Disclaimer- I don't own any of the Naruto characters.
Photos and Cookies
As they opened their folders, a small envelope was placed in one of the pockets. Kiba tore through his, Hinata carefully peeled it open, Sakura and Ino used their fingernails to cut through the top of it, Shikamaru, Sasuke, and Chouji ignored theirs, Neji slowly ripped it open, and Tenten basically destroyed hers. They each read:
First Task
Each model is to do her own makeup for this photo-shoot. She is to wear her current clothes and each couple er-partnership is to be given a certain time slot in the day to be shooting in the specified location (Given in detail below). Each pair is to be given a role of film good for twenty shots. Remember, models, this is to show your personality and personal style. Photographers, even though this is to show the models' personality, don't forget to direct them to do as you please, also don't forget to be creative. You each have fifteen minutes to complete this task.
Time Slots:
Shikamaru Nara and Temari No Sabaku - 10:15 AM
Kiba Inuzuka and Hinata Hyuga - 10:30 AM
Chouji Akimichi and Ino Yamanaka - 10:45 AM
Neji Hyuga and Tenten - 11:00 AM
Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno - 11:15 AM
Location
In the backyard by the bench and pond.
Once you have finished your role of film, bring it to Shizune and relax until others finish; if you are later in the day, relax amongst yourselves and wait until you are called to begin.
Signed,
Tsunade.
"Well I guess we're first Shikamaru." Temari announced, hopping off of the counter that she had previously been perched on.
"Meh, we still have five minutes." he drawled as he made his way to the futon.
"Ugh, men!" she exclaimed as she stomped over to him and smacked him on the side of his head.
"Damn troublesome woman..." he grumbled as he slowly got up.
"Hmph." she grunted as she stomped outside and slammed the door shut.
"You're screwed man." Kiba commented.
"Why?" he asked as he, grudgingly, got up and got his bag.
"You have to work with her all angry and stuff, you'll be lucky if you get a good shot in." Sasuke added.
"I-I'd apologize if I w-were you S-shikamaru." Hinata offered.
"Meh." he drawled as he swung a dark green bag with a restricted sign on it over his shoulder.
"Good luck, man. You're gonna need it." Kiba called as Shikamaru shut the door.
"So now what do we do?" Tenten asked.
"Uh...does anyone have any cards?" Sakura asked.
"Damn, Hinata. Who knew you were so good at B.S? You're like a human lie detector!" Kiba exclaimed as he forked over ten dollars.
"I-I used t-to p-play with my s-sister, Hanabi." she explained, her face going redder by the second.
"Well, now that I'm twenty bucks poorer, lets' do something else before I lose any more money." Tenten said as she slapped down her cards.
"Um...a-actually it's t-time to go K-Kiba" Hinata said.
"Okay then, well have fun guys!" Kiba said as he jumped up and quickly retrieved a grey bag from his-well everyone's-room.
As they opened the door to leave Temari stomped inside muttering about 'the damn man' and 'can't make a decision to save his life.' Shikamaru soon followed mumbling 'meh' and 'damn troublesome woman'.
"S-so we'll b-be off n-now..." Hinata said as she and Kiba walked out the door.
"So...how'd it go?" Ino faux-cheerily asked.
"Hn." they both replied agitatedly.
"Come on you guys!" she wailed, dying for details.
"That damn man-" she began as she whipped around to face Ino, pointing accusingly at him.
"That troublesome woman-" he began as he, too, faced Ino.
"He kept telling me to 'turn my head...no wait...turn it back' it's infuriating!" she roared.
"She couldn't take instructions if they hit her in the head!" he exclaimed.
"WHAT?!" she yelled, turning to face him.
"YOU HEARD ME!" he yelled back, also turning to face her.
"I CANT BELIEVE THAT YOU'D PIN THIS ON ME!" she said incredulously.
"I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU'D PIN IT ON ME!" he retorted, waving around the roll of film above his head.
"GUYS!" Ino interjected, trying to stop them before they murdered each-other.
"WHAT?" they simultaneously yelled.
"Cool it!" Sakura added. Temari glared at Shikamaru and snatched the film from his hands.
"What was that for?" he asked.
"I'm going to deliver it to Shizune, I'll be back in a minute or so." she said scathingly as she began to walk towards Shizune's office.
"I guess you didn't take Hinata's advice." Chouji noted, earning a groan from Shikamaru.
"You still have a chance to apologize!" Ino suggested, waggling her finger side to side.
"No." he replied.
"Come on Shikamaru!" Sakura added in.
"No." he repeated, more adamant than the first time.
"You know that we won't stop bugging you until you do." Ino said in a sugary sweet voice.
"...fine." he grumbled.
"We knew you'd see the light." Sakura happily said. As soon as Temari entered the room, seemingly a little bit calmer, Shikamaru walked up to her and mumbled something. Then they both walked into the kitchen and shut the door, causing nearly everyone to scramble to listen next to the door.
"What are they saying?" Chouji asked, since he was furthest from the door.
"Um...something about 'directions...' or was it 'instructions'?" Sakura said.
"It was instructions. Wait I heard something about 'women, can't...' uh I couldn't catch the rest." Ino said.
"Yeah. She's saying something like 'chauvinistic son of a bitch' or something." Sakura finished.
"Did you hear that?" Ino asked.
"Yeah, it sounded like a-" Neji started, his interest perking up as he rose from the couch.
"Kiyotsuna Josaku Gyuto hitting a board." Tenten finished for him.
"Wow. I didn't know you knew your knives so well." Neji said, impressed and surprised.
"I have a thing for weapons." she replied nonchalantly, although her cheeks were tinted with the slightest hint of pink.
"Hn." he replied, or more of grunted.
"Wait, they're saying something else..." Sakura said. Everyone waited eagerly, well except for Sasuke and Neji who were still sitting on the couch, when bam the door flew open onto everyone's face.
"That teaches you guys to eavesdrop!" Temari smirked triumphantly as she stepped over her roommates.
"Ino! Chouji!" Kiba hollered as they came inside. They walked into the living room only to see that to their left were four people, each holding an ice pack to their head.
"W-what h-happend?" Hinata asked, her voice full of worry. They all pointed to Temari, who was playing with an off-white hand-held fan with purple dots, and Shikamaru, who was sleeping soundly.
"Oh, did ya eavesdrop?" Kiba asked, already suspecting he knew the answer.
"Yeah." Sakura grumbled as she held her head in pain.
"Y-you should've known that t-they would get m-mad." Hinata scolded, trying not to laugh at the absurdity of it.
"Yeah, anyways Ino and Chouji, your time is ticking away." Kiba said as he glanced at the clock on the wall.
"Oh crap!" Ino yelped as she stumbled up and quickly scurried to the door. Chouji got up and ran to get his camera bag. He came out with a dark red bag and they each darted outside.
"So what now?" Temari asked.
"Uh, does anyone know any good games?" Sakura asked.
"I have a shougi board..." Shikamaru suggested.
"O-okay that's a s-start..." Hinata mumbled.
"Yeah, I'm up for it." Temari said. Soon enough everyone was crowded around the shougi board watching Shikamaru practically destroy everyone in shougi. Well, that was until Temari was up.
"Ready, troublesome woman?" he challenged, looking forward to the game for once.
"Bring it on pineapple head." she retorted. They set up the game and, unlike many other people, he didn't wipe her out by the fifth move. In fact he didn't win until the sixty-eighth move when her last piece was completely cornered. She, of course, didn't surrender but lost with dignity; then, once the game was finished, she accused him of cheating.
"Tenten, it's time." Neji stated as he stood up.
"Oh, okay. You ready?" she asked. Neji promptly got a black camera bag from the bedroom.
"Ne-jiii, Ten-tennnn!" Ino yelled.
"Come, Tenten." Neji commanded. She soon followed.
"I'm going to give the film to Shizune, Ino." Chouji said.
"Oh damn." Kiba moaned as he felt the roll still in his jacket.
"W-what K-kiba-san?" Hinata asked worriedly.
"Uh...I'll be right back." He replied, dashing in the direction of Tsunade's office. About ten minutes later Neji and Tenten came into the living room, already engaged in an animated discussion consisting of 'which weapon was the most deadly' and 'what each-others' accuracy rate was when throwing knives at a target-board'.
"So how'd it go?" Sakura asked.
"It went well, thank you for inquiring Sakura-san." said Neji.
"Oh, I have to drop off the film before I forget!" Tenten reminded herself as she darted to Tsunade's office.
"I'll get my bag." Sasuke said as he got up.
"See ya later!" Sakura called to everyone as she went out the door
"So, what should we do now? I mean we've already played B.S, Shougi, and we've spied on Temari and Shikamaru. What else is there to do?" Ino complained.
"Why don't we just relax?" Shikamaru asked as she left.
"For once I agree with pineapple head." Temari agreed as she flopped down on the couch.
"W-well i-is a-anyone h-hungry? I-I c-could m-make some s-snacks o-or an e-early lunch o-or s-something." Hinata offered.
"Ooh! Perfect! We should all make some sweets or something!" Ino exclaimed excitedly.
"Uh...I'm not very good in the kitchen." Tenten muttered while scratching the back of her head.
"Nonsense! Everyone can be 'good in the kitchen'! We'll just teach you!" she exclaimed, motioning to the rest of the room.
"If they give in, can we relax?" Shikamaru asked.
"Uh-huh." She innocently replied.
One batch of cookies later
"What did you do?" Ino screeched as she took out the batch of cookies.
"Uh, I don't know?" Tenten replied.
"What do you mean 'I don't know'? The cookies are ruined!" She wailed.
"I-it's okay T-tenten-san. We have cupcakes, also." Hinata said, pointing to the cupcakes she had made.
"Yeah. So why don't we go over the instructions again, to see what you missed." Temari offered, walking over to the cookbook that Hinata had brought from home.
"Okay, so we mixed all the ingredients together...let's see..." she said as she hovered over the book and accidentally dropping small piles of the so-called 'cookie' onto the counter, she then began reading:
"Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients:
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs
2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) Semi sweet chocolate morsels.
1 cup chopped nuts"
Tenten scrambled over to look at the ingredients and took a sharp inhale of breath.
"What is it, Tenten?" Temari asked.
"Ooh, it said '2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour' I thought it said '1/4'" she replied, pointing to the small chocolate stain on the '2'. Ino smacked her head and rolled her eyes.
"Wow, Tenten. Uh, how did you survive without a chef or something?" Temari asked.
"Uh, yeah well I ordered a lot of take out and those instant meal things." she sheepishly replied.
"We're back!!" Sakura hollered from the living room.
"What's that smell?" Sasuke asked disgustedly.
"Uh...about that..." Tenten started to explain.
"Tenten here killed the cookies." Neji stated simply.
"I didn't kill them...per say." she mumbled.
Author's Note: Hehe so you know the drill, I'd love it if you'd review but it still means a lot to me that you've all read this far :)