It all happened with a bear...

Summery- A bunch of embarrassing things happen to poor Shika and Shikaku ,Asuma and Choji laugh at his expense.

AN- Wow! I didn't know people actually liked this story! I knew that there were reviews of course, but I didn't know that some people put it on their favs ! This is so cool! I thought people were going to tell me this story sucked and such but people actually seem to like it! Yays! Thanks for the reviews and favs and such, they are very very appreciated.

His father wouldn't stop smiling at him, it wasn't a normal smile either, it was a smirk, the kind of smirk you find you find on someone who knows something. The corner of his mouth tugged up, his eyes more squinted then usual…"So Shikamaru…"

"Hn?", Shika looked up from the boiled eggs his mother insisted he eat. He hated boiled eggs, but when his mother told him to do something he usually did it in fear of incurring her wrath. Eh, mothers were so troublesome; from the look in his dad's eyes…he could tell he was going to be troublesome too.

"So Inoichi's daughter is getting pretty huh?" Shikaku questioned "innocently".

Shikamaru looked back at his food and shrugged mumbling," she's ok."

"Hmm," Shikaku's smirk seemed to get even larger, if that was possible, "no I think you think she's pretty, very pretty in fact."

The Nara boy's voice became tight." She's. Fine."

"Hmmm, fine huh? Isn't that what you kids say when you think someone's hot or blazing or whatever else you kids say. You know Shikamaru; you should grow some balls, a girl like that isn't going to be single forever. Why if I was your age, well I'd…"

Shikamaru stood up , half embarrassed and half repulsed "I'm late for training."

He was just about to leave, when he heard his mother bellow," Shikamaru you sit back down and finish your breakfast! You got hurt last night" Shikaku snickered" yeah he probably has a bad case of Carpel Tunnel Syndrome in his right hand."

Shika, moaned falling back into his chair and slumping his shoulders, his face flaming. Poking at his eggs, he listened to Shikaku's "fatherly advice."

Yamanaka Ino was frustrated, whether sexually or mentally you be the judge, she grumbled throwing her kunai at a target attached to large tree, the angry force in her throw caused the pointed tip of the weapon to bury itself deeply in the red bulls-eye.

Asuma Sensei whistled, "Good job Ino, you should be pissed more often." She heard Choji mutter," she usually is" and glared in his general direction. She attempted to glare at Shikamaru as well, but he kept his gaze firmly on Choji. Damn him! He was what was making her so pissed in the first place, and he wouldn't even look at her, so she didn't even get the satisfaction of showing him just how mad she really was! Idiot!

Shika was not going to look at her, one because if she noticed she would give him her patented evil Ino death glare, two because every time he did…he would get kicked in the face. Ino was much too pretty for her own good, no scratch that: for his own good….did he just think that, no he meant…well she was pretty…but it didn't really matter. Just because he kept dreaming about her and his mind would go numb whenever he looked at her, it didn't mean anything. So maybe he had a teeny tiny crush on her when he was younger. Hardly even a crush actually, she was a girl, she talked to him and well yeah. That was about it, it didn't mean anything…

Ino smiled twirling a bit in her new dress, she was pretty as a princess in it. Much prettier then any girl at the party.

"Hey Ino." Ino looked up from her skirt smoothing surprised. "Shikamaru?" Wow he hadn't gotten up during the whole party. He ate and then layed down on the ground napping. He hadn't even gotten up when the other kids had started playing tag, which caused many of the kids to trip on him and even then he still hadn't gotten up! It hardly even seemed to phase him. But here he was now, actually up and talking to her. Weird.

"Here," he shoved a gift into her hands, " I got you something." Ino looked at the present and raised her eyebrow, " You put it in a plastic bag and tied the handles, you couldn't even wrap it?" The boy shrugged, "Wrapping's too troublesome." She rolled her eyes a bit and examined the bag," Your parents already gave me a present." Shikamaru shrugged again," Yeah, I bought it myself." Ino's eyes were so wide she looked a bit scary, Shika gave her a weird look then turned his gaze to the sky. "Well aren't you gonna open it?"

Ino grinned and ripped the present open, which was quite a feat considering the fact the fact that the bag it was in was made of reinforced plastic. Who was she to ever turn down a gift? She really didn't understand why anyone would.

Ino gasped looking at the bear in her hands and then squealed," he's so cute!" She nuzzled her face into his tan fur," soft too."

The young Nara kept looking at the sky, "Hn, he's ok ." His eyes went wide, though not in the scary fashion Ino's did, as the squealing girl hugged him, kissing all over his face, "Thanks Shika-kun!"

Shika gulped and nodded , his face bright red. He watched as Ino ran over to her parents to show off the bear. His heart was beating a bit faster then he would have liked and for a minute he wondered if he was having a heart attack. His face still held its rose tint as he watched Ino. She was so pretty...

His stomach dropped as he saw Ino talking to a boy much better looking then him, even at eight she was a flirt. He looked down at his feet, it didn't matter. He didn't like girls and even if he did he'd never like a girl like Yamanaka Ino. He looked at Ino one more time, then back at his scuffed shoes. It didn't matter.

That had been eight years ago, eight years was long enough to get over a crush that wasn't even a crush anyway, right?

TWACK Shika cupped his now throbbing cheek and scowled, Choji had kicked him in the face again.

" Pay attention Shikamaru!" Asuma Sensei looked annoyed. " Alright spar with Ino, since you can't seem to spar with Choji. "

Shika looked panicked for a minute, then groaned and walked over to Ino.

Asuma and Choji watched as Ino attempted to kick the shit out of Shikamaru and he in turn tried, mostly unsuccessfully, to block her blows. At some point Ino tripped falling into Shikamaru, which caused him to capsize falling to ground. In her frantic scrambling not to fall Ino had accidentally pulled Shika's hair binding out letting his hair fall down to his shoulders.

Ino stared at him, he looked good with his hair down, hell he even looked kinda...sexy. She looked at his lips for a minute hardly concuss of her tongue wetting her own. She could feel his hard body under hers, gods when had he gotten so toned and strong, could hear his now ragged breathing, could smell his strong woodsy scent. She closed her eyes and breathed deeply. She reached up her hand to run it through his hair , which she was sure would be so soft.

Shika's eyes widened and, thinking she was going to smack him, he rolled over standing up , leaving Ino dazed on the ground. He closed his eyes and groaned , grabbing his kunai from his pouch and covering himself so Ino wouldn't see. This was getting ridiculous.

Asuma and Choji looked at him for a second, then began to laugh hysterically. "Alright, " Asuma Sensei said between loud guffaws, " I think its about time we end training today...For Shikamaru's sake."