A Konoha Girls' Night

by LutraShinobi

Disclaimer: Naruto is not mine. Nope, all the well-deserved credit goes to Masashi Kishimoto!

Chapter 1 - The Start of the Spilling

A tall, confident young kunoichi with four spiky, blond ponytails sticking out of her head waited impatiently on a doorstep, tapping her foot. She rang the bell for the sixth time, then huffed and sat down when no one answered. I should never have let that irritating blonde rope me into this, she thought. We'll probably only be doing dumb stuff, too, like putting on nail polish and gossiping. My time would be so much better used training.

At that moment a pink car drove up in front of the girl and screeched to a stop. Out hopped four of her fellow kunoichi. A fashionable blonde jumped out first and smiled widely.

"Hey, Temari!" the blonde said enthusiastically. "I'm so glad you made it!"

"Hey, Ino," Temari replied, with less eagerness. "You kept me waiting long enough!"

Ino explained, apologetic, "Sorry about that. I had to go pick up my other friends, see? Here they are!" She proceeded to introduce her companions, one by one.

"This is Sakura, my best friend, although sometimes my worst enemy too," she began, referring to the girl with green eyes and bubble gum-pink hair beside her. Sakura shot an annoyed sideways glance at Ino, then smiled at Temari.

"This is Hinata, another friend. She's really shy, but incredible underneath!" A girl with dark, purplish-black hair blushed furiously at Ino's words. "And this is Tenten! Tenten, besides being an amazing handler of kunai and shruiken, is really athletic and cool." Ino nudged the girl with dark brown hair bound into two low buns, who grinned and waved.

Temari waited for Ino to finish before saying, "We've met."

Ino paused, then remembered. "Oh yeah, at the Chuunin Exams! Those were brutal, weren't they? But let's get down to business now." She skipped happily into the house, ahead of everyone else. Temari followed along with the three others, asking Tenten warily, "Exactly what kind of 'business' are we talking here?"

Tenten shrugged. "All kinds of stuff," she replied. "Every so often Ino organizes a Girls' Night for us. We do the usual girly things - make-up and whatnot. But don't worry," she said, catching Temari's look of horror, "Ino doesn't make you do that stuff. Not usually, anyway. Most of us just sit around and talk."

Temari wondered, again, why she had let Ino convince her to come. Temari, who was from Suna, the Sand Village, was visiting Konoha with her brothers for a week, and had run into Ino at the market. Ino had invited her to a sleepover at her house, but Temari had tried to decline, saying it wasn't "her thing". But Ino wouldn't take no for an answer, and nagged her until she agreed to give it a try, an action which Temari sincerely regretted now that she had an idea of what she was in for.

It took about fifteen minutes for the five girls to gather in Ino's bedroom, armed with popcorn, chips and other junk food. Ino and Sakura climbed onto the bed, Tenten took Ino's spinning desk chair, and Temari curled up on the carpet with Hinata.

"All right, so what are we going to do first?" Ino asked. "Make-up, movie or talk?"

"Movie," Sakura said.

"Movie," Hinata agreed.

"Talk," Temari broke in hurriedly. Anything was better than make-up, and she had caught a glimpse of the movie Ino had selected - some mushy-gushy romantic comedy.

"Talk," Tenten supported her.

"Well, I guess it's pointless to vote make-up now," Ino said, pouting. "Hmm... let's see... all right then, I say talk. We can watch the movie when we're about to go to bed." Temari breathed out a sigh of relief, which was sucked back in with dismay when Ino decided on the topic of conversation.

"All right, girls, it's time to spill the secrets of our love lives!" Ino said cheerily. Sakura laughed, then paled when she realized Ino wasn't kidding. Hinata blushed again, Tenten choked on a mouthful of popcorn, and Temari peered out the window, wondering whether jumping from it would be more painful than what was to come.

"Come on, Ino, you aren't serious??" Sakura exclaimed. "I'm not going to tell you any of my romantic moments with Sasuke-kun!"

Ino ignored her and turned to Hinata. "Hinata, you can go first."

"N-no!" Hinata protested in quiet, stuttered distress.

"Okay then, Temari," Ino persisted, unperturbed by all the negative reactions. Temari gave her a look that said, In your dreams.

"Stop it, Ino!" Sakura ordered. "Temari's your special guest; it would be churlish to make her go first. And I most certainly am not starting off!"

"Same goes for me," Tenten put in. "I say you go first, Ino. It was your idea, after all."

"You guys are so mean, always ganging up on me!" Ino said, looking hurt. Then she sighed and gave in, saying resignedly, "All right then, I'll go. But only if Sakura's second!"

"Deal," Sakura said promptly. "Now, let's start with the basic question: who's your boyfriend?"

"Chouji," Ino answered without a trace of embarrassment. Wow, she actually hooked up with that chubby kid? Temari thought, amazed. And I thought she was the shallowest of them all, always chasing after that Uchiha ice cube...

"Perfect," Tenten said. "Now, spill!"

There's the first chapter, hope you liked it :) This will basically be a collection of romantic oneshots. The pairings are InoxChouji, HinataxNaruto, SakuraxSasuke, TentenxNeji and TemarixShikamaru. Sorry ShikaIno fans, but I've never liked that pairing - I think Temari goes way better with Shikamaru. Only I'm not sure at all how to write InoChou, since I've never taken much of an interest in either character... but I'll definitely give it my best shot. Thanks for reading, and please review!