A/N: hmm… I should die… right…about…NOW! (Dies from stabbing)
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, although I DO own the songs in this chapter because I wrote them. And if you steal them, you'd better believe I'll take you to court.
Warning: OOC-ness ahoy! Sorry if shika seems OOC but I'm basing him on how my bf acts XD
Neji smirked to himself as he counted his newly earned money while walking down the hallway of Wandering Four's mansion.
"Goddamn you, you long haired freak…" Naruto scowled irritably.
"Call me whatever you want, but you'll never see this money ever again," Neji waved the bills in the blonde's face.
Naruto growled and attempted to swipe at the bills but only successfully grabbed a fistful of air.
"Ano…" Hinata said quietly.
The angry blue eyed male paid no attention to her and continued to glare a hole in Neji's back.
"Ano…" Hinata tried again, this time a little bit louder.
Still no success.
"ANO…" Faces turned and the dark haired heiress blushed from the attention.
"Umm… I think it would be a good idea for everyone to go shower and change into their pyjama's while me and Tenten cook dinner," the white eyed girl nearly fainted from the effort of having to say a sentence without fainting.
"That would be a practical idea since I reek of chlorine," Shikamaru said, pinching his nose.
"Well SOR-REE for keeping the pool clean," Ino stuck her tongue out at the pineapple head.
"Say Ino," Sakura interrupted, "Why don't you show the guys to their respective rooms and I'll go set up the table?"
"EHHH… why would I want to show this pineapple-"
"Please and thank you," Sakura smiled sweetly.
"Fuck that! I'm not doing it, you can-"
"PLEASE.AND.THANK.YOU," Sakura said through gritted teeth that were frozen in a sweet smile.
Ino face faulted, "uh… err… right this way?" she started leading the men down a hallway to their right and soon disappeared out of sight.
Sakura sighed, "Man, I wish she would just do as she's told, right Tenten?" the pink haired girl whipped around only to find said girl gone.
"Eh? Tenten? Hinata? Helllooo? God damn it, they ditched me!" Sakura scowled and stomped down the stairs.
"…and this can be your room Neji, sorry it had to be across from Naruto's…" Ino pushed open a large mahogany door.
"Its fine, I'll just kill him if he gets too annoying," his long ponytail swished behind him as he walked into the room.
Ino sweat
dropped. Well at least he's not pissed about it…
"Man,
why does my room have to be the last one?" Shikamaru grumbled from
his position behind the long haired blonde.
Resisting the urge to punch him, she walked to a room all the way at the end of the hallway.
"…and THIS," Ino plastered a fake smile on her face, "can be YOUR room."
Shikamaru inwardly groaned, it just HAD to be the last AND farthest room.
He started to open his mouth to complain but clamped it shut. Ino had already left, her long ponytail swishing with every step.
"Troublesome woman…," the genius muttered.
The dark haired male walked into the room and was greeted with a beautifully decorated room. A large king sized bed occupied the far wall and a tall bookshelf stood in the far right hand corner; beside it was a desk accompanied by a leather office chair. On either sides of the bed were small stands on which each of them held a light and the one on the left had a digital clock that read: 6:23 P.M
Shikamaru looked at the wall to his left. Apparently there was a white door which lead to the bathroom. Sighing, Shikamaru dropped his luggage and grabbed a pair of shorts and an oversized tee-shirt and threw them onto the bed. Afterwards, he dug around a bit and pulled out a towel and walked into the bathroom.
Neji had to resist a smirk when he walked into his room. It was simple but elaborate. A queen sized bed rested in the middle of the right wall and across from it, a large television rested on a wooden shelf. There was a small dresser on the far wall with a desk beside it.
It wasn't anything fancy really, it was a nice, simple room, and he liked it that way. He walked over to the dresser and opened his bag and started putting his clothes away. When he opened the bottom drawer he was surprised to see a small wooden box inside. Peaking his curiosity, he took the box out and opened the lid. The contents of the box included a few small metal daggers that Neji recognized to be a kunai. He picked each one up and inspected them carefully. He found that they were all neatly sharpened and there was not a flaw in any of them. When Neji reached to grab the last one, he accidentally knocked his hand on the bottom of the box and it emitted a hollow sound…which was obviously not right. Frowning, Neji looked more carefully and found that one of the corners had a small fold. The long haired male pulled back the fake bottom and revealed a hidden compartment. Inside was another kunai which confused him. Why not just put it with the rest? Neji picked it up and twirled it around; it was surprisingly light and aerodynamic. He looked back down and saw a small piece of paper that was underneath the metal dagger. He opened it up and on the piece of paper, there was a message scrawled in loopy elegant handwriting: To our dear daughter, never forget that we will be forever watching over you.
Daughter? Whose daughter?
Neji frowned and scrunched his eyebrows together. Whose kunai set was this?
"DINNER'S READY" Sakura screamed at the top of her lungs. Her voice echoed throughout the house.
Almost immediately Naruto came charging in followed by Sasuke who was calmly walking.
"Hm? Where's Neji-niisan and Shikamaru?" Hinata questioned.
"I don't but if they don't soon they're gonna miss out on all this food," Naruto grinned happily and picked up his fork.
Tenten
stood up, "you guys start first, I'll go check on Neji."
"Ino
why don't you go check up on Shikamaru-san?" Hinata asked gently
while giving Naruto a generous spoonful of mashed potatoes.
"Alright alright…" Ino grumbled and got up grumpily.
"Why can't those guys just come when they're called?" the long haired blonde fumed.
"Why can't you do as you say without complaining?" Tenten retorted.
"…touche"
"Got that damn right"
"Anyways, Neji's room is the second one on the right," Ino said, pointing to a door just a bit further down the hallway.
"Alright, see you at dinner then" Tenten waved and stopped to knock on the door.
Ino however kept walking until she reached the door at the end of the hallway.
"Shikamaru? Hello? Dinner's ready!"
She received no answer. She tried knocking this time.
"Helloooo? Anyone in there?" Ino opened the door and peered in curiously.
She saw a duffle bag sprawled out on the floor with clothes hanging out of it.
Yeesh, he's so messy Ino frowned.
Just as she bent down to pick up the clothes on the floor, the bathroom door opened and steam billowed out…and a next to naked- except for the white towel around his waist- Shikamaru stepped out.
Ino looked up startled and immediately turned beet red.
There was an awkward silence for a bit until Shikamaru broke the silence, "Uhh… can I ask what it is exactly that you're doing?"
It didn't quite register to Ino yet that she had been asked a question until the questioning male cocked his head to the side.
"Uh…uh…I came to tell you d-dinner was re-ready…" She stammered, refusing to look at him; suddenly the piece of dust on the carpet seemed incredibly interesting.
"And you didn't knock or anything because…?" He raised an eyebrow.
Ino looked at him a huffed, "I DID, but apparently SOMEONE didn't answer."
The dripping wet teen walked over to the bed where he slid on his shirt, he turned around to go back to the bathroom to put on his shorts. When he came back out, Ino was still sitting on the floor next to his duffle bag.
"What
exactly were you doing with my clothes anyways?"
"Trying to
clean up the mess you made on the floor," she glared at him.
"It wasn't THAT messy, didn't anyone tell you that it's rude to go through other people's stuff?" he asked in a bored tone.
Ino fumed, "Well I APOLOGIZE for so RUDELY barging into your room and cleaning your damn clothes."
Shikamaru stared at her before muttering, "troublesome woman… no guy would ever like you."
Ino gasped and tears started to pool within her blue eyes. Immediately, she got up and stomped to Shikamaru and slapped him. The action seemed almost to happen in slow motion and the sound echoing.
Shikamaru's eyes became wide, "what was that for?!"
"Why don't you ask yourself that?! Its not MY fault that I tried to help you! Maybe I shouldn't have come here to call you for dinner after all!" tears had started to leak from her eyes, "Why should I have to help someone who doesn't even appreciate it?! Why do I have to even go through all of this crap?! What did I ever do to deserve this?!" Ino slowly sank to the floor and sobbed.
Shikamaru was caught by surprise. He hadn't anticipated that she would suddenly break down and start crying. Shikamaru looked at the sobbing girl and felt his heart wrench painfully.
"Ino… don't cry, I didn't mean it. I just said it—"
He was cut off by her 'attempt' at a sentence.
"B-because its-its tr-true!" She gave a pitiful sniffle and resumed crying, "No guy has e-ever liked m-me! T-they al-always h-h-hated me! Th-they always s-said I was t-too bossy an-and no g-guy would ever l-like me!!" she bawled.
The brown eyed male felt his heart give another painful wrench. He took the distressed girl into his arms and began stroking her hair.
"Shh… I didn't mean it… I just said it impulsively… its not true that no guy would ever like you..." he soothed, "you're beautiful Ino, I bet most guys fall heads over heels for you. I mean, I did but like—"
Ino sniffed and looked up at him. Wait, what?
"…crying doesn't suit you. I love you so please don't cry, it hurts to see you in pain so please stop crying?" he hugged her tightly.
"W-wait… what did you say just now?" Ino pulled away and asked, her voice croaking.
"I said stop crying?" Shikamaru raised an eyebrow.
"N-no! before that!"
"…that I just said it impulsively and I didn't mean it?"
"No!" Ino was now on her knees and grinning through tears, "you just said that you loved me!"
Oh shit I said that out loud? "Uhh… no I didn't."
"Yes you did"
"No I
didn't"
"Yes you did"
"No"
"Yes"
"No"
"You
know, for someone incredibly lazy, you sure do waste a lot of energy
arguing."
"Fine, I'll put that energy to better use then."
Before Ino could reply back, his lips were on hers.
What the--? He's kissing me? Ino sat there in shock, her blue eyes wide.
Shikamaru pulled away and smirked at the expression on her face. He contemplated taking out a camera and taking a photo, cause it was DEFINITELY a kodac moment, but was suddenly stopped short by Ino kissing him.
He responded and started to kiss her back. Next thing that both of them knew, Shikamaru was laying with his back flat to the floor with Ino on top of him, still engaged in their lip lock.
After a bit, he ended their kiss and slowly opened his eyes. He saw clear, shining blue eyes staring back at him and for some odd reason, he couldn't help but smile and lose himself in the watery depths of her eyes. (A/N: ahahaa I know it sounds cheesy but my bf and I do that a lot and if you actually experience it, it really is like losing yourself in an endless pool. Cept for the fact that my bf's eyes are brown/black XD)
Ino
giggled, "What are you smiling for you pineapple head."
Shikamaru
grinned back, "nothing."
They were suddenly interrupted by Sakura yelling, "DID YOU GUYS DIE UP THERE?! DINNER IS SERVED GOD DAMN IT!"
Ino laughed and Shikamaru couldn't help but think of wind chimes.
"Lets go get some dinner before forehead girl comes up and butchers us" Ino smiled and got up.
"But its too troublesome to go all the way down to the dining room…"
Swack.
"Lazy ass."
A/N: well… that was your Ino/Shika special chap. Although half of it was just me trying to build up to the point where I could start the fluffyness… lol oh well, I'll update more since my bf recently got grounded and I have nothing to do now…