AN: Once again I don't own Naruto. I would really love/appreciate it if you reviewed, but thank you so much for reading this fic. Sorry it took so long and that it is short but I have a good plan for the next chapter so look forward to it.

"First Mission"

Choja knew that for a new genin the chances of getting a mission where there would be actual danger was slim to none. Still it was still weird to think that as of today she would be getting her own paycheck as an actual shinobi she should enjoy this time before she would have to go on missions that would require her to kill people. That was something that Choja had no idea how to deal with how would she be able to look at someone and just end their life. Someone would probably be waiting for them and because of her they would never see their loved one again.

It was best not to think of such things right now and just enjoy the moments of safety and passivity because Choja knew safety for a shinobi was a rare thing.

Walking out the door Choja quickly headed over to the training grounds to meet the rest of her team. Reaching the training grounds she sat down and waited for the rest of her teammates to arrive.

Looking up Choja was hoping to see Shikamaru but instead she saw Ino walking towards her a knot of anxiety formed in her stomach.

Even though yesterday they had overcome their differences to pass the bell test it was still awkward around Ino. All that existed was tension at least on her end Ino seemed to be perfectly fine to pretend that nothing had ever happened to them. The worst part was that Shikamaru had no idea about the history between Ino and herself.

The things that happened between Ino and herself was years ago Choja knew that she had to forget about the past to have an effective team. However when Ino looked her way and let out a bright smile to Choja a pit of anger formed in Choja's stomach.

Thankfully as Ino sat down next to Choja in the grass and went to speak Shikamaru showed up yawning and looking as if he had just woken up. Knowing Shikamaru he had most likely woken up and was still half asleep.

Her suscpions were confirmed when without even a glance at Ino Shikamaru walked over to Choja plopped down next to her and put his head in her lap, where he promptly fell asleep.

Choja's heart started to beat erratically as it was prone to do whenever Shikamaru was touching her. Glancing over to her right Choja could see Ino's mouth had fallen open in shock and for once in her life she was completely speechless.

On one hand Choja was elated to have Shikamaru near her and not afraid to flaunt their relationship, on the other hand it was mortifying to be in such an intimate position next to one of the village's greatest gossips.

Asuma Sensei showed up before Choja could decide to shove Shikamaru off of her lap or to just sit in a puddle of mortified nerves. "Hey guys we got our first mission and it's a simple D one of course were just babysitting some brat so let's get going."

At Asuma's words Shikamaru blearily woke up and Choja once again for the millionth time felt her face flush because to her Shikamaru looked his cutest when he was waking up form a nap.

His eyes would maintain haziness and his nose would twitch like a cute bunny. A cute bunny that is funny, I wonder what a Shikamaru bunny would be like, Shikamaru as a bunny that would be so cute Choja thought.

Shikamaru on the other hand was wondering why his teammates were behaving so weird well at least Ino was behaving weird. Choja always had a dazed look whenever he woke up from a nap around her which he could never understand.

Ino on the other hand was gaping like a fish and for once in her life was not saying a word woman Shikamaru a strange breed of human that was defiantly too much of a drag to deal with unless forced to, well besides Choja Shikamaru thought she was always the exception to the rule.

Even in his subconscious Shikamaru could not deal with the idea of grouping Choja in with the rest of women she was to special and precious to be compared to people like Ino.

Setting aside these thoughts Shikamaru lazily stood up and held his hands out to Choja to take. As they started to walk off hand in hand towards their mission with Asuma they would have been surprised to find if they had bothered to glance back Asuma and Ino wearing twin expressions of shock.

When they finally reached their mission Shikamaru was disappointed to learn that Asuma was right the kid was really a brat. They had met their client and their young charge who had immediately looked at Choja and yelled out "hey aren't you way to much of a fatty to be a real shinobi?"

This had of course sent Choja spiraling down into a deep depression and Shikamaru was left wanting very much to pound a six year old into the ground, which was way too much trouble to even think about this early in the morning.

The rest of the day did not improve Shikamaru's mood in the slightest the kid had not stopped being a brat and had spent the day hanging off Choja and being a nuisance to her.

Finally though their first mission was over and to celerbrate Asuma offered to take them out to eat barbeque as he knew this was Choja's favorite food, and she had basically completed the mission singlehandedly.

Choja was excited her first mission was over with and even though the kid had been rather cruel to her it was nothing that she had not heard before on a daily basis.

Now to top it all off her and her team were going out to eat her favorite food yes Choja thought this day had gone much better than she had anticipated.

Reaching the restaurant and settling down next to Shikamaru Choja's thoughts were reduced to a litany of meat, meat,meat,meat, meat, yummy meat.

The sizzling crack of the meat being placed on the grill made Choja's mouth water and as soon as the food was ready she wasted no time in putting the food in her mouth. Each bite tasted like heaven in her mouth she would gladly face a hundred brats if it resulted in being rewarded like this.

Her happiness was interrupted however by the input of one Ino Yamanaka "Choja if you keep eating like that you're going to get fat."

Choja suddenly didn't want to keep eating especially since she was being degraded in front of her new sensei and Shikamaru. Before she could decide what to do Shikamaru took the decision out of her hands "don't listen to her Choja, guys don't like sticks believe me you are just fine the way you are."

Choja's faced flushed and without a look at Ino or Asuma Sensei took a big piece of meat and chewed happily because after all Shikamaru liked the way she looked so who cared about anyone else, and damn Ino she deserved this barbque that kid was an ass."