[Prompt 4][Naruto][Shikamaru, Ino, Chouji][drabble-ish]
Title: Knowing
By: Kel, who still sucks at titles
Summary: [Prompt 4: Accident] Team Ten’s training wasn’t without complications, but they soon learned to listen to each other.
A/N: Two and a half drabbles long. XP No, I have no discipline.
Team Ten’s training was not without its complications. It had taken a few tries before Team Ino-Shika-Chou was even near working seamlessly together. They had learned, however, to start listening after the first accident.
It had scared them all. Somewhere, communication had failed in a training exercise. Shuriken had been launched in the wrong direction, toward Ino’s unprotected back. A quick Kage Mane, and Shikamaru and Ino were both on the ground. After the shock had worn off, Ino had yelled, cradling her swollen wrist, that if Shikamaru were going to throw her down, he could at least try not to land in such an awkward position.
Shikamaru never bothered to tell her that his wrist was wrenched as well. He’d muttered something about an ungrateful woman and left Chouji to talk with her. (Chouji was good at that, he reasoned. Better than he.)
The next day, Ino had made sure Shikamaru’s wrist was bandaged tightly. She never bothered to apologize; instead she said something about how useless Shikamaru’s technique was. She left Chouji to smooth ruffled feathers. (Chouji was good at talking sense into Shikamaru, she knew. Better than her.)
During the next few days, Chouji made sure both his teammates didn’t injure themselves further. (Ino and Shikamaru both could be forgetful, he knew. He’d once watched Ino carelessly burn herself on a pan she knew was hot, and Shikamaru had once re-broken a barely healed ankle because he’d not taken good care of it.)
It was about that time that Asuma-sensei started watching them a little more closely.