PLEASE READ!!!! This is the TRADEGY ending!!! The happy ending is the next chapter! Just for people who don't enjoy this genre. Any who, I am soooooooooooooooooooooooooo sorry it took me this long to update. My computer was screwed and so I lost all my previous files etc. T-T it made me sad (especially since I have to do my ENTIRE 20 page essay again!!!!). Ok, enough with the venting. Story time!!! ^^

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The following morning there was a knock at Shikamaru's door, awaking him from his deep slumber. As soon as he couldn't stand the knocking anymore, he rose from his bed and answered, only to see Sakura outside.

"Good morning, Shikamaru!" She spoke cheerily, in a 'I am sooo a morning person' kind of way.

"Hey Sakura." Shikamaru mumbled.

"Tsunade wants to see you in her office as soon as possible please?"

"Me? I thought it was my day off?"

"Yeah. She said it's nothing to worry about. It shouldn't take long."

"Shikamaru groaned. "OK, I'm on my way."

Shikamaru closed the door and got washed and dressed for the more than likely troublesome day in front of him.

As he approached the office, his stomach turned.

Could this be about me and Temari? They couldn't have found out could they?

He paused momentarily before entering the office. When he did enter, he looked around to see Neji, Tenten, Sakura, Kakashi and Rock Lee stood around Tsunade's desk. Shikamaru joined them.

"I need you to retrieve two bodies. They were found yesterday by two farmers about 50 kilometres from the border. We need a full evaluation of the crime scene etc. Can you handle it?"

They all nodded.

"Excellent. I need you to leave immediately."

They all turned to exit the office.

"Not you Shikamaru. Please take a seat. I'll be with you in a second." Tsunade moved some things around on her desk then turned to look at him again.

See, this is normal. It can;t be THAT important.

After countless seconds, she put her pen down and looked at Shikamaru for the first time since he entered the office.

"I'm going to cut straight to the point. We need a DNA and blood sample."

Shikamaru was thankful and shocked at the same time.

"A DNA and blood sample?"

"Yes. We believe we may have found a deciphering scrolls using small flakes of skin. And because your I.Q. Is so high, You cells are more likely to progress quicker."

Shikamaru nodded in agreement.

"Great. If you go to the medical office they have prepared to take the tests. Thank you Shikamaru."

As planned, Shikamaru gave them the samples, the enjoyed the rest of his day off they he always did. Watching clouds in the park.

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The day after next, Shikamaru was having lunch with Chouji in the usual Tea Shop. They were casually talking whilst finishing their meals.

"So, I heard Temari is coming back to Konoha for two months."

Shikamaru smiled "Yeah. I'm looking forward to seeing her again."

Chouji smiled too. "I like seeing you in this mood. Your happiness seems to radiate when you show it."

"Thanks, I think."

At that moment, Shikaku cam through the doors and caught Shikamaru in the corner of his eye.

He turned to look at him. "Oh, hi Shikamaru. Enjoying your lunch?"

"Yeah." Shikamaru said still smiling.

"Well, whilst it is nice to see you smiling, Tsunade wants to see you. She said something about a test."

"Oh, I know what that's about." Shikamaru stood up and put some money on the table. "I'll see you later." He waved and walked out the Tea Shop.

As he walked out the door, he put his hand in his pocket, only to feel something smooth.

He pulled out a small box, covered in dark purple velvet. There was a strange seal on the front of it. He had only seen this seal in books. Fortune tellers used it to make sure people don't read there fortunes before they are so far away or after a certain amount of times. The seal would only break when it was time. He returned the box to his pocket and began walking to the Hokage's office.

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Shikamaru sat in the waiting room, this time without a sand kunoichi asleep on his shoulder. Final his name was called and he entered Tsunade's office.

But it was different this time.

When he entered, Tsunade wasn't doing any paperwork. There was a very serious look on her face and a cold look in her eyes.

"Please sit down Shikamaru." Tsunade pointed to the chair straight in front of her desk. Shikamaru, despite the bad feeling in his chest, sat down.

When he sat down, he placed a small brown bag on the table.

"That's Temari's bag." He pointed towards it.

Tsunade nodded. She removed a small envelope from the bag and passed it to Shikamaru. It had the same seal on it, only this seal was broken. He pulled a piece of card the same colour as the envelope out and read it.

It only said: It's a girl.

Shikamaru looked towards Tsunade with a gob-smacked expression on his face.

"We found the body of Temari no Sabaku 153 kilometres from the Konoha border. We also found the body of Shiho, a student at Konoha university. We believe they engaged in combat. Temari managed to kill Shiho but her wounds were so deep she bled to death shortly after. During the autopsy, we found a 4 week old foetus inside of her. We did some tests, that revealed that you were the father. Temari was pregnant with your daughter."

Shikamaru sat without saying a word. His mouth a little bit open. So many emotions circled in his head. Anger, pain, sadness. But none could be expressed. He was in shock.

"I'm sure this was a lot for you to take in. And I am terribly sorry for your loss. Obviously you are entitled to have as long as you need off work."

"Thank you for telling me, Hokage-sama." Shikamaru stood up and prepared to exit the office.

"You should stay with a friend or some family tonight, Shikamaru. This must be really hard for you."

"Thank you." He repeated before leaving.

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As Shikamaru made his way to his parents house, he heard his name being called from his left.

"Hey Shikamaru!" Chouji called at him. Shikamaru looked at him and then continued walking. He called him again. This time walking over to him at the same time.

Shikamaru stopped and looked at him. Chouji stopped, shocked by how drastically his mood had changed from earlier that day.

"What happened? Isn't Temari coming any more?"

Shikamaru felt like some one had just been punched in the gut. Hard.

"You could say that. I have to go."

"OK?" Shikamaru started to walk of before Chouji could reply to his face.

"I'm here if you need me dude." Chouji shouted after him.

Shikamaru stopped momentarily before walking on.

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Shikamaru approached his parents house. He reached the front door, but remembered the small inside his pocket. He felt around and found it again. As he thought, the seal had broken. He opened it slowly.

Inside was a silver ring.

It was elegant, and beautiful and seemed to grace the box lined with silk with a sense of pride. It reminded him of Temari.

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Shikaku was inside Shikamaru's old room, which was empty beside a candle or two and a shogi board in the centre.

"Hey Shikamaru." Shikaky noted his expression. "You look sad. What happened?"

Shikamaru sat down.

"Temari's dead."

There was a long silence until Shikaku finally spoke.

"At least you didn't know her for long. It would have been harder." Shikaku said. Although it sounded harsh. He knew it was the only way to get Shikamaru to open up.

Shikamaru kicked the shogi board at the wall.

"I didn't know her?!"

He threw the box containing the ring at his dads feet.

"I loved her! She was pregnant with my daughter for gods sake! I have know her for nearly 10 years! I was going to ask her to marry me! And she died because one of the university students I was tutoring got jealous!!! How the HELL DO YOU THINK THAT MAKES ME FEEL?!" Shikamaru yelled at his father.

Shikaku stood up and walked over to his son. "Let it out." Shikaku whispered to his son before leaving the room and closing the door.

Shikamaru fell to the floor screaming until his lungs where sore. Tears fell down his face like a stream leaving very little, if any dry skin on his face. After 6 hours looking back on the ordeal, he had run out of tears to cry, he had run out of energy to scream. He lay on the floor with his eyes open. He picked up a shogi and looked at it.

"The knight." He whispered to himself. The piece his sensei had compared him to all those years ago.

Shikamaru stood up. He knew what he had to do.

The next morning Yoshino headed out to Shikamaru's old room with some blankets, in case he had fallen asleep. She opened the door slightly. She could see a damaged shogi board, tiles scattered all over the floor and a candle stick that was upright, but no Shikamaru. She entered the room and began picking up the shogi tiles and board up. Whilst she would NEVER tolerate this behaviour from her son, he wasn't in his right mind.

Shikaku entered behind Yoshino.

"Where do you think he is?" Shikaku said.

"I'm not sure. Probably some where with his head in the clouds."

The both smiled, not knowing the irony of their words.

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Chouji and Ino were gathered around Tsunade's desk.

"I have some bad news. I'm sorry to say that the body of Shikamaru Nara was found in the woods surrounding Konoha. We believe he killed himself after hearing about Temari."

Despite being in utter despair, Chouji asked. "What happened to Temari?"

"I thought you knew." Tsunade took in a deep breath. "Temari's body was found 153 kilometres from the Konoha boarder. We think she engaged in combat with Shiho, a student at Konoha University. Whilst she managed to kill Shiho her wounds were too deep and she bled to death. Normally I would have to ask permission to tell you this bit but i think you deserve to know."

They both became very curious as to what Tsunade was about to say.

"Temari was pregnant with Shikamaru's child. Also, we think Temari and Shikamaru were going to get married."

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Maybe, somewhere Temari and Shikamaru are together.

Like they should be.

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That's it! (unless you are reading the other ending too. If you do read both endings please could you tell me which one you thought was better in a review). Please review because I really want to know what people think about this ending. Also, I will be starting a new story very shortly. If your into Konoha high fics then I DEFINATLEY recommend it. ^_^