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One alteration, when I said Konoha Nine in the earlier chapter, I meant the Eleven. (Teams Kakashi, Gai, Asuma, and Kurenai) that's what I'll refer to them as from now on. Sasuke has left the village. Good. Never liked that freak anyway. This hands on his back? NOT COOL. Also to note, Kiba and Shino do not show up in this chapter (although they may later) they're on a special mission with Kuernai, also, they aren't married, and that's part of the point of the party. Not that they wouldn't be welcome if they could come, but...they can't. End of story.
Unfortunatly, I forgot to tell what the footnotes for the last chapter (it was late...)
So, here they are!
1.)I don't really know what is different between shogi and chess, so I'll do chess, just so I don't make any mistakes.
2.)This one was just going to be: I might continue this. But now we know I'm going to! So, on with the show!
Disclaimer:Naruto does NOT belong to me, just some of this plot, and all new charecters.
"Oh, I am fine. Well, not really, I am closer to lousy than fine." -- Radar, from M*A*S*H*
--Corentin
Chapter Two: Sleepover
Temari sighed contentedly as Shikamaru ran his hands though her hair. The two were lying on a hill, watching the clouds. Temari was still breathing a little hard from chasing him, but after she'd caught him, and pummled him a couple of times, all was well. For his part, Shikamaru's arm still burned from the bruises he knew he would have soon enough, but he couldn't be happier. Then he looked at his watch and cursed.
" Temari, sore wa hobo 4ji desu.(1) We need to get back to our house." Temari sat up, sighed and then, with Shikamaru's help, stood up. It wasn't that she minded the party, in fact, she was rather looking forward to it, it was just that that momment had been so...perfect that she hated to see anything ruin it. Shikamaru grabbed her hand, and the two of them walked the half mile back to their house.
As it turned out, they needn't have worried. None of the Konoha 11 had arrived yet, and none of them did until about 4:15, by which time the two had had the time to wash up and make themselves look more presentable. The first to arrive were Ino and Choji. Although the two had not seemed spouse material at first, they had been married last winter, in a beautiful ceremony, and had already had their first child. Second were Naruto and Hinata, who had married two years ago, and their first child, with the Byakugan as well as Naruto's wind chakra, was speaking in full sentences (without stutters). Sakura and Rock Lee, the latest wed, only three months ago, came next. Fourth came Neji and Tenten, who had been married three years ago. Their boy was already beginning to act like Neji, and their girl had was walking now. None of the couples had their children with them; as this was to be a parent's night out. After a few minutes of milling around, offering congratulations to Shikamaru and Temari, they decided to play Ninja(2). All of them actually being ninja, they were quite good at it, and so the game took several hours, with Neji finally beating Rock Lee after a 45 minute match. After that, they split up, the guys moving into the den, the girls staying in the living room. After that, they conversation became more personal.
Ino bounced up and down, waiting for Temari to answer her question. Although she had mellowed, she was no less of a gossip then before. Temari repeated Ino's query out loud.
"Why didn't we go on a honeymoon?" Ino nodded. Temari pursed her lips. "It's quite simple, really. Shikamaru and I feel that those who go on a honeymoon right away set themselves up for a let-down. Marriage isn't all romance in the tropics. But," she said" Neither of use feel that no honeymoon should be taken. That's why, after a two weeks of settling in here, we're going to Suna, for the Sunese marriage ceremony, and to prepare our house there. Then, we're going to the seashore for a few days, followed by a week on a beautiful island in the middle of the ocean, a place called Nettai no Shima(3) " Sakura spoke up next.
"Why another house in Suna? Couldn't you stay at you brother's house?" Temari shuddered.
"We could, but they...are not the cleanest of people, and I can't stand Kankuro's snoring. But there's also another reason. I may have not told you this yet, but Shikamaru and I are a new beginning. Gaara and Naruto, as Kazkage and Hokage, are trying to bring our villages and our lands into one organization. The first step is creating an identicle ninja training program, the second, is training ninja as a bond between the villages, ninja that will not fight for one village or the other if Konoha and Suna ever go to war against eachother again. Shikamaru and I, and our children, will be some of the first ninja to form that bond. Once our honeymoon is over, and we come back to Konoha, I'm going to begin training in that program, as is Shikamaru. I will still be a Suna Jounin, and he will still be a Konoha Chunin, but we will both be Sandiki(4) Genin, once we pass the test. Our children will train soley, in the Sandiki program, at least until they reach the age where they are old enough to chose, if they wish, to become a part of only Konoha, or only Suna." Hinata nodded.
"That is what Naruto-san told me." The women sat in silence for a few momments, thinking about the difficulties that would be caused by this program, but also the reward it would eventually have.
The guy's conversation was a little less somber, and a little more mindless. You had Choji and Neji, who were content to sit quietly and talk, and then you had Lee and Naruto, who were both brimming with excitment, one still carrying the buzz from being appointed Hokage(5), the other...well, Lee had always been a little hyper, and was more so when Sakura wasn't around. Shikamaru just sat there as Lee and Naruto argued over whose wife was the best, thanking the heavens nobody had asked him awkward questions. His was beginning to drift off to sleep, even in the midst of the noise, and so did not here Choji's question the first time. He sat up, shook his head, and cupped a hand to his ear, trying to hear Choji as he repeated the query.
"Ino said that Temari told her that you wanted to elope. Is that true?" Shikamaru grimaced.
"You're becoming almost as bad as that annoying woman you married. Yes, it's true I did want to, I mean, that whole getting ready thing took forever! But then, Temari reminded me of her troublesome brotheres, who swore to me that if we ever ran off, they would hunt me down and kill me slowly. That kidna took the edge off of my ferver, and so I sat through the ceremony." Just then, when Rock Lee and Naruto finished their wife argument, and began another: Google vs. Yahoo, Neji stood up, his patience snapped.
"ENOUGH!" he bellowed. Naruto and Lee froze, looking at Neji warily. Neji's voice was calm, but full of menace, as he adressed the two. "We are done here, now. We will now go and watch a movie, and if either of you makes a sound, I will kill you." He left, with Choji and Shikamaru at his heels, and Naruto and Lee, trembling, walking slwoly behind. They came up into the living room, just as the women were about to send Tenten down to placate Neji. As it was, she picked up an inexpensive figurine, and pegged him on the forehead with it as he walked up the stairs. Neji was unfazed by this, apparently it happened all the time, and sat down up against the couch, below Tenten. Temari confered with Shikamaru for a few moments, and then Temari put in "The Princess Bride", for them to watch. Five hours and several movies later, every found some place to sleep, and after the usual sleepover chatter, fell asleep, one by one.
The next morning, after everyone had gotten up, eaten, and slowly trickled out of the house, Shikamaru and Temari were alone again. They spent a few hours cleaning the house together, a task Shikamaru would have used to have refered to as troublesome, but was more beareable when laboring alongside Temari. Around lunchtime, they were finished, and sat out on the porch, chatting about the various things people had asked them. Temari's brow furrowed as the thought back on the night, then she turned to the tall, black-haired man beside her.
"Shika, no one asked us what we'll name our first child. I thought that would be a popular question." Shikamaru grinned.
"Maybe they thought we wern't going to have any, I mean, raising kids is a lot of work, and I'm the number one slacker." Temari laughed, and then sobered.
"You do want kids, don't you, Shikamaru?" He smiled down at her, hugging her gently.
"Of course I do. I want as many as you care to have, I mean, you're the one who has to go through childbirth. What do you want to name our first child?"
"Will it be a boy or a girl?"
"Let's say it's a boy."
"Hmm...how about Namakemono? "
"What's it mean?"
"Lazy man."
"Pff, Anata wa kore ijō no koto wa suru hitsuyō ga aru mendō wo shi te iru.(6) "
All of my Japanese is by Google Translate, so I'm gonna have to asume that it's right.
1.)This means "Temari, it's almost four o'clock"
2.)A game where you try to touch the other person's hands, and they try not to have their hands touched. Get touched, go out of turn, or lose your footing and you're out.
3.)Literaly meaning Tropical Island.
4.)Meaning "sandy tree"
5.)Naruto has been appointed Hokage, and is already beginning to help make policies, like the whole Sandiki thing, but Tsunade is still winding down her minestry, so Naruto isn't Hokage yet. Kind like the President Elect, except it's the Hokage Elect.
6.)Woah! Long japanese. Again, Google translate is what I'm using, please let me know if its wrong. This means" You're making this more troublesome than it has to be."
An explination: The Japanese at the beginning and end is like in "The Hunt for Red October", when they go to the Russians, and the first words are in Russian, no subtitles. Its kind to show that they really are speaking Japanese, its just trranslated i the rest for convenience. All this Japanese will be found through Google Translate 9I swear this is the last time I'm gonna say that...), so I do NOT garentee that its right. It might be saying something really scetchy, I don't know for sure. That's all! Thanks for sitting through my long explination.
Please review, and oh! Please help me to fix any spelling mistakes you find. Sorry for the lameness of this chapter, its just a transitionary chapter to my first plotline. I swear I know where I'm going with this story...maybe?
