Ino awoke the next morning earlier than usual. She had gone to bed early so it only made sense that she woke up early as well. She took a shower and started to blow dry her hair. She fixed her hair so that it looked really cute then she got dressed. She decided to wear a cute white skirt with a purple shirt that had black see through lace on her back. She got all her stuff for school together and put on some black flats. She was on her way after that. She decided to eat at Shikamaru's house for breakfast and texted Sakura that she had left early since Sakura and Sasuke were still sleeping. Ino knew Sakura would check her phone 1st when she awoke. Shikamaru ate his breakfast slowly. It was way too early for him in the mornings and all he really wanted to do was go back to sleep. Ino looked at Shikamaru and started to smile.

Shikamaru noticed and asked, "What?"

"I was just thinking that you're really not a morning person huh?" she replied as she continued to smile

"No of course I'm not. Why are you so bright and happy in the mornings?" he asked her

"It's because I got a good night's sleep and that's why I feel so good this morning." She said with a big smile.

"It should be illegal for someone to be so bright and shiny in the mornings." He told her.

Ino made a fake shocked face and gave him a punch in the arm and said, "Rude!"

"Well I'm done eating so let's get started on our troublesome walk to school." He told her.

"It's not that bad and you know it." Ino said while laughing.

"So….why did you come over so early this morning?" Shikamaru asked curiously.

"Oh well Sakura and Sasuke spent the night at my house." She told him uneasily.

"What? You're kidding, right?" he said mildly shocked.

"Nope" she simply told him.

"Don't you like Sasuke though?" he asked in confusion.

"Well yeah I kind of like him but he and Sakura got together this summer." She told him

"That doesn't bother you?" he asked her.

"Not really but that's only because I was gone all summer and I didn't spend any time with Sasuke. I am a little jealous to be honest because Sasuke is really attractive and I would like to date him but he's with Sakura now. I can't do anything about that so I'll just support their choice." Ino told Shikamaru.

"Wow you seem to be okay with this. Is there another guy you've got your eye on?" Shikamaru asked.

"Yeah, how did you know?" Ino asked curiously and with a bit of shock in her tone.

"Ino I've known you since we were little and you're never okay with someone taking something from you unless you have something else that catches your attention." Shikamaru said with a crooked smile.

Ino thought about that statement for a while and said, "Yeah you're right!"

They both started laughing for a bit and then Ino said, "Its Kiba."

"Kiba huh? He's pretty cocky you know." He told Ino

"Yeah I know but we're going on a date and I'm pretty interested in him." She told him.

"Well as long as you're happy then I'm happy." Shikamaru told her.

"What about you? Any girl that catches your eye?" Ino asked curiously.

Shikamaru thought about it for a while and said, "Not really." He knew it was a lie but he didn't really want to discuss his love life with Ino and that was only because he didn't want to admit his love interests just yet.

"Okay" Ino said to him as they walked into the doors of high school and went to their lockers. They got to school pretty early and decided to go their separate ways. Ino went to hang out with her girl friends as Shikamaru went to go hang out with the guys.

Ino walked over to her usual group of girls consisting of Temari, Ten Ten, Hinata, and usually Sakura too but at this point Sakura was absent from the group.

"Hey ladies." Ino greeted her friends.

"Hello" Hinata greeted Ino.

"Hey" greeted Temari and Ten Ten.

"So guess what!?" Ten Ten asked excitedly.

"I don't know what?" asked Ino.

"Okay well it turns out that there is a new girl in class and apparently she's already been bragging that she and Sasuke have been together! Juicy, right? Well it doesn't stop there apparently Uchiha has been getting around with a lot of girls that are from out of town. He's a huge play boy." Ten Ten said.

"What? Are you sure this is all true?" Ino asked Ten Ten.

"Yeah I heard it all from Hinata because she was vacationing with the Uchihas lately. Tell her it's true Hinata." Ten Ten said.

"Yeah it's really true. All of it is true. I met some of the broken hearted girls and they told me about Sasuke." Hinata said meekly.

"Oh no." Ino said. 'Sakura is going to be broken hearted when she hears this news…' Ino thought to herself. Ino picked up her phone to text Sakura and said bye to her friends. As she left the group of girls, she texted Sakura and asked where she was. As soon as she sent the text she saw Sasuke walk in the school and Sakura was not with him. Ino quickly walked up to him and asked, "Where is Sakura?"

Sasuke looked at her and replied, "At your house, we broke up this morning."

"You broke up with her? Why?" she asked him.

"She was clingy Ino and that just isn't what I'm into." He told her honestly.

"Still she really loved you." Ino told him.

"That's the problem. She's in love with me even though we hardly know each other. It's just too much." He said to Ino.

Ino just stared at him for a minute and told him, "okay." Then she left to go comfort Sakura who Ino knew would be devastated.