Well here is another chapter. I'm updating pretty fast :)! Hope you like it. Yes just so you know I've stolen the storylines from Gossip Girl but given them my own personal twist. I'm just such a GG fan. Anyway please Review with any ideas, I've already got n idea of where I'm going but I love hearing people's ideas!! It's extra long today :)!

Chapter 6: Into the rush with Just the Girl and Paparazzi

---------- Shikamaru POV -----------

"Cos' she's bittersweet

She knocks me off of my feet

I can't help myself

I don't want anyone else."

"That one there." He stated pointing to a silver pendant reflecting blue rays of light through the display. 3 aquamarines hung from the chain, in between each we=as a sapphire. He smiled as the man wrapped it into the light blue box, tying the Tiffany's ribbon around it. Smiling he placed the package in his schoolbag and exited the store. The sun was slowly setting creeping further down past the mountains surrounding Konoha. He yawned as he approached his black car. The driver stepped out and opened the door for him. With a nod of thanks he threw himself into the back of the car.

In his pocket his phone began to ring, he pulled it out to see a picture of Neji.

"Yo." He said lazily scratching his head.

"Have you heard from Ten?" Neji's voice was fast, demanding. He wanted answers, now.

"Nah man, but I can drop around now if you want." He suggested a hint of worry tracing his words.

"Yeah do that, I'll drop by again later." Neji hung up, his words strained, barely making a coherent sentence.

"To Miss Huo Long's home?" the driver asked. He nodded and the driver made a U-Turn back towards the Huo Long lot.

*

The car pulled in swiftly, stopping right at the door. He hopped out and climbed the few stairs that led to the door of the house. It wasn't really a house more a mansion. He knocked, and he stood there. Then the door creaked open and Tenten's maid Dong popped out her heart-shaped face.

"Mr. Nara!" she gasped jumping up with a smile. "Have you seen Miss Tenten." His jaw dropped and he shook his head rapidly.

"Why isn't she here?" his voice was shocked, his usually calm demeanor gone.

"She took a look at some package yesterday then bolted, she said something about Ino's birthday present!" Dong was frantic, moving her arms to emphasize her point.

"That's impossible Tenten's had Ino's present for months." He stated, then it clicked. Tenten hadn't needed to buy Ino's present. His mind clicked to a distant memory, from the start of High School. He'd been looking for Tenten, all of them had and he'd been going through the centre of the city when he spotted her she had been cradled up on the side of a building, tears leaking down her face. He'd run.

"Ten!" he'd yelled.

"Today is the day, Mama died and I watched as he took her away, I WATCHED!" her voice broke, liquor reeking of her. He'd helped her up and paid a taxi driver to take her home, he had to find the others, as he turned to go Tenten had grabbed his sleeve.

"Shikamaru, don't tell Neji."

Tenten didn't cope with pain well, or shock or stress, it was a gap in her protection, her protection from being hurt again. He turned on his heel pulling out his phone a he walked, Ino answered first dial.

"Hey Shi-"

"It's happening I need you too meet me in Central." He hung up quickly and told the driver where he was heading, hoping he wasn't too late.

--------- (Ino POV) --------

"Into your head, into your mind

Out of your soul,

Race through your veins,

You can't escape

You can't escape.,

Into your life, into your dreams."

She'd sprinted into the centre of town, gasping for breathe as she met Shikamaru, tension rolling off both of them. It was happening again. Why? Why was it happening again? She remembered that night. Shikamaru had turned up at her house shaken. He'd known Naruto wouldn't get it and let the information slip to Neji and that if asked Hinata wouldn't be able to lie, she'd been the only one. He'd turned up at her house panting and grabbed her saying about how he needed her help. She'd followed, bewildered but mainly worried. Then when they'd turned up at Tenten's she'd been more confused, until she saw Tenten. It had all happened very fast, it involved her helping Tenten clean up and her ordering Shika on how to make a hangover drink from radishes. In the end Tenten didn't return to school that week, much to Neji's unease. He'd been so on edge that a teacher had accused him of being on crack, which Naruto found hilarious.

She sighed as she and Shikamaru shared a worried look, if only. He gave her a map, it was split in half, she had the west side, he had the east her specific areas were marked in pale blue his in dark green. She looked back up at him fighting tears, and then she smiled.

"Promise I'll find her." She said reassuringly. Then she stuck out her pinky, he smiled in return and linked his own pinky through hers. Then she turned and ran. Her heart pounded in her ears as she pushed through the crowds to her first destination, the Tribeca Hotel's bar. She rushed through the revolving door up to the counter.

"Hello, have you seen a girl a bit taller than me brown hair in buns." She pointed to her hair to emphasize her point. The man watched her oddly, chewing on a toothpick grotesquely before shaking his head. She moaned before heading back out, it was raining now and she threw her pale blue scarf over her head to shield herself from the rain. The checked her map, shielding it as best she could from the rain, this one was a big bar titled Calypso, new but very lax on minors. She waltzed in ignoring the catcalls of drunken idiots and approached the bar yelling the description of Tenten loudly the man nodded and yelled his reply.

"Down there!" he pointed further down the bar where she could see the tanned back of her friend. She ran through the crowd to Tenten. Who was asking for another shot. She snatched up Tenten's glass and did the shot, leaving a very surprised and pissed Tenten.

"Hey I pay-…I-Ino?" she looked worried, genuinely worried.

"We're going." She ordered grabbing her friends arm and pulling her out, slapping a hundred dollar bill down as she left. The bartender shrugged and pocketed the money as they exited the bar. She whipped out her phone the moment they got outside still not letting go of an extremely drunk Tenten.

"Ino it's cold." She whined, her words slurred. She paid no attention to the girl.

"Shika!" she gasped so glad to hear his voice. "I got her; she was just drinking shots at Calypso OK? I'm gonna' take her back to her house alright." Shikamaru sighed into the phone.

"Want me to come over." He let out a yawn, tiredness catching up to him now he knew that Tenten was fine.

"Ino I'm cold!" Tenten whined further.

"No it's good, I'll spend the night with her." She replied pointedly. "Promised you I would help her right?" then she smiled and hung up. She whistled pulling over an empty taxi and threw the girl in, instructing the driver to Tenten's house as Tenten claimed she wanted more liquor. The car pulled up slowly and she dragged a now overly cheerful Tenten out of the taxi and threw her second hundred to the man, wincing as he smiled, thinking that she didn't want change. She pushed Tenten inside coming face to face with Dong who went to speak.

"Dong make up a bed for me in Tenten's room, OK? Bring up coffee and ice cream." Then she pushed Tenten upstairs into the shower, ordering her friend to get clean before moving into Tenten's room and borrowing a pair of pajamas. She closed the drawer and lifted Tenten's lamp to find the key she was looking for. She walked downstairs, past Dong who was going to bed, thanking her for the supplies, and into the formal room. In the corner was a large full wall cabinet of liquor, She turned the door open and grabbed 2 bottles of Ketel One and some tonic along with two glasses and rushed upstairs to get away from the prying eyes of Tenten's staff. Just as she was placing everything down Tenten walked in staring at the scene in front of her. Before Tenten could speak she spoke.

"Ten you have two options, tell me what's going on or we can get so smashed that we forget this ever happened." She shook the bottle and Tenten smirked sitting down next to her pouring a glass.

"Let's get drunk." Tenten slurred.

"I was hoping you'd say that." She stated clinking her now full glass with Tenten's.

---------- (Hinata POV) ---------

"Baby I'll follow you until you love me,

Papa-paparazzi.

Baby there's no other superstar for me

Papa-paparazzi."

It had officially been two days since the quad incident and now not only was Tenten absent but so was Ino. Worriedly she pulled out her phone on the oval placing it on speaker for a tense Neji, lonely looking Shikamaru and oblivious Naruto to be a part of the conversation. It rang a few times before Ino answered; we'd agreed to let Shikamaru talk.

"Helllllllo?" she asked sounding rather giddy, yet still managing to slur.

"Ino? What the hell, where are you guys?" Shikamaru questioned, sounding if so more worried than before. She noticed Neji stiffen at Shikamaru's statement, how does he know Tenten is with Ino?

"Ino! HAH! You finally gave in and ordered pizza!" Tenten's voice was in the background, sounding just as slurred and giddy. There was a crackle of movement from the line. "Yo Pizza Hut dude Ino wants the pizza with the ham and pineapple and stuff on it you know it starts with like a h or something." She laughed then Ino laughed with her,

"Gimme a sec, OI TEN! How do ya put my phone on speaker?" she asked still slurry and joking.

"Yah moron the speckle button! Ooops I mean speaker." she laughed more and we could hear them both clearly now. They laughed then I heard liquid being poured into a glass.

"Oh Ino me please!" Tenten wailed and we heard more pouring of liquid.

"Down the hatch!" they screamed together then we heard two loud gulps and more slurred laughing.

"Ino" Shika asked, his eyes sad, it hurt to look.

"Is that you Shika?" she asked laughing; we heard Pop Levi's song Wannamama in the background.

"Oi Ten turn it up I love this song." Ino yelled. The music got louder then we heard Tenten come back to the phone giggling madly.

"Tenten?" Neji asked not worried but almost like he'd seen a ghost. The line went quiet then Tenten spoke sounding sober.

"Oh my effing God!" Then they hung up, we all turned to Shika, they'd thought he was the only one there. He just shook his head and closed the phone so he didn't have to hear the beeping of the dead line.

Beep, Beep, Beep.

Lies, Lies, Lies.

Oooh1 I like this chapter extra long! I love getting into the whole group conflict thing it's just so fun I've already got another conflict planned and it involves one sided ShikaTem (the Tem side of course). Please review :).