Thanks for reading and perhaps I'll get the next chapter out soon. Sorry for this short chapter, and I hope my next one is a bit longer in length. And after I finish and publish this story, I'll start on publishing my Kakashi story. If you have any ideas or thoughts about this story, I would love to hear from you. But be gentle, because I'm quite sensitive. Thanks again for reading. Enjoy.

Sakura was not thrilled. Many of the competitive girls were arguing in the streets and then had the nerve to insult her. She had ignored them until then, not wanting to be distracted from her thoughts. Her shrieks of outrage caught their attention and they all swiftly turned their snide faces toward her.

"Oh, look. It's Miss Forehead. Come to listen to our small talk?" the other girls sneered as Inner Sakura rose up into a ferocious stance.

"You are not even worth my time, after all none of you passed," Sakura mocked as she turned away with only one thought in her head.Where is Ino!? If she didn't get here soon- She stifled the rest of her thought and stared at the sight a good distance away. She was shocked which caused her to stumble forward but she quickly caught herself before she fell. Green eyes sparkling she wished she had the nerve to do something like the couple who was kissing each other on the street.

Smiling wistfully Sakura wonderered quietly to herself why she was even chasing after Shikamaru. Shikamaru was smart and loyal and all that, but mainly the reason why was that the others were after him. But if she had love like that, Sakura knew she would go after it. As long as it wasn't Naruto, even though he was a good friend and teammate. And if she even ever thought about being with Naruto, it would hurt Hinata and that would never be right.

When the couple stopped kissing, Sakura was in for a major shock. Her rival Ino and sometimes best friend was looking google- eyed at a total stranger. A stranger who her blond friend had her lips locked with. Looking away at what looked to be a private moment, Sakura smiled and wished Ino the best of luck. After all, there was a new shining look in Ino's eyes.

But as for Sakura, her eyes changed from pensive to a look of horror as the artistic member of team seven walked closer to her. He was back from his mission and coming toward her. Why? She didn't know but she was leaving before any flying insults came out of Sai's mouth.

Shikamaru was at the famous Ramen shop, where usually a certain blond boy visited. Temari sat beside him and surprisingly, no one had noticed that they had snuck into town. But it made her job a whole lot easier.

"What would you like?" Ayame politely asked each of the ninja, as she wrote on a small note pad. Shikamaru noted she didn't give him special attention and even though he was glad of that, he was confused to why not.

"Why aren't you acting like those other girls? I mean why aren't you trying to chase me? I mean-," Shikamaru stumbled over his words, trying not to seem conceited or insulting, while asking a simple question, "How troublesome."

Ayame blushed heatedly and responded in embarrassed tone of voice, "I've always liked someone and he's so attractive. Not that you aren't or anything."

Ayame blushed again, with a nervous attitude and Temari asked the one question that had bugged him.

"Who is it?"

"K- Kakashi," the ramen girl stumbled over her words, "When he comes here with his team, he has to eat. And when he does, I get to see his face."

With that information, Shikamaru stared at Temari, while Temari stared back. How would they ever trick the legendary Copy-Nin Kakashi to show off his face to admirers of Shikamaru? And the only way to research the solution to this problem, was for them to speak with his students. Excluding Sakura, of course.

"So who do we speak with first?" Temari asked pulling at the edges of one of her ponytails. Shikamaru thought for a few minutes and he wondered which would be the smartest choice to ask.

"Sasuke or Sai," they simultaneously answered.

"I rather do Sasuke first. Sai gives me the creeps," shuddered Shikamaru, trying to not think about Sai's few little quirks. Temari lifted one eyebrow and smirked.

" I guess we ask the infamous Uchiha. And if he has no ideas, we can always ask him how he used to handle fangirls," Temari suggested scooting off her seat as Shikamaru rose up. They headed toward the village hoping that somehow they could sneak around without anyone seeing them.