Title: You're Wish is My Command

Genre: Romance/Comedy/AU

Rating: K+

Warning: None that I can think of…maybe a bit ooc…

Disclaimer: I do not own it.


First Wish

In all nineteen years of his troublesome life Shikamaru Nara had never been one to show much emotion. Of course he would smile every so often and his frowns were becoming as common to him as breathing. But Shikamaru was not one to get surprised. With his sharp deductive skills and I.Q. of over 200 he would find his brain automatically coming up with a logical explanation no matter how ridiculous the predicament was. One could not be surprised if one has already seen it coming no?

But this!

This was not something he could just merely rack his intellectual system of a brain for.

This was something of a whole other level…

This was just plain…odd

Light cerulean orbs peered at him curiously before the owner of those eyes cleared her throat roughly.

"Uh, hellooo? Did you not hear me?" the blonde repeated with a hint of annoyance in her voice from the lack of response she was getting. When no answer came the girl floated down towards him and waved her hand before his face to snap him from his daze.

Shikamaru's gawking had finally ceased and he quickly clamped his mouth shut. After analyzing the situation further he closed his eyes and rubbed his temples in deep thought. Okay, so this wasn't a dream; he knew that for certain and he wasn't going to act stupid and pinch himself to prove it. Furthermore, he didn't take drugs or drink alcohol so 'hallucination' was definitely out. It wasn't 'disease' either for he was sure he was not sick.

Shikamaru sighed. Maybe it had finally happened.

Pity.

He had gone and gotten himself CRAZY…

Wait…

Maybe that wasn't it either since he was positive the first thing he would start seeing from the view of a madman would NOT be a genie…maybe a talking chair or something but come on, a GENIE??

The girl frowned, obviously familiar with this type of reaction.

"Hnn. So we have another doubter amidst…"

She tapped her chin thoughtfully and floated back a few steps as her tail hovered a few inches from the ground. After a brief moment of contemplating she hammered her palm thoughtfully.

"Ah! Alright then! Will you believe me if I do this?" The stranger asked innocently before snapping her fingers.

Shikamaru blinked, anticipating for something to happen. When nothing came however, he was about to question the blonde when all of a sudden he felt a chill sweep lightly across his back. In an instant his eyes cast downwards to find his shirt missing…

"WAUGH!" Shikamaru cried as he backed away, thankfully catching himself before he had the chance to trip over his own feet.

The bizarrely dressed girl giggled.

"So, do you believe me now oh pointy haired one?" she asked and grinned triumphantly, crossing her arms across her lavender yukata styled top (A/N: Think of an exact replica of Kasumi's white outfit from DOA). Somewhere in the back of his head the Nara Spawn was thankful to her now covered cleavage.

Shikamaru managed a glare on her despite the small blush creeping on his cheeks.

"Okay. Sure. Whatever…Can I have my shirt back now?" he grumbled in annoyance, glancing at the clock on his wall anxiously. He had less then ten minutes…

The blonde wrinkled her nose in disdain.

"Geez, you humans are all the same! No manners!" she scoffed and shrugged helplessly as if all of humankind were doomed. Shikamaru scowled all the while throwing her an exasperated look.

"Okay fine! Would you please give me my shirt back genie?" he asked hurriedly as he peered at the clock. The spiritual being scowled and gave him a look of displeasure.

"For your future references pointy hair, my name is NOT 'genie'. It's Ino!" She retorted haughtily while wagging a scolding finger at him. She sighed and shook her head in a shameful gesture.

"What is it with me and getting rude masters…?" she muttered distastefully.

The boy knitted his brows in frustration.

"Hold on! I am not your master!" he declared gruffly and walked over to his kitchen, grabbing his broom when his eyes landed on the shards of broken glass strewn across the floor.

Ino tsked behind him.

"On the contrary, you have released me from my slumber so that makes you my master…unfortunately" she replied matter-of-factly while whispering the last bit regretfully. She glided along after her new client (as she liked to call them) and viewed her surroundings. Shikamaru ignored the genie and rolled his eyes.

"But it was an accident! I mean, what kind of genie lives inside a bottle of sake?! And I didn't even rub it! I just popped the top off!" he argued as he swept up what was left of Ino's house. The blonde frowned and silently trailed him back to his kitchen.

"Are you sure you're even a genie? You sure don't dress like one…" Shikamaru retorted as he threw away the shards of glass and glanced at her skimpy attire from the corner of his eye.

Ino frowned and crossed her arms under her chest.

"For your information, we genies do not dress according to your typical 'Aladdin' stereotype! I'm a dignified majin!"

A brief minute of silence filled the room before Shikamaru rolled his eyes once again and walked back to the dining room to clean up the remaining sake on the floor. He rolled his eyes.

"Oh I see now. Right. A Japanese genie? Do you guys even have races?" he retorted and shook his head in disbelief. Ino merely shrugged and watched him quietly as he crouched down to wipe the liquid off the floor. When he finally finished he stood up and walked back towards the kitchen. The genie's eyes drifted to Shikamaru's two feet and after a moment of contemplating, she snapped her fingers and a poof of smoke appeared around her tail, transforming it into two slender legs. A mirror appeared before the genie and she observed her appearance carefully.

Shikamaru finished rinsing off his dish towel and set it next to the sink.

"Look uh, Ino was it? Can I just have my shirt back now? That was the only presentable one I owned" he asked as he reentered the dining room to make sure everything was acceptable.

Ino peered at the cloth covered table set for two. She smiled and turned around to face him, her mirror vanishing behind her.

"I'm sure your date will find this attire more…presentable 'master'…after all, it's the only thing you seem to have going for you" she scoffed disappointedly and smirked when the boy blushed hotly in response while throwing her an icy glare. Ino examined her new master from the corner of her eye.

She wasn't one to lie about people's looks and she wasn't going to start now. Pointy hair here was actually quite the head turner. And not just the "oh, he's cute" kind of head turner either. It was like…like the "Oh man I'd hit that" kind of head turner. Then again she always had a thing for these types of guys so it was all just her own opinion.

Her cerulean eyes shifted to roam his muscular build and she licked her lips unconsciously. Snapping out of her trance Ino locked gazes with his.

"Oh! That's right! I'm going to need a name…unless you want me to call you pointy hair from now on…"

Shikamaru seemed to ponder the question before replying flatly.

"Nara Shikamaru"

Surprised that he had actually given her a name Ino eyed him once again.

"Hmm…it strangely suits you…deer boy…I like it" she teased as her eyes twinkled with mischief. Shikamaru ignored her overused joke and fixed the wrinkles from his shirt the genie had finally decided to give back. Ino walked around his small apartment complex and peered at the wondrous things before her with a child like fascination.

She picked up a small reflective silver-like contraption with a white apple in the center of it. Pressing the center button on what she guessed was the front side, her eyes shined when the once blank screen lit up instantly.

"Whoa! You humans and your gadgets never cease to amaze me…" the blonde complimented and gasped as the list of words scrolled down when she skimmed her fingers across the lower part of the device.

Shikamaru glanced at her briefly before buttoning up his shirt.

"Look, are you really serious about the genie thing? I mean, what, am I supposed to have my 'wishes' granted?"

Ino's attention remained captured by his I-pod and her brows corrugated together.

"Of course, if it weren't for the rules I'd be outta this dump by now"

The boy's mouth curved downwards.

"Do I really have to do this? I don't have any wishes" Shikamaru stated as he pulled his collar up.

Ino rolled her eyes.

"That's a bunch of crap! Everyone has something they want!" she retorted as if it were the truth of all truths. Shikamaru frowned.

"Actually…no, I'm pretty content with my life so if you could I'd like to call off this whole genie deal"

Ino sighed. Deer boy was an unusual one she'd give him that. She placed the I-pod back on the table and placed her hand at her hip.

"Oh come on, do you think I'm that stupid? What'll it be? Fame? Fortune? You have five wishes to waste Nara"

The boy raised a questioning brow.

"Five? Wasn't it supposed to be three wishes?"

Ino scanned her nails quietly.

"Was, past tense. We genies have decided to take pity on you humans because you people always seem to botch up the first two wishes"

Shikamaru seemed thoughtful for a moment but then lazily shrugged it off. With a quick snap of her fingers a lavender leather bound book appeared in her hands. She flipped to the first page and despite the boy's efforts at convincing the genie that he didn't want to make any wishes; Ino had already cleared her throat and had decided to enumerate the rules so deer boy would know his place.

"Rule one, you can not reveal our identities to others, if that happens you automatically lose your genie privileges"

Shikamaru remained ignorant to her recitations but Ino knew he was still listening.

"Rule two, we genies can not manipulate peoples' hearts, so no wishing for so and so to love me blah blah blah. Rule three, No time traveling, enough said. Rule four, No world domination, you have no idea how hectic it was before that rule was enforced" The blonde shook her head and then began a long murmur of rants about a guy with the first name Adolf and the last name Hitler.

Ino realized that she was getting off topic and cleared her throat again.

"Rule five, you can not wish for anyone's death. Rule six, no wishing for more wishes and…" The blonde paused, for dramatic effect Shikamaru supposed.

"Lastly, rule seven, you can not use your wishes on your genie. That means no 'setting them free', no enslaving them as your own, no stealing their powers…"

Ino paused to see if her client was listening. He was.

"Well, that's pretty much all of it..."

With her rules recited she closed the book, making it disappear in the blink of an eye. Crossing her arms over her chest the blonde sighed. She glanced around the small apartment and wrinkled her nose in disdain.

"Aaaand since you broke my house, I have no choice but to stay with you until all your wishes are granted…" she stated matter-of-factly. Shikamaru frowned, he seemed to be doing that a lot lately, and shot her a frown.

"No way, go stay somewhere else…" he retorted easily, automatically earning himself a glare. Her eyes met his once again.

"Hellooo? Did you not listen to me for the past five minutes? I mean, it's bad enough that you're plain but deaf too? Good grief!"

Ino sighed when Shikamaru remained immune to her verbal abuse. Placing her hands on her hips she opened her mouth for further explanation.

"Look deer boy, as much as I would LOVE to high tail it outta here I can't. By setting me free we have made an unbroken contract. Meaning, I can't leave until I grant you your five wishes"

Shikamaru opened his mouth to speak but Ino cut him off abruptly.

"Up up up! Keep your shirt on! This is a once in a never chance! Are you really going to waste such a good opportunity by making stupid wishes??"

Shikamaru was about to retort something witty back but the knock on his door brought his attention away from the spiritual being.

Looking at the clock he mentally cursed.

Damn! I forgot!

As he crossed the living room he paused to spare the girl a look.

The genie raised a delicate brow skywards.

"What? Shouldn't you get the door Romeo?" Ino retorted plainly as if the fact that she was standing in his room would not upset his date one bit. Shikamaru shook his head and continued his trek towards the front door. He would deal with this genie nonsense later. Hopefully his friend would forgive him for having another female in his room.

Yes, friend. NOT girlfriend. At least not that he knew of. I mean sure, he knew that Temari had feelings for him but he had clearly told her that he was not interested. She said she would wait for him and they could continue to hang out as FRIENDS. He had to be thankful to her for that. If it was any other girl he'd be drowned in so much drama to fill his mothers collection of 'Oh-gods-not-the-cliché-romances-please-kill-me-now' movies carefully arranged on the DVD case next to their flat screen TV. A straight guy can only take so much...

But today, since it was her birthday and all, he'd decided to play the nice, yet reluctant, guy friend and at least ask her out for a lunch date. It was the least he could do for having her deal with his crap for the last three years.

Yet suddenly he was regretting this moment.

Damnit what a pain, why today of all days? I wish something would come up so I wouldn't have to go through with this…

Scratching his head in frustration Shikamaru placed his hand on the brass knob and turned it ever slowly as if having finally reached the climax of his doom. He could have sworn he heard a soft snapping sound from the living room but he shook the thought off and he opened the door casually.

He was surprised to find Temari's back facing him with a cell phone pressed closely against her ear. She hissed into the receiver coldly.

"What?! How?!"

Shikamaru watched as a slight muffle from the other line sounded and Temari's shoulders slumped. The dirty blonde remained oblivious to his presence and gave a restrained sigh.

"Oh alright! Where are you?"

A few minutes passed and Shikamaru blinked when Temari's attention turned to him. With a forced smile she closed her flip phone hastily.

"Ah, well this sucks. Sorry Shikamaru, something just came up. Kankuro just called and said he just got into an accident and he needs me to pick him up. Unfortunately nothing serious happened to the twit" Temari joked as she shook her head in disappointment despite the fact that Shikamaru knew that she was relieved for her brother. She shifted the purse strap on her shoulder and turned around after holding her hand apologetically in front of her face.

"I'm really sorry Shikamaru! Maybe next time!"

Shikamaru mustered a weak nod and watched silently as she quickly made her way down the stairs .

It wasn't until a couple minutes of confused silence passed when a familiar voice made its way to his ears.

"By the way, I forgot to tell you…don't think wishes either or they'll be granted!" Ino chirped from behind, ignoring the way his body stiffened in surprise. Shikamaru bit back his startled yelp and turned around to glare at her with a crazed look in his raven orbs.

His eyes narrowed dangerously.

"Okay, get inside blondie! We need to talk!" he ordered as he pushed Ino inside. The girl scoffed and glared at him, mumbling something about rudeness and what a shame it was that chivalry was dead.

X

O

X

"Just what do you think you're doing?"

A chorus of munches and crunches filled the silence.

"Vwaaching Teevwe" (Watching TV) she replied between bites.

Shikamaru's eyes scanned the living room, or at least what he hoped wasn't his living room... He'd been gone for four hours and his house had turned into a pigsty already! Candy wrappers littered the floor, ice cream cartons lay carelessly on the couch, cookie crumbs were sprinkled all over the carpet as if he housed a family of mice. Oh, and he didn't want to know what that mysterious blob was sitting in the corner of the room…

To be frank, the room was so full of junk food it'd make a fat man want to go anorexic!

Setting his bags down by the couch he turned to face his 'guest'.

"What the hell is this?! Did you have fun raiding my kitchen or was this the work of pixies!?" He barked sarcastically as he kicked at an ice cream carton only to grimace when an army of ants appeared from within.

Ino turned around and tossed him a questioning look. She stuffed her mouth with another handful of BBQ chips. She swallowed the salty chips before replying.

"This is me watching TV and not wanting to be disturbed. And another thing, pixies can do SO much worse" The female genie retorted calmly before turning her attention back to the screen. Shikamaru restrained the urge to strangle the girl as he clenched his teeth in frustration.

"You know, it's common courtesy to clean up what you started" he said matter-of-factly.

Ino watched the colored screen mindlessly.

"And I'm sure you know that it's NOT 'common courtesy' to let your guests do the cleaning" she replied evenly.

Shikamaru glared daggers at the back of her head.

"Are all genies this stuck up?"

He would have preferred to use the 'B' word but consequences always seemed to follow afterwards. Ino snorted before stretching her arm out to lean over the back of the couch.

"Well, let's see how you act after being imprisoned in a bottle for thousands of years and having to deal with fat old men who try to grope you every chance they get while you're granting their wishes!" she replied snippily, trying to concentrate on this 'drama' she came across while channel surfing. The plot was getting intense! The main girl had just gotten herself into a love triangle with the two richest boys in school!

Shikamaru's eyes narrowed in irritation.

"Well, could you at least poof everything away? Please?" he suggested, having to force out the last bit. He had other things to tend to and cleaning would just make his ever growing to-do list much harder.

Ino smiled.

"Put it in wish form and I will"

He would've taken this opportunity to groan but was clearly too lazy to do so.

"That's cheap!"

"Tch! Tell that to whoever made the rules. I can't use my magic unless it's for a wish" Ino argued and waved her hand dismissively, hoping he would just go away. The jerk-wad rich guy had just caught the girl confessing her love to the mysterious rich boy!!

"But you used it when you made that mirror appear!"

"Oh, well duh! That was for my benefit"

Shikamaru eyed her as if she had spoken to him in English.

"Your benefit..! It WILL be unless you want to see a dead genie lying on the floor in two seconds!" he threatened after recomposing himself.

Ino snorted and a smirk made its way across her face. Did he really think he could scare her??

"Hah! Come back and threaten me once you purchase yourself a backbone Nara!" she sneered and stuffed a lollipop inside her mouth. Ino wasn't going to waste such a grand opportunity! This was her first time having such a pushover of a master that all pity for him was covered by the ugly fat men of her past.

After realizing that he was losing this one-sided glaring contest Shikamaru had no other option but to grumble in response.

He growled in frustration when he concluded that this conversation would indeed get him nowhere. Suppressing his groan he had no choice but to crouch down and clean up after this devil-sent creature…

X

O

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"Oi! Deer boy! The phone's ringing!" A very disturbed genie hollered after the first five rings remained untended to. Her sky blue orbs finally lifted from off the TV (which was probably her new favorite invention so far!) and she watched the unmoving dark hallway. She peered at the clock that read 12 A.M and stood up when her patience limit finally turned sour.

Ino stomped over to the communicating device (she learned it from TV!) and pried the phone off of the base.

"Who is it?! After ten rings it'd be common sense to hang up!" she growled into the receiver.

A long pause stretched across the room and Ino was about to hang up when a voice spoke up.

"Um, who is this?" the voice asked in perplexity.

Ino frowned and repositioned the phone on her shoulder.

"Who wants to know?" she answered haughtily. The caller seemed taken aback by the girl's voice.

"Um, Akimichi Chouji, Shikamaru's best friend…" the voice answered with uncertainty.

Ino's mouth parted in a surprised 'oh'.

So deer boy actually had friends? Shocking…

"Oh, well sorry Chouji, deer-uh- Nara-kun's asleep…can I take a message?" Okay, so she didn't know for sure if pointy head was sleeping but it was the only logical explanation for him to not pick up the phone.

"Oh, alright then, but since I told you my name I think it's only fair to share yours" Chouji reasoned casually.

The blonde smirked.

"Are you hitting on me?" she teased and crossed her arms under her chest.

She was surprised to hear a low chuckle coming from the other line.

"Heh! Yeah right! Like I'd do that to my friend's girl!" Chouji laughed.

Ino's smirk quickly did a double take. Did he just imply…?

"Wait—What!? I am NOT his 'girl'! Are you insane?! In his freaking dreams!" she spat in mortification, not realizing that she almost dropped the phone in the process. Ino silently scoffed. Her? That bum's girlfriend? Hah! If she could fall on the ground from laughter now she would have! (But clearly she had enough dignity to not so she won't)

Chouji paused and quirked a brow.

"Really? So I suppose Shikamaru invited a female stranger over to his house at night because he had no choice?"

Ino clamped her mouth shut. This Chouji guy had no idea how right his statement was just then. It was too bad she couldn't tell him that. He sounded like a nice guy.

There was only one thing she could do now!

"Ah! Ksshhhh! Chouji! Krssshh! Can't-! Kssssh- breaking up!"

"What! Hey wait! That's the oldest trick in the book…!"

"Krsshhh oh no!"

Without another passing thought Ino hung the phone up, making sure to silence the ring before making her way back to the living room. She sighed. Well, now her only form of entertainment was gone. Watching TV for six hours straight can bore a person easily. The blonde groaned as she stared out the window towards the bright lights. She wanted to explore the city! She wanted to see how much Japan has changed since her absence! She wanted to go shopping! To eat ramen! To taste sake!

Turning off the TV Ino made her way to the kitchen lazily.

She wanted to do so much! It was too bad the rules forbade her to stray away from her master. The only reason she was able to stay home and watch TV while deer boy was out was because this was technically her home now. And the rules said there was nothing wrong with a genie staying in her house while her master was out. If he wanted a wish she would automatically poof to him.

The genie proceeded to rummage through the cabinets and drawers of the kitchen in search for food to occupy her boredom. It was a good thing genies couldn't gain weight from eating human food. Ino reached towards the top shelf to grab a box of graham crackers. It surprised her how fully stocked deer boy's kitchen was. She didn't see him as the type to cook. To be honest, she didn't see him as the type to do anything that required physical labor. It was amazing he wasn't obese!

Kicking the fridge door shut Ino grabbed her glass of milk and made her way back to the couch.

Yeah right! Like I'd do that to my friend's girl!

She frowned as she placed the box of crackers and glass of milk on the table. She reached over for the remote and clicked the TV off while shaking her head.

"That's it, I need some sleep! Yeah, sleep sounds good!"

With a silent huff Ino made her way to the bed she had forced Shikamaru to set up for her just hours before…


tbc…


Well…I decided to split the story up after it passed well over 10,000 words haha…

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