Chapter 2

Thanks for the reviews people. This was kind of an experimental kind of thing but it was pretty fun to write so I'll continue and see what happens. Anyways…on to chapter 2.

"What are you talking about?" Shikamaru asked with a raised eyebrow.

Neji frowned, still standing at Shikamaru's door, "You know I mean. While we were training…" he said staring at Shikamaru, waiting for his answer.

Shikamaru shrugged, "How would I know? Byakugan is your thing. You should know why you didn't see me." He muttered, leaning against the door frame.

Neji stared at the lazy ninja coldly for a moment before he turned his back and stalked away.

Shikamaru snorted and brushed the incident off. He was sure Neji would figure out that he saw him. It was just a little mind game the ninja had played on Neji that made him second guess what he saw…which was enough time for Shikamaru to get his move in. It was pretty simple…well..to Shikamaru it was simple.

The next couple of days of training were uneventful. Shikamaru would show up. They would fight and Shikamaru would quit much to Neji's displeasure.

Shikamaru sighed as he walked to the training field. This was really getting old to him. It was troublesome of them to assign partners and not even give any missions to atleast remove him from this monotonous training. When Shikamaru got to the field, things already were different. Standing as spectators were Gai and Asuma, and of course Neji was already there waiting. Even with them there, Shikamaru still didn't want to train.

The fighting started and they fought as they usually did. This time, Shikamaru seemed to be putting some effort and was giving Neji a lot of problems. After a while, the lazy ninja seemed to just give up and take a few blows so he could quit.

Asuma frowned as Shikamaru obviously threw the fight and he mumbled something to Gai. They both stepped forward stopping the two from leaving. Asuma looked at Shikamaru with a little disappointment before he spoke, "We have a mission for you two."

Shikamaru lay in bed, looking smugly up at the ceiling. "A rescue mission…how troublesome." He mumbled. He didn't want to have to protect someone. Then again, any mission he got he would have felt the same way. Atleast he knew this mission wasn't real.

Shikamaru and Neji met and again…no words were exchanged. This was all about the mission. Neither of them wanted to be there especially with each other but that was the rule.

….The mission was a huge failure. The hostage was rescued but everything else was horrendous. Shikamaru did as little work as he could, not telling anything he saw to aid the team. Neji was trying to do the mission without Shikamaru's help to show how useless Shikamaru was to him. As a team, they ran into every trap Asuma and Gai set up. They refused to aid each other when some ninjas were introdced towards the end of the mission. It was a total failure.

Asuma and Gai were more than crushed that their prized students performed so poorly.

Gai began first as he looked at the two battered and bruised ninjas, "That was the worst accomplished mission I've ever seen." He said with a look of disappointment.

"You two have no concept of teamwork" Asuma added with an equal look that contained a bit of overall frustration.

"You must learn to trust each other." He said rubbing his forehead. "You two go home and met us here tomorrow at the same time."

The two boys returned the next day. Gai and Asume stood in the same place as before with very serious expressions. "You two have a new mission…."

((Sorry it's so short. I was going to continue but I was going to change things up on the next chapter.Hope you liked it somewhat. Reviews are always appreciated. I'm always open to suggestions.))