Naruto: The Musical!

Okay, so I love the ideas (yay!) and I think I'm gonna stick with Disney songs (with maybe a little of non-disney thrown in)

Sooo...the show must go on!

OH, and pairings are:
Shikamaru/Temari

Naruto/Hinata

Neji/TenTen

And Songs in this chapter: Something There – Beauty and the Beast

"Italics" singing

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"Unstressful...hmmm..." Naruto thought with a sigh. He decided to make a list.

Unstressful Stuff
RAMEN!
umm...training
umm...sakura-chan!
bothering kakashi!

He proudly smiled down at his list. "Perfect!" He cried, as he ran off to do said things.

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Temari, Gaara, and Kankuro skidded to a stop before the gates of Konoha. Gaara turned to her.

"Well?"

"What!" She asked dubiously.

"Shouldn't we see what's wrong?" Gaara asked in a bored tone. Temari cocked her head to one side. "I mean, what if it spreads to us?"

"I think what Gaara's trying to say is it might be contagious. The Hokage did say that it was spreading fast." Kankuro said, after a minute of thinking.

"But she didn't say WHAT was spreading fast. It could be anything." Temari replied.

"It's not THAT troublesome." Said a bored tone. They turned to the new voice.

"Oh. It's YOU." Temari said with a sigh. "Well then, what is it?"

Shikamaru smirked as he walked towards them. "Glad to see that you missed me. And it's not that bad. Just...troublesome."

"Well?" Kankuro asked, dying to know what it was. Shikamaru yawned.

"I believe we've dubbed it...Music Syndrome." He said, rubbing his chin thoughtfully.

"What?" All three asked at the same time.

"What is it?"

"Do you have it?"

"JUST TELL US WHAT IT IS!"

"Alright, alright! Troublesome woman. It's just that everyone's been...singing. A lot."

"What?" They all three asked, again. It was pretty cool. Like they were synchronized!

"Well, Naruto got it first, he sang some weird song, then Kakashi, then Lee was singing Zippideedoodah...and I think that other people might be getting it too." They all three gaped.

"You mean to tell us. We came all this way: because all of you just wanted to SING!" Temari said slowly.

"Hn. Pretty much." Shikamaru answered.

"THAT'S A LOAD OF—"

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TenTen walked down the street, yawning. She had been ordered to go pick up groceries again, and it was her day off! She hated doing chores. A bag in her hand, she walked down the road to the marketplace. She stopped after hearing some yelling. She turned around.

There behind her was the Hyuuga house. Where yells of 'Byukagen!' were filling the street. It was most obviously Neji—he had to yell it into the heavens with such force. She had a mind to go in there and tell him to shut up.

But she wouldn't. Because she never did. Suddenly, she heard voices.

"You have the day off. You may go." Said a voice, probably Hinata's father. She heard a mutter obviously from Neji, and heard footsteps come toward her. It was either run (and look stupid) or stay (and look like a stalker). Before she could decide, Neji walked out. He stopped and stared at her.

"What do you want?" He said in a menacing tone.

"I just happened to be going by your house to the store! What's it to you?" She growled right back. He rolled his eyes.

"The store was at the last turnoff. You're obviously lying." He pointed out. TenTen glanced back in surprise. He was right. Damnit.

"Well, I was heading to the store and I took a wrong turn! SO WHAT!" She shrieked. He put his hands up.

"You're a girl. You were obviously coming to spy on me." He said, folding his arms in a conceited fashion, a smirk on his face. She wanted to take out a shuriken and scrape that smirk off his face.

"I would never spy on you, you...you...baka!" She cried out. He looked taken back for a moment, then let on that same smirk.

"Right."

"Well now all this yelling had me work up an appetite. I'm going to go get lunch. She started to walk away. Then she heard a faint voice.

"Erm. I'm hungry too. I'll go." Neji said awkwardly. TenTen bit her lip. Was he inviting her? Or just as teammates?

"Alright..." She said after a while. "As long as you don't act all sexist." She said firmly. He rolled his eyes.

"Whatever." He said, walking beside her. She looked at him, to see a faint trace of red on his face. Her eyes bulged wide open. Was he...blushing? Then she felt red crawl into her face also. Oh, gawd. And then the most terrible thing happened. Her left eye began to twitch. 'Oh no.' She thought. 'The SINGING!' She screamed in her head.

"There's something sweet...
And almost kind.
But he was mean and he was coarse and unrefined!
But now he's dear, and so unsure...
I wonder why I didn't see it there before." She sang, as quietly as she could. Neji stared at her. This was the most embarrassing thing she had ever done in her lifetime. She tried to cover her mouth. It wouldn't work for long.

Suddenly Sakura, Ino, and Lee were walking behind them, chatting. Not that they noticed. TenTen was too busy freaking out and Neji was too busy being totally mortified that now HIS eye was twitching also. Sakura suddenly pointed at them, and pulled them into a bush. "Don't you realize what this is!" Sakura whispered. "They're TOGETHER! NOT FIGHTING!" She cried in glee. Lee smiled.

"I always believed they would look youthful together!" He said like a proud father.

"Wow, I can't believe Neji isn't pummeling her. Or the other way around." Ino stated.

"Wait look—TENTEN'S SINGING!" Sakura whispered with a gasp.

"She glanced this way...
I thought I saw.
And when we touched she didn't shudder at me, naw...
No it can't be, I'll just ignore.
But then she's never looked at me that way before..." Neji sang. Which creeped pretty much EVERYONE out. TenTen was blushing dark red. Sakura, Ino, and Lee giggled.

"New and a bit alarming...
Who'd have ever thought that this could be?
True that he's no Prince Charming...
But there's something in him that I simply didn't see..." TenTen sighed. Neji blushed and turned away. He felt REALLY awkward. I mean, Neji doesn't blush. Or smile. At all. Ever. Period.

"Well, who'd have thought?" Sakura found herself singing.

"Well, bless my soul!" Ino added.

"Well, who'd have known?" Sakura continued.

"Well, who indeed!" Ino cried.

"And who'd have guessed they'd come together on their own!" Lee cried in glee.

"It's so peculiar. Wait and see!" Sakura smiled.

"We'll wait and see!" Lee and Ino added.

"A few days more
There may be something there that wasn't there before!" They all three sang together.

"Perhaps there's something there
That wasn't there before!" They all finished. Lee clapped at them.

"Singing has become a most youthful way of life!" He cried. Ino and Sakura couldn't help but agree. It was...sort of fun! But still awkward. Veeerrrry awkward.

Back with TenTen and Neji, they were both blushing madly, all the way too the grill restaurant. They decided not to speak of ANY of the singing that they did.

"Soooo..." TenTen started awkwardly.

"Did you really mean it?"

"...what?" TenTen asked meekly.

"That you. Erm. Like. Me." Neji said, spitting out the words. TenTen blushed a deep red.

"Well...you can be a HUGE POMPOUS ASSHOLE at times." She said firmly. "But...well..." She said. She was trying to think WHY she liked him at all. "You...have gotten better." She finished.

"Huh?" He asked, for once completely confused.

"Ever since you got beaten by Naruto. You got nicer. You cared more about me and Lee. It's...nice." She said with a grin. He smirked.

"So you were spying on me." He declared. She glared.

"Get over yourself." She said with a playful grin.

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Shikamaru was behind a tree, eyes wide, hands struggling to get in his thinking position.

"I'M GOING TO TAKE DOWN KONOHA MYSELF!" Cried a certain angry blonde kunoichi.

"Temari, calm down! It might be some plot!"

"Hn."

Shikamaru gasped for air as he tried to think of what to do. He got the perfect plan. He smirked.

"You know, if you help us, the Hokage might, uhhh...give a good word in for you to be a Jounin?" He said, coming out from his hiding place. Her eyes narrowed.

"Really?"

"Sure. I'm her number one strategist! I'll tell her myself." He declared.

"Fine." She hissed, setting down her fan. Shikamaru and Kankuro let out a long sigh of relief.

"So come on. Maybe I can show you what we're talking about." He said. Kankuro nodded.

"Me and Gaara will go spy on civilian, erm, singers." He said. He ran off, hoping to god Gaara would follow. Gaara just walked off in the other direction. Temari sighed.

"Why am I always stuck with you." She growled. Shikamaru sighed.

"Troublesome woman." He said, walking off into the fields.

"What are you doing?" She asked angrily.

"Doing unstressful things." He said simply.

"BUT WE HAVE TO FIGURE THIS OUT!" She cried. Shikamaru nodded.

"Sakura says it might be stress. So I'm staying unstressful." He said with a shrug. Temari sighed. It was getting dark anyway.

"Fine." She said, laying down beside him. "As long as you don't try anything." She said defensively. He rolled his eyes.

"Like I would."

"Hey!"

"Sorry. Troublesomewoman." He mumbled.

"WHAT?"

"Nothing."

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Hehe! The next one will be a lot more of all the couples and yes, the plot, and what the darn heck caused all this!

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