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Ch.4 - Whispers.


"Of course I should have known you would want the messy one." He smiled down at her warmly as he stood and walked to the counter, ordering two jelly donuts and glancing over at Kiba and Shino's table.

He saw them and quirked an eyebrow. Kiba's hand was resting on Shino's leg, and it was very high up. He gulped when he saw Shino's hand move Kiba's to a unseen and frankly an unwanted to be seen place. Shikamaru gaped and turned his head towards the front where the cashier just smiled and handed him his change and two plates of donuts. More than he had asked for, but what can he say to a foreigner. Oh well. He walked back to the table still slightly in shock as he sat down.

He looked at Ino who had a worried look on her face.

Shikamaru gulped hard and sat beside her slowly, passing her a plate. "Did you know about Kiba and Shino?" Shikamaru watched as she nodded her head, taking a big bite of her donut and jelly squirting on her cheek.

"Is that why you ended it?" She nodded yet again.

"Does he know you know?" She shook her head. 'no.'

"Oh..well that is slightly disturbing." He said, looking over at the couple who where now sitting closer, kiba licking something off of Shino's cheek. No one seemed to notice the boys display of affection, that is except a shocked Shikamaru.

end of recap.


Shikamaru leaned against the back of the booth and sighed, "What do you want to do today Ino?" He looked over at her with a bored expression. Lately it had been hard to keep his boredom at bay. He tried so hard to keep a pleasant facette, but he found at times he would relax too much and become cold again.

He looked her way, she held the same expression as he and it made him smile. "How about we go out to the deer farm? I haven't exactly been going since you came home." He scratched the back of his neck and smiled sheepishly.

Shikamaru not doing his duties and taking care of the herd meant his father, Shikato, would be doing it. Which meant alot of bitching would come out of this. He sighed, but he knew it needed to be done.

Out of the corner of his eye he saw her nod her head and he stood, reaching out a hand to grab her arm securely and help her out of her seat. She smiled up at him and wrapped her arm around his as the exited the stand, but not without getting "aww how sweets!" from women standing outside the booths gossiping.

That was JUUUUUUUUST what Shikamaru needed. A town full of troublesome women making a big deal out of a little arm holding.

He let his eyes wander up to the clouds. Today was beautiful infact it was more clear and blue than it had been the past week.

It had been rainy and that made the clouds ugly grey and black. He could not stand to look at tainted clouds, those angry,crying, clouds when they were that way, It made him cringe to even think of that.

He smiled up at them. Today they were beautiful though, so he really couldn't complain.

He looked to the side and saw Ino watching the road ahead of him, and stiffen as she looked ahead like a deer caught in head lights. Her arm closed around his own more and he squinted ahead to see what was making Ino act this way-

"NARA!!" A woman with sandy blonde hair ran up to greet him with a punch on his opposite arm, a huge smirk on her face as she looked him over.

"Temari," He said curtly, nodding in her direction, feeling Ino tighten her grip on his arm. What was her problem?

"Long time no see deer-boy, how have you been?" Her grin immediately turned into a smirk as she laid eyes on Ino. "OOh are you dating?" She said, leaning over to look at the tight grip they had on each other's arm.

Ino immediately recoiled, slightly hiding behind him as the loud woman smirked, watching as Ino averted her eyes.

"What's her deal, are you embarrassed of the cry baby?" She smiled teasingly and looked back to Shikamaru. "So?"

"I have been busy to say the least, just as I am now, so why don't we continue this later?" He said, yawning and wiping his eye lazily. Temari smirked at him.

"Oh yes, must get back to your date." She smiled and patted his shoulder. "Oh, by the way, I was looking for your father, He has some knew antidote from deer antlers that I was sent to recover. so do you know where he is?"

"I dont know where he is exactly, but he is probably out on a mission or with Inoichi somewhere doing who knows what." He walked past her a little ways. "So look for him yourself." He smiled to himself knowing that this would aggrivate the sand kunoichi to no end, but he heard no complaints, only felt his other arm being looped together with something.

He looked down at Temari with a bored expression. "What are you doing?" He grumbled, trying to reclaim his arm.

"Well I am coming with you, silly." She said, a playful smirk dancing across her lips. "Unless you want 'alone' time with your girlfriend?"

Shikamaru sighed and stopped pulling at his arm. "Fine, you troublesome woman."


Ino bit her lip softly, raking her teeth over it repeatedly."troublesome was meant for me, not some other little tramp." She bit her lip harder, looking over at Shikamaru. "Why do I feel so...so..so jealous?" She let her vision go back to her feet as they walked down the bustling streets of Konoha. Her arm loosened from Shikamaru as her thoughts wandered far off into the depths her mind. She didn't notice that they had turned down a few streets and where now walking up his driveway. She sighed quietly, looking up as they all stopped, Shikamaru sliding his arms from both of the women, and walking up to the door and opening it without knocking.

Ino followed cautiously behind him, Temari bringing up the rear. She looked around as they walked in, hearing the sounds of movement in the kitchen she turned left through the archway, passing Shikamaru as he looked around lazily.

"INO-BABY!" Yoshino called joyfully, taking the blonde haired-kunoichi into a loving embrace. Ino stiffened, but soon melted into her arms. She returned the hug cautiously, but soon was standing in a warm-slightly swinging, back and forth embrace. She let a small smile flicker over her lips as Yoshino pulled back and took a look at her. "Dear, you look different- oh has he been feeding you right?" She glared over Ino's head at her son, who was leaning against the doorframe with a blank expression.


"Hello son, it is nice to meet you too!" She spat sarcastically, stalking over to her son and pinching his cheek hard, pulling him into the dining room. "Why do you randomly just pop out of no-where? hmm? you only come when you need something!" She whined, mumbling about him never visiting because he 'just felt like he wanted to see his mother.'

Shikamaru rolled his eyes. "I came to talk to Shikato." He said, letting himself slide into a dining chair as he looked his mother over. She seems to have accumulated more wrinkles since his genin days.

Temari finally walked into the room, standing near Shikamaru's chair uncomfortably. His mother looked her over with a smile. "Why hello, I dont believe I have met you before? Your a friend of my little 'fawn' aren't you?"

Shikamaru gritted his teeth as the nickname left her lips. A smile dancing across Temari's smug features. "Oh yes we are wonderful friends." She laid a hand on his shoulder and he looked up at her in disgust. "My name is Temari." She bowed to his mother politely, causing Shikamaru to grunt in disapproval.

He looked over at Ino, who was standing over next to the sliding glass doors, that led to the patio in the back yard. A small smile passing over her lips as a shadow washed over the front of the door.

It opened with a swoosh and immediately a sweaty, stinking, old man with black pineapple-styled hair stepped it with a grin. "Long time no see kit. " He said, reaching over and ruffling Ino's hair. She simply smiled warmly at him, and looked behind him as another figure popped through the door.

"My baby!" A loud, boisturous voice boomed through the kitchen as he embraced his daughter. "I haven't seen you in months! Is that nara boy treating you decently?" Inoichi looked around the room suspiciously as he pressed the girl against his chest.

"Of course Inoichi-kun, how could he not without fear of your painful wrath?" Yoshino said, smiling at the man as he grinned triumphantly.

Shikamaru rolled his eyes and shrugged Temari's hand from his shoulders as he stood, towering above his mother and Temari, who sat near him.

"Shikato, I need to speak with you." He said, walking towards the glass doors. Shikato grunted and pushed ahead of his son, slamming the door behind them both.

When they were far enough away from the house, he stood beside his father, side-by-side as they faced away from the house. "Shikato I-" His father backhanded him with little force, causing his head to turn slightly.

"Do not refer to me with my name, you will call me father or you will not speak to me at all." His father spat as he faced away from the house again.

"Excuse me, Father, but I came to speak to you about Subaku no Temari coming for an antidote?" He said, dropping his hand from his face and stuffing them hastily into his pockets.

a long moment of silence passed through both of them as the tension slowly slithered away.

His father nodded and sighed loudly. "Yes she is here for the antidote I made especially for the sand village, they have been getting reports of people coming down with mysterious rashes and such lately, and so hokage-sama requested that her apprentace and I make an antidote for the allied village." He looked over at his son quietly, the same bored expression marring both of their faces, masking their true thoughts.

"I see, the other reason I came is to let Ino relax, she has been really uptight lately and I thought the deer might calm her nerves." Shikamaru half-whispered as he stared off towards the pasture.

His father looked his way with a smirk. "Ah yes, I remember when I brought your mother out here to 'roll around in the deer grass' , that seemed to cure her quiet side also." His father laughed at the look of pure disgust crossing his sons face. His laughter vibrating Shikamaru's bones as he heaved, holding his stomach.

His father stood up sloaching, wiping a tear from his eye as he turned around. "You should have seen the look on your face son, that was PRICELESS!"

Shikamaru rolled his eyes and walked towards the house,"Father and his sexual innuendo." He grimmaced and slid himself through the doors and shut them quietly behind himself.


Ino looked down at the photo-album for the upteenth time since childhood, but it never got old to see little Shikamaru stark naked. She smiled as she looked at the picture of him sleeping:

He was sprawled out on a deer skin rug, his thumb popped into his mouth and his eyebrows furrowed, his little legs in a spread eagle fashion and his little weewee exposed for everyone's eyes to see.

Ino giggled at the sight, hearing the men re-enter the room made her giggle fit turn into quiet laughter. A unspoken joke dancing across her eyes as Shikamaru walked in to see the album on the table. 'is it still that-'

Her thoughts were interupted by a grinning sandy blonde.

"Is it still that small Shikamaru?" She said teasingly, causing all the older adults in the house to break into hysterics.

"Har har." He mimicked, flipping Temari "the bird" discreetly.

Ino smiled at him, causing his face to soften for a moment, then harden again. "Temari you should be getting that antidote and returning to your brothers before they send out a search party..like last time." He said, turning his face towards his father with a 'hurry up gesture' .

Shikato complied, walking into another room and returning shortly after with a case full of the antidote. "There are many vials, make sure to let Kankuro-san replecate them when you return to the sand village." He said sternly.

Temari smiled and took the case gently, sliding it into in her bag. "No problem, pops." she bowed as she reached the door. "Sorry for taking up your valuable time- Shika-kun." She smirked and flicked his head. " Later cry baby." She walked out the door fluidly, swaying her hips cockily as she walked down the driveway.

Ino grimmaced, glad she was gone, but still disgusted by her presence.

Everyone turned back to the album as The sand sibling left the property, their eyes glued to the pictures of a smiling-no-toothed-baby Shikamaru.

His mother let out a dramatic sob and clung to her husband, "Where did the smiles go honey?" She said, her acting causing everyone but Shikamaru to laugh.

"Lighten up boy, I dont know who shoved that stick up your ass but-" Yoshino cutt her husband off mis-dentence with an elbow to the gut.

"Dont ruin it!" She hissed. "I haven't seen my baby in months!" She stood up and hugged her son tightly. "IF ONLY he would come to see his OWN MOTHER!" She pinched his butt hard and walked to the kitchen with a 'humph' as he rubbed his aching cheek.

Ino smiled sadly at them, if only she still had her mother. She looked up to Yoshino as a mother. Yoshino was always there when Ino couldn't talk to her father. She talked to her about boys, and training, and how she felt when Sasuke left. She cringed at his name.

She looked around the room sadly, "Shikamaru has a mother, but he choses to just ignore her...if I still had my mother..if I knew her.." She stood and walked past Shikamaru and into the kitchen.

Yoshino was sitting at the dinning room table, her back turned to Ino as she sat infront of the older woman. Her eyes were closed, but honey colored orbs flashed open as Ino sat in the creaking, wooden chair.

"What's wrong dear?" Yoshino said, placing a hand on Ino's that was resting on the maple table top. Her face was marred with concern, the wrinkles becoming more defined as she looked at Ino's form. "You can tell mommy Yoshi anything, you know that."

Ino looked up at her, the moisture forming in her eyes as she looked at the older woman. She opened her mouth and tried to speak, but no words would come out.

Yoshino looked at her expectantly, patiently. She really wasn't a patient woman, but she was always trying for Ino, maybe to make up for the loss of her mother. Ino heard stories about her generous and loving mother. Maybe Yoshino was trying to give her some of that love.

"I don't know what happened to you, Ino, but whatever it was you need to tell someone. ANYONE...heck even Shikamaru." She whispered onl slightly louder than before. Ino shook her head at the woman. 'not Shika'

"Well darling, I think he will be the most understanding, seeming how he was the one to come to get you, He jumped at the chance not even waiting for a team to help him retrieve you." She patted Ino's hand and looked at her, soft eyes becoming moist and gentle. "He cares, Ino, If he didn't he wouldn't try to make you happy."

Ino smiled weakly at the woman. She nodded her head 'I know that'. Yoshino smiled and stood abruptly, laughing a little. "WELL what do you say we start some lunch, yeah?"

Ino stood as the men piled into the kitchen, all looking ravenous. Shikato was the first to speak.

"Troublesome woman, what are you burning this time?" He walked over to her, where she had just turned the burners on the stove up on high. Yoshino smiled over her shoulder.

"Oh how I enjoy your endearing words of love, honey." She smiled as he grimmaced at her, turning her back on him to go to the fridge.

Ino smiled, Shikamaru was just like his father.

She heard Shikato growl, it was very quiet but audible only if you were listening for it. She looked at the two fondly, before noticing that Shikamaru and her father had left the room. She looked around, seeing the back door open, so she made her way over to it. But not before seeing Shikato grope his wife and lean her against the counter, kissing her neck- then Ino was quickly outside with a blush on her face.

Maybe Shikamaru wasn't exactly like his old man.

The sound of her father chuckling brought her to attention. She saw Shikamaru standing beside him with a smile on his face.

They were talking about something. It was amazing her father wasn't killing Shikamaru for Ino living with him, but he must have understood why she was. Inoichi was never home, always out on missions, so he couldn't "take care of his baby" like he needed to. Maybe that was why he excepted Shikamaru for her guardian.

She walked over to the fence, where a small fawn was standing, eating grass away from the rest of the herd. Her hand gently gliding over its soft brown, spotted coat. It mewled at her. A strange noise from a deer. She smiled, taking its ears in her fingers and rubbing the velvety soft hair there.

it rubbed against the fence longingly, and Ino found herself leaning into the fence too, sitting down beside it and tickling the fawns ears through the wire fence.

Her mind was completely blank, she only looked at the small creature with love. It nuzzled her hand through the fence gently, licking her palm with a long tongue.

She giggled softly and kissed it's nose through the fence, leaning against it and running her fingers through it's hair.

Shikamaru walked over to Ino, after her father returned to the kitchen after a brief conversation. Not a happy one, albeit, but a breif one none the less.

He smiled at her, walking over and hearing her giggling. He sat beside her, whistling a sweet tune that made the fawn stand and walk to him. He caressed its muzzle softly, running two fingers up the bridge of its snout and through the small bump on it's head. His fingers gliding over the velvet ears. He smiled at it and cooed. "Yakul...why aren't you with your mother, hm?" The fawn mewled at him and he frowned, standing to his feet and walking over to a gate to their left.

He looked around with eager eyes "Yauna?" He called, a different tune spurting from his lips eagerly. He shut the gate behind him, motioning for Ino to stay behind the fence as he searched.

The herd looked up at him, then resumed their grazing. The fawn, yakul, followed after Shikamaru slowly.

Not Five minutes later, Shikamaru poofed on the patio, hurriedly sticking his head in and barking at his father to hurry the hell up and help him deliver yauna's new fawns. He ran back out, poofing back to where he came from with a warm towel and a bucket of steaming water.

Ino looked over to the trees, seeing a puff of smoke and Shikamaru bending over a large brown blob.

Shikato rushed from the house to the deer barn, to fetch supplies, while Yoshino grabbed Ino's hand happily and tugged her through the gate and they walked swiftly to the doe that was giving birth.

Shikamaru had a hand on her neck, gently stroking as the doe cried out. He hummed a sweet tune to her, as one of his hands stroked her swollen belly.

"Hush now Yauna, brother will take care of you." He whispered as he kissed above her eye. She made a soft grunt and her body seemed to relax. he dabbed at her bleeding core as the small body started to protrude the opening. Ino held a hand over her mouth tight as she watched Shikamaru lift the legs of the mother deer and place the towel under her. Shikato was stroking the doe's face gently and whispering incouraging words in her ears, as Shikamaru calmly hummed a soft tune.

It happened quicker than Ino had suspected, Two new born fawn lay infront of her. She let out tears of excitement, as she had been holding her breath for what seemed like hours.

She watched Shikamaru dab the blood from the new born with a smile. A joyous, pure, loving smile.

Ino smiled down at him, feeling Yoshino's hand leave her own briefly as she bent down and helped clean the other fawn. Shikamaru turned to Ino with a blissful expression. That was something Ino wanted him to keep on his face forever.

He held the tiny deer up to Ino with a wistful smile. "What do you think?" He looked at her eagerly then he looked down at the fawn sadly, stroking it with his index finger.

Ino could tell he was upset she didn't say a word. He had been trying for a week. She sighed and placed her finger on the small fawns head and stroked it lovingly, staring at it's closed eyes while her finger passed over Shikamaru's own absentmindedly. Without thinking she wrapped her hand around his, still looking at the baby in his hands. She smiled tenderly down at it, then returned her attention to Shikamaru, who was just looking at her with a blank expression.

She quickly removed her hand from his, looking up to see Shikato looking at her with a grin. She blushed and moved over to Yoshino.

Shikamaru's mother looked up at her with a smile, catching the glimmer of worry in Ino's eyes.

"She will be fine dear." Shikato said from the other side, grabbing one of the fragile bodies of the fawn and placing it by its mother. "Son, give him to his mother."

Shikamaru looked over at Yauna and placed the fawn beside his sister. "Well done sister." Shikamaru whispered, as he stroked her muzzle gently.

Ino smiled at Shikamaru's back.

"who knew you could be so gentle."


Shikamaru stood up from his place on the hay, looking over to see Yauna sleeping with her two newborns in her stall. A smile crept over his face as he walked out from the barn, staring at the sparkling green grass, the droplets of water chilling his feet as he walked through the dew. Light sprinkled of rain pelted against his skin gently as he made his way to his parent's home. It was 3:40 something in the afternoon and he was pretty sure that Ino wanted to go home or something.

He tapped his bare feet against the door mat and walked inside, noticing two pairs of large sandals missing. He squinted in suspicion, looking around for those scheming old men.

After a tedius search for his father and the elder Yamanaka, he noticed he didn't see his mother either.

He walked all around the house, finally noticing his mother's bedroom door was closed, which never happens. He walked to the door an took a peak inside to see his mother sleeping, her chest rising and falling slowly. He sighed quietly and did a double take. 'where is Ino?' He turned and looked in almost every room in every hall.

He stopped and turned around cautiously, walking to the last room he hadn't checked yet.

He twisted the knob slowly and slid into the dark room, noticing the familiar blanket that blocked the sun from the window. He smiled and walked forward, seeing a lump under his covers. He smiled at the soft blonde hair protruding from the covers, her soft breathing leaving a steady beat vibrating in his mind. He looked down upon her, noticing something different, he pulled the covers down slightly.

His jaw dropped slightly as he gazed down at her, She was wearing his old shirt from his genin days, the nara symbol on the arms and chest of the shirt.

"It looks so good on her.." he thought as he traced the emblem that rested on the sleeve. " no shut up Shikamaru..what are you fucking thinking?" He shook his head, retracting his hand as she let out a soft groan in her sleep.

He smiled down at her knowingly. 'bad dreams..' Suddenly, her hand reached up and grabbed his own as she whimpered in her sleep. "shika-" Her voice cut of slowly as the word left her mouth. She moaned in her sleep, pulling him down on the bed with her.

His eyes widened in surprise. "She just said my name! albeit it was in her sleep but she spoke!"


omg that is chapter four for you. i had to leave it at that. tell me what you think. i think my writing skills have dwendled..i apologize. i have been so busy with school. my head hurts and it is 11:26 pm on sunday night an i got classes tomorrow. albeit is only four. it is an A-day tommorrow which means, Art1, Welding and or Ag. mechanics, Wildlife (a branch of FFA) and finally english. joy to the world im surrounded by men and sweat all day..then varsity football players too! could ,my day get better?? (sarcasmmm much??) lol . anyway review me plz. and i will post the next chappie.