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Note: Hinata and Sakura were . . . strange, weren't they? Sorry, I couldn't resist. Thanks to all who thought that was funny. I really wasn't expecting anyone to like it! Thankies! Thank you for everyone who reviewed! I'm so happy to have this many reviews! I love you guys! :: passes out cookies to everyone::
Notice: Yes! People are out of character! Everyone is a bit, I know. Also, the words in italics are thoughts.
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Chapter Five
Unexpected Alliances
Ino bent down in front of a door. She closed one eye and peeked through the small keyhole. It was very hard to see her beloved change from a keyhole, but it was the best way to look at him without being seen.
She gazed harder into the tiny keyhole. She was able to make out his slightly muscular chest and the ridiculous little ponytail he liked to wear. He has such great hair. He's the only guy I know who can wear a ponytail and not be accused of being gay.
She heard a sound and turned around. Hinata and Sakura were walking down the hall holding giant shopping bags, whispering to each other. There was a random giggle every now or then. Sakura looked over to Ino with a quizzical look on her face.
"Oi, Ino-pig, what are you doing in front of Shikamaru's door?" Sakura asked.
Ino put a finger in front of her lips. "Shhhh!" Not so loud, Big Forehead!" Ino said softly through clenched teeth.
Shikimaru heard muffled noises coming from outside the door. Oh, man! Ino's spying on me again. He approached the door.
"My forehead is not big!" Sakura screamed loud enough for god and everyone to hear.
"Sakura! Shut up before he hears yo-"Ino was cut off by a door smacking into her face.
Ino's perfect face made solid contact with the door and the force sent her against the wall. Shikamaru walked out of his room, starring at Ino, who was in shock of having a door slammed into her. When she snapped out of it, Ino checked her nose for blood, but found none. Only her pride was wounded.
"You shouldn't spy on people," Shikamaru said to Ino with a lazy grin on his face.
"Don't flatter yourself! I just dropped a hair band and went to pick it up, that's all!" Ino growled at him.
Shikamaru, being very lazy, decided not to continue the conversation and went back inside. He knew Ino had been watching him for almost a month now. He came to the conclusion that either:
(A) She liked him. Or . . .
(B) She was just perverted.
But after a few moments of thought, he decided that it was a bit of both A and B.
Ino waited a bit. She heard a ripping sound from inside his room and peeked in. Ino nearly screamed in rage when she found that she couldn't see inside due to the fact that Shikamaru had covered the tiny keyhole with masking tape.
Ino growled Sakura and Hinata and whispered harshly too them, "Now look what you did, Big Forehead! He taped the keyhole and I won't be able to see him!" Ino looked as if she was judging to either scream or cry.
Sakura couldn't believe her ears. "Ino . . ." She murmured. "You like Shikamaru?!"
Ino rolled her eyes. "No, 'ya think?!" She continued to criticize them. "And your ruined everything! Now he thinks I'm a spying hentai!"
"Well, aren't you?" Hinata asked shyly, trying not to sound snobby.
Ino's face turned scarlet with rage. She opened her mouth to scream at them, but no words came out. Insults good enough to make Attila the Hun cry raced across her mind, yet none would come out. Why the hell do they have to be right?!
She fell to her knees bawling her eyes out. She was sad and mad at the same time. She pounded her fists against Shikamaru's door, screaming "Why me?! Why me?!"
Hinata and Sakura stared, not really knowing why Ino was screaming. Sakura bent down and patted her on the back. "It's ok Ino. It's natural to peek on someone you like!" Sakura said soothingly to the sobbing girl.
"B-b-but you two have no idea what its like to love someone who doesn't love you in return!" Ino wailed. Sakura and Hinata exchanged glances.
"Yes we do!" They said in unison. Thoughts of Sasuke and Naruto flew up into their heads.
Ino stopped crying and hopped up. "Well that changes everything!" She squealed with delight.
She turned her gaze to Hinata. "Sooooo . . ." Ino said with a slightly evil smirk. "Who's the lucky guy to be graced with your affection?"
Hinata whispered his name into Ino's ear. Ino's eyes grew with shock as Hinata uttered the one name she least expected to here.
"NARUTO?!"
Sakura placed a hand on top of the overly excited pig-girl's mouth. ((Sorry, couldn't resist))
"Can you talk any louder?!" Sakura was screaming now. Everyone in the building could hear them.
----Behind the door
Shikamaru's ear was pressed against the door, listening to every word the girls were saying. Hey, if Ino could watch him through the keyhole, he could eavesdrop on her. It wouldn't matter anyway, because everyone could hear what the girls were saying (because they were getting so loud.)
He wasn't so surprised when he heard that Hinata liked Naruto. He saw the way Naruto looked at her when she had her back turned. He noticed the way Hinata blushed around him. It was so obvious to him that they liked each other. He didn't see what the big deal was with Hinata having a crush on Naruto. Shikamaru shrugged. He would tell anyone. ((Loyal Shi-chan!))
----Back to Sakura, Hinata, and Ino
Sakura removed her hand when Ino became calmer. Ino-pig ((I keep teasing her, don't I?)) closed her eyes and took a deep breath and then exhaled. Hinata was looking nervously around, blushing furiously.
Ino turned back to Sakura. "So you're still chasing after Sasuke-kun, right?"
Sakura scowled. "No!"
Ino was shocked.
"Every time I try to show him that I care, he ignores me or calls me 'annoying.' Sasuke is like a glacier, always cool and to hard to break through. Once, he, Naruto, and master Kakashi pulled a prank on me and Sasuke was the one who executed it! That bastard . . ." The pink haired girl fumed, fighting back the tears that threatened to leak out the corners of her girls.
Ino patted the girl on the head. "Good job! You are finally moving on. I'm really proud of you, Sakura," Ino beaming.
Sakura lowered her voice to barely above a whisper. "But that's not all . . . Hinata, Kurenai-sensei, and I am going to get even. And to do so, we need your help," Sakura's emerald green eyes darkened as she grinned wickedly.
Ino smiled with curiosity. "What are you planning to do?"
Sakura uttered something in Ino's ear. Ino giggled. "That's clever . . . but to embarrass them completely, you should record them and send it out to the public," Ino said.
Sakura answered back, "And who has the camera equipment to do that?"
Ino laughed. She was the only one in Konohagakure other than the news reporters who owned such equipment to get a nice, professional look.
"So, are you up to it?" Sakura asked.
"Hell yeah!" Ino shouted, striking a little victory pose. "Anything to get back at Sasuke for all those years he ignored me!"
"HELL YEAH!" the three girls said, laughing.
---*Pause here, and think about what they're gonna do. If you guess it right, I'll give you a cookie! (Holds up cookies) Any takers?*
They threw up their heads and laughed like crazed killers once again. The insane fits of laughter echoed through the apartment's halls.
"MUWHAHAHAHAHAHABAHAYA!"
Then one man popped his baldhead out of the door and roared at the girls. "IF YOU DON'T THE HELL SHUT UP, THEN I'M CALLING THE COPS!"
That shut them up.
The trio walked outside of the apartment building. Kurenai was waiting for them.
"I'm glad to see you've joined the team Ino," The red-eyed lady smiled.
"Ino, get your camera and film and meet us at the abandoned house. The prank will be played tomorrow and we don't have allot of time. Fallow my instructions carefully."
And so the worked deep into the night working on the prank for tomorrow.
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-----mini rant
Pretty crappy ending, huh? Sorry it took so long to get up. It's about 5:30 a.m. here and ever since vacation, I can't fall asleep. That's probably because I slept in the car. Oh well. Insomnia sufferers unite!
Yeah, I used the maniacal laughter part again. I wanted too . . . so blah. Another unfunny joke. *sobs* It sucks cause whenever I'm dead serious people laugh at me and when I'm not, they look at me as if I'm insane. Is there no other person in the word who shares the same sick humor as me?!
To all of those who want a cookie, I'm afraid I just ran out. Sorry! But I can make a digital cookie . . .