Disclaimer: Lesse...among my list of belongings...Nope. No Naruto xX;
The bell! O, glorious bell! HOW I HAVE AWAITED THIS MOMENT!
Grabbing my things and stuffing them into my bag, I'm positive I ran out that sliding door.
I decided to spend the rest of the day with Shikamaru and Chouji, to catch up a bit. I could spend tomorrow with Sakura...and work out a plan to get Sasuke! Surely she'd help me, that's what friends do. Oh, I wonder if she has anyone she likes! Ah, I'm so glad to be back here!
Where was the way out anyway? Door, door, door...THERE IT IS!
"There she is!"
"Ino!"
Chouji? Shikamaru? Already? I quickly turned around. How was it possible that the lazy bum got out before I did?
"Mou! How did you get here before I did?"
"Well, the fact that you went out the backdoor and all the way around the school may have had something to do with it..."
...oh. So that was why I had to run so much. I seriously ate something weird this morning, I haven't been thinking sanely this whole day! Or was it just the effects of over excitememt?
"I'm hungry! Let's go eat something!" Chouji got up and crumpled up his empty chip bag.
"Hungry as always," I commented, shaking my head. Taking both their arms I dragged them out of the school's front gates. "Let's walk somewhere! I have so much to ask still!"
"How about that shop? It looks so cute! Is it new?" I asked, pointing at an over-decorated cafe.
"Ino, I want real FOOD. Not tea. I'm hungryyy," Chouji whined.
"Oh. That barbeque restaraunt..."
"Huh?"
"It's still there."
OH THAT ONE! The one we spent...practically everyday at. Where Chouji would eat almost all of the restaraunt's entire food supply! I remember almost exactly how it looked...but what was the name?
"Let's go! Let's go!"
Wow this sure brings back memories. Chouji eating everything in sight and Shikamaru sleeping while sitting up in this Korean Barbeque restaraunt.
"Ne, do you guys know an Uchiha Sasuke?" I asked, interested to find out any information from him possible.
"Uchiha...oh that gloomy guy. He's in your class right?" Shika replied.
"YES! You know him? What do you know about him?"
"Didn't his parents die in a car accident?" Chouji piped up.
"Yeah, his brother too, wasn't he in a different car though?" Shikamaru answered.
His parents died? And his brother too? Was he the only one left in his family?
"Ohh, how tragic!" I said wistfully.
In return, I received a pair of blank stares.
"What? Don't you think so?"
"Um, yeah. It's sad."
"A mysterious guy with a tragic past! That's it!"
"...What?"
"It's probably jet lag or something, Chouji. She's been weird all day."
That was it! The main character of a shoujo manga always falls for this kind of guy, and at first he'll be a little standofish to her of course, but will fall desperately for her later on! It was going according to plan already! He'd been pretty annoyed this morning...
Hmm, usually, in these stories, the main character would be so unbelievably cheerful and bubbly, that he couldn't help but melt his icy exterior! Sometimes, though, she would be a little more outgoing than some of the more innocent and naiive cliched characters. That fit me perfectly! Great, it was all going smoothly! I would have to work out further details at home later.
"Does jet lag make you space out a lot?"
"She's daydreaming about Sasuke-kun, don't bother her."
We ended up splitting the bill evenly three-way - just like always, even though Shikamaru and I didn't eat NEARLY as much as Chouji. Compared to him, we hardly ate at all.
I always carried a fairly good amount of money with me. More than often I would see some random store while walking, get sidetracked, and decide that I ABSOLUTELY needed to buy that cute whatever it was.
Chouji always had his "emergency food money" which was quite a lot considering the amount he ate.
And guess what, you'll never believe THIS: Shikamaru had gotten a job. HAHAHA CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT? SHIKAMARU! WORKING!
That was just...wrong.
"My mom made me, she said I needed to be more productive and responsible or something like that."
"HAHAHAHA SHIKAMARU SELLING FLOWERS! I seriously can't imagine that. Hmm, I guess I'll have to just drop by sometime then."
He scowled at me but didn't bother to retort. Ah, it just wasn't as fun making fun of someone who didn't respond to taunting.
"Oh! We're at my house! See you guys tomorrow! Wow, I wonder if we have anything for desert...are you guys still hungry? You can come in."
Still...hungry?
"Oi Chouji! You should stop eating that much. Hmm I think I'll go on a diet myself...care to join me?" I thought aloud, knowing he would rather die than not eat ten times more than necessary.
"Diet? Ino, you're crazy!"
"It's going to get dark pretty soon, bye Chouji," Shikamaru yawned and gave a little wave.
"Aw, bye then."
"It's not even dark and you're yawning ALREADY? Sheesh...Hey, Shikamaru...what kind of girl do you think Sasuke-kun would like?"
He rolled his eyes and replied, "Non-anorexic ones."
"I'm serious! I really need to know this!"
"How would I know? I've never even talked to the guy!"
"Aww it would've been so helpful if you two were friend I guess...hey, who're his friends?"
"I wouldn't know. I sleep all day. Never seen him with friends though...Actually I don't think he has friends..."
"WHAT? Sasuke-kun is not a LONER. Everyone has friends! Hm, actually that would just mean less competition...Great! I'll start off by being his friend first and then.." I started babbling on, thinking aloud again as Shika just sighed.
"Oh! We're here! It's my house, bigger than out old house here, but still near the same neighborhood..."
"Right. Bye, then."
"Bye!" I waved and went inside.
"Oh! Ino you're back. Do you-"
"I already ate! I'm going to my room now!"
I ran upstairs and threw my stuff onto the floor. Then I paused and went up to the window to look outside.
A full moon! How pretty. I never really liked it when the moon was a half, or even a crescent. It made me wonder where it disappeared to, when it was really still there.
Then I looked down. Shikamaru? Boy, did he walk slow...wait...he was going in the opposite direction! If he lived that way why did he walk all the way down here? If he needed my address he could've just asked. Sheesh, for such a genius he was really not all that smart.
Stepping out of the bathroom, I wrapped my hair with a towel and flopped down on the bed. Mm..so relaxing. I shuffled through the mangas sitting in the bookshelf to the right of my bed and pulled out one I hadn't read for a long time.
Che, I thought, turning over onto my stomach, she had NO self-esteem whatsoever! How could a person get by in life like this? I guess innocent and simple-minded girls have it made, I would have to work towards my goal.
After reading through a few random volumes of various series I went back into the bathroom to blow dry my hair. Having my own bathroom connected to my room was so convinient.
Now, what should I do to my hair tomorrow?
A/N:
Parody time:
I snapped back to reality as a wave of pink liquid poured down my three-hour hairstyle.
"He's. MINE." she glared, tossing the empty cup aside and folding her white, long-sleeves clad arms in front of her.
"Oh really?" I replied unfazed, she was nothing compared to me. I stood up so I was eye level and stared back into her ivory tinted eyes. "We'll see about that."
I grabbed a few napkins off the clothed and decorated table, wiping the pink, artificial flavored, sugar-induced drink off my face.
"Oh, and by the way," I turned around, "You look so pale...you could use some coloring," and with that I splashed the red punch over her snow-white gown and walked out the door.
"LOOK WHAT SHE DID TO ME!"
"Oi, Shikamaru, what are you gonna do?"
"How troublesome.."
Could you tell who they were?
BTW: Still open to voting.