A/N: Well, sequel is here... This took me a lot of thought! Damn you, Brain! Oh, and my music because it kept distracting me... Anyway, I REALLY like the idea I'm putting into this one! Hope you do, too!
MUST READ!!! This is my present to all of you guys! As of yesterday, my work has been put into TWENTY-ONE c2's! Thank you so much!!! I know that may not be a lot for some of you, but it is for me! XD
I know I said in the first story that Ino had a baby, but I'm officially ignoring that! Okay? Okay! Anyway, on with the story!
"An important mission?" asked Shikamaru, entering the office. "What kind of mission? What rank is it?"
"Well, I'm considerring it an A-ranked mission," she answered.
"B-But... I'm only a chuunin!" exclaime Ino.
"Trust me, I think you two will be able to handle this one."
"Well, what is it?" he asked, folding his arms.
"You two will be-"
"A nanny?!" cried Ino, staring at the baby before her, Shikamaru's eye twitching.
"Yes, you'll be living with us for the next month or so, watching over young Yuuki here," answered a young lady, holding what looked to be a one or two year old girl. "Her father will be out on missions a lot this month due to the tensions between Iwa and konoha right now. I have a lot of business to be doing in Kirigakure, also, so we need a nanny to live here until we get back."
"So, we have to take care of her?" she asked.
"Yes," she answered. "Oh, and I'm Yuuka, by the way."
"I'm Yamanaka Ino! This is... Well, he's not important, but I'm Yamanaka Ino and I'll be doing most of the work!"
"No, I'm Nara Shikamaru and she's just annoying."
"Wanna say that again, you little creep?!" she exclaimed, looking a wee bit scary.
"I would, but it would be troublesome, why should I waste my breath on you?"
"Well, by your arguing skills, I can see that you two are going to be good for this job! You start tomorrow!"
So, the two left, not speaking to eachother... Until...
"You know, you really need to work on that big mouth of your's," stated Shikamaru.
Veins popped on her head and she turned to him.
"Well, you need to work on that I'm-so cool-because-I-don't-give-a flying-fuck! attitude!"
"See? At least I can keep my voice down for more than a second at a time..."
She shook her head and tried to punch him in the arm, but he dodged easily.
"You're annoying..."
With that, he walked off.
"What?!?! The next time I see you, I'm going to make your life a living hell!"
"Looking forward to it!"
"Hello, Shika-kun!" sing-songed Ino, looking nice... Too nice.
"..."
"Well...? Are you going to answer my question or not?"
"... Or not..."
She smirked, took out her pinky finger and just stared at him.
"What's next? Gonna kill me with your pinky?"
"No, but be warned, Nara, this pinky finger shall make you wish you never got out of bed today..."
"... I already wish I didn't get out of bed today," he told her.
"Well, it'll make you wish that you didn't have to get out of bed tomorrow, the day after, the day after, the day after..."
(A few minutes later)
"And the day after that!"
She looked to Shikamaru to see that he was sleep walking.
"... He fell asleep in the middle of my speech," she whispered, not looking too happy.
Then, she smirked, time for plan, "Shikamaru's wake-up call to see that I'm not as big-mouthed as he thinks" (Wow... What a mouth-full...) to be taken into effect.
She took out her pinky finger again, stuck it in her mouth. She took it out, making sure there was a good amount of spit on it. Then, she slowly brought it to his ear.
"AHHHHHHHH!" he yelled, waking up. "INO!!!"
He turned to her, to see nothing but a large cloud of dust left behind.
For once, he would chase her. She'd gone too far this time!
He held his now wet ear and chased after her.
He chased her to the house they'd be living in for the next while and stopped waving his arms like a lunatic once the door opened.
"Oh, hello, Yamanaka-san, Nara-san," greeted Yuuka. "Please, come in."
So, they entered the house and sat down.
"If you don't mind, please keep your voices down," she said. "Yuuki-chan is taking a nap and she's not a very deep sleeper."
They nodded.
She handed them an envelope.
"This has a list of things that have to be done while we're gone," she told them. "Also, there's some money to be used to buy groceries, or if she wants a treat."
Ino took it.
"Um... Also, Yuuki-chan is known to be rather moody when she first wakes up and can be hard to convince to take a bath or go to sleep."
"So, in other words, she's like any ordinary toddler?"
"Well... Sure, I guess we can go with that."
Ino and Shikamaru looked to eachother in confsion.
"So, if there's nothing else, I really should get going," she said, standing up. "Thank you very much for watching over my dear Yuuki-chan. I'm just going to give her a kiss goodbye and I'll be on my way."
Once she was gone, the two sat on opposite sides of the couch, trying to stay as far away from eachother as possible.
Then, they spotted the remote sitting in betwwen them.
"Mysteries of Clouds is on right now," he said, reaching for the remote.
She swiped it before he could get it and told him, "No, Best Hairstyles of Konoha is on right now."
They fought in a game of Tug-of-War until it flew out of their hands and...
CRASH!!! It hit a wall...
Yuuki began wailing and Ino yelled, "You woke her up!"
"I woke her up?"
"See? You even admit it!"
He shook his head and looked away.
"Aren't you going to put her back to sleep?" she asked, trying to talk over the sound of the child's loud crying.
"Why should I?"
She shook her head, sighing and went to go console the child.
A/N: ... I dunno... Is it just me, or does this seem a little boring? If it does, I apologize. I'm hoping that it'll pick up sooner or later.