Chapter 7: konoha's genins [[and a chuunin]] meets tai!

ino was soo happy with herself.. she went to the cemetery again, this time, because she was happy.. she was going to tell her that she might end her relationship but after what he did, she just couldnt..

when she got there, she just started talking away to kione.. at least, her grave.. cus she just wanted to tell someone.. she knelt down in front.

"he is sweet i found out.. he gave me this--" ino was grabbing her own necklace when she noticed something that wasnt there before..

reaching for it, she knew what it was.. it was a pink cloud necklace, hung over the edge of the tomb.. she got the necklace in her hand and looked at it.. just like mine, she thought.. then she laughed at herself.. of course, he probably got one for me when he was getting her one.. how silly of me, she thought.. a tear fell from her eye..

'what is it?? is it me?? her??' she yelled at herself mentally.. "this is so complicated.." she said.. at left.. leaving the necklace on the ground..


on the way home, she wasnt concentrated on the road. she walked, her head plopped down towards the ground.. it was then she bumped into someone who was also not looking at all.."HEY WATCH IT BUM!" ino shouted as she fell flat on her butt.. she got so use to the word bum.. looking back at what she said which reminded her of shikamaru.. she didnt even want to think that name but a few tears dropped and onto her thighs.. "oh, sorry.. i didnt see you there." the 'someone' said.. he leaned forward to look at ino and found out that she was crying. "are you okay? im terribly sorry.. i wasnt look..ing" he was crouching down next to her.. he paused when she lifted her head up to face him and looked him in the eye.. he was mesmerized by her eyes and face. "umm.. its okay." ino said, as she wiped her tears with the back of her hand.

=at the restaurant=

"you really didnt have to treat me, tai-kun.. it wasnt a bad injury or something." she said as she sat in a restaurant just near where she fell.. "but i was hungry.." ino added as she smiled.. "i was goin to eat lunch anyways so why eat by yourself when you can meet someone new." he said as he smiled back.

he's name was kuno tai. he was older than ino by a two years. his features were good which would make any girl melt, he had brown hair and hazel eyes.. he was pretty built too, not that much but enough for a 14 year-old.."so, you mean it wasnt that bad of an injury but it made you cry?" he asked with his sarcastic look.. ino rolled her eyes thinking of it as a joke.. "noo., it wasnt the fall that made me cry.." she looked down and became sad again.. tai was just confused.. and worried by the look on ino's face.. but cheered her up when he said "ino-chan.. ino.. thats a pretty name." he smiled at her.. she looked up and said, "are you serious? everyone else thinks its not cus it means a boar.. i really dont like it." ino said as she frowned but she accepted his generosity.. "well? baby pigs are cute. dont you think so?" he asked, trying to cheer her up again.. her frown instantly turned upside down.. "yeah, i guess."


=at the same time=

"naruto..chouji.. i dont know what to do.." shikamaru said.. "what?!! you dont??!! even i know what to do for a day like that!!" naruto broke out of frustration. "hey, its like my first valentine, k?" shikamaru raised his eyebrow at naruto.. naruto just gave a 'so-what' look..

"what do you mean, your 'first valentine' shikamaru? how bout that time when--*cough cough*" chouji spoke but was cut off by shikamaru.. who was now choking chouji by pulling on his scarf.. he stopped the grip on it when naruto sneaked up on him..

"yeah shikamaru.. how about that time??" naruto said as he gave a evil grin.. even though shikamaru's back was turned to him.. shikamaru felt the weird sensation that naruto was up to something.. he was wide-eyed and sweating..

"uhh nothing.. nothing, chouji doesnt know a clue about what hes saying.. right chouji?" shikamaru gave him a keep-your-mouth-shut look.. chouji feared that look and just nodded.. and the three of them continued walking.. but naruto was very curious.. and you didnt want to have naruto curious.. while shikamaru wasnt looking, he tapped chouji on the shoulder behind shikamaru.. chouji turned to look at naruto.. naruto and chouji both slowed a bit.. then naruto took out his weapon.. also chouji's weakness.. he held up a bag of chips. chouji's eye went wide as never been before because he realized that he didnt bring a bag of chips with him today.. his mouth watered even though they were on their way to eat.. naruto then mouthed 'shikamaru's valentine??' or whispered so that shikamaru didnt hear him.. then chouji just held up 10 fingers.. 'huh?' naruto thought.. ' two hands?? fingers?? ten fingers?? ten? ten?..' naruto thought and was thinkin for a while.. then his thinking smile turned into that evil grin again.. he threw the bag to chouji and stopped walking and said the words.. "ten-ten." and it instantly made shikamaru freeze and stop in his tracks.. naruto calmly walked up to him and faced him.. "ten-ten, ten-ten. la la." naruto sang..

"well.. it was just once k? lets just eat and forget valentine's day.." shikamaru spoke as they reached the place.. it wasnt ichiraku cus shikamaru said he was fed up with ramen.. naruto refused but he was hungry.. and they walked in..


=at the restaurant=

"so your a chuunin??" asked ino as they just got their food and was beginning to eat.. tai nodded and smiled.. that question also made her thought of shikamaru.. "im thinking of taking the jounin exam this year." tai excelled at the academy when he was there and nowadays, he sometimes took on B-rank missions.. "wow.. but isnt it much more dangerous than the chuunin exam? i heard that its totally different than the chuunin exam, you can really get killed tai-kun." ino said with a concerned look. "haha.. well, you dont have to be worried, ino-chan.. i'll be alright, as long as you are." he said in a very warm way.. ino was about to take a drink of water when someone called her name.

"INO!! what a surprise!" shouted, what seemed to be like naruto.. and it was. ino turned at once to look at naruto, who was also with shikamaru and chouji.. she once stood up, surprised and shocked.. shikamaru just stared at her, then his eyes on tai.. "ino-chan, do you know them?" tai asked, who was also looking back at shikamaru.. ino nodded and walked over to them..

"why are you guys doing here?" she asked. "what are you doing here, ino? and whos he?" shikamaru spoke first before any of them.. and he was looking serious.. "shikamaru, im having lunch here and," "so were we! what a coincidence, ne?" naruto said, cheerfully, not noticing shikamaru being serious. "ino-chan? are they your friends?" tai walked up to them. he was a little taller than all of them.. "uhh.. yeah.. this is shikamaru, naruto, and chouji.. they're my friends." ino said as she introduced them from her left to right.. "im her teammate and naruto's just a friend and--" chouji said.. but shikamaru introduced himself. "im ino's boyfriend." shikamaru said this coldly as he stepped closer to ino and took her hand.. ino just looked at him.. she didnt smile of frown.. just looked at him..

tai felt a little surprised by shikamaru.. he wasnt expecting ino to have a boyfriend and she didnt tell him before.. "well, since you're here, you can sit with us to eat, we just got our food.." naruto and chouji was delighted to, although, someone was not..

they moved to a bigger table and shikamaru sat next to ino and on the other end of ino sat chouji. then tai and finally naruto.


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im gona continue what happens at the restaurant, next chapter.. plz review!!