I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOOO SORRY! So, i have a long list of excuses, and i know i really don't deserve an excuse, but...i will feel bad if i don't...

Ok, so first, my computer lost its internet. I tried to save the story to a disk and upload it on my dad's computer, but our comps arent compatible. so i had to wait like a month to get internet in my room again. then the first thing i did was try to uplaod my story, but the computer was being dumb and wouldnt let me. so here i am with may waaay too late update! i hpe u all dont hate me...and i hope i still have readers. T.T i sorry.

Well, here is the new chap! you may not even remember waht happened last time...so heres a bit of a recap:

Tenten must prove to Haishi that she isnt a distraction to Neji and his training by having a spar with him. THey tie, Tenten almost wins and they almost kiss ( when haishi is out of sight) and Tenten is invited to dinner as an apology.

Also, Kana meets the hokage.

So!!!!!!!tell me if its crap and i should give up!!! or if its boring and repetitive...


Chapter 9

'I can't believe I almost lost my control,' Neji thought to himself bitterly as eh recalled his actions a few minutes ago. He walked briskly to the Hyuga compound with Tenten trailing behind him. 'This is ridiculous; we just resolved that she wasn't a distraction.'

"So, what does a typical Hyuga dinner consist of?" Tenten's sweet voice filled the air, breaking Neji's concentration.

"This isn't a typical dinner," he answered.

"Elaborate, please?" the brunette insisted.

"Since you are a guest, the majority of the main branch family will be there. You will be asked many questions, which are none of the askers business, and we'll eat some food."

"So, its twenty questions with a bunch of stuck up people and food?" she asked her pale-eyed teammate with a smile.

"Hn."

They reached the estate and quickly found Hinata.

"Hey Hinata!" Tenten smiled to her.

"H-hello, Tenten," the diffident girl greeted.

"Help Tenten buy a kimono and get ready for tonight's dinner," Neji instructed his cousin.

"What Neji means to say is: can you help me find something to wear tonight? Please?" Tenten changed the command to a question.

"H-hai," the shy girl nodded her head.

"Hn, see you two tonight," he walked out of the room without so much as a glance.

"I love his hair," Tenten said, randomly.

"O-ok," Hinata responded, "so, a-another kimono?" the warmed- eyed girl nodded. "Well, let's go."

"Okay," Tenten followed Hinata out of the room. They walked through winding hallways, all the same color.

"It's a good thing I'm with you, or I'd be lost!" Tenten exclaimed, awed at how every single hallway looked the same.

"I-I wouldn't say that," the younger girl giggled.

"Where are we going, anyway?" Tenten asked.

"Well, w-we have some kimono's that used to b-belong to my aunt, Neji's mother, before she married Hizashi. Unless you don't want to wear a new one," Hinata stopped and looked at the young woman for confirmation.

"No! I would be honored to wear one!" she answered with a smile.

"O-okay." They continued the route, foreign to Tenten.

"Here we are!" Hinata stopped in front of room. They entered. The room was a light blue and contained something of every sort.

"Is this a storage room?" Tenten asked.

"Y-yes."

"It looks so neat!" a large dresser was in the corner and bookshelves lined the walls, old, antiques decorated the remainder of the space.

"The k-kimonos are over here," Hinata walked gracefully to the dresser. She opened it, revealing at least twenty expensive, silk kimonos.

"I get to wear one of these?" Tenten's hand reached out and stroked the smooth fabric, a smile broadening.

"Y-yes."

The girls spent hours in that room, switching between looking through old books and albums to trying on kimonos. In the end, they selected a pale pink kimono with red roses trialing around the fabric. The sleeves tied at the top of her arms and they reached to her knees. After more searching, they located some beautiful, long forgotten hairpins.

"Whose are they?" Tenten asked Hinata.

"T-they might have belonged to my g-grandmother," Hinata suggested, "D-do you want to wear them?"

"I would love to, am I allowed?" Tenten admired the smooth metal. Roses were been carved into the sides and at the tip.

"No one e-else will."

The door opened at that moment and Hanabi entered.

"There you two are!" the 12 year old exclaimed. "I've been looking for you two forever! Do you realize what time it is?"

"No," they answered together.

"It's already four, dinner's in three hours."

"I thought I was hungry," Tenten laughed. Hinata and Hanabi stared at her. "What? Three hours? We have plenty of time!"

"It will take you at least an hour to get ready," Hanabi pointed out.

"That still leaves us with like an hour or more! Why don't you show me around? Oh! I know!! Show me Neji's room!" the woman had reclined back once the time thing was resolved, but bolted at her idea of seeing Neji's room.

"I-I d-don't know," Hinata began.

"Well, I'm bound to see it someday! Why not today?" the Hyuga girls looked reluctant but caved eventually and took Tenten back through the winding hallways. She carried her borrowed kimono and hairpins with such caution you would think it was a baby.

"Here," Hanabi stopped in front of a door, which looked identical to every other door. She opened the door to check he was in there. Nope he was not.

The three entered, Hinata and Hanabi warily, Tenten ecstatically.

"Would you guys lighten up? I am almost positive that if we get caught he won't kill us!" she said. They couldn't help but laugh and at that and the tense atmosphere lessened. Tenten scanned the room: a big, comfortable looking bed, a desk, dresser, another door, bookshelf, and a chair. There were hardly any decorations, a few maps on the wall and three pictures: one of him and his team, another with him, Hinata, and Hanabi when they were younger, and the last one she assumed was of his parents.

"Are these Neji's parents?" Tenten asked pointing to the picture of a man with long brown hair and pale eyes holding the hand of a smiling elegant woman with dark brown hair and blue eyes.

"H-hai," Hinata shook her head.

"She's beautiful," Hanabi and Hinata agreed. "And you three look adorable," she pointed to the other picture.

"I can't believe he has that!" Hanabi exclaimed.

Tenten walked to Neji's bookshelf, examining the reading material.

'Hmm, fighting, fighting, weapons, society, fighting, fighting stances, history, wow, he's boring' Tenten thought, abandoning the bookshelf scan to test his bed.

The energetic young woman raced over to the bed and plopped down. 'Yup, its comfy,' her thoughts confirmed her suspicions. The three continued to snoop.

"Hey what does that door lead to?" Tenten asked.

"Neji's bathroom," Hinata answered.

XXXXXXXXXX With Kana and Shino XXXXXXXXXX

The two had been wandering the town since their "appointment" with Tsunade; Kana asking Shino tons of questions about, well everything. Shino had answers to most of them, however strange they were.

"Hey Shino, where do you live?" Kana questioned.

"In a house with my father at the edge of town," Shino replied in a monotone voice.

"Let's go there!" Kana jumped up and clapped her hands.

"Alright, my father was interested in you anyway." They headed in the same direction all the way to the end of town.

"Wow, your house is beautiful!" the nineteen-year-old young woman stated in awe. Shino's house was fairly large and full of life. Plants and trees adorned the yard, a sanctuary for their bugs.

"…" he walked to his door, Kana trailing behind him. They slipped their shoes off in the entrance and made their way through the house, stopping when they located Shino's father in the living room reading a book.

"Dad. This is Kana, from Yukigakure," Shino introduced.

"Hi!" Kana greeted with an excessive amount of glee.

"Nice to meet you, Kana. I am Shibi," Shibi smiled, though she could not really tell, considering his face was half covered. "Please, sit." He pointed to the table in the middle of the room he was already sitting at. She obliged, and Shino joined her.

"How do you like Konoha?" Shibi questioned the young woman as she glanced around the room they were situated in.

"I love it here! Yukigakure is very lonely," she replied with a smile.

"Where do you live in Yukigakure?"

"I live with my uncle in the palace."

"So who is your uncle?"

"My uncle is the Feudal Lord."

"Well, that is rather interesting. Where are your parents?"

"They travel around looking for different herbs for medical purposes; they are doctors."

"Did you know that Shino?" Shibi asked his son, who had, so far, not contributed to the conversation.

"No I didn't," Shino replied.

"Shibi! Shino! I'm home!" a woman's voice called into the house from the front.

"Who's that?" Kana whispered to Shino as Shibi stood up.

"My mother. She just returned from returned from a mission. Her name is Anna," Shino answered, hearing his mother and father's voices expressing their hellos, as well as Shibi explaining that they had company.

"Shino!" a some-what tall woman with long black hair entered the room, her green eyes lighting up at the sight of her only son.

"Hi mom," Shino stood up and gave his mother a hug, his mother came up to his forehead.

"Who is this lovely young lady?" Anna asked.

"This is Kana, form Yukigakure. She came back with us to discuss relations with Tsunade-Sama," Shino answered.

"It is a pleasure to meet you!" Anna exclaimed as she bent over to hug Kana.

"Nice to meet you too!" Kana hugged right back.

"Well, let me fix some tea! We'll be right back!" Anna said, indicating her and her husband.

"Thank you," Kana smiled. Shino regained his seat next to Kana at the table.

"Your mother seems so wonderful!" Kana exclaimed

"Yes."

"Why are you so quiet, if she's so…talkative?"

"I have no idea."

"Well…I think I would like you either way!" Kana exclaimed. At this point Anna brought in a bowl of Chex Mix.

"The tea will be ready soon," the older woman explained and left the room smiling, she heard what Kana said.

Kana grabbed a small handful of the mix. Shino remained still. Kana looked at the mix in her hand and picked up three pieces. She pelted them at the boy next to her.

"Why did you do that?" Shino slowly turned his head in her direction.

"To get you to move!" she smiled, eating her remaining handful of chex mix. Shino picked up a piece and threw it at her. "Hey!"

"…" he said nothing. Kana threw a handful at him; he dodged, causing the pieces to scatter. Shino picked up some of the closest pieces and threw them back at her. An exchange of chex mix began. Kana stood up, grabbed the bowl and attempted to pour the bowl over his head, until she tripped…and landed across him on the floor. Kana's laughter filled the room s she rolled off Shino. He, of course, said nothing, just grabbed a square and threw it at her.

"Hey! Stop that!" she rolled back over to until she was hovering over him and grabbed one last assortment of bread-ish items and shoved them in his mouth.

"…That was uncalled for."

They heard footsteps nearing and immediately stopped and acted as if nothing had happened.

"Clean it up," Anna said as she placed a tray holding four cups and a pot of tea.

"Ok," they mumbled together, picking themselves off the floor and Kana began picking the pieces up.

"What on earth compelled you to throw it at each other?" Shibi asked.

"Shino wouldn't move," Kana answered, holding in a laugh.

"Ok," the two parents answered.

Once done cleaning, Shino and Kana rejoined Anna and Shibi at the table and sipped their tea.

"So, Kana, tell me about how you came to Konoha!" Anna exclaimed. Kana repeated everything she had already told Shibi and filled in the details about the ball.

"You got Shino to dance! He is a charming dancer, isn't he?" Anna asked, smiling.

"Yes!" Kana replied smiling. Shibi and Shino remained quiet.

"Well! It's already 5:00! Shibi and I have somewhere to be at 6:00! If you would excuse us!" Anna remarked, after looking at her watch. The two adults stood and left the room.

"I like your parents, Shino!"

"…Thanks…" the quiet young man responded.

"What are you doing tonight?" Kana asked.

"Nothing," Shino replied.

"Hey! Ino or Sakura one left a note in the kitchen that said they were having a bunch of the….rookie nine… I think that is what it said…over to watch some movies. Why don't you come!?" Kana exclaimed happily.

"Ok…I guess."

"Great let's go find Sakura or Ino!" Kana hopped up, ran to the entry, slipped on her shoes, and ran out the door. She stopped when she realized Shino wasn't behind her. "Hurry up, Shino!"

"I am right here," he said from her side.

"How did you get there!?

"Come on."

XXXXXXXXXX With Hinata, Hanabi, and Tenten XXXXXXXXXX

"How many hair products does a guy need!?" Tenten yelled from Neji's bathroom.

"Have you seen how long and shiny Neji-nii-san's hair is!? This is why!" Hanabi looked at Tenten as if she should be keenly aware of this fact.

"Well, ok," Tenten responded.

"Guys! Neji is coming!!" Hinata screeched from her position by the door. She had activated her Byakugan for lookout purposes.

"Crap! Come on!" Tenten and Hanabi ran from the bathroom to the door and the three ran down the hall. "Wait!! Oh my goodness!!! I left the kimono in his room!"

"Tenten!!!! Now were gonna get caught!!" Hanabi squealed.

"No, I'll just go get it really fast! Calm down!" Tenten ran back towards the room. The young woman slid the door open ran to Neji's bed where she had set the dress earlier. She seized her borrowed items and bolted towards the door, only to encounter the hard chest of Hyuga Neji, again.

" Ow! Oh hi Neji!" she greeted as the man picked her up from the ground.

"Tenten," the young man returned. "What are you doing here?"

"Just looking around. Your bed is very comfortable!"

"Hn."

"Well, see you at dinner!" with this, the young woman left the room.

"Told ya we would get caught!" Hanabi said as soon as she saw her exit Neji's room.

"Were fine. He asked me one question before I left no big deal. Now come on we gotta go!" Tenten reassured the girls.

"A-alright, let's go. H-Hanabi w-we'll see y-you later," Hinata said as the three separated.

"So, Tenten you need to shower…s-so do that f-first," The timid girl said once her room came into view.

"Got it! What are you gonna do?"

"G-get dressed," she answered.

"Duh Tenten," the bun-haired kunoichi smacked her forehead as she ran off to the shower.

The dressing commenced once Tenten stepped out of the shower. The two of them finished dressing just in time to rush to the dinning hall. The girls skid down polished hallways on their socks to reach the hall.

"Hey Neji! Are we late?" Tenten yipped as she halted on her heels in front of the handsome Hyuga. Neji donned the traditional Hyuga formal robes and had his hair pulled tighter than usual.

"…Hn," he stunned reply came a little late as he stared at Tenten. The pink kimono-like dress accentuated her features nicely and the pins they found earlier held her hair in place on top if her head. Soft curls dangled form the complex bun. Hinata brushed her cheeks with a small blush, topping off her ensemble.

"Tenten you look lovely! Don't you think Neji?" Hanabi mocked as she reached the door way.

"…" alas words were lost.

"Hyuga family, meet Tenten. One of Konoha's strongest kunoichi and Neji's teammate," Haishi introduced the woman to the family members in the room when the four of them entered.

"Hi!" She exclaimed to the large room of people.

"Hello," a lovely woman answered, who looked strangely familiar to Tenten, "I am Neji's mother Mei. Sit here." The woman instructed her to sit in the empty seat next to her.

'The picture!' Tenten thought as she walked through the room of silent Hyuga's to the seat that indicated for her to sit in. Hinata and Hanabi sat next to their father and Neji on the other side of Tenten.

The room remained silent as maids brought food out to the table.

"So, Tintin, what is you rank?" a snobby looking woman asked.

"It's Tenten, and I'm a Jounin."

"Do you specialize in anything?" a male asked.

"Weapons." She answered with a small glint of mischief in her eyes.

"Hmmp, weak," the same snobbish woman muttered under her breath.

"E-," Tenten began but stopped when she felt Neji's hand press her hand that clutched the table. She relaxed and ate a bite of something on her plate.

"Tenten you look very lovely. If I am not mistaken, those are my old things," Mei said.

"Yea, Hinata lent them to me, you don't mind do you?" Tenten answered with an uncertain glance to Mei.

"No, they look wonderful on you and no one wears them anymore."

"Tenten what do your parents do?" a family member questioned.

"They used to be weapon makers and jounin but they died when I was younger," she answered, her tone of voice changing.

"Quite sorry," the same family member apologized.

"That's alright!" She said with an enchanting smile, causing Neji to drop food from his chopsticks.

"How old are you Tenten?" Mei asked.

"Eighteen."

"Do you live all alone?" a little girl of about six asked.

"No, I have two roommates," Tenten responded the young girl's questioned with a laugh.

"That's good! 'cuz if you did that wouldn't be very fun!" the girls said again, an approving smile on her lips.

"Yes, yes it is!"

"Tenten do you make weapons?" a man asked.

"Yes."

"What types of weapons do you make?"

"Anything really."

The procession of questions continued on through desert. Finally Hiashi ended all conversation saying it was late.

"It was a pleasure to have you, Tenten. I hope to see you more often. Neji, walk her home," Mei said.

"Hn."

"You don's have to!" Tenten said.

"I will," Neji finalized it, "go get you things." Tenten skid off in the direction of Hinata's room to gather her clothes from earlier.

"Neji, you practically grew up with her and I am just now meeting her?" Mei reprimanded her son.

"I didn't think it necessary for you to meet my teammates," he answered.

"I think she's more than a teammate," she responded with a wink, walking off when Tenten came back with her things.

"Ready?" Neji asked, walking away when Tenten nodded her head.

"Well, that wasn't that bad! Most of you family was well mannered," Tenten laughed with a small smile. Neji looked at her as if she was insane. The exited the gates and saw the empty street, people had retired to their homes because the sky looked as if it was going to storm.

"I think it's gonna rain."

"Hn."

"I like storms. Do you?" Tenten questioned, looking up at him as they continued their slow-paced walk.

"Yes, I find them to be calming." As he said this, a loud thunderclap sounded overhead, causing Tenten to jump. "I thought you liked storms," he jibbed, his voice holding a hint of amusement.

"That was unexpected!" the girl countered.

"Hn, we are not even half way to your house, we'll get soaked."

"Yeah, I figured as much. We could wait the storm out somewhere," she suggested, their walking had come to a halt as they contemplated the matter.

"The storm is going to last a long time. We have a better chance of getting wet." Tenten nodded her head as water drops fell around them.

"Tenten I would like to apologize for the way my family treated you this evening."

"Most of them were fine! For the majority of the evening I had fun! Plus I got to wear this beautiful kimono!" Tenten exclaimed, running ahead of Neji and twirling the dress around, although by now they were wet.

"You look….nice tonight, Tenten," Neji said quietly.

"Thanks!" she responded with a blush.

They walked in silence the rest of the way to her house, accompanied by the roar of thunder. Tenten and Neji bolted into the house just before it started pouring buckets, encountering ten very familiar faces.

"Tenten! You look so pretty!" Sakura exclaimed, causing every occupant of the room to look.

"Why thank you!" the girl said jokingly, slipping her shoes off, "Come on Neji you can't leave until the storm passes, you'll get sick."

"Hn," on that note Neji took his shoes off as well and stood in the entryway of her warm house.

"So what are you guys doing?" Tenten asked as all ten eyes were on her.

"Watching youthful movies about good and evil and blossoming love!!!!!!!" Lee exclaimed, jumping from his seat on the couch and giving the good guy pose.

"Sounds exciting. I am going to go change out of these wet clothes…" she looked at Neji when she said that, "Neji come here…I might have some of my dad's old clothes that you can wear…"

"Hn," he walked after her up the stairs.

"Who thinks they are gonna do more than change up there?" Naruto practically yelled.

"Naruto! Shut your mouth! They might hear you!" Sakura yelled at him.

"But I'm right!" he yelled again.

"We all know you are right, dobe, just shut your mouth!" Sasuke yelled.

"All of you should stop yelling," Kana interjected.

"Yes! That would be the youthful thing to do!!!!" Lee exclaimed, loudly.

"You see that! That's yelling!" Ino yelled at Lee.

"Has anyone seen my chips?" Choji asked quietly, his question was unheard.

"Oi! You all are making a louder racket than Naruto!" Kiba…yelled.

"Quiet!" Shino yelled, silencing them.

"I didn't even know you could yell Shino," Kiba remarked, followed by a bark from Akamaru.

"Ding dong!" the doorbell rang.

"Now who could that be?" Ino jumped up to answer the door.

"H-hello Ino- chan," Hinata squeaked out as lightning illuminated the sky.

"Hinata! What are you doing in the rain? Come in!" the young girl stepped in and closed her umbrella, revealing that she was completely dry.

"T-Tenten left her weapon scrolls at the compound…"Hinata explained.

"Hinata Chan!!" Naruto exclaimed.

"N-N-Naruto kun…" Hinata responded.

"Stay here for a while….everyone else is!" Sakura invited her in, "We're watching a bunch of movies. You can sit…." Sakura looked around at their seating arrangement. Shino and Kana sat at one end, rather close together if you ask her, next to Kana was Shikamaru, then Ino's currently empty seat. Kiba sat on the floor with Akamaru and Choji, Lee was in a chair and she sat next to Sasuke and Naruto on the other end of their very large couch. "…next to me!" she shoved Naruto over and patted the seat next to her.

"O-ok…w-w-where are Neji-niisan and T-Tenten?"

"Oh Yeah! Well, they came in wet…so they went upstairs to change… I know! Hinata use you Byakugan to see what they are doing!" Ino said happily, regaining her seat.

"W-well o-ok," the timid girl replied, activating her Byakugan.

"What do you see?" Kana asked.

"They are in the hallway…in front of a closet. T-Tenten is d-digging through a box full of clothes," she answered.

"Are they saying anything!?" Sakura asked.

"Their lips are moving, but I don't know what they are saying…"

"They are proclaiming their love!!!!" Lee yelled.

"Lee! No yelling," Sakura reprimanded.

"Oi, Hinata-chan, what are they doing now?" Kiba asked.

"She's holding different shirts up to him."

XXXXXXXXXX With Neji and Tenten XXXXXXXXXX

"This one?" Tenten asked the wet, stoic man as she held a black T-shirt up to his chest.

"Hn. The first one was fine as well." He commented.

"Ok, pants…" she ignored his comment and turned back around to the box, digging through its contents.

XXXXXXXXXX Downstairs XXXXXXXXXX

"What now?" someone in the room asked Hinata.

"T-they f-found a-a s-shirt. I t-think she is looking for pants…" the timid girl answered the room.

XXXXXXXXXX With Neji and Tenten XXXXXXXXXX

"These might fit…" Tenten retrieved a pair of jeans and held them against Neji's waist, examining them. She looked up when she felt his piercing stare on her. "No?" Neji moved away a piece of hair that managed to find its way in front of her eyes. "Nej-," Neji held her cheek and her waist close to him and kissed her.

Tenten was too stunned at first to realize what the crap was going on…and Neji getting no reaction began to pull away. Tenten, finally realizing what was happening, dropped what she was holding and placed her hands around his neck, deepening the kiss.

XXXXXXXXXX Downstairs XXXXXXXXXX

"Oh my gosh!" Hinata exclaimed as she witnessed the lip-lock.

"What! Hinata!" The room, save Sasuke, Shikamaru, and Shino, said anxiously.

"He, they, wow."

"Hinata!" the girl fainted.

"Hinata! Wake up! We need to know what happened!" Ino said.

"Hinata-chan? Wake up!" Naruto coaxed the diffident girl awake.

The girl raised and opened her eyes to the questioning gazes of Sakura, Ino, and Kana.

"Did they kiss?" Kana asked.

Hinata gave them a blank stare, contemplating on whether or not to tell her friends what she saw.

"No, they didn't."

"Their youthful love will never be able to blossom!" Lee yelled.

"T-their "l-l-love" i-i-isnt a-allowed either w-way…" Hinata mumbled.

"What! Why?" Ino and Sakura yelled.

"H-Haishi said she was a distraction to Neji's training…"

"That's bull!" the girls said furiously.

"Seriously, has anyone seen my chips?" Choji asked.

"Choji, shut up," Ino snapped.

XXXXXXXXXX With Neji and Tenten XXXXXXXXXX

The two broke apart when air became a necessity and they heard Lee yell.

"They know…" Tenten said breathlessly.

"Hn." Neji released his hold on her and they stepped back.

"So, you can change in the bathroom…" Tenten said, a blush sticking to her face.

"Hn." That Hn, for some reason, sounded amused.

"Ok, I am going to go change as well." She walked towards her room.

XXXXXXXXXX Downstairs XXXXXXXXXX

"Well, what are they doing now?" Kana asked. Hinata activated her Byakugan again and found the two of them in separate rooms.

"T-their c-changing," Hinata answered.

"Together!?" Naruto asked.

"No!" the shy girl yipped, blushing from the thought.

"Come on!" Ino jumped form the couch and pulled Kana with her, Sakura followed pulling Hinata along.

"Where are you guys going?" Kiba questioned.

"Duh! To talk to Tenten!" Sakura and Ino answered.

The four hurried up the stairs and to Tenten's room. They knocked first, but walked in when she did not answer quickly enough. They found the girl seated on her bed holding her bottom lip.

"Ahh! Oh, Hi!" Tenten said, ripping her hand from her lip.

"He kissed you!" Hinata said.

"Yea," she answered her face in a dazed state. She stood up when she saw three pairs of eyes watching her expectedly and began rummaging through a drawer. She pulled out a pair of blue and green sleep pants with a green tank top.

"That's great!" Ino yelped.

"Well…how was your all's day?" Tenten asked changing the subject, causing the previous topic to slip everyone's minds.

"I worked in the flower shop today. I suckered Shikamaru into helping me," Ino answered, sitting on the bed.

"Sakura?" Tenten asked, walking behind a changing screen in her room.

"Trained with Tsunade-Sama," the pink-haired girl answered.

"Kana, how was your day with your future lover?" Ino joked.

"Tsunade said she had to discuss it with some people so we left. Shino showed me around town and we went to his house. I met his dad…they look exactly alike! Then his mom came home, I am telling you she is so different from Shino. We got into a chex mix fight and …then we left and came here," Kana explained her day, ignoring the comment about Shino being her future lover.

"So, he is going to be you future lover!" Sakura smiled.

"I never said that!"

"You never denied it!" Ino added to the discussion.

"i-if it is any consolation Kana, I t-t-think you two l-look c-cute together!" Hinata said, "When w-we w-were growing u-up everyone t-thought S-Shino was creepy…"

"Really? That is so mean! He isn't creepy!" Kana almost yelled, very frustrated at the matter.

"Come on, let's go downstairs," Tenten said, coming from behind the screen dressed and dry.

"Ok!" Ino said just as the power went out.

"Great the storm blew the power out!" Tenten sarcastically said. The girl groped along her walls to her dresser to locate a flashlight. She located the small plastic object and illuminated the room with a faint light. "Come on." They walked out of the room and downstairs, encountering all the guys.

"So, who wants to go into the dark basement alone and turn the power on?" Tenten asked.

"…." No one answered. Not everyone was scarred, just lazy.

"fine, I'll do it!" Sakura informed the room. She marched off through a doorway to her kitchen where the door to the basement was. "TEnten, where is a flashlight?"

"I dunno…." Tenten stopped to think, "In the cabinet above the fridge!"

"Ow…ok," Sakura said, stubbing her toe on the kitchen table.

The other teens waited for the power to return.

"OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!!! AHHHH!!!!!!" Sakura's voice resounded. Sasuke jumped off the couch and through the doorway to the basement. "Ahhh! Oh!" Sakura screamed when she felt a presence behind her.

"Well, he reacted quickly," Ino said as the lights came back on.

Sasuke and Sakura came back upstairs, Sakura's face bright red from embarrassment and Sasuke looking annoyed.

"Why did you scream?" Kana asked.

"I thought I saw something trying to attack me," Sakura confessed.

"You are a shinobi, forehead girl!" Ino mocked.

"You woulda screamed too so shut it!" Sakura yelled.

"Just drop it," Sasuke said, regaining his seat. The whole room stared at him.

"Sasuke loves Sakura!!! Kissy kissy!!!" Naruto mocked, earning him a punch in the face from Sasuke.

"You know what I realized?" kana asked the room. Receiving blank stares, she continued. "You all are some of the funniest people to be around!" Kana said, plopping down next to Shino and smiling at the occupants of the room.

"How so?" Kiba asked, a not so friendly glare pointed at Shino.

"I dunno. You all argue so much, yet you all come together to hang out! Its great!" the foreign girl answered.

"HEY! I HAVE THE GREATEST IDEA EVER!" Lee screamed, "LET US PLAY THE EVER SO YOUTHFUL WONDEROUS GAME OF TRUTH OR DARE!!!!!!"

"No!" the majority of the room answered.

"What's truth or dare?" Kana asked.

"Now we have to play!" Ino changed her answer; she was originally against the idea, because of what happened the last time.

"Fine." The room grumbled, including Neji and Sasuke.

"Ok, everyone sit down!!!" Sakura ordered, regaining her own seat as the room filed back in order.

"Ok, Kana to paly truth or dare you start with one person and you aske them "truth" or "dare" if the y choose truth they have to answer any question you ask. If the pick dare you dare them to do something," Ino explained.

"Like streaking through the town!" Naruto laughed.

"Ok! Can I go first???" Kana asked.

"Sure!" Tenten answered, seating herself on the floor.

"Hmmm," Kana pondered the situation for a few moments, looking around the room until she spotted Neji seated on the floor a little ways away from Tenten, "Neji! Truth or dare??"