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Taking Shikamaru's Virginity
Chapter 6
Day five.
Hyuuga Neji had never had to deal with troublesome things like fangirls when he was younger, it wasn't till his first chuunin exam when he was 13 that girls began to flock to him. He had been born into the branch family, fated to live a life of servitude and obscurity. But he had also been born a prodigy with the brooding good looks and attitude that drove women crazy. With Uchiha Sasuke around no one had given him a second glance, but after he left the village women began to shift their favor to him. He hated their shallow affection and over the top manners; there were only four women he cared about and probably ever would; his cousins Hinata and Hanabi, his teammate Tenten, and Haruno Sakura. To him all over women were just a waste of time. He had never meant to actually like Sakura, she had always been the weak woman that had been obsessed with her teammate. But after the Gaara retrieval mission in which her and the old lady had taken down Sasori, one of the most dangerous men ever, she definitely changed in his eyes.
Shikamaru grumbled as he approached Neji, the Hyuuga prodigy was currently meditating under a tree. He wasn't going to bother him, but knowing Neji, he had sensed Shikamaru's presence a mile back.
"What can I do for you Nara?" Neji asked shortly, keeping his eyes closed.
"I need your advice on something," he sighed.
"What would that be?" Neji asked.
"How do you get women to leave you alone?" he asked.
"Are you referring to the dozen or so women that are hiding right now and watching you?" Neji asked opening his eyes and glaring in the direction of a couple of them to let them know he knew where they were.
"Yeah, and Ino, and Kurenai, and Anko, and Tenten, and Hinata," he sighed as he sat down in front of Neji.
"Hinata-sama?" Neji asked amazed. It was no secret that his cousin had liked Naruto since she was ten or so.
"Yeah, which is really freaking me out," he groaned.
"So are all the women in the village stalking you?" Neji asked.
"Except Haruno," Shikamaru huffed, crossing his arms over his chest, still pissed off over yesterday's confrontation.
Neji smirked, "Of course Sakura would do the opposite of the rest of the village. Besides she already has as much as she can handle."
"Yeah, you, Kiba and Genma," he nodded.
"So you want to get them to leave you alone?" Neji asked.
"Yes," he just about pleaded.
"First do not acknowledge anyone beyond what is necessary, in fact it would be best to ignore females in general. When you do have to talk to them be curt and rude, it drives them crazy."
Shikamaru nodded, taking detailed mental notes.
"That is it basically, be as rude and mean as possible to anyone that you are not interested in. In fact if there is someone that you like, I would make a point to be seen with her as often as possible, it really turns them off," Neji said.
"Thanks Hyuuga," Shikamaru said as he stood up while pondering, who he liked.
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Day ten.
The day after he talked to Neji, Shikamaru came home after training and found that someone had broken into his apartment and stole some of his clothes; mostly boxers. Two days ago he had been eating lunch with his team (minus Kakashi) when some chuunin girl came over and kissed him on the lips. Ino had been close to killing her, it had taken both him and Chouji to hold her back. Then yesterday he had been taking a shower in the anbu locker room when he caught a couple women watching him.
At least Neji's advice had worked for about half of the women in the village, unfortunately it didn't deter the women in his group at all; it just made them more determined. Sakura was still ignoring him and it was driving him crazy. What the hell did he need to do to get the girl to like him again?
So he went to the guy that knew her better than anyone.
"Hey Naruto," Shikamaru began as he approached the guy while he slurped down some ramen.
"Yeah?" he asked shortly. Naruto had been pissed off at Shikamaru since Hinata's affections had transferred from him to Shikamaru.
"I wanted to ask your advice on something," Shikamaru began.
"What?" Naruto asked, excited that someone would come to him of all people for advice.
"Well you see, you know her better than anyone does," he began.
"Sakura-chan!" Naruto said excitedly.
"Yeah, you see she has been pissed off lately at me and I was wondering what I needed to do to make her like me again," Shikamaru continued.
"Perhaps you should ask her and not this moron," a female voice said.
Shikamaru paled as he turned around and saw her standing there with her hands on her hips. So Naruto hadn't been guessing, but greeting her.
"Would you have even acknowledged that you are pissed off at me?" Shikamaru asked shortly trying to come out of this unscathed.
"Depends how you asked the question," she said.
"Why is it that you never talk to me anymore?" he asked.
"Don't want to get mauled by your fangirls," She said shortly.
"You stopped talking to me before they began to follow me," he corrected her.
"I suppose you have a point," she said sitting on the opposite side of Naruto.
"I say you should offer to buy her her ramen," Naruto said leaning over towards Shikamaru.
"Naruto do not attempt to give him any advice," Sakura warned, "Whatever you tell him to do would probably just piss me off more."
"So you admit to being pissed off at me," Shikamaru caught her.
She glared at him.
"Why do you keep sending me mixed signals?" he demanded to know.
"What do you mean mixed signals?" she snapped.
"That day with Kiba, the whole time you were looking at me and I heard what you said to him," he said, "Then with Genma you did the same thing."
"Just knew you were watching and I was concerned over it," she reasoned.
"Concerned over it?" he asked.
"Yeah. I wanted to make sure you wouldn't say or do something stupid," she said.
"Why would I?" he asked.
"You could be a closet pervert," she said.
Naruto began to laugh at that.
"Shut up Naruto," both of them ordered.
"You know what," Sakura began, "I think that you are jealous."
"What?" he snapped.
"Yeah, I am the only one in this village that isn't fawning all over you. It must be eating you up that I am not giving you the time of day," she continued.
"You are trying to make me jealous," he countered.
"Really I am?" she spat.
"Yeah, why else would you hit on Chouji in front of me like that?" he asked.
"Chouji is adorable and is like a big teddy bear," she argued.
"Told you," Naruto muttered.
"Kiba, Neji and Genma," Shikamaru began, "You were trying to gage how I would respond and if I would get jealous."
"No," she snapped, "I was just concerned over the fact that you were watching me like a pervert."
"Wouldn't you watch if a hot girl was molesting another guy while watching you?" he demanded to know.
Sakura opened her mouth but nothing came out.
"Hey Sakura," Kiba said as he approached, "What is going on?"
"Nothing really," She said turning and smiling at him.
"We were kind of in the middle of a discussion," Shikamaru said in a deadly tone.
"Yeah, apparently Shikamaru thinks Sakura-chan is hot," Naruto told Kiba.
"Well yeah, any sane man does," Kiba said.
Sakura leaned over and gave him a kiss on the cheek as he sat down next to her.
"Are you two done yelling?" the owner of the stand asked looking at them.
"Yes sir," Sakura said smiling at him.
"Good," he said and left them alone.
"Sakura I think you and I have stuff we need to discus," Shikamaru said shortly.
"I think that we said everything that needs to be said," She said shortly.
"There is stuff I still want to ask you," he said.
"But I just came here to meet Kiba and now that he is here we are leaving," She said getting up. She grabbed Kiba's hand and dragged him away.
Shikamaru slumped forward onto the counter.
"You like her don't you?" Naruto asked.
"Am I so obvious?" Shikamaru muttered.
"Only now that you are sitting there like that," Naruto told him.
"Why is it, I have to deal with countless women throwing themselves at me and the one I want won't give me the time of day?" he muttered.
"Sakura-chan is a complicated woman sometimes," Naruto told him giving him a pat on the back.
"She is the most troublesome woman I have ever met," he groaned.
End Chapter 6