Ok, this is just a note to Bella… STOP SENDING WEIRD REVIEWS!!!!! Ahem sorry, little sister being a pain… again :p Ok, 7th chapter!! Hopping to get some cute couple stuff going on now… hopping. Now, where were we…
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Akira was going to kill Ino for shouted out to the entire school that the girls would set her up with Sasuke. Luckily, no one heard her voice over the bell. After school, the gang was getting ready to go work on their projects.
"Hey, Akira!" Ten-Ten shouted.
"Ya?" Akira replied.
"Try-outs for soccer are tomorrow after school, don't forget!!"
Akira smiled, "I wouldn't miss it for the world."
Akira and Sasuke went back to the farm while Hinata and Naruto went to a pond. Ten-Ten and Neji went to the zoo, Shikamaru and Ino also went to the zoo, and Sakura and Lee went to a pig farm. At the zoo…
"We have to go see the tigers, you guys can go see the sloths," Ten-Ten said.
"Ok, see you later!" Ino shouted.
When Ten-Ten and Neji arrived at the tigers' cage, they pulled out their notebooks and pencils.
"So, what exactly are we supposed to write?" asked Ten-Ten.
Neji sighed, "You just have to write down their habits."
"…How?"
He sighed again, "When the tigers do something like groom themselves, write it down and write why they groom themselves."
"…Ok."
They were writing for about ten minutes when a zookeeper came up to them.
"Is this for a project?" he asked.
"Yes…sir," Ten-Ten replied.
The zookeeper smiled, "Then would you like a closer look at the tigers?"
Neji raised an eyebrow but Ten-Ten's face lit up, "Really?"
"I don't see the harm in it."
"Won't they bite?" Neji questioned.
"Don't be such a worry wart Neji! They must be tamed or something!" Ten-Ten tried to convince him.
Neji looked at the zookeeper for an answer. "Yes, they are tamed. Even though they're wild cats, we tamed them to be friendly."
Neji gave in and they went into the cage. When Ten-Ten got close, one of the tigers came up to her and rubbed against her leg.
"Awww, look how cute they are!!! They're so gentle!!" exclaimed Ten-Ten. "Come on Neji, come pet them!!"
"Neji gave her a weird look, "I think I'll pass."
"Fine, I'll get the better information," said Ten-Ten, starting up a contest.
Neji took the challenge and walked up to the tigers. One of them started to sniff him and he jumped back. Ten-Ten started giggling as Neji tried not to back away from them.
"What's the matter? Afraid of some cuddly tigers? And here I thought you were braver than that." taunted Ten-Ten.
Neji suddenly got more confidence and allowed the tigers to rub against him. "What are they doing?" he demanded.
The zookeeper smiled, "They rub against you to mark you as their territory."
"Hey, they can't own me!!" he shouted.
Ten-Ten laughed, "They already do." Then, the tiger that had rubbed against Ten-Ten jumped on a rock and licked her face. "GROSS!!! Cat slobber!!!!"
Neji smirked, "That's what you get."
Ten-Ten glared at him, "Oh ya? Well, then…" she motioned her tiger towards Neji and the tiger went to lick his face. Ten-Ten and the zookeeper began to laugh. Neji looked pissed for about five seconds, but then he started to laugh as well.
With Ino and Shikamaru…. They had made their way to the sloth cage. They had been taking notes for a long time now. Shikamaru was falling asleep and Ino was getting mad at him for slaking off.
"Shikamaru!!! Wake up!!!!" Ino shouted.
Shikamaru lazily opened his eyes, "What?"
"Stop falling asleep!!!!"
"…I can't help it… This project is so troublesome…"
"Why is everything always so troublesome with you? It's been that way for as long as I can remember knowing you!!!"
"You've only really known me for three days…."
"No, I've known you in middle school!"
"Maybe, but you hardly spoke to me then. You were so focused on Sasuke."
"Well, I'm not interested in him anymore. Akira is," Ino smirked.
"What?"
"Well, not really. She doesn't say she likes him, but I know she does!!!"
"Do you always jump to conclusions?"
"Well, yes."
"Troublesome…"
Ino got mad again, "Why is it so troublesome??"
"I don't know, it just is."
Ino was so mad that she couldn't even say anything. She turned back to her paper and started writing furiously.
"Why are you so mad?" questioned Shikamaru.
Ino looked flustered but answered, "It's nothing."
"Are you sure?"
"…No…"
"Then tell me."
"Well, if you think everything is troublesome, then I guess you think I'm troublesome too?"
Shikamaru looked confused, "I never said that."
"You didn't have to."
"You just jumped to conclusions again…"
"No! I can just tell."
"I guess you can't tell because I don't think that."
Ino smiled, "Really??"
"Yeah."
Ino was super happy now. She turned back to her paper to write but she couldn't concentrate because she was just too happy.
With Naruto and Hinata… The teammates had gone to a pond that was just behind Hinata's house. They found tons of frogs there.
"Hinata?" Naruto asked after a while.
"W-what is it N-Naruto?" Hinata asked back. She was so nervous around him.
"I'm bored."
Hinata sighed under breath. She was happy that he wasn't going to ask her anything complicated… or if she liked him… "W-well, we could take a break," she was stuttering a little less.
"Yeah!! That's a great idea!!"
Hinata almost fell backwards at his outburst. "What did you have in mind?"
"Ummm, I don't know. But I'm sure we'll figure something out!!"
"Did you want something to eat or drink? I could go get something from my house…"
"Nah, I'm not that hungry right now."
Hinata suddenly got a good got an idea. She looked at the pond with a hint of mischief in her eyes. She dipped her hand into the pond and plashed Naruto with water. He looked shocked, but quickly caught on to the game. They started plashing and laughing until Hinata's father came outside.
"Aren't you two supposed to be working?" he boomed.
They both stopped plashing and looked at the figure that was standing next to them. "I-I'm sorry father… we were just playing. We were taking a break…" Hinata mustered out in a shaky voice.
"Yeah, I'm sorry sir, it was my fault anyways. I was the one who distracted Hinata…"
Hinata's father stared at them for a few seconds then said, "Alright, but no more goofing around." After that, he left. They began to work in silence until a frog leaped really close to the edge of the pond. Naruto slowly brang his head closer to the frog to better observe it when… PLASH!!! The frog jumped back into the water, leaving Naruto with a very wet face.
Hinata started giggling. Naruto smiled, he was glad that he could make her laugh.
With Lee and Sakura… They were at a pig farm. They found a bunch of boars in a pen. They were working quietly for a little while, but the boars got curious… Two boars walked up to Lee.
"Hey, I think they like me!" said Lee.
Sakura lifted her head from her papers to see that most of the pigs were coming up to them. "Do you think they want something we have?" Sakura asked.
"Hmm, that may be it. Do you have any food with you?"
"No, but I think I have some leftover money to go buy something, why?"
"We might be able to feed them and write their eating habits."
Sakura's face light up, "Hey! That's a great idea Lee!! I'll go get something. Be right back!" Sakura raced to the barn and bought something from the farmer. She returned with a basket full of apples.
"How's this?" she asked, setting down the basket.
"Perfect."
"Do you think they'll eat them?"
"Boars can and will eat anything they can get."
They picked the apples out of the basket and started feeding them to the boars.
"Eww!!! When you feed them, all of their slobber gets on your hands!!" exclaimed Sakura.
"I guess that's why farmers wear gloves when they do this stuff…"
Lee and Sakura kept on feeding the pigs. All the while they were laughing and talking about school.
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There you go, 7th chapter!! Still working on those pics of Akira and Tsukiko, I haven't really been working on them… hehe… rrreeeeeeeevviiiieeeeeeeeeeww pllllllllllleeeeaaaaasssssssssssssssssssssssse!!!!!!!!! I'm getting impatient here!! (even though I have some reviews…)
