Chapter 1
Okay so this new story is called The Splintered Truth, if you think it is a ShikaKiba you're wrong, it's a friendship one! (Sorry fangirls not today!)
Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of the characters in it.
Shikamaru stared longingly out of the school window just inches away from his desk. It had been the seventh day that his closest friend Kiba hadn't turned up for school. He could be sick but Shikamaru was sure that he would tell him, and what worried him more was that Kiba has been living on his own ever since his family... Shikamaru's eyes went slightly damp. Shikamaru know that Kiba has not been the same and chances are. He never will be. It was halfway through Registration when Shikamaru's gut feeling started to make him nervous.
'What if he's... done something stupid?' Shikamaru thought out of the blue.
Filled with anxiety, he bit the bottom of his lip and he risked another glanced outside of the window. Still no sign of Kiba. Shikamaru was now so deep in his own thoughts he failed to notice that his name had been called out on the register, three times.
"Mr. Nara! Are you with us!" Mr Sarutobi yelled angrily, making the rest of the class' eyes dart towards the daydreaming teenager.
But Shikamaru still sat there, a mix of daze and worry crossing his face. His friend Naruto decided to get the boy's attention before Mr. Sarutobi blew up. He shook Shikamaru's shoulder softly. Shikamaru shot up in hope, but then slumped sheepishly back down again when he realised it was just Naruto.
"What Naruto?" Shikamaru sighed, annoyed at the blonde bombshell.
"Don't 'what Naruto?' ME! Your names been called out on the register like FIVE TIMES!" Naruto yelled angrily. Shikamaru turned back to the front to face a fuming teacher.
"Oh um... here sir" Shikamaru said sheepishly, trying to avoid the teacher's piercing gaze.
Mr. Sarutobi scowled. But then he softened up and let out a sigh. He then began to continue on with the register. Shikamaru turned back to Naruto.
"Naruto? Can you do something for me?" Shikamaru whispered.
"I guess" Naruto whispered back, leaning sideways to hear him more clearly.
"Cover for me for a few periods"
"What? Why?"
"I'm going to go see someone"
Naruto smiled.
"Oh... okay then..."
"Okay. Thanks" Shikamaru said cautiously, why is Naruto smiling like that?
"Don't worry Shikamaru, I won't tell Temari"
Shikamaru smirked. There goes Naruto, always getting the wrong idea.
"So are you travelling by bus?" Naruto asked, confused on how he should react to Shikamaru's cheeky smile.
Shikamaru paused for a moment as the bell rang.
"Yes. There's a bus going up there in ten minutes" He said quickly before rushing out o the classroom.
Mr. Sarutobi failed to catch Shikamaru before he speeded out, so he caught Naruto who was getting his bag from under his desk.
"Mr. Uzumaki" He called to the pupil.
"Yes sir" Naruto replied calmly, walking towards the entrance were Mr. Sarutobi stood.
"Is Shikamaru alright?" The teacher asked, suspicious of Naruto's calmness.
"Yeah... he's fine" Naruto said hastily.
"Alright then..."
Mr. Sarutobi watched Naruto walk out of the door. He knew something was going on, but what? Unfortunately there was nothing he could do if Shikamaru and Naruto don't talk to him.
"Uh... I need a smoke" the worn teacher sighed, rubbing his forehead.
Shikamaru caught his breath as he finally made it to the bus stop. He slumped down on the bench and checked his watch. He groaned when he found out he had three minutes to spare. He turned around when he heard a tutting sound; an old woman was sitting next to him, her nose slightly turned up at Shikamaru.
"What?" Shikamaru said bluntly.
"Shouldn't you be in school young man? And don't be so rude to your elders!" The old woman croaked.
Shikamaru turned right round to face the woman. His scowling face intimidating her.
"You're the one being rude. Maybe my mum's been in an accident and I'm trying to get her, or maybe I'm just away to the doctors or the dentist. So don't TUT AT ME!"
The old woman was startled by Shikamaru breaking into a yell, she turned around and huddled up, her wrinkled face looking like a punished child. Shikamaru felt guilt wash over him.
"Hey um... I'm sor-"
But before Shikamaru could apologise the bus finally came and opened its red coloured doors. The old woman shot up and took short, hasty steps toward the bus. Once she was in Shikamaru stood up and made his way towards the bus. Inside was deserted; all there was the old woman and a group of thuggish looking youths. The looked a about the same age as Shikamaru, but you could see from there crest on their ties that they were from the school across the road. Shikamaru always thought that the school was a bit snooty and this group looked dodgy, so he decided to make his way up the stairs into the upper deck to avoid them talking to him. When he got up and sat down right at the front he turned around to see that there was no-one else on the upper deck. Shikamaru sighed in relief, he wondered if he could get a little shut-eye since it was at least an hour and a half on bus to Kiba's house. He slowly shifted himself into a comfortable position and shut his eyes. Gradually his breathing slowed, signalling that he had fallen into a deep sleep.
Shikamaru was rudely awakened to his shoulder being violently being shaken. Shikamaru turned around to see a boy with eye-catching raven hair, the back of his head was spiked up like a cockatoo. It was only when Shikamaru's gluey-eyes cleared he realised that there were several other boys accompanying him. Shikamaru remembered them as the thuggish teens that were downstairs; they must have come up to mess with him.
"Yes?" Shikamaru asked, trying not to show the nervousness that was building up inside of him. A boy with black hair and the back of his head like a cockatoo spoke first.
"Uzumaki High huh?" The cockatoo boy smirked. His nose slightly scrunched up. "Isn't that the school were that stupid head-teacher who owned it died? Hah!"
"I hear his son is even more of a disappointment!" A boy behind him sniggered loudly. He had long brown hair stopping at his shoulders, his pale lavender eyes stared at Shikamaru's chocolate brown ones, looking for a reaction. Shikamaru wanted to punch each of the assholes in the face, but his brain told him that it wouldn't be the smartest thing to get in a punch-up on a bus. He turned back around to ignore them. The teen with the long brown hair leaned forward.
"Oh... you don't wanna play?" He twirled Shikamaru's ponytail round his fingers, he also put a fake pout on his face to make the other boys laugh harder.
Shikamaru had enough; he decided to just go downstairs and leave these assholes. Shikamaru stood up and started to make his way back to the staircase. Suddenly a pale hand grabbed his wrist and pulled him violently sideways, he ended up belly-up on the brown and ravened-haired boy's laps. All of the boys roared with laughter as Shikamaru tried to get up, but the two boys held him down with their hands.
"Hey!" Another boy from the back popped up. His red hair and dark eyes gave Shikamaru shivers.
"That's my big sis' boyfriend" He said in surprise.
The raven haired boy looked smugly at Shikamaru.
"Ah... so your Temari's toy-boy"
"Yeah she wishes... I hear them in the room next to me. He doesn't let Temari do anything near that... she deserves better than a piece of shit like you..." The red haired boy said sinisterly, his cold green eyes drilling into Shikamaru's.
"Oh... are you shy?" The brown haired teen asked in a mocking tone.
Shikamaru had just about enough of their laughing, he used his leg that was not being held and swung it up to hit the brown-haired boy in the temple, the boy never seen it coming so he closed his eyes tight. But unluckily for Shikamaru the raven-haired boy skilfully grabbed his foot and pulled painfully forward. Shikamaru yelped with the sharp pain. The teen that held his leg captive smiled.
"Now THAT was a mistake. Now we're really gonna mess you up" He smirked, he threw Shikamaru off of his and his friend's lap, causing Shikamaru to land painfully on the floor of the bus. The boy also still had a vice-grip on Shikamaru's leg, so Shikamaru yelped again as his leg was twisted into an awkward position. Shikamaru squeezed his eyes shut, ready for the pain that was about to be inflicted. But to his surprise he felt his leg being released, he was even more surprised because as he tilted his head up, his eyes met an older man's gaze. The man's lower face and eye was covered which slightly intimidated him. Shikamaru could see his muscles slightly bulging from his tightly fitted suit, this only intimidated Shikamaru even more.
"What the hell are you kids doing to this boy!" The man yelled angrily, his index finger pointing boldly at the boys.
"Mr Hatake!" The raven haired boy gasped in shock.
Mr Hatake bent forward and put his hand out to Shikamaru. Shikamaru accepted the gesture and let the older man lift him up. Mr Hatake then moved to the side to let the other passengers find a seat. After letting Shikamaru take a seat, Mr Hatake sat next to him and turned to face the rest of the teens as the bus stared to move again.
"Sasuke, Neji, Gaara! I'm guessing you're the ringleaders in this. Explain yourselves!" He said sternly.
Neji and Gaara looked down guiltily, but Sasuke met Kakashi's gaze. A twisted smile plastered onto his small pale face.
"Well Mr Hatake he's from Uzumaki high. And whoever goes or works at that school is a loser... so we decided to mess with him sir" Sasuke explained coldly.
But the high school teacher wasn't having any of it; in Shikamaru's eyes he looked almost livid.
"I have you know my fiancé works there" Mr. Hatake hissed through his teeth, trying not to scream at the younger man.
Sasuke's eyes drooped to the floor in embarrassment and a mist of pink coated his cheeks, he was definitely not expecting that answer from his teacher. Shikamaru turned to face the teacher, a look of surprise on his face.
"Wow really, who?"
Even though he had the mask on, Shikamaru could see the small joy that came to his face when he said his lover's name.
"Um... Iruka Umino" He answered shyly.
Shikamaru smiled when he heard that name. Iruka Umino, the emotional but heart-warming guidance teacher of Uzumaki High. Shikamaru thought that Mr. Umino deserved a man like Mr. Hatake, he seems really nice... shame he couldn't see the teachers face though. Shikamaru looked out the window to see his stop arriving.
"Here's my stop um... nice meeting you Mr. Hatake" Shikamaru said hastily as he stood up and started walking down the stairs.
"Don't worry. I'll make sure these boys pay the full price for their actions" Mr Hatake said calmly to Shikamaru as he disappeared down the stairs. But the bullies' reactions of cowering faces were far from calm, well apart from the three amigos who just scowled at their feet. Shikamaru sniggered at the sounds of complaints from the upper deck; he stepped off the bus and looked around.
It had been quite awhile since he last came to Kiba's house but he could remember little things, like the big oak tree at the side of his house and the large park that's opposite his street. Hopefully with this knowledge he could arrive in at least seven minutes. Shikamaru's train of thoughts were rudely interrupted by the annoying bleeping noise of his phone. He opened it up and looked at the screen. Temari. He decided it wouldn't do much harm to talk to her right now; after all it was his girlfriend.
"Hey Temari what is it?"
"Don't what me Shikamaru! Were the hell are you!"
"Um... just... hanging around I guess..."
"Shikamaru! What's wrong!"
"Nothing Tema-"
"No way Shikamaru you can't shake me off this time! You haven't been the same lately... I want my lazy and sarcastic boyfriend back!"
"Uh... Temari you're hurting my head, see ya"
Shikamaru hung up and let the cold words he just said sink in. She was right, he hasn't been himself... but he promised himself that he would focus on getting one of his closest friends back rather than snooze in math's class. He stuffed the phone back into his pocket before heading straight on to find out what the hell is happening to his best friend.
So there it is! Tell me what think and if I should continue on! I am expecting at least 10 reviews on the first chapter before I start the second, so anonymous or signed. I love them all! :D
Love Shika-chan xx