Full Summary: not today --;;
Author's Note: I killed the prologue, READ CHAPTER ONE before reading this chapter. OOC for sure. Anything written in italics occurs within the minds of the characters. Flashbacks, thoughts, you name it. I've decided to add in some yaoi but not in this chapter, woo0! It may sound PG-13ish for now but its gonna get R, no doubt. I'll warn when the time comes. Current pairings : ShikaIno, implied SasuSaku
Disclaimer: Misashi Kishimoto owns all the Naruto characters, not me, sadly ;;. I do own ONE and he's in this chapter, name will be given later.
Go Team Ino Shika Cho!
Shadow of the Blue Sharingan
Chapter 2: Reunion
Written by: teckno
:::PUNCH:::
"WHY THE HELL DID YOU LET HIM GO!?" Bitter sapphire eyes confronted the fool that disabled her.
He hissed. The chuunin brought his fingers to his swollen lip. It bled.
"WHY'D YOU LET SASUKE GET AWAY!?!?" Ino shouted, delivering another blow to the young man's stomach
"Uuugh!" Shikamaru stumbled back, grabbing his sides and breathing deeply as he glared at his attacker. "What the fuck do you think you're doing, INO!?"
Rain suddenly began to pour heavily into the dark alley.
The pregnant blonde brought something out from under her armbands. She curled her soiled fingers around the lean handle and pointed the item directly at the bewildered chuunin, whose eyes widened at the sight of it. Ino narrowed her facial features to a foul grimace, expressing nothing but resentment and disgust towards her so-called boyfriend. Her eyes lost color.
"Kisama, You let Sasuke go. You let him get away. He's gone. He's gone because of you. He's not here. He left. I almost convinced him. He almost loved me. I almost got him and you let him go. It's all your fuckin' fault! SHI NE!!!!!"
Before Shikamaru could respond, the entire kunai blade had already sunk deep into his left shoulder multiple times with Ino still gripping its handle. She was delirious.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAGHHHHHHH!!" He threw his head back and roared as a mixture of bursting blood and stinging rain circled the ripping cuts that followed the penetration of the blade. "N-NNNNAANNIII YO KORE!!!???"
Shikamaru jolted from his seat in the hospital and blinked. It was the same flashback again. He looked to the side to see his best friend Choji and father, Chomaru, both sleeping with open bags of potato chips and boxes of rice crackers on them. They were in the waiting room. He sighed and sat back down, wincing at the slightest movements of his left bandaged shoulder. "Ite..." he whispered. The dried blood stains painted themselves all over the chuunin's clothing on the left side from the shoulder down to his sandals.
Repetitive thoughts and flashbacks of the night before replayed in his mind.
Ino's father, Inoshi discovered that his daughter was missing from her room and immediately came running to the Nara house to look for her. Shikamaru of course, volunteered to go look for Ino since he was worried too. Why would a troublesome pregnant woman go out so late? He heard Ino's screams and followed them into the alley. He couldn't help but to eavesdrop and wonder what all the drama was about. The next thing he knew, the only girl he was close to loving had stabbed him hard. Ino had contractions after she stabbed him and as a result of all the stress created from her meet with Sasuke, she fainted in his arms. Ignoring the wound and the pouring rain, he wrenched the kunai out of his shoulders before he gathered Ino's body into his arms and then carrying her to the hospital as fast as he could.
Here he was now, in the hospital, slightly sake-wasted, outside of the room where Ino and her father resided, waiting for the baby to arrive. The sun didn't rise yet and everything was quiet, except for Choji and Chomaru's snoring. Another sigh escaped from him. He was still thinking, still keeping his cool. He wasn't sure which to acknowledge, the pain in his shoulder or the pain in his shattered heart. He was at the point where he didn't care anymore. Like his comrade Naruto, Shikamaru was also annoyed by the constant fandom that revolved around Uchiha Sasuke but didn't really care much. It was too bothersome to think about. All the girls including Ino wanted him, every shinobi from every village wanted to fight him, Orochimaru wanted his body, the whole village of Konoha saluted the indifferent jounin since the day he became the number one rookie genin five years ago. Sasuke this and Sasuke that. It was all about Sasuke and Shikamaru didn't give a damn.
"Che." Shikamaru crossed his arms and closed his eyes. He was just a mere shadow to the red eyed genius and accepted it from the start. He was, after all, a manipulator of shadows and a pro at being a downer. Ino's behavior was expected. "A shadow is a shadow."
"Not really." Came a familiar gruff voice, cutting off the chuunin's thought process.
Shikamaru didn't need to look up to see who spoke. "Hey, pops."
"Mornin', son. Looks like you were fighting a woman last night." The scruffy jounin eyed the blood stains and chuckled as he ruffled his son's hair, completely oblivious about Ino's affair with Sasuke and the fact that she was carrying a child that might not be Shikamaru's. There's something called sleep during the night for the jounin. "I thought I'd drop-by to check up on you and Inoshi. He and me are going to be a grandpas and you're going to be a daddy. This will be one of those glorious days that Team Ino Shika Cho will remember for many years to come. Ain't that right, CHOMARU!!"
No response.
"Hi, Shikamaru!" beamed the pink haired teenager that stood behind the chuunin's father. "Ino called me up real late last night and told me to come this morning. She sounded kinda wierd but I guess that's how it is when you're pregnant."
"Sakura-chan?" Shikamaru looked up as his jaws dropped. "Shit! What's Sasuke's girlfriend doing here!? She's going to find out! MENDOKUSEE!"
"Heh, I saw your friend here waiting outside of the hospital confused so I took her in since she was here to see Ino's first birth also."
Sakura grinned at the older man.
Shikato was about to open his mouth again to lecture his son about the significance of the shadow and the responsibilities of being a father but a sudden loud scream from Ino's room caused both Naras to jump and Choji to awaken. Chomaru was still dead asleep.
"HE'S ALMOST HERE!!" The door of the room was practically torn down, making Sakura gasp as a tall man with long blonde hair came running out, gesturing everyone that was waiting outside to come and witness the birth of his grandson. Chomaru's ears twitched. He opened his eyes and yawned.
"Yosshh, Inoshi!" Shikato cried happily as he dragged the wide-eyed Shikamaru into the room. "Itaiii!! Pops, my shoulder! MY SHOULDER!"
Chouji, his father and Sakura quickly shuffled in after the Naras, shutting the door behind them once they got in.
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Sounds of the shrieking newborn echoed across the hospital halls bringing Inoshin, Shikato and Chomaru, the fathers, to tears. A glorious day indeed. Rays from the sun gushed into all corners of the small room from the window, lighting up every object that blocked its way, especially the frenzied infant. The nurses quickly brought new sets of bed sheets to change for Ino's bed as they scrubbed the bloody sheets with sponges and cold water.
"He is a beautiful baby boy! He's got Shika's black hair! That's my girl!" Inoshi cried, holding the screaming newborn, naked and completely covered in a blanket of blood, in his hands. He managed to bend down and kiss his exhausted daughter on the forehead. Ino had her eyes closed as she tried to catch her breath. Shikato and Chomaru congratulated each other with bear hugs and punches on the shoulders. The jounins turned to look at the three teenagers that stood at the corner of the room with their backs turned and hands over their eyes. The bigger of the three had his legs shaking.
Shikato waited until the nurses bathed the newborn clean before he called out to the teenagers.
"Hey children, come see Shika's baby! All the blood's gone now."
Both Choji and Sakura let down their hands as they both eagerly turned and ran to Inoshi in unison. Shikamaru also let down his hands and turned around but he did not get close. He didn't want to see the child yet. He refused to see this joyful moment end when they all would find out. Sweat trickled down from his temples. "Is it really Sasuke's?" He held his left shoulder, praying for the alternative outcome.
As soon as the baby was bundled up in warm blankets and was clean, he stopped crying and struggled to open his eyes. Everyone excluding Shikamaru, who had his hands now on his hips, huddled closer and waited with suspense.
"Wow, he wants to open them already?" Chouji stared in awe. Chomaru handed his son a bag of chips in the process.
Inoshi encouraged the newborn with soft whispers. "Come on fella, come on. Don't you want to see Grandpa?"
"He is soo CUTE, Ino-chan!!" squealed Sakura. She looked over her shoulder to find Shikamaru still lurking in the corner, utterly spaced-out. "Shikamaru?"
"Oh! He's opening them, he's op--" Inoshi and the rest stopped to gasp. The infant's eyes fluttered open and uncertainty clouded his expression as he looked around. "THEY'RE BLUE!!" the blonde man raised a fist in the air, screaming in victory. The older men joined, shaking the ground as they cheered.
"He's got your blasted eyes, Inoshi!" Shikato slammed a hand against the blonde's back, almost making him drop their grandson.
"Kawaii! Kawaii!" Chouji and Sakura hugged each other as they danced in circles.
If the baby had his black hair and Ino's eyes, then it wasn't Sasuke's after all but Shikamaru was not that easy of a person to convince. He was still skeptical. Sasuke too, possessed black hair.
As the crowd celebrated and caused ruckus within the quiet hospital. Inoshi was busy paying full attention to his daughter and the newborn grandson, kissing him the cheek and playing with his small hands. The baby giggled and repeatedly squeezed the stranger on the nose as a response. Examining the infant's inherited blue eyes once more for worship, the man found something unusual. "Nani?" Inoshi blurted.
Shikamaru backed up until he felt the wall. "Damn, I knew it all along" He gritted his teeth in disappointment.
"What happened, Inoshi-san?" Sakura asked, rushing to the man's side.
Ino's eyes shot open. She watched Sakura closely, eyeing her every move, anticipating the moment she would see her best friend--lose.
"These aren't my eyes nor of Shikato's line." The blonde man stared at his daughter in confusion.
Shikato, Chomaru, and Choji froze.
Sakura gasped in horror, placing her shaking fingers over her opened mouth. "Sharingan." She whispered.
Sorry 100x for such a BORING chapter, it got too long to fit in my gory goodies.
To be continued...
Translation notes:
Kisama= Mother F-ing Bastard
Shi ne!= Die!
Nani Yo Kore= What the hell is this?
Ite/Itai = Ouch
Again correct my romanji if it is wrong , thanks!