Ino awoke early—it was hardly even daylight. She walked over to Shikamaru's sleeping bag and kicked him in the sides.

"OUCH!" he wailed with eyes hardly open

"Get up!" Ino ordered "This is perfect. They're still sleeping"

"Go to hell..." he mumbled

Ino hit him harder "I've been there, I've done that!" she retorted.

Convincing Shikamaru, he lazily got up.

They both stared at the dimly lit house. Around the corner, two figures were calmly sleeping on a mattress.

Ino drew herself nearer to the cabin and peeked from a side window. She was right after all! There was a woman!

She signaled Shikamaru to come over and that it was safe.

He ran nervously next to Ino and spied the scene. There was nothing special about the cabin. There was a mattress, stove, a drawer—wait! On the drawer laid a scroll.

Something's important is in that scroll! He thought. It could be plans of destruction!

"Ino!" he loudly whispered "Look—there's that scroll"

Ino stared at him blankly. "So?" she asked

Shikamaru wondered how Ino ever passed the academy exams.

"It's a scroll, Ino" he informed her "They always mean something"

Ino suddenly understood. "I guess I'll use mind transfer" she suggested "I can't believe I'm trusting you with my body again!"

"You've trusted me with your body for years" he pointed

"Whatever" she said "Use your shadow imitation technique on the man just incase he wakes up"

Shikamaru was too sleepy to even argue.

"Ready?" Ino prepared herself "Shintenshin no Jutsu!"

Her body collapsed right into Shikamaru's arms. He held her once more

Shikamaru leaned her body on the side of cabin as he prepared his jutsu as well.

He chanted "Kage Mane no Jutsu!" It was the perfect distance.

The shadows stirred straight throughout the cabin, finally reaching the sleeping man.

He arose from his bed—his eyes still close as Shikamaru kept his hands sign still.

Ino gave her the thumbs up as she stood in the lady's body. The woman was a lot shorter than Ino and her hair color was different shade of blonde. She wasn't old either. They were just about the same age. She crept slowly towards the drawer and picked up the scroll. Ino quickly read it as she gasped. It was their wedding certificate! She felt so guilty violating their personal belongings and put it back down. After laying the woman back to her peaceful sleep, she shouted "Release!"

Ino transformed back to her original body to find Shikamaru had already let his shadow go.

"So?" he asked "What did the scroll say?"

Ino paused. "Those two are married Shikamaru" she told him gently "It was their wedding certificate"

Shikamaru stared at her blankly. "A wedding certificate?" he asked "No destruction plans or anything fishy?"

Ino shook her head. "Nope" she announced "Just a wedding certificate"

I should've known. Why else would they be sleeping peacefully together? But why are they staying here?

Shikamaru stared at the speechless Ino, still leaning on the cabin. He eventually understood why this mission had upset her so much.

He sighed and said "Sometimes if you marry the wrong person, things get complicated"

Ino looked up at him and said "Sometimes if you marry the person that's right for you…things still get complicated"

He stared at her and knew she was right.

Temari is the better girl for me. Ino is crazy, bossy, and yet..she hurts me more. Do I really love Temari? Do I love Ino? Why did I kiss Ino?

A/N

Thanks for elleven reviews for chapter 7! They made me really really happy! Please try and help me reach 100 reviews by the end of this story.Ooh dedications for this chapter goes to: Yin's Cresent, Suani-chan, and bubbliangel. Thanks for the reviews! I had no school today, so I wrote this up and updated it! More reviews, the quicker the updates!

Previews:

"You mean to say, you two have been spying on us all along?"

"Look boy, I don't understand why you're marrying someone when you kissed someone else"

"Look girly, you love him. Don't deny it"

"How do you know..when you love someone?"