Hmm... so it's been a long time since I last updated. My conclusion? I really don't have time during the school year to fanfic... especially now that I'm going to highschool, and homework is going to be even worse.
But, I have all summer. And I currently have two other plans for this collection that are ready to be written. And I have no life on weekdays that I don't have scheduled to be with my friends (which technically means I actually have a life this summer, but I'm supposed to be telling you that I'll update more, so that's what I'm going to do. Haha.)
Not a whole lot to say about that. So moving on: I really like this one. I think it's sweet, short, and gets to the point. Feel free to tell me otherwise, though, by leaving me a review.
Hell, feel free to leave me a review telling me you agree(:
Disclaimer: I don't know exactly how the school system is broken up in Japan, but I'm sure they have a point where schooling ends, and I'm sure as hell sure that Misashi Kishimoto-dono has passed that point, so I'm pretty sure, that, since I have yet to finish my education, that I am not Misashi Kishimoto-dono and I have no legal claim over the characters within his show Naruto. This story is purely fan-made and I gain no profit from it whatsoever (aside from the moral comfort and warm fuzzy feeling from reading your loving reviews.)
Detication: To summer, who I hate with a burning passion because it rips me apart from my friends (especially this summer, as it's not going to put us back together again,) but nevertheless gets me to do my job as an author Naruto fanfictions. So thank you, summer. Shikamaru X Naruto
Story Eleven: Compatible
When we find someone who's weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into a mutally satisfying weirdness – and we call it love – true love.
The men's locker room of Konoha High was full of pent up energy. The boys were shouting words of encouragement and praise over the bass line of the music blasting from the speakers. They were psyched for the football game they were going to play (and win, they were sure) in less than fifteen minutes.
The blonde captain stepped forward, a cheeky grin on his face. "Guys, this is it! We're gonna beat Suna's ass into the ground. Their team doesn't stand a chance. This is our turf, our stadium, our championship, and they can't do shit about it. Those are our friends, our family, and our fans out there. And, of course, our cheerleaders, which are way better than their cheerleaders."
The team howled with approval and amusement in a great uproar of noise, slapping each other on the back and laughing to themselves. They knew they were going to win. It was their last game. For the first time in over a decade, everyone on the varsity football team was a senior. So, this being the last game of the last season they'd be spending at school (because, though it's a shame to think about, most of the players were not planning on going to college,) this could very well be the last game they play. And they were not going to let Suna win their last game. They knew were going to win.
And so did Naruto. Naruto knew he was going to win. He knew it. Shikamaru had said so. What more did he need?
Of course, Shikamaru had said it in more complicated verse than just, "you're going to win," because if he was going to explain why, which he knew the blonde would ask him, he had might as well do it thoroughly and save himself the effort later.
"You have a higher probablility of winning. If there'd only been, say, four teams in the leauge, the data would be less conclusive, but the Law of Large Numbers means that…"
And that was where Shikamaru had lost him.
But he eventually came back to the point of the matter, and that was that Naruto and his team were going to win.
And, of course, Shikamaru was right. When was he ever wrong? The Konoha High football team won their game by three touchdowns.
And the best part of the night was easily watching the looks of the people on Suna's team when they saw the varsity football captain walk up to his boyfriend and kiss him.
Gaara no Sabaku was among the most surprised. He and Naruto had been friends as kids, but he'd never considered the fact that Naruto would be gay (not that he had anything against it, really, though it did make him wonder what else his friend had hidden from him.)
And what was more – why Shikamaru? They were probably as different as two people could be (aside from the fact that they were both men, which was about the only similarity between the two.) Naruto was Brawn and no Brain. Captain of varsity football (and various other varsity sports teams) and doing only good enough in school to graduate and be eligible for sports. Shikamaru didn't do anything after school (though, the chess club and the mathletes had tried recruiting him up until his senior year when they finally realized he wasn't going to join,) and had a 4.0 GPA without even trying (because you know he wouldn't have tried for it.)
"Opposites attract," Shikamaru would say simply when asked why he would choose Naruto.
Which, of course, meant that, Naruto being his opposite, would end up giving the more complicated response, (though all it did was make him sound about as dumb as he really is,) "When we find someone who's weirdness is compatible with our own, we join up with them and fall into a mutually satisfying weirdness – and we call it love – true love."
Which, incase you were wondering, got a few jokes about "mutually satisfying."
So, leave me a comment? :D