Day 7: Shikamaru Vs Haru

Haru runs towards Shikamaru and does a leg swept to trip Shikamaru off of his feet. He was aiming for his right leg, but when he was close, Shikamaru just jumped up and landed on the ground with his hands still in his pockets. He just stood there as he just awaited Haru's next move. Haru was completely calm, trying to figure out Shikamaru's Fighting Style. Shikamaru just stood there as he yawned a bit. He didn't like to fight much, but he knew that there was no way getting out of this one. Shikamaru charged towards Haru and jumped in the air, He releases his foot as he was aiming to take off Haru's head. Haru ducked down, but he didn't expect that Shikamaru would follow up with a low swept kick. Haru was knocked off of his feet, but before he hit the ground, he had broke his fall by landing on his right shoulder and slapping his hand down to the ground. Shikamaru retracted his foot and stood up in a perfect position. Haru gets up and smirks over at Shikamaru. The two fighters were deep thinkers and knew what would happen in this match.

" So..this is a battle of Two Strategist.." Ino stated as she looks at the match and everyone just looks at her.

" What do you mean Ino, You know that Shikamaru is the smartest one in School.." Sakura knew what Ino was saying, but she just didn't get it just yet.

" Haru and Shikamaru is on the same thinking pattern when it comes to battle..." Ino just looked at the two, who was just standing there, just eyeing each other.

Shikamaru and Haru looked at each other, calculating everything around him. Shikamaru was bored since he didn't feel like fighting today. Haru was calm himself and could feel bordem coming from himself and Shikamaru. The two sighed at the same time as the two wasn't in the fighting spirit anymore since it was the afternoon and it was the time to sleep.

" I can tell this match is going to be a draw.." Choji was sitting behind Ino and Sakura as he looked on while eating a bag of chips. Ino looked behind her and looks over at Choji.

" How do you know Choji...this isn't like last time..." Ino looks up at Choji, who was one of her best male friends to hang around with. " His pride is on the line here.."

" Ino...do you think that Shikamaru would go out of his lazy ways to win a fight just over pride.." Choji looks at Ino as he then turned his head to see his lazy friend, who is just standing in place yawning.

" Of course...we know that Shikamaru is lazy, but i would bet that he wouldn't quit this match..." Ino smirked towards Choji as she knew that she was going to win this bet.

Shikamaru and Haru just looked at each other as they both rose their hands up in the air at the same time. Everyone was wondering who would crack first and say ' I give'. Shikamaru and Haru had their eyes closed as they started to think about it. Mamoru and Shikaku already knew and they started to laugh a little. Yoshino and Ren looks over at them and smiled at them.

" Whats so funny dear.." Yoshino looked over at her husband as she wants to know what is funny.

" Mamoru-kun...why are you laughing so much.." Ren asked her friend as she wondered why the two were laughing so much.

" We already know the outcome of the match..." Shikaku smiled at his wife as he then turned his attention to Shikamaru.

" Yeah...its going to be good to see what happens next.." Mamoru looked at his friend and smiled sweetly to her.

" Its just like a game of Shougi...just wait and something will come up..." Shikaku added as he smirked towards his son.

Shikamaru and Haru opened their eyes and looked at each other. They didn't hate each other like the others...they just found a way to get on each other's nerves, which can piss them off..a lot. The two took a deep breath as they were communicating just by eye contact.

" I give " They both said at the same time and everyone was wondering what had made them stop the fight. Choji, Shikaku and Mamoru started to laugh as they knew that this was going to come up. Ino and the others held their heads down as she knew that this might of happened but didn't want to admit it.

" Told Ya Ino..." Choji knew Shikamaru more than Ino and mostly everyone in the crowd was shocked to hear this.

" There is no point of fighting...we are evenly matched anyways..." Shikamaru scratches the back of his head as he looked at Haru with a smirk on his face.

" True...i really didn't feel like fighting in the first place...do you think that we can put the past behind us and move on.." Haru walks over towards and extended his hand. Shikamaru looks at Haru and decided to smile a bit.

" Yeah..." Shikamaru shook his hand and the crowd was clapping as they have noticed that a new friendship has been formed. The two walked off to their respective places. Neji and Sasuke just smirked at Shikamaru as they knew that this was coming up, but Ryu and Shiro was kind of mad at what Haru did.

" What were you thinking...trying to make friends with him.." Ryu's voice had vemon in it as Haru just looked at him with a smile on his face.

" I'll just say that we are more alike than you guys would ever be...i guess i should be going to the back now.." Haru just looks over at Ryu and walks to the back since he had to get away from them.

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Hallway

Haru had his back on the wall as he stood there thinking to himself. He heard footsteps coming from the right and opened his eyes. When he opened them, he have seen Ino, standing in front of him.

" Hey Ino-chan..." Haru smiled at Ino as he wonders what she had wanted with him. He knew that she was made at him from ignoring her, but he couldn't blame anyone else but himself on that part.

" Hey Haru-kun..." Ino smiled towards Haru as she knew that she would break it to him and hopes that he wouldn't be hurt by it. " I have to tell you something..Haru-kun" Haru knew what was coming up, but he knew that it was going to happen sooner or later.

" I know..." He walks up to Ino and hugs her. Ino's eyes widened as she hugs him back and then they both let each other go at the same time. " Can we be friends..." Haru asks as he wonders what will her answer be.

Ino smiles at him. " Yeah we can be friends.." Haru smiled and scratched the back of his head. " You should go to him and tell him how you feel..." Haru's look in his eyes were peaceful and kind as he wanted Ino to be happy, but if she was still with him, she wouldn't be all that happy.

Ino walks off to where Shikamaru was at and starts to search around for him. She then laters see him sitting on the ground with his head looking up at the ceiling. She sits next to him and looks up at the same area that he was.

" hey, Shika-kun" Ino smiles as she wonders what to say to him. Shikamaru was just staring at the ceiling and then realizes that Ino was next to him.

" Hey Ino-chan...what are you doing here..."

" I just wanted to hang out with you for a bit"

" So how did he take it...you know..." Shikamaru looks over at Ino.

" He actually knew the whole time...He just hugged me and asked to be friends for now on..." Ino said as she looks over at Shikamaru with a smile on her face.

" Well thats good...because i always wanted to do this..." He smiled over at Ino as she wonders what he was going to do.

" Always wanted to d-umph" She felt Shikamaru's lips connect with hers and he had his eyes closed and she then soon closed hers. The two deepened the kiss as shikamaru pulled her closer to him with his arms around her waist. Ino put her arms on his chest as they drifted off into their own world as the continued their make-out session.

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Gym

Tsunade walks to the center of the gym and cleared her throat. " The third round is about to begin...Can i get Uchiha Sasuke and Kurama Shiro to the center of the ring" Sasuke and Shiro gets up from their seats and walks over to the center of the ring. The two glared at each other as the await the furthur command to strike.

" I hope you can last long...because it will be boring if you can't" Shiro looks over at Sasuke as he knew that he was going to have the time of his life.

" hmm...lets just see..." Sasuke stood there as he then looks at Tsunade. " Tsunade-san..i have a request.."

" What is it..Sasuke-kun.." Tsunade wanted to know what is the request because she wanted to get this match on the way.

" Can you bring out two wooden swords...i want to have a sword match with him.." Sasuke looks over at Tsunade and sees her smirk..

" Sure why not..." She just snapped her fingers and two people from both sides of the arena came out and handed Sasuke and Shiro a wooden sword. Shiro takes the wooden sword and gets into his swordsman stance. Sasuke stood there, with the sword facing backwards but goin upwards while he holds the hilt. Tsunade takes a couple of steps back as she puts both of her hands up in the air and looks at the two.

" Begin.." Shiro charged at Sasuke and released his slash, which was going towards Sasuke's mid-section.

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Shikamaru and Haru's battle was kind of hard for me to come up with, so that is why it took me soo long to come up with and it is short because it was becoming a challenge for me to do school and do this at the same time.

Next Match: Sasuke vs Shiro the battle of Swordsman...