"Ne, Nara-san," I started softly, as we were waiting for Ino's chauffeur. "Who bashed you up?" He turned his head and looked at me. "I said: 'Who bashed you up?'" I repeated. "Just some fatsos," he replied nonchalantly. "Nara-san, tell me the truth!" I said. "It is the truth." He replied. "Why don't you believe me?" "Because I don't," I scoffed.

Shikamaru just laughed and faced forward. Really, I had so many questions to ask him, but I couldn't bring myself to say anything else. I tapped my foot impatiently and looked at Shikamaru. What I saw made me want to burst out laughing. "Shikamaru," I said, stifling my laughs.

"What?" he answered unenthusiastically. "You….your…" I stuttered, trying desperately hard to keep the laughs in. "What?" "It's just…. Your nose is bleeding!" I burst out laughing, saying the last statement so fast I didn't think he caught what I said. After a second passed, he looked at the ground and a few drops of blood trickled down his mouth and landed onto the ground.

While shaking with laughs, I pulled a clean tissue out of my pocket and held it in front of his face. "Here, take it." I said, able to stop the laughs for that sentence. He looked at it as if it was a dead bug or something. "Take it!" I repeated, grabbing hold of his hand and placing the tissue on his palm.

"It'll at least stop the blood from flowing," I said matter-of-factly. He smiled, blood on his lips, and twisted the tissue. He held up the tissue at eye level and was examining it. "What?" I laughed, smiling widely. "It's not like it's gonna come alive and bite you or something, you know." I teased.

He looked at me as if saying that that wasn't it. "Then what is it?" I asked, really curious. Shikamaru didn't reply but stuffed it up his left nostril. I stared at him for a second or two then burst out laughing. "That….was….so…." I said between laughs and unable to finish the sentence off due to the fact that the sight of Shikamaru now was just too funny.

When Ino's chauffeur pulled up in front of us, I was recovering from laughing too much. "I bag the left side," I said before we got in. Shikamaru just stared at me as he opened the door. "I knew this would've been troublesome," He muttered while he sat down. I sat on the left side as I had said, and leaned my elbow on the window sill.

I sighed and looked out of the window. I sighed again because there was nothing to look at since Ino's car had black windows. "Sheesh," I muttered to myself. "Rich people sure like privacy, huh?" "Yeah, they do," Shikamaru replied. "I didn't say it to you," I retorted, turning to the right to face him. "So who did you say it to?" he asked, looking at me out of the corner of his eye. "To myself," I answered and turned back to the window.

As the chauffeur pulled up outside Ino's house, Shikamaru and I were arguing about something stupid. "I'll look like an idiot!" He continued. "Just leave the tissue in your nose! It'll suck up all of the blood." I retorted. "It already has," Shikamaru said as he pulled the blood-covered tissue out of his left nostril. "No it hasn't…" I trailed off as he held it in front of my face. I pouted and looked at his nose, examining it carefully. I sighed in defeat and crossed my arms. "I won the argument," Shikamaru said, being stuck up. "Fine, Mr Lawyer. I think you're gonna be an okay lawyer," I admitted. "An okay one?" He said, hands in pockets after he threw the tissue onto the ground. "I think I'll be a great lawyer."

I scoffed and pushed him softly. "Yeah right!" I cried out, taking a few steps back. "That hurt, you know," Shikamaru said, no pain in his voice. So for the next few minutes he was chasing me around Ino's front lawn. "Guys! You can come…" she gawked at us when she saw Shikamaru chasing me. "In." she finished.

"So, Shika-kun," Ino said after an awkward silence. Shikamaru had gotten cleaned up thanks to Ino's maids, and the three of us were sitting in her living room. "Are you now going out with Hinata-chan?" "Nope," he replied. He was sitting on a recliner with his eyes closed while Ino and I were sitting on the three-seater couch.

Ino turned her body around and looked me straight in the eye. "Are you going out? Tell me the truth, please." She said. "No, we aren't." I answered with a straight face. Ino smiled softly, turned to face Shikamaru and said, "Then, can you make up with me?" "I'll pass," Shikamaru said smoothly.

I could see that his coolness was making Ino angry. Hmm… she's keeping herself away from us…could it be….? I grabbed onto her wrist with lightning speed, held her hand up to my nose and sniffed. I let go of her wrist as a wave of dog smell came at me. "I-I-Ino…" I stammered, eyes wide at my realisation. "Kiba!" I gasped, turning to the right.

There he was, standing with his arms crossed with his back against the wall. I stood up abruptly, looking down at the tiled floor. "Kiba," I started, my heart racing and beating fast. "Why…why are you here?" I asked unsurely. "I'm here to say hi to Ino," He answered coolly. "Damn guy, Kiba…" I mumbled angrily.

"What was that?" he said. "You like me, don't cha?" "What the heck?!" I replied looking at him in surprise. "I do not like you! No way in hell!" I continued. Kiba just laughed and walked up to us. "Yeah right," he said, smirking. "You'll fall for me soon…" "No way! What the heck are you talking about? You have weird dreams there, Kiba!" I spat out, unable to control my anger.

"Don't be stubborn," Kiba said, grinning widely, revealing his fang like teeth. I backed away in disgust at his strange attitude. "Are…are you okay, Kiba?" I asked, half concerned and half curious. "Yeah! I'm pumped, seeing as you're here, Hyuuga-chan!" he replied energetically. I backed away from him a bit more until I bumped into something, or rather someone.

"What are you doing?" Shikamaru asked, looking down on me. "Uh…" I was lost for words, since I was dumbstruck at Kiba's weird change of personality. "Umm… Kiba, are you--?" I was cut off by Shikamaru, who stood in front of me. "Kiba, let's go to Gaara's. That's where the guys are." He said in a tired yet strong voice.

"Fine, this is getting pretty boring anyway." He replied, yawning. The two guys walked towards the front door with saying good bye to Ino and me. I stood there, for some reason I was breathing hard and my heart was pounding. What the…. What's this feeling? Ino was glaring at me. I suddenly realised that she was there the whole time with us. "Gomen, Ino-chan," I said, walking up to her. "You better be sorry, bitch!" she snarled.

I stopped and stared at her. "What?" I gasped, my mouth becoming dry. Ino strode up to me and slapped me across the face. "Why'd you do that?" I asked, tears rolling down my face. "Because I hate you! You stole my Shika-kun from me!" She screamed.

"No!" I cried. "I didn't! I don't even know why he dumped you!" "Yes you do. Now get out of my house, you stinkin' poor bitch. Backstabber!" She said this while pulling me by my hair towards the front door. "Never, ever come to this house ever again!" she screamed as she threw me out of her house.

I jumped when she slammed the door shut. What the hell is happening?!

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Okay... Sorry it took so long. Well, better start working on Chapter 3! Maybe even 4. And again, please REVIEW!!!!!