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PART 9: WHAT i WOULD Of DONE..
At the funeral a few days later..
shikamaru's parents and the hokage were there.. along with naruto, ino, and chouji.. shikamaru was really painful being there but he didnt want to leave kione..
it was a small funeral and it was short.. but after it, they were around the duggen hole, for the casket, and hey were all mourning..
all thought it was they're own fault for kione's death.. the casket was slowly placed into the hole.. and the people started to bury it..
people's povs..
"its all my fault, if i didnt stop for ramen.. if i went to shikamaru right away... it would of been different.. a whole lot different.." naruto blurted out.. he couldnt take it no more.. he knew it was his fault..
"no naruto, it was mine.. i should of ran to the hokage faster.. then i could of-" chouji tried to make naruto feel better, but for the worse, he also thought it was his fault.. thinking that if he got to her in time, she might still be alive.. just at least mins faster..
"dont blame it on yourselves." the hokage told them.. the godaime was a wise woman, and she knew that this was non of their faults..
"i think it was me that kione died.." ino started to say.. everyone turned to her..
"i could of stopped her from getting hit by the blade.. i was right there but-"
"stop it ino.. we were all thoughtless.. the situation became too sudden." chouji stopped her from going on any further.. ino was shedding alot of tears, thinking it was all her that killed kione.
"shikamaru.." ino placed her hand on the shoulder of the silent shikamaru.. who was quite during the whole day..
"i was being selfish i guess.. i didnt want you to get hurt so maybe i wanted kione to take on the sword.. i didnt know it was dangerous though.. really-" ino tried to explain to him.. she wanted him to know.. but then shikamaru slipped off, which made ino's hand fall from his shoulders.
"ino.. i want to be alone for a while." and with that said, he walked away from the others..
'kione.. why did you..' tears started to fall from his eyes.. he did this away from the others so he would not show them how hurt he was feeling.. he didnt want to show them that he was this weak.. weak hearted.. he didnt bother to wipe em off.. his mind was not on that..
'it was non of their fault.. it was mine.. i let you die.. i.. im sorry..' he said this to himself.. hoping that kione would hear him..more tears ran down his face and dropped unto the ground.. then a figure appeard behind him.. a hand placed on top of his down shoulders.
he began to wipe off his face.. "ino, i told you-" he tryed to tell the figure.. he thought it was ino but..
"shikamaru.. dont doubt yourself.. kione did what she had to do." these comforting words did not comfort him, he turned around to face tsunade..
"what?! she died because of me!" he almost yelled at her.
"she died because that was her purpose." the hokage strictly told him
"what purpose?! she didnt have to die!" shikamaru told her back. he did not know where this was leading to, but he knew that it wouldnt change the fact that kione could of still lived if it wasnt for him.
"she did what was right.. what you would have done, what every strong ninja would have done.. which was to protect those most precious to them.. and you were precious to her." this struck him in a striking way.. and it made him realize too.. while the hokage was leaving,
he thought to himself..' what i would of done..'
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PART 10: BEiNG A NiNjA
it returned back to normal.. shikamaru spent his afternoons alone again.. lying on the bench, staring up at the sky..
he was still sad but happy for kione.. cus she did what she had to do.. and it was what he also would have done too..
"shikamaru?!!" a voice came from not far..
"oh.. ino.. i didnt-" shikamaru looked surprised.
"well.. i thought you had enough time for yourself." she said cheerfully.
'ino ino ino.' thought shikamaru as he shook his head. then as he sat up, looked up at the sky again.. ino came up to him and sat next to him on the bench..
"still sad shikamaru?" she asked looking at him with a concerned face.. she thought of changing the mood a bit.
"well! dont be!.." she slapped him on the back to cheer him up a little.. shikamaru only felt phsical pain..
"kione probably wouldnt want you to be sad.." ino said this as she looked down at her feet..
"yeah.. your right.." he continued to look at the sky..
shikamaru's pov
'your probably happy right now.. you said you liked clouds, remember?.. i bet your up there.. around lots of clouds..' shikamaru stared up at the clouds and imagined kione up there, trying to eat em.. he then smiled to himself.
'i wish i was happy right now kione..' his faced pointed towards the ground when he said this in his head to kione..
'but i only happy when im around you..' his heart felt alot of pain.. and lonelyness.. before, he really didnt care if he was alone.. nothing mattered to him anymore.. but after losing what he had.. who first was just a stranger.. later a lover and a friend.. he felt nothing but emptyness..
he looked up at the sky once more.
'so this is what being a ninja means, kione.. happiness and pain..' what shikamaru meant was the happiness of protecting ones you love.. and pain from the loss of ones you love..
"so shikamaru.. tell me one of your memorable memories with kione.. if you dont mind.. it might make you feel better." ino suggested. shikamaru almost totally forgot ino was there.
"oh.. um.. ok.." shikamaru tried to think of one.
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PART 11: iNO's POV Of HOW hEARtS ARE StOLEN..
"you what?!" ino exclaimed.. she was surprised by what shikamaru had just confessed.
"uhh.. yeah.. i kinda did." he felt a little nervous because he thought ino was overreacting too much.
"you dog!!.. where? on the cheek? the lips?" by what ino just said, you can kind of guess of what they're talking about..
"i told you already.. man ino, dont overreact that much.. it was nothing big."
"nothing big?!! nothing big?!! for a girl.. thats big!!.. and for you..especially for YOU, thats bigger!!" ino said out loud cus she was REALLY surprised.
"you know.. i never knew you were that type of guy."
"cus im not." with saying this, he leaned back with his hands on the back of his head..
//flashback of what just happend 5 min ago//
"well, you see.. there was this one time." shikamaru started.. ino just asked him for a memory he had shared with kione.
"we were just spending the afternoon together.. like always.." ino became more and more interested
"well.. she told me i had something on my face, so she tried to brush it off for me.. then she." shikamaru stopped. feeling kind of sadder since he was talking about this.. but his mind changed looking by his expression.. he smiled a little.. kind of in a blushy way.
"she kissed me on the cheek.. thats all." he then tried to turn away from ino, preventing to face ino.
"and then???" ino said expecting more.
"and then.." still with his back faced her, he said. " i kinda kissed her.."
//end of flashback//
"your not but you are?" ino said with a questioning face.
"yeah.. i guess." after that.. there was quite some silence.. shikamaru then stood up, explaining to ino that he had get back home.. ino told him okay and he headed home slowly with his hands in his pockets.. as ino watched him leave,
ino's pov
'you know.. shikamaru.. your okay.. i thought you were bum at first but.. after kione.. i see you as more than that..' ino smiled, thinking this..
'i think im kinda jealous of you kione.. what?! no!! not cus of shikamaru.. no way!!' ino looked at shikamaru, who was becoming further away..
'but i guess i have to admit.. he is a great guy.. i guess the reason why i am kinda..jealous..is that..' she shrugs at the thought. ' cus kione.. you stoled his heart..' she just realized something else.. after all this time.. she realized something..
'and i guess its.. because he stoled mine..'
as shikamaru faded away from ino's sight.. she realized that kione didnt just give shikamaru something.. but gave ino something as well.. she gave her, him..
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this is the end..
hope you liked it all.. i know its kinda long.. but its worth it!
plz review if you liked my shikaxkione.. and then my shikaxino pairing.. i guess it was best for the shikaxino pairing fans.. cus im one of them too!!.. heehee..