Gossip Queen
Community/challenge: 7snogs - 5. Rumor
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Title: Gossip Queen
Fandom/characters: Naruto/Ino, Hinata, Tenten, Sakura, Shikamaru, Kiba
Rating: PG-13
Warnings/notes: Its Ino gossiping again.

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"I refuse to believe it, Ino-pig. I mean, the thought's ridiculous."

"Whatever, forehead-girl. You're just mad that I found out first."

"No, I heard about it from Ayame the other day, actually."

The four girls from their generation had gotten together for the day, at first saying that they'd be sparring, but Ino wanted to gossip more so than anything else. Sakura, while she played it off as if she was uninterested, actually wanted to hear it. Hinata was bound to follow the other two--seeking after the majority--in sitting on the blanket they'd laid out, until Tenten dragged her off to do what they'd originally set out to.

The two girls sparring would still keep an ear on the conversation, though, if only subconsciously. None of the kunoichi could help that they were gossip addicts.

"Well, here's one I found that I bet you've never heard."

"Try me." After all, Sakura spoke with Ayame whenever she followed Naruto to the ramen shop for a quick meal. That woman heard everything that happened in Konoha, since the Ichiraku seemed like an innocent enough place to discuss things. Sometimes, it was easy to say Ayame knew more gossip than Ino, the Gossip Queen herself, and actually believe it.

Ino leaned forward, a devilish smile playing on her lips, and whispered in Sakura's ear something only intended for the pink haired girl to catch, and she quickly dropped the chopsticks in hand, mouth open in shock.

Hinata, who had byakuugan on the ready for Tenten's attacks, had been able to read Ino's lips, and stopped in place, causing Tenten to stumble in her attempt to stop before she ran into the pale eyed girl.

"W-what about K-Kiba-kun and Nara-san?" she questioned, blushing brightly and hoping she'd made out the words incorrectly.

"Them? Ino, what could you possibly have on them?" Tenten put her hands on her hips and raised a disbelieving eyebrow.

Ino leaned back, and Sakura continued to follow her with her gaze, though she was still catching flies. "Well... the whole story, in short..." she started, then paused, and muttered something before she settled on how she felt like putting it. "Shikamaru had a mission, and I was sent to go tell him. And, then, you know, I did find him, and he was at his house, and Kiba had him up against the wall. They were kissing like crazy, and well, you could see the jackets going and they didn't even think to close the door, which is how I actually caught sight of them... anyway, once the jackets were gone--"

That was about the point where Hinata's blush had spread from the tip of her toes and skyward before she promptly passed out, only to be caught by Tenten just before her limp form hit the ground. "Hinata-chan!"

Ino managed to look honestly surprised. "...was it something I said?"

And Sakura's thoughts continued to cease function.