So, in this chapter, I sort of decided to make it about Naruto and Shikamaru. Naruto is supposed to be the main character I guess and Shikamaru….well, I just picked him. Hope you like it!

Naruto woke up late the next morning with droopy eyes and a massive headache. Looking at his digital clock, it took a while for his eyes to adjust and focus on the big red numbers saying 11:20. Outside, the sun shined brightly high in the sky with its rays of light trying to enter Naruto's room. The room was dark; the blinds blocked out most of the light from coming in except for the small rays that managed to seep through. He looked aside to the laptop on his desk and tried to reminisce of what happened last night; that's when it hit him.

Last night, the blonde boy stayed up until 4:00 making his own world in the creative mode part of minecraft. When he came home from Kiba's, he realized he still didn't have the game in any one of his own electronics. Without hesitating, he grabbed the nearest electronic, his laptop, and began to download it. Once it finished downloading, Naruto created his own world and played for hours. He only ate one bowl of ramen, which he didn't even finish and for him, eating only one bowl meant he was serious about something. He didn't want to stop playing no matter how many times he noticed how late it was judging by the clock. It was until his eyes couldn't keep up anymore that he had to save and shut down his computer. After that, he passed out on the bed.

Naruto sighed and held his head in his hands, placing his elbows firmly on the bed. Ow, my head hurts. What was I supposed to do today again? Just then, a soft knock was heard by the door followed by a "Naruto-sama, may I come in?" voice.

"Sure," Naruto said keeping his position in place. He heard the door open and maid walking inside. Shifting his eyes over to her, he propped his head up so that his chin was being held up by his hands instead.

"Good morning, Naruto-sama. Breakfast is ready downstairs," she began. At that moment, Naruto's stomach grumbled. In his head, he thought of all the possible breakfast items downstairs and what he was going to eat first. "I have also been sent to inform you that at noon, you have plans to meet up with your girlfriend, Hinata-san."

Naruto snapped out of his daydream once Hinata was mentioned. Upon realizing how late it already was, his eyes widened and dashed out of bed to his closet. He frantically searched for something to wear forgetting about the fact that he was hungry or that the maid was still standing inside his room. Seeing her made him feel stupid for forgetting.

"Oh right," he mumbled, stopping by his bed. "You can leave now."

The maid nodded and bowed her head. "If you excuse me." Naruto watched as she left the room, closing the door softly. As soon as she disappeared, Naruto went back to frantic mode and ran back into his closet.

"Argh! I don't have enough time!" Naruto yelled. He grabbed a black t-shirt, an orange hoodie, and some jeans and placed them on his bed. Then, he dashed into the bathroom, trying not to waste anymore of the little time he had.

-X-X-X-X-X-

Shikamaru didn't want to admit it, but he couldn't help himself from playing it. Minecraft was possibly the only game that defied all the logic he knew that was stored inside his brain. But that didn't matter to him. He wanted to deny that he actually liked it. The genius simply didn't want to be addicted to such a stupid game. But he was. All thanks to Kiba.

It was a beautiful Sunday morning, the perfect weather to enjoy a cup of black coffee and just relax downstairs in the kitchen, reading the morning paper. Shikamaru was in a good mood even though there weren't many clouds to watch up in the sky. On other days, this bothered him especially when he didn't have anything to do. However, today, it felt different.

When he was supposed to go and enjoy his cup of coffee and morning paper, he simply stayed in bed with his Ipad 2 playing Minecraft. He hated it. He hated how much the game was so addicting, so stupid, so much fun. And as much as he would love to deny that he wasn't addicted or that he liked it, he couldn't. He can't. Because he is whatever he doesn't want to be.

There he lay on his bed, playing continuously for 6 hours straight without any interruptions. Someone just brought up Shikamaru's lunch and placed it inside his room on his desk. It wasn't until 2 o'clock when his dad came barging into the room. He had an eyebrow raised as he watched Shikamaru hold up the Ipad 2 up in the air while he himself was spread out all over the bed. The man cleared his throat, waiting for his son to acknowledge his presence. When the boy didn't, he crossed his arms and leaned on the doorway.

"Shikamaru, what are you doing?" his dad asked.

"I'm a bit busy dad," he replied.

"Well, I can see that."

"Then what more do you want me to say?"

"Shikamaru, what are you doing?" His dad asked once more.

"I thought you knew already. You did say you could see me." he replied.

"I don't care what I see I want an explanation now," Shikamaru's dad demanded.

Sighing, the boy paused his game and placed the Ipad down on his bed. He then sat up and looked at his dad lazily.

"I was playing on my Ipad."

"You were playing?" His dad asked surprised, clearly showing on his face. "What game?"

"Does it matter?"

"Yes, it does young man. What game was it?"

Shikamaru sighed again. The old man is wondering. Great. Once he finds out, he'll sure to bug me. "Minecraft."

"Minecraft? Oh, that game." He stood up straight and turned around. "I heard about that. Kids these days. They're all addicted to that stuff." Shikamaru's dad walked away from the room leaving Shikamaru to stare at him with the same expression he had earlier.

"If that was all you're going to say then why did you have to stop me," he mumbled. He fell back down on his bed and picked up his Ipad again to resume his game.

"Oh and Shikamaru," his dad reappeared once more in his room. Dropping the Ipad so that it landed beside him on his bed, Shikamaru looked up at the ceiling as he answered, "What?"

"We have plans today remember? We're supposed to leave in about an hour to edit some other programs."

Oh shoot I forgot. Shikamaru thought. "Right," he began. He got up from his bed and went over to get his laptop bag. Luckily, I have Minecraft installed in here. With a small smirk, he walked outside his room and closed the door. "Let's go dad."

-X-X-X-X-X-

Hinata sat on the park bench for the past 10 minutes. She waited for Naruto to come pick her up for their date. On the outside, she appeared calm and cool, smiling softly at the birds and the little children playing in the fields. But inside, she thought of all the reasons why Naruto was late and wondered if he stood her up. Maybe he just forgot, Hinata thought. She hoped that that was it and sooner or later he's going to come running towards her. An orange figure caught her eye as she turned her head to see it rushing towards her.

"What the-" Hinata began. It was then that she realized the orange blob to be Naruto running towards her. At the sight of Hinata, Naruto grinned madly running even faster.

"Hinata! Hinata!" Naruto yelled. He reached her panting hard, placing his arms on his bent knees as he tried to catch his breath.

"N-N-Naruto-kun. Are you all right?" Hinata asked. Naruto stood up straight and tall, flashing a smile at Hinata.

"Yeah! Never better!" Naruto assured. "Hinata, I'm really sorry! You see, I over slept and-"

"Naruto-kun, it's fine," Hinata said. Naruto blinked twice before the thought processed in his head. Smiling like a fool, he picked Hinata up and twirled her around, making her light lavender knee length sundress spin along with her.

"Hinata I love you!" he proclaimed. Hinata held him tightly in fear of being dropped and blushed once he said those words.

"I-I l-love you, t-too, Naruto-kun," she said shyly. The blonde boy placed her back on the ground still smiling widely.

"Okay, so what do you want to do first?" Naruto asked. Just then, his stomach growled, making Naruto remember that he didn't have much for breakfast besides a piece of toast that he managed to grab before he left. Hinata looked at Naruto questioningly.

"How about we eat something first?" She suggested.

"Sure! Haha," Naruto said sheepishly. He was a bit embarrassed.

"Okay, let's go find a restaurant then."

Naruto took Hinata's hand and walked with her to a restaurant.

"Oh, Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked.

"Yeah?"

"What did you eat for breakfast?"

Naruto froze for a second before turning his head away to hide his embarrassment.

"Uh, a slice of toast?"

Hinata laughed lightly. "I figured."

-X-X-X-X-X-

Shikamaru sat there beside his dad as he watched him on the computer editing some programs. So far, he was bored out of his mind.

When the two arrived at the company building, his father had led him into the programming room to edit a couple of programs. At first, his father was in charge of one while he did the other. But after a while, more and more programs had to be edited and it all landed to his father's side for him to work on. Shikamaru was a bit annoyed that they wanted his father to do most of the work when he was a genius but he didn't care at the moment. It was when his father was busy working that he became very bored doing nothing once he finished his own work. Shikamaru's eyes fell on the laptop beside him. I need to get out of here, he thought.

Getting up to stretch his legs, Shikamaru picked up his laptop bag and began to walk out. Noticing this, his father stopped his work and turned to the boy.

"Where are you going?" he asked.

"Out. It seems like you're a bit busy and since I have nothing to do here, I'm going to take a break," Shikamaru replied. He reached for the doorknob and opened the door. "If you need me, just call." With that, Shikamaru left.

-o-o-o-o-

The bored genius walked along the streets of Konoha city scanning for a place where he can get a cup of black coffee and a comfy table to sit down and play Minecraft. His eyes fell upon a small cafe with outdoor seats. The seats had umbrellas to block out the bright sunlight. Perfect.

Shikamaru walked into the shop and ordered a cup of coffee since he did miss his opportunity for a perfect morning. He went back outside with a steaming cup in his hand and went over to one of the shady empty seats. Sitting down, he took a sip of his coffee and then placed it down on the table. After that, he took out his laptop and turned it on so that he could start playing Minecraft.

"Come on, hurry up," he mumbled.

Just when he was about to play, a loud voice disturbed his concentration.

"Shikamaru! Is that you!" I know that voice, he thought. Say it's not so.

"IT IS YOU!" Sighing in defeat, Shikamaru looked up to find a girl with long platinum blonde hair tied up in a ponytail. She wore a light yellow tank top that was tight around her chest and flowed freely beyond that, ending right at her waist line. Beneath that were light blue shorts and white sandals.

"Ino, what are you doing here?" Shikamaru lazily asked. Ino went over and sat in front of Shikamaru.

"Nothing. I was just walking around when I saw you," Ino explained. "And you sound absolutely happy to see me, too." She playfully punched his arm.

"Yeah, sure." Shikamaru didn't care anymore. He focused back to his game ignoring Ino as much as he can, hoping that she would get the message and walk away. Except Ino wasn't like that. After a while of silence, Ino couldn't take it anymore.

"So, Shikamaru," she began. "What are you doing?"

"I'm busy."

"Ugh, why do you have to be so boring!"

"Troublesome woman," he mumbled beneath his breath.

"What was that!" Ino yelled. She got up and went over to him to see what he was doing. She watched as Shikamaru collect ore from the mines and walk back to his home.

"What is that?" Ino asked.

Shikamaru sighed. Why can't people just leave me alone. "It's a game called Minecraft. It's like a game of survival."

"Whoa, wait a second." Ino stood back surprised. "Are you saying that you're actually playing that?"

"Yeah, so what?"

"It's just," she began. "Not you."

"If that's all you came to say then leave. You're bothering me," Shikamaru said annoyingly.

"WELL, I won't leave then." Ino went across back to the other side and sat down. "I'm staying here just to annoy you."

"Fine, then."

A couple of minutes had passed when Ino got bored. I heard about that stupid game, she thought. Shrugging, she thought about giving it a try. I have nothing else to do anyway. Or I can go shopping... Ino stood up and pushed her seat in.

"Well, I'm bored here so I'm going to go shopping. Have fun with your stupid game, Shikamaru." That said, Ino walked away from Shikamaru. The boy looked up to find her gone.

"Finally, I thought she'd never leave." He looked back to his game and continued to play hoping there were no more interruptions for the rest of the day.

Soo...ya. Byebye