I love ShikaIno so I decided to write a fic for them. I'm having a lot of fun writing it so I hope you enjoy! Here's ther first chapter. I'm trying to keep steady updates so ya'll don't get bored waiting!
It made Ino sick to her stomach to see Temari all over him like that. She just wanted to launch across the table and rip the other blonde to shreds. No one even invited her to sit with them. Choji, Ino and Shikamaru were just out to lunch before afternoon practice and she just waltzed right on over and plopped her ugly butt next to Shikamaru. To make matters even worse he greeted her with a smile. A SMILE! He never did that for Ino. All she got was a look from the corner of his eye and if she was lucky a "hey there." But then again, Shikamaru and Temari were dating now. DATING! Ino could feel the rage inside of her burn every time she heard that word. How bad that made her want to tear Temari apart. The only thing that stopped her was the thought of what Shikamaru would think of her, he liked Temari.
"I'm leaving." Ino said sounding calmer than she thought she could as she stood up from the booth and started out of the store. Not even looking at Shikamaru as she passed. But she could feel their eyes watching her. Leaving like that is very out of her character but she couldn't stand to be there any longer.
She was an hour early when she arrived at the spot that they train. Trying to let off some steam, she began to punch and kick at some of the boards that were set up. She was so wrapped up in her anger that she didn't even hear someone else approach.
"Out here a bit early aren't you?" Sakura said as she calmly walked towards Ino.
"What do you want billboard brow?" Ino rudley replied, not even looking at her friend.
"I saw you leaving the village and knew you still had a while till your afternoon practice. You seemed really upset so I decided to follow you. What's wrong?"
"Nothing that concerns you." Ino growled. Sakura stared at her friend with some shock. She and Ino have had some rough spots in the past with the whole Sasuke situation. But even then Sakura never saw Ino like this.
Ino stopped hitting the board when voices approaching could be heard. She still didn't look at Sakura but her face was twisted in pain.
"Ino?" Sakura said her name softly with concern.
"Hey Ino!" Choji yelled. Ino turned around to face her teammates. Trying hard to keep the pain out of her face. However Sakura could see it spring back for an instant when her friends blue eyes rested on Temari who walked with herself wrapped around Shikamaru's arm who had his usual bored face on. Oh Sakura thought as everything clicked into place.
"Asuma found us not long after you left and said that he has a mission so we have off till he gets back." Choji continued before sticking his hands back into the bag of chips he carried while approaching Ino. Shikamaru and Temari trailed slowly behind him taking their sweet time.
"You came all the way out here to tell me that?" Ino asked.
"Well that and Shikamaru wanted to look at some clouds." Answered Choji. Ino glanced at Temari and Shikamaru who were still a bit away. She felt her stomach roll in a bad way before starting to walk away. She didn't want to be around the couple. She was afraid that she could snap which would be very bad.
"Ino, where are you going?" Shikamaru asked when she walked past them.
"Back to town. There's no point in staying out here if we're not practicing." She glanced at Temari while she kept on walking. Shikamaru gently pushed Temari's hand off and went after her. Ino, who didn't know that he moved, flinched at the touch of his skin when he softly grabbed her arm making her stop.
"What's wrong?" He asked.
"Nothing, I just have stuff to do." Ino answered trying to sound firm. She wanted to be mad at him for his decision to go out with Temari. But she couldn't be.
"Ino, you know you can tell me anything. Something's obviously bothering you, what is it?" Shikamaru's voice low so that the others couldn't hear him and full of concern.
"I can't tell you this time." She said with regret as she gently pushed his hand off her arm and away. "I need to go." Her voice was barely audible as she turned her back and started walking back to town, hiding the tears that were silently falling. Shikamaru, Choji and Temari stayed were they were as she walked away. Sakura however went to walk with Ino.
"So what are you going to do?" Sakura calmly asked as they got closer to the village.
"What are you talking about." Ino eyed her.
"Shikamaru and Temari, what are you going to do about them?"
"What do you mean by that?" Ino's voice was still soft and quite unlike usual.
"You like Shikamaru, so are you going to just roll over and let Temari take him or do you want to challenge her to get him back?" Sakura said. Ino's head seemed to snap back as she looked at Sakura all wide eyed.
"You knew that I liked him?" Her voice was in shock.
"No, I just guessed by the way you reacted with him and Temari being together. How long have you liked him?"
"I'm not sure exactly how long. It just sort of slowly came, but it really came out when he started going out with Temari. But he seems happy with Temari so maybe I'll just let them be." Sakura was worried. Never has she seen her friend accept defeat or give up so easily.
"He may be happy at the moment, but that's because he doesn't know what he's missing. We need to come up with a plan to get him back to you." Ino let out a small smile at her friends enthusiasm.
"Your right, I shouldn't just step aside and let her take him without a challenge. Thanks Sakura. But what can I do to get him back besides rip her to shreds?" Ino's voice was starting to reach its usual pitch again.
"Well," Sakura began, letting her mind think. "Maybe we can do to him what he did to you."
"What?"
"Make him jealous."
"How?"
"We'll see how he reacts when you're dating someone that's not him. He should come back if he likes you. Which personally I think he does." Sakura finished feeling proud of her idea.
"Okay. So who would that poor guy be that I use to get at Shikamaru?" Ino asked.
"We'll find someone. There's plenty of free men right now. How bout Shino?" Sakura asked.
"Ew no! I wouldn't be able to handle the bugs that come with him." Ino shivered at the thought of the insects that Shino carried.
"Neji?"
"Too serious."
"Rock Lee?"
"To weird. Plus he likes you remember?"
"Naruto?"
"Too much of a little kid."
"Gaara?" Ino rolled her eyes and gave Sakura a sarcastic look at the suggestion of Gaara. Like he would date someone.
"Maybe I should just find some random guy on the street and be like hey do you want to hook up for a bit so I can make this guy I want jealous?" Ino sarcastically suggested.
"You're giving up." Sakura mocked. Ino stopped walking which made Sakura stop too and face her friend.
"I'm not giving up. It's just, seriously? He wouldn't buy it. I wouldn't date any of those guys and he knows it. He'd see right through it and probably think that I'm pathetic."
"Don't worry, we'll find someone." They kept on walking a bit, almost to Ino's house when Akamaru jumped into their path where Ino almost stepped on him. She was surprised to see Kiba's dog not with him so she picked it up and cradled it in her arms.
"Strange." Sakura said, equally confused. Ino nodded as the dog nestled in her arms.
"Akamaru!" Kiba called out as he came around the corner. He spotted his dog nestled in Ino's arms. "Thanks for getting him." Kiba said while he jogged up to them. He reached to take Akamaru who growled at him.
"Is he alright?" Ino asked
"He's fine. Just upset that moms making me give him a bath." Kiba answered. Ino held Akamaru out for Kiba to grab. Once he got back his pet he held the dog in his arms so it couldn't bite or squeeze its way out. Ino and Sakura couldn't help but laugh at why Akamaru was running away. That was when they both looked at each other as the same thought entered their minds. Ino nodded to Sakura letting her know she was thinking the same thing.
"Hey Kiba." Sakura started. "Want to help us out with something?"
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