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He had dealt with various things before, most of which not pleasant. He had dealt with his mother screaming so loud as to wake the neighbors just because he hadn't cleaned his room, he had dealt with teacher after teacher telling him repeatedly to put his smart mind to use when it came to grades, he had also been concerned numerous times with things involving time and creating plans that could ruin one's life in an instant if failed but never, by far, had he come across something as difficult (or as 'troublesome' in his terms) as this.

Ino Yamanaka. When. Drunk.

Now, Shikamaru was not one of a simple mind. He had seen people under the influence of alcohol before, many times being his father after a difficult game of Shogi with Shikamaru himself. He also knew for a fact that Ino had taken a liking to him in their first meeting. Unfortunately, alcohol did not help much.

He peered around the dimly lit club and watched as Ino danced on top of a nearby table as Tenten was having an animated (and most likely slurred) conversation, as it appeared, with Neji. He looked to his left and saw Naruto talking to Hinata with his arms spread wide, thrashing them around through the air, Hinata watching with a worried expression on her face (most likely concerned of what would happen if Naruto happened to hit someone). He turned his head once more and got a brief glance of Sakura sitting at the bar with Sasuke before his head was forcibly turned to face front.

Ino was crouching in front of him, right hand on hip, left holding his face in her direction, his eyes meeting hers. "Hey...Shika-hic-maru..." she slurred out. He pushed her hand away, she reeked of alcohol. "Ino, you're drunk and not in the right state of mind. Get a grip." Shikamaru scolded quietly. Ino frowned. "Oh come-hic-on Shika-kun..." his ne'nickname' rolled off her tounge, she practically purred his name almost in a hypnotic way. "Ino..." he was about to scold her again until she turned and started rubbing against him.

"Ino, what're you doing!?" he asked, color rushing to his face. She turned her head slightly and glanced at his face before giving off a giddy laugh and pressing in harder. He didn't know what to do. His body was temporarily frozen. He debated between pushing her off, standing there and waiting till she was done, yell at her, or just...what? He was so confused, and this was a first.

She was different. But really, he had known her only what, not even a day now and she was already acting this way. 'But you gotta admit...you like it.' he thought to himself. 'No. No way. I have self control. This is not right.' He was about to shove her away when he felt something warm and wet trickling down over his lip. 'Dammit.' he frantically attempted wiping at the now gushing blood while trying to push Ino away.

As for Ino, she was basically in a daze. Her thoughts, as she knew them at a time, were completely gone. She felt carefree, nothing could happen to her, she was invincible. She was unstoppable and she loved it. She glanced behind quickly and saw blood moving swiftly down Shikamaru's face. She let out a laugh, barely heard through the screeching and banging music. She loved the feeling she was experiencing and from what she could see, she was affecting Shikamaru in some way too, even if it was unknown to her, she had an affect.

And it made her feel even more confident.

She began grinding against him, moving harder and quicker, yet still keeping in perfect beat with the music. She was in perfect harmony and she loved it.

Turning her head (and yet still keeping in tune with her 'dancing') she watched as Sakura fiddled around with her purse at the bar as Sasuke handed something to the bar tender before he turned and left. Sakura looked up just a moment later before speaking to the bar tender. Ino smirked. 'They'll totally be a cute couple. I'm sure of it.' Finally, her attention was turned back to Shikamaru who was obviously struggling against her now.

She laughed once more before moving away from him and letting him stand. He quickly got up and wiped his face once more, making a futile attempt at ridding himself of the blood. Ino smiled and leaned over, grabbing a napkin from a dispenser on a nearby table (the same one in which she had been dancing on earlier) and moved toward him. Shikamaru was about to back away but Ino reached him first.

She gently rubbed at the blood, wiping it away until there was non left. She threw the napkin away and turned to him once more. "Will you walk me back to my room?" she asked casually. He stared at her dumbly until finally he nodded his head slightly. She smiled once more and latched onto his arm. "Thanks!" she said before tugging his arm slightly, bringing him back to reality, and they walked out of the club.

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a/n Okay...so this chapter wasn't the largest...or the best. I'm just gonna try and work something out, okay? I mean, come on. I DID have to put in some of the other couples...ShikaIno just appealed to me first. There will probably be like, one for Hinata and Naruto and then Tenten and Neji but if I don't have much, I'll probably just combine them into one chpater and move on with it. Okay? Until then. Thanx much!

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