(A/N) It's another other dimension event this time. Next time has a Shikamaru's world event though. Guest(in order): Thank you! / Ah, I have no plans for that currently. He'll just have to age properly. And his parents are/were both Shinobi. They're fine. / The fourth war arc was a mess. But thanks!
Shikamaru stared at the scroll. He knew logically that even if he didn't open it things wouldn't change, but he really had to hear the news. Or see it. So he opened it up reluctantly.
"Finally!" -Tenten
"Something happen?" -Sakura
"Yeah, the freaking seal is done!" -Tenten
A little doodle of a person throwing their hands in the air was next to the message. It looked like Sakura had replied with a doodle of a person flipping a table.
"Oh finally." -Neji
"Maybe we can't move the green duo in there, but it makes me feel better that there's less chance of you idiots being caught by my clan." -Neji
"On a side note, I am now officially designated as their handler. Yay." -Neji
"I can feel the sarcasm." -Sakura
"Wow. Amazing." -Neji
Shikamaru snorted, eyeing the little person laughing drawn in next to it.
"Apparently, since I have calligraphy skills, I get the utmost important job of filling out anything they're supposed to, and making sure they remember everything." -Neji
"Oh good for you!" -Tenten
"You get to be a glorified secretary!" -Tenten
"Says the one I know for a fact has not gotten more then two hours of sleep in the last four days." -Neji
"Tenten." -Sakura
A drawing of a tiny angry person folding their arms made Shikamaru snort again. At least the person wasn't shaking a fist at Tenten.
"In my defense, we were really close to finishing that seal, and Naruto needed it done before he had to head out again." -Tenten
"But now we have it done." -Sakura
"And we can see people other than each other and you for the first time in months." -Sakura
Now caught up, Shikamaru grabbed a pencil.
"How long will it be before everyone's safe?" -Shikamaru
"Oh hey Shikamaru." -Sakura
"We estimate three weeks." -Tenten
"But when does anything go according to plan." -Tenten
Shikamaru sighed. She was right of course. Nothing ever did.
"Have you seen the place?" -Shikamaru
"Yes." -Tenten
"It's big, and really empty. It's partially a forest, the other half is a rocky plains area. Won't be the best for growing things, but it won't be the worst." -Tenten
"The Akimichi will have seeds ready for you by tomorrow." -Ino
"I just finished talking to them." -Ino
"Thanks Ino." -Tenten
"I'm stretched thin trying to do a million things at once, over seeing the construction of the seals that will allow everyone to travel to the place, distributing food to everyone, and trying to avoid those dang Hyuuga. No offense Neji." -Tenten
"None taken, I get the feeling. Gai and Lee aren't the only reason I moved out." -Neji
"Dang Hyuuga it is then." -Shikamaru
Shikamaru closed the scroll just as his father came in. "Mother wants us for breakfast?" He asked.
His father nodded tiredly. "Who else?"
Shikamaru shrugged. "Ino?" Shikamaru sealed the scroll into his arm, and followed his dad out into the dining room.
"Took you two long enough," his mom scolded them both. "Breakfast was starting to go cold."
It probably wasn't, but semantics.
"Sorry mom," Shikamaru repeated dutifully, sitting down in his spot.
"Sorry dear," his father agreed, kissing his wife. Shikamaru fake gagged, looking determinedly down at his plate.
"Just eat your food," his mom sighed, a thump telling Shikamaru she'd probably slapped his dad's backend. Which he wished he didn't know, but what could he do.
"How far along are you in the process?" -Shikamaru
"The Nara are almost in, just a few more days." -Tenten
"I'm starting to wonder if we should make a second set of scrolls just for our world, so we don't clutter this one up with plans and stuff." -Sakura
"Probably a good idea." -Shikamaru
"I'll get to work on it." -Tenten
"Thanks Tenten." -Sakura
"No problem." -Tenten
"But you have been getting more sleep recently, right?" -Neji
"...No comment." -Tenten
"I'll knock her out for a while once she drops by here again." -Sakura
"Thank you." -Neji
"Since apparently, I am the only functional member of our team." -Neji
"And I'm the only one with common sense." -Tenten
"You're all idiots." -Sakura
Shikamaru shook his head. Common sense wasn't something that existed in their world any more. It hadn't for a long time. But Tenten did have a version of it. That and a version of sanity, which was impressive for a shinobi. Functional, however was a completely different thing, and also a thing foreign to any seal master. Nara were better at being functional human beings then most, but they were not at all completely functional. No shinobi ever was. It came with the job.
(A/N) That's Shinobi for you. Not at all functional, and certainly not sane. Tenten just happens to have more common sense than most of Naruto combined.