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Status: 8 dares complete, 2 to go.

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Day 3: Last Day

Shikamaru smirked, he waited in his usual cloud-watching spot for the chaos to begin. He had overheard Ino and Naruto talking about how they'd planned the round of truth or dare, and that had figured in to how the guys got started. Even dim-witted Naruto could've slipped Lee some sake and mumbled something about making Neji confess to Tenten, and that started it all. Shikamaru laughed at the thought, even if he lost his bets he'd set out to win at least Ino's attention if nothing else.

He even knew about Ino's dare to confess to him. Shikamaru had overheard her talking to a few of the other girls who had finished their dares already. And if she had something to confess, that meant she could get jealous. So Shikamaru invited her to their training area that day, about 5 minutes after he expected Temari to show up.

"Hey, get up, lazy bum," Temari's familiar voice reached him. He smirked and sat up. 'And so it begins…' He thought. "What do you want?"

"Nothing really," He answered. "So how'd that game of truth or dare go the other day?" Temari's eyes widened as he said this.

"How'd you know?"

"I overhead Ino and Naruto, apparently they planned the whole thing," Shikamaru watched the vein in Temari's forehead pop out. 'I had to kiss Neji because of them?' Temari did not look happy, but kept her cool because Shikamaru was there. Shikamaru smiled at her and asked, "Is Neji as good a kisser as his fan club thinks?"

"No, only for Tenten," Temari scowled at him. "What does any of this have to do with me, anyway?"

"Simple, my dare is to kiss you. And it was easier getting you on my side first," Shikamaru started, but Temari spoke up before he could continue.

"Lets get this over with," She moved closer to him, but he held up a hand to stop her.

"Wait… I want to mess with Ino a little. So I asked her to come about 5 minutes after I expected you. That way she can see why she'll need to 'confess' her feelings," Shikamaru explained. Temari smiled at him.

"Guess you aren't the smart one for nothing. But what if she decides to beat me up in the process?" Temari wanted to know.

"I'll have an eye open, and tell you before so that you have just long enough to get out of the way," Shikamaru frowned. "Then she'll hit me instead, and you can run away."

"Are you sure you want to do that?" Temari laughed.

"She's hit me before, I can take it," Shikamaru said. "She's on the way now."

"Alright then," Temari moved closer and Shikamaru mirrored the move. Their faces were mere inches apart and they slowly came closer together. "You're enjoying this, aren't you?"

"Only a little," He replied and moved in all the way. Temari slid her arms around his neck as he slid his around her waist. 'Ino's lucky,' Temari thought, 'This one ain't bad…' Shikamaru watched out of one eye, and saw a blonde head pop out of the forest nearby.

'Right on time…' He thought and subtly shifted so that he could see when she was about to attack.

The scene geared towards Ino…

She had no idea why Shikamaru had invited her to the clearing today, she knew it was his favorite cloud-watching area. But that didn't mean he'd want her there with him. When she'd come into the clearing, Ino saw him there and he hadn't been alone. He was with Temari. And they were kissing.

Jealousy swelled up in the pit of her stomach. How dare she! Temari knew Ino had to confess her feelings for Shikamaru, and today was her last day to do it! And that Shikamaru…He was so troublesome! Ino rolled her eyes at herself, she was even starting to think like him. 'Baka' she muttered and went to the bushes. She was behind Temari's head, out of Shikamaru's view, and she was creeping up on them slowly.

Back to Shikamaru and Temari…

"Wait a minute…" Shikamaru pulled back enough for him to whisper to Temari. "I don't see her anymore."

"You lost her?" Temari whispered back angrily.

"Well sorry, it's not easy to multi-task like this!" He hissed back but then realized Temari had suddenly gone a bit rigid in his arms. 'Oh Ino, you little cheat,' He recognized her jutsu right away as Ino's smirk spread across Temari's face.

Ino used Temari's body to pull his face to hers, and kissed him like he'd never been kissed before. She went all out, knocking him to the ground with her on top. Shikamaru was so surprised that he didn't even fight it when she slid her tongue into his mouth and wrestled his for dominance.

'Ino you idiot what are you doing?' Temari thought at her.

.: If he wants to kiss you so bad, I'll give him a real kiss:. Ino answered.

'He just wanted to make you jealous because he found out you and Naruto planned the dares! Now stop it and get out of my body!' Temari thought again and Ino finally released. Ino had made Temari's body at least get off of Shikamaru before she went back to her own body.

Once Temari regained control of her actions, she scrambled out of the clearing. She cursed Shikamaru for not anticipating this kind of attack as she went. He looked at the ground sheepishly until Temari had left.

When he looked back up, Ino was glaring daggers at him. He smirked once more at her and got up to walk over to her. She watched him approach calmly, and he reached out a hand to help her up. Ino took it without a word and they stood facing each other calmly.

"You started it," They said at the same time.

"I started it?" Shikamaru laughed. "You're the one who started this truth or dare nonsense."

"And you're the one who purposely kissed Temari in front of me," Ino responded calmly.

"Yes, I did. And you did almost exactly what I thought you'd do," Shikamaru said.

"Which was?"

"Get jealous," Shikamaru slowly moved closer to her. Ino glanced him up and down, but made no move to keep him from coming closer.

"So how was she?" Ino wanted to know.

"Temari?" Shikamaru asked and Ino nodded. "Nothing until you came along," He said and kissed her.

Status: 10 dares complete, have a nice day.