Ch 3: it's a big ol' reunion.

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"Wh-what kind of technique is THAT?" cried Lee with a terrorized look on his face. "That was the most mild pricking pain I have ever felt!'

Tenten signed. He's such a drama-king. I said it would hurt…but I don't think it hurt THAT MUCH. Tenten thought.

"That wasn't any technique…all I did was pluck you eyebrow." Tenten said flatly.

Lee's face turned a crimson red. He had made a big deal out of eyebrow plucking which wasn't that big of a deal and before that he had ranted about it not hurting AT ALL.

"This is going to be a VERY long day" Tenten muttered quietly to herself, and sighing once again.

Sasuke and Naruto appeared suddenly as if from out of nowhere.

"What're you guys up to? Geez…you morons are being louder than Naruto." The raven-haired genin known as Uchiha Sasuke said. Naruto folded his arms and nodded in accordance of what Sasuke had said. That is…until he realised Sasuke and just called him loud and he had accepted it.

"Sasuke you idiot, I'm going to kick your ass!" shouted Naruto pointing a finger at Sasuke.

All Sasuke said in reply was "Hmph" as he raced away. Naruto followed after him, becoming a yellow-orange blur as he sped off.

Lee's face had become flushed darker still…not in anger but of embarrassment. Now people were starting to appear and wonder what they were up to. He knew…however much he dreaded it…that Sasuke and Naruto wouldn't be the last to appear. He was absolutely right.

There was a crunch and a rustle from the bushes. Tenten slapped her forehead and sighed heavily…knowing it wouldn't be an enemy approaching but more people to figure out what had caused all the noise. The three man team of Ino, Shikamaru, and Chouji appeared. Chouji, who stood in the middle, had been ferociously devouring a bag of potato chips ferociously.

Ino was the first to talk. "What're you guys DOING? You're being awfully loud!'

"Just giving Lee a makeover" Tenten snapped hoping they would go away and leave Lee and her in peace.

"How troublesome" replied Shikamaru lazily, as he averted his attention to the clouds.

"Is it so the lady at the bakery will give Lee free sweets?' suggested Chouji dreamily between handfuls of potato chips. He now looked to the bottom of the bag, hoping to see more chips…but of course he had already eaten them all.

Shikamaru and Chouji left. Ino decided to stick around…she wanted to find out what this makeover fiasco was all about.

"What're you still doing here?" asked Tenten. She had thought they had all left, only to find the extremely annoying Ino looking over her shoulder.

"I just wanted to know why you were giving Lee a makeover." Replied Ino as innocently as possible.

Tenten knew better than to tell her but hopefully, if she did, Ino would leave her alone. But boy was she wrong.

"I'm giving Lee a makeover to help him impress Sakura-san" Tenten told Ino.

Sakura? That big-forehead girl? Why would anybody ever like HER? But… if I help Tenten (no matter how gross it would be to help that thick-browed git Lee…) Sakura would have HIM and Sasuke would be mine. Ino thought, smiling maliciously.

"Hey, Tenten, how about I give you a hand?" Ino questioned.

"Fine." Tenten sighed. At least she would have company if Lee ever yelled out again…even though her attempts to make Ino leave had actually given her the idea to stay.

But now she was pretty sure no one else would be popping out from the bushes wondering what was going on. The team of Kiba, Hinata, and Shino didn't seem likely to come out and investigate what was going on. She gave a sigh of relief and turned to finish what she had just started when Neji appeared standing against a tree.

"You scared the seven birds out of the tree…I needed them for my training." He said calmly.