Okay, the chappie after this (coming out later tonight) is complete Temari/Shikamaru. Yay! Yay! YAY!

Cold Blooded Babysitting: Part 2:

"Hey! Aren't you supposed to eat your entire dinner?" asked Kiba.

"Hm? Uhhh…I'm eating…" Leiko replied.

"You can barely call that eating. You're as bad as Naruto," accused Neji.

Leiko sat at the ramen shop with the tiniest bowl of ramen you could possibly bye sitting in front of her. That was all she would eat.

Suddenly, Naruto walked into the room and sat at the counter. He, too, ordered the smallest bowl of ramen. Obviously he still wasn't over Iruka's death. Leiko turned to look at him.

"Hey, Naruto," said Kiba. "How's it been going?"

"Okay."

Leiko's eyes widened at Naruto's name.

"Hey, who's that cute girl you're with, Neji?" Naruto asked, leaning around Kiba to look at Leiko.

"Oh. This? This is our mission. We're babysitting," Neji explained slowly.

Immediately Leiko began smoking. "I…do…not…need…to…be…BABYSAT! You are ESCORTING me!" she screeched. Neji just hoped she wouldn't burst into flames again. That was horrifying…

"Sorry. I forgot," Neji apologized. Leiko calmed down somewhat. She jumped off her stool, and walked over to Naruto, whispering something into his ear smiling. Naruto burst out laughing.

'What the…that better not have been about me!' thought Neji furiously.

Kiba smiled. 'That was no doubt about Neji.'

"Hey, Naruto-chan?" Leiko asked after she and Naruto had stopped laughing. Neji and Kiba sweat-dropped at the –chan­.

"Uh…yeah?"

"Can we talk after you're finished with your ramen?"

"Yeah…sure. Hey, what's your name? I like you," said Naruto, poking Leiko on the forehead.

"Oh, yeah! Her name is Leiko-hime!" interrupted Kiba, pulling Leiko away from Naruto.

"Huh? Hime?"

"Yup! I'm the princess of the Hidden Village of Ice!" Leiko explained.

"Hidden Village of Ice?"

"Go ask Tsunade. I'm not explaining," said Leiko, now bored to death. "I want to go do something. I'm bored," she announced.

"We can go to the park," suggested Naruto.

"Absolutely not!" intervened Neji. "It's already nine o'clock! You have to go and take a bath and then go to bed by nine thirty."

"But…"

"Neji is right, Leiko-chan!" Naruto said. "I'll talk with you tomorrow."

"I have testing tomorrow."

"Huh? Testing for what?"

"So Tsunade-baba-san can 'know my capabilities'," said Leiko, impersonating Tsunade.

"You're new here, then?" Neji and Kiba sweat-dropped again. Naruto was so thick…

"Yes. I have to go, now. Things to do, people to meet, places to see…is that how it goes?"

"…you must be a busy ten-year old…"

"Aha! Naruto! You're a good age-guesser!" Leiko exclaimed. "Hey…Naruto-chan…everything will be okay, you know that?"

"Huh?"

"Would he want you so sad?"

Naruto looked down.

"Hey! I said don't be sad!" yelled Leiko, crossing her arms and pouting. Naruto looked up and laughed, because she looked so cute and funny.

"Much better!...Hey! I just thought of good advice!"

"Really? What is it?"

"It's for Kiba."

"Huh?" (Kiba)

"If success is most important to you, you will have a distinct advantage over your rival and any people who have no particular feeling one way or the other. The desire to succeed is helpful, for it causes us to establish goals without which our actions have little or no meaning.

"It is foolish, though, to wait around hoping for success t overtake you. Analyze your aspirations, abilities, and limitations.

"What I mean is that you should work harder towards a particular goal, and because of this you will grow stronger faster."

Everyone stared at her. She just smiled, laughed, and skipped out of the ramen shop, humming merry tunes. Neji and Kiba sweat-dropped, while Naruto had a confused look on his face and question marks over his head.

Suddenly, Leiko reappeared around the corner. "Are you coming or not?" she asked Kiba and Neji, who quickly followed her out of the shop and down the street, Neji now laughing uncontrollably.