AN: So... I've explained already why this took so long in my other fic, so if you really care, you can look there.

Well, not much else to say...

Ooh! No one guessed what would happen next. Not accurately, anyway. So there will be no real money given out.

-is shot-

Sorry!

XP

Garu pulled up outside Sakura's house in the suburbs of Konoha. Ino climbed out and went up to the door and knocked. Sakura opened the door and Ino followed her to her room. Tenten and Hinata were already there.

"Are you ready to go?"

"Yeah, just let me get my shoes."

The girls put their shoes on and went out to the car, Tenten, Hinata and Sakura muttering about how expensive and nice it was.

The mall wasn't that far away, so it didn't take long to get there. Ino hadn't been shopping with friends like this for a while, and she knew it would be fun.

"So, what shop should we go to first?"

Ino looked around and pointed to a place, "What about there? Icy?"

The girls agreed and they headed in. Each girl found something they liked as soon as they went in. Sakura was looking at a scarlet dress that was on sale. Hinata found a pale lilac dress with a shimmering shawl. Tenten looked over a forest green dress that she liked and Ino was looking for her size in a deep purple dress.

They spent hours looking all around the different shops and looking at dresses before going back to Icy and buying the dresses they had first seen. The girls also chose accessories to go with them and headed to the food court. They sat for a while, chatting about the upcoming dance.

"This is going to be fun!" Sakura said.

"You're only saying that because you're dancing with Sasuke." said Tenten.

"Yeah, so? You get to dance with Neji. And Ino with Shikamaru and Hinata with Naruto," Sakura smiled at Hinata, "You two are so cute together!"

Hinata smiled shyly. The girls finished their food and headed home.

Eventually, it was the day of the dance and Hinata, Tenten and Sakura turned up at Ino's house loaded down with bags.

"Wow…" Tenten breathed, "It's massive."

Ino met them at the door and led them up to her room. When they got there the three girls stared, awestruck. It was the epitome of luxury.

The girls quickly got ready and Ino gave them makeovers. They all looked stunning, as Ino's parents said so when they went downstairs and struck a few poses for them.

"You know, these boys should be picking you up. In my day—"

"In your day, dinosaurs walked the earth," Ino interrupted.

"Don't be so cheeky young lady, or you won't be going tonight!" but he was smiling, "Now get going, Garu's waiting outside."

Thankfully, the ride to the dance was short. When they got there, the boys were already waiting, Shikamaru complaining already! All of them went in and took over the far left corner. Ino whispered to Tenten, "I thought this was a charity dance? Where's the collecting dish, or whatever?"

Tenten replied, "I told you, there's no actual money collected."

Ino raised her eyebrows, but shrugged.

Temari entered at that moment. She was hanging on the arm of a stocky boy with tufty black hair.

"Who's that?" Ino asked. Tenten shrugged, "I don't know."

Then a song came on and everyone but Ino and Shikamaru got up to dance. She sidled over to him and asked casually, "Do you want to dance?"

Shikamaru glanced at her.

"Not particularly."

Ino's face fell.

"Oh, come on. Please?" she batted her eyes.

"OH, fine then," he grumbled, blushing lightly. Her face lit up and she practically dragged him to the dance floor. Ino put her arms around his neck and Shikamaru rested his hands on her hips. Sakura, Tenten and Hinata grinned at Ino as did Sasuke, Neji and Naruto at Shikamaru. Naruto even put his thumbs up. Both blushed.

They had been dancing for about a minute when something pulled hard on Ino's hair and she fell back. It was Temari, and her face was like thunder.

"What do you think you're doing?!" she shrieked at Ino. Then she turned to Shikamaru and said in a softer, less crazy, voice, "Hey. I've decided to take you back."

Shikamaru just stared at her. Ino scrambled up and smoothed her dress.

"Leave him alone," she said to Temari.

"Stay away from him, whore. He's my boyfriend."

"I am not a whore. Not everyone wants to follow you into your career, no matter how good the tips are. And he's not your boyfriend. You broke up with him!"

"Don't call me a hooker! Anyway, I'm taking him back. It's not like he'll say no, right Shikamaru?"

Both girls looked over at him. He simply shrugged. Ino was desperate to get Temari to go away, and did the only thing that came into her head. She said, "He's my boyfriend now," and she pulled him towards her and kissed him.

AN: Oo

Well, what did you think of THAT?

Go Ino, go Ino!