"Shikamaru!!" A wild looking man with red face paint came galloping up to the aforementioned Shikamaru on a giant dog. "Guess what I just heard!!"

Shikamaru didn't get up from the base of the tree where he was propped against.

"Hey…Shik-A-Ma-Ruuu…." The other still didn't open his eyes. Kiba (I'm not going to refer to him as 'that man', you all know who it is) smirked, hopping off the dog and leaning closer to Shikamaru. "Shikamaruuuuu..Are you awake?"

Still no response.

Kiba then pounced on the other, landing in his lap and pinning him to the tree, yet Shikamaru clenched his eyes even tighter, trying to ignore the slightly larger man. Kiba sighed. "Shika, this game doesn't work at home, so what makes you think it's going to work now?"

Shikamaru finally groaned and opened his eyes, though only halfway. "Okay, okay," He muttered. "Could you get off of me now?"

Kiba grinned and jumped off his boyfriend.

Shikamaru got up and stretched before lazily looking at Kiba. "What a pain…what is this news that's so important you had to wake me up?"

"I was just in Shop That Has No Name(Clever, eh?) and I overheard Sakura saying that Naruto and Shino are together!!"

Shikamaru stared at Dog Man for a full minute before lying back against the tree again. "Well thank you for that extremely interesting news, Gossip Whore."

Kiba scowled at him, but the other was already asleep again. "Well, Akamaru, what do you say we go spread this news around?"

"Oh Kan-Kan-Kun," Ten Ten sighed, and threw herself at the puppet master.

He sighed too, though clearly for a different reason as he tried to escape the girl's death grip. "Ten Ten, you're forgetting about that restraining order!!" He grumbled as he tried to pry her off.

"But you came here to be my valentine, right my love??"

"NO! I came here because the Sand Village is out of toilet paper!! Now if you'll excuse me, I have to discuss the matter with the Fifth." He ran in the direction of the current Hokage's residence.

"WAIT, LOVE MUFFIN!!!" Ten Ten started to chase after him, but paused when she felt someone tug on her sleeve. She turned around to be met with a pair of white, large eyes. "Oh, Hinata! What's up?"

"Well…" The younger girl looked hesitant.

"Yes, what is it?" Ten Ten smiled at her.

"I was wondering…"

"Yes?"

"If you could maybe…."

"Yes???"

"Tell me where Neji-Nii-San is?"

"I think he's still at his hair salon."

"Thank you!" Just as Hinata turned to leave, Naruto ran up waving at her.

"Hinata!! I just wanted to thank you for all your help earlier!! I think…" He glanced at Ten Ten. "My cousin is really going to love this!!" He winked, and ran off, very well pleased with his 'subtleness'.

Ten Ten stared deviously at the Hyuuga girl. "So…Hinata…Tell me." She giggled. "Who is this cousin that Naruto seems so eager to please?"

"Um…Well…" Hinata started fidgeting as she looked at the ground, a light blush beginning to cover her face. "I'm not really supposed...to say…"

"Come on Hinata. We're friends, right? I promise I won't tell anyone!" Hinata sighed in defeat, knowing she couldn't say no to anyone. "Well…"

"For real??" Chouji scarfed down a bag of chips as he listened to Kiba intently.

"I heard it with my own ears! Right, Akamaru?" Akamaru barked to signify his agreement.

"Heard what with your own ears?" Neji walked up to the two.

"Shino and Naruto are madly in love." Chouji answered for Kiba, who was mounting Akamaru.

"I've gotta go tell Kurenai-Sensei, be sure to spread the news around!"

Neji blinked. "Are you sure about that?"

Chouji nodded and opened his third bag of chips. "Kiba said he heard it himself! I'm gonna go tell Ino!"

"I'm going back to my salon; I have to help Hinata-Sama with her hair."

"Ino!!!" Chouji shouted at the blonde. "Ino, guess what!!"

She turned around to face her former team mate. "Chouji, what are you yelling about??"

"You'll never believe it, Shino and Naruto are engaged!" Through all his crunching and munching, Chouji seemed to have misheard what Kiba had told him.

Ino gasped. "Are you serious?! When did this happen??"

"I don't know all the details yet, but Kiba said that they're desperatley in love."

Ino squealed like a fangirl. "Who would've guessed??"

"Naruto...and Shino...huh?" The masked, white-haired jounin lowered his book and tilted his head.

The beautiful, red-eyed woman nodded. "Kiba just told me. And Naruto being one of your former squad members, I thought you might be interested."

Asuma took the cigarette out of his mouth. "Konoha sure must be bored, gossiping about something as common as this..."

"It would seem so..." Kurenai agreed.

Kakashi blushed and giggled as he continued reading his book. "Oh Jiraiya-Sama, you've done it again!!"

"What?? Are you positive?" Lee gaped when he heard what Ten Ten had just told him.

"It's true, Naruto and Shino are lovers!!"

The spandex-clad protector of youth had been ranting to his always-silent love about his intense training that morning when Ten Ten had ran up to him announcing the news.

"And I heard that they play kinky bondage games every night!!" Ten Ten's inner-fangirl had obviously confused her.

Lee's eyes set on fire as he pumped a fist into the air. "How youthful of them!! It sounds like very grueling training of the senses!" Lee turned to his boyfriend and grabbed his hands. "Gaara-Kun, I will not allow Naruto-Kun and Shino-Kun to beat us! We must try this type of training at once!!" The red head (who was certainly going to be very tired the next morning) looked at the mushroom head skeptically, but made no protest as he was dragged in the direction of Lee's home.

Ten Ten stared after them for a moment, basking in the yaoiness. "Oh!! I almost forgot!" She snatched a pair of fuzzy handcuffs out of her ninja gear pouch (or whatever the hell it's called. I, however, think 'ninja gear pouch' is an awesomely awesome name.). "KAN-KAN-KUN!!! WHERE ARE YOU, MY LITTLE TREE SAP???"

A/N: You all know Neji has always wanted to own a hair salon.

I'm not sure if I'm going to continue this :/

FLAME ON!!