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Here's another chapter - with this, team 8 is done!

Ja ne,
Temari 88

THINGS HAPPENING TO...

KURENAI

The 'flower arranging' class for young kunoichis had been enstablished recently; the council had finally understood that, even though boys and girls had to obviously get the same training to become ninja, the female part of each class should have at least one or two classes that were specific for them - hence flower arranging and cooking classes had begun.

Of course, young ladies naturally loved flowers, did they not? For this reason nobody stopped to think that exceptions existed in everything... the line of thought had been "If they like it, good; if they don't, that's their problem.", but what could you expect from the council? They were famous for their (many) bad ideas...

Now, the idea was not, actually, that bad; on the contrary, all young kunoichis were enthusiastic of their new classes! The one thing nobody had yet realized was that there were also little 'ladies' such as Mitarashi Anko and Kurenai, who all but despised their classmetes - they were all too weak, too giggly, too girly to become ninja - as they run around a field full of flowers and various plants. The two girls sat with their legs crossed in front of them and were staring blankly at their sensei as she rambled on about ikebana and how a beautiful bouquet was a way to judge if a woman was respectable or not.

"What a bunch of crap." commented Anko loud enough so that only Kurenai could hear; when her friend turned her way, the short-haired girl took the occasion to put a finger in her mouth and pretend to be retching at the display a few feet away.

"... Yeah, you're quite right, Anko." laughed Kurenai, patting the other young kunoichi on her shoulder. "This kind of thing really doesn't fit us..."

"Tz'! No shit. I'd DIE before the day comes when I'll start to act like that." Anko's tone was dead serious and edging towards scary - like most of the times: Anko could scare even the meaniest boy at the Academy.

"Anko, I think no one'd dare come near you either way..." said Kurenai smiling. "in any case, I agree with you: I'll never let some guy turn me into that!" she added pointing a finger in her classmates' direction.

-x-

Two days after that, a new boy made his entrance into Kurenai and Anko's class. Everywhere he went, whispers followed him: he was already pretty famous and a group of young ladies were immediately at work to establish a new fanclub for the only son of the Sandaime Hokage - Sarutobi Asuma.

Anko disliked him at first sight and she proceeded to share her view with her best friend.

"Oi, Kurenai, have you seen the new guy...?"

"... Yeah... I saw him..."

"A complete, worthless, idiot. Hokage's son or not." spat out Anko, making a face and waiting for Kurenai to whole-heartedly agree. When a few minutes passed without answer, the girl turned to face her freind. "Kurenai?"

Said girl was staring into space, her eyes sparkling and... was that a blush?!

"Anko!!"

"W-what...??"

"I've fallen in love with Sarutobi-kun!!!!! I love him so much!!" shouted Kurenai, eyes more and more sparkly.

"WHAT?!?!?!"

"I WANT TO HAVE LOTS OF CHILDREN WITH HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

10 things you'll never hear coming from: Kurenai

1) "Oh Gosh!! Kakashi gimme that!! I haven't read it yet…!!! Jiraya-sama is a genius!" [grabbing a hold of the latest Icha Icha book, pushing Kakashi away and reading greedily] [adapted from Deathdingle's suggestion: thanks :D]

2) "What do they know…?! It's not that I like this stupid outfit: I don't have enough money to buy something better!!" [pissed off after yet another comment]

3) "I found out I was good with genjutsu because I remained stuck in my own illusion for three days… I had to wait for someone to get out of it…"

4) "Aaawww!! Anko…! That voodoo doll is so cuuuteee!!!!"

5) "I find myself watching my team, from time to time: I've really come to consider them my own children!"

6) "Oh, I've desired to carry Asuma's son since I knew him!!!!!!" [kindly suggested by Dreaming-Of-A-Nightmare: thanks :D]

7) "I'm sick of all this plant watering, damn it!!! And what's with the sun, uh?! It's too hot!... No, it's too cold…!!! Gyaaahhh!!!!! Damn it all!!!!… But, oh, my dear child… *sob* your mommy is fine don't worry… Argh! WTF don't kick!!!" [the wonders of pregnancy on a kunoichi…]

8) "I can't believe it, Shikamaru! My son beat you to shogi!!... Yeah, yeah cut the excuses: my son is cleverer than you, ha!"

9) "Yes, my eyes are red because I stole the ones meant for Itachi!! They're a pair of transgenic Sharingan eyes!!"

10) "I love that pinky frilly dress!!!" [squealing in delight]