Hmm, well my friend is doing fanarts of Akoaiji and Fubuki for me from my main project if in exchange I do a 30 kisses thing for shikaino, so I decided to give it a shot.

Theme 10: The Number Ten

Rating: E-10 for everyone above ten... I guess... That's what E-10 means... right?

Genre: Humor/FLUFFINESS!

Shikamaru sighed for the tenth time as Ino yelled at him, leaning on the bag he had brought with him from home as he laid atop his favorite hill. What she was yelling about, he had no idea. He had blocked her out long ago. When the vein on her forehead threatened to pop he locked eyes with her. Her words no longer sounded like a buzz of an annoying insect.

"Shikamaru! This is the tenth time you were late for a meeting with Chouji and I! What is your problem?" Ino growled.

Shikamaru let a lopsided smile overtake his lips, "So that is the point of the whole tirade, you're so troublesome Ino."

He reached into the bag he had with him and threw something at her. Ino caught it easily in both hands and looked at him strangely.

"That's what I was working on, the reason I've been late," Shikamaru drawled on, moving his vision onto the clouds in the sky.

She looked down at what she had caught in her hand and frowned thoughtfully.

"It's a ball," Ino said in a confused tone.

"Open it, screw the top half off." Shikamaru said plainly, his eyes never leaving the sky.

Ino did as she was told and gasped a bit in surprise. Inside, there was a carved flower, ten intricately carved petals. It was beautiful. She lifted it out of the ball casing and looked at it in surprise and awe.

"It's made from deer antlers, my dad helped me out... It's supposed to be a tradition in my family to carve something for a person," Shikamaru said, though it was if he was choosing his words carefully.

Ino raised an eyebrow, "Why did you give it to me?"

"You fit the profile for the tradition," Shikamaru answered carefully.

"Damn it Shikamaru! What is the tradition?" Ino yelled exasperated.

Shikamaru pulled her down to sit next to him, "First of all Ino, calm down."

Ino just blushed, the sudden closeness was something a bit strange to her, but she felt comfortable.

Shikamaru then turned his face, brought it closer to hers, causing Ino's face to glow an even deeper crimson.

"Second, the tradition is to give something carved from deer antlers to someone you care for," Shikamaru murmured, his coal eyes, locking with Ino's blue ones.

First confusion was present in her eyes, but then came understanding, and with that shock and a tightening of chest. Shikamaru smirked slightly and pressed his lips to hers quickly and then got up, grabbed his bag and walked away. When Ino finally registered what had happened she shot up to her feet.

"NARA SHIKAMARU!!" She shreiked at the top of her lungs as she took off after the laughing deer herder.

A/N: XD Wow... That was fun! Oh, and I'm using the ruler for the first time ever... eh, it's an okay thing, not that hard to use.

Hehe... SOON I SHALL HAVE FUBUKI AND AKOAIJI FANART!! -squee-

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