I MADE IT UNTIL THE THIRD CHAPTER, UNBELIEVABLE. I GUESS IS JUST ANOTHER STUPID GUY CAN DO IT THEN ANYONE CAN! SHIKASAKU IS AN AWESOME PAIRING AND I DONT THINK I AM DOING THEM JUSTICE BUT I DONT THINK I AM GOING TO BE STOPPING ANY TIME SOON SO IF YOU DONT WANNA READ THEN I SUGGEST GOING BACK TO WHATEVER YOU WERE READING BEFORE. IF YOU ARE GOING TO STAY AROUND THEN I AM SORRY FOR ALL THE MISTAKES I MADE. IF YOU WANNA RANT ABOUT IT THEN YOU CAN DO IT IN THE REVIEWS I THINK.
HAPPY READING:)
"Your mom really did her work when she analysed those plants." Sakura commented as she continued reading the notes while Shikamaru looked through the encyclopaedia for any similarities from other plants.
"She's a control freak." Shikamaru lazily corrected her as he laid on his couch.
"She's your mother." Sakura reminded him.
"Want to swap?" Shikamaru suggested. They looked at each other then began laughing lightening the atmosphere in the room. The kiss they shared earlier felt almost forgotten but Shikamaru couldn't forget it no matter what they did. He enjoyed it and he had to admit to himself that he wanted more.
"Shikamaru." Sakura said his name snapping him out of his thoughts. "Check for any plants that can numb any parts of the body."
"A plant that targets a certain area and numbs only that or a general numbness?" Shikamaru asked getting back to his senses.
"I think a general one. This plant doesn't seem to target anything specific that we know of. Your mother would have to test it to see." Sakura stated as Shikamaru flipped through the pages of the book looking for the plants that matched Sakura's description. "How does your mother test all of this anyway?"
"She asks Lady Tsunade to do it for her since Lady Tsunade is an expert in medicine. The two of them do their thing and they only record their conclusive findings in here." Shikamaru explained.
"I wonder why Lady Tsunade hasn't mentioned that to me."
"It's kind of a secret. We can't really go around announcing that we have a secret book of plants that could cure most diseases and poisons."
"True."
"You know about it now though and all the clan heads know about it as well. They helped us with some of the things in here as well."
"I wonder if any of the other villages have a book like this."
"Temari did mention that they had a book that they used to create different kinds of poison and their cures but I think that's as far as it goes."
"I haven't seen her around in a while. Do you know how she's doing?"
"You know her, nothing can get her down. She is training hard and fighting harder I suppose. She's so focused."
"Definitely sounds like the opposite of you." Sakura said as she laughed. "How did you guys become such good friends then?"
"She's smart and calculating. I kind of liked that about her. She challenges me like you do but when she gets frustrated, she usually doesn't hit me like you do."
"I hit you because you're a pain in the ass."
"I thought you said that I was an ass." Shikamaru responded while Sakura rolled her eyes and laughed with him.
"I think I found what we've been looking for." Shikamaru said as he stopped by a page in the book with a plant that matched the one they were looking at.
"Come over here and let me see. Why are you sitting so far anyway? It's counter-productive you know." Sakura told him.
"I wanted to give you space to be comfortable while we worked." Shikamaru responded.
"Either you come sit over here or I will come over other there." Sakura told him.
"Come sit over here. It's closer to the fire as well so you can get hotter." Shikamaru told her.
"You gave me this blanket for a reason so I am hot enough." Sakura replied.
"Tch... troublesome woman." Shikamaru said as he lazily stood up and dragged his body a few feet to the couch Sakura was sitting on then sat down next to her.
"You are honestly the laziest person I've ever met." Sakura stated as she pulled Shikamaru up against her then put the blanket across both their shoulders.
"I take pride in that." Shikamaru said as he struggled to keep his mind focused on the work now that he was so close to Sakura. He opened the book then showed Sakura the plant that he found.
"It does has the same colour and similar description but the only other similarities is the causing of numbness. Other than that it's the complete opposite." Sakura pointed out.
"What if it's a cross between this plant and another plant?" Shikamaru asked as they faced each other. "The plant could've developed it's description from the mother plant and the effects from the father plant or vice versa. What if it's a combination as well?"
"What makes you think that and not just a completely different plant on its own?"
"My mother knows every inch of the forest and she knows every plant, shrub and tree that grows in it. If she found a new plant growing in the forest then couldn't that plant have been fertilised by two different plants then carried by the wind through the forest and landed on fertile land for it to grow?" Shikamaru asked but he could see that Sakura wasn't fully paying attention to what he was saying. He stared at him but she wasn't saying anything.
"Sakura, are you okay?" Shikamaru asked her as he put his hand on hers then squeezed it.
"Yeah... um... cross pollination right?" Sakura asked as she looked at the book.
"Exactly." Shikamaru agreed as they made eye contact again. This time he got lost staring into her eyes again. Suddenly they began drawing closer to each other again but this time Shikamaru got to his senses and managed to stop himself. They were inches away from enjoying another passionate kiss. He could feel her soft breaths on his lips but he pulled away before he lost his self control.
"Um... I think my father has a book about this in his study." Shikamaru said as he stood up leaving Sakura dumbfounded on the couch this time. She looked up at him with confusion in her eyes as he spoke then began walking away.
Shikamaru slowly made his way to the study regretting his decision. He wanted to kiss Sakura so badly that he couldn't stop thinking about her but he didn't want to do it without knowing what he felt for her. Sakura has always been there for him when he needed her and he always helped her where he could. Yes they irritated each other but none of them minded it. They fed off each other's frustration and that made them better. Shikamaru never thought about being romantically attracted to her though. He always thought that Sakura was the more mature females amongst his friends except when it came to arguing with Ino but he understood their relationship.
Sakura never really seemed interested in ever hanging out with Shikamaru anyway. They would bump into each in town and have a quick conversation then go their separate ways again. There was never really any need for them to hangout. There was something that contradicted that though; Sakura always chose to train with Shikamaru while Lady Tsunade was training her even though Neji or Hinata would be the obvious choice to train with when it came to learning to fight with chakra on your hands. They were experts in chakra control and Shikamaru wasn't that great at taijutsu or chakra control as well. After their training sessions then they would go to Ichiraku's to get something to eat and rest before going home but even then there was no real romantic interest. Was there?
"Shikamaru." he heard Sakura say his name. He turned around and saw her standing in the doorway of the study. "There's trouble."
STUPID SHIKAMARU SHOULD'VE JUST F***ING KISSED HER AND GET IT OVER WITH. HE IS SO FRUSTRATING. WHY DID THE CHAPTER HAVE TO END LIKE THIS AS WELL? I HATE MYSELF. ANYWAY, IF YOU HATE ME TOO THEN DROP A REVIEW (THAT ACTUALLY RYHMED LOL). I WILL SEE YOU GUYS AND GIRLS SOON WITH ANOTHER SHORT BORING CHAPTER.