Ok, so this is my first fan-fiction. Ever. I don't currently have a beta so please excuse any errors I may have missed. I really hope you like it. Reviews are much appreciated, and not just those "THAT'S AWESOME UPDATE SOON" reviews. I like reviews that let me know what was liked as well as what could be improved. Any who, thanks for reading!
~Miyuki
Warning: Swearing, violence, bloodshed and spoilers (spoilers in Sakura's first POV)
Bold Italics - Inner personalities. Like Sakura's inner self shown in the anime/manga. Like thoughts but slightly different.
Italics - The thoughts of the person who's POV it is. Or flash backs.
'Italics surrounded by ( ' )' - The thoughts of people in flash backs.
Summary
I'm Nara Shikamaru, a jounin shinobi at 15 years old and I am (unfortunately) considered the most intelligent shinobi in Konoha with an IQ of over 200. It's unfortunate because the Hokage has realized this and sends me on a surplus amount of missions, which is troublesome.. I'd rather lay on my hill and gaze at the clouds all day letting my mind go relatively blank. So it was strange when, on my first day of highschool, I wished that my IQ and intelligence was more expansive and included high school drama, friendship, dating and... how to put on a bra? What the hell is going on! Part AU and future pairings. Suggestive themes and possible future fluff. Rating may change.
Shikamaru POV
"Nom..nom...nomnomnom...nom...nom..nom...SLUUUUUUUUUUURP!" Kami, they're seriously getting on my nerves. Shikamaru thought as he rested his head on his arms at a particular blonde's favourite food place; Ichiraku's Ramen stall. I don't even want to be here, I was happily sleeping on my hill before this idiot decided to drag me along with them to eat lunch. He thought, half heartedly glaring at Naruto. He wouldn't glare full out at him because that would be too much work and he already wasted precious energy and nap time to get here. Not that the blonde noticed his minimal efforts, he was to busy stuffing his face with ramen. Is this even considered lunch anymore? He questioned in his mind. After all, they had gotten here at around 2pm and had been there for what seemed like atleast an hour. How can they eat this much without their stomaches bursting from too much pressure? There has to be a limit right? Just like a balloon would pop if you filled it with too much air or water. He sighed again, closing his eyes.
"Another miso ramen please!" Naruto exclaimed happily holding out his bowl to the grinning shop keeper. Shikamaru jumped, startled by how loud Naruto's voice was and spilled his own, untouched, food onto his lap, which was soon followed by a string of muttered curses. The girl working there - What was her name... Ayame? Or something like that - handed shikamaru some napkins before serving Naruto another bowl.
"What was that, Naruto? Your twentieth bowl?" She giggled, before going to prepare another bowl for Choji as he held his own bowl out.
"Nope! It was my twenty-third! Believe it!" He yelled, shoving more food into his mouth. Ignorant to the boy beside him, who stopped cleaning up the spill to clutch his aching ears. Even his voice is annoying and loud. Shikamaru sighed, wincing as he wiped off more of the hot food that was burning his more vulnerable areas. Choji has had, what, twenty-two bowls now, so combined that's forty-five bowls of ramen.
"Kami, you two eat to much..." He muttered under his breath, only to earn a booming laugh from Teuchi (the shop keeper).
"They're growing boys, let them eat! They need the extra food." He laughed, "Besides, they're my best customers!" Teuchi smiled, winking at Shikamaru, who just rolled his eyes, before going into the back part of the shop.
"Well, I'm gonna eat until I can eat no more!" Choji exclaimed, quickly finishing his bowl after overhearing Shikamaru.
"Ya! Believe it!" Naruto agreed, following Choji's example while Shikamaru just rolled his eyes.
"Troublesome.. besides, this is isn't an eating contest and we have to go now, remember? We're supposed to meet Sakura and Ino at the training field soon, Hokage's orders." Shikamaru explained rolling his eyes at them before giving Ayame the money for his food and standing up. Troublesome.. why do we need to improve our teamwork if we never have to work together.. I catching up on valuable sleep instead of being stuck here. Shikamaru sighed.
Flashback
'KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK!' "Naruto, stop banging on the door, I'm sure she heard you the first seven times." Shikamaru grumbled. ' Why did the hokage want us here at this hour anyway?'
"Come in!" Tsunade yelled, only to be seen wiping drool off of her chin when they walked in.
"Baa-chan! You were sleeping? That's not fair! You got to interupt us from training and sleeping and eating but you were just sleeping yourself!" Naruto yelled, pounding his fist on the table.
"Shut it Naruto, you're here because I have a mission for the five of you." She explained, while naruto looked slightly confused and excited.
"Five of us? What mission! Who's going with us!" Naruto blabbered on before being stopped by Tsunade yelling at him again.
"Naruto. You, Shikamaru, Choji, Ino, and Sakura need to work on your teamwork. Although your teamwork with Sakura is great, and the Ino-Shika-Cho team has great teamwork, you five haven't worked together very often and need to brush up incase I want to send you on an important mission together." She replied, with a large tick mark starting to form on her forehead.
"That's not a real mission! Why do we have to? I want a real mission!" Naruto complained, pouting at nobody in particular.
"JUST DO IT NARUTO!" She screeched before shoving them all out of her office and slamming the door.
"What a drag.." Shikamaru muttered.
Flashback over
"Troublesome women.." Shikamaru grumbled again, as he put his hands in his pockets and started walking to the training field with Choji and Naruto.
Sakura POV
(SPOILER ALERT; skip sakura's POV if you are haven't seen the first couple of deaths in Naruto Shippuuden)
Sakura sighed looking at her best friend and ex-rival. She didn't know what to do to cheer her up when it came to team 10's old sensei. She just watched in silence with a hand on Ino's shoulder in comfort as she put flowers on Asuma's grave next to his old lighter while tears were running down her cheeks. I feel so bad for her.. I don't know what I'd do if Kakashi Sensei or Naruto died.. or.. She shook her head to stop thinking about her old teamate. Get a hold of yourself Sakura! This is no time to be thinking about Sasuke! He's gone remember? I know that.. I just can't help it sometimes.. I miss him, but we've got to be strong!I know..
"Sakura, are you ok?" Ino asked her, while wiping any remaining tears away from her eyes.
"Y-ya.. just.. thinking that's all. C'mon, we've got to go meet up with Naruto, Choji and Shikamaru." She replied, smiling slightly as her friends face lit up a little bit at the mention of Shikamaru's name. There has got to be something going on with those two and I'll be darned if I don't find out! CHYAA! Sakura; the match maker! I'll have them dating by the end of this week! She continued thinking of plans to push the two together as they walked towards the training fields.
Naruto POV
"Neh! Neh! Hurry up, Shikamaru! Choji! We're gonna be late meeting Ino and Sakura-chaaaaan!" Naruto whined at them. Sheesh, they're slow and I don't need Sakura hitting me again for being like Kakashi-sensei.
"Shut up Naruto, we'll make it on time." Shikamaru grumbled in response to the loud, energenic blonde. Agh! That lazy ass is gonna make me late, seriously, does he do anything besides sleep! It's not fair that he gets more missions than me. I'm stronger! I mean he's smart, but he gives up way to easily and he never trains. NOT FAIR!
"Munch munch munch. Look over..munch munch...there. It's sakura and Ino. munch munch." Choji said, between chips, pointing at the girls.
Sakura POV
"Sakura-chan! Ino! Over here!" Naruto screamed, jumping up and down while waving his arms to get there attention, almost hitting Shikamaru in the process. Of course he just rolled his eyes and kept walking.
"Oi! Naruto! Careful, you almost hit Shika!" Ino scolded him.
"Shika?" Naruto mumbled, thinking for a moment before bursting into laughter.
"Since when do you call him Shika, Ino?" Sakura asked, a smirk playing across her features. They even have little pet names, this should be easy! Ino started blushing but responded anyway.
"I don't know.. I think it started sometime during the Chuunin exam.." She mumbled, obviously embarrassed.
"The chuunin exam! Good times, good times." Naruto smiled, not noticing the extremely confused expressions his friends wore.
"How was that good times, Naruto?" Sakura asked/shrieked. For her, the chuunin exams meant the begginning of losing Sasuke. Which was definitely not, as naruto put it, "good times."
"I fought Gaara in the Chuunin exams remember? It's when our friendship and truce with Suna started!" Naruto grinned, oblivious to Sakura's thoughts.
"Well, yes, but that's also when we saw Orochiimaru..and..." Sakura looked away, viciously rubbing away the tears that threatened to fall from her eyes. I will not cry infront of Naruto again, not about Sasuke!
"Oh...right.." Naruto whispered, his grin fading for a moment before he yelled, "Well when I bring him back it won't matter any more, I mean sure, he'll probably still have a stick up his ass but I'll let you take care of that! Neh, Sakura-chan?" Naruto grinned, winking at her. I'm NOT pulling any sticks out of his ass! NARUTO! That would mean seeing him n..naked. Sakura thought, turning bright red as they arrived at the field. Though she was quickly pulled from her thoughts of Sasuke's rear-end when a voice drifted along the wind.
"Hn.. Looks like you still don't know when to give up, dobe. I'm not coming back to this happy-go-lucky, ignorant hell hole. The only reason I'm here now is to dispose of you, I'm not going to be dragged down by insignificant parts of my past."
Naruto POV
Naruto's head snapped up at the sound of Sasuke's voice, his eyes wide at the sight of his old rival and best friend. Damn bastard! Choosing now to show up! What the hell... He froze at the feel of something warm rolling down his cheek. He wiped it off to see water.
"You're crying?" Sasuke chuckled, "You really are weak.." He looked down on Naruto with a smirk.
"I'm not crying, teme! I just.. got some dust in my eye! Ya, that's it!" Naruto yelled, wiping the tears away. What's happening to me? I'm Naruto Uzumaki of the village hidden in the leaves! I shouldn't be crying at the sight of an opponent.. But that oppenent is Sasuke, your friend, rival and brother who left you behind. Shut it Kyuubi! It shouldn't matter! He looked over to see Ino, Choji and Shikamaru all in defensive stances while Sakura seemed to be frozen in place with shock. Her face contorted in a mix of pain, shock and sadness. "We can take you no problem, Sasuke!" Naruto threatened, pausing slightly before saying Sasuke's name. "It's five against one! We have the advantage! You don't even have a chance so why don't you just surrender so we don't have to hurt you!" He hoped that Sasuke would take his offer, but knew he wouldn't. You can still come back.. baka..
"I told you already. I'm not coming back here and who says you have the advantage? You think I honestly came alone? I found a better team, a team that actually is competent unlike you and Sakura." Sasuke said with a smirk as three figures appeared behind him, two boys and one girl.
"Teme!" Naruto screamed, running towards him with Rasengan only to freeze an inch away from his chest. "Why'd you leave me.." He whispered, looking up into the cold emotionless eyes of the boy he thought he had known so well.
"Because," He started to explain, not even flinching at the distance between them. "you are weak.. and I need to be strong.. to defeat him."
"We could have defeated him together, I could have helped you become strong.. WE could have helped you become strong.. you never had to leave." Naruto whispered in response. He looked at Sasuke, and for a moment, he thought he saw sadness, regret and hurt. But just as quickly as it appeared, his eyes returned to cold empty shells.
"That would have never happened." Sasuke chuckled. "The weak can't make anyone stronger if they can't get stronger themselves."
Shikamaru POV
Shikamaru looked up at Sasuke, just barely catching the end of his sentence before chaos ensued. Sakura's shriek filled the air as Naruto fell to the ground after being run through by Sasuke's katana. From there, everything went by like it was a recorded video on fast forward. She ran over to heal him only to be stopped by Sasuke. The girl behind them jumped down to attack Ino. Choji tried to defend her only to be thrown several feet away by the larger of the two boys with Sasuke. Before I knew it I was in a taijutsu face off with the white haired boy. He had a massive sword and I only had a kunai. So much for the advantage.. this fucking sucks. He dodged another swipe from the blade only to be tripped by a kick to the back of the knees. Crap... I'm down and will probably lose against this guy, Naruto is bleeding out behind Sasuke who is fighting Sakura. Sakura is no match for Sasuke and that girl and Ino are about tied, same with the other boy and Choji. If I don't win this, I can't help Sakura and then the other two will be outnumbered and we'll all probably die.. troublesome.
"Shikamaru, can you tell me what happened after that?" Tsunade asked, worry showing in her eyes.
"I can't remember everything, it happened so fast, but I managed to get the white haired boy in the neck with my kunai and he disolved into a puddle of water on the ground. I ignored him and ran towards Sasuke and Sakura. I noticed Sasuke had activated sharingan so I avoided looking at his eyes as he mentioned some crap about darkness. I couldn't help but smirk as I remembered my conversation with Ino about the dark side having cookies and uh... yaoi. It kinda makes me wonder what Sasuke has been doing over there, on "the dark side." My eyes scanned the landscape around me and stopped at the puddle of my previous enemy. Sasuke's reflection was in the puddle. The lasts thing I remember... were his cold, red eyes.. then everything went black."
Okey, Dokey so CnC or RnR please. I wouldn't request this except I'm not quite sure how I'm doing and I'd like to here honest opinions on how I did. Hopefully you liked it. Thanks for reading and I'll update again soon.
~ Miyuki
