Surprise, Surprise!
Chapter 1Sorry if this story is a little bit boring. I started this story late at night (thats when I FINALLY got an idea for a kind of good story), and finished it within the next day. Please review it, telling me what I need to work on, etc., etc., etc...
Nara Shikamaru sighed as he laid back against a hill, just watching the clouds float by, thinking. It had been so long since he had actually seen or heard from Temari, and he was starting to wonder if she was all right. "How long has it been?" He asked himself, concerned, and then answered, a little unsure, "Two months, maybe more." All of a sudden, he heard some rustling in the bushes nearby. He turned his head to look, and saw someone running.
"Hey, give that back, you thief!" Shikamaru heard a lady yell. He sighed, and sat up, getting ready to chase him.
"How troublesome," He said, sprinting to catch up with the thief. The thief was putting up a good chase, making his way through the forest with ease. Shikamaru quickly started thinking up his options, quickly discarding the smoke-bombs option, seeing as they take time to dissipate, and both of them were sprinting pretty fast. After a few options, he found a simple one, and looked at the thief.
Shikamaru sprinted a little bit faster as he pulled out two kunai: one regular, and an explosive kunai. He aimed the explosive one a little bit ahead of the man, and threw it. It landed 3 meters in front of the man, and exploded just as the man ran past it.
As the explosion forced the thief into the air, he relinquished the stolen object, which turned out to be a woman's purse. First, Shikamaru picked up the woman's purse. Then he ran up to the thief. "Gotcha, you thief!" Shikamaru said, holding his kunai against the thief's neck. The thief put his hands up, letting Shikamaru know he'd given up. Shikamaru sighed, smiling. "Such a pain," He said, letting the man get up as he led him back to Konoha village. Once there, they made their way to the Hokage. "Don't worry," Shikamaru said, and explained. "I'm not going to punish you. No, you'll receive your punishment from our Hokage. His punishments are REALLY creative."
When they reached the Hokage's office, Shikamaru knocked on the door. He was about to leave when he heard a man say, "Come on in!" Shikamaru opened the door and poked the thief with his kunai, prompting him to go inside. As Shikamaru closed the door, Uzumaki Naruto, the 6th Hokage, greeted him, smiling. "Hey, Shikamaru! How have you been?" He asked.
Smiling, Shikamaru answered, "Good, although I'm a little tired out."
Naruto laughed. "Ah, you finally caught the bastard! Good work. Anyways, it's been a while, hasn't it?" He asked, getting up from his desk. He walked over to Shikamaru.
Shikamaru laughed back a little and replied, "Your still as stupid as ever, Naruto! We just saw each other yesterday!"
Shikamaru conversed with Naruto, asking about how he and Hinata had been doing. He'd heard that Hinata had become ill. "Oh, don't worry, Shikamaru. Hinata is fine now. She's just recovering from it." Naruto explained to him. Just then, the thief brought his fist down on Shikamaru's arm as he grabbed the kunai, disarming him first. Then the man swiftly sent Shikamaru flying against the wall with a punch to his stomach.
Shikamaru looked up, and watched as the thief raised his arm, getting ready to kill Naruto. "No!" Shikamaru yelled , and as he did so, he quickly extended his shadows until they connected with the thief's, instantly rendering him motionless.
"Good job, Shikamaru!" Naruto exclaimed, walking over to the man. He took away the kunai, and placed it on his desk. Pulling out some rope from his desk, he looked over at Shikamaru, and nodded his head.
Shikamaru nodded back and put his hands behind his back, one arm over the other, and waited for the man to do the same. The thief tried to fight the shadows, but ultimately, his arms went behind his back like Shikamaru's. Naruto tied the guy's hands together, and then gave Shikamaru a thumbs-up. "I'll take care of this tricky bastard, Shikamaru. You go and give the purse back to its rightful owner."
Shikamaru smiled and nodded as he bowed, answering, "Yes, Naruto." Then Shikamaru left the Hokage's building. He walked back to the gate entrance of Konoha, and looked around. He saw a woman who seemed a little upset, and took an educated guess that the purse was hers. "Hello, ma'am," Shikamaru said, walking up to the woman.
"What can I do for you?" the woman answered, looking at Shikamaru.
Shikamaru held up the purse. "Is this yours, by any chance?"
The woman gasped. "Oh, thank you, kind sir! I didn't think I would ever see this purse again," she said, taking it as she rummaged her hand through it, looking for something. "Ah," the woman sighed satisfactorily, and pulled out a sack of coins. Then she said, "Please, sir, take this as a token of my gratitude."
Shikamaru smiled, and kindly accepted it. "Why, thank you, ma'am!"
"No, thank YOU," the woman said, correcting Shikamaru with a smile.
Shikamaru then turned around, and headed back for the hill. He stopped as he felt his stomach begin to ache. He wondered if the reason was because he hadn't eaten at all today… or the day before… and the day before that. He frowned as the thought that he might ACTUALLY have to do some work. "How troublesome," he said to himself. Then he began thinking, "Maybe Choji is having one of those family gatherings..."