"Shikamaru, you should use it like not like your two are dating? You don't have to do anything; tell her you to have to see her reaction."

"MMMm, I do like your plan, Ino messing around with Temari. Even if Serenity does find it out, she felt that. I went to another woman to satisfied my needs."

"There you go, Shikamaru she a nobody that happens to be in the same class as an academy."

Slam of a fist against the counter.

"I can't believe the both of you are just standing there talking like that about friend and comrade life. Just her side like she never means anything to any of you. If that so easy for you to just toss her like yesterday's garbage. Then what going to stop for to toss out our friendship, family, or your same village. If you go through with this plan, Shikamaru, Ino, then our friendship is over, and I'm going to talk my father intake clan out of the Ino–Shika–Chō for good."

"My God, Choji, don't be overdramatic; she not worth it."

"Yeah, man, she just a girl."

"That is a promise, Shikamaru, Ino, and I will not give it a second thought."

They have never seen Choji so mad, even after made fun of his weight. They just shrugged and went back talking about the plan.

But Choji had our plans he wasn't going to give much of a chance to hurt his friend who been work herself to death, so the village after the 4th great war.

"Hey Choji"

"Hey Kiba"

"We going to go get some BBQ to want to come?"

"No, thank you."

"What wrong, Choji something is off with you."

"It's Shikamaru, Ino they planning to do something God right awful to Serenity."

"Tell us everything."

Choji told Kiba, Shino, and Neji what they plan and His promise to them if they go through with it.

Then Neji started to laughing hard they look at him.

"Wouldn't be funny if the Commander stole Serenity right from Shikamaru, and he disowns him so he couldn't run the Nara clan."

"And she becomes the stepmother and gives Nara clan stronger heirs."

"Asuma sensei must be rolling around in his grave to think two of his students are going to do his eldest daughter."

They all noded they were just thinking about how to handle the problem.

"Why not tell his father, and he's like in clan meeting or something?"

"I could, and I will have to if I want to break up the Ino–Shika–Chō."

"But could you do it without letting them know?"

"Well, they going to be at the bar soon."

"So go talk to them, and we keep an eye out for them and Serenity."

It didn't take them long to find them, and they just sat down, getting ready to start drinking.

"Hey, son, comes to join us, and I'll order some of your favorite foods too."

"Thanks, Dad, but I'm not hungry."

"What's wrong?"

"Shikamaru, Ino, they are planning to hurt Serenity."

"How"

" Shikamaru and Ino were making plans for Shikamaru to cheat on Serenity if she finds out blame her, in not satisfied his needs. I made them a promise if they go through with it. Then I'm ending our friendship and the Ino–Shika–Chō. Because if they could toss a good friend and our sensei daughter like that. What will stop for doing that to me, their family, clans, and village."

"If this plan does..."

"Hey, Choji heads up they here, and Temari is too."

"Well, we are in a dark corner lets watch a see what happens."

"Hey, Temari looking good."

"Shikamaru, hey, what is up."

"Nothing much-doing anything this tonight wants to hang out just the 2 of us."

"Sure, let get out of here. Wait, what about Serenity? Would come looking for her boyfriend."

"Don't worry about her; she is covering me at the hospital. So go have fun, you too."

"So it over just like that, they had good run our friendship and the Ino–Shika–Chō."

Just then, a dark look came across Shikaku. He places his glass down; he is not my son. I remarried and have another child before I hand your clan to him.

Inoichi looks down, the shame of his daughter, and shakes his head.

"I'm going to need a new heir."

"Ino twin sister is now my heir as well."

"And Serenity can use the shadows so the Ino–Shika–Chō

is not lost this time around."

"Wait, What!"

"Yeah, she uses the shadows to her will; the first time I have seen her use the Kakashi, Asuma sensei deep in the woods. Asuma sensei saw me, and he made me promise never to tell anyone, but I think we all need to know this."

"Choji, do you know what this means."

"No, it doesn't matter; she is still our friend."

"Well, that doesn't change that fact, but the priestess of shadows, mother of shadows."

"Moon princess, princess of deer."

"That examples a lot too."

"It makes what those too are doing more fuck up too."

Shikaku gets up and just leaves; he walks deep into his clan forset to a crave; deep in the this crave a shine. He purifies himself sacred stream that runs right by the shine. He walks up the shine steps kneels at the door. Slides open the doors walks in; he kneels at the door away.

He moves further; he kneels and bows to this shine in the back holds a finger of a woman standing by some deer.

Underneath her is a shelf that has a box. That only be open by the head of the Nara and with his blood. It holds a very forbidden jutsu, and He picks the scared dagger cuts his hand place over and box.

A bright light comes from the box that shows. I open it, pulls out the scroll, slowly opens it up. I was looking for a pacific jutsu; to make me younger and add more time to his life. It's a dark jutsu because adding more life depends on the blood sacrifice to be younger and add more energy. A young, strong fawn, and a human, as he reads when this needs to happen what else he needs to do. He came up with a plan and how to execute it. After making the notes in what he needs, he rolls it back up. Place the scroll back in it and closes the lid. He bows again and offers a prayer up.

'Spirits of shadows and life, please grant me this so I can win and show her ladyship how she should be treated right. Show me the fawn or young buck you wish from me.'

He gets up and walks out of the shine as he walks down the steps. A strange wind starts to blow around him fiercely. As quickly as the wind came to its stops and not too far from him, it was a yearning buck standing about 20 feet from him.

Shikaku looks back up the shines steps, and he nods his understanding. He walks over to the sacred stream pulls out his kunai from his weapons pouch. Kneel at the stream, and he starts to wash it off in the water. Once done, he goes to the young buck brings close to the water edge.

"Thank you, young one, I will do everything I can to make her feel safe, and you will be with her as well."

He closes him for a moment, and quick as lighting, he slides kunai through the buck neck and spills the blood into the stream. Just before the buck's body drops, Shikaku pulls into the brook to wash it. By using the stream, he takes the body behind the shine to the cleaning area. Which has stone tables use to clean the sacred sacrifice. He lefts the body over his head walks out of the stream over to the table. Gently place it on the table and go back to clean it.

Once the buck is skin Shikaku goes over to the stream and places it in the water to wash it. Place a rock on the skin; he goes start a fire once the fire was roaring, blazing. He throws them into the flames. Once the fire claims the body and turns it to ash, and dies out. Shikaku goes grab the skin walks out of the cave to complete his next task.

Shikaku now needs a young, healthy male. Shikaku saw how the shadows were doing; he follows them. They take to the young man that got lost on in the forset.

"Must it be him?"

That same strange wind blowing just like before, He closes his eyes just as quickly before he knocks out the young man and throws him over his shoulder. Shikaku heads back to the cave; once back, he dips the man in the water to wash flowing down the water. To the same clean table as before, he goes over to the ash to get a little. The very shadows held down the boy as Shikaku mixes the ash into a special ink. The boy wakes up looking around him and tries to get up.

"You will not be able to move, young man."

"What are you going to do with me?"

"Do you have any family?"

"Are you going to answer me?"

"Do you have any family?"

"No, I'm an orphan."

"How did I end up in my forset then?"

"I don't remember."

"Don't worry, the spirits will have reborn into my deer herd, and from there into the clan. We all return there and back. You have a family soon enough, and you just have to make this one step."

"And that will be what exactly to die, and by the note, I found on you came here wanting to die."

"I...I have no family and friends, and no will miss me if just disappear."

"So what is it going to be then, boy?"

"Ok, let's do this; what is this?"

With that, Shikaku walks over to the teapot, pours a small cup of tea, walks back over to the table the boy is on.

As I lifted the boy's head, so I bring the cup to the boy's lips.

"Here, boy drink this once to fall asleep; your new life will start, and you will remember this life."

He drank down sweet, bitter tea; once he finished, Shikaku lay the boy's head back down gently. He didn't need the sleeping tea, but he was many things, but he did try not to be cruel to those who didn't deserve it. He wasn't lying when he says this boy's new life would start soon. This boy would be reborn into the hard, and after few years, once he dies, he is reborn into the clan. Just for the cycle to begin again, it was for the Nara, Yamanaka, and the Akimichi clans.

To serve her their princess of shadows, she gave them their clan's abilities, so and many ways, she was also their mother. It said that she comes back to the world of life to protect them from a great evil.

And she has with team seven they stop Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, it's his job to protect her and outcast that boy. He could outcast Shikamaru without his replacement which will be this boy now once done. It is her choice if he does come back. It didn't take long for the tea to work, and the boy was asleep. Shikaku picks up his ink brush, infuses it with his chakra, and gets to work. He brushes the special clan characters onto the boy's skin. Once done, he picks up the same kunai he used on the buck easier. He slides over deep into the boy's neck, then to his waist, and then down around his ankles. As the blood drains out of him, the very shadows holding him slow take the boys. As those identical characters, Shikaku's place on him starts to glow as the clouds come over him.

After an hour, the shadows take the boy, and all that is left was the blood that was dripping off the table, and suddenly streams water raise and wash the table clean and the rest of the area clean too.

With did it, and it was time for him to go home and rest. The shadows had other plans will quick the very shadows trip him into the stream roll him around under the water's surface like the ocean wave hitting the shoreline. It didn't take long, and everything stops suddenly and Could leave the cave.

He starts his long walk home out deep of the forest, about an hour walk; he was back at the clan compound where Inoichi and Chōza were waiting for him.

"So you did it"

"Did want me to stand back while too stupid children, single handly destroy our clans."

"No, so we work on stealing her from Shikamaru, right."

"Shikamaru has been throw out of the clan, and it should be that hard. I know what she likes and her favorite stuff. And she works as my secretary. Now just need to do little flirting and just being nice to her."

"Ok, we see you in the morning after I throw out Ino from the clan, and the meeting few days I publicly renounce her as my heir."

"And be doing the same night, guys."

They left while Shikaku places the deerskin on the rack so he can clean it later. He was just really trie, and all he wanted was to go to sleep. He walks into his house, looks around, and sees Shikamaru hasn't come home yet. So he walks right out to the gate guard of the clan compound.

"Hey Karasu"

"Yes, my lord."

"As of tonight, Shikamaru is no longer part of this clan. So he is no longer allowed in."

"Is this because he been fucking that sand bitch."

"so tonight, his first time well well, I will enjoy teaching him his lesson. goodnight, pass it on, Karasu."

In the morning, he has hired some genin to clean his shit out and his excellent nothing mother shit as well. Once he got back to his home, take off his sandals, go into his room, take off his clothes, and crawl under the bed covers.

The following day his younger brother barges into his room.

"I can't believe the son of your Shikaku. Shikaku, hey, it time to get up; I'm bitching here need my big to listen."

He pulls the bedding off of him and saw teenage Shikaku, and he was about 18 or 19 again. He was reaching for his blanket and waked up.

"Commander, time to get your ass up, and I start the shower and making your breakfast."

As she walks into the room, and saw the same thing too.

"OH, by the shadows, what did you do."

"Nothing much."

Both Serenity and Ebisu look at each other; they didn't buy it one bit. So I took her hands into mine hands.

"Ok, I did do something, but I can't tell you just Serenity, but I will tell everything when it's time all right. I'm just asking you to trust me."

She smiles that beautiful smile at me; how can anyone go out their way to hurt someone like her.

"All right, Commander, now get into the shower get ready for the day."

"All right, oh princess, can you hire some genin to clean Shikamaru to clean out all of the shit from the room, and I also need all of Yoshino shit needs to go as well."

"Sure, I'll pick in while you're in the meeting; go jump in the shower."

I watch her leave the room, and I jump up to take a shower.

"So, are you going to tell me what's going, bro?"

"Well, Shikamaru is no longer a member of this clan of last night. I replace with another who being reborn as deer soon. Oh, Asuma and Kakashi have been hiding our mother of shadows."

"What! who is she? We need to have her move in so we can that care of her..."

"Ebisu calms down; yes, I know it's Serenity."

"So you know what that little ass hole did then. And this makes, even more, fuck up knowing what Serenity is to all three clans."

"4 clans, little bro, we keep forgetting Hatake the calls the wolf princess or the moon princess."

"Wow, that does explain a lot; I start cleaning up out their stuff out. Do you keep her jewelry?"

"Just the cheap crap; the other belongs to the clan."

"Maybe you need have to build a new house?"

"I would, but Serenity loves this place, so it just needs to be deep cleaning and their shit out out of my clan's home."

I finish showering, dry my hair, walk into the room to my walk-in closet pull out my old clothes. I have to go shopping for new clothes. I'll go to that today.

Brush out my hair and put it up into the ponytail. Walking out of my bedroom, I just look back at Ebisu, got through the jewelry box, and pulling out all the cheap shit.

"Where is Ebisu?"
"He starting the cleaning out my room."

"Ok, the stuff meeting brought up anything new with the clan. I see both the Nara and Yamanaka clan have new announcements."

She puts before me a pancake with cheese eggs ham steak. Her cooking is the best I ever tasted.

"Princess, I need a copy of your schedule from the hospital too from the last year."

"Ok, why would need that, Commander?"

"I think you being overwork."

"Oh, I'm not overwork; I like helping Commander."

"I know, and I love that about you. I also know that Asuma uses to stay on top of it. You'll, my dear, have a bad habit of working yourself to chakra exhaustion. I step back with your uncle Kakashi to let Shikamaru find the courage and start to show he can take care of you. Is what your father Asuma wanted, but he not. Shikamaru right now only cares for his needs that he hasn't been taking care of you."

"I'm sure he just as busy as me."

I Saw Ebisu looks very sad at her; we both know that she will get her heart sweetheart hurt. She sees him come in gets up to get him his breakfast. She places his food in front of him, and he digs in like no tomorrow; he loves her cooking.

"I'll wash the dish, Serenity."

"Ok, thank you, Ebisu. Ok, Commander, I'm going to jump in your shower, then go get what you requested."

"You should join me earlier, princess, and I could help you wash up."

She laughs gently at it.

"Maybe next time, Commander."

"Shikaku, how many times do I have to tell you, princess."

I watch, walk out, and here go into my room.

"I think she likes you more than the brat. She never goes to Shikamaru's room to shower but to yours."

I smile at that, which means she will not be as heartbroken as I thought. She never invested in the relationship and used work to avoid Shikamaru.

So I could steal her right from Shikamaru without even trying.

"So, do you know where he is right now?"

"Yeah, he went to the sand hore motel last night and hasn't left yet. But knowing him, it's his day off, and he is sleeping in till noon."

Once he finishes gets up to do the dishes.

"How are you going to get her to move in?"

"Hmm, let's just take things one step a time."

"But we should be taking care of her."

"We will Asuma raise a strong woman."

He finishes drying the dish when he comes out in a black dress suit with that short skirt that drives me crazy every time.

"I need to go shopping again; my clothes are feeling lost on me."

Ebisu and I look at each other we didn't like the sound of that; she trains with us once a day, working all the time she is eating as she should.

"Well, I need to go shopping too; how about we make it the afternoon of time?"

That way, I take her to lunch and dinner.

"Sound good, ."

I walk up to her get into her personal space; she sees walks back into the wall.

"Commander, what ar..."

"How many time have I told to call me Shikaku."

"But Comm..."

I place my finger on her soft lips.

"What's my name, princess."

She was blushing as she licks her lips with my finger still there.

"Shikaku"

"Now we good you use it from now on."

"But..."

"No, buts we going to use my name from now on, or just have to give more reason to use it."

I watch her blush darken as she nods her pretty head.

"Now go get your schedule from the hospital, and I want it before the meeting, princess."

She nods her head as she blushes even more and goes to leave the house.

"I didn't know you had moved like that, Shikaku."

"I never had reason to use them before, brother."

"So what your plan if doesn't use your name Shilaku?"

"Show that I want her too, by any means necessary."

"Which is"

"I was going to kiss her deeply, which I know she never been kiss before."

"Wait, the brat hasn't kissed her ever."

"No"

"What the fuck is wrong with him?"

"The hell should I know. Have the clan keep an eye on him. I will transfer his assets to him."

" Of course, then the clan going to want a meeting tonight."

"Good, I want a called meeting too. Have it done?"

With that, he nods and going back to clean out my room.

I get ready to leave, which I had to do once I get to the office. I walk out. I see everyone in the clan nod as I walk out of the compound. Everyone has been aware of Shikamaru's status in the clan, and they can feel it.

I halfway to the office, I saw Kakashi. He starts to walk with me, soon follow by Inoichi and Chōza.

"Well, Kakashi, I didn't think you were wake up at this time morning."

"Oh, I have been up all night trying to keep myself from going into a motel room to kill two people."

"So, you know."

"That he been fucking the bitch for six months now."

"Wait, this been going on that long now, poor Choji; he just found out last night."

"Well, the shit will hit the fan for those 2. Kakashi, I'm going to steal your niece from the brat. While burning the house around him."

He put his book away looks over to me, and back ahead of us. We get to headquarters and walk up to my office to see princess put the stack of paper on my desk.

"Shikaku, I got what you requested. Good morning Kakashi, Inoichi, Chōza. Can I get you guys anything?"

"No, thank you, little shadow; you should be at home sleeping."

"No, thank you, Serenity."

"Same"

"All right, if I'm not needed here, I'll be going over to the Hokage office to put in your request Shikaku."

"Add deep home cleaning too, maybe more if I think of it; make for few days, please, princess."

I watch as she blushes and nods her head.

"Of course."

I watch her leave with a small smile, and I sat down to look through her schedule from the hospital. I saw she pulls doubles, if not triple shifts, even after working here and coming back from an extended mission that we did. She had pulled another double shift yesterday. She covers not only Sakura and Ino shifts. I look up to see Kakashi, Inoichi, Chōza read the same stuff.

"I can't believe that little bitch has done that."

"How has she not collapse from chakra exhaustion yet."

"She will be soon."

"Oh, little shadow."

I did the math in my head, and Serenity is not getting more than 4 hours asleep a week. When has she been eating? How to fix this problem at hand.

"Shikaku, there is a 3-month long mission coming up. where Tsunade wants to send me on, but I think you and Serenity are better suited for it. I know Kurenai has wanted to train a little more lately. I bet stepmama will like to have little fun too."

"That will give a chance to get to know one better."

"He already has it."

We all look to Kakashi to see if she tells more.

"Asuma pushes Serenity and Shikamaru together as a way to try to keep the crush. She had on Shikaku from growing, but Serenity never really likes Shikamaru. She keeps Shikamarturn didn't embody any of the loyal, brave, and true characteristics. She never blushes for anyone but Shikaku. If thinks she has a chance with getting Shikaku bye-bye Shikamaru your old news."

"So she will go off on him too."

"Little shadow can be very evil when she wants to be."

"So all I need to do is give her the green light that I want her to."

"And she will not put too much thought in to in and be by your side."

"So Kakashi, how should I give her this clear green light then?"

"Tell her."

"Because I'm to tell about the little shit when she gets back. I love Asuma as a brother; he took good care of my baby sister when she was still with us. I know he would kill that little boy for what he has been doing. I'm going to tell her to for it. To be with you, Shikaku. I'm not wast time waiting for any longer for her to find out."

A knock at the door enters Serenity with some tea.

"Here you go, boys; the meeting is in an hour."

"Serenity, we need to talk."

"Is something wrong, uncle Kakashi?"

"Yes, little shadow, maybe we find another place to talk."

"If this about Shikamaru, I know Choji came by the hospital with ramen, and he told me. He couldn't sleep or live with the knowledge. So I'm going to end it after I talk with dad. We never had a relationship anyway; oh well, know he, not her only one."

"Little shadow, it has been going on for six months."

"And that is why I never wanted to be with him in the first place."

"Hey, I was on your side with that, the same with Kurenai."

She shakes her head walks out but the door, and Kakashi follows her, leaving the door open a little.

"Oh, on little shadow, don't be like that."

"What you want to go after Naruto now."

"Oh God, why put you through that headache. I thought you chase after your long-time crush."

"Uncle!"

"Don't give me that shit, plus the best revenge is to be with the dad, and it will be a good way to use Ino words against them."

"You think he wants me too?"

"If not, do you want to kick his ass or get Naruto to do it? My guess he does Shadow."

"No, Uncle Kakashi, Ok, I'll go for as soon get a hint he might like me too. Now get to your meeting and don't be late."

I grab my papers look over my teammates as they get ready to leave. I just finish the other stuff I needed to get done too.

"Hey, a princess can put rush these things with everyone here and come meet at the meeting. Then after the meeting, we go get lunch, and from lunch, we came to go shopping; how does that sound."

I watch that blush come across her face.

"That sounds good, Shikaku."

we head out to the meeting. I could help but smile, knowing by the end of the day, and she will be mine.

"What, no dance, just going jump right in?"

"Oh, there be dancing later on tonight."

They just chuckle as we walk to the meeting room with the Hokage. Once we got there, the room was already filling up.

"Wow, Shikaku going through a midlife crisis?"

"No, Ibiki, you soon will under once everyone comes."

He nods, walks to his seat, and I go to m seat by the Tsunade. She gives me a look that she wants answers. I just sit down and close my eyes know everyone is going to understand. For the first I ever know Kakashi, he could sit still for more than a minute. He gets up, walks around, or stands by the windows. Shizune is looking at worry, which understanding everyone shows up.

"Good morning, everyone; thank you for showing up. Let get right into it with new business before Kakashi has a calm down or something."

Inoichi stands up first clears his throat.

"Morning I Inoichi Yamanaka, head of the Yamanaka clan, officially renounces Ino Yamanaka as my heir. Ino Yamanaka from here on now will no longer be known as such."

Shock fills the room before the question started to flow through; she held her hand up to shut everyone up.

"Ok, what going on?"

So I stand up as Inoichi sits down.

"I can shed some light on it as well. I Shikaku Nara, head of the Nara clan, officially renounce Shikamaru Nara as my heir. As of last night, Shikamaru is no longer a part of the Nara clan for the betrayal and endangerment of the priestess of shadows, mother of shadows, Moon princess, princess of deer no matter what we call Serenity is her. Because that betrayal could put all in danger, so we reacted with haste; sorry, lady Tsunade for not consulting, but think this best course of action."

"Ok, and how that means you were turning the clock back have to do with it?"

"Because it does come down to the Nara clan in protecting her, I plan on replacing Shikamaru with myself."

"What was their betrayal?"

"Shikamaru has been cheating on her with another woman, and Ino has been working her to death. I'm not 100% sure if Sakura is part of it, or is it just coincidence to Ino's."

A knock on the door and it opens shows Serenity close in, and she looks more tired than she did this morning. She comes to stand by me, and I can tell she wasn't going to be standing for long.

"Sorry, I'm late..."

She didn't even finish and started to drop before completely falling. I catch her hold her bride style as Tsunade comes over to look at her.

"Ok, she just has chakra exhaustion any got a food pill, and I want her to rest for the week. I'll check her next week and see where she at."

Chōza hands me the pill I put into her force her to take the pill. I place her on the couch by the window. I lay her down; once I place her down, I sit on the couch move her head on my lap.

"And this brings me another point, Shizune. Are you aware of the doubles, if not triple shifts, Serenity pulling at the hospital, let alone come work for me? Don't be too hard on yourself. I knew she covers Ino and Sakura, but I didn't know she had an off day since before the war and that she may be getting four hours asleep a week."

"She had the day off yesterday."

Inoichi hands her schedule from the hospital than my Schedule. Shizune is starting to look pissed, even more, throw down paperwork. Tsunade picks it up, looks over it, and saw that she hadn't a day off in forever. The closes she got was missions with me.

"Now everything is becoming clear, and I'm going to beat the live shit out of them."

Serenity starts to wake up, and I hope she was out a little longer.

Tsunade wraps up the meeting asks Kakashi to stay back. Serenity is now fully awake.

I help Serenity stand, and I look over my papers to see Tsunades taking them with her. I wait in till everyone was out of the room before we walk out.

"Come princess, let's get you some food; from there, we see how your feeling."

We walk out. I keep a hand on Serenity to keep her standing. Once I got to the step, I saw how to look down them. So I pick her up to carry her down the steps. I place down the once we down the stairs. There Ino coming running over to us.

"Hey, Serenity, can you cover for me again tonight?"

"No"

"Excuse me, Shikaku, but this is between myself and Serenity."

"That is Commander Nara to you, and the answer is still the same no."

"Again, Shikaku, this me between her and me."

"And again, miss Ino, that is Commander Nara to you got your answer; now get out of my face before I find you more work to do."

We keep walking then Ino stops us again. I'm starting to get really pissed at her.

"It's Miss Yamanaka, and..."

"Not anymore, you are not, so go fuck yourself. I will be more worry about where you're going to sleep tonight."

I walk Serenity to the BBQ restaurant; we got to a booth; I order her favorite and ask ice tea with a lot of sugar in it.

I got her to drink the tea, our food came. I cook her food first got to eat it. She comes around a little more after eating the first around.

"Are you still with me, princess?"

"Yes, I'm so sorry you have to take care of me. What is was that Ino wanted?"

"For you to cover her tonight, and I told to do it herself."

"Oh, ok, why most likely go to Sakura then."

The next around meat came I place on the grill. I made sure she got some first.

"You know my favorite meal here?"

"Of course."

I had to drink more of the tea, and I had to eat another round of meat. We got up to leave. I pay for both our meals. I wake; Serenitywas more awake and moving a little better.

"Ready to go shopping?"

"Yes, let's go."

We head down to the shopping mall for ninja. We walk around instill she pulls me into a store that, for men, helps find clothes that will fit me better. I pick a few more things there; as we walk to, I saw a store for the kunoichi; I pull Serenity into it. She found some dresses and other stuff she likes and got. I got few more outfits too.

"Hey, Serenity, why you go a pick out a nice dress for tonight."

"Why Shikaku?"

"Well, I thought we go to a nice place tonight, just the 2 of us."

"Are you asking me out on a date?"

"Yes, princess, I play to win, and I always win."

I wink at her, just watch her blush at me. I pull her closer put my lips right up to her ear.

"So baby, what do you say?"

"All right, but you can't look ok."

"Deal"

I watch go into a store. I sit by the water fountain. While she in the store.

"Dad"

"Commander Nara"

"Stop being an ass."

"Sure, how about we go back in time, and you beside to push side the best in your life for a whore."

"Choji told you."

"He gets over it now; let me back home."

"You don't get it you been to replace all ready in the clan blood you are never going to be able to use the shadows again, and you have already forgotten clan stuff, all is going be left is a hole you can't be fill."

"You can reverse it."

"Only the mother of shadows can now; maybe you should haven't pissed her off."

"That story you tell children."

"Right, I was a blessing by the shadows to be 18 again, yeah some story."

"Wait, that not a jutus."

"Nope, you get your stuff at some point; maybe worry were you going to go live because it not with me, and I have a feeling that princess is not going let stay with her."

"Want bet, old man."

Shikamaru turns around walks away from me.

I see princess come over smiling happily about something.

"So did pick out a good dress?"

"Yes, you get to see it later."

I shake my head pull alone the path to shop some more. After few more shops, I walk princess back to her place with a promise to pick her up in 3 hours.

I walk home wave past the guard at the compound. As I walk up the path to my house, I saw the clan wait there. I shake my head, knowing I disown Shikamaru.

"Well, isn't this homecoming. Let make this quick I get ready for a date."

"Why Shikaku?"

"Well, he betrayal our shadow mother, like to take her saying she a nobody. As the head of this clan, I needed to act before we pay the price for it."

The shock came across the group; they looked at each knowing that means she is walking with us.

"Mother is with us?"

"Yes"

It didn't take them long to know who she was.

"We need to have moved so we can take care of her."

"Mother shouldn't want for anything."

I held my hand to shut them up.

"All right, I understand you'll want her here. That why I'm planning to marry her."

The group starts to cheer at the thought.

As most of the group leaves, the elders come up to me as I go into my home. They follow me in so, and I go the living room placing my bags down; I sat down waiting for them.

"Could be told us your plan before you went through with it."

It was elder Sensui, the one I know that Yoshino was fucking; he has the other two under his thumb. I waited for him to dig more of the hole for himself as Ebisu brings in with Inoichi, Chōza, with their clan elders.

"You came to us; we could work it out. Shikamaru is with her, after all. Now you are without an heir, and we are down a strong member. Your actions kill all of us."

I get up and look around the room. Ebisu, Inoichi, Choza, and their elders nod to me.

"Let me make this point very clear all 3 of you in this clan be replace. Sensui, you are suggesting that he keeps cheating on our Mother of shadows; how do you think she will take that?"

"You forget your place, Shikaku."

"My place is the head of this clan, and for your insulting our mother, your punishment is death."

WIth that my shadows came and took his life, he can join his fucking whore. I watch my our two elder freak out at this.

"Now you 2 I hope to have better thing to say, or I'll this group handle you cause I'm done with you."

"You should have consulted on this matter. We have change Shikamaru. He would listen to us."

"Well, there you have it, boys have at it."

I took my seat while the boys took out the elders; the clan will not miss them. After they were done, the body was placed in a scroll.

"Alright, Shikaku, we have a lot of work to clean you up and get you ready."

As Inoichi pulls me to my room, Ebisu brings me my bags with us as he was laughing at me. Inoichi had me strip and get in the shower. I hear them in my bedroom doing something and make not sure if want gets out of the shower. I finish my shower get out to brush my teeth. Just as I finish brushing my teeth, Inoichi comes in, pulls me back into my room hands me my boxer. I put it on as he hands my pants and my ANBU body armor. He hands me a black bottom-up shirt as I'm tucking my shirt. Inoichi put a tie around my neck.

"Hey, tie my own tie; thank you very much."

I fix this dark blood-red tie that Inoichi wants my wear. He pulls over a chair starts to pull my hair up into a ponytail; he uses a dark tie.

Once we were done here, he hands me my blazer, but before we left the room. Weapons pouch on and my leg harness; I look at Inoichi; he looks me up and down, and he gives me the ok.

I walk out into the living room to see everyone.

"Looking good, bro dress to kill."

"Yes, know I can work miracles."

We all start to laugh at that, and now I need to get flowers. As we head to the door, I look at the clock. I have about an hour to pick up Serenity.

"Come on, come on, I have set the perfect flower arrangement."

It didn't take long to get to Inoichi flower shop.

"She likes hellebore, bat orchid, black petunia, chocolate cosmos, black baccara rose, and chocolate lily."

"Ooooo nice, she has a beautiful taste. I can work those nicely; they play so nice with each too."

It didn't take him long to put together a lovely beautiful arrangement. He threw some dark blue flowers and reds in all wrap up a pretty red bow.

I walk to over Serenity's apartment; once I got there, Neji stopped the brat from going up.

"Evening, boys."

"Evening Commander"

Neji steps aside a little to go up; as I walk up the steps, I see Naruto, Lee on the landing.

"Evening, boys."

"Looking good, Commander."

"Yes, the youth is shining through you."

"What is up with the guard dogs this evening?"

"We didn't want Shikamaru to cause trouble."

"The girls are inside to help get Serenity ready."

"Oh, which girls are those?"

"Kurenai,Tenten,Sakura and Hinata "

"Sakura kick Ino ass earlier and trying to pull her down with her."

I nod in understanding because Sakura would come to talk to Serenity about that would come and most of the time trade, but it would seem Ino plan to use it get more time off. I walk up to the door and knock on it. Kurenai opens the door.

"Wow, Shikaku, you clean up good."

lets me in. I see Tenten play with Mirai on the floor.

"Wow, Commander"

"Thank you, ladies."

I felt a little hand on my leg, and I look down to see Mirai with a mean look on her face. I am kneeling to her level, so she tells what she wanted.

"Yes, young one."

"You can't, my big sis, out tonight without letting us know. Is this going to end up with her happy ending? Like in my princess books."

I the girls go awww I see little Mairai love her older sister very much.

"I yes, little one, I want to make her my princess and turn into a queen."

She stares me down before she nods go back to her toys. I look at the girls; they look like they are going to melt.

"So who put her up to it?"

"Commander, I can promise you that, that I didn't."

"Shikaku Mairai loves Serenity very much wants her to be happy too. She knows that Shikamaru hasn't been taken care of her."

"So, where are you planning to take Reni tonight?"

"I was planning on taking to that new restaurant that we could dance. I know Serenity loves to go dancing."

Kurenai nods her head but has a far-off look in her eyes.

"Her first true date and Asuma should be here the same with Kya."

"If it makes you feel better, Kakashi is mostly planning to crash the date."

"No, he is busy keeping the brat away so Reni can enjoy her first date. Kakashi fought with Aauma on the brat, saying he was not good enough for Reni."

Now I understood their fights. The last one was just before that mission, and that was a nasty fight. I hear a door open with Sakura and Hinata; they were holding an envelope.

Then Serenity comes walking out in a short black lace dress that was off the shoulder, it ends just before the knees there was slit on both sides of the dress, I see she has here Weapons pouch on the back and her leg harness.

Serenity's hair was half up and down in midnight black waves; she had a shadow that smoky look and dark red lips. She took my breath away; all I can think how anyone can give her up for another. I know my mouth was hanging open.

"Wow, just wow my shadows; you're breath-taking."

I watch her blush at that smiles softly.

"Here these are for you; I hope you like them."

I hand her the bouquet. I watch her smell the flowers.

"Thank you; I love them, thank you, just let got put these in water."

I watch her walk away to place in a vase. The girls are just looking in aww. she comes back, grabs her purse, and puts on her heels. I open the door for her; she waves at them bye. I see Naruto and Lee's mouths fall open; I offer her my arm as we walk down the stairs. Once we were down, I saw Neji still there, but the brat was gone. Neji turns to look at us when we come down, and his months hit the floor.

As we walk down the street, I saw how many the men turn to look at Serenity, openly checking her out.

"So where are we going, Shikaku?"

"hmm, I thought the place where we can dance."

I watch her eyes light up with that idea of dance. We got to the restaurant, the new fancy one. I open the door for her she walks in. We walk over to the podium that the girl was standing by.

"Name"

"Shikaku Nara"

"The 2 of you."

"Yes"

"Come this way."

She walks us to a table in the back set up for 2. The table was a nice size for 2, not too big or too small; there was a small candle for a little more lighting. Cause the house light turned down. So it seems it was just the 2 of us; the dance floor was down a level; we are on the balcony that overlooks the dance floor.

I help Serenity in her sit then sat down across from her.

"Your waiter will be with you shortly."

The girl hands us the menus us then walks off.

"Wow, have you been here before?"

"No, not really my place. I like to go."

"Then why come here if you don't this type of place."

"Because I know you like to dance, and I want to see your eyes light up. Plus, I get to have in my arms."

She blushes at that simple girl, and she just loves to dance. At all the festivals, she drags the boys to the dance floor.

"Well, thank you, but I want you to be more comfortable, so if you want, go somewhere else."

"Who says I'm not comfortable, I get to sit across the most beautiful woman of all five great villages, and later on in the night, I get to have her in my arm holding her close."

She smiles softly at that as she looks over the menu. I look over the menu and see they have her favorite meal, the beef prime rib roast with slow-roasted potatoes carrots.

"Why don't go head get the prime rib roast."

The look of shock came across her face.

"No, that far too price."

"Princess, it's your favorite, and you don't get to make or get that much, so go ahead; that sounds good too."

She shakes her head and looks over the menu, but I took it from her hands as the waiter comes over to us.

"Good evening. I'm your waiter Hiro and started you with your drinks?"

"Yes, have sweet red wine, and we both will have the prime rib roast."

"Perfect choice, sir."

He walks away. I look back over to the princess.

"I told you that was too pricey."

"And I told to go ahead and get it."

She shakes her head and sticks her tongue out at me.

"If you are going to stick out that cute tongue, I could put it to use."

I watch a dark blush come across her face, and I chuckle at it.

Conversion soon was flowing between the 2 of us. Serenity was telling how Iruka wanted to make the kunoichi of the year. Still, she didn't want it cause she didn't want everyone to think she had given it because of who her grandfather was.

She should be named the kunoichi of the year and understand why he did call her like it. Now I know she turns it down, which is knowledge on that.

The food came, and it was very good juicy, the veg was is roasted to perfection. I enjoy watching Serenity the meal with every bite; the wine was sweet but not too sweet. I got up and pulled Serenity out of her seat and gently pull down to the dance floor just as a slow song starts to play as pull into my arms.

Make You Feel My Love"

(originally by Bob Dylan)

When the rain is blowing in your face

And the whole world is on your case

I could offer you a warm embrace

To make you feel my love

When the evening shadows and the stars appear

And there is no one there to dry your tears

I could hold you for a million years

To make you feel my love

I know you haven't made your mind up yet

But I will never do you wrong

I've known it from the moment that we met

No doubt in my mind where you belong

I'd go hungry; I'd go black and blue

I'd go crawling down the avenue

No, there's nothing that I wouldn't do

To make you feel my love

The storms are raging on the rolling sea

And on the highway of regret

The winds of change are blowing wild and free

You ain't seen nothing like me yet

I could make you happy, make your dreams come true

Nothing that I wouldn't do

Go to the ends of the Earth for you

To make you feel my love

To make you feel my love

We slow dance to the song; halfway through the song, I pull her even closer to me. I feel her put her head on my chest.

Just as the song come to a stop, I pull her into a sweet kiss.

We slowly pull apart we went back to our seats. I pay and pull so we can walk through the park. I had my arm around her waist just to hold her close. I found a spot under the tree to sit down and pull into my lap. We just sat there under a tree listening to the night. This was nice this we didn't need words to enjoy each other. She snuggles more into me. We are just our own little world, just the two of us.

I knew it was time to walk her home, and just we start up the step of her place, we hear banging at her door. So I pull her over to my place, So she would have to deal with the brat.

"Oh, come, let go kick his ass."

"Not tonight, princess, tonight is ours."

It didn't take long for us to get to my home; I open the door. And let her in first; we take off our shoes; I'll take her to the living room.

"I hope you had a good time."

"I did."

She comes and sits on my lap, kisses her sweetly.

"So, Commander, where do we go from here."

Before she could do anything, I had her on her back, and I was between her legs. I put my weight on her, lending down by her lips.

"What did tell about that princess?"

"To call by your name Commander."

I raise her hips to mine; I think she is trying to get comfortable. I place my lips on her and kiss her deeply; at first, she didn't open up those pretty lips. So I reach down and grab a handful of her ass as I thrust my hip into her. She gasps, so I thrust my tongue into her mouth. It didn't take long to start making out.

I put it away so we could have breathing hard; I wanted to take her here and now, but I will not push it unless she wants it.

"We better stop, or we are going far on this first date."

Just as I said that, she wraps her legs around me.

"Who says I want this to stop."

I look into her eyes, and she ok with this. She wants to go through this step with me. Nothing could be perfect to end the night with, making her mine.

"Well, then we better get a bedroom unless we want to give my brother a show."

"Not this time, maybe later."

I stand up with her in my arms. I carried through my home to my bedroom after closing my bedroom door. I place her down, and I quickly took off my jacket and shirt. Serenity had taken down the rest of her hair and was even more breathing. I watch her turn around to look at the bed. I walk up behind her wrapping my arm around her waist, pulling to me ghost my lip on her shoulders and neck up to her ear, where I gently nibble at it. Hear gasp lightly; she moves her head to the side to give more room.

"We don't have to do anything?"

"I want to with you just have shown me. I have never been with anyone. I always put the need of the village before my own."

I Moan that the thought knowing I'm the only one that ever had her like this. I love the fact she put others before herself. I cup her cheek bring her lips closer to mine started to kiss her softly.