A/N: Okay so here's the thing, I have had this in my documents for two months before I finally decided to post it on here. I have two other chapters done but I'm too lazy to put them up now but maybe sometime tomorrow lol. I personally think that Shikahina has to be one of the cutest and funniest pairings. I love this pairing as was sad to find that not many people do this sooooooo I put it upon myself to create a story for them. Hope you enjoy :D

Chapter 1- A Fateful Mission

'What am I doing here?' Shikamaru thought while standing in front of the Hokage's desk. The Hokage looked up at him and smirked, slightly scaring the ninja even though he showed nothing on his face but complete boredom. Tsunade has called him and another ninja to her office to discuss some mission Shikamaru assumed. But unfortunately the other ninja seems to be running late, leaving Shikamaru in this awkward silence with Tsunade, her uncomfortable smirk not helping at all.

"So….Shikamaru…" Tsunade started. "…How have you been lately?"

Shikamaru gave her a confused expression. "Okay I guess….why are you asking?" Shikamaru asked with suspicion leaking out of his voice.

Tsunade chuckle with her smirk still intact. "Just wondering….I've heard that you haven't been yourself lately."

"I have no idea what you're talking about." Shikamaru quickly looked away. Shikamaru did not want to look Tsunade in the eyes, fear that by doing so would show her his true emotions at the moment.

"Oh I think you do." Tsunade got up and stared outside her window. "Something that has to do with a certain girl I think?" Shikamaru turned back to see Tsunade with a mischievous twinkle in her eyes 'I know that look…I see it in Naruto and Ino's eyes every day.' "Awww you're blushing!" Shikamaru cleared his throat loudly in embarrassment and glared at the smirking Hokage.

"I-I don't know what the hell you're talking about but I think that as the Hokage you shouldn't listen to certain Kunoichi's gossip." Shikamaru said, knowing where she got the information from. 'Ino…that big mouth!' he growled in his mind.

"It's not like I didn't notice the signs. The blushing every time her name is even mentioned, the fact that whenever you're near her you start sweating and your heart rate starts increasing, you would glance at every single corner of the room just to not look at her. You know for a smart guy you sure suck at hiding your feelings." Shikamaru was about to say something when the door slowly creaked opened, revealing the other ninja and the topic of their conversation.

"I-I'm so sorry for my lateness, I-I was just leaving a meeting with the Elders when I got your message." Shikamaru couldn't control the blush that slowly started to spread on his usually emotionless face.

"Oh no problem Hinata, trust me I know how you feel." She smiled then gave a quick look at the shocked expression of Shikamaru's face and inwardly smirked.

Hinata smiled then turned to Shikamaru, completely embarrassed that she didn't notice the Nara when she came in. "Oh H-Hello Shikamaru." Shikamaru gulped and turned away from her.

"Hey…" Hinata's smile slowly died down 'I didn't know I insulted him that much…' Hinata thought sadly, not being unnoticed by Tsunade. 'Dumbass...!' Tsunade sighed and stared at the two.

"Anyways…. I need you two to go and hand this scroll…" She pulled out a scroll from her sleeve and placed it on the desk. "…To the head of a very powerful clan in Kirigakure."

Shikamaru's attention quickly returned to Tsunade. "Why are you having me and Hinata go? This sounds like some mission for genins if you asked me."

"Well Shikamaru I don't seem to recall asking you." Shikamaru felt the sting from those words and stepped back. "But if you must know. This clan has underneath it a very large and powerful force of shinobi, not something to be reckoned with, I need some of my top ninja to deliver this scroll in top condition….or you can kiss the village goodbye." Shikamaru nodded with understanding now realizing the true depths of this mission. "Now I need you two to leave a.s.a.p., got it?" They nodded and turned to walk out the room to prepare for their missions.

Hinata turned to Shikamaru and smiled. "I guess I'll see y-you tomorrow morning." Shikamaru nodded and turned the other corner, giving Hinata a small wave before disappearing to the next corner. Hinata sighed and started walking. "I need to make it up to him for being so late or he might be mad at me forever." Hinata said to herself with determination in her eyes.

Meanwhile with Shikamaru; he's heart was racing as he mentally pictured her smile being only for him. If only he had the courage to just go up to her and say it. It can't be that hard if Naruto and Choji can say it to Sakura and Ino 'Heck, they even said yes to them!' Yet for some reason he can't even utter the words. This situation just gets worse and worse now that he has to be with her…alone…for days. Shikamaru knew in his heart that nothing good was going to come from this.

SHIKAHINA

Tsunade watched Shikamaru and Hinata leave from her crystal ball and smiled. 'Those two…' she looked over to see Shizune walk in with Tonton in hand and smiled at her.

"Lady Tsunade…I have one question about the mission you gave Shikamaru and Lady Hinata." Tsunade turned and sighed.

"Yes Shizune?"

"Well…..why exactly did you choose to Shikamaru and Lady Hinata for such a diplomatic mission?"

Tsunade smiled and Shizune. "Shizune, I'm sure you are aware of Shikamaru's amazing intelligence, his analyzing skills and ability to quickly find a solution to any problem or obstacle that he is up against far surpasses any of the older generation strategists that we have running around here. I would ask him to be one of my advisors but he would probably find it too troublesome or a drag or whatever phrase he likes to throw around."

"Okay…then why Lady Hinata? I know that she's the Heiress to the Hyuga Clan but-."

"So as a Hyuga I'm sure her father has taught her the trade of telling when a clan leader is being truthful…or not. She may appear gentle and sweet but her father, being hard and secretive himself, has probably trained Hinata to analyze any clan leader she meets with and to hide her true intentions from them and their clan members. With her around she could tell if he's sneeze is legit or not."

"Do you really think that-."

"I don't think…I know…trust me I've been to one of their meetings." Tsunade shivered, remembering the cold stares of the Hyuga Clan. "That girl you see there in my crystal ball completely changes into some female Hiashi, to a lesser extent" She said as she remembered the dramatic change within the young Hyuga princess. "You can tell that Hiashi has taught her well." Shizune nodded, not wanting to get the mental picture of a female Hiashi in her mind. Shizune turned to leave when an idea popped into her head, creating a smirk on her face.

"I wouldn't have anything to do with what Ino said…would it?" Tsunade chuckled and looked back into her crystal ball.

"…Well…" Shizune shook her head and slowly walked out the room 'I can't believe her sometimes…'

SHIKAHINA

"WHAT?!" Shikamaru covered his ears while his blonde friend shouted at him in complete shock. As Shikamaru was walking to his home he came across both Choji and Ino who were just about to walk over to their usual hangout spot, underneath a large tree in the training grounds, he decided that rather them oging around the village asking where he was tomorrow, he'd just tell them that he's going on a mission with Hinata now. Though he later regretted that decision seeing how his teammates, mostly Ino's, reactions.

"Geez Ino you don't have to shout." Shikamaru said with hidden anger.

"Will how do you expect me to act when I find out that you're going on a mission with the girl you liked since the academy?!" Shikamaru blushed and turned away. Yes it's true that Shikamaru has had feelings for the shy Hyuga since they were academy students. But he refused to act on them since he quickly found out that Hinata was already head over heels for Naruto, causing Shikamaru to learn early on that he was a very jealous man. Every time he would see Naruto he would feel this angry jealous feeling in his stomach that would not go away no matter how hard he tried. He thought that Naruto was so ungrateful for not realizing that someone as great as Hinata was practically worshiping him yet the one guy who truly cared for her affection got a minimum to no attention. That was however until Shikamaru realized that Naruto was an amazing friend and good person…and that he was already in love with the Sakura but no one has to know that.

"Seriously Shikamaru, you better make your move before some other guy does." Choji chuckled while coming down his jumpy girlfriend.

"Will you guys get off my back about it?!" Shikamaru mumbled before depression hit him. "…Besides she likes Naruto, remember?"

Ino giggled. "That's not what she told me." She said in a sing song voice before walking away. "In fact I have a bunch of juicy stuff to tell you but since you don't like gossip..." Shikamaru quickly grabbed Ino's hand and stared at her with, for once, pure emotion in his eyes. Ino giggled and sat down on Choji's lap. "Fine, gather around children because I have a story to tell." Shikamaru sighed and sat in front of the two.

Flashback

'It's so good to spend some quality time with another girl!' I sighed while sinking into the hot waters of the bath. Hinata giggled and gently went in as well. After such a long day with doing nothing but fighting and getting dirty, sometimes I love to just relax with a friend at the hot springs, mainly a girl because of the whole no co-ed rules. That's when I ran across Hinata and asked if she wanted to go to the baths with me. Hinata, being herself, accepted like the good friend she was.

"What about Sakura?" Hinata asked. I stuck my tongue out and giggled.

"Naruto's being selfish, let's just say that," Hinata blushed, like I knew she would, and giggled with me.

"They do make a cute couple." She said with such kindness that I had to ask her.

"You know if I were you I would want to kill Sakura for taking my crush away." I said playfully but truthfully. "I mean seriously! Sakura's like one of my best friends but if she tried to take Choji from me, forehead's gonna go down!" I slammed my fist in the water, scaring and wetting Hinata. "Oops…sorry…"

"It's okay…but honestly I don't think that I was ever interested in him. I mean I admire him to no end but…..I think that I might have gotten admiration and love a little mixed up." I smirked at Hinata and swam closer to her.

"So…you don't like Naruto?" Hinata nodded, causing me to giggle. "Great! Now we can talk about boys without that blonde idiot in the picture! So…what do you think about Kiba?"

Hinata blushed and looked away. "I-Ino! Kiba's like my brother!" She tried to shout but was too shy to even look me in the eye to do that.

"Okay…guess that crosses out Shino too…I don't even want to discuss Rock Lee and Neji's your cousin…..Ooooooh how about Shikamaru?!"

Flashback interruption

"WHAT?! INO WHAT THE HELL?!" Shikamaru shouted with his face as red as a tomato.

"Ino giggled and stuck her tongue out. "Somebody had to do it since you're too chicken!" she smiled. "Plus I wasn't finished so shut up and listen." Shikamaru growled and sat back down. Ino cleared her throat and continued with her story.

Flashback Continues

"S-Shikamaru…..?" Hinata stuttered.

"Yes I mean sure he's lazy but he's kinda cute…got that I don't care thing going for him." I giggled as Hinata began playing with her fingers.

"H-He is really attractive…" Hinata said with a smile and a blush on her face.

"Yeah even though he has a gotten a little fat…" I sighed.

"I-Ino he has not!"

"Oh come on Hinata! Scrawny 12 year old Shika gain some weight." I smiled as Hinata frowned.

"S-So what…I-I like it on him….." I grinned and clapped my hands.

"AAAAHHHH so you do like Shikamaru don't you?!" Hinata blushed and looked away.

"I-I…w-well…um…" I couldn't contain myself and jumped up and down in glee.

"Oh this is so so so cute! You two would make the perfect couple! I can just imagine us on a double date, Oooooohhhhh I love love love this!"

"I-Ino…you can't tell Shikamaru!" Ino stopped clapping and stare at Hinata with confusion.

"Why?"

B-Because…I-I don't…I-I don't want to be…just don't tell him." I looked and saw small tears falling from her eyes and swam back to her.

"Hinata…..what's wrong?" Hinata wiped her eyes and looked away.

"N-Nothing, can we c-change the subject please." I sighed and nodded.

"Fine…..so I saw this perfect shirt that would like so cute on you!" Hinata smiled while wiping her eyes.

"Really…?"

"YES! It has this very sexy V-neck that would show off those awesome boobs you have." Hinata quickly covered herself up and giggled.

"I-Ino!"

Flashback over

"And that's that." Ino finished with a smile. Shikamaru sat there with a huge blush on his face and shock in his eyes.

"H-H-H-Hinata…likes me…?" Shikamaru asked.

"Yep!" Ino grinned. Shikamaru quickly stood up and ran off shouting that he had to go. Ino and Choji stared at him with grins on their faces.

"You did a good thing Ino." Choji kissed her on the cheek.

"Yeah…..I just hope Hinata doesn't find out." She giggled.

SHIKAHINA

Shikamaru rushed into his room and locked the door behind him. 'Hinata…the girl I liked…no…loved since the academy said that she liked me…Hinata said…she…liked…me…' Shikamaru couldn't control himself and shouted with a huge grin on his face.

"YES!" he jumped around his room with such joy and excitement, throwing his fist in the air, doing back-flips and front-flips, jumping on his bed shouting that Hinata liked him again and again. "THIS IS AWESOME! HINATA LIKES ME!" Luckily his parents were not home to scold him for shouting so loud. He fell on his bed with the grin not wiping off his face. "I-I can't believe it she…" Shikamaru stopped and thought for a second. "Why didn't she tell…..no…..why did she tell Ino to that she couldn't like me?" Shikamaru crossed his legs together and sighed. "It's probably the same thing with Naruto…I guess." Shikamaru jumped off his bed and started to place all of his necessary items into a back. Shikamaru has to tell Hinata about his feelings on this mission, he can't hold them in anymore…They had to come out. He stopped in front of the full length mirror he put in his room two weeks ago, starting to care more about how he look in front of Hinata and stared at his reflection. He put his weapons down and took of his vest, shirt and mesh armor to stare at his naked torso.

"Yeah even though he has gotten a little fat…"

Shikamaru touched his stomach and frowned. 'Well…I did gain a few pounds since I was a genin but who hasn't?' He felt the small roundness of his stomach and bit his lip. 'I mean sure I don't exercise that much…or eat like I should but I'm 16 years old Damn it I have my whole life to worry about my weight…' Shikamaru flexed his muscles and, even though they're noticeable, they are not as profound or showy as Naruto or Kiba. He wasn't as slender or smooth as Neji or Rock Lee either but he didn't believe that was so bad. 'But Hinata said that she liked it…..' he nodded and returned to packing his bag until another thought came to his mind. 'What if she was lying…..what if she really thought that I was getting fat?!' Shikamaru suddenly imagined Hinata starting at him in disgust while he tried to show off his muscles. Shikamaru quickly pack up and put his bag next to his bed. He ran into his closet and pulled out some flexible training clothes and jumped out of his window and landed onto the ground. Shikamaru made a mental not to try and lose some serious weight before he even thinks about asking Hinata out. This is definitely gonna be a long mission.

A/N: Well that's it guys. I know what you guys are thinking. 'Shikamaru isn't fat at all!' and 'What the hell is wrong with you?!' Well the story behind this is that when I got the manga (I forgot the volume) where Team Ten was on it, I made a joke with my cousin that Shikamaru looked like he gained some weight. Ever since then I would sometimes joke about it and say things like 'Someone must have been chilling with Choji too long' or something like that. Yes I know that he isn't fat but I thought that a little insecurity from him would make this a little interesting. Sooo that's the story lol The next chapter should be up in like a day or so. So until then….See Ya.