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Shikamaru sighed and looked up. The clouds were gathering in the sky, the wind was picking up slowly before dieing down, this process was repeated over again.
He was on his way to naruto's house
Shikamaru closed his eyes as he thought over the last few months. The Uchiha was back. Naruto brought him back.
But, nobody knew how. As it was, shino says he saw naruto approach the gates early one morning (shino was out looking for insects.) He said that his bugs acted weird when naruto passed by, and that there was a different aura surrounding naruto. When shino asked naruto what was going on, naruto simply put a finger to his lips, tilted his head, and said "my secret." Then with a small smile naruto disappeared quickly.
It was 1 hour before naruto showed up at the gates again with Sasuke, bounded by what looked like red shiny chains, on top of a very big fox.
There was a small team gathered at the gates, shino told tsunade what he saw and, thinking that naruto might try and get sasuke on his own, prepared a team in order to achieve him. The team was sakura, kakashi, yamato, shino, and himeself. Tsunade was at the gates also, seeing them off. They all turned when they heard a growl in the trees. They drew out their kunai, ready for anything.
What they weren't ready for was the sight they saw.
Sakura immediately put a hand to her mouth and gasped. Everyone else went into shock or let their jaws hit the ground. Sasuke was unconscious with cuts, bruises, and small amount of blood on him. Naruto had some cuts but shikamaru suspected they were not what they seemed. After getting out of her shock, sakura turned to naruto and started to ask a question. She didn't even get past the first letter when naruto did what he did to shino. His hand slowly went up to his lips, he tilted his head, and said, "my secret."
He left just as quickly as he came. The fox turned his body and lowered down, where kakashi caught the falling uchiha in his arms and jumped back to his previous spot. The fox stood up and shook his fur before he too disappeared.
Naruto was nowhere to be found for a few days.
Shikamaru was in tsunade's office discussing sasuke and where naruto could be, when an average size fox appeared with a letter in his mouth and a bag on his back. Tsunade took the letter and, with shikamaru behind her, read it. What it contained made their eyes go wide. It was a letter of authenticity. On them were A's, gaara, mei's, and onoki's signatures. The signatures of the Kages. The paper said that they, with some help of their ninjas, have successfully killed Obito Uchiha. The letter was for the Konoha Council. The fox whined and jumped on the desk. There it turned its back and let the bag fall off. The bag rolled open and out came Obito's bloody head. The head has some cuts and bruises on it, but the worst part were its eyes. One eye, the Sharingan, had been cut out. Nothing but a hole lied in its place. The other eye was more horrific. It was wide and filled with the most excruciating terror a human can manage. It was wild and hard to look at. The second strongest emotion in the eye was insanity. Consuming, overflowing insanity.
It is because of this that shikamaru knew obito was insane before he died, that much he had figured out.
The letter said that no one else but them two and the council can read it. It also said that they could tell everyone that obito was dead, but they could not say who did it. Apparently, the kages didn't want anyone knowing that just yet, they reason why, they did not explain.
Shikamaru turned his eyes to the fox that carried the letter, but it was gone.
As was the Fourth Great Shinobi World War.
Everyone, in every village, celebrated. And nobody asked questions.
Actually, to say that would be a lie. Shikamaru suspected that they could not ask questions. The kages had partying villagers to look ofter and repairs to make. Some ninjas asked, but were told that it was confidential for now.
And just like that it was done
But not for shikamaru.
He had a very nagging feeling, A terrible nagging feeling, that the kages may have not killed obito, and he had his reasons. There was the part that they signed an authenticity paper. Shikamaru found that strange, why would they have a paper saying who killed obito, but not want anybody to know about it. There was a possibility that they didn't want their villagers to think of them as monsters, especially in the way obito died. But that didn't seem like the right answer, there was just something...off about it.
And that brings us to the next point, how he died. His neck was slit, sliced clean off, they know that, but with the abilities of the kages, a sliced off head wouldn't be the cause of death. Most of them had tough styles of fighting, like A's punches and mei's lava. A slit throat wouldn't be the outcome of a fight like that, not at all.
But then again.
There was a possibility that one of the other ninjas did it. After all the letter said they had help. And with Kabuto dead thanks to sasuke and itachi, there could have been a chance on one of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist haven taken control of their bodies and helped out, after all they didn't get a chance to study how exactly the Resurrection Jutsu worked. Ah! And there is also the fact that the letter and head was carried by a fox. Because of this reason shikamaru had thoughts of naruto beating obito. At first it was a fleeing thought. But it kept on coming back. Naruto's behavior was strange, and when he said 'my secret' there was a hint of mystery and mischief in in the air and his eyes. Shikamaru always imagines naruto's giggle when he thinks about all of this. A giggle of secrets, a giggle that teased you and made you want to find its owner, a giggle that promised fun and play, a giggle that promised mischief.
A giggle that promised death.
It is these reasons that shikamaru was heading over to naruto's house now. Five weeks past and nobody could contact naruto. He was around though. They would see glimpses of him rounding a corner, or see his silhouette above them as he jumped the rooftops.
Strange indeed.
One would think he would be physically there, what with sasuke's sentence coming up.
Shikamaru sighed as he neared naruto's house, a small smirk apearing on his lips. He would have to admit that naruto is interesting at least.
Reaching naruto's house he let himself into the front door. At a glance, one would give you a 'are you stupid?' look before claiming that this structure was an apartment.
They would be kinda right
It was originally an apartment complex. But, once the residents heard that it was naruto would be moving in, they all left immediately. Leaving naruto the only one to occupy it. Although he only stays in one room, the whole structure is strictly his territory. Because of that he got to calling this place his house, and sooner or later, so did everyone else.
Shikamaru went into the abandoned lobby and up the flight of stairs to the 6th floor (taking quick breaks now and again,) until he reached naruto's door. He took a deep breath before raising his fist to knock, but before his fist met the wood, the door slowly and creepily opened.
Shikamaru would not be doing this.
As started above, naruto is very territorial. You do not, under ANY circumstances go into his house uninvited or randomly. That is the rule that everyone must respect. Just ask some of the villagers and kiba why, they have the scars to prove it.
Shikamaru was about to turn and leave when a sound caught his ear. The shower was running. Now would be a good time to go in. Yes naruto was vicious when someone entered his house, but he was also self-conscious about his body. He never told anyone, but shikamaru was smart enough to figure it out. He didn't want to use naruto's weakness against him like that though. Already guilt was squeezing his heart. But the questions left unanswered were driving him insane, so many possibilities! There was also the part of him that was worried about naruto. Just like the questions, naruto too, had many possibilities. Is he sad? Is he stressing about sasuke? Is he happy? Is he confused too?
Shikamaru took a deep breath and thought about what he could do. He could sneak in there, open the bathroom door, and corner naruto to get his questions answered. Or he could take naruto's clothes and not let him have them back until his questions were met.
Shikamaru choose the former.
Making sure his steps were quiet, shikamaru passed through the kitchen/living room into the hallway the had naruto's room and the bathroom. Reaching the bathroom door, he held his breath, the water was louder now. Ever so carefully, he put his hand on the door knob. Exhaling his breath quietly and and slowly, so very slowly, and cracked the door open a peak. The water was still running. Exhaling again, shikamaru was getting ready slam the door open when humming caught his ears. Stilling, shikamaru listen as naruto started to sing.
Upon one summer's morning
I carefully did stray
Down by the Walls of Wapping
Where I met a sailor gay.
Conversing with a young lass
Who seem'd to be in pain.
Saying, William, when you go
I fear you'll ne'er return again.
My heart is pierced by cupid
I disdain all glittering gold
There is nothing can console me
But my jolly sailor bold.
Shikamaru never heard naruto sing before. But what he heard now was breath taking. Naruto's voice was...there was no words to explain it. It was like his voice was caressing his ears, like each word carried and emotion that it shared with shikamaru. It was memorizing! Hypnotizing! It was like his voice was water and he was a man that just came out of the dessert. This voice, it was much different from what he remembered. It was intoxicating, so much so the shikamaru started feeling light headed as he griped the door frame for support.
His hair it hangs in ringlets
His eyes are black as coal
My happiness attend him
Wherever he may go.
From Tower Hill to Blackwall
I'll wander, weep and moan
All for my jolly sailor
Until he sails home.
My heart is Pierced by Cupid
I disdain all glittering gold
There is nothing can console me
But my jolly sailor bold.
Shikamaru's eyes were dazed as he continued listening to naruto. By now he slowly slid to the floor and was listening with his back towards the door, leaning against the wall. He could feel his eyes getting heavy, but he did not want them to close. He put his head against the wall and smiled as he heard naruto's giggle. Didn't the kind of giggle mean something? He couldn't remember if it did. All he knew was with that giggle and became more submerged with...what emotion is he feeling? It seemed to hard to think about that. Shikamaru allowed his mind to go blank, like something was sucking up his thoughts and everything inside, leaving only the glorious sound of naruto, and only naruto.
Should be return in pov'rty
From o'er the ocean far
To my tender bosom
I'll press my jolly tar.
My sailor is as smiling
As the pleasant month of May
And often we have wandered
Through Ratcliffe Highway
Many a pretty blooming
Young girl we did behold
Reclining on the bosom
Of her jolly sailor bold.
My heart is pierced by Cupid
I disdain all glittering gold
There is nothing can console me
But my jolly sailor bold.
Shikamaru's head lolled to one side. He struggled as hard as he could to stay awake.
'Whatfor?' asked a voice in his head. Why did he want to be awake? Thinking was to much for him right now
'That's right,go to sleep my darling, sleep now~'
Shikamaru did nothing as blackness started to surround his vision, with a soft 'plump' shikamaru was asleep on the flood, away from this worlds.
Come all you pretty fair maids
Whoever you may be
Who love a jolly sailor
That plows the raging sea
While up aloft mourn
And firmly pray arrive the day
He's never more to roam.
My heart is pierced by Cupid
I disdain all glittering gold
There is nothing that can console me
But my jolly sailor bold
My heart is pierced by Cupid
I disdain all glittering gold
There is nothing can console me
But my jolly sailor bold.
"Goodnight my dear shikamaru, my jolly sailor bold."
giggle~
Alright. Ah, sorry if it is weird and bad. I am very tired but of course my brain wouldn't let me get this idea out of my head . The song that I was listening to and where the lyrics came from can be found here: watch?v=oqVnm16pK_8
As some of you may notice, I did not use the full lyrics because I thought some parts wouldn't fit naruto correctly. Thank you for your time!
-hollowwind