AN: I checked out my stats and I saw that I had over 100 viewings for my story! Wow! When I first started reading stories here, I wouldn't leave a review until I was a couple chapters along or I really liked the story. So, what I am saying is that I appreciate all of you for reading and hope you continue to, whether you review or not!!! Thank you and on to chapter 2!

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'Damn. That was close. So troublesome.' Shikamaru thought. He had just escaped his fan girls, and was currently perched on a tree, near team 10's old training grounds.

"Hey, where did he go?"

"Oh no! Where is Shika-kun! Shika-kun! Where are you?"

"Great job, ladies! Now we lost him!"

His fan girls were just about to come across the clearing and head back to the path that leads you into the main part of Konoha. 'Only 1 minute and 30 seconds judging by the pace of that damn leader of theirs, Aiko."

Aiko was a very interesting girl. She had light purple hair that came midway down her back (think Sakura style before she cut it off) and deep amethyst eyes. She has never dated anyone, even though she was the most attractive female of the regular citizens. She was a regular citizen of Konoha, but was brought up in a ninja family. Her parents didn't want her to get hurt, so she wasn't allowed to become a ninja, or date a ninja, either, for getting hurt emotionally. That is one of the reasons she chased after Shikamaru, that and he was extremely attractive.

Yes, I spoke correctly; Shikamaru had become attractive over the years. He was now about 6 foot 2 inches and, although not as muscular as some, had an awesome body. He had a great tan, too, probably from watching the clouds on sunny afternoons. An attractive genius, how can the girls resist him?

"Hey! Shikamaru! Where are you?" just his luck. His blonde teammate and best friend Yamanaka Ino was running to find him. 'Oh no! If she finds me, so will Aiko! Troublesome woman!"

Shikamaru then decided that he had to do something very troublesome: get Ino and get the hell out of here!

All Ino had been doing was minding her own business when she was called to Tsunade's office. She had been told that she was going on a spying mission. That wasn't much of a surprise; she always got spying missions, especially because of her appearance. What surprised her, though, was that Shikamaru, Konoha's top strategist, was going to accompany her. 'He never gets any missions like this anymore! This must be important!'

So, Ino had been sent to find him and tell him about the mission. So now she was in the forest. She had heard the commotion in the town and knew exactly where to find him. She was his best friend, what did you expect?

"Hey! Shikamaru! Where are you?" she had called out to him. She didn't see any of the fan girls, so she decided to call out to him.

"Shika-mmph!" Ino felt a hand covering her mouth and an arm around her waist. She started to struggle, but relaxed upon hearing his voice.

"Ino," he whispered into her ear, "Shhh, it's me. Don't let them hear you or I'm dead. Troublesome women." after he felt that she had calmed down, he let go off her mouth, and was just about to remove his arm from her waist and both were jump into the trees when…

"Shika-kun! There you—what the hell are you doing here Ino! You aren't trying to cuddle up to my Shika-kun are you now?" Aiko said with a very rude tone toward Ino.

At first Ino was purely angry toward that Aiko, 'HER Shika-kun?! What the hell is that supposed to mean?! Nobody can call Shikamaru theirs but me!" Ino's race went red with rage, but then the other part of Aiko's statement dawned on her 'cuddle up…oh…' she then realized that Shikamaru still had his arm around her waist. Her face then went red again, but this time from embarrassment. She snuck a glance back up at Shikamaru, who was giving Aiko a death glare that rivaled Sasuke's. He then did something completely un-Shikamaru like: he tightened his grip on Ino and said

"So what if she is. Obviously you don't know anything, so why don't you just leave me the hell alone. You are so damn troublesome!"

The look on Aiko's and the forgotten fan girls, and Ino's, faces were priceless. Aiko looked like she was going to cry. The fan girls looked scared, amused, and sad at the same time. Ino looked like she was ready to kiss Shikamaru for yelling at that bitch Aiko, but her face was slightly pink from the way he held her and his statement.

"Yeah, Aiko, and all you other FAN girls out there. You know nothing about Shikamaru! If you knew anything about him, you would have known that we have been best friends our whole lives. Why else do you think I am always hanging out with him? You were probably too STUPID to notice that, and the fact that you were too jealous of me to see. Aiko, remind me again why you haven't gone out with Shikamaru again. Oh, yeah! Shikamaru just told you to get the hell away from him, so why don't you do that!"

Shikamaru wasn't expecting that from Ino. He didn't know why Aiko had a grudge against Ino, but maybe she thought they were… 'No. Who would think that Ino and I are…together? I mean come on. We are best friends, but not like that. But wait! Why was Ino getting so red earlier, and getting so mad at Aiko? Yeah, I guess Aiko could be a bitch toward Ino, but Ino had been getting nicer since the genin days, and had stopped being so mean to people that liked people she…likes? Does Ino…no way! Ino would never like me! That is impossible…and too good to be true…'

"Come on Shikamaru! We have some ninja stuff to attend to! Oh yeah, Aiko, you wouldn't understand that kind of stuff. We'll be off now!" Ino then wrapped her arm around his waist, turned her head back and winked toward the fan girls, particularly Aiko, and walked away.

'You have no idea who you are messing with!' both Aiko and Ino thought at the same time. 'Don't you dare go messing with MY Shika-kun!'

Because both Ino and Shikamaru were walking back to town to discuss their mission, they didn't see all the fan girls disappearing in a puff of smoke, and Aiko pulling out a walkie talkie, "Step one of the mission is complete."

AN: I know, a kinda cliffie! Wow, this is turning out good! Sorry it took so long, and no, I am not like that in real life. The personality of Aiko A.K.A. me is made up, although I just want to say that I use Aiko as a nickname, so that is why I am Aiko. Yeah, characters are OOC but I like them that way, and they are older and at that age. Couldn't think of any other good Japanese names, so I only names Aiko, Aiko! Anyway, I will try to update soon!

Thanks for reading!

-tomboy14 A.K.A. Aiko

Aiko: reviews appreciated! constructive criticism always helpful!