Hello and good day to everyone around the world.

So, here comes part two, hope you like and the characters and not too OC. I really tried here, as always reviews are always welcome. Useless reviews? Not so much, ignored mostly. Kind reviews? Make me happy, and constructivism will always be welcome, and I actually take those into high account. You can notice that in this chapter, I hope.

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This is the second chapter for day one.

Disclaimer: I own nothing, not a single character on this story, which is sad.

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"Are you for real?!"

"But— Im hungry!"

"I swear you just ate two seconds ago! Right Sasuke?"

"Hmm."

Tenten sighed, she had never thought she could have this luck. Sasuke and Chouji. She had always thought she had a pathetic team, well not pathetic… but sure a strange one; however, she had grown to love how Lee was never out of fuel, and Neji, even thought he never said it, was always looking out for them, how Gai sensei always trusted them, even her, with his life.

But this was beyond it. She wanted to kill herself. They were walking around Konoha posting some news around the village and removing the old ones while asking people on the way if needed some help at little things inside their shops that wanted them to take care off. It was easy peasy, by far one of the most borings missions ever, as she had said, easy, but with Chouji stopping every two seconds to eat it was near impossible.

"Chouji we need to finish this." She stated with her hands on her hips, annoyed cause she swears she had seen him eating his fifth portion of chips already! She had an idea.

"C'mon, if we finish this in the next two hours we will run around Konoha two times!"

Sasuke grunted and Chouji looked pale, she sweat dropped, of course, this was Chouji Akimichi.

"I better never finish this then, I rather stay here."

Sasuke silently nodded in agreement.

"Oh c'mon Chouji! I want to eat too but we aren't even half way there."

Chouji kept munching and Sasuke kept scowling. Tenten have had it, they have been like this the past two hours already. Sasuke had barely even said two words to her, how Sakura could keep up with him all the time?! Right, she was in love with the guy. She sighed in defeat.

"Alright! If we finish this I'll pay for food at Ichiraku's! But move!"

At this Chouji was on his feet eyes glowing, he looked ready for anything."Promise? Tenten-san?"

Annoyed at him she sighed and then flashed a little smile, how Ino could keep with him? How they even finished missions?! She wondered.

"Promise. For the good of the fire of youth." She laughed but his face was clueless. "Sorry, it's a joke between Neji and me. But yes, promise."

Chouji took the things on her hands and started to nail the announcements like crazy, in less than five minutes he had already finished that street. Sasuke whistled.

"That was a good idea."

Tenten smiled brightly at him.

"You think so? Well he's moving now, the offer goes to you too Sasuke, we can eat after we finish."

Tenten approached him and took the tape off his and nodded him to follow her. "C'mon we can do the other street."

Sasuke followed her with raised brows. Sakura would surely just be all over him, saying how cool he was and how this was stupid and didn't deserve his precious time. However, Tenten since the first second had handed him the equal amount of work as Chouji or hers. He had seen how Sakura would always put Naruto's the most work whenever possible, behind her back he would always help the blond guy.

If someone asked him or rather read his mind he would say that he was best friends with Naruto, so even if he would never say it, he hated when Sakura did this to him, and it annoyed him to no end that she didn't seem to realize (or care) how whipped he was over her… though recently he had been acting more normally around her. Anyway, having a change at this was actually good. Sasuke wanted to be known not just because he was, indeed, an Uchiha, but he wanted to deserve the name and he had decided a year ago that he would work for it. Even if it mean taping things to the wall.

He looked at his new teammate as she tapped some things and took rids of others. Tenten never looked at him twice like Sakura did and didn't blush when they looked at each other eyes. He had to work? So work he did. And she never yelled. He could never be more grateful for the new teams, his ears could have a little break from Sakura's yells.

"So, are you missing them? You team?"Tenten asked as she put another flier, Sasuke was holding the things as she nailed them.

"Hn, you?"

Tenten didn't know if that was a yes or no but smiled at him anyway and shrugged as they walked to the next post, she blushed a little, ashamed of it "To be honest? A little, Lee is never out of energy, you know? And Chouji is the other way around." She laughed at the memory, explaining at the stoic face of the Uchiha. "Usually whenever he needs motivation, Lee of course, to do something (that is almost near to zero cause he's always doing things) we will propose to run laps around Konoha. He always falls for that."

They were in silent a few more seconds, Sasuke was about to say something when she spoke again.

"Tell you a secret? Promise not to tell anyone."

Sasuke was curious now, so he nodded as he gave her another flier.

"Neji and I always make clones, so when he's not looking we trade places and our clones are the ones running along him around Konoha…" she laughed and then fell silent after a little while. "He possesses no chakra, so he could never tell… and since he's such a good teammate even if he started to notice he would be incapable of hurting us to make us "puff" you know. Sometimes I feel bad about it and do the actual runs. Trust me. It's not nice."

Sasuke couldn't picture Sakura running around Konoha two laps a day. Naruto? Yeah, if he proposed him and did a bet. Tenten would totally be worth in any team, he decided.

"Neji on the other hand… is always so fast at everything, kind of shy, they are "eternal rivals" as they call each other… well Lee anyway." Another flier up. "But most of the time Neji is awfully quiet…you remind me of him."

"How?" Sasuke couldn't help but ask.

Tenten shrugged as he nailed the next post. "I don't know, both of you are… so… cold and uncaring on the façade… sorry, no offense."

He shrugged, cause for once the word "cool" wasn't the first on the list, but Sasuke was pretty sure he cared more than the Hyugga did.

"None taken."

Tenten eyed him and after a minute she decided to explain further.

"At the same time you both care a lot... you know? About their teammates, don't ever say that to Neji cause he will refuse it but I know he does, he just doesn't show it, and somehow I can see that with you too. You care about Naruto and Sakura the same way I care for Lee and Neji." She smiled as they ended up the street and crossed it to get started with the other. "And that's something I take into account into a fellow ninja."

Sasuke nodded and didn't say anything, nor even tried to refuse her words, Tenten crossed the street and saw an ice cream little spot, she rushed and Sasuke sighed as he followed her.

"I want an ice cream please… actually make that three." She said after looking for something ahead from her. Sasuke wondered how she ate that much. Surely Sakura would never allow that much calories on her body. "Mango, vanilla I suppose… and—"

He turned to Sasuke, who raised a brow. Tenten waited.

"Sasuke, your ice cream. What flavor?"

Sasuke was having a hard time to keep a straight face. Ice cream? But it was only two in the afternoon! And they haven't finished their work yet! And she wanted an ice cream?!

"Fine." Tenten sighed and turned to the vendor with a kind smile. "Chocolate then."

"But we haven't finished." Sasuke blurted out.

Tenten took with great effort the three cones and paid them, even after Sasuke had offered to do so but she refused and said this time in was on her.

"Whenever I feel like we've done enough I treat the guys something, they never refuse it, not even ice cream. Other times its on them. Its kind of a… team tradition." She said as she struggled again with the cones, then she hold them up to Sasuke. "Take one, the mango one is all mine Uchiha, but you can take either vanilla or chocolate, I bet Chouji loves both flavors."

Sasuke had to agree, after eyeing her one more second he choose chocolate, he hadn't realize how hungry he was until now and putting the fliers behind his arm he started eating, it would be a waste any other way. Tenten smiled and walked around with the other one as she ate hers in comfortable silence. Soon, after a minute or so, both of them spotted a blur of green and brown.

"Chouji! Over here!" She waved at him with the vanilla cone, Chouji came running happily. Sasuke had forgot how fast a person could be once he was motivated.

"Im done with my fliers Tenten-san!" He said as he watched both his teammates eating, soon Tenten gave him his ice cream, he started at it immediately.

"Thank you, Tenten-san! You remind me of Ino! She's always giving me food."

"Tenten will do Chouji, no need for Tenten-San" Tenten said happily eating her own cone. "Lets eat and after we are done we can finish this."

"Agreed" Sasuke eagerly said as he ate his chocolate like the precious gift it was, god he was hungry. Why Sakura never let them eat before finishing a mission? Something about wasting energy and time, better to work a little harder and finish early, right now he decided he would convince her out of it. It was good taking breaks from time to time.

They sat down and talked, mostly Chouji with Tenten and a few comments from Sasuke's part, they even managed to get him something close to a "smile" or at least he stopped scoffing, Tenten and Chouji felt kind of proud at themselves.

"Now let's watch the clouds for a bit." Chouji said looking at the sky.

"What? Why?"Tenten said doing the same as she finished her cone and sighed when it was over. "Its kind of boring."

"Hn." Sasuke didn't bother to try, usually on breaks during missions he would spar with Naruto instead of wasting his time, and Tenten during breaks will actually take a nap. Neji always made fun of her because of that but she couldn't help it! She was tired all the time!

"It's relaxing…."Chouji said flatly. Tenten stood still for another minute before sighing in defeat.

"Im sorry Chouji, I cant possibly be still for that long."

"I think we should get rid of this already." Sasuke said getting to his feet, Tenten followed suit they both stared at Chouji… who was now eating potato-ships. The killer intent was evident from kilometers.

Tenten definitely missed Lee, with Lee on her side they would have finished this an hour ago! For God's sake! Sasuke, she decided, was a good teammate, but he was a lazy ass too, without a Naruto to compete against he was pretty much just a good looking guy. Neji at least wasn't useless, he would use his byakugan to tell her if Gai sensei was near and that way they could avoid the other two of team's Gai a little longer. She sighed. Right on cue Gai sensei decided to show up. See? That's what she was talking about.

"Are you done? Amazing shinobis that are lighted up with the fire of youth?" He said as he did a little spin, struck a pose, and flashed a smile. Sasuke swears he saw the sun setting down in the ocean.

He actually dropped the fliers to the ground as he looked around, if Naruto ever saw this he would never shut up. Tenten went to pick them up giggling, even Chouji was stunned, unable to move.

"Almost done, we only have like…. Thirty or so to post." She said eyeing the fliers and then his teammates and sighed. What would they do without her? "Give us an hour or so."

Gai looked at his pupil with a bright smile, proud of her.

"Alright, Tenten! Im a proud sensei, since you have coped with this kid that its not like my precious Lee, and this other boy that its nothing like our cool and amazing Neji." He nodded to himself and then did a little spin again, Sasuke backed away…"but then again, as always, you are doing an amazing job, and I shall leave you at it, in an hour I'll see you and ask for your report."

And he disappeared. Chouji was now sure he would never want to stop being Asuma's pupil and then the respect for Tenten just grew to the sky, she had to not only cope with Lee, that was never out of energy, or with the coldest of guys, that Neji, but with that awkward teacher, suddenly Chouji decided Tenten deserved better, she actually deserved a team full of Naruto's to do the work and full of Kiba's, lazy but honestly a good guy to hang around and he had a feeling she loved pets, so for once decided to cooperate.

"Lets split and we can finish this in five minutes." He offered and raised a hand, Sasuke, still scared of what he has just witnessed did too, however his face never showed it. He complained non-stop about Kakashi but at least his teacher never, ever, stroked poses like that, Sasuke almost was glad that he was immersed in his orange books more that those things about youthful fire. Almost.

They finished incredibly early, and having almost an hour to expend they walked without direction to the training ground to meet Tenten's sensei, once there Chouji sat to eat once again and this time Tenten just sighed happily, at least they had finished! After a while he spotted Sasuke throwing kunais to a tree nearby.

"Ino is better than you." Chouji said casually as he looked, Sasuke's brows almost touched. That couldn't be possible. He was better than Sakura, way better, and Ino was pretty much like her wasn't it? So he should be better than her.

Chouji could almost read his mind, but decided to shut it, maybe Ino and Sasuke could end on a team tomorrow, and he would see for himself what he meant.

"If you just turn your elbow a liiiiiitle more inside, it will go faster and hit better." Tenten said to the Uchiha, he hadn't been aware they were watching him. He scoffed again, he didn't follow no ones advice but still did it once she was talking to Chouji, maybe distracted enough for her not to see him? He tried it… it was better. Way better. Sasuke raised his brows and then turned to his now teammate in wonder. No doubt why she was nicknamed like the queen of weapons. She knew her stuff.

"Im bored!" Tenten said two minutes later, she had tried gazing at the sky, really, but found it incredibly boring to much Chouji's disgrace. "Wanna spar, anyone?"

Chuji kept on eating, so much for trying, Sasuke had almost been eager to do so but he just nodded in her direction, forgetting the tree.

"This will be interesting…"Tenten said with a smile to Sasuke who was now in front of her a few meters away, she had never fight him before. "No sharingan, Uchiha."

Sasuke rolled his eyes, what was the point on sparing if he couldn't use all his advantages? He always used his sharingan on Naruto but agreed nonetheless.

"Ready? Go!" Chouji waved his hand from his spot, eager to watch the fight, it was such a change between the spars between Ino and Shikamaru, they knew each other so well that it was rather boring after a while, besides, he had never quite seen either of this two fight, he could learn a thing or two.

When they finished, several minutes later when Chouji called for a break, they were both panting, Sasuke had won and Tenten had recognized it, but not for much to Chouji's point of view. Tenten was just a step behind.

"Tenten-san! You are amazing!"

Tenten shrugged as she sat up lightly besides Chouji taking a big gulp from the water bottle he offered.

"I spar against Neji or Lee all the time." She took another sip and sighed. "I swear. They beat me every time, they are just too good. I'm never even close to beat them." She said rather sad and Chouji wondered if she felt bad about this, so he decided to make this better and offered some potato chips, sighing she agreed. "Thanks."

Chouji shrugged "With what I have seen just now you could beat Sakura, Ino and even Shikamaru with your taijutsu, just because your teammates are better than you it doesn't mean you are not amazing as well. You can beat me anytime Tenten-san, even Sasuke if given another chance."

Tenten looked at him in the eye, she had always thought she wasn't that much of a kunoichi, she couldn't defeat her own teammates! But she had been close to defeat Sasuke back there, right? According to Chouji. When she lost against Lee, he would always apologize and say that she was amazing and everything, and when she spared against Neji he never apologized, but she always knew he was going easy on her. So whatever their actions or words, she knew she wasn't enough…

But then… maybe that didn't mean she totally was unworthy of being a ninja.

"You… think so?"

Sasuke was not used to it, seeing a girl so… down… even when he knew Sakura wasn't a strong kunoichi she always acted like one, and a proud one too, always acting like she knew better. Tenten, who he was sure was way better than most of the girls on his generation doubted herself. Her, the only girl who had been even remotely close to beat him. The world was a weird place.

"Yes. You are clearly amazing. Tenten-san" Chouji said even when Tenten had asked him not to do so. Tenten wanted to cry.

"Hn."

Tenten smiled at both of them almost teary eyed, she waved them away. She wasn't a total failure, she was actually a good ninja.

Chouji decided that even though it was a drag to work with the ever so cold Uchiha and a way more sentimental Tenten that he had thought of, they did a good team and looked forward to work with them in a future. When he said that out loud Tenten almost hugged them both but restrained herself remembering that Sasuke kind of hated hugs and Chouji was eating happily on the floor, so instead she went to practice her shots, way to happy to sit still, besides she hated to cry. Sasuke followed suit and without asking she told him how to put his feet, how to do little or minimal movements that would improve his technique in different weapons.

This time Sasuke listened intently, trying what she was telling him without a doubt. All this as Chouji threw little chocolate balls in their direction (who knows from where he gets food, really) when he thought they weren't paying attention, but of course, being ninjas, they always were, and to much of his amusement they caught them on the air and then ate them to continue practicing with not so much disturbance. It was such a weird sight watching Sasuke like that. Catching little chocolate balls with his mouth or hand. Chouji wanted to laugh, but if he was anything like Ino, he would be dead, so he reminded happily quiet.

Sasuke decided that Chouji was right, they were indeed a good team, or at least saw some future in it, but didn't said that out loud, and in the years to come and the many mission that the three of them would be put together he never said it, but ever since then he never forgot to bring along a few potato chip bags with him, just in case his chubby friend decided he was hungry and wasn't taking another step without eating, saving Tenten the misery from going all annoyed at him, claiming it was his fault that she was always broken whenever paired.

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Later that night, after reports where handed over to Tsundae and all the genins retired to their houses exhausted, she had hoped that all of them had started to see light, at least a little bit and were rather excited to know what kind of surprises would they find later, even Kakashi, Asuma, Kurenai and Gai had interesting reports to handle her. The genins had been prohibited to see one another till this "trade" thing, as Shikamaru called it, was over. So they could learn the whole experience and actually get something good from it.

Still, there were two genins that weren't having that.

Sasuke was at his home, doing some cleaning in his already clean bedroom when he spotted the teams 7 picture and chuckled. He would totally have a hard time convincing Sakura to change her ways on the team, but he would definitely do it. He decided to treat Tenten next time he saw her, thanks to her he had learned the meanings of breaks and he wasn't sure to give up on them just yet, just out of habit he threw a kunai over his shoulder to a piece of wood in his ceiling, it was the first time he have had no trouble on hitting the exact red point. He grinned, he had now a thing or two to show to Naruto, he even was up to hold a bet and do a few laps around Konoha, just to see how badly in shape Sakura was… he sighed, maybe not, he wasn't that mean, but the grin returned, he would definitely talk to Tenten and maybe she could arrange a spar between Lee and him, he could learn a few things…

Tenten was happily making her way to her house after training some more, she just couldn't stay still! But now she was ready to take a full night sleep till tomorrow's arrangement. She was a good ninja, a great kunoichi, one that managed to still be on her feet after sparing with Sasuke, one that according to him could take Sakura, Ino and Shikamaru at anytime. She grinned at no one as she made it home. She was going to bake something for a certain chubby boy tomorrow! Definitly! She was in high spirits, and for once she wanted to meet Neji and Lee at once to talk about them of her day… remembering she couldn't do so she made a mental note. They would be so proud of her! Grinning she made her kunai fly on the air just to catch it with her eyes closed. Yeap, she was good, she just didn't have realize it. On the other hand she held a few chocolate balls that she ate happily on the road.

Kiba was playing with Akamaru at his room, her mother yelling at his sister for something he didn't care at all, after a while they decided to sleep early, tired of repairing the ceiling, at the end everything had worked fairly okay, even his sensei had said so, and that meant the world to him, though he missed Hinata and her blood trait, with that she would've spotted the missing joist in the ceiling and Naruto wouldn't had fell, breaking his arm. He winced, remembering when Kurenai had taken him to the hospital, refusing Ino and Kiba to come along with her. He would tomorrow look around for the blond ninja, hopefully his arm would be bandaged and not hurting anymore, he looked at Akamaru and sighed as they prepared themselves to sleep. He made a mental note to get some flowers to Ino, for their date. He grinned and suddenly wanted to know what Shikamaru would think of all of this, after all… Kiba tried to convice himself… it was all for him. They, as Naruto had agreed later on the morning… just needed a little push. Besides Ino was hot, if they didn't realize it at least he could get to hang out with her a little bit. He had learned today that she was, indeed, a very funny girl to have around, very different from Hinata.

The second Naruto got home he took off the bandage on his arm, he was already healed and just to prove it he hit the wall besides him… yeap, not even the smallest of pain. And still when in pain early that day Kurenai had been so worried she had actually took him to her house, nearest than the hospital and helped him herself. He was sure she knew about the kyubi, he would bet half his money that she knew he would soon get better, that there's actually no need for her to do this… but still she took care of him like he was Kiba, or any other of her students.

He had known Ino and Kiba weren't allowed to come along because of the same thing they both new, by tomorrow he would be good as new, Kurenai wanted to spare them the detaila. Still when he headed home she whispered to his ear, "please do not get rid of it…" Naruto sighed and agreed, he would have to put with a "broken arm" for a week or two… for the sake of his own secret. But in his house he got rid of it, placed it carefully on a table as he smiled remembering the concerned look on Kurenai's sensei face and went to eat some hot instant noodles before hitting the bed. Making a note to ease the uneasiness that he kind of knew Kiba and Ino felt even as they had said their goodbyes to a smiling Naruto, saying not to worry. He couldn't stop grinning at their concerned faces, they really looked quite sad that he had been injured, and Ino he was sure wanted to cry. He blushed a little. Maybe they cared... just a little bit...

Shino was at a special room of his house, checking on his bugs, still annoyed at how the mission of today had resulted, and felt immensely angered at himself for losing his temper, but at the thought started to rose he remember how Shikamaru had laughed at him, and said he hadn't even noticed. He respected the shadow guy and felt nothing but pure respect for Hinata now, he made a mental note to thank her for her never endless sandwiches she always carried around, he even gave some credit to the Haruno girl. He had learned over the years that Sasuke was as lazy as Naruto, the only difference is that Sasuke was an Uchiha while the other was the pariah of Konoha, he felt respect for the young kunoichi for putting up with them and actually made them work.

Chouji was eating non stop the moment he had come to his house, remembering the days events and wondering if tomorrow he would be lucky to be in Shikamaru's or Ino's team. He decided not. He sighed, he wanted so badly to see the clouds with the three of them, in blissful lazyness, cause let's face it, whenever she felt like it, Ino would do anything to do nothing. He swore over his rammen to tell Ino all the little tips he had learned with Tenten today and decided to let her know she was better than Sasuke at it. He chuckled, he wondered how Shikamaru would react when he tells him Tenten could take both of them easily. He supposed he would say something along the lines of…

"Troublesome " Shikamaru grinned. As it had been said, there were two genins that weren't doing as told. One of them being the shadow justu master. He was standing on Ino's window.

Ino had just finished her cereal as she read a book about dogs, she had been so in love with Akamaru the whole day that she had decided to adopt one too, she wouldn't be around all the time but she had promised herself she would take care of him the same way Kiba did with Akamaru. Sighing, she closed the book and settled herself to sleep. She would definitely ask Shikamaru what dog would he like… he hanged around her house so much she just had to find a pet both of them would like. That noted, he decided to ask the Inuzuka too, blushing madly when she had indeed accepted a date with him once all of this was over she had already a bunch of flowers ready to be delivered for a special little blond guy with amazing blue eyes and a broken arm. Sakura was lucky, she decided, and an idiot too, if she still preferred Sasuke over him.

"Troublesome." Shikamaru grinned as he stepped over her window, Ino grinned, her light still on as she spotted him.

"I thought you weren't coming!"She said as she got up again, she was wearing pants and a baggy t-shirt. Shikamaru could bet his life he was the only guy in the whole universe to ever see her like this, he had seen it like that lots but still he blushed a little when she sat up in her bed, legs close to hers and patted the bed for him to sit down, and so he did.

"Sorry, kind of forgot." He wanted to say 'too weird not seeing you the whole day' or 'I missed you giving us breaks to eat' or 'You are right, Sakura is even more troublesome than you' but he didn't, he just sighed and fell on his back, watching her ceiling, frowning. "It was a very troublesome day."

She lay on her back too and whispered.

"I know, it was kind of weird…." She wanted to say 'I missed you to no end! Kiba and Naruto refused to see the clouds!' or 'Kiba actually invited me on a date… and I said yes' or 'I don't know what the heck is wrong with Tsundae sama doing this' but she didn't. "Naruto broke his arm while fixing the rooftop"

Shikamaru looked at her, not amused at the news. "Really? He's always so clumsy…"

Ino hit him in the arm. Damn, just in the spot Sakura had hit him, all day. He had lost count of how many.

"Don't say that, actually if it weren't from him I would be the one with a broken arm." She said defending her teammate of the day. "He saw I was going to fall, took my arm and pushed me to the ceiling, changing the… am…the—"

"Momentum"

"That!" Ino had missed talking in very 'high classed' phrases. Shikamaru never used them but had quite a large dictionary. "And instead he fell, tomorrow I'm looking for him, got some flowers and a hug to give."

Shikamaru chuckled.

"And here I thought you missed us, looks like at least one of us had fun at the 'trade' today" Again he frowned when Ino hit him in his arm. Same spot. More pain. "I swear if you were a guy…"

Ino frowned at this and soon took his sleeve up his arm and gasped. "I did that you?! I swear I control myself when I hit you! I haven't been with you all day!"

Shikamaru gaped. She controlled herself?! But he didn't have time to wonder more as green chakra flowed from her hands, curing him in seconds, Shikamaru sighed in relief.

"Thank you" He said gratefully as he finally stopped fidgeting. The pain wasn't that much, but it still had been bugging him all day, he had felt sore. He felt incredibly bad for Naruto's luck on teammates. "It was Sakura though, don't worry." He sighed happily. "After being yelled all day it's nice… to have this peace…"

Shikamaru felt like sleeping there and then but Ino sat up suddenly angry, Shikamaru sighed, why couldn't he keep his mouth shut?

"Billboard forehead did that to you?! You are my teammate, Im the only one that can go around hitting you! Did I hit Naruto today?! No! I even treated him meal!"

"You never treat me food…" Shikamaru almost smiled at her saying that she was the only one who could hit him… almost.

"Did I ever yell to him? No! I was very kind to him, thank you very much, after all the crap he goes taking around town—"

"You are never kind to me…"

"And…"She then remembered something and passed an arm over Shikamaru's head to grab something and then tossed it in his stomach. Totally forgetting what she was talking about. Shikamaru sighed. So much for quiet. "Shikamaru what dog would you like?"

Shikamaru stared at his teammate for a long minute and then after saying a phrase along with a "troublesome" he opened the book and watched the pictures of different dogs barking happily at him, he would ask later, right now he was happy to have Ino seated by his side talking excitedly over the different dogs she would like. They talked a lot and in betweens he complained about his day as she told him that it was, besides Naruto's fall, a great day with both the most hyperactive guys they both had ever met.

"You know we are getting into trouble if they find out we had been hanging out, right?" He said after a long, long discussion, they have come in terms with three dogs that both of them would want, when asked why Ino had shrugged, saying she wanted a pet and said that since he spent a lot of time in there, he had a said in the matter. When he asked about Chouji she told him that 'he loves dogs, he will love mine anyway' and Shikamaru had to agree. Chouji always supported Ino, in whatever she had in mind, most of the times Shikamaru had to drag in just for the sake of their friendship.

Ino looked at the ceiling thinking about his question, then at him and grinned, both of them were on their backs and both of them knew it was time to Shikamaru to go home. "I don't care, if we both shut up about this anyway no one will find out, if they do… well... We are on the same boat Shikamaru, even if you get three days off. Don't think is forever. I still got you."

Shikamaru wanted to think she meant all of that in the good way, so just to keep himself happy, he decided to take it that way. Like she needed him. Wanted him on the team.

Shikamaru sighed, pretending, just like he knew she did, they were best friends, for god's sake, of course they cared for each other, still it was fun pretending not to.

"I just can't run away from you, uh?"

Ino gave him a tap on his healed arm giggling. "Glad you see it my way."

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So there. Thanks for reading!

I personally LOVED Sasuke, Chouji and Tenten working together, Tenten is by far my favorite female character, she's way too amazing, and somehow, while writting, I had this weird feeling that the 3 of them would work together just fine, not perfectly, alright, but damn good. What do you guys think? Leave a review if you like.

And lets wait to see what wicked ideas Tsundae has for the next chapter's teams. Two days to go.

-Juliet'lovestory-