Okay, yes, yes, I know. Where the heck is the next part of Forest in the Desert Sands? I'm working on it. Really. I've just been really busy lately, and plus I've gotten addicted to Final Fantasy XI (btw, there is now a Kizuko running around Bastok on Fenrir if anyone's interested. )
Anyway, a couple days ago, I got a lovely email from a very nice person named Kaara asking if I had considered doing a Shika/Ino side story for the FoD Universe. Well, I had kind of wanted to, but alas my muses never threw anything at me. Well, Kaara responded to that email with a couple of suggestions and my twisted little brain got to thinking...
So, be very very afraid.
Disclaimer Dance: Shinosuke's mine. However, Shikamaru, Ino, and all the rest of the Konoha band belong to Kishimoto-sensei, and I am So not making money off this.
"Kaachan, how did you and Oyaji meet?"
Nara Ino cast curious blue eyes at her son who was sitting at the kitchen table with scrolls surrounding him. Wiping dry the last of the plates, she put it back in the cabinet and then took the seat to the right of Shinosuke.
"We grew up together, sweetheart. You know that. Your father certainly has complained around you about how 'troublesome' I was." She snorted.
"Yeah, but how did you get together? See, we've got this project in school. We're suppose to look back through our families and see how our advanced bloodlines or family jitsu evolved. A really warped family tree sort of thing."
"Ah."
"Yeah, you should have seen poor Kizuko when Miya-sensei assigned it. All the girls started snickering at her until she turned around and announced that her grandfather had been KazeKage, so they'd better shut it."
"Taking this from Gaara-san's side is she?"
"Yeah, well...since Naruto-san is...well...you know."
"I know, sweetie. So, me and your father, huh?"
"You and his father, what?" A voice called out and both occupants of the table looked up to see Shikamaru enter with his typical annoyed expression. Ino smiled brightly, a little too brightly for his comfort. "Shinosuke has a school project and wants to know how we got together."
Shikamaru groaned. "Couldn't they just teach you to throw kunai like a normal school?" "Sorry, Oyaji." "Yeah, yeah. So, me and your mother, huh?"
Shinosuke rolled his eyes. Oh yeah, his parents were so made for each other.
And they really didn't talk all that much about their past Pre- Reproduction, as his father put it. Kizuko had been there to see her parents get together and a very small part of him was jealous of that. Besides he was curious. Kaachan had that slightly too bright smile and Oyaji was looking more annoyed than usual and was shifting nervously in his seat.
Oh yes, Shinosuke thought his blue eyes taking on a mischievous sparkle.
This was going to be very amusing.