Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
A/N: Yes, this is a Shika/Tema fic, or as I like to call a Shikamari fic. There will also be other couples, I think. Just stay with me on this. It's going to be good.
WRITTEN BEFORE CHAPTER 328.
Published September 2, 2006
Chapter 1 - What Do You Want?
Setting: After the two and a half year time skip. Shikamaru, Temari, Kankuro, Neji, Tenten, Rock Lee, Naruto, Hinata, Kiba, Sakura, Ino, and Chouji are on vacation. They just coincidently go to the same hotel in Tokyo (A/N: I couldn't think of anything else), present Japan at around the same time.
"Come in."
Shikamaru opened the door while sighing.
"You called Tsunade-sama? Don't tell me another mission. I just finished one. You know how troublesome it is." Shikamaru whined. He didn't want another mission. He had just done three A-Rank missions back-to-back. A fourth would just be more troublesome.
"Don't worry, Shikamaru. You're not going on another mission. You're actually going on vacation. I just got a free one-week stay at the best hotel in Japan since Konoha recently helped them with a small burglary. Lucky me, huh."
"Why are you telling me this? I know you can be mean sometimes, but showing off your free stuff is kind of on the rude side. I just want to go home and take a nap, maybe look at some clouds." Shikamaru said.
"Just sit," Tsunade said gesturing her left hand to the chair in front of her desk. "and listen to what I have to say." Shikamaru sat down.
"First off, I'm not just telling you about my wonderful gift to make you slightly jealous. Since I'm the Hokage, I can't go. Sad isn't it? I have way too much work to relax. So I've decided to let you go. It just seems fitting. You've been doing so much, plus you've been on the whiney side these days. So, you want to go or what…"
"You want me to go all the way to Tokyo to relax, when I can relax here in Konoha? I don't think so, too troublesome." Shikamaru shrugged while crossing his arms across his chest.
"You know, I hear Tokyo has the best clouds. Konoha will probably have a heatwave soon. No clouds to look up to. There would be no missions while on your trip. Plus, if you stay here, your mother will probably have you do some chores. But if you don't want to go, I guess I can…" Tsunade said until Shikamaru interrupted her.
"Okay, I guess I'll go. How am I being transported? I am not walking all the way to Tokyo. That's as troublesome and doing chores around the house." Shikamaru shrugged yet again.
"It's all been taken care of…there will be a private bus (A/N: I don't know what they use.) leaving to Tokyo in front of the gates next week, exactly seven days from today at exactly 8:00 A.M. Don't be late! If you are, the bus will automatically leave and you will have to take the smelly carriage where the luggage is." Tsunade said moving her right index finger left and right. "So don't be late!"
"Yeah, yeah…Is that all? Can I go now?" Shikamaru said, wanting to get a nap already.
"Yes. You may leave now," Tsunade said as Shikamaru stood up and was about to open the door. "Oh yeah, the hotel manager said I could bring a guest, so you'll be leaving with Naruto."
"What! Naruto? How am I supposed to relax with Naruto around? Tsunade-sama! Why must you always pick Naruto to go everywhere with everyone? You're not even listening, are you?" Shikamaru almost screamed, well not screamed. Shikamaru barely ever screams and he wouldn't scream for something like this, so I guess, talked slightly louder than usual.
"I said you may leave now." Tsunade said, looking down at paperwork that had to be finished. She didn't want to answer any of Shikamaru's questions. She just ignored him and watched him leave.
'Why do I always pick Naruto? Oh well. I guess I like making people work hard for the things they want.' (A/N: Does she seem out of character. I'm not sure how Tsunade acts sometimes.)
"Come in" (déjà vu or what?)
Temari opened the door.
"Good afternoon, Gaara. I've completed my mission. I even had time to make some lunch for you. Do you have another mission for me?" Temari asking her brother, putting a bento box on the left of the desk. She was psyched as ever if she could go on another mission. She loved missions, and killing people, so yeah. Plus, with her brother as Kazekage, she could usually get maybe nine missions a week if she wanted.
"No I don't. But I do have something for you to do. I just recently got an invitation to go to the famous Moonlight Tokyo Hotel (A/N: Yeah, couldn't think of a good name). But I've been very busy recently. I already accepted the invite, so you'll have to go. The hotel told me to bring a guest. I was going to bring you, but since I can't go, you and Kankuro will go and take a vacation. You know, relax." Gaara said having his eyes closed the whole time, with his monotonous, emotionless voice.
"What? Me with Kankuro? You mine as well have his will signed. We're never going to relax!" Temari screamed. Yeah, Temari can scream. She can scream whenever she wants because she's Temari! Don't mess with her.
"Sorry, everything's been arranged. You and Kankuro will leave seven days from now at 6:00 A.M. They've provided a short white limousine to pick you and Kankuro up. I've told Kankuro after he finished his mission. Since you'll be in Tokyo, there won't be any missions or anything for you two." Gaara said, this time with his eyes open but, still in his monotonous voice.
"Okay. I guess I could use a little relaxing. But after that, I'm coming right back to get in some more training. When I come back, you better have a lot of missions for me!" Temari grinned. "Hmm…exactly how long is this vacation?"
"One week."
"A whole week of relaxing. More than I need, but whatever. If that's all, I guess I'll see you at home, Gaara!" Temari said turning her back to Gaara and waved.
"Bye Temari." Gaara said, still monotonous.
"Over here, Tenten!" Lee said, waving his right hand up in the air, after seeing Tenten walking toward him.
"Hey Lee! Hi Neji!" Tenten greeted them with a big smile on her face. "So where's Gai-sensei?"
"He said if he didn't wake up at exactly 5:00 A.M., he would run 100 laps across Konoha on one hand. He woke up four seconds late. I think I see him now." Rock Lee said.
"He should just stop with all this so we can go back home already. No point in bringing us all here if we have to wait for him." Neji said crossing his arms across his chest like Shikamaru did with Tsunade.
"Hey Tenten! Lee, Neji, this is my last lap. Just talk for a little longer. I'm almost done." Gai-sensei said his head down looking at the ground. He was bouncing on his right hand. It was surprising that it wasn't bleeding with all the rocks on the ground and weight and pressure from his body.
"Hmm…why did Gai-sensei want us here anyways?" Tenten said, looking around seeing almost nobody out yet. They were in front of the Dango Shop, which opened at 9:00 A.M., and it was 8:50 A.M. I guess they were eating dango for breakfast.
"If he wanted to tell us something, he should tell us right now and then go on his final lap. Then we could talk about it while he's away and by the time he comes back, we'll have made a decision on how we feel about it." Neji said acting like the genius he is.
"That's very smart, Neji. We should tell Gai-sensei." Tenten said.
"It won't work though. I already tried before you got here. Even Lee tried and it didn't work. He won't say anything until he's done. It's a complete waste of time. I could be training right now." Neji said sitting on a bench, his arms till crossed.
They waited for ten more minutes. Gai-sensei finally finished his 100th lap.
"Hello my youthful students! Glad you're all here. Since all of you have been so good, I've decided to give you a little break." Gai-sensei said, giving his signature "nice-guy" pose.
"But Gai-sensei, I want to train with you! We don't want a..." Lee was muffled by Tenten and Neji's hand over his mouth.
"Thank you so much Gai-sensei! You really didn't have to do this. But why give us a break now?" Tenten said, still covering Lee's mouth. Lee tried to get Neji and Tenten's hands off of his mouth, but couldn't, so he just stopped. Then Neji and Tenten decided it was okay to let go of his mouth.
"Well, I've wanted you guys to go on a vacation for quite sometime, ever since all of you became Chuunins, but the Hokage said there were too many people on vacation at the time, so I booked you guys for first space open. Who knew so many people were on vacation. Tsunade-sama even recommended a very popular hotel, the Moonlight Tokyo Hotel." Gai-sensei said.
"Oh, thank you, Gai-sensei! I've heard about that hotel. It's the best hotel in Japan! I can't believe you got us in! Ooh! I can't wait! When are we leaving?" Tenten cheered. She was so excited; she hugged Gai-sensei in a big bear hug.
"It was no problem, really. I always knew I would get a group as youthful as you guys, so I started saving money the day I saw the three of you. Knowing that you would make me proud with your wonderful youth." Gai-sensei cried. It was one of those happy cries that can be very funny to whoever's watching. Gai is so dramatic sometimes.
"Oh, Gai-sensei! Thank you! You are truly the greatest sensei!" Lee cried just like Gai-sensei.
"Gai-sensei, you still didn't answer when we are leaving. Also, how long are we leaving?" Neji said, almost as monotonous as Gaara.
"Humph…of course!" Gai-sensei stopped crying, and Lee followed suit, as he spoke again. "Seven days from now, there will be a black, stretch limousine at the Konoha gates. Be there at exactly 6:15 A.M. with your luggage. You'll be staying there for a whole week. Also, I got a deal for 3 connected rooms with 6 beds. So, you may each choose one other person to join you on your trip."
"I know who I am going to choose. I hope Sakura-chan is not busy next week!" Lee said excitedly.
"I guess I'll invite Hinata to join me. She's been working very hard, improving her taijutsu well." Neji said calmly.
"Awww…I don't know who I'm going to invite. Do you guys have any idea?" Tenten said, slightly disappointed that she didn't have many friends, since she was usually too busy on missions.
"I have an idea. Invite Kiba, please. Hinata will like it that someone she knows well is on the trip if I'm not there." Neji said, still as calm as ever.
"Good idea, Neji! Thanks!" Tenten cheered.
"So, Sakura, Hinata, and Kiba. Okay, I'll tell Tsunade-sama and you guys invite your guests. Make sure to give them all the information I've told you. Now, let's eat some dango!" Gai-sensei cheered walking the three students into the restaurant.
At the Korean BBQ restaurant Chouji always goes to with Shikamaru, Ino, and Asuma-sensei. Shikamaru isn't there because he was on a mission.
"Stop eating so much! You don't want to gain so much weight. Eating to fast will just make you eat more!" Ino yelled at Chouji, who was right across from him.
"You won't be able to stop him Ino. You should know that by now. He's in his zone. He probably doesn't even know we're talking. You know, unless we said he was fat." Asuma said. Then quickly covered his mouth at what he just said. He was in for it now.
"What did you say Asuma-sensei?" Chouji was red with anger.
"Nothing Chouji. Hey is that the last piece of meat?" Asuma said hoping that Chouji would be distracted and start eating again. He was right. Chouji went right back eating, putting more meat on the grill.
Once all the meat was gone, and Chouji was full, or as full as he'll get, Asuma started to talk.
"There is another reason I brought you here, other than to eat lunch," Ino and Chouji looked at each other for a moment, confused. "You see, you probably don't know this, but Gai-sensei and I are very good friends." Now Ino and Chouji were more confused then ever.
"You and Gai-sensei are good friends?" Ino and Chouji both said in unison.
"We're like best friends! I know, kind of hard to believe, but it's true. So a couple years ago, Gai-sensei told me he couldn't go out to eat as much anymore because he was saving up money to get his students a vacation they deserved. You know, Rock Lee, Neji, and Tenten. So I decided I would do the same thing. We both saved enough, but there weren't any vacation spots open for shinobi until now. Gai-sensei and I both took the spot. Pretty good, huh?" Asuma-sensei said waiting for Ino and Chouji to answer.
"Wow. I still can't believe you and Gai-sensei are friends." Ino said with a surprised look on her face. "So, this vacation is where? Details please."
"You're going to the Moonlight Tokyo Hotel in, well Tokyo. And…" but Asuma was cut off by Ino.
"Oh my gosh! Seriously! That's the best hotel in Japan! I've wanted to go there since forever! Thanks Asuma-sensei." Ino screamed and cheered.
"It's just a hotel. What's so special?" Chouji said a little disappointed that it wasn't something better like an all-you-can-eat buffet membership card.
"Chouji, you think I don't know you? There's an all-you-can-eat Korean BBQ buffet at the hotel, for guests only." Asuma smiled at Chouji.
"Oh my gosh! Thank you, Asuma-sensei!" Chouji screamed and cheered kind of like Ino did before.
"Just be ready at 8:15 A.M. with your stuff. A small black car will pick you up. Don't be late, or they'll leave without you. It's a seven day hotel stay. Enjoy!" Asuma-sensei said.
A/N: So, how was it? I'm pretty proud for making this. I got this idea from my friend's weird dream, where she was going on a field trip at a hotel. You'll have to see what happened in my friend's dream next chapter. It should be coming soon!