Until Tomorrow
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
A/N: Thanks to Riykon/Mayara who reviewed the first chapter. I took her review into consideration and came up with chapter two. Also thanks to Grace who always reviews all my fan fictions. The fan fiction is not exactly how I want Naruto to be but a supposed A/U. shrugs
Chapter 2: The Power of S
Sakura walked past the forest. 'Kabuto? What?' she glanced into the forest, close to where the voice was, seeing nothing. "Okay, now I feel like I'm hallucinating." She muttered.
Neji glanced at her. He had heard the same thing. Someone did scream 'I hate Kabuto'. "You're not hallucinating, Sakura. I heard it also." He said.
Sakura smiled. Neji was her companion ever since Team seven was split up. She missed the three of them being together, Naruto, Sasuke and herself going on missions with Kakashi-sensei. But it would happen no longer, Naruto was off training with Jiraiya-sama, in god-knows-where land. Sasuke was off with Orochimaru, playing his extremely faithful servant. And you would of thought that Sakura was off training with Tsunade-sama. But fate did not play out that way. Tsunade-sama with all her Hokage duties, and medic duties had no time to train Sakura. Once in a blue moon was all that she got. So Sakura was stuck by herself, and then suddenly out of nowhere it seemed Neji played a bigger role in her life. Their relationship ever since that day was an on and off one. But Sakura could care less how it was, as long as she had the relationshop. Sakura drew a shuriken just in case.
"I don't think that will be necessary, Sakura. It's only Team Nine's Yamanaka." He said as the veins on the side of his eyes disappeared instantly.
Sakura raised an eyebrow. "Ino." She said softly. She slid the shuriken back into its place and walked towards Ino.
Neji followed her.
"Are you sure that it's safe?" Sakura asked suspiciously.
Neji nodded. "Are you questioning the use of my family trait?" he asked.
Sakura shook her head. "No, just making sure it's safe. That sounded like a horrified scream." She said.
Ino sat herself carefully on the ground. What would her parents do when they saw the marking on her stomach? "Father would probably flip out." She thought. But then again, it was pretty common to have markings on your body. Since Konoha Village was a ninja town. Also the people that lived there and came to visit were also ninjas. So it was pretty much nothing. 'What would Shikamaru do at a time like this?' she thought to herself. She looked up and she spotted Sakura walking towards her. "Sakura!" she exclaimed surprised.
Sakura looked at Ino and walked quickly towards her. "What are you doing here?" she asked noticing the shopping bags that surrounded her.
"Shopping, what else?" Ino replied sarcastically. "They have the best stores in the forest. Gucci, Coach, Prada, all my favorite stores." She said.
Sakura rolled her eyes. "No need for the sarcasm. I just asked." She stated. "For real, what are you doing here?" she asked.
"Just taking the shortcut to the other side of the village since it's always crowded the normal way." Ino said. "Then Kabuto came along, and scared me senseless." She stated shrugging.
"Kabuto, that asshole." Sakura sighed and then looked over to Neji.
"He is long gone from here. You don't have to worry." He said automatically knowing what she was going to ask.
Sakura nodded. "Good." She said. "Well I'm sure you are alright now." She said looking down on Ino. "Need a hand?" she asked politely.
"No thanks. I think I'm good." Ino said getting up and grabbing all of her belongings. "I guess I will see you two later." She said to Sakura and Neji and waved.
"Bye." Neji said.
Sakura smiled. "See you." She said. Then Neji and Sakura disappeared off further into the forest.
Shikamaru blinked. "My pop drinks here a lot." He said. "I got tired of waiting for him in there. And I noticed you were coming up the street. So I decided to greet you here." He said.
"I wouldn't exactly call, me going over to you, greeting a person." Ino said.
Shikamaru shrugged. "I also noticed that you're in pain." He said looking at her with a concerned look.
Ino slightly blushed. 'What? Do I have feelings for Shikamaru?' she asked herself. 'No, it can't be.' She answered herself. "I'm glad you took notice." She said softly.
"It's really not hard to miss. Since the bandages on your stomach are kind of ripped." He said.
She looked down at her stomach and gasped. "What am I going to do? My father will now kill me for sure." She yelped.
Shikamaru raised an eyebrow then grabbed her hand suddenly. "Come on, we better fix you up. You look like shit." He said walking near the fields which was on the other side of the restaurant.
As they were walking to the fields, Ino realized that Shikamaru was still holding onto her hand. She blushed again and smiled. She glanced at him to see if he was staring, but he was not.
He stopped finally when they were in the middle of the field, a good distance away from the busy town. He sat down and Ino followed soon after. He began undoing the bandages that she religiously wore every single day, training or no training. Finally he was done after what seem to be 6 rolls of bandages. "Wow, I didn't realize you wasted so much bandages for just your stomach." He said surprised.
Ino giggled. "I have to protect my stomach, it's important. One day I'm going to have to eventually give birth." She said.
Shikamaru's blush went unnoticed by Ino. He looked at her stomach and noticed the huge marking. He gasped. "What's that?!" he asked her defensively.
She looked down at her marking and then stared at Shikamaru with fear. "Don't tell my parents, please." She pleaded to him.
"It could be dangerous." He said acting worried.
"Please, Shikamaru I beg you." She pleaded once more. "They won't be happy. I didn't get it on purpose." She said.
Shikamaru raised an eyebrow. "What are you talking about?" he asked.
"It's all-." She started to say but ended up coughing like no tomorrow. 'What the hell was that about?' she wondered to herself. "Shikamaru, just kiss me." She said boldly.
Shikamaru blinked.