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Drabble Collection – For better or for worse, no matter what, my girl will always come first. (Ino/Temari) (Friendship)
Like all of my work this is just something that happened to float through the empty void inside my head. Like it or hate it please R and R as honest opinions are always welcomed, as are random acts of worship.
Lamb: I've been a bit of a bitch in this one, but with a prompt like this what else could I do? It was so much fun.
Muse: Thank you to WolfFlowerz, sad little monkey, AkemiYumikov3, kiwi4m4, Yoruichi 'Ino', shadowphoenix101, hakuisagirl and deathrosekitty, for reviewing the last instalment. (hands out wax images of Shikamaru and pots of pins) You'll know why by the time you get to the end.
Dedi: This drabble is dedicated to deathrosekitty
Lamb: Also I would like to say a big thank you to my beta reader, hakuisagirl.
Muse: On with the fic!
You should've said no, you should've gone home,
You should've thought twice before you let it all go,
You should've know that word, bout what you did with her,
Would get back to me...
Friends: Will let you cry on their shoulder.
Best Friends: Will say 'don't worry, you'll find someone else' and when you're in the bathroom wiping mascara off of your face will kick him in the shins and list all the things he's missing.
"It'll be Ok Temmy." Ino smiled as her eyes met the reflected gaze of her best friend in the mirror. "You'll find someone else, someone better."
The other three other girls exchanged looks in the big mirror that ran behind the sinks in the girls bathroom, while between them a teal eyed blonde switched back and froth between sobbing and growling. Mascara had left black streaks across her cheeks which were flushed red and her unruly dark blonde hair looked even more wild than normal.
"I'm Ok. Really, I'm fine." Sabaku no Temari sniffed then wiped the back of her hand over her face staining it black in the process. "It's my own fault, I should have known better."
"If anyone's to blame here it's him." A rosette girl with emerald eyes snapped. "He's the one who screwed around not you."
"Sakura-chan is right, Shikamaru is the one in the wrong not you." Hinata said softly, rubbing soothing circles on the blonde's back while beside her a tall brunet nodded her agreement.
Suddenly the sound of screams and yells from the corridor echoed in the air causing all four girls to jump and turn to look at the door. At which point they noticed that there were only four of them, that Yamanaka Ino was gone and the sounds of screaming was getting louder.
As one the group bolted for the door.
Flash Back
"I'm going to count to three Nara!" The ice eyed blonde yelled, effectively gaining the attention of every student in the corridor and also causing the boy she had addressed to turn and face her.
"Ino this is none of your damn business." The lazy genius said as he watched the girl he had known since birth advance on him fury written in every line of her perfectly made up face.
"You made it my business when you hurt Temari." She wasn't yelling now, in the silence of the hallway there was no need for raised voices. "One."
"It's not like I set out to hurt her, you're blowing this way out of proportion." Dark eyes regarded her unemotionally though she could see the word troublesome floating in the forefront of his mind. "And it's still none of your business."
He was taller than she was and Ino had to tilt her head up to meet his eyes but she didn't care. Yeah, he was taller, and was also stronger and in spite of his laziness a far better athlete than she could ever be and starting a fight with him should have been the last thing that she tried to do. But Ino was a bitch and had lived her life by one rule:
'She's my best friend, break her heart and I'll break your... which ever body part I get my hands on first.'
"Two."
She brought her knee up sharply and buried it in Shikamaru's groin, with a satisfyingly meaty noise. Moving like a practiced dance, she half turned to bring into full force her elbow which caught him directly in the kidneys. She smiled widely as the male collapsed down into his private universe of pain.
"Three." Ino told the ball of pain on the floor at her feet. She had heard of fighting fair and long ago decided she wanted no part of it, especially when the person she was fighting had hurt her best friend.
End Flash Back
The arctic blonde was if full flow when Temari, flanked by Tenten and Sakura with Hinata bringing up the rear, emerged from the girls bathroom. She took in the sight of her ex-boyfriend curled up on the floor in front of her enraged best friend who was shrieking like a banshee.
Her words were ringing in the air, echoing off of the lockers that lined both sides of the hallway and all the Nara could do was lie there whimpering slightly as her words poured over him like so much boiling acid.
"That girl was the best thing that every happened to you, that will ever happen to you, but you screwed it all up because you couldn't keep it in your damn pants. You're not worthy to so much as look at her. You know what? In fact I'm happy that the two of you are over because she can do so much better than someone like you. But you on the other hand will never have it so good again. So I'm just gonna ask you this, that little skank, that one off fuck that was hardly worth remembering, was it worth it? You've lost everything and you're never going to get it back so don't even try. Even if you come crawling over broken glass what I'll do to you will make this seem like a walk in the park."
Pausing only long enough to kick him in the shin Ino turned on her heel and marched over to where her friends where standing. She slipped her arm through Temari's and began walking off with her the other girls following behind.
As he slowly started to get to his feet, wincing all the while, Nara Shikamaru just managed to catch the tail end of the conversation between the two blondes before they vanished from sight.
"There's just one thing Tem..."
"Hmm, what's that?"
"When he does come back where the hell are we going to bury his body?"
The sound of female laughter echoed down the corridor.
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Some half an hour later, in a local cafe, seated in front of the biggest milkshake her friends had been able to procure Sabaku no Temari thought about the events of the past few hours. It was true that the betrayal of her now ex boyfriend still hurt like hell and she was sure that it would continue to do so for a very long time. Ino's little stunt had made one thing clear beyond a doubt, she now knew just who her friends were and just how far they would go to protect her.
And in the case of Yamanaka Ino it would probably be to hell and back if that's what was called for.
Please R and R I'd love to know what you thought.
Big love and inspiration
Lamanth