A/N: GACK! Stupid school has been occuping my time for so long, I've been writing it one sentence at a time. I just got enough time to finish it the other day. Hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: I Do Not own Naruto, or any of the characters mentioned here.

Shikamaru looked at Sakura. She looked beautiful.

Sakura started back, her eyes soft in a loving way.

His palms were starting to sweat.

It felt as if there were thousands of butterflies in her stomach.

She leaned forward, and closed her eyes. He leaned toward her, and their lips met. And held. For a while. To the people watching, the kiss lasted no longer than it took them to raise an eyebrow. To Shikamaru and Sakura, the kiss seemed to last forever.

As they broke away, a loud noise came from the crowd. "SAKURA HARUNO! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING TO HIM?!" Ino's loud, bossy voice boomed into the ears of everyone in the surrounding villages. Ino was in a mad furry, bounding up to her best friend. She pulled back her hand, about to slap her. As her hand moved towards Sakura's face, Shikamaru stepped in the way.

Ino's hand landed on his face. It left a red mark on his face, and it looked as if it stung him. He closed his eyes in pain, but did not back away. "I would like to remind you, Ino , that you have no say over what I do." Shikamaru's teeth were clenched. Ino had a surprised look on her face. She pulled her hand back, and frowned.

"That's what you think, Shikamaru Nara. I know where you sleep. I know where your girlfriend sleeps. I know where your best friend sleeps. I know where your parents, grandparents, enemies, deer, friends, dan..."

"We get it, pig. You are a creepy stalker." Sakura's pink head appeared from behind Shikamaru's arm. She was sticking her tongue out at her friend. "Lets go, Shika-kun." The couple walked off together, leaving Ino in a crowd of weird, stalker people. They were piled around her, trying to get help on their various stalker needs.

"Hey, HEY! Ino, can I get some info on that Uchiha kid?"

"I want to know where Sakura sleeps!"

"I'm having trouble with this one dude who seems to be able to evade anything I throw at him. Help?"

"I think I love you..."

Two hours later, Ino was still stuck in the middle of a crowd. And for once, she didn't want to be the center of attention. But he savior was near. A distressed Uchiha appeared for her help, drawing most of the attention to himself. Ino quickly fled the circle, and Sasuke followed.

"Ino, we need to talk. There's rumors going around that Shikamaru and Sakura are going out." Sasuke was glaring at her.

"It's not a rumor..."

"GOOD! Then we won't have to worry about it!"

"They are going out..." Ino's face turned downcast. She was really regretting her plan now.

"WHAT!" Sasuke grabbed Her shoulders. "You said this was going to work!"

"Yeah, well, you haven't been doing a good job of keeping them apart. Go flirt with the girl!" Ino's eyes were ablaze. She was giving Sasuke her death glare, and he glared back. They went on for about ten minutes, until a voice stopped their contest.

"Are you two really that pathetic?" The couple spun around, looking for the source of the voice. It was none other than the man with a plan, Kakashi.

"Errrr... Hello, Kakashi-sensi," Ino quickly dropped her gaze as a large sweat drop rolled down her face. She grinned uneasily, and put her hand on the back of her head. '

"What do you want..." Sasuke folded his arms, and looked at his sensi. He was not in the mood for a lecture.

Kakashi looked down at his student. "Well, I was just going to offer a piece of advice, but I guess you don't want it."

"Bah, we don't need..." But Sasuke was cut off by Ino.

"YES! Yes, tell us your advice, Kakashi-sensi!" She rushed in front of Sasuke, and put on her best puppy dog pout. "Please tell us, Kakshi-sensi. Sasuke didn't know what he was talking about..."

Sasuke's eye started to twitch, as though he was about to tell Ino off. But he did not say a word to her. He kept his mouth shut. Kakashi eyed him, then moved on with his plan.

"One of you has the ability to control other people's minds. Why don't you take over Sakura, and then kiss in front of Shikamaru? That would solve your problem."

"That's BRILLIANT! But.. umm... Kakashi-sensi... May I ask you one question?" Ino looked up at him.

"Other than the one you just asked, sure."

"Why are you helping us?" Sasuke asked for Ino.

"Because, I have a bet with Tsunade about Shikamaru and Sakura. I think they won't last, and she thinks they will. And I don't want to loose 10,000 yen to the worst gambler ever."

"Okay then. Thank-you." Kakashi waled away, and Ino looked back at Sasuke. "We have a new plan now. If you screw this up, I'll kill your fish."

"I won't if you--- NOT MR. SCALEZ!" Sasuke suddenly looked like a three year old who was in risk of loosing a teddy. He ran up to Ino. "Mr. Scalez is a treasured family... err... heirloom! Kill him, and I know someone who will find and kill you."

Ino rolled her eyes. "It doesn't matter, Sasuke. We've got a great plan now. And if Kakashi-sensi loses his bet, he'll come and kill you. And your stupid little fish." She gave him one last look, and walked off. It was weird how spending so much time with Sasuke was driving her up the wall. And how she was so jealous of Sakura spending so much time with Shikamaru when just a few years back, she would have given anything to switch genin teams.

Sasuke ran back to his apartment. He was worried about a certain someone. He dashed through the door, and over to his desk. He let out a sigh of relief. His fish was still there.

"Mr. Scalez, we're going to be together forever."

A/N: Everyone loves Sasuke's fish. xD Remember to review, please!