All Is Fair In Love And War: A Naruto FanFiction
Chapter 3: Not Friends/'fantasy boy'
Sorry for the Delay you guys, I know you all must be so mad at me! I'll make sure then next chapter will come really quickly. All I have to do is add an extra scene in. But keep reviewing you guys, it makes me feel really inspired to write more. Also sorry for the chapter change, it's just Plan T isn't in this chapter. BUT IT WILL BE IN THE NEXT ONE!! PROMISE!! So to make up for it you guys get some extra Narusaku fluff! Yay fluff! Also I found out a bunch of people have fanfics titled 'All is Fair in Love and War' and I want mine to be different! So… I may change it soon. Well lastly, I'm adding little 'Setting Titles' every time the scene changes to a different area. I'm not sure if it would make a difference, but I think it will be cute o Now to the long awaited third chapter…
This story has NaruSaku, ShikaIno, SasuTema, KibaHina, and NejiTen. If you don't like these couple don't flame.
Disclaimer: A LAWSUIT?!? Damn… Come on we all know if I owned Naruto I wouldn't be writing fanfics! I would actually be writing the real story line! If I did own it Ino would be a main character and there would be a lot of Shikaino and NaruSaku moments in it! I do not own Naruto… for now
Behind the makeup,
Out of view,
I see a girl,
Who I once knew.
The girl with the gentle smile,
That makes me flush.
Even though she acts like she hates me so,
She knows I love her so much.
[[YAH!!!! I love my little poems even though I know most of you could care less!!
Last Chapter...
"Well Shikamaru… if you want to talk to her she's coming this way," Neji said plainly, pointing left. All the boys turned their heads to see a blonde in black high heels walking straight toward them. All the boys gulped, they had a feeling something bad was going to happen. And this bubbly blonde was just the beginning of it.
[Outside, Front Yard of Alpha Hana
Picking up her pace the teen aged Yamanaka lightly jogged over toward the group of rather dumbfounded boys. The look on their faces made Ino confused. She wondered if it was her outfit, nah it couldn't be. "Hello!" the blonde greeted cutely, giving the boys a girly wave. Her giddy smile once more turned back into a puzzled look as the boys didn't seemed to answer. These boys were seriously getting her ticked. "When I say 'Hello' you guys are suppose to say 'Hello Ino-chan!'" Ino explained, placing her hands on her hips.
"This girl has no idea does she?" Neji thought, somewhat glaring at the girl who stood in front of him. Just by her looks Neji new she was destined to be a preppy dumb blonde that seemed to appear in every story. Fate had spoken. [Evil Neji, don't judge a book by its cover!
Shikamaru couldn't really speak at the time. His eyes were fixed on the girl as she spoke; her name was Ino… just like the girl from last year. But something was strange, the girl last year only knew a few Japanese words, this Ino was very fluent. It only to him a few months to master a different language, but not every person had an I.Q. of over 200. He felt a little bit sad for the girl; she obliviously didn't understand the talking relationship between the two bands. If they ever talked it, it always had a rude remark in the conversation. It was very rare for a member of either band to happily walk over to the other band and giddily greet them as Ino did. Trying to explain this would be way too troublesome, so Shikamaru just continued giving her a blank stare.
"Well hello Ino-chan, it's very nice to meet you!" Kiba exclaimed with a big grin, jumping up and shaking the blondes hand up and down. All the boys sighed, Kiba was always the first one to speak, and he usually did it in a very goofy way. Sometimes he was worse then Naruto.
"Um… hello…." Ino stared blankly at the boy; she didn't see that one coming. She would have said his name, but she didn't really actually know any of the boys. "Ano… what are your guy's names again?" Ino asked tilting her head to the side; most of the boys almost fell over in disbelief.
"We're Shinobi 5," Sasuke answered in a-matter-of-fact way.
"The band which is the enemy of KND, the band we do not like talking to," Neji added.
"I meant your names baka," Ino snapped, turning her head away from the long haired boy. From his first comment Ino could tell she didn't like this boy, he didn't seem too fond of her either.
Naruto looked up at Ino, he remembered her with Sakura last year in school. For a few days wherever Sakura went this blonde was right behind her. At the time he barely heard her talk, actually he didn't see her eyes before, and she always had a book in her face. Damn she was different. "Your Yamanaka Ino, the transfer from last year right?" Naruto asked, his azure colored eyes looked at the girl. Sadness still filled his eyes from seeing Sakura.
"Yip, now that you know me, will you finally tell me your name?" Ino asked a small grin on her face. For some reason she was quite pleased that some one knew who she was. But the grin didn't seem to last long as she saw the sadness in the boy's eyes. "Just like Sakura's…" she thought, remembering Sakura's sad eyes after seeing the boys.
"Naruto, bass player, and founder," Naruto explained, the other boys seeing it okay to join in.
"Kiba, drummer, at your service miss Ino!"
"Neji…lead singer…whatever."
"Shikamaru, guitar, that's all you need to know."
"Sasuke…key board…if you're a fangirl stay away.."
Ino smiled sweetly at the boys (she felt like laughing after hearing Sasuke's fangirl comment), she remembered hearing all their names before. Kiba from Hinata, Neji from Tenten's rants, Shikamaru from her own experience, Sasuke from just being in Konoha High for one day, and finally Naruto from Sakura. She could actually recall the day she heard of Naruto quite clearly……
Flashback…// [I know you love them
It was the third concert of KND's tour, basically near the begging of the tour. All the girls were in separate room getting dressed and putting on their makeup. Today Ino had been the first one out of her dressing room, so she decided to sneak into Sakura's and see what she was doing. Creeping stealthily to Sakura's dressing room door, she noticed it was slightly open. Ino's eye looked inside the room to see Sakura lying on a small couch. Her back was on the couch and see was looking up at her nails. "Baka Naruto," she heard the pink haired girl say to herself.
"Who's Naruto? Is he your boyfriend?" Ino teased as she opened the door fully and walked inside. Now closer to Sakura, Ino could see a hint of pink in her checks. "Sakura are you blushing?"
Ino's questions made Sakura get more and more red, to hide it she quickly grabbed a pillow and covered her face. "NO!! NO!! NO!! HE'S NOT MY BOYFRIEND!!!" Sakura yelled at her, but her anger seemed to quickly calm down. She pulled the pillow away, her face no longer showing red checks and embarrassment, but sadness and hurt. "And even if I wanted to, he never will be. He won't even ever be my friend anymore because I made a stupid mistake…" Tears rolled down the girl's face, Ino felt her heart drop. She had never seen Sakura this sad.
Grabbing the box of tissues that were next to the couch Ino handed her friend the box. Sakura sniffled and whipped her tears. "Cheer up Sakura, remember tough fearless leaders like you don't cry right?" Ino said, smiling sweetly at Sakura as she patted her on the back. Sakura nodded, but a few tears still escaped from her eyes. "He must be something really special to make you like this…" Ino stated, her eyes sorrowfully looking down at Sakura.
Sakura blew her nose then looked back up at her blonde friend. "Yeah…He's special alright. He was by best friend since I was little. You sort of remind me of him a little Ino. He has blonde hair and blue eyes, also he's a loud mouth and sometimes a knuckle head just like you…But then we exchanged hurtful word and now…" Sakura voice faded.
"You must really like him, right?" Ino asked lightly, not wanting to force Sakura to do anything in the state she was in.
Sakura looked at her feet. "I'm not sure… I use to see him as a friend… but now… I'm not sure…All I know is...now that he's gone… I miss him." Tears once again start to roll down Sakura's face, she was a mess.
"I thought I said no crying, Forehead Girl," Ino sighed, as she poked Sakura's rather large forehead. The crying girl looked up and rubbed where Ino poked her. Then it came to her, the perfect idea. "Hey Sakura I'll make a deal with you!" Ino exclaimed, a big smile on her face.
"Ino I don't like that smile… what's the deal?"
"Whenever we get back to Konoha I'll help you two get together- I mean become friends again. If it's the last thing I do," Ino promised, as she held her pinky.
She quickly made her pinky connect with Ino's and asked, " Seriously?" In response Ino nodded, and Sakura looked like she was gonna die of happiness. They both hugged, after letting go of the hug both girls were smiling and giggling. "But Ino-pig this doesn't mean you get a solo song now," Sakura added in.
Ino shrugged, "Hey, I was close." Both girls laughed.
For some reason that was the first and only time Sakura brought up Naruto during the tour…
End of Flashback…//
"So this is the famous Naruto, he doesn't seem too knuckled headed to me," Ino noticed, her eyes moving to the leader. Like Sakura said he did have blonde hair and blue eyes like her, but right now he was barely smiling and didn't seem to joyful. When she first saw him when they first got here he was grinning and seemed really excited. Ino wondered if it was Sakura who was making him hurt so much. "Poor Naruto…"
"So, so it's Whiskers (Naruto), Dog Boy (Kiba), White Eyes (Neji), Shika (Shikamaru), and Sasuke (Sasuke, duh), got it!" Ino giggled, as the boys almost fell over again.
"Dog boy?" Kiba said sadly. "Why does everyone call me dog boy?" His dog popped out of his baggy jacket and barked twice. Kiba patted its head and smiled at it. No one bothered to answer his question.
"White eyes… great…"
"Shika? So troublesome…"
"Whiskers?!? What the heck?! Everyone has a weird nickname besides teme and Shikamaru! Sasuke doesn't even have one, believe it!" Naruto yelled, waving his arms in the air.
"Cause I'm cooler then you loser," Sasuke replied, a evil smirk on his face.
"Yeah, got itWhiskers?" Ino giggled, sticking her tongue out playfully. She walked right in front of him, it was funny they were both about the same height. Getting her index finger Ino poked Naruto on his forehead and pushed him back a little. Naruto blushed slightly and rubbed his head that poke hurt. Before Naruto could rant on about how his head hurt Ino pulled out the letter from the principle which she should have done in the first place. She forced it into Naruto's hand as the boy blonde gave her a confused look. "Just read it…" She said softly, her voice sounded more serious then before.
Naruto examined the letter careful, mainly looking at the label. "NANI?!? IT'S A LETTER FROM THE PRICIPLE!!" Naruto exclaimed, his eyes getting big. All the boys, even lazy Shika, ran over behind Naruto and began reading the first letter. Ino kept her cool as best as she could, she wanted to see how the boys would react.
Naruto's hands were shaking. "Sharing… the dorm rooms…" Naruto was worried; no all the boys were worried. At least one of them would be stuck with a girl, if all of them weren't already. Naruto quickly flipped to the page with all the dorm rooms listed, and each one read, their mouths dropped. "Sakura-chan…" Naruto said softly under his breath, barley able to explain the feeling he had right now. He was sharing his dorm with Sakura, the girl of his dreams who hated him. In it was a fact in Naruto's mind now, he loved her, but she hated him. "Sakura hates me," Naruto thought sadly, his grin turned into a sad depressed look.
"Hinata?" Kiba said a questionable look on his face. His pairing was alright, he was glad he wasn't stuck with one of the bitchy girls, like Temari, Sakura, or Tenten. [He thinks Ino is alright since he doesn't really know her yet
"Dammit I got Temari," Sasuke sighed, crossing his arms over his chest. He wasn't too overjoyed by this. Who would love spending a year with a girl who would constantly crack insults at him ever chance she got?
"Why am I always stuck with Tenten?" Neji moaned, seeing her name next to his on the paper. This was going to be great, spending the rest of the year in the same room as his ex, who hated him very much right now."She better not try to kill me in my sleep.."
"I-Ino?" Shikamaru stuttered, looking up at the blonde girl. She smiled sweetly at him but then looked away. "Why did she smile? Isn't she upset she wasn't with any of her friends?" Shika was confused, but just let out a sigh. "Troublesome.."
"Stop cha moaning you guys! Everyone is getting unpacked!" Ino said cheerfully, trying to bring of the mood. She failed. "Come on Shika we got to get to our dorm room," she said, grabbing Shikamaru's hand before she pulled him away from the group.
"Let go of me, troublesome women," Shika moaned, as Ino pulled him away from the safety of his friends. His moan didn't seem to affect the Yamanaka too much; she didn't even turn around and tell him to be quiet yet. The Nara boy let out a sigh of defeat, letting Ino easily drag him to Dorm House Alpha Hana.
"He's a dead man," Kiba laughed softly, as he watched Shikamaru be pulled away against his will by Ino.
"We all are," Neji added. All the boys slowly nodded in agreement.
[Room A: Sakura and Naruto
It had been at least ten minutes since she had sent Ino out to get the boys. Neither the boys nor Ino were inside the dorm house yet. Sakura had made it to her room and threw her heavy suitcases on top of her twin size bed. Feeling too lazy to unpack her bags just yet, she took a seat next to a rather comfortable chair next to the large old fashion windows in her room. Only Sakura and Ino's dorm rooms had windows that gave a view of the front yard. "I wonder if Ino is done talking to the boys yet," Sakura wondered, as she turned to her side and looked out the window.
The sight she saw was…different. Even though the view wasn't very clear Sakura could make out Ino and Shinobi 5 talking in the front yard. Ino was giggling or be her normal up beat self, fooling around with the boys. Though Sakura saw a major change in Ino's mood as she handed Naruto the letter, she watched intensely to see what his expression would be when he found out they'd be in the same room. The expression came, it wasn't what she hoped for. What did she hope for? The same knuckle headed Naruto to jump up screaming, 'Yah! I'm with Sakura-chan!'. But all see saw was a depressed looking blonde holding a paper dumbfounded.
"I really must have hurt him badly," Sakura thought, turning away from the window. She couldn't stand to see the sight of Naruto hurt anymore. But she wondered why she was so worried about his sadness. He caused her sadness. Why couldn't she do the same?
Sakura threw herself on her bed, looking up at the ceiling. Now she would have to do Plan T and cause him to become even more hurt. "Why the heck did I even suggest doing it? The other girls didn't seem to want to do it either. Wait.. they'd never now if I did it or not! I'm not sure why but…I don't want to hurt him right now," Sakura's head was filled with thoughts on what she should do. Now that she decided not to do Plan T, how was she going to act around him? It wasn't like she could just run up and hug him like the past year never happened. The bubble gum haired girl sighed, so much to do so little time. "Maybe for now I'll just not be rude to him. The rest I'll plan by-"
Sakura's thoughts were stopped by on knocking on the door. She jolted up from the bed after hearing the noise. For a fact Sakura knew it was Naruto, who else would come over to her dorm? Before answering Sakura unwrinkled her skirt, she didn't want look bad. Next she open the door slowly and said, "Oh hey Naruto.."
"No 'baka'? I'm flattered," Naruto teased, grabbing all the suitcases which he hauled all the way to the second floor.
Sakura looked up at him, slightly dumbfounded. Even though he looked like the old Naruto there were several major differences. First he was at least half-a-head taller then her. Second he wasn't smiling and grinning like he usually did when she was with him, now he had a dull glow in his eyes and a somewhat unemotional look on his face. Lastly when he just talked to her she could feel hate in every word. "Have I hurt you that much, Naruto that you've changed yourself?"
As he pulled his suitcases off the ground his eyes caught the stare of the pink haired girl. "Take a picture Sakura-baka, it will last longer," Naruto said, copying Sakura's words from before. He even walked past her, pushing her over slightly so he could get inside the room.
Sakura froze. Did Naruto actually say that? Now Sakura felt as Naruto did twenty minutes ago, each word felt like sword was piercing her heart. "That hurt… why am I feeling so hurt, enemy band leaders always diss each other. So why is this so different?" Sakura asked herself, taking a deep breath. Even though she felt like crap, she wouldn't be pushed around like a little rag doll. She was the Founder and Fearless Leader of KND, Haruno Sakura.
Before Sakura could spit out the quickest rude comment that came to mind she felt a finger on her lips sapphire eyes looking at her. For some reason, a small grin was on his face. Sakura wondered why he seemed so happy. "It's okay Sakura, I could never stay mad at you," he said sweetly, his famous grin was painted on his face. But the grin slowly disappeared as he turned around and tossed his bags on the bed. He had a total of two suitcases for clothes and all his other needs. But in addition to that he had three instruments: a bass, a guitar, and a piano. Even though Naruto only played bass for his band and was extremely talented in each instrument he picked up, music was truly his gift. "We better get unpacking," he added, more to himself then Sakura.
Sakura sighed, he was such an idiot. Okay, maybe he's taller, maybe he's cooler and more mature, but he was still an idiot. Sakura thought he was an idiot by the way he grinned at her, the way he would never be mad at her, lastly the way he would never give her up. Her fist tightened behind her back. "Why can't he just hate me? This would make all this much easier!" Sakura thought angrily, slowly walking over to her bag and started unpacking.
Silence fell among the two teens as they unpack. Every now and then one would look up at the other was he/she wasn't looking. Soon enough the pink haired girl couldn't take the silence between her and Naruto. "It's been a while…eh Naruto?" She said softly, a small hint of sweetness in her voice.
"Yeah…You've been on tour for a year and missed all the school events, like the festival, the dances, the winter prom, and all the field trips. You should have seen Chouji at the School Carnival!" Naruto reminisced, sitting on the bed since he already finished unpacking.
"Please don't tell me he entered the pie eating contest like in middle school," Sakura laughed, remembering the Leaf Middle School Carnival when she was in 8th grade with Naruto. The carnival had a pie eating contest, Chouji won for eating 25 pies when he only needed to eat 14 to win. She was surprised that Naruto didn't enter since he could scarf down ramen in the blink of an eye, but he explained to her the complex system of his stomach that only allowed ramen to fill it, nothing else.
"What'd you expect? It's Chouji after all!" Both of the teens laughed. Laughing like this brought back so many memories of him and Sakura hanging out when they were younger. Over anything in the world Naruto wished they could be like that, maybe even more.
"So…who'd you go to the prom with? I know you'd never miss a dance of any kind," Sakura asked randomly, ending the laughing. Her voice seemed worried, and her jade eyes look away from his. Sakura had no idea why she asked this question. Why did she care if Naruto went with a girl to the dance? Heck why should she care if he even had a girlfriend?
"Well…" Naruto wasn't sure what to say. He wondered if he should tell her the truth that he didn't want to go since he wanted to wait for his first real high school prom to be with Sakura. He shook his head; no way he was gonna tell her that. "I know it sounds really weird but I had a really bad cold and my friends didn't want be to spread my germs to them or the entire school," Naruto laughed, trying to be funny. But the look in Sakura's eyes didn't change, he was worried.
"He didn't go with anyone… then why am I so sad??" Sakura wondered as she unfolded the last shirt in her suitcase. She slowly shut her suitcase and looked back at the worried azure eyes of Naruto. It was simple for her to make a snobbish face at anytime, but smiling when she was sad was her true weakness. The pink haired teen tried her best to smile but Naruto saw right through it and gave her a worried look. "Well… the prom only comes once a year, you shouldn't miss it anymore," she stated, walking over to the door.
"Where are you going?" Naruto asked, tilting his head to the side.
"Helping Hinata with cooking," Sakura explained, opening the door. Naruto nodded and she guessed it was alright for her to leave. Though Sakura thought about when she and Naruto laughed only a minute ago, acting like they were friends again. Against her will to be friends again, she knew it could never happen. Their bands were rivals, which meant the two leaders were rivals. Right? She couldn't be a friendly basses with Naruto anymore, her band would get mad at her and it would probably get in trouble with his band also. "Naruto… We can't pretend like nothing happened between us," Sakura said lightly, her back faces Naruto, hiding the tears running down her checks. "We are the leaders of two enemy bands... So we can't act like we use to…. I'm sorry Naruto, but when ever you see me please don't think of me as your childhood friend, but as your enemy, the pink haired leader of Kunoichi Next Door…"
Naruto sat in disbelief as Sakura ran quickly out the door. Was that what Sakura was thinking about? Did she really think they could never be friends again? Through all the confusion going on, Naruto…smiled.
He smiled because he knew. He knew what Sakura knew. Naruto knew, that Sakura knew, he would never let her go. No matter what she would say or do she knew he would never give up. He would never walk out of her life completely. "Silly Sakura… she knows that will never happen," he laughed lightly, falling back onto his bed.
[Dorm Room B: Ino and Shikamaru
"Yeah we finally made it!" chirped the blonde haired girl as the two teens entered their dorm room, "Though it would have been a lot easier if SOME ONE didn't drag their feet!" Ino glared at the pineapple-shaped haired boy who shrugged.
"Well you didn't have to go through the trouble of dragging me with you," Shika added, giving his roommate a lazy glance.
"WELL YOU WOULDN'T HAVE MOVED IF I DIDN'T FORCE YOU TO COME!" Ino shouted, hitting Shika on the head with her fist. Even though he wouldn't admit it, her punches kinda hurt. But her assumption was right, if she didn't drag him here he's probably be watching the clouds right now, what he really wanted to do.
Next the two teens started to unpack; an awkward silence filled the room till the blonde couldn't take it anymore. "Gawd Shika do you ever talk??"
"It's too troublesome," was his simple answer.
"Is everything troublesome to you Shika?" Ino sighed, looking at the lazy Nara boy who was across from her.
"Well… talking is troublesome, being in the sun for too long is troublesome, women are troublesome, fighting and arguing is troublesome, not being able to watch clouds is troublesome, having to worry about others is troublesome, the way you yell and kill my ear drums is troublesome, Elmo is bizarre and troublesome, the weird taste you have in your mouth after brushing is also.." Shikamaru went on lazily, as if he was counting sheep. Ino sweat dropped as she listened to Shika goes on… and on… and on. Is it possible for some one to think the whole world is TROUBLESOME???
"Okay okay Shika, I get it!" Ino stated loudly, by that time Shikamaru was rambling on about how he thought the way the sun revolves around the earth was troublesome. The lazy boy looked up at the blonde who just stopped his never ending rant. She took a deep breath and continued talking, "Well since we're sharing a dorm we might as well get to know each other a little. Or is that too troublesome for you?"
"Whatever…We can both ask each other two questions, no more no less," Shika yawned, placing his hands behind his neck.
Ino was confused at Shika's proposal, well more like statement. "Why only two questions? And how did he randomly come up with that idea?" Ino wondered. But she shrugged it off and turned her attention back to her lethargic roommate. "Um…okay, you can ask first," Ino said, some timidity in her voice.
The Nara boy pondered for a moment. This could be his chance to answer the many questions he had in his head that would finally be answered. He turned up to Ino and looked her straight in the eyes and asked in a serious tone, "Why do women talk on the phone so much?"
Ino nearly dropped dead after hearing this question come out of the boy's mouth. She wasn't sure if she should laugh or just stare at him like he was crazy. For some reason Ino thought laughing fitted the occasion more. She let out a giggle and laughed, "Please Shika, tell me that you're kidding!"
"What? I wanted to know the answer," Shikamaru replied, shrugging. He didn't get why Ino was laughing.
Ino let out one more giggle, just to get all the laughter out of her. "Silly Shika you need to ask a question about me not girls in general!" Ino laughed giddily, twisting a piece of her long blonde hair.
"A question.."Shikamaru wondered. He had a billion questions in his head for this girl. Well he might as well start in the beginning of his never ending list. "Okay… This has been on my all day," Shika explained, his eyes glancing at Ino. "I understand your name is Ino, but are you the same Ino who was at the band practice, the one who didn't speak Japanese?"
"Well…" Ino's voice faded. For once in her life Yamanaka Ino wasn't sure what to say. Her eyes darted nervously around the room, stupidly thinking something in the room would help her. Nothing did. Not looking back at Shika, Ino softly said, "Yeah…" Nothing else would come out.
This girl had troublesome written all over her. Only a few moments ago she was yelling and being all giddy, now she was acting all self-conscious and nervous. Mood swings much. One thing was a fact; this Ino and the Ino from a year ago were totally different. He had one more question left, so he asked the first thing that came to mind. "So Ino… how'd you learn Japanese so quickly? You seem very fluent right now."
"Shika, I may be blonde but I'm not dumb," Ino explained. "I've been in Konoha for a year and have been around the language for most of my life."
"But didn't you live in America? I thought you only spoke English..."
"Well… I was sorta afraid to speak in Japanese on my first day of school… please don't ask," Ino said, she was avoiding eye contact with Shikamaru. For some reason a little voice in her mind said it would be alright to tell about it, the reason why she didn't want to speak Japanese, but her common sense over ruled it since this was just there second meeting. "But… I learned Japanese from my father, he lives here. When I was young I learned two languages at the same time. Well I was actually born here, but when I was five my mom and dad spilt up, forcing me to move with my mom to the USA while my dad stayed here in Konoha," she explained, it was easy to see she wasn't too comfortable as she talked about this. Who would? Parents splitting up is a very sad thing. "But every year my dad sent me a letter trying to convince me to move back with him," Ino laughed awkwardly, Shika didn't join in.
"That explains some of it… but I still don't get why she was nervous to speak Japanese when she knew it. This woman is confusing and probably even more troublesome then Temari… oh joy." Shika looked back over toward the blonde and could still sense some awkwardness so he tried to change the subject. "Oi Ino, your turn."
"Oh!" Ino popped back up from slouching over into her normal perfect posture. It was her turn to ask Shikamaru questions. Her mind race with questions, there were so many to choose from. "I don't know-"
"Good, you don't have any questions. Answering question is way too troublesome," Shikamaru interrupted, placing his hands behind his neck in his normal lazy fashion.
Ino shot Shika a glare then she went on with what she was saying. "I don't know WHICH QUESTION TO ASK FIRST!!!" Ino exclaimed. Shika gulped, he knew it wasn't a good idea to get Ino more fired up. His eardrums would be dead by the end of this 'friendly' chat.
Then it came to her, just like a message from God or something. "How could I ever forget about that??" Ino asked herself. When she was 13 her father had sent her a very interesting letter, an attempt to get her to move back to Konoha. She may not know it all word for word for she could recall most it of….
Dear My Little Princess Ino,
Happy 13th Birthday Princess, you grow up so fast. I really wish I could have made it to your party, but you know how hard it is to get a week off from my stupid work. Your mother had sent me some picture and I'm expecting a piece of that cake in your next 'memory box'. ((A/N: Ino sends him a little box filled with stuff she did during the year))
But anyways you know I really REALLY miss you. As you know, I always find a reason in each letter why you should come back! My recent attempts were futile but I think I have finally found the best reason for a teen aged girl like yourself! I FOUND A PERFECT GUY FOR YOU!!! He's my best friend's son, Nara Shikamaru! As you can tell I think highly of this boy, he's smart, kind, handsome, and very caring. Also I think you'd you cute together! So if you don't come for me, come for Shikamaru!
Love,
Daddy
P.S. Shikamaru is waiting for your arrival!
Even though this made letter made most of her teen age life dream about this 'perfect Shikamaru' her father told her about, she didn't move to Konoha in that year. Blame Ino's ice queen of a mother, Kimoto. Kimoto insisted, er… more like forced, Ino to say with her until she got out of middle school. But how could she possibly forget the so called 'dream husband' that she use to fantasize about in her sleep? But what really surprised her was how she forgot about the 'fantasy boy' when Shika introduced himself to her. Did it just pop into her mind that this Shikamaru wasn't 'fantasy boy'? Well she decided she better ask him now, before this question would haunt her for months. "Hey Shika… What's your last name?" She asked the possible 'fantasy boy' that sat lazily on the bed which was across from her own.
"My last name?" Shikamaru questioned Ino, give her a confused look. She seemed even tenser then before. "Why do you want to know?" he asked.
The blonde paused for a moment, there was no way she was gonna say, 'you're my true love according to my dad if you last name is Nara!!!' Yeah, there was no way she was gonna say that. "Well my father lives here and he had a friend whose last name was Nara and he had a son who was my age," Ino said calmly, trying to get her cool back.
"Hmmm…Interesting," Shika said in a dream like voice, looking up at the ceiling. "I know a Nara boy…"
"YOU KNOW HIM?!? ARE YOU HIM? IS HE SOME ONE ELSE? WHERE IS HE? STOP RAMBLING AND ANSWER THE DAMN QUESTION BOY!!!!!!!" Ino yelled, rocking Shikamaru back and forth, not letting him out of her grasp till he answered. The blonde took a deep breath, trying to get a straight answer out of a lazy person was hard work. She looked at the boy's brown eyes that were looking at her; some fear was seen in his eyes. Ino smirked. "Now… are you Shikamaru Nara or not," she said, once again trying not to spazz out or get nervous.
The Nara boy turned away from Ino's glare for a few seconds. This woman was scaring him, from who she knew his last name to how she yelled trying to force it out of him. He gulped, for some reason he had a bad feeling something was going to happen if he actually said his real name to her. Why else would she be making such a big deal about it? Damn it would be scary to be in this women's bingo book. Shikamaru turned back to Ino, bringing his famous lazy expression back to his face. "Sorry, troublesome women, but my last name's is Akimichi[[AKA: Chouji's last lame," Shikamaru lied, waiting to see the reaction of his blonde roommate. He gulped a little, afraid of what was gonna happen next. His ultra smartness had warned him something bad was coming. "I'm sorry Chouji," Shika sighed sadly in his head. Shikamaru and Chouji had been friends for a long time, since childhood actually. Chouji didn't join Shinobi 5; he actually was drummer for another band that came from Konoha High. Then Shikamaru just realized he hadn't talked to or seen his chubby (not fat) friend in about a year. Something about leaving to go on tour with his band was the reason he was gone.
Ino sighed dreamily. How could she think Shika was the 'fantasy boy' she daydreamed about years ago? He wasn't dead ugly, Ino couldn't really say that he was repulsive. But she imagined her perfect husband as really hot, handsome, and respectful to her, basically not to calling her 'troublesome' all the time. She dreamed of him calling her something nicer like 'beautiful'. He especially couldn't be a lazy ass like Shika was. It just didn't fit perfectly together. Ino looked back at her roommate, now somewhat revealed that she wouldn't have to worry about her 'fantasy boy' for a long time. "Akimichi.. hm… Cool! Would you mind if I called you Akimichi-kun?" she asked cutely, for some odd reason she seemed a little extra happy, too happy.
"Why? Just call me Shikamaru, that's my name. Simple, not Akimichi-kun, that's way too formal," Shikamaru tried to reason with his roommate. The girl had her arms crossed and her blue eyes gave Shika a light glare, sending a small shiver up his spin. What did he do wrong this time?
"Why can't I call you Akimichi-kun, Akimichi-kun?" Ino asked, a little bit of an attitude. If her body language could actually talk it would be screaming, 'YOU GOT A PROMBLEM WITH MY NEW NAME FOR YOU???'
Shikamaru paused for a second trying to think of what to say next. Now he regretted lying to Ino, this was going to lead to nothing but more troublesome yelling. But it's too late now so he just had to wing it. "I said before it's too formal. I'd prefer you not too," Shika said, keeping his cool. Though there was more too it then that, he was afraid. Shikamaru was afraid of what would happen if some, mainly the other students in this dorm heard her call him by Chouji's last name. Mostly everyone besides Ino knew who Chouji was, and knew Shikamaru's real last name. They would surely correct her, and then he would get worried about what would happen next. The most likely thing that would happen would be her to start screaming in his ears. Which everyone knows is very… very… [[do I even have to type it?? TROUBLESOME!
Without saying a word Ino stood up and walked over to the door. Shikamaru looked at her with a puzzled expression. She didn't even say thing in response to what he just said. Ino just stood up and walked over to the door, without saying a word. The blonde slammed the door behind her, leaving Shikamaru alone in the room. "Women.." he sighed.
[Hallway Between Dorm Room A and B
"Baka Shikamaru….who does he think he is…. Telling me I can't call him by his last name…. he's so immature," muttered the female blond as she stormed through the hallway. Right now she was suppose to meet Hinata and Sakura so they could get dinner started. Tapping her foot on the ground, Ino stared at her invisible watch, waiting for the girls to come. Two minutes later Ino saw Sakura making her way down the hall. She didn't seem too happy. "Forehead, you alright?" Ino asked, giving her best friend a worried look.
Sakura sniffed, holding back all her tears. 'Strong.. Fearless… leader…' kept echoing though the bubble gum haired girl's head. She looked up, to a worried Ino. "I'm fine… just tried," she said with a fake yawn.
"Okay…" Ino eyed Sakura suspiciously. "Well did you bring Hinata's cooking books?"
"Crap..." Sakura muttered as she turned around and walked back to the dorm. Now she had to go back, and see Naruto again. "Maybe if I'm lucky, I can just jolt in and grab the books then dash out," Sakura thought. Right now she really didn't want to see Naruto, especially what she just said about them becoming enemies. Was she truly read to break her ties with him just yet?
"Troublesome.." Ino grunted, waking Sakura run back. The blonde paused for a moment, rethinking what she just said. "DAMN YOU SHIKAMARU!!!!!!!" she screamed, so basically the whole house could hear.
[Dorm Room A
"I'm bored," Naruto yawned, several minutes after Sakura left. He could go and explore the campus, but he already promised his band they would go together later. And well Naruto was pretty sure everyone wasn't finished packing, namely Shikamaru. The blonde's azure eyes looked around the room he would be living in for the year. It was pretty big compared to the small apartment he lived his most of his life. Both of Naruto's parents died when he was at a young age. He didn't get anything from their will since he wasn't old enough by law to take it. Law stated he had to 18, only three more years to go. Naruto sighed, he never really liked thinking about how poor he was. He had to a lot of crazy things to get money, a lot of things he wasn't proud of. "No… I got to look to the future! Future, yeah, it will be nothing like last year! That was just a once lived thing… never again," He thought angrily, gritting his teeth. Then as if it was a sign from God, light from the window shined upon his keyboard that he sent up in the corner. Naruto grinned, music was the answer. Music is his life and passion. "When in doubt, turn to music," he chuckled to himself, walking over to his keyboard.
On top of the classic black and white keyboard was a stack of paper with music bars written all over them. Naruto scanned through the piled and placed one on the music stand in front of him. It was tilted, 'I'll wait for you'. His fingers flowed on the keyboard as he started to sing,
"I never felt
nothing in the world like this before
Now I'm missing you and
I'm wishing you would come back through my door
Why did you have
to go?
You could have let me know; so now I'm all alone
Girl
you could have stayed but you wouldn't give me a chance
With you
not around it's a little bit more than I can stand
And all my
tears they keep runnin' down my face
Why did you turn away?
So
why does your pride make you run and hide
Are you that afraid of
me?
But I know it's a lie what you keep inside
This is not
how you want it to be
So baby I will wait for you
Cause I
don't know what else I can do
Don't tell me I ran out of
time
If it takes the rest of my life "
Naruto's voice was brilliant, every note was perfectly on tone and the music just flowed like a gentle river. It was so shocking that this boy wasn't the lead singer of his hand, his voice was just as good maybe even better then Neji's in some ways. And secretly there was a visitor listening to his little song that Naruto didn't notice enter the room. With his voice and those rays of sunlight reflecting on his blonde hair, the girl couldn't help but blush slightly. Naruto… looked like an angel. Listening to the words he was singing, she was slightly shocked. The lyrics, they seemed to be Naruto's reaction to her leaving. Did he truly feel this deeply toward her? So deeply that he wrote her this beautiful song?
"N-Naruto…" Her voice said just lightly enough that Naruto heard them and stopped playing the second her voice entered his ears. His head turned slowly toward her, wearing his normal fox-like grin. But something was wrong, her hair was covering her eyes and she looked like she was going to cry. His heart started to beat faster as his thoughts trailed to the song he was just playing, the song he wrote for her.
"Sakura-chan…"
A/N: Thankies for reading everyone please keep it up! Now let's got to commercial..
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