Okay I am sorry that I didn't update for a little, but now I did. This story will have another chapter at least.
Thank you Spriterx for review twice and reading the story. You are one of my loyal readers.
Anyway updates will not come as frequent, since it is the busy time of year for me. I am also going on vacation in January and won't have internet access. But for now here is the next chapter! PLEASE REVIEW!
Chihiro (P-O-T-S)
Shikamaru's Sorrow //: Chapter 3
Shikamaru's POV
The day seemed longer than usual, though everything was as normal as a piece of paper. I push myself to get through the day, suffering every minute of it. Temari is the only thing I can think about which is really troublesome. It's like her image, and words are engraved in my brain! Every minute, every second I want to be with her. Anytime I try to not think about her, I end up thinking of her more! But when I think of that evil 3 letter word, I feel fury and rage rising in my body. It's really troublesome and starting to hurt in my head and my heart. This whole thing doesn't make sense; I mean men aren't suppose to be like this, girls are because of all there hormones. I need to talk to someone, I need help. It was a miracle that I was able to teach today in the academy.
This road that I am walking down seems to be the road I always return to. Konoha's busiest road where allot of things were located such as the shops, homes, and Konoha's famous ramen bar. The ramen bar is probably the most popular hangout place in Konoha, someone I knew was always there, which is why I decided to enter.
When I entered, I looked around in search for someone I could talk to. I looked around, and the only person I could see that I knew, was that evil girl with a 3 letter name. She was crying her eyes out, it made me think about what she could be crying about. Ino was still my team mate and friend even if she hurt me. I wasn't just going to ignore her like she did to me, because I am a better person than her.
I walked up, and sat next to Ino. She was crying much harder than I thought. She glanced at me through her tear filled eyes; I don't think she recognized me through the tears. She looked down into a bowl of ramen that was set in front of her, still crying. It is very troublesome to see woman cry. I mean why can't they be like men and keep it in there head? We can, so they should too, woman don't have exceptions to living.
I looked at her for a little, thinking of all possible reasons she would be crying so much. Each reason leads into a dead end, so I decided to ask her about it.
"Hey Ino, why are crying?" She looked at me with those tear filled eyes. She would never imagine how that makes me feel. She closed her eyes hard, letting tears fall.
"Hey Shikamaru, I'm crying because…" Ino started crying more, she couldn't even finish her sentence which was weird because Ino was a chatter box. She never stopped mid sentence, even if you threaten her. She just goes on, and on, and on, and on like the Energizer bunny. I put a comforting arm around her, after she was still my teammate.
Ino looked at me through her water filled eyes. She looked like she had just been hit by a car, she must have had been crying for a while. I looked at her; I smiled trying to calm down the crying girl.
"Okay Ino, just calm down." She continued to look at me. I saw her trying to calm herself down, she managed to actually do it.
"Now what's wrong?" She looked down, trying to hide her face. I think she might have started to cry again. There was silence between us.
"Well…" She didn't look at me, but she continued to speak. "Sasuke was using me! He wanted to make Sakura jealous because she was dating Lee. So he started messing around with me, and dropped me because Sakura broke up with Lee and went after Sasuke." Ino began to cry harder than before. I just sat there looking at her; try to comfort her as much as I could.
It was then when I realized the true demon Ino was. She looked up at me, I hated when she did that it installed rage in my body. I kept my fury inside. As if in a flash, I felt her pulled my head down, pressing her lips against mine. It took me a moment to realize what demon known as Ino had done. I pushed her away, the force made me fall off my seat, slamming my head on the bar. I felt great pain in my head, and my vision became blurry. I laid on the floor for about what seemed to me an eternity, but was probably only about 1 minute but I don't really care.
I sat up and looked at the blonde haired demon. The rage that I felt in my body before strengthened. I just wanted to let it all out but knew it wouldn't be best thing to do.
"WHY THE HECK DID YOU DO THAT!!!???" Ino laughed a little, but then looked serious.
"Calm down Shikamaru! Geez I just kissed you, come on you know you liked it." That made my rage worse, I was about to snap, I had to get out of there and quickly. I got up off my butt and angrily walked out of there to my home. I had to sleep, my life is so troublesome. I really don't think it can get worse.
Out of Shikamaru's POV
Little did Shikamaru and Ino know a distance away was Temari. She had just witnessed the whole thing that happened between Shikamaru and Ino, and frankly she wasn't happy.
Temari's POV
I can NOT believe what I had just witnessed. I thought Ino and Shikamaru were over for good. I guess that's what I get for thinking, my dang thoughts get me in allot of trouble! Ever since I was a little I wanted someone to care for me in a loving way, ever guy I ever liked ended up liking Chihiro, and she isn't even a Sand Nin. Shikamaru was different, he was one of the few that didn't have an attraction to her, I mean heck even my brothers liked her! It's horrible living in a shadow of a girl who is 3 years younger than you.
I felt the tears starting to flow down my cheeks, and beginning to invade my vision. I ran as fast as I could to the Hokage tower were I was staying with my brothers. I ran into a something hard, but soft at the same time.
"Hey watch were your going!" A flash of blonde hair was all I could see.
"How about you watch were your going!" The voice was very familiar, but I couldn't match it.
"Oh it's you; I heard you were in town." The mysterious blonde person said in a harsh tone. I cleared my vision a little, and then realized it was Ino. I really didn't want to deal with her right now, so I just ran passed her, heading towards my original destination.
I reached the Hokage tower, entering the room I was to stay in. It was a really good thing that I somewhat stopped crying, I didn't want to explain things to my brothers. I tried to go to the room I was staying in as fast and quite as possible, attempting not to draw attention to myself. It failed, Kankuro might not be fast at picking up these things, but Gaara is. He stopped me in my tracks.
"Temari…" My vision was still a little blurry, I saw Gaara come towards me. "…where have you been? And have you been…" He stopped and rephrased the last part of the question like I was a little kid. "… Temari have you been crying?" I looked at my brother. Gaara had gotten allot better since his fight with Naruto, I really need to thank him for that.
"Gaara if you don't mind I don't want to talk about it. I am tiered and want to rest a little." Gaara put his arm in my path, so I couldn't walk through unless I really wanted to.
"That is fine Temari, but tell me one thing. Does it deal with that Nara kid you like so much?" I hate it when Gaara reads my journal. I pushed his arm out of my way and entered my room.
Out of Temari's POV
When Temari entered her room, slamming the door behind her. Gaara stood in silence while Kankuro watched from the couch he was seated on. Kankuro was the first to speak.
"What do you think is up Gaara?" Gaara turned around and looked at his brother. He had no expression on his face.
"I don't know but I bet it deals with that Nara kid, and I'm going to find out!"
Alright there was the chapter, I hope you liked it. For reference of who Chihiro is, read The Fallen Rose, but all you need to know is she is kunoichi from the Easter Leaf Village that I made up. PLEASE REVIEW!
Chihiro (P-O-T-S)
