Shikamaru's found the one code that he can't decode, and it's infuriating. After always relying on his brain, he begins second guessing everything that makes him a ninja. It all remains hidden until it's forced out of him by a civilian named Koudowa.

Unlike glass, mirrors can't be seen through. Instead they force you to see everything you hate about yourself. But he was sure that, behind the mirrors, the frame was slowly, steadily breaking. Kakashi/OC KakashixOC Kaka/Oc

Gai challenges Kakashi: whichever one of them can guess the name of the girl at the flower shop, gets to go on a date with her. No one knew what that one little challenge would uncover - surely not an illegal runaway in the form of a shy girl.

Drabble. GaaraxOC friendship.