Shikamaru sighed.

"Troublesome." he muttered as he gazed longingly at the clouds. It was his birthday, and everyone had probably forgotten about it. Of course, he couldn't fault them - he hadn't even remembered it was his birthday until his mother reminded him this morning.

But at least he now had a nice quiet today to watch the clouds, maybe take a nap, and be lazy...just like every other day in Shikamaru's life.

"Hmm...that one looks like a pineapple." he mused. It really did a - small roundish cloud with a messy spray-shaped cloud coming out of it. His attention was drawn to a puffy cloud with four small ones attached to the back of it...and a cloud right next to it the he swore looked just like the face of one of his teammates. The two clouds both floated over to the pineapple-shaped one and attached to it. Shikamaru gasped. Was the author using ill-disguised symbolism to foreshadow? (Since Shikamaru is a genius, he's figured out that he's actually a fictional character...and that's his reasoning for why life is so troublesome.)

A shrill scream split the air.

"Shikamaruuuu-kun!"

A deeper, but still feminine voice followed it.

"Oy, crybaby!"

Shikamaru groaned and closed his eyes.

The two blonde girls scampered over and plopped down on opposite sides of him.

"It's your birthday, Shikamaru-kun!" Ino squealed.

"And we've planned something very special..." Temari whispered seductively.

There was a rather delightful noise above him, and one of Shikamaru's eyes cracked open. Just a tad. And then it opened all the way.

Ino and Temari...they were leaning over him...kissing? And...doing something very, very inappropriate to each other with their hands it seemed. The genius gibbered.

"What? Why are they doing this?" his mind screamed to itself...well, figuratively. Because if his mind actually started screaming out loud, that could be problematic.

With a hungry growl, Temari leaped over him and pinned Ino to the ground. The two began engaging in some quite unladylike activities. There was a sound of ripping cloth, a shriek from Ino, and then a series of lusty moans.

Shikamaru sighed in relief and stopped gibbering. The girls had been blocking his view of the clouds, but now he could see them clearly again.

So now, the sun shining happily, the birds chirping quietly, the puffy white clouds drifting lazily through the wide blue sky, and the troublesome women otherwise "occupied", Shikamaru could finally enjoy his birthday.

Oh Shikamaru, isn't life grand sometimes?

"Yes disembodied voice." Shikamaru mumbled to himself. "Yes it is."

As Shikamaru slowly drifted off to sleep, the only thing that could have made him happier was if those two annoying girls would stop making those squealing and squelching noises.

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A/N: Shika x Clouds ftw.

The other joke pairings for Team 10 that I've seen/come up with are Choji x Chips and Ino x Herself.