A/N: Ahoy! Damn, 4 chapters in 8 days, I'm on a fricken role!
To pervvysage who reviewed - I also think it sounds weird to have Bolt-kun, so I'll be taking the kun of Bolt's name.
To the guest who reviewed asking if Himawari and Bolt are twins - You should really reread chapter 1, because Hinata tells Naruto in that chapter she had twins.
To gummy b3ars who reviewed - You asked for a longer chapter, so here is a longer chapter, and I wouldn't say Naruto is cold to Shion, as he is trying to mend their relationship. but what transpired in the past will be revealed soon.
Anyways, a long chapter a head of us, so sit back and blah blah blah blah blah
On with the show!:
"Here is your desk, Hinata." She followed behind her cousin as he walked her through the top floor of Doujutsu, Neji's office was on a higher floor than her own apartment. "As I've already showed you the bathroom and kitchen we have up her, they are only really used by the four of us up here, and occasionally the security guards."
He directed her to the large desk. "That's an ergonomic chair and keyboard, you'll be looking at the computer monitor a lot, so remember to take a short break away from it every hour or so. The monitor's stand is height and distance adjustable, so keep it at eye level at a comfortable distance Other than that, that is the tour of the 35th floor. If you have any further questions, just see me or see Karin. She is Sasuke's PA and Secretary, she's been here almost since opening day." Neji finished with a small, courteous smile, pointing behind him to a red haired woman around her own age sitting at a desk similar to hers on the opposite side of the large office space.
"Umm… Neji…" She began timidly, maybe she just shouldn't ask, Neji had already gifted her so much she didn't want to sound greedy. "I was just wondering, about a possible finish time. I was wondering if I could… if it would be possible if I-"
"Here is your contract, Hinata." Neji interjected, handing her an envelope. "You start at nine, and you finish at three, unless of course I urgently need you to stay later. But I'll give you plenty of notice beforehand should that be the case, and know that Tenten is always willing to help you out. If I need you to stay, she has agreed to pick them up." He gave her another smile, causing her to smile back gratefully. "I'll be in my office Hinata, I won't require you to stay past three today. I have a meeting at that time, but it's nothing I can't handle myself."
She nodded appreciatively, Hanabi was still to pick her children up at school today, but she could head home and prepare a dinner for all four of them.
She sat down at her desk, taking out of her bag a picture of herself and her two children and placing it on the wooden furniture. "Hey." She heard a woman call out, looking up she saw the red haired woman who previously sat outside a desk in front of the only other door that lead to an office. "Name's Karin. Karin Uzumaki, as Neji-san said, I'm Sasuke-san's secretary." She spoke cheerfully.
"H-Hello, my name is Hinata Hyuuga." She replied with a smile, she continued when she saw Karin's brow raise at her last name. "Neji-nii-san- I mean, Neji-san is my cousin."
"Oh, you must be the one Naruto was talking about!" Karin spoke happily. "I didn't know you were to be working here!"
"N-Naruto-san?" She looked at the red haired woman in confusion, thinking of the kind, blond man she had met only a few days ago. Apparently he had spoken about her, and judging by Karin's reaction, it was at least in a good light. But a part of her couldn't help but wonder how this Karin knew Naruto.
"Yeah I got a girlfriend."
Her eyes widened, her mind recalling the words he spoke at her apartment. She looked up at Karin, if this was the woman he mentioned, she could see why he would fall for her. She had a slim build, like Sakura, whom strangers would believe she was a model and not a doctor. She also had deep red eyes framed wonderfully by glasses and vibrant, beautiful long red hair she had tied back into a ponytail.
"Yeah, the big doofus is my cousin!" She beamed for a second, and Hinata could almost see a resemblance between them in the way they both smiled. "I always thought cousins were meant to not look alike, but damn, you and Neji could totally pass off as siblings!"
Hinata found it odd that she sighed in relief at the knowledge of how Karin and Naruto were related, as if the knowledge gave birth to a window of opportunity, not that it did though. As Naruto did say he had a girlfriend, and she barely knew him! "W-Well, Neji's father and my father were identical twins. S-So genetically speaking, you could say we are kind of like siblings."
"No kidding." Karin chuckled, before her eyes darted towards the picture she had place on her desk. "Ah, already personalising your workspace? I like it, show's you want to be here for the long run! I love it here myself!" She grinned, before taking the picture and spinning the picture so she could take a look. "Who are these kids?"
"T-They are my children…" Hinata gulped, she would remember past stares she would receive when she told people she had children, stares of disapproval, and stares of discontent.
"Really?" Karin asked, "No offence, but I didn't think you looked a day over twenty-five. How old are they?"
"I-I am twenty-five. And they just turned seven a few months ago. The boy is named Bolt, the girl Himawari." Hinata replied quietly.
"They're cute." Karin responded with a sweet smile. "Himawari looks a lot like you. But Bolt…" She paused for a moment, Hinata could see her eyes focus on the side of the picture where Bolt was. "He doesn't really look like you, but for some strange reason. He looks really familiar…"
"Oh no, he hasn't pulled a prank on you in the past, has he?" The blue haired woman asked worriedly, she always had a fear when people said they recognised Bolt, as it was usually followed by them confessing a prank he had pulled on them. Even random strangers to her would recognise him for his pranks!
"No! If he did, he would know about it!" Karin chuckled lightly. "I grew up with Naruto, there isn't a prank your kid could pull that I haven't seen before, or I wouldn't be able to counter!"
Hinata giggled back towards the red haired woman. "Anyways, if you need anything I'll be right over there. But I should warn you now, in the event myself or Neji aren't around, it is not, I repeat NOT a good idea to disturb Sasuke-san with your query. Sasuke-san hates to be disturbed."
"Man I hate wearing these things!" The blond man grumbled loudly as he pulled on the orange tie around his neck, it stuck out from his black suit with a white shirt underneath. "And why are you here, Shikamaru?" He turned to see his black haired friend, similarly dressed in a black suit and tie leaning against the wall to his room.
"To make sure you put that on." He replied in a dragged out voice. "I know you can walk into our meetings wearing shorts and sandals, but this is an important meeting with a potential business partner. You have to look the part."
"I get it, man, jeez." Naruto whined loudly, adjusting the tie a few more times until it felt at least partially comfortable. "Do you really think we can get this deal, Shikamaru?"
"Yeah, they need us as much as we need them." Shikamaru nodded quickly. "I want this to be an amicable partnership obviously that benefits both parties mutually to the greatest extent. But we live in troublesome times, so I've done some digging. If push comes to shove I can have them eating out the palm of our hands if I need to."
"I don't doubt you on that." Naruto beamed ecstatically, adjusting his blazer once more. "Let's go meet Gaara and get this over with so I can get out of this monkey get up-ttebayo!"
"About time you showed up, you're almost late." Gaara stood outside the massive building, dressed in a pristine white suit as Naruto and Shikamaru approached him. With a serious amount of hair products, Gaara's usually unruly spiky hair had been kept down and flat.
"Sorry, Naruto was complaining worse than Shikadai." Shikamaru answered for the both of them, the three of them stared up at the immaculate building. "Let's go."
The went through the automatic doors, before they even took ten steps into the building they were stopped by a white haired man of average height dressed in a black suit, his medium length hair pushed back. Dark purple eyes glared at them, and a badge displaying the word 'security' made him instantly recognisable. "Can I help you guys?"
"Yes, we have a meeting with Neji Hyuuga-san at three o'clock." Shikamaru answered for the three of them, standing in between the blond and red haired men.
The security guard brought up the clipboard he held in his hand, glancing through papers attached to it. "Hmm, can I get your names and some identification please?"
The three of them nodded, handing over their driving licences. "The names are Shikamaru Nara, Gaara Sabaku, and Naruto Namikaze, we are here on behalf of Dattebayo Lifestyle Management and Recreation Centres."
"Yes, here you are." The security guard nodded, giving them a small grin. "Here or your licences back. Please sign in at the front desk and collect visitor passes. Juugo there will direct you to Neji-san's office." He nodded behind them.
"Geez, you're big." Naruto exclaimed immediately when they turned, a man in a similar suit to the other security guard, with a security badge himself. With a head of wild spiky orange hair and red-orange eyes. "You've gotta be what, 6'9?" Naruto's head bent backwards to look up at the security guard, he wasn't just tall, while the other security guard had a rather average build, this guy looked like he was built like a tank. Naruto couldn't help but chuckle to himself. "There mustn't be much to do security wise around here with you around?"
"Since my employment began here I have yet to see an incident." The man, Juugo responded in a calm voice.
"Yeah three guesses why big man." Naruto chuckled again, patting the huge security guard on the trunk of an arm. "This way to the front desk, yeah?"
"Yes, please follow me gentlemen." Juugo responded with a curt nod. He began to walk towards the front desk, and Shikamaru, Naruto and Gaara followed closely behind him.
"Hinata," She turned at the sound of Neji calling her name. "It's almost three, you can go now. I'll see you tomorrow."
"Yes, and thank you again, Neji-san." She smiled, before turning off her computer. She bowed quickly to Neji, and waved to Karin who had waved at her before she turned and began to walk to one of the two elevators that led to the 35th floor. These elevators only went between the 34th and 35th floors. Meaning she would have to get into a new elevator to get back down to the lobby.
She pressed the button and the doors opened to allow her entry. Just as she pressed the button to close the door, she heard the other elevator open and a deep, calm voice speak out.
"Just this way gentlemen."
"Just this way gentlemen." They followed Juugo out of the elevator onto the 35th floor's large office space, they continued walking forwards, as they did Naruto turned, seeing the other elevator's doors close and proceed to drop to the lower floor.
His brow furrowed, it felt as almost as if he had just missed something important, but he wasn't sure why he got this feeling. "Naruto!"
He heard his name called, he turned to see he had stopped in his place, seeing Karin waving over to him. He smiled and approached her, where Juugo, Shikamaru and Gaara waited for him. "Glad to see you turned up on time!"
"I've got Shikamaru and Gaara to thank for that." Naruto beamed in return, causing Karin to laugh lightly.
"Karin, I'll leave them with you." Juugo bowed to the red haired woman, before giving another bow to the three visitors before departing.
"Shikamaru, Gaara, this is my cousin Karin. Karin, this is Shikamaru and Gaara, these guys are the brains behind Dattebayo!" Naruto gave out the introductions.
"I hope they do all the talking as well." Karin jokingly spoke, gaining an annoyed stare from her blond cousin. "Neji's waiting for you, I'll lead you in."
They followed behind her to one of the two doors, she knocked carefully before opening the door. "Neji-san, your three o'clock is here."
"Excellent, send them in." Karin moved to allow the men in. A man with long brown hair and pale white eyes stood from his chair, walking towards them. "Hello, I am Neji Hyuuga, co-founder, co-owner, co-CEO, staffing manager and liaison manager." He offered his right hand out to them.
"Shikamaru Nara." Shikamaru spoke first, grabbing his hand before walking further into the office.
"Naruto Namikaze." Naruto followed after, shaking Neji's hand.
"Gaara Sabaku." Gaara offered a small bow to accompany his hand shake.
"Take a seat gentlemen." Neji offered three chairs in front of his desk to them, before moving to his own chair on the other side. "I'm glad we were able to have this discussion so early in your plans for expansion. Karin told me she had heard your plans towards it."
"Before we go any further, Hyuuga-san. I must ask your consent to record this conversation for future reference." Gaara spoke, taking out a small audio device.
Neji's eyes narrowed, looking at the small device. "I see no reason why not. Though I will request a copy of the audio log myself, I must ask why you would feel the need?"
Shikamaru sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose. "Give it ten minutes."
A tick of annoyance flecked through Neji's eyes as he stared at the blonde haired man, lolled back in his chair and a gentle snore emitting through his nose. "As I was saying…" Shikamaru spoke slowly, looking at the blonde haired man himself. "As you can see from our profits and loss accounts, and profits have risen like clockwork since our opening year three years ago, our inward revenue is almost quadruple our outgoing expenses. Our most recent customer survey of over 250 people show an almost complete customer satisfaction rate, granted, as a businessman yourself, you know you can't please all your customers. We're getting a great reputation, one definitely worth considering on your side of this deal as well."
"Hmm, yes, figures and customers are all well and good, but as a business man yourself, Nara-san. You know that isn't everything, I've had men like you come in to this very office, preaching the exact same high standards and dreams of further expansion, and I've seen their dreams turn to ruin. How can you ensure me that you will not be the same, that this deal will be beneficial on Doujutsu's part as well?" Neji asked carefully, pulling his gaze off the sleeping blond and back to the black haired man sat in the centre.
"Simple, we don't have a dream. Our plans are very much a reality." Shikamaru spoke with a confident smirk.
Gaara pulled out a file from the briefcase at his side, sliding it across the desk to Neji, who opened it and began examining the contents. "We've had multiple plans for expansion of the past few months, we boiled it down to two. However this is the one we plan to go with, we'll play it safe at not shoot over our reach."
"Suna?" Neji looked up from the file towards the two men, "A bit far for your first expansion, wouldn't you say?"
"Yes, but we've agreed this is the option with the most potential." Shikamaru retorted calmly. "For one, Suna has less competition than Konoha in our area of business. And as you must be aware, Suna's growing population, workforce and economy over the past decade or so has opened a large window of opportunity for businesses, especially up and coming businesses like us. Furthermore, based on a survey of the general population of Suna, the people want to see a business, a centre like ours in their vicinity."
"You're right. Suna has been growing impressively, and many business are looking towards it for expansion and outsourcing. And as I'm sure you are aware, you won't be the only business specialising in Lifestyle management and Recreation looking towards them. How can you be sure you'll be able to topple them in reach the most customers?"
"Simple. We'll beat them there. Please turn to the next page in the file." Shikamaru answered coolly, waiting for Neji to turn the page. "That is the land we've bought in Suna, right in the heart of the city. We'll have our construction permit by the end of next week, we expect primary construction to be completed within the next eight months, the interior and staffing to be done within the following the three months, and open to the public before the year's out."
"I'll admit, you've come more prepared than anyone I've seen before." Neji spoke with a curt smile, closing the file and sliding it back to Gaara. "Now the question you've probably had to plan for the most. How will this venture into Suna be beneficial to my own company? Sabaku-san, you are the Accounts manager, correct? Then you should know that a venture into another country is a much more sizable… and expensive investment, especially on our part."
"Yes it is, but definitely worth the investment," Gaara answered as coolly as Shikamaru had previously. "After all, Hyuuga-san. You're just like us, an up and coming business fighting against older companies with firm and old roots. And just like us, you are getting a formidable reputation, you're game changers in your industry as we are in ours,"
"Flattery will not get this deal, Gaara-san." Neji gave off a slight, dry chuckle.
"No, but potential expansion for your own company will." Gaara responded with a confident smile. "As I was saying you're just like us, you haven't expanded yet. You've got the reputation in Konoha as we do. And when our venture is successful in Suna… when our brand name is plastered across every billboard Suna, when our brand name is beamed through every television set in the city… your brand name will be there right along aside it."
When Neji's eyebrow rose with a tinge of interested, Shikamaru and Gaara both smiled, under the table the bumped fists. They fricken had this. "But what we're offering in return is more than just profits and expansion to you, Hyuuga-san. I've researched how you work. You offer rolling temporary deals, cut ties with the business that fail, and hang on to the ones that thrive, but that is only getting you so far, if the ones that are successful decide to look at a new marketing assistant, you've got no ties to keep them to you, they just wait for the contract to expire and carry on their merry way… What we're offering to you is for the long haul, as Gaara said you're just like us, a company we can relate to in terms of our visions of the future. We both want to dominate our industries. Doujutsu was our first choice for a marketing assistant and partner, and we want you to be our last choice. We'll even throw in lifetime memberships to Dattebayo for your employees."
Neji brought his linked fingers in front of his face, staring down the two of them calmly. "And what, Nara-san, would you ask for in exchange for such loyalty?"
"The same." Shikamaru responded as coolly as he had been throughout this entire meeting. "We would expect your loyalty to us. When our venture is successful, you'll no doubt gain the eye of hundreds of companies, some in the same business as us. We will not contact your competitors, you do not contact ours, and it's as simple as that."
Neji let out a dry chuckle once again. "You're good, I'll give you that. Though a word of advice…" Neji's eyes darted towards the sleeping blond. "Don't bring him to meetings like these."
"Kind of have to." Shikamaru sighed loudly. "He's owner, founder and majority shareholder of Dattebayo. At the end of it all, he's the one that makes the decision."
"Well I'm thankful he has a decent mind working for him." He smiled towards the black haired man, who smiled back. "I'll admit, I believe this venture of yours can work. You've got the motivation for it. Of course, I cannot make these decisions myself, even if I believe this partnership can work. I'll run this all past my business partner, but I don't see any reason why Sasuke wouldn't be agreeable-"
"What!? Sasuke!?" Naruto's eyes darted open, he looked around angrily. "This is Sasuke's company!? That bastard!"
Naruto rocketed out of the room, storming across the office and towards the other office door. "N-Naruto, stop! You can't go in there! Sasuke's extremely busy right now!" Karin panicked as she saw her blond haired cousin charge towards the door her desk stood in front.
"SASUKE!" Naruto burst into the offices. An a tall man with shimmering raven black hair spiked at the back looked upwards, his black blazer hung off the back of his chair behind him, and his shirt's white sleeves had been rolled up and his collar unbuttoned. In his hands was gripped a long putter, he stood over unrolled length of artificial grass, a white ball positioned ready to be struck towards a hole at the opposite length of the green.
"Naruto? What are you doing here?" The man's onyx eyes narrowed towards the blond intruder, however Naruto himself only seethed further in anger.
"I could ask you the same thing!" Naruto barked back angrily. "Why didn't you say you were back in Konoha!? That's what friends are supposed to do, y'know! A telephone call, an email, a text, I would have taken a goddamn messenger pigeon!"
"Naruto, do you want to do something later this week?" Sasuke asked dully, looking as the blond man's anger began to subside.
"Uh… yeah sure…"
"Good, now take seven steps backwards."
"Sure, Sasuke." Naruto nodded, following Sasuke's request and taking seven steps backs.
"Now grab the door handle."
"Yeap."
"And pull it towards you."
"Okay." Naruto beamed, closing the door, only after that did he realise that he was on the other side of the door, leaving Sasuke alone in his office. He grumbled audibly to himself, "Asshole…"
Shikamaru closed the door to his home behind him, hours after the meeting took place and he had returned to finish agendas left at Dattebayo.
He leaned back against the large wooden door, Naruto loved the city, so he had made his home there. Gaara found an apartment in the city not out of a love for it, but as a matter of convenience, it was closer to work and closer to the airport should he need to fly back to Suna.
Shikamaru was not the same as them, he didn't particularly like the hustle and bustle of the city, he preferred a peace and quiet. Hence he had found his home in the outer suburbs beyond Konoha. He looked around at his large house, three floors, seven bedrooms for when they had guests, a swimming pool that went barely used and a large grass garden.
He sighed loudly, kicking his shoes off and went through the house, looking for people. There was no one about, not in the living area, not in the dining room or kitchen.
But he found someone beyond that, sitting on the patio beyond the doors to the garden on a large sun chair under a parasol, a gentle breeze flowing gently through her tied back. He approached her quietly, she was focused on a book nestled within her hands.
"What honestly made you believe you could sneak up on me?" He heard her call out as he was inches away from her. He sighed loudly, leaning over the back of the chair and wrapping his arms around her neck.
"I thought today might be different, I've had a lucky day after all Temari." He kissed the top of her head, before moving to sit in the sun chair next to her.
He caught her smiling at him, bright green eyes softening as he sat down. "So I take it the meeting went well?"
"It went okay…" He sighed again, sliding back into the chair and undoing the tie around his neck. "Naruto fell asleep during it then pretty much verbally assaulted one of the co-CEOs."
The woman laughed loudly at his explanation. "Were you expecting anything less?"
"All things considered I expected something more, I expected him to break something while we were there." He replied, digging through his pockets and pulling out a small pack of cigarettes, plucking one out and putting it to his mouth. "I swear, the amount of stress that idiot puts me through will be the death of me."
"No," She replied, leaning across and pulling the cigarette from his mouth before he could light it. "These will be the death of you." She snapped the small cigarette in half.
He looked at her face, then towards the broken cigarette spread between her two hands before sighing for yet another time, taking a fresh cigarette out and lighting it. "Where's Dai?"
"Up by the tree with his friend." Temari's head nodded in the direction of the large tree in the centre of their garden, and upon further inspection, he could see two figures resting in the shade underneath it. "Shikadai! Your dad's home, dinner will be served soon!" He heard Temari call out again, standing up from her sun chair.
He saw the two small figures scramble to their feet, one charged ahead of the other, who took a leisurely pace back towards the house.
"Yo, Shikadai's dad!" The quicker figure approached him, with thick spiky blond hair and blue, almost lilac eyes. "The name's Bolt Hyuuga! Thanks for having me round today-ttebasa!"
'Hyuuga?' Shikamaru's eyes narrowed at the small kid, the same last name as Neji. Was there a relation between the two of them.
"Don't be a kiss up, Bolt." Shikadai mumbled as he strolled past the two of them. "Then my parents will expect the same from me, and that's far too troublesome…"
"Eh? Don't be such a lazy smartypants, Dai!" The blond boy's growled in frustration, before taking off inside after his own son.
"It's cute." He heard Temari speak with a small smile, "Reminds me of another dysfunctional duo I know."
"What are you talking about?" Shikamaru turned in to chair to watch the two boys walk towards the dining room, but his eyes focused on the blonde boy, Bolt.
"Reminds me of you and Naruto. Give it half an hour and you'll be thinking the same thing." Temari laughed quietly to herself. "If I isn't horrifying enough that Bolt looks like a mini version of Naruto, he's got the same attitude as well. You sure Naruto doesn't have any kids?"
"Yeah…" His eyes focused harder on the back of the blond boy. "Quite positive…"
Shikamaru knocked on the door quickly after dragging himself up 26 flights of stairs. Shikadai and Bolt both stood in front of him. He had offered to take Bolt home, and dragged Shikadai along with him as it was manners to see a guest off.
The door opened, seeing a petite woman with long blue hair and lavender eyes on the other side. "Hey mom! Thanks for having me round Dai, I'll see you at school tomorrow!" Bolt waved for sprinting into his home.
A small girl peeked her head around the door, she looked just like the woman in front of him, and a light blush appeared across her face. "H-Hello, Shikadai-kun."
"Hey, Himawari." Shikadai mumbled back, staring aware from the door, his back slouched and his hands crammed in his pockets.
"Thank you for taking care of Bolt, I hope he wasn't any trouble today." The woman spoke with a small smile, however she trembled slightly when the man in front of her continued staring at her, the ways his eyes narrowed, and it was almost as if they displayed a sense of recognition. "I-Is there something wrong?"
"No, sorry. My girlfriend said he was very well behaved and well mannered, she said she'd have him over again." The man finally responded. "Sorry, my name's Shikamaru Nara, this guy's dad." He pointed down towards the boy standing beside him.
Not that she had a doubt, apart from the shape and colour of the eyes, the two were exact copies of each other. Same hair colour, same facial structure, even the same posture. "I'm Hinata Hyuuga, once again thank you for looking after Bolt today."
"No problem, well we best be going. If Shikadai ever comes here or if Bolt ever comes back to our house again. I guess we'll be seeing each other again." He gave her a small bow and a smile.
"Yes, well goodbye." The woman smiled back, before gently closing the door. Shikamaru and his son turned, heading towards the stairs. Shikadai looked up at his dad's frowning face, deep within his own thoughts.
"Hey dad, something the matter?" He asked curiously as they began the long march back to the car.
"Yeah, everything's fine." Shikamaru responded, walking down the stairs carefully.
However, everything was not fine. Something had been bugging him ever since Temari had brought it up, she was right, the way Bolt looked and acted… It was just like Naruto.
"You sure Naruto doesn't have any kids?"
That was why he offered to take Bolt home, knowing he would have to meet Bolt's mother when he dropped him off. Shikamaru was not the sort to forget a face, especially considering his eidetic memory and Hyperthymesia.
'So the girl Naruto's ditched us for on his eighteenth birthday party is Bolt's mom…' He concluded as he continued down the stairs towards his car. 'So Naruto really did jump the sack with her. If I didn't have actually living memory in Bolt, I think I still wouldn't believe he did.'
A/N: Yo! So there's the next chapter, Shikamaru the sneaky devil has sussed it out! What will happen now that Shikamaru has discovered a rather shocking fact? Find out on the next episode of Pokemon! Sorry, wrong show.
Anyways, as always a few things to discuss:
1 - Naruto and Hinata not meeting at Doujutsu? I did originally plan it, but I wanted Shikamaru to be the first person to say 'Naruto got Hinata pregnant', and he would have recognised her if they met at their meeting.
2 - Juugo, yes the security guard is Juugo, and the other was obviously Mangestu... Just kidding, it was Suigetsu. Juugo's height is really the topic of discussion, in Canon, at aged 18-19 Juuso stands at 202cm (Or 6'6"), as Naruto, and Sasuke and the like are all twenty five, Juugo would be 27-28, so I added a bit more height to him.
3 - Temari is Shikamaru's girlfriend, not wife!? Yes ShikaTem fans, Temari is still the mother to Shikadai, as this is set in a more modern setting, Shikamaru and Temari just haven't got married yet, doesn't mean they haven't been together for a long time they might as well be married, in this fic, they've been together for at least 10 years. This will be explained.
4 - Konoha and Suna, a lot of talk is going on about Suna's increase in population and wealth, and Konoha is already pretty strong, if I was going to liken them to actual geographical cities. Konoha is kind of like London or New York city, while Suna is more like Rio de Janeiro or Dubai, as they have both had massive boosts to their econmies and are both rapidly developing countries... At least I think
Anyways, that's all for this chapter, what will happen next? I really don't know..
Until next time!
