Sorry that it's late again but I was at my aunts house again and her laptop is slow and her I don't like to use her MAC.
Chapter 11: When You See My Friends
"Ha-ha yeah, it's Shikamaru's baby." Ino said letting out a nervous laugh while facing Choji; she was now sitting on the same seat as Shikamaru with some space between them. "And don't be so loud someone might hear you!" She said while looking around to make sure that no one was paying attention to them.
Choji was utterly dumbstruck. He didn't know what to think about what he was just told. He looked at Shikamaru to confirm what Ino had just said.
"Heh, uh surprise?" Shikamaru told him while trying to sound optimistic.
"What? How? W-When?" Choji asked clearly shocked and confused. It had to be a joke right? His two best friends weren't really having a baby together, were they?
"Tch, how troublesome." Shikamaru said to his teammates.
They kept quiet when they saw a waiter coming to there table to take their order and they stayed quiet until after they finished and paid for their food, but none of them moved from their spot. After a few minutes of silence Shikamaru decided to take a cigarette to smoke.
"Don't do that by me, you moron." Ino said while smacking his arm that held the cigarette.
"Do what? What did I do?" Shikamaru asked her with a puzzled look on his face. All he did was take out a cigarette! Why is she suddenly calling him names and hitting him?
"Uh hello? You're smoking that death stick right next to me and I'm kind of carrying some pretty precious cargo here!" She told him while gesturing to her small bulging belly. Was he stupid or something? She's pregnant, and with his baby!
"Yeah Shikamaru. You know she hates it when you smoke and you shouldn't smoke around someone who's pregnant especially if they're pregnant with your baby." Choji told Shikamaru in a way that was making him feel dumb and he was a genius!
"Okay, okay geesh. I didn't know, sorry." Shikamaru said turning out the cigarette. How was he supposed to know that? Nobody ever told him not to smoke by a pregnant lady.
"And you're supposed to be a genius." Ino scoffed so low and under her breath that neither of the guys heard her.
"How did that even happen? How long were you hiding that from me? What did your parents say? Why was Ino at your apartment in her pajamas, I might add, early in the morning?!" Choji asked letting out all his frustration at his close friends.
"It was the day of the celebration we were drunk and you left us alone, so in a way it's your fault. I've known for about two months and easy she stays there that's why she was there so early." Shikamaru said in a bored tone, leaving out the question about their parents on purpose.
"What?!" Choji cried out loud. His fault? How was it his fault that they were drunk and made a baby? It's not like he forced them to do get drunk and have sex. Heck he wasn't even there!
"Pipe down Choji! And well we kinda haven't told our parents…er well we haven't told Shika's parents and my parents don't know everything about it. That's kind of why I stay there, lets just say my parents weren't to happy about the news."
"Okay explain that. And you've known for almost two months and didn't say anything to me because? I thought I was your best friend." Choji said with a bit of hurt on his face.
"Look Choji I wanted to tell you but Ino wasn't ready for other people to know. Heck even our parents don't know." Shikamaru told his best friend.
"What's the deal with your parents? I mean you say you haven't told them so why not?" Choji asked looked at the both of them now.
"Well I told my parents and it didn't really end that good at first, that's why I'm staying at Shika's right now." Ino told the young Akimichi.
"They didn't kick you out, did they?" Choji asked her with concern in his voice. He knew that her parents might be mad about it but mad enough to kick her out? He thought that they might be a little relived that the baby's Shikamaru's but then again that could just make them angrier. He knows that Inoichi only fully trusts Shikamaru and himself with Ino and her well being and that Inoichi might feel betrayed that it was one of the people he trusted the most.
"They were really mad and they were so disappointed in me!" Ino said in a small voice close to tears.
"H-hey what did I say about crying." Shikamaru said clearly freaked out. He didn't think it was right when girls cried (it was too troublesome), but he really hated it when girls he cared about cried it made him feel weak in some way and it freaked him out because he couldn't figure out why they were crying half the time.
"Don't be so mean Shikamaru. She's having a hard time with this." Choji reprimand the shadow shinobi for trying to get after the girl for crying. Choji didn't like to see his close friends sad either but he knew that she needed to let this out.
"They had told me to go stay with a friend for a few days and then meet them at the shop to go home but I never did and that was a month ago. They stopped me the other day and starting asking me all these questions I left when it got uncomfortable. They don't know that the baby's Shikamaru's and his parents don't know about this either so you cant say anything when we're at dinner next week." Ino told her chubby friend.
"Ino, I won't tell them but if your parents ask me I can't lie to them about this." Choji said in a sympathetic tone. "I'm sorry, but this is just something that really shouldn't be hidden from your parents for to long. They'll find out eventually you know." He started to explain to her how it saw it.
"You sound like Shikamaru now." Ino said after letting out a soft laugh.
"I told you we should just tell them already and get it over with. They'll be more pissed if they find out on their own." Shikamaru said now entering the conversation.
"So Shikamaru wants to tell and you don't?" Choji asked slightly confused. He knew that Shikamaru was good when it came to responsibility but he also knew that Shikamaru didn't like to tell his parents about stuff that can get him in trouble while Ino was one who didn't like to hide things from her parents she felt guilty about it and she'd want their advice. So why was it that Ino was trying to prolong telling their parents while Shikamaru was ready to tell them?
"Yes. No. I don't know. I want to tell them but then I don't want to. I'm just not ready to tell them yet." Ino said.
"Okay, I won't mention it to them, but like I said I won't lie to them." Choji reassured his blonde friend.
"Come on the kids are going to meet up at the training fields in a little." Shikamaru said getting up from the table to leave.
"Ino! Why are going to the training fields everyday in your condition?" Choji asked suddenly when they were half way to their destination
"Shut up Choji!" Ino said agitated. "I'm pregnant not sick with some physical condition." She whispered to him.
"Still you can get hurt out there. Shikamaru, why do you let her go?" Choji asked the dark haired ninja in front of him.
"She's Ino. Meaning that she's stubborn and would show up even if I were to tell her not to, and she knows her limits and how to take care of herself. Haven't you noticed that she doesn't do much when we're there?" Shikamaru told him while still walking ahead of them.
"Oh now that you mention it, you're right."
"Yeah. I mean come on Choji how reckless do you think I am?"
"No I don't think that you're reckless. Just looking out for the little thing." Choji said while giving her stomach a look. "Am I going to be the godfather, aren't I?"
"Hmm I don't know, Cho. I'd have to think about it." Ino said while faking a face of deep concentration. Of course he was going to be the godfather, he was both of their best friends, sure they never thought about it but without a doubt they would both agree to it.
"Aw come on Ino. I'm your best friend and third team member you have to let me." He said pouting like a small child. "Shika will let me. Won't you Shika?"
"Heh, whatever Ino says. It's too troublesome to say otherwise." Shikamaru said with a smirk. He enjoyed pulling Choji's strings and he knew that Ino was teasing him.
"Well I guess since you want to so badly that you can do." Ino said in a bored tone before busting into a fit of giggles. "I'm just messing with you Choji of you are. I wouldn't have it any other way."
"That wasn't very nice Ino; I thought that you were really thinking about it."
Once they got to the training grounds they genin weren't there so they sat under a few trees to wait for them.
"Ino?" Choji asked after a few minutes of waiting.
"Hm."
"Do your parents know that you're staying with Shikamaru?"
"Oh no. And they can't find out about that either. If they find out that I'm staying with him then they'll know that he's the baby's father." Ino quickly said.
"Oh. Okay, so where do your parents think that you're staying at?" Choji asked.
"They don't have any clue as to where she might be staying." Shikamaru said. He was now lying down on his back watching the clouds pass by, as usual when they have to wait for his team to show up.
"Yeah I've only seen them a hand full of times since they found out."
"How exactly did they take it?" Choji asked.
"Her parents took it as you would have expected, but without the yelling. I guess that they didn't want anyone outside to hear about it." Shikamaru said.
"Yeah, dad was confused and disappointed and mom was just down right furious. They kept asking me so many questions and when I wouldn't answer them mom got mad and said that I had to stay someone else while she cooled down. Dad didn't fully agree with her but still he told me she needed some time and space." Ino said with a small frown forming on her lips. "Anyway I think that I see the genin coming over here." Ino said while pointing straight ahead where they can barely see three figures coming up.
"Well off to work you go Shikamaru." Choji grinningly said.
"It's too troublesome to get up before they even get here." He said opening one eye to see how far the kids were.
"Shika sensei we're here! You can stop missing us." Katsumi yelled running up to Shikamaru who was getting up off the ground.
"Trust me Katsumi he doesn't miss us. And if he were to miss us you'd be the least missed." Eito stuck his tongue out to Katsumi.
"Sensei you really shouldn't fall asleep when you know that we're coming at any moment." Hiro said to his sensei.
"It's a shame when your own students get after you for sleeping on the job." Ino said catching the attention of the three genin from her spot under the tree.
"Oh. You're here again." Katsumi said dismissively, putting her nose up in the air.
'What is this damn girl's problem? She does this every time I come to training.' Ino thought to herself.
"Of course I am. Where else would I go?" Ino said staring at the younger blonde.
"I don't know. Don't you have a job or something? You're always hanging around here. Do you not have anything else to do other than come and bug us?" Katsumi said in an arrogant tone.
"Katsumi shut up!" Eito said.
"Stop being rude to Shikamaru sensei's friend Katsumi." Hiro told her.
"What a drag. Blondes are so troublesome." Shikamaru said under his breath. "Katsumi what did I say about my teammates?"
"That you've known them your whole life and that they're your best friends."
"Okay now hurry up and apologize so that we can start training."
"Fine." She said turning around to face the older blonde. "Sorry." She said while giving Ino a questioning look. "Are you pregnant? If not than you're getting really fat." She asked with her eyes wide.
All of Team 10 froze. Shikamaru and Choji quickly looked over to Ino, to see how she would react to what Katsumi had just said to here. But they both saw her frozen with a pale face. When Shikamaru looked at her stomach he saw that she was wearing one of her tight shirts so her bump was visible. How did they forget about that?
"We're here to train, not dig into Ino's personal life." Shikamaru said going towards the other side of the tree so that they could actually get started. He knew that Ino wasn't ready for other people to know, so instead of telling them a bunch of bullshit lie they just wouldn't tell them anything yet.
"So she is? No wonder you don't ever do much here. And I thought you were just some lazy slacker that didn't want to do any work." Katsumi said. "So who's that baby's father?" She asked excitedly. Sure she wasn't too fond of Ino but she's having a baby, that's a pretty big thing isn't it? And now that they all know that she's pregnant she shouldn't be much of threat to her when it came to Shikamaru.
"I said let's start training Katsumi." Shikamaru called out to her.
"Fine, fine. I'm coming." Katsumi said while walking toward where the rest of the team was.
"Well that was close." Choji said.
"Too close. What am I suppose to do now?!" Ino asked him. "I'm leaving before all three of them come back and start bugging me with questions." She told Choji while getting up. "I'll see you and around. And don't forget; don't say anything at dinner next week!" Ino yelled while leaving.
While walking Ino could see that she was getting some disdainful looks. She knew they were talking about her, some of them were whispering and others were talking as if they didn't give a damn if she knew they were talking about her. She could clearly hear the conversation of two women by her.
"Is she pregnant?"
"I wouldn't be surprised. The way she used to dress was just asking for that kind of attention. The filthy slut."
"I wonder who the father is."
"It doesn't matter; she probably doesn't know who he is. I wonder how her parents are dealing with this."
She should've expected this. They would call her names when they found out. She was, after all, barely eighteen and unwed, she didn't even have a boyfriend so they all would all form their own assumptions of what happened. She should've expected it and she should've been ready but she wasn't. They didn't know the whole story so they had no right to talk about her like that.
Almost a week had passed since the incident with the genin team finding out about Ino being pregnant. They would try and find out who the father was but they never got an answer from her because either Shikamaru or Choji would steer the conversation away from that topic. They all had to go the family dinner tomorrow. Something neither Ino nor Shikamaru were looking forward to.
They were at the training fields with Shikamaru's team again but Choji wasn't there he said he needed to run an errand. Ino was sitting down under a tree watching Eito and Hiro sparring and Katsumi was nagging her about telling her about her pregnancy.
"How far along are you?" Katsumi asked curiously.
"Four months almost five now." Ino said in a bored tone.
"What is it? I mean the gender, is it a girl or a boy?"
"Oh, I don't know that yet. I'm going to go check later this week."
"Who's the father?"
"That's none of your business." Ino said annoyed. Katsumi snorted.
"You never answer that question. I'm beginning to think that you don't even know who he is. Do you know who the father is?" Katsumi said snarky.
"Of course I know who the father is. What do you take me for, some whore that goes around town with any man?" Ino yelled at the girl.
"You said it not me." The younger blonde scoffed.
"And what's that suppose to mean? What's you damn problem with me? You've been like this since I met you!" Ino yelled at her.
"Oi, Ino what's going on?" Shikamaru asked running up to the girls.
"Why don't you ask the little troublemaker?" Ino said rolling her eyes.
"What did you do Katsumi?" Shikamaru asked after letting out a sigh.
"Nothing. All I did was ask her a couple questions and tell her few things."
"Will somebody tell me what's going on here?" Shikamaru asked desperately.
"You student is over here digging into my personal life and implying that I'm some kind of whore!" Ino yelled, obviously offended, not that he blamed her.
"Come on Ino. We've been through this already you're not a whore. Just ignore whatever it is that she's telling you. And you," he said turning to Katsumi, "what are you doing here?"
"I was just curious so I asked her a few questions. She doesn't want to tell me who the baby's father is so I was beginning to think that she doesn't even know who he is." Katsumi said while crossing her arms over her chest.
It never crossed his mind that people would think that badly of Ino in her situation, their situation. Just because she wouldn't give out a name didn't give people the right to say that she doesn't know who the father is. Now he was certain that it was time to come clean with everyone about what was going on. He'd have to talk to Ino about it later on that night when training was over.
"Ino's not like that Katsumi. She knows who the father is, she just doesn't want to give out his name to everyone. I guess she knows they'll all be shocked or something."
"Shocked or not, somehow it'll get out so she might as well just start telling everyone who it is. Wait he's not like married or anything is he? You're a home wreaker!" Katsumi yelled turning back to Ino.
"I'm not a home wreaker! As if the bastard is married. No body would be able to handle the way he is." Ino scoffed.
What exactly was that suppose to mean? She had survived living with him for a little over a month now. He wasn't that bad, though she did do more work at the apartment than him, and it was his apartment.
"Ino, I think that you should go back home. You know, get some rest and leave the argument. It doesn't matter what some little kid thinks of you, you and I both know that it isn't true." Shikamaru said.
"I'm not a little kid! I'm just a handful of years younger than you!" Katsumi yelled in offense.
"Katsumi just go spar with the boys." Shikamaru said rubbing the bridge of his nose. He was clearly getting agitated with what was going on. "And Ino you should probably just go back to the apartment and rest up."
"Whatever. I guess I'll be going." Ino said quickly getting up to leave. She walked away but then came back and mumbled something under her breath that Shikamaru couldn't make out.
"What is Ino? I can't hear you."
"I said I left my keys and need yours to get inside."
"How troublesome. Here." He told her with a small smile while handing her the keys to his apartment.
After getting the keys and leaving Ino walked back to the apartment with her thoughts running wild. How dare that girl think so low of her?! She's had enough of that girl's attitude and she was so annoyed that she almost told her who the father was. She wasn't sure if she was ready to cross that bridge yet. She wasn't sure if she was ready but she knew that they should tell their parents at least. She'd talk to Shikamaru about telling their parents tomorrow after dinner.
"Shika sensei, I thought you told her to go home?" Katsumi asked her teacher.
"I did, because clearly you were aggravating her, which isn't very good for her right now." He answered.
"So then why did she need your keys to inside?"
Shikamaru didn't even realize that they had just let it slip that they lived together until his student had asked him that, he knew that she would figure it out now. And he was right her eyes widen after not having her question answered.
"She lives with you sensei?!"
"Who lives with sensei?" Eito asked coming towards them with Hiro behind him.
"That blonde Ino chick! Shika sensei told her to go home and then she said that she needed his keys to get in and he gave them to her."
"Isn't she pregnant? Why would she be staying with you?" Eito questioned.
"Because, it's none of your business. What involves me and Ino doesn't concern you. So as I've said before please just stay out of my personal life." Shikamaru said in his monotone voice.
"Wait, the baby is yours isn't it?" Hiro said now joining the conversation.
Shikamaru knew that the group that he got was observant and smart but he didn't think it'd be by this much! What was he suppose to do now? He knew that they would find out sooner or later so he might as well tell them now. He just hopes that Ino wont be to mad at him when she finds out that he told.
"Not that it's any of your business but yes." Shikamaru said.
To say that all three genin were shock was an understatement. They all stood there still with their eyes wide and their mouths open wide.
"So she is your girlfriend sensei? I knew it!" Eito yelled.
"I told you Katsumi!" Hiro said sticking out his tongue at the girl.
"I never said she was my girlfriend." Shikamaru snapped at his students.
"So she's not your girlfriend, but she's having your baby, lives with you and you spend just about everyday together?" Eito said slowly. Sure he wasn't all that smart but even he wasn't that stupid.
"Exactly." Shikamaru told his students. Letting out a frustrated groan he started to talk again. "It's complicated and none of your business. Now go back to sparring, and your prying into my personal and private life has earned you two extra hours of training so get to it before I add more hours."
"Somebody's touchy about the subject." Eito mumbled to Katsumi who nodded her head in agreement.
Back at the apartment Ino had decided to start doing laundry since they were having dinner with all of their parents. Ino was nervous about being at a table with both her parents and Shikamaru's parents now that she was starting to show. She knew that she couldn't keep running from this and that she has to tell them soon, she just doesn't know how to tell them.
She heard a knock on the door when she was folding clothes but she didn't answer. Even though she was living here it wasn't her house to be answering the door. But when the person started knock harder Ino thought that it could be Shikamaru; she did take his keys after all.
"Answer the door I know you're in there." She heard a gruff but feminine voice call out from the other side of the door.
'Temari! What is she doing here? I probably shouldn't open the door, she came here looking for Shika and she might get mad at him if I answer the door.' Ino thought to herself.
"Come on and open up the door or else I'll break it down." The sand ninja yelled from the other side of the door.
Although Ino didn't want to open the door for the older blonde she opened the door for her, she didn't really have a choice unless she wanted the front door kicked down.
"Oh your Ino right?" Temari asked when she saw the blue eyed platinum blonde on the other side of the door.
"Yeah." Ino meekly nodded.
"Uh sorry, I was told that this was Shikamaru's apartment."
"It is. He's out with his genin squad."
"Oh I see. What about you? What are you doing here?" Temari asked, her curiosity was peaked when the normally loud blonde was acting quiet and shy and hiding every part of herself expect her head behind the door.
"Well something's come up and I'm staying here for now."
"Really?" Temari asked with a smirk. "Mind if I come in for a quick cup of water or tea?" She said walking in without waiting for an answer and going toward the first seat she saw.
"Oh yeah sure. Don't wait for me to answer, just come on in and make yourself at home." Ino muttered to herself while closing the front door.
'She's already made herself at home, might as well just give her something to drink now.'
"Water or tea?" Ino asked as she made her way to the small kitchen area.
"Either one, it doesn't really matter, though I'd prefer water right now, after my trip here." Temari said.
"Okay."
"So you and the crybaby got together? I'm not all that surprised." Temari said, trying to start a conversation.
"Oh no. We aren't together, we're just friends." Ino said walking into the room with a cold bottle of water from the kitchen.
"You're not? But I thought you were. Hmm guess I was wrong." The older dirty blonde said, with the last line being said in a whisper only she could hear.
"Yeah we're just good friends in a bit of a sticky situation." Ino said.
"Really? What kind of situation would make you have to stay with that lazy bum?"
"One that involves both of us. But don't get the wrong idea or anything. We're just friends, he's my best friend and he's just helping out because we're both to blame for what's happened." Ino said in a hurry while walking into the living room where Temari was sitting.
"Hm. Oh, you're – you're pregnant!" Temari exclaimed with wide eyes.
"Yeah." Ino said chewing her bottom lip and letting out a nervous laugh.
"So that's the sticky situation that you're in. Well congratulations." Temari said smiling. She automatically put the puzzle pieces together and concluded that the baby was Shikamaru's; they were in a sticky situation that caused Ino to stay with him at his apartment.
"You're not mad? I mean you do like him don't you?" Ino said while giving the Suna kunoichi the bottle of water.
"That crybaby? No, well yeah I but only as a friend. Truth be told he's just one of the only people I know here and I like to give him a hard time." The older blonde said letting out a laughing.
"Oh, okay." The blue eyed girl said, letting out a sigh of relief. At least she wouldn't have some chick come after her for what happened.
"Yeah, so don't worry your pretty little head princess." She told the younger blonde while patting her head.
"Whatever as if I care." Ino muttered.
"While I guess I'll be going now. See you around and thanks for the water." Temari said, waving her hand while walking towards the door.
"Bye." Ino said.
'Well she not as bad as I thought she'd be. And she doesn't like Shikamaru but I'm sure that he likes her. Oh well that's not what my priority should be right now.' Ino thought to herself while rubbing her expanding baby bump.
A/N: I know I said that the parents would find out in this chapter but I didn't know how exactly to write it and if I would've put it in this chapter it's be past 6,000 words and would take me awhile to update. So the parents will find out for sure in the next chapter. But school starts Monday so I might not be able to update as much. And I've read so many ShikaIno where Temari is portrayed as a bitch or she wants to steal Shika from Ino and I was planning on writing her where she like him but idk what happened. Lol I think that it'd be cool to see her as a friend to Ino and semi bully friend to Shikamaru. XD