Disclaimer: CtrlV ... I do not own Naruto. If I did, though, Tenten wouldn't have had to go against Temari in the Chuunin prelims.

Thank you, reviewers for coming back, and back, and back. Actually... you are my only reviewers. Fancy that. Anyways, it's been nothing but cold, wet, and rainy with a touch of fog for almost a week here, and I am seriously moody and stupid feeling, so I am lacking the inspiration I need. I don't know where my Editor is either...

Um... yes, so I present you with the 6th chapter of the series.

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The first few rays of morning sunshine came too early for Ino. Smashing her hand on the snooze button of her alarm clock, which read 7:01, and grumbling loudly, she rolled off the queen sized bed onto the carpeted floor. She stomped to the bathroom, and slammed the door.

Ten minutes later, Ino emerged from the washroom, feeling slightly more awake. She threw open the wardrobe, and after a great deal of rummaging around, found an outfit suitable for working at a police station. Pinstripe pants and a floral top. Before entering the washroom again, she rapped on her prisoner's head with her knuckles.

"Hey, I'm going to go to work soon. I'll leave you some food on your lap and remove your gag. How you're going to eat it is up to you, but I'm not stupid enough to untie you. I hope you like muffins."

'I am too damn nice... Hinata is probably starving that man.' she thought, shaking her head.

After getting dressed, she grabbed her bag, registration forms, and two muffins. One for this Shikamaru, one for herself. After patting him on the cheek lightly, to make sure he was awake, Ino put the blueberry muffin on his lap and removed his gag.

"Yah, good morning to you too. How am I supposed to eat this with my hands tied? I can't bend over either." he continued innocently. "I have an idea! Why don't you untie me, and lock me into the bathroom? You can push the chest of drawers over the door, so I can't get out!" Shikamaru tried his best not to smirk in triumph.

Ino glanced at the alarm clock and sighed.

"Okay, fine. I'm late for work, let's hurry it up. Hold the muffin the best you can." She untied his feet from the chair, and led him to the bathroom. After shoving him in, she grabbed the chair and tipped it underneath the doorknob.

"There we go. Have fun!" she muttered before running out the door.

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A knock on the door roused Tenten from her slumber. By instinct, she burrowed herself deeper into the blankets and mumbled, "Five more minutes... I swear, I'll get up then." Then she remembered where she was. Groaning loudly, she called out hoarsely, "What is it?"

The voice outside the door answered, "I'm going to work."

The door opened, and Neji stepped into the pitch dark room. He walked over to the coffee table in front of the sofa, and put down a tray of food.

"I don't want any prisoners dying in my custody. And don't even think of hunger strike. I'll be back by six." He turned to leave, when Tenten called out,

"Wait, can you drop by my house and get my hamster? It might get really lonely here. Oh... and tell my brother that I won't be going home anytime soon."

Neji stared at her blankly. "You expect me to know where you live? What am I, a maid?"

"Well, my brother must be very worried by now... maybe he might even call the police! And how ironic it would be, if they found out that I'm here."

He narrowed his eyes. "Are you trying to threaten me?"

"Clever boy. I live in 43 level 4 of building 15 at Heng Fai Chun. Do you have the key? I'd think you would, since you even have my daggers."

"No, I don't have your key."

"Oh, then you'll do it. Good." With great effort, she got out her key from her pant's front pocket and handed it over to Neji, who stared at the key for several moments, and headed out the door.

"Thank you," he heard the girl say.

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Hinata left the hotel after jamming a piece of toast into Kiba's mouth to shut him up. Arriving at the police station, she was shocked to see her stupid cousin in his office as usual. She was about to walk away before he could see her, but Neji had already looked up. Hinata frowned as she saw him gesture to come into his office. She opened the door, and started her stuttering act.

"Y-yes, Officer H-Hyuuga?"

Neji rolled his eyes, dismissing the stuttering act immediately. "Hinata, what is going on? I saw you last night. You and your friends."

She gave a superior grin, and a look that said "wouldn't-you-like-to-know", desperately hiding her concern for Tenten.

"Well, since when I came to work, Nara Shikamaru, Uchiha Sasuke, and Inuzuka Kiba were not here. I was supposed to be missing too, wasn't I, cousin."

Hinata smirked at him. "I have no idea what you are talking about." she responded, and left the tiny room. Once she had gotten back to her desk, she dialed Sakura's hotel number.

"Hello? Sakura? This is Hinata. Trouble, Neji's here at the station. Uh-huh. I know. I'm worried... who knows what my crazy cousin did to her. She might be dead, for all he cares. I'll get Ino at break."

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All morning, Ino had to wait on one of the three police chiefs at the station... a woman in her 50's, who kept on saying to her, "Call me Tsunade, not Miss, not Ma'am. Tsunade." She had another assistant, a lady in her late 20's called Shizune.

"Yamanaka. Go get me a cup of coffee. Black, no sugar." ordered Tsunade.

Ino bowed her head meekly and ran off to the break room, skidding right into Hyuuga Neji. She took one look at him, and took several steps back.

'Shit... wasn't Tenten supposed to get him out of the way? Wait... if he's here, than what happened to Tenten... shit!'

Neji gave her a hard look.

'I swear, she was holding on to Shikamaru's arm last night... ' he thought.

He walked past her and paused to say, "When I find enough proof..." before going back to his office.

Ino squeaked quietly and ran into the break room as if tigers were after her.

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After talking on the phone with Hinata, Sakura sat back down on the bed and faced Sasuke. She took the gag out of his mouth, and waited until he ran out of questions before asking him a question.

"This Hyuuga Neji. Is he violent?"

Sasuke looked at her funny before replying, "I've read his records..."

"And what did they say?"

"He is very violent."

Sakura frowned, and fell back onto the bed, failing to notice that Sasuke was grinning.

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Shikamaru untied his hands the moment Ino left the hotel room, using his handy dandy pocket knife he always kept up his sleeve. He took off the blindfold, and tried to open the door.

'She's not as stupid as I thought... the old chair trick.'

Shikamaru jerked the door towards him, than pushed. The door flew right open.

'How troublesome...' he thought as walked out of the hotel.

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Tenten grinned. If Neji thought that she really was that weak, he must be stupid. With a little effort, and a small grimace of pain, she sat up and looked around, making sure that if she fell, there would be some way to pull herself back up. Before getting up, Tenten got two hair elastics out of her pockets and put her hair up in her signature buns. And so, she started her long journey to her arsenal.

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End of 6th chapter.

Well, tomorrow I'll be going on a bus trip to California for... 9 days. So there will be no further chapters until I come back. If you have any ideas, feel free to tell me through a review.

So now, I bid all my readers adieu, or whatever you say, and see you all in 9 days!