New Teams Chapter 9: Please ignore this chapter, a naruto fanfic

Sry about the wait. Please just accept the last Genin Ninja on the list. I have no Idea what possessed me to do this crossover, so please forgive me. Anyway, on with the story.

Chapter Nine

Shino

Shino just left his house. He had heard of the Chuunin Exams coming up and decided it was best to rest for a while. He had already been training continuously the past few days, so he decided to add something new to his regiment, socializing.

He decided to head down to the Icharuka Ramen stand. He walked in and Saw Choiji and Shikamaru eating some Ramen. Shino walked over to them and sat down, "Hey."

"Um, Hi?" replied Shikamaru, wondering what Shino wanted.

"Hey," replied Choiji, his mouth full of Ramen. After that everyone was silent. They just sat there, wondering what to say.

"Did you want something?" asked Shikamaru finally.

"Not really," replied Shino.

"Hey, Ayame," said Choiji, "Could we get this guy here some Miso Ramen?"

"No problem," said Ayame bringing Shino a bowl. Shino just looked at the Ramen for a while.

"What? Don't you like ramen?" asked Choiji.

"Never tried it," replied Shino, finally sticking his chopsticks into the Ramen and eating it. He found it surprisingly good, and ate his almost as fast as Choiji, "What other kinds do you have here?" asked Shino.

"Well, we have the shrimp, beef, vegetable, and today's special," cheerfully replied Ayame.

"Give me the special," replied Shino. He ate the special just as fast and polished off two more bowls.

"Wow, you really like that stuff don't you?" asked Choiji. Shino simply nodded.

"Really Shino, you never socialize with anyone, so why are you here?" asked Shikamaru still confused as to why Shino was here.

"No reason," Shino replied getting up, "I've got other things to do. Bye," Said Shino walking off.

"See ya Shino," replied Choiji, still stuffing his face. Shino thought Shikamaru was being a little suspicious, so thought it best to let him be. Shino decided the park would be a good place to practice his people skills.

When he got there he saw TenTen, Ino, and Sakura all sitting there. Shino walked over to them, "Hey."

"Hi!" cheerfully replied TenTen while all the others had puzzling looks on there faces.

"Hey Shino," Sakura said nervously, "did you want something?"

"No, just came to talk," replied Shino.

"What's the problem guys?" asked TenTen, "He's just trying to be friendly."

"Yeah, but he never does this," replied Ino, still wondering what was going on.

"If it's inconvenient I could leave," said Shino.

"Don't be Silly," replied TenTen, "Have a seat," she said scooting over on the bench, "So where were we, oh yes. How are you guys preparing for the exams? I've been practicing my throwing weapons like mad the last week, so I was going to improve some close range fighting. That way if I run out of weapons I'll be able to keep fighting," Shino thought this was logical, but apparently was the only one.

"Please TenTen," replied Ino, "You never run out of weapons."

"Yeah, we don't even know how you hold all of them," laughed Sakura.

"How about you Shino?" asked TenTen.

"I was just planning to relax," replied Shino.

"You? Relax? You always train, at least that's what I think you always do," said Ino. Shino nodded in response.

"Don't let Ino-pig here discourage you. Everyone needs a break now and then," Sakura said smirking at Ino.

"Fore-head Girl here has a point," Sakura said glaring back at Ino. TenTen just chuckled at it and Shino was wondering why they were doing that. Shino just should his head.

"I'd better get going. Bye," Shino said as he walked off.

"See you later Shino," said TenTen as Shino walked off.

At least that TenTen girl was nice. I never really noticed that while we were training. I should talk to her again later. Pushing the thought aside, Shino continued to walk around town. He saw Neji and Sasuke training, they looked to busy so Shino didn't bother. The same thing happened when he saw Naruto. He had spent enough time with Kiba for a while. Though he did See Hinata, so he decided to talk to her.

"Hey Hinata," said Shino. Hinata seemed startled at First.

"Um, h-hi Shino, Can I help you?" asked Hinata.

"Just wanted to say hi," said Shino.

"Oh, s-so what are y-you doing?" asked Hinata.

"Talking to people," replied Shino.

"Um, wh-what do you w-want to talk about?" asked Hinata.

"How are you?" asked Shino, not really sure how to go about this.

"I-I'm fine, how about you?"

"Good," replied Shino. There really wasn't anything Shino could think to say, so the two stood there. Eventually Hinata broke the silence.

"I'm Sorry Shino, But I'm going to meat with Lee. He said he'd help me train the next couple days," she said.

"Bye," Shino said as he began to walk off. He felt he did enough for one day and decided to go home.

Naruto

Naruto didn't really pay much attention to Shikamaru and Choiji as he left the Ramen stand. They had just got there as he left. He was still trying to beat Choiji's record for most ramen consumed. Naruto was just two bowls behind him. He decided to get some training done for the day. He hadn't trained on his own like this for a long time. Just ignored everyone around him and arrived at the training ground. He started with some basic punches and kicks. After some training he got an Idea with his air Jutsu. He tried advancing his Gust so that he could use a burst of wind to propel him forwards to create a powerful thrust, or a good way to get out of close combat if need be. He practiced this new Jutsu of his for a while. He took a break after he saw Shino walk by. He decided he could always resume training later. Though as he left he saw Shikamaru come by, "hey Shika," Naruto waved.

"Naruto, what was Shino doing just now?" asked Shikamru.

"Not sure, just walked by. Why?" asked Naruto. He never saw Shikamaru so interesting in anything before. He was just some random lazy guy who got average marks and didn't have any motivation at all.

"Never mind, I'll see you later," and Shikamaru took off in the direction Shino went.

What's his problem? Naruto thought. He decided it was best to forget about this and go eat some Ramen. He got to the Ramen Stand and sat with Choiji, who was still there for some reason.

"Hey Naruto," said Choiji, who was still stuffing his face.

"Yo Choiji," waved Naruto sitting next to him, "What's up?"

"Nothing, just storing up some energy for the exams," replied Choiji.

"Maybe you should actually train. You eat enough for the both of us," laughed Naruto.

"Is that a fat joke!" yelled Choiji, "I'm not fat!" and with that Naruto ran from the Ramen stand. It was only a little after noon, and Naruto was already in trouble. He decided to go to his place in the forest. No one knew about it, so he liked to go there to relax and train. Anytime he needed to think about anything, such as the upcoming Chuunin Exams this was the place he went. He practiced his Jutsu for a few hours before he noticed someone was here. When he saw her he was quite surprised he found this place.

"Hinata? How did you find me?" asked Naruto.

"Um, I-I-I'm Sorry Naruto-kun, I just c-came across it and s-saw you here," stuttered Hinata.

"Don't worry about it Hinata," Naruto said with his Fox smile, "Besides, might be nice to have some company."

"Arigoto," Replied Hinata.

"Don't be so polite, Makes me feel weird," said Naruto, "So what are you doing?"

"I-I just finished some t-training with L-Lee," she replied.

"Hey Hinata, I have a question for you," said Naruto. He was hoping she could help him with his Sakura problems, since she was a girl and all.

"W-what is it Naruto-Kun?" asked Hinata.

"What is it that Girls look for in a guy?" he assumed that was a perfectly alright question.

Hinata just started turning red, "W-well, it v-varies f-from girl to girl," she said.

"Well what about you?" asked Naruto, again not thinking much before he asked.

Hinata turned a lot redder, "W-well, I-I l-like s-s-someone with Confidence, w-who always d-d-does what they feel is right, and n-never g-g-gives up," She felt like she was about to collapse.

"Hm," replied Naruto, "Well I fit that description. Maybe I should just give up on Sakura and go for you Hinata," Naruto laughed. Hinata turned beat red at that statement and began to get very light headed, "I'm just kidding Hinata. I'd better go get some rest. Let's do this again some time," and with that Naruto left Hinata in the little glaive in the forest.

Neji

Let Me Abbreviate Neji for you. He's a cold dick who avoids people and proceeds to train with Sasuke, not to improve teamwork, but to make sure Sasuke gets stronger so he won't hold Neji Back.

TenTen

TenTen's day's started out normally. She woke up, ignored her little sister and went out to eat. She decided to stop somewhere she normally didn't go. The Icharuka Ramen Stand. She saw Choiji and Shikamaru come in at the same time as her and decided to make conversation to get too know her fellow Leaf Nins, "Hey Choiji, hey Shikamaru!" she called to them.

"Who are you?" lazily asked Shikamaru.

"Name's TenTen, thought this would be a good time to familiarize myself with my allies," TenTen smiled.

"Well it isn't," replied Shikamaru.

"Want to have some Ramen with us?" asked Choiji.

"I'd love to," replied TenTen as they sat down at the table.

"How troublesome," said Shikamaru as they sat down.

"So tell me about yourself," TenTen asked Choiji.

"Well, I love food, especially Pork Chops. I'm usually munching on potato chips, which I have some in my bag at all times. I use my families' blood limit to fight, and Shikamaru here's my best friend."

"I don't think she wanted that much info Choiji," lazily remarked Shikamaru.

"Oh well," Choiji said, "Hey Ayame, one bowl of Miso Ramen for this guy, one for the girl, and I'll have five bowls of Miso, three of Shrimp, two beef, and ten of the special. Miso is alright for you, right?" he asked TenTen.

"Oh yes, Miso's my favorite," she smiled and then looked at Shikamaru, "So tell me about you."

"I'm an average guy who finds you to be troublesome," he said, barely paying attention anymore. She turned back to Choiji, talked a little more about random things and left after finishing her ramen. She heard Shikamaru could be a jerk, but didn't think he would be that bad. How could a nice guy like Choiji be friends with him? TenTen though it best to pay no more attention to the though and went to meat with her friends Ino and Sakura.

"Your late TenTen," said Ino.

"Sorry, I was eating Ramen with Choiji and Shikamaru," she called out running over to the park bench.

"You can stomach eating with that fatty?" asked Ino.

"Just so long as you can tune out the sounds and not look it's not bad at all," TenTen laughed.

"So, what should we talk about first?" asked Sakura.

"No Idea," said Ino, "There hasn't been any gossip recently, so we got nothing to go on there."

TenTen made a few suggestions and for a while they just talked about random stupid girly things like make up and boys and all that stuff. Eventually Shino came up to them and said, "Hi."

"Hey," TenTen happily replied. She never got a chance to talk to her teammate, which was weird seeing how they trained together so much.

"Hey Shino," Sakura said nervously, "did you want something?" TenTen thought this was quite rude, but decided not to say anything.

"No, just came to talk," replied Shino. TenTen could tell everyone was quite surprised at Shino's sudden appearance.

"What's the problem guys?" asked TenTen, "He's just trying to be friendly."

"Yeah, but he never does this," replied Ino, still wondering what was going on. TenTen assumed she was right since she knew Shino back in the Academy.

"If it's inconvenient I could leave," said Shino.

"Don't be Silly," replied TenTen, "Have a seat," she said scooting over on the bench. She was happy to get the chance to actually talk with her fellow team mate, "So where were we, oh yes. How are you guys preparing for the exams? I've been practicing my throwing weapons like mad the last week, so I was going to improve some close range fighting. That way if I run out of weapons I'll be able to keep fighting," Shino thought this was logical, but apparently was the only one.

"Please TenTen," replied Ino, "You never run out of weapons."

"Yeah, we don't even know how you hold all of them," laughed Sakura.

"How about you Shino?" asked TenTen.

"I was just planning to relax," replied Shino.

"You? Relax? You always train, at least that's what I think you always do," said Ino. Shino nodded in response.

"Don't let Ino-pig here discourage you. Everyone needs a break now and then," Sakura said smirking at Ino.

"Fore-head Girl here has a point," Sakura said glaring back at Ino. TenTen just chuckled at it and Shino was wondering why they were doing that. Shino just should his head.

"I'd better get going. Bye," Shino said as he walked off.

"See you later Shino," said TenTen as Shino walked off. Though it wasn't long, she was happy to talk to Shino. She just turned back to Sakura and Ino and said, "You do know that was quite rude of you to talk to Shino like that."

"Well Shino has never talked to anyone before," Ino said plainly, "This was very odd."

"Ino does have a point. He's not exactly the most social Creature around," Sakura Chuckled.

TenTen laughed a little to and replied, "But still, he does seem nice."

"Well, I got to go train with Shika and Choiji. See ya guys," said Ino as she took off.

"And I got to go do some training myself. See ya later TenTen," and with that Sakura was off. TenTen was still a little restless, so went to her home and continued her training.

Kiba

Kiba was a little board now. He wanted to train, but TenTen wanted to train alone today and Shino said something about taking a break. He decided to get a hold of some other Genin to train with him. As soon as he left his house he saw none other than the weirdo with the thick brows.

"Yo, Lee!" Kiba called out.

"Kiba!" cried Lee running over and gave Kiba a hug, (Not with Tears though, Tears are reserved for Sakura and Gai).

"Would you not do that," gasped Kiba.

"Oh, sorry, didn't realize I hugged you that hard," smiled Lee.

"Yeah, anyway. You want to come training with me later?" asked Kiba.

"Of course, what better way to fan the flames of youth!" Lee rejoiced. Kiba never could figure out what that flames of youth crap was, but thought best not to bring it up.

"If you find anyone else who wants to come bring them along. Meet you in a few hours," and the two parted ways for now. Kiba decided to start the day off at the Ramen Stand where he saw Choiji and Shikamaru, "Hey guys," Kiba said ordering a bowl of Miso Ramen.

"Hey Kiba," said Choiji stuffing his face.

"Another one comes here, how troublesome," sighed Shikamaru.

"Oh come on, lighten up. I can't smell that bad," laughed Kiba.

"Actually you can, and can you do something about your dog, he's begging," said Shikamaru looking and Akamaru.

"He's not begging, Akamaru is saying you should lighten up, He knows I'll get his some beef ramen anyway," said Kiba. He was a little insulted, but let it slide.

"That sounds really good right now," Choiji said, "Could I get another bowl of Beef Ramen Ayame?" Choiji asked.

"Sure," Ayame smiled, "This one's on me."

"Thanks!" smiled Choiji as he dug into the Ramen.

"Thanks for the Ramen; I'd better go warm up for my training with Lee. See ya later," and Then Kiba took off to the training ground and started stretching. After a while Lee showed up.

"Hey Kiba," said Lee, "Is Hinata here yet?"

"You invited Hinata?" asked Kiba.

"Of course, she has a powerful blood-limit. That could prove very valuable in training, and here she comes!" Kiba turned around to see the violet-eyed Hinata come up to them.

"So Hinata, your training with us?" asked Kiba in a bit of a cocky voice, "Lets see if you can keep up." He realized Hinata was stronger than he assumed. He had remembered he being a very week fighter, her only advantage is having a slightly above average agility, but nothing noticeable. Now she still wasn't up to par with most Genin, but showed some serious improvement. He found Lee was just as strong as he heard. His great feats of speed were exaggerated, but Kiba still couldn't keep up with him. They had trained for a few hours before calling it quits. Kiba and Akamaru had enough for today. They were beaten down by Lee and Hinata, though he did do a good number on Lee when Akamaru had caught him from behind.

"Well I see you guys at the Exams the," Kiba waved and left. HE just went home and collapsed on the Sofa. It had been a while since he ever felt that good after training. He proceeded to pass out until the next day.

Lee

Lee was doing his usual laps around the village until Kiba called to him. Lee was excited since he never talked to Kiba before, and was hoping to get another training buddy, "Kiba!" Lee yelled out as he ran over giving Kiba one of his hugs.

"Would you not do that?" gasped Kiba. Lee forgot not many people liked being hugged that hard and let go.

"Oh Sorry, didn't realized I hugged you that hard," Lee Apologized.

"Yeah anyway, you want to come training with me later?"

"Of course, what better way to fan the flames of youth!" Lee Rejoiced. He hadn't even had to ask Kiba. Lee wanted to do a few victory laps.

"If you find anyone else who wants to come bring them along. Meet you in a few hours," and with that Kiba left. Lee quickly followed Suite as he did his laps. He ran into Hinata when he finished as stopped her.

"Hey Hinata, you want to train with me and Kiba later?" asked Lee.

"Um, s-sure," she said.

"Great, meat us at training ground six in a few hours, I'm off to feed the flames of youth!" Lee said as he ran towards the Ramen shop. He walked in and sat down next to Choiji.

"Choiji, how can you eat that much? You must have a lot of flaming youth to eat all that," smiled Lee.

"What the hell does that mean?" asked Shikamaru, "And why do you people keep coming over here. Next thing you know Shino will show up here."

"I think I'll take that as a complement," Choiji said stuffing more ramen down his throat. Lee didn't say much else ate some ramen and took off for some more laps. Eventually he got the training ground and found Kiba training.

"Hey Kiba," said Lee, "Is Hinata here yet?"

"You invited Hinata?" asked Kiba.

"Of course, she has a powerful blood-limit. That could prove very valuable in training, and here she comes!" Kiba turned around to see the violet-eyed Hinata come up to them.

"So Hinata, your training with us?" asked Kiba in a bit of a cocky voice, "Lets see if you can keep up." Lee knew she wasn't going to be able to keep up. Though she came a long way. He felt bad for her seeing how hard she tried, but thought it would be a good thing for Hinata if he helped her out. They had a long training Session. Though Lee was the strongest there even with his weights on. Kiba got him good though when Akamaru hit him from behind. They all left quite worn out. Lee took off and did a few laps too wind down before he went to sleep.

Hinata

Hinata was still tired. She had been training like mad and decided to rest for the morning. She decided to take a walk around Kohona. She saw Lee running by and he stopped her and said, "Hey Hinata, you wanna train with me and Kiba?" he had that usual determined look in his Eyes. Hinata only saw good things with Lee helping her train.

"Um, s-sure," she said.

"Great, meat us at training ground six in a few hours, I'm off to feed the flames of youth!" Lee said as he ran off somewhere. Hinata decided she should get some food first and left for the ramen stand. By the time she got their she saw Lee run off somewhere again. She entered the Ramen Stand but avoided Shikamaru. He looked irritated for some reason. She quickly ate a bowl of Miso and left. She started walking towards the training ground as Shino walked up to her.

"Hey Hinata," said Shino. Hinata was a bit shocked Shino approached her like this.

"Um, h-hi Shino, Can I help you?" asked Hinata, wondering what Shino wanted.

"Just wanted to say hi," said Shino. Hinata found that a little odd coming from him.

"Oh, s-so what are y-you doing?" asked Hinata, feeling a little obligated to talk.

"Talking to people," replied Shino, the statement slightly weirding Hinata out.

"Um, wh-what do you w-want to talk about?" asked Hinata.

"How are you?" asked Shino.

"I-I'm fine, how about you?"

"Good," replied Shino. There really wasn't anything Hinata could think to say, so the two stood there. Eventually Hinata broke the silence.

"I'm Sorry Shino, but I'm going to meat with Lee. He said he'd help me train the next couple days," she said. It was the truth, but still she felt a little bad.

"Bye," Shino said as he began to walk off. She decided it best to hurry off to the training ground and avoid thinking about Shino. Though as soon as he was out of site there was Shikamaru.

"Hinata, What did Shino want with you?" he asked in his usual voice.

"J-just to t-talk, why?" asked Hinata. Though she didn't get a reply. Shikamaru just walked off after Shino mumbling angrily. Hinata quickly left and went towards the training ground.

When she got there she was greeted by Kiba.

"So Hinata, your training with us?" asked Kiba in a bit of a cocky voice, "Lets see if you can keep up," This worried Hinata. She wasn't excepting them to go easy on her, so she needed to be careful. She actually did better than she though, which gave her a bit of confidence, though not much since Lee was training with his weights on, which she didn't think Kiba knew about it. She didn't really manage to make any amazing attacks while they were sparring, but was still satisfied with the outcome. She took off and decided to do a bit more training. Her dad told her to practice her shadowing skills, so she decided to try on Naruto. She finally found him, and thankfully he hadn't noticed her. She followed him to this little Glaive in the forest where he seemed to be practicing a new Jutsu. It was almost as if he had just though of an Idea and tried implementing it. She watched him until he sat down under a tree. Then however, she let her guard down and he spotted her. She thought it best to simply walk out so it wouldn't look like she was following him.

"Hinata? How did you find me?" asked Naruto.

"Um, I-I-I'm Sorry Naruto-kun, I just c-came across it and s-saw you here," lied Hinata.

"Don't worry about it Hinata," Naruto said with his Fox smile, "Besides, might be nice to have some company."

"Arigoto," Replied Hinata, glad she would get a chance to talk with Naruto.

"Don't be so polite, Makes me feel weird," said Naruto, "So what are you doing?"

"I-I just finished some t-training with L-Lee," she replied.

"Hey Hinata, I have a question for you," said Naruto. This scared her a little, she had known Idea what to except.

"W-what is it Naruto-Kun?" asked Hinata.

"What is it that Girls look for in a guy?" asked Naruto.

Hinata just started turning red, why is he asking ME? She replied after a moment, "W-well, it v-varies f-from girl to girl," she said.

"Well what about you?" asked Naruto, Hinata again finding herself more nervous.

Hinata turned a lot redder, "W-well, I-I l-like s-s-someone with Confidence, w-who always d-d-does what they feel is right, and n-never g-g-gives up," She felt like she was about to collapse.

"Hm," replied Naruto, "Well I fit that description. Maybe I should just give up on Sakura and go for you Hinata," Naruto laughed. Hinata turned beat red at that statement and began to get very light headed. Is he being Serious, oh please may he be serious, "I'm just kidding Hinata. I'd better go get some rest. Let's do this again some time," and with that Naruto left Hinata in the little glaive in the forest.

Hinata found herself unable to move. Even though Naruto hadn't been serious, he said he wanted to do this again. Hinata didn't even think much had happened, but was very happy either way.

Choiji

Choiji had just gotten to the Ramen place along with Shikamaru. They made it a habit of coming in here daily. Choiji was quite proud he held the record for most ramen consumed at fifty bowls. Naruto was catching up though, so he considered this training to make sure to keep his title. They even had his picture up.

"Hey Choiji, hey Shikamaru!" Some weird Brunette called to them.

"Who are you?" lazily asked Shikamaru.

"Name's TenTen, thought this would be a good time to familiarize myself with my allies," TenTen smiled.

"Well it isn't," replied Shikamaru.

"Want to have some Ramen with us?" asked Choiji, thinking that this girl was pretty cute. It wasn't often anyone offered to eat with him, so he took the opportunity.

"I'd love to," replied TenTen as they sat down at the table.

"How troublesome," said Shikamaru as they sat down.

"So tell me about yourself," TenTen asked Choiji.

"Well, I love food, especially Pork Chops. I'm usually munching on potato chips, which I have some in my bag at all times. I use my families blood limit to fight, and Shikamaru here's my best friend," Wow, she even seems interested in me. Maybe I should treat her to some Ramen?

"I don't think she wanted that much info Choiji," lazily remarked Shikamaru.

"Oh yes, Miso's my favorite," she smiled and then looked at Shikamaru, "So tell me about you."

"I'm an average guy who finds you to be troublesome," he said, barely paying attention anymore. Choiji just kept talking to TenTen. She was a very cool person, though Shikamaru didn't get along with her. Even though that usually is when Choiji would go with Shikamaru, he liked this one, so he thought to himself, Screw Shikamaru. She eventually left.

"What is it about her you seem to like so much?" asked Shikamaru.

"She seemed to like me," Choiji said as he cheerfully shoveled more ramen down his mouth, "and she's quite nice."

"How troublesome," Shikamaru said as he sat with Choiji. Choiji liked that he had a friend like that who would actually stay there and watch him eat. Not many people are in to that sort of thing.

"Hey guys," Kiba said ordering a bowl of Miso Ramen and sitting next to them...

"Hey Kiba," said Choiji stuffing his face, happy to see another friend come see them.

"Another one comes here, how troublesome," sighed Shikamaru.

"Oh come on, lighten up. I can't smell that bad," laughed Kiba.

"Actually you can, and can you do something about your dog, he's begging," said Shikamaru looking and Akamaru. Choiji just laughed to himself. The dog wasn't begging for food. If anyone knew what begging for food looked like it was Choiji.

"He's not begging, Akamaru is saying you should lighten up, He knows I'll get his some beef ramen anyway," said Kiba. Choiji thought he was insulted, but thought it was to amusing to say anything, much like most of Shikamaru's comments.

"That sounds really good right now," Choiji said, "Could I get another bowl of Beef Ramen Ayame?" Choiji asked.

"Sure," Ayame smiled, "This one's on me."

"Thanks!" smiled Choiji as he dug into the Ramen. He was good friends with Ayame, and she occasionally got his some ramen for all his business.

"Thanks for the Ramen; I'd better go warm up for my training with Lee. See ya later," and Then Kiba took off. Choiji waved him off as he continued to horf down the Ramen. And shortly after some one else showed up. And that someone was Lee. Lee walked right up and sat down next to Choiji.

"Choiji, how can you eat that much? You must have a lot of flaming youth to eat all that," smiled Lee.

"What the hell does that mean?" asked Shikamaru, "And why do you people keep coming over here. Next thing you know Shino will show up here," again another Classic in Choiji's eyes.

"I think I'll take that as a complement," Choiji said stuffing more ramen down his throat. Lee didn't say much else. He just finished off his Ramen and left after waving goodbye. Choiji was surprised at the look on Shikamaru's face after Ino left. There was a bit of surprise and anger on it. He looked over to see Shino walk up to them.

Shino walked over to them and sat down, "Hey."

"Um, Hi?" replied Shikamaru, wondering what Shino wanted.

"Hey," replied Choiji, his mouth full of Ramen. After that everyone was silent. They just sat there, wondering what to say.

"Did you want something?" asked Shikamaru finally.

"Not really," replied Shino.

"Hey, Ayame," said Choiji, "Could we get this guy here some Miso Ramen?" He decided he had the money, and Shino looked a little scrawny and needed some food.

"No problem," said Ayame bringing Shino a bowl. Shino just looked at the Ramen for a while.

"What, don't you like ramen?" asked Choiji thinking, is not liking Ramen possible?

"Well, we have the shrimp, beef, vegetable, and today's special," cheerfully replied Ayame.

"Give me the special," replied Shino. He ate the special just as fast and polished off two more bowls. Choiji was just happy there was a chance he might have some more competition now for eating Ramen. He was tired of it just being Naruto.

"Wow, you really like that stuff don't you?" asked Choiji. Shino simply nodded.

"Really Shino, you never socialize with anyone, so why are you here?" asked Shikamaru still confused as to why Shino was here.

"No reason," Shino replied getting up, "I've got other things to do. Bye," Said Shino walking off.

"See ya Shino," replied Choiji, still stuffing his face, "Hey Shika, why were you so unhappy seeing Shino?"

"It's obvious, Shino isn't the kind of guy to randomly say hi to someone he barely knows. HE isn't the kind of guy to do that to a close friend. It's weird, and now I want too know why, it's too troublesome," he got up and left Choiji in pursuit of Shino. Choiji thought Shikamaru was being a little different and assumed it was the two sugar cubes he slipped into Shikamaru's coffee. Choiji always thought that Shikamaru was funny when the Sugar high got to him, and that seemed to be about now. Choiji couldn't resist doing that to Shikamaru once in a while. Since he didn't need to meet with Ino for a while so he decided to kick back and continue eating. Eventually Naruto Showed up.

"Hey Naruto," said Choiji, who was still stuffing his face.

"Yo Choiji," waved Naruto sitting next to him, "What's up?"

"Nothing, just storing up some energy for the exams," replied Choiji.

"Maybe you should actually train. You eat enough for the both of us," laughed Naruto. That remark pissed Choiji off.

"Is that a fat joke!" yelled Choiji, "I'm not fat!" and with that Naruto ran from the Ramen stand. As soon as he got out after Naruto he was already gone. He looked down at his watch and thought it was a good thing Naruto pissed him off; otherwise he wouldn't realize what time it was. He needed to get to the training ground with Ino. She might get mad if he was late again.

He got to the training grounds the same time Ino did. Shikamaru, however, was no where in sight, "Hey, where's Shika?" asked Ino.

"Dunno, went chasing after Shino for some reason," he said munching on his chips. He liked eating chips after a heaping helping of Ramen.

"Don't tell me you gave him more sugar cubes?" asked Ino.

"Only two this time," Choiji Smiled stuffing more chips in his face. Choiji couldn't help but think how much he liked the Sour Cream and Onion chips he was eating.

"Oh god lets just train already," Ino said slapping her forehead. The two just sparred and practiced Jutsu until they were too tired and left. Choiji got home and made himself three turkey sandwiches and then went to bed.

Ino

Ino had a terrible morning. She woke up an hour late, got yelled at by her mom for not opening the flower shop a half hour ago, and was barely at the place her, Sakura, and TenTen were meeting. She sat down with Sakura who was a little early. They talked about random stupid things. Ino was a little disappointed at the lack of good gossip, but decided it was alright since not much would be going around this time of year with the exams and all. While they sat and talked TenTen Finally showed up.

Your late TenTen," said Ino, a little mad she wasn't there on time, forgetting the fact she almost did the same thing.

"Sorry, I was eating Ramen with Choiji and Shikamaru," she called out running over to the park bench.

"You can stomach eating with that fatty?" asked Ino. She could never stand being near a fat slob eating like that.

"Just so long as you can tune out the sounds and not look it's not bad at all," TenTen laughed. Ino just cringed a little at first.

"So, what should we talk about first?" asked Sakura.

"No Idea," said Ino, "There hasn't been any gossip recently, so we got nothing to go on there," She was still disappointed with the fact nothing was really happening.

TenTen made a few suggestions and for a while they just talked about random stupid girly things like make up and boys and all that stuff. Eventually Shino came up to them and said, "Hi," which made Ino do a double take of what just happened.

"Hey," TenTen happily replied.

"Hey Shino," Sakura said nervously, "did you want something?" Ino was about to ask, but Sakura beat her to the punch.

"No, just came to talk," replied Shino. Ino still found herself at a loss of words.

"What's the problem guys?" asked TenTen, "He's just trying to be friendly."

"Yeah, but he never does this," replied Ino, still very confused by the situation at hand.

"If it's inconvenient I could leave," said Shino. Ino almost said yes, but TenTen interrupted.

"Don't be Silly," replied TenTen, "Have a seat," she said scooting over on the bench. Ino was really wishing TenTen hadn't said that, "So where were we, oh yes. How are you guys preparing for the exams? I've been practicing my throwing weapons like mad the last week, so I was going to improve some close range fighting. That way if I run out of weapons I'll be able to keep fighting," Shino thought this was logical, but apparently was the only one.

"Please TenTen," replied Ino, "You never run out of weapons."

"Yeah, we don't even know how you hold all of them," laughed Sakura.

"How about you Shino?" asked TenTen, Probably Train some more, Ino thought.

"I was just planning to relax," replied Shino.

"You? Relax? You always train, at least that's what I think you always do," said Ino. Shino nodded in response.

"Don't let Ino-pig here discourage you. Everyone needs a break now and then," Sakura said smirking at Ino which set her off.

"Fore-head Girl here has a point," Ino said glaring back at Sakura. After Seeing TenTen chuckle she felt she had made a really good funny.

"I'd better get going. Bye," Shino said as he walked off. Thank god that was Awkward, Ino thought.

"See you later Shino," said TenTen as Shino walked off. TenTen Proceeded to say, "You do know that was quite rude of you to talk to Shino like that."

"Well Shino has never talked to anyone before," Ino said plainly, not really caring about Shino's feelings, "This was very odd."

"Ino does have a point. He's not exactly the most social Creature around," Sakura Chuckled.

TenTen laughed a little to and replied, "But still, he does seem nice."

"Well, I got to go train with Shika and Choiji. See ya guys," said Ino as she took off.

She got to the training grounds the same time Shikamaru did. Shikamaru, however, was no where in sight, "Hey, where's Shika?" asked Ino.

"Dunno, went chasing after Shino for some reason," he said munching on his chips. He liked eating chips after a heaping helping of Ramen.

"Don't tell me you gave him more sugar cubes?" asked Ino. She secretly thought it was funny as hell, but wasn't about to admit it to Choiji.

"Only two this time," Choiji Smiled stuffing more chips in his face. Ino couldn't help but feel the Desire to ask Choiji for some chips, the ones he was eating were her favorite. Though of course she needed to avoid doing so to keep her figure.

"Oh god lets just train already," Ino said slapping her forehead. She didn't feel like waiting for Shikamaru, since those two sugar cubes Choiji gave him would keep him moving for a while. The two just sparred and practiced Jutsu until they were too tired and left. Ino went home, ate some dinner, and went back to sleep and dreamed of the weird funny things Shikamaru could be doing right now.

Sasuke

See Neji's description and switch anything that say's Neji with Sasuke, and vise versa.

Sakura

For everyone who wanted so badly to read Sakura's story, I apologize for having no desire to go through the whole meeting thing again with her, Ino, and TenTen just to put in her thoughts on everything especially since I don't like her anyway. It's probably very similar to Ino's, so assume when she left she's somewhere scratching herself now.

Shikamaru

Shikamaru had just gotten to the Ramen place along with Choiji. They made it a habit of coming in here daily, against Shikamaru's best interests to sleep in. Shikamaru was a little tired of coming in to see Naruto try to beat Choiji's fifty bowl record, only to have Choiji stare proudly at his picture.

"Hey Choiji, hey Shikamaru!" Some weird Brunette called to them.

"Who are you?" lazily asked Shikamaru, wondering whether or not he knew this person.

"Name's TenTen, thought this would be a good time to familiarize myself with my allies," TenTen smiled.

"Well it isn't," replied Shikamaru who really didn't want strange people there.

"Want to have some Ramen with us?" asked Choiji to Shikamaru's Dismay.

"I'd love to," replied TenTen as they sat down at the table.

"How troublesome," said Shikamaru as they sat down wishing her away.

"So tell me about yourself," TenTen asked Choiji.

"Well, I love food, especially Pork Chops. I'm usually munching on potato chips, which I have some in my bag at all times. I'm use my families blood limit to fight, and Shikamaru here's my best friend,"

"I don't think she wanted that much info Choiji," lazily remarked Shikamaru, wondering what possessed Choiji to talk to this weirdo.

"Oh yes, Miso's my favorite," she smiled and then looked at Shikamaru, "So tell me about you."

"I'm an average guy who finds you to be troublesome," he said, barely paying attention anymore, hoping she would get the hint and leave. He just tuned them out the remainder of their chat so he could stare at some clouds through the window. He would rather be on the hill doing so, but even though there was this freaky chick there Choiji was still his friend. She finally left and Shikamaru decided to ask Choiji something.

"What is it about her you seem to like so much?" asked Shikamaru.

"She seemed to like me," Choiji said as he cheerfully shoveled more ramen down his mouth, "and she's quite nice."

"How troublesome," Shikamaru said as he sat with Choiji. Shikamaru just sat there with Choiji until another one came.

"Hey guys," Kiba said ordering a bowl of Miso Ramen and sitting next to them...

"Hey Kiba," said Choiji stuffing his face.

"Another one comes here, how troublesome," sighed Shikamaru, wondering why people were being drawn to them.

"Oh come on, lighten up. I can't smell that bad," laughed Kiba.

"Actually you can, and can you do something about your dog, he's begging," said Shikamaru looking and Akamaru. Shikamaru hated dogs, especially ones that begged.

"He's not begging, Akamaru is saying you should lighten up, He knows I'll get his some beef ramen anyway," said Kiba. Shikamaru knew he was probably right, but it didn't make him feel any better. He still hated dogs the same.

"That sounds really good right now," Choiji said, "Could I get another bowl of Beef Ramen Ayame?" Choiji asked.

"Sure," Ayame smiled, "This one's on me."

"Thanks!" smiled Choiji as he dug into the Ramen.

"Thanks for the Ramen; I'd better go warm up for my training with Lee. See ya later," and Then Kiba took off. Shikamaru was happy that he finally left, only to be graced with the presence of someone far more troublesome.

"Choiji, how can you eat that much? You must have a lot of flaming youth to eat all that," smiled Lee.

"What the hell does that mean?" asked Shikamaru, "And why do you people keep coming over here. Next thing you know Shino will show up here,"

"I think I'll take that as a complement," Choiji said stuffing more ramen down his throat. Lee didn't say much else which made Shikamaru happy. Though when Lee left Shikamaru was truly confused. The person he least expected to enter and come over had just entered and came over.

Shino walked over to them and sat down, "Hey."

"Um, Hi?" replied Shikamaru, confused at why Shino would approach him. They never spoke before and Shino seemed to be a person who preferred to keep to himself more.

"Hey," replied Choiji, his mouth full of Ramen. After that everyone was silent. They just sat there, wondering what to say.

"Did you want something?" asked Shikamaru finally; not believing Shino would be there for no reason.

"Not really," replied Shino, which Shikamaru was Reluctant to believe.

"Hey, Ayame," said Choiji, "Could we get this guy here some Miso Ramen?" Shikamaru was awed by Choiji's sudden Generosity this morning.

"No problem," said Ayame bringing Shino a bowl. Shino just looked at the Ramen for a while.

"What, don't you like ramen?" asked Choiji. Shikamaru was hoping Shino would say no and leave, but that obviously wasn't going to happen.

"Well, we have the shrimp, beef, vegetable, and today's special," cheerfully replied Ayame.

"Give me the special," replied Shino. He ate the special just as fast and polished off two more bowls. Shikamaru was slightly disturbed that there now may be another ramen addict like Naruto in Kohona, one person trying to compete with Choiji was enough.

"Wow, you really like that stuff don't you?" asked Choiji. Shino simply nodded.

"Really Shino, you never socialize with anyone, so why are you here?" asked Shikamaru still confused as to why Shino was here, refusing to believe Shino was there for no reason. Shikamaru thought it was a little weird he cared, and tried to remember when the other time he felt like this was.

"No reason," Shino replied getting up, "I've got other things to do. Bye," Said Shino walking off.

"See ya Shino," replied Choiji, still stuffing his face, "Hey Shika, why were you so unhappy seeing Shino?"

Though there was this nagging feeling in his head that he had felt like this before, but decided it was best to ignore that for now and chase after Shino. As soon as he left the Ramen place he saw Naruto and walked over to him.

"Hey Shika," Naruto waved.

"Naruto, what was Shino doing just now?" asked Shikamaru, still a little overly obsessed with finding Shino.

"Not sure, just walked by. Why?" asked Naruto.

"Never mind, I'll see you later," and Shikamaru took off in the direction Shino went. Even though he couldn't shake the feeling that he felt like this before, he couldn't get his mind off Shino. For some reason he started thinking Choiji was involved but shook that thought, thinking Choiji would never be in league with Shino, he was too good of a friend to do that. Or is he? No, no he's not. Shikamaru thought as he continued to chase after Shino. HE finally saw him walking away from a talk with Hinata.

"Hinata, What did Shino want with you?" he asked in his usual voice, hoping not to sound too suspicious.

"J-just to t-talk, why?" asked Hinata. Shikamaru wasn't very happy with the response and just walked off after Shino mumbling, "Stupid Shino, making Hinata cover his tracks like that. When I find him I'm giving him a piece of my mind. He followed Shino all the way to his house, but Shino was already inside.

Shikamaru stopped feeling his head spinning and he had even less energy than usual. His head heart and he lost all will to move, feeling like he was about to fall down and pass out. Then it hit him, the time he had experienced this before. Choiji had slipped sugar into his Coffee, it all made sense now. The stupid suspicions about Shino, the head and energy difficulties. As soon as a wake up, I'm giving Choiji a piece of my mind, how troublesome, And then he passed out under a tree outside of Shino's house.

Osaka(This is the one I apologized for in the beginning.

"Sensei, could you explain Chakra to me again?" this spacey looking short brown-haired Kunoichi asked her sensei.

"Listen, I'm not explaining it again. You can use it and that's good enough. Just shut up and take the exams Osaka," said a strange man with graying hair.

"But doesn't a Ninja need to know things like Chakra, and Jutsu, and headbands?" Osaka asked.

"The headband is a symbol! Just wear it and your fine," yelled the man.

"You mean like Clothes?" asked Osaka. The man proceeded to storm off, "I wonder what's got him so worked up. Oh well," she said as she tried to hunt down the little grey things you sometimes see in your eyes. Her two teammates just looked at her funny and left. Eventually Osaka stopped and left for registration, barely making it in time, and also making the person registering them pull out a large chunk of hair.

Again I apologize for the odd crossover, but I couldn't resist. She will play a bigger part in the story, and for those of you who don't know Osaka she is a character form an anime Called Azumanga Daioh! Also, because it amuses me, I'm thinking of making Ayame, Ino, and TenTen all want Choiji as a weird messed up love triangle thing with Choiji in the center. Please tell me what you think of this idea, and if you like it who Choiji should go with. Please R&R. Thnx for all the reviews thus far.