It's Rei!!!!! Thanks for reading chapter 1!!!!!!

OiToTheWorld-We are not!!!!!! Anyway...you'll find out in the upcoming chapters...and some in this chapter...it's just vague...oh and there are many cliffhangers in this story!!!!

So here it is...Chapter 2:Don't Talk to Me

Ino

'Morning...I don't wanna get up...but it's Friday...I have to go teach...hmmmm...Shikamaru...why do you still love me?'

I got out of bed, grabbed some clothes out of my closet and went to take a shower. After I had finished my shower I sat down at my vanity. I grabbed my brush and started to brush through my hair. Out of the corner of my eye I saw and old picture I forgot to put away...

I looked down at it. It was a picture of me and Shikamaru...

'Hmm...that was from about a year ago.'

We looked so sweet...Shikamaru had come over to watch a movie and we had fallen asleep on the couch. During the night Sakura saw us and grabbed her camera, she took the picture and the next day it was in a frame sitting in the living room.

'Sakura I promised I'd kill you for that...but I never did...I guess Shika kept my mind off of it.'

I looked at the clock. 6:45 I had an hour before I had to be at the academy. So I slowly walked to the kitchen and started a pot of coffee.

'Sakura should be up soon...I'll get out a bowl for her...'

So I opened a cabinet that contained plate, bowls and cups. I pulled out a bowl for her and a mug for myself. I set the mug down on the counter and the bowl on the table for Sakura. I also pulled out the cereal and a spoon next to her bowl and waited for my coffee to finish.

Sakura walked in still asleep.

"Mornin' sleepy..." Sakura looked up and gazed. If someone walked in they'd think she'd be awake, but she wasn't. Sakura wasn't really up till after breakfast. She looked it because her hair wasn't a mess and she had her ninja outfit on.

"Huh? Hmm...wha?" She started wake up some, but was still half asleep. She poured her cereal into her bowl and began to eat. I laughed a little because she does the same thing every morning. I turned around to check on my coffee and it was done so I pour myself a glass.

As I took my first sip I heard a knocking on the door.

"coming." I said. I set down my coffee and I walked up to the door. I opened the door and to my surprise he was there.

"What..."he looked desperate, so unlike him self.

"Hey, I'd like to..."I slammed the door in his face and walked away. "INO!" he screamed, while pounding on the door. You could here him in the kitchen.

"Who was that?" Sakura asked, now fully awake.

"Take a guess." I said rolling my eyes grabbing my coffee and then taking a sip.

Sakura sighed. We both knew where this was going...we both knew who it was.

"Let me guess...Shikamaru." she said very sarcastically.

"Yep yep!" I set down my coffee and looked at the clock. 7:30. "Sakura...I gotta go"

"Bye."

I quickly ran back to my room grabbed my bag, ran back out to the kitchen, grabbed my coffee and ran out the door.

As soon as I stepped out I tripped. My mug went flying spilling coffee everywhere and then hit the wall across the street and shattered. Shikamaru was on the ground pounding and whining "Ino, Ino" He looked up.

"What!" I nearly screamed.

"Look, tell me...Do you still love me?" He started to whine. Shikamaru was looking very unlike himself.

"No, now if you don't mind I'm late and have to get to my job." I started to walk away, but Shikamaru caught me with his shadow possession jutsu. "WHAT!" I was pissed off now.

"You loved me then..." he paused.

"So..." I rolled my eyes

"Why'd you say no?"

"Let me go! I'm Late!" he let me free and I walked off thinking about his last question.

'Why'd you say no?'...'you loved me then...'

'Shika, if only I could tell you the truth...'I sighed recalling the painful past and forgetting all about the lesson I had to teach.

-Flashback-

"Tsunade-sama? You called...so here I am..."her face popped up. Looked like she was half asleep.

"Ahh yes, Ino...it's about you and Shikamaru."

"What about us?"

"Your team seems too be weaker now."

"Because of us?"

"Precisely." She stood up, stumbled, and then walked to the window." We may be strong in some ways, but we are still weak in others. We can not have you and your team constantly failing missions." She paused, sighed then started again. "I thought I'd tell you this first. If you wish to continue on the same team then you can't be together. If you remain together then we will have to transfer one of you to a new team."

"What!!!" Tears began to form in my eyes.

"Ino I can't help it. If you keep failing missions we'll surely get weaker."

"But...it's not fair!" I started to cry. "I love him. It would pain me if we had to split .It would pain me more if one of us were transferred."

"Ino...look I know how you feel but...you just can't think of just you at a time like this. You must think of what's best for us all!"

"Tsunade-sama...please if there's anything you need me to do I'll do it. For Shikamaru."

"Well..." she walked towards me stopping right before my face. "We are short on staff...at the academy. Why don't you teach? You could still be with Shikamaru."

"How often would I get to see him?"

"Well...I'm not sure. He may be gone a lot and you will be busy."She put her hand on my shoulder.

"So I won't see him that much will I?"

"No, but you said you loved hi...so show me you do."

"Okay and umm..." I was cut off. Shikamaru opened the door to Tsunade-sama's office. She removed her hand from my shoulder.

"Hello Shikamaru." He walked in.

"Hi...you called?" He smiled at me...my heart broke. Tsunade-sama motioned for me to leave.

I started to walk out when Shikamaru caught me.

"Lets meet up later...at the park okay?" He whispered in my ear.

"Sure...three-ish?"

"Yah...bye..."

"Bye..." tears started to well up.

I left the room and fell to the floor...starting to sob.

'I'm sorry Shika...We can't last...And I won't be able to tell you why! I'm the worst girlfriend ever!!!'

-End Flashback-

Some how I was in my classroom. Class was going to start soon.

'Shika...'tears welled up in my eyes...'if only you knew...'

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Bye-Bye!

Rei