Hi again! It's me, Lori Konosuna! Recently, my hair looks REALLY similar to Shikamaru's. Just like him, I have a pineapple on my head, just that I have more hair than him! Hehe! So I decided to make a quick fanfic about him and Temari!

Enjoy!

Shikamaru's troublesome days!

CHAPTER 1- What a DRAG! A bad start to an odd day!

RINGGGGG!RINGGGG!

"Ughhhh…what's that sound?" Shikamaru groggily raised his head by an inch (It took him A LOT of willpower to do this), drool dribbling down his mouth.

It was a bright Friday morning, birds chirping happily and the sound of a ringing phone-WAIT, a ringing phone?-blaring throughout the house.

"What a DRAG. It seems that mum and dad aren't here…" He knew that his mum would answer the phone if she was there, so using every ounce of his energy; Shikamaru grabbed the phone and switched it off.

RINGGGG!RINGGGG!

Somehow, the phone had managed to switch itself on again, now ringing louder than ever before.

"Shut it…" He chucked the phone under the sofa so the sound of it could be muffled. Proud of his smart idea, he went back to bed and fell asleep, into a deep slumber.

"SHIKAMARUUUUUU, WAKE UP!" His mum had burst into his room, feeling as cranky as ever. "It's 9:15am! You should've been in school a WHOLE HOUR ago!"

HUH? What's she talking about? I set my alarm for 7:30! Shikamaru's sleepy mind started to think.

"Mum, that's impossible. I set my alarm for 7:30…"

As if on cue, Shikamaru's alarm started beeping crazily, causing a very confused Shika to sweat drop at this weird occurrence-when did HE ever do anything STUPID?

"DIE, STUPID alarm!" Shika's mum lost her last piece of sanity and smashed his alarm clock through his bedroom window into the street, people screaming at this freaky random moment.

"NOW GET READY FOR SCHOOL! I WON'T LET MY SPECIAL CHUNIN NINJA BOY START SLACKING THE ACADEMY! Go now, Nara Shikamaru, before I lose ALL of my sanity!" His mum had now gone nuclear-style crazy.

Sighing as he hurried to the bathroom, Shikamaru grabbed his towel and bath hat.

Today's gonna be a REAL drag… He sulked angrily.