Exactly what the title says. Read and enjoy my longest chapter yet: 7 pages!
You've Got to Kiss the Girl:
Tsunade, Kiba, Shino, Hinata, Neji, and Sakura ran towards the playground. They were just in time to see the sky flash from afternoon to morning and back again, again, and again. Then it stopped. Two older girls were hugging Leiko, and Naruto was standing in the background completely confused.
Leiko looked up and waved. "Hey, hey! Over here! I want you to meet my sisters!" she yelled.
The group approached cautiously, and a crowd was beginning to gather.
"Machika, Nyoko, this is Tsunade-baba-san. She's the Hokage," she introduced Tsunade to her sisters. "And this is Hinata, Neji, Shino, Sakura, and Kiba. And over there is Naruto…hey, is he okay?"
"Everyone, this is Machika, the Third. She's sixteen. This is her wormie."
Veins popped on Machika's forehead. "She has a name…" she muttered.
"And this is Nyoko, the Second. She's fourteen. This is her dovie."
Nyoko spoke, "Sister, it is…annoying…when you add ie onto everything." Leiko didn't seem to notice. She was to busy fanning Naruto.
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The rest of the day was rather interesting. Machika and Nyoko got rooms right next to Leiko, but only Nyoko was allowed to babysit Leiko. Machika and Leiko fought too much.
Nyoko's room was white. Everything was white or silver. It was actually rather cold and creepy.
Machika's room was almost exactly like Leiko's, but it featured red, yellow, and orange instead of pink, orange, and yellow.
Everyone was rather confused, but once Tsunade got the message across, everyone just let it be. Soon the adventure to fight Orochimaru would begin. Sooner than anyone could have imagined.
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"Okay, let's go!" Leiko shouted, pouncing on Nyoko's bed.
"Sister, it is five o'clock in the morning. Where must we go?"
"Orochimaru is waiting, Nyoko! We can't tarry around waiting in for success and triumph to overcome us! We must work! Get up Machika and I will gather the group I have chosen to help. We will not need many."
"Yes, I understand," said Nyoko, getting up. Leiko didn't want to get up Machika, but Nyoko could because Earth dared not go against Heaven.
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"KIBA! HELP! HELP KIBA! Orochimaru's attacking me! Ahhh!"
Kiba sat up in bed just to see Leiko sitting on him screaming bloody murder.
"SHUT UP!" Leiko stopped and looked at him.
"Oh, you're finally awake?"
"You knew I was awake, you little brat…" Kiba muttered, looking at the alarm clock. "Five o'clock!"
"Yup! We're going after Orochimaru to save the world today! Well, actually, we're starting our journey today. It'll take a few days to get there, a few days to prepare, a few days to…"
"Okay, okay, I get it," mumbled Kiba.'
"Get the rest of your team and meet me at the gate by six. We will meet up about an hour from here with Gaara-chan, Kankuro-kun, and Temari-sama."
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"HEY! SHIKAMARU!" Leiko screamed, now sitting on top of him. He just groaned and muttered something in his sleep.
"Hmmm…" Leiko thought. "Aha! AHHH! SHIKAMARU! TEMARI'S been KIDNAPPED and it's up to YOU to SAVE HER! Who knows what horrible tortures they will put her through, or if she is even…" Shikamaru's hand was clamped over her mouth.
"What a wonderful way to wake up in the morning. How troublesome…"
"Get your team and meet me at the gate by six. We're going after Orochimaru."
"Huh? What time is it? FIVE FIFTEEN!"
Leiko ran out of Shikamaru's house, screaming, "Shikamaru hit me! Wahhh! He's so mean!" until she ran into Tsunade.
"Hurry up, Baba-san. We're leaving at six!"
"I know. I heard it from Neji, Kiba, Hinata, and just about every other…hey, you chose these people out of all the Jounins and such?"
"Yes. These are very talented, you have to admit. But you should get ready! We're meeting Gaara-chan, Kankuro-kun, and Temari-sama in two hours. Hurry up up up !"
"…"
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Everyone met at the gate an hour later, really pissed at Leiko because she had gotten them up so early. Everyone glared at her as she was the last one to walk up to the gate. She was five minutes late, and rode on Suki, who flew through the air. Nyoko hopped onto her dove (Ai) and Machika rode her worm (Hisa).
(These aren't summonings. They turn into smaller versions of themselves until their master needs them.)
And the group began walking/riding in silence.
"Here's a llama, there's a llama, and another little llama. Fuzzy llama, funny llama, llama llama duck!" sang Leiko loudly. Everyone sighed. This was going to be a long trip.
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One hour later…
"Wow. I never thought I would hate llamas so much…" muttered Neji.
"It's not that bad! I kinda like that song!" proclaimed Naruto. He had been singing along with her after she taught him the llama song.
"Okaysies, everybody! Gaara-chan should be here any second. So should a few Sound ninjas who have been pursuing us," called Leiko from Suki. "Oh! I can see Gaara-chan! He's fighting really good! But they might need some help. There are a lot of ninjas. Everyone has to take on one ninja! Don't worry, you'll be protected and you won't lose! Hooray for team Leiko!" Everyone sweat-dropped, but hurried forward to take on a ninja.
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Leiko killed off ninjas with her own special jutsu. Machika and Nyoko used their own jutsus, also. Machika forced her chakra into the earth and tunneled through the ground to blow up the enemy. Nyoko formed seals with her hands and blew up each enemy from the inside.
There wasn't any trouble, because while fighting the three sisters managed to put up chakra shields around all of their teammates (Leiko's was red, Machika's was green, and Nyoko's was white/silver). But there was one thing that the shields couldn't block and that was illusions.
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That was where Temari was having trouble. Temari was up against three Sound ninjas who combined their illusionary attacks. So far Temari had been able to escape most of them, but she was then hit by many poisoned shuriken. She looked around, but there was no one to help her. Why hadn't the shield worked!
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Only a little while away, Leiko was now fighting with none other than Orochimaru himself. She had had to take the shields off of everyone. Leiko finally got a shot at Orochimaru, and her whip-like chakra strands created painful scars across his face and arms.
"Ahhh!" he shrieked. "I'll be back!" Orochimaru claimed, disappearing in a puff of smoke.
Leiko quickly put the shields back up, but it was too late. She ran off towards Temari's direction, hoping the wounds weren't too bad.
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Temari held a kunai in her hands, and it was implanted in the boy in front of her. Shikamaru. Temari screamed as he collapsed, catching the body and falling to the ground. She dropped his head carefully, covering her eyes. When she opened them again, she screamed in horror and clutched her stomach, tears running wildly down her face and mixing with dirt and blood. She sobbed uncontrollably, clutching her head and curling into a ball beside Shikamaru's body. When she was finally able to stand, she got up and backed away up against a tree trunk, still crying and unable to look away from his body.
"T-Temari…" he rasped. "I hate…you…"
She could only scream and cry, comforting herself over his now dead body. She began to faint, but someone caught her before she could hit the ground.
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Everyone else was done. They had heard Temari's screams and cries and they were just in time to see Leiko rush over to catch Temari's collapsed body.
"Oh, god, I'm sorry, Temari!" Leiko cried (not literally. The Celestials don't exactly cry).
"What happened?" Kankuro and Gaara rushed over to Temari.
"I-It was an illusion, Temari! Snap out of it!" Leiko panicked. Kiba went up to her and grabbed her, forcing her away from Temari.
Nyoko went over to kneel beside Temari. She quickly healed all of her injuries and extracted the poison.
By now Leiko had calmed down. She kept glancing at Shikamaru for some reason or another…had she seen the illusion?
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They camped out that night. Temari still hadn't woken up. Shikamaru sat high up in a tree, and was surprised when he heard loud cracks and an occasional 'OUCH!'. He looked down and came face to face with Leiko.
"Well, are you just gonna sit there or are you gonna help me up!" Leiko cried in anguish. "I'm no good at climbing trees!"
"How troublesome…" Shikamaru helped Leiko onto the branch beside him.
After a few moments silence, Leiko spoke, "You want to know what she saw? Or rather, what she thinks she did?"
"It has something to do with me?"
"It has everything to do with you."
"…"
"You know, she's still in love with you."
No answer.
"I know you love her too."
"…"
"…"
"Well, what are you waiting for! I'm gonna go wake her up and send her up here right now if you don't go…Ahhh!" Leiko fell out of the tree with a loud CRASH!
"…"
"…"
"…"
"TEMARI! Wake up, dammit! OUCH! What'd you do that for?"
"Huh? Well why were you standing over me! It's your own fault we knocked heads!"
Strange whispering…
Suddenly, a figure sat down beside him. Shikamaru didn't have to turn to know who it was, and instead turned away.
"Hey, idiot! Are you just going to lay there or are you going to ask me how I am?"
"Feh."
"Hey, is everything okay with you? You've been acting sorta…crabby."
"…"
Another voice joined the conversation, saying, "You know, you could just apologize." Shikamaru reached up, grabbed Leiko's shirt, and pulled down. BAM!
"Ow! Kiba! Shikamaru rudely pushed me out of the tree!" Leiko complained.
"Well, you probably deserved it."
"Hmph!"
Temari laughed, and Shikamaru couldn't help but laugh along. He looked at her. She had on one of her rare smiles on, and he couldn't help but think it was…well…cute.
"Temari…"
"Yeah?"
"Sorry."
"Hm?"
"I lied. I'm sorry that I lied."
"Huh? What'd you lie about? I can remember a lot of horrible things you've said to me, but you never lied," insisted Temari.
"Yes I did. I lied when I said no one could ever love a woman like you."
Shikamaru turned to Temari. "Hey, Temari…"
"Hey, idiot, are you going to kiss me or what?" Temari said, smirking.
'God, I love that smirk.'
Shikamaru leaned forward and put his arms around Temari. She put her hands on his head and leaned forward.
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DUH DUH DUH! Okay, you know what happens next so just use your imagination. Jeeze, peoples, I don't know how to write a kissing scene! Do you expect me to? Well, if you do don't tell me. Really. Just tell me what you like.