What If Naruto had harem with fem shikamaru and hinata caught them??

hey how you doing you all in this video we are going to see what if Naruto had Haram with f Shikamaru and hanada caught them movie and if you want more then please leave a like share and subscribe let's get in the video most people would say and agree that death is final there is literally nothing that could bring you or anyone else back after you die that was it there was nothing else for you after that and you probably wouldn't even realize it until finally you're no more death really was the final of everything nothing could Escape it no matter how much they tried of course there are those lucky people who would have a chance at living for a while longer but those were few and in between I wouldn't call myself one of those people when the first thing you see when you wake up being a scarred face that had a ponytail that I called the pineapple ponytail wouldn't you let out some sort of noise either in fear or discomfort of course at the time I didn't realize that I was I don't know a baby so the fact that there was something like that in front of me made me start crying even harder causing the man that was holding me to panic a bit and send a look to the side almost like he was like a scolded child oh give her here already shikaku a voice spoke before I ended up being lifted away from the scary man and put right in front of a nipple wanting to be anywhere but there I gave a slight noise in discomfort but baby instincts went out and I did what babies did I tried my best to forget what happened at that point and any other time that I had to breastfeed and that was pretty much how it was going to go but even then I was more than a little confused you would think that after getting hit by a car of all things that you wouldn't be able to live through it but here I was sitting on the floor in the body of a baby needless to say I was really confused at the moment though I was simply looking around the room that I was in while sitting up in the Cradle a lazy look on my face from what the small mirror that I saw could show me I had black hair little tough that it was and black eyes but other than that there wasn't really anything remarkable about me that would make any different from any other newborn baby to be honest though I felt like I should try and start walking to get out of the Cradle or whatever I was in but I seriously lacked the motivation to even move at the moment it was almost like laziness was becoming ingrained into my being leaning back so that I was laying against the bars of the crib I gave a once over to the room I was in seeing that it seemed to be more of an older Japanese style house if the rice paper doors was anything to go by it was cozy and warm despite the lack of light outside indicating that it was probably winter more than it was actually dark outside either way though I ended up letting out a lazy yawn as my eyes flickered towards the door to see my mother this time around I couldn't deny that she was pretty all things considered with brown hair that was pulled back into a ponytail and a few strands loose her skin was a bit on the pale side a bit lighter than my own hair color but at the same time I really didn't care this was the woman who had give birth to me in this life and thinking about it now I didn't really remember much of my last life other than that I was a female then as well and that I had been hit by a car looking up at her with a lazy look the woman let out a sigh as she picked me up I had hoped that with you being a girl that you wouldn't inherit the laziness that most Nara have but it looks like I was wrong the woman spoke with the only thing I actually got out of the sentence being Nara but it didn't sound like my name so I assumed that it was the family name something that sounded familar well that can still change little Shikamaru will be the best female Heir the Nara has ever had him there was a name from the few anime that she had watched at least she thought she watched she remembered that name Shikamaru definitely sounded familiar to her but she couldn't put her finger on it at the moment deciding to ignore it for the time being including the fact that I was just named I let my instincts take over as I did whatever it was that a baby did when they breastfed well besides the obvious part of course the slightly aggravated side that came from my mother also caught my attention of course you had to be like shakaku and have no motivation except for eating my mother spoke with a sigh as she shifted me a bit in her arms if you don't turn out to be a tomboy then I'm going to eat my apron ignoring that for the time being I just decided to drift off into sleep once again even as I just let my instincts take over I don't really know how long it took for me to actually consciously move again but but by the time that I actually did it was to the point where I was walking around on unsteady feet time just seemed to fly right by as an infant and to be honest I don't really remember a lot of it thinking back on it honestly I wouldn't change anything even if I had the chance to though I would probably try and figure out the significance of the name that I had at the time getting back on track though I really was a lazy kid my mother didn't really like it even as an infant and my dad well let's just say that he expected it by the time that I started to able to walk I was a smart kid ignorance to the significance of my name aside as soon as I could start walking both of my parents started to have me practice with cleverly hidden games that helped with dexterity my fingers had never been more Nimble than that before and even now I really wasn't the best but I was better than a certain idiot I could mention all joking aside it was my first words that really caused my path of the lazy person to be set in stone my father was needless to say really happy considering I was carrying the family's laziness which was hereditary to be honest my mother on the other hand that was the first time that I had seen her as angry as that but it wouldn't be the last time either to be honest I would have preferred to not get on her nerves but when you take after your father more than your mother that's a lot harder than you would think I keep getting off track don't I well my first words I bet you're dying to figure it out aren't you well I bet a lot of you people already know what I was I said anyway but for those of you who don't I'll just outright say it my first words were when my mother was being tedious with me while I was taking a bath I let out what could have been a sigh from a baby before letting out moske my mom froze at that before she started to yell at the top of her lungs for my did she was apparently in a mixture of angry and happy happy beas of my first words but angry because of the fact that the first words I had said were what I had heard my father saying a lot around me when he was talking about my mother I didn't know what it meant at the time but needless to say my dad got a really large scolding when it came to saying that word around my mother what made the situation worse as far as I was concerned though was the fact that both me and my dad said that one word together at the same time which just seemed to infuriate her even more I was one year old at least that's what I thought when I managed to say my first word which either meant that I was just being lazy or I was developing slower I was thinking more along the first line because of the fact that on my birthday I meant some other kids one of which was babbling like crazy I tried to inch away from the blonde girl that was talking my ear off but I was stuck between her and this boy that was a bit on the heavy side I didn't have a problem with him he was nice considering that he offered me some of the food that his parents gave him I didn't know what it was but it was soft and sweet so I had no problem eating it there were a few other kids there including a boy with red marks on his face that seemed to be playing around with a big dog the boy acting like a puppy him himself I decided to stay away from him because he was to much trouble well either way I need to just get this out of the Shikamaru Nara the girl with a boy's name was interrupted as a ball of orange and yellow flew into her which was followed by a bark of laughter staring up towards the sky even with the blonde and orange that was on top of her she only had one word to say what a drag ah sorry shika Chan the person on top of her spoke with a slightly panicked tone even as he shifted instead of getting off of her giving a sigh while still staring at the ceiling the black-haired girl didn't even move as she said if you're sorry about this Naruto San then why don't you get off of me panicking a bit at this the boy got off of the black-haired girl without much fuss letting her sit up showing black eyes that were dull in the sense that they were bored theara's eyes landed on the cause of Naruto flying towards her being the inuzuka whom she was just writing about in her journal she refused to call it a diary that was for girly girls like that pink-haired Banshee that was currently giving goobly eyes towards a certain uch that thought quickly disappeared though when the inuzuka laughed loudly again just your luck Naruto you landed on pretty much the only girl that wouldn't beat you up the inuzuka laughed as his ninkin gave a small bark in response getting the boy to pause oh yeah hanata wouldn't either but she would faint putting a finger into her left ear which had had a three gold tear drop like piercings on it the Nara spoke well what would you expect from hero worship like she doesn't treat you the same way the inuzuka retorted right back completely ignoring the fact that said girl wasn't a far away from him and her face was turning bright red as well giving a shrug in response while also using her signature catchphrase theara remembered how that particular thing started she was a young kid just getting over the fact that she was going to become a Shinobi no matter what her opinion of the matter was and she had seen the Shai hyuga getting bullied by a few classmates of course narut who was already her friend by this point had saw it as well and without even needing to talk about it the two beat off the bullies though Shikamaru left most of them for Naruto considering she didn't want to do anything too Troublesome as she had put it deciding to get more comfortable theara got up off of the floor and went back to her seat with a lazy demeanor whatever it's not like I'm actually looking for anything like that in the first place if she wants to put me on a pedestal that's her incentive most people would have flinched at the lazy and almost cold way that the Nar spoke but by now everyone who was from a clan had gotten used to it narus tended to be the type that would push work onto other people if they could help it and Shikamaru wasn't any different even if she was a different gender compared to the majority of the Nara clan that was born into it she didn't really care either way though which was exactly why she had said that what did the opinion of someone else matter to to her the door to the classroom door opened up not even a second after she had finished talking her feet already up on the desk as the student teacher aruka and the assistant Mizuki had walked into the class shikamaru's eyes narrowed slightly at the cold eyes that appeared from the short-haired teacher when looking towards Naruto who was sitting right next to her oh how she wanted to tell someone anyone about the blatant murderous look that the teacher was giving but who would believe a kid even her dad didn't take what she said seriously at times and that had caused a few arguments between the father and daughter no one in the Nara Clan really had to look to far into it to see that Shikamaru while gaining most of shukaku's temperament had also received Yo's temper well there was also the fact the most commonly used quote that anyone from the other clans was in use here if she really wanted to then the quote they say the only thing to fear is fear itself that and a motivated Nara would apply to her as well and she would be damned to say that she wasn't starting to get attached to the blonde idiot that was sitting next to her would it actually work if she started up a conversation that would make sense to her father at the moment she was actually trying her best to not be noticed not too bad to need to be helped but not good enough to be noticed unconsciously she started to slip into the thinking pose that she had developed a couple of months ago while playing her dad in a game of chess she received a few stares but the biggest one belonged to none other than Naruto Uzumaki who was sending her slight slightly nervous glances he knew that she hated the looks he received and when she went into that pose it usually meant that she was overthinking things or she was planning ahead for something that would most likely get her into a lot of trouble if she was caught blue eye flickered back and forth from the teacher in front of the class to his first friend whatever she was thinking of it definitely wasn't good considering she usually ended up really motivated right after using that thinking pose black eyes opened with a glint that the blonde had seen before something that caused him to shiver in the process as well oh yeah she was definitely motivated now whatever it was that she had planned was definitely not going to end well for whoever she was thinking about in a tactical sense the last time he had seen that glance she had gave him a huge lecture that he had actually understood that caused him to stop trying to get Sakura to go out with him he was kind of stupid at that point even if he wasn't as bad anymore he was still kind of stupid he would admit that much deciding that it was more trouble than it was worth to try and figure out what was going on the blonde looked back towards his teacher trying to pay attention and understand what his teacher was talking about shica did a lot when it came to helping with that but she didn't like to help him out in the open not because of her parents he had found out but because she didn't want to be noticed as anything but average the fact that she walked through konaha with him without a problem showed that was what it was more than anything though he did admit that he was slightly hurt at first until she explained what it was a small smile genuine smile made its way onto his face as he realized that she wasn't going to abandon him no matter what happened she was one of the few people that tried to look past just what other people said she had no opinion of him when they had first met and the fact of the matter was that she had thought that he was cute when they had first met seriously her first words to him was you're kind of cute I don't get why people don't like you in an extremely lazy tone that was really blunt as well unbidden his cheeks started to go a bit red at the memory before he forced it back down so that he could forget about it he might not like it but he had to focus on the class in front of him if he wanted to be a great ninja that was one of the first things that Shikamaru had pounded into his head when they had first became friends with his Focus though he didn't notice the Nara sending him a look that had her eyes glinting with motivation Shikamaru was looking at her journal the first entry complete now with the last sentence being that she just needed to get things out of her head right after her little thought of staying away from a young keba the boy was really annoying then and he wasn't much better now the fact that he hit on her here and there now just made things worse as far as she was concerned she really didn't want to hurt the idiot dog but if she had to she would without a problem she wasn't going to be anyone's pretty little wife as the dog had said it wasn't really necessary but she took a low blow on him for that one getting her disqualified in the little sparring match that the teacher had set up for the students ignor ignoring that for the time being Shikamaru looked towards her father who was sitting across from her with a cup of tea a couple of papers in his hands that he was going over she paused for a few seconds to brace herself for this before she spoke the caoi it's not dead is it I was wondering when you were going to ask shikaku spoke after a few seconds of Silence the two ignoring what they were doing now to look towards each other you've always been too smart for your own good I swear you were looking at my scars more than my actual face when you were a baby giving a lazy look that matched her father Shikamaru just Shrugged I could have been for all you know but you still didn't answer my question H well I can't exactly talk about it considering it's a village secret but how about you tell me what you think is going on shikaku spoke with a slight smirk the type that showed that he was basically saying that he was going to say what was right and what was wrong of what she said giving a slow blink towards her father before setting her journal down the N9 old spoke I think that Naruto has the caoi inside of him somehow I think with whatever fuinjutsu is and because of that most of the village hates him for something that's inside of him H well fuinjutsu is the art of using seals to do various things such as sealing an object into a scroll the Naro responded after taking a small sip of his tea speaking in a way that made it seem like he had spoken to answer her question of what fuinjutsu was and not confirming what she had said giving an nod towards her father Shikamaru wrote something else onto the journal before looking back towards her dad so I had another thing I wanted to ask I managed to get into the jenin section of the library legally of course and I noticed that the Nara akamichi yamanaka Clan airs usually get stuck on a team I think that should change Shikamaru ignored the narrow-eyed look that she got from her dad about sneaking into the jenin section of the library you needed to at the very least be a Jenine to get into there as the name suggested and she had deliberately snuck into there no Nara would try and learn something that was above their station unless they were shukaku's eyes narrowed as he realized what was going on his daughter was motivated about something something that had made her break a few rules to learn what she needed to know thinking over it his eyes widened slightly in realization as he finally understood what was going on she was really pushing it wasn't she but then again she was just as much Yo's daughter as was his when she got motivated to do something then she was going to try everything she could to try and get what she hoped she could out of the situation in this situation it seemed that he really didn't have much of a choice giving a sigh the older man looked towards his daughter one more time before he said I'll bring it up to the Hokage but the question is how motivated are you to do this you do realize what makes up the other teams as well right what a drag was the simple response from Shikamaru as she looked towards her father with the same lazy tone motivation burning in her eyes at the same time though why would I bring this up if I wasn't motivated enough to try and do what I'm aiming for you know just as well as I do what the motto of our clan is giving a nod towards his daughter shakaku pulled the shogi board they had under the coffee table out as he said motivation is only needed when there is something on the line obviously there's something on the line for you to try and do this why don't you and me play a game of shogi to get our minds off of it Shikamaru in turn gave a bitter look towards her father as she understood what was going on now he wanted her to prove that she was motivated enough for this she wasn't going to be able to win no matter what she did her intelligence while well above average for her age wasn't nearly as great as her father's was at least not yet that didn't mean she couldn't be bitter about playing a strategy game with him letting out a yawn shikaku walked up towards the Hokage tower for the meeting that between the Shinobi Council the shiha Massacre was the last time that he had needed to do this with feeling a sense of pressure but now he had the same problem Shikamaru was motivated enough to try and change something that had been set into stone since before konaha had been made it was going to be tough but it was something that needed to happen he could see it now that his daughter had pointed it out and how sad was that needing a child's help to see something that needed to change so that konaha could be more effective with some of the teams that they had moving his stiff neck to try and get the cricket out of it shukaku's blery eyes scanned over sum in isuka talking with hasi hauga about something probably something to do with how their children would end up on the same team in the future he wasn't sure how Su would react to his proposition but he knew that haishi would probably turn it down right away him being junan Commander or not the clan head had about as much power as he himself had when it came to propositions this was definitely going to be a big headache for him he just knew it but the fact was that he was going to do this no matter what repressing yet another yawn shikaku let a lazy smirk make its way onto his face as he saw his two teammates walking towards him raising a hand shikaku said morning inoichi shoa morning to you as well shikaku you look like you got hit by a doen Jutsu chosa spoke with a hearty laugh on his plump face rubbing at the back of his head and repressing yet another yawn the junan commander Shrugged to be honest you could blame my little troublemaker for that one she talked my ear off despite the fact that she had to go to the academy this morning and wasn't that the truth not too long after the shogi game ended shika had given him a huge lecture on what she thought was the reason that they needed to mix things up and to be honest he couldn't deny it even if the teams usually consisted of clan members that tended to more often than not end up on a team together the UA for example tended to be put onto teams of three of their own because of the fact that no one else knew about the Sharingan but them and fighting was the only way to unlock the thing shaking himself out of his thoughts as inoichi spoke shikaku rolled his eyes your little troublemaker couldn't be nearly as bad as Eno I doubt that considering the fact that Shikamaru is actually motivated about something for once shikaku spoke his voice obviously being louder than what he normally spoke and considering the fact that most of the conversation in the room had silenced causing him to sigh what a drag Su gave a barking laugh at that from her seat next to the Hai and shibi abam so the little brat is finally motivated about something huh this out of be good than once whatever happens happens you say that now but I doubt that it is something that we will all like shiby spoke in his normal analytical tone even as he pushed his glasses up am I correct to assume this shikaku San giving a shake of his head theara leaned back in his chair that he and his two teammates took well you're not wrong still though this is something better discussed when the Hokage gets air shibi simply gave a nod as everyone else went back to their own conversations really with how things were going just from the abam head talking he knew this was going to be really really Troublesome but he knew that if he didn't do it then his daughter would bring it up to the Hokage herself and he knew that she wouldn't be taken seriously there was also the fact that she could get into trouble with the fact that she had snuck into the jenin section of the library seriously she just dug self into a hole when she herself had admitted to digging but she didn't regret it as far as he was able to see really he just wanted to relax at this point but he knew that wasn't going to happen especially when the Hokage walked into the room staying silent for the time being as the Hokage discussed the problems that the Clans had and things they needed shikaku bidded his time and also prepared himself for most of the room to lash out at him in some way he really didn't know about a few of them but the more strict Clans such as the abam and the hyuga would definitely not like this stifling the urge to let out his daughter's signature catchphrase at the fact that he was going to have to deal with this soon shikaku the voice of hes and serut toi spoke causing the junan commander to look over towards the older man Su informed me that you had something else you wish to discuss giving a sigh shikaku sat up in his chair gaining a serious look that would often be associated with him being in the middle of explaining a strategy what a drag well hokages Sama I was thinking over a few things and even my daughter brought some things to my attention about the way the teams are set up everyone here knows that the teams are set up by their overall ranking in class the only hyuga in the room spoke with his normal stuck up tone of voice something that caused shikaku to let out a sigh giving the man a flat look shikaku spoke you and I both know that's [ __ ] every year we always end up with a team that consists of an inuzuka a main branch hyuga and abame if they are in the same year most of the other teams are decided that way but that usually only happens if there aren't Clan heirs or arises hasashi didn't seem happy about that being shoved into his face even as Su and shibi stared at shikaku with questioning looks what are you going on about shikaku I would have to agree with inuzuka San with this naraan I do not understand what this has to do with anything that we have discussed here today shibi responded right after Su the rest of the council minus haishi looking just as confused putting a hand onto his face while mumbling about this being way too Troublesome before he looked back up looking the three Clan heads in the eye look I trust the system that we made for our graduating jenin just as much as anyone else in this room but times are changing what are we going to do when people finally understand what's going on with our teams and they send out people to counter our teams what are you inoichi started to ask before a hand touched his shoulder causing him to stop as he looked towards the Hokage hen looked towards shikaku with an unreadable look as he asked are you saying that the current system is unacceptable with all due respect Hokage Sama yes it really is shikaku spoke in a blunt tone as he looked towards the man that he was pretty much directly under the dead last in the academy being put with the top kunoichi and rookie of the year as far as I'm concerned is fine considering it does just like you said before balances the team what what I have a problem with however is the fact that we are becoming a bit predictable with our team assignments for the rest of the students of the years with the current assessment more and more civilians are being turned away because of the way the assignments put them together in a way that they wouldn't last long outside of konaha to put it glibly the way it is now is costing us more than we can afford if we keep up with this way the rest of the council stared at shikaku with wide eyes even haishi for that matter as he started to talk about the faults of the current system the way that shikaku was making it seem was that the current system was making the teams unbalanced and even killing some of their young Shinobi to be honest though that was exactly what he was talking about as well after the talk that his daughter and he had he went into the mission records to see if the statistics were correct and for anyone under the rank of joinan that was true the chunin that went onto some missions were promoted because of their strategy and that was it and when they were put onto teams like that they ended up killed by woefully Superior enemies the biggest thing though was that not only was that happening now but it had been happening since before hin had become Hokage the fact that it had been happening for that long without anything or anyone fixing it was aggravating to say the least the hurt to his pride at the fact that his 9-year-old daughter had lead him to this was overshadowed by the anger of the fact that men and women died for absolutely no reason a slightly different team assignment or a bit more training would have saved hundreds of lives in the past 60 to 70 years and and would have made konaha stronger this was really Troublesome but he didn't regret the fact that his daughter had helped him figure this out of course that's also ignoring the fact that didn't get any sleep because of it ignoring that for the time being shikaku looked towards heisen after he gave his findings with the mission records the whole Council was deathly silent as they all took in what the junan commander had found out though just a little bit of research Su was angry needless to say about the fact that many of her clan could have still been alive and happy if they had received more training from joinan that could actually help them better than the one they had got received she wasn't the only one with an angry buzzing coming from shibi indicating his mood even as haishi glared at the table realizing that this also worked with his clan as well of course choa and inoichi also agreed with this as well knowing their friend well enough to know that he wouldn't present anything that he didn't believe in here Isen let out a tired sigh as he put a hand to his face I understand Chicago thank you for bringing this to my attention the fact that the teams that had the dead last and the Rookie of the Year in them had the lowest casualty count however says a lot with what you've told me I think it's about time that we make teams based solely on the ranking and not due to alliances between Clans I am sorry to say that your team will be the last Enos shikao shikaku inoichi chosa that's fine to be honest hok Sama shoses spoke with a soft frown on his face I just wish wish that we would have been able to find this sooner maybe then we could have saved more of each of our Clans and more civilian born Shinobi as well inoichi gave a hum of acknowledgement at that as well as he looked towards shikaku I have to agree with chosa on that manner but how did you even think to look for this anyway let's just say that a certain Troublemaker pushed me in the right direction shikaku spoke as he looked out towards the window in the meeting room towards the academy Shikamaru gave a glare towards the girl that was in front of her at the moment theara had made it to school later than she normally did which was why Nar had already been in class waiting for her instead of waiting for her outside of the school and of course that had caused him a bit of trouble with a certain U due to the fact that they disliked each other a lot Naruto was still the dead last of the School's ranking and that wasn't due to a lack of trying but the fact of the matter was that when shika arrived she was greeted to the sight of Sakura Haruno punching Naruto in the head while she screamed at the top of her lungs to leave sasun alone narut being the type of person who was horrible with lying and told Shikamaru when she asked what he did that he was just glaring at the T as he called SAS Sakura took another swing at Naruto for calling sake that before Shikamaru caught the fist with a tired sigh but a glare in her lack eyes everyone looked on after that with wide-eyed looks at the fact that the laziest person in school had stopped Sakura like it was nothing especially considering she was well well known for being stronger than she looked all right you're going to need to stop trying to destroy what little brains Naruto has left the Nara spoke in a lazy draw even as she ignored the yell of indignation from said blonde HEK not the smartest of people even he admits that but I don't think you really had any reason to punch him Sakura let out a growl as she swung her other fist having a connect with theara's head sending her backwards right as aruka walked in shut the hell up you tomboy what do you know about the idiot quite a lot actually since you know he's my best friend the blackhaired girl spoke as she rubbed her jaw a bit due to the pain of being punched in the face though her eyes quickly landed on the stock still form of aruka a aruka Sensei guess this is getting kind of troublesome well since you're here do you think I could Spar Sakura here I mean she did just hit me in the face and all snapping out of his trance the teacher stared at the lazy girl for a second before he nodded if that's how you want to sort things out Shikamaru San then by all means oh and let everyone in class watch would yah Shikamaru spoke as she stood up ignoring the jeers that she was getting from the rest of the female population that liked the U I'm probably going to be a bit more active here soon All Things Considered and I want to show that the teacher blinked a bit in surprise but he nodded anyway showing that he understood what she was asking no matter how much it surprised him that she was actually going to do this tell telling the rest of the class where they were going Shikamaru ignored Sakura who had a confident look on her face as she passed by the blackhaired girl simply put her hands into her pockets as she walked through the door first Naruto not to far behind her catching up to the Nara the blonde gave a wide-eyed look towards his best friend what are you doing shika Chan I thought you wanted to stay unimportant I found out something that gave me some motivation the girl spoke while looking towards narut out of the corner of her eye I don't know if you know how teams are made up but if it's the way that I'm thinking then so long as you're dead last I won't be on your team something that I actually want I can't prove it but I think someone is sabotaging you as well so you'll probably be dead last even if you're the best kid in the class Naruto looked at theara with wide eyes before he asked does that mean that the top two in the year are on the same team as the bottom see I told you you're not as stupid as you think you are Shikamaru spoke with a smirk on her face as she ruffled the shorter boy's hair a bit getting a squeak from him out of embarrassment you really need to use your head more often seriously Crossing his arms while turning away from the girl a giggle caught both of their attention as hanata caught up to them poking her fingers together as a nervous habit you two are almost like siblings you know that hey you didn't stutter shica spoke with a happy expression as she did the same thing to hanata as well since she was taller than both of them at the moment but no I don't think I could be this idiot's brother I like him but I don't think it'll ever be in that sense the Nara had no delusions that things could go in a completely different direction than what she could think of she knew for a fact that humans were the one thing you could never plan around unless you were in a battlefield and even then you can't predict everything that's going to happen in this case it was more along the lines of Shikamaru not knowing where things would end up like if she would end up in love with Naruto or if hanata would all things considered God forbid if the Shai hyuga ended up finding that she was not only in love with the blonde but her as well Shikamaru ignored that with as much force as she possibly could as she heard hanata let out a small giggle I've been tea trying to get better with tea talking without stuttering giving the blue-haired girl a smile and a nod shikamaru's expression turned more serious as she looked towards the circle where the Sakura was waiting for her rolling her eyes at the fact that the pink-haired girl was cracking her knuckles shika just walked into the ring with her hands in her Pockets she looked to the side towards aruka seeing that he was ready and then looked back towards the pink-haired girl who had punched the nara's friend I don't even know why you agreed to this considering you just give up every time you enter the ring Sakura let out with a taunt trying to look intimidating well as intimidating as a 9-year-old with pink hair could letting out an unrestrained yawn the Nara simply mumbled what a drag why did I agree to this again kick her ass shika Chan narut yelled at the top of his lungs which was followed by a quieter you can do it from hanata oh yeah it was because of that idiot she reminded herself as she stared Sakura down well this was either going to end in disaster or it was going to turn out the way she wanted either way things definitely were going to get Troublesome for theara she just hoped that her dad managed to convince the Hokage about her idea an annoyed expression was something that not many people saw when it came to Shikamaru but she ignored the stairs in favor of looking towards the pink-haired brat in front of her to be honest she wanted nothing more than to give up and take a nap but the motivation she had at the moment made it so that she couldn't even if she wanted to seriously it was bad enough that she had agreed to fight the girl but the fact that she was actually aiming to win she was certain that more than a few people were going to stare at her in shock turning to the side a bit she took note of her first friend Jo looking towards with a bag of chips she raised an eyebrow at him getting a shrug from the big boned boy well it seemed that her oldest friend wasn't going to be to surprised either way shika had proved more than once that she could get motivation and both the akamichi and the Uzumaki that she was friends with agreed when it came to that a motivated Shikamaru while slightly scary was nice to have on their sides that kind of reminded her of the prank that she had set up with Naro to get back at some of the bullies that had been going after o g the end result was several students of both gender being tarred and feathered in a style that was reminiscent of an old cartoon that shica barely remembered from her old Life play Naruto aost fake the smirk that made its way onto face at the memory caused a screech of indignation to come from the pink-haired Banshee as she charged towards Shikamaru letting out a deep sigh along with a what a drag the blackhaired 9-year-old moved out of the way of the punch putting her leg out in front of her to trip the pink-haired girl up unfortunately for the Nara that didn't cause her to fall out of the circle instead it caused her to be twice as angry as she charged once again Shao she yelled her fist heading for a direct path towards the nara's head who in turn simply moved to the side before putting her leg into the same path as before this time causing Sakura to jump which in turn made it so that she couldn't avoid the knee that slammed into her back as a result giving a deep sigh while putting her hands back into her pockets thear ascent and even looked towards the girl that she had just hit what a drag I seriously want to give up but I can't at this point would just make my life easier and give up already like hell Sakura screamed in response despite the fact that she was obviously in a fair amount of pain from the knee to the back letting yet another side to escape her theara looked towards the girl that was still on the ground seriously did this girl even train if she did then a knee to the back like that wouldn't have kept her on the ground for so long seriously she took harder hits at home when her dad decided to train her in something other the strategy she wasn't even going to bring in what her mother did with her training chunin she may have been but it wasn't because of her strength that she stayed that rank moving to the side once more at the punch that was sent her away from the pink-haired kunoichi in training shika sighed again seriously did this girl even know that she had just done the same thing three times in a row already it was like she didn't even care that no matter what she did about her training sure Sakura was smart being the top kunoichi in the grade showed that much but she was telegraphing her attacks to much if the fact that she wasn't even trying to dodge the Pinkett's attacks said anything then it was that she was book smart but woefully inadequate with other things seriously four times in a row doing the same thing she mumbled as the pink-haired girl sent yet another punch at Shikamaru which she dodged once again if you're going to fight then at least put some effort into it another growl made its way out of saker's throat as she yelled like you have any room to talk you're not even fighting back you do realize that you haven't been able to hit me once right the black-haired girl asked as she moved out of the way of another punch what a drag and here I was hoping to be able to nap in class for once ignoring the glare that she was getting from aruka since she had said that out loud getting Snickers from a lot of classmates Shikamaru let out another s considering she probably wasted half of the first lesson of the day and she wouldn't be able to stall any longer even if she wanted to moving out of the way of another attack shikamaru's hands left her pockets as she moved her hands out and sent a palm strike to the pink-haired girl's back sending her tumbling out of the circle sha Shikamaru aruka spoke with a final tone but a surprised one nonetheless from the looks that she was getting she knew that people would be looking at her differently soon if not for the fact that she did run away from a fight than because of the fact that she actually won a match instead of giving up right away of course the only thing she actually paid attention to though was the fact that narut and hanata were cheering in their own way shoi moving to give a grin towards her even as he kept his hands on the bag of chips that he usually had with him barely taking note of the fact that aruka had told them all to go back to the classroom she walked up to them Aus end the first person to talk as it was wasn't Naruto but Choi as he gave a teasing smirk towards shika and said I'm surprised that you didn't just run away from the fight like you normally do so that you can either sleep or watch the clouds come on Choi you need to have more faith in shikan Naruto spoke loudly getting a few annoyed looks from passing classmates which he ignored with his bright grin still in place I knew that she was going to win hanata in turn giggled a bit her face a bit red as she poked her fingers together shyly even as her eyes darted between Naruto and shika don't lie Naruto [ __ ] you thought Shikamaru Chan was going to run away as well who side are you on Naruto yelled with his face a bit red even as a lazy laugh came from Shikamaru getting an indignant moan from the blonde not you to shika Chan giving a half smirk theara pocketed her hands as she walked beside her three friends I'd say this is a drag but that' be a bit too predictable you know might as well take a page from the blonde idiots book all four of them burst into laughter even as narut rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment it was obvious enough that he wasn't used to the joking still but that didn't really matter the four of them were thick as thieves and it would take a lot to change that unbidden a dark thought seeped into the back of the nara's thoughts about what was going to happen when they became jennin before she forced it away they still had a few years before that and it wasn't really worth it to think about it thinking over a few things theara laid back in her seat the second that she got into the classroom her black eyes scanning the room a lot of the students ignored the four of them as they sat in relative proximity Shino aburame and kba sitting in front of her Naruto and hanata with Choi the six of them being closer than the rest of the class if everyone was serious Shino while quiet didn't have a problem with Naruto like the rest of the class and that put him into shika's good books unless he did something stupid kba on the other hand liked to Rough House with Naruto when he could get away with it honestly she didn't know who had more energy at times the dog in a human's body or the Energizer Bunny from Hell the chuckle that escaped her at that thought got some confused looks from her five friends but seriously it was just funny to think about it the amusement quickly disappeared when her eyes landed on mizuk Sensei again while she had barely any knowledge of the place she had ended up this bastard was one thing she couldn't forget no matter what did considering that he had only recently begun to be ruka's assistant she hadn't thought up a lot of things to do to him but she was going to thinking about it she was going to have to ask Naruto when got the chance to plan things out with him maybe even get her friends to help her with this endeavor Shikamaru had to suppress the evil smirk that threatened to appear on her face at the fact that she was going to make this man's life a living hell she would need to learn his habits a bit more before she could be certain but once she did then he was going to wish he wasn't a part of the class either way though she needed to make sure it wasn't to bad since she didn't want him to leave the class letting out a young the blackhaired girl looked towards her teacher before her eyes started to feel heavy she had managed this long which was a record to be honest but it was time for her to sleep she couldn't fight it any longer seeing amused look she got from the hyuga arys she knew that hanata was going to Lord this over her but to be honest she couldn't care less after giving the girl a look that said go on without me her eyes slipped closed without missing the Giggle and her eyes closed shut barely noticing the comforting feeling she got from both of her classmates you know you could have woken me up before aruka threw an eraser at my head Shikamaru grumbled even as she laid against the tree that was in the playground area of the school where she and her friends say during lunchtime sporting a nice lump on her forehead a grinning Naruto just gave a loud laugh as he said hey you're the one who's lazy enough to sleep in the middle of one of aruka sensei's lectures I have to agree with the idiot this time keba snickered even as akamaru barked with him in agreement the blonde however didn't appreciate the comment as he glared at keba what was that you mut you heard me you dumbass keba yelled which in turn caused narut to tackle him to the ground both of the rolling around getting an exasperated Huff from the ninkin puppy the rest of the group just let out amused expressions or sounds as the two started to fight with each other again honestly this was such a common occurrence that it didn't even surprise them anymore Shikamaru let out a smirk as well before she took out her journal and decided that it was time to write another entry into the same book she kept things in most of the time it probably wasn't the best time but it was something she wanted to do never wanting to forget her experiences thinking over it for a second a smile made its way onto her face as she thought of where to Str strt what a drag first I get forced to walk around the village even if it is my first time outside of the village I was only three damn it why did my parents have to force me to go outside when all I wanted to do was watch the clouds for once I never really had the chance to before and that was definitely annoying I mean I don't ask for a lot so is letting me watch the clouds for once too much to ask I seriously hadn't been outside of the house all that much but no they just had to put me out into the open anyway moving on I realized just how big the place I lived in was when my dad shikaku brought me outside of the clan compound of course the second that I saw the giant faces on the mountain my mind went blank I mean wouldn't you do the same thing if you saw something that you could have sworn was fictional was in front of you in person for that matter seriously there were four giant faces on a cliff off in the distance with a large building that had the cony for fire on it not too far off from where we currently were and that was more than enough to make my mind go blank for a second high IQ or not if you were startled enough anyone would freeze in shock thankfully my dad took it in a way that I was incredibly impressed by The Village which was also part of the reason I froze but not the whole thing which was why he said I had the same reaction when I was your age and I saw konah this is the reason that I became a Shinobi shikaru Chan I want this to stay standing for a long time to come and what better way than to do so from a high position where I can actually influence things menus I get that you want me to be a Shinobi Gan but isn't that laying it a bit thick I had asked with a slightly annoyed look towards my dad I was Advanced for my age with words but I was about average with everything else to be honest well my intelligence was a lot higher than normal considering everything my dad did when I was still a little little girl but now now so much I wasn't near what my father was in terms of IQ and I don't think I ever will be but I was definitely above most kids my age age of course at the same time my did did things that would increase my thinking more As I Grew lazy as I was I knew training when I saw it getting a chuckle out of my father for my comment the man just Shrugged I'm not exactly subtle with asking you to be a kunoichi I know but it's easier than becoming a civilian and living you know at least as a Shinobi you have some control over your life now you're pushing it too much I responded right back the annoyance replaced with an even tone that most people would misunderstand his annoyance still but where are we going anyway are we going to visit Choi San to my surprise my dad had actually shook his head at that as he continued to lead me through the streets of konaha many people giving him smiles and congrats on having a cute daughter as they put it my annoyance at them only grew as we continued on our way before it vanished when I saw that we were at a park I gave him my dad a blank look looking to ask him what they were here for but I cut myself off when I saw a blonde boy on a swing a l only look on his face I looked around to see why no one was playing with him only to see parents giving him glares while scolding their children about something narrowing my eyes a bit I took a hesitant step forward only for my dad to grab my shoulder crouching to my level listen Shikamaru I'm not going to delude myself thinking that you're a naive little girl that boy he's shunned by most of the village for reasons I can't tell you I'm not telling you to stay away from him what I'm saying is I'll let you decide what to do for yourself do what you think is best I won't judge you either way pausing to take his words in I stared at him for a few seconds before turning back towards the blonde boy a look of motivation appearing in my eyes that would normally be considered uncharacteristic for anara looking back towards my father one last time taking in his slightly surprised but hopeful look I walked forward without looking back I didn't know what was going to happen when I talked to the blonde but I never regreted it even now after all that blonde turned out to be my best friend one I know that would go to hell and back for me funny really considering I'm aara and I do the same thing with a smile on my face the whole way Shikamaru gave a sigh as she finished writing up what she had in her journal a smile on her face before a scowl replaced it as she saw that the rest of her friends were staring at her with amused looks what a drag don't you guys have something better to do than stare at me while I'm writing in my journal I still still say it's a diary guys are the only ones who have journals kba yelled with his same cocky tone of voice even with dirt covering him rolling her eyes theara gave up with him before she remembered something hey you guys willing to come over after school tomorrow it' be kind of nice to have some of my friends over for once instead of me going over to wherever you live the rest of the group shared a look between them none of them really surprised by the invitation but they also knew that Shikamaru was right the had always went over to one of the other's houses all of them coordinating play dates as it were with Naruto involved as well while the blonde wasn't welcome in the hyuga compound he was welcomed with open arms pretty much everywhere else even Shino we was normally silent had everyone over to the abam compound once no one in the ground really cared about the bugs and that had earned them the favor of the clan as well narut was the first one to answer with a shrug as he said with his hands behind his head I mean I guess I can I mean was planning a prank or two on the villagers tomorrow but I don't think that's as important as hanging out with my best friend Naruto [ __ ] that isn't nice hanada spoke with a reprimanding tone despite her shyness causing her face to be read as she spoke but the fond smile on her face still stayed but I think I should be able to come tomorrow Shikamaru Chan I would have to lie to odos Sama about it being for training though letting out a sigh at that Shikamaru made sure to let her annoyance be known needless to say everyone one else didn't look to happy about the reminder either they all knew that Han's Dad wasn't the best of fathers but none of them could really do anything about it either all of them were The Heirs to their respective Clans but that was just it heirs they weren't in any position to try and help hanata other than to give her support where she needed it to be honest they helped her out with her confidence a lot as well considering she didn't faint at the sight of Naruto or Sheik for that matter when they talk now unlike before the two really did wonders for her confidence but she was still extremely shy and she didn't have a mean in bone in her body considering the fact that she actually apologized after a match where she beat someone it was kind of sweet thinking about it but at the same time Shikamaru knew that she wouldn't be able to do that once they all became actual Shinobi deciding to ignore it for the time being theara looked towards his friends even with knowing that their lunch period was all almost done she had a reason to fight that much was certain at the very least motivation was a strong force and even for someone as lazy as Shikamaru she was determined to keep going though there was a part of her that seemed to laugh at the determination she squashed it she wasn't going to have any doubts now not while she had the ability to actually do something letting out another yawn as she walked back to her Clan's compound a shift of her eyes showing that she was scanning the area around her still to make sure that no one was going to bother B her but of course that didn't last long as a blonde girl ran R up to her blue eyes narrowed in Anger shica barely had the chance to look in her Direction before a fist hit her in the side of the head sending the Nara tumbling to the ground holding her cheek the hell Shikamaru asked with narrowed eyes at the blonde in front of him what was that for you Troublesome blonde the girl let out a growl as she pointed right towards Shikamaru you know exactly what that was for you lazy bum a olizee now a man you know what I'm sorry there the Nara spoke trying to get things over with even as she stood up only to get another fist to the other cheek This Time by a pink-haired brat who had appeared not to far away Sakura pulled off the same pose as the blonde brat that was beside her as she yelled don't have asset apologize correctly what a drag can't you too just leave me alone I wanted to get home and take a nice warm bath before Dad got home the girl on the ground groaned in annoyance wasn't that the truth though her dad never left her any hot water when he got home before she did and that was something that was just going to make things even worse as far as she was concerned first she managed to win a fight and get stared at in class the whole time even the Uchiha was looking at her then there was the incident that left her with a bump on her head because of aruka Sensei and now there was this why couldn't she just be left alone so she could take a hot bath seriously she would go to the Hot Springs if she could but you had to either be a jenin or have an adult go with you and her mother didn't like public bads so that was out of the picture as well what the hell a loud voice screamed at the top of their lungs causing the black-haired girl to pause and stumble a bit at just how loud the voice was sending an annoyed look in the direction of nut's apartment Shikamaru knew that the idiot had something to do with this but from the sound of it the blonde wasn't in any trouble which was why she completely ignored the voice and continu to walk forward she wasn't getting involved with whatever that was that much was for certain Shikamaru was taking out of her thoughts as she rolled backwards to get back onto her feet seeing that the two had tried to attack her once again letting out a groan of annoyance at not only the fact that she got into yet another fight but the fact that this was attracting a crowd as well she could have sworn there was an U watching as well not even being obvious about hiding if she could see them moving out of the way of yet another attack from the two by simply in to do so theara groaned in annoyance once more come on you two just knock it off you're causing a scene and being Troublesome damn it not until you apologize the two screamed at the top of their lungs at the same time the groan of annoyance turned into aggravation as her eyes narrowed in annoyance once more and looked around the area as he put a bit of distance between the two of them around them were several vendors all of which were watching and a few barrels as well not to much out in the open the crowd of people limited her movements due to them circling the three girls but at the same time it also limited them she knew that using Jutsu wouldn't be a smart idea especially given her age so that was out as well but there was still something she could do the ground was a bit uneven under her sandals and seemed to be a bit grainy as well scanning the ground for a second the Nara dodged to the Sid side as the two attacked once again kicking up a bit of dust in the process turning away from the two so that she could get into position the blackhaired girl waited once more before moving out of the way causing the two to hit a particularly loose area of the ground sending up dust and dirt that got into their eyes and also caused yells of indignation ignoring that for the time being the Nara moved behind the two girls before shoving them forward sending them tumbling into two barrels that had the tops open but didn't have anything in them the loud yells of Anger from the two was the nar's cue to disappear turning around Shikamaru was about to run but her blood froze at the sight in front of her standing in front of a crowd of civilians was her father the head of the yamanaka clan standing right in beside him shikamaru's wide eyes was the only thing that her father managed to see before a fist crashed into her skull causing her to clutch her head in pain while crumpling to the ground with a yell of pain the blackhaired girl really didn't know what happened after that but what she did know was that someone picked her up and before she knew it her mother was in front of her holding an ice pack to the top of her head head neither of her parents seemed to be angry at her though her father did have a calculated look on his face as he sat across from her sheika winced to bid when the ice pack moved across a particularly sore part of her head her face being fine surprisingly with the silence stretching out the blackhaired girl started to feel awkward at her father's stare before she sighed and decided to try and say something what happened at school to cause those two to attack y Shikamaru shikaku suddenly spoke causing the child to wince a bit once again at the two mentioned giving her father an even look but serious nonetheless the kunoichi in training said those two were idiots honestly they attacked me because I defended narut and then I beat the pink one in a fight today so you were really serious about doing this huh shikaku spoke despite the confusion that was on his wife's face you're actually aiming to not only be the rookie of the year but the top kunoichi Shikamaru gave a sigh before nodding and looking towards the shocked look of her mother I'm not going to stop being lazy just so you know of course not the woman spoke with disappointment obvious in her voice though there was a bit of pride in it as well I get that I'm a bit unreasonable at times but I do trust both you and your father you know both of the blood related Nars shared a look that the woman missed that showed they didn't believe it but they also made sure to look away soon after Shikamaru figuring that it would be better for her to continue spoke of what she did during the fight fight her father giving his input alongside her mother on the fight she was still getting used to the idea that she was actually going to put effort into what she was doing but she listened anyway evidently though as she continued to talk her father gained an amused look almost like he understood something that she didn't with the explanations over after telling them about the invitation she gave both of her parents had an amused glint in their eyes though her mother spoke before she could question it well I'm just glad you're safe it would be too Troublesome if you ended up injured now of all times I also have some news for y Shikamaru shikaku spoke ignoring the fact that his wife had called something Troublesome without realizing it I got things going in the right direction with the teams it won't happen this year I couldn't get that but instead I managed to get it so that next year will be when it starts you still have a few years to go before you graduate so I wouldn't worry about it for now there was something that he wasn't telling her that much Shikamaru could tell but with a sigh she put her hand onto her head making it so that the ice bag didn't move as she tried to get more comfortable in the chair she was sitting in can I just sleep here for once I don't think he'll be able to move without getting a headache in the process the older of the two Nars looked towards his wife with a raised eyebrow causing her to roll her eyes in the process while crossing her arms fine just this once okay I don't like the idea but just this once is fine Sheik gave her mother one last smile that showed her thanks but before she got comfortable and fell into the Embrace of leap instantly if only she knew what tomorrow would bring shikaku let out a sigh as he looked around for the kids that his daughter called friends he knew that one of them was the troubled child of konaha Naruto Uzumaki but the others were a mystery to him considering the fact that they had never actually been to his house before that actually annoyed him a bit but he assumed that was more because of the fact that she had never gotten the chance to invite them over well no matter what but tomorrow was the 22nd and since it was September he was certain that the rest of them didn't know her birthday she hadn't invited anyone over for her birthday the last four years since she thought it was to Troublesome for people to celebrate the day she made it into this world that was what she had said but there seemed to be something else that was keeping her from telling anyone her birthday it was almost like she didn't think of her birthday being the 22nd of September he could read people his daughter as well but he couldn't understand why she was like that there always seemed to be a bit of a Melancholy feeling around her during the 7th of April but other than that there wasn't anything that he actually could see that would be the problem he was certain that she would tell him eventually but the question would be when she would open up ignoring that for the time being shakaku in a henge walked up to the teacher Lounge before dispelling said henge he didn't want his daughter finding out about this after all knocking on the door and waiting a second shikaku eyes landed on Mizuki the teacher's assistant the white-haired chunan sent a wide-eyed look towards the junan commander before he swallowed thickly and let go of the door the guy's nervousness was understandable but the fear was something that caused shikaku to narrow his eyes a bit in suspicion deciding to leave that alone for the moment considering what he was trying to do theara put his hands into his pockets I'm looking for amino aruka shikaku asked while looking at the chunin in front of him with a hard gaze showing that he wasn't going to go away until he talked to the person he was looking for swallowing thickly the chunin led the junan commander into the room and to the teacher that he was looking for who was currently grating some papers with a sigh uh aruka San there's someone here to see you looking up from his paperwork the teacher was about to say that he had work to do and that it could wait until he saw who it was the same wide-eyed look appeared on the chunin face but his expression didn't show Fear at least not in the same way that Mizuki did that was suspicious enough to Warrant an investigation on the other chunin but just as before it could wait for the time being this was more important as far as he was concerned considering the fact that it involved his family he didn't understand why his daughter didn't want her friends to know what was going on but he was going to make her smile tomorrow at the very least it was her birthday after all yur Amino Uka correct the junan commander asked with a serious tone as he took a folding chair and set it in front of the teacher after Mizuki left you were not not close to being in trouble just so you know I just have a few questions for you actually calming his breath the teacher set down his pen before putting his hands in front of him sure what do you need from me I'll help if I can I need to know my who my daughter is friends with to be honest the father responded right back a smirk on his face as he leaned back a bit in the chair I was planning on something for tomorrow and I need to find her friends so that I can set it into motion the teachers look soured a bit at that as he sighed putting a hand to his forehead and nodding after a few seconds I understand the group that she tends to stick around usually is hanada hyuga kba inuzuka Shino aburame and choji akamichi I'm sure you know who your daughter's best friend is so I didn't think I needed to tell you that shikaku gave a nod and a thanks to the chunin though his eyes did end up narrowing a bit when he realized the barely hidden contempt for narut in the man's voice he didn't blame the man though considering the fact that it was mainly along the lines of uncertainty than true anger he wouldn't be surprised if the Man became Naruto's best friend not even a few months from now that just seemed to be how the blonde worked considering the fact that he was friends with the rest of those Clan heirs as well walking out of the academy the Elder Nar aside as he realized that he was going to have to talk to haishi again after not even two hours hanata would no doubt be home by now and that meant that he was going to have to go to the hyuga compound to try and convince Vin the man that his daughter should come to shikamaru's birthday party tomorrow shikaku had nothing against the man but he could be a bit stuck up but he wasn't as bad as some of the other hyuga as far as he could tell just from going to the compound once getting those thoughts out of his head for the time being the scared man decided to speed things up and get the hyuga compound using shunshin he knew that it would surprise a few of the hyuga that often stood guard of the gates but it was mainly because he was in a rush in the first place that he was willing to do it the things he would do for his little girl not that he would ever be able to call her that out loud he shuddered a bit just thinking of the stuff that the ays could do if she called in a favor from the blonde knucklehead that wasn't something that he was going to test unfortunately for shikaku he was right when it came to causing the hyuga to jump when he appeared though at the same time it would seem that they didn't attack so that was a blessing at the very least getting into the compound wasn't that big of a problem either after saying that he needed to talk to haishi though now that he was in he was going to need to make sure that he planned things out if there was any clan that could give anara a run for their money with Mind Games it was the hyuga especially since they could mask their emotions so easily sitting in a traditional cesa position the Nara waited in the guest area for the hyuga he was aiming to talk to and thankfully it didn't take long for haishi to arrive he could see the neutral look on the man's face though his eyes betrayed the confusion that he had as to why shikaku was here in the first place thinking about it for a brief second shikaku didn't think there would be to much trouble convincing the hyuga to let his daughter attending shikamaru's birthday party shikaku San I did not expect a visit from you what is it that I may help you with the hyuga spoke with his normal formal tone though the slight inflection of curiosity in his voice was there something that only a trained Shinobi would be able to catch and even then it was be hard to hear giving as formal a bow in his sitting position as he was willing to allow the narus spoke I'm here to ask if your daughter would be able to attend my own's birthday tomorrow Shikamaru hasn't told anyone her birthday despite the fact that I know that a lot of them had joined her first birthday but this time I wanted to surprise her and considering hanata as one of shika's friends I wished to invite her such short notice haishi spoke with a frown though he didn't immediately dismiss it and instead thought over it for a second before nodding very well I will allow her to attend and I shall have it scheduled that she may stay the night if such an option is presented to her I suspect that a present while not needed would be welcome shikaku gave a nod with that yeah I don't think that Shikamaru would care all that much about pres considering everything but if you think hanata should bring one I won't stop you giving one more nod the hyuga head stood up while inclining his head I wish to thank you for informing me of this while I do not necessarily agree with my daughter not training tomorrow I will not protest as your daughter has proved to be the confidence booster that hanata sorely needed she and hannaby are evenly matched as it is now and that has caused a shortage on headaches for me neither junan needed to talk to know what that meant exactly since they both knew not even thinking about it shikaku left and went towards his next visit the inuzuka clan to be honest the Nara never understood why the strictest Clan was situated right next to the rowdiest of them but it wasn't something that he was going to bother trying to figure out it had caused him to many headaches as a kid thinking about it a normal person had upwards of 70,000 thoughts per day with a genius having even more it really wasn't a surprise that laziness was a habit for a lot of the Nara Clan's members considering this as it turned out he didn't even need to get into the compound before he had sum bowling him over asking him why Shikamaru never told kba her birthday word between the two clans traveled fast and after giving the same talk to the inuzuka she agreed to have kba and akamaru over tomorrow as soon as she could managed to get him over a smirk made its way onto the nar's face at the excited look that the clan head had even as she crashed straight through her Clan's gate yelling at the top of her lungs for keba whatever it was that had Su going crazy right now was amusing and he was just glad that he didn't have to deal with it a crazy in isuka was one of those things you never really knew how to deal with and never really wanted to either getting Choi able to come wasn't that hard either all things considered especially since shikaku found him on the way through thought the market area a large amount of food on his person with how the akamichi eat it didn't really surprise him all that much but of course having Choi there was well helped finishing that up as fast as he could shikaku headed towards Naruto uzumaki's apartment next he knew that the boy hadn't met him so he was planning on seeing the boy either glaring at him in confusion or staring at him in fear oh you have to be shika Chan's dad was the response that the blonde yelled when he saw the scar Visage of the man in front of him I mean you two do look a lot alike though you're a bit scarier with the scars on your face and amused look appeared on shukaku's face at the blunt tone that the blonde had spoke with even as he motioned for wanding inside of the house that was enough to cause a bit of Suspicion to appear in the blonde's eyes but he did what he was asked anyway shikaku figured that he was being cautious because of how not to many people actually liked him but he hadn't done anything to cause the blonde to not like him yet though there was no reason for him to trust the junan commander either something that shikaku was aiming to change sitting down on a couch that looked like it had seen better days the junan commander put his hands together as the blonde say across from him in an equally roughed up wooden chair all right Naruto I'm curious about something what do you think of Shikamaru I think she's awesome narut spoke with a large grin his blue eyes lighting up in happiness as he talked shika Chan can be kind of scary when she's mad at me usually when I wake her up but she's really nice too she was my first friend and she didn't care about what the other parents said to her about leaving me alone I don't know what would have happened if I didn't become friends with her but she gave hanata Chan a big confidence boost as well I didn't understand it at first when hanata Chan fainted around the two of us but after shika Chan explained it I got it and tried to help her shakaku eyes narrowed a bit as he leaned forwards a smirk on his face does this mean that you have a crush on my daughter Naruto San play Naruto aost fooling mode the blond's blue eyes went really really wide at that question before he screamed at the top of his lungs what the hell outside of the apartment several people including Shikamaru paused or stumbled due to the loud voice even a few birds flew off due to it though the blackhaired kunoichi sent an annoyed look in nutk apartment's Direction shikaku on the other hand was snickering internally at the shock that the blonde had displayed he was certain that the hok had heard it all the way from the hok tower for that matter what would you even ask that I mean aren't dads supposed to be really protective of their daughters or something the blonde asked while backing up a bit the Panic obvious in his voice as he looked towards the junan commander giving a smirk shikaku Shrugged well I mean Shikamaru can take care of herself so why would I need to be overprotective any idiot that hurts her would end having to deal with her after all that doesn't mean that you should ask a question like that out of nowhere damn it narut yelled once again pointing his finger at shikaku once again showing that he wasn't happy with this gaining a slightly chagrined expression the junan slumped in his chair come on is it so much to ask for Shikamaru to actually have someone who likes her but the blonde started before he hung his head in a similar manner to the man in front of him no it's not Aus end about a minute later the two men were across from each other once again all joking aside as shikaku said well I originally came here to ask if you would be willing to distract Shikamaru for most of tomorrow as me and the rest of your friends set everything up for her birthday party I'm guessing that she hasn't even told you the day no she hasn't as a matter of fact the blonde spoke with squinted eyes his arms crossed even with his head facing in Chicago's Direction but I have noticed that she tends to be a bit depressed around this time of year I don't get what's up with that but I'll help if you think she'll smile because of it giving a nod and a smile towards the blonde the Nara Clan head stood up I don't expect you to bring anything for a present tomorrow but I won't argue if you do I mean my daughter's best friend should know what she likes right you're not trying to Guilt Trip me are you old man Naruto asked his squinted Eyes under downturned eyebrows showing annoyance you wouldn't have to in the first place I mean I do this type of thing without asking making her happy I mean shikaku let out an amused smile towards the blonde as he stood up to leave putting his hand on top of the Academy student head getting a narrow-eyed look of confusion well just make sure to treat her right when you finally get the courage to ask her out the Nara left the Frozen blonde who started yelling in frustration the second that he managed to get out of the apartment something that caused yet another smirk to appear on shikaku face it was plain as day even for him that the blonde had a crush on shik Maru already though that did cause him to wonder about the hyuga girl that she was friends with as well the girl had been given a confidence boost if what he heard was right so where did that leave her in the whole situation deciding that it was best not to get into that for the time being shakaku paused as he spotted a familiar blonde head in the crowd that was gathered in front of him frowning slightly the Naro walked through the crowd of civilians to stand next to inoichi right as he saw his daughter move out of the way of the attack of Ino ichi's daughter and a pink-haired girl sending a small amount of dust up into the air seeing how she had moved to a different part of the circle shikaku eyes started analyze what his daughter was doing before a soft smirk made its way onto his face as he saw the soft dirt underfoot the two girls trying to hit shik charged at her once again showing that their training was still lacking before they hit the spot that his daughter had been a second before the dust that W sent upwards caused the two that attacked to start coughing due to the fact that there there was just so much of it Shikamaru took the chance a second later to push the two girls into a couple of empty barrels that were near the spot that the dust had been picked up at turning around it looked like she was about to get out of there as fast as she could but she seemed to freeze at the sight of her father shikaku scowl groan however once the two girls that Shikamaru had dealt with hit her in the back of the head causing her to crumble in on herself in pain all right that's enough you too what the hell was that for the two girls with still angry looks on their faces were about to say something obviously but Ino ichi's daughter stopped when she saw who it was her skin going even more pale if that was possible the pink-haired girl however obviously didn't know who it was as she yelled what does it matter to you well considering I'm a clan head junan commander and father to the girl you punched a lot shakaku spoke with a lazy tone which caused the pink-haired girl to pale as well even as theara looked towards his friend think you can deal with these two I need to get shik to Yoshino inoichi gave a smile towards his friend along with a nod yeah I can do that I hope that me and chosa are invited for tomorrow as well like I would leave you two out of it theara spoke as he picked Shikamaru up seeing just how large the lump on her head actually was and the fact that she still had her eyes closed at the moment whatever that pink hair girl did it would seem that she was considerably stronger than she made herself vowed to be after explaining everything to her and letting her sleep on the couch Yoshino and shikaku decided to talk in the kitchen about tomorrow it would seem that while Yoshino didn't have a problem with it shikaku would need to help with everything as well to his wife surprise though he actually agreed to it she was pleasantly surprised nonetheless about that and had even agreed to do most of the cooking so long as he did everything else with whoever it was that was going to help him the only thing now was getting his daughter distracted for the day he really hoped that narut would be able to help out with that even if the blonde already said that he was going to try at the very least letting out a groan of annoyance Shikamaru tried to get back to sleep but after a loud crash in the kitchen had sounded off she couldn't manage to no matter what she did guests that served her right for wanting to sleep in the living room for once despite how comfortable the couch was the Nara Aris should have figured out that it was going to be loud once her mother started to do what she normally did when it came to breakfast the only problem though was the fact that it didn't smell like eggs or bacon coming from the kitchen this time frowning a bit in confusion the 10-year-old took the blanket off of her about to get up and go into the kitchen only for a certain head of blonde hair to catch her attention out of the corner of her eye the blonde it would seem was trying to sneak up on her but that seemed a bit mood at this point letting out a lazy sigh the dark-haired girl took a single step back causing narut to completely miss the girl with a loud squawk of surprise and indignation he ended up Landing with both of his arms crossed but still held out in front of him with wide blue eyes looking down towards her best friend theara put a hand to her head a gez what are you doing here so early Naruto I would have met up with you later today if you had asked yesterday I mean I thought you guys were coming over here and all and I didn't know you knew where I lived I wanted to invite you to have breakfast with me the blonde let out with crossed arms after sitting with his legs and arms crossed on the floor a scowl on his face under his goggles come on Shikamaru Chan you never eat breakfast with me giving a flat look towards the blonde she crossed her arms as well while looking at said boy that's usually because of what you get for breakfast I can't live on Ramen you know well fine I guess you don't want the Miso and mackerel then narut spoke with a stubborn tone as he turned away from the Nara with a scowl I went through all this trouble to find out where you live and ask your dad what your favorite food was and now you're acting like this swallowing thickly to try and keep the saliva down the black-haired girl took a step forward now wait just a minute I said I can't live on Ramen I didn't say I didn't like the stuff but does ichiraku even sell mackerel of course they do I mean they have fish cakes with Ramen as well you know Naruto spoke his blue eyes scrutinizing his best friend to make sure that she didn't insult his favorite food so are you coming or not shica stayed silent for a second before she swallowed thickly once again and said just let me get dressed the grin of Victory on the blond's face was enough to sour her mood a little but she decided to ignore that for the time being she never had to deal with this before a friend that actually cared enough to find her house to ask her parents things this life or the last it didn't matter she wasn't used it that of course didn't mean that she wasn't going to be happy with this if ichiraku was serving her favorite foods then she was probably going to visit the place more though she wasn't going to live off of it like a certain blonde idiot ignoring those thoughts for the time being the blackhaired kunoichi in training decided to change things up a bit and instead of grabbing the same old t-shirt with the Nara symbol on it and a pair of black pants she grabbed a pair of shorts that stopped just above her knees and a black tank top that was a bit too big for her throwing a long sleeved green shirt over it the front open the girl was ready and considering that the clothes were actually breathable she could defend herself in case two Fang girls decided that they wanted to try and attack her again letting out a yawn due to still not being completely awake despite being up for at least 10 minutes now Shikamaru put her hands in the pockets of her shorts while going downstairs putting a hand to her mouth while yet another yawn made way out of her mouth theara looked towards Naruto who was starting to stare at her raising an eyebrow at the boy he blinked a few times before getting up and leading the way a bit faster than what was really needed though it was still slow enough that Shikamaru could follow at her normal Pace Naruto was conflicted he knew that he needed to distract her friend so that shikaku could finish everything else that they needed to plan at the clan compound but the fact was he didn't expect the girl that he was accompanying to be actually willing to come with him bribe or not he thought that he was going to have to actually fight with her a bit to actually get her to come along so the fact that after just mentioning the girl's favorite food she was more than willing to come along was a little surprising to say the least now though he had no clue what he was going to do after the two of them finished eating from what the girl's father had said he would need to distract her for at least a few hours but eating would only distract her for half hour at the most so when they arrived at ichiraku and he said that he was going to pay for it this time he let out a nervous breath as he saw the calculating look that his best friend was sending his way despite the fact that she wasn't arguing with him he was going to need to hold back a bit with his own portion at the very least though so what are you trying to do with inviting me out here to eat Naruto Shikamaru asked with her normal tone of voice as she looked towards the boy a piece of fish on the way to her mouth between Chopsticks I mean you don't normally invite us to eat with you outside of school you know narut froze mid bit of his own food at her comment before he swallowed thickly and looked away from her a bit of red on his face in the process W well you always seem to be a bit iono depressed around this time of year thought I'd bring you somewhere to get your mind off of whatever it is that gets you down in the dumps you're an idiot Shikamaru spoke with a sigh though the smile on her face showed that she didn't mind it all that much either at least from what narut could tell when he looked towards her but I'm stupid if I said that you weren't perceptive I mean I thought I had a good hold on my emotions so that I didn't worry any of you guys the blonde let out a nervous chuckle at that comment putting his chopsticks down for the time being well kada noticed too but she didn't think it was a good idea to mention it I just followed along with her since she's you know better with people a light chuckle was the response from the black-haired girl as she set down her Chopsticks as well the Miso already gone but a bit of the Macker still in front of her I guess I was a bit obvious with it haven't I no I don't think so Naruto responded a second later sending a side glance towards his friend I mean I'm not the best at noticing things like that but no else seemed to have noticed it yet either with Choi having some uh suspicions Shikamaru supplied with an amused look giving a nod along with a sound of agreement the blonde continued yeah he's got a few of those but I don't think he knows what it is just yet what is it that bothers you so much about this time of year anyway Shikamaru stopped for a second as she looked towards her friend a piece of mackerel halfway to her mouth setting it down softly the black-haired girl let out a sigh as she said that's not something I'm ready to give up yet you know I'm sure you've got things that you don't want me to know I think I get it but I'll always be your friend you know that right the blonde asked loudly his face flushing a bit in embarrassment as he spoke I mean you have me hanata kba shoi and shoou but don't forget that I'm your best friend got it letting out an amused smile the blackeyed girl simply nodded the next p of fish disappearing from in front of her along with the last of the Miso Ramen that it had been placed in yeah yeah you Troublesome blonde just don't get all over protect of me got it an indignant yell was the only response as three occupants of ichiraku ramen aside from the blonde started to laugh despite this though Shikamaru knew that she would have to tell someone soon but for the moment that wasn't going to happen was it so wrong that she wanted to have things stay the way there at the moment for a while she knew that the Shinobi world wasn't going to be so kind to her or her friends for that matter but she just couldn't help herself with wanting to keep things the way they were for a while even if it meant things being harder on her later on in life whatever was going on shikaku knew that it was going to annoy him for the past 3 hours everyone had finished with the decorations what few there were and now they were just waiting for narut to get back with Shikamaru the fact that he didn't give the blonde an exact time frame was something that was his own fault but 3 hours of waiting that was something that annoyed him to no end whatever was going on the blonde obviously did his job right but the rest of the adult guests were starting to get irritated the children however I don't know about that Joi [ __ ] I mean Naruto [ __ ] is unpredictable so it makes sense hanada quietly spoke the current conversation being about pranks of all things Shino gave a nod of agreement alongside kba as the abam said narut s would be more than able to do as such why because I have heard stories of Naruto managing to outrun Anu after some of his pranks the blonde's an idiot when it comes to a lot of things but even I know not to mess with him when it comes to pranks keah spoke a large grin on his face akamaru barking his agreement shoi on the other hand stubbornly stuck with what he thought as he said I don't know about that I mean aruka Sensei can usually find him so how would he be able to set up a prank in the class room without Sensei finding out first easy he just goes in right when the academy opens keba loudly spoke in a tone that made it seem like he had the best idea ever it's what i' do letting out a soft giggle the only hyuga in the group gave a smile towards the inuzuka you're not wrong kakun still I don't think sneaking into the academy early is much Naruto's style yeah I guess you're right there the dog owner agreed reluctantly though what about she I mean you're best friends with her in the blonde right would she help him with his pranks hanada paused for a second before shrugging showing that she didn't know Shikamaru Chan is hard for anyone to get a read on and I'm really no different shikaku let out an exaggerated sigh as he looked towards inoichi and chosa the latter of which was trying to discreetly eat something but haishi who had decided to join the party was sending the large man an intense stare by a kuin not activated but it being int intimidated nonetheless the result was the akamichi to slowly set down the food that he had back onto the table near him it would seem that even if he wouldn't show it Hai was getting just as annoyed with the situation it was a good thing that Yoshino had decided to start cooking things a couple of hours ago or else she would be just as annoyed as the rest of them and that was something that shikaku didn't need at the moment just shut up about that already a loud voice suddenly spoke out the voice recognizable for every single one of the people that were in the n house though that also caused a lot of relief to go through the adults a lazy light if that was possible sounded out after that as the voice of shukaku's daughter spoke up hey you were the one who decided that it was a good idea at the time I'm just glad I wasn't caught up in the blast didn't really like the idea of smelling of rotten fish for a week I wasn't aiming to hit you anyway Naruto's indignant voice spoke up getting a few Snickers from the other children that were in the Nara house even as everyone heard the the two getting closer you know that I was aiming to hit the teachers for being so stupid a snort was heard from Shikamaru as she stood in front of the door of the house her silhouette obvious against it yet all of the teachers and even a lot of the kids call you stupid you know that I'm not stupid I can be an idiot but I'm not stupid narut responded right back with indignation obvious a Snicker answered him this time as the girl he was standing by said going by definitions those two were pretty much the same thing you know that right with a laugh that surprised some of the people inside of the house theara opened the door to the house her black eyes narrowing a bit when she saw most of the lights in the house off walking into the house and not seeing anyone she was immediately put onto her guard a hand reaching towards the canai pouch that she usually kept on her person she couldn't hear anything for that matter either she couldn't even hear her mother making food which she should have been doing at this point it was almost like no one was home shikaku let a smirk fall onto his face as he realized that his daughter was taking her training seriously judging by her reaction he understood exactly what she was thinking though now that she thought about it he needed to get her to train with seeing in the dark better at the moment she was practically blind walking into the house that was good for the moment considering her reflexes he hoped weren't developed enough for her to attack before thinking looking to the side and seeing chosa about to turn on the lights Shag Haku nodded before sitting back so to speak to Watch What Happens the lights flashed on in an instant and everyone jumped up yelling the exact same word surprise Shikamaru in turn jumped a foot of the ground literally as she backed up her black eyes wide with shock and confusion shikaku knew that she was looking around to see her friends and it would seem that she had even forgotten her own birthday when the shock gave way to the confusion shikaku let out an obvious chuckle causing his daughter's attention to turn towards him the questioning look that she sent his way making the smirk on his face grow a bit so you actually forgot what today is Shikamaru shikaku asked with a smile that showed that he was amused though his eyes reflected his confusion as well as to why that was or did you not want to celebrate the day you were born into this world with all of the adrenaline in her system gone the black-haired girl sent a glare towards her dad a hand on her forehead or maybe it's just that I didn't care either way the surprise definitely wasn't what I needed at the moment either though I tried to tell them that it wasn't a good idea Shikamaru Chan but they didn't listen to me Hinata's soft voice spoke though there was something almost like teasing in her tone as well but you did look kind of of cute being startled like that shikamaru's face grew into confusion once more though her cheeks seemed to Reen a bit as well in the process she had never been called cute before and the fact that hanata of all people said it made her confused as to the meaning of the words seriously hanata was one of her close friends so was that a compliment or was that teasing she really couldn't think on that all that much because not to long after that Naruto and hanata were staring at each other the blonde was staring at the hyuga with the same look that he normally did when he was trying to figure out something his blue eyes were squinted and it was obvious that he was trying to figure out just what it was that hanata was doing on that as well but the soft spoken girl had a smile on her face almost like she had won something that was definitely something that was confusing for theara since she literally had no clue as to what was going on at the moment deciding to try and get things going and ignore the staring contest theara cleared her throat with everyone looking at her she rubbed at the back of her neck in embarrassment before she said well uh I guess since everyone is here we can just get this going that seemed to be the only cue that the two akamichi males needed to start eating though they seemed to be trying to make sure that no one was disgusted by them or that they ate everything so no one else could get food there was that and then there was also the fact that hii was making sure to keep an eye on the two even while he ate at a respectable Pace internally Shikamaru smirked at the hyuga since she knew firstand just how good her mother's good could be there was literally nothing better in the girl's opinion and she was going to ask for the recipes eventually letting out a yawn that showed she was getting ready to just head outside so that she could start watching the clouds the blackhaired girl really wasn't surprised when the rest of her friends ended up following her into the backyard being the loudest of the group keba who was normally Rowdy was a bit on the quiet side at the moment considering he knew just how calming Cloud watching could be let out a thumbs up to show that he would be quiet as well ending up in the backyard with a few trees that would easily cover them the group ended up in a circle every single one of them was laying on their backs in the grass with hanata and Naruto on the left and right of Shikamaru respectively across from Shikamaru was kba was had Shino on his left between him and narut while to the other side between him and hanata was Choi who was silently eating from a bag of chips easily making sure it didn't crinkle the blackhaired girl of the group let a soft smile make its way onto her face as she realized just how comfortable she was getting around the group she was with at the moment it wasn't a bad thing that much was for certain but she knew that she was going to have to tell them about her secret eventually no matter how much she wished that she didn't need to still that wasn't something that she was going to have to deal with right now a loud burp echoed through the area a second later coming from Choi making even the Birds go silent for a second every moved a bit to stare at the akamichi who was blushing bright red before all of them burst out laughing these were the days that Shikamaru wished could last forever Shikamaru let out sigh her head being held up by her hand as she stared in front of her she couldn't believe that even even with everything that she did Naro still hadn't passed she had helped him so much and even tried to get the Hokage to try and help him because of the fact that she was almost certain that he had to much chakra to be able to make a clone it was either that or he had too much young chakra in his system something that the Nara Clan tended to use when it came to their Shadow Jutsu the Nara ays would freely admit that she had some problems with the Clone Jutsu as well because of the fact that her clan used Yang chakra and didn't even touch the Y which was used in Illusions a scowl made its way onto the girl's face when she remembered the look that appeared on mizuki's face when he saw that Naro didn't pass whatever it was that the bastard had planned now it had already passed and the girl really hoped that Nar didn't do anything stupid she knew that he was fine though there was the fact that almost everything she actually knew ahead of time for this world was completely gone the only things she remembered were things that had already passed or things that she had learned needless to say she was a bit worried about what was going on wincing a bit once a certain memory made its way to her mind she knew that even if he didn't get into trouble the two of them would have to apologize to each other eventually she hadn't wanted things to turn into the way things did but she knew that it was going to happen eventually sighing a bit to herself she pulled out her notebook and started to write to drift like a cloud looking towards the blonde that was by the swing at the moment I knew that he hadn't passed hanata had told me that she had had already tried to comfort him but from what she had said he didn't want it not too long after that was when hanata had told me that I needed to try and help him really though I didn't know how well I could help but I wasn't going to not try the two of us had been friends since we were kids after all and that meant that I would try and help him at the very least seriously though if he was going to be stubborn about it I wasn't going to hold back walking out of the shade of the tree I liked I went straight towards the blonde that was just swinging back and forth ignoring the parents that were sending glares towards him I had to force back the sigh of aggravation I had when I saw his expression he was always like this as far as I could tell being starved for attention he didn't know how to react to a lot of things and when it came to things like this he tended to overreact not saying that she shouldn't be sad about this but he tended to blow things out of proportion when they were small things this however was something that I thought he was being stupid about considering that he had dismissed one of his friends leaning against the tree that the swing was connected to I didn't say anything to the blonde as his eyes continued to look towards the parents that were in front of the academy that were congratulating their children the silence however really didn't last long between the two of us as the blonde spoke I'm sorry what are you sorry for the black-haired girl asked as she leaned back a bit more looking towards the clouds that lazily floated across the sky I still think that you're going to become the hok eventually you know that right right I flinched a bit when a fist connected with the Tree near my head and I looked up to see the blonde in question glaring at me I failed again you know that right how can you still say that you believe me when I'm nothing but a FAU a loud crack filled the air as narut fell backwards me being where he was a second ago my hands in my pockets but my feet positioned in a way that showed that I kicked him in the chin glaring towards the blonde that was staring at me with wide eyesall right I've had enough of you being all emo on me I thought that was the uchiha's job how about you fight me and get it all out of your system the blonde let out a growl of anger before he charged at me with a loud yell with me dodging to the side to avoid the attack the kick to the stomach showed that he was as unpredictable as he normally was decidedly ignoring the pain for the moment I sent a knee to the blond's stomach causing him to back off with the two of us a few feet away from him for whatever reason I felt like I should have something hanging out of my mouth but I shook that feeling away as just some stupid feeling of trying to look cool taking my hands out of my pockets I grabbed the fist that Naruto sent my way before sending him over my shoulder only for the blonde in turn to hit me in the back with his heel using the momentum of the attack I dragged him with me as I tumbled a bit letting go of him and springing out of the tumble and sending my foot down towards the blonde's chest he in turn rolled backwards getting out of the way from the first attack a second later he had his fists connecting with my my chest sending me back a bit with a slight cough moving to the side to dodge the second hit I brought an elbow down on the boy's back sending him into the ground with a loud noise following it jumping back far enough to let him get up I felt a hint of nostalgia this wasn't the first time that the two of us were across from each other getting ready to Duke it out this same situation happened years before when both of us were only 6 years old I knew for a fact that the first time was a lot happier and both of us were more than happy to spar this wasn't anything close to a spar this was fight and the both of us knew it both of us charged at each other without a single sound coming from either of us but before we could actually do anything a certain white-haired bastard of a teacher got between us I was glaring at him even as he restrained the both of us I forced my hand out of his grip as quickly as I could ignoring him long enough to look at narut with a frown I thought you wouldn't give up no matter what Naruto to drift like a cloud the girl let out a sigh as she finished writing up that but decided not to continue any further either she knew for a fact that the blonde was going to be all right no matter what but those words were a bit on the harsh side she regretted them that much was certain as well but how was she going to apologize for it when she probably wouldn't see the blonde for a while she really needed to try and find him as soon as team assignments were over and done with theara was not going to let this Fester letting out a groan while also putting her head against the desk in front of her why could couldn't she have friends that were at least a little bit normal originally she had just wanted to be a Shinobi so that she could help narut with whatever he was going to do but she never planned on becoming big in the Shinobi world what she did was causing people to stare at her something that she wished they would just stop the blackhaired girl's eyes closed for a second hoping to get some sleep at least until she heard Eno and Sakura come charge into the room both of them yelling at the top of their lungs seriously why couldn't they just stay quiet for one day looking up towards the commotion she wasn't surprised to see the two fighting over which one of them was going to sit next to SAS same [ __ ] different day pretty much when it came to that type of thing but even with the distraction shikamaru's thoughts went back to her best friend and the fact that her words could have easily made it so that he hated her the Sigh that escaped her would have caught anyone's attention if they were need by but hanata was on the other side of the room at the moment while keba and Shino were talking even if it was one-sided of course that left Choi but he wasn't one to talk while he was focused on eating the sound of the door opening caught her attention once again as she mentally counted the people that she had seen in the room before setting her head down a frown made its way onto her face as she realized that everyone that had graduated was already in the room so why would there by another person coming in if it wasn't a teacher deciding to see for herself even while a bit of Hope was in her chest the blackhaired girl's eyes widened as she looked towards the door to see a familiar blonde in an orange jumpsuit a smile made its way onto her face as she saw him before a Grimace settled in its place when she thought that the blonde was going to start glaring at her she waited for a bit to see what the blonde was going to do until he was standing right next to her a satisfied smirk on his face see I did pass of course you're too stubborn to let a fail like that shica spoke behind a smirk that was almost obvious as to what it meant well nice job either way what did you do to get it anyway way beat someone up that made it so that the hok gave a you band himself narut looked to the side sheepishly as he began to rub the back of his head while looking away well you're kidding me right the girl asked while moving to the side a bit to let the blonde sit next to her what a drag you're not kidding are you the blonde quickly shook his head while also Crossing his arms a small frown replacing the Sheepish look gig said that I couldn't tell anyone about what happened but it did happen I swear it did hey hey I didn't say that it didn't did I you Troublesome blonde the girl grumbled while also leaning back to try and get comfortable either way it doesn't really matter to me you know you passed that's all that matters er sorry about being so harsh Yesterday by the way Nar just let out a laugh at the reminder while he rubbed the back of his head it's fine it's fine I get that you were just trying to knock some sense into me I kind of needed it actually I didn't want to do that Naruto the girl mumbled out the regret obvious in her voice if the blonde heard her comment he didn't say anything about it or he didn't get the chance to considering that aruka chose that time to make his presence known he gave a look over towards the blonde a smile appearing on his face for a second before his attention went back to looking over the majority of the students clearing his throat to get the attention of everyone in front of him the teacher held up some papers I'll write everyone quiet down I know you're excited that you're really Shinobi now but still only jenin which means that the journey ahead has just begun keep in mind that as a Shinobi you do missions that help the village and you get paid for it as well with that said we will create teams and each of them will consist of three of you and a Jun and Sensei remember to follow your junan sensei's instructions so that you can successfully complete missions barely paying any attention to her teachers Shikamaru set her head down to try and get a quick nap in but that was shot down right away when she heard her own name being spoken looking up she saw that aruka was staring at her with an annoyed expression something that only earned him a yawn and her a piece of chalk upside the head as I was saying team seven will consist of uiha Sask abam Shino and hyuga hanada under hitaki Kakashi team a will consist of Haruno Sakura akamichi Choi and yamanaka Eno under yuhi karanai team nine is still in circulation but team 10 will consist of narash Shikamaru who Z umaki Naruto and inuk Kiba under serut toi isuma Shikamaru frowned a bit when she heard the name of her Sensei completely ignoring the yells of not only rage but indignation from Eno and Sakura about being on a different team from their SAS [ __ ] and not only that but on the same team the blackhaired kunoichi was just thankful that she was on the team of someone she not only knew but could get along with that went double considering both kba and narut were on here team itg would be Troublesome with both of them being loud mouths but at the very least they wouldn't fight as much as if narut and sake were on the same teams letting out another yawn at the fact that today was going to be a long day Shikamaru let her head hang off of her hand in a way that showed that she was half asleep a lot of the students came and went but it was starting to drag on for the NADA she didn't want to fall asleep before her Sensei made it to the classroom but with the way things were going she really was going to end up falling asleep another yawn was the only warning that she got before her head dipped once again to drift like a cloud Naruto let out a yawn as he tried to keep his attention forward but the sound of something hitting the desk next to him caught his attention he shouldn't have been surprised really he shouldn't but finding Shikamaru right next to him sleeping like a log was not something that he expected the fact that the door opened up not even a second later also didn't help things ah team 10 the guy that walked and asked as if he wasn't sure if they were in there or not the guy was tall with brown eyes olive skin short black spiky hair and a beard his clothing consisted of the standard konaha ninja uniform with the sleeves rolled up halfway Flack jacket regular Shinobi sandals and forehead protector he also wore a sash that had the Conifer fire marked on it around his waist a pair of black Bangles and bandages wrapped around the arms of his sleeves Nar wasn't sure what to think of him but he at the very least decided to speak up even if he was a bit annoyed with the guy smoking in a school of all places putting a hand up the blonde said that would be is but uh she fell asleep well I guess that means the two of you are going to have to carry her huh Asuma spoke with a sigh as he motioned for the two boys to do as such the black-haired girl being lifted off of the ground easily enough the two following after the junan easily enough does this happen often her falling asleep IMA keba nodded at that akamaru giving a bark in response as well as the jennin said yeah shikamaru's always been lazy so her falling asleep isn't that big of a surprise the junan let out a sigh as he continued to lead the way until they eventually found themselves at Yakiniku q a barbecue place that had kicked narut out before this was one of the places that Shikamaru had actually liked going before she became friends with narut and then the idiots that owned the place had denied him entry with that in mind Naruto's normally bright and cheery Cerulean eyes darkened a bit with nervousness and a hint of fear as their Sensei stopped in front of the shop a raised eye being sent towards the blonde something wrong Naruto the junan asked his tone Carefree though there was a hint of curiosity in his tone as well as worry something that the blonde wasn't used to unless it came from the Nara family really shifting Shikamaru a bit is to make sure the girl wouldn't fall the blonde sheepishly said well these people kind of kicked me out a while back when I went here with Shikamaru Chan and well you probably know why yeah I get it the larger man spoke with a sigh ignoring ke's confusion for the time being as the smoker knelt down to the blond's level listen kid if someone kicks you out or overcharged you for something now that you're a genine they can get in trouble just keep that in mind all right you're a Shinobi kid it's your job to protect them if they keep it up they'll let me know it'll help you out the blond's eyes widened a bit at that but for a huge grin made its way onto his face as he realized what their junan Sensei meant they couldn't overcharge him for anything anymore and that meant that he might be able to actually get things that he wanted for once well that was more towards food than anything he knew that vegetables weren't bad so long as they were cooked but he couldn't really afford anything but ich chiraku because of the fact that every store he went to made the prices ridiculous compared to what they actually were just for him it was aggravating to be honest the only time that he managed to get anything for a decent price was when Shikamaru was with him and that was because she was from an actual Clan Naruto's mood was so good at the time that he actually completely ignored the glares he was getting from the staff as the junan with him sent a cool look right back that made it so they didn't say anything to him in turn after they finally managed to find their seats narut made sure to set Shikamaru down gently as a way to make sure she didn't get hurt but they knew she needed to wake up as well deciding to be a bit mischievous the blonde gave gave an evil grin towards keba who was looking towards them obviously amused about the situation despite the fact that their junan Sensei was confused getting a bit closer to their sleeping friend Naruto set his mouth just beside her ear before yelling at the top of his lungs wake up a loud yell of surprise was what was heard in response Shikamaru trying to stand up on reflex sending her knees into the table that was in front of them causing a loud bang before she held her knees tears of pain starting to appear in the corner of her eyes causing her to send a glare towards the blonde in response what the hell was that for you Troublesome blonde hey I just did what our Sensei told me to do the blonde refuted causing the blackeyed Preen to turn her gaze towards the junin who was staring in exasperation with a cigarette in his mouth letting out a sigh the guy said that wasn't exactly what I meant when I wanted you to wake her up narut anyway I'm serut toi isuma it's nice to meet you guys I guess that that's nice and all but you couldn't have I don't know shove me a bit instead of yelling in my ear theara asked irritably a yawn already making its way out of her mouth once again the pain in her knees all but disappearing though her annoyance disappeared a bit when she smelled food you know what I don't care I'm hungry and I'll deal with this later assuma seemed to deflate a bit when he realized that the Nara girl was just as lazy as he thought that she was going to be before he pulled out his wallet to see just how much money he had narut raised an eyebrow at the fact that his sensei sighed in relief after looking into the leather wallet the blonde didn't know what that was about but he knew one thing he was actually going to get good food for once of course the fact that Asuma was going to help him make sure he wasn't overpaying for things as well was going to help with that as well all in all today was going to be the best day ever for the Naruto to drift like a cloud it was official today was going to be the worst day ever for Shikamaru she knew that she had to train to get better and the fact that all three of them were friends made it so that Asuma didn't have to do another test something about them already having teamwork but that didn't matter because of the training making sure that she didn't fall over from almost stumbling on a branch the black-haired girl panted a bit while also trying her best to actually go along with what her Sensei this was just ridiculous but if it meant that she could stay on an even level with the idiot blonde she was going to make sure became okag didn't make her limbs hurt any less though come on shikan you can do it the blonde idiot in question yelled out as he passed her for the third time today already the weights on her arms and legs causing her some strain but not enough to really do anything when it came to hurting her growth sending a glare towards said blonde the girl looked over towards keba who at this point was on the ground panting since he charged as fast as he could ride out of the gates before she groaned what a pain in the ass why couldn't I have gotten a lazy Sensei that would let me sleep for a few hours or something hey you were the one who said and I quote my dream is to make this idiot blonde Hokage with me by his side assuma spoke from where he was standing beside keba raising an eyebrow at the girl in response unless you meant that in the sense of marriage or something that comment caused the girl to stumble a bit Landing straight on her face rolling over with a groan the girl sent a particularly evil glare right at Asuma one that most men knew meant trouble for them why the hell would you even suggest something like that I'm 13 for God's sake and you seriously think I'm already thinking about the one commitment that should be permanent not until I'm 30 at least that got a few stares but to be honest she didn't care she was finally able to sit down without having to do anything letting out a groan the black-haired girl decided that she was going to put in an entry now that she had the chance and pulled out her notebook pointedly ignoring the blonde idiot explaining that she wrote in some weird language that I can't read to assum a Sensei to drift like a loud what a pain first time training with my Sensei and already I'm hurting like I got mule kicked by a horse I don't know what's worse though the fact that I'm going along with it or the fact that I know that I have to do this to be able to stay standing on even footing with narut and that I know it still won't be enough hell I might be able to become an s-rank Shinobi eventually with what I'm doing but that doesn't mean Jack when it comes to a war I don't know what it is but I just have this feeling that things are going to get a lot worse before they get anywhere close to better I can't explain what it feels like and I don't really expect you who will eventually read this to understand what I'm feeling but I just I guess I feel like the idot blonde that I'm put onto the same team with is going to be right in the middle of all of this I just what is it that makes me feel like Naruto is going to be in the middle of what's going on I just can't explain it and to be honest I don't think it matters whether or not I'm on the same team as him he was going to end up in the middle of whatever is coming soon and I'm not sure if I regret making it so that I could be on my friend's team or not then of course there was the whole introduce yourself thing that Asuma did but really we all really knew what each other liked except for him the only thing we actually learned about him though was the fact that he liked to smoke and play games with that I might try and get him to play a round of shogi or something either way though I need to figure out something else about him eventually since I don't even know what rank he is in the Bingo book something that might help with knowing how good he is and everything getting back on topic to the stuff that's happening to me right now I'm exhausted after running around training ground 15 several times the weights on my arms obviously don't help anything but I guess assuma Sensei either hasn't heard of fuan Jutsu or he doesn't know enough to make seals that could help us get faster either way I'm going to talk to him about it eventually and that's really all that I have to say on that but still I can't say that I'm not happy at the moment running away from a fight that I wouldn't be able to win is kind of something that I would do at this point anyway and by at that point the weight training is going to help me get faster thinking about it I'd prefer to be a speedy fighter more than a physical one anyway I got two of those on my team with keba and Naruto as it is I guess we're going to be an assault and capture team considering everything kba with his senses could track anything we might need to track and Naruto is pretty much our main damage deal with how much chakra he has and then there's me with the naris KAG man Jutsu going on from that I don't know why but I just have this feeling the Nara aren't using their Shadows to the greatest extent that we could the Shadows are dangerous that much I know but the fact of the matter is there just seems to be a lot more that could actually be of use from the shadows I'm probably going to figure out what it is eventually but for the time being I won't even think about messing with something like that maybe after I get enough chakra to use a shadow clone I could probably do that now but I'm not going to risk it and then there's the fact that what happens to the Clone could also happen to me Troublesome as it is this is Warren looking into to drift like a cloud letting out a sigh as the last word was wrote down onto the page Shikamaru shut the small Journal that she kept with her and looked up towards her Sensei she knew that he was standing there for a bit his shadow covering her book and all of that but she didn't want to comment on him he was sending her a curious look probably from the words that she used for her journal something she wanted to make sure stayed that way because of the fact that it made sure that no one in this world could read her journal assuma looked like he wanted to ask what was going on with that but decided against it as he said well now that the warm-ups are done how about we get started with the rest of the training groaning loudly and earning a laugh from the boys Shikamaru slumped against the tree she was near once again she knew that the training would get her stronger and all of that but come on this was ridiculous well at the very least at least she knew that her mother wouldn't work her to the Bone anymore when it came to training she would get enough of that from Masuma Shikamaru let out a deep almost sensual moan as she slipped deeper into the hot springs after a long Mission this this was absolute Bliss the normally lazy kunoichi would complain a lot when it came to missions but the fact was that she was completely serious with them when she needed to be and because of that she was all the more thankful that her dad had given her a year membership to the best hot spring in the village even if that stupid perverted toad Sage was around she knew that the rest of the kunoichi in the place would especially since she was only a jenin and the rest of them were at the very least low junin in strength either way though she just wanted to soak her aching limbs in the nice warm water at the moment hey is that you Shikamaru I hardly recognized you without the ponytail a voice one that was absolutely annoying entered the girl's ears opening her eyes with annoyance reflecting from them Shikamaru wasn't surprised to see that Eno was walking into the hot springs and right towards her just when she thought that she might have a peaceful rest for once BL eyed and more than a little miffed the black-haired girl looked towards her friend with a scowl what do you want Eno I've been trying to relax oh come on don't give me that you're on a team with one of the people that you obviously wanted to be on a team with so why aren't you happy the blond-haired girl asked almost right away making it so that Shikamaru sent a weary look towards her gossip and yamanaka were practically synonyms for and the blackhaired girl could see the look in the blond's eyes giving a lazy yawn towards her in response the only thing that theara said in response was Troublesome before she started to get out of th hot springs and here she was thinking that she might be able to relax for once oh no you're not getting away that easily before she so much as managed to even stand up the blonde latched onto her arm forcing the Nara to sit right back down no spill it a few minutes later had a disgruntled Nara sitting next to an extremely happy yamanaka she knew that she should have just got out of there right away having to make it so that Shikamaru spilled practically everything when it came to her teammates she just knew that she was going to hear about this later even trying to make sure that the blonde didn't tell anyone else wouldn't work unless it came to a hefty bribe or blackmail neither of which the young Nara had money wouldn't work either considering the fact that the yamanaka were a fairly wealthy clan in konaha considering all the clientele that their flower shop sold to and there wasn't anything blackmail wise in her possession that would keep the yamanaka from spreading her information at least the blonde couldn't get anything else out of her oh yeah what are you going to give narut for Christmas damn you Murphy's Law sending an exhausted look towards the blonde Shikamaru shook her head no idea the idiot would probably like it if I just gave him a gift card for ichiraku but that doesn't really scream Christmas present now does it we might not even get snow this year either you no that's no excuse and you know it came the immediate response something that made the black-haired girl sink even further into the hot spring trying to ignore her for the moment Shikamaru really didn't know what she could get for Nar that he would actually use a prank said probably wouldn't be able to be used anymore at this point what with him being an official ninja and everything but that really didn't stop him from pranking people at times thinking over it though would a trap kid be any better really she didn't know and at times it was just frustrating to try and figure out what the blonde would or wouldn't like since he would try and make it seem that he liked the thing that she got him even if he didn't giving a groan of annoyance the black-haired girl stood up once again to get out of the bath this time not being stopped by Eno since it seemed that Shikamaru was deep in thought even then though the blonde gave a soft smile towards the Nara considering that as far as she was concerned Shikamaru like narut whether that was true or not remained to be seen but she was rooting for the two no matter what even if they didn't know it Christmas putting lights on the tree as it turned out Shikamaru had been racking her brain to figure out what she was going to do for the blonde idiot for almost a week and before she knew it it was Christmas Eve and she was starting to panic her father had tried to give his help her mother is well for that matter but she had quickly declined it she was of the mindset that if it wasn't a gift that she thought of herself then it wasn't worth it to give the blonde before she knew it though the had sneaked up on her and it was time for the party that she had invited all of her friends to for Christmas and she was still not sure if the blond's present would be well taken or not she couldn't decide just what it was that she would give him so she ended up just getting something on impul and she really did hope that it was taken well she saw herself as the blonde's best friend so if she didn't get him a gift that he actually liked she would be disappointed in herself if you keep that up you're going to wear a ditch into the rug a voice spoke up catching her attention looking over towards the voice Shikamaru saw that her father was staring at her with an amused look on his face right away annoyance flooded her system at the sight due to the fact that he was so amused at her worry the scowl on her face must have really shown how annoyed she was at the situation that shikaku let loose a chuckle giving his daughter a smile in response to the scowl the older Nara spoke I don't think you really need to worry All Things Considered considering the fact that he'd probably like anything that you got him you know that doesn't mean that he actually likes what I got him Shikamaru spoke up her voice showing just how annoyed she was at the moment I mean I know a lot of his likes and stuff like it but that doesn't make him any easier to get a gift for asai escaped the Elder Nara as he stood up and walked over towards his daughter stopping her in her tracks with both his hands on her shoulders listen shika do you know what the biggest problem with being aara is seeing her confusion and the shake of her head he continued it's our intellect don't get me wrong it's a wonderful thing in a fight but everyday life we constantly overthink things that's why I have your mother to help me get a simpler view on life she's smart but she sees things in a more normal way than the rest of us Nara that made a lot more sense than Shikamaru would normally give the situation but whether she liked it or not it helped she was getting so worried over whether or not narut would actually like what she got him that she didn't just think about how he would take it she she couldn't actually remember the last time that she had actually invited Naro to a Christmas party in the first place and to her shame she hadn't actually that meant that this would be the first Christmas that Naruto would actually be spending with her family and it was only after they had graduated shaking herself out of her train of thought the younger Nara gave her father a grateful look giving him a quick hug something she didn't normally do before she rushed out of the house she saw the surprise on her father's face out of the corner of her eye but she ignored it when she saw it quickly change into a soft-hearted joy that she didn't see too often anymore even then though she rushed right out of the house intent on getting a refund of what she did get already and go with what she had in mind the first time around Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas shikaku wasn't sure what it was that his daughter had gotten her blonde friend but to be honest didn't care he could see the joy that was on shikamaru's face at the idea of her friend getting what she got Jim the fact that this was the first Christmas that they were celebrating together of course made things a little more tense than they normally would shikaku knew that the younger Naro would have invited the blonde before but again it all came down to having someone pull on the reins that was the nar's intellect there was that and the fact that narut made sure not to mention it whenever he came over in the days after that now though he could see just how happy the group was added to the normal though were the junan that were their teachers Asuma karanai and Kakashi though the last one still hadn't arrived of the kids from them though only SAS didn't show up to the party though whether that was because of Shikamaru not inviting him or not shikaku wasn't exactly sure even then though a smile made its way onto his face unbidden as he looked towards the kids shukaku's attention shifted once again as Asuma walked over towards him a cigarette in his mouth but the end of it not yet lit turning his dark eyes back towards the kids the junan commander spoke how are things ass suuma I can't complain with my team the serut toi spoke with an even tone though there was a hint of a smile in his tone I was actually surprised by how much your daughter's actually working I kind of expected her to be like when you were a Jenine from what I've heard I assure I wasn't nearly as bad as what any of the stories suggest shikaku said in response a smirk on his face even as he continued to look towards the kids who just watching as Naruto and kba got into another fight still I'm happy to know that Shikamaru is taking her kunoichi career seriously pulling out his light R assuma hummed in agreement I guess we'll see if it's just her Faking It or Not eventually I mean certain motivations can only take someone so far he knew it as well as the junin that told him but that didn't make it any less harsh when it came to teaching it to a jenin thankfully there wasn't a way going on at the moment but that still didn't mean you didn't need to be careful quickly getting out of that type of thought pattern shikaku focused on the fact that the Christmas party was still going no need to think about gloomy topics while you were supposed to be having fun out of the corner of shikaku eyes he noticed a certain someone giving him a look which caused him to chuckle a bit well it was nice talking to you assuma but this is a party I believe someone asked me to dance with them the younger junan gave a cheeky smirk towards the Nara Clan head before he headed off and then turned his attention towards a certain red-eyed junan Sensei but really with people that cared for you and vice versa it was was hard not to be happy Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Shikamaru was honestly happy with how things had turned out after getting a few presents which mainly consisted of either cooking items of various types or board games it was time for the others to open their presents in turn and she was nervous of course the nervousness was mainly due to what she had ended up getting for narut and she was honestly not sure how well he would take it as well of course if anyone else noticed they didn't say anything but the cheeky look that hanata had was answer enough everyone knew that she was nervous and they all knew why as well as it turned out though she needn't have bothered with being so worried in the first place the gift that she had ended up getting the blonde which was a starter trap kit and a 5,000 R gift card to ichiraku was something that blonde was really happy with after she explained that she should be able to build traps as easily as pranks the blond's confused look shifted into a full-blown grin of course if that wasn't bad enough when it came to to her embarrassment of the situation she was picked up yep the blonde was so happy that he ended up picking her up into a hug something that sent her face Ablaze get off me you Troublesome blonde was what she had said at the time despite her embarrassment but those words did little to dissuade his Joy after giving the stink ey to a couple of her fellow jenin I Eno Choi kba and hanata she decided to try and get everyone out of the house and into the yard so that they could see the fireworks that were going to go off eventually before narut could get out of the house though Shikamaru quickly grabbed him by the shoulder getting a confused shika Shish I know a better place that we can watch from the Nara Aris spoke a lazy smile on her face as she started to half-heartedly pull the blonde in a different direction the blonde seemed to just go along with it as it were if the fact that he followed along was anything to go by walking through the house and making sure not to disturb the adults who were drinking quite a bit now that she saw they exited out a side door of the house looking around once again to make sure that they were alone shica turned towards her friend before giving a smirk and jumping onto the roof of the house shika the blonde half yelled with confusion rolling her eyes at Naruto Shikamaru leaned over the edge to get a good look at him are you coming or what not wanting to be left behind the blonde did just that as he jumped onto the roof as well before following along where Naruto was going if she was honest she didn't know why she brought the blonde up here but it was her spot pretty much this was the spot that she always went to when she needed to think or to just cry without anyone knowing shica was certain that her dad knew she went up here but as far as he was concerned so long as she didn't hurt herself it didn't matter but at the same time her mom didn't know she went up here so it often led to her trying to explain without explaining Where She Went needless to say it tended to be blown out of proportion at times sliding down to lay on the roof the slanted roof making it so they were facing the village Shikamaru let out a yawn as she got comfortable Naruto after a few seconds did the same thing prompting her to speak hey can you not tell anyone about this place this is my spot for when I need some time to myself so keep it to yourself as well you actually trust me with knowing you come up here the blonde asked in response the disbelief evident in his tone sending a frown towards him shika Qui ly said well yeah you're kind of my best friend more than shoi even for that matter why wouldn't I tell you about this place the two went into a comfortable silence once again the fact that shica would trust him enough for this leaving a warm feeling in the blond's chest a smile ended up crawling onto his face at that same time before the fireworks started to go off in the distance both of the pre sat up as best they could at the sound looks of Wonder appearing on their expressions even if shika was a little less obvious a smile made its way onto the Nars as she thought over all of the memories that she had with the blonde that was sitting next to her unbeknownst to her or the blonde for that matter their hands slowly started to creepy closer until eventually they touched causing the two to look at each other in Surprise they stayed like that for an awkward moment before a soft smile made its way onto shika's face while a grin made its way onto Nudo raising her hand she took the blond's hand into her own tight grip on the hand showing that she was going to let go of it it might be crazy the type of things that they were going to end up getting into in the future but that didn't matter to either of them they had gotten through everything so far they could do it again no matter what else was sent their way thanks for watching guys that's it for today guys