The Demon Inside Us All

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Sakura and Shikamaru's blush grew as the door closed. Sakura finally realized their position.

"Shika-kun, I would like to be yours and only yours. I w-want to have a relationship and future with you." Sakura said shyly can nervously, pushing her fingers together in an attempt to contain her nervousness.

A lazy grin formed on his face as he pulled Sakura down into his chest. The warm embrace was new to Sakura. The feeling of protection, warm, and the musk smell of the forest and herbs. (A.N.: I choose that cause I kind thought that his clan makes a lot of medical remedy's and stuff for the hospital? Correct me later if I'm wrong.)

"What do we do now?" Sakura asked lightly, not wanting to move or leave his arms.

"Why don't you join my family for dinner?" Shikamaru said contently.

Chapter 3:

'OMG! OMG! OMG! His parents caught us and now I have to eat dinner with them…AWKWARD!' Sakura thought frantically when she came to her senses.

Shikamaru saw the panic stricken face of his girlfriend and sweet dropped. "You're going to have to have dinner with them sometime so you might as well get it over with, Sigh Troublesome…"

Grabbing her hand he lazily dragged her downstairs to the dinning room table.

"AWW, Isn't it sweet, Hunny! And after all this time I thought my son was gay! But my young man has proven me wrong, and what great taste he has in women! CHA! Grandchildren! I can't wait! Isn't that right, Hunny!" Mrs. Nara said to her husband so loud that even the neighbor could probably hear it.

"Anything to get you off my back, you troublesome women," said Mr. Nara lazily in a low mumble. His wife turned happy in seconds flat and he almost regretted saying it aloud.

"Look here, NARA! I will have grandchildren and I will still be on your back about your lazy ways! You get the couch tonight mister." Mrs. Nara gave her husband an evil glance as she threatened her husband. Mr. Nara gulped and sat there shrinking slightly in his chair.

Shikamaru continued making his way to the table like nothing happened. Sakura followed wondering if Mrs. Nara was always like this.

"Now Sakura, when do you think you and Shikamaru will take the next step?"

Sakura's head bobbed up in surprise, "The next step?"

"Ah yes, you know moving in together… engagement…kids?"

Mrs. Nara continued her interrogation in her own manner as both men ignored and ate. This put Sakura on the spot.

"Well, Mrs. Nara, I think that is for Shikamaru and I to talk about when the time comes. I live alone so there is no conflict with having him meet my family since there dead. When reach that part in our relationship I would gladly let him move into my house."

Sakura scrambled over the words, not know how to handle this type of conversation.

"Aww, my poor dear, living by yourself must be hard on you, and not having parents around to take care of you is so saddening. Oh I know, How about if you call me mom, and since living alone is so lonely, my son will move in immediately!"

Sakura and Shikamaru both choke, shock written all over there faces. Not responding because they were both fighting to recover, Mrs. Nara exclaimed that it was settled thinking that that was their way of saying that they accepted it.

Not long after dinner was over. Mrs. Nara had packed Shikamaru's things and thrown them out the door, with a come to dinner Wednesday at 6.

Silence

"What just happened back there! I had to have dinner with them sometime!! I should have waited till we were farther into the relationship to have dinner with them…"

Shikamaru looked pale and didn't respond. Sakura twitched and realized he was still in shock. She sighed loudly as she grabbed his bag and slung him over her shoulder.

She carried him and his bag all the way to her home. It was an embarrassing sight to be apart of when she walked threw town. She felt herself blush as she passed people who were whispering or pointing.

Soon after thinking its over, a familiar blonde came running up. 'Naruto…Could this get anymore embarrassing. Aww, damn I spoke too soon.'

Standing right behind the blonde was the famous Uchiha, Sausuke.

"SAKURA-CHAN!" yelled a hyper Naruto.

Blink. Blink. ?

"What's going on, why do you have Shikamaru over your shoulder."

"Uh… I'm taking him home. Yea, that's it." Sakura said rather quickly.

Sausuke arched a brow and drawled his response, "Nara's home is in the direction you are coming from, if you were indeed taking him home you would be going in that direction not this. So Sakura what are you really doing?"

'Great just great…Why couldn't he be retarded?' Sakura thought as her inners snickered obnoxiously.

"I'm taking him home. He is living with me, his mom just kicked him out, and he's still in shock." Sakura replied disdainfully. She continued her way leaving Sausuke confused and Naruto crying obscenities.

Finally home she laid him on her bed and set his bag down. Slapping him hard across the face seemed to work when rousing him.