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Title: Chapter 9
It was in the afternoon and the sun was blazing hot outside, and the window was left open for some possible cool breeze to come in. The pale blue curtains swayed in a continuous motion as Ino sat on her front flipping through her yearbook with her legs crossed together.
Her long blonde hair was down since she had just gotten out of the shower, and she was in her bathrobe. Just then, her bedroom door opened and her mother came in ((From now on, we will call the parents by their last name.)) Mrs. Yamanaka smiled at her daughter, "Are you doing fine, Ino?"
The blonde looked up at her mother with friendly eyes and nodded. Mrs. Yamanaka then slowly went out of the room, leaving Ino to her yearbook.
As she was flipping through the pages, Ino landed on a few photos of her and Sakura. A smile crept up her face as her mind went down memory lane, recalling all those precious moments with her closest best friend.
The photo on the upper left shows Ino and Sakura arm in arm smiling at the camera with bunny ears behind each other's ears.
Flashback
A guy walked up to the two girls who were eating their lunch under a huge oak tree. He was dressed in his regular green sweatshirt and khaki capris. The young man held out a camera and asked them if he could take their picture.
"Sure," Sakura smiled and put her arm around Ino.
"Ok," the person got ready for the shot and held up his camera, "On the count of three...1...2...3!" a light beam flashed out of the lens.
The cameraperson thanked them as Ino and Sakura went back to their conversation under the big oak tree.
End of Flashback
Ino flipped to another page and smiled at a handsome fine picture of Shikamaru. He had his usual boyish grin and his hair was gelled and held back in a hot-looking way. The guy was dressed in a casual white collared shirt and a black tie to emphasize his black hair.
"Forget it Ino...it'll never happen," she then closed her yearbook and rolled over to her other side and stared up at the ceiling.
"I wonder if...he does notice me..." Ino then shook her head in defiance and bit back her words, "doubt it...he'll never notice me," she then thought of the times where she got so close to Shikamaru that it seems like as if fate is coming between them...
Flashback
"INO!" Naruto came running into the school classroom and found Ino shushing him as she puts something on Shikamaru's usual desk, which is at the way back of the room where teachers won't bother him.
"Shh, you'll draw people here Naruto!" Ino smiled as she walked up to him.
"What was that?" Naruto stared at the small box and then he smiled, "Heh Heh, is that for me?"
"You idiot," she sweat dropped and then laughed, "no, it's for someone else,"
In a boyish way, Naruto clasped his hands together and scuffed his shoes toward the carpet with his electric blue eyes gaping at Ino. "Who's that special person?"
"It's..." before Ino could finish, a couple of junior girls walked in with their long hair swaying in the air. Ino and Naruto then knew that they were the only sophomores in the room and before they were about to make the exit, a tall young man approached the entrance.
"Hey Shikamaru, we've been waiting for you," one of the upperclassmen playfully called out to him in the room. Her long brown hair shone in the broad light as her black halter top revealed plenty of skin for guys to drool for.
Ino looked down at her clothes which was all black. She had on a black shirt and black pants. She then looked at Shikamaru who was looking at her. Turning to the junior girls, he walked over and told them, "Happy Valentines' Day, ladies..." he sat down with them like a jock with the girls around his arms marveling at his good looks.
Feeling left out, Ino then grabbed Naruto's hand and walked out of the room with her, with Shikamaru turning his head over to see a small gift left on his desk.
End of Flashback
Ino softly sighed as she got her pillow and rested it between her arms and put her face upon it, thinking of another memory of Shikamaru.
Flashback
Ino sat down casually on a park bench and had a towel and wiped her wet forehead. She had been out in the morning for a quick jog before heading over to Sakura's place for her birthday party. She had her gift near her legs on the ground and took a few sips of her cold water bottle and breathed out some air to circulate her lungs.
Ready for another mile, a shadow went up close to her and Ino went up to see who it belonged to. A smile responded to her.
"Hey," Shikamaru sat down and greeted her. His black hair and dark eyes made Ino feel weak in the knees.
"Um, hi..." Ino replied back. Silence was between them.
"So, are you heading over to Sakura's place later?" Shikamaru broke the ice. He looked at Ino in her sweats.
"Yeah,"
"You need a ride?" he asked.
"Sure, but I need to change...I don't want to be all sweaty at her party," Ino laughed and Shikamaru joined with her.
"All right then, so you want to leave now?" Shikamaru proposed.
"Later, you could go on ahead...I need to clear out my head for awhile, a mile run can make you feel weird," Ino pointed out. With a smile and farewell, Shikamaru then left with Ino sitting on the bench.
When he left, Ino smacked on her head a few times cursing herself, "Stupid, stupid...what did you do that for? Stupid, stupid,"
Flashback
Ino then rolled over to her other side and got up. She picked up her yearbook and walked over to her bookcase and placed it in a special place next to her childhood books where no one would find it. ((I wonder why...))
Later, she went back to her bed and went under the covers and closed her eyes. A few seconds later, she heard a few taps near her other window. She forgot to open this window for the air to come in, but she left it closed instead.
The blonde got up and looked closely at the window and saw things being thrown at it. Thinking that it was her annoying neighbors who were egging her place, she marched over and prepared a whole yelling and cursing speech about how she hates them.
"Damn you eighth graders! I'll egg your house instead then!" Ino yelled out of her window and then stared straight at her visitor. She wished that she hadn't yelled those at the person...and then she apologized.
"Get down here, Ino!" the stern voice from the person yelled at her since the visitor was out on the sidewalk.
Obeying, Ino ran down the stairs and went outside to greet the person.
A/N: So how was it? Please review!