.
"W-well, they are both very protective, but I bet all the boys are like that with us." For the most part they all agreed. "U-um Kiba is actually a bit of a player and a flirt, but he would never act like that towards any of us because he views us as sisters. And Shino is very quiet, but he is actually dating a girl named Kana right now."
"That's so cute! I am so proud of them!" Ino giggled out, causing the other girls to erupt into giggling hysterics as well.
This time Tenten leaned forward. "Sakura you should go next. We all know that Hinata is dying to hear about Naruto, and Ino probably wants to hear all about Sasuke." Everybody laughed except Ino who had frozen. Sakura noticed first. "Hey, Ino-pig! You okay?" Ino looked at her hands in her lap, fidgeting with her fingers much like Hinata.
"I-I, don't like Sasuke. I haven't for a while." Ino looked up to meet three shocked faces. "You win Sakura; I don't want to fight for him."
Ino's vision fell to her lap again only to begin fidgeting when she felt three very heavy stares. She gulped loudly, then looked up. Sakura broke the uneasy silence first, using her light nonchalant voice. "Tch, Tch, Tch. We are all friends here Ino. No need to keep such important secrets from us." Ino's face grew to an even deeper shade of red.
Before even considering the consequences she snapped. "I Like Shika!" She quickly slapped her hands over her mouth.
This time Tenten leaned forward, a playful smirk on her face. "Shika? How cute! You already have an adorable little nickname for him. Can I be one of your bridesmaids at the wedding?" Hinata burst out laughing, very out of character for the shy girl. Ino glared at her as if she had just betrayed her.
Ino straightened her shoulders. She was NOT the type of girl who let people tease her and get away with it. "Of course, Tenten! But only if I get to be a bridesmaid at you and Neji's wedding!" She smiled proudly as the other two girls cooed.
Tenten glared back at Ino. Hinata spoke up before the girls attacked each other. "Face it! The four of us have fallen head over heels for Konoha's four densest ninjas!"
They all bowed their heads, nodding in agreement.