Once again, I'm having a friend do this, so let's see what happens!

Today is September 22, 2007 and its Nara Shikamaru's birthday.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHIKAMARU!

Everyone remembers our cloud envying Chunin, right?

Of course I know the show must go on, so here's Shikamaru's birthday story!

He sighed as he store blankly up at the clouds. Why he had come was beyond him, but there he was sitting with that stupid het upon his head.

"This is so troublesome." He murmured under his breath. He knew he shouldn't have listened to Ino.

"Come on Shikamaru! Lighten up." Ino was shining brilliantly in her own self-minded glory. She had organized the whole thing.

The festive, seemed to be a hit with most of the people there. It was nothing special. They had already had food, and then they had the cake and sang Happy Birthday to him. He had finished opening his presents, and now everyone was just doing whatever. Most people had left, like Sasuke and Shino, others staid just to hang around. It was tempting to just up and leave, even he knew that Ino would hunt him down and bring him back. He just wanted an excuse to leave.

"Come on Shikamaru this is your party!" Naruto Shouted. His wide smile only irritated Shikamaru. He was starting to get annoying. Thinking quickly, Shikamaru came up with a stupid little plan to get out of there. He started to cough. It was fake, but believable. Or at least he thought it would be for these numb skulls.

"Shikamaru are you alright?" Ino looked worriedly at her partner. He shook his head as he coughed some more.

"I might have something." He said through his coughs. "I'd better go." She nodded her head before he stood and started to walk away. As soon as he was far from sight, he took off. He was right when it came to Ino, she was a blonde.

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He was almost home from his detour he took after the party. He needed some time to just be away from everyone. He was just staring at the sky thinking of random things.

"I know your were oh so sick Shikamaru." Her voice was slightly irritated. Shikamaru looked down with surprise not expecting to see her here. He let out a nervous laugh.

"What are you doing here?" He asked carelessly.

"You can't fool me Shikamaru. You can really be a bad liar." She cocked her head and smiled sweetly. "Come on I have a present for you." She walked over to him and grabbed his arm and started to lead him off.

"Hey, when did I say I was going with you?" He looked worried and surprised at the same time.

"You didn't," she said with a laugh. It was apparent that she didn't really care.

"You women are just so troublesome." He muttered. She shot his a glare before she knocked him on the head.

"Next time I won't be so nice." She then looked forward again and started to move faster.

It wasn't before long that they had left the village and were in the woods. It was still a mystery to Shikamaru where she was taking him. The only thing that wasn't a mystery was that she was in a hurry to get there. Before long they had arrived at a small pond. It sparkled brightly. There was a little waterfall that made a spray of water where you could see a rainbow.

"Where are we?" He asked scanning the surrounding area.

"It's just a place I found while walking through the forest." She voice was small. He then noticed that she was no longer holding onto his arm anymore. He kind of like it when she did that. He watched her walk slowly over and sit down in front of the little pond. He joined her and sat as close as he could get without making it look suspicious.

"Its nice here; calm and peaceful." He said after a long time. His words seemed to hang in the air as she just sat there and stared out of the pond. "Didn't you say you had a present for me?" He asked to kill the heavy silence between them. Shikamaru didn't notice that she froze slightly at his words.

"Hai," her voice was low and sounded a bit shy. It wasn't like her to be so shy around him.

"You alright?" It was apparent that he noticed her nervousness. She shook her head and smiled at him.

"I'm fine, just a bit tired, that's all." Her excuse was lame, but seemed to be working. After a while of just sitting there and staring at the waterfall, she turned toward Shikamaru. He hadn't noticed her sudden change of direction.

She leaned closer to him and whispered in his ear, "Shikamaru…" he turned and was startled by her sudden closeness. She quickly pressed her lips to his. When she pulled away she said, still in a whisper but loud enough to hear, "Happy Birthday."

Enjoy the mystery behind the girl's name. Just for the fun of it, I would like to know who you would prefer the girl to be. Hey, and the next birthday is tomorrow, and it's Ino's. Hope you enjoyed!

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Thanks!