AN: Right this story will come in four chapters, so make sure to read all of them...
The writing was inspired compleatly by an awesome picture by LevyRasputin which you can find on deviantart (i'd supply a link but I don't know how to do linking here. Just go on deviant art and search for "Naruto-four rooms" or find her gallery and browse through the whole thing. It's worth it!)
I hope the writing is at least half as good as the art...Well, anyway, enjoy, and (though I know I'm repeating myself) please leave a comment!
The Hospital Room – Team 10
Ino was sitting on a stool beside Choji's bed with her head resting on her hands. Shikamaru was on the other side of the bed, and the two boys were laughing over something. She didn't really know over what, boys were so weird sometimes. So she sat there, somewhat sleepily, listening to their voices, and not really concentrating to what they were saying. The sun was shining through the window it felt nice. Suddenly however, Ino's blissful thoughts were interrupted by Chouji stretching out for the last candy that was left in the huge paper bag that they brought together with Shika. In an instant her eyes flared up and she glared.
"You've eaten almost the whole thing by yourself! I haven't had a bite yet. Give some here!"
"I will never allow anyone else to eat the last one"
"Baka! You'll get sick, eating so much!"
Shikamaru grinned lazily. Now this was going to be troublesome. The two always quarreled so! But in the end, it was all about entertainment, and disguising how much all of them cared for each other. He watched Ino and Chouji trade insults for a second or two. Finally, deciding his ears couldn't take much more, Shikamaru began to intervene. He was promptly ignored. So, grumpily, he did the only thing he could do – he joined the argument.
Outside in the corridor, Asuma smiled, as he listened to the heated argument, at times interrupted by outburst of laughter. He let out a mouthful of smoke and turned around to leave – he would let the three of them spend some time together and there was no hurry in training for now.
Formation Ino-Shika-Chou was together and complete once more.