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Post by Krimson on Sept 24, 2006 17:59:03 GMT -5
((Yes I know he's trying to....blend in....because he took off his headband and he thinks everyone else is too stupid to notice.))
Samus shugged. he hated kids and they seemed to be everywhere around here. he plucked a flower from a near by flower and walked outside and twirld it in his fingers. a woman walked by and he stopped her. "Excuse me dear maiden....." was all he managed to say before the woman smacked him in the face. he turned back to the woman who was already walking aay. a bright red hand print was on his face that throbbed and stung. he sat down on a bench rubbing his face
((I know the randomness burns!))
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Post by blink on Sept 24, 2006 18:08:24 GMT -5
Hokori knew some of these names, Chunin and Genin who had taken part in the active defense of Konoha during the last crisis. The boy, Nara something, in particular was supposed to have been involved in that hunt for the Uchiha renegade... Heh. And here she was, a Genin with a two day old headband. Well, she had places to go, and things to do.
"You seem to be busy. If you don't mind," she monotoned, "I'll go home now and recover from my, yes, training there." The Sand Genin rose, looking for the exit back to the alley. She needed to get 'Gaara' back indoors, the rain would ruin it in no time...
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Post by tenten on Sept 24, 2006 18:12:17 GMT -5
Tenten walked back from the flowers to join Ino and Shikamaru. She watched as the genin picked herself up and out of the shop. She smiled. "I remember when we were like that, just fresh out of the academy, back then Lee and Neji were alot diffrent." Tenten said, remembering back to the first day she and her team met their sensei and did their training together. "Of course Lee was still as energetic as he is now, but he is more confident after some training with Gai-sensei."
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Post by Ino-pig on Sept 24, 2006 18:16:48 GMT -5
Ino rolled her eyes at his stupid little smirk, and she felt very tempted to gouge out his eyes with her nails. She hated it when he acted all superior like that...and smarter than her (which he was)...and...gah. (Ino would never admit it, but she was happy always functioning on some varied degree of pissed off). The random sword man picked a flower (and she sighed, trudging to the cash register)...and then...LEFT?! "OI, YOU! YOU GET YOUR ASS BACK HERE RIGHT NOW OR I AM GOING TO FEED YOU YOUR OWN ESOPHAGUS!" She yelled, eyes ablaze. Ah, yes, the famous Yamanaka temper. Seething, Ino grabbed the nearest pot and prepared to chuck it straight at said random sword man. She was, again, interrupted by Shikamaru. Except, he really wasn't on her shit-list right now, and he had even offered to take her out to eat (oh thank god, you are a SAVIOUR, Shika-kun)...so she set the pot down. Breathing a sigh, she waved him off dismissively. "It's not that hard, really." Looking over to Hokori, she blinked, and smacked her own forehead. "Gah! Yeah! I was going to grab some food and force you to pay for my meal, as I was totally overly generous in helping you out there...but I'll take a rain-check on that." Ino winked cheerfully and breathed another sigh, before squaring her shoulders. Right! Work! Grabbing her apron, she tugged it on and sat on the counter...stomach growling again. Swinging her legs, she listened to Tenten and grinned a bit, chuckling. "You must be a saint, Tenten-san. I'd have gone mad if I had to deal with them. I have enough trouble with my idiots as is," she flicked Shikamaru in the head playfully, sticking out her tongue. "Anyways, you in here for flowers? I'm sure I can ring you up before I pass out and Shika-kun, like the good friend he is, takes me out to eat."
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Post by Inugami on Sept 24, 2006 18:19:10 GMT -5
".. Yea, I remember those days.."
He pictured back to Ino being bossy and moody and sighed.
"Those weren't the best days for Chouji and me."
He shifted his eyes towards Ino with a plain look. Now that he got to know her they really didn't trouble each other anymore. Shikamaru took a deep breath and leaned onto his propped up hand watching the Genin carry herself out. He had never seen her before and he just watched her leave with dull eyes still. He hadn't really noticed any of the newly genin squads lately. They must have been off training somewhere, but he really didn't care that much. He looked at Ino and Tenten with his usual look. ' Being with two girls.. could be troublesome. I hope they don't go all moody like a certain woman I put up with everyday.' And by woman he referred to his mother. He looked over to Ino after what she said and nodded.
" Yea, I guess so. I don't have much to do today. Seems like your really busy though. How about you just take a break and go get a bite to eat? Nothings going to change here"
He sighed and put his hands into his pockets closing his eyes and started to walk towards the door.
"But if you want to be in here alday, it can't be helped. Maybe TenTen would like to take your spot and eat your food."
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Post by tenten on Sept 24, 2006 18:22:23 GMT -5
Tenten laughed at Ino's comment. "Well, I sure am no saint." Tenten laughed again. "I've had to rile my team up a bit too yah know." Tenten said looking back over the dozens of times she'd shaken Lee back and forth telling him to get a hold of himself, or to relax. Tenten gave a wide smile. "I'm not too sure why I'm here, just checking out the flowers, I've just got nothing to do." Tenten sighed. "Lee and Neji are training right now I assume, I'd train with them if I knew where they are, and knowing them, their training seperatly, Lee and Neji are complete opposite, they never get along. Even down to their fighting styles, Neji uses juken style, while Lee uses tekken style."
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Post by Krimson on Sept 24, 2006 18:24:24 GMT -5
Samus slightly turned his head. his eye brow twitched and his eyes were in a glare. "Don't start with me little girl...." he said standing up. he walked over to the counter and pressed his hands on the surface. "I...." he started out. "....have no money" he finally said scratching his head and placing the flower back. "The only thing I could do for you is training and you don't need that so...yeah" he said turning and resuming his place on the bench, rubbing his face
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Post by Ino-pig on Sept 24, 2006 18:32:58 GMT -5
Ino laughed a bit, sticking out her tongue. "Yes dear, but you're still sane! That's more than what can be said for the rest of us~" Smirking widely, she arched a brow at Tenten's comments, her inquisitive matchmaking self coming into play. Lee was reserved for Sakura, in Ino's head...because even if Sasuke was drop-dead gorgeous, he was also a traitor, and Sakura was still Ino's best friend...she wanted to see her happy again. So she'd work on that later.. But that still left the human ice block (BASTARDGITSONOFAbitch). Tenten wasn't, perse, as pretty as Ino, but the ice block didn't seem to be swayed by that. Maybe he was attracted to something more like Tenten (which was strange, but ice-block boy had funny thought patterns)... The gears in Ino's head started churning, and she hopped off the counter. "So flowers for the team?" Ino cut straight to the chase, her eyes glittering. "Maybe Fools Parsley for Lee-san...White Hyacinth for your sensei...and maybe Hawthorn for Neji..." She moved through the flower shop on light toes, a secret smile on her face. Friendship...Admiration...Hope... 'Do not be a fool, we are friends...'...'I admire you'... 'Despite your answer, I shall strive to win your love.' Ino offered a romantic sigh to herself, daydreaming for a moment. And snapped back to reality. What?! Her source of lunch was leaving?! NO! "Here, take these flowers for free, go go go, shoppe is closed now, bye Tenten-san!" And then...oh yeah, the guy with the sword. Ino rolled her eyes and clucked her tongue. "Pffft, tomorrow morning at the training grounds. I intend to get whatever payment I can, monetary or not--DON'T LEEEAAVE~" Her attention had already turned back to Shikamaru. Tossing her apron on the floor, she sprinted after Shika-kun, latching desperately onto his arm. "You jerk! I'm your teammate! Take me out to eat NOW, or I'll just start munching on YOU!"
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Post by Krimson on Sept 24, 2006 18:38:41 GMT -5
"O.k but I won't be there past noon!" samus yelled after her dully. he watched the three run off. 'the least I can do is prapare the training for her....let's just hope her puny little mind will understand what I tell her.' he thought to himself getting up and walking toward the training grounds
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Post by Inugami on Sept 24, 2006 18:42:10 GMT -5
He looked at Ino with a raised eyebrow and was kinda freaked out that she moved so fast. 'She must be really hungry, I guess I can give her all she can eat.' He sighed to himself and looked forward walking out the shop with her.
"Ok, how about we go to Ichiraku Ramen shop and you can get his diet ramen that he just made. So you can try to get that figure you want. Even though it really doesn't matter that much"
He muttered the last part and looked at her with a slight smirk. 'She can't put that down. We all know how much she wants to keep a nice figure.' He shook his head. 'She just doesn't understand most boys like slighty chunky women.' He smirked to himself and continued to shake his head to himself.
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Post by Ino-pig on Sept 24, 2006 18:54:12 GMT -5
Ino was...really shocked. He was being so...considerate. And nice, and and... Dammit, now she had to stop making fun of him too...hmm...maybe she'd not maul him when he was watching the clouds instead of training...just once.
"Are you saying my figure isn't absolutely perfect as it is, Shika-kun?" She teased, her voice sing-song and lilting. Laughing at him easily, she released his arm and performed a few rapid pirouettes as she skipped ahead, waiting for lazy-bones to catch up. Humming absently, Ino cracked her back staring up at the clouds for a moment.
Hmph...sometimes, Ino hated being a girl...all the insecurities of seeing all the pretty civilian girls that she had seen shinobi go for, and the competition of fellow kunoichi...not to mention, that as kunoichi, she was pretty much 'out of league' for civilian boys... Ino knew she was a stupid, hopeless romantic, but... It didn't matter anyways. She needed to keep her figure perfect for work. After all, Ino was predominantly a spy, and pretty female spies had to use whatever it took to get the information (even at the cost of selling themselves like common whores, but she didn't want to remember that night).
Snapping from her thoughts, Ino directed her sharp gaze back at Shikamaru, hands on her hips. "Hurry it up, slow poke!"
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Post by Inugami on Sept 24, 2006 19:04:23 GMT -5
He looked at her with a puzziling look and still walked with a slow pace and had his hands in his pockets. He had an raised eyebrow and watched her with a slightly suprised look. 'She seems different today.' He didn't know what to say. She seemed more thoughtful.
" We have time, no need to rush. Are you really that hungry? If so I will let you have all you can eat, which shouldn't be alot since your on a diet."
He looked at her with a dull look and was really laughing to himsef. It's better for him to treat then Chouji. He might run out of money if he was treating Chouji to an all you can eat meal. That would be most troublesome. He shuddered thinking about the thought and sped up alittle catching up to her.
" It's all on me. So you don't have to hold back."
(Ok we'll move to Ichiraku Ramen shop topic. We'll continue there)
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Post by Ino-pig on Sept 29, 2006 19:19:04 GMT -5
[[Annd back to the flower shoppe Ino runs! O:!]]
Ino returned to the flower shoppe alone, even though Shika-kun had said he would keep her company. She had left, in a fit of suppressed emotions, unable to stay at the Park. Because she was too close to snapping, too close to breaking into a thousand different pieces, and showing the true Ino. The Ino that felt fear and sorrow and guilt and hated herself for being so vain and petty. Not the Ino that was the self-proclaimed leader of Team Ten, the untouchable kunoichi, the girl that likened herself to cosmos flowers, the girl who was always perfect.
Taking a shuddering breath, she locked the door behind her, leaning against the frame for support. Her bright blue eyes were closed tight against the world, the emotions that were suffocating her. She didn't want to feel at all. Wouldn't it be better if she was just a doll, a plaything that felt no pain, didn't have to deal with the memory of Chou-kun on that stretcher, looped into infinity in her dreams, the fear of really losing her boys. Of waking up one morning to find them dead, to be alone, and never finding the way home-- STOP. Stop. Please, stop.
Ino snapped her eyes open, a sort of dimmed fire blazing in them. She couldn't dwell on this. Couldn't let anyone see her weakness, her insecurities...even if that anyone was herself. She pushed aside the pain, locked it up in the back of her mind, slamming the door to memory shut as she bolted it with her will. Ino was not going to be weak, be the downfall of her team. She was a Yamanaka, made of stronger stuff.
Really, all Ino wanted was to be a god, breezing through life without ever suffering.
She began to sweep the shoppe, her bound hair tickling her bare shoulders, eyes filled with a quiet determination. Like the boar, she would charge forward, even in blindness, and never let anyone see her in her weakness, her shame.
Ino had never tolerated weakness.
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Post by Chouji on Sept 29, 2006 20:20:04 GMT -5
Saturobi Asuma strolled inside eyeing the store with a lazy glance.Seeing a sign he stepped back out for a moment. He snickered and pulled out his stub of a cigerette from his lips. "Aw no smoking. Of course" He commented as he tossed the burnt out cigerette outside before entering and shutting the door behind him. Asuma looked aboout once more. "Ohayo...."
"Hmmm..." He tilted his head up just a little to look down on the gathered people. His dark eyes then darted to each person.
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Post by Ino-pig on Sept 29, 2006 21:00:37 GMT -5
Ino had managed to open the store again, and found that the sudden influx of customers, though startling, kept her from going crazy. Staying busy meant she couldn't think about anything but the orders, and it pleased her greatly. Smiling as her current customer paid for his roses, she offered a teasing wink. "Go get 'em, tiger," She waved him out of the store, before turning to begin assembling another bouquet, listening to the door open, and close...and then open, and close again. Ino glanced over her shoulder upon hearing the familiar gruff voice of her sensei. What was he doing here?
Gathering some bluebells, Ino called out in a carefree voice, one which did not betray any of her turmoil, any of her weakness. She was proud of how steady her voice sounded. "Ne, sensei...I thought you were out on a mission..."
What a strange place for Asuma-sensei to show up, she mused.
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