Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

AN:Just so you know this was written by LadyFireCat.


The phone rang shrilly through the house. Shino glanced down at what he was doing, and then looked at the phone. It rang even shriller as if responding to his ignoring it. Continue what he was doing? Or pick up the phone to stop the shrill (growing even shriller) noise it was making? Even Ino couldn't go up that high when she was in one of her moods.

Kiba (or was it Akamaru?) whimpered, "Just get the damn phone already Shino!"

"Yeah, it's starting to get annoying. " The statement was echoed by Naruto who, at the moment, looked like shit.

Shino shrugged, not minding their yelling (he was starting to go deaf anyway). He reached for the phone and said into the receiver, "Hello?"

A couple of giggles floated through the phone line (ah the miracles of technology), "Is your refrigerator running?"

Shino glanced back at the kitchen, wincing, "No, it isn't. Goodbye," he said into the receiver before hanging up.

"Who was that?" Tenten asked, desperately trying to put out the remains of the oven.

Shino looked over to his refrigerator which had been toppled over and smashed during the mini explosion that had occurred.

"No one important," he said bending down to pick up more debris, listening absently to Sakura and Ino's harmonized yells. (can yells be harmonized?) Next time he would think twice before attempting to bake cookies again. (if there was a next time) At least the cookies were all right, if a little burnt.