Summery: It's basicly how Shikamaru and Ino end up getting together and such this is the first of the sequel the next was my really the whole reason I worte this so if you don't like this don't read but I liked it and I always feel obligated to write the start! So yeah enjoy.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto but I do own this plot so don't steal!

NOtes: ok like I said earlyer enjoy this I an not a huge Naruto fan but i was like why not (I love shikaIno's though) which was the reason I wrote this because of that I guess continue you on.

The bell to the flower shop rang and foot steps entered the store, "I will be right with you" A voice came from the back.

Shikamaru nodded as he looked around the flower shop for some odd reason he didn't recognize the voice from the back. He looked at the list his father gave him and smiled he was trying to make his mother forgive his father for not telling him about a unknown mission. Shikamaru continued to stare at the list when Ino came in from the back carrying a box and looked at a paper what was in the other hand.

"What can I help you with?" she asked backing up thinking she was avoiding the desk and missed hitting the fridge of flowers and jumped almost dropping the box except a stronger hold held the box and her from the ground. She lifted her eyes and saw Shikamaru who gave her a cocky grin. "What can I help YOU with?" he asked she smiled and stood up right again and took the box from him setting it onto the counter. "I am just stressed been busy all week with minimal sleep…" she said he gave her a odd look and looked at the paper in his hand and shook his head handing it to her.

"Who's the luck girl?" she asked stepping around him walking towards the right side of the store and through a doorway. "Not me, my dad needs a I-owe-you and I still love you all in one." He said fallowing her. She waved to her dad in the back and took her apron off. He gave her a weird look and she just wiggled her finger and he fallowed. "Come on those aren't here we have those in a secret place."

He gave a shake and nod of his head and fallowed her out into the street. She walked behind the shop and through a wooden gate with old scrap mark from the attack on Kohona a while back. They walked up the stares that were surrounded by a different assortment of flowers where ever they walked. She turned down a isle stopping at a small bush with huge flowers, purple with a red center.

"When asking one for forgiveness you always want them to be calm and willing to listen. These are Maladian flowers, their scent has a calming factor to them so with her favorite flowers that she will sniff and get a whiff of both, she will be more willing to listen to the argument that your dad will be presenting" she said picking the bag up from the ground that she plucked the flowers into.

They walked back down then walked into the store again, she walked under the counter and set up the flowers together. He watched her as her skilled fingers separated the flowers and rearranged them then wrapping them. She looked up to catch the end of one of those spectacle looks from Shikamaru and smiled herself handing him the flowers. "Get these home and into water before they start to wilt" she said blinking her eyes as her bangs slide into her face.

He looked at her and nodded "Yeah thanks again" he paused pulling out his wallet and she stepped from under the counter. "Free of charge that was my privet garden friends get those for free" she said then walked him to the door and walked out herself. "Well tell your dad good luck for me I will see you around." She yawned and started the other way. Shikamaru was still speechless, he watched her walk away towards her house he assumed, and then looked at the flowers and wrapping. The wrapping was white at the bottom then faded to the top and the flowers shaped a heart in the middle as Ino had arranged them. He grinned and shook his head walking back to his own house before his mother got home.

Ino looked over at Sakura who was eating her lunch with her at the table in a noodle restaurant. "What is with you today?" Sakura asked looking at her as Ino's eyes fallowed people outside.

"Nothing why do you ask?" she asked distantly Sakura looked at her then her bowl of noodles noticing they were hardly touched. Ino stood up setting money on the table. "I am sorry Sakura I need to get going Tsunade will have my head if I don't show up on time again." She said and walked out. Sakura looked at her best friend then looked at her food and sighed grabbing Ino's and finished it up.

"Ino what is it top side?" a voice came Ino opened her eyes and looked down over the people she was spying on and touched her ear piece.

"Hold your position he is not budging on the object." she said harshly her ears perked as her men shifted in their seats she heard a snap of a branch and her eyes shot up to the men that were close by who darted she jumped from her hiding place catching the faces of the men and then stopped jumping back to the ground and stalked towards the man who made the mistake.

"YOU idiot! That was our only f-in lead!" she snapped full of anger. "A SPY is to STAND STILL, at all coasts! I don't give a damn if your legs cramp or you are close to passing out! YOU DON"T MOVE!" she growled and walked away from the man who stared at her in shock at being yelled at.

"I am one of the finest!" he yelled after her she turned back around slamming her Anbu mask to the ground then walked back to him another member came form the trees and ran towards her. "NO! Ino lets go come on." He said he led her away from the man who had tried to stand his ground.

Shikamaru looked up from his game of shingi and paused loosing concentration only for a moment and looked at Ino who had walked through the gate, her lip tight from anger, and the rage, he knew, oh to well from being her teammate for a couple years. Two men trailed behind her, one looking like he got the shit beat out of him and the other was trying to comfort him. He looked at his sensei who yawned "Let's call it a day, we will continue tomorrow" He said Shikamaru nodded and stood up stretching his legs then walked after Ino.

Shikamaru found Ino shortly after leaving his game in the field he used to come to, to get away from life like she was currently doing. "You know I think I am starting to ware off onto you" he said smiling.

She turned her eyes that were red and puffy from frustrating tears; he walked up when she turned away from him. "What happened?" he asked gently she chuckled trying to hide her tears.

"I lost our lead." She said whipping her tears again. "Nothing huge."

"Nothing huge huh? You wouldn't be crying if it was nothing huge, and plus that is not how I heard it, Spicer was the one who moved unannounced" He said she looked at him and shook herhead.

"Now how did you know that small detail?" she asked flopping down towards the ground He joined her and she rolled towards him . He raised a brow and gave a frown to a smile. "Well, I stopped Spicer on my way to find, well you."

"Figures," she said yawning again and closed her tired eyes, there was a pause in the conversation he looked at her making sure she wasn't going to sleep, she did, as he suspected he sighed and rubbed his head and got back up. "You are working to many hours Ino take a break" he said

He picked her up surprised she was incredibly light weighted even with her muscle mass. 'She's not eating with her hectic style of living' he thought she curled up against his chest and smiled. "Been a while since I picked you up."

Ino's eyes opened with protestant as a smell wafted to her nose. She smiled and pulled the covers closer to her chin closing her eyes again until she realized it wasn't in her own bed, she jumped to a sitting position and looked around the room seeing her team picture on the dresser she calmed down and tried to remember who she was with and smiled, pulling the covers off getting up and walked out to the hallway the familiar smell of the forest surround her as soon as she opened the door to the living room and looked around for Shikamaru, who set a plate on the table yawning.

"I was going to bring you to your apartment but I wasn't about to search your pockets for your keys so I was going to go to your fathers, and thought better of it seeing how you were sawing logs and your clothing" he paused poking one of her holes in her shirt from the trees then pointed to the plate. "Eat" he said she gave him a weird look but sat down.

Ok so this chapter was kinda short sorry, but this entire thing is finnished, so I just need to put it all up I hope you enjoyed and yeah look for the neck chapters but before those who like to flame reveiw or want to say somthing about my grammer, spelling blah blah. this is a hobbie these are for those who are smart enough to over see the correction that ARE already skipped by our brains if you can't screw you and don't read it! yeah thanks again

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