Okay so think i met my two week limit this time. i also am not sure if this is the most well written chapter because i was kinda distracted while working on it. i have an idea for another story but i don't wanna start another chapter story until im done with this one. anyways i hope you enjoy the chapter.

Troublesome Times

Ino's PoV

I had been on my way to pick up my tiny purple phone and call my friends when it rang. I picked it up and answered as I continued to get ready.

"I was just about to call you. You remembered I'm guessing?" I asked my friend and skipping right over the hellos.

"Yes I remembered Ino I just feel like…I look ridiculous." Tenten said flatly.

"I'm sure you don't look bad Tenten, you're dressing like you're from the eighties, I'm dressing from the seventies, Hinata got the fifties, and Sakura got the twenties. You won't look any more out of place then the rest of us."

"But-"

"Tenten relax. The whole point of today is not dress from the past and it's not like we're trying to impress anyone," I paused for a second then smiled "or are we."

"NO! Ino it's just that…"

"What are you wearing?" I asked and I brushed out my long blonde hair.

"Ino." She didn't sound very happy.

"Tell me." Tenten sighed.

"I have my black leggings (I hope that spelling right), bright pink off the shoulder extra large sweatshirt, leg warmers, sneakers, half a can of hairspray in my hair. I look exactly like the picture you gave me."

"Then you look fine now head on to school I'll see you there." I snapped my phone shut and looked one last time in the mirror. My hair was down, I had on bellbottoms, a blouse I bought from a vintage store, and my white platform pumps. I picked up my messenger bag, now decorated with seventies buttons and walked out the door.

Tenten's PoV

"Hey Tenten." Hinata said as she ran up behind me. I looked around at her and Neji. Hinata looked very cute as a fifties girl. Her dark hair was pulled into a high ponytail and tied with a light blue ribbon. She wore a white blouse and a pastel blue poodle skirt. On her tiny feet were bobbie socks and saddle shoes.

"You look adorable." I said with a smile.

"And you look very uncomfortable." She said back. "But exactly like you should, even the make-up."

"Yeah well, I'm changing right after school before we go shopping." I said and was quickly reminded of something. "By the way Neji I won't be able to train later, I'm really sorry." 'I love my friends and shopping isn't all bad but why did it have to cut into the time I spend with Neji.'

He nodded at me. "That's fine." He said and parted ways with us when we entered the school. Hinata and I joined Sakura and Ino by their lockers along with some of the boys. Ino with her platforms stood inches taller then us now, Sakura's outfit resembled that of a twenties flapper girls' dress; her hair was even styled into the classic bob cut. Lee and Naruto looked twice as insane as usual in the green and orange leisure suits. Kiba opted to go way into the past and was wearing a homemade toga.

"Well I must say you look as if you've gotten into the swing of this spirit week," a voice said as it approached the group "much better then on Monday." Ayako said.

"It wasn't too hard; I mean we do this every year." Ino said convincingly.

"Of course you do." Ayako and Kisho responded with disbelieving looks. There was a large noise coming from one of the closest rooms and the attention was brought away from us. We rushed to the door to see a large portion of the schools' teachers picking up large boxes that and tumbled from the tops of others and split open. I recognized the stuff scattered across the already crowded floor from the packets we had received. Football gear and pompoms mixed in a blue and green mess.

"I find it strange that you still have all of your sports equipment in boxes." Ayako stated with a suspicious glint in her eyes.

"We had extra money in our fund and decided we would purchase new things for our sports teams." Tsunade said.

"It would be an awful lot of money and strange to have the things arrive halfway through the fall sports season." The teachers completely ignored Kisho's comment and we entered to help pick up the mess. The two evaluators walked away with matching semi satisfied smirks.

Shikamaru's PoV

I laid my head on my desk and listened to the loud shouts of my more enthusiastic classmates. The sight of the equipment had fueled Lee and Naruto to an even more unnatural level and their voices seemed to echo in my head. The only person who used to be able to do that was Ino and thankful she was on the other side of the room and not adding to my headache. I turned my head to glance at the blonde girl who was of course leading her own conversation, hers about the pompoms. She had been popping into my thoughts ever more frequently since Naruto had proposed that ridiculous bet at the beginning of the week. I had tried to push all thoughts away knowing that both Sasuke and Neji would stand a better chance at winning the bet then I but now it was Thursday and I was beginning to think that maybe, just maybe, I could win the bet. The one catch was that I would have to ask a girl I liked and that left one choice. Ino. Why her I still haven't figured that out. I could tell for a fact she didn't like me, she yells at me every chance she's given but then again she yells at everyone.

"Class listen up." Iruka sensei was speaking to us but I didn't bother picking up my head. "As some of you are now aware the 'new' equipment we ordered came in this morning and I am supposed to give you some of it now." 'Great more stuff to carry around.' "So when I call your name come pick up your stuff." He picked up one of many boxes and set it on his desk. "Ino, you first." I lifted my head, resting it on my hand, and watched Ino's eyes light up with each item handed to her. Maybe I could give the bet a chance but I'll have to ask her when no one is around. Getting a no in private had to be less embarrassing then it happening in front of the massive group of people that seemed to forever be following the girl.

Soon my name came across the list and I reluctantly got up and gather the many green items and dumped them carelessly into my bag. I waited for the bell to ring while coming up with any time Ino may have been alone. I found none.

2nd period

"So I was thinking that you should wear an off white colored dress Hinata." Sakura said as the girls sat around the table in 'life skills' class and were attempting to sew. "Not a yellow off white though, more of a blue off white."

"Okay." Hinata said not willing to argue Sakura's fashion advice. She continued with her sewing she was actually quite skilled with the needle. They had sown before in class; only Hinata had moved on from sewing pillows.

"Good point Sakura." Ino said as she watched the blue haired girl. "What is it that you're making Hinata?" They'd ask before but they never got an answer. Hinata looked at the mass of peach colored fabric in her hands.

"You'll see soon." She said simply.

Tenten had not been too interested in there conversation but was focusing on her own work. Any sharp object she could handle but trying to use the sewing machine was proving to be a challenge. She listened as Ino and Sakura discussed the accessories they wanted to buy. She didn't want to spend the little money she earned on a new dress, especially when she didn't even have a date but she promised the girls she would go shopping.

"So have either of you got a date?" Tenten found herself asking. They shook their heads.

"The right one still hasn't asked me yet." Ino said. "Normally that wouldn't be a big deal but this time just feels different."

"So who exactly is the right one?" Sakura asked teasingly. She had a feeling her blue eyed friend had a slight crush on a certain polar opposite of hers. It seemed odd but logical that she would fall for her childhood friend 'Shika'; as she so fondly called him. Ino didn't respond and only smiled at her three friends.

"Well you of all people are aware of how lazy that boy is so don't get your hopes up to high." Sakura warned.

Gym class (Shikamaru's PoV)

So far all attempts at asking Ino to the dance had just gone from bad worse. Each time he approached the girl when she was supposedly alone, she hadn't actually been or he would get all the way to the point of talking and then some one would pull her away. Gym class was even more annoying then Taijutsu because we spent the first part of class running and just running. First around the entire gymnasium and then we did these things called suicides. I really didn't think there was much of an exaggeration in the name. We run back and forth between each line drawn on the floor. And when I say back I mean all the way back to the first line. Chouji had become dizzy on the third line and Gai sensei had Ino and I rush him to the nurse's office before we had to see the two bags of chips he downed before class a second time.

"You sure you're going to be okay." I asked Chouji. He was sitting cross legged on the floor with a bucket in his lap as Shizune had instructed. He nodded but only slightly.

"I told you not to eat all that junk but you did anyways." Ino started to argue with Chouji but I quickly grabbed her arm and pulled her back into the hall. Chouji was in no condition to argue and this would give me a chance to ask Ino while everyone else was finally in class and not there to drag her off.

"So are you going to the dance?" Ino asked me casually and I turned my head to look at her. "Oh no wait, that might just be to troublesome for you." She said playfully.

"Well I was thinking about going." I tried not to smile as the smirk fell from her face. She quickly caught herself.

"Oh, well what would bring that on?" She asked curiously. "Have a date? That I know you would classify as troublesome, did someone ask you?"

"You're asking a lot of questions you know that right."

"Well i'm just keeping an eye out for my friend," she paused "so-"

"No, no one has asked me and I haven't asked anyone…at least not yet." We were getting closer to the gym now so I had to hurry and ask. Ino was looking at me surprised.

"Who is it?'

"I don't know if I should tell you." Now I was just wasting time, my nervousness was kicking in really fast.

"Tell me!" Ino nearly shouted.

"Fine but can I ask you something first?" Ino gave an impatient look before nodding and used her hands to motion that I should hurry up.

"Okay so I was wondering-"

"Shikamaru. Ino." Asuma sensei was looking out the door of his classroom. "Thought I heard your voices."

"We were just escorting Chouji to the nurse's office Asuma sensei we're heading back to the gym right now." Ino said to explain why we were not in class.

"That's fine." He said and we started to walk away and I was about to continue with my question when Asuma called me back. "Shikamaru let me write you a note to Gai, I need another tall person to help me get some boxes down from this high self in here." How is it that the one time Ino doesn't get pulled away by some one else, I do? The only reason I agreed was because Ino had already continued down the hallway with a wave and a shout about getting the answer to her question.

At the Konoha Shopping district

"You know what just occurred to me?" Hinata asked as they searched the first store where they had planned to meet with Temari.

"Tell us." The three girls said.

"My father is never going to let me out of the house tomorrow. " Today at practice the girls had been required to wear their new cheerleading uniforms and it's not like they were inappropriate.

"Come on Hinata those outfits are not that bad and this is coming from me." Tenten said.

"You have met him Tenten, it's certain to make him mad especially because I haven't mentioned the whole cheerleading thing to him all together." Hinata admitted as her voice slowly dropped.

"I can't believe you the sweet little daughter haven't mentioned that to him." Ino said. "As for the uniform sneak out of the house without him seeing, no big deal."

"Yeah or bring it in a bag and change when you get to school and just avoid telling him all together. It is only for one more day."

"You want me to lie." Hinata squeaked.

"You already have and well you're right he might not let you do the cheerleading if he knew." Tenten said. Hinata sighed but silently agreed to keep the secret. They found Temari around the back of the store; she had already picked out many dresses for each of them to try on.

"Which dress do you guys like better?" Ino said as she twirled around the dressing room wearing a sky blue dress and holding a dark purple one in her hands.

"The blue one matches you eyes better." Hinata said.

"But this one is my favorite color." Ino pouted.

"But," Sakura smiled "the blue dress is the same color as the sky and we all know how much Shikamaru loves to look at the sky." Temari's ears perked up.

"Did that boy really ask you to the dance?" The older girl asked. "It's about time."

"No he hasn't asked her…yet." Sakura said as she entered the stall to change back to her clothes from the dress she had tried on.

"And he won't, he told me he was going to ask someone." Ino said still debating between the two dresses. "Not that it matters."

"How do you know that someone isn't you?" Temari asked. "You know him better then I do but it seems to be something he would do. You know tell you about it first to see if you thought it was a good idea." Temari reasoned. Ino looked between the two dresses again and decided on the blue one. Even if he didn't ask her at least it matched her eyes.

like i said not the best but i think it came out okay. well maybe not but yeah next chapter is friday and the peprally and game. then the dance will be the last chapter.

Review but go easy on me.

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