Title: Shadow
Author: Simply Kelp
Pairing: not focused on any one ship, but there may be background ones.
Rating: pg
Summary: Shikamaru discovers that he has two shadows now: his own, and Konohamaru. Little vignettes about the evolution of their friendship.
Disclaimer: It doesn't say "Masashi Kishimoto" on my underwear, that must mean that I don't own Naruto... merde.
A/N: Part two of the request from Demonic Angel Clone. I really hope Hanabi's not too Hinata-ish; I figured that they would be kind of similar, though, because they are sisters.
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Hanabi (two)
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Konohamaru ambled through the park. They got back from the mission late, and all he wanted to do was to see Shikamaru, and maybe take a nap under the clouds. When he reached their usual spot, Konohamaru saw someone unexpected there. "Hanabi-chan?" he asked. She looked over at him. Her face was red, and he could see her chest heaving slightly. "You look kind of red. Are you getting sick?" he asked her.
Hanabi looked away. "I'm fine. I just, um, finished training earlier." She stood, and fixed him with a nebulous look. One that Konohamaru was pretty sure he'd seen somewhere before.
"Oh," was all that he could think of to say.
"How was your mission?" she asked, looking him over for any obvious injuries.
Konohamaru shrugged. "Huh? Oh, it was good." He thought for a moment. "How did you know?"
Hanabi looked away. "I, uh, ran into Shikamaru-san earlier today."
"Have you seen him recently?" Konohamaru asked. "I wanted to talk to him."
Hanabi shook her head. "N-no."
Konohamaru rubbed his shoulder. His muscles ached; he could just wait for Shikamaru to come here. He chuckled inwardly; if he did that, he might wait until tomorrow. "Hm, I'm going to go look for him," he muttered, turning.
"Oh," came Hanabi's voice, slightly dejected, from behind.
Konohamaru turned around. "Um, you can, uh, come with-- if you want."
Hanabi covered her face to cough. "No. I should go home."
Konohamaru shrugged; girls were weird. "Okay, see you, Hanabi-chan!" He took off running--or walking kind of quickly; he was too tired to actually run-- to find Shikamaru.
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Poor Konohamaru: he has no clue when it comes to girls… Thanks for reading; I would love to hear what you thought.