HEY GUYS AND GIRLS. LET'S SEE IF THE KAGE CAN ANSWER SHIKAMARU AND EXPLAIN WHAT ALL THIS HAS TO DO WITH SASUKE. I NEED ANSWERS AND I NEED THEM NOW. I CAN'T RELAX UNTIL I KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING.
HAPPY READING:)
"Sasuke is not working for me nor has he ever worked for me." the Mizukage stated.
"I believe you." Shikamaru told her. "Let me rephrase my question then; How long has Sasuke been an informant for the Kage?"
"Sasuke has never been an informant or anything other than a rogue ninja to us." the Raikage stated.
"Come on Raikage-sama; don't start lying to me now." Shikamaru told him. "For everyone who doesn't know; Sasuke has been giving information to the Kage and in return the Kage don't arrest him or bring him back to the village. If I had to guess, I would think that Sasuke started doing this after he betrayed Orochimaru. Obviously killing Orochimaru is nearly impossible but Sasuke does have a vendetta against him so he wouldn't mind hunting down Orochimaru. Sasuke still wants to kill Itachi as well but I guess he hasn't found his brother yet."
"Why would we believe you?" Ibiki asked him.
"Good question. Let me tell you what happened." Shikamaru replied.
***6 DAYS AGO***
"Are you sure you have to go right now?" Yui asked Shikamaru as she laid in his bed the next morning.
"I have to unfortunately. I want to get an update on the forest and make sure that everything is in place for the chunin exams before I meet with Gaara and Tsunade later." Shikamaru answered her while he continued dressing.
"You work too much."
"I never thought anyone would ever tell me that."
"Well you're making us say that."
"I'm not making you say anything. That I leave for when we have our fun at night." Shikamaru shot back at Yui causing her to throw him with a pillow.
"You're an ass." She responded as she laughed.
"I've been told that once or twice. I guess that hasn't changed." Shikamaru replied then made his way towards the girl lying on his bed. "I will see you later."
"Don't stay away too long." Yui told him then went closer to him and kissed him.
"I will bring Temari home with me then you girls can go party again." Shikamaru suggested.
"No thank you. When Temari parties then she goes all out." Yui replied causing him to let out a laugh.
"No Temari then." Shikamaru agreed. "Have fun dealing with my mom."
"I think I am going to stay right here until you come back rather." Yui replied.
"Good luck with that then." Shikamaru told her as he walked out of the room. He made his way down the stairs then went to the kitchen. He saw that the back door was open so his mother must've been in the backyard or the forest. He took an apple then made his way out of the house through the front door. He began eating the green fruit while he made his way through the village streets.
"Shikamaru!" Choji called him. He turned around then saw his chubby friend making his way towards him.
"Hey Cho." Shikamaru greeted him.
"What are you doing Shikamaru?" Choji asked him while they continued walking again.
"Just going to go check on the forest and make sure that everything is set for the chunin exams." Shikamaru answered him. "What are you doing?"
"I was on my way towards the training fields. Naruto, Lee and Sai said that they were going to train so I was going to join them."
"Really?"
"Yeah. You're the leader of the chunin exams and Ino is working with her father so I have to start going up in the ranks as well."
"Who would've thought that the two of us actually want to do work?" Shikamaru asked him causing them to laugh.
"I don't think Ino would recognise us right now." Choji added.
"I don't even recognise us right now." Shikamaru stated while they continued laughing.
"You're getting married so I guess things are changing." Choji pointed out.
"You seem to be getting along pretty well with a certain Kumo kunoichi as well." Shikamaru told him. He noticed the shy smile that Choji had on his face. "You're in charge of protecting the Kumo genin with them during the exams so don't get too distracted by her charm."
"I won't." Choji quickly replied.
"Good. Don't hurt yourself." Shikamaru told his friend as they came to the path Choji needed to take to get to the training fields.
"I will try my best. See you later Shikamaru." Choji said then walked down the path while Shikamaru continued on his way. He made it to his destination then spoke to the ninja that was placed there in order to maintain the forest and get it ready for the exams. He explained some of the things to them before deciding to make his way back to the village. He took a shortcut that was unused by most civilians since it had been the hunting grounds for a couple of ferocious beasts over the past years. Shikamaru didn't mind using that path since he had the means to protect himself from those creatures but while he was on the path he could feel another stronger presence.
He quickly went off the path and hid behind a tree and tried to hide until whatever that strong presence was appeared or disappeared. It took a couple of minutes before Shikamaru finally saw a figure on the path. As it came closer he could see that it was a male with dark spiky hair then Shikamaru started making out the features of the person; Sasuke.
Plans raced through Shikamaru's mind to trap Sasuke but then one question plagued his mind; why was Sasuke returning from the village? He ignored then quickly came up with a plan. Once Sasuke was in range, Shikamaru began quickly joining the shadows of the trees together creating one massive shadow around Sasuke then immediately shot the shadows towards Sasuke's shadow. He jumped into the air but Shikamaru immediately lifted his shadows up and caught Sasuke before he could jump higher. He brought the rogue Uchiha down to the ground and trapped him with his shadows.
"You've improved Shikamaru." Sasuke said as he stood trapped by the shadows.
"Thanks I guess." Shikamaru replied while he emerged from the trees then went closer to Sasuke but kept his shadows around him. "It's been a while."
"It has. I see you're leading the chunin exams this time." Sasuke replied.
"It's a drag but at least I don't have to go on any missions." Shikamaru told him. "Why are you coming from the village?"
"I just came to tie up some loose ends." Sasuke stated.
"You and I were comrades once so don't lie to me." Shikamaru told him. "I know that you can easily escape from my jutsu yet you're choosing to stay put. That tells me two things; one, you don't want to kill me and two, you don't want anyone else to know that you're here in the village."
"Still a genius it seems." Sasuke confirmed.
"You're still the prodigy of the Uchiha clan." Shikamaru reminded him. "What are you doing here Sasuke? Please don't make me blow your cover." Shikamaru used his shadows then took three kunai with exploding tags on it and sent it into the forest in different directions.
"You're too smart for your own good sometimes." Sasuke stated.
"I know how good you are with the shuriken jutsu but even you can't hit three blind spots that are at least 10 meters away from you in every direction at the same time before they explode."
"Are you sure about that?" Sasuke asked him.
"I will take my chances." Shikamaru answered him as the two of them stared each other down.
"I just came to warn Lady Tsunade about something." Sasuke answered and Shikamaru could see that he was telling the truth.
"Does Naruto and Sakura know you're here?" Shikamaru asked as he withdrew his kunai and his shadows from Sasuke.
"Do you think I would be able to walk out of this village if they did?"
"You should talk to them. Naruto made a promise to Sakura to bring you back."
"I know."
"Are you going to let him continue trying to get you back when you have no intention of returning?"
"I can't return until I reach my goal."
"Goal of killing Itachi or Orochimaru?"
"Both."
"They're both extremely dangerous ninja. Are you sure that you will be fine on your own? If Naruto finds out that you died then I don't think anything will be able to stop him from releasing the nine tails."
"Hinata will stop him."
"You're placing a lot on her."
"She knows who and what Naruto is. She's ready for anything that happens." Sasuke said as he began walking towards Shikamaru still following the path. "I heard you're getting married as well."
"Yeah." Shikamaru replied as Sasuke stopped just as he was about to pass Shikamaru.
"Don't trust Yui, she's not who you think she is." Sasuke warned him then disappeared.
LOOKS LIKE SASUKE WAS RIGHT ABOUT YUI NOT BEING WHO WE THOUGHT SHE WAS. SASUKE BEING AN INFORMANT FOR THE KAGE WAS A BIT OF A SURPRISE BUT THEN AGAIN, MAYBE HE IS USING THEM TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT ITACHI AND OROCHIMARU. THIS STORY IS BECOMING MORE COMPLICATED BY THE CHAPTER. ON A LIGHTER NOTE; CHOJI AND KARUI SEEM TO BE GETTING CLOSER. I GUESS THERE'S A SILVER LINING. UNTIL NEXT TIME GUYS AND GIRLS.