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Hinata walked through the halls of Konoha High School. She walked into the cafeteria and went over to her friends. "H-hey girls," she said, sitting down with her lunch. They smiled at her. Ino looked up.

"Hey, look who's coming over here," she said, standing up. Hinata and the others looked up as well. There, walking towards them, were the Bee's. Karin was in the lead, followed by Kin and Tayuya. Ino crossed her arms over her chest, sticking one hip out to the side. "Well, well, well, Karin," Ino said, smirking at her. Karin looked at Ino with a look of disgust, before fixating her gaze on Sakura.

"Sakura, I heard you went out on a date with Sasuke that ended with him getting a broken wrist. What did you do? Snap it?" she asked. Tayuya and Kin giggled on cue. Tenten rolled her eyes. Karin leaned closer to Sakura and grabbed her arm. "Sasuke is mine, Pinkie," she snarled. Sakura yanked her arm out of Karin's grip.

"Oh really?" she asked tauntingly. "Then why aren't you the one he's dating?"

Ino threw a shocked look at Sakura. 'Dating?' Ino mouthed, before breaking out into a huge grin. Karin just gave her a look of disgust before flouncing off. Kin threw a look at Tenten as they left; it was widely known Kin had a thing for Neji.

Sakura sighed. "Those girls need a serious smack."

"I'll do it," Ino volunteered.

Then Sakura looked at the others. "Um… do people think I broke Sasuke's wrist?"

Temari hesitated before answering. "Well, um, I don't think many people know about the accident yet. After it spreads around, I'm sure no one will think it," she said, trailing off at the end. Sakura looked a little sick.

"D-don't worry, Sakura," Hinata said, patting her on the arm.

Tenten picked at her food. "I am so tired of people throwing me looks. Either for that attack or for me dating Neji," she said tiredly.

Hinata smiled at Tenten and Tenten gave her a strained look.

"By the way, Hinata, how is your tutoring with Naruto going?" Sakura asked quietly.

Hinata blushed. "Um… f-fine…"

Temari grinned, leaning forwards. "Oh come on, what she means is, has he made a move yet?"

"N-Naruto?" Hinata asked. "N-n-no!"

Tenten shook her head. "It's up to you then, if he doesn't have the cojones to, then you will have to."

Hinata sat up straight, her face going red. "I-I… b-but…"

"I have an idea," Ino said. "The first soccer game of the season is coming up. You should totally get him to go with you."

"I c-couldn't," Hinata mumbled.

Tenten growled. "Then I will," she said, standing up and going over to Naruto's table.

"T-Tenten, no!" Hinata said, but Tenten ignored her.

"Naruto, I need to ask you something," Tenten said, planting both hands on her hips. He looked up at her with a questioning look on his face.

"What is it?"

"In private," Tenten said, rolling her eyes and dragging him out of the cafeteria. "Ok, let me cut to the chase. You have to take Hinata to the soccer game."

"What? Why? Neji will kill me!"

"Not if I can help it," Tenten said. "Besides, I've seen how you look at Hinata. Looks like Sakura's old news," she said with a smirk. Naruto shifted uncomfortably.

"Are you sure Neji wouldn't find out?"

"Positive," said Tenten. "It's a date then."

"Ok," said Naruto. "Wait, does Hinata know?"

"She's about to find out," Tenten said, walking back into the caf. She sat down back at the table. "Good news Hinata, you are going out with Naruto this Saturday."

Hinata looked shocked. "H-he said ok?"

"Yep," Tenten said, popping her lips on the 'p'.

"What i-if N--"

"I've got it covered," Tenten grouched.

That evening…

Temari was back at the park. She was taking more pictures, but most of these were of people. She had asked a few to stand under a certain tree and have their pictures taken for a project she was doing. Most had said yes, and she had just finished with the last one. She had done a few at a brick wall earlier, and even one or two by the waterfront. She sat down in a bench, satisfied with her work.

She didn't really want to go back home yet; only Gaara and Kankuro there.

"Back again?"

She looked up and saw Shikamaru standing by her. She tossed her head back and stared him in the eye. "Why yes I am," she said. "You going to Niko's?"

He raised an eyebrow. "Yeah. Want to join me?"

She grinned. "Sure. I'm starving and neither Gaara or Kankuro can cook… and I'm pretty sure you know what my cooking is like," she muttered, remembering their last home ec class where she had managed to explode the eggs they were cooking.

He smirked and they started to walk towards Niko's. "By the way, what's so special about this area?" he asked her, nodding to her camera.

She shrugged. "I'm doing a big photo project and I am using one location only for it. After this I am thinking of scouting around for some other places. Maybe some alleys. I could do a whole spread on the local graffiti art," she said. "Yeah… I'll do some at nighttime and some at noon. Get a good contrast. Maybe even do some with people," she was now talking more to herself then Shikamaru.

It didn't take long for them to get to Niko's, Shikamaru keeping her talking about photography the whole way there. After they sat down she looked closely at him. "Ok, your turn to answer my questions. Why do you like cloud watching?"

"Clouds are very peaceful, free," he said. "It's calming to watch them. I'll have mackerel." He directed the last part to the waitress.

"I'll have pork," Temari said to the waitress. Shikamaru raised his eyebrows.

"I thought you didn't like squid."

"You can eat it," she said with a chuckle.

He watched her laugh. He hadn't seen her do it much, but it was unexpectedly pleasant. She caught him looking at him and glared at him.

"What is it?"

"Nothing," he said.

"You sure say that a lot," she grumbled. The food arrived and he picked the squid off her plate. They ate, keeping up a conversation mostly about photography or cloud watching or why he thinks women are troublesome. She gave up on the last one with an annoyed look at him.

After she finished she stretched her arms. "That was good," she said, cracking her neck from side to side. "Ok, lazyass," she said, using her new nickname for him. "You get to pay?"

"Why?"

"Guess," she said with a grin.

"Troublesome…"

Later…

Ino sighed as she lay back on her bed. "Bored, bored, bored," she muttered. She sat up and went over to her computer. She had to order those turnips from somewhere. She took a few minutes to look at various sites where you could order groceries from, where she finally found one that sold amounts that went into the hundreds. She ordered a few dozen crates of turnips, and turned off her computer. They wouldn't arrive for a few weeks, and then she would just have to worry about carving them.

"I need groupies," she muttered. "Groupies that could do this sort of thing."

She finally decided to call Sakura. "This is Haruno Sakura. I can't come to th—Okako, shut up!! Sorry. Anyways, I can't come to the phone right now, please leave a message."

"Saakura," Ino sang into the phone. "You seriously have to get a new message. Pick up the phone!"

"Hey Ino," Sakura said, picking the phone up. "I know, I really do need a new message, I just never get around to it. So, what's up?"

Ino sighed. "Not much. I'm so bored. Sai is busy, and I actually got all my homework done. I have nothing to doooo," she complained.

Sakura giggled. "You know, maybe being bored will be good for you."

Ino groaned. "How is it good for me? Anyways, I just wanted more info on what happened with you and Sasuke. Did you kiss yet?!"

"No we did not! We might have if we didn't crash," Sakura grumbled.

Ino made an impatient noise. "Saakura! You have to get on top of this. I swear. I bet even Hinata's been kissed before!"

"I've been kissed before!" Sakura exclaimed.

"It was an accident. He admitted it," Ino said, sounding annoyed.

Sakura hesitated. "Ok, maybe, but come on… what do you expect me to do?"

"Just, kiss him. And then, after a while, go back to his place. And then get on his couch, and kiss him and then t--"

"Ino!"

"What? There's nothing wrong with having sex! Especially if it's with a hot guy," Ino said with a snicker.

"I've only been on one date with him, isn't it a little earlier to think about sex?" Sakura asked.

"It's never to early to think about sex," Ino said with a giggle.

"So? It's not like you've had it yet," Sakura said with a laugh.

"Um… actually, that's not entirely true," Ino said.

"WHAT?! You had sex and you didn't tell me?!" Sakura screamed.

"Um… yeah? I'm sorry. I just never got to it."

"Who with? Sai?"

"Duh, who else?" Ino asked, sounding exasperated.

"Once?" Sakura asked.

"Um… not once."

"Twice?"

"Try… seven times."

"Oh, my god," Sakura exclaimed. "I can't believe you didn't tell me. Seven times?"

"Yeah. It's not that much," Ino said.

"You say to the virgin," Sakura grumbled. Ino giggled.

"Oh, yeah."

Ino heard her dad calling her. "Oops, I got to go. I'll see you tomorrow. And before you ask, yes you can tell the others."

"Thanks! Bye," Sakura said, before hanging up.

"Bye!"