A/N: It was brought to my attention by CaffineFreePepsi that my facts were way off in the last chapter.
But I don't think they were way off enough to change them. Cause I'm a lazy ass (:
And my fic really doesn't flow very well. I'll have to fix that.
But thanks to all my reviewers!
Enjoy the fouth installation :D

Disclaimer: I wouldn't be writing a fanfiction if I owned.

Yamanaka Ino was a gossip. There was not a single soul in town who did not know that. They know very well to stay away from her when they're having…issues. But Ino has her sources; she has very many sources.

It was due to one of these sources that she discovered one of her best friends, Tenten, was spending a needlessly high amount of time with a certain Hyuuga, and it wasn't Hinata.

Deciding on getting her information out of Neji instead of tormenting a friend, she climbed into her little green Volkswagen Buggy as soon as she heard the news. She stopped in front of the house she knew belonged to Neji, also due to her sources, and was surprisingly surprised when it was not him who opened the door.

"Ino? What are you doing here?" Tenten stood at the door wearing casual clothes consisting if a sweater and a pair of jeans. Her hair was up in two buns, as it was normally, and everything seemed unsuspicious.

Except for the fact that she was in Neji's house.

But when she came to think of it, the car parked in the driveway did look awfully a lot like Tenten's, but Ino, never wanting to be proved wrong, pushed that minor fact to the back of her head and invited herself into the house.

"I could as you the same question Ten, isn't this Neji-kun's place?" She took off her shoes and walked straight down the hall, having absolutely no idea where she was headed.

Tenten raised an eyebrow at the blonde. "Yeah so?"

"So, why are you at Neji-kun's when you haven't talked at all for the past year?" She made herself comfortable on the couch she found in the living room. She crossed her legs and looked expectantly at the other girl for a moment. "Well?"

"He invited me over, that's all." She sat down in the chair across from Ino. "What are you doing here?"

"That's a good question." The girls turned to see Neji himself standing in the doorway. "The fact that you know where I live and I never told you is rather unsettling."

Ino leaned back into the couch and placed her hands behind her head, making herself unnecessarily comfortable. She grinned a knowing grin. "I have friends in high places, Hyuuga. Don't you forget that if you ever make a move on Tenten here."

"Ino!" the brunette stood up. "Is that what you think? Is that the reason you're here?" She threw back her head and laughed. "You've got it all wrong, me and Neji are nothing like that. We're just friends, I swear. Besides, I only re-met him two nights ago."

The blonde quirked her eyebrow. "And how come I didn't hear about this re-meeting?" Then she gasped. "Did you ditch us for him yesterday? How could you!?"

"Calm down," Tenten started, not wanting to make Ino angry. Ino angry wasn't something she needed. "I didn't ditch you for him, I promise. I was…at the hospital." It wasn't exactly a lie. She was at the hospital for a part of the day, but the other girl didn't need to know that she had spent the rest of the day at the parade with Neji.

At first Ino interpreted what she said as Tenten was the one needing medical attention. Then she remembered Haterou's condition. "Oh right. Sorry, Ten. Well I, uh, should get going now." She walked back to the door and slipped her shoes on. She then opened the door, but before she stepped out she turned and grinned at the other two. "You two look really cute together by the way." And before Tenten could go hit her, she ran to her car and drove off.

Tenten sighed and turned to Neji. "Sorry about that, she's kind of…" It wasn't really possible to summarize Ino into words. "Well, I feel really sorry for Shikamaru."

"Why Shikamaru?" She turned to see Neji sit down and flip on the television like nothing happened. Though she could tell by the look on his face that he was still rather disturbed that Ino knew where he lived.

She grinned. "Because she's got her sights set on that lazy bastard. That'll be quite the romance story wouldn't it? I can see it now: town gossip crushes on the troublesome man who has an eye for another bitchy blonde. That'll be the day."

"Another bitchy blonde? Who would that be?" He never took his eyes off the TV.

"Oh you should remember her. The one that always had her hair in four ponytails. She had two brothers, Gaara and…Kankorou…" Her voice trailed off slightly as she saw what he was watching. "What is that? It's barbaric."

"A movie. It's not barbaric, just gory."

She sat down next to him and was surprisingly unable to keep her eyes off the guts flying everywhere. When the doorbell rang she was more then happy to get off the couch and flung open the front door.

That is, until she saw who was knocking.

It seemed as if their whole group of school friends were there. At the head of the crowd, of course, was Ino who was looking quite proud of herself. "Hey again Ten, I invited some people over."

"How? You just left like, five minutes ago…"

"We're in the 21st century girl, there's ways of fast communication."

"But there's a lot of people, how did they all get…" She shook her head. "You know what, never mind. Let me call Neji."

Before she could he was at the door as well. His pale eyes scanned the people. Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Shikamaru, Hinata, Kiba and of course Ino.

Hinata smiled slightly at her cousin. "H-hello Neji-nii. I'm sorry, Ino-chan g-gave us no choice." Before anything else could be said Naruto yelled something that no one could make out and ran into the house. Needless to say, Neji was beginning to feel agitated.

"And why are all of you at my house?" He debated on whether to shut the door in their faces or not, but then that wouldn't really work since the hyperactive blonde was already inside.

"Don't be so glum Neji-kun. We haven't gotten together like this since school." Ino pushed past him and walked into the house, the rest of the group following her.

Neji sighed and ran a hand through his hair. Tenten was the only one who heard him when he said "There was a reason for that," And she gave a sympathetic smile before joining the others who had made themselves comfortable in his kitchen. Kiba was rummaging through the fridge.

As she sat down beside Hinata, the shy girl whispered into her ear. "W-why aren't you at the hospital?"

Tenten sighed. "Because whenever I go he throws things at me and tells me to go away. The doctor said it would be best if I left." Hinata didn't say anything else.

"Man, you have no good food." He closed the door and grinned, showing his pointed canines. "But I have some booze in my car for later."

"It's almost seven o'clock. Why are you guys here?" Tenten said from her seat next to Hinata. "I mean, I haven't seen half of you for weeks."

Naruto grinned. "Exactly. That's why we're here. For a nice little get together." From his pocket he pulled out a deck of cards. "Time for strip poker." All the guys, even Neji smirked and the girls looked at him incredulously.

"We're not kids anymore Naruto," Sakura said in her scolding tone. "I'm not playing."

The blonde boy didn't relent. "Come on Sakura-chan. Sasuke-teme's playing, wouldn't you like to see him in boxers?"

Sakura's emerald eyes gleamed and she let out a catlike grin. "Let's play."

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Within the hour the game had gotten quite intense.

Naruto had taken off his sweater and his tee shirt, leaving him shirtless in his jeans. Neji had lost his sweater; his long sleeved shirt, his tee shirt on top of that and a sock. Kiba lost his tee shirt. Sasuke lost only a sweater and Shikamaru was still fully clothed.

The girls weren't fairing as well. Tenten had lost her sweater and three of the shirts she had layered as well as both socks. Ino was sitting proudly in her bra, panties, and skirt having lost all else. Sakura lost her dress and was sitting in a tank top and leggings. And surprisingly Hinata had only taken off a sweater.

"When can we stop playing?" Tenten asked, her face tinted red at what she had on left. "I'm cold."

"It's not our fault you're really bad at this." She glared at Neji who was looking at his cards smugly.

Naruto grinned again. "We're not stopping until someone gets naked."

"Ugh, this is so wrong. You guys are just as perverted as you were in school. And here I was thinking at least one of you'd matured." Tenten wrapped her arms around herself, trying to get rid of her goose bumps. "How about we stop now?"

"Come one Tens, you're ruining the fun." Ino sat straight, trying to show off her flat stomach. "Besides, Sasuke-kun, Hinata-chan and Shikamaru have barely lost anything. No one here has reason to be ashamed, we're all friends." Then she leaned over whispering in her ear so only she could here. "Besides, aren't the guys hot? Come on, I know you want to see Neji take off his clothes."

Tenten blushed and pushed the other girl away. "You're not very convincing, Ino. Why don't we get dressed and do something else?"

"I'm cool with that. Besides, I think I've seen enough of what I want." Kiba grinned nodding to the girls. "How about truth or dare?"

A groan went across the girls. Tenten sighed. "What is it with you guys and these games that kids in high school play?"

They shrugged and Sasuke spoke. "Then we'll go for spin the bottle."

She was about to object again when a hand went over her mouth. She looked over at Sakura who whispered in her ear. "Come off it, Ten. Don't you want to see two guys tonguing it?"

And image came into her mind of Naruto and Sasuke on top of each other. She grinned. "Spin the bottle it is."

There was a whooping sound and everyone sat in a circle after putting his or her clothes back on. From the fridge, Kiba grabbed a lone bottle of beer and took a swig of it. Passing it around, everyone took a sip, even Hinata, and by the time it went back to Kiba it was nearly empty. He downed the rest and placed the bottle in the middle. He ginned his canine grin and said, "So, who's first?"

When one said anything Naruto nudged Neji.

Sighing, the longhaired boy reached forward and spun the empty bottle with surprising force. It didn't slow for a while and when it did all eyes were on it...

A/N: Blame this chapter on my teenaged romance-ness. (:
And I actually don't know how to play poker, so I dunno if you can play with that many people or not. Let's pretend you can :D
So what about the bottle?
Should it land on Tenten? Or a guy?
Hm, I think the rating might need to be changed...;)
Thanks for reading! Reviews are loved.
fanny-kun