Author's Note #1: As always, I will do the honorable mentions for those who took the time to review Chapter 3:
- jackalakala: Thank you very, very, very, very much for reviewing another one of my chapters. Hehehe, I too wonder who could the stalkers be… hmmmm, hehehe (I'm sure you do as a true Naruto fan)!!! I also give you my sincere gratitude for your full support as people like you keep the inspiration alive within me to continue this fic. I give you my most respectful bow –bows to you while saying domo arigato- And I too agree with you that more people should review. I dearly hope you still continue to follow this story as it progresses along.
- NinjaMuffinRochelle: as always, thank you so, so, so, so very much for your review!!! I am glad that you are still following my fic. I thank you for your total support!!! I will also give you my most respectful bow –bows to you while saying domo arigato- Hehehe, I'm glad that you know whom the stalkers are as a true Naruto fan. And you will find out what "unplanned" things will happen in Cancún, hehehe.
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Author's Note #2: Well, it looks like our one and only Shikamaru Nara is on vacation in beautiful Cancún, Mexico. What kind of adventure and/or troublesome predicaments will he be caught in now? Well, you will all find out when you read the chapter, hehehe…
Author's Note #3: Originally this chapter was going to be ONE LONG adventure in Mexico; however, I have noticed in my stats that many are still trying to read CHAPTER 1 and CHAPTER 2 with barely anyone reading CHAPTER 3. Because I want other readers to try to catch up, the Cancún adventure shall be split into two or three chapters. I think I am updating a bit too fast, but it's exciting to write up another chapter and to release it to all of you for reading. Hopefully, all interested readers will catch up to this chapter so that I may release Chapter 5 real soon.
Author's Note #4: PLEASE REVIEW! I know that many of you are reading this fic, but if no one takes the time to even write a quick review, I will begin to think that many are starting to lose interest in this story, thus discouraging me to continue on. Please do me the favor and take the time to write a review each chapter so I will know on what you all think of the fic. Even a quick review is fine for me. Thanks very much for your cooperation! It really means so much to me. Also if you review, you WILL be honorably mentioned when the next chapter is released!
Author's Note #5: As always, all thoughts and dreams are represented by italicized text unless otherwise noted (such as song lyrics, titles, signs, announcements, notes, conversations from the TV and phone, etc.).
Author's Note #6: Again, this chapter WAS NOT beta'd… so bad grammar and conventions up ahead!!! I really do try my best to correct it though...
Tagline: His driver's license. His credit cards. His bank accounts. His identity. DELETED
ENJOY CHAPTER 4 EVERYONE!!!
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The tattoo-faced brunet arrived at Oakland Airport at around 7 in the evening (note: Again, Oakland Airport is much closer to Downtown San Francisco and is cheaper to fly to than to San Francisco Int'l). He kept quiet and his head low while strolling patiently to the baggage claim area. The spiky brunet felt very uncomfortable around the public atmosphere, not wanting anyone to stare at the strange marks on his face or at his malicious eyes. As soon as he reached the moving conveyor belt, he grabbed his luggage and a dog cage that contained his closest companion.
"Hey Akamaru, how are you doing boy? Did you have a nice flight?" the tanned brunet cooed to his small companion.
"Arf! arf!" The small white yet sharp brown floppy-eared dog replied to his owner.
"Good boy!" The owner tossed in a small, black food pill treat. "Now remember boy, we are here on a certain mission… we must do it and complete it in order to receive compensation to make our lives better for you and me…" The spiky brunet exasperatedly sighed and glanced up towards the ceiling before returning his attention to his scruffy best friend. "I'm tired of running from them… and if we get caught, we'll be separated forever… this could be our chance boy…"
"Arf! arf! arf!" The caged dog replied.
The scruffy brunet began to walk with his belongings to the outside. The rough yet cool breeze of the San Francisco Bay caressed his tattoos as he sharply inhaled it. He then searched for an available taxicab. After finding one and stepping inside, the cab driver spoke to him.
"Where to sir?"
"1205 Pine Street in San Francisco please," the spiky brunet replied as he was searching for his cell phone.
"You got it." The driver drove off from the curb and outside of the airport grounds to his customer's destination.
When the cab finally reached onto the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, the tanned skin boy couldn't help but to gaze on the night lit skyline of Downtown San Francisco, reflecting onto the cold waters of the San Francisco Bay. What a beautiful city... and what a place to have my mission in… I wonder if I'll be here temporarily or if I can maybe move here after the mission or—
His thoughts were interrupted as his cell phone began to ring. He looked into the screen; it was his companion that he was last with in Los Angeles. He proceeded to answer his call. "Yeah, what is it?"
"Did you arrive in San Francisco already?" the raven-haired boy on the other side of the line questioned.
"Yeah, I did about 10 minutes ago. I'm on the Bay Bridge," the spiky brunet replied in an annoyed tone. "You're in Cancún… right?"
"I arrived a few hours ago dog boy," the partner spoke in a very flat tone. "You remember the plan… right?"
"No shit Sherlock… I just hope that you remember the plan. Just remember that it should not be executed until the last day of his vacation."
"Right, bitch… hahaha get it? Oh, but you're not a female dog… ah well, you're still the bitch... anyways I'll call you when it's all done. See ya," the pale muscular boy responded as he hung up hastily from the other side. Dude, look who's talking about who's the bitch… The dog boy proceeded to hang up his phone as well and continued to gaze onto the Downtown skyline as the cab continued to finish crossing the Bay Bridge and into the San Francisco city limits.
Shikamaru had to say it to himself; this was by far the best vacation that he had ever taken! For the entire week, the brunet did a bit of shopping, sampling the local cuisine, exploring the historical El Rey ancient Mayan Ruins, going on various tours of the Yucatán Peninsula, did some snorkeling and scuba diving in the Caribbean, and checking out the different clubs and bars of the Cancún nightlife. Despite being by his lonesome self amongst the other tourists, he still enjoyed himself. Nothing seemed to be too troublesome in tropical aura of Cancún... so far…
Today was the last day of Shikamaru's Mexican vacation. Tomorrow he would be returning back to the solitary confined life of his in Los Angeles. Since he had already accomplished many of the available activities in the Yucatán, the lazy brunet decided to just keep it chill for the day and spend it on the white sandy beach of the Krystal Cancún Resort where he was staying. A lounge chair, his almost finished book The DaVinci Code, and his iPod would the perfect items to bring along.
As Shikamaru walked on the white sand to the nearest vacant chair, his dark chocolate eyes couldn't resist to gaze at the beautiful clear and cerulean waters of the Caribbean. Perhaps I should go for a swim in the water first. It wouldn't be at all too troublesome to go into the beautiful sparkling waters, possibly for the last time… until my next vacation, that is. The lazy brunet released a smirk as he reached a decision. He went to the nearest available lounge chair where he proceeded to put down his beach towel, his book, and his laptop bag. He then stripped off his green Hollister shirt, revealing his now newly tanned, slender, toned body that would make anyone melt into a puddle of jelly. The brunet was now only in his green, white, and black waist hugging Billabong board shorts. He removed the hair band that normally held his spiky ponytail into place. His hair slowly went down to his shoulders, being able to move the silky and smooth strands freely around the back as he would "Shika-shake" his head. After putting the hair band on the chair, the lazy deer lover strolled over to the beautiful Caribbean waters in a lethargic pace. The second that his feet met with water, Shikamaru ran and dived into the cobalt sea. After a few seconds being underwater, the deer lover went back up to stand straight. His long, smooth, and silky hair had covered his entire face. He bent his upper body forward a bit and jolted it back, letting his hair fly from his face to up in midair and then to the back of his head.
After spending an inordinate amount of time in the water, Shikamaru returned back to his lounge chair. He quickly dried himself off before lying down and putting on the earbuds to his iPod, playing music from Fall Out Boy, and began to finish his book. He was also getting a nice tan from the brilliant tropical sunshine in the process.
A few hours passed by as Shikamaru finally finished the book. Wow, that was a great book… even though that was like the millionth time that I've read it… not such a drag though… hmmm, maybe I should cloud watch now… even though the sky is brilliantly blue with no patches of white in sight… so I guess it's "sky watching" now… what a pain! Shikamaru placed the finished book down at his side. He then proceeded to put his hands behind his head, flexing his toned arms in order to get into a more comfortable position to "cloud watch."
While "cloud watching", Shikamaru's dark chocolate eyes noticed a particular figure amongst all others on the beach. In the corner of his vision, he spotted a pale yet muscular man emerging from the azure warm waters. His body was very well defined with broad shoulders, toned arms, a strong chest, and smooth abs. He was about the same height as the lazy brunet and sported very shiny obsidian toned raven-like hair. His eyes were a mysterious and smoky onyx color.
Shikamaru couldn't figure out why his field of vision couldn't stop partially staring at the mysterious figure, whose toned body was dripping with water from the sea. It would be too troublesome if I keep on staring at him at the corner of my eye. Shikamaru relinquished the stare and proceeded to take out his MacBook Pro to work on the Beethoven's Spirit program glitch. While working, the brunet's ears tweaked as he heard someone's voice ordering something he thought no other person drank anymore.
"Waiter, I would like a Gibson please." Shikamaru's eyes began to wonder from his laptop to the same mysterious figure that he had been staring at previously. "It's a Martini with an onion instead of an olive. Is that okay? Gracias señor!"
The waiter walked away from the pale muscular boy after taking down the order. Hmm, a Gibson sounds pretty fucking good right now… the drink to take away the troublesome-ness of life. "Excuse me, could I have one too please?" Shikamaru requested.
"Claro!" The resort waiter acknowledged the order.
"Um… I'll take mines up at the bar," the raven-haired boy told the waiter.
"Está bien!"
The mysterious figure gazed over to the lounging brunet working on his laptop. A smirk relished on his face. "Heh… I didn't think that anyone else drank those anymore."
"Hehehe, I guess I'm not as unfashionable as I thought that I once was," Shikamaru chortled while working on his laptop.
The raven-haired boy slowly sauntered towards the brunet in front of him. When he was close enough, he slowly crouched down next to him while gazing at the laptop. "Is that business or pleasure?"
"Is there a difference?" The deer lover continued to use the laptop.
"Not a great deal if you're a hacker…"
Shikamaru glanced up eye to eye with the newly met acquaintance. He wasn't sure on how to reply to that question. He suddenly looked over towards the other boy's beach blanket, spotting another MacBook Pro. "That's a nice piece of hardware… I assume you're in the business?" the Nara pointed at the other laptop.
"Isn't everybody?"
"Noooppppeeeee…" Shikamaru replied languorously while continuing to fidget around with his electronic hardware.
The raven-haired boy sharply released an exasperated sigh. "God, we're pathetic aren't we?"
The brunet briefly took his eyes off of the screen to look at the stranger with a perplexed expression on what he had just said. "Excuse me?"
"Well…" the pale muscular boy cleared his throat; "we're sitting here on the most perfect beach in the world… and all we can think about is-"
"Where can I get my internet access?" Shikamaru anticipated while snickering.
"Exactly!" the raven-haired boy snorted while giving off a smile at the brunet's anticipation.
Oh wow… what a cute smile he has… and such white teeth… still… it might be troublesome if he we're to ask me out or something. An inordinate amount of silence arose between the two.
I better introduce myself now before he shoos me away... but better do it in a charming sort of way... I think… "Um… uh… je m'appelle Sasuke Uchiha."
The brunet's ears winced as he heard the boy next to him introduce his name in another language. Did he just speak French to me? Hmmm, this could get interesting… what a drag… "So… that's… Sasuke… right?"
"Right… yeah sorry, I just added a lil' bit of French there, hehehe."
"Oh… that's cool… uh… well… my name is Shikamaru Nara."
"Shikamaru?"
"Uh-huh," the brunet nodded.
"That's a cool name! A pleasure to meet you!" Sasuke offered his right hand out. Shikamaru, reluctant at first, decided to shake the hand back.
"Listen, uh, Shikamaru… I was wondering if you would like to come with me to the restaurant, grab our Gibsons, and… uh, maybe get to know each other a lil' more? What do you say dude?" Sasuke's voice became real smooth. His usage of such a tone would turn anyone into a puddle of goo just hearing his voice purr into one's ear… and Shikamaru was no exception.
Damn, his voice sounded fucking sexy there… is he asking me out of sorts? It could be troublesome and all… but I'd be crazy as hell not to take up an offer like this… "Uh… that's cool… yeah, I would like to," the brunet gave off a gleaming smile towards the man with the raven hair.
"Great… well then… let's get going, I guess."
Shikamaru grabbed his personal items before walking side by side with his new friend of sorts up to the beach restaurant.
At the restaurant, Shikamaru and Sasuke were enjoying their Gibsons as the two conversed with each other. The topic at the moment was embarrassing secrets.
"My most embarrassing secret…" Sasuke began to verbalize, while playing with the onion in his drink, "…you know Breakfast at Tiffany's?"
Shikamaru couldn't help but to grin at the fact that Sasuke had mentioned one of his favorite movies. "Yeah, it's on the list of my favorite movies. I actually wore out my membership constantly renting it with my other favorite movies."
Sasuke continued his story. "Well, when I was about thirteen… I had this... sort of… identity crisis…"
Shikamaru furrowed his brow as to what he had just heard from the boy sitting across.
"… I used to think that… I was one of the characters…" the raven-haired man concluded.
"You thought that you were Audrey Hepburn?" the brunet inquired, looking seemingly amused.
"No… actually I used to think that… I was the cat," the Uchiha replied, sipping the remnants of his Gibson.
Whoa, that's… really interesting… yet troublesome. "The cat?" Shikamaru chortled.
"Yeah… and I would play out the last scene of the movie. I would just play it over and over and over again," the smoky onyx-toned eyes of Sasuke gazed into the dark chocolate eyes of Shikamaru. "You know the last scene?"
"Yes, I know the last scene," the brunet replied.
"And well, yeah… I'm out in the pouring rain in the alleyway… and I'm soaked to the bone… and I'm scared… and abandoned… and all alone…" Sasuke became woeful and tried to fight off any sign of tears wanting to drain from his eyes, knowing he had just confessed to Shikamaru on how he felt during his teens.
Wow… he was kinda like me when I was a teenager… I… I know how he feels… Shikamaru began to look at Sasuke with sympathy in his eyes. He couldn't reply to what the buff raven-haired man said, thus he just kept silent. A moment of hush passed by as Sasuke began to speak… or rather sing.
"Moon river…"
"Wider than mile," Shikamaru joined in unison. He then relinquished a hearty laugh.
After consuming all his Gibson, Sasuke pulled out his right arm towards Shikamaru, placing his hand on top of the brunet's. Shikamaru's eyes gazed at the sudden warmth of contact. Wow… for a dude… his hands are really, really soft… kinda girly though… how troublesome.
"Would you… like to have dinner with me tonight?" the Uchiha proposed to the Nara.
Shikamaru gave a bodily expression of reluctance. Dude, I've only known him for like an hour or so and that could lead to a troublesome situation… but then again… he and I are so… so… so… alike. We like the same drink… we like the same movie… we had the same feelings when we were young… The brunet gazed at the smoky eyes across him before returning back at the two hands that were still in contact with each other. You know… he could be the one I've been looking for… even though it could be troublesome… I should give him a chance though… maybe our chemistry is right with each other.
"You know what…" Shikamaru spoke while gazing into Sasuke's eyes, "… I would… I would really like to!"
"Awesome!" Sasuke's tone had a hint of excitement and joy. "Well then, I guess I'll see you tonight then… Shika-kun…" the suffix was highly stressed as Sasuke stood up and leaned his face towards Shikamaru's. He gently brushed his lips over the smooth cheek of the brunet's for a moment before backing off. The muscular Uchiha gathered up his personal belongings before walking back towards the hotel.
Oh my god… he actually… actually… ki-… kis-… kissed my cheek. Shikamaru held his hand over the spot where the Uchiha's lips had made contact earlier. After letting his hand rest onto the table, the lazy brunet finished his Gibson and gazed over towards the turquoise sea. While gazing, Inner-Shikamaru was throwing a party of a lifetime.
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C'est la fin du chapitre 4!!!
Yay! I hoped you all enjoyed Chapter 4!!!
Post-Author's Note #1: As stated earlier, Shikamaru's trip to Cancún was originally going to be ONE LONG chapter, but since it seems that people are trying to catch up to Chapter 3, I've decided to divide the Mexico trip into two or three chapters. I promise that there will be action and a lemon in the conclusion of the Mexican trip with… well, I'll let you figure that out.
Post-Author's Note #2: I have seen Breakfast at Tiffany's but it's not my all time favorite, all though I do like it. I used that movie as it coincides with the original film that this fic is based on, so don't think it's random.
PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO REVIEW!!! JUST LIKE WHAT jackalakala SAYS, MORE PEOPLE NEED TO REVIEW. YOU DON'T NEED TO WRITE A PARAGRAPH LONG REVIEW, BUT A NICE AND QUICK REVIEW WON'T HURT AS WELL. YOU WILL BE FEATURED IN THE HONORABLE MENTIONS IN THE NEXT CHAPTER!
Post-Author's Note #3: Yes, I do speak a little bit of French (I've studied it all four years in high school including taking AP French).
Ja neh!!!
