This is a story I made, my first one. Please read and review!
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Shikamaru's head fell, he stared down at the ground, his eyes dull.
'It's not fair!' he thought.
The rain was hard as it fell on his body, pushing him down. Despite the rain, he refused to move, his legs and arms were stiff.
A croak escaped his tightly shut lips and tears bunched up in the corners of his eyes.
Shikamaru was shaking, everything had gone wrong, it was all over.
"Shika?" He could hear her voice. "Shika, what's wrong?"
His head lifted, a tear falling down and dripping off his nose.
He could only choke out one thing,
"Ino?"
It all started that morning, 6:00am, on a Saturday…
The buzzing repeated, over and over again. Shikamaru peeked over his covers at his loud alarm clock, 6:00am, not the time to get up.
The lazy brunette noisily slammed the device, his anger rising. When it finally flicked off, he smiled and rolled over.
It took her five minutes, he was almost asleep, when his mother came into the room.
"Shikamaru Nara! Get your butt out of bed!" She screamed, her voice ringing in his ears.
'troublesome woman.' He thought, but did what he was told.
He could hear her going down the stairs and he looked in the mirror, fixing his hair into a ponytail.
"Shikamaru," Shikamaru heard his dad. "Hurry up, Inoichi won't wait any longer than an hour."
The boy rolled his eyes, Inoichi…
That was Ino's father, he hated boys, especially ones that were near Ino.
Shikamaru wasn't interested in Ino, she was noisy and troublesome, just like his mother.
'Woman are all the same.' He thought again.
To the point, Shikamaru had to stay at Ino's for a day or longer because…
His parents were going on a mission to the mist village together
He didn't know how long it would take
Chouji was out vacationing with his parents
Ino was the last person he wanted to spend his weekend with, but he had no choice. Unless he wanted to stay with Asuma, which he didn't, he'd be on the streets.
His parents wouldn't have that.
"Good morning, Shikamaru." Mrs. Nara greeted her son, as if the scene upstairs had never happened.
Nodding his head, the boy sat down at his usual seat at the table. He leaned back in the wood chair, putting up his feet and his hands behind his head.
His mother hated when he did that. Almost immediately, his mom pushed down on his chair, making all four legs slam against the ground.
"Don't do that Shikamaru," She warned, placing a bowl of Corn pops in front of the boy.
Giving her a weird look, since he liked Corn Pops, she never gave him what he wanted.
Shrugging it off, Shikamaru took a spoonful of cereal and ate it, watching his father, who was reading the paper.
He thought up the day ahead, which brought him to one conclusion, his parents were leaving him with the devil himself.
Shikamaru looked at his dad, yawned, then took another bite of cereal.
"Shikamaru," His father answered suddenly, putting down the paper he held. "I know you don't like Inoichi, but you have to get used to him."
Not surprising, his dad knew everything, and his mom…nothing.
"I just get why Tsunade is sending you on a mission at this time." He answered.
"I know, but there has been some unexpected killing in the mist, so we should check it out."
With that, Shikamaru went silent.
After a couple of seconds or so, Shikaku smiled at his son, "We'll be fine." He assured.
The lazy boy shrugged, "I know, I wasn't worried or anything."
Shikaku laughed at Shikamaru's behavior and turned to his wife. "Come on honey, time to go."
Shikamaru smiled slightly at his father, watching them pack up the rest of their weapons.
Why his mother was going he did not know, but she and his father were a perfect team.
"Goodbye shikamaru." Mrs. Nara said to her son, hugging him tightly.
After the life threatening grip was released from him, he looked at his father.
Shikaku laid a hand on Shikamaru's shoulder, "Bye son, and don't worry, we'll be back in no time."
The Nara boy felt something in the pit of his stomach, something was wrong. This was wrong?
Ignoring himself, he gave a crooked smile and answered, "I know."
An hour after they had left, Shikamaru locked the front door and carried his gym bag, heading to Ino's.
When he arrived there he was greeted pleasantly by Ino's mother, but her father gave him a weird look and showed him to his room.
Shikamaru threw his bag on the large futon, flopping down beside it. He sighed through his nose, staring up at the ceiling.
In no time he heard a giggle from the door.
"Comfy?" The blonde asked him, blue eyes pleasant, for once.
"Ino," He began, "I know you just found out about me staying, but-"
He was cut off by her cheerful reply, "It's alright, my father explained it to me, even if he doesn't agree with it himself."
Shikamaru just nodded, was it just him, or was she being nice?
"Dinner's at four," And with that, the girl left him alone.
Dinner was normal, silence mostly, and when Shikamaru was getting ready for bed Ino was no where to be seen.
That morning, Shikamaru and Ino walked from her house to train with Chouji and Asuma.
"Are you worried?" Ino asked out of nowhere.
Shikamaru looked over at her face, she was watching her feet.
"Hm?" He asked, mumbling.
"Are you worried about, well, your parents?"
Shikamaru had no idea where this came from, but he answered anyways, "No."
She seemed to get louder than, "But, why not?"
"I trust them," She looked at him now, and he gave her a crooked smile, "They'll be fine, they always promise to come back, and they always do."
The conversation ended then and the rest of the day, that night they never talked at all.
That morning, Shikamaru was sent to the hokage's office. He had no idea what was wrong, but he tried to stay calm.
"Sit down," Tsunade whispered when he walked in.
He did what he was told, staring at her in confusion.
"We were worried about the mission we sent your parents on, so I sent more ninja. But when they got there they found…."
Shikamaru's stomach had the same feeling in it, he was going to puke.
He didn't know what was next, but he needed to.
"….Your parents are….."
Tears formed in the corners of the Nara's eyes.
"…….dead."
His heart sank, that word was horrible.
'Mom, Dad? Dead?'
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That's the first chapter, please review and read on.