HELLO ALL!

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just another ONE SHOT

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Shikamaru, at age six and three-fourths, was the most intelligent boy, since his father. Although he hid it very well behind his lazy exterior and to almost everyone else, he was a very different sort of child, and that is why when Ino came up to him, her eyes blood red and her cheeks stained with tears, he did not run off blindly to get revenge. He merely sat there, looking at Ino with the calmest expression she had ever seen.

"Why don't you just punch them like you do me?" He said, looking off towards a group of girls that sat on the swings, laughing and pointing at Ino.

"Because they are bigger than me, Shika-kun!" She pouted, her arms crossed over her chest.

Shikamaru rolled his eyes, and laid down against his tree, staring out at the clouds from under the leaves. "Go away Ino." He said, his eyes closing slowly, as he listened for anymore of her annoying nagging, but he heard none, and a satisfied smirk appeared upon his face as he heard her stomp away.

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Shikamaru sat against his tree, studying the girls that sat on the swings, laughing and playing like girls normally did.

He scoffed as he stood up, walking around the area the girls were at, on the edges of the trees with his survival guide in his hand.

At last he spotted it! The perfect things girls liked! Plants!

Shikamaru picked a bundle of yellow flowers and then, like he had seen Inoichi do a thousand times while he was playing at the Flower Shop with Ino, he stuck some 'greenary' around it. He walked over to the swings smiling, a napkin folded around the ends of his bouquet, where he held it. "Ahem." He cleared his throat as he walked up to the girls.

A black headed one looked his way with a scowl, then upon seeing the flowers in his hand, she began to smile.

Shikamaru blushed and held the flowers out to the girl with hopeful eyes. She must have been three years older than he, and so she thought that in an act of kindness, some cute little six year old, gave her a bouquet of yellow flowers.

"For me?" She asked, causing the other girls to look at him with glares.

"W-well," He stuttered, looking at his feet as he pulled the bouquet closer. "I actually made it for all of you, because you are all just so pretty."

The girls smiled down at him, and the one with the black hair reached out and grabbed the bouquet, her face beaming.

The other girls stood around her, patting and cooing around Shikamaru, until finally, their mother's had called them back over.

Shikamaru walked away with a smirk, dropping the napkin and walking away with his hands in his pockets. "Better go wash my hands so I don't accidentally touch myself." He thought as he walked towards his home.

Ino sat in the bushes, watching as Shikamaru walked away with tears in her eyes. "How could he give flowers to the girls that had hurt me?" She thought angrily, wiping her tears as she stood from her hiding place. "I'll show him." She vowed, running off towards her house.

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Shikamaru walked out of his bathroom with a smug look on his face, oh Ino would love him for this.

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Ino sat on her bed, looking at the birthday present she had gotten him. She scowled at the blue wrapping paper with clouds on it, which had taken her a whole day to make, and had used all of her blue and white crayons on. "Double crosser." She said, kicking the box and storming out of the room with her fists clenched.

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Shikamaru walked through the store, his hand clasped firmly in his mother's own as he scanned the shelves for somthing she might like.

"Do you know something that Ino likes?" Yoshino said to her son, looking at the taller shelves with little interest.

Shikamaru looked up at his mother with an emotionless face. "I don't know." He grumbled, letting go of his mother's hand and walking around the store, until he saw it, the perfect gift.

The next day rolled around, and Shikamaru walked slowly, along side his mother and father, to Ino's house, holding a lavender gift bag.

"What did you get her, son?" His father, Shikato said, his hand resting on his sons head.

Shikamaru rolled his eyes and brushed his father's hand off of his head. "Eh." He grumbled, walking slightly ahead of his parent's as if to avoid any other questions.

Yoshino smiled at Shikato warmly, leaning against his arm as they walked behind their son.

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Ino sighed, leaning against the picnic table with her hand on her cheek, her mouth forming a tight line.

"They will get here soon." Her mother said, sitting beside her daughter with a smile. "What's wrong dear?" She said, stroking her daughter's blond hair.

"Shikamaru is a butthead." Ino mumbled, her arms crossing over her chest.

"What did he do, honey?" She asked, her head tilting to the side.

"He gave these mean girls flowers." She said, looking away with a sniffle.

"Why did he do that?" Mrs. Yamanaka said, turning towards her daughter.

"I don't know, but he is stupid." Ino declared, pulling her knees up to her chest.

"Oh honey im sure that he had his reasons- Oh look they are here Ino!" Her mother exclaimed, hurrying over to Shikamaru's mother and giving her a giant hug.

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Ino watched as Shikamaru walked over to her with his usual scowl, his hands behind his back. She glared at him as he walked up and pulled a bag out from behind his back, holding it out to her. "Sorry I'm late, Ino."

Ino's eyes narrowed as he looked at the bag. "Yea, you are late." She said, snatching the bag from him and dropping it on the ground, although no one else, the adults, seemed to notice.

Shikamaru looked up at her, his eyes widened up in surprise. "What'd you do that for, troublesome girl?"

Ino scoffed at him, her eyebrows raisign to her hair line as she placed a small pale hand on her hip. "Because your a big traitor!" She yelled, pushing him away from her and running away.

Shikamaru stared after her, then looked down at the lavender bag and picked it up, carrying it with him in the direction Ino had ran off too.

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Shikamaru heard the sound of Ino crying, as he walked into the green house. He looked around, quietly searching for his sobbing friend. "Ino?" He said, bending down and peeking at the girl under the rows of plants on the table, her knees pulled up to her chin. "Ino, why are you mad at me?" He sighed, crawling under the table and sitting beside her.

Ino looked up from behind her knees, her eyes shimmering with tears. "Because- you- you gave those mean girls flowers." She said, pulling away from him as he reached a hand out to her.

"But Ino...I gave them Poison Ivy."

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I really want to know how I did.

I think i did fairly well.

The disclaimer because I didn't put it at the top: I don't own naruto or any of the other characters.

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