Wow! You are, once again, wonderful readers! I wish I could give you all a cookie! I've never had this many reviews! They make me feel great! So, I am proud to present: The third chapter of "Let's Play Pretend!"
Okay, so, the final score of Shikatema vs. Shikaino is…
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Okay, so me + Sasuke, Miho + Kiba, Hinata + Naruto.
The ones left are Shikamaru, Ino, Choji, Neji, and Tenten.
Everyone was awkwardly silent, their eyes switching back and forth, just hoping someone was going to say something that didn't involve them.
"So, what about you, Shikamaru?" Ino asked, quite seductively.
"hm, I dunno." He said, not caring at all. He was obviously trying to think of a way were he didn't have to be involved in this, but, heck, if I had to be in it, he was going to be to. "Gimmie the water," he demanded of Kiba.
As he drank, I began to start conversation. 'Shikamaru, didn't you have a little intimacy with Temari of the sand a little while ago?" I inquired.
He choked on his water.
Wiping his sleeve, he glared at me. "What makes you say that?"
I rolled my eyes in a playful manner. "Um, I don't know, Kankaro hinted something last week when they were visiting for Naruto's birthday, and, it would be a great excuse for running away to be in love, two people from different villages, destined to be together, but their friends and family will never allow it, it's perfect!"
I never thought I'd see Shikamaru blush, but sure enough…
"Hey! Back off, Sakura!" All eyes darted towards Ino.
"What?" three different people said at the same time.
Her words got quieter. "Well, it's no fair that you stole Sasuke from me, so why should you go and take mah hunner hrush from mmme." No one could even understand her, she was speaking so quiet.
It was almost as if you could see the question marks above everybody's head.
"What was that?" I asked, "Speak up!"
She basically started to yell. "I said it's no fair you stole Sasuke from me, so now you want to take my new crush and give him to someone else?"
All was silent.
Neji crashed it like the emergency glass in a building on fire. "So what about me?!"
I counted the number of people left. The number was odd. This could get ugly.
"Um, guys?"
"What?" Neji snapped at me.
"I was just going to say… it's starting to get dark, and the number of people left is odd. Any body mind actually getting married, specifically a guy?"
They all stared at me as if I had tentacles coming out of my nose.
I was looking at Choji. He was moving his eyes from side to side, not keeping contact with someone for more than three milliseconds.
"Um," he spoke! "I could go and fetch Temari from the Sand village and bring her back… if you want."
"No Choji not you too!" Ino screamed.
"I still need a partner!" Neji yelled. Then the place started to get crazy. I could no longer distinguish one voice for another.
"Stop fighting over me!"
"I really don't care anymore. I'm going back to the village. Somebody please stop me!"
"Tenten, will you partner up with me."
"Ino! You should come over to my house."
"Blahblahblah…."
"Everybody SHUT UPPP!" I yelled. "Do you want the Anbu to find us?"
It's silent again.
"Obviously, this is going to be tougher than we thought, but are we going to let that stop us?"
Crickets.
"Anybody who isn't married yet, will you please stand up?"
They did.
"You will be quiet for the next hour while we clean this up, kapish?"
No response.
"Any disobeyers will get a formal introduction with my fists!"
Their heads nodded slowly.
"Now, Neji, you seem to be quite concerned with the fact that you don't have a partner.'
He began to speak in the way he normally does. "Yes, little miss. I do not want my uncle to be concerned with me, but I have a feeling he will be very angry when we return, especially if it is without a wife, no offense Ino, but I do not think I want to join in your little brawl of Temari vs. Ino vs. Shikamaru vs. Choji, so how would you feel, Tenten, If I defied my uncle's wishes with you?"
Her face started to turn blue.
Sasuke panicked. "Breath, Tenten, breath!"
"This works out perfectly for them," I thought. "Tenten isn't exactly the cream of the crop when it comes to blood, but she is very sweet. Hiashi doesn't expect that of his nephew."
Now all that's left is to decide who Shikamaru, Choji, and Ino will end up with. I hate love triangles.
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I'm sorry this is so short; I just need to finish up with this explanation thing. Oh! And the result of the voting will be in the next chapter. So than-q for reading. The next chapter will not be here for until several days, I think, because I need to brainstorm, and I'm feeling depressed. But don't worry; the next chapter will definitely be here by next week.
Special thanks to:
Kyo12591-Yes, they are my favorite couples!
Sweetstuff88- hey, thank you! I will.
Strawberry Lulz
Chocolatecake- Thank you for the vote.
Lauralove- thanks.
ToraHimeSama- I know! It's something he never does. It's fun to read about him doing stuff like that.
ClubSlut
GhostfurAndSkibreaker- I just wanna ask, do you read Warriors?
A Forgotten Fairy..AKA-fairy- Sakura doesn't seem phased, does she? I guess she's still in shock or something.