Disclaimer: Still not the one that owns Naruto.
Chapter 4: Meet my Folks.
Shikaku was sitting on his favourite chair relaxing after a hard days work watching his, if obnoxiously loud and demanding sometimes, beautiful wife in the kitchen. She was occasionally looking at him giving him a bright smile, his wife was happy, even though she missed their son. He had left a couple of years ago on a long term mission to Sand.
A light knock on the door broke the silence. The husband looked at his wife, who was obviously as surprised as he was, he shrugged and went to open the door.
Shikaku reached the doorknob and turned it, what he saw made him drop his jaw.
"Who is it, honey" his wife yelled from the kitchen.
"I think you'd better make dinner for two more…" Shikaku answered.
"Long time no see" the man in front of him said while leaning on the doorframe and continued: "Dad"
Shikaku hugged his boy, this wasn't something he usually did, but the occasion was of a rare kind. His son had returned from the mission, and he had been scared he'd never see him again. The three stepped inside and Shikaku put his index finger to his mouth showing them to be quiet as he went to the kitchen, getting his wife. He whispered to her:
"I have a surprise for you darling." He put his hands in front of her eyes covering them, leading her towards something, she had butterflies in her stomach. She felt her husband nod and a pair of strong arms wrapped against her waist, there was a familiar scent of animal and … sand?
"SHIKAMARU!" she screamed, throwing her arms around his neck as Shikaku released the hands over her eyes.
"Troublesome woman." He smirked and hugged her tighter, this was his mother after all.
He continued now smiling letting go of his mother turning around:
"I have someone that I want to introduce you to…" he took the hand of the tanned blonde woman standing behind him giving her a reassuring smile while continuing:
"This is Temari, my future wife to be…"
Yoshino squeaked and hugged Temari, and Temari was surprised. She didn't think that she'd be welcomed into the family that fast. Yoshino looked at the woman in front of her, she was beautiful, blonde, tanned and a pair of gorgeous eyes. The older woman led the younger one in to the table and asked:
"So how did you meet our Shikamaru?"
"Mother…" Shikamaru sighed.
"I want to know dear." She answered and smiled.
"Actually I met him the first time during the chuunin exams about seven years ago" Temari answered and looked at Shikaku.
"Yes! I remember you, you were the one that stayed with Shikamaru when Chouji was in the hospital, right? The one that…" he stopped and smirked continuing: "gave him a rather fun lecture, did you not?"
"Well, yes" she blushed, and when she did Shikaku realized something else and blurted out:
"You are the Kazekage's sister…"
Temari blushed even harder, but soon controlled herself again, looking at Shikamaru's mother and continuing:
"Then a couple of years later Shikamaru-kun came to our village on a mission to work with Gaara-sama. And we ended up dating for a while until my loving Nii-sama somehow accomplished the work of getting Shikamaru-kun to ask me to marry him."
"Come with me to the kitchen and we'll talk some more, Temari-san. I want to know everything there is to know. He is my only son you know." Yoshino and Temari started to walk in to the kitchen when Shikamaru said:
"You're not leaving me alone, are you" it almost sounded like he pouted.
Yoshino started to laugh:
"I like you more and more for every minute that passes, you made my son… pout… I've never seen him do that. Set the table now my favourite men."
"Troublesome women…" Shikamaru and Shikaku both said and sighed.
"Shikamaru…" that was Temari's voice, and Shikamaru jumped, startled and began the procedure of setting the table for dinner.
"You are so whipped!" Shikaku laughed at his son.
Yoshino glared at her husband and he sweat dropped and started helping his son set the table. Shikamaru smirked.
Temari and Shikamaru's mother were talking in the kitchen as the food was cooking.
Shikaku sat and talked with his son while they were playing chess, like the old times. This was how they loved to spend their time, quiet, beside from the giggles in the kitchen and the women talking.
"You love her don't you?" Shikaku said while his son made his move.
"Yeah, she is troublesome but I still love her. Check." Shikamaru said smirking.
"Dinner is ready!"
"Troublesome women, disturbing us in the middle of something this important." Shikaku murmured looking at the younger copy of himself while moving his knight.
"In the middle of?" Temari said and moved Shikamaru's runner continuing "Check Mate!"
"Troublesome women" Shikaku sighed as he walked towards the kitchen, to be seated and starting their dinner.
"So Shikamaru, how does it feel to be home in Konoha again?" his mother asked as they munched on the fabulous dinner that she had made.
"Good, I don't have sand everywhere…" Shikamaru said and scratched his back as he did when he was in Sand. Temari looked at Shikamaru with puppy-dog eyes saying:
"Don't you like home? Don't you love me? Would you stay with me in Sand forever?"
"Troublesome…"
His father looked over at his son with great sympathy in his black eyes, while his mother and fiancée almost fell of their chairs laughing.
"I'm only kidding Shika-kun" Temari purred as she laid her head against his right shoulder.
"That was delicious honey." Shikaku said to his wife kissing her cheek.
"And you said I'm whipped" Shikamaru laughed at how his father was acting.
"Shikamaru-kun, the plates, please" Temari said and looked at her man.
Shikamaru took the plates and walked over to the sink, while his father did the same. Temari and Yoshino walked in to the living room, while they heard the men pouring water and begun washing the dishes and pots, Shikamaru doing the dishes and Shikaku drying and putting everything away. They heard the women giggle, this wasn't good. The men looked worriedly at each other, and Shikaku went to the door frame, leaning in just showing his eyes and his pineapple hair. He saw his wife with a brown book in her lap, yet to be opened.
The older pineapple haired man threw the plate back to Shikamaru, doing a few hand seals.
"Kage Mane No Jutsu"
The black shadow trapped his wife making her unable to move, he threw his hands in the air banzai-style and Temari tried to catch the book, but she couldn't move. She had also been caught in the shadow of Shikaku. Shikamaru ran into the living room and grabbed the photo album, and ran back to the kitchen while his father was entertaining the women with some dancing. (A/N: Still in Kage Mane, the women had to dance to…)
Temari growled and pouted:
"If Gaara knew what you were doing to his only beloved sister…"
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At the same time in Suna the young Kazekage sneezed.
"Someone must be talking about me" Gaara said to himself, while looking out the window.
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The women in the Nara house was now sitting next to each other and flipping through the photo album. Yoshino had it in her lap and told Temari everything about Shikamaru's life while growing up. Temari had her fan over her right shoulder, Shikamaru and Shikaku were just sitting there facing the women on the other side of the coffee table. They were rubbing their heads which had big bumps, courtesy to Temari's huge fan.
"And this is when Shikamaru had his first kiss, aah, do you remember that. Ino and Shikamaru looking at the clouds, they were three years old." Yoshino sighed and looked at the men in her life, and continuing:
"Well, we thought they would get married when they were older. But Ino got obsessed with the raven haired Uchiha."
Temari giggled and looked at Shikamaru who was squirming in his chair, wanting to be somewhere else or rather anywhere else.
"Of course for him, we bought a summer house and were there all the vacations we could. Actually it is on the border of Fire Country." Yoshino was babbling.
"Maybe you could settle down there? You kids can live there if you want."
Shikamaru looked over at his Temari and she was smiling, maybe they could be able to live there. Close to her home and close to his, almost in the middle. Maybe they could arrange it to be a training ground for the people of both Suna and Fire. The idea in his head started to grow; maybe, just maybe they could make it happen.
"Yes, maybe we could do that." Temari nodded.
They had been talking for hours and hours, as the evening began shifting to night Shikamaru yawned and looked at Temari blinking at her, and she smiled. He thought that it was time to turn in for the night They had a long trip tomorrow. Back to Suna, it had been a long exhausting day, Shikamaru took Temari's hand and they said good night to his parents and made their way to his bedroom.
When Shikaku and Yoshino heard the door to his bedroom click, they smiled at each other and had the same thought in their minds their son was home, if only for a night, he was home. This was a night that they would sleep really well.
A/N: A bit OOC, but fun non the less.
