Chapter 1

They Look Familiar

Ino Yamanaka, a 17 year old girl with long blond hair who used to lived in Suna. She was loudmouthed and she always had a smile on her face. In the past, her best friend was Sakura Haruno, a pink-haired girl that was always there for her. Shikamaru Nara was her next door neighbor. He was a lazy guy that always put things aside to take a good long nap, but even though he was lazy, he was always caring toward Ino. The three had been friends since the day they were born. All was good until one year something terrible happened. A tragic fire had taken place in Ino's home. Her parents were killed in the fire and Shikamaru and Sakura were injured severely trying to save her. They were quickly taken to the hospital where Shikamaru had almost died and Sakura was in a coma. They were there for 2 whole weeks. When they were finally released, Ino looked at her friends and sighed deeply. Tears started forming in her eyes and Sakura and Shikamaru looked at her concerned. She had told them that day she has caused enough trouble and didn't want to risk losing her friends' lives so she said her farewells and left. Her friends tried to go after her but it was too late. They never saw her again after that day.

It had been ten years since Ino had left her friends behind her. She no longer had existing memories of her past. Everything from back then was a blur to her now and she thought it best if she didn't know. Ino is the happy girl she once was and now she attends a school called Konoha High school. Her best friends are Hinata Hyuuga, the shy girl that rarely talks to anyone but her peers, Tenten, the tomboy of the group, and lastly, Temari, she had once gone to Suna but moved to Konoha with her brothers, Kankuro and Gaara, since her parents had to transfer jobs.

Ino and her small group of friends were sitting in the back of the room chatting.

"Ino, don't you think you're being a little drastic?" Tenten asked raising a brow.

"No! The new kids will never see it coming!" Ino rubbed her hands together and glared at the floor evilly.

"Girl, I feel bad for whoever the newbies are." Temari said, shaking her head and leaning back on her chair.

"C'mon you guys, lighten up! It's not like I plan on shooting them with a BB gun." Ino said in a 'duh' tone. Everyone sweat dropped. A few seconds later their teacher, Asuma, walked into the room followed by a boy with dark brown hair put up in a high ponytail wearing a bored and tired expression on his face. The other was a girl with cotton candy pink hair and emerald eyes. She wore a red ribbon in her hair. Ino kept talking to her friends unaware of the sudden silence. Hinata poked Ino's shoulder trying to get her attention. "What?!"

"Look, it's the newbies." Hinata said, pointing at the girl and boy. Ino turned around to look with a scowl on her face. The scowl quickly turned to sudden shock.

"Hey, Ino, what's wrong?" Tenten asked, noticing Ino's sudden change in facial expression.

"Those two look vaguely familiar." Ino furrowed her brow and tilted her head.

"Maybe they went to Suna." Temari said shrugging.

A sudden flash of memories hit Ino.

(Flashback)

"INO! STOP!" a small pink-haired girl was yelling running after a car.

"Please don't go!" a young boy with brown hair yelled running to catch up to the pink-haired girl.

A car drove off and the pink-haired girl and the brown haired boy were left there crying."

(End of Flashback)

Ino clutched her head. She mumbled some incoherent words and shook her head, ridding her of her previous thoughts.

"Ino, are you ok?" Hinata asked concerned for her friend.

"Yea," Ino nodded and gave Hinata a warm smile letting her know that she was fine. Hinata nodded as well and looked back at the two new students.

"May I have you attention please!" Asuma shouted as the class slowly began to settle into their seats. "We have two new students here today. If you would kindly welcome, Sakura Haruno and Shikamaru Nara."

The class stared up at the two new kids with indifference and continued to talk amongst each other as no one had ever interrupted them. Sakura and Shikamaru sweat dropped at this and took a seat in to front row.

"Those names, they sound so familiar." Ino said to no one in particular. She racked her brain to figure out why they sounded so familiar. Then came another haunting flashback.

(Flashback)

"Hey, Ino, wanna pway ball with me?" asked the same brown-haired boy from before. A young blonde girl, that she recognized as herself, nodded and began passing the ball back and forth.

"Where's forehead?" little Ino asked the brown-haired boy.

"She had to stay home today because she doesn't feel vewy well." the boy replied.

"Well, what are we doing just standing here! Let's go cheer her up!" piped little Ino as she ran past the boy.

"Ino! Wait for me! I can't wun dat fast!" the boy stumbled trying to follow her.

(End of Flashback)

Ino shook her head tried to forget about it. She shrugged and turned to her friends.

"So what do you propose we do?" Tenten asked placing her head in her hands.

"Well, I was thinking we put frogs in their locker, and when they open it and go running we throw out marbles so they trip and go sliding in a bucket of Sloppy Joe." Ino said rubbing her hands together.

"And you call that not rash?" Temari asked, raising a brow.

"Well if you say like that!" Ino snapped. Her friends just shook their heads.

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"Hey, Shika," Sakura said poking the sleeping brunette.

"What?" Shikamaru grumbled.

"Doesn't that girl look like Ino?" Sakura asked pointing to the blonde girl behind them that was talking to three other girls. This got Shikamaru's attention, for he quickly looked up and over to where Sakura was pointing.

"She does look like her." Shikamaru said observing the blonde girl.

"What if it's really her, Shika?!" Sakura asked anxiously.

"It's been ten years, Sakura. Do you really think she would remember us?" Shikamaru asked exasperatedly.

"I guess you're right." Sakura sighed sadly. "But I can't help but have hope."

"If it is her, then don't put too much faith into her remembering us." Shikamaru sighed. "We're better off not interfering with her new life. I mean, we are just her past. She left us without a reason, Sakura."

"Shikamaru! How could you just say that! She had a reason!" Sakura said angrily.

"And what would that be?" Shikamaru asked raising a brow.

"I-I don't know." Sakura said averting her eyes to the board.

"Exactly."

"But, you loved her! How could you just give up on her!" Sakura fought defensively. That hit a nerve in Shikamaru. He had never expected Sakura to bring that up.

"Sakura," Shikamaru started, looking down at his hands. "That was in the past."

"But, you still love her, right?" Sakura asked with hope in her eyes. Shikamaru looked up her. He opened his mouth to speak when a spiky brown-haired boy walked over to them.

"Hey! I'm Kiba, Inuzuka." the brunette said pointing to himself.

"Hi." Sakura said shyly.

"Hey." Shikamaru nodded lazily.

"Hey, I just wanted to warn you." Kiba said grinning.

"About what?" Sakura asked curiously.

"Well, you see those girls over there." Kiba said in a hushed tone pointing over to the the blonde girl and her friends.

"Yea?" Sakura and Shikamaru nodded.

"Well, whenever a new kid, or in your case new kids, come along, Ino and her gang plot a to prank them." Kiba informed smirking.

"Thanks for the update. We'll keep that in mind." Shikamaru said yawning.

"Suit yourself. It's your funeral." Kiba laughed and walked back to his seat.

When Kiba was out of ear shot Sakura spoke, "See, Shika! I told you it was Ino!"

"I guess you were right. She's still her mischievous self." Shikamaru said scratching his chin. Then he smiled to himself.

"What?" Sakura asked noticing the smile.

"If it's a prank she wants, it's a prank she gets." Shikamaru answered grinning broadly.

"You don't mean..." Sakura trailed off looking worried.

"Absolutely." Shikamaru responded leaning back in his chair.

"Shika! You can't! That's too harsh!"

"Hey, if we I know anything about Ino, it's her love for evil pranks."

"But..."

"But nothing. If you don't want to be humiliated in front of the whole school I advise you stick to my plan." Shikamaru said sternly.

"When do we begin?" Sakura sighed in defeat and nodded.

"Soon." Shikamaru placed his head in his hands. "Very soon."

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"Hey, that Sakura girl is kinda cute." smirked a spiky blonde boy.

"Shut up, Naruto! You practically think every girl is cute!" Kiba said smacking the blonde upside the head.

"Ow! Hey! That's not true!" the blonde named Naruto protested rubbing his head.

"You thought Temari and Ino were cute when they first moved here." Kiba said crossing his arms. Naruto glared at him then turned his head away.

"That's not the point. We're supposed to be trying to get them to go against Ino and her posse." a raven-haired boy known as Sasuke grunted.

"Yea, yea. I know." Kiba rolled his eyes and put his feet on his desk.

"Kiba, you need to take this seriously." a brunette named, Kankuro said sternly.

"Don't worry, I've got a plan." Kiba smirked and looked over to Sakura. "And it's full proof."

"I know that infamous smirk. What are you planning?" Sasuke asked looking at Kiba with suspicion.

"Nothing." Kiba looked back at Sasuke and the others.

"You plan on using the girl as a spy?" a brunette boy by the name Neji asked.

"I swear, you're psychic." Kiba said eying Neji.

"You're too predictable." Neji shrugged. "Plus you looked at the girl when saying it. That gave it away too."

"I'm lost, what do we need the new girl for? Why can't we use the new guy?" Naruto asked titling his head.

"Idiot! weren't you listening to a single word Neji just said?" Kiba asked hitting Naruto on the head.

"Ow! No, and do you have to hit me?!" Naruto shouted rubbing his head. Kiba closed his eyes and grumbled incoherent words. No more was said after that.

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Asuma looked around the room with some interest. Sasuke was staring at Sakura with a smirk. Well, well, well...Sasuke has finally found someone. He noticed Kiba was glaring at Sasuke and muttering to himself. And it looks like Mr. Inuzuka is jealous. He shifted his gaze to Neji and Naruto. Neji was giving Naruto a long speech about how destiny chose him to be hit by Kiba. That Neji is something else. Naruto as scratching his head and looking at him confused and dumbfounded. It's a wonder how that boy isn't failing my class. Kankuro looked like he was daydreaming. Thinking about Miss Hyuuga I suppose. He turned his head to look at the new kids. Sakura was scribbling frantically on her paper. I can tell this one is a hard worker. Shikamaru was sleeping. I guess I shouldn't expect much from him. He looked over at Ino and her gang. Ino was tapping her fingers on her desk impatiently while listening to Tenten lecture her on how she shouldn't do the prank. Ino, Ino, Ino. You've got a lot to learn. As for Tenten, I think she'll be the perfect teacher. Hinata kept glancing over at Kankuro and blushed every time their eyes met. Reminds me of a certain someone. Temari was throwing a spitball at Shikamaru. Always picking on the new kids, eh? Asuma shook his head and went back to IMing Kurenai.

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"Ha! That's the plan!" Ino said smirking evilly. Tenten sighed and shook her head. Apparently her little speech did not phase the ambitious blonde.

"I like it." Temari smirked giving Ino a high-five. Hinata nodded and gave a small smile.

"So when do we put this "plan" into action?" Tenten sighed giving in.

"Oh, so now you want to join in, eh?" Ino asked looking smug.

Tenten rolled her eyes, "Well, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em."

"Good choice." Temari said hitting Tenten on the arm lightly.

"W-we won't get expelled for this w-will we?" Hinata asked softly.

"Nah." Ino said reassuringly. Hinata nodded then continued to smile.

The period went on with Ino's group plotting out the detail to Ino's infamous plan, and the rambling of the guys.

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Author's Note: Cha! I hope you enjoyed! Please R&R or else Ino might have a tragic accident involving mashed potatoes, scissors, my left foot, a calendar, and a freeze ray! X3 And Shikamaru might just get eaten by a whale... .

Remember: Muffins are friends not food. .