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Ch7: Opinions

-POV Shikamaru-

What a drag, Shikamaru thought as he watched Sasuke walk out the door. That woman always leaves me in the dark.

The woman he was referring to was, of course, Temari. Powerful, mysterious and a great big pain in his rear, the girl had always been the object of his thoughts for years. She'd always seemed different than the boring girls from Konoha. The older girl added spice to Shikamaru's life, even though she confused him greatly.

"What was that all about?" He asked, sitting on the couch.

"What was what about?" Temari aksed cryptically, sitting beside him. Shikamaru rolled his eyes.

"Just answer my question, please," he looked into her eyes, "or I'll have to resort to dirtier tactics."

Temari smiled, raising an eyebrow. "What kind of 'dirty' are we talking about here? I might just have to take you up on it."

Shikamaru reached his arm out and wrapped it around Temari's shoulders. He scooted closer, holding her. He leaned in close, nuzzling her ear.

"Because," he murmured, "you probably won't like what I've got in mind." He bit her ear gently and whispered. When he was done, Shikamaru leaned out and looked at his fiancées face. Her eyes were wide and her mouth was agape.

"Is that even possible!?" She looked back at him.

He chuckled. "May be. Let's not find out, though, alright?" Temari nodded. She then proceeded to recount the whole conversation. Shikamaru made encouraging noises in the right places and listened intently the whole time. When she was finally done, he responded.

"Do you think it's Naruto?" Temari nodded, smiling cutely.

"They'll make a great couple, she said. Shikamaru only grunted.

"I always figured Sasuke was a pouf. He's too pretty," Shikamaru creased his forhead.

"Well," Temari leaned on his shoulder," I think you're much more attractive than Sasuke," she smiled. He smiled back.

"Thanks. You too." Temari laughed and Shikamaru watched her happily

-POV Jiraiya-

Well that was weird, Jiraiya thought. He was walking through the streets, brooding over his recent encounter with Naruto. Only Naruto, he sighed and looked up. The sky always held answeres. Couldn't he have some sign?

Nothing.

Fat lot of good that did, Jiraiya thought, continuing. He kept on walking, the people of Konoha passing by unaware of the drama that was sure to unfold. Jiraiya stopped by the tea shop and leaned on the wall; inhaling the delicious smells of soy-bean paste and green tea.

"…I know, yeah? Why does he even live here?"

"We should just kill him. How could they let a monster like him become a shinobi?"

"Stupid Nine-tails bastard. He's such a –"

Jiraiya stuck his foot out and tripped the guy who was talking, causing the second guy to fall ontop of him. Jiraiya leaned dwon and placed his hand on the men.

"If I were you," his voice was chilling, "I wouldn't talk about Naruto that way around me. Or most other shinobi either. You got that?"

Both men looked up at Jiraiya, snarling in defiance, but when they saw the homicidal look on his face, they nodded meekly.

"Glad we see," Jiraiya leaned down further, "eye to eye." He then stood up and watched to grown men scurry away like frightened animas.

And not even scary animals. Stupid ones like squirrels or something.

Jiraiya leaned back against the tea house and watched a masked figure emerge. It was Kakashi. However, Kakashi didn't seem to notice the Legendary Shinobi and walked right past him.

"Kakashi," Jiraiya muttered under his breath, "how could we have predicted what we'd be getting ourselves into. Just by knowing those boys…" He chuckled softly and walked away, heading home.

3Author's Note**

As I was writing this chapter, I totally hated it. H-A-T-E hate! But rereading it and typing it up, it's not so bad, I suppose…Writing from Jiraiya's perspective was really hard…Writing from the point of people you don't really understand is tricky, so that's probably why. I think it turned out good, though!

Happy Birthday Sasuke!!! This isn't really much of a birthday present, since he's not actually IN the chapter…hehehe…

How old is Sasurin? I don't know… now birth year that I can find…But most fans give their favorite characters ages (I think? ^A^). How old do YOU think Sasuke-teme is? I call him turning 15 today because I was 13 when I started reading Naruto, and since they start out as twelve, Sasuke has been forever embedded in my heart as a year younger than me.

How old do you think he is? What's your opinion? I want to know…

I've been taking this Japanese course. Starting today actually. Its really fun and I'm learning a lot!

O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!

Can you recognize that? First one to guess gets a mention!! No? Damn…