Okay, i hope you enjoy this lil intro bit but seriously you guys you have to let me know what you think, otherwise i'll think all the lovely chapters ive got written up are rubbish and wont post them and then, well it just wouldnt be fair on those that do review...and no this is a message for all subsiquent chapters too!

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'You have got to be kidding me' Ino muttered as she read the notice she had just got from her flower supplier.

'Hey Ino!' Sakura called slipping into the shop with a quiet jingle of the bell; she stopped and looked at her friend "What's wrong"

"My supplier is ill and his family can't supply me with flowers till after Christmas!" Ino slammed the paper down whilst at the same time assembling a bouquet that represented speed and recovery.

"Oh, that's bad news for Christmas"

"Yeh I wanted to get my parents something…to show how well the shops been doing since they retired"

"I have trouble too" Sakura lay down her three best kunai they were bent and misshapen, her throwing stars and other equipment were in no better condition.

"Aieee!" Ino cried when she saw them "What happened?"

"New jujitsu didn't work right"

"I'll say" she turned a kunai over "this'll cost a fortune"

"I know and I have money saved for Christmas presents but now I won't have any" Sakura sighed "I was going to see if you had a job going, but it looks like you'll need one too"

Both girls sighed

Just then the shop bell jingled and a white-eyed female entered

"H, hi guys" she stuttered

"Calm down Hinita" Sakura and Ino smiled at the girl who took a deep breath

"Ino-chan is there any jobs going here?" she blushed as she said this

"Sorry Hinita…. I'm looking for a job…. but why would you want one?"

"I, I, um…." She turned bright red

"Naruto" Sakura said, summing up the girls problem in one word.

Hinita sighed and sat down "There's a book he would love, but I'm, I'm afraid of what my father would say if I asked him for money for it"

"I know how you feel…I'm worried what my parents would say if I asked for money to buy Lee-kun a present…." Sakura slapped a hand over her mouth as the two other girls stared in shock

"Lee-kun?" Hinita finally gasped out

"W, well he's always been so kind to me and I, I oh sod it I like him okay?"

Ino was laughing so hard she couldn't stop and fell from the chair only to have Hinita and Sakura join her and begin to tickle her.

"We should go see Tsunade-sama and ask her to help" Sakura said wisely

"Hai" Hinita and Ino replied

The trio made their way off to the Hokage tower.

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"You could have just asked me for money" Tsunade said frowning at the trio over the top of piles of paperwork.

"No Sensei" Sakura shoved the older woman's hand containing money back.

Ino stepped forward "It wouldn't be right we should earn it"

"H, hai" Hinita agreed looking at the floor.

The fifth Hokage looked at her paperwork then at the girls

"Okay here are your jobs to last until Christmas"

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Does anyone know what Gaara's 'brother' is called i know theres gaara, temari and...? MWAH all