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FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME

chapter 1

the beginning of the end

Ways to annoy Nara-sensei

1.)Incomplete homework = detention

2.)Un-button shirt a little more

3.)Hike skirt up higher

Ino smirked as her list came to life.

It was perfect, utterly and completely perfect.

She couldn't wait until tomorrow to begin her little plan and she was even more excited for the oncoming results. Nara-sensei would learn the hard way what happened to people who messed with her. There were always consequences to one's actions.

Closing her notebook, she gently stood up and stretched.

She'd been doing her homework, well except Nara-sensei's, before compiling her list and her muscles had begun to cramp. It also didn't help that she hadn't eaten since coming home from school earlier that day.

But then again, she didn't really feel all that hungry…

No.

She had to go and eat something.

She refused to go back into… into… that phase of her life.

Shaking her head of loose blonde locks, she left her room, feeling herself shiver despite the heat. Sub-consciously, she placed a hand on her flat stomach and then moved it to her bony hips. Why'd she have to begin thinking about it in the first place?

Groaning to herself, she touched the landing and immediately moved into the kitchen. A sigh of relief passed through her soft lips when she felt her stomach rumble. She was hungry after all.

But it meant more than that.

So much more…

"Ino! You're going to be late"

She growled as her mother's voice reached her ears. Didn't the woman know that it took time to look as great as she usually did in the morning? It didn't help that she'd managed to oversleep by fifteen minutes.

Well, she did go to bed a lot later than usual last night… after all, she did have a few too many things to think about it before sleeping. But then, those very same thoughts had kept her awake. Not only was it the situation with Nara-sensei, but it was that other problem too…

Tsunade had told her never to dwell on it… it was over and she didn't have to feel as though it chained her down anymore.

Easier said than done

Shaking her head to clear her mind, she quickly finished tying her pale locks into their usual style and adding a ribbon for extra effect. Smiling at her appearance, she quickly remembered the first phase of her plan and swiftly moved to undo an extra button on her white school shirt. Overall, it didn't do too much, but it did enough. Also, she'd worn one of her older skirts today so just that much more of her skin showed.

It was just perfect enough.

Pulling her blazer from her bed, she raced from her room and down the stairs.

Sakura was already waiting in the kitchen as she arrived and tossed her a single red apple as she arrived. Without her quick reflexes, the apple would've hit her square in the face.

"Well, look who finally decided to show," Sakura casually remarked as she stood from her stool at the kitchen counter. The pinkette then shot Ino a sly smirk before sticking her tongue out. So childish…

Unfortunately, Ino did exactly the same.

"Oh shut-up billboard-brow!" Ino exclaimed as she kissed her mother's cheek and then grabbed her car keys from their hook on the wall. Being a senior definitely had its perks…

Every morning, Sakura would walk to her house and then, she'd give her best friend a lift to school and also back home again. It worked out perfectly and Ino enjoyed the company in the morning.

She checked her watch – they had a good twenty minutes in which to get to school and that was ample time.

A surge of excitement ran through her as she realized it was almost time to put her plan into action and this didn't go unnoticed by Sakura as they stepped into Ino's car. It was a Mini-Cooper, decorated in white with a blue racing stripe across the body. It'd been a present from her parents for being a senior and she loved it to bits and pieces.

"Okay. So tell me about the smile."

"I have no idea what you're talking about Sakura…" she sang as she turned on the radio. It was much too early to tell her best friend about her plans. She would later, when they began to work.

Which would probably be tomorrow

Sakura groaned as she rolled her eyes. "Oh c'mon, you know I'm not dumb and we've been friends since forever… I know that smile."

Damn.

"It's really nothing Sakura," Ino said, becoming a little more serious. She didn't feel like having twenty questions. "I'm just happy today okay?" Sakura gave up and nodded. She knew when she shouldn't push her friend. Ino would answer when she was ready.

The rest of the drive to school was in silence, except for the occasional song on the radio, and when they arrived, they still had ten minutes.

"Hey Ino," Sakura's voice caught the girl off-guard and she quickly turned her head to look at her best friend. Next thing, Sakura's fingers were moving closer and Ino's eyes widened. "Your button is undone."

Ino then immediately slapped Sakura's hands away.

"It's hot today!" she swiftly lied as she turned herself in such a manner that Sakura wouldn't be-able to reach the buttons on her shirt. It would look dodge if Sakura did them and then she un-did them again. "So I'm just letting in some…. Air!" Sakura was never going to believe her.

But, the pinkette simply sighed and exited the car.

Even though everyone else hadn't, he had noticed.

He'd almost widened his eyes when Ino had winked at him upon entering class, five minutes early, and then had 'accidentally' dropped her pencil onto the floor, right in front of his desk. She then just had to laugh the way she had before picking it up. Now, he usually wouldn't give a damn on how she picked up her freaking pencil, but she had dipped in such a way, that he nearly saw all the way down her shirt.

He was sure she had one too many buttons undone. But telling her that would be admitting that he'd been looking.

Then again, she probably already knew.

Maybe that's why she smirked a little and swished her hips so that her skirt revealed a little more than it was supposed to when she went to sit down. Oh, did he mention that her skirt seemed to be higher than the normal?

Why did it seem that she was taunting him?

Wait, how did he even know it was him she'd been teasing?

Now that he thought about it, she had seemed very up close and personal with Kiba Inuzuka earlier, when he'd been walking to his class. The way she'd laughed at something the Inuzuka had said and how her eyes had lit up had made him stare. He just hoped no-one had noticed. But then, when he'd entered his class, he'd found himself envious of the shaggy haired dog-boy.

Maybe that's why he gave Kiba two week's worth of detention for talking in class.

He needed to get his head checked out properly.

"Shikamaru?"

He saw fingers snapping before his eyes and he brought himself from his revere.

Temari stood before him, the school's art teacher, and she was holding his usual cup of coffee in her hands, watching him with a raised eyebrow. He sighed and moved to take the cup from her when she pulled it from his grasp.

"What's up with you? I've been trying to get your attention for the past five minutes without response!" she exclaimed lightly as she set the beverage down on a nearby table. They were actually quite good friends and often played Shogi together after school or during lunch.

Temari's younger brother, Gaara, attended the school and was currently in the same year as Ino.

His mind went immediately back to the blonde haired beauty…

He resisted the urge to smack his forehead – that would just make everyone suspicious.

"Sorry," he muttered, "Everything's just been troublesome lately."

She nodded and finally handed him his coffee.

"Oh, since you were barely listening to the staff notices," Temari began as she took a seat next to him, "This year's charity event is a class carwash. Class that washes the most cars during the day wins."

Someone kill him now.

To say Ino was just slightly annoyed would be an understatement.

She was f-ing pissed off.

She'd done everything, everything and he still had remained as emotionless as ever.

She could've been stripping and he probably wouldn't have noticed. He would've given her detention for wearing the wrong uniform!

Ino had even been early to class, something which hardly ever, ever happened and then had carefully and 'accidentally' dropped a pencil. Then, she'd been all textbook movements. But he didn't even blink when she'd shown him more cleavage than he'd probably ever seen.

But there was not even a glimpse from him!

She was tempted to just give up the whole idea…

But that wouldn't be much fun, would it?

The charity carwash was going to be very interesting indeed…

Yes, that was a rather slow chapter... sorry! But hey, it'll all start speeding up soon! Also, Ino had a previous problem? Anyone guess what it was?

Lorey

xoxo