Happy Valentine's Day. Even though I don't really celebrate it...whatever, here's your little valentine's present. This one might be longer than expected. Slight, slight other pairings.

Happy...Valentine's Day?

"Okay, Kakashi tell me about you team," Tsunade said, turning to the silver-haired jounin who had his head in his book. The other jounins sweatdropped and Kurenai snatched the book out of his hand and burned it.

"Oh my god!!! My book! My beautiful book!! You are one horrible person!!" Kakashi yelled dramatically, pointing at Kurenai. She scoffed and the book appeared in her hand.

"Genjutsu, idiot," she said simply.

"Ahem," Tsunade lightly coughed. The senseis remained oblivious. "A-hem."

"You are so cruel!!" Kakashi said, tears streaming down his face. "That was almost a heartbreaking moment for me!!"

"Oh please," Kurenai waved her hand. "Stop being a retart."

"Stop being A JERK!!!"

"WELL, STOP BEING STUPID, STUPID!!" Kurenai yelled. Tsunade had a huge vein throbbing on her forehead. And then Gai spoke.

"OH FELLOW JOUNINS! I DO NOT THINK IT IS YOUTHFUL TO YELL WHILE THE HOKAGE IS TRYING TO TALK!!!"

"Thank you Ga-" Tsunade started.

"AND WHILE I'M TALKING ABOUT YOUTH!!! YELLING IS SOMETIMES NOT ALWAYS YOUTHFUL!! OF COURSE...I YELL ALL THE TIME! I'M ACTUALLY DOING IT RIGHT NOW IF YOU DIDN'T NOTICE...SO I GUESS YELLING IS YOUTHFUL!!!" Gai yelled, making an even bigger vein appear on Tsunade's head. "AND ALSO-"

"SHUT THE HELL UP!!!" An enraged Tsunade slammed her clenched fist on the oak desk. There was complete silence and they all stared at their Hokage. "Ahem, thank you. Now, Kakashi...tell me about your team."

"Of course. Sakura is still in love with Sasuke and Sasuke seems to be more warm towards her and can be caught sometimes staring at her," Kakashi said. "And Naruto, he's always talking about 'Hinata-chan this' and 'Hinata-chan that'. And they're all getting stronger."

Tsunade nodded to Kurenai. "Okay, well Kiba's doing well. So is Shino. They claim to have girlfriends and I have seen them hanging out with some girls lately but who knows. It hasn't been intefering with their training and they even seem a bit more determined. Hinata seems to be getting a lot stronger lately and I think she's been training with Naruto because she did mention him one time."

"Shikamaru and Chouji are getting much stronger and Shikamaru has even made up some jutsus. Ino is getting stronger and she's gotten over Uchiha. She and Shikamaru hang out a lot and I sometimes see her about to tell Shikamaru something and it looks like she's nervous and then she gets mad when Shikamaru says something like 'troublesome' or 'what a drag' or something like that. So then they end up arguing but you can tell they're not really mad at each other...and Ino never does say what she wanted to," Asuma added, thinking.

"Neji and Tenten are almost always together. They spar together and they even 'hang out' as the young, hip kids say today. They are both getting strong and Lee, of course under my supervision has become..." Gai started ranting on 'youth' and 'lotus flowers' and 'springtime' and 'hipness' and 'fiery' 'passion' and 'youthfulness' so we can basically imagine the overall message of his little speech.

"Ahem...that's enough Gai," Tsunade said. He seemed not to hear her so Asuma and Kakashi put tape on his mouth and then wound more tape around his whole head and pinned his arms to his sides.

"Why his arms?" Kurenai asked.

"For good measure," they shrugged.

"Okay, this is important," Tsunade bent down behind her desk and the senseis heard scraping as she opened her desk drawers one by one, searching for something. "As you all know, today is Valentine's Day. It's not important for the whole of Konoha but...it's still important because it involves my favorite chuunin and I'm Hokage so that's reason enough."

The senseis sweatdropped and she continued on, not even noticing their odd stares. "Anyway, it seems love is in the air and I am planning on actually making it solid. With the cluelessness of you guys minus Kurenai, my cute little chuunin will never get together so I have taken it into my own hands," Tsunade said, finally emerging from behind her desk, holding two jars of pink liquid.

"Um...Tsunade-sama...what's that?" Kakashi asked, squinting as he studied the pink drink. Hey that rhymed! Ahem...Anyway, the pink substance glowed and seemed to be bubbling. The senseis took an involuntary step back.

"It's...well, you know, it's a love potion," Tsunade said. She then burst out into evil laughter. The senseis looked at her with a look on their face that was a combination between "really!!?" and "Are you drinking the sake again?"

Tsunade cleared her throat. "Actually, it's not. I was just joking. No, it's really just a potion that makes the person who drinks it tell the truth to the person they love. And also, it might make them act on what they truly want to do. But still, only having to do with love."

"Oh, so you want us to-" Kakashi started.

"MY plan!! Anyway, you're going to give them to certain people," Tsunade said. "Kakashi, you give it to Sasuke. Kurenai, you give it to Hinata. Asuma, you give it to Ino and Gai...you know what? Split it in half and give it to Neji and Tenten."

Tsunade divided the liquid into four different containers. "They should get together by the end of today. If they don't...it's your heads."

"Yosh!!!" Gai saluted. The other senseis just stared.

"O...k," Kakashi said slowly. He walked out of the room with his container. The other senseis looked expectantly at Tsunade.

"You're dismissed," She said, waving her hand.

Team Gai

"Neji, Tenten!!" Gai yelled. "I have a youthful drink that I wish for you to try out!!"

"Hn, no thanks," Neji turned away. Tenten looked at it, distrust clearly on her face. I mean, this is Gai. Who knows what could happen?

"Why? Oh, you're scared it's poison. Don't worry, it's not like last time when the potion I made turned you into a llama and an eagle. This was made by Tsunade and it's an order that you drink it," Gai said.

"Do I get a youthful drink too?!" Lee said, jumping around Gai.

"I'm sorry, Lee. But, it's really a drink that will make them tell the truth. They'll finally discover their hidden love," Gai gave Lee the thumbs up which Lee returned. He turned to the other two again. "After you drink that, have a youthful vacation."

"Well...bottoms up, I guess," Tenten said.

"Hn," Neji grunted.

They lifted their cups and gulped down the contents. They blinked and looked at each other.

Team 7

"Yo, sorry I'm late," Kakashi said.

"Why are you late!?" Sakura and Naruto demanded.

"Tsunade called an emergency meeting," Kakashi said.

"Liar!!!" they shouted.

"No, I'm not...Tsunade tells Sasuke to drink this," Kakashi turned to his quiet student and handed the cup to the boy. "Also, no training."

"Hn," he drank it and turned to Sakura and Naruto. His face seemed...slightly different, somehow.

Team 8

"Hinata...I have something for you from Tsunade," Kurenai said, giving Hinata a cup. "And I'm giving you the day off."

"A-arigato," she said quietly as she took the cup from Kurenai and drank the liquid. She immediately felt something wrong with herself. It seemed like a braver side took over. She felt like she wanted to do something though she wasn't sure just yet.

Team 10

"Sorry I'm late," Asuma said as he faced Ino. "Here, this is for you. It's from Tsunade."

"Why do I have to drink this?" Ino said, looking at her sensei distrustingly.

"It's just a present from Tsunade," he said, raising his hands in defense. She looked at him one more time before swallowing the cup's contents. She blinked and looked over at Shikamaru. He looked back and she smiled.

"I can tell this is going to work. Ino never smiles at Shikamaru like that," Asuma muttered to himself. "Oh um...no training today. Chouji, let's go!"

"What?"

"I'm going to um...take you out for barbeque."

"Oh cool!"

"Whatever," Shikamaru sat down under a tree and leaned against the trunk. Ino sat next to him and grabbed his hand. He turned to her. "Um...Ino?"

"You're so cute," she said sweetly as she moved closer to him. He, despite his shock, blushed. He quickly got over his shock and asked her, "What's wrong with you?"

"Nothing...can't I say your cute?" she said, blinking innocently. He didn't say anything. He was just a little bit scared as he watched her entertwining her fingers with his.

Team Gai

"Well, bye teammates," Lee say. "May youthfulness stay with you even when I'm not here."

They just watched as he walked away with Gai.

"Hey, Neji," Tenten said. What the hell am I about to do?

"Yeah?" he answered.

"I got something to say," she said. "I don't know why I'm saying this because you probably don't feel the same way but...let's say I'm under the influence."

She kind of was. But anyway, she took a deep breath and looked Neji straight in the eye.

"Hyuuga Neji...I, Tenten...actually, love you," she said as she looked to the ground.

"I love you too," he answered.

"What?!" Tenten snapped her head up to look at him.

"I. Love. You. Too," he said slowly.

He stepped up to her and enveloped her in a hug. He then softly kissed her. And since, you know they weren't...themselves and the potion effected them in a very weird way, they grabbed each other's hands and skipped happily into the sunset, never to be seen again.Well, you know not really.

Team 7

"Sasuke are you alright?" Naruto asked.

Sasuke had a...smile on his face. A real genuine smile so that's why he had looked different. He looked over at Naruto, "Yes. I'm okay."

"Yeah...I'm leaving," Naruto announced as he left.

"Hey, Sakura?" Sasuke said. Since he was...well, Sasuke, the potion only caused him to admit to stuff. It didn't make him real loving or obsessed with Sakura. Anyway, she turned to him and smiled warmly.

"Yeah?"

"Um...I gotta tell you something," Sasuke hardly knew what he was doing now. All he knew was that it was against his will. He stepped close to Sakura and stared into her eyes, making her blush. "But it's not much...you see, I've...um...I've always...from a while ago...kind of...well, I've really liked you."

"Sasuke-kun?" she questioned.

"Yeah...it's true," he whispered as he closed his eyes, refusing to make eye-contact. "I-I...I lo...love you."

"I love you too," Sakura said but she didn't throw herself on him like he expected. She just stepped up to him and hugged him softly. He pulled her away and pressed his lips onto hers. And then they disappeared into that mysterious sunset, holding each other's hand. Except...it wasn't anywhere near time for a sunset. It was only 2:00 in the afternoon.

Hinata

Hinata was walking towards town, against her will, in search of Naruto. She had finally figured out what she was going to do. And since Hinata is extremely shy, she was basically fighting herself. As she neared the street, she grabbed a tree in a desperate attempt to stop...well, herself. Her legs refused to cooperate and kept walking along. She entered town and neared the ramen shack where she knew Naruto was going to be. And, unfortunately for once, there he was.

"Hey, Naruto-kun," she greeted as she sat next to him, not shy at all.

"Hi, Hinata-chan!" Naruto replied.

Could you at least do it in private? I'm already not in control. Can't I pick where I want to confess to him? Hinata thought.

Alright...good idea. The ramen shack isn't very romantic, her inner self, who was now in control, replied.

"Um...say, Naruto-kun? Would you help me train?" Hinata said.

"Oh sure! I was just finishing," he said as he paid the bill and hopped off the stool, following Hinata as she went to a clearing.

"Well, what do you want to train?" Naruto asked.

"Well...actually...I just wanted to tell you something," Hinata said.

"Oh? So...what is it, Hinata-chan?" Naruto was deeply interested. Hinata wasn't twiddling her fingers and that was something.

"Well, Naruto-kun I..." Hinata momentarily tried to stop herself but she failed and she just blurted it out. "I love you!"

Naruto stood there, his mouth open in shock as he stared at the gil in front of him. She didn't even turn 20 different shades of red. She just calmly looked at him.

"I...I love you too, Hinata-chan," Naruto said.

I can't believe I just said that. My life is ruined and Naruto-kun's going to hate me and- what?! Hinata stopped in the mental berating of herself.

He said he loves y-me...us? her inner self said, rather confused.

Oh my god!! Hinata thought before practically jumping on Naruto. She kissed him full on the lips and he wrapped his arms around her waist. And they too happily skipped off into the sunset. Actually, they skipped happily to the ramen shack.

Team 10

"Okay, well I'm going to go now Ino," Shikamaru said as he got up. "I'm going swimming."

"Oh," she pouted but it almost immediately left her face. "Okay, well see you later."

River

"Ahh, an afternoon alone doing my second favorite activity. Swimming in the refreshing river. Nothing could be better than this," Shikamaru said as he floated on his back, closing his eyes.

"Hey, Shika-kun!" a voice rang out over the hills that surrounded the river.

"Hey, Ino," he said, slightly annoyed. He became more annoyed when he realized she had a bathing suit. She jumped in the water after setting something next to the tree. "Ino...um, didn't you say you would see me later?"

"This is later," she said. She pouted slightly. "Why? You don't want me here?"

"No," he said. "That's not it...i-"

"Oh, okay!" she said happily as she hugged him. "I packed some lunch for us after we're done swimming."

"Oh...thanks," he sighed ever so slightly.

It wasn't that he didn't like the attention. On the contrary, he loved it. And he loved the way she was finally spending time with him. That was the problem. He didn't want to love her. He was smarter than most and he actually realized that Ino's behavior had somthing to do with that pink stuff she drank. Unfortunately, he thought it was something that made people act like they were in love. He knew Ino didn't really love him. And he didn't want to love her even more than he already did. If only there was something he could do.

After about an hour, they got out of the water and dried off. Shikamaru pulled on a shirt and sat down where Ino pulled out all the food and got Shikamaru's out first, making sure he was comfortable before she even thought of taking a bite.

"Thanks Ino," Shikamaru said as she placed chopsticks in his hand and his bowl in front of him. She smiled warmly at him making his stomach drop.

"No problem, Shika-kun," she said. He sighed. He was so happy with her but...he was sure the potion wasn't going to last. Pretty soon, Ino would be back to herself. And even though Shikamaru liked her that way too, she wouldn't like him. She would go back to the Uchiha. Yes, he didn't know that she was over Sasuke.

They spent a few more hours with each other with Ino hugging him and complimenting him. And she always found a way to hold his hand. It was like she needed to have contact with him at all times. It was driving Shikamaru insane. He would get so immensely sad when he thought about the moment when the lovesick Ino would change back to normal and hit him or yell at him for putting her under some kind of spell because no one could ever stop her from loving Sasuke-kun. Wait a minute. That was it. He would just get Ino to stop liking him. He could hurt her feelings and then she would just leave him alone. And then the next time they saw each other, she would be back to normal and maybe, just maybe, Shikamaru could stop loving her.

"Shika-kun," she mumbled as she hugged him for the hundreth time that day. "You're the best."

Why did she keep complimenting him over and over again? It made it even harder to do what he was about to do. Oh well, it was now or never.

"Ino..." this was it. It was for their own good. But...why did he feel so guilty? He momentarily lost his train of thought as he looked into her blue eyes staring up at him innocently. She still hadn't let go.

He took one last breath and looked away from her. "Ino...you have to stop."

"Stop what, Shika-kun?" she asked, looking confused.

"That. You're always being nice to me and spending all this time with me. You're...you're making me fall in love with you!" he exclaimed. He felt so frustrated right now. Why was it that on Valentine's Day, he had to stop her from loving him? Why was it always so troublesome? Why was it always him?

"You love me?" Ino asked, slightly happy but still confused. This was not going in the right direction, Shikamaru decided.

"Yes-NO! No, I don't!" he said. Now, Ino looked like she was going to cry.

"...B-but..." she started.

"No...just stop. You're always...acting like you actually care. But...I was the only one who ever cared. You were the one who never seemed to actually love anybody but the Uchiha," Shikamaru said shakily, backing away from the girl.

"But, S-Shika-kun..." she stepped towards him and he backed away more. Tears appeared in her eyes.

"And that too. The real Ino never called me 'Shika-kun'. She didn't like me like you do. She doesn't like me like you do. She doesn't care about me like that either. She never compliments me. Or smiles at me. At least, not the way you were smiling. She doesn't do any of these things and she doesn't love me so why should I fall in love if it's not even for real?! Huh? As soon as I feel happy, the potion will probably wear off and she- you! won't even love me," he said. "So...I don't want to love you."

"...Shika-kun...I do," she tried one last time to make him hear her but her own cries cut her voice off. Tears started streaming down her face. She looked into his eyes and more cries escaped. "S-Shika...k-kun, I do love you."

"It doesn't matter. The real Ino doesn't," he said stubbornly, not moving an inch towards her.

"But, why can't you see?! She loves you too. She's already gotten over the Uchiha. The thing I drank...it just made me want to tell the truth and do what I longed to do the most. It was supposed to make me admit to my feelings."

"...No. That can't be it..." Shikamaru shook his head slightly. He didn't want to believe it. Ino would turn back any minute now.

"Shika-kun...please. Why won't you believe me? I do love you. I was just too afraid to admit it and the potion..." Ino stopped, knowing that this wouldn't work.

She was just going in circles. She choked back another cry and stepped towards him. He didn't do anything. She was in front of him now and all they did was stare into each other's eyes. She could see it now. He did love her. He was afraid...but of what? Of...rejection? But she had already told him that she loved him. Ino could already feel the potion wearing away. What was she supposed to do then? He would probably ignore her or not get anywhere close to her until he had gotten over her completely. More tears streamed down her face and Shikamaru stepped towards her to wipe them away but quickly withdrew his hand as if he had gotten scalded. Ino wiped the tears from her eyes and pressed her lips to his. His eyes widened and he tensed but she placed her hands on his shoulders as she desperately tried to convey the message to him. She frowned when he didn't respond and pressed more firmly onto his lips. She finally pulled away and looked sadly into his eyes.

"Shika-kun...can you just-I mean I-Aargh! I do love you! And you're coming with me. I'll prove it to you!"

She grabbed his hand and pulled him with her as she stomped up a hill in some direction. Shikamaru realized it was the hill they went to to watch stars. There was only one tree at the top and on one side of it, 'Ino' was carved in the trunk. The bush covered the rest of the message. She moved the bushes aside and it said 'and Sasuke'. The Sasuke part was barely readable because most of it was scraped off. Under that was 'Shikamaru'.

"..." All Shikamaru could do was stare.

"See...I do love you. I got over Sasuke and then I started hanging out with you and I...started getting feelings for you," she said. "And I was going to tell you but you always said 'troublesome' or 'what a drag' and then we would end up fighting. And I really wanted to tell you but..."

"..." All Shikamaru could do was feel guilty. He...was an idiot.

"S-Shikamaru? Why are you staring at me like that?" the potion wore off and Ino momentarily didn't know what was happening but then it all came rushing back. Everything, even the...confession.

"...Oh."

"Ino...I'm really sorry. I didn't know the potion made you tell the truth. I didn't really want to make you cry. I just- I...I wanted you to stop loving me. I didn't realize that..."

"It's okay," she said softly. "I...I still love you."

She brought his lips to hers in a passionate kiss and much to her delight, Shikamaru finally responded and wrapped his arms around her waist. Ino wrapped her arms around his neck and brought him even closer. They finally broke apart after a couple of minutes.

"I love you too Ino but...I'm still really sorry. I didn't know and..." Shikamaru started rambling on and on about how he was sorry and he didn't realize how much she loved him and he shouldn't have tried to make her cry and yadda yadda yadda. Ino rolled her eyes and just hugged him again.

Where the mysterious sunset led to...

"I can't believe the potion worked!" Tsunade said. "Didn't think it would affect her."

"Actually, I'm really surprised too," Asuma said.

"Me (munch) too," three guesses who that was.

"I'm so glad they got together! Aren't you, Sasuke-kun?!" Sakura asked her boyfriend who was sitting in the branch next to her.

"Hn...actually I guess I am," he answered. "One less fangirl chasing me."

"Oh, shut it Sasuke-teme. It's nice they got together," Naruto said. "Ne, Hinata-chan?"

Hinata giggled. "Of course, Naruto-kun. I'm really happy for them."

"Psst, Shino. Can you believe Hinata actually got together with Naruto?" Kiba whispered.

"Well...she was under the potion's influence," Shino said.

"And I see my team all got together," Kakashi said, his head in his book.

"I'm happy for Hinata and Naruto," Kurenai said. "They're so cute."

"They're so cute, right Neji-kun?" Tenten asked.

"Um...sure, let's go with that," Neji replied.

"Oh, my youthful teammates got together, Gai-sensei!" Lee exclaimed.

"I know. It is truly a youthful miracle!" Gai said.

They all jumped out of the tree and headed up the hill towards the oblivious couple, still in each others' arms. They all exchanged smiles as they saw that they were all together.

"Happy Valentine's Day!" they all said and they all grabbed each other's hands so that they were one big connected line and together they all walked into the mysterious sunset.

The End

If you don't like this, I'm sorry. I was trying not to make it a cliche fic. If it is...that'd be a shame. Oh well, hope you like it. Happy Valentine's Day.