Heh…heh… I decided to do a somewhat different pairing than my usual, but enjoy!

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Chapter 1: Waking up

Sakura's POV

Hmm…dark.

At that moment that was all that registered. It was only until…

"Sakura? Why are we in here?" that, did another couple of things tipped the scales of my brain. One, the voice was Shikamaru Nara's. Two, we were in a closet. Three, and frankly most shocking, I was topless. And apparently, judging by the state of the closet and the throbbing of my brain, we had been drunk…and the rest you can imagine. Well, that is until I figure it out myself.

It was at that moment that Shikamaru realized what state he was in. His hair was down, a very rare occurrence, his clothes were torn, and he had an empty sake bottle in his hand. I stared in disbelief at the sake bottle. We had been drunk. A painful flash of memories of what happened flew through my mind.

-Flashback-

We were gathered in the arena used to hold the third stage of the Chunin exam. There was food, punch, sake, and dancing. Legally, everyone in the room could drink the alcoholic beverages that were put out, but some were driven way namely Lee, Ino, and Naruto.

There were 3 figures leaning up against the wall watching everyone dance. They were me, Shikamaru, and Kakashi. Shikamaru just stood there holding up the wall, Kakashi stood there reading his porn and giggling in a very…strange way, and me well I was glaring daggers at Kakashi and downing some sake. I wasn't a particularly strong drinker, but I could hold my own. Shikamaru sat down on the floor and I moved over to sit beside him.

"This party is such a drag. I only came to get away from my mother. How 'bout you?" I offered him some sake as he explained. He accepted, telling me that otherwise he'd probably just go back home for the sake of nothing better to do.

"Naruto." I explained, gesturing at the orange clad lunatic dancing with Hinata. They had been dating since Sasuke left, and she seemed to keep him in line, in her own sweet way. I, for one, still didn't trust Naruto when sake was in the room. In a way, I was a sister figure to him. I kept him out of trouble; he kept me from getting hurt.

I started to have an intimate conversation with Shikamaru. This is where my memory goes blank.

-End Flashback-

I tried to be the calm one and rationalize the situation. I decided on the easiest starting point. Finding my shirt. And my house keys, seeing as they had been in my shirt pocket. Shirt first, then keys.

I started to rummage through all of the junk in the closet when someone tapped me on the shoulder. Shikamaru. He handed me my shirt, which I gratefully accepted and put on. I turned to him.

"Do you remember anything about what happened last night?" He shook his head. I sighed. "Well, I do." I then explained, to the best of my memory, what happened last night. He put a hand up to his head.

"That leaves two questions. Where are we, and what we did that made us wake up in this state?" I laughed. "Well, genius, were in a closet." He growled "I know that!" He hissed at me. It only made me laugh harder. He just glared at me.

He got into his thinking position, and it was the last straw. I completely cracked up. Something about that stance always stroke me as strange. I knew why now. It seamed so…sexual.

"Real mature Sakura, real mature." He said sarcastically. I stuck out my tongue. "Oh yea. That helps." He said exasperated and threw his hands up. He went back to sitting normally. I had rolled onto the ground in front of his feet on my back. I looked up at him.

"I know something you should have thought of immediately" I told him, an amused expression on my face. He waited for me to say it. "Trying the door." I whispered cupping a hand to the side of my face (like when you tell a secret) with one hand and pointing at the door with the other. He just looked at me. "Why didn't I think of that?" He said, standing up and walking toward the door. I rolled over onto my stomach. "Maybe you aren't the genius you're cracked up to be, or maybe I'm the genius in the room." I said with a mock-serious air.

"You are so troublesome, woman." He said and tried the door. To his utter amazement……it opened. I stood up and cockily followed him out.

"Where the hell are we?" I said looking around. "Look who's the genius now." He said smiling at me. "Oh shut up."

Do you like? Do you hate? Will be continued and, shock, I actually have a plan for this story!!