The Birthday Gifts
It was September, the month of Shikamaru and Ino?s birthdays. Chouji was asking what Ino wanted and what Shikamaru wanted. Ino replied,
"Well, there's a lot that I want. I really want to hang out with all my friends. Cause everyone's always on a mission." Then Chouji asked Shikamaru,
"Shikamaru?"
"Huh? What?"
"What do you want for your birthday?" Shikamaru thought. He really didn?t want anything. He just wanted a day alone to relax and just watch clouds and sleep all day in the grass.
"You wanna know what I want?" Chouji nodded.
"I want a whole day to myself. No missions. No parents. Just clouds and a hill. That's what I want."
"Wow
Shikamaru, selfish much?" Shikamaru knew Chouji was being
sarcastic. Ino looked at him weird. Shikamaru thought to himself,
What's wrong with her?
It was Shikamaru?s birthday. He went to his
favorite cloud gazing spot. He lied down and watched the clouds for a
little, but fell asleep soon after.
While Shikamaru was sleeping,
Ino walked over. She looked at Shikamaru, who was pasted out in the
grass. She chuckled to herself. She sat down next to the sleeping
boy. She took out a wrapped box. She put it next to him and walked
away to leave him alone as he asked.
A little later (half an hour
to be exact), Shikamaru woke up. He looked up at the clouds and in
the corner of his eye he saw the gift. He looked at it, sighed, and
picked it up. There was a little tag that said:
To:
Shika
From: Ino
He just laughed and put it back down. He
thought to himself, It's a trick. Ino would never give me a real
present. It's probably like those gifts, that when you open them,
something bad happens.
Ino was in her room wondering if Shikamaru
had opened the present she gave him. She laughed a little.
Chouji
was out shopping for Ino. He was thinking about getting Shikamaru a
present. He knew Shikamaru wanted to be left alone, but he couldn't
leave his best friend with no present. He looked in the store and saw
this really nice shoji board. He also saw another cool game, but
didn't really know how it worked and thought that it looked really
complicated. So Chouji got the really complicated game, since
Shikamaru already has a shoji board.
Shikamaru looked at the box.
He cloud gazed a little. Then he looked at the box again.
"I wonder what it is." He just kept staring at it. Then he heard a voice,
"How come you haven't opened it yet?" Shikamaru looked at Ino.
"Maybe because I don't want to be caught in one of you're stupid traps." He did his famous smirk at Ino. As he did that Ino thought,
"Oh my gosh!
He's smirking. He's looks so hot when he smirks."
Then she
came back to reality. What am I thinking? Sasuke is so much
hotter.
So, Ino left Shikamaru to open the present. Shikamaru took
the biggest risk ever and opened the box. He flinched and when
nothing happened he looked into the box and frowned.
Chouji ran
home, too excited to wrap Shikamaru's and Ino's presents. He took
another look at the game he got Shikamaru and hoped he would
understand it more than he, himself did. Then he looked at the charm
bracelet he got her and he hoped she will like it.
Ino was hiding
and saw Shikamaru open the box, and laughed when he flinched. She saw
him pull out the stuffed animal deer. She cracked up and ran off. She
went home and laughed until she was crying. She couldn't get the look
on Shikamaru's face out of her mind.
Shikamaru picked up the
stuffed animal. In a sarcastic tone he said,
"It's a deer, how appropriate." He muttered under his breath as he put the thing back in the box. What a stupid present. I bet she was laughing like crazy behind that tree. Chouji was running up to Shikamaru. He was huffing and puffing when he reached Shikamaru.
"Hi Shikamaru, I have something for you."
"Chouji, I told you, I don't need any presents." As
He was saying this Chouji handed him a box.
Oh no, not another
box.
At least I can trust Chouji.
When Shikamaru opened
Chouji?s gift, he saw a cool mind game.
"Hey, thanks Chouji. It's cool." Shikamaru smiled at Chouji.
"Really? I'm glad you like it." Chouji smiled back.
"Well, I'll leave you alone now."
"Nah, you don't have to leave. Wanna watch clouds?" Shikamaru looked at Chouji with a smirk.
"Um...Okay." Chouji sat down next to Shikamaru and looked up at the sky. So did Shikamaru.
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The Next Day
Shikamaru woke up. It
was ten o'clock. "Crap", he thought, "I gotta find Ino
a present, quick." Shikamaru went to the jewelry store.
Chouji
ran to meet Ino at her house. Ino was just about to leave for the
day. Chouji glomped her.
"Hi Ino!"
"Chouji!"
"Sorry Ino, I was just excited to give you your birthday present." Chouji hands Ino her present. Ino opens it and sees it's a charm bracelet.
"Thanks
Chouji!" Ino hugged him.
It had three charms. One was a pig,
another was a butterfly, and the last one was a deer. It represented
each of them. Ino was the pig, Chouji was the butterfly, and
Shikamaru was the deer. It was sterling silver. Chouji helped Ino put
it on.
"I knew you would like it." Ino hugged
Chouji again.
Shikamaru was in the jewelry store. He was looking
at lockets. He saw this really nice gold locket that he could afford.
He bought it and brought it back home.
Chouji brought Ino to his
house. He told her to stay there. He went into his house and then
came back out. He led Ino into his house. When she got in there, all
of her friends jump out and yelled,
"SURPRISE!" Ino
was so happy to see all her friends. She hugged everyone. They
brought out a cake and sang "Happy Birthday". Ino was
having so much fun, she didn't notice that Shikamaru wasn't
there.
Shikamaru looked at his clock. "Aw man, I'm so late."
Shikamaru ran out of his house and hurried to Chouji?s
house.
Everyone at the party was playing "blind man".
Shikamaru came in and everyone stared at him.
"Uh...I'll just go." Ino took off the blindfold she was wearing and looked at Shikamaru.
"No, stay. I want you to stay." She
smiled at Shikamaru. He smirked back. He sat down in a chair out of
the circle and watch them play the game. Then he put his gift on the
table. They finished the game and Ino began to open her presents.
There was an occasional "Thank You" and "Your
Welcome". Then Ino came upon Shikamaru's present.
It had a
bow and a tag that said:
To: Ino
From: Shika
So, she opened it. Under the wrapping she found a jewelry box. She gasped when she opened it. For when she opened it she saw the most beautiful locket she had ever seen. The best thing of it all is it had her name on the front. She looked up at Shikamaru and he was smirking at her. Ino smiled and hugged Shikamaru so tight.
"Thank you, Shikamaru"
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