Meeting Old Friends!
This is my first ever FanFic so please be nice! The main couples are Shika Ino & ?Ten! If you are a fan of Sakura I advice you to click to back button. (In other chapters there is some slight Sakura bashing!) Btw I am a fan of Temari.
Constructive criticism only!
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Oh yeah..! Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of the characters in it. If I did Tenten would be shown way more often!
Meeting an Old Friend!
One morning Shikamaru was enjoying his sleep until.. An annoyed looking Temari woke him up for training.
"Shikamaru wake up, lazy! I need to practice my jutsus!" Demanded Temari.
"Leave me to sleep." Shikamaru moaned. Using the pillow to block his ears.
"Be that way you lazy SLOB!" She roared while she stormed out of the room. Shikamaru watched her leave and tried to get back to sleep.
"What a drag...." He said sleepily.
Soon after he woke up fully because then he couldn't get back to sleep. He decided to go for a walk. The streets were busy with people chatting to each other and some were shopping. Then he saw something red and bushy coming through the crowd. He recognised that hair anywhere.
It was team-mate, and best friend Choji. Choji ran up to him munching away on his chips. 'Same old Choji.' Thought Shikamaru.
"Shikamaru I got some..*Munch*..good news. *Munch* ..Ino.. *Munch*" "Stop eating and tell me properly." The lazy Shinobi moaned. 'Did he say something about Ino? Or am I imaging things? I haven't seen her in such a long time with her courier mission to the Village Hidden in the Clouds ...Maybe I'm not properly awake yet..'
"Ok...Ino is..." He paused and took a dramatic breath. "FINALLY OVER SASUKE!! YAY!!" Choji cheered enthusiastically. 'Really?!' Shikamaru smiled inwardly. But his smile then turned into a frown. "Oh…" He looked slightly upset. "Well...it's a bit to late for that now..." "Why?" asked Choji, "I thought you liked her?" The red headed boy looked confused at what his team-mate was saying.
"I did.. But I thought I was wasting my time..'' He looked down at his feet. Choji raised an eyebrow at his friend. "All she ever talked about was her Sasuke-Kun! And I've got a girlfriend now, a really moany girlfriend. I would of asked her out.. if she wasn't so into the Uchiha..." Shikamaru was looking up at Choji now, as he explained.
"Oh...'' Choji never knew that about his friend. And he knew everything about Shikamaru. From his favourite ramen dish to his favourite music. But he also knew that he wasn't too fond of Sasuke. Shikamaru believed he was too over rated by everyone in the village and that a part of him was glad that he left the village for Orochimaru.
Choji then realised the time. ''I-I gotta go.. Sorry man. I need to get some dinner. If you need anything else visit me, okay?'' He looked guilty that he couldn't stay with his friend for very long.
"Yeah, sure.." He replied lazily. ''Bye Shikamaru." Choji said as he waved goodbye and headed for home.
He realised that it was starting to get late so Shikamaru headed towards the Ichiraku Ramen stand for some dinner of his own. The street lamps where lighting and the street's crowds were slowly dwindling away. All that talking to Choji made him hungry. When he was approaching he could smell the delicious aroma of their famous ramen. The normally crowed eating spot was now empty. Shikamaru liked it that way though. He hated when a lot of people were around when he was trying to eat in peace. Especially when a certain annoying, hyperactive ninja was around.
He took up one of the wooden stools around the counter and placed each of his elbows on it. He began to think of what to order. After deciding, his mind then pondered on about what Choji had said about Ino.
Then, a blonde girl sat down a stool away from him. He glanced at the girl from the corner of his eye. Then he realised it was the one and only Ino Yamanaka. His childhood crush.. He noted she didn't look much different since the last time he saw her. She still had her long, blonde hair. Her signature colour, purple shirt and skirt and the netted material around her knees and elbows.
She turned to him and recognised him right away. She smiled warmly at her friend. "Long time no see... Shika-Kun." Ino greeted casually. "Y-Yeah.." Shikamaru agreed as he started blushing slightly. "Hehe, why have you have gone all red for?" Ino asked innocently and giggled.
'God, she's so cute when she laughs... WHAT are you thinking?! You have a girlfriend now so STOP thinking like that!' Shikamaru went even redder at her question.
He was interrupted from his thoughts when the waitress came out from the kitchen and asked for their orders. Once they ordered Shikamaru really wanted to ask one particular question since she had began talking to him. A while later he persuaded himself to ask it.
"Choji said your over Sasuke... Is that true?" Shikamaru asked a slight hint of curiosity and happiness in his voice.
The waitress then returned with their food. "Here you are. Enjoy." She said and then walked towards the kitchen at the back again.
"Yeah, that's true. I figured I was wasting my time with him." Ino looked down at her bowl of Ramen and started to swirl the contents of it with her chopsticks. "There is no point in being a fangirl to someone who will NEVER return your feelings...'' Ino looked ashamed and embarrassed at looking back on her younger days.
''But I'm glad I realised that.. So I could focus more on being a great ninja instead.'' She looked over at Shikamaru more happily. ''I heard your going out with that scary Sand Village girl, Temari. Is that true?" Ino questioned while raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah, I think I might leave her though. She's too much into training, she doesn't care about MY feelings it's all about Iher/I! Also, we never get to do anything apart from training." He explained. "Sounds so hard, you without your sleep-ins, poor you! " Ino teased and then laughed. Shikamaru then raised the eyebrow at her. "Why do you have to joke about everything?" He moaned for the third time today.
They fell into a comfortable silence and the two friends started eating their Ramen.
Once they had finished, Shikamaru paid the bill even though Ino stated she could pay for her own, he didn't listen. 'Same old Shika; so stubborn.' She thought.
Ino suggested that they walk to the Leaf Village pond. It was a warm night and there was a slight breeze. They stood on the bridge admiring the shining stars and the beautiful, blue moon. Except, Shikamaru was admiring her. 'All these years and I haven't told her how I feel...'
Ino turned to Shikamaru and they both look deeply into each others eyes. 'Well this is it. It's either now or never!' Shikamaru couldn't stand it anymore, so he grabbed Ino and kissed her lightly. She went quite red but she enjoyed every second of it.
'Why is he doing this?! He has a girlfriend! But.. this feels so right...'
After a few seconds, (Which seemed like forever to them!) Shikamaru let go of Ino. Looking into her crystal blue eyes. He was glad he showed his feeling towards her through that special kiss. A light pink crept up Ino's cheeks as she was looking up to him. All she could say was,
''Thank you, Shikamaru.''