A/N: Well, this and the chapter before it are basically just set-ups for the real story. And I know people are gonna hate me for the pairings, but hey, those are the ones I support, so those are going to be the only ones I can supply evidence for. Anyway, enjoy!

"Moment of truth," said Tenten, looking apprehensively toward the door, "So, who wants to go in first to tell her?"

"Sakura-forehead, I think you'd be the best one to talk to Hokage-sama, considering you're her apprentice. She'd most likely listen to you. We'll come in when you call us, alright?" Ino spoke up.

"Ok, Ino-pig," Sakura said before running to the door (so that Ino wouldn't kill her).

Knock, knock

"Come in!"

"Good morning, Shishou. I was wonderi-," Sakura cut off as she saw that Tsunade had had too many helpings of sake, again. Sighing, she quickly did the sobriety jutsu, and in the space of about five seconds, Tsunade was back at her desk, trying to pretend it had never happened.

"Yes, Sakura, what is it?" Tsunade looked at Sakura's hesitant face and sighed. "What do you need permission for?"

Sakura jerked up her head, surprised. After this, I think I'll stop wondering exactly how we're all able to read each other's faces. It must be a female thing we get.

"Uhh…give me a minute, and we can all tell you. OK, YOU CAN COME IN NOW!!!" The poor Hokage would probably never be able to hear the same way that she used to again.

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"Alright I give you, Yamanaka Ino, Haruno Sakura, Hyuga Hinata, and Kuchki Tenten (A/N: They never say her last name, so I borrowed one from Bleach) permission to leave for a one month training trip. Here are the passes, show them to the gatekeepers as you leave," Tsunade said, giving them what looked like passports. "Oh yes, these will give you access to any shinobi lands without being attacked." Alright, so they were passports.

"Tsunade-sama, we'd like to ask you another favor," Tenten quietly said. The other girls looked at her amazed. This might have been the first time she was quiet about anything. But then, she didn't get to encounter her idol very much, so it was to be expected.

" Can I call your teammates and senseis here to say goodbye? Sure. I'll send a bird out."

Again with the whole mind reading thing, the females thought. The whole idea was becoming old verrry quickly.

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"Ack, no. Argh. MOVE!! Dammit, it's too crowded! I want to go in first!" The six women sighed as they heard the sounds of the males, as well as their senseis outside the door. Ino, losing patience, strode to the door and opened it. Ten males promptly fell onto the ground at Ino's feet.

"Well, it's nice to know you all worship me, but will you GET UP?" Ino screamed.

"Due to the temporary loss of hearing, they quickly stood up in fear of getting another earful. "Hey Sakura-chan, did you get the summons too? Maybe this is a huge mission to get Sasuke back!" said, you guessed it, the number one hyperactive knuckleheaded ninja.

"Sorry, not happening Naruto. Actually, me, Ino-pig, Hinata, and Tenten wanted to announce something to you all, so we decided to call you all in here to spare the walk to your houses," Sakura said with an air of authority.

"So what is it, Your Uglinesses?" Sai said with a smirk.

About two seconds later, pretty much all adults in there were needed to restrain the females from killing him.

"So what is it? Can you please tell us now?" Kiba said, feeling a bit impatient. But then, it had taken an hour to heal Sai consider the females had gotten to him eventually.

"Well…everyone, the thing is…" Hinata muttered.

"We're leaving."

They had the blessing of about two minutes before it sunk in.

"WHAT!?!?"

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"Our flower of youth is leaving us forever? NOOOOOOOOO!!" Lee and Gai cried out with the whole flowing anime tears.

"You're leaving us like that traitor did, Hinata? You can't!" Kiba yelled.

"It's going to be troublesome if you leave, you realize," Shikamaru commented.

"You're going to leave like Sasuke-teme did? And you're going to leave me alone with him, Sakura-chan?" Naruto cried, pointing dramatically at Sai.

"Listen, I know it's traumatic about Asuma, but is that really a good reason to leave while you're pregnant?" Kakashi asked.

All this was said at the same time, so obviously, the women had absolutely no clue what they were saying. Sighing, they did what was necessary to gain order again. "SHUT UP!!!!!!!"

With this loss of hearing yet again, they shut up to protect their ears. " You idiots, of course we're not leaving permanently, just for a month or so. It's a training trip, after all." Tenten said. What kind of idiots do I have for teammates anyway?

"Oh, alright then. I guess we have nothing to worry about," Neji said. The other people looked at him, astounded. Since when was Hyuga Neji worried about someone? The girls turned knowingly to Tenten, seeing her blush red.

"But you're leaving me with him, Sakura-chan? I'm not gonna live without you for a month!" This of course, was talking about Sai, but unaware to him, he had left Sakura as red as a tomato with the unknowing love confession. Was he always this sweet?

"Uhh…yeah Naruto, I'm leaving you with him for about a month. I trust you not to kill him by the time we get back." Sakura said after a second.

I wouldn't be too sure about that. Things are going to get very troublesome around here very soon. Shikamaru thought with a smirk.

" So, anyway, if any of you want to see us off at the gate, be there in an hour, ok," Hinata said, suddenly becoming business like. Gai and Kakashi, decided they didn't want to, so they gave a quick hug to their respective students along with a "good luck", and poofed away.

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As it turns out, all the males ended up coming to the gate. Even Sai, though he insisted it was for research to see how normal people said goodbye.

"I'll pretend to believe that, alright?" Sakura said, laughing as she gave him- horrors of horrors!- a small hug. Seeing Naruto looking murderous, she quickly ran over to him to give him a hug. A longer hug. " Be alive when I come back, ok?" She whispered in his ear, as she let go. Naruto now looked like he would die of happiness now.

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Ino was saying goodbye to her teammates as well. Chouji wasn't a problem, considering he was the nicest guy in the group. He was perfectly fine with giving Ino a big hug (but just as friends, mind you). The problem was Shikamaru. How do you say goodbye to a guy like him? Chouji could see her discomfort. His evil friendship side actually woke up then.

"Just give him a kiss, and he'll be fine," Chouji smirked as he let go. As much as he was going to miss his friend, the red-hot blush was worth seeing before she left. Besides, he knew they would be great together.

Ino was seriously freaking out as Shikamaru walked toward her. How am I going to say goodbye? I'm NOT going with Chouji's advice here!

"Well, uhhh…bye then. See you in a month," she said out loud as he reached her. Without a word, he swept her up into a quick hug before letting go with a red face and a smirk. " Come back soon, troublesome woman," he said with a wave. Red-faced, Ino turned toward the gate.

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"I'll miss you, my youthful friend!" Lee cried, sweeping up Tenten into a hug while crying anime tears.

"Lee…can't…breathe…" Tenten just managed to choke out. Luckily, Neji managed to jump in and bykugan Lee into letting go.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm gonna miss you idiots too," Tenten said, giving Lee a hug. Before she decided against it, she quickly hugged Neji too and ran toward the gate, leaving behind a very flustered jounin.

"Ahh, the power of youth that is love," Lee said, grinning as he waved goodbye.

"Shut up."

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Hinata, however, had absolutely no clue what to do. Kiba, seeing this, pulled her into a long hug. This probably would have caused her to faint except for the fact that Kiba was holding her up. "Uhh…I'll miss you, Kiba-kun, Shino-kun," she whispered out. Shino, in an unexpected gesture, reached out and patted her head. "Don't make us have to go out and get you, alright," Kiba said.

Hinata, now red as a tomato, walked towards the gate.

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"So, we're thinking of going to the Land of Waves, where we met Tazuna-san, Inari-san, and Tsunami-san. There, we'll get a good place to train, as well as lodgings. Don't kill each other while we're gone, ok?" Sakura yelled back as they walked away

"See you in a month!"

A/N: Now, a little bit of romance, and a little bit of humor. Now, the feature story begins! Reviewers are praised, and I live on reviews. So please give this story one so the author doesn't die.