AN: this makes me laugh almost as much as the original scene. I don't know half of these characters so well because I never actually watch Naruto. I'm basing the Ino-Shika-Cho group on a mix between tiny bits I've leant from other fan fics and the personalities of their children. Anko and Genma I'm getting from other fics entirely. Kurenai I'm guessing completely. Again, feel free to correct me if they are completely out of character. Disclaimers still apply.

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Missing in Action

Chapter twelve- Daddy's princess

They put on shifts. One person was stationed at each monitor, switching every half an hour, while the others walked around getting fresh air and food. Due to the time delay, Tsunade had made sure that there was plenty enough stocked food down there to feed them all for weeks, even with an Akimichi in residence, as well as sleeping areas for them all. If anyone one ever complained, she would simply point out that they were welcome to leave at any time, but they might miss the fireworks.

So far, there had been nothing more interesting since that morning except some of Kakashi's reactions to Sakura's cooking. Whatever Sakura was doing, it was wearing at the jonin, to the point that he regularly looked up from his Icha-Icha in order to keep an eye on her. Or maybe he just wants to watch her. It's hard to tell from a not too clear image of only one eye.

It was getting late now and if Shikamaru and Ino hadn't been in bed pretty much all day, they would certainly be expected to be going there now, as would Kakashi and Sakura.

Tsunade sighed and went over to the security room ready to take over for the next shift. So much for entertainment on her birthday. Oh well…there's a week, if not longer before my birthday's over. I'm sure they'll come up with something before then. She was stopped I her tracks though as Genma ran out of the security room, struggling to breathe.

"Tsu… nade…get…evr…"

"What the hell is wrong with you Genma?" She asked him, slightly concerned

"My… sen"

"He swallowed his senbon" Choza came up from behind him, a grin on his face.

"Again?" Tsunade frowned.

"Never mind him Tsunade-sama. We've got to get everyone here now. You'll die of laughter"

"Something happened?" Anko stepped out from behind them, Kurenai in tow.

"Yamanaka-san…" Genma began to breathe again "strikes again… bloody funny"

"And it got worse when you left Genma." Choza informed him "you know, I'm not sure if it'll be safe to bring Shikaku and Inoichi in here actually."

"What has he done now?" Inoichi fumed as he walked towards the group.

Shikaku strolled not far behind "Just go in Inoichi. We can't do anything to neuter our children till they get out, so we may aswell have a laugh while we're at it. It's no worse than the interrogation we gave Ino the other day"

With that they sat down in front of the screens and Choza asked them "which one do you want to see first?"

"You mean… Hatake actually did something interesting?" Anko gasped in surprise "Or did little Sakura turn dirty?"

"It was interesting for sure, but I wouldn't say it compared to the others" he informed her.

"Well then use Hatake as calm down afterwards then." Tsunade suggested, urging him to just go on "Just play the tape Akimichi"

"Right then" he sat down and pressed play.

The image showed Shikamaru, having woken up, staring down at a peacefully asleep Ino. It was obvious she hadn't gotten much sleep last night but it soon became obvious that she wasn't that asleep when he tried to move her off him. She wrapped her arms around him tighter when he tried to turn her over, causing him to gasp.

His back was facing the camera as he leant on his side, blocking the view of her right hand, so it was unclear where the gasp had come from, and naturally the adults in the security room jumped to the worst conclusions.

"Kinky bitch" Anko giggled, but was silenced by a death glare from Inoichi.

"You're awake" Shikamaru remarked, a little too calmly.

They all watched as the hand that Ino had around his back slid down and grabbed him in the ass. Amazingly, his calm remained as he took the smaller hand from his own body and tried again to push her off. Sitting around to face the camera he tried to ignore her. "Stop it"

The camera caught a view of Ino, hair loose around her face and her eyes loosely closed as she ran a hand seductively across the sheets, reaching for him. Everyone shot sheepish glances towards Inoichi, weary of his reaction but he remained still. Nevertheless, Shikaku thanked his sense in letting Choza sit between them.

Then she spoke, her mumbled voice sounding more like a purr to the perverted adult minds of those in the room "Gomen Shika-kun. You're just so rock-hard sexy"

Shikamaru simply gulped and stood up from the bed, head low. "I…I need to go to the bathroom Ino. You'd better, um… get up and eat something from the kitchen, ok?"

The parents breathed. At least he wasn't stupid enough to fall for her tricks. "Good boy" All three said in unison, ignoring the barely controlled giggles from the others at Ino's comment.

She licked her lips sensually "Hmm… I'd much rather eat something from you, Shika-kun"

They all watched on, on the edge of their seats as Shikamaru looked like he was going to look back at her but then he suddenly thought better of it and walked straight out of the room, bright red from embarrassment.

Then Ino sat up and smirked to herself, knowing that it was working as she straightened her skirt and walked over to the kitchen, as if nothing had happened.

"That's it!" Inoichi stood up, fists clenched "I'm going to go and get her right now! No child of mine is going to act like that around some guy. It's ridiculous"

Tsunade cracked. Sake spilt everywhere as she burst out in laughter. "Gomen Inoichi but… what exactly are you going to tell her…?"

Genma joined in the fun with his own suggestions "Hey Princess, Daddy saw what you did half an hour ago on a video link. Now, he wasn't prying in your top secret mission but you can't act like that, it's naughty. Now you better get back up in your tower."

Inoichi glared at Genma like he was going to skin him alive. Genma leaned over and whispered to Tsunade "Too far?"

She nodded, "Too far"

"Running?" he suggested

Then to his surprise, Inoichi simply reached out and smacked him lightly on the shoulder, before letting out a brief laugh. "Forget it. It's like Shikaku said. We can't neuter them yet so we'll just use this for extensive blackmail when they get out. As for you lot…one more comment that comes across as anything near controversial in regards to my daughter, and I will gut you properly. Understood?"

They all nodded, Genma more vigorously than the others. Choza went to press play on the other monitor. "You really have to pay attention on this one. They are really subtle"

The image came up not unlike those they had been seeing from the Kakashi-Sakura apartment all day, but it had been stopped with perfect timing, as Sakura asked a very important question.

"Does it look more interesting than reading that book of yours for the hundredth time?" She smiled at him with the sweetest smile, barely flirtatious at all but certainly inviting.

Anyone would expect him to tell her to stop being so cheeky, but then he did the most amazing thing. He actually put the book down! "Oh, I'm sure it is." And he sounded sincere! There was no part of his skin at all visible to the camera from its sideways angle, but his stance gave the impression that he was giving her a similar smile. This was too good to be true.

Choza stopped right there, explaining that it gets kind of boring after there, unless they wanted to see Kakashi get undressed. Sakura, being the gentlewoman that she is, let him change in the main room, exposed to the camera. Anko quickly amended Choza's assumption that no one wanted to see, but she seemed to be the only one so she was told to wait until her watch, then she'd have 100 video access.

Still, the very fact that Sakura had got him to put his Icha Icha down, out of choice, in favor of talking to her, showed that she was having a bigger impression on him than they had first thought. It just didn't quite make good TV yet in comparison to what was going on next door. Tsunade smiled. Yet…

"I bet he's getting actual feelings for her" she blurted out.

"What?" Anko asked her.

"You heard me. He's on orders not to retaliate in any feelings until tomorrow night. That right then, counts as retaliation from where I stand. Have you ever known Hatake to so blatantly disobey orders? I haven't. So it must mean he actually, genuinely likes her enough to put that book down for her, without her asking."

"No. I won't believe it. He's always frigid in missions, trust me on that. He would never openly show emotion like that unless it was feigned, or he was ordered to. You're on Tsunade!"

"I saw no proof he put it down for her." Genma jumped in. "My bet says he finally took my advice in putting that stuff down because it is crap. That's why he agreed that it, whatever it was, was more interesting than the book, because the way that Jiraiya writes, anything would be more interesting. I prefer my woman non-fictional" here he gave a wink to Anko, but she was already staring back at Kakashi on the screen.

"Is anyone else in?" Tsunade offered with a grin.

AN: Don't eat me. I promise I'll go back to the couple's soon. I know it all seems a little repetitive, recycling the same scenes, but I always love reading and experimenting with different POV's of the same scenes. You see things that you don't see when you look at it from another perspective (like that thing with Ino- I bet you're wondering why she did it if he wasn't watching.). Plus I just love the original Ino-Shika-Cho trio's reactions to their children's actions, despite the fact that you can't help but feel sorry for Chouji, being stuck in hospital so he can't join the fun. And before you start, there will be some less-subtle Kaka-Saku later on (I think I might have him self-whip himself- not literally but you get the point. I like the idea of her being stronger than him, even without her chakra abilities, but I still think she's too polite and Kawaii to be a proper little dominatrix. She's smart though, so I'll just stick with the mind games. I also like the idea of trying to figure out why he reads the books rather than why he wears the mask, which I think is something that an older Sakura would be more interested in, considering her complete failure at choosing guys for their appearance), but I'm just so into Shika-Ino ATM it's irresistible. Their relationship is so different to that of Kakashi and Sakura's, as it is as far from forbidden as possible, and almost completely lust-based. I have some ideas for where it's going but if you have any opinions, go ahead.