Well shit, started this for procrastination….now that that part of my life is over…err…for now…it is strange coming back to this. But I feel so bad leaving stories unfinished egh egh egh
Besides, perhaps this inspires me to write more and bettering one's writing is always a good thing, right? This is still for fun and very much writing what I want. Also I had this chapter already written I just never got to posting….Sorry but life was life.
On to the story guys!
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Dream Sequences: Part One
There was nothing he enjoyed more than sleeping late into the day. It was a nice feeling, the warm sun, and the gentle breeze, and even the birds were a nice touch.
"Wake up, you lazy bum and get going to the market!"
He definitely did not enjoy fact that his mother was always ordering him to do so many things. It was such a hassle to go into the market and do all the chores.
"SHIKA!"
"I'm up!" he called back to her, grumbling under his breath as he sat up on the bed. Really, he couldn't understand why it was that he still lived at home. The more time that passed, the more he wanted to leave the little town. It was a nice little town, quiet, and terribly relaxing. Shikamaru loved it there, but everyone knew him by now and his parents. He loved them, but all the chores, what a drag.
"Shika! Hurry up, your father needs some things." his mother called out to him again.
Shika sighed and stood up, arms stretching over his head, bones popping. He yawned as he made his way from out his room and into the kitchen.
"Hai, I'm off." Shikamaru said, grabbing the basket from the table and heading out of the cabin.
"You better hurry up and not fall asleep by the fountain!" his mom called out after him.
"No, mother!" Shika called back.
A few moments later, Shika found himself sitting by the fountain and napping. It was such a nice warm day, it really was relaxing.
"Good morning Shika, your mother is going to be angry with you." Tenten smiled as she stopped by his side.
"Morning Tenten, mind getting me these things?" Shikamaru asked, raising the list.
"Stop being your lazy self and get them before your father blows up the house like last time!" Tenten teased, before moving on to get some bread.
Shikamaru sighed and got up from the fountain.
"Shikamaru Nara."
Shikamaru didn't stop at the call of his name. He was really hoping to go on without having to talk to him.
"Youthful Nara! Why do you run from us?"
Crap…..he couldn't avoid them now with Lee having screamed across the village.
"Morning, Lee…..Neji." Shikamaru gritted his teeth as he stopped to greet the two.
"Why one would think you were avoiding me!" Neji purred, hand reaching up to caress Shikamaru's cheek, but Shikamaru pushed it away.
"Well, I am actually busy, I can't stay and chat." Shikamaru huffed, before rushing back home.
Of course, the moment he got home there was a small explosion in the basement.
"Dad? Where are you? Are you alright?" Shikamaru asked, waving off some of the smoke as he entered the basement.
"Shikamaru! There you are! Help your old man get up!" Shikaku called up from his spot on the floor.
"Did you fall asleep and left the machine running again? Mother is going to be mad, again. You will probably sleep in the couch again." Shikamaru shook his head and helped his father of the floor.
"I know I know, but you won't tell her, eh?" Shikaku grinned, dusting himself off and looking into the basket that Shikamaru had brought.
"Of course not, because then not only will you get in trouble, but I will to just for being your son." Shikamaru sighed, stuffing his hand in his pockets.
"That my boy you are!" Shikaku laughed.
"Good luck Dad!" Shikamaru called out after his father as the other made his way to the science fair.
He leaned against the gate of the village, watching until he couldn't see his father anymore.
"Shika, my darling!" Neji was suddenly by his side.
And yes, Neji would never say such a thing….well, maybe he would, but that would just be so awkward to hear…..but this was Shikamaru's dream, and he was making Neji say such things.
"Hyuuga." Shika grumbled, stepping away from the gate and making his way back home.
"Come now, Shikamaru. You know that I am the only one here who can give you what you need. Who else has the same silky and perfect hair as I do?" Neji raised an eyebrow as he stood in front of Shikamaru.
"Thank you, really, Neji, but I will have to decline." Shikamaru huffed, moving pass Neji, only to have the other grab hold of his arm.
"Shika, shika, don't be like that. Please, you know how much I care for you." Neji sighed but Shikamaru was having none of it.
"No, you care just for the secret behind my hair, that you will never see down!" Shikamaru pushed the other way, before running back home.
"Shika! There you are! Your father forgot the map….are you alright?" his mom was right at the door the moment he made it home. Shika gasped for breath and nodded.
"Oh, my baby is finally exercising and leaving his lazy ways! I'm so proud! You probably already knew that your father forgot his map and are jumping to catch up to him!" his mom gushed over him. All he really wanted was to rest and sleep, not to go after his father…..but then, that would mean being away from the town and from Neji! It was perfect!
Shikamaru patted Yami on the neck, calming him down as they walked into a dark wooden path. It screamed out horror and death, but he knew his father would have taken it since it was a faster route. He was sure that his mother would be happy to hear that.
A sudden howling sound spooked Yami.
"Whoa! Whoa! Calm down Yami, calm….down…..look a light!" Shikamaru quickly lead the horse over towards the light. Close enough he could make out the huge machine his father had been working on.
Shika groaned as he got off the horse. How troublesome was it all. Why had his father not taken the correct route? His mother was already on the verge of a rampage, his father was going to get it once they got home. Just to save a couple of hours, his father was going to get into soooo much trouble.
Shika lazily strolled into the castle after tying Yami up inside the gates of the castle, since there were wolves out there and the hell would they get Yami. Now that he thought about it, had his father taken deer or a horse with him? Glancing over he saw the deer eating some weeds not far off from the machine.
His dad had taken the deer, well, it could have been worst.
"I'll be back Yami, watch over the deer and don't let any wolves in." Shikamaru called to Yami, before slipping through the doors of the castle.
"Ino!" Naruto hopped over to Ino's side, while Ino just rolled her eyes and kept on dusting off the carpet.
"What did I do this time? Eh?" Naruto sighed, unsure of just what he did to anger the blonde.
"Nothing, I am just thinking , Naruto." Ino answered, looking around when she heard someone coming up.
"Awww, don't worry, we'll break the spell, don't be sad my sweet flower." Naruto cooed, hopping closer to Ino, only to be pushed away by her.
"Shh…hear that?" Ino muttered, raising part of her brush to use as a hand.
"We have a visitor!" Naruto grinned, his blue eyes meeting Ino's, both sparkling happily.
Shikamaru picked up one of the candle sticks from the table and began his trek up the stairs of the castle.
"Dad?" he called out, wondering just where his father could be in the castle. Probably in one of the bedrooms, sleeping, something that Shikamaru was planning on doing soon.
Ino followed after the two, since the visitor was holding on to her love, Naruto.
Shikamaru passed by one of the portraits and realized that he was in the Uchiha mansion. Who else had the black hair and dark eyes, and angry constipated look? Who else would live in a castle…..it was the only castle near them anyways.
"Shikamaru?" he heard the groggy voice of someone the moment he reached the top of the stairs.
"Father?" Shikamaru rushed over to look into the cell.
"Shikamaru! You are here! Did you bring your mother?" he asked worriedly.
"No, she sent me to give you the map." Shikamaru said, producing the map and pushing it into the cell.
"Now I must have to leave this place and stop my sleeping, huh?" Shikaku sighed while Shikamaru placed the candle down in order to help his father.
Suddenly there was a huge roar and the candle went out.
"Oh, that is the beast that placed me in here!" Shikaku piped up.
Shikamaru stood up and looked around, but there were so many shadows that he could hardly see around.
"Come out, so I can see you." Shikamaru said, straining his eyes.
"What are you doing here?" he heard the deep growling voice, the Uchiha stepping into the light. Shikamaru frowned as he stared at the huge beast.
"I did always hear the Uchiha tended to be a monster, but I never took them literally." Shika muttered, eyeing the huge wolf looking beast.
"You insolent fool! You trespass and probably trying to steal and you insult me!" the beast snarled, eyes whirling red with anger.
"I just came for my father, I do not steal." Shika huffed, crossing his arms in front of his chest.
"You commoners are all the same." The beast huffed, glaring at Shikamaru.
"Look, I just want my father to be set free."
The beast stared long at Shikamaru, before smirking evilly.
"Fine, how about an exchange, you take the place of your father?" the beast stared at Shikamaru, daring him.
"Don't do it Shikamaru! Your mother will kill me! I rather stay here and sleep my life away!" Shikaku cried out from inside the cell.
"We need you to go to the fair, remember? Besides, if I don't then I will get in trouble, and well, it's better if you do. It is a deal." Shikamaru turned to the beast.
"Deal." The beast quickly went over and took Shikaku out, dragging him out of the castle to make his way home.
When the beast came back, Shikamaru had already made his bed from the straw on the tower.
"Come, I will show you to your room." The beast grumbled. Shikamaru sighed and followed after the beast. It was getting really tiring to call him the Beast.
"You are Sasuke, right? The last Uchiha?" Shikamaru spoke up, remembering the stories of the Uchiha's and how they had died, leaving only Sasuke to carry the name on.
"Yes, I am Sasuke Uchiha, you?" Sasuke stopped right in front of a room, turning to look at Shikamaru.
"Shikamaru Nara." Shikamaru introduced himself.
"Hn." Sasuke said, before leaving into the shadows.
"hey, teme, are you ready to break the curse?" Naruto grinned, hopping into Sasuke's room.
"Naruto, why are you always hopping into my room unannounced?" Sasuke growled, shooting him a glare. Naruto was used to them by now, they were best friends.
"Come now teme, you better break that damn curse. I'm getting tired of being a candlestick and I want to be with Ino, we were supposed to be married until you went and opened your mouth." Naruto huffed, while Sasuke just groaned and covered his ears with his pillow.
"I am not breaking no god damn curse, especially not with that Nara." Sasuke snapped.
"Oh yes you are, Uchiha. I am tired of dusting off dust all over the castle! And Sakura here is driving me nuts with all her screaming. I do not want tea all the goddamned time!" Ino cried out as she dusted her way into the room.
"Like we are all happy with all the sneezing your dusting causes us! Ino-pig!" Sakura huffed hopping after Ino.
"Could we please remember that Shikamaru will not break the curse if he is our prisoner." Hinata quietly muttered, as she slinked into the room as well.
"Why are all of you in my room? Why?" Sasuke groaned as he listened to the others argue in between each other.
After much discussing and arguing with his wardrobe, which apparently talked and told him that almost everything in the castle talked and moved…Shikamaru fell asleep. It was marvelous.
The bed was soft and delicious and he didn't have to wake up early with the yelling of his mother.
This was going to be great.
"What is it?" Shikamaru groaned, rolling over at the sound of knocking.
"Get up Lazy Nara!" Sasuke bellowed from the other side of the door.
"It is an ungodly hour, go away and let me sleep!" Shikamaru snapped, before digging deeper into the covers. He ignored the temper tantrum the other was throwing and just slept.
Shikamaru watched as Sasuke slobbered over the oatmeal they were eating for breakfast. After having been forcefully pulled out by the screaming duster, Shikamaru was now eating oatmeal…..
"Do you have no manners?" Shikamaru asked, causing Sasuke to look up, his face covered with oatmeal.
"Huh?"
"Oh god, look at you. What type of royalty are you? Here." Shikamaru reached over and cleaned Sasuke's snout, before pushing the spoon into the others paw.
"Here, use the spoon. I know you know how to use it. Don't tell you can't because of the paws, you are an Uchiha for heaven's sakes! So eat well." Shikamaru snapped, imagining what his mother would do to Sasuke if she were witnessing such manners.
"Sasuke, what is your problem and would you stop staring." Shika flushed. This was the first time Sasuke had seen him with his hair down, and he knew he looked rather effeminate, but really…did Sasuke had to stare like that.
"Yo, Uchiha, stop salivating like a dog." Shika snapped, causing Sasuke to glare and stormed off.
"Nice going, Shika." Ino muttered under the breath, while Naruto laughed his head off next to her.
"What? He was! Besides, he thinks I'm going to fall for him because he is soft and furry, he has another thing coming. I'm not a girl, no offence." Shika said, while Ino just shrugged.
"Egghh, our master is rather tough and has a big temper. But trust me, when he is not all fuzzy, he is a hot piece of ass."
"INO!" Naruto looked at her horrified.
"Oh, Naruto. You know you are my only one, but Sasuke is handsome." Ino said, kissing Naruto quickly on the cheek.
"Maybe you should stop making out and take Shika to eat?" Sakura huffed, hopping along.
"Ye…ah….." Hinata shyly hopped along with Sakura.
Shikamaru, being the curious person that he was, went into the forbidden room. He had nothing else to do, and he was getting tired of just sleeping. Actually, no, that was a lie, he was looking for a place to sleep quietly. He just wanted peace and quiet, and not having all these things chattering up and telling him about their lives and how Sasuke was really a nice guy if a bit emotional stunted. Shikamaru was tired of it all and wanted to sleep…..just sleep…..
Ino had been right, Sasuke was a hot a piece of ass. Shikamaru stared at Sasuke's portrait and well, yes, he could understand where Sasuke was coming from.
It didn't last long because Sasuke was suddenly there, roaring and snarling at him, completely pissed. Shikamaru just ran out in fear. Sasuke had never been that angry at him. They had fought many times before, it's pretty much what they did, but Sasuke had never been that angry and Shikamaru had never been that afraid that Sasuke wouldn't actually hurt him.
"Come on Yami!" Shikamaru muttered, untying Yami and rushing out, stupidly for once. Shikamaru groaned when he realized his mistake.
"Great, just great, I lost my head." Shikamaru hissed, looking around at the shadows. He could hear shuffling and growling and just knew that they were screwed, they were surrounded by wolves. Where they waiting right outside the castle for him or what? seriously, didn't the wolves had other places to be or something?
Before the wolves attacked, Sasuke was there, growling and snarling.
Shikamaru sighed as he gently took care of Sasuke's wounds.
"Thank you, for rescuing me," he muttered, softly.
"Hn." Sasuke grunted.
Sasuke watched as Shikamaru patched him up, hair down, covering part of his face. Shikamaru really was beautiful.
"Why don't you have your hair down more often?" Sasuke asked, curious as to why Shikamaru would hide his hair up like that.
"It gets in the way when doing chores, it is a hassle." Shikamaru shrugged, smiling softly as he carefully bandaged Sasuke's arm.
"Your pineapple hairdo has become your sign now, then?" Sasuke asked, gritting his teeth to keep from whimpering in pain. Those freaking wolves had definitely bitten off a lot of his arm, those bastards. They should listen to him, he was like a huge wolf, should be the leader of the pack!
"Yes, it definitely is, some of the villagers call me pineapple head," Shikamaru laughed, before sobering as he thought about the villagers and his parents, that he hasn't seen in a while.
"You miss them…." Sasuke sighed, looking intensely at the fireplace.
"Yes, but, I am happy here." Shikamaru stated, squeezing Sasuke's paw.
"Hn." Sasuke grunted, but Shikamaru could see the small smile.
"I wonder how Shikamaru is doing," Shikaku thought as he leaned back and looked up at the clouds.
"Shikaku! Have you fed the deer? Just because you won the science fair again does not mean you don't have to do the chores!"
"Besides, I still can't believe you gave your son up to a prince for marriage, without my consent! Didn't even have time to say goodbye!"
Shikaku's eye twitched as he listened to his wife scream at him.
In the shadows, Lee listened in….
"The youthful Shikamaru is engaged?"
Sasuke purred as Shikamaru brushed his fur.
"Well, that is weird, you look like a dog but act like a cat." Shikamaru mused, enjoying the calming feeling that brushing Sasuke gave him.
"Hn, I didn't chose what I was turned into." Sasuke sighed, glancing over at the magic rose which was losing its petals quickly.
"I will find a way to break the curse, Sasuke, do not worry. I am a genius." Shikamaru promised, glancing over at the rose as well.
"I was thinking, maybe….if you wanted, you could go visit your family." Sasuke muttered, and Shikamaru just knew the other was blushing, even if he couldn't see it because of the fur.
"Really? I promise to be right back!" Shikamaru grinned, immediately throwing himself on Sasuke, causing the other to huff from his place on the ground.
"I'll get ready now!" Shikamaru said, kissing Sasuke on the nose before rushing out.
Sasuke laid there, in a daze.
"And you were so adamant that Shikamaru was not your type. Look at you." Naruto laughed as he hopped over to him.
"I think you two are so cute!" Ino chirped, Hinata agreeing.
"I hate you all." Sasuke growled and glared at his friends.
"Shikamaru! My baby!" his mother had him in a death grip the moment he stepped inside the house.
"Did you bring your fiancé with you? He is probably busy and I cannot believe you would take such a decision without telling me first!" his mother huffed, still suffocating him in her embrace.
"Honey, honey, let him breath." His father cut in, causing her to immediately release him.
"He is busy at the moment, and it was a sudden thing, I cannot believe I took that decision either." Shikamaru shrugged, until the door slammed open.
"Engaged? You get engaged to that thing?" Neji stormed into the house.
"Neji! What are you doing?" Tenten hissed, rushing in after him, Lee trailing behind looking apologetic.
"What do you want now Neji?" Shikamaru rolled his eyes.
"Revenge! See if you want to marry him after I'm done with him!" Neji huffed, running out of the house.
"Dammit Neji! Swear to God! Get back here!" Tenten snarled following after Neji, while Lee followed still looking apologetic.
"Well, I have to go and make sure that Sasuke doesn't kill Neji when Neji gets there. We'll come by so you can meet Sasuke, alright? Love ya." Shikamaru quickly bid goodbye and ran out to head to the castle.
"Hey, that person trying to storm the castle looks familiar!" Sai cried out from his spot by the window.
This caused everyone else to rush over to see.
"Who the hell dares try to break into my house?" Sasuke snarled pissed off.
"Hey, he does look familiar!" Sakura exclaimed, turning to look at Hinata.
"That's my cousin! Neji!" Hinata grinned excitedly.
"Your cousin is destroying my castle." Sasuke huffed, calming down just because he knew he couldn't kill the other.
"It is alright, he probably is just here about Shikamaru, I think he had a crush on him." Hinata explained, causing Sasuke to become pissed once again.
"Well he better not touch my Shika!"
"Oh, hey, who is that girl with the buns and that guy in the green spandex?" Sai asked, watching curiously as two other people joined Neji, but both trying to drag Neji away, who was resisting.
"She is Tenten and he is Lee, they are his best friends." Hinata explained, watching amused at their antics.
"Can we please let them in? It has been so long since I've seen my cousin! Please?" Hinata turned to Sasuke, and no one could say no to Hinata, with those sweet and sad eyes of hers, lip trembling.
He huff and nodded, causing the others to cheer and rush down to meet the guests.
Neji and the other two stared shocked as the doors opened for them.
"Well, go on Neji." Tenten muttered, pushing him inside into the darkness. Neji glared at her, but walked in first.
The three looked around at the castle and wondered just why in the world was the castle so clean?
"It really is clean here, huh?" Tenten said as she looked around.
"Welcome." Came the gruff voice of Sasuke as he trotted down the stairs to greet the three.
The three let out a scream at the sight of the huge beast, much to the dismay of everyone around them. Their ears would never be the same.
"You are Sasuke?" Lee asked, the one still with the ability to talk.
"Yes, that I am." He huffed, annoyed.
"Well, congratulations to you and umm…Shikamaru about your engagement!" Tenten immediately recovered and became excited about the wedding now. Sasuke just looked at her confused.
"Wait up! You are marrying Shikamaru? You fur ball?" Neji glared angrily at Sasuke, even though he had to admit that the other had beautiful fur.
"Yes! You have a problem with that?" Sasuke snapped back, snarling, baring his teeth.
"Neji!"
Neji was suddenly tackled down by a tea cup, that sounded a lot like Hinata.
"Hinata?" Neji asked once he looked into the eyes of the tea cup.
"I have missed you cousin!" Hinata squeaked.
"What have I missed!" Shikamaru gasped as he ran into the castle, gasping for breath.
"Neji is Hinata's cousin, they are catching up on time." Ino informed him, waving over to where Hinata was introducing Neji, Tenten, and Lee to her girlfriend, Sakura, the tea pot.
"Also, what is this about an engagement?" Sasuke asked Shikamaru with a raised eyebrow.
"I've been living with you for a while now, Uchiha, were you not planning on marrying me after all this time in which people have assumed that is where this was heading?" Shikamaru glared at Sasuke, hands on his hips, daring him to tell him that they were not getting married in the end.
"Not that at all! Of course we are getting married!" Sasuke quickly agreed, knowing very well that he would be in big trouble if he said no. Not only by Shikamaru, his mother who he was afraid of because of all the stories Shikamaru had told him about her, now Neji, Tenten and Lee to add to the list, and all of the people in the castle…..yes, he was definitely not a safe man if he dared to not make Shikamaru a decent man.
"Good, now that that's settle, my mom wants to meet you." Shikamaru told Sasuke, who immediately ran away and hid in one of the rooms.
Shikamaru sighed and shook his head.
After much wheedling and pleading, Sasuke had agreed to go meet Shikamaru's mother.
"Thank you, it will mean a lot to her and to me." Shikamaru smiled, reaching over to scratch Sasuke's ear.
"Hn, you owe me." Sasuke huffed, his annoyance leaving him with all the petting.
"I….." Shikamaru stopped with hesitation, before steeling his resolve.
"I love you Sasuke."
Sasuke turned surprised to look at Shikamaru, before suddenly feeling a tingling feeling all over his body.
Shikamaru covered his eyes at the sudden burst of light that engulfed the room.
"Sasuke?" Shikamaru asked once the light had gone back to normal, only to be met with a guy, not a huge wolf.
"I think the curse has been broken." Sasuke muttered, voice still the same deep and dark voice.
Shikamaru smiled and reached up to touch Sasuke's face.
"I told you I would break the curse." Shikamaru sighed when Sasuke wrapped his arms around him.
"Thank you." Sasuke whispered, before capturing Shikamaru's mouth into a deep kiss.
Back with the others, they were celebrating being human again.
Sasuke did meet with his mother in law and survived.
Ino and Naruto finally got married. She had Shikamaru as her Maid of Honor, and Naruto had Sasuke as his best man. Chouji was in charge of the food and it was delicious. Shikamaru caught the bouquet.
They lived happily ever after….
Shikamaru groaned at the sound of his alarm going off. He turned it off before rolling over and snuggling into Sasuke's side. Just five more minutes…
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