All characters are owned by Masahi Kishimoto.
UPDATE: I decided to just leave Shikamaru and Ino with their regular names because I didn't want to stray too far off from the original story.
This takes place in Naruto Shippuden. Enjoy!
"Shikamaru! Get your ass down here, now!" The shout echoed throughout the neighborhood coming from where else but the Nara home.
"Oh great, just what I need after a big mission, how troublesome," Shikamaru groaned as she painstakingly moved the covers aside.
Her thoughts drifted to the previous day, when Tsunade had assigned Team 10 on a C-rank mission to escort an old acquaintance to the Village hidden in the mist. It had to be the most troublesome thing ever, especially when she was leading the mission.
~Yesterday morning~
Shikamaru and Choji had been waiting by Konohagakure's front gate for at least at two hours, Choji was snacking on his endless supply of chips.
Shikamaru sighed, "I can't believe Tsunade's had us waiting here since five in the morning, no one's even shown up. How troublesome."
Choji thought for a while, still shoving fistfuls of chips into his mouth, "Welk, maybe crunch she's teshting crunch our endurance, crunch you know to see, crunch how patient we are crunch," Choji proposed in an indiscernible voice.
Shikamaru gave him an irritated look. 'God does he have to chew with his mouth open?'
"Well if that's the case then it's one of the most troublesome exercises I've ever heard of." Shikamaru complained.
Choji looked her over, "hm, you've been using that word a lot today and it's not like you to complain so much… that time of the month again?" Choji foolishly asked without thinking.
Shikamaru glared at him, a murderous look in her eyes.
"Heh heh," Choji laughed nervously dropping the bag of chips on the ground and backing away putting up both of his hands to defend himself.
"Want to pretend the last minute of our lives never happened?" Choji suggested in a jittery voice, hoping Shikamaru wouldn't throw a kunai at him or something.
Shikamaru didn't have any anger management problems. Heck, she was probably the calmest person in the entire Konoha village, but then again you never knew what to expect from women.
"Let's," Shikamaru grumbled, she was just about to get up and start searching for the large breasted Godaime when she spotted Tsunade and their client walking towards them happily chatting.
When they were finally close enough Tsunade flashed them one of her sly smiles "You're up early, eh?"
Shikamaru and Choji just stared at her with an 'are you kidding me' expression on their faces.
Tsunade let out a hearty laugh and gave them the instructions for the mission. "Akiko is an old friend of mine so I expect you to give her only the best treatment," she paused, her face suddenly turning dark. "I trust that this mission will run smoothly and I won't have to bust any heads?" There was a glint of pleasure in her eyes.
Choji and Shikamaru shifted uncomfortably.
Finally Shikamaru broke the silence, "well like I said it's troublesome but I guess it's my duty as a shinobi," she smirked earning a grin from Tsunade.
"Ah, well we aren't getting anything accomplished by just standing here. Let's go!" Choji cheerfully shouted punching his fist into the air.
15 minutes later they were deep in the forest, with Akiko in between the two of them for safety.
"Wait a sec!" Choji suddenly yelled startling everyone. Shikamaru stopped abruptly wondering if he spotted some sort of ninjutsu trap that she hadn't, but that was impossible. She had been carefully examining the area around them.
"Huh? What is it?" Shikamaru lowered her voice in case they were being spied on. She stepped in front of Akiko and got into a fighting stance, her eyes darting in every direction.
What had he possibly seen?
Choji paused for a minute and appeared to be deep in thought, "I feel like something's missing…"
Shikamaru sighed and turned to look at him. "Don't tell me you forget to bring an extra supply of snacks again!" She groaned annoyed.
"No not something, more like someone…" Choji's voice trailed off as he continued to scratch his chin.
After a few minutes Shikamaru and Choji looked at each other, realization covering both of their faces.
"INO!"
Another 15 minutes later the Konohagakure village was within sight.
"We apologize again for the uh- interruption, Akiko-san." Choji apologized.
"Oh, I understand," the old lady good-naturedly replied. "Believe it or not I was once young too, and I also sometimes slacked off on my missions. Tsunade can tell you that," with that she uttered a mixture between a laugh and a wheeze.
As the trio approached the village, they spotted Ino waiting by the gate with his arms crossed and an annoyed expression on his face.
"Uh oh, get your earplugs ready Choji." Shikamaru sighed, she had been teammates with the blonde nightmare long enough to know when he was ticked off.
The minute they were within hearing distance Ino broke into a fit, "Where have you been, huh?! How could you forget me?!"
Shikamaru rolled her eyes, "it's your fault for not getting up-
"Hey! I'll let you know I have had a very stressful morning!" Ino cut her off, if looks could kill the whole village would be dead right now.
"Doing what?" Choji inquired. Ino huffed blowing the bang that ran across his right eye to the side. "None of your business! That's what!"
'God,' Shikamaru thought, 'this guy has so many mood swings you'd think he was a girl, heh he kind of looks like one too.' Amused by her little joke Shikamaru snickered.
"ARE YOU LAUGHING AT ME?" Ino screeched, his face red, seething with anger. "You have no idea what I go through, okay? So just...URRGG!"
"and why are you taking your anger out on us?" Shikamaru raised her eyebrows. "Especially since you're the one who's late."
Ino's face was so red, it looked like his head would explode any minut "Just- Let's get on with the mission! So where's this old hag we're supposed to-
"INO!" Choji and Shikamaru yelled at him simultaneously. Shikamaru snuck a quick glance at Akiko, relieved that the old lady hadn't seem to have heard, it was a good thing she was practically deaf.
"Let's just go okay?" Ino snapped and proceeded to walk ahead of everyone else.
Halfway into the trip Akiko suddenly stopped, causing Shikamaru to halt abruptly to keep from knocking the old woman over, since she was now walking behind her.
"Huh? What's wrong Akiko-san?" Choji asked looking worried.
The old lady gave him a reassuring smile, "oh no need to worry, I just need to take my pills. I have a bad stomach you know?"
Ino gave a little snort which earned him a death glare from Choji.
Akiko slid her bag off of her shoulder and laid it near the trunk of one of the nearby trees. She then took out a cup which she proceeded to bring over to the nearby river to fill. "Don't want to choke you know" she mumbled while taking a sip.
She turned to Ino, "Eh, ojou-san* will you get me my pills from my bag?"
For a moment painful silence filled the air.
…
"Uh oh," Choji muttered. He and Shikamaru were both looking intently at Ino, waiting to see his reaction.
Ino's jaw dropped to the ground. Literally.
"What- did - you- SAY YOU OLD BAG?" His left eye was twitching uncontrollably, and in the blink of an eye he started running towards the poor frightened lady, a stick in his hand. He looked like a rabid dog, spit flying out of his mouth as he yelled about what he was going to do to her.
"Shit!" Shikamaru quickly activated her shadow possession jutsu stopping Ino in his tracks.
Ten minutes later after Ino had finally calmed down and finished yelling about how nobody would ever understand him, and Choji explaining to Akiko-san that Ino was actually a 'guy' they continued with their mission.
Shikamaru honestly didn't blame the old woman, if she didn't know Ino she'd think he was a girl too with his long blonde hair that ran all the way to his waist. He actually looked more like a girl than she did. Her short black hair only reached to her shoulders, not to mention how shaggy looking and unkept it was. She usually just kept it tied back anyway. She just never bothered with it because it was 'too troublesome'.
Akiko feeling she needed to apologize turned to Ino, "hohoho, well dear, your hair smelled just like the shampoo I use 'Cherry Blossom Fields', so that lead me to believe you were a girl. I don't know many young men that care about their appearance or how they smell, so you'll have to excuse me."
Choji couldn't help but let out a snicker, Ino's eye started twitching again.
"Ino. Don't start, you've already put us 40 minutes behind schedule." Shikamaru warned him, giving him an 'I will knock you out and drag your unconscious body the whole way if that's what it takes' look.
After Akiko found out that Ino was a guy she now started flirting with him much to everyone's disgust.
Shikamaru had to use her shadow possession jutsu twice more on Ino before they finally got to their destination. At least they didn't run into any enemies, that would've been more than she could take.
By the end of the day, Ino was in one of those 'I'm not talking to anyone because you're all idiots' moods.
'Pathetic' Shikamaru thought a little pissed.
Ino was always such a burden. She recalled a past experience when Ino had gotten stuck in a giant spider web and started yelling at Shikamaru to help get him out.
"Shikamaru! Shikamaru!-
"SHIKAMARU NARA!"
Shikamaru suddenly sat up, slipping out of her thoughts.
She jumped up when she heard her mom's voice getting louder, along with her footsteps coming up the stairs. "What a way to start off the day," she mumbled, quickly getting dressed to avoid as much verbal abuse from her mom as possible.
Between Ino and her mom she was already half deaf.
References:
*Ojou-san = young lady, so you see why Ino got mad!
Okay so thanks for reading! The next chapter won't be as long I promise.
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