Okay! I'm redoing it like I said! Let's hope I can do a better Shika now.

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The clouds float by lazily. I sigh. I wish I could be a cloud. Do nothing all day except float aimlessly. That would be great. Less troublesome. "Shikamaru!," a loud voice yells across the field. I sigh and look up. Ino's chopping it towards me, Choiji trotting behind her, munching on a bag of potato chips. "Yo...," I mumble, setting my head back down. Ino folds her knee's under herself and sits beside me, whilst Choiji flop's down, falling slightly to one side, and then gaining his balance and sitting cross legged. "Hey Shikamaru! *chomp chomp* Whutch'a doin? *chomp chomp chomp*," Choiji asks. I point up to the sky, and he gets my message. "Nah, Shikamaru! You're so boring!," Ino says, huffing. I just shrug. "I'm not on this Earth to entertain you...," I say. I can practically see her rolling her eyes. "Whatever...," she says. It's quiet... except for Choiji's incessant munching. I grumble something incoherent even to me, and my mind starts to wonder.

Am I really that boring? It's not like I care, but it's nice to know. Oh well. As I said before, i'm not here to entertain anyone...

Ino and Choiji left me to peace after I dozed off. When I woke, it was getting dark. I thought about heading home, but I was so comfortable that I voted against it.

That's to much work. Getting up, brushing myself off... and I haven't even got half way there. No. I think i'll sleep a little more...

The next time I woke, I startled a little bit. There was a person sitting next to me. I blinked my eyes to make out the details. Male... I think. Blond hair that was messy and obviously unruly. He/she wore a rugged shirt that went down to he/she's knee's. He/she had some shorts on too, but they were just as rugged as the shirt. His/her's eyes were closed. The most significant thing about him/her would probably be the whisker marks on both sides of his/her face. Three whisker marks on each cheek. I quirk an eyebrow. I was about to say something, when I see the most peculiar thing... I rub my eyes to make sure i'm not seeing things... but it's there all right.

Ears. Not just regular people ears, but... fox ears? They're protruding from his hair, positioned on the sides on his head, slightly tilted outward. It's dark orange at the base of the ears, and the fades into a brilliant gold, a little bit lighter than his hair. Something moves beside me, and I shift my head to see a tail as well. A fluffy fox tail. It fades to match the ears, except for some reason at the tip, the yellow is cut off my pure black fur.

It intrigues me.

"What are you doing?," I ask. The... 'person' yelps and jolts back, scrambling up to his/her feet. "I-i-i-i," he/she stutters, blushing heavily. I can tell from the voice it's a guy. I raise an eyebrow. "You?...," I say. He gulps and then gives me a sloppy grin his tail wrapping around his waist, and he pets it while looking down, his ears twitching in excitement on his head. "Uh... W-well... you see, I was just... and you were... b-but I...," he mumbles. I sit up and put my forearms on my knee's. "Well, if you're here to pester me, i'd appreciate it if you would leave," I say, not so nicely. His tail sinks a little, and his ears droop onto his head. "Oh...," he says quietly.

For some reason, I feel horrible.

"Hey...," I start, surprisingly. He lifts his head up, staring me down with those deep blue eyes. "What's with... your... tail?," I barely get out. Alarm starts in his eyes. "U-uh n-n-nothing important!," he shouts, trying to pat down his ears, his tail moving inside his shirt. I shrug. "Whatever...," I say, standing. He looks at me, eyes wide. "What do you mean 'Whatever'?!," he shouts. I sigh and stick my pinky in my ear, twisting it. "Tck'say... You're so loud...," I complain. He blushes and huffs, folding his arms over his chest. Now that i'm standing, I can see i'm a few inches taller than him. "*sigh* Geez... Whatever. Ja, ne...," I say sleepily over my shoulder, waving a hand slowly. I hear him gasp from behind me. I chance a glance. He's shuffling his feet, looking towards me and then back to the forest. I close my eye and turn forward again.

Why's he looking over there?

I reach the edge of the woods, when I hear feet pattering in the distance. He's got no shoes on. I stop at the bridge. It takes a while, but I soon hear panting not far from behind. When he's within 20 meters of me, I turn to look at him. "Stalker...," I say. He yelps and trips over himself, jumping on one leg and then regaining his balance. "H-hey! I am NOT!," he yells. I sigh. He's so loud. "Okay... why are you following me, then?," I ask. He opens his mouth to talk, and then hesitates, thinking. When he's made up his mind, he smiles at me, a smile that makes my heart momentarily skip a beat, and says "I'm staying with you!,"

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Okay! This is sooo much better to me! What do you guys think? Reviews please!