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"Um..." Hinata sat back down.

Ino stared. "That was just...weird."

"A little too weird." Shikamaru scratched his head. "That's not like Chouji."

"Well..." She said, closing her eyes and sighing, "Knowing Chouji, I'm sure he'll be fine."

However, not everyone was so sure. The only thing they could do was brainstorm, though.

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Naruto walked nervously down the aisle, Chouji at his side.

"Uh, Chouji, you okay?"

A little more calm, Chouji smiled. "Sure. Why wouldn't I be?"

"Umm...You were kinda..."

"Oh that. Don't worry about it." He said, grinnning.

Naruto shrugged. "Uh, okay."

"Hey, Naruto, I have an idea."

Looking at Chouji, Naruto asked, curious, "What?"

Chouji whispered in Naruto's ear.

"What?!" Naruto exclaimed. "That's...crazy!"

"Eh? Why?"

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"Do you guys really think it's right to leave Naruto and Chouji alone?" Sakura asked.

She was likely right. There was bound to be some trouble, with Chouji acting strange, and with Naruto's hyper personality.

"You make a good point. We need a few of us to go after them." Shikamaru stated.

"Right. I'll go." Neji said.

"Sure, I'll come too." Kiba stood up.

"Anyone else?"

Shino said in a monotone voice. "I'll go with them as well."

"Good. Bring them back, please. We need to know where they are at least."

With that, the three of them, as well as Akamaru, left the section, and in a matter of seconds, they were out of sight.

Ino sighed. "Man, this is boring. I'm gonna look around. Anyone wanna come?"

Sakura nodded. "Sure." And they left as well, walking down an aisle.

Not long after, Tenten grabbed Hinata's arm. "Hey, want to come with me?"

Hinata blushed. "W-Why?"

Smiling, Tenten pulled her up. "Anywhere, silly. We'll take a walk."

"U-um...Okay."

After they left, Shikamaru glanced both ways.

Everyone was gone. It was very quiet.

What a relief... he thought to himself, and leaned against the chair, closing his eyes.

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"You know why that's crazy?"

Chouji shrugged. "No idea."

"Because we don't have enough people! You need way more than just the two of us!"

"Oh. Right." He scratched his head. "Well, then, let's go ask them."

Naruto grabbed his arm. "Wait, who'll actually want to? Most of them are boring."

"We'll never know until we try, Naruto!"

"Eh..Chouji, you really are acting strange."

"Who cares?! Come on...we'll ask them. You know you want to."

Naruto sighed. "Fine..."

So they walked slowly towar dthe way they came, retracing their steps.

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"You know them. They probably went and did something stupid." Kiba remarked.

"It doesn't matter. We have to find them", said Neji, looking around.

Shino nodded. "You're right."

"Uh...guys?"

"What is it, Kiba?"

"I think...we just did."

"Did what?"

"Find them." Kiba pointed straight forward.

To their surprise, Naruto and Chouji were walking side-by-side, not far in front of them.

"Eh?" Naruto looked up. "Oh, hey guys!"

After exchanging looks, Neji, Shino and Kiba walked toward them.

"Oh..we just, eh...went out to look for you..." Kiba scratched his head. "But I guess you guys decided to come back on your own..."

"Actually, Chouji has an idea."

"Really? What is it?"

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"Wow, this is pretty cool, isn't it?" Tenten smiled at a blushing Hinata. "So, where do you want to go first?"

The two of them stopped in the center of the store.

"U-um...I don't mind, really."

"Aw, come on. You know you want to explore some part of this place."

"I-I...you can decide, if you want." Hinata said quietly.

Tenten shrugged, looking around. "Okay...how about...ah, I got it!" She grasped Hinata's hand. "Come with me."

A small gasp escaped her lips, as she was dragged lightly. "O-okay!"

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"Wow...look at all these dolls." Sakura murmured. "I remember playing with dolls...was a long time ago though."

Ino smiled. "Me too." She carefully lifted one from a shelf, and touched its hair. "Sometimes I even made mine."

Sakura nodded. "Same here."

With a small laugh, Ino remarked, "I wonder who was better."

"I think I can answer that one." Sakura said with pride.

"I can, too."

It was a sudden stare-down between the two kunoichis. In a mere second, they had gone from friendly chat to taunting.

"The arts and crafts aisle isn't very far from here." Sakura stated.

"No, it isn't."

"You think you can beat me?"

"Of course I can, forehead girl." Ino grinned.

Sakura clenched her teeth. "Bring it on, Ino-pig!"

And before they could rethink, the both of them dashed with all their speed to the arts and crafts.

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"Why on earth would we want to do that?!" Kiba took a step back.

"Because, it sounds fun, doesn't it, Naruto?" Chouji asked eagerly.

Naruto grinned. "He's right. It does sound fun."

With a sigh, Neji turned his back to them. "Hide and seek is a kid's game."

"Come on, guye! Please?" Naruto begged.

"No."

Naruto scoffed. "Fine then. We'll run away right now and make it hard for you guys to catch us if you don't."

The three of them exchanged looks, and sighed.

"Fine. But only for a few rounds. Got it?"

Chouji and Naruto grinned.

"Not it!" They shouted in unison.

Kiba, Shino and Neji stood there.

"I'll go. Let's just get this over with." Neji said with frustration.

"Okay! You count to ten, and no looking or cheating!"

"I can't believe we're doing this...1...2...3..."

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Alright! Thanks everyone for reading, and --

What the hell?

Gah! Who the heck is it now?!

Not another one...

You're stealing all my lines! Who are you?

Mark my words, I will kill you, you imbecile!

Eh? Stewie Griffin? What the heck are you doing in my closing?

Plotting to take over the world, and kill you, you fatty.

Ehh...oh great. First the yellow words from Star Trek...

Star Wars!

Ehheh, right...then the movie trailer guy...

He has a name, you know!

Oh...right...and now Stewie...this is just great...

Well, if you don't like me, how about you go finish your little 'novel'!

Hehe...I remember you saying that before.

Just shut up, will you?!

Ouch...you kicked me, you little brat!

Brat, you say? You shall die now!

Um...gonna run!

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Notes:

Italics in story for thoughts, italics in really bad joke endings for other speakers.

Next chapter out in a couple of days, currently untitled. Thanks for your reviews, also for suggestions (I'll put them in the next few chapters!)