Sorry I had to increase the time, but sometimes I lose track of time or I just can't find the inspiration, even over a long period of time. If there was something I could do to help fix it I would, but unfortunately I'm not able to just instantly fix my personal motication (sucks, eh?) I do hope you guys like what I was able to write. And sorry to those who didn't read the bold letters and don't get why it's taking so long to update. This chapter is extremely fluffy, so if you don't like fluff to an extent beyond a random hug every now and then, I apologize, but it was inevitable.

Disclaimer:

I do not own Naruto the anime or manga, any of the names assosciated with Naruto, or any thing of that nature. I am simply an over imaginative fan of Naruto, and I'm not responsible enough to be an owner anyway since I'd probably abuse that privilege.

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Gai had been running around for half an hour straight trying to find Sakura before finally giving up. "Must have left already. I know, I'll pay a visit to my number one pupil!" He said giving the thumbs up to nobody in particular, though he was given weird looks from the people in the lobby of the hotel. This was quickly followed by a march to his and said Jounin's room since he was still confined to the hotel room until he fully healed since his leg kept him from moving around.

"Hello, Lee! I've--Huh?" He looked around the room to see that nobody was there. What he also saw was that there was a set of women's clothes and Lee's clothes folded and set on a bed. "Lee...? He couldn't have... Could he?" Gai said to himself as many less than innocent ideas went through his mind causing the former teacher to blush.

Did Lee actually do what he and Shikamaru were afraid Tsunade would kill them for? He turned pale as the idea of what would be happening started going through his mind. Gai shook away the thoughts and closed the door since Lee and his female companion were most likely hiding if his assumptions were correct. Enough speculating for now, it would be best to let him explain himself later.

"Gai-Sensei?" He heard from behind him as Lee walked up to him from behind with a grinning Hyuga in tow, and an overly happy Sakura at his side. "Lee! I was just looking to see you!" Gai said with a smile as he noticed as he started putting pieces together. "Good Evening Sakura, Neji, and... Lee! Weren't you confined to the hotel room?" Gai asked as he watched Neji walk past the two and was suprised to see that Tenten had been hiding behind Neji so as not to be seen by her sensei.

Gai's eyes widened as he turned back to Lee looking for answers. "Sakura healed me so we could go out on an official date together." Lee said with an excessively large grin. "Neji, too, took Tenten out to dinner at the same time to the same place!" He added. Gai nodded, it was rather unusual for such a coincidence, but stanger things have happened.

Gai seemed lost in thought before his eyes opened suddenly while he was grinning. "Lee, you must tell me what happened! ...After you escort Ms. Haruno to her room that is." Gai said examining the two of them carefully. Lee nodded and led Sakura down the hall to the stairwell at the end of the hall that lead to the second floor.

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This girl was by far the most interesting female he had ever known. She didn't hide it at all, she just openly admitted that she liked him and wanted to be his girlfriend. Most girls would blush and act like it was the most embaressing thing ever or be too stubborn to admit it. Even Temari let her pride stop her from admitting something like that, but here Kohaku was admitting she liked him, even to a point where she was taking the offensive.

She had gone to the bathroom while he was putting the final touches on a couple of the pieces they had recently discovered hidden in his salamander-like puppet. "Well she is pretty cute, she's nice, a lil rough around the edges, but that sounds perfect. She even likes puppets and machinery. She would feel right at home with him... Well she would if not for the whole distance factor. This thought caused Kankuro to sigh sadly.

"Back." He heard from behind him as the side door opened up that lead to the hall that lead to the rest of the building. He turned to her with the usual smile, noticing the smudge from the grease or oil she had gotten on her hands and then onto her face. "Well the puppets are done..." He said awkwardly, hoping she would say something to him.

"Want to go out to celebrate?" She asked him with a grin. Kankuro thought for a second on this one, or rather pretended he was thinking, he had known the answer before she even finished asking the question.

He stalled to build up a little suspense as she inched closer and closer with a hopeful look. "Of course." He said, with little time to catch the black haired girl as she again tackle-hugged him, or 'glomped' him as she called it. If you asked him it was a very good battle technique, especially if you started putting your knees into it which could easily shatter bones.

She wrapped herself around him with her arms and legs practically holding him in a death grip with the hug. "You know, if you keep a grip like this, I'm not sure if I'll be able to get up." Kankuro said as he tried to move to get up with little success.

She blushed and let him go. "So, I know you aren't too young for me, but how old are you exactly?" He asked, he considered taking her to a tavern with him since he didn't have much money on him, and they served nice alcohol to boot. (1)

"Trying to find out if I'm the legal age to have fun with first?" She said giving him a seductive look. This caused him to blush again for a second before he shook it off and regained his composure.

"No, I was going to say that if you're eighteen you could have a few drinks with me at the tavern nearby." He said in a playful voice. This caused her to grin deviously.

"I'm eighteen, I had my first drink at that tavern, too. I can hold my liquor, too." She said as she grabbed two towels and tossed one to Kankuro and started wiping the grease and such off her face, being sure to be careful around the bruise.

Hm, a beautiful girl who doesn't mind a drink or two, who is crazy about working with mechanics, and doesn't mind face paint. She was quickly turning into his dream girl! His thoughts started to drift through the many possibilities as he wiped the grease off his face as well.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, wow, you look funny!" She said as she pointed at him almost falling over in laughter. He gave her a funny look before looking at his face in a nearby piece of polished metal and burst out laughing too. He had wiped all of the grease and facepaint off of his face and most of his neck, but forgot his chin, making it look like an upside 'T' was leading from his chin to his bottom lip and almost looking like it was leaning into his mouth. (2)

He wiped it off with a towel before smiling at her again as she recomposed herself. "You look pretty cute without that face paint on." She said as she opened the door to let him through. "You don't look too bad yourself, Kohaku." He said while laughing. She followed him to the front door as he held it open for her and after she locked up the store, followed her to the nearest tavern.

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The two of them had finished their meal and had gotten tired of Shogi as well with the two of them ending with two wins and two losses apiece. Since then they had both been laying down in the bed, Shikamaru had wrapped his arms around Temari enjoying the feel of her warmth. He had finally given in and just accepted everything. It was too troublesome to fight it, and he had practically said it with the dinner, he loved her.

"Shikamaru, do you think one night will be long enough for me to be healthy enough to go with you to the festival tomorrow?" She asked with a hint of hopefulness in her voice.

Shikamaru grinned to himself as he held her close. He shrugged before he spoke, in his natural fashion. "Don't know, we'll just have to get some sleep and find out." He said. The group may have been ninja, but most were still teenagers and even if they didn't admit it, they still thought like teenagers.

Even Shikamaru couldn't help hiding it sometimes, though he was often lounging around so it wasn't overly obvious to anybody around him. Honestly, only Temari had seen it since she had spent more time around him than most, even invading his cloud watching time and more recently, his sleeping time.

She turned her head to look at him and kisses him on the lips, he eagerly returned it without thinking with a light blush. She smiled when the kiss finished and whispered 'goodnight' into his ear before wrapping her arms around him and closing her eyes. Shikamaru whispered the same to her but didn't close his eyes.

He waited until he knew she was sleeping soundly before shuffling out of the bed and grabbing some clothes to wear. He left the room as quietly as possible, which being a ninja made extremely easy, and went down the hall to Sakura's room but instead met her in the hall with Lee.

She looked at him with a weird look on her face for the longest time, easily creeping him out since she seemed to be giving him a look he wasn't used to seeing. Lee, however, was less subtle. "Shikamaru! What happened to your hair!" He said as he stared at the top of the Nara's head. Shikamaru mentally slapped himself after he realized he had forgotten to grab something to hold his hair up in the usual style, but stopped himself from commenting.

"Sakura." He looked directly at her with a concerned look, which scared her since she was now fearing she had done something wrong. She quickly went over a list of things she had to do that day but couldn't find a single one that she hadn't already finished. She waited for him to say something but he said nothing.

She sighed and prepared herself for what he was about to say. "Yes, Shikamaru?" She said trying to look as professional as possible in her formal kimono. "I need you to help me with something, but I would like to ask you to keep it a secret from the rest of the group." He said as he kept the stern tone.

Sakura nodded and both Lee and Sakura said their goodnights each in their own way. Him with a hug, her with a kiss. Lee walked away back downstairs to his room with a blush and a silly, dazed look and grin on his face. Sakura herself had a slight blush knowing the two had an audience, but quickly looked to the Nara. "So what do you need help with exactly?"

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Temari lay sleeping in the bedroom, feeling slightly uncomfortable, as if something close was missing. She squirmed but didn't wake up, even as her arms searched for that thing until they finally met skin and pulled it in close to her

She had started dreaming of her children and the father that was with them. She tried to speak, but found that she couldn't. Next she tried to move closer since she couldn't see the faces of the children or the father, but instead found that she couldn't move either. Instead she just watched as the man said something to the children before they went off in the opposite direction to play and the man stand up and walk to her.

She could tell that the man was taller than her and seemed to have a slightly slouched posture, she also noticed that his hair seemed familiar, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it. He walked up to her and every step seemed to make her feel... happier. She felt worried even as her arms moved forward and reached for him and couldn't help but wonder who he was, until she hugged him and relief and warmth washed over her.

She looked up to see him saying something, but couldn't hear what he was saying. She didn't know what it was, but the words seemed to make her feel even happier and before she knew it he had pulled away from her reach and disappeared, much to her displeasure, but reappeared behind her and held her close causing her to smile again. She reached back and felt his side with her arm and he nuzzled her neck, followed by a kiss to the neck and she felt his voice against her neck before he kissed her again and continued to nuzzle her once more.

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The two, Sakura and Shikamaru, quietly entered the room and approached the bed. Sakura approached the bed and started using her medical expertise to heal the top half of Temari's body. Shikamaru lowered the blanket lower and lower as the medical ninja continued downwards. Sakura was too busy with her jutsu to notice a pair of searching hands until it was too late and they were wrapped around her arm.

"Sh-shikamaru!" She half whispered. He looked at her arms and noticed the problem instantly. He changed into his normal bedwear, much to the embaressment of the Haruno girl, and shifted into the bed behind her as Sakura shifted her arm out of the sand ninja's grasp causing her to frown. He hugged her around her back and was pleased when she smiled.

Sakura nodded her thanks and continued the process before replacing the blanket around the two as Shikamaru kissed the wind mistress' neck while Sakura wasn't looking. Sakura smiled at a job well done. "Thank you Sakura, I owe you one." He whispered to her as she left. Sakura waved as she whispered her goodnight and left.

Once Sakura was gone, Shikamaru said his final goodnight and sweet dreams to the sleeping blonde in his arms before kissing her again and holding her close in his arms. He finally fell asleep feeling he had accomplished his goal for the night.

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Tenten sat beside the Hyuga in his room and hugged him tightly. "I'm sorry I invited Sakura and Lee to eat with us, I just couldn't resist. Who knew it would turn out for the better in the end anyway?" She said as she hugged him tightly remembering the evening she had spent with him.

"I bet I know what Lee is going to be dreaming about tonight." Tenten added causing Neji to smile at the humor of it. This had definitely been the most interesting night of his life. It had gone from wonderous, to horrible, to incredible in one evening. He just prayed that fate would continue to make this miniature vacation grow more wonderous as it continued. He hugged her and kissed her again one last time before she left and he went to the bed bed.

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Lee came face to face with his sensei who was eagerly asking question after question before Lee could even come up with an answer to a single one. Finally after the first five minutes, or rather what felt like five minutes, had passed, Lee finally began his explanation of the evening and what had happened from the beginning, earlier in that very bedroom, to when he came into the hotel with Sakura and his two teammates.

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Lee came to the table and noticed the look on the young kunoichi's face and knew what had happened. After a quick explanation from Sakura, Lee nodded and accepted the inevitable in order to please her.

Sakura half dragged a very displeased Lee as they made their way to the table Neji and Tenten had been sitting at after telling their waiter of the table change. They sat down in a semi circle in the corner, the two women on the inside and the two men on the outside. Neji and Lee looked at eachother with dejected looks and nodded understanding the feelings the other had. Despite their usual differences, this was in fact something the two could agree on in terms of possible disasters.

A double date wasn't a bad thing, but Tenten, Lee, and Neji were like family and in a group of three like they were made it awkward when it came to dating, especially since the only things they would be able to talk about are the past missions, and people they knew. This would most likely lead to the more embaressing moments on missions and training with both of the guys unable to come up with something about Tenten out of respect for women.

The women were oblivious though as they began to chat and compare as their companions sipped their drinks and tried to understand most of what the other two were saying, sometimes not being able to hear them because of the low volume they spoke with every now and then.

After a short time the two turned away from their conversation and noticed that their dates hadn't said a word. The two whispered something to eachother causing Lee to lean in to try to hear what was being said, and even Neji strained a little to make sense of the whispering that was audible, but to no avail.

Finally both girls moved away from eachother's ear and nodded before looking to their dates. Lee jumped back some a little afraid of what she was about to do. Neji didn't show any signs, but he was curious about what they had said. Before either knew it, both girls had kissed their dates and hadn't let go until they heard a cough coming from the waiter nearby.

"Would you like your food now or would you prefer to eat later?" She asked as she examined the two couples. "We'll eat now." Tenten said with a smile as Sakura nodded her agreement. The meal and the time spent together afterwards, walking around the village, were filled with many moments when the two couples would kiss and hug while walking together.

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Ah, finally done. I was having a hard time with this chapter, sometimes coming up with entired paragraphs, other times barely being able to squeeze out a sentence. I don't know if this was my best chapter and am afraid I had messed up once or twice on details and facts since I started working on a new story recently and get confused with different facts circling around my head, but it was fluffy enough in my opinion, with the results from the double date finally being revealed. I know I kinda put alot of people OOC just a lil bit, but I just couldn't help it, some things need adjusting, and after the time they've spent together, things were bound to change to help their relationships come to a head. I hope you enjoyed it, and please review if I made any mistakes (despite the two or three times I ran over the same things for mistakes) or if you just want to say what you thought of this chapter.

1: I know you're saying 'The legal age for drinking is 21' but it wasn't 21 until a 1933 that any suggestions for such rules were made by phohibitionists and even if Naruto is taking place in the present day alongside our time, that rule was made because of multiple nation-wide surveys that would most likely have not happened in that time since there was constant fighting among the many hidden villages. There would be little time for such surveys to be made and also that's assuming such surveys are interesting to that people. I think surveys would go more along the lines of 'Most common jutsu element' and 'Most common causes of death among ninja' than 'Drinking comparison among different age groups'.

2: A sex joke, if that doesn't make it obvious, I'm sorry.