Yes! An update! I'm very proud of myself. Anyway, thanks for all the reviews everyone! And I'll have you all know before you continue that I'm not planning on doing any real romance for this story...maybe some hints. But no real romance. Because I really suck at romance. Anyway, onward ho!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

Naruto and Sakura walked around aimlessly while Ino tried to guide them. Kiba shouldn't have been that hard to find, right?

"This is so stupid," Naruto said. "We don't even know where to find Kiba!"

"Well…let's check the Shino's place first," Sakura said. "Because he's a boy and Kiba would probably hang out with Shino whether Shino likes it or not."

"That makes sense, I guess," Ino said.

Then they paused.

"Where's Shino's house?"

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"W-Why are we t-taking this w-way when th-the faster w-way is through the market?" Hinata asked.

"It's such a nice day out, don't you think?" Kiba asked. "And besides, Akamaru and I usually take a walk after practice and I thought that maybe you'd like to come, wouldn't you?"

Akamaru barked.

"Quiet, Akamaru!" Kiba hissed.

"Er…" Hinata said, not wanting to disappoint Kiba by DUMPING him. "Oh, I suppose…"

"That's great!" Kiba said happily.

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"Guys, I really think we should get you to the hospital or something," Tenten said.

The two boys were standing on each side of Tenten, gazing at her while running into a pole or trashcan occasionally. But it's not like they cared.

"Have you eaten yet, Tenten?" Neji asked randomly.

"Uh, no, but—"

"Then I must take you out to eat!" Lee declared. He grabbed Tenten's hand. "Will you, please?"

"Uh…"

"Oh no you don't," Neji said, grabbing Tenten's other hand. "I'm taking her to lunch, Lee!"

"Nuh-uh!" Lee said, pulling Tenten towards him. "I asked her first and she's about to accept!"

"Lee, I—"

"Tenten! Won't you go out to eat with me?" Neji asked, pulling Tenten towards him.

"Neji—"

"No me!"

"No me!"

"Me!"

"Me!"

What came next was a battle of Tug-a-Tenten between the two love-struck teenagers.

Tenten felt like her arms were going to fall off.

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"Do you want to eat something, Hinata?" Kiba asked.

"W-Well, I d-didn't eat lunch yet…" Hinata said thoughtfully.

"OKAY! I know this great restaurant!" Kiba exclaimed, taking Hinata's hand and making her blush. He ran her to the awesome restaurant he was talking about. In front of the restaurant they saw…NEJI AND LEE TRYING TO PULL TENTEN APART! THE HORROR! THE OOC HORROR!

"Oh my gosh!" Hinata exclaimed, running over to Tenten worriedly. "Wh-What's happening?"

"I, ow, have no, ow, idea!" Tenten said. "They just ow, started acting ow, weird and now ow, they're pulling me!"

"Oh dear…" She looked at Neji and Lee. And then backed away from Neji. "Um…"

"PLEASE HELP!" Tenten shouted.

"Oh, right!" Hinata said, looking around. "Um…um…"

Kiba stared at Hinata. He was angry. One, because her attention was stolen away from him again and two, because Hinata looked so distressed.

"Hinata, what's wrong?" he said.

"Oh…I-I have to help Tenten, b-but I don't know wh-what to do!" Hinata said.

"I'll help!" Kiba declared.

"Would you?"

"Of course!" He looked at Akamaru and said, "Akamaru?"

Akamaru barked.

They both nodded and…

CHOMP. CHOMP.

"OW!" Neji and Lee shouted, reeling back in pain. They fell on their dairy-airs and held their injured hands.

Tenten collapsed.

"Oh, um…" Hinata said, looking oddly at Kiba.

Kiba wiped his mouth. "It's a good thing Neji washes his hands."

Akamaru barked.

"Yeah, Lee does too."

"Why'd you do that?" Neji demanded.

"Are you in love with the beautiful Tenten too?" Lee exclaimed, slapping his cheeks.

"NO," Kiba said, looking disgusted.

"Good," Lee and Neji said in unison. Then they looked back at Tenten who had gotten up.

"TENTEN!"

"Argh!" Tenten shielded herself.

The boys dropped down to their knees and cupped their hands. "Please go out with me!"

"Um…" she regained her composure and looked at them with a pained face.

Hinata was shocked. She had never…NEVER seen Neji act this way. "Uh…m-maybe w-we…c-could all go…t-together?"

"What?" Neji and Lee said, glaring at each other.

"Good idea, Hinata!" Kiba said. He couldn't care less about Team Gai because they weren't in love with Hinata. But if they were, oh there'd be blood. "Let's go inside!"

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"Okay, here's Shino's house," Ino said.

"Finally," Sakura and Naruto said.

"Be quiet, will you?" Ino said. "I can just run you two off a cliff, you know."

"That's it," Naruto said, taking Ino's hand off his shoulder. "I'm gonna guide myself!"

"And how are you going to do that?" Sakura asked doubtfully.

"I'm a ninja, I've got a natural sense of things!"

"Right…"

Ino knocked on the door and a man that was most likely Shino's dad opened the door. He just stared at the threesome.

"Shino, we need your help to find Kiba!" Naruto said.

"Who are you?"

"C'mon, you know me!" Naruto exclaimed, grabbing the man's jacket and making Ino and Sakura gasp. "SHINO! Stop playing dumb and help us find Kiba! We need to find him!"

"Er…Naruto…" Sakura whispered. "That's Mr. Aburame…not Shino."

"Oh…" Naruto slowly grinned sheepishly and let go of Mr. Aburame's jacket.

"Shino is not home," Mr. Aburame said disgustedly. "Good bye." He shut the door.

"Well that was rude of him," Naruto said.

"I would do the same if you did that to me," Ino said. "Where would Shino go, then?"

"…"

"Bug-collecting!" Sakura exclaimed, snapping her fingers. "Shino's probably in the fields!"

"That's right!" Ino exclaimed. "Let's go!" She reached for Naruto's shoulder, but he slapped her hand away.

"I can walk by myself!"

"Fine…"

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The group was silent. They obviously had never eaten together at all before and hardly knew each other.

"What do you want to eat, Tenten?" Lee asked, breaking the silence. "I'll pay for whatever you want!"

"Oh, well…" Tenten said, glancing at the menu.

"I doubt you have enough money," Neji said, crossing his arms. "I'll pay for Tenten."

"I just said I'll pay," Lee said.

"So?"

"Guys, I think I want to pay for myself…" Tenten said uncertainly.

"I'LL PAY!" they both shouted, slamming their hands on the table.

"O-Okay…"

"M-Maybe this wasn't a g-good idea…" Hinata stuttered quietly.

"No way, you're idea was great, Hinata," Kiba said. "So what do you want to eat?"

"I-I guess I'll have a n-number three…" Hinata said.

"Okay!" Kiba said. "I'll pay for you."

"I-I don't f-feel very comfortable if y-you have to pay…" Hinata said.

"It's no problem!" Kiba insisted.

"All right…"

Kiba grinned. He was happy because he got to eat lunch with Hinata AND pay for her! How great is that?

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By this time, Sakura and Ino had just given up and let Naruto be because he insisted that he could walk by himself. Even though he really couldn't.

"Okay, here are the fields," Ino said. "It's pretty big, so we'd better start looking for Shino."

"Okay," Sakura nodded. "Don't forget to keep an eye out for the other bug too."

"Of course."

Ino looked around. "Uh…where's Naruto?"

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Naruto had fallen down numerous times because of his loss of sight. His natural ninja senses didn't seem to be working. But he was determined to find Shino and fix Sakura's screw-up. But it wasn't Sakura's fault, he kept telling himself. It was Sasuke's.

He fell over again. "ARGH!"

"Watch where you're going," said a voice.

"Huh?" Naruto turned his head towards the voice. It sounded like Shikamaru. "Shikamaru?"

"That's me," Shikamaru said. "Why are you wearing a blindfold?"

"Don't take it off!" Naruto shouted.

"I wasn't about to," Shikamaru said.

"Oh. Well, I'm looking for Shino to find Kiba so he can find a bug that makes people fall in love with each other."

"And you plan on doing that…blindfolded?"

"Yeah," Naruto said. "Oh, and I got bitten by the girl bug so that means the first guy I see I'll fall in love with." Then he stuck out his tongue.

"Well that makes sense," Shikamaru said. "Carry on."

"Wait! Won't you help me?"

"What do I gain?"

"Shikamaru!" Naruto whined. "I need your help to see! Besides, do you really want a bug skittering around making people fall in love with other people?"

Shikamaru was silent. "It's troublesome, but loving someone against my will is even more troublesome. I'll help."

Shikamaru held onto Naruto's shoulder and directed him around the field. "There's Shino. I see him."

"SHINO!" Naruto shouted as he started running forward.

"Naruto, stop!" Shikamaru called. "Oh boy…"

Naruto tripped over a rock and was sent sailing. He skid on his stomach towards Shino and landed at his feet.

"Naruto?" Shino said, raising an eyebrow.

"Shino! You have to help!" Naruto exclaimed.

"Why are you running around with a blindfold on?" Shino asked, removing the blindfold. "Are you trying to kill yourself or something?"

"No, no, no, no!" Naruto shouted when he suddenly saw Shino. He blinked.

"…Why are you staring at me?"

"This is so troublesome…"

Haha, betcha didn't see THAT coming! lol

Yes again! I got Shikamaru into the mix! Shikamaru's always fun. Okay, so...R&R please! Thank you!

-TTF