The Next Generation of Ino-Shika-Cho

Chapter 1

"No you idiot, sensei's not possessed by the 'ghost' Shikane saw in the graveyard. Now for the last time Chokichi, stop being a coward and man up!" Inone hissed.

Chokichi looked up at Inone from her huddled form in the bush and muttered "But I'm not a man so why would I need to man up?"

"A very good question indeed." The jounin said.

Inone squeaked and turned around, kunai in hand.
Konohamaru sighed and rubbed his stubble. These kids just didn't understand teamwork and were totally oblivious to the real meaning of the bell test, to work together. Although, they worked surprisingly well together in their little pranks, pulling off some tricks even Naruto would be proud of. Ah Naruto, he remembered those days well...

Inone waved her hand in front of his face, trying to get a reaction. No reaction. He was probably having another one of his inner monologues, where he completely blanked out to the world. She shrugged and took the last bell from his pouch, the other one having been taken by Shikane during one of sensei's other monologues.

It took them just an hour to learn their sensei's weakness, and to them exploit it.
What wonderful kids.
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"No, pull it down more!"

In response to Inone's comment, Chokichi lowered the paint canister down a bit more with her ninja wire.

"Good, very good. Is that everything?"
Inone asked, looking around the rigged apartment.

Boruto nodded, wiping the sweat from his forehead. He often collaborated with the trio for pranks, between Shikane's brains, Inone's creativenes, Chokichi's resources and Boruto's manpower, they made an awesome team.

"Well, I have to go home now, Oba-san (Auntie) and Megane (Sarada) are coming for dinner, and I have to 'entertain' Megane. See you tomorrow!"

As the girls waved him goodbye, he picked up his equipment and left through the front door.

"You know, for a jounin, his security is really relaxed. Shouldn't there be awesome seals, and exploding tags every inch of the room?" Chokichi asked.

"Baka, if there was then he would have been blown up by his own tags!" Inone reprimanded.

Shikane sighed and checked her watch. It should be only 10 minutes until he would arrive, they should probably get out-

CREAK!

"That was the front door." Chokichi whispered in horror.

"RUN!"

Oh dear, when their sensei set foot into his apartment, he wouldn't know what hit him.
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"So, let's start with your name, likes and dislikes, hobbies and goals." Konohamaru suggested.

He pointed at the blonde girl who was sitting in the middle of the trio.
"You go first."

"Alright, my name is Yamanaka Inone, I like playing pranks, styling my hair and I have a crush on Nara Shikadai-kun.

He blinked. Well, at least she was very open about her feelings, too many people had gone down the wrong path due to bottling up their emotions. Heck, a guy had started the 4th Shinobi War because he got friend-zoned and his crush was swept off her feet by Kakashi Hatake, the lady killer. Literally.

"Alright, you next." Konohamaru nodded at Shikane.

"Troublesome." She muttered, before beginning.

"My name is Nara Shikane, I like playing Shogi, and training with Auntie Temari. I dislike doing anything troublesome. Oh, and I also dislike sand."

She paused to catch her breath.
"I hate-" A dark look came over her face.

"I hate the Hyuuga clan." She finished.

THUD!

"Oh dear, our jounin sensei fainted." Inone observed, while filing her nails.

"Is this man really Hokage-sama's rival?" Chokichi asked as she hoisted him over her shoulder, getting ready to dump his body in an abandoned garbage dump somewhere.

"If this what the Hokage's rival is like, I don't want a rival myself." Shikane commented, before hastily adding that having a rival was too troublesome anyway.
It wouldn't do to ruin her image.

Inone peered down from the Academy roof and her eyes widened.
"Uh, guys?"

"What?" The Nara clan member asked.

"You remember the prank we set up for the fat woman that lived near the academy, before we found out that she moved out?
Well, it looks like she moved back in, and she walked right into the middle of our prank."

Chokichi winced.

"And now she's going to the Yamanaka Compound, and I'll bet Kazekage-sama's eyeliner that she'll be going to the Nara and Akamichi Compound after this." Inone finished.

Shikane sighed. On one hand, it would be troublesome to go and explain this to her parents, but on the other hand, she didn't want to die early at the hands of her mother.

Troublesome. Life was troublesome.