Pairings: implied ShikaIno
Rating: T
Warnings: a little bit of an AUish, adult language, and blood
Words: 1,387

A/N: I don't own Naruto or any of the characters!

Writing like this is a flashback "talking"

Under My Wing

Nara Shiniko sat on the nearest jungle-gym swing. He waited for his sister, Nara Hika, to return from Ninja Academy. His dark hair was long and in a ponytail like his father's, Nara Shikamaru. Their father was on a mission so they were staying with their grandparents. His chocolate brown eyes stared at the school in front of him. One thing that didn't make him look like his father was the scar on his left cheek that was at least three inches long, dead in the middle, no one missed it. He kicked back on his swing going up then back down. The four-year-old genius was getting bored just sitting there.

"Look it's scar-face!" he heard someone call behind him. He turned around to see some of the guys a year ahead of his sister's class, three of them; they always enjoyed teasing Shiniko.

The other two laughed. "You're funny Tumiaru!" one of the genie pigs said referring to the leader of the group.

Shiniko stood up and got off of his swing heading towards the school.

"Where do you think you're going scar-face?" Tumiaru asked grabbing the Nara's shoulder making him stop.

"This is boring, I'm going to get my nee-chan," Shiniko answered looking back at them.

"Not today," Tumiaru stated cracking his knuckles. "You have a beating that's ten minutes late."

The four-year-old tried to run, but the older boys had him pinned down in a second. The poor boy tried to push and fight them off but they were too big for his small form.

Nara Hika smiled as she walked out of The Ninja Academy with her friends. Her blonde hair was in a long ponytail. She giggled as her friend Uzamaki Hino, mini Naruto, made a fool out of himself. The lazy Nara heard a scream of pain. Her blue eyes darted to the playground not too far from them. She spotted the bullies from the class above her. Her mouth opened slightly and she dropped her books running up to them forgetting that she was lazy. "Stop it! Stop it Tumiaru-teme!" she cursed. She tackled one of the older boys to the ground, not getting the one she wanted.

The one she tackled picked her up by her hair and spat the blood that came from the cut on his lip.

Tumiaru looked at her holding up her younger brother in front of her. Shiniko looked at her with pleading eyes. She kicked and squirmed. "Don't you touch him!"

Her four-year-old brother had blood oozing down his cut lip. Tumiaru shook his head. "Scar-face was late as usual Nara Hika," he stated. He chuckled the continued to tease Shiniko. "Hey Scar-face where's your Kaasan? Oh that's right…you don't have one."

Hika glared at Tumiaru. "Shut your mouth! Stop it! Stop hurting him!" she demanded. Knowing very well that tears formed into her eyes.

The next thing she saw was Hino pounding the nearest guy, Rikiyo, to the ground punching the older boy's face over and over. "Bastard!" he punched the guy again before getting kicked off.

Shiniko looked at Hika and she looked back. Tumiaru didn't stop his torture. "You're a murderer Scar-face, you know that, if it wasn't for you your Kaasan would still be here. You made both your nee-chan and yourself Kaasan-less, how does it feel?"

Hino squirmed. "Hey Tumiaru-teme why don't you pick on someone your own size, huh? What are you a coward?"

"Shut up Uzamaki!" Tumiaru shouted. He looked back at the younger boy. "Well Scar-face?"

The ten-year-old girl screamed. "STOP IT!" she demanded. The corner of her eye she spotted her friend Hyuuga Teji, ten-years-old, brown hair and pearl white eyes, and Uchiha Seiko, ten-years-old looks like Sasuke. She smiled and looked at them. "Seiko-kun, Teji-san!" she said joyfully.

Before she noticed Seiko disappeared and reappeared in front of Tumiaru. "Does picking on little kids make you feel like the big boss?" he asked. He grabbed Tumiaru's wrist and snapped it. Crack! Tumiaru screamed out in pain and dropped Shiniko.

The young genius ran behind the Uchiha. Teji looked at Tumiaru and his buddies. "Unless you want my pal Seiko here to cream your asses, I suggest you leave," he said irritated.

Rikiyo and the other bully picked up Tumiaru and dragged him away running like chickens getting chased by a fox.

Hika sighed and ran to Shiniko and cradled him into her arms. "Don't believe them Shiniko it's not your fault."

Seiko looked at the direction were the dobes ran off to. Hino stood up beside him. "We showed them, didn't we?"

Seiko looked at the Uzamaki. "Hn," he turned around and headed to his own house.

Hika looked at her brother who was looking up at her. "Nee-chan, why did Kaasan leave?" he asked.

Hika looked at the sky remembering that day, two years ago.

Nara Ino ran holding onto her daughter's hand and Uzamaki Hino's. The women were crowding all the children into the shelter because of the war between Konoha and Sound that was taking place. Uzamaki Hinata was gathering her other children from her house, and Ino was gathering the children at the park. Nara Ino pushed the two children into the door and turned back around to achieve one more thing she had to protect.

"Kaasan!" an eight-year-old Hika shouted trying to grab her mother's hand, but Uchiha Sakura and Seiko pulled her in. "KAASAN!" she screamed.

Nara Ino dodged some of the nearest battles. She saw Uchiha Sasuke fighting not too far, Uzamaki Naruto, the sixth Hokage, on top of a building, Hyuuga Neji fighting at the end of the forest. She ran to the playground and went into the barrel to pick up her toddler Shiniko. Rock Lee's battle could be heard. She cradled her son close and looked around. She started running back to the shelter. She saw her husband Nara Shikamaru near it. She was worried; this was the closest the Sound had gotten during the war. She kept an eye on her husband who used one of his jutsus and dispose of his opponent. She smiled and looked forward. The shelter door was opened and she was going to make it.

"Ino-chan behind you!" Uzamaki Hinata shouted, covering her mouth with her hands.

"Hurry Ino!" Uchiha Sakura shouted.

The thirty-two-year-old Jounin didn't dare looking back. She looked at Shiniko and extended him out to Sakura. She was not that far. She took one last look at her son then her daughter smiling. She turned her head and saw Shikamaru looking at her then he started running. She smiled and felt Sakura's hands grab Shiniko right when the stabbing pain from the blade went through her and nipping Shiniko's cheek. Her hands left her son's body and she fell to the ground. Uchiha Sakura was about to run out, but Ino smiled at her and lightly shook her head. "Go," she groaned. Pleading that they would close the doors. Tears formed into her friends' eyes and the doors started to close. Sakura tried to break free from grasps of others.

Hika burst into tears. "KAASAN!" Shiniko started to cry. Before Sakura could get out the doors shut. The blood oozed out of the wound. Her body was turned around to face Shikamaru. She saw the Sound Nin that probably attacked her being attacked by Chouji.

Shikamaru looked at her wound then back at her face. "Ino…" She stopped him by shaking her head. "You can't…" She grabbed his hand weakly. She couldn't speak, but she wanted him to watch over their children. She wanted to tell him how much she loved him. She smiled once last time before her hand in his went limp, her head tilting to the side. Blood oozing down her cheek.

Shikamaru rubbed her cheek slow tears forming in his eyes. He looked over at Chouji and the Sound Nin that killed his wife. He stood up and that's when he lost it.

Her father killed that stupid bastard that took their mother from them after that. Hika looked at her brother. "She left…protecting us Otouto," she whispered. "She loved us very much." She stood up. "Come on I'm getting sick of just sitting here."

Shiniko nodded and grabbed his sister's hand; the two of them walked off. Up above their mother smiled down at them.

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