AsnGothic: Oh, yes, I surprise myself on how creative I
can be. Such a nice title name, eh? Heehee.
Ino: You disgust me.
AsnGothic: Ehee. Speak for yourself.
Ino: Once again, she owns nothing. Masashi Kishimoto owns Naruto, as well as Shikamaru and Ino. But, AsnGothic owns this fanfic.
AsnGothic: Oh, yes, one more thing. The line of 'You can be the smartest man in the world and not understand women' comes from Smart Guy, a show on Disney Channel. I don't own it. But I'm going to pretend Naruto said it, ok? Ok.
*~Shikamaru's POV~*
Hmph. Tree Climbing. Did Asuma think I was a little boy? On my second try, I already made it up to a very high branch. Mind you, a branch is very high up. Have *you* ever tried tree climbing? I guess I did consider it a bit tiring, but by the looks on Naruto's and Sasuke's faces, they had done it already. Were we really this behind?
AN: Oh, by the way, I kept misspelling Asuma like Asume in the last 2 chapters. I apologize for the mistake! I would fix it, but I'm lazy. XP
Soon, everyone was gone and I wiped the sweat from my forehead. Sasuke had said something about 'going off to have ramen' or something, but it didn't really matter. Or atleast, to me it didn't matter. When Naruto heard, he was pretty happy.
*~Earlier Conversation~*
"Weird. I don't get it." I shrugged, sighing.
"Sheesh, Shika, for a smart guy, you're pretty dumb", Ino said from behind me.
"I don't know anything about relationships like this."
"I expected that from you." Ino sighed, and as she said and sounded, expecting me to say that. I looked away, with an angry expression.
"Oh, Shika, don't be mad. You just don't know anything about. . .love."
How could she say that! Was *she* that blind as to not notice my feelings? I walked away ignoring her shouting.
*~Later~*
I ran up the tree one more time before I lost my grip and flipped down. Hell. I forgot to mark it again. Oh well, it really didn't matter. I sighed. I looked around the forest, noting that it had begun to get darker and everyone was gone. I decided on leaving, putting my used kunai to mark the trees into my pack and stepping to leave. Until, that is, I noticed someone on the ground ahead of me.
I hid behind a bush, but stepped back out, noticing he or *she* was sleeping. *She* was clad in purple. I rolled my eyes. Ino.
I walked up to her before stopping dead in my tracks. Something about her made me stop. 'Walk!' I told myself. 'Walk! Keep walking or she'll wake up!' I obeyed my mind, but I didn't kneel down to wake her up. I kneeled down to stare at her beautiful face. My eyes danced around her body, then back to her face. She looked so innocent in her sleep. . . so unlike herself. Of course, when she was awake she was beautiful too. What? I forced myself no to think of these. I glanced down at her chest before blushing furiously. 'What am I thinking?' I thought. Her shirt creeped up suspiciously near a. . . 'private' zone. I blushed even more, if possible, when I realized I was looking at her there. My hand inched near her and I hesitated before pulling her shirt down. I didn't want people peeping at her. I stood up, not bothering to wake her up. I started walking away.
I felt someone's eyes bore into my back. I turned around, seeing Ino. She narrowed her eyes at me. Oh. . .no.
"Uhh. . .Ino. . ." I smiled. She touched her shirt. Did she think . . .?
She walked up to me and I smiled one more time before I felt a sharp pain against my cheek. I gawked at her.
"You. . .you pervert!" she accused. Was this who she thought I was? Some stupid pervert who would touch her?
"What are you talking about, Ino?"
"You wait until I'm asleep and then touch me?"
"I didn't do that!"
"You're a liar *and* a pervert!"
I gawked at her again.
"I wasn't doing anything! I was just fixing your shirt!"
"Oh yeah, like you would do that."
"I would!"
She didn't say anything. I guess I exploded too loud at her. Instead of an angry face staring back at me, a flushed one did. A beautiful. . . flushed face did.
"I didn't want anyone to look at you. . ." I trailed off.
"You were worried about me." That was said as more of a question as a comment. Once again, I felt a light pink tinge my cheeks. 'Stop blushing, don't show weaknesses. . .' I thought. 'Oh hell for weaknesses.'
"Yes."
I didn't know what I was thinking. Her arms were around me in a tight embrace. For someone who was lying on the floor, she wasn't very cold. She was very warm. A fragrance come from her body. Were those. . .flowers? Mmm. . . she smelled nice. After a few more seconds, she let go of me.
"Thanks."
I just nodded wordlessly. She turned away quickly, and then ran away. I wouldn't never understand her. Those women . . .
I stuffed my hands in my pockets and huffed. 'First I straighten her shirt, then she slaps me, and then she hugs me.' I thought 'I guess it's like what Naruto said about Sakura before' I smiled, shaking my head lightly. 'You can be the smartest man in the world and not understand women.'
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Review Responses:
Fireydragon97: Thank you so so much for my first review for this fic and inspiring me to go on. Yup, yup, I want to make this a long fic so more people will read.
Morien Alexander: Thank you for your comment and inspiring me to go on too. Being reviewed by you is wonderful
Bishiehuggler: I love these pairings. Actually, I'm working on a series with all the pairings in a different fic. Look for it!
Matrixheavyarms: Thank you so much! I'm currently working on Chapter four right now.
Naruke: Was that a flame? I expect it was. -_- Oh well, I want to know what I did wrong for my fic, ne? Thanks, I guess. . .
Ice Puppet: Thanks! ^___^ I tried to finally write a sweet fic.
Lynnxlady: Heehee. ^_^ I liked that part too. I'm sorry about the whole Sakura thing. . .I guess it was pretty weird. Well, let's just pretend that Sakura was only fighting for Sasuke because she liked fighting with Ino, ok? Er. . .now I sound stupid. That sounded better in my head. We'll say they're kind of rivals, but they never really liked Sasuke that much.
Pervert senin: I wasn't really going to put who Sakura's boyfriend was going to be in my fanfic. Sometimes people stop reading fanfics because of the couplings I chose. ;_; I was kind of planning on Lee though.
Keitorin: Thanks! Oh, your first ShikaIno fic, eh? There aren't many on ff.net. Just a few. I'm so honored. XD
Goddess-Isis-112: Thanks! I'm not very fond of KakaSaku, though. . .so don't expect that. Like I said in Pervert senin's response, I'm not planning on revealing Sakura's boyfriend. Maybe it's Lee, though.
WuffieLuver: Yay! You read my fanfic! ^_^ I'm so glad. I'll try to update soon. . .but I probably won't because I have writer's block again. . .
Kurosaki Nami: Yay! You like both of those couples! ::Dances:: Anyways, I'm glad you're trying to read all of my fics! I feel like one of those authors that get so much recognition and reviews! Er. . .nevermind, I don't. ;_; But thanks anyways!
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AsnGothic: After going through this chapter and editing it, it looks soooo stupid now. .
Ino: ^__^ I like this chapter
Shikamaru: =_=; You guys made me the monkey!
AsnGothic: Did not.
Ino: Actually, I agree with Shika
AsnGothic: Be quiet! Umm. . .review please!
Ino: -Whispers to boys- Call me!
Shikamaru: Hey!!
Ino: You disgust me.
AsnGothic: Ehee. Speak for yourself.
Ino: Once again, she owns nothing. Masashi Kishimoto owns Naruto, as well as Shikamaru and Ino. But, AsnGothic owns this fanfic.
AsnGothic: Oh, yes, one more thing. The line of 'You can be the smartest man in the world and not understand women' comes from Smart Guy, a show on Disney Channel. I don't own it. But I'm going to pretend Naruto said it, ok? Ok.
*~Shikamaru's POV~*
Hmph. Tree Climbing. Did Asuma think I was a little boy? On my second try, I already made it up to a very high branch. Mind you, a branch is very high up. Have *you* ever tried tree climbing? I guess I did consider it a bit tiring, but by the looks on Naruto's and Sasuke's faces, they had done it already. Were we really this behind?
AN: Oh, by the way, I kept misspelling Asuma like Asume in the last 2 chapters. I apologize for the mistake! I would fix it, but I'm lazy. XP
Soon, everyone was gone and I wiped the sweat from my forehead. Sasuke had said something about 'going off to have ramen' or something, but it didn't really matter. Or atleast, to me it didn't matter. When Naruto heard, he was pretty happy.
*~Earlier Conversation~*
"Weird. I don't get it." I shrugged, sighing.
"Sheesh, Shika, for a smart guy, you're pretty dumb", Ino said from behind me.
"I don't know anything about relationships like this."
"I expected that from you." Ino sighed, and as she said and sounded, expecting me to say that. I looked away, with an angry expression.
"Oh, Shika, don't be mad. You just don't know anything about. . .love."
How could she say that! Was *she* that blind as to not notice my feelings? I walked away ignoring her shouting.
*~Later~*
I ran up the tree one more time before I lost my grip and flipped down. Hell. I forgot to mark it again. Oh well, it really didn't matter. I sighed. I looked around the forest, noting that it had begun to get darker and everyone was gone. I decided on leaving, putting my used kunai to mark the trees into my pack and stepping to leave. Until, that is, I noticed someone on the ground ahead of me.
I hid behind a bush, but stepped back out, noticing he or *she* was sleeping. *She* was clad in purple. I rolled my eyes. Ino.
I walked up to her before stopping dead in my tracks. Something about her made me stop. 'Walk!' I told myself. 'Walk! Keep walking or she'll wake up!' I obeyed my mind, but I didn't kneel down to wake her up. I kneeled down to stare at her beautiful face. My eyes danced around her body, then back to her face. She looked so innocent in her sleep. . . so unlike herself. Of course, when she was awake she was beautiful too. What? I forced myself no to think of these. I glanced down at her chest before blushing furiously. 'What am I thinking?' I thought. Her shirt creeped up suspiciously near a. . . 'private' zone. I blushed even more, if possible, when I realized I was looking at her there. My hand inched near her and I hesitated before pulling her shirt down. I didn't want people peeping at her. I stood up, not bothering to wake her up. I started walking away.
I felt someone's eyes bore into my back. I turned around, seeing Ino. She narrowed her eyes at me. Oh. . .no.
"Uhh. . .Ino. . ." I smiled. She touched her shirt. Did she think . . .?
She walked up to me and I smiled one more time before I felt a sharp pain against my cheek. I gawked at her.
"You. . .you pervert!" she accused. Was this who she thought I was? Some stupid pervert who would touch her?
"What are you talking about, Ino?"
"You wait until I'm asleep and then touch me?"
"I didn't do that!"
"You're a liar *and* a pervert!"
I gawked at her again.
"I wasn't doing anything! I was just fixing your shirt!"
"Oh yeah, like you would do that."
"I would!"
She didn't say anything. I guess I exploded too loud at her. Instead of an angry face staring back at me, a flushed one did. A beautiful. . . flushed face did.
"I didn't want anyone to look at you. . ." I trailed off.
"You were worried about me." That was said as more of a question as a comment. Once again, I felt a light pink tinge my cheeks. 'Stop blushing, don't show weaknesses. . .' I thought. 'Oh hell for weaknesses.'
"Yes."
I didn't know what I was thinking. Her arms were around me in a tight embrace. For someone who was lying on the floor, she wasn't very cold. She was very warm. A fragrance come from her body. Were those. . .flowers? Mmm. . . she smelled nice. After a few more seconds, she let go of me.
"Thanks."
I just nodded wordlessly. She turned away quickly, and then ran away. I wouldn't never understand her. Those women . . .
I stuffed my hands in my pockets and huffed. 'First I straighten her shirt, then she slaps me, and then she hugs me.' I thought 'I guess it's like what Naruto said about Sakura before' I smiled, shaking my head lightly. 'You can be the smartest man in the world and not understand women.'
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Review Responses:
Fireydragon97: Thank you so so much for my first review for this fic and inspiring me to go on. Yup, yup, I want to make this a long fic so more people will read.
Morien Alexander: Thank you for your comment and inspiring me to go on too. Being reviewed by you is wonderful
Bishiehuggler: I love these pairings. Actually, I'm working on a series with all the pairings in a different fic. Look for it!
Matrixheavyarms: Thank you so much! I'm currently working on Chapter four right now.
Naruke: Was that a flame? I expect it was. -_- Oh well, I want to know what I did wrong for my fic, ne? Thanks, I guess. . .
Ice Puppet: Thanks! ^___^ I tried to finally write a sweet fic.
Lynnxlady: Heehee. ^_^ I liked that part too. I'm sorry about the whole Sakura thing. . .I guess it was pretty weird. Well, let's just pretend that Sakura was only fighting for Sasuke because she liked fighting with Ino, ok? Er. . .now I sound stupid. That sounded better in my head. We'll say they're kind of rivals, but they never really liked Sasuke that much.
Pervert senin: I wasn't really going to put who Sakura's boyfriend was going to be in my fanfic. Sometimes people stop reading fanfics because of the couplings I chose. ;_; I was kind of planning on Lee though.
Keitorin: Thanks! Oh, your first ShikaIno fic, eh? There aren't many on ff.net. Just a few. I'm so honored. XD
Goddess-Isis-112: Thanks! I'm not very fond of KakaSaku, though. . .so don't expect that. Like I said in Pervert senin's response, I'm not planning on revealing Sakura's boyfriend. Maybe it's Lee, though.
WuffieLuver: Yay! You read my fanfic! ^_^ I'm so glad. I'll try to update soon. . .but I probably won't because I have writer's block again. . .
Kurosaki Nami: Yay! You like both of those couples! ::Dances:: Anyways, I'm glad you're trying to read all of my fics! I feel like one of those authors that get so much recognition and reviews! Er. . .nevermind, I don't. ;_; But thanks anyways!
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AsnGothic: After going through this chapter and editing it, it looks soooo stupid now. .
Ino: ^__^ I like this chapter
Shikamaru: =_=; You guys made me the monkey!
AsnGothic: Did not.
Ino: Actually, I agree with Shika
AsnGothic: Be quiet! Umm. . .review please!
Ino: -Whispers to boys- Call me!
Shikamaru: Hey!!