Another few weeks, one more chapter. Horry for me! Well, let us see what
happends to our two ninjas
It all made sence to Team 10 when they saw Asuma give a nice smile to Kurenai who in return waved back to him in a friendly manner. Ino giggled girlish because she thought it was cute.
"Asuma-senshi. So that's why you were yesterday, huh?"
Ino came to the Team's meeting spot earlier then needed, but she couldn't sleep so she left home early. Asuma (unlike Kakashi) was either always there before his students, or came no later then 5 minutes late. Asuma quickly blushed, but it went away.
"O-of course not. That's none of your business really. And now! For todays lesson-"
Asuma went on to explain what there task was for today. Ino tuned out after he gave the jist of the jobs, and then without turning her head, her eyes fell on the very tired looking Shikamaru. Simple enough. He was leaning on one hip with one arm crossed infront of his chest, and the other arm was holding up his head. Ino noticed that his look was not the 'board' one but more like the one 'I stayed up waaaaay past my bed time.' The black under his eyes could not be seen unless someone was really looking hard, like Ino. He looked up at here when she came to the meeting spot, gave her a smile, as she did to him, and neither said a word. She made her eyes come back onto her teacher.
"Everyone got it?"
They all nodded.
"Good. Let's go."
They all followed.
Today was a simple task of cleaning up around Mr. and Mrs. Miznero's garden. Pull the weeds, get rid of the filed mice, mow the grass, and the rake the leaves that were all around the tree in the back yard. Asuma gave them a smile and sat on the brick wall to watch his students get to work. Shika sighed, Chouji and Ino groaned. Oh well. Training was training.
Ino pulled her forearm sleeves up to her shoulders and cracked her knuckles. Shikamaru was standing close enough the crack and cringed.
"Don't do that."
Ino lifted an elegant eyebrow.
"Huh? Why not?"
"It'll give you arthritis."
Ino stared pulling weeds with Chouji who wraped his scarf around his hands so they wouldn't get ripped apart. Ino of course was already used to it, so she didn't worry about it. Shika had the task of trying to find the 50 or so mice that would pop up, and then pop back down whenever he got to close. But, being the smart little ninja he was, he put his fingers together and called up his Shadow No Jutsu. Then using his two fingers to imitate a person walking, all the mice came up and walked in a cute straight line into the sack Shika was holding,. Ino giggled at the sight and so did Chouji. Asuma had to give him credit for coming up with such a simple way to use his Justu. When they were all in the bag, he broke the hold he had and then all the little mice started to squeak and thrash around. He gave them to Mrs. Miznero who put them inside her home.
Asuma told him that he could relax until the other two were down, so all three of them could rake the leaves and do the lawn together. Shika liked that, and sat with his teacher. Chouji grumbled, "Stupid...smart...rotten no..ow....grrr..." Ino was done with her half and then helped Chouji finish his.
Asuma gave them all cheap looking rakes that looked like they were about to break, and then the three started to pull the leaves into one big pile. After it got really boring, Chouji waked Shikamaru in the back of the knees with his rake. Shika swung back at him and he fell right onto his butt. Shika laughed at his handy work and Ino rolled her eyes.
'Boys. Sheesh.'
Mowing the lawn was fast enough. Surprising, the whole task took them half of the day. But by the end of it, Team 10 looked tired, hungry, and tired. The Miznero's thanked them full heartily and the C range task was done. They had another house to do, but it was three times smaller, and didn't really have a lawn. So they were done three times faster.
After the tasks were done, Asuma just took them to an open space in the forest and watched them go though their justus and all that good ninja stuff. When the sun set, they did a few races for a few hours and then Asuma called it a day.
"See you all tomorrow."
He puffed out smoke and went home. The three remained....quite. It made Ino a bit uneasy, but thankfully Chouji made her feel better.
"YAWN! Ok guys, I'm heading home. My mom's making porkchops! See you guys tomorrow."
He adjusted his headband and waved goodbye to his teammates. Ino waved a cheerful goodbye, and Shika gave him a bob with the head.
"See ya tomorrow man."
And then it was just two. Shikamaru dug his foot into the ground and placed a hand behind his head before he turned to Ino.
"Listen..Um...Hmm..."
Ino turned to him with an awed looked and stood there waiting for him to spite whatever he wanted to say out.
"I kinda wanted to ask this earlier, but you know, because Chouji and Asuma were there and being such a hassle I couldn't really think of a good time to ask, or even how to really ask you this but then I though what a bother it-"
"Shika, your babbling."
This was the most Ino ever heard Shika speak of nothing in particular. Shikamaru blushed a bit.
"Oh... Sorry. Anyway,"
There was a hole now where Shikamaru kept digging his foot.
"My mom said it would be ok if you...uh...wanna kinda..."
He swallowed.
"Come over for...Dinnnnner...if you wanted to of course. If it's not too much of a bother."
Ino blushed. He was so cute. He kept looking from tree to tree from sky to ground and everywhere else but Ino. He did look at her shoes though. Ino though she should give him an answer quickly before he passed out by the tension.
"I would love to. I would have to ask my mom though."
Shika lifted his head.
"Really? Cool. Uh...I'll meet you around 7 ish...my place?"
Ino just nodded, and her ponytail bounced around. She walked past him and went home. Shika let out a breath he didn't even know he was holding. And as Ino walked away, Shika noticed that when she walks she swings her arms, and not her hips. He liked that. She was gone, and he went home himself to tell his mother that there would be an extra plate to set up.
"Hi Okaasan. Can I have dinner at Shikamaru's house tonight?"
She said all too causally, as she came home and saw her mother doing some paperwork.
"Oh sure thing sweety. Oh but when you go,"
Ino's mother got up from her chair, and she followed her into the kitchen. He pulled out a glass pan from a cupboard.
"Give this back to Mrs. Akimichi and can you also-"
"Chjou's not going to be there mom...."
Mrs. Yamanaka eyes slowly traveled to Ino's.
"...then who is?"
Ino blushed and looked down at the tiled kitchen floor.
"Ju-just me."
"Oh. Oh! Ooooooohhhhhh....I get it."
"NO! It's not like that! At least I don't think it is. He's just being nice. No! It's just-"
Ino's mother put her hands up in self defense.
"Whoa kiddo, I didn't mean anything.....want me to do your hair?"
Ino placed her hands over her face and she shock it very hard and let out a squeal. Then she looked up at her smiling mother that was trying not to laugh at her daughter.
"Sure."
"So then I was just, 'Wanna come over for dinner?' And then she was like 'Hehe, ok.' Then I'm all 'Cool. See you 7ish.' And then she walked home."
"That's my boy!"
Shikato grabbed his son around the throat and gave him a noogie.
"Ah! No, you'll mess up my hair. Lettgo dad."
"Honestly Shikato. Let the boy down."
Shikato just smiled at his wife and did as he was told. Shikamaru slicked his hair back into the neat point tail he always had. He walked over to his mother and leaned his arms on the counter to see the spices she was adding to the meal.
"Your little friend like's steak, right?"
Shika shrugged.
"Sure. Who doesn't?"
She smiled and kept doing cooking stuff.
"Why don't you see if everything is ready, ok?"
Shikmaru went into the other room that held the dining table. Yup, everything seemed fine. Five places with five chair, plates, forks, and everything else that was needed for a normal dinner.
'If it's so normal, then why do I feel like I'm about to have a heart attack?'
For a second Shika thought he did die because he heard a bell. His father told him that you hear angels singing to you, but this was a little ding noise. Odd.
"Shikmaru! Answer the door!"
Oooooh. Riiiiiight. Shika hit himself mentally as he rushed to the door. He passed the sweet smell of whatever his mother just placed on the table and opened the door. It was Ino, but in a different light somehow.
"I like the hair."
She blushed and stepped in. Her mother pulled all her hair back into two buns on the back of her head. Like Ten-Ten's, but only in a French braid style and not on top.
"T-thanks. Here."
Ino shoved a colorful pan at Shika who saw the chocolate brownies her mother must have made inside. He gave her a smile and then lead her to the dinning room. Not that she has never been in the Nara's house hold before. Ino had been here a few times before with her dad, a birthday party with her mom for Shika's mom, and to borrow some jars. But all those times Chouji was there. Now, it was just him. And it was just her.
"Hello sweetheart. How goes the training?"
Ino bowed.
"Good evening Mrs. Nara. Thank you for inviting me. So far so good."
Shika placed the dessert on the table.
"Oh, those look great. Well, let's eat."
The two grown ups sat down and as did the two younger children on the same side and the passing of the dishes started.
The night went on very nicely. Ino would compliment on everything she ate and even blushed when she said the milk was great. Shikamara's dad kept asking how Ino's father was doing, and if he had gotten hold of someone named 'The Bird Hound.' His mother kept pushing the conversation along with how her son's behavior is with Asuma. Every now and then Shikamaru would blush from embarrassment, and that made Ino giggle. Jokes where made about other villages and stuff like that. Saskue was even mentioned once or twice as well as Naruto. Ino would have to tell Sakura about that. That made Ino realized something. She would have to tell her bestfriend that Sasuke was all hers now...
When they all ate the desserts. Shikamaru and Ino left the table to go out to the balcony and look up at the night sky. (Of course after Shika had to push Ino away from the table because she kept saying thank you to his parents.)
"Such nice weather."
Shikamaru nodded. It was nice. Clear sky with the moon shinning dimly, stars everywhere. It was warm, but with a nice breeze. It was quite for a few moments with both looking at the sky. Then Shika noticed that he was nearly touching shoulders with Ino. She was leaning over the railing with her elbows and her hands where intertwined. Shikamaru was now fully looking at her. She turned to him, noticing his eyes on her. She smiled at him, and then he snapped his head back up.
"Thanks for inviting me. This was fun. Without Chouji too."
"Yeah. Thanks for coming I guess."
Ino brushed her hair behind her ear. Actually just a movement for the sake of it because her hair was pulled back so tightly there wasn't a strand hanging there. Kinda like Shika's.
"So like...do you like Hetira?"
Ino widened her eyes. Wow. Something Shikamaru and Ino shared as an interest. A band that they both liked. Weird. With his I.Q Ino thought he would only listen to classical. And that was of course if he wasn't lazy enough to put the CD in the player.
"Yeah! I love them. Why?"
Shika lazily breathed in.
"Got their new CD. Wanna come up to my room and listen? Kills time I guess."
"Sure. I was meaning to check it out, but you know. Always busy."
"Yeah. I know. Come on."
Shika went up the stairs and Ino followed him into his room.
Wow. This is long. Oh well! No lemon! But! This is where you decided when it will happen. I'm giving you loyal fans a choose here and whatever gets the most votes, that is how the story will be continued. A or B.
A) The story ending in the next chapter with the lemon scene in Shikamaru's bedroom (I might move them ) and that will be 'THE END!' type thing.
or
B) I keep this going with them dating for awhile for the next six chapters or so. And theeeeeeeeeeen will there be the lemon part. and then 'THE END!' instead.
And there you go! Until next chapter! And it as soon as I get a good enough idea of who wants what, I will write it right away. PLUS! I am on Summer Freakin' Break people!!!!! YESSSS! And that means more writing.... Mwahah.
Vash- Awww. It's cuuute. .
(Oh, and yes, I know that I should 'really cheak my grammer' and 'look at spelling' and stuff. I'm still looking for a Beta reader, but no body wants to do it. So until then I know! Live with it. )
-for anyone knows that lyric from Cake's 'Let Me Go' song. It's my FAV!
It all made sence to Team 10 when they saw Asuma give a nice smile to Kurenai who in return waved back to him in a friendly manner. Ino giggled girlish because she thought it was cute.
"Asuma-senshi. So that's why you were yesterday, huh?"
Ino came to the Team's meeting spot earlier then needed, but she couldn't sleep so she left home early. Asuma (unlike Kakashi) was either always there before his students, or came no later then 5 minutes late. Asuma quickly blushed, but it went away.
"O-of course not. That's none of your business really. And now! For todays lesson-"
Asuma went on to explain what there task was for today. Ino tuned out after he gave the jist of the jobs, and then without turning her head, her eyes fell on the very tired looking Shikamaru. Simple enough. He was leaning on one hip with one arm crossed infront of his chest, and the other arm was holding up his head. Ino noticed that his look was not the 'board' one but more like the one 'I stayed up waaaaay past my bed time.' The black under his eyes could not be seen unless someone was really looking hard, like Ino. He looked up at here when she came to the meeting spot, gave her a smile, as she did to him, and neither said a word. She made her eyes come back onto her teacher.
"Everyone got it?"
They all nodded.
"Good. Let's go."
They all followed.
Today was a simple task of cleaning up around Mr. and Mrs. Miznero's garden. Pull the weeds, get rid of the filed mice, mow the grass, and the rake the leaves that were all around the tree in the back yard. Asuma gave them a smile and sat on the brick wall to watch his students get to work. Shika sighed, Chouji and Ino groaned. Oh well. Training was training.
Ino pulled her forearm sleeves up to her shoulders and cracked her knuckles. Shikamaru was standing close enough the crack and cringed.
"Don't do that."
Ino lifted an elegant eyebrow.
"Huh? Why not?"
"It'll give you arthritis."
Ino stared pulling weeds with Chouji who wraped his scarf around his hands so they wouldn't get ripped apart. Ino of course was already used to it, so she didn't worry about it. Shika had the task of trying to find the 50 or so mice that would pop up, and then pop back down whenever he got to close. But, being the smart little ninja he was, he put his fingers together and called up his Shadow No Jutsu. Then using his two fingers to imitate a person walking, all the mice came up and walked in a cute straight line into the sack Shika was holding,. Ino giggled at the sight and so did Chouji. Asuma had to give him credit for coming up with such a simple way to use his Justu. When they were all in the bag, he broke the hold he had and then all the little mice started to squeak and thrash around. He gave them to Mrs. Miznero who put them inside her home.
Asuma told him that he could relax until the other two were down, so all three of them could rake the leaves and do the lawn together. Shika liked that, and sat with his teacher. Chouji grumbled, "Stupid...smart...rotten no..ow....grrr..." Ino was done with her half and then helped Chouji finish his.
Asuma gave them all cheap looking rakes that looked like they were about to break, and then the three started to pull the leaves into one big pile. After it got really boring, Chouji waked Shikamaru in the back of the knees with his rake. Shika swung back at him and he fell right onto his butt. Shika laughed at his handy work and Ino rolled her eyes.
'Boys. Sheesh.'
Mowing the lawn was fast enough. Surprising, the whole task took them half of the day. But by the end of it, Team 10 looked tired, hungry, and tired. The Miznero's thanked them full heartily and the C range task was done. They had another house to do, but it was three times smaller, and didn't really have a lawn. So they were done three times faster.
After the tasks were done, Asuma just took them to an open space in the forest and watched them go though their justus and all that good ninja stuff. When the sun set, they did a few races for a few hours and then Asuma called it a day.
"See you all tomorrow."
He puffed out smoke and went home. The three remained....quite. It made Ino a bit uneasy, but thankfully Chouji made her feel better.
"YAWN! Ok guys, I'm heading home. My mom's making porkchops! See you guys tomorrow."
He adjusted his headband and waved goodbye to his teammates. Ino waved a cheerful goodbye, and Shika gave him a bob with the head.
"See ya tomorrow man."
And then it was just two. Shikamaru dug his foot into the ground and placed a hand behind his head before he turned to Ino.
"Listen..Um...Hmm..."
Ino turned to him with an awed looked and stood there waiting for him to spite whatever he wanted to say out.
"I kinda wanted to ask this earlier, but you know, because Chouji and Asuma were there and being such a hassle I couldn't really think of a good time to ask, or even how to really ask you this but then I though what a bother it-"
"Shika, your babbling."
This was the most Ino ever heard Shika speak of nothing in particular. Shikamaru blushed a bit.
"Oh... Sorry. Anyway,"
There was a hole now where Shikamaru kept digging his foot.
"My mom said it would be ok if you...uh...wanna kinda..."
He swallowed.
"Come over for...Dinnnnner...if you wanted to of course. If it's not too much of a bother."
Ino blushed. He was so cute. He kept looking from tree to tree from sky to ground and everywhere else but Ino. He did look at her shoes though. Ino though she should give him an answer quickly before he passed out by the tension.
"I would love to. I would have to ask my mom though."
Shika lifted his head.
"Really? Cool. Uh...I'll meet you around 7 ish...my place?"
Ino just nodded, and her ponytail bounced around. She walked past him and went home. Shika let out a breath he didn't even know he was holding. And as Ino walked away, Shika noticed that when she walks she swings her arms, and not her hips. He liked that. She was gone, and he went home himself to tell his mother that there would be an extra plate to set up.
"Hi Okaasan. Can I have dinner at Shikamaru's house tonight?"
She said all too causally, as she came home and saw her mother doing some paperwork.
"Oh sure thing sweety. Oh but when you go,"
Ino's mother got up from her chair, and she followed her into the kitchen. He pulled out a glass pan from a cupboard.
"Give this back to Mrs. Akimichi and can you also-"
"Chjou's not going to be there mom...."
Mrs. Yamanaka eyes slowly traveled to Ino's.
"...then who is?"
Ino blushed and looked down at the tiled kitchen floor.
"Ju-just me."
"Oh. Oh! Ooooooohhhhhh....I get it."
"NO! It's not like that! At least I don't think it is. He's just being nice. No! It's just-"
Ino's mother put her hands up in self defense.
"Whoa kiddo, I didn't mean anything.....want me to do your hair?"
Ino placed her hands over her face and she shock it very hard and let out a squeal. Then she looked up at her smiling mother that was trying not to laugh at her daughter.
"Sure."
"So then I was just, 'Wanna come over for dinner?' And then she was like 'Hehe, ok.' Then I'm all 'Cool. See you 7ish.' And then she walked home."
"That's my boy!"
Shikato grabbed his son around the throat and gave him a noogie.
"Ah! No, you'll mess up my hair. Lettgo dad."
"Honestly Shikato. Let the boy down."
Shikato just smiled at his wife and did as he was told. Shikamaru slicked his hair back into the neat point tail he always had. He walked over to his mother and leaned his arms on the counter to see the spices she was adding to the meal.
"Your little friend like's steak, right?"
Shika shrugged.
"Sure. Who doesn't?"
She smiled and kept doing cooking stuff.
"Why don't you see if everything is ready, ok?"
Shikmaru went into the other room that held the dining table. Yup, everything seemed fine. Five places with five chair, plates, forks, and everything else that was needed for a normal dinner.
'If it's so normal, then why do I feel like I'm about to have a heart attack?'
For a second Shika thought he did die because he heard a bell. His father told him that you hear angels singing to you, but this was a little ding noise. Odd.
"Shikmaru! Answer the door!"
Oooooh. Riiiiiight. Shika hit himself mentally as he rushed to the door. He passed the sweet smell of whatever his mother just placed on the table and opened the door. It was Ino, but in a different light somehow.
"I like the hair."
She blushed and stepped in. Her mother pulled all her hair back into two buns on the back of her head. Like Ten-Ten's, but only in a French braid style and not on top.
"T-thanks. Here."
Ino shoved a colorful pan at Shika who saw the chocolate brownies her mother must have made inside. He gave her a smile and then lead her to the dinning room. Not that she has never been in the Nara's house hold before. Ino had been here a few times before with her dad, a birthday party with her mom for Shika's mom, and to borrow some jars. But all those times Chouji was there. Now, it was just him. And it was just her.
"Hello sweetheart. How goes the training?"
Ino bowed.
"Good evening Mrs. Nara. Thank you for inviting me. So far so good."
Shika placed the dessert on the table.
"Oh, those look great. Well, let's eat."
The two grown ups sat down and as did the two younger children on the same side and the passing of the dishes started.
The night went on very nicely. Ino would compliment on everything she ate and even blushed when she said the milk was great. Shikamara's dad kept asking how Ino's father was doing, and if he had gotten hold of someone named 'The Bird Hound.' His mother kept pushing the conversation along with how her son's behavior is with Asuma. Every now and then Shikamaru would blush from embarrassment, and that made Ino giggle. Jokes where made about other villages and stuff like that. Saskue was even mentioned once or twice as well as Naruto. Ino would have to tell Sakura about that. That made Ino realized something. She would have to tell her bestfriend that Sasuke was all hers now...
When they all ate the desserts. Shikamaru and Ino left the table to go out to the balcony and look up at the night sky. (Of course after Shika had to push Ino away from the table because she kept saying thank you to his parents.)
"Such nice weather."
Shikamaru nodded. It was nice. Clear sky with the moon shinning dimly, stars everywhere. It was warm, but with a nice breeze. It was quite for a few moments with both looking at the sky. Then Shika noticed that he was nearly touching shoulders with Ino. She was leaning over the railing with her elbows and her hands where intertwined. Shikamaru was now fully looking at her. She turned to him, noticing his eyes on her. She smiled at him, and then he snapped his head back up.
"Thanks for inviting me. This was fun. Without Chouji too."
"Yeah. Thanks for coming I guess."
Ino brushed her hair behind her ear. Actually just a movement for the sake of it because her hair was pulled back so tightly there wasn't a strand hanging there. Kinda like Shika's.
"So like...do you like Hetira?"
Ino widened her eyes. Wow. Something Shikamaru and Ino shared as an interest. A band that they both liked. Weird. With his I.Q Ino thought he would only listen to classical. And that was of course if he wasn't lazy enough to put the CD in the player.
"Yeah! I love them. Why?"
Shika lazily breathed in.
"Got their new CD. Wanna come up to my room and listen? Kills time I guess."
"Sure. I was meaning to check it out, but you know. Always busy."
"Yeah. I know. Come on."
Shika went up the stairs and Ino followed him into his room.
Wow. This is long. Oh well! No lemon! But! This is where you decided when it will happen. I'm giving you loyal fans a choose here and whatever gets the most votes, that is how the story will be continued. A or B.
A) The story ending in the next chapter with the lemon scene in Shikamaru's bedroom (I might move them ) and that will be 'THE END!' type thing.
or
B) I keep this going with them dating for awhile for the next six chapters or so. And theeeeeeeeeeen will there be the lemon part. and then 'THE END!' instead.
And there you go! Until next chapter! And it as soon as I get a good enough idea of who wants what, I will write it right away. PLUS! I am on Summer Freakin' Break people!!!!! YESSSS! And that means more writing.... Mwahah.
Vash- Awww. It's cuuute. .
(Oh, and yes, I know that I should 'really cheak my grammer' and 'look at spelling' and stuff. I'm still looking for a Beta reader, but no body wants to do it. So until then I know! Live with it. )
-for anyone knows that lyric from Cake's 'Let Me Go' song. It's my FAV!