Oh dear, had been so long since I thought of this story….lost my idea of where I was going….next chapter shall be fun, if I don't take a while to start it like I did this one….blah…
Once again, same warnings and same disclaimer guys, which should be found in previous chapter….

Do not own, and slash, bi, ooc warnings!

On to the chapter….

Our Love...…He is Gay?

Antonio immediately bounded over to them and hugged them, excitedly.
"That is great! I'm so glad you two decided to join us!" Antonio said, dragging Shikamaru over to sit next to him.

"How about you tell me about the two of you, eh?" Antonio kept on talking, while Shikamaru just looked at him, a bit scared of him and his eagerness. Sasuke just paled as he followed the two, hoping that maybe he would get a heart attack and save him from this hell.
Sebastian chuckled and walked over to Antonio, wrapping his arms around his waist and nuzzling his neck.

"Come on, Antonio, I'm sure the two are hungry and tired, why don't you let them rest tonight and interrogate them tomorrow, eh?" Sebastian muttered, already tugging Antonio over to their tent.

"Oh, yes! I'm sorry!" Antonio flushed, not fighting Sebastian's hold as he was dragged away.

"Good night you two….umm…."Sebastian stared at them, silently asking for their names.

"I'm Karasu and he is Bushou." (raven and sloth)
Shikamaru snapped out of his shock at the name he was given. He rolled his eyes but said nothing, because well, he didn't mind sloths at all.

"Yes, well, we are really tired but we will talk tomorrow, alright?" Antonio grinned before falling into the tent, followed by a winking Sebastian.

Shikamaru and Sasuke just stayed there, awkwardly looking around the clearing.

"Well, that was awkward." Shika muttered, reaching up to tug at his ponytail.

Sasuke glared over at him, because everything just felt like a nightmare and dammit, Sasuke just wanted to be back at Konoha.
No, he was not being a whiny brat!

"Well, Karasu," Shika snickered at the name, standing back up and going over to pick up their belongings.

"Like you would have come up with better names." Sasuke grumbled.

"I'm a genius, of course I would have." Shikamaru smirked throwing Sasuke's pack over to him.

"Now, why don't you get the tent up, honey, while I cook us something to eat." Shikamaru teased Sasuke, enjoying getting on the Uchiha's nerves.

"Whatever you say, darling." Sasuke hissed, stomping over to put up their tent. Which now that he thought about it, was definitely not big enough for both of them…..just marvelous….

It was not long before Sasuke and Shikamaru found themselves, in front of their tent, eating their fish soup and trying their best to ignore the sounds coming from the tent across from them.

"This is really good." Sasuke blurted out, just needing to hear something else than those moans.

"Thank you. My mother forced me to learn." Shikamaru grunted, wondering just why did he always get the weird missions. He never heard Kiba complain about being stuck listening to a couple having sex….then again, Kiba would probably ask to join the couple.

Sasuke was not imagining the couple….who were rather hot…doing anything….he was also not thinking about the Nara next to him and how he was looking flushed…..he was definitely not wondering what else could make the Nara so flushed.

Sasuke figured he was tired and lack sleep, once tomorrow morning came, he would be back to normal….completely back to normal….yeah….

Shikamaru on the other hand was feeling depressed, because the couple sounded like they were having the time of their life. While he was there, with the Uchiha.

Shikamaru hadn't gotten that far in a relationship, he never had time and the guys he liked…well…. just Neji actually….he never got anywhere with them….
Shikamaru's love life was in shambles….he had no love life!

Great…he was starting to sound like the Uchiha….Shikamaru needed to sleep and come tomorrow he would be back to normal and not acting like a teenager….he would ignore the voice that reminded him that he was a teenager…. Because that voice sounded like his parents and that was just awkward when he was listening to people having sex….

Gross.

"So….sleeping arrangements?" Shikamaru asked as he threw over his plate of soup and crawled into the tent. Sasuke followed behind him….eyes glued to the ground, trying to avoid looking at Shika's ass.

They both realized that the only way they would be able to sleep would be in a hugging position.

"Uchiha, shut up and lay down." Shikamaru grumbled before the Uchiha protested because he was damn tired and just wanted to sleep.
And maybe, it should bother him a bit more that he doesn't mind sleeping on the Uchiha, but he was tired and just wanted to sleep and the Ino voice in his head was cackling maniacally.

"This does not leave the tent." Sasuke muttered under his breath, even though that Itachi voice was still being creepy and checking Shikamaru out.
Both ninjas welcomed the reprieve that sleep brought them.

…..

It was the next morning, when the two ninjas were roughly woken up by Antonio bursting into their tent, scaring the crap out of them. Of course, neither would admit to being scared because they were ninjas and they did not do fear…..

"Morning you two, how did you two sleep? You two were so quiet last night, must have been really tired to do much huh?" Antonio waggled his eyebrows, before being dragged out by Sebastian.

Sasuke and Shikamaru were recuperating from almost having a heart attack, before scrambling out of the tent, much to the amusement of Sebastian and Antonio.
Shika and Sasuke just glared at each other, already knowing it was going to be a long day.

…..

"So, Bushou, tell me how you and Karasu met!" Antonio asked excitedly as Antonio shared their food.

Shikamaru paled, before looking over at Sasuke, who looked about ready to faint. Of course, the Uchiha would protest saying something about how it is called passing out not fainting, Uchiha's did not faint….

"Well, we went to school together, actually." Shikamaru started the story, quietly nibbling on the bread Antonio passed him. Shikamaru wondered if Sasuke was even breathing because he seemed to be turning blue at the moment.

"Karasu was a real jerk, and I never thought I would ever be with him, but half way through school he had to leave because of family problems. When he came back, he was a new person! I didn't think he would remember me, but it turns out he liked me for a while before he left."

Shikamaru elaborated on the story, so what if he was pretty much just telling what he wished his love life would have gone like.
He blamed the romantic side of himself on Ino and his mother.

Sasuke was pretty much mortified when he realized that Shikamaru was coming up with their love life, especially when that love life was just a twist of real events.

"It took a while, because I still saw Karasu as the jerk he had been, but he was so sweet and romantic to me. I couldn't help but fall for him as well. I remember one time, after a stressful test that I was sure I had failed," of course that would never happen because Shikamaru would never fail a test, "Karasu came over, with chocolate and roses, and serenaded me. It was just what I needed to make me feel better. After that night, we have become inseparable!"

Shikamaru ended with a flourish, reaching over and taking Sasuke's hand in his.

Alright, so that last part was way too mushy and exaggerated, but Antonio ate it all up and Sebastian didn't really seem to care as long as Antonio was happy. Which just depressed
Shikamaru because why the hell couldn't he find a guy like that? Why was he stuck in a fake relationship with someone who had the personality of a rock and even then, Shika would probably have a deeper relationship with a rock.

Sasuke twitched because the story had been going fine until the ending, and he was surprised that the other two didn't find it way too corny for it to be real. However, if that actually worked, Sasuke would have done that for Naruto a long time ago.

Of course, when he said long ago, he meant months ago because that was the time he had return from being rogue.

"That is beautiful!" Antonio grinned.

"It is getting late," Sebastian butted in, much to the relief of Sasuke and Shikamaru.

"Oh, I can't tell you how Sebastian and I got to together as we walk to the festival!" Antonio jumped up excitedly.

Shikamaru and Sasuke both died a little inside.

…..

Ino groaned as she slumped over the counter, watching as people passed by the flower shop. She was so bored, actually, she was tired which just made the boredom so much worst.
She couldn't understand why today was such a dull day. Shikamaru had been gone for a day only…and where was Chouji?

She knew he was out training for she couldn't quite remember at the moment because her brain was not working…..but she hoped he would be coming around soon, before she died of idleness.

She excitedly sat up when she heard the bells chime, only to be disappointed. It was not Chouji.

"Hey, Naruto, what are you doing here? Buying Sakura flowers…again?" Ino sighed, because how did Kami think she could move on from the sexy blonde if he kept popping up.

Sure, Ino was gorgeous, she knew that, but she also knew that she had no chance with Naruto. One, there was Sakura, she was first on Naruto's list. Two, there was Sasuke, who was second on the list, and last because once Sasuke got Naruto he would probably chain him in his room and never let him go.
Ino had to admit that that image was rather hot, if she ignored her heart breaking.

"No, actually, I came to ask you something…." Naruto laughed nervously.

Ino was sure that she should be getting her hopes up….how sad was it that she knew she had no hope what so ever with Naruto, that that question did not give her any hope at all….
Oh dear, Ino had indeed turned into a bitter woman….would this give her an excuse to make a voodoo doll of Sasuke and stab it with pins?

"Shoot," Ino replied to Naruto, leaning on the counter and watching as Naruto looked nervously around the shop.

"Do you think that….umm…..Sasuke is…." Naruto flushed as he stumbled over his words.

Oh dear, Naruto had figured it out! Well, there went Sakura from the number one spot.

"Gay? Yep." Ino interrupted Naruto and saved him the trouble of finishing the sentence. Ino could tell how hard the question was for him.

Naruto bright red and begin stuttering, before sobering up.
"Do you think Sakura knows?" Naruto whispered, looking around as if Sakura could come in any second.

Ino raised an eyebrow and shrugged.

"I don't know, she has been too busy to hang out with me lately. However, Sakura is not stupid, she must have inkling or a feeling, she just probably hasn't really thought about it intensely." Ino shrugged, watching as Naruto looked down at the ground worriedly, before looking back up and beaming at Ino.

"Thank you INO!" Naruto screeched before running out of the flower shop.

Okay…where the hell was Chouji….he better bring lots of food, Ino needed to eat her depression away!

….

Sakura sighed as she leaned back against the tree. Her head had been replaying the moment she saw Ino and Ayame hug.
Ino was bisexual. Sakura wasn't sure why that was bothering her so much. What was this feeling?

Why couldn't she stop thinking about what Naruto said about Ino and Ayame being hot together?

….

"And that is how Sebastian and I got together!" Antonio finished his story, voice having never lost its excitement.

Sasuke had tuned out most of it, figuring Shikamaru could do most of the talking. No way in hell would Sasuke participate more than he had to. Except, he had to admit that holding hands with the Nara the whole time was rather nice…..

Shikamaru sighed internally, because that was just so sweet yet hot at the same time. Made him even sadder to think about the only relationship he's had, was with the rock he was holding hands with. Why was that?

"You two are perfect for each other." Shikamaru muttered, voice laced with his usual laziness that neither of their hosts found insulting. Shikamaru was glad they figured that was just his way of talk. Of course, Sasuke had gone back to being a mute, Shikamaru was not sure if he was glad for that or not. He was still trying to figure out just how he got into the whole mess from the beginning.

Alright, and that little part of his heart, buried way back in his conscious, wished that Neji had been partnered with him….actually, at this moment, anyone but Sasuke would have been a better choice for Shikamaru.
He could have gone as a girl and been part of a lesbian couple with Ino, it is not like they hadn't make out before.

"Karasu, why are you so quite." Shikamaru asked once Antonio and Sebastian got wrapped up on details concerning Antonio's story.

"Hn." Sasuke grumbled.

"Now honey, I'm hurt that you won't tell me what is bothering you." Shikamaru acted wounded, placing his other hand over his heart. Sasuke just glared at him, wishing he could disintegrate the Nara with his stare.

"I hate you." Sasuke hissed into Shikamaru's ear, for once happy at the closeness of the Nara.

"I know, I do too sweetie." Shikamaru shrugged, leaning even closer to Sasuke.

"How much longer till we get there?" Sasuke growled, wanting so much to just kill their 'friends' who were so lovey dovey that it sickened Sasuke. He was not jealous!

"Just a few hours more," Shikamaru shrugged, patting Sasuke's shoulder, condescendingly.

"That's it!" Sasuke snapped, he couldn't take it anymore.

Of course, Antonio turned back around and once again engaged them into a conversation. Shikamaru and Sasuke just smiled, straining to keep a semblance of a happy couple.
So what if their hold on each other's hand was bone crushing tight, and in just a few minutes they couldn't feel their hands anymore.

…..

To be continued

…..this is just written up in order to advance the story forward….kind of lame…but whatevs….I had fun writing Ino though….hahaha
Next part, they get to the festival, and it will probably only focus on Sasuke and Shikamaru, but the 5th chapter will bring in hinata and temari for sure….as well as more Sakura and her confusion over her sexuality!