Chapter 9: How Troublesome "I defeated you in the Japanese chess! You'll gonna pay me 5000 yen!" Ino yelled along with the crowd because it was Konoha Day. "I have no money. Where will you use that amount of money?" Shikamaru said casually. Chouji put a hand on his shoulder. "I don't have too." "I forgot to tell you, remember the mission I had with Chouji, I broke an antique ashtray. It costs 7000 I only have 1000 in hand, the payment for the flowers will be paid tomorrow. This is the last day, I've got to pay for that as soon as possible!" "I don't think it's my problem anymore." Shikamaru said idly. "I felt sleepy." "You can't leave me in the middle of this! We're friends, right?!" Ino freaked, clenching at his clothes, shook him desperately. "What do you want me to do?" "I knew it!" Chouji interrupted and point at the hotdog-eating contest. "I'm going to join that, and if I win, I'll give the money to you!" "Thanks Chouji-kun!" She threw her arms on him but he quickly ran to the table where it was about to begin. Luckily, Chouji won the first prize, his stomach has really gotten distended. He gave her the 1000-yen and they looked for other contests with big cash prizes. But unfortunately, there were only a few of them. Some games give shirts with the symbol of Konoha printed on it. And some give free food purchases at Ichiraku ramen house before, now a restaurant. They spotted a marathon contest, and they decided to join. But both of them are bummers that they did even get into the top 5 and receive nothing. They also joined other small prize contests and they lost in most of them. "Ino, I'm so tired. Let's go home." Shikamaru complained. "Not yet! We haven't even get the half of it, we can't stop now!" Ino angered. "I saw a contest that has a prize of 5000-yen." Chouji cut short. "You should have told me earlier, Chouji-kun!" Ino raged with fire on her eyes. "But it was not simple contest—it was the Longest Kiss Contest!" Chouji said with hesitation. Ino cringed but thought of it as their last resort, there were no other ways to solve her dilemma. Chouji led them to the place, many lovers were there, waiting for the contest to start. "Ino, Shika, I need to go to the bathroom, my stomach feels upset!" Chouji panicked and left them. "Chouji-kun..!" Shikamaru called, worried of the next event. The speaker introduced himself and told the participants to walk up the stage. Ino pulled him immediately upwards, and due to its big number, they were pushed exactly on the frontline. "Ino are you sure you wanna do this?" Shikamaru exclaimed with reluctance. "I'm hopeless...I trust you too much Shika-kun. Whenever I use the mind transfer technique I know that you don't do pervert things on my unconscious body. Please do—"She was cut off when Shikamaru planted his lips on her, Ino startled. "It has started. I'm sorry I have to cut you off." Shika's mind talked to her mind. "Shika-kun, have you ever kissed a girl?" Ino teased. "That's a personal thing." Shika's eyebrows met and glared at her "What's wrong with you? You mean you haven't?" Shikamaru pressed his lips harder on her that surprised her. She supposed Shikamaru was not a first timer. "Go! Ino! Shikamaru! You can do that!" Chouji yelled, behind him came out their fathers: Yamanaka Inoshin, Nara Shikato and Akimichi Chomaru respectively. "Idiot! He brought our fathers!" Shikamaru thought as read by Ino who looked to the corner of her eyes. Ino's father and Shika's father threw dagger looks at each other. "Whoops! Looks like they don't like what we're doing." Ino thought. "Ino, I can't take this anymore, I'm losing oxygen!" "Hold on Shika-kun, only 3 couples are left!" Their faces turned purple in color, and they seemed dying, they were both sweating. The last couple pulled out...then the second one...the third one...and they were the only one left. The crowd cheered on them, including their fathers, confetti showered on them. The pulled out extremely sucking for air, they stared at each other teary-eyed. Shikamaru pulled her body close to him and kissed her on the lips.