shikamaru looking bored as usual was sitting by ino in the grass and was looking at her. she could feel him staring but said nothing as she looked around. "wanna spar?" he said standing and holding out a hand to her.. "bring it on!"

shikamaru pulled ino down by her shirt watching the kunai strike a tree behind them. he quickly got up and ran towards his now invisible foe. he randomly struck out and hit them square in the nose with the bud of his kunai knife, knocking them unconscious. It was naruto playing a stupid joke on them. he chuckled as he kicked naruto over. "now how could he have known we were training out here?" shikamaru said, scratching the top of his head. "AYYAAHHH!" naruto said chopping maru-kuns leg softly in his sleep. maru-kun laughed and leaned naruto against a tree and wrote on his forehead in a black marker...

"hinata,
i came here to wait under this giant oak tree you sit at everyday at noon,
to confess my love to you, and i wrote this before i fell asleep. the reason im tied to the tree is because i sleep walk!
from the NEXT HOKAGE!" maru kun smiled and walked over to ino and laughed. she looked at him and laughed too, then they both went inside.

shikamaru sat across from ino as they ate lunch. the same bored expression on his face. they shared ramen like they usually did, with a side of tiger roll and they avoided touching at all possible. ((tiger roll a yummy roll with octopus and rice along with other spices..usually served with wasabe it has orange stuff squirted on it in stripes and is wrapped in kelp..like black markings on a tiger..which gives it the name.."tiger roll" duh..dummy face :P))

shikamaru looked at ino's soft hands then shook his head. ino looked up at him and smiled, his hair being shaken loose from his ponytail as he shook his head. "what are you doing idiot?" she said stabbing him with her chop stiks. they got up and threw their things away and then walked outside again and began to train. " wait...where is choji?" they both looked around and shrugged. meanwhile choji was sleeping by naruto at the great big oak tree , he was holding a bag of chips.
"im going to kick your ass ponytail!" ino said running towards him with her kunai out. she slowly jumped over him and grabbed him by the colar of his shirt, and pressing the kunai against his neck. just then maru kun turned into a log and he came flying at her from behind and grabbed her. pinning her to the ground. he looked down at her feircly but he saw her eyes soften. he leaned forwards and their lips touched breifly before kakashi walked by. kakashi flung into a bush and grabbed a random camera and took pictures..then ran away screaming like a school girl. can you say black mail to do missions or torture training. buahahahahhahaha! as he walked back the way he had come, he passed the oak tree and looked at naruto and choji.."slackers.." he whispered, stealing choji's potato crisps.

shikamaru leaned in and kissed her harder and more passionately, sliding his hand up her body. she moaned quietly and he picked her up and carried her behind the tall grass by the pond. he pulled her tight little dress thing up and smiled curessing her inner thigh.

hinata was walking past the pond and saw to figures, she blushed and moved closer hearing the words being moaned quietly, "oh shikamaru...ohhhh!" THAT WAS INO'S VOICE!! hinata got up and ran away and hid behind the big oak tree but tripped over something. she looked down and it was naruto. she was standing on his face. wtf? doesnt that hurt? neway.. she bent down and inspected his face for any injuries she might have caused and read the writing on his forehead. she blushed and hugged naruto, waking him as she did so.

shikamaru gripped ino's sides and pushed her deeper into the sand with each movement of his hips. ino grabbed two hand fulls of his hair and moaned urging him on. his fast pace steadied until it finally was slow and within at least ten minutes he stopped and shuddered as he released himself inside her. ino pulled her dress like thing down and layed beside him and looked at him lovingly. she hadn't noticed he had released himself. she watched marukun, as he slowly and reluctantly slid his pants up just in time as choji came trumpling over to them frowning. "where have you been i have been looking every where for you guys!" this was a complete lie! LIAR WHO LIES BIG FAT LYING LIES! shikamaru looked up at him and grimmaced, " we have been here letting our feet soak in the pond water after training all day." choji didnt notice that their feet were not wet or the fact ino was covered in sand and maru kuns hair was sticking up like devils horns on the sides of his head.


About a month ot so later, shikamaru woke up in the middle of the night and heared someone opening his window to his room. "maru-kun?" ino said her voice sounded hurt. he looked at her, her body out lined in moonlight and saw glistening tears in her eyes. he got up slowly and walked over to her, stroking her blonde hair gently which was down and a mess with make up smeared across her face. "what happened?" he said wrapping his arms around her waist. ino began to cry harder and moved his hand to her belly. "i think im pregnant..." she whispered and shikamaru just stared at her dumbly. she saw his strange expression and started bawling. " you hate me dont you!" she said covering her face. "no ino in fact it is the opposite...i love you so much." he wrapped his arms around her tighter and held her allnight long. that morning he awoke to asuma shaking him. he thought it was ino. "ino,"giggles" i am sleeping." maru-kun smiled and asuma "ahummmed." maru-kun woke up with a jolt. "sweetdreams?" asuma said smiling. "we have a small mission, meet us at the usual spot." he left and shikamaru looked around for ino, he found a note under his pillow. "i love you too...meet at spot"
shikamaru got up and put his things, clothes and his sandals on and darted to the spot.

asuma saw him and immediately started the plans for the mission. "shikamaru you will be pack leader and lead the other chunin to the site, while simultaniously retreiving a stolen script from the theif, got that?" asuma strolled off and left them there.

they all shifted through the trees silently stalking the theif through the forest. all at once they attacked the theif but he was quick and threw many kunai at ino. shikamaru jumped infront of her and took them all, "shikamaru!" ino screamed as she fell only to be caught by shikamaru, who was standing wincing in pain and seething with anger . he sat her down and walked right up to the man and punched him in the stomach, and nose and kicked him in the groin.
the man lurched and let go off the scroll. shikamaru kept beating him till he was satisfied then turned and walked away, but was grabbed by the ankle and pulled down by the theif. "dont turn your back on your enemies." the man said stabbing him in the leg with a kunai. shikamaru screamed in pain and closed his eyes, but felt his ankle being released and opened them as he heard a thump. ino was standing over them and looking down. shikamaru looked at the dead theif with the kunai inbedded in his head. they left him in the bushes and raced back to headquarters. shikamaru slumped in his chair, and waited for ino to pull the kunai still inplanted in his thigh and back. he looked down and gritted his teeth as she pulled it out and repaired it as best as she could. choji took the scroll to lady hokage and reported shikamaru's injury.while ino wrapped maru-kun in bandages.

shikamaru waved for ino to come sit in his lap. he looked at her seriously and kissed her, holding her tightly. " i want you to take a test." he whispered in her ear so only they could hear. "and i want you to be sure.." he trailed off thinking off what might happen to their child. he felt a lump in his throat and almost cried at the thought of their unborn child dying.
ino looked at shikamaru and kissed his cheek. " i already did...and i am." she half smiled but there was confusion in her eyes. she leaned forward and hid her face in the nape of his neck. "dont leave me." she said crying. "never.." he whispered. "are you going to tell anyone?" he looked at her cautiously. "i dont know." she said looking back at him. " well i mean sooner or later they will find out so why not tell them now?" she looked at him. " and who should i tell?" she said like a smart ass. he looked at her.." how should i know ino?" he looked away kind of aggrivated with her tone. she got off of his lap and walked to her room quietly. he slumped in his chair and cried. ino leaned against his door and cried as well as she walked down the hall. she saw sakura's room and a small light of hope glowed in her eyes.

ino knocked on the door and was greated by a scowling sakura."what?" she said opening the door a little more. "i need someone to talk to and i automatically thought of you..." she trailed off the tears forming in her eyes. sakura softened and touched her shoulder " you can talk to me about anything." ino looked up at her and smiled through her veil of tears. "can i come in"
ino walked in and sat on sakura's bed, followed by sakura herself. "so what is the problem?" sakura leaned forward, concern in her eyes. "did someone hurt you?" sakura's expression became feirce and she yelled "i will kill them..if they had laid one figner on y-"sakura raised her fist and turned white, like she always does when she gets emotional. ino looked up at her and put her finger on her lips. "shikamaru and i...well...we..uh..we...made love...and i think i am-" sakura cutt her off with a look of absolute terror and anger. she couldn't figure out which one was ruling until she saw tears rolling down sakura's face. definitely terror. thanks sakura now we are both scared!! sakura embraced her and they both cried together. "i have a plan!" sakura said as she pulled ino by the arm. she brought her outside the academy and into the town and bought some nice,comfortable,preservative clothing that was at least a size or two too big. "for when you show." she turned back to ino. "shikamaru does know right?" she said worriedly. "yes ! of course! he was the first to know." ino said closing her eyes. "how did it go." sakura said leaning in. "he told me he loved me." ino blushed and turned away a little. "oohh lala!"

they came back and switched the clothes in a box to the closet and put her new clothes, folded neatly, into her dresser. they smiled at each other... "thank you,"

shikamaru looked everywhere for sasuke but couldn't find him. he was the only one he could tell that wouldn't blabb it out. finally, as if on cue, sasuke walked up to shikamaru and smiled. "sakura told me what you did you idiot!" sasuke chopped him on the head. "oh so you are talking to sakura now?" sasuke's eyes got big but he remaind calm..."so at least i didn't knock her up yet!" they laughed simultaniously saying "YET!" shikamaru looked at him with confused eyes and he broke down. " i dont know what to do, who to tell, if we should tell or anything!" he whispered. " i dont know about babies. im going to suck at this!" shikamaru turned white and melted into a puddle of sludge. "ooooohh mannn." sasuke looked at him and tried not to smile at the groggy lazy boy. "was it your first time together?" he looked at shikamaru. " it was both of our first times.." he said looking away a little flustered. sasuke looked at him and smiled. " you need to tell someone like kakashi ?" he said scratching his head. " i dont know..." shika said looking down. "well think of it this way if you say something now you wont get in as much trouble and ino has a less chance of losing the baby due to missions..." sasuke said patting his back. "alright mr. daddy?" sasuke smiled and patted his back. "just kidding maru chan!" sasuke walked off in search of sakura. he laughed evily as he walked away. "damn i wish i had a wet noodle so i could hit you with it!" shikamaru thought out loud. " you only wish!" sasuke said grabbing a random,giant, fish and slapping him with it. then he regained his composure and walked away grinning.

shikamaru walked around the academy looking around for master kakashi, he found him leaning up against the wall reading his favorite romance novel, wait it was a new one, and it had a blue cover "the season of love!" it read. he walked closer to kakashi and poked him, " we got something important to talk about!" shikamaru said pulling him into a nearby room. "WHAT?!" kakashi screamed. shikamaru shook his head. "ok well i guess i will take it up with the hokage later. kakashi giggled "SHIKAMARU AND INO SITTING IN THE POND GRASS K-I-SS- ING! first come LOVE then comes the pond, then comes a babay in which i am so FOND OF!" he said skipping down the hall. later, shikamaru was sitting in his room and heard a knock on his door, of course it was kakashi with a face that wore nothign but a grimmace "well...i talked to LADY hokage...and she says," he pulled out a tape recorder and pushed the play button. "SHHHIIIIKKKKKKKKKKKAMMMMMMMMMMMRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! YOU BETTER GET READY FOR THAT BABY!! oh and congradulations on your wedding proposal!" the tape ended and shikamru just stared at the recorder, with that bored look he always had on his face. "hey wait i haven't done that yet!" shikamaru screamed. kakashi smiled. "that was her condition to you keeping the little one and continuing the training to become the ultimate ninja warriors." he patted maru-kuns back and walked away. shikamaru watched him walk away and saw the pictures in his pocket "BASTARD!" he said tackling him to the floor and beating him to a slimy pulp. "those are copies" kakashi said as maru-kun wripped them to shreds and headed for his room and locked the door. maru-kun beat on the door, its hinges bulging and the door bending "AHHH NOO!" kakashi screamed, laughing at the look on maru-kuns face.


about four months later...

ino was walking down the hall and caught hinata staring at her stomach. ''what you lookin at bashful?" she said walking towards her threateningly. "oh-uh-uh nuh-nothing." hinata said backing away. "really i coulda sworn you were staring at my tummy." she glared at her. "why would i do that?" hinata said looking away. "whatever.." ino said walking to shikamaru's room. she heard a kind of chanting as she started to knock on the door. ''ok calm down shikamaru, calm yourself...just ask her," he paused and walked around then recited something slowly. "ino for a long time i have just looked at you and wished you were mine but now i am stepping up to the plate and i will be a good father to our child...will..you...marry me?" he said. "YES!!" ino said busting through the door! she saw sasuke dressed like a girl and shikamaru bowing down on one knee to him, they were holding hands. shikamaru was grimmacing. "this is awkward.." sasuke said ripping the paper dress off. he looked away but ino forgot about him and wrapped her arms around shikamaru. "yesyes yes yes yes yes YES!" she said over and over. shikamaru smiled it seemed these days...he didnt have anything to be bored or depressed about. well except for the fact that they might be kicked out of the academy or worse...make her give up her baby. these were of course only thoughts going on in shikamaru's mind. while ino thought about how it will hurt when she has to push it out of her poor small vagina. "AHH!" she thought as she melted in his arms.