Oneshots

by Acumichi

A couple of oneshots that come into my head at times. All about my favorite shinobi, Hinata Hyuga. Rated 'M' for foul language and suggested themes.

36. A Special Mission

Okay, this is the one shot that I have been thinking up since I got this idea: What would the Kunoichis be like going through that special time: puberty?

Hope you guys enjoy the ride.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto™

(Line Break)

Kurenai Yuhi was one of the kunoichis that stayed at her jonin level. Many kunoichi either went into the medic route (and that was most of them) or strived long enough to become Anbu or special ranks within jonin rank, like Anko Mitarashi had. But then there was Kurenai, who had been a sensei for a long time and never looked to strive any further. She wasn't skilled enough to be a medic and she held too much onto her impossible dreams of having a family all her own. She should know better, but every part of her paycheck she saved put a smile on her face at the thought of using it to spend on her lovely baby. She nearly got close with how her relationship with Asuma Sarutobi had been going but they went on hold when they got new genin team. Kurenai was happy with her genin team since it was a rather odd combination of students that she had seen before. When she was a genin, she had seen the same combination of family members when she was a genin. Of course, it was completely dynamics when comparing the two teams. Kurenai was fairly surprised at how well her team worked with one another; her two boys, Kiba Inuzuka and Shino Aburame, formed a light rivalry that only pushed them to do better but never caused terrible fighting. And when it came to her female student, Hinata Hyuga, she was reserved and quiet (which Kurenai greatly appreciated) but was able to keep up and even strive to be a great as her male counterparts. But there was the issue that Kurenai saw among all of the genin of the generation; an issue that she took very personally.

The Kunoichi of each team had to go through a very difficult time: Womanhood.

Kurenai looked over at her two male counterparts that had known each other since their genin days. Kakashi Hatake was the first of the two men to actually notice that his kunoichi was rather…distant from the rest of the team, which was odd since she was usually the neutrality that kept her shinobi from starting an all-out war with one another. Kakashi was about to go up and see if he could somehow converse with her; even though Kakashi wasn't really a comforting sort of man. But when he had tried to approach her, he caught the site of a very familiar scene; one he had actually seen Kurenai and Shizune make back in his younger days. She was crouched down and holding her middle as she groaned in some sort of pain; Kakashi quickly walked away before he suffered the scorn of a woman. Asuma on the other hand had learned the hard way about confronting woman about their conditions. He reserved quiet a lashing from his kunoichi about how he shouldn't doubt her ability to take care of herself. And Kurenai could tell from the beginning when Hinata had faked sickness to get out of training.

So, being the bigger of the three, she had called them all for some sort of meeting. It was a small café that Kurenai used to go to when she came home very late or very early from mission. It was the only building open at those times since the old couple that ran it had children and grandchildren that were shinobi. She glanced out the opening and saw the low lights of the morning slowly rising over the village. She sighed lightly and brought her cup of tea up to her lips, "I can guess that you two are smart enough to understand why I asked you to join me here?"

"Just to be clear," Asuma sat back, "we are here about are moody kunoichis, right?"

"Yes Asuma," Kurenai sighed as she shook her head.

"I can only hope that you are here to aid us Kurenai," Kakashi said as he put down his book. "Since if you think that I can handle Sakura with just some sort of simple direction, you are mistaken."

"I have actually come up with a solution that we could all benefit from," Kurenai said after taking a sip and then placed her cup back down. "How about I take the girls for today and I give Shino to Team 7," she motioned to Kakashi, "and Kiba to Team 10?" She looked to Asuma. "I also have an issue of my shinobi not being able to…talk about issues, especially Kiba, since he doesn't have many close male relatives."

"That seems fair enough," Asuma shrugged and picked up a dumpling. "Just…" he trailed off and stuffed the food into his mouth.

Kurenai glared at him, "Just what?" She looked to him, "What were you going to say?"

"Nothing," he said and stuffed another dumpling into his mouth.

"What he meant to say," Kakashi said as he stood up and picked up his book, "Just don't do anything brash."

"And what does he mean by that?" She was now glaring at both of the men that looked to be ready to bolt out of the café.

"You are very passionate about everything you do is all." Asuma said with a smirk in hopes that he could spin this to look more positive.

Kurenai on the other hand knew very much what the two were getting at. She was a bit of a feminist nut and she wasn't ashamed to admit it. When it came to her and Anko, they pushed to have more kunoichis at every level of ninja hood. Anko was a bit more extreme since she went as far as kunoichis not even stopping to have families. Which was very true of some kunoichis since a lot of shinobi wanted families and mostly looked to civilian women. Kurenai on the other hand wasn't that die hard. She wanted a family and much to her misfortune, kunoichis could not really get civilian men; they were not too keen to having a wife that was never around. She just calmed herself as the two men left with small partings; she sat there and pondered what she was to do with her kunoichis that were as prideful as any man. Surely, not just sitting down with them with open arms would cause them to talk to her about everything they are feeling. She sighed and finished her tea before going off back to her apartment; she would need some more sleep to be ready for this.

And as for not taking it too far; she smirked at the fun she could have.

(Line Break)

"So," Ino glared as she was in hearing distance of Hinata and Sakura; she walked up to the ramen shop with hard steps. "I guess all the girls had been carted off, huh? Those damn mucho losers!" She stomped her feet as she stood before the two. Hinata just shrunk back and looked down at her feet as Sakura just sighed and crossed her arms over her chest. "I can't believe you two are just going to roll over while the boys go off and train."

"Look," Sakura glared at her, "we got orders from our senseis, and we will follow them without question. That is what shinobi do."

"No," Ino put her hands on her hips and leaned in, "that is what kunoichis do. Shinobi argue and get to complain long enough to just get to do what they want."

"That isn't fair Yamanaka-san," Hinata whispered from her spot and looked up at them. "We are all treated equally-"

"Bullshit!" Ino yelled and Hinata quickly apologized and looked back down at her feet.

"Don't yell at her," Sakura glared and pushed Ino back, "just because you feel like being a bitch doesn't mean you can take it out on Hinata."

"It's not like I meant to yell at her," Ino pointed, "I just thought her explanation was stupid."

"You are such a man," Sakura scoffed and looked away from her. "No wonder you are so pissed off." Before Ino could strangle Sakura, Kurenai came onto the scene with a frown and disappointment, so much for having a nice girl's day with them.

"Good morning, Kurenai-sensei," Hinata quickly recognized her presence and bowed. The other two, not being so familiar with being so formal with their own senseis, just nodded their heads or gave a light wave.

"Oh great," Ino muttered under her breath, "Did they send all the women away?"

"On the contrary," Kurenai smiled in hopes to lighten the mood. "I wanted to meet with you three," she motioned the confused girls into the shop, "please, sit down and order. My treat," she followed behind them and sat down beside Hinata since she was more comfortable with her. She watched as the girls glanced at one another in hopes to figure out what was going on, but Kurenai knew it wouldn't take very long. "Before I begin, I would like be sure that you all are comfortable with what is going on."

"I would like to know what is going on sensei," Sakura said and then quickly placed her order. "I mean, I am a little suspicious that only we were called to this."

"Well, you are smart kunoichi Haruno," Kurenai smiled at her, "and I can assure you that the boys are having their own little get together." She was surprised at how relieved the girl's looks, maybe she should have called a meeting like this earlier. The kunoichi looked to be used to being left out of a lot of things. "But back to my question. I assume you all know why we are together."

"Kunoichi issues, right?" Ino looked over at her with a bored expression and a bit of disappointment as she poked at her ramen. "We are supposed to get a touchy feely and talk about why girl power rocks, right?" She said with mocking enthusiasm. Kurenai couldn't help but frown.

"Ew, what kind of women do you take me for Yamanaka?" Kurenai questioned and received a shocked look from all three girls. They had all suspected she was going to baby them. "You are all at that age of womanhood, if I was to call you here to try to sugar coat it, I would not be a sensei. My job is to be sure that you girls are ready for whatever life throws at you and this is one of the biggest challenges that kunoichis face." She looked down at her ramen. "But first, we eat," she smiled lightly, "I have been craving this stuff for weeks. But I was on a strict diet."

"You don't need to diet Kurenai-sensei," Hinata looked up at her with concern. "You are so perfectly healthy."

"Not that kind of dieting Hinata," Kurenai reassured her, "I need to put on muscle."

"You were trying to gain weight?" Ino looked at her with shock.

"Muscle, I needed more muscle," she smirked and winked. "I need to be strong since I'm not going to let one of my male teammates look after me like a child. I actually ended up saving his ass a few times."

"That is so cool!" Sakura smiled at her. "What was your diet? And work-out routine? Can you help me start it too?" Kurenai had never seen a girl so eager to actually put on weight. She nodded and the girl smiled brighter than before and looked over to Ino with a smirk. "Better watch out Boar. Next time we spar, I'll be kicking your size two butt."

"We'll see about that forehead girl," Ino smirked back and the two suddenly took part in an eating contest.

Kurenai sighed and looked out to Hinata Hyuga; she was going to prove to be a challenge. Kurenai couldn't just rile her up into thinking she could be just as strong as her teammates, since Hinata came from a family that taught her she would never be first. There would always be a male above her. Kurenai also knew that before Hinata went to the academy and a little while she was in the academy, she got strict training in being a wife. Kurenai had once gone over to talk to Hiashi again about his daughter, and Hinata was the one serving them. Hinata was too obedient and loyal to ever try to purposely try to best her teammates for personal gain. Hinata did show great improvement and the skill to be a great assassin if she wanted, but there would always be that lesson burned into her head on how to be a proper women.

Once they all had finished, Kurenai paid and motioned for them to follow her some place to talk. She had taken them to a river side where she had taught Team 8 how to walk on water. Kurenai decided to lean against one of the boulders and the three girls lounged about the ground and on some rocks. "I should just be blunt with all of you," Kurenai started, "you're all going through your menstrual cycles and some of you had caused trouble for your senseis," she looked to the three and they all looked away guilty. "Now, I know that you three have someone that you could look to for this situation, but just so you know," she smiled at them, "I'm also here to help." This was something she said really to Hinata, who lacked the mother to take talk to something like this about, but she didn't want to be too obvious. Not to mention that she was sure that the three had kunoichi mothers so they knew what was happening too. "Fun trick," Kurenai reached into her back pouch and pulled out a tampon, "keep these really close. Since you don't really care a pack around everywhere and the last thing you want is a noisy teammate looking through your bag and pulls out one of these instead."

"Good to know," Sakura muttered since she had already been through this incident with, oddly enough, her sensei. He just wanted to grab some medical wrap after getting into a fight with some bandits, but instead, he found…them. She blushed at the sight she had to come back to; Kakashi holding her tampon and Naruto asking a whole lot of question on what it was and Sasuke sitting there shaking his head.

"Second tip," Kurenai smiled, "keep pain killers in your packs. Good when hurt or cramping." She crossed her arms over her chest. "Is there anything that I can…answer for you?"

"Can I get back to my team?" Ino asked with her hand raised. "I mean no offense sensei, but I can handle myself around a bunch of stupid boys." Kurenai frowned as the girl got up and started walking away. "I hope I didn't waste your time."

"Yamanaka," Kurenai called after her. "Do you love someone?"

"What are you getting at," Ino looked back at her with a slight glare. She may only be fourteen, but she didn't like where Kurenai was going.

"I mean," Kurenai shrugged with a straight face. "I can assume that you have a crush on some boy, right?" She figured she guessed right when the girl turned to listen to what she had to say, "But you also intend on sticking to your shinobi path too." Ino nodded and Kurenai stood up straight. "I hate to break it to you…to all of you," she looked over to Sakura and Hinata, "but your love lives are not what you think they will be." She became very stern, "You all have been talked to about what you might get to do as young adults. You will fall in love, you'll want to get married, and you'll want to have kids. But you are all forgetting that one thing, someone will have to suffer; it will most likely be you." She crossed her arms over her chest. "As much as I hate to say it, Kunoichis don't last very long in this business and end up happy. It is safe to assume, you three will soon notice you have become the medic of your team," she looked to see that they all realized that they were, "one of you will be a medic at the hospital," she looked to Sakura, who had openly admitted to wanting to take that route after meeting Tsunade. "The rest will try to reach Anbu and you will most likely make it; there is rarely no competition for women Anbu, but then half that enter will drop out when they come to terms that they want to have a life outside of being an Anbu. Anbu work when called at any time, for any reason, and there is no room for anything else but being an Anbu." She paused to see the reactions that she was getting. "And when you all find a man that loves you, you will stop being a shinobi to have a family and have kids. Your husband will be the one supporting the family. You may have the chance to going back and being a shinobi, but most women stay mothers."

"Shut up!" Ino said with a glare as she covered her ears. "Why are you doing this to us?" She looked up at her with her face twisted with sorrow and anger. "I thought you were trying to help us? All you're doing is making me question my whole life. Am I wasting my time? Should I just sign up to be a medic now? Or just give up all together?"

"I want you all to know what you are getting into," she looked at all of them. "I'm sorry, I truly am sorry that this is what our lives have come to. I want to be a mother," she looked to them with a small smile, "I want to have a kid and raise him or her to be a good person and shinobi, but I also want to protect my village." She sat back down and took in a deep breath. "I'm not trying to discourage you from being a kunoichi, but take one more look at what you want with your life. Take a day, a week, a month, hell," she smiled, "take five years of hard training and devotion to being a shinobi to figure out if this is what you want to do, and for how much longer." She looked at them with caring eyes, "I just need to be sure that you are ready for the life ahead of you, and that you three know that I will do my best to help you every step."

They all remained very quiet, with Ino trying to fight back tears and sobs. Finally, Hinata looked up to Kurenai with a smile. "I want to make it to Anbu," she blushed as the other two looked over to her. "Before I am twenty, and then," she nodded her head as if she was convincing herself, "then I want to find someone that will love me, marry me, and want to have a family with me." She blushed lightly at her fantasy, "I'll raise a family, and once they are old enough, I'll go off and teach at the academy." She looked to the two, "That's what I want to do?"

"What about your clan?" Sakura asked.

Hinata shook her head with a sad smile, "I know my limitations and…Hanabi-imouto will make a much better than me."

"Then…" Ino wiped her eyes and smirked at Kurenai, "I'm going to become a top notch sensei when I'm a jonin." She put her hands on her hips. "I'll teach future Anbu captains and specially trained jonin! You just wait and see!"

"Brilliant," Kurenai smiled and then looked to Sakura. "What about you Haruno?"

"Isn't it obvious," she smiled up at her, "I'm going to be the next of the legendary sanin."

"In your dreams," Ino smirked and stuck out her tongue at her.

"Want to bet on it?" Sakura smirked and the two just shared a laugh. Hinata giggled lightly and the three looked to each other with smiles. Kurenai let a small smile of her own slip through as she watched as the girls sat with one another once more and talked as if Kurenai was no longer there. "Uh," Kurenai was pulled from her silence when Sakura spoke up once more and looked to her, "is it…okay…if we can do something girly?" Kurenai was a bit taken back by the request; she looked to the other two, who seemed to be in agreement. "I mean, if we need to accept that we will no longer be treated like women, can we do one more girly thing together? I can't really go ask Naruto and Sasuke to do stuff with me that I like."

"We should go shopping!" Ino said with a bright smile, "Get more mature and sexy outfits to match us growing up into women!"

"Totally!" Sakura smiled and gave her a 'thumbs up', something she had caught from Naruto. "Not to mention I've been wearing this uniform since I started being a shinobi."

"I guess it could be fun," Hinata said with a shrug and blush.

Kurenai took in the idea and couldn't help but smirk at the idea. With the thought of…maturing these girls up gave her an idea to cause a little trouble that would just be fun for her later. She nodded and stood up, "That sounds like a great idea." She began to walk away, "Let's go shopping girls." She led the group back to the village with a smirk as the girls behind her talked happily of looking for new clothes.

~ With the Boys~

"Alright," Asuma looked to his three boys, "tell me what we have learned today."

"Respect women like equals." Kiba spouted off first.

"Don't even bother trying to think that you understand what is going on with them." Shikamaru said in his usual bored tone as he lied in the grass.

"Keep comments to yourself." Choji said.

"And what have you three learned?" Kakashi asked not looking up from his book.

"Keep it in your pants!" Naruto said proudly as the other sweat dropped at his bluntness.

"Work with Kunoichis as you would any other shinobi. We're not their hero's, but we can't leave them behind." Shino said calmly.

"My peers are morons." Sasuke said dully.

"Good," the two senseis said and gave each other 'thumbs up.'

~With the Girls~

Kurenai laughed as she watched the girls walk ahead of her with a new found confidence. She nearly forgot what new clothes could do for a girl. She stayed back to evaluate what the girls had picked out that very much matched their personalities. First came the Ino Yamanaka, the most vibrant of the three and had a style to show for it. She wore a purple dress that came down to her knees, but it left the top of her back, shoulders, and arms bare. The dress came around her neck and she wore a belt that held her back beige pouch. The material was strong and thick and the dress had slits on the side that allowed better movement. She wore black shorts that came down to ¾ of her thigh. She also wore black elbow pads, her headband was also around her hips, and heeled sandals.

Then to Sakura Haruno, she was –admittedly- the smarter off the three. She was smarter with her choice of clothing. But the girl was even smart enough to have a little…sex appeal when she dressed. Which Kurenai would suspect of all the girls since they were at that age. Sakura wore a tight black top that only went to the top of her bust, but she also wore a short red jacket that stopped under her bust and had sleeves that came down to her elbows. Her head band was still used to keep her short hair back, but the fabric was now black. She wore beige colored shorts and heeled sandals. Sakura also took into account on wearing black fingerless gloves as a way to protect her hands a bit better.

And lastly it came to her quiet student, Hinata Hyuga. Kurenai was a little surprised as the girl's choice of clothing. Her choice was rather close to her comfort zone, but there was something very daring about her picking out a long sleeved and very form-fitting dark blue shirt. The sleeves were rather loose fitting and the shirt came down to about under her bottom. Not to forget that she wore better fitted black shorts and summer styled heeled sandals. Out of the three, Hinata was would be better fit right off the bat to fight in them since Kurenai had learned ever since Hinata's kidnapping attempt, her father had her learn how to fight in any sort of situation; even in kimono wooden sandals. The other two had yet to even walk around for a while, but they seemed to be putting up nicely. Hinata's head band was still around her neck, and she wore a belt that hung unevenly on her hips that held her back pouch, and the many scrolls that she needed to use when she used her other family's kekkei genkai.

Kurenai couldn't help but admire them for being so young and beautiful; she even hated to admit that even on their death beds, they would retain such an innocent beauty unmatched by others. It was a tragic thought, but it could very much be possible that they might not make it to adult hood. She had lost many companions before they even turned twenty-one. But was a thought that merely pushed her to train them better. It wasn't all that depressing when being a shinobi; there were some advantages to them. Hell, when it came to kunoichis there were a lot more advantages to being a shinobi. "Why don't we stop for some tea?"

"Ew no," Ino looked back at her and made a face of disgust, "we should go out and take up some of those boys on some fighting challenges."

"Let me rephrase then," Kurenai smirked as she motioned them to a café. "We should go and train on using the best weapon a kunoichi has."

"And that is?" Sakura asked with some doubt.

Kurenai winked at her, "Her body," she chuckled as the girls blushed red, but followed her into the café anyway. She took a seat in the booth and the girls filled in across from her for the most part. "Haven't you ever wondered why kunoichis make the best assassins?"

"I thought it was something more…intellectual," Sakura said as she blushed and looked at the table top.

"But it is Haruno-san," Kurenai said in hopes to show them that this wasn't degrading. It was an art. "Without using a single jutsu, a once of chakra, and not even speaking, a woman can gain the trust of anyone around her." She put up her finger, "Watch." She sat back and under the table delicately crossed her legs. The girls watched as Kurenai just looked over a menu like it was just another day out; she glanced out of the corner of her eyes and the three discreetly looked over to see that another male shinobi had been caught. He was younger than Kurenai, but older than the three. Kurenai glanced over and caught his look; she offered nothing but a sweet smile and laughed lightly when the man just blushed and offered a smile back. Kurenai looked back at the girls, "See. Not a word out of my mouth."

"How did you know he would fall for something like that?" Ino asked.

"I once led a squad with him. I got to know him, and today I just used what I knew." She put down the menu and smiled. "You observe, analyze, seduce, and obtain." She shrugged and leaned back in her seat. "It's about as easy as that."

"That was amazing," Hinata said with a blush.

"Yes, but this is something you use for manipulation," Kurenai said in a warning tone as she looked at them, "and not to be used for getting an actually husband or boyfriend." She couldn't help but smirk as all the girls looked a little crestfallen. "So," she smirked and held up three scrolls; "who wants in on a fun mission?"

"Me!" Ino and Sakura both raised their hands and smiled brightly.

Kurenai looked over to Hinata and raised a brow in question. The girl blushed and looked to her peers and back to her sensei. "Okay," she raised her hand and the other two girls cheered.

"Good," Kurenai smiled, "a warning though." She looked to them, "This will be hard for you three, you will have to get out of your comfort zone, and I hope that you have given your first kiss to someone, since the rest of them will be handed out as needed for these types of missions." The girls blushed and glanced to one another. "Alright," Kurenai smiled, "I'll give you your scrolls, you have the rest of today to get your first kiss done, review who you have and what the mission is, and I'll even give you a chance to back out." Kurenai set a specific scroll down in front of each girl and then got up. "Meet me first thing in the morning tomorrow for further details and just some extra help if anyone needs it." She waved and took her leave, but not without also giving the other shinobi a nod and smirking when she knew that he was watching her walk out. Kurenai was almost too good at it.

Hinata was the first to open her scroll, but the quickly shot it with a red face at the name of her target. She glanced over to see that the other two had also opened their scrolls and looked to the names with some discomfort. "W-Who did you get?"

"I got Shino," Ino said with a bit of a shudder. "How am I supposed to seduce a guy that doesn't even smile?"

"Well, at least you got a guy that doesn't spend most of his day sleeping," Sakura said with a groan. "I have the Nara boy. Great, he'll see this coming from a mile away." She placed her head on the table and sighed. "What about you Hinata?"

Hinata gulped lightly and whispered, "Uchiha-san." The two others looked at her with wide eyes and she quickly put her hands up as a sign of defeat. "I-I promise not to take it if you don't' want me too." She bowed her head in shame.

"No," Sakura shook her head, "its fine Hinata." Sakura blushed, "I'll just have to give him my first kiss."

"But I want Sasuke to by my first kiss too." Ino said with a slight whine.

"Go ahead," Sakura said even though she was a little peeved inside. "I'm a kunoichi first. And my mission comes first," she smiled with determination in her eyes. "I will make that lazy ass boy fall in love with me."

"Get ready Aburame," Ino smirked, "I'm going to be the girl of your dreams!"

"I-I'm so dead," Hinata muttered as her head hit the table. There was no way that she could get ten feet near the Uchiha, let alone make him be…entranced by her.

"But firsts things first Hinata," Ino smirked as she looked at the girl. "Someone has to give up those lips to Naruto-baka." Hinata sat up straight with her face burning red. She looked to the two smirking girls. "And we are just the right girls to help you!"

"Come on Hinata," Sakura put her scroll away and pulled her out of the booth. Hinata quickly put hers away as she was being dragged away and Ino flanked the group with a big smile on her face and a bounce in her step. "We are going to get you so pumped up that you'll march right up to that boy and give him the biggest kiss you can muster!" Hinata paled at the thought of doing something so daring. She was barely capable of not wearing her beloved jacket. They were walking in the streets of Konohagakure and she blushed as the two openly talked about their objective so they can get ready for their mission. Hinata took in a deep breath and tried to join in; she was a confident woman now.

"Alright," Hinata said proudly with a smile and blush. "I'm going to kiss him!"

"Kiss who?!" Naruto suddenly appeared behind her and looked to her with a questioning expression. Hinata exploded red and fainted as Sakura and Ino looked back at him. "Who was Hinata-chan going to kiss?"

"Moron," Ino shook her head as Sakura picked up Hinata.

Naruto just watched with a confused look on his face. "What?"

(Line Break)

Kurenai sat on the desk of the unused Academy room; she looked through the notes she had written down from her old days of assassination and looked to the three new black books she had gotten for her kunoichis. She hoped that her girls had gotten their kissing out of the way; since she wanted to be sure she didn't ruin it for them. Kurenai looked over the early copy of the mission details she had made and was very proud of herself for the choices she made. There was no way she would allow Ino or Sakura to go after the Uchiha, since she knew the Uchiha would go out of his way to avoid them. Hinata was not allowed to be with Shino or Shikamaru since she had spent the most time with them as companion (more Shino than Shikamaru). Not to mention that Ino could not be with the Nara boy, since it would have been too obvious. She gave them all a challenge. Sakura was pitted against a man smarter than her. Ino had to find a way to make a silent man open up. And Hinata had to find the courage to approach this strong and gifted clan boy. If this ended well, she could get these girls on even greater missions; they would be a step ahead of shinobi their age. Imagine, watching them infiltrate another's village team, just by gaining the affection of one of the males? It would be her proudest moment.

"Good morning sensei!" Ino smiled brightly as she walked into the room and held up her scroll. "I've got the perfect plan and I'll have that Aburame wrapped around my finger in the first hour!"

"You haven't even done any observation yet Yamanaka-san," Kurenai said with a smile as she shook her head. "Just be ready to change that plan and make it even greater." She laughed lightly as the girl pouted and came down to the first row of desks and sat down. "Don't be so upset. Hey," Kurenai stood up and smiled, "did you get that kiss out of the way?"

Ino smiled with a bright red blush on her cheeks. "Yep, but I don't think that Sasuke-kun ever wants to see me again," she laughed nervously and rubbed the back of her neck. "I never thought that I would ever be able to sneak up on him like that."

"Hello sensei," Sakura slid the door open and smiled at the two. "I hope that I am not late." She blushed as she took a seat next to Ino. "And thank to you, Ino-pig," Sakura looked to her with a playful glare, "it was very hard to get the drop on Sasuke. Nearly took me the whole night." Ino laughed lightly and nudged Sakura, who just nudged her back with a smirk. "I'm still going to be better on this mission than you are."

"You wanna bet?" Ino smirked at her and Kurenai watched with a smile as these girls went from friends to rivals in a matter of seconds. She sighed and picked up her bought black books and her personal one.

"Sorry," Hinata ran into the room panting and holding multiple scrolls in her arms. She was red faced and her hair was a bit in disarray and her clothes were ruffled up. "I-I was up late and Neji-nii had to wake me," she smiled lightly and stood before the two as

"Jeez Hinata," Sakura looked her over and jumped over her seat so she stood behind her, "you need to take care of yourself." She began to fix Hinata's hair. "I'm not going to let my fellow kunoichi acting like a man."

"I know," Ino did the same and took the scrolls out of her hands. "You need at least four hours of sleep and have time to look proper." She fixed her clothes. "I bet you just lost sleep because of the kiss you gave Naruto." She smiled and giggled as Sakura smiled too, but Hinata suddenly blushed and had a guilty look on her face. Ino looked at her, "Hinata…you did kiss him, right?"

"Well," she poked her fingers together and looked at the ground. "I-I didn't really…I mean…h-he was so busy a-and…" she looked up at them as all three of them were looking at her. "I-I couldn't do it!" She yelled and dropped her head in shame. "Every time I-I saw him…" she blushed, "I-I ran away."

"Oh," Ino grabbed her face and looked at her like she would look at a child, "my poor baby." She hugged her and stroked her head. "You are a strong, beautiful, and smart Kunoichi. I just need to give you more confidence is all."

"Just think of it like this Hinata," Sakura looked to her with a smile, "If you succeed in this mission; you can easily give that blonde haired idiot a simple kiss." She gave her a 'thumbs up' and Ino nodded in agreement.

"Now that we have discussed that," Kurenai brought their attention back and then handed them each a book. "You'll be using these to document. I want to see them at the end of the month-"

"A month?" Ino looked at her like she was crazy, "Why are we taking so long to observe them?"

"I need you all to get used to observing at your best, while also keeping up with your normal life," she held up her book, which was much thicker than theirs. "It is very hard to juggle your regular missions, training, family, and social lives let alone, observe someone from a distance. That is why I gave you a month, if you do well, I'll make other missions and make them shorter." Sakura and Ino hi-fived, but Hinata just stood there with her blush and worried look. Kurenai smiled, "I know that you guys will do your best," she went over and looked through all the scrolls, "'but, it seems someone took a very historic route." She smirked as she glanced to Hinata. "Mind telling me what went through your mind Hinata?"

"Oh," she blushed and smiled lightly, "I figured that I should learn more about the Uchiha clan. My father always had the scrolls around, so…" she poked her fingers together. "I figured I use them to my advantage." Hinata went behind the desks and opened up a few scrolls from them, "I learned more about the family tree," she blushed, "I took notice to the women that married in." She looked up to them with a shy smile, "mostly clan women, as suspected, and very…aloof." She looked up to them, "I would assume that Uchiha-san isn't one to fall for very vocal girls."

"Now you tell me," Ino smiled at her. "I should have studied up on him better."

Hinata smiled and laughed lightly, "In all truth," she looked back at the scroll, "I can see why most Uchiha marriages were arranged." Sakura and Ino looked at her, "These men…are not known for being kind, understanding, or very…appealing-"

"WHAT?!" Kurenai and Hinata jumped when the two girls yelled. "How can you say something like that Hinata?" Ino looked at her with tears in her eyes. "Sasuke-kun is the most handsome man I have ever seen! Those strong onyx eyes," she swooned.

"His strong arms." Sakura joined in.

"His overbearing complex on being better than every one of us?" Hinata asked and Kurenai laughed lightly. The two girls glared at her and Hinata shrunk back, "Sorry."

"Can we please get on with this meeting?" Ino asked with a huff and Sakura nodded.

"Right," Kurenai rolled up one of the scrolls and put it back down. "What have you two planned?"

"Well," Ino started, "I asked my mother about how she met my dad, and she gave me this weird long story, but I got really good advice." She smiled proudly and put her hands on her hips, "If I get good with a boy's mother, I'm in." She smirked, "Boys are usually big momma boys anyway."

"How simple minded," Sakura scoffed, "I discovered the best way to get a Nara man, is a challenge," she smirked at Ino. "Shikamaru is at his best when he is put in a tough situation, so all I need to do is find out what he likes, make a back-up plan, and make friends with Choji just to be sure I'm on the inside."

"Cute," Ino smirked back at her. "But you'll never get anywhere near Shikamaru. He already thinks that you're a bother and troublesome."

"Like Shino would go for a girl like you?" Sakura glared and held up her fist.

"What guy wouldn't go for me?" Ino leaned in with a smirk. "I've got the goods that any sane man would want." Ino gave Sakura a jab in the chest.

Sakura blushed and glared at her, "Just because I don't have a huge rack doesn't mean that I can't get a man."

"Before you two start a rumble in the classroom," Kurenai pushed them both apart. "I want to give you a few words of advice that may help." She motioned Hinata in closer and they leaned into a huddle, "Don't let the senseis catch you," she looked at the three, "They will see it from a mile away, and those men will warn their boys and I'm not going to let them ruin this. So, don't get caught." She leaned back and smiled. "So, your mission is clear." The three stood at attention. "You are to observe, analyze, seduce, and obtain."

"What are we obtaining Kurenai-sensei?" Hinata asked with her hand raised.

"I'm glad you asked," she smirked. "You three, will need to gain an article of clothing or precious possession off of them."

"What?" The three girls looked to her with a blush and wide eyes. Kurenai laughed.

"I'll need proof that you did it." She waved and made her way to the exit, "I left some notes for you on the desk. Good luck girls. See you in a month."

Sakura, Ino, and Hinata looked to one another and then went over to the desk (with Hinata grabbing her other scrolls first) and looking over the women's notes.

It was going to be a long month.

(Over the Next Month)

~Ino's Observations~

Ino wasn't much of a patient girl, nor was a month easy for her. No, she would dread the free time she did get. Her teammates were almost suspicious eagerness to take on more missions and train longer hours. Her mother was almost worried about her begging to work more. It was like her daughter had taken a 180 degree turn from who she once was. Inoichi, on the other hand, and caught on very quickly to what his daughter was up to. He was a high leveled jonin for a reason; he caught her looking in the mirror longer than usual. Inoichi would listen through her door as she gave herself a pep talk in her room. She asked to help with dinner and serving tea more. Not to mention that he couldn't help but notice her sudden and odd reading choice. He found books about insects lying on the floor of his study; and he sure as hell wasn't the one reading them. It only took him a matter of seconds to figure out what was going on and who was the cause of it.

Inoichi quickly followed his own daughter around in hopes of confirming his suspicions; but it seemed his daughter had also inherited his great tracking since she caught him and scolded him like a child. With a blow to his pride, he spent his free time on the couch with a worried look whenever Ino left the house and when he saw her reading those dreadful books. Sure, his wife tried to cheer him up, but it wasn't working.

Ino, after getting rid of her nosy father, took the first steps to her plan. She had been reading up on enough bugs and looking around everywhere she went to finally find something that would get her entrance into the Aburame house. With an inside tip from Hinata and a confidence boost from Sakura, Ino scooped up a rather large beetle and stored it in her room in a jar with holes popped in the top. Ino was surprised that she was able to keep it alive for about a week and almost grew a little attached to it. It was the only bug not in any of the books she checked out, so, it was the perfect excuse. Team 8 was on a mission for the next few days, so Ino could safely go to the home without running into Shino.

Ino took a deep breath as she stood outside the house with her beetle in hand. She looked down at herself and smoothed out her clothes once more. She sighed out, 'Okay, good first impression. If his mom likes me, then I'm practically in.' She smirked to herself and gave three good knocks on the door. She stood there anxiously with her leg bouncing in anticipation and biting on her bottom lip. Ino quickly checked under her arm again to be sure that she had her black journal; most of her notes were on bugs and questioned she could always ask the Aburame in hopes to spark conversation. Today, she just wanted to be sure that if someone in his family dropped information about the boy, that she got it as quick as she could. Ino began to grow nervous that no one was home and her plan was already failing; before she could give a less confident knock, the door suddenly opened. Ino took a step back when she saw a woman standing in the doorway, looking at her with a rather unreadable expression.

Ino was in awe of the woman, she was average built but Ino had to admit that she was unbelievably pretty. She had short brown hair that reached her shoulders and was lightly curled; Ino would be amazed if it was naturally like. She was dressed in regular jonin attire, but her vest was replaced with a pink apron. Her skin was pale and she had the darkest blue eyes she has ever seen. The woman looked her over and spoke in an emotionless voice. "Who are you?"

"Oh…" Ino looked back up at her face and smiled nervously, "uh…sorry, I'm Ino Yamanaka," she bowed.

"What do you want?"

"Well," Ino was a little surprised at how blunt the woman was. "I was hoping to talk to…uh…Shino-kun," she said with a smile, "about this little guy." She held out the jar and without much warning, the woman took the jar and inspected the beetle.

"Ino Yamanaka," the woman spoke as she kept looking over the beetle. "Come in." She turned away and walked off; leaving Ino just standing there confused. "Come in." The woman repeated from wherever she was and Ino nodded and quickly walked in and softly closed the door behind her. Ino slipped off her shoes as she watched the woman walked down the hall. Ino just assumed she was meant to follow and went after her. Ino calmed to a walk when she caught up with the woman, who had not taken her eyes off of the path ahead of her. She went to a door at the end of a different hall and gave a soft knock. "Wait," she thrust the jar back into her arms and entered the room before sliding the door closed. Ino stood out there and decided that the curiosity got the better of her as she pressed her ear against the door.

"A girl is here."

There was no response and Ino had to think of who was in the room. "Did you even introduce yourself to her?" It was a man.

The woman didn't respond for a while, "No."

"Did you even tell her why you had brought her into the house?"

"That's not the point," she completely disregarded the comment. "A girl is here for Shino."

Ino blushed; Shino must have not had many lady callers knocking on his door. "Where is she now?"

"Outside the door."

"I'll talk to her." Ino quickly backed up a few steps when she heard the steps towards the door and smiled lightly when the woman slid the door open. "Please come in," Ino looked in and saw that it was Shibi Aburame that was sitting at a low table with scrolls and books opened around him. Ino slowly walked in and nodded to him and jumped when the door suddenly shut. She turned around and saw that the woman had left without another word. "My wife isn't much of a conversationalist," Ino looked back to Shibi. "She said something about you wanting to see my son?"

"Yes," Ino smiled and held out her jar, "I wanted to ask him about this little guy, but…I'm guessing he isn't here?" Ino would have to award herself to her great acting skills. It even surprised herself sometimes.

"No, Shino is off on a mission with his teammates and should be arriving back in a few days." He said as he rolled up a scroll and motioned for her to come closer and take a seat. Ino complied and set the jar on the table. "Is there a certain reason why you came to Shino and not just…look it up?"

"Well," she blushed and wrung her hands, "I mean, I tried to look it up, but…Shino-kun is the smartest guy I know when it comes to bugs," she looked up to see Shibi look at her with a raised brow, "my age." She quickly added at the end with a light smile.

"Very flattering Yamanaka-san," he said and picked up the jar. "I have to say that this is an odd species, not very common around here."

"I found him at a barn by the boarders," she added with a smile. "I was there on a mission."

"I'd happily take this beetle off your hands," he said as he looked to her. "I have never been able to study this species up close."

"I guess he is all yours," Ino smiled and rubbed the back of her neck. "I have no need for him, and I know you could take better care of him than I could." She laughed lightly, "Just uh, don't tell Shino I was here." She looked at her lap, "I'll look stupid…I should have known he was on a mission," she muttered to herself and glanced to Shibi to check if he was buying it. It looked to her that he did.

"I'll be sure not to say anything," he said as he grabbed a better carrying case for the beetle and made a fast transfer. He smiled lightly, "but I don't think that my wife will."

"I made tea," Ino nearly jumped out of her skin as she heard the woman's voice right behind her.

"I think Yamanaka-san would be happy to have some Naoko." He looked to Ino, "right?"

"Y-Yes," Ino said and smiled up at her. This was her chance to make a good impression on the mother. Sure, it would be nice to have the father on her side too, but he was just the back-up plan. Ino got up and bowed to Shibi, "Thank you for your help," she smiled and followed Naoko out of the room and into the kitchen. She had hoped that Shino's mother would have been the talkative one but she was rather intimidating. Ino followed her into a small dining area and kneeled down at a spot. Naoko walked into the kitchen and then came back out with a tray that held a steaming teapot, cups, and a plate of dumplings. Ino shifted in her seat as Naoko sat across from her and stared at her with her emotionless eyes.

After ten minutes of pure silence, Ino cleared her throat and smiled at her. "Would you like me to pour, Aburame-sama?" She smiled and was about to reach over, but the woman put her hand up to stop her. Naoko quickly poured two cups and placed one in front of the blonde and then one before herself. She watched the blonde take a sip. "Thank you," she spoke lightly.

"How good are you at tea preparation and serving?" Naoko asked rather bluntly.

"Oh, uh…my mother is currently teaching me Aburame-sa-"

"Call me Naoko," she cut her off. "How about your future career plans? What do they look like?"

"I'm not really sure," she looked around in a panic; her plan wasn't going very well anymore. "I mean…I want to become a high ranked Jonin-"

"And after that?" Naoko pushed further but kept her same demeanor.

"I guess after I've felt satisfied; I would want a family-"

"Shino ranked in the top five percent in his graduating class," she said as she pushed the plate of dumplings to her. "He also looks to be in the top three percent of fighters in his generation. Not to mention that his diligent studies in insects, like his father, he can easily make it to Anbu rank before the age of twenty." Ino suddenly began to notice what she was doing. Naoko Aburame was trying to sell up her son to her. Ino almost had to hold back a laugh; she may not show it physically, but Naoko was ecstatic that a girl came looking for her boy. Ino almost found it adorable, but she must have been the reason that Shino didn't invite many people home. "He's great with kids too."

Ino chocked on her tea and coughed into her fist. "O-Oh? I-I'll be sure to keep that in mind," she forced a smile. "I don't want to be much more of a bother anymore."

"Come by tomorrow," she said before the girl could get up. "We…can bond more."

"Okay," Ino smiled again and got to her feet. She bowed, "Thank you for the tea." This would make the rest of her month fairly easy; she could get everything from Naoko. Ino smirked as she walked out of the house and then began to run back home. A proud smile on her face; she had infiltrated the inside!

Naoko sat there in silence. She glanced over as Shibi walked in and took a seat beside her. "Well?"

"She will marry my son," Naoko said, "I will not let you or the boy ruin it."

"Thank you for having such faith in me," he smiled lightly and picked up a dumpling. "Let's hope that he inherited your forwardness. The Yamanaka seems a bit reluctant to approach."

"I can relate," she looked over to Shibi and let a little smile slip through. "You both can be rather intimidating." She then gave him a light peck on the lips and stood up. "I have chores to get back to." Shibi sighed as he watched her walk away. Though, he did love the view of his wife's backside, so it wasn't such a loss.

~Hinata's Observations~

When it came to the "observations" Hinata stuck to her scrolls and her caretaker, Kō. He would happily answer all of her question without any questions as to why she was asking them. Hinata wasn't much for being able to 'track' someone close enough as to get information on them. Not to mention that the Uchiha was never really alone; someone was always with him and that someone was usually Naruto. Hinata was sure that she was going to fail this mission; he was sure to know that she liked Naruto and would know that she was faking it. Not to mention, how could Hinata even try to pretend to like the Uchiha. He was mean, cold, and not to mention that he was…unapproachable. Hinata had a better chance of taming a wild bear. She had her journal filled with Uchiha information and everything she knew about the Uchiha while they were in the Academy together. Hinata was just frightened that her notes would be dated; she could only hope that her information was accurate and that the Uchiha didn't stray too far from the normal pattern of his clan.

Hinata sighed as she sat on a bench on one of the empty streets of village. Hinata had nothing to do and decided to take a break from her observations; she had been meaning to catch up on her reading anyway. She sat back against the bench with her legs crossed; the book was opened up in her hands and there was something so relaxing about reading. She smiled lightly as she made it through another chapter and quickly began another. Hinata wished that she had been able to be as calm as Kurenai was whenever she was on mission; or even like the noble woman in her book. Even with the odds stacked against her, she pushed on to carry her family name; she even took the hand of a man she did not love.

Hinata stopped as she looked up from her book. How could someone fictional, do what she could not? Hinata was trained to always push her feelings aside for the sake of a mission. She was never taught on how to fake feelings though. Maybe…Maybe she should just believe that she was truly in love with the Uchiha? She would do as the woman in her story did. Sasuke Uchiha was a proud, strong, intelligent, and well put together man. He was a dream come true for any woman. Hinata took a deep breath and closed her eyes as she thought of it more and more. Her thoughts wrapped around those qualities and she put a smile on her face. She could lie fairly well to herself about the whole situation; all she needed was to think of a plan like she had with Naruto. Hinata blushed lightly but before she could even pull out her notebook to start brainstorming, she heard someone talking fairly loud and three sets of feet. Hinata quickly went back to reading her book as the steps came closer.

Team 7 rounded the corner with Naruto walking backwards in front of the group with his hands behind his head, and Sakura and Sasuke walking side by side. Hinata gave the group and then quickly pulled her journal out and placed it in her book. She felt for her pencil that was behind her ear and then went back and pretended like she was reading. Hinata hoped that Sakura wouldn't try to sabotage her and actually keep the team away. But, of course, Naruto noticed her when she didn't want him to.

"Hey Hinata," he stopped and smiled at her, "what are you doing?"

"She's obviously reading Naruto," Sakura said with a smirk and put her hands on her hips. She smiled at the blue haired girl, "How are you?"

"Well," she smiled to Sakura and then nodded to the other two boys, "I hope that you three are doing well."

"Yeah, but I'm just so bored!" Naruto whined and rolled his eyes. "Kakashi-sensei took missions without telling us and now we have nothing to do except for lame D rank missions."

Hinata smiled sadly, not able to stand the blonde being upset; she looked over to the other two and then quickly looked away when she felt the Uchiha's stare. "I must be off," she said suddenly and closed her book, causing everyone to notice that she had hidden her journal within it. Hinata couldn't stand his scrutiny; it reminded her of her father. "Good seeing you all," she squeaked out and promptly ran away. Sakura sighed and pinched the bridge of her nose; she shook her head and wished that the girl wasn't so timid. Sakura wanted to see her complete her mission.

"What's her problem?"

Sakura was about to sigh and walked on, but she remembered what Hinata had told her. The Uchiha wasn't into 'the average fangirl'. Sakura looked at him and saw that he had gotten bored of the Hyuga girl; so, Sakura being a good teammate and Kunoichi, decided to help her. "Oh you know Naruto," she waved it off; "it's a Hyuga and Uchiha thing?"

"What?"

"Hm?"

Sakura held back her need to smirk when she got the Uzumakis' and Uchihas' attention. "Haven't you ever noticed, I know you have Sasuke-kun," she said in her sweet voice. She had to act natural. "But Hinata avoids Sasuke because she obviously can't befriend him; her family is very strict about their relations and the Hyuga and Uchiha clan have never been on good terms."

"You mean," Naruto scratched his head, "like how Neji always glares at the teme."

"I would only assume," she glanced over to the Uchiha and saw that he looked off in the direction of where the Hyuga left. Surely, like any man, Sasuke Uchiha would want what he couldn't have. Sakura just hoped that it was true. "How about we go and get another mission; take our mind off of this whole thing."

"I guess." Naruto said as he trudged ahead, and Sasuke just scoffed and followed them to the Uchiha tower.

'I guess we're even now.'

~Sakura's Observations~

There was one thing that Sakura knew for a fact, was that she was much smarter than what people gave her credit for. Balancing her shinobi lifestyle with her normal life was a piece of cake. She always had time for all her missions, training with her team, self-training, her observing, and always had a bit of personal time for herself. She was a natural when it came to adapting to a new objective; heck, she would even think that she was a little smarter than Shikamaru. But, she wasn't one to assume that she was, just a mere idea that she might be. Sakura took her observing very seriously and in the matter of her month, she had filled up her book with information, ideas, plans, back-up plans, and key points that could aid our fault her. All she was missing was the chance to get close to Shikamaru; if she planted the seed now that she was about to go after his affections, she could play into more naturally than just coming out of the blue. The only problem was that the Nara was never around; usually Sakura would find Ino or Choji and have to play the part on them; surely Choji would pass on her hints. Ino, well, Sakura tell she was busy with her own mission; all three girls rarely talked, but when they were together tried to act as natural as possible.

Sakura sighed as she shut her book and placed it back on her vanity; she looked at herself in the mirror and smoothed out her clothes. She grabbed a spare notebook she had gotten from her father and decided to go and see if she could find Shikamaru. Sakura and the other members of her team had been given a day off, and Sakura really had nothing worth doing, sure she could train, but Kakashi would surely work them to the bone tomorrow. She walked downstairs and smiled to her mother in the kitchen, "I'm heading off Okaa-san," she waved lightly as the pink haired woman looked back at her. "I'll be home before dinner though."

"Okay Sakura, be safe," she smiled brightly. Sakura nodded and after slipping on her sandals, she walked off. Sakura unzipped her short jacket since it was rather hot out that day. Sakura hated the summer months; it was always too hot to have the motivation to do anything. She sighed as she walked through the village under the beating sun, but she was surprised to come upon the Hyuga and the man she was looking for. Sakura couldn't help but huff and pout. Hinata was supposed to be wooing Sasuke, not Shikamaru. Sakura, still pouting, was spotted by the Hyuga.

Hinata, being the kind girl that she was, saw this as a chance to maybe give the girl some help (surely Sakura would do the same for her) and went up to her without warning. "Sakura," she smiled brightly and stood before the blushing her. "So happy to see you."

"You too," Sakura smiled and then looked over to see Shikamaru noticing that Hinata was no longer by his side. "What have you been up to?"

"Kurenai-sensei wanted me to help her with some errands. I just happened to run into Nara-san," she looked back and smiled at the male that had finally caught up. "I think Asuma-sensei made him help," she blushed lightly as the male groaned.

"Yeah, that old man forced me into it," he yawned and shifted the bags in his arms. "What a drag."

Hinata suddenly looked surprised and turned to Shikamaru, "D-Do you happen to have the time?"

"It's about noon," Sakura said, a little confused at what was going on.

"Oh my," Hinata thrust the bag she had in her arms and a list into Sakura's arms. "I promised to be home and train. Please forgive me," she bowed to Shikamaru and then turned to Sakura. "Can you please take over?" She asked with a light smile and tried to give a sly wink. Sakura blushed and smiled with a nod. She got it now. "Thank you," she bowed and ran off back home. Sakura sighed like she was slightly annoyed but she was sure that this was her perfect chance.

"Oh that girl," Sakura shook her head and smiled lightly, "if I got that chance to walk with you, I would have blown off my training for the day." She then laughed lightly and walked on ahead while taking a glance at the list. "You know where the nearest shinobi shop is?" Sakura looked back at him and almost let out a laugh as she saw the look on his face. It was his usually expression but she saw the look in his eyes; he was deeply confused and almost amazed. Sakura decided to call him out; why not have a little fun with him? She laughed as daintily and coyly as she could, "Is something the matter, Shikamaru-kun?"

"Troublesome," he muttered under his breath and walked ahead. "The shops right down the road." He motioned lazily and Sakura quickly followed after him with a light smile. Once at his side, Sakura thought it best to leave it in the silence as she looked over everything needed to be bought and the amount that was spent on each item. She would assume the whole event would have been left at that, she was rather surprised when the boy began to talk to her. "What was up with you three and the uniform change?" He asked with a bored tone. "Ino told me something about 'girl-power', but she is a rather bad liar."

"True," Sakura smirked as she glanced at him. "But I'm afraid that she was right." Sakura smiled at him, "We had a bit of a…how do I put it…a day of womanhood." She laughed at her own word choice. "And we thought the best way to represent it, was to just change our looks all together," she walked spun and around and smirked at him. "What do you think? Great right?"

"From my own experience with that question, I think I have to say you look nice or I get punched." Shikamaru smirked.

"Smart boy," she teased as she nudged him. "I would have thought you would have avoided such a question." She stuck out her tongue, "I never would have thought you'd put yourself in such a trap."

"A trap?"

"Surely you can see," Sakura said as they walked into the stored. "If you were honest, I might have become angered. If you lied, I would surely be angry." She then looked to her list and sighed, "I never knew that Kurenai went through so much bandaging." Sakura looked to Shikamaru, "You get weapons, and I'll get medical."

"Whatever," he sighed and walked off to the other side of the store.

Sakura giggled lightly and went to her shopping; everything that she had known was true.

(Line Break)

~The Time to Act~

Kurenai sat on the desk with her legs crossed; she smiled lightly as she watched the three girls interact with one another. They shared notes, strategies, and even thanked one another. She was mildly impressed at what they had accomplished in the matter of only of a month. She wasn't surprised though that Sakura seemed to be the most prepared for it. Ino didn't have enough information on Shino but enough interaction, while Hinata had a lot of information, but little to no interaction with Sasuke. Kurenai wished she could have watched each girl, but she would have to pick and choose her times wisely. She didn't want to interrupt what they were talking about, but she was sure interested in it.

"Alright," Sakura smiled as she punched the air, "I'm ready to seduce my boy!"

"I already got the boy's mama on my side and I can't wait to try on that sweet jacket." Ino sang out and spun around with glee.

"Why did we have to pick such a hot day?" Hinata said as she fanned herself with her hand.

"Maybe someone shouldn't have picked the long sleeved dark shirt," Sakura smirked and Ino nodded with her own knowing smile. Hinata just pouted with a blush on her cheeks. Sakura just poked her cheek, "Maybe you can do a little strip tease to get Sasuke-kun to give up his shorts."

"I will not be taking his shorts!" Hinata proclaimed with a red face as she looked to the two girls that laughed at her. "I-I'll think of something to get." She grabbed her notebook and hugged it to her chest as she jogged out of the room. The two girls giggled and began to collect their books and notes.

"We'll tell you how it goes sensei," Ino said with a smile and waved to the dark haired jonin. "Meet back here once I get my prize."

"Then we can walk around and show those dumb boys that we got the best of them." Sakura said and hi-fived Ino as they walked out.

"Oh my," Kurenai smirked, "I think I have created monsters."

(Ino's Seductress ways)

Ino knew she was already ahead of the game; it would be like taking candy from a baby. After their meeting, Ino went straight to the Aburame home to get her plan into action. She had been spending much of her free time with the Aburame woman of the house and was rather fond of her company. They did a lot of things around the house together; Ino was even able to help make an afternoon snack with her for Shibi and Shino. Ino nearly spilled the tea all over since Shino just stared at her the whole time. Ino never really thought much on how she was supposed to get him to spend time with her, since he had made her so nervous. But, the time has come and she had very little room for error since the Aburame did prove smarter than her and better at hiding all emotions.

Ino walked up to the front door and casually walked in with a light smiled. "Naoko," she slipped off her shoes and set them off to the side. She looked around and even though the woman was rather quiet, it was dead silent in the room. She calmly walked in and looked around for the dark haired women. When she had yet to find her, Ino decided to go to Shibi, who could usually found in his study, and ask him if she could read up some more on insects. Ino had taken quiet a liking to learning about them since some of them helped her plants grow better. She walked down the hall and saw the small note tapped to the door. "Yamanaka-san," she read lightly, "Went out with Shibi, make yourself at home. Naoko," she smiled and opened up the study and went straight for his books. She took her usually seat on the floor and pulled out her notebook and went to another one of her bug pages. Naoko always disliked that Ino spent some of her days here with Shibi, but Ino wanted to give both parents attention.

"I'll have to be sure to ask Shibi-san about taking me searching with him." She went to her marked page and continued her reading and note taking.

"Yamanaka-san," Ino looked up and blushed as she was caught by a jacketless Shino. He fixed his glasses and seemed to shift uncomfortably on his feet and the situation at hand. "What are you doing here?"

"Oh," she looked at anything but him. "I was hoping to learn up some new things." She held up the book a bit with a nervous smile. She laughed lightly but it died away when he was not responding to her. "Sorry…"

"No need," he walked in and looked around his father's study. "My parents are not against you being here, so neither am I." He looked back at her, "What are trying to learn?"

"Oh," she smiled and held up the book to him, "I never knew that certain bugs can protect and kill plants. So, I figured it would be smart to figure out which did which." She opened up her notes as Shino came at sat beside her. "This is what I had so far, but I know that there were more bugs that can be of help." She looked up and watched his face to see if she could read any expression. She needed to get him interested in her, not just her research. But she couldn't even tell if he was looking at. "What do you think?"

"You still have more to learn," he said bluntly and picked up another book off the shelf. "I can see why you came to my father for help. He showed me the beetle that you had brought."

"Well," Ino blushed as she looked down at the book, "I actually came to see you…but…" she shrugged and flipped to the next page. "You were…away I guess."

"I am very sorry Yamanaka-san," he said lightly.

"Don't' sweat it," she smiled at him and nudged his shoulder since he was seated beside you. "And you can call me Ino. I've been calling you Shino-kun without ever asking if it was okay."

"It was okay, and I will start using your name, Ino-san." He looked away and Ino had to crane her neck to see that his cheeks were dusted with a light pink. She quickly went back to looking at her book when he turned back to face her. "Would…you like any help?"

"Totally," she smiled and handed him another book. "With your help this will go by way faster." He nodded and began to look through his father's books. Ino couldn't help but smile at the time they were spending; she was actually doing it. She had gotten this man to become comfortable with her, all she needed to do was finish and obtain. They spent about an hour looking through books and talking back and forth. It was more of Ino trying to prove that she knew just as much as he did even though they both knew she obviously didn't

As Ino was just about to ask the boy about spiders, since she was unsure if he actually knew since they weren't really bugs, they both heard the door slid open. "Oh," Shibi and Naoko stood there with a lack of expression and looking at the two that were seated fairly close to one another. Ino blushed as she scooted away from Shino, who was just looking at his father like he was waiting for him to say something. Naoko on the other hand looked between the two and was disappointed that it looked that they were just reading. She sighed and walked away back to the kitchen.

"I-I'll go help," Ino smiled lightly and walked out with her head down and a smile on her lips.

Shibi looked to Shino as he stood up and dusted himself off. "What was happening in this room?" He asked as Shino was about to walk past him.

"Not what you are thinking." Shino said with his cheeks were flushed red.

Naoko stood in the kitchen and watched as Ino went on as routine as she pulled out dishes to set the table. She was not pleased with what was going on in her home when she was not home; she was hoping that with the girl here that her son would have taken the chance to do something more with the girl that had been over a countless number of times. She knew that her son noticed that she was trying to get his attention and show that she would be a proper wife (as Naoko saw it). This had been going on for over a month and Naoko knew that her son was at the age to finally date a nice girl and make her happy, but her son had the crazy idea that he needed to 'focus on his shinobi career' than anything else. Naoko knew what she wanted when she was his age and she got them both. A jonin status and a loving boyfriend that turned husband; sure it took her a while to get Shibi, but she did it. Now, she refused to watch her son stand back and allow such a girl to go.

"What do you think of my son?" Naoko asked bluntly as Ino was trying to set the table.

Ino nearly dropped the fine tea set from being startled by the question. How was she to answer this without hurting her new found friend? She didn't want to lie to her, but it was her mission. Maybe her plan of getting the parents would soon kick her in the ass once they found out what was going on. Ino just sighed and decided to tell her as much of the truth as she could. "He makes me nervous," she said as she set down the tea set. "I wish I knew what he felt when he was around me though." Ino blushed a bit; but quickly pushed it through her head. She could not actually like him, this was all a mission.

"Hm," Naoko responded as she went back into the kitchen. Ino followed her and helped her bring out the food they had made. Ino would hate to admit that Naoko was a bit better of a cook than her mother. "You and Shino can eat here," Naoko began to take two of everything and walked into the kitchen where a small table was set for informal eating. "Shibi and I have things to discuss in private." Ino paled a bit at the thought of being alone with Shino, again. But again, this was her perfect storm. She quickly arranged the table once more so that she was right next to Shino as Naoko took some of the food back into the kitchen. She watched as Ino took her spot and took a few deep breaths. Naoko couldn't help but feel excited.

"Oh," Shino stopped in the doorway as he was about to enter the eating area. Ino blushed as she waited for him to take his seat; she had learned from her mother that a woman always waited for a man to take his seat before serving. He looked around in hopes that his mother and father would be joining as well.

"N-Naoko said something about speaking with Aburame-sama in private," Ino said lightly as she smoothed out her dress. She suddenly felt that her choice of clothing was too revealing; she felt exposed to his hidden eyes. All the more for her to get his coat away from him; which he was conveniently wearing again.

"I see," he went over and kneeled beside her. Shino was used to eating with Ino there, but this was the first it would be alone and without his mother supervision. He watched carefully as she poured tea from them both. He noted that she was a little shaky, and without much thinking placed his hand over hers, "You're going to spill like that."

"Right." Her voice was high pitched and he knew that he had done it to her. It was somewhat satisfying to cause the girl so much discomfort with just a mere touch. Ino, on the other hand, decided to let the boy fill his ego with what he was doing. She could easily cause him to go red in the face with just a single glance and smile. She placed the tea pot back on the table and sat back. "Please," she looked to him and had a kind smile, "eat."

Shino nodded and refused to look away from her. He knew what was going on, and he sure as hell was not going to let some pretty girl that had happened to like insects more than the average girl get in the way of his career plan. He blushed red as he slowly ate; there was no way that someone like him, could fall for a girl like her. She was far too…Yamanaka like. He always thought that he would find a girl like his mother; someone quiet and reserved. Not someone as bright and vibrant as her. He would give in that Ino was beautiful, far too much for her own good. "It's good."

"Thanks," she said lightly as she suddenly shivered. She rubbed her arms and laughed nervously, "I can see why you and your father wear such coats." She smiled as she took a slow drink and allowed the tea to warm her. She only hoped that the Aburame boys were known for their chivalry. And lucky her, he got the hint. Ino couldn't help but blush when the coat was draped on her shoulders and she looked to him. "Thank you Shino-kun."

He blushed red, "No need Ino-san; I should have known that you would get cold. I'm so used to only having Hinata and Kiba over and they are dressed from the conditions of my home." He fixed his glasses and Ino smiled lightly. She was rather in awe of him; Shino was far too sweet for his own good.

After eating she and Shino went back to studying in books, so much that Ino faked falling asleep on his shoulder. And once she knew that he was also asleep, she walked out with his coat on, a smile of victory, and a blush on her cheeks.

(Sakura's Seducing)

Sakura confidently and happily walked up to the front steps of the Nara household; she would have gone around back to sneak a peek at all the deer that roamed that large piece of land, but she knew that Shikaku would catch her once again. It was where he hid from his wife. Sakura giggled lightly as she knocked on the door and was greeted by Shikamaru himself. "Hello Shikamaru-kun," she smiled lightly, "do you mind if I come in?"

"This is actually not a great-" he was suddenly cut off by a screaming woman.

"You lazy bum! You better not be trying to get out of your chores again! I know that the Akimichi boy is out there!" Sakura took a step back as Shikamaru blushed red in embarrassment and groaned as he saw the look on Sakura's face. His mother had a knack for scaring people away. "Tell him to go home before I tell his mother that he is trying to get you out of trouble!"

"It's a doe ma!" Shikamaru called back and saw that Sakura's face lit up a bright pink at the word. It suddenly all became quiet and Shikamaru was pushed out of the way. Sakura looked up and saw that Yoshino Nara was standing there with a bright smile and her hair pulled up in a ponytail.

"Oh my goodness! A girl came to see my lazy ass of a son?" Sakura smiled nervously and nodded. She was quickly pulled into the house and didn't have time to take off her shoes as she was shown into a serving room. "You stay right here, and I'll have Shikamaru bring you both something." Before Sakura could protest, she was left alone in the room. Sakura sighed lightly as she looked around the room and found a shoji board. She smiled as she began to set up the board in hopes to get a game of the only child. It was rather humorous to see the family that had raised this child, but she could guess whose gene pool the Nara son had practically drowned in. But, that made it all the easier; a boy taught that going against a women would end in a nasty scolding made him all the more submissive to her will. Just as Sakura planned, Shikamaru wasn't going to argue with any decision she made and would follow them as given.

"I'm sorry that he made you wait," Sakura looked over to see Yoshino standing behind a blushing Shikamaru, who was holding a tray of tea and cookies. She smiled brightly as she pushed her son in. Shikamaru nearly dropped everything as he stumbled in. "Be a good boy Shikamaru," she leaned down and whispered in his ear, "This could be your only chance to get a girl friend."

"Thanks," Shikamaru said as he yawned and walked to the low table. He set down the tray and looked back at his mother, who was still watching with such interest. "You can leave now ma."

"You sure," she cringed at the thought of leaving him there alone with a nice girl she really wanted to see come back.

"Don't worry Nara-sama," Sakura looked up to her with a smile. "I promise not to take up too much of his time."

"Oh please," Yoshino smiled and waved it off. "Take all the time you need. And if it's not enough, come back every day if you need to." She giggled lightly and walked off while fantasizing about the thought of having another girl around the house and her son actually doing something for a girl.

"I'm sorry about my beast of a mother." Shikamaru sighed out as he took a seat across from her. He could get that she wanted to get a game in.

Sakura waved it off. "I bet all mother's get like that when a girl comes to see their son." She teased, "You must not have that many women knocking down your doors, hm?"

"That would be such a bother," he said as he leaned back on his hands and smirked, "I can only imagine that you must have so many suitors waiting for you hand, hm?" Sakura could almost scowl at how was being a tease back. That was not part of her plan at all. He never played around with her before. Maybe, he had caught on to her mission? But then he would have not let her in in the first place; it would be too much of a bother to try and turn it around on her. Sakura only smiled lightly, a blush of anger on her cheeks at the thought that all her hard work would be for nothing.

"I guess you got me there," she said as she began with her first move. "But I surely did not come here to discuss relationships."

"Well, that is a shame," he said as he took his turn. "Then what is the reason you are here?"

"Well," Sakura blushed lightly as she looked over the board. "I was hoping that I could get my ears pierced, like Ino's." she made her move, but refused to look up to see the man's judgmental expression. "I know that it sounds silly, but I was a little envious that she had them. And, seeing that you and your father had them, you would know where to get them done." She watched as he moved is his piece and then began to her own.

"My father did my piercings," Shikamaru said with a light smile.

"Then that's perfect," Sakura smiled at a shocked Shikamaru. "I won't have to go too far."

"You want my dad to give you a piercing?"

"What about me?" The two teens looked over to see Shikaku standing in the doorway with a bored look and senbon in his mouth. "I was getting worried," he smirked when he eyed the two, "I thought you were talking with your mother."

"I don't talk with my mother, I get yelled at by my mother," Shikamaru said with a blush.

"True," Shikaku walked in and grabbed one of the cookies. "But back to what I came in here for."

"I want you to pierce my ears." Sakura said happily that it caused the older man to choke on his cookie. "Nara-sama," Sakura got up to go to his aid, but he waved her off as he took a gulp of the tea, not minding that it scalded his tongue. He took a few deep breaths and then looked over to her. "I…um…" she blushed as rubbed the back of her neck with a nervous smile and laugh. "I didn't think that I would startle you like that."

"Look," he held up his hand as he wiped his mouth, "I won't do anything until I get your parent's permission, since Inoichi gave me such a beating when he found out I did Ino's ears."

"No, it's completely okay." Sakura smiled as she began to lie through her teeth. "I talked to my parents about it and as long as I was ready for the pain, I could do it." She put on her best 'I'm-telling-the-truth' face in hopes that they both would believe her; and they did. Sakura nearly wanted to go and brag out how amazing of a liar she was to the world. It was like she was born to do missions like this. Sakura was being led out of the room, but she looked back and completed her last move. "Check mate" She whispered before hurrying to follow after the two men.

And once she was knelt on a soft pillow outside the home, is when the sudden realization hit her. She was going to have a needle poked through her ear! The plan in her head sounded so fool-proof since Sakura was a bit of a bleeder. But know she actually began to think of how she might have taken this mission too far. She was doing all of this just to get his stupid jacket thing he wore. Sakura looked to the grey jacket that was lined with green. She couldn't' help but let her eyes travel down a little more to his fishnet covered back. A blush bloomed on her cheeks when she heard Shikaku clear his throat. She blushed more when she glanced at him and he was smirking at her; he had caught her checking out his son! At this rate, Sakura would be wedded to the Nara before the day is over with. She grew stiff when she heard someone light a match. They were sterilizing the needle with heat; she began to sweat when Shikaku handed her a piece of ice. "Numb it." It didn't take much brain power to get what he meant. Sakura felt her heart race as her ear got colder. She nearly had a heart attack when Shikamaru grabbed her hand. She looked at him with wide eyes.

"Just squeeze when it hurts," he said bluntly but refused to look at her. "I don't want you screaming; you'll freak out the deer." He waved off lazily into the fields. Sakura couldn't help but smile when she saw that there were deer roaming about the large acre of land. She could see them so much better from here.

"Move the ice," Shikaku said as he was already holding the needled fairly close to her and had a small stud to put in after. He wanted to be quick about this since he was sure that she would crush his son's hand. And once she moved it, he quickly went to work.

"Gah!" Oddly enough the sound came from Shikamaru when the girl squeezed his hand. Both men cringed at the sound of a few pops.

"Sorry!" Sakura squeaked out when she knew that it was her fault. "I-I just didn't want t-to scream," she took in deep breaths as the feeling went away. She was more than satisfied that she could feel the blood drip down her ear.

"Shit," Shikaku muttered under his breath. "Hope you don't mind the blood stains."

"O-Oh…" Sakura faked concern. "My mother is going to kill me," she faked a smile, "this is the third one I've ruined." She looked to Shikamaru sadly, but then looked away when she knew that he had caught and understood her 'worry'.

"I'll just finish this," Shikaku said as she put the ice to her other ear and he moved sides as he got another needle and sterilize it. He knew all too well about the scorn of a woman. He was sure that his wife would be happy to clean the girl's jacket for her; he could still hear his wife humming happily at the thought that Shikamaru had a female caller. Or, he smirked, what they thought. He wasn't a special ranked jonin for nothing; he could see that she was playing at something else, but his son had to learn some day. "Remove," he said again and his son readied himself for another squeeze. He quickly finished and placed the stud in. He turned her face so that she looked at him; they were even, and the bleeding wasn't as much as he had feared. "Here," he handed her a tissue, "and I think we can get that cleaned for you," he gave a tired smile as she removed her jacket and thanked him like he had saved her life. What an actress.

Shikamaru nursed his throbbing hand, but when he looked over to her, he had regretted it. She held the bloodied tissue in her clenched hands and hunched over a bit. He could see it, she was uncomfortable without her jacket; and seeing that her shoulders, neck, and collar bone where completely bare. He blushed lightly at the sight before him. Sure, he had seen Ino in a bathing suit, but she was like family. Sakura Haruno, she was something entirely new. He looked away again with rather unneeded thoughts in his head, He sighed when he knew that couldn't just let her go running back home like that; where other men could see such a sight. Shikamaru didn't know why she was so shy about it; he liked the way she looked. He thought that she looked far prettier than most girls. Her look was simple, and it was brightened with her stunning hair and bright eyes. A uniquely simple look about her.

"Here," Shikamaru took off his jacket and handed it to her. "I'll get it back when your jacket is clean." She blushed lightly as she took the jacket and put it on. Shikamaru never noticed how petite the girl was in comparison to him; and Shikamaru was rather lanky. He lied back on the wooded deck and sighed.

"Thanks," she smiled lightly and slowly got up. "And to show you how thankful I am," she leaned down so that she stood over him. Sakura smiled, "I'll tell your mom what a gentleman you are, and I can't wait to come back and finish our game."

"You're going home?" He looked at her. Sakura nearly giggled; he sounded like a toddler.

"I want you to rest up before our next match," she stood up straight. "I'll be sure that your mother doesn't disturb you. Bye Shikamaru-kun." She said as she walked away back into his house.

Shikamaru smiled lightly. She was rather…not troublesome.

(Hinata's Tempting)

Hinata couldn't believe this was happening. On the hottest day imaginable, she was forced outside in hopes that she may find the brooding Uchiha. She rather be in Shino's house where it was always cold, even in the winter. But no, she had finished her training with her grandmother, who had found out about her mission and took it upon herself to teach her. Hinata blushed at the last piece of advice that her grandmother told her. "Hinata-sama, you were gifted with the beauty of your late mother. No man, not even cold clan man, can say no to woman blooming with breast and hips. And your target is no exception." Hinata shivered at the thought of being looked at for only her rather…developed body. As she fanned herself, she looked around in hopes to finding the Uchiha; like it would matter though. Hinata was in no way ready for this. All her information was there, but actually doing it was a whole new story. It was like her sensei had thrown her into a pit of snakes, which would insult her for just looking at them. She huffed as she pulled at her collar. There was no way that she could talk to him, so, all she really had left was her body. Hinata flushed red when she thought of…seducing Sasuke with a movement of her hips.

"Th-This is stupid…" she muttered as she walked off into the forest. And sure enough, the Uchiha was training like he was actually in a match, but she saw the Uchiha fan that was on the ground beside a bento box. That could be something… Hinata decided just to go past him; maybe they would believe her when she said she couldn't find him. Hinata silently slipped past him, but once she activated her Byakugan, she saw that he stopped and looked right at her. Hinata blushed as she deactivated her Byakugan and tried to take her time. She sniffed the air and caught the scent of water; there was something.

Hinata frowned at the only plan she could come up with.

She was going to go for a swim.

Sasuke Uchiha, on the other hand, knew of her plan far before she did. Why else would she be going towards the lake? Sasuke held back the need to scoff; he was following for no reason. It was like there was nothing better for him to do. He was glad that he had grabbed his fan before following her, or he would die of heat before he got bored. Sasuke didn't follow too close since he was waiting for his brain to start thinking again and tell him to go do anything but this. Why was he still even walking after her? To see her swim? Sasuke stopped and felt the back of his neck grow hot at the thought. He quickly shook his head before anything could distract him from trying to think straight. He checked again, and saw that she was right at the lake. Sasuke hid in the bushes and frowned at his own action. He wasn't supposed to be doing this. Sasuke should have gone home and showered, ate, and get some sleep before going to his night training. He fanned himself as his face got hot when he heard the ruffling of clothing and a light humming. How could she have not seen him? What kind of kunoichi was she?

But Hinata saw him, and she was surprised that she must have been distracting him long enough for her to see him with her Byakugan. A bright red blush bloomed on her cheeks as she slipped off her shoes and placed them neatly on flat raised rock. She tried to act like she wasn't being too obvious and moved so that she was covered by a rock, so that if someone came in from the path, they would not see her. But…Sasuke had a perfect view of her. She took off her belt and began to sing to herself as she removed her top.

Sasuke couldn't believe how big of a pervert he had become. There he was, watching a girl that he knew did not like him; pull off her top in the most seductive way he could imagine. Her arms were crossed in an 'X' as she gripped the bottom of her shirt and pulled the shit up over her head. The arch of her back and the way her chest was pushed out a bit more. It was almost unfair. How could the weak, emotional, Hyuga failure have such an effect on the strong Uchiha genius? He was emotionless and the top of his class. But he was reduced to weak in the knees man who was fanning himself a bit harder as he still watched. He had to stop hanging around Naruto and Kakashi from this day out. Why was he not surprised that she wore a fishnet shirt and her shorts hung perfectly on her hips. It was like Kami was teasing him with such a sight. Sasuke finally looked away with his face the brightest red. This had to stop. He could not let this happen any longer. It was all her fault that she left herself so open to other prying eyes. He quickly stood and went over to the main path that she had followed.

"Stop!" He yelled with a glare and blush. Luckily she was well hidden, but her yelp and a splash that followed after caused him to worry. He ran over and dropped his fan by her shoes as he stood there with wide eyes. Hinata pulled herself back to the edge of the water, coughing up water and rubbing her sensitive eyes. "Idiot," he glared, "you should learn to keep your composer."

"Y-You scared me!" She looked up at him with wide eyes. How could he blame her? She wasn't scared enough as it was with him just watching her, and then he came out and yelled at her. Her cheeks were a bright pink as she looked at him, "Y-You should learn…to n-not sneak up on people like that!" Hinata wasn't very good at insults.

"Only a failure of a ninja would let another ninja sneak up on them," he scoffed, but anything cool about him went away as he watched Hinata pull herself out of the water. She was dripping wet- Oh kami he wished he had not thought that one. Her hair was flat and clung to her pale skin. Her clothes were tighter and the water was rather cold, so she held herself in such a way that made her chest…more noticeable. Sasuke groaned and looked away, "What are you doing out here anyway?"

"I came to swim," she said lightly as she ran her hands through her hair. "But I was…rudely interrupted."

Sasuke glared at her with a blush on his cheeks. Had she just insulted him? "You're lucky no one saw you stripping!"

"I can't swim in my clothes," she said back but flinched back when his glare was worse than before. Hinata looked away and regretted what she was going to say, "I was only going to go down to my undergarments anyway…like a bathing suit."

Sasuke knew that his hormonal side wanted to kick him in the groin for missing out in such a sight. The side of him that he had kept pent up for the longest time was going to go insane if he hung around much longer. But, he couldn't just leave her anyway. What if Naruto decided to swim, or worse, his pervert of a sensei and that joke of a sanin take advantage of the naive Hyuga? "Fine," he muttered and leaned back against the boulder she had hid behind. "Go swimming," he glanced back at her to see her red face when she took notice that she wasn't leaving. "Your bastard cousin would have my head if I left you here venerable to some pervert."

Hinata smiled a bit, so…maybe there was a sweet side to him. Maybe it would be easier for her to break through and find something that would make him…trust her more. She still wanted that fan and she was sure the second she even looked at it longer than three seconds and he would have her head. Hinata turned back around, "Thank you…Sasuke-kun," the name was odd to her, but surely, it would cause him to feel something.

He scoffed, "What happened to 'Uchiha-sama'?"

"I-I thought you w-would like to be t-treated like how I treat others," she said as strong as she could. How was it that it was him that turned her back into a stuttering mess? "A-And all my friends get a first name," she smiled lightly as she removed her shorts. She could barely move since she didn't want to gain his attention and have him look back at her. She laid them out to dry and without any hesitation, she dove back in. She swam under the water and when she broke the surface, she took in a deep breath and laughed lightly. "Oh," she said lightly, "that's nice."

Sasuke nearly fell over as he listened to her expressions of happiness. He was being tested for sure, he just knew it.

Hinata looked over to the stiff Uchiha. Hinata looked around; the lake was absolutely big enough for the two of them, and the water was dark enough that no one could see past the surface. Hinata put on her best smile, "Come on in Sasuke-k-kun," she waved him over when he finally looked at her. "You look hot." She said with a light blush, knowing exactly what it sounded like she said. Her sister always said that he innocents would be a man's downfall one day.

Sasuke frowned as his blush grew on his neck and ears. He would not be made a fool of. No girl could make Sasuke Uchiha fall into their clutches. No one on this earth could make him do anything that he deemed to be a waste of time. Swimming was a waste of time! But, his body moved for him when he caught a glimpse of her long legs as she swam the backstroke. Sasuke was only a teenaged boy…why would Kami tempt him so?

Hinata nearly blushed as she had caught the Uchiha undressing. He grabbed his shirt from the back and pulled it over him. She saw toned muscle move as he took off the shirt and tossed it to the grass. Hinata almost felt her inner fangirl start to drool at the sight of him. She quickly dove back under too cool off. When she came back up the Uchiha had dove in. Hinata took in deep breaths as she reminded herself the sooner she finished the sooner she could run home and curl up under her covers. "What's wrong Hyuga?" Hinata jolted away from the voice of the Uchiha that had just appeared right next to her. He smirked, "Never gone swimming with a man?"

"Man…?" Hinata didn't mean to offend the Uchiha, but she saw the hard hit to his pride. Hinata wasn't very good at 'empowering men' and their egos. She blushed lightly and smiled, "I mean…uh…" she looked away in defeat. "I have not," she lightly swam away from him. She wanted to drown herself at how terrible this all was going. She got him to listen to her, but she just kept popping holes in her own plans.

Sasuke, on the other hand, was trying to figure out what she was trying to do. The Hyuga was obviously out to make a fool of him –which she was succeeding at- just so that she and her family could laugh at him later. He was only going along with all of this since his hormonal side was acting before his brain could; not to mention that it was pretty hot out. Sasuke thought she couldn't be this innocent to not know what she was saying. He couldn't believe that he actually found it…cute that she was so naïve. He's met and been hit on by every type of girl that this world had to offer. But why was it Hinata Hyuga that made his brain stop functioning?

"Sasuke-kun," she pulled him out of his thoughts as she began to tread towards a rock that had jutted out from the water's surface. "Are you well?"

"Fine," he said back as he lazily swam about, slowly making his way towards her. Sasuke sunk a bit deeper so that the bottom half of his face was in the water when Hinata had climbed up the rock and sat down. He couldn't believe that she was able to hide such a figure for so long. He face got warm even in the cooling water as she laid herself down on the rock like it was his god damn bed! Wait…not his bed! No, never in a million years would the Hyuga be allowed on his bed let alone near his home! Sasuke thought about drowning himself right then. He should have never allowed Kakashi to teach him about puberty and all the things he could do with a woman. It was going to drive him to the point of insanity. Sasuke dove under thinking about drowning, but he still his brother to kill.

And…he was sure that he was because some trouble for the Hyuga if he just keeled over like that.

He broke the surface for a long and well deserved breath and looked over to Hinata. He nearly blushed when she saw that she was looking at him with such a kind smile and a blush on her cheeks. He almost puffed out his chest from his pride swelling. "You look funny," then all his pride was gone when she giggled like a princess. He let out a huff as he ran his hand through his flattened hair. He swam up to the rock and placed his arms on the edge. "Don't get so close," she blushed as she scooted away.

"What are you so worried about?" He asked as his eyes traveled down her body without her noticing.

"You…" she blushed and turned so that she lied on her stomach, "you make me nervous."

"You don't say," he said more to himself as he caught his eyes going right for her behind. He quickly looked back at her as closed her eyes and let out a sigh. "If I made you so nervous, why did you invite me to swim?" There was something wrong; she needed to pick a side. She liked him or she was afraid of him.

"I-I thought you would be too hot if you just stood there," she turned her head to look at him and smiled lightly. "And, you were so kind to offer to watch over me…even thought I didn't need it."

Sasuke smirked, "It's my job as a shinobi to protect the weak."

Hinata laughed lightly, but he could tell that it wasn't a real laugh. "I guess you're right…" she turned again so that she back on her back.

Sasuke didn't know why, but he suddenly felt bad. And the feeling wouldn't go away when he reasoned to himself that he was in fact right. Sasuke sighed, "But…I can't protect you all the time," he waved it off lazily. "I guess it's also my job to help you too. So…I guess I could train you sometime- just so you wouldn't be such a burden."

Hinata smiled since she knew that he was really trying. She turned again and positioned herself so that they were face to face. "Thank you so much…Sasuke-kun," she didn't know how she did it, but Hinata might have just said something seductive. The way the name rolled off her tongue and she knew it had worked. She smiled lightly and didn't see his face go pink as he suddenly looked at her chest that was right in his face. She looked to him again when she heard him go under and swim away. "Aww…" she sat up and allowed the sun to heat her up before she went back in. Hinata saw that this was kind of working and decided to keep going so she could get her prize. 'Watch out guys!' She smiled, 'I can seduce an Uchiha!' Hinata stood up and when the Uchiha looked at her, she played her strong point. Hinata blushed pink and held herself, "Don't stare…" she looked away, but glanced back to see the Uchiha glare with red cheeks. Hinata dove back into the water.

"Damn it…" he muttered as he wiped his eyes and watched as she came back up for air. "I'm done." Hinata looked over with a frown as Sasuke swam back to shore and got out of the water. She followed after him. Sasuke had to leave before he did and said something stupid. Something that would surely get him laughed at. He put on his shorts and used his shirt as a towel. He looked back and watched as Hinata got out and wrung out her short hair. "I'll take you home,"

"I-I can't…" she looked at him with wide eyes. There was no way she would walk home in her state. "I'm…I'm all wet," she looked at herself and Sasuke did too. "My clothes will get wet and I'll be sure to pass out from this heat." She used her hand as a fan and looked up to the sun. Sasuke groaned, she was going to make this difficult for him. He couldn't have her walk home half dressed since he would die from the heat. He threw her shorts at her and her belt. He placed his wet shirt on and then handed her his fan. "B-But…"

"Just use it to cool off until you get home." He slipped on his shoes. "Now let's go before I change my mind." Hinata nodded and quickly followed after putting on the rest of her attire. Hinata rolled up her sleeves and ran after the Uchiha to catch up. She used the fan and nearly moaned in pleasure at how nice it was; well, she actually did do it since her grandmother said it would turn a man into a mess. Hinata gasped when Sasuke fell on his face.

"S-Sasuke-kun…"

"Just shut up." He glared at her with his cheeks red. "Don't make another sound."

Hinata thought the Uchiha must not have liked it like her grandmother said. Once they were out of the forest, Hinata noticed that he began to walk towards her home, she grew nervous. He would take the fan back for sure. "S-Sasuke-kun…?"

"What did I just say?" He glanced at her.

"I-I know," she looked at her feet. "B-But…I-I can't be s-seen with you…" she looked back up at him. His left eye twitched and he was bright red as he glared. "N-Not like that," she quickly tried to un-offend him. "M-My Father…" she looked away, "I-I don't want y-you to be in trouble w-with him." She looked at him from behind the fan with big eyes. "I-I can protect you this time…" she smiled lightly.

Sasuke smirked with his cheeks pink. "Like your father scares me."

"I just want you to be safe," she stood in front of him and lightly held his arm. "You've been…so kind to me," she pushed up against him, "I can't let you do this."

"Whatever," he pulled his arm out of her grasp. He turned away before she could see him blush. "Just go home." He walked away without looking back at her. But he could just feel her smiling at him. He pouted a bit, like he'd ever let her father get in the way of him and her- Sasuke stopped his thought and glared. He didn't care! The Hyuga's were odd and he was a strong Uchiha!

Until, he finally got home and was lieing on his bed for a couple hours. The sun was setting and he (and two other boys) came to realize something. They had just given away something rather important to them to girls that they had rarely ever talked to.

They all smacked their foreheads.

(Line Break)

Kurenai smirked as she was seated across from the two upset looking jonin. She had figured that no boy could handle being outwitted by a girl, and they went crying to their senseis –except for Shino, he went to Kakashi-. Kurenai sat back in the booth as she picked up her tea. Kakashi sighed when he could that she regretted nothing. "I thought you said that you wouldn't do anything rash."

"I never said that," she smirked and took a sip. "And what I did was a simple training excursive with the kunoichis."

"They embarrassed their male counterparts." Asuma said as he lit up his cigarette.

"Then maybe someone should have taught their shinobi to spot a trap," she smirked as she slid out from the booth and waved. "Next time," she began to walk away, "don't assume."

Kakashi sighed as closed his visible eye, "Sasuke is not going to be happy about this."

"Damn right I'm not," the two looked up to see the three boys standing there. Sasuke glared, "Were you two not able to stand up to her?"

"Like you can talk about standing up to a girl," Asuma muttered but Sasuke caught it loud and clear.

He blushed red, "She didn't pose a threat to me!"

"Oh shut up," Shikamaru said as he crossed his arms over his chest. He was left with just his fishnet shirt. Shino nodded as he fixed his glasses and didn't know what to do without his jacket since he was left completely bare that some people could see some of the bugs that crawled on his skin. "All we want is to get our stuff back."

"Speak for yourself," Sasuke said with his fists tight, "I will not be made a fool of by some pathetic Hyuga."

"That's not nice Sasuke-kun." The five looked over to see that Sakura, Ino, and Hinata stood at the opening of the café, with their obtained items. Sakura was wearing Shikamaru's jacket and happily showing off her studded ears. Ino had Shino's jacket partially on but so that it fell down her back and hung there. Then there was Hinata, who blushed as she hid the bottom-half of her face with the Uchiha fan. Sakura smirked, "I mean, she got the best of the great Uchiha, right?"

"I only felt sorry for her," he glared.

"Sasuke Uchiha doesn't feel for people," Ino crossed her arms over her chest and glared. "Just admit that you were seduced by this cute little heiress." Hinata looked away when the Uchiha glared at her and growled with a pink blush on his cheeks.

"I wasn't seduced-" Shikamaru and Kakashi quickly held back the angered and blushing Uchiha.

"Alright girls," Asuma stood up and put up his hands. "You had your fun, but I think it is only fair to give them their stuff back."

"Oh, Shino-kun can have his jacket back," Ino smirked as she motioned Shino forward. "But he'll have to make me dinner first," she giggled as she grabbed his hand and began to walk away towards his house. Shino's face was a bright red.

Sakura and Hinata giggled, "Ino is totally crushing on him now," Hinata nodded. Sakura looked to Shikamaru and stuck out her tongue, "Come on Shikamaru," she smirked, "you're smart enough to find a way to get your stuff back."

"Troublesome woman," he grunted as he watched her with boredom in his eyes.

"Wrong move," Sakura smirked as she turned away. "Wait until your mother hears about how you treat me." Sakura then laughed as she ran off. Hinata quickly jumped away when the Nara took off after her. Hinata giggled lightly as she still heard Sakura laughing at the male. Hinata looked back over and flinched back when she saw that the Uchiha was still glaring at her and being held back by his sensei. Hinata looked to the fan in her hands and frowned lightly at the thought of giving it away; she rather liked it. But, not that she would ever let him know that. Hinata still had her pride as a Hyuga.

"Here," she slowly walked up to him and held out the fan. She blushed lightly as he stared at her and then took his fan back. "Thank you, Uchiha-sama," she bowed to him.

Sasuke scoffed as he pulled out of Kakashi's hold. "Whatever," he muttered and walked away.

Hinata huffed a bit, he truly was a jerk. She didn't deserve that; he was just mad that she bested him. Hinata ran out and stood outside the café and with her best smile and wave, she called to him. "I can't wait to train with you Sasuke-kun. I bet by the end, I'll be on top and you on bottom!"

"Hyuga-san!" Kakashi and Asuma both said in shock at how bold she was. The villagers blushed at the statement that she made and one old woman passed out.

Hinata felt better when she saw the Uchiha stiffen and stumble forward, "But…" she smiled again, "I'd love to be pinned under you too…Sasuke-kun!" Hinata turned with a satisfied smile as she walked down the village path with a newfound confidence. She didn't care that the villagers stared at her, boys around her age were red in the face and had bleeding noses, and her senseis knew that they needed to prepare their shinobi better. It was all worth it to see the Uchiha fall flat on his face.

Kurenai had taught her girls well.

(End)

Well, I hope all that writing was worth it guys. Next up is another Quickshots: Bleach Crossovers. I got a large request for Hinata paired with different people and I thought I'd give it a go. Hope to have that one up faster~!