"SHINAKIIOOOOO!"
You could literally see the anger in Shiho's icy blue eyes as she shouted her twin brother.
"What now?" Shinakio said as he poked his head round the door to Shiho's bedroom, he didn't dare go in, he knew it was a bad idea to go near his sister when she was in a bad mood... That is if he wanted to keep his head securely attached to his shoulders. "Whatever it is, we need to hurry up, we have to meet Miu and Bakusui-Sensei at the training ground in half an hour"
Shiho shot a dagger like look at Shinakio "Well... We wouldn't be running late if you hadn't TAKEN MY HAIRBRUSH AGAIN!"
"Wow... All this for a hairbrush? Fine here," Shinakio picked a hairbrush up from the table outside the door and tossed it towards his sister. "I don't know why your bothering personally... It'll end up a mess again after training anyway." He saw his sisters death-glare and promptly hurried from the doorway to get away from his sisters wrath.
~~~x~~~
The twins made it to the training ground on time to catch the last part of Miu and Bakusui's conversation...
"... Hopefully when they discover it, they won't use it for reasons other than to protect the village, as is our ninja way!" Bakusui was saying as they got to the grounds.
"Hmmm... Well you know what they are like... Oh! Hey you two!" An expectedly over-hyper Miu greeted them as they walked onto the grounds.
"Hi Miu!" The twins greeted enthusiastically, their earlier disagreement all but forgotten "hi sensei"
"So, what were you guys talking about anyway?" Asked Shinakio.
"Nothing really," replied Bakusui, "just telling Miu that we will be training with Team Gai today"
"ALRIGHT!" Shouted Shinakio excitedly.
"That's brilliant" said Shiho, a light blush creeping across her face. She wouldn't tell anyone this, but she had a bit of a 'soft spot' for Team Gai's spandex-clad shinobi, Rock Lee.
"Right!" Bakusui said, getting the attention of the three shinobi in his team, "I've already sorted out which member of Gai's team you will be sparring with today. Shinakio, you'll be with Neji. Miu, you're with Tenten, Shiho, you're with Lee"
The blush on Shiho's face grew a deeper red at this announcement "Ye...yes... Ba...Bakusui-sensei"
"Hmmm... Stop stuttering, I think you are spending too must time with Hinata."
"Yes sensei" said Shiho quietly. It was true that the Hyuuga heiress was Shiho's best friend and she did spent most of her time with the blushing beauty, but that wasn't the reason for her blushing or stammering.
"Heelloooooo!" Shiho and the rest of Team 12 spun round quickly to see Team Gai walking onto the training ground. First was Gai sensei, next to him was Lee, then Tenten, then following up the rear, was Neji Hyuuga, the cousin of Hinata.
"Right! Everyone pair up with your allocated sparring partners!" Shouted Bakusui.
"You heard the man!" Said Gai to his team. "I know you'll do well Lee!" He said, giving a wink and a thumbs up to his favourite student.
"Yosh!" Said Lee, assuming his good-guy pose "I will try my absolute hardest to make you proud Sensei!"
Neji and Tenten rolled their eyes. "Shouldn't we get started with training?" Said Neji, raising his eyebrow at the two green-spandex-wearing men in front of them.
"I think that that is a great idea neji! Let us get right to it!" Lee darted over to where Miu and the twins were stood. This merited another eye roll from Neji, as he and Tenten started walking towards the rest.
"Hello, Shiho!" Said Lee enthusiastically as he reached his blushing sparring partner "it is me and you training together today, I could not have asked for a better partner from your team!"
"Uhh... Thanks Lee..." Said Shiho quietly, looking at her feet.
"So! Let us get started then!" Said Lee, getting into his fighting stance.
"R...right." Whispered Shiho, getting into her own fighting stance.
Lee started running at Shiho, leaping into the air ten feet from her, ready to crash down to attack her. As he was in the air, Shiho lifted her head and met Lee's gaze, making her blush deepen, but she couldn't pull her gaze away.
'Oh, Lee...' She thought to herself 'I really do wish you would at least ask me on a date...'
Just as this thought crossed Shiho's mind, Lee stopped his attack and dropped to the ground, landing on both feet right in front of the blushing girl.
"Um... Shiho? I was wondering if I could ask you something..."
Shiho's stomach knotted but she managed to get out "yes, Lee?"
"Um... Well... I wondered if I could have the honour of taking you out for dinner tomorrow evening?" He said, going into a bow.
Shiho just stood there silently, not knowing what to say. She just looked at Lee as he stood, bowing slightly in front of her. Eventually she managed to find her voice and said "I would really love that Lee!"
"Yosh!" Lee shouted, jumping and punching the air. "Well, I will see you tomorrow at six p.m outside Ichiraku's!" He turned and hurried off the training grounds, heading home.
Shiho was stunned, she watched Lee run off before realising something and shouting after him "Hey! Lee! What about our training!" But he had run too far to hear her. Shiho, however, was not bothered, she had a date with Lee tomorrow!