chappie 21! XD
wow that was lazy opening :3, anywaaaays...
"the last time I wore a denim Estelle Capri was freshman year, I never wear anything out of style it would be humiliating, I consist on trying skinny jeans, they work more for your figure and they'd totally rock those stilettos" ino said proudly enlightening the freshman girls that morning
They all ooed and awed and clapped "do me next ms. Ino! Me next!" "no me!" "no way it's my turn!"
Ino giggled "girls girls clam down, there's enough time for me to help all of you!"
Name: ino yamanaka
one of the prettiest and most popular girls at konoha high, she recently just started with her best friends and they've dominated since even going as far as head cheerleader and dating one of the most popular guys in the country
guys love her
girls envy her
but other than that:
She's best down for her A+ fashion sense, one of the reasons being her parents are models, whatever she wears the other girls try their best to copy
Her style is always changing and she has a gift for knowing what works best for people, she's always been a fashionista, never blocked for anything
Anything
"come on yamanaka, we have homeroom" sakura growled dragging her, "oh! Right! Remember my tips girls, I'll see you after school!"
it was thrusday, she and megami had on their basketball uniforms for their game later in the day
Being such a perverted school it was a blue and white tight jersey with mid-thigh blue and white shorts
Also today sakura, ino, and hinata (who they had forced to join the team so they could all be together) had on blue and white cheerleading uniforms, the cheer squad had been brought back because of football seasons performance
"so how are the little ino's today?" tenten joked, "better than ever, I swear if they keep listening to me they'll look like models by senior year, then they can pass on my advice" ino said as they walked into homeroom
"just wait you guys, someday I'll be designing for millions!" she said dreamingly, they sighed softly, that was another thing about ino, she always wore her heart on her sleeve
"ino? My bracelet snapped, your good at patching things up right? Do you think you could fix this?" a girl asked nervously as they sat down
Ino scoffed "fix it? Girlie I can remodel it! Just wait, I'll have this primped and pretty by tomorrow morning, it'll be so cute you won't be able to wear it!"
The girls looked confused but the other girl knew what she meant by that "thanks ino! You really are the best!" she said skipping off
She sighed happily, sakura laughed "is there anything you can't do?"
Ino was about to answer just when kakashi busted through the door, everyone gasped
He was extremely early, the band hadn't even arrived yet!
He was heavily breathing but when he saw the girls he sighed in relief, he quickly ran up to them
"kakashi-sensei! What's wrong?" hinata asked, he calmed himself and ran his hands through his hair
He took a deep breath and they could see him open his moutht o talk "girls…you know that anko and I are…getting married soon right?" "of course" sakura said
"good, well…lately she's been trying to plan the wedding and well…it's just been going wrong, to tell she the truth she's an awful wedding planner and she keeps getting frustrated, she can't find the right dress, catering bailed on her, the decorations are off and I…I just need your help"
They smiled "don't worry kakashi! We'll have the wedding perfectly planned out and ready before the day, we'll talk to anko!" megami said
He sighed in relief again "thanks girls, what would I do without you"
They giggled "it's simple really, hinata can cook the all the food (with our help), I can work on decoration, tenten you take music, megami you do location and flower arrangement-" "and I'll design the dress!" ino chanted excitingly
"uh yeah, we won't disappoint you sensei!" tenten said, "again thanks guys, but now I gotta go, I gotta a rep remember?"
He ran out of the room as the boys came in
"oh this is so exciting! I've never made a wedding dress before let alone planned a wedding! Oh this dress has to be perfect! I will NOT allow this to be an ordinary wedding dress, it will be unique, perfect and…ino style" ino giggled
"what! Wedding! Are you and shikamaru getting married?" naruto asked, "what!" they both yelled
"no dumbass, anko and kakashi are getting married and they want us to plan their wedding" sakura sighed
"getting off that topic, are you guys coming to our game tonight?, I'd be cool if you could" tenten asked
"aw is that tonight?" neji asked, all the girls looked to them in confusion
"sorry girls we're filming a guest star appearance on some talk show then we have a CD signing" naruto said nervously
"but it's our first home game, you can't miss it" hinata said, "sorry…" shikamaru shrugged
They all frowned and turned away
"we'll be at the next one, promise" gaara said, it didn't help, they giggled "guys were kidding, it's okay, just make sure your at the next one kay?" tenten asked
They sighed in relief, they hated it when they were upset
ino clapped her hands and got everyone's attention "anyways! After the game I have a lot of work to do, I am going to make this the best wedding ever! Guarantee!"
Shikamaru softly smiled at his energetic dandelion, when it came designing she was a fuse ready to explode
" Physics, the natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force, can anyone tell me what is analyzes?"
A few kids raised their hands, others yawned in return, one of them was ino, they'd been over the definition of physics plenty of times when they began a new lesson and the teacher always asked the same question
She didn't even know why she was in the class at the moment
"-very good, since we'll be starting a new lesson today I'm going to pass back unit 8's test, most of you did well on this I'm very proud to say"
Ino perked up, she had to be in one of those 'mosts' she always was, she grew excited when she teacher handed her the test
She frowned when she saw a giant F planted on it
Okay, she wasn't the best student, but with the help of sakura she'd never seen an F in her life!
Well, this was the only class she'd skipped
After class the bell rang, everyone quickly got up to head out to the next period
Ino quickly picked up her bag and walked up to the teacher mrs. Koda
"mrs. Koda, I want to talk about my grade on the test-" "aw yes I forget to mention, tell your parents that your failing and if you don't pass the test by text Tuesday's exam, I'm sorry but you won't be able to partake in any extracurricular activities and you'll have to take after school makeup's"
Ino gasped "but I have so much things to do!" mrs. Koda smiled knowing ino very well "I know ino, so try having one of your friends help you study, you have to have at least a C to pass"
"what! How can you be failing I gave you all my notes!" sakura exclaimed in gym while they sat on the bleachers talking to ino
She giggled nervously "I uh…kind lost them along the way" "this isn't funny ino, if you keep failing you'll have to take summer classes"
"then you'll never shop again!...in that summer" megami said intimidatingly
"ah! Don't say that I already know! That's why I need you guyses help to study" "it's you guys work on the grammar" tenten said
"ino, you know we'd help you but were pretty booked, with the whole wedding planning thing, sports, and tests and stuff coming up on our own, I think you need to find your own tutor"
Ino sighed "I guess your right" truth be told her schedule was filled too, she had to make the dress, study for the test, cheerleading practice, a mini after school class for the girls who needed her help, and other 'ino important' things
"well, speaking of the wedding why don't we go and talk to anko now?" hinata asked, the girls nodded in agreement and got up and headed to anko
"really? You girls would do that for me?" anko said frantically, the girls beamed and nodded
Anko grew excited but then went shy, "so…since you girls are doing all that…would you…could you umm-" none of them could believe it, they'd never seen this side of anko before
"come on sensei spit it out!" megami said, "would you girls please be my bridesmaids?"
Their mouths gaped but ino jumped up and down "yes yes yes!"
"that sounds great sensei, but shouldn't you ask like sisters or something or cousins?"
"I would if I had any siblings, and I hate most of my cousins so..."
"well in that case we'd love to do it!" hinata beamed, "hmmm, this means I'll have to make bridesmaids dresses too"
"oh don't trouble yourself, you guys can come with me tomorrow, kurenai, tsunade, and shizune are making me have a bachelorette party friday, but before that I was going to the bridle store to find a dress, since your making one you girls can just help me find bridesmaid dresses before I head off to kurenai's?"
"sound perfect, while we're at the store we can do homework and junk" tenten said, "great, thanks again girls—oh before I forget can you ask your boyfriends if they can be best men, kakashi wants to ask but you know how he is"
"don't worry anko-sensei, we can handle that"
"are you serious? Now your involving us in this?" sasuke asked
"pleeeease guys, this would mean a lot, we really want them to have a great wedding" ino begged
The boys thought for second "will we see you guys in dresses?" the girls glared at them "sure" tenten growled
"were in"
before anything else could go foward
the girls had a basketball game to do
But right before that
Before the guys left ino's arms were wrapped around shikamaru's neck, and his arms around her waist
"shika…I'm failing physics-" he raised a brow "the teacher says I'll have to do makeup's if I keep failing then it could lead to summer school…so could you pleeease tutor me for the next few days"
He sighed "you know I would, but kabuto's got us so booked for the next week, it's hard to even fit in the wedding…I'm sorry"
She frowned and dropped her arms, he put one back in his pocket and ran the other through his hair "you should find some else to tutor you, maybe you'll see someone at the game, good luck"
"sure" she mumbled, the limo horn honked "come on nara lets go!" naruto shouted
"I gotta run, I'll call you later" he gave her a quick kiss then shot off
She groaned as she saw him get in and the limo speed away
"ino come on! The game's about to start!" hinata called, "coming!"
Konoha high was a full spirited school, most of the student body was in the large gym, that's why there was enough room
There was also the opposite bleacher side for the opposing team, which for the first game was mozukai high (wood)
Their colors were a dark yellow and white, they were a strong truth, truth be told konoha high girls basketball had never won a game against them
And they were determined to keep it that way
Everyone was cheering and screaming for their team as if it was real game
Both teams stood across from each other as anko stood in the middle with the basketball and a whistle
Behind them cheerleaders rained
Anko blew on her whistle "uzumaki, rozuki , you're up!"
Both girls walked up, standing in front of megami was a far taller girl with tan face and freckles and glaring hazel eyes
But megami wasn't intimidated she just smiled brightly like the cheerleaders behind her
"wipe that smile off your face!" the girl growled, "why is it pissing you off?" megami asked even if she was looking up at her, the girl smirked "I'm gonna knock you down" megami kept her smile
"alright ready girls!" the girl took her place, megami stood still
Anko threw the ball up, both girls shot up, megami forcefully and aggressively knocked it away to her teammate and the game began
The girl came down surprised, but megami was already going for the ball
"miss. Ino, what did you plan on doing for halftime?" a sophomore girl asked, "yeah, we never practiced, don't tell us you guys are turning into ami and Karin"
Ino giggled and waved her hand "dancing doesn't always take practice, remember the football game? If you guys follow me and just flow with the words and music, the dancing comes to you"
"that's how we learned" hinata added
The rest of the konoha cheerleaders smiled and nodded
Konoha: 42, mozukai: 37
Mozukai had only been ahead of them once and that was when the ref confused a foul
Konoha was doing great for the first time in years, but the real superstars were tenten and megami
Finally it was halftime
Tenten and megami caught up with anko, sweating but pumped "you girls are great! I haven't seen that kind of team work since the 1980's, kushina and kagome, now they were real players"
Tenten and megami beamed, they already knew their mothers were on the same team and were two of konoha's sport superstars, anko used to come and watched the plays when she was younger because her father was couch back then
They didn't like each other for a time and were always competing, mikoto was in the competition group too (but against kagome since she and kushina were already friends) but they finally settled things and slightly became friends for a short period of time
But it ended when mikoto and kushina moved away
Other than that, their pictures hung gold and framed in the awards case proudly, and the girls wanted to follow in their footsteps
"we know" they said together brightly
The mozukai girls were up first, a regular pep cheer followed by band, it lifted the students spirits up…
Next
Konoha
Ino, sakura and hinata started while something like a party by the school gyrls played
In a second the other cheerleaders were able to follow and the band followed
When the music stopped, the girls stood straight, and a chnat began:
Ino "I wanna dance right now, we can show em how the girls get down! !"
Sakura "yes we go for more than zero
Hinata "number one everyone should know CHECK THIS OUT!"
A dance broke out and everyone cheered in an explosion
While they were dancing sakura whispered "you know…that could make a great song"
For the first time in years
Mozukai: 63, konoha: 82
"that was awesome!" tenten chanted "yeah we totally whooped their asses!" megami shot back as they stepped out of the school, "it's our first game we should go do something!" ino said
"uh, I don't think so, don't you have some studying to do?" sakura said sternly, ino groaned and rolled her eyes "right…which reminds me"
She looked around the school yard, since no one seemed to have time to help her she landed on her last option
She didn't want to do it…but if she wanted to pass, she had to set her emotions aside
When her eyes caught the person she was looking for she sighed, half hoping they wouldn't be there
"hey girls, I'll catch you at home, I gotta get the notes form physics, teach says they'll help"
"kay yamanaka, catch you at home" tenten said waving off
Ino kept waving until she saw they girls drove out of view, she looked around to make sure anyone else wasn't around, she sighed in relief and walked up to the person in question
"sai"
He was sitting on the edge of the school Greek style fountain reading a book, black jeans and midnight blue polo shirt
He shut his book and slowly looked up to her, it made her feel awkward on how much he resembled sasuke
Those eyes…
She remembered megami mentioning that's the thing that made her listen to him sometimes
Death stare
That's another one of the reasons she fell for sai…
"ino…well isn't this a surprise, knowing you either I'm in trouble, or you need help"
She took a deep breath then let everything out "I need your help sai…can we please let go of the past emotions now and you just help me like a friend"
He listened carefully, she seemed really upset, after they broke up they did try being friends for a time
It worked out well, even so they do care about each other he knows that
"you're really desperate aren't you…?" "I can't turn to anyone else! Please sai…you're my last hope" she whispered
He slowly stood up "either you're a really good actress or your really scared"
She kept silent, he sighed "alright, I'll help you…because I'm your friend…"
She sighed in relief, he's actually setting aside the fact he's still in love with her
For now
"just one thing" she said, he looked to her showing he was paying attention
"absolutely no one…no one…can know about this…otherwise we're both screwed"
At home everyone was busy, megami was out checking out locations and picking flower choices, hinata was selecting food and kept going back and forth to the grocery store to buy ingredients
Tenten was going out back and forth as well the video store looked and buying agreeable CD's and instruments, sakura was looking over decorations and calling people
Earlier anko had mentioned her favorite color was scarlet, so it had to be a mostly scarlet wedding, and ino, was in her room, sketching dress after dress after dress, but nothing got to her
She crumbled another drawing frustrated, okay she's had a couple times with designers block but this was bigger
She couldn't think of ANYTHING, fact is she'd never done a wedding dress before, and if she wanted it to be perfect, everything she drew just wasn't good enough
"ino…" she twisted around and found hinata standing at the side with a plate of fancy different colored cookies, "will you please taste this and tell me what you think?"
"of course hinata" ino picked one up and took a small bite, her face grew bright "oh my gosh hinata these are amazing!"
Hinata smiled modestly, "I was just looking through an old cook book an di decided to mix something together, I had no idea you'd like it that much"
"you HAVE to serve these at the wedding, everyone will love them!" "thanks ino, so how's the dress coming?"
Her smile fell "ugh hinata, this is the first time I'm doing something like this, I want it to be great, but every time I put something down it comes out terrible, this is the first time I've had this heavy of a designer's block, I'm shot I can't think of anything"
"well maybe you should find some inspiration, that's what the guys do to write songs, and we do it too, you're a great designer ino, you're bound to think of something" hinata finished walking out
Ino slumped into her chair "inspiration…for a wedding dress? How do I do that?"
"hey megami! How's the location hunt going?" sakura asked hanging up the phone and seeing her come in "terrible" megami groaned throwing her bag on the living room couch
"some are booked, some weren't open, and the rest just plain suck, I think after a quick snack I'm gonna head out there again"
"okay what about flowers?" "oh" megami smiled "that's covered"
Tenten came in with a bag of CD's, "well I think I got some of the music covered, but I'm still gonna go back out, I think I saw more good one's I missed", "what about you sakura?"
"do you have any idea how hard it was to find a place that make's SCARLET decorations?" she sighed "but I finally found a place, they said to call back later", just then hinata came in with the plate of cookies again
"girls, can you try these and tell me what you think?" they all nodded and picked up a cookie
Sakura picked up a red one
Megami picked up a white one
And tenten picked up a green one
They each took a bite and their mouths began to tingle, "oh my gosh hinata! This sis so good!" sakura said with her mouth full, megami's mouth was watering and she looked like she was in cloud 9, tenten was helping herself to more
Hinata giggled "I'm glad you like them, it will the main dessert at the wedding "oh speaking of that!" sakura said swallowing and turning to her laptop
"anko emailed me the guest list, there's about 100 friends and relatives coming, mostly from kakashi's side, so hinata I'd say you should make about 200 of everything, if they're in bites, and the cake should be 3 layered, white, chocolate and red velvet all together, kakashi doesn't like rock, hip hop, screamo, ect. music so none of that, anko's allergic to posies and she's changing her color too…fuchsia"
The girls all slumped, "these means I have to find some video store old people music, I already bought the damn music!" "I have to make 200 of EVERYTHING?" "I already bought the fucking posies kakashi said she liked them!" "looks like I'll be calling those people back…then find someone who does fuchsia decorations…"
"GAAH! Why are so they specific!" they all yelled together "no wonder anko was having so much trouble, there's so much not right about them!" tenten cursed the ceiling, the all fell onto the couch "I hope ino's doing better than we are" hinata sighed
"no no NO! it's wrong! It's all wrong!" ino yelled tossing papers and fabrics across her room in a fuss
By homeroom the next day the girls were dead tired, there were dark circles under their eyes, megami and hinata had fallen asleep, ino was trying to use cover up to put away the circles but failed miserably and dropped her head on her desk, sakura and tenten kept frantically rubbing their eyes to keep awake
"oh my gosh!" they all slightly looked up, hinata and megami woke up
"you guys look like shit!" naruto yelled, at that moment naruto's face met the cover of sakura's book, then the back of his head met the floor
"before you guys start, we've been up all night planning the wedding, anko and kakashi keep emailing us things they don't like that we've already gotten, it's a disaster! I think we got at least 2 hours of sleep this morning, we ha dto literally drag ourselves out of bed" sakura groaned
Kakashi rushed into the room again and instantly ran to the girls "so, ladies, how's the planning coming?"
The shot their heads up and put on their best smiles "it's going great!" ino lied, "no it's not! You and anko need to stop changing everything every time we do something else, I missed dinner! DINNER! You two better stop your bitchin' and agree on something before we lose our minds!" megami growled with exhaustion
Kakashi sighed "I'm sorry…it's just, I really want this wedding to make her happy, I really do love her and I'd do ANYTHING for her…I understand if you don't-"
"wait a minute! We never said we'd stop working on it, just ease up a bit on the demands so we'll have everything ready before you know it" sakura said, with a family line of businesswoman she was determined to finish the wedding plans and make them proud
"great! Well bye!" he ran out of the room
The girls jaws dropped…they were starting to debate if he was sad at all
"so, guys, kabuto cut us a little slack today so we were wondering if you wanted to hang out" shikamaru said
The girls groaned "why couldn't you have said that yesterday, we can't remember we said anko's taking us to buy bridesmaid dresses and stuff" tenten said
"you guys could come!" ino perked up, the raised a brow "us? In a bridal shop? I don't think that'd work well in public" sasuke said
The girls sighed, they were right
Ino looked at her watch, there was no chance kakashi was coming in if he'd already came to class once so it was perfect "uh, I gotta run guys, I'll catch you at lunch!" she said rushing up
"huh? We're you going?" tenten asked "cheer-prep!" she called, "but we don't have practice today!" sakura yelled
"it's my own thing!" she called already down the hall
Sakura groaned "sheesh, just because she's head cheerleader…"
"your late" sai said dryly as ino rushed into the private work part of the library
"I know, took me a while to find this, I actually got lost in the library!" she joked, he was sitting at a small round table, reading a book, he didn't seem amused
She cleared her throat and set down her books "anyways, thanks again for doing this, means a lot you know"
"so what part do you need help with?" he asked, she gulped things getting more awkward by the second "unit 8…" she grumbled "ALL of it?" she nodded sheepishly
He sighed, "mrs. Koda may be nice but I don't think she was very fair with you, doesn't matter, I can break down the basic things you need to know then make something like a test you have to do so you can be ready by Tuesday, we better start now if you want to get any of this done"
She nodded and slowly began to open her book "thanks again sai…"
"no problem, what are friends for"
"so what do ya guys think of this one?" anko asked frantically holding up a hideously ugly bright pink dress that looked like it was made of flowers, with a large bow around the neck
"was the person who designed that drunk?" ino said taking it by the tip of her fingers and tossing it back into the rack like it was trash "you can't honestly expect us to wear THAT"
Anko flopped on one of the seats in frustration "I honestly don't know a thing about dresses, why don't you girls just find them and I'll take a nap here"
They all nodded
"I can't believe SHE'S the one exhausted, we're doing all the work!" sakura whisper-yelled as they searched through racks with anko sound asleep, "well she is the bride, we can understand if she's a little flustered sakura" hinata said
"I just wanna get outta here this place gives me the creeps" megami shivered, "why? It's just a bridal shop, were gonna be here (hopefully) in a few years" ino squealed
They all grimaced "and who by any chance would be the groom?" tenten asked, ino smiled brightly "well-" "don't answer that question!" sakura demanded her face flustered
Hinata blushed, tenten frowned, megami pretended to throw up and ino giggled
"hey ino, what about this?" megami asked holding a dress up, ino gasped "they're beautiful! Where did you find these?"
She shrugged "just pulled them off the rack, thought they looked decent"
Ino beamed "girls I think we found what were looking for!"
"how's the cooking coming hinata?" sakura asked, passing through the kitchen with a clipboard, hinata wiped her forehead with her for arm "going better, I have to go the store for 3 more packs of sugar, 2 packs of salt, and 6 margarines again" she sighed
Sakura smiled and checked off her clipboard and went off to walk into the living room
Tenten was looking over the CD's she's gotten and also the video tapes, which she had seen gave her a great idea
"how's it hangin' tennie?" "perfect! So long as they don't change another thing, I have it all set"
"great, where's mega?" tenten shrugged "think she went out again, haven't seen her" "what about ino?" "upstairs working on the dress…"
3 needles held by her lips, a fat heart shaped pin cushion on her right, tons of colorful fabric laid out across her room
A design mannequin in front of her with measurements across the body, two pages of practice homework sai had given her, 2 more pages of science and world studies homework, and 1 page of advice requests on her left
She was flustered but was determined to keep going
A knock came on her door "come in" she mumbled the needle still in her mouth
Sakura walked in with the clipboard under her right arm and her left hand holding the door knob "hey ino, just wanted to see how the dress it going" sakura said ignoring the mess and looking straight at ino, her hair was a fritz, her clothes looked like she had woken up color blind
"oh hey sakura, can't talk right now gotta work work work if I wanna get this stuff done on time, wow I've barely started this dress yet but don't worry I'll finish it I promise promise promise!" she said so quickly that sakura barely caught what she had said
"ino…maybe you should take a break-" "break! I don't have time for a break! I have two reports due in history and science! This dress!, People keep coming to me for advice orders and I can't tell them wrong! And to top it off I have this stupid practice papers for the make-up test! I don't have time for a break!" the needle's fell out of her mouth and onto the table
"gah! See what you made me do!"
"uhh…not to change the subject or anything but how did you get practice papers? Did you find a tutor?" ino gulped realizing what had came out of her mouth
"u-uh no, mrs. Koda gave them to me…I'm still looking for a tutor" she said confidently
Sakura nodded and walked over looking over the scattered sketches on the chair that ino had drawn, everyone one of them looked beautiful but NONE of them seemed to fit her interest
"you really are serious about this thing aren't you?..." ino sighed and slowly sat down on her desk chair "designing is my life…I don't…I don't want to disappoint anyone…this is my chance to start to make something of myself"
"your already something ino, but you really shouldn't be over extending yourself like this" sakura begged
Ino smiled sadly "maybe your right…but that doesn't mean I'm going to stop…although I COULD use a break" she giggled
Sakura laughed and bent down and hugged her "come on, were going out for dinner when megami gets back, then were going to the boys house"
Ino smiled "sounds like a plan"
"-so apparently were going against ekisho (crystal) next Friday" megami said through bites of teriyaki
Tenten rolled her eyes "I've been to that school, those girls can't lift a finger without breaking a nail" sakura laughed "you shouldn't underestimate them, remember the last school?"
"that was like yesterday of course I remember whooping their ass" "I hear their cheerleading team is the best in the country so we might have competition too" hinata said softly
Ino twirled her hair with one finger as she sipped her pepsi then set it down "well they haven't met us" she said with heavy attitude
"oooh look's like somebody's getting' their confidence back meooow" tenten joked making tiger claws
"guess I just needed some fresh air"
As that was said the waiter walked up to them, he looked about their age and nervous
"anything else…l-ladies" ino smiled and flipped her hair back flirtatiously "nah, I think were done, girls?"
They all smiled and nodded, the boy gulped and nodded setting down the check, they all pulled out their wallets and paid for their own food
The boy counted it as they got up, hinata laid down a tip "thank you" she said sweetly
He nodded frantically as they headed out the door
"you think it's a good idea to show up unexpected?" hinata asked, "who cares! We should be able to show up when we want!" megami said as sakura rang the gate bell
A light came out and scanned the girls, the gates opened
Tenten sighed "I will never get used to that"
Sakura knocked on the double doors
After a few seconds it was opened by geevs, one of their butlers
"hello ladies, the masters are not in at the moment"
They all frowned "were are they then?" hinata asked
"probably at the studio, or out somewhere"
The girls turned their heads, standing in the house next to the butler was itachi
Shirtless, blood red khaki's, his hands in his pockets
"you girls can come in and wait for them if you want"
"no thanks, we just stopped to say hi, we'll be going" sakura said
They turned to leave
"but I don't feel like going home yet! I have so much stuff to do! Do you guys think we could drive into town and hang out a bit?" ino asked
sakura was about to protest until tenten cut in "I'm up for that, come on saki it's Friday night! The boys are working at the studio so there's nothing to do!"
the girls all looked at her, she sighed
"I'm in"
"since we already ate dinner were should we head now? Tokyo teen club isn't far off" ino said sunglasses on even though it was nighttime
"you wanna drive all the way to Tokyo for a club?" they all looked at megami "were already in Tokyo, were the hell have you been? We've been drving for like half an hour" tenten asked
She shrugged
"stop!" hinata suddenly yelled
Ino screeched her car to a stop, luckily no car's were behind, most walked in Tokyo
"what is it hinata?" sakura asked
"b-back up a little" hinata said looking out the right window in the back, ino did as commanded
They pulled up to the club they were planning to go to "oh we passed it thanks hinata"
Hinata gulped "that's not why I said stop…"
The girls looked to the window she was pointing at
Sitting there
Was the boys
And 5 other girls they didn't recognize at a table talking and laughing
"oh…hell…no" ino whispered
She quickly parked the car in a space and unlocked it "ino what are you doing!" sakura demanded to know
"I'm sitting at home working my ass off when I need his help the most and he's over here with some girl!" she yelled opening her car door
"you don't know that ino!" hinata said wishing she hadn't said anything but was curious herself
"what else am I supposed to think?" she said stomping her foot on her velvet carpeted car floor, they could tell she was getting stressed out
"let's just go in…DON'T confront them, and see what's going on, ask around" tenten said "ugh I hate being that kind of girlfriend" megami groaned
"well, something's going on, I thought they said they'd be at the studio all day" sakura protested
Ino flipped her hair back in her flirty way "well we can't go in there dressed like this"
The girls looked at their clothes, then looked back at her in confusion
She smiled
When they walked into the club drop it low just started to play
"oh my gosh I love this song!" megami and tenten said at the same time, the 3 looked at them "what? If were gonna be here we might as well dance!" megami yelled since the music was blasting
Ino frowned and growled "I'm getting a drink" "but you don't drink" sakura said with a raised brow, "I do now"
As ino walked away sakura and hinata looked at each other, she sighed "come on hina let's go ask around'
As megami and tenten were dancing to Buttons (pussycat dolls), boys began to draw around
"hey you girls wanna dance?" they were about to say no until they both turned around and saw the boys laughing with the 5 strange girls
They smiled seductively "sure…" "sounds fun…"
"are we bad girlfriends?" megami asked, tenten scoffed "are they bad boyfriends?"
"give me another one" ino demanded to the man her cheeks red and flushed, he sighed and nodded "chick you sure you should be taking so much? You don't seem like a drinker"
"did I ASK for your opinion?" she growled, he held his hands up in defense and went to get her drink
She banged her head against the table an empty glass cup in her hand
She groaned
With the test
The wedding
The orders and now the chance that shikamaru was cheating on her
She needed a drink
"hey…girl"
She roughly lifted her head up softly giggling, "you talkin' to meh?" she asked
The two boys nodded, "we wanted to know if you wanted to dance, you seem fun"
She laughed out loud "so you tink jus cause I look like dis, and I have a drink in my hand that you can get yur way wit me?" she grumbled
They looked at each other "uh…yeah pretty much!"
"okay, least your honest!" she got up and grabbed her drink from the man's hand and grabbing there's
Hinata and sakura looked around for someone they could talk too, boys frequently asked them to dance but ended up getting rejected
"those girls are so lucky, being able to date them like that, wish I was in their place" "I know right, but I'd like to hear you say that in front of tsukasi"
"who cares, if I had the chance to date or ATLEAST hang out with one of those members, I'd break up with him in a second"
Sakura and hinata stopped and turned to the two girls "you wouldn't by any chance be talking about omega would you?" sakura asked
The two girls talking at the small table turned to them and nodded pleased "their over there with their girlfriends I'm guessing, they've been hanging out with them all night, lucky bitches…"
"did they…kiss, any of them?" the two girls nodded
They both twitched "oh…thank you" hinata said as sakura twisted around and stomped away
"are you fucking serious?" megami demanded, "we asked around some more…so yeah" hinata choked
Tenten and megami tilted back, refusing to believe it, "wait a minute…where's ino?"
"so…do we have a deal?" sasuke asked, the 5 girls giggled and looked at each other
"okay, we'll do it" one of the girls said, the boys sighed in relief "we'll meet up with you guys tomorrow afternoon, so then we can get started" another said
They boys were about to retort until-
Ino giggled as one boy walked her off "we're we goin?" she asked
He smirked "it's a surprise" "I like surprises" she giggled accidently stumbling on a foot and spilling her drink a little
She shook her head, "oh sorry, gotta watch were I'm going" she laughed and rubbed her left eye "bad feet, watch were your going" she scolded them as she stood up straight
"ino you comin?" "is that my name?" she called rushing after the guys he was following
Silence
Neji opened his mouth, then closed it again, then opened his mouth and turned to the guys who nodded and then closed his mouth again
"that was ino" they nodded again, they turned to shikamaru but he was already up and gone
"this is a private room, before we go in I need to ask you a question" ino wasn't paying attention she was looking around
"ino!" "yuh?" "I need to ask you a question" "mmkay"
He bent down and whispered "so…how flexible are you?-" "INO!"
She turned around, shikamaru was breathing heavily, standing behind her "shika?" she said happily followed by a hiccup
"beat it" he glared at the boy, he sighed and walked off, "oh no…byeee" ino said sadly looking after him
"ino what are you doing here? It's dangerous!" he yelled his hands on her bare shoulders since she had an off the shoulder hot pink top
She smacked his hands off "hey you're not da boss ameh! I can go and do WHATEVA I want! An what about you huh? Yeah the girls and me saws you guys"
"ino…are you..drunk?" she giggled "are you a pineapple?" she laughed
He rolled his eyes and grabbed her hand "come on!" "hey jerk let me go! Help help I'm being kidnapped!" "shut up!"
"so…the rest of the girls are here?" gaara asked, shikamaru nodded
"your hair is soooo silky, I wish I had hair like dis" ino sighed playing with neji's hair, "nara, do something"
"ummm…are we interrupting something?" all boys turned back to the girls
They sighed "sorry, we have some business to take care girls" naruto said apologetically
They all smiled "that's okay, our limo's here anyways, we'll see you boys tomorrow" the 5 girls got up and kissed each boy on the lips
Ino's face flushed as the girls walked out
Suddenly the boys flinched, remembering their position
They turned around and faced ino, her eyes were watery "y-you guys are in so much trouble!"
From different angles afar the girls had witnessed it too
"we gotta find them" gaara said
"so you wanna let me buy you a drink now?" one boy asked hinata, "oh I don't drink" she said sadly her mind not off naruto
"aaw come on, first time won't hurt you" he handed her a light brown drink, she took it from his hand, "I don't know…"
"come on" he said too impatient for her to get wasted
She gulped and began to take a sip until the drink was knocked out of her hand and onto the floor
She turned around, "don't drink that!" naruto demanded
She looked down "naruto…kun"
"so what're you driving?" megami smiled and took a sip of her drink, she squinted her eyes at the strong drink as she sat with a guy
"ughh, I ride a motorcycle" "oh that's hot" she giggled and took another sip "oh my gosh what's in this?"
He shrugged "just as long as you like it" he whispered leaning in "I do…"
He leaned in and closed his eyes, she decided to have a little fun and follow his actions
Until her arm was pulled and she was forced up "ah!" he drink fell
"what the hell do you think you're doing?" sasuke yelled, she glared at him "me! What are YOU doing?"
"so where do you go?" "konoha high" "isn't that a little far?"
Tenten laughed, her arms around and guys neck, then she looked down
"you okay?" he asked, "just a little worried…wait for it"
"TENTEN!"
"right on cue…" she whispered
"come on, stop thinking about that guy and hang out with us" the first boy said in sakura's ear, she flinched "I really don't think I should…maybe I should just go talk to him"
"forget that, you can have fun with us" the second boy said giving her neck two delicate kisses
She slightly backed away until she was up against the wall, she groaned
"it's really starting to not be your choice" the first said
"SAKURA! GET OVER HERE NOW!"
She sighed, half in relief and half in exasperation "oh perfect…"
Megami slammed the door open, all the girls walked in, disoriented and tired but knew they were in trouble
Well, they all were
They stomped over and sat on the opposite couch, the boy sat down across from them, only ino had already passed out mostly
"damn yamanaka, your wasted" tenten said adjusting her on the bean bag "heh heh…I know"
Finally passing out completely
Silence devoured the room
"explain…now" sasuke snapped
They scoffed "why don't you guys start talking first, WE hardly did anything, I think you guys have a few words to say before we kick you out" sakura growled
"first things first, how did you guys find us?" neji asked
"well…we got bored at home so we went out to eat, then we decided since we'd be in the area we'd come visit you guys but you weren't home, we were still bored so we decided to drive to Tokyo to go to the teen club, we accidently passed by it but hinata pointed it out before we missed it, but it wasn't because we missed it, it was because she saw you guys, talking, laughing and kissing some strange sluts…I mean…girls" tenten said through gritted teeth
"you really upset poor ino, she's been working her butt off and I think you just ruined her night…WE don't have a thing to explain but we could sure use some answers from you guys…were you…che-…that thing" sakura grumbled
They all sighed "no" gaara said directly
"those girls were models from a magazine we have to do a photo shoot in tomorrow, but they wouldn't do the job unless they got to meet us and you know…those stuff, we didn't want you guys to know" naruto said
Hinata sighed "this night would have gone far smoother if you had told us" "we know, we thought about that" shikamaru sighed rubbing his temples
They all stood up, "we should be getting to bed…we'll see you guys Monday" sakura sighed, "what about tomorrow?"
"you said you were busy! Besides we have work to do, especially her" tenten said pointing over to the unconscious ino
Shikamaru sighed again "I'll take her upstairs" he picked her up and headed upstairs to her room
"okay" naruto said, they all leaned in to kiss but the girls backed away "like hell were kissing you until you wash your mouths" megami said turning around followed by the rest of the girls
"you can let yourselves out!" sakura called
Neji groaned "the first girls we date who're able to hold a grudge…"
Shikamaru laid her on her bed, he looked around at her clattered room, she really had been working herself to death
"ino…I wish I could help you" he whispered even though he knew he wouldn't get an answer, he softly smiled "troublesome girl…the first time you're working this hard and I can't be there for you"
Overhearing what megami had said he wiped his mouth carefully and kissed her on the lips
She shifted, and slightly groaned, he leaned up and looked at her "shika…I'm sorry" she mumbled, he smiled she seemed to have a thing for talking in her sleep
"he doesn't mean anything…" she mumbled tossing and turning furiously, he raised a brow and leaned in "who…who doesn't mean anything?"
"sai…" he shot up and sent daggers towards her
The name kept ringing in his head
Why had she said sai?
Ino's platforms clanked on the steps early in the morning, she was clean and fully dressed
The rest of the girls were just eating breakfast, she went though her hand bag for her keys as they turned to her "hey ino, we're you headed off too?" tenten asked
"I have a few errands to take care of, I'll be back in a few hours guys" she said adjusting her bag on her shoulder and rubbing her forehead
"ugh I have such a massive headache, what happened last night?" they all giggled "we'll tell you when you get back, see yeah later"
She nodded and headed out
She met up with sai at the underground coffee shop, "wow, your on time today" she smiled and pulled out her work as she sat on a stool "I finished what you told me too, I hope they're right"
"I'll check them over, you can order something" he said, she nodded
It took him 10 minutes to finish correcting the papers, finally he leaned up to her with an answer
"you're doing better, but they're a few problems you need work on, so since we've found your problem we'll work on those, then go over everything before the test"
"great!" she said finally glad things were starting to work out, he slowly nodded and went into his messenger bag and pulled out two more sheets
He went through them and crossed some out on each page and handed the papers "here, work on the one's that aren't crossed out right now, when your done we'll go over them and I'll explain a few more steps that you'll need to know for the test"
She nodded and began to get to work
"okay, the decorations are perfect and ready, tenten is the video and the music good?" "ready for action!" she said saluting
"megami?" "the flowers are ready but I want to take you guys to the location before I tell you what it is" they nodded and turned to hinata
"I still have another batch of devilled eggs to make and that should be it"
Sakura clapped her hands "great, now all we need is the dress and the wedding will be perfect!" she said sighing in relief
"alright, let's go check out the location and head back home, hopefully ino will be there by then"
Ino and sai stepped out of the coffee shop, she held the papers he'd given her "just finish those problems and call me when you're done so we can go over the answers, I have to go to work, but if your able to figure those out that test is gonna be easy"
She beamed and hugged the papers tighter "sai you're the best!" she said, before she knew it she had kissed him on the cheek
She let go and backed up a little, he was stunned "oh…sorry" he smiled softly for the first time since they'd been working together the past couple days
"no problem, I-" suddenly her phone buzzed, she pulled it out and whispered an apology to him before answering
"hey saki" "ino! Where've you been? Anyways meet us at the boys house it's super urgent!" "okay, see you there"
She hung up, "I gotta go" "I know, see yeah later" he said
Before she could respond he had already turned around and was heading down the street
She sighed and turned around to head to her car, as she walked down she passed a small bridal shop were new dresses were going on display
It reminded her that she still had her own planning to do
"okay okay, what's the big emergency?" ino asked as the maid had led her into the back yard
She answered her own question, in front of her was a large garden with red and white roses like the boys grew ealier when they first met them
Atop the trees were fully grown cherry blossoms, on the left was a baby pond with a few ducks and turtle's and growing water lilies
"wow" was all she said as she walked over to the beaming girls, "isn't it amazing, this is a perfect place for a wedding, it's so beautiful and peaceful" hinata said dreamingly
"megami? How did you find this? We've never been back here!" sakura said, megami blushed and looked down "sasuke took me out here a couple time's to pick roses and play with the turtles, you should see this place in the moonlight, even I have to say it's pretty romantic"
"it's also great because anko and kakashi said they don't want a flashy location, just something simple and sweet" sakura said relieved checking another thin
"now all that's left is the wedding dress" they all turned to ino, she waved her hand nonchalantly "don't worry guys, I still have a week from today to finish it, I think I've finally got my mind set, it'll be ready before we know it"
"I sure hope so" sakura said
"excuse me, would you girls like to come in for a snack? Itachi-sama requested it"
"we could use a break so sure!" tenten said
"I was drunk? Are you serious?" the girls nodded and stifled giggles, sakura and tenten clanked glasses "you were seriously out of it! I like it when your wasted yamanaka but it's never happening again, you scared the shit outta shikamaru" she laughed
Ino blushed and sipped her juice "sorry guys…" "it's okay, we understand you needed to get your mind off of things but I don't think drinking was really the answer, you've really been over extending yourself lately and that's not you, we'll help you with whatever you need just…slow down a bit" sakura begged
Ino smiled and hugged them "you guys are the best friends a gal could have!"
"we know!"
"excuse me ladies, your program is on" the maid said coming in
"SpongeBob!" ino squealed jumping up and rushing in "no way! we're watching power rangers!" megami yelled after her
"nuh uh!" she yelled back
Itachi stood by the maid "they're like little kids, I'm surprised the masters are going out with them"
Itachi actually laughed then "I think that's why they are"
"-so, I'm still having some trouble but I'm finally improving in physics, I'm gonna rock that test!" ino chanted during their program
"that's wonderful ino!" hinata said, "but who checked your work?" sakura asked confused
Ino mentally slapped herself for bragging, "uh…well…I-"
"so this is where you live?" "wow our mansions aren't nearly compared to this!" two female voices went as a door slammed
"we know" a cocky male voice went
"maybe after dinner you could show us your bedrooms"
Ino twitched
Everything after that was a blur
"and that's our cue to leave" tenten grumbled, "why? Well they probably won't do anything but…wait…they don't know were here?" sakura gasped
Megami sighed "well I told sasuke I'd be bringing you guys over so it's cool, we should sneak out anyways before we interrupt their date" she snapped
They all nodded in agreement
Ino sat down, her head hanging, as they girls crept away hinata bent down next to her "come on ino…we gotta go"
She nodded and stood up…slowly
She walked to her car as she heard laughing in the background
She sighed, remembering the boys had a job to do, it would be wrong to butt in…
She still had the two projects to do so she had to go home and do that, she still had the list to make for the people
Her breathing increased
She had no idea what she was going to do for the dress, which was needed in a matter of days, even with all the work sai was doing she was still failing physics for time being
Her heart grew heavy
Her boyfriend was probably up in a bedroom with some girl, even if it was by choice, he still was
And to top it off she might have started a drinking habit, because at that moment she craved it again…
"INO! Inooo!" sakura yelled
Ino collapsed on the ground, the girls ran over
Megami and tenten threw their bikes on the ground as they had already been on and ready to go
"oh my god she's hyperventilating! Hinata! Call a hospital!"
Her eyes faded, she soon…soon began to fade
"-so it seems she passed out from a high level of stress and anxiety she wasn't used too, plus a we found alchohol in her system, which her body was not used to" the doctor said
Sakura, megami, hinata, and tenten sat in the hospital room with a male doctor, and ino, unconscious with a breathing mask and blanket over her, and life monitor
"well…she's usually easy going but a lot of work's been put on her lately, I guess that's why" sakura sighed
"judging from her record it says here she's dyslexic, another thing is she might have been forcing herself onto something too high a level for her"
They gasped "the test!" the doctor nodded "could be"
"well…will she be alright?" hinata croaked, he turned to her "she's lacking a high amount of oxygen, but once we bring it back she should be okay…you were very lucky to get here so quickly"
Tears streamed down hinata and sakura's faces, megami and tenten tried to comfort them
"I'll leave you girls here, tell me if she wakes up"
They nodded as he left the room
"oh ino…we're sorry" hinata whispered
Suddenly the door was opened again, the guys rushed in
"were is she?" shikamaru demanded
Sakura pointed a weary finger to the other side of the room
He rushed over and bent down next to the still unconscious ino, he bit his bottom lip as he brushed hair from her eye
"how'd this happen?" gaara asked, laying a saddened sakura on his chest, they could tell she and hinata had no energy left to explain
So tenten did
Wearily, but it came out
"so where did they go?..." she asked finally, and quietly
"we sent them home, then we rushed here" neji answered
"wait how did you find out in the first place?" megami asked, "itachi" sasuke sighed
They nodded
"ino…" shikamaru whispered, they only sound he caught was the monitor beeping, "this is all my fault…" he whispered but enough for sakura to hear
"no it's not…she just pushed herself to hard…"
He didn't answer, he just kept watching her
The monitor began to slow down and they all noticed that
The lines became longer and straighter, "ino!" sakura called "oh no…"
Finally there was a tugging noise and the line completely ran straight then shut off
"INO! Oh god no!" she cried
Shikamaru slightly backed away, for the first time in years his eyes began to water
Until
"can you guys keep it down? I'm tryin to sleep ya know…" a croaking voice said
They all looked up
Her eyes were open and red, her hair was lifeless and unkempt, she sat up and yawned while taking a large breath
"hi"
"ino!" they girls ran up and hugged her tightly "how dare you scare us like that!" "I thought you were dead!" "the moniter stopped how can you-!"
"I unplugged it, I didn't need it, just a little fresh air"
She was looking to the open window, fresh nighttime spring air was blowing in gently
They sighed in relief and backed away as she turned to shikamaru
"shika-" he grabbed her and pulled her into a tight hug, shielding his face into her right shoulder
"I'll stop…if you want me too…" he whispered
She smiled sadly and hugged back "nah…you got a life to live…so do I…but thanks for caring…"
"what? You were in the hospital?" sai asked as they sat in the park bench eating chips while working on the paper
Ino swallowed "yeah, it's no biggie, I'm fine now, but that's why I didn't pick up, I saw all of your calls when I got back home, sorry again"
He smiled "It's okay, I'm going over the answers now, I think you just might be ready for that test"
"really?" she squealed, he nodded "it looks like breaking it down did it perfectly for you, you got all the questions right this time, I'll talk to Mrs. Koda on Monday and tell her your ready"
She hugged him, "sai…I know it was difficult helping me like this after everything that's happened, you're an amazing friend…thank you"
"there's that word again…" she let go and looked up at him in confusion "friend…" he looked her straight in the eye
"why can't we be more than that?..." "have you lost your mind? I'm with shikamaru! You know that!"
He kept silent, she grunted "oh I knew it was a bad idea asking you for help!" she grabbed her things and got up
"but you did anyways! And you owe me!, you know it!"
She stopped in place, he knew she was big on favors, she'd drown in guilt and regret if she didn't pay someone back for helping her
"what…do you want"
"a kiss…just one…"
She clenched her books "you really are insane! I bet that's the only reason you chose to help me!" she yelled turning around
He shrugged "more or else…either way…it's what I want"
"no…" "ino…I helped you, now I'm just asking for a little something in return"
He stood up and faced her, he took the books from her hand and set them on the park bench
She was still stunned not knowing what to do, "i…I…" she mumbled
Without hesitation he leaned in
And their lips instantly locked
She held it there, her heart racing
She clenched his shirt, and unusual beat was taking place in her heart
Something in her head screamed at her to kiss back
So she did
"hinata? Have you seen ino lately?" sakura asked doing a final inspection, and walking around
Hinata was putting the finishing touches on some foods, "well when she got back she went to her room, I haven't seen her since, I don't think she's come down at all"
Sakura frowned "I better go check to see if she's okay, the doctor said to keep a special eye on her"
Ino sat in the corner of her bed, hugging her legs and rocking back and forth, she stared at the naked mannequin doll she was supposed to be putting a dress on
She stared at the clattered papers on the ground, unfinished work and fabrics
Guilt and regret rushed over her even if she had done what he asked, it wasn't for him
It was for shikamaru
She couldn't live with herself now
She betrayed him, and her excuse just wasn't good enough to fix it
It wasn't just a kiss, she fell more into it as time seemed to rush past her
She felt something…for him
And she knew that was real betrayal
She needed to tell him, or the guilt would eat her up inside, sai may even say it to him at some point
She heard a knock on her door, "ino? Ino unlock the door! Are you in there?" she called
She snuck over and unlocked the door, then quickly rushed out of the room grabbing a few things and jumping out her window as sakura opened the door
"ino?...I thought she was in here"
She wiped the tears from her hardened face as she went through her contacts for his number
Finally clicking the call button
"ino? What's up, you okay?" "shika…I'm so sorry"
"what? What're you apologizing for? What happened?" tears rained
"I…I kissed sai"
Shikamaru clicked his phone shut a few minutes later, his face dark
The boys got ready for the photo shoot in the dressing room
"hey nara? Who was that?" neji asked
"nobody…" he said coldly leaving the room
Ino cried to whole way to wherever she was going, she actually had no idea where she was heading, it was hard to keep her eyes on the road
She stumbled many times and often got complaints from other people on the road
She had no idea where she was going but she finally seemed to end up at the teen club
"oh geez where did she go now?" tenten yelled, megami ran her hands through her hair "okay that blond has been a real pain these last few days! What's she getting herself into?"
"I don't know, I looked all over the place, even her car is gone"
The girls groaned, "we have to go find her, she might pass out again" hinata said, they all nodded in agreement and headed out the door
"gimmie another…" she sighed, her head resting on the table, staring at the empty glass
The man nodded and set down the cup he was washing, it was getting late, the club was starting to empty and she was starting to feel dizzy
"hey…your that girl from Friday night aren't you?" she recognized the voices, they were the guys who asked her to dance last time but she didn't answer
The man set down another drink, she lifted her head and rubbed her red eyes then took a sip
"yeah you are, so where's your boyfriend?" her face dropped at the question
"gone huh?...that's good, hey we never got to show you that room yeah know, we were about to leave so you wanna come with us?"
"back off" she growled finally with a hiccup following it, "I'm not in the mood"
"ohhh feisty, that's cute bus seriously" he leaned in
She returned it with a punch in the face, the first guy fell backwards clashing into a couple small tables
"what the hell?...that's some damn strength" the second whispered to himself
"if you don't wanna enjoy what he just happened to him I'd insist you get outta my face!"
He put his hands up defensively and ran off, leaving his unconscious friend, she sat back down and rested her head on the table
Not noticing the man smiling
"giiirls! It's soooo nice to see you again, but what are you doing here?" orochimaru asked as he met up with the girls
"we have to see the guys, or at least shikamaru it's important" hinata begged
"I'm sorry ladies you know I'd help you but they are very busy right now" he said sternly
"but sir, it's ino, she's in serious trouble…or at least she will be when we find her…but we do need his help!"
He raised a brow "like I said-" "if you help us we'll get you a date with her mom" megami said rolling her eyes "they're in the photo studio, you've been here you know where it is"
"thanks!"
Ino hiccupped again, the club was mainly empty by now, and so were many glass cups
"hey girl…we're about to close…you okay? That's far more than you had last time"
She didn't answer, her eyes were tired and flushed, blood red which matched with her cheeks, her arms dangled off the table
Her head rested on it
"seriously girl? You okay?"
"just…jus get meh the bill…"
He nodded, worry still in eyes
She took out her check book, forgetting her wallet at home
She took out a pencil, and began to sign her name
But before she knew it she had turned the check over, she was doodling on it in a sloppy way
She smiled weakly as she finished, her eyes blurred as she looked at it
"look miss you really don't look good!" he said
She grabbed the check as her eyes faded, and her back met the floor
The girls rushed into the room while neji was posing with one of the girls they had saw on Friday
They ignored that, well 3 of them did anyways
When they saw shikamaru sitting quietly and going over his phone they walked over
"nara!" he looked up, then frowned when he saw them
Tenten scoffed and put her hands on her hips "nice greeting"
"ANYWAYS we didn't come for that, have you talked to ino lately? She left the house without a word, we can't track her anywhere, the doctor said we're not supposed to leave her alone…this is getting frustrated" sakura said
He didn't seem affected "yeah I talked to her…"
"really? When? What did she say?"
He didn't open his eyes, but stood up "I could care less…I'm busy right now"
Stunned
"what?...w-wait what?" megami stuttered confused
"I said I'm busy?" "and you don't care?, what if she's in trouble? What is she's passed out somewhere in the city, what if…" she couldn't find the words
"maybe sai can save her?" he snapped
Now they were really confused
"what the hell are you talking ab-" sakura phone rang
"check maybe it's her!" tenten said, "I am I am!"
"hello?"
"who's this!"
"how did you get-….WHAT!" he scream stopped the whole shoot
"shit" tenten whispered, sakura didn't stop though "how did…is she…" sakura dropped her phone, and fainted
"huh?" tenten said catching her "sakura!" gaara called, megami picked up the phone "hello?"
"no this is megami…"
They all listened carefully
"…okay" she choked, hanging up the phone, "who was that! What did they say!-" "shut up and follow me!" she snapped rushing out and grabbing shikamaru along the way
"what the hell are you doing!" he yelled, failing at getting out of her grip, "uuhhh, gaara can you watch sakura please, we gotta go"
He nodded as tenten and hinata rushed out
"ummm…what just happened?" one of the model girls asked
"hi were here to see yamanaka ino please" megami said, her grip still on a frustrated but worried shikamaru
The nurse pointed to a room down the hall
They all rushed their and opened it
Sitting there was a grown man, the one they recognized as the one selling liquor in the club
On the other side was ino, in the same position she was but hours ago
"stupid girl…" megami mumbled, dropping shikamaru
Hinata bent down to the man and bowed "thank you sir"
Tenten and megami walked over to her "oh god…what have you gotten yourself into…" tenten whispered
Shikamaru sat on the floor watching them, trying not to, but ending up watching them anyways
He gulped
"well I'll…leave you to her" the man said standing up and stepping out just as the doctor came in, he sighed "two hospital visits in less than two days, your friend has a serious problem"
"we know…" hinata sighed
"there was a large amount of alcohol in her system this time, seems she might have been drinking out of stress or grief, maybe something happened that drove her to do it"
They all looked to shikamaru, he sighed and opened his mouth
"she called me…to tell me that she had kissed sai, but she regretted it, she kept apologizing but I didn't listen, she kept talking though but I hung up on her"
Megami scoffed, hinata sighed, tenten flopped in a chair and scratched her hair
"that just might be it, other than that the alcohol should be cleared from her by now, she might wake up feeling dizzy but that's normal, don't let her have any more and make sure she drinks a lot of water for the next couple weeks"
They nodded as he left again
They girls sat on the long seat, completely exhausted from the weekend they had, they slowly began to fall asleep
Shikamaru walked up to her and bent down next to her like before, he looked to his palms "ino…inooo…wake up" he said softly
Her stressed eyes began to open, they were still slightly red but her cheeks were normal again
"shika…?" he smiled softly, she covered her face, but he took her hand away so he could see her face
"don't look at me…I'm a disappointment…I broke our trust" she whispered
He moved her hair from her hair "no you're not…I'm just as much to blame as you are…" she looked to him
"I haven't been very fair this weekend, none of the guys have, but I practically drove you too him and I'm sorry…I understand that might have feelings for him again but just remember…" she listened carefully
"I'll always be ahead…" he smirked, she smiled weakly "or course you are, I promise it'll never happen again, neither will this drinking thing, I think the taste of liquor is really wearing on me"
She laughed, he smiled
"oh I almost forgot!" she ran her hands down her hip to her pocket and pulled something out
It was the check she was sighing but doodled on instead, she handed it to him, he gazed at it in awe himself
She smiled "looks like my best work is when I'm drunk!" she laughed again
"I finally found the perfect wedding dress…"
The following Friday
"this…is so…humiliating" megami growled, ino laughed "oh megami, tha dress suits you" she shot a glare towards her, "what're you so happy about?" tenten asked almost equally as pissed, she smiled "well I guess this A on my physics test might answer your question" she said pulling it out from nowhere, they rolled they're eyes
The girls all stood at the front of the walkway with the priest, kakashi (in a dashing jet black suit) and the boys looking equally sexy in jet black suits, white undershirts and a black bowtie
The girls had on soft blue long strapless A line dresses, with matching high heels and holding white rose and blue egyptian flower bouquets, "you do realize I'm burning this when this is over"
"the hell you are" sakura snapped, her hair had a trail of light pink cherry blossoms in it, hinata had a soft purple water lily, megami had a couple white roses in her curled hair, ino had a bright yellow chrysanthemum, and tenten had light red Egyptian rose
They kept staring back and forth at the boys, and they kept staring at them, each watching to get out their place and do something nasty
They had already done the bridesmaids and groomsmen walk way part, the flower girl (kakashi's baby niece) was finishing her part
The seats were white and aligned with white roses on one side and blue Egyptian flowers on the other
The walkway was also white, with flowers now trailing it, behind them a fully decorated reception was ready for action, with food piled high
Finally, the wedding ceremony music began to play, and anko began to walk down with her aging father
Jaws dropped at the sight of her, ino…kept a bright smile
Not only was she wearing makeup and her hair was straightened, she had on a beautifully made white dress, a little puffed flowers connecting around her waist, it was strapless with a sparkling top and a longish silver trail, a diamond spotted bottom and to top it off, silver shoes to match
When they walked up to the altar, she kissed her father's cheek and he sat down with her mother
She walked up flower to kakashi, holding a bouquet of red and white sparkling roses
She smiled at him, he smiled back, the music stopped at the ceremony began. before that she mouthed a thank you to the gilrs, they nodded
Everyone was relieved when the reception started, the wedding had gone perfectly, now they could all relax and have fun
Just the right kind of music played, tenten had even set up a video of both of their childhoods in the beginning which everyone enjoyed
Finally the 10 of them sat down, "if you say one word about this dress, I'll use that boy tie to strangle you" megami growled sitting next to sasuke, he smirked
The tables had white cloth glass flowery vases also containing chocolates in them, the ground had been boarded so they could dance on it, flower petals rained and flew on the ground all around, people devoured half of hinata's food before it hardly started
It seemed everything went well
"aaw, mega don't like being in a dress, come on it's not the worst thing you've done" tenten teased
Megami glared her arms crossed "well, at least I'm still a virgin" the boys ooed, tenten's face blushed as words were shot back and forth
Ino smiled and got up, she looked around the reception for one person, some kids from school had come to the wedding as well "most girls just a chance to see the boys house)
When she finally saw the person she'd been looking for she walked up to him
Sai sat on the grass eating one of hinata's famous cookies
"you know, you'll get stains on your suit that way"
He looked up and smile, she bent down next to him
"nice wedding you guys did here, I think you made sensei real happy" "hopefully long enough to stay off our backs" she joked
They both slightly laughed, then settled
"sai…I won't deny that I may have feelings for you again…I'm not in love with you…but…there's something there, that doesn't mean I want you, you know shikamaru will always be in my heart"
He smiled and looked to the clear blue sky "I know…that's just what I've been waiting to hear…which is exactly why I'm not giving up ino…no matter what happens in the long run…I'll always love you"
Ino sighed as she walked back to the reception trying to get her mind off of what he said
"ino ino! Come on, anko's about to throw the bouquet!" sakura said grabbing her, she perked up, this had been one of the things she'd been looking forward too
"alright ladies you ready?" anko asked her back turned
"ready!" the girls called, the bridesmaids and some girls from school, even some cousins they didn't know said
"alright!" anko turned back and threw the bouquet in the air as everyone watched
They girls grabbed it, and ended up fighting for it, but 5 eventually came out
In each of the bridesmaids hand they held a piece of the flower bouquet, they blushed and looked to the boys
They were blushing too
even if they tried not to show it
what adventure lies next for our konoha crew? Find out next time!
Minibite
"alright class, this is the next exhibit, not be careful, these bugs are very sensitive rare, we wouldn't want anything happening to them"
Kakashi's homeroom, strolled through one of konoha's museum's in the our door bug exhibit
Naruto yawned with his hands behind his head "I think I'd rather be in math right now" he groaned "naruto-kun that's rude" hinata shushed him "I'm just sayin" he shrugged
"now class, this is the rare scarabeetle, it's believed to be the last one of its species-" the tour guide talked on and on
"-if anything were to happen to this, I'd cost this museum thousands…on that note lets continue to the armadillo slug-"
Megami ran up to the bug as the rest of the class walked on, "hey uzumaki get back here, were not supposed to touch anything!" tenten called
"I'm just lookin…how can such a small bug be so important? Sheesh just looks like a regular bug to me!"
"that's because you fail in science, you have no idea how important this bug is" sakura said walking up to her and the rest of the girls following
"hmmm…let me just take a closer look!" "YOU IDIOT! Don't touch it!" it was too late the case had already been opened
The bug flew out, and onto sakura's nose, "AAAHHHH! Get it off get it off GET IT OOOOFF!" she screamed
"will she hold still we can't if your wriggling around forehead!" ino yelled as the girls tried to catch her
Rushing around sakura bumping into frequent cases, letting some other flying busg go too
"AAAAHHHH!" her screams engulfed the exhibit, "busg bugs GROOOOSS!" ino yelled
Tenten, megami, and hinata just stood in place as they screamed around the flying and crawling bugs
"don't step on any!" hinata called, "quick we gotta catch them!"
"okay, I think we got most of them" tenten said closing the case, hinata closed a few
By now sakura and ino had calmed down, tenten turned around and gasped "look!"
She pointed to megami who was rolling around covered in a few bugs "stingy bugs! Stop stinging meeee!, ow ow ooooww! I'm sorry I stepped on your family!"
"megami!" hinata called, "naw forget her, I'm talking about the bugs and the scarabeetle!"
The rest of them were quickly put back in their cases
The girls sighed in relief and slid down the cases, hinata put the scarabeetle carefully in its case and sat down with them
The boys rushed back into the room "hey aren't you guys comin'?" neji asked
They giggled, "naruto…forget what you said about this exhibit being boring…" hinata sighed
T!B!C
Hahaha this one took not but 3 days! Or two, two to three didn't pay attention
Next chapter soon!
Byeeee!