So this is the thrid chapter I hope you enjoyed the others I guess I wont know till you guys respond!smiles well anyway thanks for reading

Disclaimer: yeah yeah you know

They Finally made their way back to Kohano Everyone returned to their lives except Ino and Shikamaru who surprisingly hung out more than they did even as a team. Shinoka was taken down soon after in the village of fire no thanks to Kakashi and his newly married wife when both came Ino was sure they would hear nothing less of what REALLY happened there.

"Ok my turn, why did you finally join the Anbu when you almost declined the chuunin?" Ino asked taking a biting into the bread they had with them.

"Your words of kindness" he said chuckling she swallowed and chuckled as well. "My turn, why didn't you come with us?" he asked she licked her thumb and sighed, "because I didn't think I was strong enough…"

"You are one of the strongest people I know" he said "Mentally and physically not many people I know can take that like you did" he said

"Remember when I tripped over by the forest river and we rolled into it?" she asked out of the blue he looked at her and smiled "Yes I do I scratched my back all up and you had leaves and sticks in your hair!" he said she smiled letting out a chuckle and sighed touching her shoulder he lifted her hand touching her shoulder stitches gently.

"Yeah I should probably help you change this huh?" he asked she nodded and stood up he picked up their things and they started down the hill he was slightly ahead of her till she tripped grabbing his shoulder which sent him forward both hit the ground rolling down the rest of the hill. Ino laughed the whole way down the hill Shikamaru was trying to hold her from hitting her shoulder and their things.

They slide to a stop Shikamaru on top of Ino whose laughing slowed to a giggle she rested her head on the ground and propped he propped himself up hovering above her slightly. "Just like we were kids huh?" she asked he chuckled as he pulled a leave out of her hair then looked her in the eyes there was a silent moment both smiled as he came closer but he stopped with confused her at first then heard his sighed "You broke your stitches open" she looked down and giggled again and he rolled off.

"Ow!" Ino snapped

"Stop moving then and it won't hurt!" Shikamaru snapped back threading the needle through her skin re-sewing the opening. She rested her head on his shoulder

"Don't fall asleep" she mumbled something but he ignored it figuring it was something or protest. He clipped the thread twisting the end of the string and knotted it letting the skin fall to its normal state and leaned her back up she smiled and he laid her on the bed. "Get some sleep I will go talk to report to Tsunade about this." Ino nodded but when he started to go she grabbed his wrist he looked back "Stay until I go to sleep" he sighed and crawled into bed with her and soon, found himself drifting as well.

"So what is the plan I mean we can't simply do this with brute force" Shikamaru said as he talked with Tsunade over tea. "We really don't have a choice; the sound and sand village have completely torn the peace treaty up and our neighboring allies are starting to question our place. We need everyone…" she said "I want four teams Shikamaru I want this to end bloodless" she said he stood up and nodded "Always when do you want everyone?" he asked she spread her fingers in jester.

"NOW."

Ino threw the kunai at the target hitting the target and swiveled around the leaves twirled around her toes as they graced the ground. She caught movement and threw it as warning to the tree. She stood panting hunched over as Shikamaru walked around she stood straight and pushed her hair from her sweaty face. He walked around fully eyeing the Kunai and pried it out of the bark and tossed it at the bull's eye.

"What are you doing here?" she asked trying to not look disgusting and red hot.

" I am here because Tsunade wants all of us and I am to lazy to hunt everyone down!" he said walking towards her and looked at the marks.

" I don't think your wound can handle this training" he said she looked at the marks and then looked back. "I was using my right hand nothing huge I needed to work on it anyway."

"This is not right handed unless you have become a right handed!" he said pointing to the middle marks matching his, "This is not your right hand." She sighed he knew her to well.

"How do you know I am not right handed." She snapped.

"Because I have known you since birth… plus you're stronger on your left arm, AND not only that I know almost everything about you."

"Really?" she asked "What's my birthday?" she asked he smiled

"September 23" he said grinning she growled "One day after mine."

"Shut up! One more Mr. Smartass, am I a virgin?" he snorted and she waited her hands crossed across her chest.

He didn't answer and she tapped her foot and he caved "FINE, fine yes, yes you are"

"Seriously that is scary how did you know that?" she asked dropping her arms. "I am a genius remember?" he asked she flicked his forehead and started to walk he rubbed his forehead and fallowed after her to gather every one up.

"The teams?" Tsunade asked Shikamaru looked at his comrades and smiled.

"Sakura, Sasuke, Naruto" he said "You are going to The land of Earth, and the village hidden in the water, they are a tough crowd can you handle it?" he asked the three of them looked at each other then back at him "Where?" they asked in unison

He tossed them a map and scroll which they unrolled and started to read it.

"Neji, Tenten and Lee you are going to the land of lightning we don't know a whole lot about them, so good luck with that… don't start a war with them if they say no that is why you calm level headed people are going" Naruto looked at him and huffed then tried to understand the map.

" Kiba, Hinta and Shino you guys are going to The land of smoke then the bear village to take care of something for them… all three of you will have 4 days to get your task down then I want all three of you to get to the town of the bear there you will wait… If things get heavy, this is for everyone get out and meet for backup or go to the bear village they are prepared for you guys."

They nodded and they all took off in their cloud of dust and turned back to Tsunade who looked at Ino Shikamaru and Chouji who stuffed his face. "We have 4 days to get to snow, rain and water while they go to mist, is there anything eles that you would like us to take care of?" he asked she smiled "yeah make sure her wound stays clean and fresh!" she said Ino smiled and they left as well.

This was the thrid chapter the 4th should be up tomorrow along with the 5,6,7 hehe yeah this story is fairly long I am breaking it up more than I thought I was going to but owell i did what I did!

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