Shikamaru and Chouji finally arrived at Naruto's house, after a considerable amount of dawdling. Shikamaru just couldn't help replaying the flashbacks from the night before, in his brilliant mind. He knew now that the cat was out of the bag, a certain chubby nin was bound to tell a certain blonde and hyperactive nin, that Shikamaru could now without a doubt, join their little "non-virgin club".
Not that he minded Chouji telling Naruto, the guy was his other best friend besides Chouji. The problem was the childish teenager, was the King of loudmouths, which Shikamaru knew meant that most likely, the whole entire village would end up knowing before the genius could even count the 3rd cloud of the day.
Naruto opened the door, with a scowl on his face, and sneezed into his pale skin. "Hey man-dude, are you ok?" Chouji asked with concern filling his eyes.
"Yeah, yeah, I just have a…a…ACHOO!" Naruto sneezed falling over in the process. Shikamaru and Chouji stepped in and helped the blonde up. "Thanks." He sniffed.
"Don't mention it."
"Na-Naruto-kun? I heard t-the doorbell ring a-and…" Hinata mumbled walking around the corner. Chouji and Shikamaru glanced her way looking a bit surprised. They hadn't expected Hinata to be over, but then again, she was Naruto's girlfriend, and it was more than likely she would be here to help her boyfriend while he was sick.
"Oh it was only Shikamaru, and Chouji." Naruto explained flopping onto the couch and patting his lap for Hinata to sit on. Hinata gladly obliged nearly skipping over to Naruto.
"So, what brings you guys here?" Naruto asked casually slipping his arms around Hinata's skinny waist.
"Well…" Chouji began smirking over at Shikamaru who was blushing slightly. Shikamaru knew Chouji would tell Naruto right off the bat. That wasn't what was bothering him though; it was having Hinata in on the secret too. Oh boy was Ino-chan going to love this.
"Well what? Come on you gotta let me in on it."
Chouji looked over to Shikamaru happily making sure that it was alright to spill the beans. He just rolled his eyes and glared back at the heavy set boy. "You might as well tell him, I mean he's going to want to know now that you've brought it up." Shikamaru huffed exasperated.
Chouji rolled his eyes and looked at Naruto and Hinata sitting on the couch. If a girl weren't in the room Shikamaru would have gladly smacked the evil grin Chouji had, right off his face.
"Let's just say lover boy over there, had a little fun last night with little Miss Ino."
Hinata blushed and her eyes just about bulged out of her head. Naruto smirked and chuckled arrogantly as usual. "Well, well, it's about time you got yourself laid. Welcome to the world of being a man."
"N-Naruto-kun!" Hinata yelped trying not to giggle.
Shikamaru closed his eyes inhaled and exhaled. "Tch, troublesome…" He had found that no amount of deep breathing and level headedness was going to help calm the headaches he called his best friends. "Can we please move on to another subject?" He asked in his passive tone.
"Like what lover boy?"
"Like, Chouji had something to say, dumbass! So shut up!"
"Jeez I was just playing, alright alright." Naruto said giving in and holding Hinata closer.
"But Shikamaru-"
"No buts, your going to tell, now."
Chouji sighed in his agonizing defeat and he mumbled something that you couldn't have heard even if you had an ear right next to his mouth.
"W-What was th-that Cho-kun?" Hinata stuttered.
" I said I'm…"
"You're what? Spit it out already!" The blonde yelled.
"I said I'm going to ask Kaira to marry me!"
Hinata smiled her once in a life time confident smile and gave Chouji a thumbs up. "C-Congratulations Cho-kun!"
Shikamaru smiled and patted Chouji on the back. "Yeah man way to go."
"Thanks guys." Chouji replied grinning ear to ear.
The rest of the day consisted of chatting and exchanging some stories, before Shikamaru finally got home. When he unlocked the front door, he immediately knew something was wrong. The atmosphere felt foggy and dense. It was hard to breathe, and Shikamaru was pretty sure he was getting dizzier by the minute, like he had just received some sort of horrible bad news.
When he walked into the bathroom, he immediately fell to his knees in shock at what was displayed in front of him. Everything was a mess, the air was musty with dust, the mirror lay cracked and shattered on the ground, and worst of all blood was absolutely everywhere. Shikamaru didn't have to call ANBU to figure out that the blood was Ino's. His heart sank and he could feel reality slipping away as he picked up a glass shard drawn on with the thick red liquid.
The shard read:
Don't bring anyone with you or you know what will happen.
Don't disobey or you know what will happen,
You know where to find me, and Nara, I would seriously think about the situation
You're in, I heard you're a genius so figure it out.
Sasuke
Shikamaru almost threw up all over the now messy tile floor. The bastard, that he had thought was gone, the bastard he thought he kept Ino safe from was back, and he had Shikamaru's most precious possession. His someone special, none other than Ino Yamanaka
