I squeal like a rat everytime I see the reviews I get for a new chapter. Gets all misty eyed I love you guys! I even inspired someone to draw a pic! ...(Which I hope I will get to see later) And sorry about the weird lime, I'm really good at writing hard core stuff when they get to it, not this 'He ever so gently touched her...' That's really hard! =P But oh well. You guys are being really nice and telling me it was good. I love you guys! Wait, said that already. Anywho, tis the sappy chapter and I plan to throw in some more people soon I hope...if I don't get too lazy and what not. Ok! Here we go!

Saskue was starting to get very annoyed with Sakura with her inhaling and exhaling so loudly every few minutes. Not moving from his leaning position against the railing of the bridge, Sasuke slightly opened his eyes and glanced over at the pink haired girl. For a brief second he sweat dropped to see such a look on Sakura. Her hands were clasped in front of her and she had this glazed over look in her eyes. Perhaps she was praying?

'Nah. Unless God is actually talking to her, she has no reason to look like that.'

She sighed again.

"Sakura," Sasuke said with the less amount of interest or care in his voice, "your giving me a headache. Stop it."

Sakura snapped out of her thought and wide eyed turned to the voice.

"Stop what Sasuke-kun?"

"Sighing."

Sakura blushed and clasped a hand over her mouth. She had no idea she was doing anything.

"Sorry! It's just so cute, I can't help myself."

Naruto was feeling left out from whatever was happening and added his two cents.

"What's cute Sakura-chan? Me?!"

Inner Sakura- "...."

"....No Naruto. Not you." She gave him an evil eye and turned back to the sky.

"It's nothing."

"It's nothing special. Just a small thank you."

Asuma, after a full morning of laps and tasks, finally let his three students take a lunch break. He himself was having a healthy lunch. A pack of smokes, and a rice bowl that he picked up from Kurenai.

Shikamaru kept looking at the very nicely placed lunch that Ino was holding out to him waiting for him to take it from her. He did after tilting his head at the lunch. He turned to Chouji to his left side (No, Ino and Shika did not sneak off, Chouji is Shika's best friend, so he is right there, sitting next to them. )

who was happily eating freshly baked chewing pork buns.

"Chouji."

The happy boy turned to get another lunch shoved into his chest.

"It's yours."

After Chouji swallowed he broke into a huge grin. "Really Shikamaru? No cruel joke? I can have your lunch!?"

Shika nodded and turned back to his new lunch. It seemed that everyone was very happy. Chouji got two lunches, Shika got a lunch from Ino, and Ino saw that Shika gave away his perfectly good lunch just so he could have hers. Life was good. Shikamaru took his chopsticks out, taped Ino on the forehead with one and tried the okki. Ino was not yet so into Shika that she was going to lean over him with puppy eyes to see if he liked it or not. After he picked one okki up, she turned to her own lunch and started eating herself. Not another look was shared at that point either.

Asuma finished his 'lunch' and jumped down from where he was sitting up in the tree above his students. But because Asuma had to smoke at least three cigarettes during lunch, the children have long ago finished their lunches and were waiting for the nicatine craving Jouchinn.

"Ok! I feel much better. And we are off!"

A little later

The group walked on water, learned to freeze water, and then Shika pushed Chouji into the water. Shikamaru had to smile when Ino started to laugh like crazy because Chouji was not only drowning (Asuma pulled him out) but he was acting like he was going to have kittens and kept yelling curses at Shika as he tried to rinse out all the water from his scarf But sadly, as Shika was looking at Ino he didn't see or sense Asuma pushing him in. Ino almost keeled over with laugher. Shika himself started to spat water and shot a very evil eye at his teacher.

"Eye for an eye as they say. Betcha ya' didn't that one coming huh, Mr. I.Q."

When Shika came out of the water he his hair was sticking to his face and neck so he shook it like a dog. That caused Ino to yelp because some of the water got on her.

"Watch it buddy."

Asuma had to sigh. It seemed like two wet and miserable students was not something he had to deal with. Shika then fliped his shirt off, and that left him standing with out his fishnet undershirt on. Chouji had to take his own jacket off before he froze to death. Looking at Shikamaru Ino had to blush slightly. She has of course seen him with the white top of before but now...he looked quite nice. A stern glare on and his hair down, all wet, in his hooker looking shirt. The hotness looks was gone when Chouji came up to him and smaked him in the back of the head. Shika hit him back of course. But before an old fashioned boy fight started, Asuma had to turn into a Ninja training dual.

"Ok you two. Both on the water. The first one to lose fouce and fall into the water loses and has to run three laps around the village."

A series of 'Oh man' and 'how troublesom' were heard, but both boys summed their chakras to their feet and walked onto the water. Both faced each other and waited for Asuma's signal.

"I'm going to make you pay for ruining my scarf. It's wool!"

"Phfft. I'm going to kick your ass for pushing me in front of Ino."

Chouji tilted his head one that remark and didn't notice as Asuma yelled out a 'GO!' and Shika gave him a swift knee to the side. Chouji's foot did slip under but he regained himself and pushed back. Shikamaru dodged the best he could because it was slightly tricky to fight on water. The shadow technique would not work the way he wanted it to. He wanted to use the shadows from the small rocks and fish in the water. But the problem was that the sun's glare kept moving so the shadow's kept losing its shape and form. The fish would swim away, and his focus was mainly to stay on the water and dodge Chouji all at the same time.

"Go Shikamaru! You can do it man!"

The place the team was at was below a bridge that people from town used all the time. And since the voice came from above, and it was an unknown voice for that matter, Chouji looked up. That gave Shika the upper hand and upper-cutted him in his jaw. Chouji did fall but he grabbed Shika's retreating arm and flipped him over himself. That made Shika fall face first into the water and go under.

Kiba pulled down his hood. The won he was rooting for just lost. Shino shook his head and Hinta called out to Chouji "G-G-Great job Chouji-chan!"

Asuma had to laugh as Kirinishom looked down at him. His star student just when down. But she as soon as her team came they left. Going to whatever they were going to do.

Shika came up sputtering out water and Ino laughed at the very funny face he was making. Asuma pulled out a whistle from one of his green jacket pockets and blew into very hard.

"Shikamaru Nino! Three laps! LET'S GO!!"

Shika jumped out of the water, pulled his hair up and started to run as Asuma started to yell at him in a Drill Sergeant style and blowing a whistle. But before he left she shouted to the very happy looking Chouji and smiling Ino.

"You two are done! Go home! DID I TELL YOU YOU COULD SLOW DONE MAGOT!?!??? KEEP GOING!!!"

Shika picked up his pace ten fold.

Ino picked up her phone as she lay on her stomach on her bed. She dialed Sakura, seeing what time it was her team must have been done by now. Ino's feet went back in forth in the air and then someone picked up the phone.

"Hello, Maruku residence."

"Hey it's me."

"Me? Me who?"

When they were younger they called each other everyday and just going 'It's me' they new who it was right away. Of course time had happened and Sakura didn't seem to recognize the voice.

"It's Ino forehead."

"Oh! Hey Pig. Sooo! Do tell me. Everything."

Ino rolled over.

"Where to start..."

Long update! Sorry! I'm getting ready for school, and then stuff happened and then this story came very slowly! I'm sorry! But I did have time today to make some more. Now this little puppy is of to my good man RD, the mighty beta reader, and then you all can review! A little more to come and then we all get to relax with some lemonade and cookies! Coughpuncough

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