I do not own Narato in any form I wish I did (Cries)

Anyways here is another idea I am doing for my beloved Ino x Shika pairing not enough stories about them in my books :)

Ok I got this other idea while I was reading and figure it would be good to start another story to give me time to go between the two anyways hope you all enjoy!!

Summary:

Shikamaru Nara maybe the laziest out of the Konohagakure village but he is most definitely his own man. Unless it is saying no to his Hokage that's why Shikamaru is escorting young Ino Yanamaka to the sound village—where she discovers what waits her as a mail order bride. Ino has made it perfectly clear that she has taken charge of her destiny and nothing is going to interfere. However, falling in love with a stranger wasn't part of the plan. Perhaps her destiny isn't exactly as she imagined.

Chapter 1

Shikamaru Nara was thinking hard about killing a man.

The laziest ninja had only just returned home from Land of Thunder and planned to stay one night before he resumed his hunt. Thus far, his prey had managed to stay a step ahead of him. He had thought he had him good and trapped near the gorge, but then the devil had vanished into thin air. Shikamaru admitted he would have to give him mad props to this trader who had outwitted him. He might also have to compliment him on his ninja skills. Then he would kill him.

He'd taken the notion of doing in the culprit right way. The trader's name was Sasuke Uchiha, and the sin he'd committed wasn't forgivable to a ninja of measure. Sasuke had dared to take advantage of his home Konoha and his Hokage. And in Shikamaru heart and mind, killing the traitor was almost too good for him. Now Shikamaru was trying to convince himself that justice would be on his side.

That evening he waited until the village was asleep for the most part to go and discuss the atrocity with his comrades. They sat side by side in the field that Shikamaru usually watches the clouds with their heads tilted back, and their eyes closed.

Naruto, who was in line to be the next Hokage was walking up to the other ninjas who looked content and was fixing to tell his friends so until Shikamaru declared his intentions. Naruto sat down on the hard cold ground next to Neiji, stretching out his arms and then to began to differ with Shikamaru. Naruto said that the law should take care of Sasuke, and that this ninja, like every other ninja of their village was entitled to a trial. If he was proven guilty he would be sent to the jails to serve the time that was deemed acceptable. He shouldn't be murdered in cold blood.

None of the other fellow ninja's paid any attention to Naruto's opinion on the matter. He was the next Hokage and ex-teammate of Sasuke's so it was natural he wanted the traitor to have a fair trial in the village. They all believed that Naruto was a nice guy but too naive for all of there taste. Perhaps in a perfect world the innocent would always be protected and the guilty would always get what they deserved in life but that didn't always happen. They lived in Konoha.

Besides what Hokage would waste man power looking for this traitor when they had to be on watch for the other villages to start a war and protect the innocent people in the village that were not ninja's.

Naruto saw he wasn't going to be able to change the mind of the other male ninja's that were sitting in the field so he decided to drop the argument for now and just relaxed and chatted with his friends from the academy days.

"So who is this Ino Yanamaka?" asked Naruto

"She is some favor I am doing for the Hokage" answered Shikamaru

Naruto just gritted his teeth. Getting information out of his friends was a task all on its own but he was tenacious enough to win out in the end. His friends loved to confuse him with facts that were never relevant in the missions that they were to complete. They did this of course on purpose but they were all united when it came to making him stop hounding them for information as Choji would say. Three of the ninjas still believed that they could "out stubborn" him. Kiba was the only one that knew better. No one could be more stubborn then Naruto when he made his mind up.

"What's the favor?" he asked Shikamaru again.

"Hokage had supper with the Yanamaka's last week, and they happened to tell her about their daughter who was currently going to be stuck in our village. Her escort up and died on her, and her parents have been trying to get someone to take her to the sound village but they haven't had any success yet."

"So why doesn't the guys that wants her coming to our village and pick her up then?"

"I asked the Hokage the same question but apparently it is not proper. The priest is waiting in the village of sound, and it's up to Miss. Yanamaka to get their on her own, so the Hokage offered my services."

"Why don't they send someone else then her future husband to escort her to their village?" asked Neiji

"I guess people in the sound village are superstitious" laughed Choji

"Yeah I guess it's just so troublesome" Said Shikamaru

"Well I did hear of a female in our village that has gone through a few escorts" smiled Kiba

"What do you mean a few?" ask Naruto

"Too many to apparently keep track off" laughed Kiba

"Do you think this female could be Ino Yanamaka?" asked Choji

"I wouldn't be surprised since Hokage offered Shikamaru's service to get the job completed"

"How troublesome"

Shikamaru's so called good friends couldn't keep themselves from laughing out loud over the whole ordeal that their friend was going to have to escort this female that seemed to go through escorts like some people change their underwear.

After a few minutes of loud laughter from his friends Neiji seemed to be the first one to recover from laughing at his good friend's predicament that the Hokage has put him in at the moment.

"So do you think you will have problems with this Ino Yanamaka?"

"No!" he answered

"Why you say that for Shikamaru?" asked Choji

"It is simple I am not superstitious, and I don't believe half of what Kiba or anybody has said about her either. Seriously how bad can she be?"