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The Road of Life
By : LollyDream
Category: Naruto > Het - Male/Female
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Chapter 3 –
“Ahou! Ahou!” A dark black crow crocked out a few times as it flew over a few roof tops and the down a busy street and up towards the rising moon and its bright light.
From that same direction the crow had come, came another dark figure that was moving past people, freaking them out to no end; people pulling their children away from the person, men standing in front of their girlfriends and wives to protect them from the ghastly sight.
Hallowed blue eyes dimly stared down the street. Blond hair, orange clothing and tanned skin all seeming shades lighter of what was normal for the person. Even his cheeks were sunken in making him look as if he was wasting away to nothing with his clothing hanging so loosely to him.
Lunch time had come and gone without Naruto finding anyone willing to help him out. Now it was dinner time and he was still in the same predicament.
Hope however suddenly arose at seeing a pair walking down the street towards him.
With a hand that looked all but of bones he reached out towards the pair and started limping towards them in a low groan that sounded very much like the zombie he resembled at that moment.
“Yeah am sure I just wish the mission had not taken so long causes you know we’re are late…” Chouji paused in what he was saying looking to the figure coming towards them, even paused in step.
The sudden stop of his best friend in both words and motion got Shikamaru to pause in his step and look back at him. “Eh what is it Chouji?”he questioned. However as no reply came from the large size guy, Shikamaru followed his friend’s eye sight to the zombie like Naruto limping towards them.
Both men now stood there in disbelief of the stupidity of it. They were trying to smile to their other friend, they really were but soon a cold sweat soon broke out to their faces as Naruto now came but a few footsteps away. He seemed to be growling at them, making the people around them even more freaked out.
“R-rrr-…” Naruto called out as he closed in on the pair.
Chouji’s and Shikamaru’s faces took on even more looks of discomfort as they kept watching seeming frozen in place, side by side to each other.
“Rrr-r-ra-ramen!” Naurto then got out as both hands lifted up, each hand taking a grip to his friends’ shirts, then slide down to his knees.
It was all very anticlimactic for Chouji and Shikamaru as they groaned out and looked at each other while Naruto lay crumpled like paper now at their feet.
“Guess it can’t be helped then…” Shikamaru sighed.
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“Itadakimasu!” cried out Naruto ever so joyfully as he cracked apart a pair of chopsticks while a huge bowl of ramen was placed before him.
“Yada yada … “ Shikamaru said shaking his head at the blond guy as Naruto started slurping up noodles. He then looked over to his other friend, Chouji who seemed no better at this moment. Sighing deeply Shikamaru broke a pair of chopsticks apart and started in on his own meal.
The three of them were all sitting next to each other at the ramen stand, Ichiraku. Shikamaru was treating both friends to the meal and he knew between the two of them the bill was going to rake up really high. It was fine with him however. Today was payday and before his mission with Chouji today he had already taken care of his bills and the weekly shopping and since he really didn’t spend his money on much of anything, might as well use it to make ones friends happy if you could.
“Ahh Shikamaru you really are such a great guy!” Naruto praised and started in on his fifth bowl.
Not to be outdone Chouji held up his fifth bowl, “He really is! Another five bowls please!”
“Me too, me too!” Naruto coughed out almost chocking on a mouthful of noodles.
Shikamaru looked up from his bowl of ramen, still only on his first bowl. “Take it easy you two, your gunna end up killing yourselves,” he commented offhandedly with a sigh as he watched Chouji red-faced trying to stuff down more noodles faster than Naruto and Naruto pounding on his chest to get his noodles to go down the right way.
“Ah-whew…”Naruto breathed out easier as he got the noodles down finally.
“Eh Shikamaru, do you think Ino is going to be mad at us for not going to the restaurant and meeting her like we said we were?” Chouji suddenly asked re-remembering now they had promised to meet with her over a month ago tonight, for dinner.
“Hm... I suppose but we …” Shikamaru started to speak but was quickly interrupted.
“Ack! Don’t even bring up her name while am still eating!” cried out Naruto.
“Huh?” Chouji questioned wondering what the pretty loud mouth girl had done now. Not that he thought whatever she had done would get him upset. Chouji had, had a crush on Ino for ages now, ever since Shikamaru and himself had gotten teamed up together with her. He knew it was hopeless as many guys liked Ino but also because she would never see him in such a way. He was fine with it but he still liked her.
“Am still trying to get over seeing Kakashi sensei and Ino together today.” Naruto grumbled shaking his head as if that would clear away the memories.
The chopsticks in Shikamaru’s hand almost dropped but then became strained under the pressure to which they were now held.
“What are you talking about?” Chouji questioned not at all getting what the blonde was going on about.
“Them having sex!” Naurto replied as if it was obvious to all. His tongue hanging out then to the side as if just saying it had given him a bad taste in his mouth.
Shikamaru’s chopsticks snapped “TEMEE!” he growled out at Nauro and at the same time surprising both of his friends by taking hold the back of Naruto’s head and slamming it down to the counter top of the booth making the whole stand shake and things topple over even a few stacked bowls fall off the counter and break in a crash.
The owner of the ramen shop and his daughter pressed back as far away as they could, from behind the counter, in fear of what was suddenly taking place.
“Don’t make up lies about Ino, Naruto!” Shikmaru warned with venom in his voice as he kept the blonde pinned down, their bowls that had been half finished gotten turned over and spilling over the counter top along with their glasses of water making a huge mess that was starting to leak into the blond man’s hair.
Getting upset at getting attacked so and worse of all the spilling of his ramen! Naruto growled back in return, “Am not! Ino said herself they were!”
“Baka! Like she would really mean such a thing!” Shikamaru shot back.
“Why would she lie?!” Naruto fought back answering as he strained to try and get out of the hold but Shikamaru had a really good grip on him making it impossible to get up from the hold.
“Like I would now! Just…don’t go around saying that for anyone to hear!” Shikamaru ordered becoming deflated now from his sudden rare outburst.
With Shikamaru’s hold not so strong on him anymore Naruto was finally able to push back this time and get free and sit up straight once more. The soup of the ramen dripped down from his hair and down the side of his cheek. Using the back of his hand Naurto wiped it away some and huffed out, “Geez what’s gotten into you Shikamaru?”
The man in question gritted his teeth and got up to his feet. “Just don’t go around saying that kind of stuff about Ino, even if she did say it. What are you trying to do? Give her a bad reputation?”
“Eh?!” Naruto’s blue eyes widen as such a thing had not even crossed his mind. “I did not mean anything like that! But they were on a date! And Ino did say …”
Sighing Shikamaru raised a hand in a stop position to keep Naruto from going on. “Don’t…” he simply said then pulled out his coin purse and tossed more than enough coin down on a dry part of the counter top to cover everything. Sighing once more as he put away his coin purse he looked up to the dark sky peeking in from the short curtain of the ramen stand. “Gomen… Naruto…” he then said before walking out onto the street.
Naurto sat there still stunned still at how the genius was acting so oddly, Chouji however got up and hurried to follow after his friend.
Chouji said nothing to other nin as he caught up with him and once more they walked side by side. Chouji knew Shikamaru liked Ino… most likely for even longer then he had. Yet the guy never admitted it when, Chouji asked him about who he liked. Maybe Shikamaru felt like he did about his crush with Ino... that it was pointless and would never get anywhere. Yet that was not true, at least not for Shikamaru, Chouji thought. He could see his two teammates together; in fact he was pretty sure Ino might like Shikamaru in such a way now. He did not get why Shikamaru would not even try.
As the two of them kept walking Shikamaru was the first to speak up, “Gomen Chouji for interrupting your dinner.”
“Hn?” the larger man asked looking over to his friend only to end up smiling and laughing as he rubbed the back of his head “That’s ok I’ll let you make it up to me by buying me another dinner at the restaurant when we get there.” He knew for sure Shikamaru was now going to keep their promise and meet up with Ino.
Shikamaru blinked in surprise at the reply he got but smiled and nodding in agreement to his friend. It should not come as a surprise to him at hearing Chouji now more than before wanted to meet up with the girl of topic. He knew well his friend had a huge crush on her even though she so often harsh on him, then again Ino was harsh on everyone it seemed. Never the less with Chouji liking Ino in that such a way was just another reason of many for himself to not try and being with Ino. No, much better if things just stayed the way they were.
“Ano… Shikamaru?” Chouji questioned.
“Hm?”
“Do you think Ino and Kakashi were really on a date?”
Shikamaru’s knuckles turned white as his fists balled up at the idea of such a stupid thing and at realizing what he was doing he stuffed them into his pockets and gave a shrug letting that be his only answer till he looked over at his friend and saw the worry in Chouji’s face. Looking back ahead he thought better of his reply and said, “Even if they were am sure nothing would come of it. Kakashi would never think of Ino in such a way,” he stated to try and make his friend feel better and on some level himself.
“Hm… I would think Ino would be his ideal girl … like for many guys,” Chouji tried to set up the conversation for his friend to admit his feelings for her.
“She is not that great. A guy as nice as you could do better Chouji,” he at once comforted his friend.
Chouji smiled to Shikamaru as once again it seemed like he would not get the truth from him.
Shortly after they both walked into the restaurant and spotted the girl that they had both spent so much time thinking about. She was sitting alone at their team’s normal table looking like she was about to cry.
All thoughts of anything other then what might be wrong with her quickly left Shikamaru’s mind and he along with Chouji took a step with purpose towards their teammate with worry. Yet ended up in a halt when she quickly got up and rushed off out the back surprising a few people she rushed by.
“Chouji…” Shikamaru said and just the way it was said made it clear on why Ino had chosen to leave so suddenly. She was going to cry and Ino hated doing so in front of people.
Quickly the pair hurried though the restaurant with worries of what might be wrong even more so, worried that they might be the cause of her tears.
As the two busted out the back into the ally they looked down each way of it and did not see her. They then did the only thing they could. Each one took a direction and raced off to search for her. It was not needed to be said that it was better that one of them found her then neither.
Both guys never wanted to see their team mate cry and anyone who was ever the cause of her tears was in for an ass kicking.
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Not wanting for people on the street to stop her and ask what was wrong and why she was crying like some child, Ino had taken to the roof tops and was in a blind dead out run as she hopped from rooftop to rooftop.
“Kuso!... damn those guys!” Ino gritted through her teeth. She had planned with them a month in advance to have dinner with her. She wanted their support for tomorrow; as well as to ask them for a favor.
The tears that was coming down her cheeks now felt burning hot and making her vision burry thus making it hard for her to see. Yet she didn’t slow down any as if she could outrun the pain that had her chest so tight.
She had waited for them for over two hours! What was so more important that they could not keep a promise?! Her anger flared yet quickly faded as her foot misstep. She had meant to use the edge of the building to propel her into the air to the next building like all the many ones before yet not being able to see clearly had caught up to her.
The heel of Ino’s foot just missed the edge, the back of her sandal lightly scrapping against the edge of the building before she was suddenly falling face first towards the street in a fast speed she could not stop nor grab onto anything.
Ino’s breath caught in her throat as the ground came closer leaving her with the only thing she could do. Her arms crossed over her face shielding it as best as she could. Her whole body, then tighten as she made contact. However luck was smiling down on her at that moment, as it was not the ground she felt against her body. Arms wrapped around her and cradled her in a warm hold. The unknown person seemed to just pluck here from the fall and then they were on the ground.
Once she was set down on her feet she looked to the green vest before her and found it all blurry; tears still in her eyes abstracting her vision. Furiously she scrubbed at her tears in her eyes to try and clear her vision and not wanting them to be seen by anyone. “Gomen, gomen I was… “ she felt herself feel as if she was about to bust out in new tears till a hand laid to her cheek. Surprised at the kind gentle touch she looked up to a masked face.
Kakashi stood before Ino with worry on his face as he kept her steady on her feet with one hand to her arm letting his other hand wipe away a few tears from one of her cheeks.
“Ino… ?” he questioned yet didn’t wish to pry if she didn’t want to speak of whatever might be wrong.
Cheeks flushed at once and she looked away, turning from the kind touch. She didn’t know what to say in that moment yet her body spoke for her to further her embarrassment, her stomach letting out a rather loud growl.
Rather than make fun of her like many of friend would in that moment Kakashi just simply asked, “Have you had dinner yet?”
When Ino shook her head no, Kakashi smiled, “Then might I treat you to dinner to thank you for that lovely lunch you shared with me today?”
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From the shadows at the other end of the ally stood Shikamaru hidden as he once again breathed out a sigh of relief. He had clued in only a little after both he and Chouji had taken off that she might rather take to rooftops so not to be seen by anyone. Once on the roof tops he then at once spotted Ino and could see how reckless she was being. He had just been about to call out for her to slow down when she fell. He was too far away to reach her in time but it seemed Kami had answered his prayers in some kind of solution as out of no were Kakashi had seemed to just appear and save her. With the previous talk he had, had with his friends, he had wished it was not Kakashi but at hearing the so called “date” Naruto had declared the two had been on, was nothing more than a sharing of lunch Shikamaru felt much better.
He really should make himself known now to the two, yet as Kakashi and Ino stayed close to each other, Shikamaru felt a little odd about doing so. He would not want to be thought of as spying on them even if that was what he was doing right now.
As the pair took off Shikamaru questioned if he should go get Chouji but if he did then he might risk losing them, besides he still needed to find out what was wrong with Ino and had her so sad, so that he might be able to fix it.
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Kakashi was so very nice treating her to dinner, Ino could not help think as she stuffed down another round dango from the skewer it was on. Given this was not a very healthy or much of a dinner, it had been her choice.
The pair now was seated next to each other on a bench on the far side of the village a little ways away from the dango stand and far enough from the few other people that they would not get bothered.
Ino turned and held out the skewer of dangos to Kakashi asking, “Are you sure you don’t want any? They are very good.”
Kakashi held up a hand shaking it at the offer as he smiled, “Ah no, I don’t really care for sweets.”
“Ah gomen Kakashi… if I had known …” Ino started but was stopped by Kakashi’s laughter.
“Please, Ino do not make a fuss, besides I already had dinner. It’s fine really please enjoy yourself alright?”
She blushed pulling back the skewer to her own mouth to take another dango from it and nodded to his request.
Smiling Kakashi watched her eat a bit before giving better thought to it as it might make the girl uncomfortable. He leaned back on his hand and looked up to the night sky and all the many stars shining brightly above.
Silence went on between them yet even though it was not uncomfortable Kakashi broke it first.
“Ino … I won’t make you say what’s wrong but I do hope that was just a misstep from that building and not something more.”
Ino’s blue eyes widen as she looked at him. Did he mean to say… he thought she might have been trying to end her life?! Quickly she replied to set him straight on this. “Oh no no… I just lost my footing. I would not try to ever do something as foolish as end my life. Really I was just … upset, that I got … stood up.”
Kakashi said nothing to this for a moment before turning to her, his one dark eye looking over her sweet looking face and how well the moonlight made her seem that much lovelier. “Ah he is a fool then, and you’re better off he did not show up.”
Blushing and looking away from the charming man she giggled, “Oh no you misunderstand. I was not waiting on a date or something like that; am not seeing anyone like that right now besides. I was just waiting for some …friends.”
Kakashi frowned, “Not very good friends if they are making you cry.”
Ino smiled sadly, “No. They are really great friends. In truth it’s been me that has not been the good friend of late, having hardly any time for them and being harder on them then normal. It’s no wonder they forgot about our plans.”
“That is no accuse for them. In fact if they have not been able to see you that much that should only give them more reason to make it,” Kakashi bluntly added yet when he looked at how sad this seem to make Ino he quickly back paddled adding in, “However there is chance they did not forget at all. Maybe they were just running late or something came up.”
Ino smiled at that and nodded, “Yeah … most likely that’s what happened.” Feeling a bit better she took a sip from her green tea and then took another mouthful of dango.
Once again the pair sat in silence till it was this time Ino’s turn to break it.
What Ino had wanted to share with Chouji and Shikamaru she now shared with present company. “Tomorrow is my father’s birthday… am not really sure how old he will be… well would have been.” It had been a bit of some time since her father’s death, yet still it was raw feelings for her and even worse for her mother.
Kakashi turned to once more to look at her, showing her she had his undivided attention.
“Last year was so very hard on us both as we use to do such big parties for him and make it a huge thing of it … this year I thought to help her I would take my mother shopping and for a nice lunch. I wanted to ask the people I was waiting on if they could watch the flower shop for us while I did that. I know my mother would not agree to go out unless someone was watching the shop due to her recent money troubles she can’t afford to close the shop for an afternoon. She even had to cut lose the extra help she had working for her. Now all she has is me … in more than one way is that so,” Ino sadly admitted setting down the dango skewer in the paper box it had come in, with the few others she still had yet to touch.
“Ano… “ Kakashi scratched the back of his head, “I really don’t know much about running a flower shop but I could do my best and watch over it awhile as you took your mother out,” he kindly offered being not one to not offer help to someone in need.
Ino’s face lighted up brighter then the star filled sky. “Ah! Really, really?!”
Kakashi smiled at seeing her face look so happy and tilted his head to the side as he went on smiling and warned, “I can’t promise I won’t make a mess of things but I can most certainly try for you Ino.”
The way he worded that made her blush and look away. He could have not have meant … it some other way she scolded herself. “Arigato gozaimasu Kakashi.”
Kakashi smiled all the more at seeing that blush once more touch her fair cheeks. She really was so very pretty. Not to mention a thoughtful girl. Someone very fun to be around … in fact he was rather happy he now had a reason to be around her more tomorrow. On this realization as Ino went to reach for her dango he intercepted her hand, taking it in his own so that their fingers laced.
Ino looked over to Kakashi fully blown away with fire red cheeks. Yet as he just smiled looking at her the brightness in her cheeks toned down yet still would not fade away.
“It’s my pleasure Ino…” he said once he was sure her head was not going to pop off from being so red. “In fact …” he boldly added. “If you want… I can stay the rest of the day and then treat you to dinner again.”
“T-that kinda … sounded like a date,” Ino pointed out.
“Does it?”
She nodded and looked down to their hands still holding to each others. She could feel her heart racing in her chest.
“Would it be so bad if it was?”
She thought about this for a moment. A date with Kakashi… She really liked the idea of that. She shook her head no. “I think it would be nice,” she admitted and slowly almost timidly looked back up as a bit of wind picked up around them and blew her long golden hair around behind her.
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Shikamaru breathed out a deep puff of smoke from his cigarette he held between his lips, as he made his way home later that night. How had things turned out this way?! He had followed Ino and Kakashi to the dango stand and stayed in a nearby tree to just happen to over hear what they two of them said.
He was the reason Ino had been crying. He really could not let Chouji in on the blame of it as the guy had kept asking about it all day reminding Shikamaru on the planned meal, but things with their mission had just taken longer than he had planned, then Nautro and had fully made him forget due to the guys antics in the middle of the street. No all blame of the matter was his. He should have planned better.
His mind flashed back to after the dango stand when Kakashi had walked Ino home. Kakashi had kissed Ino on the cheek. The cheeky bastard had not even pulled down his mask to do so.
“Ahh what the hell is Ino thinking?!” he asked out loudly startling a few people nearby. “He is too old for her … her is a pervert! He is …” not me. However he would not allow himself to say that out loud. If he went out with Ino, Chouji would be hurt by that. He didn’t want anyone’s feelings to get hurt and lead for the best team in the village to end up in ruins. He just wanted things to stay the same… why, why could things just not stay the same?
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A/N’s: Not sure how long this story is gunna be, like how many chapters, but I did get an idea for a few missions for Ino to feature in. Now just need to come with some OC villains for them. Ah how troublesome … haha.
Hmm … any ideas on how you would like to see the OC villains act like? Not asking for OCs just what you would enjoy seeing them act like. Like maybe one of them as a weird thing against cats or something, I don’t know. If you have any fun ideas leave them in reviews with your comments. ^.^
Next time, Ino’s and Kakashi’s date.
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The Road of Life	By : LollyDream Category: Naruto > Het - Male/Female Views: 1604 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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The Road of Life