Hey guys! First I want to say THANK YOU to everyone who has commented so far on this story. You truly have no idea how happy that makes me, I have literally laughed out loud on some of them. They really do make me want to write more and make sure it's as good as I can get it. Second, I'm sorry that this took way longer to get up then I said it would, the past week hasn't been very good with family stuff. Plus I'm finishing my college applications which takes a lot of time. But anywho, here's the next chapter! :)

Complicated- Avril Lavigne

Girl Fight- Brooke Valentine (thought it fit in with Ino's mood at the end)

Ino could feel the warmth of the sun on her face from the giant window that took up half of the wall in her room. Before opening her eyes she stretched out her limps while taking in a big breath. Her senses kicked in, making her pause in mid-stretch. There was something else giving off heat other than the sun and when she took a breath in there was a rich sent of a spice that was foreign to her room. What the hell? Her eyes snapped open to see someone else's skin which her head was resting against.

"Morning." Shikamaru's voice gently sounded. Ino looked up to see him looking at her. It was then that she remembered him crawling into bed with her to help warm up her body. She was shocked that he had stayed the entire night. She thought that he would have left to sleep in the guest bedroom after a while, but he stayed. "Sleep well?"

"Yea" Ino said before letting her head fall against his skin again. She couldn't believe he was still there. Not only that, but he still had an arm loosely wrapped around her shoulders.

"I thought so. You snored pretty heavy." Ino's body went stiff.

"I snored?"

"You were out pretty hard." He answered. My life is over! Ino rolled onto her stomach so that she could dig her face into the pillow space under his arm that was around her to hide her embarrassed face.

"Oh my god." She wined into the pillow

"What?" Crap. She didn't know that she had spoken out loud. She lifted her head up.

"Nothing." Ino answered. Shikamaru looked at her a bit longer before wiping off his confused expression.

"Now that you're up, why don't I go make breakfast."

"Wait, you can cook?"

"Yea, but I don't do it often because it tends to be a pain. But, I guess I can do it in return for you letting me stay last night." He took his arm off from around Ino and used it to take the covers off of him. Ino's eyes stayed on his body while he sat on the edge of the bed and lifted his arms up to stretch out while sounding a loud yawn. His forest green boxers were still the only thing he had on so that when he stretched she could see all the muscles rippling in his back.

Ino sat up behind him and without even meaning too she lightly rested her hand on his back, making him pause. He brought his arms down when her hand slowly went up to rest on his shoulder. Ino could feel her heart racing as her hand traced over his muscles, she barely even breathed.

"Thank you… for staying." Her voice sounded softly. Shikamaru turned his upper body to face her while her hand remained on his shoulder. His dark eyes bore into her bright sapphires, as if he was pondering on what to say.

He lifted his arm. Ino's skin tingled where his hand rested on the side of her face, his face so close to hers. She could feel her cheeks turn red as her heart seemed to stop beating and her breath caught.

"I will always be there for you." He said, still looking into her eyes. Ino's mouth opened slightly, thinking that he might close the gap between them. He seemed to be trying to figure out what her reaction would be if he did. But he didn't have time to find out when the knock of someone at the door sounded, making them jump apart.

"I'll start breakfast." Shikamaru said while he stood up, not looking at her. He threw on his clothes before heading down to the kitchen. Ino sat for a few more seconds until the second knock was heard. She cursed under her breath at whoever was at the door before standing up to go downstairs.

She could hear Shikamaru banging around in the kitchen, trying to find what he needed to cook. Walking to the door, Ino was fuming, wondering what would have happened if someone didn't knock.

"What?" She hissed as she swung the door open. Her big blue eyes widened to see Kiba with Akamaru at his side.

"Don't look so surprised. I told you I was coming over this morning." Kiba beamed. "Oh, and these are for you." He pulled out a bouquet of flowers from behind his back and extended them to Ino, who shyly took them. "Is he still here?" his voice grew to a whisper as he peeped his head in to look around the corner.

"Kitchen." Ino responded in the same quite voice. "He's cooking breakfast."

"He can cook?" Kiba's face was shocked.

"That's what I said."

"How did last night go?" Ino blushed at the comment. Kiba smirked. "That good huh."

"Well, I'm not sure. I think he was about to kiss me until you showed up." Kiba's smile dropped.

"Whoops, sorry." Ino shrugged.

"Well don't just stand there, you going to come in?" She asked. His smirk returned as he stepped inside the house.

"Hi Shikamaru!" Kiba said when he entered the kitchen with Ino. Shikamaru's body seemed to tighten at the sound of his voice.

"Hey Kiba." He said after a few seconds. His hands were busy making scrambled eggs with bacon. "You want some eggs?"

"No, that's cool. I already ate breakfast. I came over to walk Ino over to training." Kiba said while he sat down. Ino, who had gotten a vase for the flowers and was filling it with water, eyed Kiba, wondering where he was going with this.

"But our team doesn't have training today." Shikamaru started. "Not until Asuma sensei returns from his mission." He glanced at Ino who had her back to him while she turned off the water.

"She's going to go train with me. We decided that if it was a nice day today we would go out to the training grounds and spend the afternoon out there. She's going to help Akamaru and I on some stuff and I told her I'd help her out with her mind jutsu's." Akamaru let out a little yelp of agreement.

Ino had set down the vase on the table that Kiba was sitting at. When she looked up, she saw that Shikamaru had put down the spatula and was turned around looking strait at Kiba. His eyes were narrowed as he leaned against the counter next to the stove with his hands supporting him. She could see his mouth trying to resist the frown.

"She only does her mind jutsu's when I'm there to help." Shikamaru's voice was stern.

"Yea, but that's only in actual fights. I'm just going to help build her skills so that maybe one day she'll be accurate and talent enough that she can do them on her own incase you're not there to help her."

"I'm always there to help her." Kiba opened his mouth to say something, but then thought better of it and instead gently shook his head. Ino went over to get plates down for her and Shikamaru while he put food on them.

"You sure you don't want anything?" She asked Kiba.

"I told you, I'm full." She set her plate down next to Kiba while Shikamaru sat next to her. They ate their breakfast in silence that Ino was afraid to break between the two guys. She wanted to say something so badly, but wasn't sure what. When her plate was cleared of its contents, Ino walk over to put it in the sink.

"You about ready to go?" Asked Kiba. Shikamaru lifted his eyes from his food to look at the other boy before staring at Ino for an answer out of the corner of his eye. Ino paused for a second, looking between the two sitting at her table.

"Yea, just give me a few minutes to throw on some clothes." She answered before quickly ducking out of the kitchen before Shikamaru could say anything. She knew that agreeing to go was mean to Shikamaru, but she was frustrated. She decided that if he really wanted her, he was going to have to come after her. Or else he can suffer seeing her with someone else.

When she came back downstairs, she wore her usual purple outfit. Shikamaru and Kiba were waiting at the door. Kiba stood half a step behind Shikamaru, wearing a triumphant smile.

"Shikamaru's coming with us." He gleamed. "decided today isn't such a bad day to go practice." Ino looked between the two of them. Shikamaru wouldn't meet her eyes, but she could tell something was going on in his head.

"Shikamaru!" The three of them paused their training at the sound of a new voice. Ino was thankful that they had paused because Kiba and Shikamaru seemed to be getting a little bit too competitive with each other, even for her. That was, she was thankful, until she saw who that voice belonged to. "Shika!"

Ino turned around to see the angry Temari stomping towards them. Her face was red with furry and if steam could come out of her ears, they would be whistling.

"Shikamaru! What the hell did you do last night?! You have major explaining!" She yelled at him. Shikamaru's face flushed of all color as he stared at his furious girlfriend, not sure of what to say. Ino couldn't help but smirk at the other blonde.

"I told you, I stayed at Ino's because of the weather." He said, a bit confused. Temari glared at him.

"Kankuro saw you this morning through a window. You were getting out of her bed!"

"Temari, she's a friend, it's going to sound bad but all that happened was the power went off so there was no hot water for a shower and she was freezing, dangerously, the only way to warm her up was body heat. That's why we were in the same bed." Shikamaru quickly explained. But all it did was make the blonde's face go scarlet.

"My brother saw you two. There was more going on. I can't believe you slept with that bitch!" Temari pointed a finger at. "That little slut!"

"Excuse me? Who do you think you're calling a slut? You pathetic sand pansy!" Ino fired back.

"I will pulverize you for saying that!" Ino took a threatening step forward.

"Temari, chill." Shikamaru stepped in front of the sand child while Kiba rested a hand on Ino's shoulder, not taking his eyes off the other blonde. Temari put her hand down and looked at him. Her face turned from a level beyond furry to that of a little child who just wanted her toy back. "Shika…."

"Nothing happened." He said in a quite voice while reaching out to take her in his arms. He pulled her into an embrace while she dug her head into his shoulder. "She's only a friend."

Only a friend! Ino screamed in her head. She wanted to bash Shikamaru on the head for saying that. She knew there was more than just friendship that lied within their relationship.

Looking at the two made her sick all over again. It was as if nothing had changed. Man, she just wanted to bang her head against something in frustration. Ino continued to watch them when Temari lifted her head from his chest and laid it on his shoulder, looking strait at Ino. The two blonde's made eye contact when a sly smile stretched across Temari's face, one of triumph for the moment, and malice for the future, sending chills down Ino's spine. Kiba must have also seen the evil intentions since his grip on Ino's shoulder tightened a bit.

Ino was about ready to launch and rip her head off when Kiba turned her around, deciding that it wasn't safe for them to keep glaring at each other.

"You'll get him." The dog boy whispered in her ear. Ino then shocked herself by wrapping her arms around Kiba's waist and smothering him in a hug. He gently wrapped his arms around her and patted her back a few times before they separated and went to resume training so that Ino could let out some steam which she just gained.

Some time past, Shikamaru and Temari took a restful spot at the edge of the trees so they could relax and talk a bit while Kiba and Ino trained. She was upset that Shikamaru and Temari were still there, wishing that they would take their love fest somewhere else. She didn't want to see it. Kiba seemed to notice her pain by the way he kept looking at her. It was easy to tell that he felt sorry for her, which made her feel even worse. Others always felt bad for her; they always felt like she needed protection. The feeling was rotten, as if she couldn't do anything on her own, like she couldn't handle herself. She'll show them, all of them. Shikamaru was hers, and there's nothing that anyone else can do. That sand brat was in her way, and she was going to shove her aside and win Shikamaru's full affection. No more playing nice, it was time to take some risks.

I stopped there because I am having a decision making problem and want your guys help. I can't decided if I want them to all end up on a special mission together that requires some undercover and role playing work on their part, plus a made up character from mwah, which will create a whole lot of issues and stuff... or should I keep it in Konoha where everyone is? You're the reader, please help me make my decision because I want to write what you want to read.

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