Summary: Her life revolved around one thing. He was the cutest, hottest, most popular guy in school. He was the school genius with an IQ of over 200. His name? Nara Shikamaru.

Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO!!! If I did, I would claim Shikamaru for myself and totally change the manga to my own way. -

Chapter 1: Wishes

The 1st day of school. - ( A/N: I know, lame)

A mob of girls crowded the front of the school chattering. They all seemed to be waiting for something. As Ino pulled up in the parking circle, she sighed. She'd be able to see Shikamaru again. And who knows, maybe he'll actually notice her this time. But he never did. Why would he anyways? She was a nerd, with obtrusively large glasses. Him? He was way too popular for her. But she could still wish couldn't she? As soon as she got out of her mother's car, somebody on a motorcycle nearly crashed into her.

"Sorry about that Ino!"

It was none other than THE NARA SHIKAMARU!!!! Behind her, she heard the mob of girls from earlier squeal like a horde of piglets.

Inner Ino: OMG!!! HE KNEW MY NAME!!!! Hmm, maybe I do have a chance with him.

Oh whatever.

Ino sighed as she picked up her bag that she had dropped earlier. She pushed her way through the milling crowd of girls who had now surrounded the poor Shikamaru.

Inner Ino: Sigh He's such a hottie.

Shut up.

Why? I know you like him, cause I do, and I'm you. (A/N: O.O)

Just shut okay????!!!! Sheesh.

FIINE!!! Meaney.

JUST SHUT!!!!

Okay okay.

As she neared her homeroom, she noticed her friend Sakura. As she ran towards the pink-haired girl, she saw out of the corner of her eye, that Shikamaru was looking at her, but she ignored it, and pushed it to the back of her brain. As she came closer to her best friend, she saw that Sakura was engrossed in talking to someone, who just happened to be the 2nd most guy in the school. THE UCHIHA SASUKE.

I wonder why she's talking to Sasuke??

Ino quickly ducked behind a nearby locker and listened in on her best friend's conversation.

"Sasuke. Do you…actually?"

"Y-yeah. I really l-like you. So, I was just-uh-just-uh-uh-just-uh, w-wondering if you'd like to-uh-to go o-out with me some t-time?"

Ino giggled a little not realizing that someone had been watching her.

"Tsk, tsk. Spying on your best friend now?"

Ino jumped and looked up to see Shikamaru staring down at her.

"Um, you mind? I need to get to my locker."

"S-sure."

Ino shifted a little and Shikamaru reached over to get to his locker and his hand accidentally brushed her cheek, causing her to blush a little and to shift a little more. By this time, both Sasuke and Sakura who by know had finished their conversation were spying on Shikamaru and Ino.

"Say, uh, w-why are you red? Is it hot in here or something?"

Ino looked up at him and saw him looking down at her intently. Suddenly, his hand reached out and gently touched her cheek. She blushed even harder.

"Wow. Your face feels really hot. Do you have a fever of something? You don't look all that good."

"I-I-I'm o-o-okay," Ino managed to stammer out.

Shikamaru laughed a little.

Man, this girl is cute.

Inner Shika: I know. She's such a chick isn't she?

Whoa. Who the fuck are you?

I'm you, you retard.

Hn. Troublesome.

Just then the bell rang, and all 4 of them jumped and ran towards their homeroom class, which they all had together. Rushing into class, they saw that their teacher, Kakashi had not yet arrived. They knew the exact reason why. They sighed gratefully, but for Shikamaru, that wouldn't last for long. A group of fangirls had been chatting animatedly and as soon as they saw Shikamaru, they all went…well…plain crazy.

"SHIIIIIIKAAAAA-KUUUUUUUUN!!"

Sweatdrop

All the fangirls clambered all over Shikamaru, crooning and smothering him. Ino and the others stood there, laughing their heads off. Just then…Kakashi-sensei came in.

"What the FUCK are you DAMN girls doing to SHIKAMARU!!!!?????"

The hubbub of the classroom immediately died down. The teacher had just said two swear words in one breath. In the background, you could hear a fangirl sniffle.

"Alright then, now that everybody has calmed down, lets get on the seating arrangement shall we?"

Everybody nodded their heads numbly, and went to their seats. (A/N: Wait a minute…)

"Hey, where are you retards going? I haven't even told you the seats yet!!!" (A/N: There we go.)

Everybody stopped where they were going and looked at Kakashi-sensei, who was sitting on his desk, holding up the seating chart in one hand and his favorite book of all time, Icha Icha Paradise in the other. In slow motion, everybody gatered around the seating chart. It looked a little like this.

Kakashi's Paradise

-Kin--Ino--Shikamaru--Rock Lee--Kiba- -Hinata--Naruto--Shino--Tenten-- Neji-

-Sasuke—Sakura—Temari—Gaara—Fangir -Fangirl—Fangirl—Fangirl

"AWWWWW, DAMN!!! Why couldn't Shika-kun sit next to me? Instead, I have to sit next to Ino-pig."

Ino twitched a little, when Kin stressed the word pig. Shikamaru noticed and patted Ino's shoulder gently, causing Ino to blush a light red and have Kin to start fuming smoke straight out of her ears. Temari laughed and leaned close to Ino's ear.

"Don't worry about Kin. She's just a really stuck-up bitchy asshole. The one you should fell sorry for right now is Shika-kun."

"Huh? Why?"

"Look who he's stuck next to. It's mushroom-headed Youth boy."

Ino turned to look at the other side of poor Shikamaru. And, indeed, Temari was right. The familiar mushroom-headed Rock Lee was sitting next to Shikamaru, drabbling on about the importance of the Springtime of Youth. Ino giggled a little when she saw the look on poor Shikamaru's face. He looked like he came from hell and back, muttering troublesome over and over. That was, until Kakashi-sensei came along and ruffled Lee-san's hair, causing him to shriek like a little girl. Shikamaru started laughing hysterically till he though his head was about to explode. Ino started to giggle helplessly at the site. Shikamaru's laughter slowly died down, and he turned to look at Ino.

Oh man, her voice is HEAVEN!!!

Suddenly, she started to coughing violently, causing her face to turn blue from lack of oxygen.

"I-Ino…are you alight??," asked Shikamaru in a tremendously anxious and worried tone.

Ino didn't say anything. She just covered her mouth and rushed to the bathroom. Shikamaru stared after her and frowned. Kin snickered and took this chance to glomp onto Shikamaru's arm.

Okies, dokies. End of chapter one. Did ya like it?? Please review. THANKIES