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This story will vary due to reviews. I haven't made a decision in which pairings I should use, but please, may you read my story to see what I wrote so far? :)

Prologue

Shikamaru ran through the leaf's forest as quick as he could. There was no telling what could have happened. All he heard were rumors of a bleach blonde hidden leaf village chunin who was taken to the hospital.

He could feel intense worry bestowing his heart. What could it be, he asked himself. There's no way Ino could've been injured… He had made it clear to her to watch her back when she was around Sai. The boy had no feelings of course. All he had was his good looks that seemed to be stolen from Sasuke and those… those fake smiles!

Shikamaru shook his head at the sight of himself. What has the girl done to him? Back then, he wouldn't show a single sign of distress and now here he is rushing to the hospital. The thought of Sai was even troublesome!

He finally made it and quickly bashed through the doors. A nurse called to him.

"Excuse me! What's your purpose here!?"

"No time to explain! I gotta see Ino!" he hurried.

He stopped in his tracks realizing he hadn't even asked if she was in the hospital to begin with.

"ah, sorry. Is Ino Yamanaka checked in?" he turned to the nurse who now had her hands on her hips.

"Ah, yes. Yamanaka is in room 201." she replied, fully obliged.

"thanks!"

He scampered off up the stairs chanting, "room 201" in his head. He opened the door to find Ino hospitalized. Her sad gaze turned to the entrance when she noticed Shikamaru standing at the doorway. He felt a sudden ache in his heart. The poor girl looked in pain. Shikamaru walked to her.

"what happened..?" He asked.

Ino heard the concern in his voice, making her weep.

"I-I was attacked…" She said, closing her eyes.

"Who did it, Ino?" his voice, low and sincere.

She shook her head. She refused to let him know she broke his promise.

"come on… you can tell me…" he persisted.

"It was a chunin from the hidden sound village… that's all" she lied.

Shikamaru's eyebrows lifted in disbelief. He isn't stupid. She should know by now.

"Alright. Now, I lost interest. What a drag…" he sighed. He slowly walked to the door with his hands behind his head. A now ticked Ino shouted at him.

"WHAT THE HECK! I THOUGHT YOU CARED ABOUT ME!" she snapped.

He gave her a sly smile.

"I do care about you. But when you lie it's just too much work." He yawned.

"why you-" she stopped. She had to rethink about it for a moment. Right, she forgot she was dealing with the genius Shikamaru.

"I already know who it was" he assured her.

She just blinked and dared him to announce who did it.

"it was Sai. It was really obvious. Just tell me what happened…"

Ino gulped, as if it was almost too painful to talk about. Ino was always that sweet innocent girl, selling flowers at her shop. One day, Sai came along, bought a bouquet just to hand it to her. The girl's heart fluttered, of course, but had it been the correct move to like this mysterious pale boy? She had remembered people talking about the boy as if he was a no body. They said he was emotionless! Ino didn't want to believe any of the rumors because of that specific day.

Shikamaru just yawned as he waited for her response…

Hello there! C: I'm new to the writing industry so my stories might need a lot of work! I'd appreciate a few tips :) Also, I'd like your guys' opinions! Shall this story be an InoxSai or InoxShikamaru? Please leave a review and let me know! Thank you for reading what I wrote so far! Toodaloos lovelies ^-^