The first time, the triplets, and the horrible news.

A little bit of a back ground.

Enjoy.

Her fingers curl up and scratch the tree bark, her eyes darting off to look at the leaves above. Anything but to look into his smoldering eyes, anything to keep her sanity. She bites the inside of her cheek as he approaches. There is no use in running, he could easily capture her with the minimal ammount of effort. Her toes curl into her sandals and suddenly one of his hands is resting slightly above her head on the tree. She sneaks a glance at him..wrong move. He smirks at her in that way. The way that melts her heart and makes her uncontrollably angry. She bristles as his free hand slides up her arm. He looks at her with concern, the smugness melts from his features.

She doesn't know why she agreed to meet him out here..it's dark and secluded, not that that would be any problem before...well, before all of these strange things started happening. Her lips start to tremble as he moves closer, their bodies are touching now. He looks at her with genuine concern, his eyes are soft and his expression smooth. She doesn't know why that is more alarming than his smirking.

"You alright?" He drawls out lazily, he stifles a yawn as he glances back from where he came. He turns back to her with a small curve of the lips. She unconciously flicks her tongue over her own dry ones.

His smile grows as he leans towards her, their faces are only inches apart now and suddenly his hand slips from her arm to rest in the gap between her limply hanging limb and her body. His thumb rubs against the side of her torso that is exposed from her crop top, Ino shudders at the contact.

"What did you call me out here for in the middle of the night?" She is pretty sure that she already knows the answer to her own question, and she begins to think about the events prior to this moment that have led up to this meeting in the forest.

"Meet me in the back." He whispered as he handed her their orders, his reddish-brown hair fell into his deep green eyes and she thought her heart might explode. She twirled her hair around her finger, fluttering her eyelashes over at the waiter as he walked away. They were seated at the stools infront of the bar at the dango shop. She could hear his sigh reverberate through her ears as if he were in her mind, and perhaps he was. He seemed to know just what she was thinking when she stood up.

"No you don't." Shikamaru practically growled as he seized her arm, Ino's eyes widened as he stood up. She feebly tried to pry his fingers from her wrist.

"What're you doing you dumbass? You're hurting me!" She hissed as she pinched the area between his index finger and thumb mercilessly. Shikamaru's hold on her never let up as he pulled her to the back. The red haired waiter looked at the pair in surprize, he backed towards the wall slowly as he was approached.

"Do you like flirting with girls who are taken?"

The waiter, who's name tag read Daichi, shook his head profusely as he tried to stutter out a response. "N-No, Nara-senpai! I-I didn't k-know.."

Shikamaru cut him off with a wave of his hand, the waiter immediately began to move without his own consent, he stopped speaking and turned around abruptly, calmly walking back into the shop.

"She's mine so back off." He added before the red head entered the stall, he said it loud enough that almost everyone inside could've heard him...

They were on a mission, the three of them - InoShikaCho, and it was her turn to take first watch. She was sitting on a rock poking the campfire with a stick when she felt him come up from behind. She hadn't even heard him, but the cold bite of metal at the base of her neck told her he was there before he had spoken.

"I could've killed you." He drawled out as he sat beside her, she blushed as their legs rubbed together. Shikamaru stuffed his kunai into his pouch before he gave her a sidelong glance.

"I knew it was you, stupid!" She stuck her tongue out but she knew she had lied, she had only felt like it was him. She pushed herself away from him and cradled her knees against her chest. He scoffed beside her but didn't say anything else on the matter.

As the hours passed Ino's head began to bob up and down with her waning consciousness, and Shikamaru rolled his eyes as he shifted closer.

"Baka." She mumbled under her breath while cuddling up against his side. Shikamaru only smiled and shook his head.

The next morning they awoke to Ino leaning against his shoulder, and after a very awkward excuse she scampered away from him with a strange feeling...

He had tried to kiss her right in front of everyone in the village. That stupid Kiba!

Ino fumed as she stomped towards her house, behind her Shikamaru and Chouji followed. Shikamaru sported a fairly large welp on the side of his face where Akamaru had bitten him to pull the shadow nin from his master, and Chouji was completely unscathed as he had not participated in the scuffle. As she stomped up to her driveway she didn't notice her chubby teammate's silent retreat. She walked straight into her house without turning her back to see who was following, and she plopped onto her bed and screamed into her pillow.

She wasn't really too upset that Kiba had tried to kiss her- because hey the guy was a sexy beast- what she was upset about was that he had tried to do it right when she arrived from their mission and Shikamaru had made a scene. She groaned as she turned over and peeled her eye open. Shikamaru was sitting in her desk chair moping like usual, but his face did look like it was starting to bruise.

"I don't like it." Shikamaru managed through his swollen lips, blood was seeping through a cut on the edge of his mouth.

"What?" Ino asks as she sat up. she cocked an eyebrow as he stood and walked to her window, which he opened and climbed out of. He was half way out when he gave her a second glance.

"I don't like when other guys touch you."

And with that he was gone, Ino stood up and slammed the window down as hard as she could..

Ino is brought back to the present whenever she feels his fingertips glide over her stomach, she inhales sharply as his hand slips under her purple top.

"Shika-" She gasps as he pinches her nipple softly. The bindings she uses to keep her breasts secure fall and pool around her ankles uselessly, and she wonders just how did he manage to do that in a matter of seconds.

A shock runs through her body when she becomes fully aware of him, his hands feel like tiny bolts of electricity are dancing between the pads of his fingers and her skin. She gasps again as he grinds his hips against hers. His breath is starting to come out in whisps and puffs, and she begins to notice just how cold it is outside. There is a noticeable fog creeping across the ground from the nearby pond, Ino looks up to see the full moon through the canopy of leaves. She feels his hot tongue flick over her neck softly, and she releases a shuddering breath as she arches her body against him. It is purely instinct, she decides to reassure herself, but she doesn't know why she can't push him away.

Deep inside of her core a warmth is growing and it makes her shift and slide her thighs together as his hand travels down her stomach. Ino is nervous when his fingers glide over and under her skirt, and a startled cry escapes her throat as one of his fingers slips beneath her panties to stroke her. For the first time in her life she is unsure of what will happen, she has never trekked in these murky waters of love and has never been involved in any kind of physical relationship. Infact this is the first time she has ever been kissed, tears start to fall from her eyes as he kneads her breast in one of his hands, the other probing and tickling her nether regions as he tries to maneuver through her soft blonde hair. He gives a slightly frustrated grunt as he releases her breast to lift her skirt with both hands and pull down her panties. She watches as he bends down to pull them from around her sandals, and is startled when she feels him kiss her thigh. Her sea green panties are flung out into the bushes without a second thought, and she has no more time to mourn them as he spreads her thighs apart slightly to taste her. His fingers are spreading her open and she can feel the heat rising up her cheeks as her knees begin to buckle, because oh god this feels better than anything else in her life and she doesn't want it to end, but her legs are becoming weak and she feels like she will fall. He seems to realize her struggle as he pulls himself away from her, his lips are wet and his eyes are cloudy with lust, his finger enters her and she knits her eyebrows up at the new and strange sensation. He smirks at her as he softly caresses her insides, his tongue finding her strange little bump which elicits cries of protests from the girl whimpering above him.

She wraps her arms back around the tree in an attempt to hold herself up, but she is slowly slipping onto the ground and her bottom touches the cold damp leaves of the forest floor, but she doesn't notice because her eyes are closed and what he is doing feels incredibly good. But suddenly he isn't licking or even touching her anymore, and she opens her eyes to look up at him in confusion. Why has he stopped doing that wonderful thing? Doesn't he see how much she likes it? She notices how he seems to be struggling with himself, his forehead is beaded with perspiration and he is trembling slightly. Ino pushes herself up so that she is sitting and looks up at him, his bulging erection becoming clear from this angle. She tentatively reaches up and brushes her fingers over the fabric of his pants, he hisses and leans over to support himself against the tree, and she bites her lip in contemplation.

Ino wasn't born yesterday, infact she has read quite a few romance novels and she knows the mechanics of sex very well. During the academy when young girls come to age they are taught sexual education, but nothing can really prepare you for what to do in the actual situation.

She decides to help him relieve himself and unzips his pants. When she grabs his boxers and lets them slide down his legs she is shocked. His cock flops out and juts straight out into her face, the smell is musky and wild and she is excited and frightened by it at the same time. Her shaking fingers wrap around the tip experimentally and she slides the foreskin away to reveal the hot and sticky mess that it was disguising. A whisp of steam curls up into the air as she leans forward to give it a small lick, and Shikamaru cries out as she wraps her tongue around him. His taste is similar to the smell; she feels like she licked her arm, the taste of skin is prominent, but his arousal is salty and strange. It's bitter and she doesn't know if it's gross or not, so she gives it another lick and another until she is sucking him softly.

His fingers are curled into her hair and his hips are moving with the rhythm of her licks and sucks. She has no idea what she is doing and neither does he, but it feels alright so they don't quit. Ino gasps as he suddenly pulls his length from her mouth, and she looks up at him to see a wild passion burning in his eyes. A tingle runs through her womanhood as he kneels infront of her and spreads her legs.

"W-wait! Baka!" She whispers harshly as her hands fly to cover her innocent region. Her fingers become warm and even more wet than before, and she blushes madly as his hands slide over her knees. "What do you think you're doing?"

He looks at her with an expression she has never seen on his face, Ino watches as he wets his lips before he begins to speak.

"What does it look like I'm doing?" And suddenly he leans forward to capture her lips in a crushing kiss, their teeth clack and he pushes her so that she is lying on her back, and his manhood brushes against her thigh. It's burning hot and she can feel it weeping on her leg, and she doesn't know if she wants to continue, but his mouth is on her neck and his hand is sliding down her stomach and suddenly there is a pressure and a stinging inside of her. She feels tears on the corners of her eyes as he pushes himself inside of her. Is this rape? She looks up at him and the tingling in her stomach intensifies. No this isn't rape, it feels too right but the tears won't stop falling for some reason. She reaches up and strokes his face softly and his eyes lock with hers as he leans down to kiss her. Their tongues twist and flick together in a heap of gasping breaths and smacks. One of his hands is holding him up, but the other is holding her hip. She feels kind of silly with her legs spread wide on the ground, her lazy teammate sweating and panting above her, and she almost wants to laugh at how strange all of this is but suddenly words are pouring out of her mouth and his moaning is getting louder, his grip tighter on her hip.

"I love you, I love you, I love you.." She whispers again and again as her insides erupt into fire, gushing out and filling her with a calmness she has never known before. Her legs twitch as he pulls himself up to look at her with a serious expression.

"I love you too."

It's almost two months before they see each other again, Ino is sitting on his front porch with her toes digging into the grass. She's waiting for him to get home from a mission, nothing big.. just a delivery to a village nearby. She senses him before she can actually see him, but when she sees him her heart begins to flutter. She's nervous and scared and something on his face tells her that he isn't very happy, infact- he looks furious when he sees her. His eyes are slanted and his lip is caught between his teeth. She gets the feeling she is the last person he wants to see, but what she has to say is just too important.

The look on his face is almost too much, and her mind is racing a mile a minute when she shouts out suddenly..

"I'm pregnant!"

His eyes pop wide at her sudden declaration and she falls to her knees to weep and beg his forgiveness. She says she forgot to take a potion that would stop it from happening, that she never even thought of being pregnant as a possibility, but he isn't hearing anything she is saying as he falls to his knees. He is crying and Ino is shocked, mostly because the only other times she has ever seen him cry was when Asuma sensei and his father died during the war. She can't find the strength to reach over to him so she cries too and they just look at each other. Ino completely oblivious to his predicament.

When he stops crying he looks up at her and he pushes himself up so they can talk, and he leans forward to embrace her and tells her that he loves her, but his voice sounds strange and his next words shatter her heart into a million pieces and then some..

"I'm being forced into an arranged marriage-"

Before the words can leave his mouth fully she pushes him away and begins to run. Tears fill up her eyes and she can hardly see where it is that she is running. She can hear herself sobbing a response to his calling her name. It sounds something like "fuck off", but she can hardly decipher it herself from her sobbing. She runs and runs until her legs are sore and burning, and she weeps for her own selfish desires and the child growing inside of her...and she contemplates just ending their life so that they won't have to suffer..so she won't have to suffer, but before she can plunge the kunai into her womb his warm arms are wrapping around her, and she drops the cold sharp object to the ground as she turns into him and weeps onto his chest. She can feel cool wet droplets fall into her hair.

Temari of the sand, Ino scoffs as she peers over at her through veiled lashes. Shikamaru is standing at her side looking deathly bored, his eyes saying "kill me please..", but Ino can't smile at him. She can't smile at anything anymore. She looks down at her swollen stomach and sighs, she is four months pregnant and abnormally large. Her mother is suspicious of her weight gain, and she will have to tell her that she is pregnant soon. She's decided on saying it was a seduction mission gone wrong, that the child is from one of her targets..although that makes Shikamaru grit his teeth. Her eyes wander away from them and to the small cup of tea resting in her hands, she places it on the table and stands up and walks away. She can't stand to look at that bitch's smiling face. She is so smug and proud standing beside her husband-to-be, Ino's fists clench as she stalks back to the flower shop.

It's almost midnight when there is a knock on her window, and she doesn't have to look to know who it is that is picking her lock. The only two people brave enough are Shikamaru and Chouji, but Chouji's been gone for two weeks training with his father. A large shadow looms over her bed and she tries to feign sleep but he knows she is pretending. The bed dips as he lays down beside her, and she realizes that her body is shaking with tears.

"Let's run away." He whispers into her ear, " we can be missing nin and train our children to be assassins or something. I'll get some land and we can have a farm up in the mountains where you can milk the cows and work in the garden."

Ino smiles as she turns around into his chest, the stubble on his chin catches her hair. "You'd do that for me?"

"I'd do anything for you."

She frowns as he squeezes her tightly, "Don't tell me that kind of thing." She doesn't want him to say things he doesn't mean, she knows that he would never turn against the village. She couldn't leave either...they both have to think of their mothers, their clans, their friends and fellow villagers. It isn't fair to run away and break people's hearts. Ino's eyes begin to form tears again, but she wipes them away.

"Why not? I'll do it. I'll tell mom that your pregnant and then she will have Naruto call this off..."

Ino wraps her arms around him tightly, "There's nothing we can do...it'll only cause a conflict now."

Shikamaru frowns against her hair and they both just lay in silence.

"I love you.." She whispers as her eyes flutter closed, she barely registers his response as she slips into unconsciousness.

She's sitting in the Flowershop on her stool when the letter arrives. She is 39 weeks pregnant and it's hard to get around. She slips carefully from her stool to walk to the door, a young shinobi hands her the envelope with a smile.

"This just came in, Miss Yamanaka." He says cheerfully. "Thought I'd bring it straight over so you wouldn't have to wait too long."

She smiles up at him and thanks him, "You're a doll, Daisuke!" He waves back at her as he turns the corner, and her heart sinks when she looks at the curving calligraphy decorating the front of the envelope. It's her hand, there's no doubt about it. Ino can't even open the letter for fear of a break down, so instead she waddles over to the counter and places it down for another time. Before she can even register what is happening she is on the ground in a pool of liquid, screaming as a sudden clenching pain rips through her body.

The next thing she remembers is being in a hospital, the lights flashing above her as she is ushered through the halls in a wheel chair. She grips her stomach in pain as another contraction rips through her insides, her scream is shrill and painfilled. There are lots of people hovering over her and talking in hushed whispers as they pick her up and transfer her to a bed, she is in a private room, a delivery room, and her mother is standing in the corner. In her delirium she reaches out and beckons for her mother to come. The strawberry blonde haired woman complies and makes her way toward the bed and Ino grips her hand as her vision starts to blur.

"Shikamaru," Ino cries as her head rolls back in agony. "Get him..bring him here."

Her mother nods uncertainly and then pries her fingers from her daughter's hands as she leaves the room, Ino watches the door close before a needle is pushed into her vein and the IV starts to take affect. They fill her with fluid and pain relievers, but they have little time to take effect before the child is crowning. She screams as her loins burst into fire and her body feels like it is being torn apart.

"The first child has been birthed Ino-pig, just two more to go."

A wailing mass is handed from doctor to nurse and taken off to the other side of the room before Ino can compose herself, another bolt of pain echoes through her muscles.

"What?" She screams, part in pain and part in shock. "What do you mean?" She grips the metal bars on the side of the bed as Sakura turns to look at her.

"I mean you've got two more on the way."

Ino doesn't know when Shikamaru got in the room, twelve hours of labor flies by in an instant and nothing seems real as she looks at the three wriggling children laying at the end of the bed. Her mother picks up one and Shikamaru reaches a finger down to stroke another's hand, but Ino can't seem to look at them. They have his face. Every single one of them are almost exact copies of him besides for their coloring. Their blonde hair and dark blue eyes are like hers, but all babies eyes are blue when they are born. Fear swells in her breast when her mother places one of the babies down to go answer the door. Chouji barges in huffing and puffing like he ran all the way from the land of waves. He looks at Ino, and to their other teammate resting on the end of the bed in confusion before he stares wide eyed at the babies.

"Triplets? Wow!" He smiles as he scoops one up and hugs him to his chest. "All boys?"

Ino nods at him and looks down to one of the crying infants, her instincts take over and she carefully picks him up, he smells foul from being inside of her, and his hands are wrinkled and sort of blue, but he is wonderful. She kisses his head and puts him down before reaching for the child Shikamaru is cradling. His full head of blonde hair is sticking straight up off of his head and he starts to wail before she pulls him close to her chest. Chouji brings her her last son and she strokes his cheek, now they are laying side by side.

"They're wonderful." Shikamaru breathes, somehow his fingers have tangled up with hers.

"Beautiful." Ino's mother chimes as she walks towards the door, no one sees her wave Chouji out.

"What're you going to name them?" Ino asks as she pulls her hand from his, her good feelings are starting to wear off and there is a dull ache between her legs.

Shikamaru glances up at her and then back at the boys.

He points to the closest of his sons who is wearing blue, "Ichiro."

The second in yellow,"Isamu."

The third in green,"Iruma."

Ino smiles at how fitting their names are, and watches as he reaches for the clipboard at the end of the bed. When he grabs the pen and starts to fill out the information she reaches over to stop him.

"You can't claim them Shikamaru..it'll be trouble."

"Am I supposed to deny them then?" He says quietly, he is starting to pull on his mask, the guarded facade that he wears when he is upset. "Besides, with the way you were cursing me after Isamu was born, I think everyone in the maternity ward knows I'm the father."

"But they aren't Temari, or the elders."

He grumbles as he allows the clipboard to slide from his hands, he leans down to look at his sons closely.

"I don't want this.." He whispers as he gently picks up Ichiro, the baby boy parts his lids but immediately shuts them with a yawn. "I wish I could be a dad for all of you." He puts him down gently after kissing his forehead.

On the bed the boys begin to wail uncontrollably, and Ino's mother and Chouji rush back in to find Ino sitting alone with the triplets, she is crying too.

Done, tell me what you think. I'm gunna do another chapter from Temari's side and then one for Shihoko, and then the new baby. Then I think I'll be completely finished.

sorry for any errors.