It had been a particular normal day for one Haruno Sakura and Yamanaka Ino. The two girls had decided to end their rivalry once and for all - especially with Ino admitting she had moved on from Sasuke - and became friends again, thus, the reasoning why they were out and about together, enjoying lunch, chatting about the latest news in the Hidden Leaf. Things had been going just fine, making Sakura miss the times she had with Ino before the stupid break up about some stupid boy (and yes, since Ino stopped chasing after Sasuke, Sakura began to realize how much of a prick Sasuke is, and her crush began to dwindle just a little), when suddenly-
"Sakura-chan!" The two paused.
Normally, the only person who would call Sakura, Sakura-chan would be Naruto, but the blond was nowhere in sight. On top of that, the voice sounded nothing like Naruto, and in fact, reminded the cherry blossom of another teammate-
"Sasuke?" Sakura blinked, turning around to see the raven running towards her. The two girls watched as Sasuke came up to them, trying to catch his breath, and when he did, the two jumped back in shock. Why? Because...
Uchiha Sasuke was smiling at them - no - beaming most like. The girls was pretty sure not even Lee and Gai shone that much, and that worried them.
"I finally found you!" He said. This made Sakura raised an eyebrow very, very, slowly, as well as moving towards her kunai she had hidden in her pouch. There is only two reasons for this; one, this Sasuke was an imposer, or two, this was actually Naruto, and if it was the latter, well, Sakura would punch him.
"You were looking for me?" She asked. Ino looked at the two, bewildered at best. Sasuke nodded his head, and was about to say something, when someone else spoke up.
"Sakura-chan! There you are! I have been looking all over for you." Shikamaru said, coming up to the group. Both Sakura and Ino's mouths dropped, both speechless and...just a little, tiny bit confused.
Meanwhile, Sasuke glared at him.
"Nara." He hissed. Shikamaru glared back.
"Uchiha." He stated. The two would have had a staring contest forever had Sakura not decided now was the right time to speak up, trying to defuse the situation.
"What is it you two wanted, exactly?" She asked, looking between the two. As if realizing she was here, the two turned to her with a smile on their faces, creeping out the pink haired girl.
"Go out with me!" They said at the same time. The silence between the four was deafening, and when the two boys realized what they said, they turned to each other, with glares that would freeze fire. "What the hell did you just say?!"
"Since when did you like Sakura, lazy ass?!" Sasuke growled, getting into the shadow user's face. Shikamaru shoved right back, growling.
"Since I realized her potential, stuck up! Why don't you just go back to your fangirls and leave Sakura-chan alone?!"
"In case you haven't noticed, Sakura-chan isn't my fangirl anymore!" Then he smirked. "But I can change that."
"The hell you are!"
While this was going on, the two girls stared at them dumbfounded.
"Um, Sasuke-kun? Shikamaru-kun?" Sakura started, only for Ino to interrupt her.
"What the hell Shikamaru?! Why are you interested in dating Sakura all of sudden?!" The blonde shrieked, but Shikamaru barely paid attention. "Shikamaru!"
"Can it Yamanaka! This doesn't concern you!" Shikamaru shouted. Ino bristled, angry at the brush-off, a bit envious of Sakura, and...a little hurt.
"Um, maybe we should go?" Sakura asked, looking over at her friend. Ino nodded, too loss for words as she let her friend push her away, just as the scene between Sasuke and Shikamaru escalated.
So much for a normal day.
A/n: (Bangs head on the wall) I am so fucking sorry. I shouldn't be doing this. I should not be posting a new story, but FUCK, it can't be helped. I sometimes fall in love with my ideas - they are quite tasty and would love to share them with the world (and that is why the list of stories on my profile is long as fuck). And before anyone can get on me about this, I KNOW SHIKAMARU IS OOC! THAT IS THE POINT OF THE STORY! That said, if this isn't your type of story, feel free to skip. I don't like whiners. The hardest for me, I believe, is doing Neji and Tenten since, ya know, not a lot of romance between the two. And I don't want to make Tenten an asshole either. I also decided to keep this story before Shippuden episode to make it fit better. Heh. (Shrugs) What are ya going to do?