All right, first off, I'm really sorry about not updating in a long time. I will try my best to update regularly in the future. Secondly, I would like to give a big thanks to Twilightrocker55 and Kuragari for their kind and positive reviews!

This chapter is dedicated to both of you :)

So when we left off Konan was singing beautifully.

(btw, for those who are interested this story takes place in shippuden)

Konan sat down, leaving her audience in awe. No one knew what she had sung, but they knew that it was the most beautiful music they had ever heard. The song spoke of tears, heartbreak, love, happiness, joy, betrayal, and pain all at the same time. It was truly art.

"All right, your turn Konan," Kisame said roughly.

"Ok," Konan said softly. She cast around for someone to ask the question to.

"You, what's your name?" she asked to a young, blonde haired girl.

The girl seemed taken aback. "I-Ino," she stammered, "Ino Yamanaka."

"All right then, Ino Yamanaka, truth or dare?" asked the blue haired kunoichi.

"Um, truth I guess."

"Are you a lesbian?"

There was a moment of silence in which the tension in the group increased exponentially.

"A what?" Ino asked, deadly silent, "What did you say?"

"I asked if you were a lesbian, it's just that you look like you might be one."

Ino charged.

Konan dodged the blow easily but dropped her guard for a moment, creating an opening that Ino took full advantage of. Konan was struck hard in the side, winded. Ino wrestled her to the ground and pretty much began a full-fledged catfight.

It took Pein, Itachi, Naruto, Neji, and Sakura a full five minutes to break up the fray, and when they did both parties were covered in small cuts and bruises.

Sai for his part was furiously jotting down notes. He was so fevered about it that there was ink splattered all over his pale face. When he looked up from his scroll, he turned to the kunoichi.

"Ino, could you two do that again?" he asked with his trademark smile.

"Why?" she asked.

"Well, the thing is I think I felt something there."

Hearts appeared in Ino's eyes. Oh it was so perfect! The young, handsome boy deemed devoid of any emotions was helped by the young, beautiful girl to follow his heart, and eventually discover true love! It was a tale for books.

"Where did you feel it, Sai?" she asked, getting excited, "In your heart? In your head? Did it make you feel dizzy and woozy? Happy and sad at the same time?"

"No, it wasn't in my heart exactly it was in my…"

"Your turn, Ino!" shouted Sakura, cutting off the pale boy mid-sentence.

"Um, okay," Ino scanned the crowd, looking for a likely subject, "Shikamaru, truth or dare?"

After the Nara boy had been poked awake, he yawned: "All right then, truth I guess. Sheesh, such a drag."

"Who do you like then, hm?" she asked evilly.

Shikamaru froze mid-stretch. "Can't answer," he said confidently.

"What! Why not?"

"Well, 'hm' is not a question. You phrased 'who do you like' as a statement, then 'hm' as a question. So, I can't answer it. Also, like is a relative term. You could say I like all you guys, the question you're searching for is: 'who do you feel love towards?' So, I have no obligation to answer your question," Shikamaru then lay back down and fell asleep.

Silence.

"Oh my gosh! It's me isn't it?" Temari squeaked.

Another silence.

"I'll bite," said Ino tiredly, "How did you get that?"

"Well, he used the letter T in that explanation fourteen times fully, and secondly he's lying in my lap," answered the sand kunoichi. (Insert anime sweat drop to all readers here)

"Let's take a break," said Naruto, folding his hands behind his head, "I don't think the weirdo in black will mind."

Everyone rose from his or her seats, stretching after the long period of sitting.

"Hey, Tenten!" Naruto ran up to the weapons mistress, "Sorry about falling asleep on you there, I didn't mean to bug you. Did I say anything weird?"

Tenten raised an eyebrow. "Fell asleep on me? What are you saying, you pervert? You weren't anywhere near me."

The orange ninja was obviously confused. "But, I asked if I could sit next to you. It was right over there," he pointed.

"You idiot, I was nowhere near there."

"Then who was I asleep on?"

"I dunno."

"Oh. Well, can I talk to you anyway?"

"You want to talk? That's rare. Oh well, I guess so."

Naruto led her to a fallen column. Obviously this was his idea of a good place to talk.

"So, what's up?" asked Tenten curiously.

"Well, it's about Hinata," Naruto replied, scratching the back of his head.

Tenten's pulse quickened. This was either going to be very good or very bad. "Um, okay, no problem. What about her?"

"Well… um, well…"

She cuffed him upside the head.

"Spit it out, man!"

"She smells nice, doesn't she?"

Tenten fell from her seat.

"Smells nice?" she asked weakly.

"Yeah! Sort of a cinnamony smell. It's nice, isn't it? Nice hair too," Naruto felt he was on a roll here.

"Hair?"

"Yeah! All black and silky. Wait a second, didn't we have this conversation before?"

"No…"

"Oh yeah, that was when I fell asleep on someone. Do you know who it was?"

"No…"

"Ok, well, thanks Tenten! Gotta run!"

With that he left.

Neji took the place Naruto had vacated. "What was that all about?" he asked, indicating the retreating shinobi.

"He wanted to talk about your cousin," Tenten replied, still dazed by Naruto's abrupt departure.

"Hinata?"

"Obviously."

"What about?"

"Apparently she smells nice."

"She what?"

"That's what I said."

They sat in silence for a while. Neji was a little uncomfourtable around Tenten, he didn't know if she had forgiven him yet for the tiff they'd had earlier. Honestly, this was ridiculous! He was the great Neji Hyuuga! Prodigy of one of the most respected clans in Konoha! Why should he be worried because of a small argument he'd had with a teammate?

"Hey, Tenten?" he began.

"Yeah?"

"That Host…"

"What about him?"

"Well," he fidgeted uncomfourtably, "When he was flirting with you… you didn't take it seriously did you?"

"What? Of course not! What's gotten in to you all of a sudden?"

"So you don't find him attractive?"

"Well…" Tenten decided to mess with his head a little bit, "He's pretty handsome…"

"Tenten!"

She laughed, "No, Neji, I don't find him attractive."

He sighed audibly, and then quickly realized his mistake.

"I could swear you sound relieved, Neji," she remarked, leaning back.

"What? What are you talking about?" the nerves in his voice gave him away. He turned his head away, not wanting to look at his teammate. He was too ashamed.

Tenten grabbed him by the head and forced him to look at her.

"What?" he asked indignantly.

"Neji?"

"Tenten?"

"Kiss me, now, or I'll punch you."

He complied.

A/N

I am soooo sorry for not writing in such a long time! I promise the next chapter will be up sooner than this one!