Hey people! Thanks for the lovely reviews for chapter 15! Here's the next chappie, hope you enjoy!

Tina-chan: I do not own Naruto, it belongs to Kishimoto-san! The only thing that's mine is the Jadepanda clothes line.

Warnings: -sigh- slight angst, fangirl convention. Need I say more?


Neji felt a presence behind him and turned around to see his cousin Hinata.

"Is there something you want Hinata-sama?"

His voice was cold, and Hinata flinched.

"A-anou, I-I… G-gomen nasai."

"What is there to apologize for?"

"…A-anou, about G-Gaara and N-Naruto-kun… Y-you liked Naruto, r-right?"

Neji glared at her with so much venom she covered her face with her hands, as if he was going to hit her. When he spoke venom dripped from his words.

"I'm over that, and I would appreciate it if you didn't spy on my affairs. Please don't bring it up again."

Neji walked away, leaving Hinata stricken at his attitude and sad for his loss.


"Hey Gaara?"

Naruto and Gaara were in the living room eating popcorn, which Gaara found out that he rather liked. He was finding that he liked to eat a lot of things…

"…what?"

"Did ya think that maybe Neji looked kinda sad?"

"…Who cares?"

"C'mon, don't be like that! He had a pretty screwed up childhood ya know!"

Kankuro had just entered the living room on his way to the kitchen and was intrigued. What had happened to the Hyuuga kid with the freaky eyes?

"The Hyuuga have the branch family and the main family, and…."

Naruto told the history of the Hyuuga family to the best of his knowledge, including Neji's seal and the stuff between the main family and the branch family. Kankuro winced.

'No wonder he's so cold, I wouldn't be too friendly if I went through that either.'

Gaara, being Gaara, wasn't moved.

"…So?"

"So! I don't want 'im to go into depression or something! I wonder what's bothering 'im?"

"… I think I know but he can't do anything about it."

"Really? Tell me!"

"… It's nothing; he'll probably be over it soon."

"Anou… If you say so Gaara. Hey, let's put on our pajamas now! They look really comfortable!"

"You guys have pajamas? How old are you, six?"

Gaara glared at his brother, who was trying to hold in a snicker.

"Hey, pajamas are for everyone! At least Gaara and I don't have weird makeup on!"

"It's not makeup; it's an artistic paint design!"

"The kid has a point Kankuro, it does look pretty weird."

Temari came into the living room.

"You should take it off once in a while. You'll never get a girlfriend at this rate you know."

Kankuro threw his hands into the air in frustration.

"Will you guys lay off my artistic paint design? Also, who said I was looking for a girlfriend? Just because you can't get a boy-"

Temari's fan suddenly appeared in her hands and Kankuro decided it was a good time to exit.

'Why the hell do I have to have two violent siblings? This sucks…'

Kankuro left the room quickly. Temari turned to the two boys.

"I think it's about time for bed, what do you guys think?"

"Yeah, I'm tired! Come on Gaara, let's put on our pajamas!"

"… Hn."

'Why do they have to be green panda pajamas…? If I ever find the creator of the Jadepanda© clothes line, I'll crush them in my Sabaku Kyuu!


The next day

Gai had just finished his 500 laps around Konoha and was thinking while doing his 3000 morning push ups. Who could have captured his rival's affections? What virtuous maid could have so wormed her way into the copy nin's heart to depress him so much he could not even battle his rival the Green Beast! All of a sudden he caught sight of one of his youthful students!

"Neji-kun! What are you doing this most virtuous and youthful morning? Training perhaps?"

"…Ohayo Gai-sensei."

Gai noticed that his student had a peculiar look on his face. It was… the look of a broken heart!

"Neji-kun! Are you perhaps suffering from the pain of a broken heart? Oh, the tragedy of youth!"

Before Neji could get away Gai embraced him with tears in his eyes. Neji shuddered in horror, which Gai mistook for overwhelming sadness. He released Neji (to his relief) and struck his 'nice guy' pose.

"Fear not my youthful student! For now you must find a new object of affection! Do not look back on your lost affections, but look forward to finding a new one! Love will find you again soon enough!"

Neji would never admit it, but his Sensei's speech made him feel slightly better. He gave a slight smile.

"Arigato Gai-sensei."

He turned to leave.

"Ah, one moment Neji! I must ask… Has there been any recent gossip concerning my ultimate rival Kakashi? Anything about him having taken a liking to someone?"

"…Not to my knowledge Gai-sensei. Maybe you should ask Tenten?"

"Ah, good idea! Now go, as I do not wish to keep you from your training! Have a youthful day!"


"…Wow, that Gai is pretty inspirational. I think that Neji needs some help finding a new object of affection though, what do you think Hina-chan?"

"A-anou, w-we should. N-Neji-niisan isn't the most social person…"

"It's decided then! We might need some help with this though. Can you ask the Konoha Yaoi Fangirl club? You're a member right? They might be able to help. Lets see if we can arrange club collaboration, the KYF club and the GaaNaru fanclub!"

"H-hai T.C.-san!"

"Just call me T.C. Hina-chan, we're friends right?"

"H-hai!"

The president and new vice-president of the GaaNaru fanclub went to arrange a club collaboration of epic proportions.


"Sakura-chan? You're the president of the KYF club?"

"T.C.-san? You're the president of a GaaNaru fanclub?"

The girls stared at each other for a bit then shrugged it off.

"Okay T.C.-san, why did you and Hinata-san want to call for club collaboration?"

All members of both the KYF club and the GaaNaru club were currently gathered outside swapping pictures, gossip, merchandise, and waiting for the meeting to start. They quieted when T.C. raised her hand for silence.

"The KYF club is devoted to all current yaoi couples in Konoha. The GaaNaru fanclub is devoted to Gaara and Naruto. The cousin of our vice-president had a crush on Naru-kun, as is now depressed. Hinata and I want to find him a boyfriend. Does anyone know who we could pair with Hyuuga Neji?"

There was an immediate uproar. Girls began talking excitedly, wondering who to pair Neji-kun with. Temari suddenly got an evil idea.

"I know!"

The girls stared at her.

"I suggest that we pair Neji with my brother Kankuro!"

That raised more than a few eyebrows.

"Hm, that's kind of an unusual pairing…"

"Yeah, I was thinking Lee/Neji..."

"But it could work…"

T.C. and Sakura raised their hands for silence.

"Actually Temari-san, we had both of those two in our custody yesterday!"

Temari raised an eyebrow.

"Really?"

"Yep, they were spying on our club and we apprehended them. We also… convinced them to help us out. What if we had them spend time together and get to know each other?"

"That could work. Kankuro really needs to have a real relationship; he's too into his freaky puppets."

"So we're together for this?"

"Yep!"

Kurenai appeared.

"Does the GaaNaru fanclub know about the KakaIru pairing?"

T.C. squealed.

"OMG, did Kakashi-sensei finally make a move? It's about time! How did Iruka-sensei react?"

Kurenai smirked.

"Actually Kakashi's getting rather depressed. He doesn't know what to do next. Guess who promised to help him?"

"Who?"

"Who else but Maito Gai?"

Everyone in the room started to crack up.

"OMG, poor Kakashi!"

"Hey, Gai might be able to help! He's pretty cool."

"Well-

Kurenai held up her hand for silence.

"I think we should let Gai figure it out and try to help Kakashi. He might be rather strange, but he's a good guy. All he has to do is figure out who Kakashi likes."

"He doesn't know yet?"

"He thinks it's a girl."

"Isn't he going to be surprised…"

Thus the meeting ended and some members began to plan a huge Konoha Yaoi convention for later in the year to spread gossip, pictures, and maybe attract new members.

TBC


If anyone has ideas for what Gai should do, I'm up for 'em! Hope u liked the chapter. I'm tired… -yawn-

Please review, it gives the authoress energy to continue the fic… -zzz-