AN? Alright, I just wanna thank everyone for giving this a chance, I'm sure lots of you read my first little song fic so here goes my first real fic. I'm excited! I've become like OBSESSED with Shika Ino now…it's insane… oh well so here is my story! Enjoy!

((I have taken some liberty for all those who do not read the manga and left certain things that happened in certain recent chapters from happening…to clear some things up for the people who do read the manga))

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or anything to do with it. I am not making money of this fic, I did not take the last cookie it might have been Billy.

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Getting to training early is the only way I can really find any peace. All I want is to just be able to lie on my back and watch the clouds. At home my mum is always nagging me for something and when I am with my friends they never shut up. So this is the only time I can ever really be alone. Closing my eyes I feel myself being pulled to sleep, I don't fight it, I need sleep. I may still only be a chunin but I do a lot of work. I'm 19 and missions seem to come all the time. I still train with my old team, we were known for our team work and many missions still called the three of us together to work.

"Shikamaru, every single day I find you lying in the field! Has it ever occurred to you to train by yourself before the rest of us get here? Or at least stretch?"

I can't help but sigh out loud. My moment of peace and solitude is over. Now that Ino has come the other two can't be too far behind. It didn't feel like I have really been there that long though… I guess I must have drifted off to sleep.

"The one day I get here early, hoping to beat you here I fail! This is ridiculous!! I can't believe I am here half an hour before training and you still—"

"Ino"

I had to cut her off. I had no choice. I wanted my peace and quiet and her troublesome ranting were becoming… well…troublesome for lack of a better word. It turns out that I had half an hour to kill and I was going to do it my way.

"Ino, lie down with me"

She didn't answer. I think she was either confused or annoyed. Knowing Ino, probably both. She was smart, very smart actually when it came to strategies and solving puzzles, but at times when things were usually the simplest, those moments when the obvious smacks you in the face she had the intellect of a cheesecake.

"Lie down? Why would I lie down! The ground is dirty and cold. I just had a shower"

"Ino, just be quiet and lie on the damn ground"

I could hear her grumbling as she did as she was told. She lay beside me on the hill and folded her arms behind her head. Together we stared at the sky. And for a few moments I had quiet. Maybe she finally saw what I saw in the clouds. Their freedom, their grace, the endless horizons to do as they please and not have the burdens of society like we are forced to carry in our everyday lives.

"What's the point of a cloud… they just float there"

Never mind. Forget I said anything. I sighed.

"Troublesome woman, asking what a cloud is…" I mumbled. I didn't mean to say it out loud but some how she heard me. Imagine that, is it just me or are all women born with like this super sensitive hearing. That when ever you need them to do something they cant hear you from 5 centimetres away but when you say something about them they automatically hear you and could have heard you in another city… its so bloody annoying. she must have been irritated with me because she stood up and huffed. She didn't walk away. She kind of moved from foot to foot trying to decide if she wanted to leave or not. She must have chosen not because the next thing I knew her head was in my face. I groaned and closed my eyes, why can't the world just leave me alone for once.

"Shikamaru, get up"

I opened one eye and laughed in her face. Yes I, the one who is known to never smile actually laughed in her face. I couldn't help it.

"I'm serious, all you do is lie around, well in the next half hour I am going to teach you something useful"

I sighed, I knew that tone, my mother gets it when she wants to teach me to clean dishes right or vacuum properly. I pull myself to my feet and shove my hands in my pockets. I stare at her pointedly. I am going to cooperate, but I am not going to do it with joy.

"Okay, what's there to learn that useful"

She thought for a moment, like she didn't know herself what she can teach me.

"How about flower arrangements… no I taught you that when we were 7… ooh I know! Something all good men should know how to do! Dance!"

I did a double take. Did the women just say dance? Is she insane! I don't dance. She has known me nineteen years and at every party, gathering or festival she has clearly seen me make a point of sitting in a chair and not dancing. I didn't need to know how to dance, it wasn't a skill that could be used in life, it was pointless waste of energy and a way to ruin a good song.

She didn't seem to sense my disgust at the idea. Instead she walked up and took my hand. She placed it on her lower hip, and I couldn't help but blush. This was not the dancing I thought she meant. I thought she meant fast songs where you dance alone not the slow dancing, this is something entirely different and still a huge no no in the book of Shikamaru.

I could feel my palms begin to sweat, my hand was just sitting there, I didn't know what to do with it. Next she took my other hand in hers and placed her free hand on my shoulder. She was so close to me. I looked at my feet. It was awkward, Ino was my childhood friend, and now she was standing so close to me. She didn't seem to sense my trouble, instead she began instructions. I focused my mind on following her steps and it didn't take long to learn it, and perfect it. Soon we were dancing through the clearing to a soundless song that the two of us seemed to be able to hear. I had lost all thoughts of awkwardness and soon found myself pulling her into a dip. My head was leaned down near hers and that was when we both remembered what we were doing at about the same time. I felt my face slowly turn red and I brought her up quickly and dropped my hands. I shoved them in my pockets and turned away

"Troublesome activity" I muttered, trying to hide my discomfort

"You picked it up really well, you're quite the dancer."

Before I could say anything else I heard Chouji and Asuma on the hill side. They had come at the perfect moment. To late to see us dance, and early enough to spare us the forced conversation afterwards.

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AN/ alright chapter one is done… I hope you liked it. It is kinda bad but it will get better I promise. I had fun trying to get into a boys mind ((being a girl)) so if any boys read this fic it would be great if you could tell me how I did. And any other reviews would be awesome.

((next chapter is Ino's PoV. I am generally gonna stick to Shikamaru's but for some chapters I'll need to switch))