"They say the only thing to fear is fear itself. That, and a motivated Nara." Shikamaru is born with his father's intelligence and his mother's work ethic. The world is turned sideways.

They say that destiny is set in stone. Most people are willing to accept this and move on - Yamanaka Inoko is not most people. Her father's life is on the line, and she knows that if she wants to keep him safe, she's going to need a seriously big sledgehammer.

Sometimes I wonder if all of the pain was worth the brief moments of happiness; was the life I had chosen, a life that would make me strong so I could protect what was precious to me, truly worth all of the grief? I know if I had not chosen this life, I would never have met him - and he would always be worth it. Ren is on Team Eleven and this is his story (Yaoi, Slash, OMC)

Shinobi are treated better than civilians. This is a fact that most can agree on. For generations, civilians have just grit their teeth and bore it but then she was born. The one who brought to light the struggles and pains only a civilian could understand. In a desperate plight to show that life wasn't all sugary and sweet.

Life is made of infinite possibilities, infinite choices and infinite eventualities and sometimes it takes a thousand hands to reach out and grasp them. SI/OC