Picture Day Chapter 8: What Are They Up To?, a naruto fanfic

AN:

I'm really sorry to everyone who got confused at the end of the last chapter. Tora is the cat Team 7 has to find; it's the first of their missions that is shown and I've always found it funny. Again sorry for the confusion

Reviews:

Jubei Himura, starry096, Night-Owl123, Tombadgerlock, moonlightpath I'm glad you liked. Once again sorry it was so late.

Only Secret, crazy-antman I'm glad you found it so funny.

Vermillion Wolf we'll see. What would you prefer?

Ly I never said it wouldn't be just that I haven't decided. I'm sure I'll make up my mind soon. Thanks for all the complements.

Shirubi-chan no offense taken. Not all of them are going to be as funny as 5 and 6 (my personal favorites, but hopefully they weren't that boring. Each chapter should have a few funny parts but when they don't focus on Team 7 together they won't be quite so funny.

Lizzenly um yeah like I said above not all chapters are going to be as funny as chapters 5 and 6. Diverse pairing? I'm not quite sure what that means but I hope it isn't bad. Anyway the hints are there for you to take as you please. I really haven't even decided if Naruto is gay so if it isn't your thing just take it as friendship.

Aikei-chan nothing wrong with sugar cookies. Hope you continue to enjoy! As to the second note it's always a possibility and what they were betting on is up to the reader for now wink.

A reviewer umm…sorry? First off I wouldn't even go as far as to call it romance. Secondly the set up for this story is being told as the story goes along; Sasuke didn't tell Lee to take Sakura out for no reason. I hope you continue reading anyways shrugs.

Hurrahhurrah noooo! Don't disappear sniffles. I'm glad you liked it.

This story is AU (Sasuke's still there) starting after about chapter 177 of the manga that means there will be spoilers if you haven't gotten that far. Information about the past five years will be told throughout the story.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

B regular stuff

B internal thoughts and such.

Picture Day

"Ahh…my beautiful associate," Gai shouted as Shizune walked up to meet them on the third morning of Tsunade's wicked picture week.

Shizune yawned a bit and noticed Neji and TenTen were actually asleep standing up and leaning on each other. "Gai, your enthusiasm is to be applauded," Shizune muttered. "But why did we have to start so early?" she asked looking at him sleepily.

"Well yesterday you seemed most aggrieved that we had not already finished with our task as the beautiful Kurenai has so I thought we should get a fresh start this wondrous morning," Gai explained happily.

"Yes well couldn't we have gotten a fresh start at noon instead of six?" TenTen asked sleepily. Shizune noticed that the girl had inched away from Neji and appeared to have small blush on her face. The Hyuuga appeared stoic as ever but even without pupils it was fairly obvious that his eyes were on his teammate.

"Kakashi you damn pervert," rang through the streets a moment later preventing Shizune from thinking about the situation between the two any further.

Not a minute later Naruto streaked by wearing nothing but a pair of pajama pants. He was pursued just seconds later by Kakashi who appeared to be trying not to laugh.

Once the two had disappeared the group looked at each other in silence for a moment before Neji smirked. "Damn," TenTen whispered, "When did Naruto get a body?" Neji's smirk immediately disappeared and he glanced at TenTen.

Shizune fought the urge not to laugh at the two before finally turning back to Gai and Lee. "Well since we're here we might as well get started," she said, clapping her hands and smiling as sweetly as she could. Hopefully we'll be finished by noon then I can make sure Tsunade actually goes to all her meetings today. I don't know what she's been up to for the past two days but she hasn't done anything, Shizune continued walking and glancing at the various shops along the main street trying to find the one that would suit them. Actually I haven't heard anyone complain about Jiraiya either, and yesterday the elders missed several appointments later in the day. I hope nothing serious has happened, she pondered before quickly spotting the store she had in mind.

"Here we are," she said, ushering the group into the small boutique. She had given this a great deal of thought and had finally decided that Neji wouldn't wear anything that didn't look classy, TenTen most likely wouldn't appreciate looking too girly, and Lee and Gai well maybe she'd give them green ties to soothe them over.

"Take some time to look around and find something you think you'll be comfortable wearing," she said, pointing each in the right direction. "Once you've done that we'll work with it and try to coordinate the four of you a bit," she added seeing Gai's confused look. TenTen and Neji both nodded and looked around before separating to browse the clothing.

This is a bit more formal then I'm comfortable with, TenTen thought looking at the various skirts and nice blouses scattered primly on the racks. She smirked when she saw several shirts with mandarin collars; well she did say something I'd be comfortable, she thought smirking down at the shirt she was wearing.

An hour later TenTen and Neji were interrupted my screaming on the other side of the room. "Gai-sensei," Lee shouted looking at his teacher with tears in his eyes.

"Lee-kun," Gai shouted back just as enthusiastically and tearfully.

"Gai-sensei!"

"Lee-kun!"

And so it went for nearly five minutes as Shizune stood off to the side watching with a slightly dazed look on her face. TenTen and Neji finally wandered over trying to figure out what was going on.

"Ah…" TenTen said when she finally saw what the two were wearing. Neji smirked and looked over at Shizune to see that she had finally come out of her daze.

"Do you two think we could work around it with your outfits?" she asked looking at them. "They seem pretty attached to what they found," she added shrugging.

"I think we can work something out," TenTen said, grinning at Neji.

"Good!" Shizune replied clapping her hands together.

Two hours later Gai, Shizune Gai's team walked out of the small boutique. TenTen was still grinning as she heard Gai and Lee lavishing each other with compliments in the background. "Hmm… do you think we could get them to get haircuts?" Shizune asked. TenTen and Neji glancing back at the dynamic duo that had unfortunately reverted to their green spandex bodysuits.

"Not a chance," TenTen replied. "I tried to talk Lee into once it took me an hour to calm him down," she added seeing Shizune's confused look. Shizune shook her head in amusement.

"Then there was the time-" whatever she was going to say was cut off when Naruto ran by accidentally knocking her over. "Sorry," he shouted without turning around. A moment later Sakura ran after him she spared the group only a glance taking the time to shout back, "I hope you got everything finished and Lee looks nice for the pictures and congratulations TenTen."

TenTen watched in confusion as the other girl retreated before giggles brought her back down to earth. She turned to see Shizune watching her and laughing she realized why a moment later when she found that she was in fact not on the ground. "Neji!" she squeaked before quickly jumping up and turning to help her teammate to his feet. "I'm so sorry," she apologized.

Neji simply shook his head and stood up. He glanced over at Gai and Lee and was thankful to find both still lost in their own little world. Although he did notice that Gai was now congratulating Lee on getting Sakura. I don't know how those two are able to remain so oblivious, he thought turning back to TenTen who was still apologizing profusely. "It was an accident. You have no reason to apologize," he said, trying to calm her down.

TenTen tried not to blush and turned away; of course it didn't help that she was now facing the laughing Shizune. "Shut up," she mumbled pathetically causing Shizune to lose it.

"I'm sorry," Shizune said trying to regain her composure. She had almost succeeded when Naruto ran by again. I wonder when he had time to stop and get dressed, she wondered vaguely. This time the blond was being followed by both Kakashi and Sakura. "Either Sasuke was already caught or they've given up on him," she mused aloud. TenTen nodded appearing much calmer thanks to the slight distraction the blond had offered.

"Well," Shizune said looking away from Naruto's fleeing figure and back to the group. "I suppose I owe all of you lunch for getting so much done today and cooperating so well," she said smiling.

"Nonsense," Gai shouted giving her the Nice Guy pose, "It is we who owe you lunch for offering us your most prolific and trendy fashion advice. With your help my team shall surely look better than my rivals when this day for photographs arrives.

"We will unquestionably be the most dapper and dashing of teams on that glorious day," Lee added in agreement.

Shizune blinked twice before responding. "It was really no trouble," she mumbled blushing.

"Now, allow me to treat you all to lunch," Gai said smiling brightly; Shizune was tempted to shade her eyes from the glare. As the five walked towards a restaurant Shizune swore she heard Gai mumble, "Beat that my eternal rival. My team was finished second and on only the second day while you still chase your most aggrieving students through the village." I wonder if the other villages have shinobi as weird as ours. Gaara isn't so much weird as homicidal, and when you think of it Itachi and Orochimaru both originated in Konoha. Yeah we're definitely the weirdest, she concluded absentmindedly.

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"Hmmm… we'll probably have to break up soon," Tsunade said.

"Eh?" was Jiraiya's ever intelligent reply.

"I expected Shizune to be busy most of the week but from the looks of that last passing Gai's team is already finished. As soon as Shizune comes back she'll probably make me do work," Tsunade replied reaching for a bottle of sake.

"Well just because she's making you do work doesn't mean we can't stay here and watch," Jiraiya replied stupidly.

"She'll tell their assistants," Tsunade answered, pointing at Koharu and Homura. "And don't think for a moment I'm leaving you with this unattended," she said to Jiraiya; the white haired Sennin groaned and rolled his eyes in return.

"Do you think Shizune could be convinced to join us?" Koharu asked innocently.

Tsunade appeared in deep thought for several minutes before Jiraiya nudged her. "What?" she asked brashly turning to look at him.

"Well, could we convince Shizune?" he asked reiterating Koharu's question.

"Convince of her of what?" Tsunade replied reaching for another sake bottle.

"Okay I think you've had enough for this morning," Homura said taking pity on his late friend's student and removing the tempting sake away from her.

"Humph," Tsunade replied scowling at the ancient elder in front of her. "What are we supposed to be convincing Shizune of then?" she finally asked.

"If she'll join us instead of making us all work," Jiraiya said.

"You mean making the three of us work?" Tsunade replied, delicately raising an eyebrow.

"Right," Jiraiya responded.

Tsunade once again appeared in deep thought, luckily this time she was thinking about the right topic. Well I suppose if I promised…no that wouldn't work. Hmmm…maybe… oh yes that will definitely work, Tsunade thought as wicked grin appeared on her face. "Gentlemen and Lady I have an idea that just may work," she declared proudly.

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After lunch Lee, Neji, and TenTen headed over to Ichiraku's. They had agreed to meet the others there for lunch but since they had already eaten they were a bit late. One glance around the place and Neji already knew that Team 7 was still running rampant around the village. The three had just taken seats by the rookies when Sakura came in panting. "Hey guys," she said slipping in next to Lee.

"Aren't you supposed to be chasing after your teammates?" Ino asked grinning at her.

"Yeah about that," Sakura said grinning at the others, "Anyone want to help?"

"Too troublesome," Shikamaru replied.

"You say that about everything," Ino stated glaring at him; Shikamaru shrugged.

Kiba grinned widely before asking, "Can we use force?"

"It is not likely that you would be able to land a blow on either of them," Shino stated, looking at a now glaring Kiba.

"You can use force," Sakura said still smiling sweetly.

"I'll help starting tomorrow," Kiba responded still glaring at Shino.

"I'll help as long as I can embarrass the two of them," TenTen added grinning.

"As long you don't mention Sasuke being gay it doesn't matter," Sakura said. A moment later the group looked up startled when they heard the flap rustle a bit. They were just in time to see Naruto fleeing in the other direction. "Well that's my cue to go," Sakura said rushing out of the restaurant. Honestly this really is too troublesome; she thought when she saw Naruto already turning the corner at the end of the street. Hopefully Kakashi-sensei is having more luck.

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Shizune knocked lightly on Tsunade's office and waited politely for the Hokage to call her in. After five minutes, during which she thought she heard whispering; Tsunade finally called out softly, "Come in Shizune." The Hokage's assistant probably should have been suspicious that Tsunade knew it was her at the door, but she was a bit too distracted.

In fact she was so distracted that it wasn't until she was in front of the Hokage's desk that she noticed how dark it was in the room. She glanced up in confusion and became even more baffled when she saw Jiraiya and the elders sitting next to Tsunade.

"Have a seat, Shizune," Tsunade stated, graciously waving her hand toward the straight backed chair that had been placed in front of the Hokage's desk. "We need to have a little chat," Tsunade added grinning. Shizune gulped and sat down slowly taking in the overly pleased faces of all four. What are they up to? She thought as she waited for them to speak.

AN: hmmm… I liked this chapter. It wasn't quite as funny as the others but hopefully the blushing TenTen will make some people happy.

You know what would be really funny; what if I just never described anyone's outfits? Oh, I'd get kick out of that just giving little hints and tidbits but then leaving the rest up to your imaginations. That could be very fun (snickers evilly).