The night was great, Ino thought of nothing then the short time she just spent with Shikamaru. Shortly after a soft gentle wind blew past her face and lifted her hair. Along with the wind her heart felt as if it has been released of all it worries. While she spent her time resting on Shikamaru shoulders a shadow appeared in the woods behind them. The figure was fast and was extremely quiet as if it was waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike. But too bad for it, Shikamaru still heard the gentle footsteps over the wind. Without even turning around he reached over the back of his and made the motion to scratch. The shadow stopped and tried to study what his targets was doing. Quickly Shikamaru grabbed a hidden Kunai under his shirt and whipped it in the direction of the shadow. Instantly the shadow groans in pain and fled back into the woods. Still consumed into the moment Ino was unawared of anything happening. Shikamaru was glad she didn't know, he didn't wanted to get her involved anyways. It was late and the moon had fully rise, the stars flooded the sky with glittering lights and Kohona finally went quiet as the ceremony ended. Ino figured it was too late to walk home and she was tired anyways. She grabbed onto Shikamaru's left arm and in her extremely soft voice said "Shika it's very late I don't think we should walk in the dark, let's just sleep here we can make a camp."
Shikamaru suddenly shivered at the thought "What's going on, is this girl crazy? Sleeping out here, man she's way too troublesome." But for some reason he can't explain he felted attached to the troublesome girl so he sighed and agreed.
That night Ino felt as if it has been the best sleep she ever had.
The sunlight seeped through the leaves and let down a ray onto Ino's face. Opening her eyes glowly from the light she noticed Shikamaru was still sleeping. She promised to herself she'll help out whatever Shikamaru was planning today to repay him for spending the night outside with her.
It's was almost lunch time when Shikamaru woke up. He noticed Ino had laid out a picnic cloth and had a huge buffet of food out. She turned around smiling and said "Morning sleepy head, I went home and made us lunch. I didn't know what you like to eat today so I just made a few dishes."
"WHAT A FEW DISHES!" Shikamaru shouted as he reacted towards her word.
"Oh you wanted more?" Ino stated with surprise.
She had made well over 2 dozen dishes. Ranging from teriyaki chicken to dumplings to ramen. He had never seen so many dishes before. Grabbing a pair of chopstick he picked around the dishes and selected his favorites. It was right before he picked up some chicken he remembered the last time Ino cooked for him. He went blue in the face but decided he should just stomach it anyways, otherwise she would kill him. To his surprise he was still standing when he finished eating Ino's cooked chicken. In fact it was quite delicious.
With their stomach full they headed back to the middle of town. As they walked there Shikamaru still wondering how Ino manage to carry 28 dishes out here with them all loaded with food. After a while he just thought it was too bothersome to think of such things and left it at that. They arrived at Ino's house moments later. She ran in, and he heard a crash. Followed by trail of water that seem to have slip through the crack underneath the door. A few minutes later Ino reopened the door and Shikamaru was surprise to see the girl that made all the nice food was now covered in it. Ino smiled and laugh, then she said "don't worry Shika I'm gonna help you out all day today."
"Great, just my luck, the one day she decides to be nice she go and be a total klutz again." Shikamaru thought to himself. He can only imagine what today will bring.