Hey Guys my first Fan fic so please be nice. This is only the first part of the story so please be kind I will upload the next part tomorrow or ASAP. Thank you and Enjoy.

Chapter 1 – The Mission

It was a beautiful warm summer's day in Konoha, as Shikamaru Nara lay beneath the Blazing Hot sun on the rooftop's near (the ramen shop) .

"(sigh) How troublesome I come here to relax and there isn't even a single cloud in the sky."

He lay there listening to his surroundings for most of the day; he heard Naruto complaining that he didn't have enough money for a fourth portion of Ramen, he heard Sakura punch and maybe crack one or two of Naruto's ribs for complaining. He heard the birds cry and ninja's come and go from the nearby gate, until something a particular sound caught his attention.

The sound was Heavy but fast, he strained his ear's so much that he couldn't tell if it was moving towards him or away from him, until… Slam the door swung open for behind him and slammed into the wall with so much force it almost came off it's hinges.

"Chouji, you have to be gentler with doors, we can't keep paying for repairs."

"Sorry Shikamaru it's just Ino sent me to get you, she says that Hokage-Sama has an important mission for us."

"Bah! How troublesome and just when I thought I could sit here for the whole day."

He stood up and patted the dirt off of his clothes and smiled at Chouji who was still in the doorway panting slightly from his rush to find Shikamaru.

As they walked over to the Hokage building, night was setting in in Konoha, shops were shutting, lanterns were being lit and in the distance Shikamaru thought that he heard the faint laughter of a soon to be drunk Jiraiya.

At the Hokage Building Shikamaru and Chouji walked down the long corridor to Tsunade-sama's office, until eventually they arrived at the office to find the door was already open, as they walked through Shikamaru noticed that Ino was already there along with Tsunade, Shizune and Ton-ton. As they walked through the door Shikamaru noticed Ino's expression and knew that we would get a grand telling off from Ino later.

"Right listen up!" Ordered Tsunade

"A valuable Artefact known as the stone of Kimagayo was stolen from the Hidden Sand Village two day's ago. They wouldn't give us much information on the stone except it belonged to the first Kazekage."

"According to the tracking group sent after the thieves they are suspected Ninja's from the Hidden Rock village. And left Wind Country sometime yesterday, we believe that currently they are going to use the rock face at the end of Erykaba pass near the hidden waterfall village to escape back in to the country of earth. Your Mission is to Assist the Sand Ninja and Stop the thieves before they enter earth territory… Any questions?"

"Where is Asuma Sensei??" asked Chouji

"He is currently on a mission with other Jounin in the Land of Waves. This Means Shikamaru you're the leader for this mission."

"Humph! How troublesome."

"Your rendezvous point will be Erykaba beach tomorrow evening. The thieves aren't expected at the cliff face for another 3 days which gives you chance to set up and prepare for them."

"Now Go!"

"Hai!"

Once out of the door Shikamaru Slumped against the wall and let out a big sigh, when suddenly he felt a shadow appear over him.

"WHERE THE HELL WERE YOU! WE WERE WAITING FOR 2 HOURS FOR YOU TO ARRIVE!!!"

"Calm down Ino, remember what you said last time about not getting upset when Shikamaru's late because it gives you forehead lines like Sakura's!"

"CHOUJI PLEASE TELL ME YOU DID NOT JUST COMPARE ME TO FORHEAD GIRL!!!!"

"sigh How troublesome!"

Chapter 2 – The Trap, the Bait, the Girl!