"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.

What would you do, if only with the skills you have now, you were a Genin girl in the Inuzuka clan? After Kegawa Inuzuka's mother and aunt are fed up with the lack of progress with her violent dog, Kikamaru, they send her away to train a dog by herself, pay all the years she did nothing and become an honored Inuzuka dog master.