Author's Note: *pops from the grave* I AM ALIVE! MUAHAHAHAHA!

Well.  Anyway, I've finished the twelve Leaf Genin.  I'll switch this chapter with the Tsunade one later, so that it'll be more organized.  Next chapter will be the Sensei's, and then two special chapters featuring Zabuza and Haku, then Itachi, Kabuto, and Shizune. 

"Yomanaka Ino"

Why is your mind so simple?

I ask with a heart injured

We were friends from the beginning

Now shallow rivals at the end

Were you willing to break this bond?

All for a boy whose eyes don't see you?

Hurts me to think you'd choose love over friendship

But do not think I wouldn't help you now

Don't think so little of me, I scoff

I may be your opponent and love him too

But I'd rather risk my idiotic team and my safety

Then to see you, trying and failing, die at this moment

And when I saved you, I already knew…

Your obstinate nature wouldn't waver

Only a fight could vent these hard feelings

"Nara Shikamaru"

Slowly, sleepily, drifting away…

Wispy white floating in endless blue

A hand reaches to grasp the gossamer thing

Only to touch the wildly-spinning world

Must I try so hard at my own risk?

I snort; "It was inevitable," I say

"I guess I'll try, but don't hurry me."

Indisputable is my intellect

Debatable is my resolve

Unparalleled is my laziness

Contrary to belief, I'm not arrogant

I don't underestimate my enemies like some

Just tired of having to deal with reckless idiots

Snobby geniuses and stupid girls blinded by love

But…I suppose that was inevitable too.

"Akimichi Choji"

If Pringles ever existed in my world

I would whole-heartedly agree to its logo

"Once you pop, you can't stop."

My appetite larger than my already large body

Shoveling chow down my throat without pause

Looking to freeload off the others as well

If you want to know, potato chips are my favorites

Not that eating so much food lacks meaning

My specialty lies in the voluptuous size of me

It has a fitting—and tasty—name to it too!

But if I hear that one insulting word from your mouth

My temper will flare and my power will be truly shown

You see me as a coward, not ashamed of running away

But I can rise to the occasion fighting as much as others

I may be a plump ninja, but I'm a good plump ninja