FLASHBACK

Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji were sitting on a balcony talking to their new sensei. He was welcoming them to the squad.

"Alright, and what about you, Shikamaru?" He asked.

"Do I have to? Troublesome," he sighed. "My name is Shikamaru Nara. I like stuff, I do stuff, and don't like some stuff."

"…All right, then," Asuma finished awkwardly. "And how about you, Ino?"

"Well," Ino began. "I'm Ino Yamanaka, I like Sasuke, hate Sakura, and like to play those old-fashioned games like shogi or go."

Asuma took a long drag on his cigarette. "Okay, now that we know about each other, we can start missions. We will start with 'D' missions, and then you can work your way up to 'C' missions and so on until you can do Jounin 'A' missions. That's a long way off, though. You guys are dismissed for the day, okay?"

Each of the new genin nodded and walked into the house to get off the balcony. Shikamaru began talking with Ino.

"Do you want to play Shogi? I bet you can't beat me," he challenged.

"Bring it on then!" Ino accepted.

END FLASSHABCK

Ino and Shikamaru stared at each other for a long time. They both started to talk.

"Look, I'm really sorry," they both said. "I was stupid. …Wait, you too?"

"I woke up and was like, 'Oh no, this can't be happening!' so I left to make you think nothing happened," Shikamaru explained.

Ino went on. "When I woke up, I was like, 'Oh my god, I'm naked!' so I put the pieces together and then was like, 'OH NO!' and I just wanted to figure out why it happened."

"Choji wasn't much help to me, though. He told me to do it again," Shikamaru told Ino.

"TenTen did, too, but she was drunk. Did you know that she has perfect aim after 8 shots of vodka?"

"Yeah, I did. Neji says she's excellent, and that she's 2 months pregnant."

"I just, don't want to go there, Shikamaru, not yet."

"We just need to tone down?"

"Yeah, something less is exactly what we need," Ino laughed.

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All right, #2 is done! It felt awesome to finish, too.

The next title will be "Something More, Something Less, Something Perfect."

There will be an epilogue and a post-louge.

Thank you, and review so I feel motivated to finish the story!