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oo3 | in which Ino is actually serious. ...for a short while, at least.

Mar 09, 2009 16:37

Who: Shikamaru and Ino
Where: The plaza in Espoir a.k.a. Ino's hangout
Style: Either
Status: Closed!

It was a well-known fact that Ino hated waiting. Whether she was waiting for something to arrive on her doorstep or for someone to come meet her somewhere, she couldn't stand to sit around and do nothing; she was, after all, above that kind of ( Read more... )

shikamaru nara, ino yamanaka, !location: espoir

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still_lazy March 9 2009, 23:58:52 UTC

It didn't take that long for him to arrive, at least, not as long as it could've. He would've taken a more leisurely pace if he was going to meet anyone other than Ino. Because anyone other than Ino would have a better sense of patience and wouldn't resort to yelling every time something didn't go their way. And Shikamaru really knew better than to irk the Yamanaka heiress, he'd learned along the years when to keep his mouth shut and when to walk at a faster pace ( ... )

not_a_porker March 10 2009, 01:26:09 UTC

No matter how quickly he had managed to reach the plaza, it wasn't nearly quickly enough for Ino. Although she had felt slightly hesitant about answering the many questions that she just knew were going to be thrown her way, there was no denying that a part of her was looking forward to seeing her teammate again. She would never admit it, of course, but it was true. It was almost like bringing a bit of normalcy back into a ridiculous situation; a constant substituted into an equation, if you will. A frustrating constant, but a constant all the same ( ... )

still_lazy March 10 2009, 02:11:51 UTC

Huh. How quickly she went from contemplative to surprisingly quiet to aleady criticizing him was beyond him. Admittedly, there was only a few seconds in between each. He had to admit that pause she took confused him, though. Normally Ino would snap at him without a moment's hesitation, it was kinda different today. Which probably meant that something was amiss with her, and that would mean he would probably hear about it later ( ... )

not_a_porker March 10 2009, 03:10:09 UTC

She may have known that such questions were going to be asked, but she had been hoping to postpone it just a bit. A bit. But no; in came Shikamaru, not even caring to ask her how she was or how she had managed to make it all by herself. Not that she had really expected anything so great from him, but... a girl could dream, right?

But besides that, was he actually... demanding her to do something? Her scowl only grew larger. He may have been the brains of their little three-man cell, and yes, she listened to him when the time called for it, and yet having anyone bark orders at her--besides her superiors--was something Ino did not like. Even if what he was asking was perfectly sensible, which it certainly was, she still didn't care for it. If anyone was going to be demanding, it was going to be her.

"Excuse me?" she huffed; she was going to wind up answering questions, she knew, and the sooner they were asked, the sooner they would be over with, but... she wasn't about to let him get away with ordering her around. Not there, ( ... )

still_lazy March 10 2009, 03:27:19 UTC

... crap. He should've known he couldn't have gotten away with that. It was worth a shot, though. And it probably would've worked too, if she wasn't more irritable than usual. He had to remember that Ino didn't go on sheer logic like he did, she was mostly driven by her emotions. He'd kept note of that for the longest time, and yet when he also got caught up in what he was doing, he had a tendency to forget considering how she would react ( ... )

not_a_porker March 10 2009, 03:53:13 UTC

"The sooner we get to Konoha, the sooner I go tell your mother how rude you are," she said shortly, her scowl not wavering the slightest bit. She was definitely being hard on him, but she certainly wasn't about to apologize for it. He deserved it.

...Well, he kind of deserved it. In the back of her mind, she knew that she was only making a bad situation worse for him; after all, waking up and finding himself in that crazy place? Hearing her tell him that Asuma-sensei was supposed to be dead? It certainly couldn't be easy for him, even if he somehow managed to always roll with the punches and keep his stupid lazy demeanor.

And it was also easy to spot the fact that he was trying to do as she had told him to, although his idea of "asking politely" was anything but her own. He clearly was only attempting it because he wanted information, but it was still a start.

And she did want to get everything out of the way ( ... )

still_lazy March 11 2009, 03:37:43 UTC

Oddly enough, that was easier than he expected it to be. Then again, if Ino had been as miserable as she claimed to be, he wouldn't doubt that she just wanted to get all his questions answered before she could take the chance to yell and demand things from him. But now that he was given this option, he tried to figure out where to start.

His plan had been to let Ino pick what to tell him first off, considering that this would probably be a lot harder for her than him. She was the one who went through all this tragedy after all, especially considering that one of those tragedies was the death of their squad leader. Should he still let her have that option? Or would it take too long? The way he was beginning to see it, it would be all the easier to just explain what he wanted to know. But she could always take that as more commanding than he would have intended. Well, this was life or death (or so he hoped), so he figured that he might as well take is chances ( ... )

not_a_porker March 11 2009, 04:30:14 UTC

She couldn't help it; at the mention of Asuma's death, she looked away briefly, pressing her lips tightly together. She thought that she had gotten over it, really, but there was something about seeing him alive once more that had just brought everything back; knowing that she had to explain all the details was also something that she was not looking forward to. She looked back over at him, her annoyed expression softening just a bit. No, she wasn't looking forward to it at all.But, thankfully, he started with the easy topic first. She could deal with that ( ... )

still_lazy March 12 2009, 03:22:58 UTC

Noting her reaction to when he mentioned Asuma's death, he took it that of all the subjects he planned to cover, that one would probably be the most difficult. They could save it for another day... but that was only if it was absolutely necessary. He was more curious than anyone about that, although it wasn't really on the need-to-know list. What was most important was that they figure out where they were, and how to get back to Konoha. But if Asuma really was going to die... he had to find out how to prevent it before he went back. He could also probably ask Kakashi. Though for now, he had to gather enough answers to please everyone, and Ino was his best source of information at that point ( ... )

not_a_porker March 12 2009, 20:36:23 UTC

She was fully aware that her information was, well... sorely disappointing. However, she was truly giving him all she had to offer; when she had arrived, the only information that she had been given by anyone was that she had found herself in a so-called "dream world", that there was no escape, and that the thing she had in her hand was called a "Dreamberry". Aside from those important pieces that she had collected, no one else had told her anything, and, although she had truly tried, she hadn't been able to find out any other information ( ... )

still_lazy March 13 2009, 02:48:31 UTC

... Leave it to Ino to add a few more questions while answering one. But nonetheless, that was something that he was looking for. The idea that people could leave would probably be more vital than he expected though. Although there was another question there, where do they leave to? From what it seemed, this Haruhi girl didn't die from anything. At least, not from the way that Ino worded it. But she just... left. So there were a few chances there. Haruhi either went back to her world, or went to another dimension ( ... )

not_a_porker March 13 2009, 03:32:43 UTC

"...Yeah," she said after a momentary pause, reaching up to push her bangs out of her eyes. "It was definitely Akatsuki." She was caught off guard by his question, if only because she had been expecting more inquiries about the place that they were stuck in... more questions that she couldn't answer, to be perfectly honest. Therefore, she was slightly happy that he had asked a question that she could actually answer, even if that question was about an unpleasant subject ( ... )

still_lazy March 13 2009, 04:10:32 UTC

He listened to all this, turning his sights elsewhere. ... Pein? He hated not knowing who that was. Apparently they had gathered more information on the Akatsuki while he had been away. But considering that from what he recalled, the number of members was unknown. Although from this explanation, this Pein character was considerably powerful. Then again, that was a given for every Akatsuki member.

But hearing that Shizune was taken down... That shook him a bit. How many more of their ninja would they lose? Obviously, it was a given that something like that was bound to happen. But to think that someone he knew would be gone in an instant, it was difficult to think. What was Chouji doing when this happened? And if his theory about his time differences was accurate, what was he doing during all this? If Ino was working with her father, it was understandable that he and Chouji would have seen it to be suitable to leave her. And yet... what if it was Ino that had been killed ( ... )

not_a_porker March 13 2009, 04:58:47 UTC

She watched him carefully, searching his face for any hints as to what he may have been thinking. She didn't understand how his mind worked in the way that it did--it was, in fact, almost impressive, although she'd sure as hell never tell him that--, and she could never seem to follow his train of thought; it seemed as if she was always left watching him carefully, trying to read into even the smallest move ( ... )

still_lazy March 13 2009, 05:09:09 UTC

.... And there went his sympathy with her. Right out the window, with one comment. She practically managed to kick it out of his frame of mind. But hey, it was Ino. If she could switch her moods that fast, no reason why he couldn't do the same to him or anyone else around her.

But this was what made them teammates, he figured. They argued, they bickered, but they had to admit that they really did depend on each other when the time came for it. Even though that was becoming considerably less frequent as they spent time in different places. Nonetheless, her comment didn't fail to irk him. Who was she to talk about being annoying? He knew to expect an argument eventually. ... Though argument wasn't always the term to use. They could turn into one-sided shouting sessions just as easily ( ... )

not_a_porker March 13 2009, 20:23:48 UTC

Any other person would have admitted that Shikamaru had a right to make the comment that he did, although they may have admitted it grudgingly; after all, he had been insulted first. Any other person would have realized that there were more important matters to be discussed, as well, and would have focused their attention on answering his new question.

However, Ino was not any other person.

"You have some nerve, you jerk!" she snapped, glaring up at him. There were some things that she could live with; however, he wasn't about to just slide by after he had the gall to insult her. There was, after all, an unspoken rule of their team that everyone had to abide by: Ino could insult anyone she wanted, but no one could insult her. "You just got here, and you're already treading on thin ice!"

Letting out what was perhaps the huffiest huff ever known to man, she turned away from him, haughtily flipping back her ponytail once more. "I mean, I know that no one can copy me, but it's not because I'm troublesome; it's because no one can ( ... )

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