Hi! It's me again. It's a good thing when I published this story I had 3 or 4 chapters. Yay! Okay, so without further ado...here's the second chapter!

Once Upon a Daydream

Chapter 2: Project Partners

Some Random Place

Ino sprinted down the streets of Konoha and turned left into an alleyway. There was the gang – Sakura, Tenten, Hinata, Naruto, Shikamaru, Sasuke, and Neji. They were all frowning. "Sorry I'm late guys! I had the weirdest dream, and…"

"Yeah, yeah…we don't really need to know," said Tenten.

"So, are you gonna have one of those wild parties again?" asked Naruto, who was eager to party non-stop and steal all the ramen.

"Huh?" said Ino, who was beginning to wonder if had a vision in her dream.

"Yeah, Ino," said Sakura, elbowing her lightly, "are ya?"

"Well, I guess so, I mean, don't I have one every year?" said Ino without thinking.

"YEA!" shouted Naruto and Sakura. Tenten threw confetti. The rest just smiled. Sasuke smirked.

"Neji-kun I'm going with you right?" Tenten asked her boyfriend and then added threateningly, "Because you know what I'm gonna do if I don't!"

Neji gulped. Last time he said no Tenten tied him up and shoved him in her closet for three days. "Sure, Tenten, I mean, why wouldn't I?" asked Neji nervously.

"Ino you'll invite the rest of the school too right?" asked Hinata. Over time, she had gotten a little more bold and able to speak her mind.

"Of course! I mean, it'll be the biggest party of the year so why shouldn't I invite everybody else?" said Ino cheerfully.

"AWESOME! I'll pick you up around 5 Hinata! But we're gonna be fashionably late as always!" said Naruto. He was always known for always arriving at parties one minute late.

"This will be one troublesome party, but I guess I'll come if everyone else is coming," said Shikamaru.

Ino had a flashback of her dream but shook it away. She snatched Neji's hand ("WTF!" exclaimed Neji ) and looked at his watch. "OMG! We're gonna be late for school!" she exclaimed and was on her way before anyone could say anything.

So that was the first chapter! Hope you liked it. In case you didn't know, all the girls are 16 (except Tenten, who is 17) and all the guys are 17. Please R&R. Thanks!

Hey, it's me! Last time Ino said she would have a party and our main characters were almost late for school. What happens next? Read to find out!

Konoha Highschool

Ino Yamanaka dashed down the hallways to her first period class Crap, she thought. I hope I'm not late again! Right after she entered the classroom the bell rang. Ino took her seat next to Chouji and panted, obviously exhausted. She looked to her right. Chouji had his head down on his desk and a bag of potato chips in his hand. He was obviously sneak-eating again! One of these days he'll get in trouble, thought Ino and shook her head. She looked to her left. The desk was empty! Oh no, thought Ino. He's late again!

Sure enough, five minutes after the bell rang, Shikamaru lazily entered the room. Shikamaru hurry up and get to your seat while Asuma's not looking! Ino thought furiously. One more tardy and you're on your way to the detention room!

Shikamaru seemed to understand what Ino was trying to tell him and ran to his seat a second before Asuma turned around. That was close! Good job Shika, thought Ino as a smile spread across her face. But how, she wondered, did he know what I was thinking?

"Don't you think that a guy with an I.Q. over 200 would know what you're trying to tell me?" asked Shikamaru lazily without looking at Ino.

"Uh, sure," said Ino. Hey you know, he's kinda cute. Oops, I hope he didn't hear that, thought Ino, blushing.

Shikamaru turned red. He had read Ino's thoughts. Ino likes me? God, who knew? He thought. Oh no, do I like her back? No, of course not, what was I thinking? She's my friend and all but I don't like her like that! He suddenly turned very red and had a very strange feeling, but he decided to ignore it.

"Attention class!" said Asuma, slapping the board with his ruler. "You're going to do a partner project that's due next Thursday. It will be a movie about whatever you like. The best project will be played on Movie Night next Friday. So partner up!"

Ino scanned the room. Naruto had partnered up with Hinata, Sasuke with Sakura, and Neji with Tenten. Ino was fuming mad that her friends had dumped her for somebody else. And her, of all people! Ino was about to kick somebody when Shikamaru tapped her on the shoulder. She whipped around and was about to slap Shikamaru, but then she realized it was him.

"Uh, wanna be my partner, Ino?" asked Shikamaru a little less lazier than usual. Ino looked surprised. She had totally forgotten about her friend. Shikamaru? She thought. "Sure, why not?" she said.

"Great," said Shikamaru and smiled. "Come to my house after school." With that, he put his hands in his pockets and walked away. Wait Shika where the hell are you going? Don't just leave me here! Ino thought, hoping he heard it, but he just ignored it and walked away as if he hadn't heard it.

After School

"Okay so for the party you'll need a DJ, a DJ booth, a disco ball, refreshments, and don't forget the punch! Lots of it!" Sakura was looking at her clipboard and reading off it. "All of that will cost about…"

"Okay! I get it! Look, I appreciate the help, but I think I'm perfectly capable of planning it myself, no offense," said Ino, who was a little exasperated at her best friend's control freak ways.

"Fine! See how you do without my help!" said Sakura, turning away.

"Sakura it's her party after all give her a chance," said Sasuke. Hinata, Tenten, and Neji nodded.

"Okay, this is my stop," said Hinata with a wave. "Same here," said Neji and Sasuke. "Ino, don't you live here too?" asked Tenten, still waving to Neji.

"Yeah, but I'm going to Shikamaru's house today for the project," replied Ino.

"Oh, does that mean you like him?" asked Sakura, giggling.

"Uh…" Ino said and blushed.

"No it doesn't. The clouds are so nice," said Shikamaru, changing the subject.

"Oh, I get it!" shouted Naruto. "You two like each other don't you?"

Ino and Shikamaru blushed, looked at each other, then looked away almost instantly.

"Shika and Ino, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" sang Sakura and Naruto. Tenten threw confetti (A/N: Does she take confetti with her everywhere or something?)

"Oh look it's our stop let's go!" said Shikamaru hastily, grabbed Ino's hand, and ran towards his house.

"You know, there's still half a mile to your house," called Tenten, but it was too late. They were gone.

"Yup, they do like each other," said Naruto and grinned. Tenten and Sakura joined him.

Shikamaru and Ino

"Um, hey Shika-kun…" Ino said, slightly embarrassed.

"Yeah Ino?" Shikamaru replied.

"Um…do ya, you know, love me?" said Ino, looking away from him.

Shikamaru blushed. "Oh…why would you ask me that in the first place you troublesome woman?"

"Hey! Who are you calling troublesome! Sorry, um, I don't know, I kinda had a weird dream that I mentioned earlier…" Ino started blushing as well.

"Um…err…about what?"

"Oh, um, just something…I'll tell you some other time when we have more time…"

"Ino, it's a 35-minute walk."

"I know, but…"

"Okay, tell me some other time, I don't care."

"Okay…"

The rest of the way home both were silent, blushing, not looking at each other, and thinking. Ino, you are so troublesome to ask me that. Well she's not that bad I mean she's pretty, smart, and…OH! Why do I always think like that! Snap out of it, Shikamaru! She's way too troublesome for you! Troublesome Ino, troublesome women, troublesome world! Shikamaru thought and kicked a rock. OHH! I'm so stupid asking Shika-kun if he loves me or not! I mean, you can't just ask a guy if he loves you! It's just not right! Still…I wonder if he does love me. I mean, he always blushes around me and stuff…I just hope he doesn't reject me. I mean, even though he's Konoha's number one lazy ninja, I bet any girl would pay tons to have him as her boyfriend. Sigh…what am I thinking? There are tons of girls out there who are better than me…including Temari… thought Ino as she stared at her feet.

Neither of them realized that they were standing right in front of Shikamaru's house.

"Huh? Oh. Ino, we're home," said Shikamaru and invited Ino inside.

Okay, so that was the second chapter. Things are getting better, but wait till ya see the third chapter. Please review!