Temari briskly walked to Shikamaru's house, planning how she was going to convince him to spend the night at Tsunade's place. It wouldn't be hard for her to convince him to spend the night with her, but to spend the night at Tsunade's. She knew that Shikamaru thought out every thing and would most likely figure out that she wanted to spend the night alone with him. She shivered walking up the stairs to her boyfriend's house knocked on the door. Shikamaru's mother opened the door.

"Hello Mrs. Nara, is Shikamaru home?"

"Sorry dear, but he and his father are training. Would you like to stay for dinner? It's so nice that there's a girl in the world who cares for my baby." She welcomed Temari in and poured her a cup of green tea. They comfortably talked for an hour while Shikamaru's mother cooked dinner. When the gentle men arrived, however, the woman of the house went off like a siren.

"You told me you'd be here forty five minutes ago! You made this poor young lady and me have to wait to eat!" She managed to sweetly say the young lady part.

"Training ran a little late and then we had to pick up the items on your list. Sorry that we had to leave you with my wife for so long, Temari." Shikamaru's father stood still as his wife lunged at him and was about to attack him, but was stopped by Shikamaru's shadow.

"Mom, we made it home and I bought you some flowers on the way, now can we please have dinner calmly?" Shikamaru released his mother and handed her the flowers. She thanked him and demanded an apology from his father, who gave one. Temari giggled softly to herself as she drank the last of her tea. She always found it amusing to watch the Nara family. Finally, the dinner was served and Shikamaru's parents got into a discussion, while Shikamaru whispered to Temari, "Why did you come to my house?" Temari stared blankly and replied, "If you don't want me to stay then I'll leave right now."

"No, that's not I meant. Ugh, troublesome woman, what do you want to ask me?"

"I rather not say it in front of your parents." Shikamaru stood up and collected his and Temari's plates saying, "This was a fantastic dinner, but I better walk Temari back to her hotel so she can catch up on her paper work."

"You don't have to lie, stay out as long as you want, but you better have your room clean when I'm cleaning the house tomorrow!" Shikamaru slammed the door, ignoring his mother's threat.

"So," he began as they walked down the snowing street, holding each other's pinky, "why'd you stop by?" Temari took in a deep breath and answered, "I bought an outfit from Jiraiya today."

"Okay."

"And I told him that we'd be staying the night and Tsunade's." Temari silently let it sink into the Chunnin's head. They walked a little longer before Temari asked, "Are you mad at me?" The young man stopped and looked into his love's eyes. "Why would I be mad at you? Women are so troublesome, always assuming the wrong thing. It would be nice for us to be alone, for once." He lightly kissed the desert princess' nose and continued their walk.

"You are getting me a Christmas present. Here's my list." Temari pulled a small, folded up paper and slid it into her boyfriend's pant pocket. Shikamaru pulled it out, sighed heavily while reading, and thought, "Bothersome woman."

"So, what do you want for Christmas?" Kiba politely asked Ino as the walked past several shops filled with people buying gifts for their loved ones. Ino stopped in front of Channel and looked up at Kiba's handsome face.

"I don't want anything for Christmas, I have enough already."

"That doesn't really help me." Kiba murmured and lead her away from the Channel.

"If you have to get me something, than make me a card or take me out to the movies." Ino walked past a Gucci and jokingly said, "Or, you could buy me Gucci purse."

"There goes a couple A ranked missions." Kiba commented back. Both laughed and it's not quite known who started it, but soon they were tickling each other. After Ino nudged Kiba into a huge pile of snow, they settled down by talking about the Christmas party.

Tenten snuggled comfortably beside Neji, watching the Chestnuts roast over their open fire (Oh, but ya didn't see that one coming!). Neji extended his arm and pulled his angel closer to him. She smiled and relaxed her head on his shoulder while watching the fire's glow dance around their tree. The silver ornaments shown like stars and their faces glowed like crystallized honey. After taking in the beautiful scene for the fifth time, and then contemplating his magic eight ball1, Neji asked, "What should I get you for Christmas? The magic eight ball doesn't have an answer and keeps thinking too much."

"Well," Tenten giggled and pulled out a square paper foldie2 and moved her fingers quickly. "According to this, Mr. Destiny, you should get me a dress from Dior and something from Dolce and Gabbana." Tenten's giggle sent pleasure through his body and he pulled her onto his lap saying, "That can be arranged."

"I was joking."

"I know, I already got a present for you." Tenten eyed the tree, got up, and began to shake the few presents. Neji got up and sat leaned behind her, "It's not there."

"Neither is yours, I knew you would cheat and use your Byakugan." They laughed and exchanged kisses before taking off the chestnuts. Then Tenten "punished" Neji for getting Naruto in trouble with Hiashi.

1 Naruto thought it'd be a good present for him, since he can't do anything without thinking about what destiny has planned out for him.

2 Those square pop up papers with numbers on the top. First you pick the number and move the sides according to it, than the color, and finally lift the flap.

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