Wow, 14 reviews so far. Biggest number I've ever achieved XP

Kirri Kitty: well, that's because I'm so bored and I don't have anything to do. So I spend my time on the PC writing this story. That's why I update sometimes daily.

Kilulu: I'm glad you liked them, I wasn't intending to give Hanabi a big role but I liked her as well. I think we might see a lot of her and LOTS of Shikamaru's soft side. I just love that guy.

Snickerz71: I'm so glad you liked it. Thanks for the review. Nice nickname. XD

I have to tell you guys something. School started on Saturday, February 10th. So you might not see me much and I won't be able to update daily. But I'll keep updating as soon as I can. XD

The name of the Chapter is not going to be only Naruto Theme songs but other songs as well XD

On to Chapter 12

Please remember, Chapter 12

Gaara was walking away from Hokage-sama's office. He had just finished his meeting with Tsunade, pleasantly ending with a both-side's agreement. On his way back, he was face to face with Shikamaru, walking to the opposite direction. Both didn't stop walking and passed each other.

Konoha forest

"200 punches!!" Lee said, punching the wooden cylindrical trunk. "…if I failed, I'll do 300 kicks." He yelled. Counting the punches he does. He felt some movement in the bushes. Lee suddenly turned around and threw a Kunai knife towards the bush, making sure not to hit the target, having a feeling about who's going to be in there.

"HEY!!!" Someone yelled and jumped out of the bushes. Sasuke's laughter was heard, Lee laughed.

"N-Naruto-kun!" Lee said, running to Naruto's side. Sasuke was clutching his sides. His laughter was provoking Naruto. "TEME-SASUKE. This is not funny!" Naruto's words made Sasuke Laugh, "You're still the clumsy idiot I've known forever" he said, now chuckling. Lee was laughing as well. A sudden smack went to the side of his head. "AND YOU!!! YOU SHOULDN'T THROW KNIVES CARELESSLY. YOU COULD'VE KILLED ME-TEBAYOO" Naruto yelled, Lee smiled. "I'm sorry, Naruto-kun, but a smart guy wouldn't Beat around the bush…literally" Lee said, Sasuke looked at Naruto and whispered. "In other words, you're an Idiot, teehee" Sasuke said, Naruto lunged at Sasuke but stopped in mid-air, sniffling.

"I smell miso pork RAMEN" He said, and ran towards the source of smell. Lee laughed and Sasuke smirked. "Saved by Ramen, I guess" Lee joked with Sasuke. "Yeah, you can say that." They both laughed. "Sasuke-kun…" Lee started.

"What is it?" Sasuke asked, Lee took a few steps backwards and places his left arm behind his back. He extended his right hand and took his usual fighting stance.

"Help me practice." He said, grinning. Sasuke smirked. "Why not? It'll be fun kicking your butt once in a while" he said, taking his own stance. Lee smiled "we'll see about that." Lee said, both getting ready, "Now…"

"LET'S FIGHT!" Both said, running towards each other.

Skipping the fight because it's just practice and you know what's gonna happen XP.

Tsunade-sama's office

Tsunade was still drowned in a pile of Papers. Shizune would come from time to time to cheer her up. But she was on a reconnaissance mission and she wasn't here to bother – more like to make things easy for- Tsunade. She turned the chair around and looked at the view. Seeing the view of Konoha made her somehow comfortable. Ever since she became Hokage she vowed that she'd protect it with everything she's got.

"…and I have the perfect generation to do so" she said, smiling as she thought of the young 9 Chuunins.

Knock, knock.

"Come in." the door was opened to reveal Shikamaru, who tried his best not to look annoyed or bothered. (I love Shikamaru, who doesn't?)

"Tsunade-sama. I've been told you asked for me?" He said, standing respectfully in front of Tsunade's desk.

"Yes, I have a mission for you…" She said. Shikamaru's face lit up. He was getting bored of his mother's arguments with his father, Chouji's eating habits and Ino's whining which was really overboard.

'Ino' he mentally frowned at the thought of injured Ino, 'this is not the time. I have a mission, and I have to concentrate'.

"This isn't a tough mission, but I'm sure you'll be pleased with it" Shikamaru firmly nodded. 'I hope it's a hard one. I need something to get me out of my troublesome state of laziness' he smiled at his own thought, as he remembered that Ino used to call him Lazy. 'Please be better when I return' he mentally said. Waiting for the details of the mission he was assigned to.

In front of the Hokage Building, a few minutes later.

Shikamaru has been told about his mission's details, it was the least he expected…

"WHAAAAAAAT?! YOU AGAIN!" Shikamaru yelled, taking a step back from the very displeased Temari.

"Yeah, So?" she replied, hands on her hips. Shikamaru sighed, "My mission is to take you around the town?" he asked, not believing that he would be assigned for such a mission.

She nodded, "Since I'm very bored and we're staying here for a very long time. I thought of taking a tour around the village and I told Tsunade that it's best for the Kazekage's sister to be accompanied by someone, you know, just in case…and I suggested you" she gave him an evil smile. "Why me? I'm a Chuunin and it's not my thing to baby sit" he said, turning around. Temari's face was beet red.

"BABY SIT? What the hell is THAT supposed to mean? HA??" She kept on whining and yelling at him. He didn't really pay any kind of attention to her, he just kept walking.

'My god, she's such a troublesome woman…as expected' he thought as she followed him. "I see you agreed on the mission" she said. He looked at her. "I didn't say anything about agreeing. I walked away, you're the one following" he snickered. She crossed her arms. "Well, you agreed on the mission the moment you got out of Tsunade's office" she replied, stopping in front of him.

"I…." he stopped, as soon as he realized that she was right AND he couldn't find the words to say.

"I'm right, aren't I?" she stood, grinning at Shikamaru who couldn't help but to smile back. "No, you're not." He said, walking away. "C'mon, Mr. My-life-is-troublesome…" She said. He had a surprised expression on his face. "…It'll be fun. Besides, I lied about the I-suggested-you part. It was Tsunade who chose you for this mission. She thought you needed to chill out and take things easy. That's what she said" She said, smiling.

"Maybe" he said, "so where do you want to go first?" he asked, smiling. "I don't know. Take me on a tour." She grinned and he smiled back. "Alright!" He said, hands in his pocket. Temari clasped her hands together.

"Thanks, Shikamaru" she said, looking at the ground. He smiled, "That's my duty, Temari" she looked at him. He had a very cute smile on his face. She couldn't do anything but to smile back as they both toured around Konoha.

Ino's Hospital room.

Ino was slowly waking up, opening her eyes then quickly closing them back. The bright sunlight prevented her from opening them. She used her right hand as a shield and pushed herself up with her left arm. She sat up, now holding the sides of her head. "Ouch, this hurts" she whimpered. She looked out the window, still having her left hand on her head.

"What time is it?" she asked herself, "It's almost noon" someone replied, Ino turned her head towards the door, but she did it quickly, making her groan. Her vision was blurred, but she could make out some black, white and red colors. The figure started walking towards her. She closed her eyes for a second. She could hear the chair on her left being pulled.

"You ok?" the person asked. When she didn't reply, she felt a hand on her cheek; she opened her eyes to see him. The red-haired-blue-eyed devil they called Sabaku no Gaara, slowly caressing her cheek.

She blinked a couple of times when he moved his hand back to his lap. "Yes, thank you" she whispered, her voice was raspy and her mouth was dry, she turned to look at the table to her right, 'where's the damn water when you need it?' she thought.

"I think you're looking for this" Ino looked at him for a second, 'It's like he read my thoughts'. He had a cup of water in his extended hand. She took it and drank it all at once then held the cup in her hands. Gaara was sitting on the chair, silently looking at the ground then looked up at her, she had her eyes closed and her face was grimaced, "do you want me to bring you anything?" he said. Gaara couldn't hide the fact that he was worried about her.

She smiled, nodding her head. "I'm fine..." She said, smiling. "…and thanks for coming" Ino said. Gaara smiled back, "I had to, I...I was worried about you" he said, diverting his vision away from her eyes. She chuckled. "Really?" she asked. Ino couldn't believe that he was worried about her. From the way he fought Lee 5 years ago, he didn't look like a guy who would worry about anyone.

"Yes…" he said, looking into her eyes. She tried to pull herself away from his gaze, but it didn't work. 'Just like the time I saw him that day' she thought. Pain shot in her head as she clutched it, the cup dropped on the bed, rolled and crashed on the ground. Gaara suddenly stood up. The girl in front of him was in pain, he didn't know what to do. 'Shall I call the doctor? What the hell am I supposed to do?' Gaara thought, then he had an Idea 'I don't know if it'll work, but I'll give it a shot' he thought as he took a step closer to the bed.

Ino felt that her head was going to explode, clutching her head as hard as she could. If her nails were sharper, they would've surely gone through her head. She felt her tears rolling on her cheeks uncontrollably.

The pain was going on and off until she felt someone sitting on the bed next to her, arms went around her. She felt herself being drawn closer to someone. 'Gaara' she thought as she leaned into his chest. "It'll be over soon" he whispered, reassuring. Luckily, the pain was getting milder. Ino moved her hands from the side of her head to cover her face and sighed. He felt her relax, 'what is this feeling?' he thought. A few minutes later he pulled her away from him to look at her.

"Are you alright?" he asked. She moved her hands away and nodded, then groaned and leaned her head back on his chest. He rested his right hand on her back and his left rested on the back of her neck. He felt her get heavier. "Ino-san" he said. She didn't reply.

He chuckled. It was simple, Ino fell asleep. He couldn't understand how she would fall asleep so quickly. Gaara was adjusting her position so that he could lay her back when he heard muffled voices out the door:

"Naruto…Can't you wait for a minute!?"

"Na, You're too slow, Kiba!!!"

"Arf, Arf"

Ino was still in his Arms, 'they'd think I'm hurting her in some way' he thought. He took a look at her. He couldn't help but to admire the girl's features. Though she's asleep, Gaara thought she was beautiful. 'This is not the time', He shook his head and looked at the door, the knob was slowly turning, the voiced still talked…

Outside Ino's Hospital Bedroom

"You're very annoying, Naruto!" Kiba said. Everyone came by to visit Ino. Behind Kiba stood Shino, Hinata, Sakura, Neji, Naruto… and Tenten, who suggested that they'd all come and visit her. (Wow, they're MANY main characters in this Anime)

"You don't have to act all manly here. Don't you ever get tired of these arguments?" Sakura said. Kiba and Naruto glared at her. "I sure do" Neji said. Naruto and Kiba diverted their glare from Sakura to him; he glared back with his light purple eyes. Naruto shuddered.

"Here goes the staring contest…" Tenten said. Everyone laughed when they saw her drag Neji into Ino's room and they followed.

"INOOOO. WE'RE HERE TO VISIT…Huh?" Naruto started then paused when he saw Ino, sleeping peacefully in her bed. That wasn't what caught his attention. It was the wide open window.

"Who opened the window?" Hinata said, Tenten walked towards it and looked downwards and checked the surrounding area. 'Nothing's down there' she thought as she closed the window. Sakura walked towards her former best friend's bed and sat down. "Ino, are you there?" she joked. Though sometimes she hated Ino, but she never wished for something like this to happen. Ino stirred a bit which made Sakura slightly gasp. She opened her eyes and looked at the visitors.

"What's… going on here?" she asked, barely a whisper. Kiba and Naruto grinned. "Welcome back, INO-CHAN. We came to visit" Naruto yelled. Ino grimaced at his High pitched voice. "Would you be quite? This is a hospital. Not a parade" Sakura said, Naruto sighed and his eyes narrowed into lines.

"You're no fun, Sakura-Chan, Every time I say something you guys stop me…" he continued babbling, hands behind his head. Sakura shook her head and looked back at Ino, who was looking out the window. The others were trying to figure out two things: how Ino got injured, and how to shut Naruto Up

"How do you feel, Ino?" Sakura asked, Ino looked at her and smiled. "I'm better now …I think" she smiled. Sakura sighed and held Ino's hand, surprising Ino. She didn't remember when was the last time she held her hand, maybe when they were kids and were still best friends…

"I'm sorry, Ino…" Sakura started, Ino listened. "...This never had to happen. But whoever did this to you must pay…" Sakura firmly said. "…That's a promise from an old friend" she chuckled. Ino smiled at Sakura's words and held back her hand. "Thank you, Sakura." Ino replied. "I-I never wanted our friendship to become rivalry. I'm sorry" Sakura said, closing her eyes. Ino chuckled, "Please, Sakura. We'll talk about this later". Both stayed silent for a while, before they were cut by none other than the hyped-up beautiful young green beast.

"Good morning, Ino-san" he said. They all looked towards the door to see Lee and Sasuke, both were scratched, scraped and dirty.

"What happened to you two? Got into a cat Fight?" Kiba laughed. He got a few good glares from Sakura and Tenten, Neji was laughing on his own.

"No, we were practicing" Sasuke said, walking towards Ino's bed and stood next to Sakura. "Ino, long time no see. Did you get enough sleep? I heard that sleeping cause the girl to become FAT…" he joked, looking down at her laying figure and continued, "…I can already tell you put on a few kilograms"

In spite of her Injury, Ino still managed to put on the scary evil face and smile. "In your dreams, Sasuke-boy". Everyone laughed. Sakura smiled to Sasuke and he smiled back, both blushing. Ino noticed this and smiled. 'I guess I have no chance with him, after all' she thought. 'I wonder what happened while I was out'

"Oi, Ino…" She turned her head to Naruto. "..Don't you remember what happened to you? How did you crack your head?" Naruto asked, 'Crack? She's not a wall, you know.' Neji sighed.

"Um...I…I don't really remember" She said, Sasuke turned to Naruto. "Of course she won't remember, Dobe. She's got a hit on the head" Sasuke spat out. Naruto was burning up, "Sasuke-teme. I swear I'll get you when you don't know" Naruto said, rolling up his left sleeve. They all laughed and Sasuke shook his head. Naruto sighed.

"I-It's ok, N-Naruto-kun. He was just kidding." Hinata said, Naruto looked at her and smiled. "You're right. I shouldn't take things seriously, Thanks Hina-chan" he said, she blushed. (As always)

A few minutes later, everyone was in a joking mood. Ino was laughing from time to time. She thought it really helped her get better. 'I don't know what I'd do if I didn't have those guys' she looked out the window. For some reason, she felt like something happened but she can't remember it. She closed her eyes for a second, her head hurt like a very bad migraine. She heard a soothing voice inside her head that helped to get rid of the headache, helped her to relax…

'…It'll be over soon…'

"Gaara…" she whispered, before falling asleep...

B.R.E.A.K…L.I.N.E.

TLD: -Jumping from a very long oak tree- TADAAA, this chapter is finally done. I'm really sorry, peeps. But I told you at the beginning that School started, it's now Friday…which is ONE WEEK after the day I started writing this chapter. School is making me have a MAJOR WRITERS BLOCK! So please please please forgive me...

This is a short chapter, Please forgive me because I have a very Bad stomache Ache LOL.

Oh, I need something from you guys. I want some Japanese Female names because SOMEONE might get a girlfriend XD I'm going to cry -boo hoo-

I loved Sasuke and Neji OOC-nee.. I think you'll be seeing a lot of that..HAHAHA

Love you all, Hope you enjoyed this chapter… -calls in backup- …NARUTO

Naruto: Please review-Tebayooo!!

TLD: that's a good boy… You heard him.

Ja ne.