AsnGothic: ;_; I hardly got any reviews! Do you guys not
like ShikaIno? Oh, I am sad. . . and I can't format
either! Oh well. I'm complaining too much. Well you know
what? I'm going to keep writing to annoy you!
-Laughs like Ino-
Ino: =_=; You hag
AsnGothic: How dare you! I'm going through a hard fanfic- writing part of my life!!
Ino: Oh, be quiet. AsnGothic owns nothing. Happy birthday to sister and friend, Tsukino, but her penname is LilSasamiGrl. Enjoy!
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*~Ino's Pov~*
Did I ever really like him? I told myself I was over him. Wasn't I? Did I ever really like Sasuke? Was it really that easy to get over him? I sighed. I was asking myself too many questions. The mission Asuma sent us on wasn't tiring, but all the questions running through my head so rapidly. I began rubbing my temples, thinking deeply about Sasuke before I looked at the little Shikamaru photo I found of him the other day, resting on my nightstand. Suddenly, I couldn't hold in the giggle coming from my chest.
*~The other night~*
"Yo, Ino!" I tried not to look surprised at Shikamaru as if I sensed he was there.
Quickly, I turned around before smiling at Shikamaru. "Hey, Shikamaru. What are you doing here?"
"Uhh." he hid the something behind his back like he thought I hadn't seen them. I decided to play along. Could he really be that stupid "Nothing. Just taking a walk."
"Yeah.sure, Shika. Well, I have to go back inside. It's getting late." I pretended to yawn as if I was tired. Shikamaru nodded pretty quickly. I walked away, into my house, before turning around to look out the window. One little peek wouldn't hurt, right? I saw him look into my trashcan. 'Wha-what? What's he doing looking through my stuff?' I thought. I was about to stomp outside to him until I noticed him smirking. Then he ran away and I walked outside one more time. He dropped something. I snickered. He dropped a photo of *him.*
*~End Flashback~*
After what *he* did, I had no intention of returning the photo. Instead, I stuck it in my sock drawer before going to sleep.
*~Tomorrow~*
I waited patiently for another one of Asuma's weird missions today in the small forest I first practiced in. I closed my eyes and almost dozed off to sleep, the wind waking me up every time. Who was I thinking about? I wasn't thinking about Sasuke anymore. . . yet someone still lingered in my mind. Who? Who. . . ?
"Ino!"
My eyes popped open. "Shika?"
He hid a weak blush as he grumbled at the name. I snickered. Maybe I could get a little fun out of this. "Ino. I know you have my photo."
My face froze and I looked at him in a stare. "Wha-what are you talking about, Shika?"
He narrowed his eyes and I giggled at him. How he managed to make me smile like that, I never really figured out. It seemed like I had a reserved smile only for him.
"You know what I'm talking about." He blushed even more at the giggle. I decided to play with his mind.
"But what if I want to keep it, Shika-kun?" I sauntered up to him.
"Ah. . . ah. . ." He had a loss for words as I ran my fingers behind his neck. Wait! I wasn't planning to do that! Was I. . . was I enjoying this as much as him? Was he enjoying this at all? By the look on his face I knew he was.
"Can't I keep it? It's so cute. . ." I whimpered.
He choked on his words. I suppressed an evil laugh, but then. . .his eyes started to soften.
"Not unless you give me one of yourself."
What? What was he doing? What the hell was he doing? He put his arms around me! My brain blanked out. He-he wasn't supposed to know how to seduce a girl!
"Ah! Ino! Shikamaru! What are you doing?!"
Agh! Chouji! Quickly, we both pulled away from each other and looked at him, mortified and with equal blushes. He stopped eating. When he doesn't eat, I knew this was serious to him.
"We were. . . we were doing nothing, Chouji!" Shikamaru said. I fought back a glare at him. How dare he! Oh, I will kill Chouji. . . wait until I get my hands on him.
Suddenly, Asume jumped onto a tree branch out of nowhere surprising all of us. "Stop acting like children. Listen."
We all looked up at him and listened intently.
"Today, I don't think I'll give you a mission."
"Asuma-Sensei! We need a mission! How dare you!" How dare he, how dare he, how dare he!
Asuma didn't look fazed at the least. "You're going to train with team 7 today. Obviously, you can see why I'm not giving you a mission."
I glanced over at Shikamaru who had his trademark 'this is so boring' look on. I was mad at the world today. My fists tightened. Training with team 7? Just what I needed!
"Stop being so slow" Asuma said. He started walking into the center of the forest. "Follow me."
I growled at him, and then glared at Shikamaru. Then I glared at Chouji. Was the world against me?
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Ugh! Where were they? We were waiting for atleast an hour. Where was team 7?
"Sorry we're late!" Naruto called from behind a tree. Sorry? I'll make him sorry!
"Naruto! We waited forever for you guys to show up!"
"An hour, Ino." Shikamaru. I glared at him again.
"Be quiet, Shikamaru. I'm not in the mood."
Naruto backed up from me and he said, "Hey, don't blame us. Kakashi-Sensei's always late."
"I got lost on my way here, so-"
"Liar! You don't get lost, Kakashi-Sensei!" a female voice shouted from behind Naruto. Sakura.
I glanced at them all like they were crazy.
"Do you go through this everyday?" Shikamaru said, not bothering to look at them.
"Pretty much."
"Yeah."
I looked over to Naruto. He was holding a blushing Sasuke's hands. Sasuke was looking away, desperately searching for something else to look at and hoping we wouldn't find him. By the look on Naruto's face, it seemed like they had been together for a while. He didn't have one bit of embarrassment on his face.
"Come on, let's get going." Asuma said. Chouji chomped away on some food behind him.
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Climbing trees? What the hell training was this? He was making us climb *trees?*
"Hey, Sakura." I greeted to her.
"Hmm?"
She didn't sound the least bit sad from her speech. Did she not know about Sasuke?
"Have you noticed Sasuke lately?"
She looked down. I expected her to be sad, but then she looked back up, happily. "Yup. Why?"
I gaped at her. I quickly straightened myself up before I asked her, "Don't you like Sasuke?"
She laughed at me. "Well, of course! I always did."
"Then. . ."
"As a friend."
What? As a friend? "Wha. . ."
"I liked Sasuke as a friend. He would never think of me as a girlfriend, ne? I'll always be a teammate to him. Instead-"
I smirked enchantingly. "Oooh.has Sakura got a boyfriend of her very own?"
Sakura said nothing. She just blushed. "Well, as a matter of fact. . ."
"Yo! Ino, get over here!" Shikamaru called from atop a tree branch. It seemed like her already got the hang of it. I got up and smiled at Sakura one more time. Maybe there was some hope for us to become friends again. Before starting to climb a tree again, I winked at Shikamaru. He blushed furiously, remembering this morning. I still had his picture.
TBC
AsnGothic: It was too early to introduce a kissing chapter, so I decided upon Chouji interrupting them. They're getting closer though! Do you guys want me to make this a series? Maybe a new fic on another couple! Well, tell me!
Ino: Grr . . . Chouji! How dare you! How dare you, how dare you, how dare you, how dare you, how dare you, how dare you, how dare you, how dare you, how dare you!!!!!!!
Shikamaru: Calm down, Ino. . .
Ino: -Grin- Eeheeeheee. . .
AsnGothic: Well, there you have it. The mating ways of two dopes.
Shikamaru and Ino: Hey!!
AsnGothic: Please review! ^_~ Heehee, I'm evil.
Ino: =_=; You hag
AsnGothic: How dare you! I'm going through a hard fanfic- writing part of my life!!
Ino: Oh, be quiet. AsnGothic owns nothing. Happy birthday to sister and friend, Tsukino, but her penname is LilSasamiGrl. Enjoy!
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*~Ino's Pov~*
Did I ever really like him? I told myself I was over him. Wasn't I? Did I ever really like Sasuke? Was it really that easy to get over him? I sighed. I was asking myself too many questions. The mission Asuma sent us on wasn't tiring, but all the questions running through my head so rapidly. I began rubbing my temples, thinking deeply about Sasuke before I looked at the little Shikamaru photo I found of him the other day, resting on my nightstand. Suddenly, I couldn't hold in the giggle coming from my chest.
*~The other night~*
"Yo, Ino!" I tried not to look surprised at Shikamaru as if I sensed he was there.
Quickly, I turned around before smiling at Shikamaru. "Hey, Shikamaru. What are you doing here?"
"Uhh." he hid the something behind his back like he thought I hadn't seen them. I decided to play along. Could he really be that stupid "Nothing. Just taking a walk."
"Yeah.sure, Shika. Well, I have to go back inside. It's getting late." I pretended to yawn as if I was tired. Shikamaru nodded pretty quickly. I walked away, into my house, before turning around to look out the window. One little peek wouldn't hurt, right? I saw him look into my trashcan. 'Wha-what? What's he doing looking through my stuff?' I thought. I was about to stomp outside to him until I noticed him smirking. Then he ran away and I walked outside one more time. He dropped something. I snickered. He dropped a photo of *him.*
*~End Flashback~*
After what *he* did, I had no intention of returning the photo. Instead, I stuck it in my sock drawer before going to sleep.
*~Tomorrow~*
I waited patiently for another one of Asuma's weird missions today in the small forest I first practiced in. I closed my eyes and almost dozed off to sleep, the wind waking me up every time. Who was I thinking about? I wasn't thinking about Sasuke anymore. . . yet someone still lingered in my mind. Who? Who. . . ?
"Ino!"
My eyes popped open. "Shika?"
He hid a weak blush as he grumbled at the name. I snickered. Maybe I could get a little fun out of this. "Ino. I know you have my photo."
My face froze and I looked at him in a stare. "Wha-what are you talking about, Shika?"
He narrowed his eyes and I giggled at him. How he managed to make me smile like that, I never really figured out. It seemed like I had a reserved smile only for him.
"You know what I'm talking about." He blushed even more at the giggle. I decided to play with his mind.
"But what if I want to keep it, Shika-kun?" I sauntered up to him.
"Ah. . . ah. . ." He had a loss for words as I ran my fingers behind his neck. Wait! I wasn't planning to do that! Was I. . . was I enjoying this as much as him? Was he enjoying this at all? By the look on his face I knew he was.
"Can't I keep it? It's so cute. . ." I whimpered.
He choked on his words. I suppressed an evil laugh, but then. . .his eyes started to soften.
"Not unless you give me one of yourself."
What? What was he doing? What the hell was he doing? He put his arms around me! My brain blanked out. He-he wasn't supposed to know how to seduce a girl!
"Ah! Ino! Shikamaru! What are you doing?!"
Agh! Chouji! Quickly, we both pulled away from each other and looked at him, mortified and with equal blushes. He stopped eating. When he doesn't eat, I knew this was serious to him.
"We were. . . we were doing nothing, Chouji!" Shikamaru said. I fought back a glare at him. How dare he! Oh, I will kill Chouji. . . wait until I get my hands on him.
Suddenly, Asume jumped onto a tree branch out of nowhere surprising all of us. "Stop acting like children. Listen."
We all looked up at him and listened intently.
"Today, I don't think I'll give you a mission."
"Asuma-Sensei! We need a mission! How dare you!" How dare he, how dare he, how dare he!
Asuma didn't look fazed at the least. "You're going to train with team 7 today. Obviously, you can see why I'm not giving you a mission."
I glanced over at Shikamaru who had his trademark 'this is so boring' look on. I was mad at the world today. My fists tightened. Training with team 7? Just what I needed!
"Stop being so slow" Asuma said. He started walking into the center of the forest. "Follow me."
I growled at him, and then glared at Shikamaru. Then I glared at Chouji. Was the world against me?
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Ugh! Where were they? We were waiting for atleast an hour. Where was team 7?
"Sorry we're late!" Naruto called from behind a tree. Sorry? I'll make him sorry!
"Naruto! We waited forever for you guys to show up!"
"An hour, Ino." Shikamaru. I glared at him again.
"Be quiet, Shikamaru. I'm not in the mood."
Naruto backed up from me and he said, "Hey, don't blame us. Kakashi-Sensei's always late."
"I got lost on my way here, so-"
"Liar! You don't get lost, Kakashi-Sensei!" a female voice shouted from behind Naruto. Sakura.
I glanced at them all like they were crazy.
"Do you go through this everyday?" Shikamaru said, not bothering to look at them.
"Pretty much."
"Yeah."
I looked over to Naruto. He was holding a blushing Sasuke's hands. Sasuke was looking away, desperately searching for something else to look at and hoping we wouldn't find him. By the look on Naruto's face, it seemed like they had been together for a while. He didn't have one bit of embarrassment on his face.
"Come on, let's get going." Asuma said. Chouji chomped away on some food behind him.
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Climbing trees? What the hell training was this? He was making us climb *trees?*
"Hey, Sakura." I greeted to her.
"Hmm?"
She didn't sound the least bit sad from her speech. Did she not know about Sasuke?
"Have you noticed Sasuke lately?"
She looked down. I expected her to be sad, but then she looked back up, happily. "Yup. Why?"
I gaped at her. I quickly straightened myself up before I asked her, "Don't you like Sasuke?"
She laughed at me. "Well, of course! I always did."
"Then. . ."
"As a friend."
What? As a friend? "Wha. . ."
"I liked Sasuke as a friend. He would never think of me as a girlfriend, ne? I'll always be a teammate to him. Instead-"
I smirked enchantingly. "Oooh.has Sakura got a boyfriend of her very own?"
Sakura said nothing. She just blushed. "Well, as a matter of fact. . ."
"Yo! Ino, get over here!" Shikamaru called from atop a tree branch. It seemed like her already got the hang of it. I got up and smiled at Sakura one more time. Maybe there was some hope for us to become friends again. Before starting to climb a tree again, I winked at Shikamaru. He blushed furiously, remembering this morning. I still had his picture.
TBC
AsnGothic: It was too early to introduce a kissing chapter, so I decided upon Chouji interrupting them. They're getting closer though! Do you guys want me to make this a series? Maybe a new fic on another couple! Well, tell me!
Ino: Grr . . . Chouji! How dare you! How dare you, how dare you, how dare you, how dare you, how dare you, how dare you, how dare you, how dare you, how dare you!!!!!!!
Shikamaru: Calm down, Ino. . .
Ino: -Grin- Eeheeeheee. . .
AsnGothic: Well, there you have it. The mating ways of two dopes.
Shikamaru and Ino: Hey!!
AsnGothic: Please review! ^_~ Heehee, I'm evil.