Of Flowers and Love

Summary: Ino's personal journal that describes all of her friends in her own way… through flowers. Pairings?

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

A/N: OMG! You guys are so sweet! I got the most beautiful review from Kurayami no Sayokyoku, thank you so much. I am glad you guys really like my idea and because of requests from deathrosekitty I will next be doing Neji. Again thank you so much, you don't even know how happy I was when I read them, especially after my last chapter. Thank you again all my reviewers, this is for you all.

Chapter Five

Got A Screw Loose

Saturday November 3rd

Official Date for Jounnin Exam: December 15th

Hey, did you know it's not a good idea to try and pluck a live chicken while holding onto a bucket of paint and balancing a ball on your head? Well me neither, uh… until earlier. I ran into TenTen and we got into an argument over what has to be the stupidest stunt in the world and I told her that riding a cow backwards in the desert while drinking warm sake and singing was just plain crazy but then she bet that hers was crazier. Well, long story short, she won. Note to self, never question TenTen!
Actually I was thinking about writing down her flower but after that I saw Neji training and changed my mind. I'll do TenTen another day. Now about Neji, he's a little distant but still pretty cool. Every once in a while I've trained with him, since he is a Jounnin and all, and he isn't so bad, but there is probably more I need to learn. Hmm… I'm going to take you to the Training Grounds tonight and have a chat with him.

Talk to you later…

Ino closed her journal, laying the brush on the desk, thinking to herself. The flowers she had already written about were drawn and hung up around her bright purple room with her own personal drawing of each person.

"Only four so far. There are so many people, it'll take a while… But I'll do it! For no reason I can possibly think of!" Ino said with a fist in the air. Soon she was called down for dinner, telling her parents of the boring day's events, not including the stupid bet she had made before she said goodnight to them and slipped into the night, journal and brush in hand.

Hey, it's me again. I was walking along the road and I met up with Naruto and Kiba about duel, Lee was there too, cheering them on. Jeez, guys are so strange sometimes. I told them to go home, but of course they didn't listen and it turned into a brawl between them so I just left without bothering to say anything. I swear, those guys need so much help. Anyway, I got to the place TenTen usually trains but Neji wasn't there, so I tried the ramen stand but he wasn't there, so now I'm just sitting in the park, the one near the bridge, to see if he comes by.

Ino looked up from her scribbles, a small picture of Shino in an action pose doodled on the back of one sheet of paper. She started to think about how cool it would be to fly when she heard someone walking onto the bridge.

The moonlight reflected it's beauty in his pearl eyes, his stern face reflecting the dark shallow water of below.

"You know, a Blue Moon is the second of two full Moons that fall in the same month. This can occur because full Moon's occur roughly every 29.5 days. A Blue Moon occurs roughly every two and three-quarter years."

Neji shifted his eyes to Ino standing there smiling. She was holding something behind her back, making his eye it before speaking.

"Why would I care?"

"You look at the moon right? So now you know when to look for it," Ino said with a smile.

"You're weird Ino."

"So I'm told. Anyway, why do you look at it so much? I would think you'd like sunlight more, you know, your last name and all."

"I prefer it not blaring light at me. Why are you out here so late?" Neji asked, looking back toward the moon. Ino smiled and sighed.

"I don't really know. That random fact is the only thing I know about the sky. I bet you anything Shikamaru knows like a gazillion things like that. Do you like the stars or something? You look at them a lot too I noticed."

"Stars aren't very interesting," Neji responded with a cool voice. Ino blinked and then nodded.

"Well, they say that the sun is a star so I guess that makes sense. But, don't you need sunlight to see the moon?"

Neji didn't say anything for a moment but slowly smirked.

"Why are you out so late Ino?"

"I could be asking the same thing to you," Ino shot back without hesitation. He made a slight frown but nodded as if he accepted the answer.

"I don't know. Maybe I'm drawn to the night more then the day."

"Maybe, or you just are afraid."

Neji shot a look at her but Ino threw her hands up as if she didn't mean any harm.

"I'm just saying, it might be psychological or something. I don't know. Anyway, I'll talk to you later," Ino said, starting to walk away.

"You have a little over six weeks until the Jounnin Exam. You think you can pass it?" Neji asked. Ino stopped and turned slightly to face him.

"Yeah. I think so. You're a cool guy Neji, don't forget that," Ino said, heading down the half lit street. She stopped under a lamp on a park bench to write.

Just talked to Neji about the moon. I remember TenTen once told me about that, don't remember why, but it stuck with me. Maybe that's why TenTen likes the moon so much, you know, because Neji does? I don't know. Anyway, I think I have three plants in mind but they all seem to work for him… Maybe I could ask someone. Ah! I got it. Lee and them might still be fighting, I could ask him his opinion. You know, kind of like a poll. I'll interview them all. I'll record it here! Okay, I'm off!

Naruto: A little distant, quiet, brilliant opponent, seems to be true to his name, proud

Lee: Cool guy, opposite of his family name, likes to be alone a lot, very proud

Kiba: cold, kind of creepy, very full of himself.

Sakura: distant, keeps to himself, very proud

Hinata: uh… she really couldn't come outside, she was stuck inside her mansion so I had to skip her.

Shino:… doesn't talk much……………………bye……………

Shikamaru: troublesome… He fell asleep after that.

Sasuke: Cold, annoying, stupid and annoyingly proud

That was all I could get to. It's about eleven now, I think it's time I picked! My mom's going to kill me for staying out so late. I am so confused. There's one that kept showing up besides distant, that was proud. Well after that talk about the night and stuff, he doesn't really seem to be proud of anything but himself… Maybe he is… Huh? Oh sorry, I heard someone coming. I think I hear voices over on the bridge. I'll be right back.

Ino closed her journal and hurried over to the bridge, a pair of teens talking. TenTen was facing the proud Hyuuga, her shoulders a little slumped. Ino hurried behind a tree to hear them talking in low voices. TenTen seemed to have been crying.

"You shouldn't blame yourself," Neji said in a calm voice as TenTen continued to cry quietly, angry at herself for showing this weakness in front of him.

"I… I could have stopped fighting with her so much… I… I yelled at her before she left…" TenTen had fully broken down now, crying into his chest. Neji blinked slowly, patting her as she cried hard.

"It's not anyone's fault. It was an accident…"

"S-She said that m-my c-c-chicken s-story was s-stupid, then I-I y-yelled at her. I s-slammed the door at h-her and she left. S-She was my mommy!" TenTen cried, her muffled voice stuttering as she tried to keep audible. She almost pulled away when Neji suddenly pulled her into a hug, putting his right hand over her head, trying to show protection to her. That was all he seemed to know to do but soon her tears subsided. Ino smiled and turned away, about to go back to the bench where her journal was waiting when she heard something behind her.

"TenTen… don't worry. I'll watch over you… like she would…"

Ino smiled as she hurried to the bench, her journal patiently awaiting her return.

TenTen was crying. I think I found Neji's flower though. Its nothing to do with his personality as others see him. Its how the world should see him, I think. It's the Coriander. It means Hidden Worth. Yeah, that sounds right.

I'm guess I should be getting to bed, I'm already fifteen minutes after curfew. Talk to you tomorrow.

Ino closed her journal and started heading home when she took one final look at the moon for the night.

"Hmm…"

She had picked the right flower, she was certain.

Hidden Worth…

-Hey y'all, I am so happy! I wrote this in pure joy, except the sad part with TenTen, I might never actually write down what happened, so you might need to draw your own conclusions… Unless I write it in her chapter… Hmm… Oh well, if you have a request for a character I will gladly write it. Still I don't know how long this is going to be because there are kind of two things going on at once, the Jounnin Exam and her diary entries, so I might go into story mode later so whatever. Anyway, sorry this is a long note, I love reviews! Good or bad, at least they mean you read! Oh, and there are very slight parings in this, so don't read into TenTen and Neji together if you don't like that. Thanks! JYA!

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