I'm sorry I haven't finished my other fic yet, but I really had to write this one down.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto

Warnings: minor spoilers, character death

Pairings: shikatema

I couldn't have said it better. All I had ever wanted in his life to happen was to be an average ninja, marry a simple girl who was not out of my league, have two kids one boy and one girl, retire after my daughter married, and live my old days playing Go or Shogi, then die of a simple death. That was all, humble and not much. Just an ordinary life. Yet here I was, lying on the ground, covered in blood. I knew I was going to die anytime soon, but what could I do? Struggle? Nah, too troublesome.

How had my life's plan gone wrong? I asked myself that question in those last few moments.

I had never been an ordinary ninja, being lazy all the time. Being the only one that had passed during the Chunin exam. Being a genius. I had outsmarted everyone I met.

I had married her. The hot and beautiful Temari. The girl who was the most out of my league, not to mention three years older than me. I still wonder why she chose me after all these years.

I had gotten triplets. All of them troublesome girls, being drags when we had to take care of them all at the same time all of those years.

I had never retired. All of my daughters had gone to the Sand and only had boyfriends at the moment. I was still on my thirties by then.

I hadn't played any Go or Shogi since Asuma had died. Temari had too much work to do and everyone else was too easy to beat. Not to mention I had to do ninja mission most of the time.

Lastly, here I was dying slowly, faith upon me, tears in my eyes. This was the first time I had cried over not wanting to die at a certain moment. This was the first time I had cared for my life. There was something good about my life. It was worth something. Maybe my life had completely veered from the direction I had planned it to go, maybe it all had a reason. I felt relieved at that moment, but something came into me. I still needed to tell her goodbye. I had to, even though it was troublesome, I had to do something out of my own will for once. I slowly stood up, holding up against a tree, struggling against the pain in my chest. Those ninjas had really overdone it.

I looked up. The village was not to far away. I could get to her, I had enough time to. I walked slowly, grabbing every tree I could until I reached Konoha's gates. Immediately the guards saw me and hurried towards me.

"What happened! Get him to Tsuanade-sama immediately!"

"No," I said roughly, almost without breath. "Take me to her"

The guards looked at each other and nodded, comprehending what I meant, and carried me to my house. After a few minutes, we go there, and they knocked on the door.

Temari stepped out, she only looked at me and her face got a horrified expression. She ran toward me and hugged me.

"What happened!! Shika!"

"No- no- thing"

I coughed blood. I knew my time was nearly over.

"We have to get you to Tsunade! Oh shika!"

"No. There's no ti- time left"

"Yes there is Shika! Yeas there is!"

She looked at me, hope in her eyes. I looked at her sadly. My vision started to blur. It was time.

"Goodbye Temari"

I closed my eyes, faintly hearing her voice and going numb, and let my self go softly into the so called light, and happily and regretful for once, faded into the depths of nonexistence.

This was the saddest thing I've ever written. I was about to cry when I wrote this because I really felt how Shika was feeling. Sorry If he turned out too ooc.