Disclaimer: No I don't own Naruto. This is a fanfic. Hey this is my first shot at a fanfic ever so give me a try!
Chapter1
The sun lazily rolled across the mildly hot spring day, only a few wispy clouds floating high in the sky were visible. But that was enough for Shikamaru to call it an R&R day. The lazy bum was thinking how troublesome being a Jounin was and when Temari would be visiting the leaf village again. His thoughts were interrupted when a familiar blond haired man stood over him.
"Hey long time no see Shikamaru." Naruto grabbed another bench and set it three feet from Shikamaru's.
"Aye, just got back from your first S-class mission I see?" Shikamaru grinned.
"Everyone was to think that it was just a rank C-class mission.... I see through that front of laziness, you know just about everything in this village." Naruto chuckled as the sun finally began to set and the sky turned a beautiful blood red color.
"I also know your extremely sad. Its been five years since you gave up on Sakura and you have not attempted to court any other girl. Did you even know that Hinata had strong feelings for you?" A passing butterfly with wings that held about every color possible landed on Shikamaru's out stretched hand, flexing its wings back and forth, light playing with its wings, seemingly glowing.
".....Yeah...I knew but I could never see her as anything more than a friend. I'm not sure why though...." Naruto thought back to the time when he had swore an oath to beat Neji and thought about when he had talked to Hinata before his match with Neji. He had said he liked people like her but he had only meant it, as a friend would have. Naruto began to sink in to a funk and Shikamaru saw it.
"Well at any rate we got to get you a girlfriend. Being alone gets old after a while. I mean its great to have friends and all but sometimes they just can't get close enough to fill the hole in the heart. Come with me I got someone in mind, she is cute and she can be very relaxing to be around." Shikamaru grabbed Naruto by the arm and dragged him down the stairs and out on to the street, were they started down toward the ramen bar.
"But first lets grab a bite to eat at the ramen bar, I have not eaten since breakfast." Naruto considerably cheered up and the bounce in his step returned, if not 100 but all the same.