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Chapter 3: What Are You Doing In My Body?!

Ino trudged through town in as much of a Shikamaru-ish manner as best she could. It was hard, though, for she was used to standing upright and greeting everybody enthusiastically. All went well until she crossed path with Haruno Sakura.

"Hi, Shikamaru-san!" the girl said brightly.

Before she could check herself, the words rolled right off her tongue. "Hello, Big Forehead girl!" Sakura blinked confusedly. "Uh, excuse me?" Ino mentally smacked herself. You idiot! Now you've gone and blown your cover!She must have looked uncomfortable, because the pink-haired girl hesitantly put in: "Well, I guess I better go! Wouldn't want to be late to training!" As she walked by Ino, she muttered, "Though it won't be of any use if I'm on time; he never is!"

Ino began to heave a sigh of relief, but caught herself. I can't do that sort of thing in his body!Trying to act like Shikamaru, she slouched off, muttering, "Mou. How troublesome."

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As she jogged into their meeting spot, she noticed that 'Ino' and Choji were already there. She briefly wondered if Choji wasn't really Choji, but the doubt was quickly extinguished as he grabbed two bags of chips from his pack and began inhaling them at an inhuman speed. After all, nobody could eat that fast and not choke on something.

She turned her attention to her body, trying to find some hint, some clue, as to who the hell was in her body. "What? Do I have something on my face?" it asked. Ino shook her head dumbly and took her place beside her body. Inside, she was starting to panic. If I'm in Shika's body, but he's not in mine, than who IS in my body?!She was almost to the point of hysterical tears when Asuma-sensei strolled into sight. Inwardly, she breathed a sigh of relief. Never before in her life had she been glad for training.

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Asuma watched Shikamaru, analyzing his performance. Something was up. He seemed distracted, and, for some reason, he was fighting like a girl. Not just any girl, though. The way he performed his jutsus and attacked Choji were very reminiscent of Ino's fighting style. He snickered. I can't believe they did it…he thought.

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Finally, after a hard day of training (and acting) Asuma let them loose, his eyes sparkling with mischievous laughter when he looked at Ino.

As soon as they had left Asuma's line of sight (Choji having gone off to Ichiraku, as usual) Ino grabbed her body's collar and whipped it into the nearest alleyway. She shoved its back up against the wall. Her body looked petrified. (A/N: Well, wouldn't you? Any passerby might have thought something suspicious was going on!) "What in the seven hells are you doing in my body?!" Ino cried, roughly joggling her body.

He body blinked, tears starting to form at the corners of its eyes. "W-what? Shika, what are you talking about? I-I'm in my body and no one else's!" Tears began to run down its face. "Please, Shika, let go of me! You-you're hurting me!"

Ino abruptly realized that, indeed, her hold had been rather rough. She let go, and her body crumpled to the ground, sobbing like a young child. For the second time that day, Ino felt incredibly stupid. Here she was, confusing her own body! "Gomen, Ino-chan…" She whispered, feeling incredibly strange at apologizing to herself. She left quickly.

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As Ino left, Shikamaru's tears dried abruptly. "Thank God for my little sister!" He muttered. He heaved himself up, grinning slyly. "Oh, don't worry, Ino, you'll get your body back…but not until I've had some fun first!"

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