Name: Suki Nara
Age: 14 (Later on she'll be 18)
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Personality: Like her twin brother Shikamaru, she's extremely smart and somewhat lazy; loves looking at the moon and stars; loves to argue with her brother; fun loving and friendly, but get on her bad side and you'll have to run in the other direction; also as strong as Sakura and Tsunade when angry…Her IQ is also above 200
Best Friends: Temari, Hinata, Kiba, Shino, Shikamaru, Choji, Lee, and Naruto
Falls for: Gaara
Name: Shikamaru Nara
Age: 14 (Later he'll be 18 like Suki)
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Personality: Smart; lazy; loves watching the clouds and napping; loves playing shoji. Finds just about every woman troublesome; very laidback; thinks rationally unless Suki is hurt, then he just blindly charges in to protect his sister. IQ above 200.
Family: Twin sister Suki
Name: Gaara of the Sand
Age: 15 (Later on he's 19)
Hair: Red
Eyes: I want to say turquoise…
Personality: loner; mysterious; thinks that no one would ever want to be his friend or even care about him for that matter; surprisingly protects people he cares about; doesn't understand the feeling love; can't understand why his sand protects Suki the way it protects him.
Falls for: Suki
Family: Temari (now 17, becomes 21 later on) Kankuro (now 16, becomes 20 later on)
The Shadow shall fall for he who can not feel love; yet he, in turn, will love her as well.
I sat there in class next to my lazy twin brother who was sawing wood face down on his desk. I rolled my eyes and looked back at the black board Iruka Sensei had written on. "Can anyone tell me what this statement means," he asked. "Naruto?" The blond was drawing on a piece of paper in front of him and not really paying any attention. "Gee," Naruto said as he looked up. "I dunno Iruka Sensei; seems like an odd saying to me."
"It's not a saying you idiot," Iruka yelled. "I just finished telling everyone it was a prophecy!"
"That's been handed down in the Nara clan for generations," I muttered. I poked snoozing ugly next to me and tried to get him to wake up. I picked up my pencil and began to poke at him even harder. Choji let out a giggle as Shikamaru's arms started to flail about. "Well Suki," Iruka said, turning his attention towards me. "Seeing as you have nothing better to do than to annoy your brother, why don't you tell us what this statement means?"
"The Shadow is obviously referring to a woman that falls in love with someone that can't love her back, but he does," I said. I really hated this prophecy thing because everyone thought it had to do with me; seeing as I can control shadows like the rest of my clan. "It could be that she's a ninja that falls for someone she's supposed to kill or something like that."
"Thank you," Iruka said. "Does anyone else have anything to add?"
"Hey," Naruto piped in. "Maybe it means that Suki will fall in love with Sasuke!" The thought of that made me hit my head on my desk. This was one of the reasons why I hated this prophecy thing. Everyone assumed it had to do with Sasuke because he was so distant and barely let anyone near him since his whole clan was wiped out. It's not that I had anything against Sasuke; I just didn't like him that way at all; unlike most of the girls. In fact, I had a crush on Hinata's cousin, Neji; although he tended to ignore me. "You better be joking Naruto," Sakura screamed. "Everyone knows Sasuke is mine!"
"Here we go again," I mumbled. Most of the girls in my class started to fight and argue over who Sasuke would marry. All the guys just sighed and shook their heads. "Jeez," Kiba said as he turned to look at me. "They sure make a fuss over nothing…"
"This is why I hate girls," I said.
"How can you hate yourself," Kiba asked.
"It's not that she hates herself Kiba," Shikamaru said. A book had been thrown and hit him in the head causing him to wake up. "She just doesn't like the way they fight and fuss over guys."
"I think he was talking to me pineapple head," I muttered. Shikamaru glared at me; he hated it when I called him that. "You're so troublesome Suki," he said.
"So you don't like Sasuke that way do you," Kiba said with a smirk. I smiled back. Kiba and I flirted at times. I thought he was a cool guy, but the real person I had a crush on was Hinata's older cousin, Neji. "Nope," I said. "I like someone else."
"Could it be me," Kiba asked with that smirk growing wider.
"You're in a tie with Choji," I said. Hearing what I had said, Choji almost choked on the potato chips he was eating. Shikamaru just sighed and patted his best friend on the back. "She's kidding man," he said calmly to Choji.
"Maybe I am and maybe I'm not," I said. Choji's face turned bright red at this and he started to cough. Kiba laughed at the look on Choji's face as Iruka was trying to get the class back in order. "Suki," Shikamaru said. "Don't lead him on…"
"What do you mean," I asked, leaning over so I could look at Choji. "He is cute, and that's what makes him my teddy bear!"
"Teddy bear," Choji asked, his blush deepening by the second.
"Yeah," I said. "That's why I like to snuggle with you whenever we have a sleepover. It's better than snuggling up to pineapple head here."
"You're such a smartass, Suki," Shikamaru said.
"Better than having a pineapple hairdo," I said. Shikamaru and I smiled at each other, knowing that sooner or later one of us would challenge the other to a game of shoji once we got home. Whenever we got into fights, we always challenged each other saying that the one who won the game also won the fight. Problem was, we always ended in a tie.
Shikamaru's POV
I was happy that I got Suki to shut up. She was so oblivious to the fact that Choji had the biggest crush on her…I didn't really mind it when he told me either. In my eye's, Choji would be perfect for Suki. Other than myself; she was his only other friend. Suki never cared that he was a chubby guy, or that he usually had crumbs all over him. She'd never laughed at him for who he was either.
"I wouldn't mind if Suki fell for me," Sasuke said, interrupting my thoughts. "She and Hinata are the only ones that don't obsess over me."
"How can you say that Sasuke," Ino cried. "I love you more than that girl ever would!"
"No you don't Ino pig, I love him more than you do," Sakura screamed.
"Hn," Sasuke said. I watched as he turned his head and smirked at Suki; the arrogant bastard. No way in hell would I let him date my twin sister. Thankfully, she just rolled her eyes at him. "Besides, I think maybe she already has fallen for me," he muttered. Suki's eyes widened. "In your dreams Uchiha," she shouted. "I'd rather kiss Kiba than fall for you!" Kiba smiled at that. I groaned and looked at Choji. He seemed a little down in the dumps after what she said. "Hey big guy," I whispered. "It's not like she said your name. I don't think she meant that as a compliment anyway." Choji gave me a small smile in return. "Maybe Shikamaru," he said. "But I still kinda hoped she'd say my name."
"Would you really," Kiba said to her with his stupid grin. Suki smiled at him. "If I ever fell for Sasuke, remind me to, kay?" Kiba's grin widened and Choji sighed. "Can we please get back to the subject at hand," Iruka shouted. Everyone stopped talking and looked back at Iruka. "Now," he said. "I want all of you to come down here one at a time to perform a transformation jutsu for me. I don't care who you change into, just do a good job. First is Shino." I watched as Iruka called everyone down to complete the jutsu. I was finally called down and I transformed into Suki. "That's all we need," Iruka muttered. "Good job Nara. Suki, it's your turn." Suki came forward and smiled. "Well?"
Suki kept smiling and finally transformed into Iruka. "Well what," she said.
"Not bad," Iruka said with a sigh. "Naruto, you're next." Naruto came forward and tried his best to transform into the 3rd Hokage. "Naruto," Iruka yelled, shaking his finger at him. "What is that supposed to be?" I tried to hold back my laughter as Suki, still looking like Iruka, stood behind him and mimicked every move he made. She even mouthed his words. Everyone burst into fits of laughter as Iruka turned around. Suki had already gone back to the way she really looked and just smiled at him. "Go back to your seat Ms. Nara," Iruka said through clenched teeth. "Before I call your parents!"
Suki rushed back and sat next to me. "You're just the worst Suki," I whispered in her ear with a smile.
"Well, I learned from the best brother," she whispered back. She kissed my cheek and went back to paying attention.
Week's later…Suki's POV
I stretched out on the top bunk of our bed and looked outside at the moon. I just couldn't sleep. "Hey," Shikamaru whispered from below. "You awake Suki?"
"Yeah," I whispered back. "It's kinda hard to sleep when the Chunin exams are tomorrow."
"You have a point," Shikamaru said.
"It's not fair," Choji whispered from the floor. He was sleeping over tonight after I begged Dad and Mom. If Shikamaru had asked, they would have said no, so he sent me in to do his dirty work.
"What isn't," I asked, looking down from the top bunk at him.
"Shika and I would do so much better with you instead of Ino," Choji answered. "But they just had to team you up with Kiba, Shino, and Hinata."
"Yeah," I said. "It would be much cooler with you two, but I'm really great friends with Kiba and Hinata. Plus Shino's really been opening up to me and the rest of us."
"Plus I don't think Ino would be happy to work with Kiba and Shino," Shikamaru said. "She's not that big on dogs and she hates bugs." I smiled and almost laughed. It was true, Ino hated bugs, and she never really got along with Akamaru. To tell the truth I didn't like some bugs that much, but Shino's were really cool. "Besides," Choji added. "Ino just thinks I'm a good for nothing fatty…" Shikamaru groaned and I glared at Choji. I wanted to yell at him, but I knew our parents would come in and tell us to be quiet. "You're not a fatty," Shikamaru said.
"You're really smart Choji," I said. "Don't think you're good for nothing. You've got a lot of great qualities."
"Name one," Choji said.
"Not this again," Shika moaned. "Didn't she just say you were smart?"
"I'm not as smart as you two."
"You're a nice guy," I said.
"So are a lot of people."
"You always have a snack on you when I'm hungry, and you share it with me."
"You share your snacks with Suki," Shikamaru yelled.
"Shhh," Choji said. "So what if I do?"
"You've never even shared with me!"
"Alright you three," Dad grumbled as he entered our room. "You're mother won't shut up about how noisy it is up here and won't let me get any sleep. Keep it down so she won't kick me out of bed again."
"Sorry dad," Shika and I said.
"Sorry Mr. Nara," Choji said.
"I don't care how long you guys stay up, just don't make much noise got it?" And with that, Dad shut the door and left. "It's your fault Shika," I hissed. "If you didn't yell like that Mom wouldn't have heard us."
"Man, she's going to be a real drag in the morning," Shikamaru said.
"Because of you Pineapple head," I muttered, looking under my bunk at him. Shika glared at me and then looked worried. I realized one of my hands slipped and I was now falling to the ground. "Suki," Shikamaru yelled in a whisper. I was about to hit the floor when Choji dove forward and caught me. I looked at him with a smile. "Thanks Choji," I whispered to him.
"No problem," Choji mumbled. "Now, can you get off my back? It kinda hurts…"
"Sorry," I whispered, getting off of him and crawling to his sleeping bag. "What are you doing," he asked in a worried tone. I sat on his sleeping bag and looked back at him. "I can't sleep without my teddy bear," I said with a small smile. Choji sat up, blushed and rubbed the back of his head. "Well…" he said. I crawled back over to him and pulled him by the arm. "C'mon," I said. "It's not like we haven't slept together before."
"That sounds so wrong on many levels," Shikamaru muttered.
"Shut up," I said, getting up and slapping him on the head.
"Ow, what was that for," he said sitting up. "You're more troublesome than mom is, you know that?"
"Only 'cause mom doesn't hit you," I said in a harsh whisper.
"Guys please stop fighting," Choji said. "I don't mind if Suki sleeps next to me…" I smiled and did a little happy dance. I then lay down next to Choji, facing him. "Thanks," I whispered, putting my arm around him and kissing his cheek. "You're the best Choji." Choji blushed even more, and gave me a small peck on the lips. I was sort of surprised; I mean, Choji was really shy around girls and had never kissed me before. What was even more of a shock to me was that I kind of liked it. I had never thought of Choji that way, but he was a really nice guy and it was for sure Neji never even noticed me when I was at Hinata's house. In fact, he went out of his way to ignore me. Shika's sighing finally pulled me from my thoughts and back to Choji.
"Sorry," Choji said with a blush. "I didn't really mean…I'm sorry."
"It's okay," I said. "I don't mind."
"Mind what," Shika said in a worried voice.
"Nothing," Choji said hurriedly as he rolled away from me. I was sort of disappointed. It wasn't 'nothing' to me. "Choji," I whispered. "Really it's okay. I like you."
"You do," he asked rolling over again to face me.
"Course I do," I said with a nod. Choji gave me a small smile. "Would you mind if I kiss you again?" Shikamaru was now standing up and staring at the two of us with wide eyes. "What," he mouthed. If he could have, he would have screamed it out to the world. Choji and I looked at him as I gave my twin an innocent grin. "Did you have a bad dream," I asked with a giggle.
"I know damn well I wasn't asleep," Shika said. "Choji…did you really?" I felt Choji's arm wrap around my waist and he nodded. "Man, you finally did something about it," Shika mumbled. "See? Was it really that hard to tell her you like her?"
"He did who with the what now," I said really fast. My eyes grew wide as Shika sighed. "I swear Suki; you can be just as dumb as Ino. Whatever, I'm going back to sleep."
"Night Pineapple head," I said.
"Night troublesome twin," Shikamaru answered with a yawn. I smiled and rolled my eyes, then turned around to face Choji again. "Goodnight, Suki," Choji mumbled. I leaned forward and kissed his sweet lips again. Choji kissed back for a while, then pulled away with a smile. "Night Teddy Bear," I whispered. I watched Choji fall asleep and I grew bored.
Taking his arm from around my waist, I got up and climbed up to the top bunk. I opened the small window that was next to it and crawled out. I then ran towards my favorite spot to look at the stars. It was the hotel roof, and I couldn't wait to get there. I loved looking at the stars and imagining all sorts of things. You could find anything you wanted in the stars and make up all kinds of stories…I was finally able to reach the roof of the hotel when I saw someone sitting there all alone. Creeping a bit closer, I took a good look at them. It was a boy, around my age, with red hair and turquoise eyes that gleamed in the moonlight. The Kanji for love was written on his forehead in red ink, and he had weird black eyeliner surrounding both of his eyes. He was just so mysterious…and for some reason, my heart wouldn't stop pounding as I looked at him. It wasn't pounding because I had run all the way to the hotel roof, but for a different reason I couldn't quite explain. "It's not polite to stare," the boy said in a deep voice. "What do you want?"
"I'm sorry," I said backing up from my hiding spot. "I didn't mean to stare, it's just that well…no one else ever comes to this spot." I realized I was at the ledge of the roof top, but it was too late. I fell down towards the ground for the second time that night, only this time; I was definitely going to get hurt…until something cool wrapped around my body and lifted me back up. "Shino's insects," I whispered. "No, he's no where near here and this feels like…sand?"