Chapter Nineteen

Shikamaru sighed as he typed furiously into his laptop. It had been a few days since the Hyuga's made their plan of taking Nina known and the team gave Naruto a few days off to cool his head. The rookie didn't wanna miss more games than he already did but ultimately he decided to go on a camping trip with his friends and family. Surprisingly Kendall even joined them. The only two who were left behind were Shikamaru and Temari, who were working on how Naruto could keep custody of his daughter.

Shikamaru groaned and banged the desk.

"Shika, you need to calm down."

The agent shook his head.

"I can't babe. Everyone is counting on me to get this done."

Temari shook her head and took a seat on the desk and forced her boyfriend to look in her eyes.

"Well I'm the one that's actually defending him in court so I think things rest on my shoulders just as equally."

Shikamaru grumbled and leaned back in his chair.

"I know I just can't believe they'd stoop this low."

"Well they did and now it's our turn to protect our family."

Shikamaru looked at her weirdly. "Family?"

Temari smirked. "Come on Shika, you and Naruto are brothers in every sense of the word except blood. The only people that are actually related are Naruto and Nina yet here we all are one big happy weird family and now it's my turn to protect it."

Shikamaru nodded and Temari kissed him on the side of the head.

"Good now I'll worry about the case and you work on having Under Armour not drop Naruto."

"On it."

A few hours later Shikamaru found himself in a meeting with a few representatives from Under Armour.

"I'm sorry mister Nara but with all due respect to the way your client has been playing he's just been a bit too problematic on and off the court."

Shikamaru laughed. "Come on guys I know Naruto isn't the best at containing his emotions but you have to sit back and think. Naruto is one of the fastest rising stars in the NBA. He hit one million Twitter followers in his first week. He's on track to be an All 6, rookie of the year and Heck he may even win MVP. Do you know what that means?"

Everyone shook their heads and Shikamaru continued. "It means if you decide to pass up on Naruto then your passing up on a sure thing."

One of the reps shook his head.

"You seam to be forgetting that we signed Stephen Curry around the same time we signed Naruto."

Shikamaru nodded. "Oh I didn't forget. But did you forget that Nike has LeBron, Durant and even Naruto's own teammate Kobe Bryant who I'm sure would be glad to help Naruto transition over to Nike."

This didn't seemed to settle well with the reps as they began to whisper amongst themselves and Shikamaru smirked as he went in for kill.

"Let's be honest fellas, Naruto doesn't want to split with Under Armour and you guys don't want to split with him. Your just afraid that he's ruining your image but I'll tell you this. Sales have increased by more than ten times as it was last year and with the merchandise that Naruto has coming out soon it'll only keep increasing. Where in the buisnees of making money gentlemen and I promise if you stick with Naruto you'll continue to make money."

Shikamaru watched as they debated their decision and on the outside he appeared calm, cool and collected but on the inside he was a nervous wreck he honestly pulled that entire speech out of his asshole but hopefully it worked.

"Well Mister Nara I don't know how but you've convinced me and my colleagues to give mister Uzumaki another chance. But tell him to stay out of the headlines in a bad way one more mishap like this and the order may come straight from the top to cut ties with him."

Shikamaru let out a sigh of relief. "Thank you and I promise you we will not have this conversation again."

Shikamaru gathered his things and left the office. He went outside and got into his Lamborghini and called Temari.

"How'd it go?"

"Good. They're keeping him on they're list of clientele. How's your and?"

Shikamaru could hear the smirk on Temari's face as she spoke.

"Well you know how my brother's on the Philadelphia city council?"

Shikamaru nodded. "Yeah Gaara."

"Exactly. Once I explained to him the situation he had no problem doing a little constructive detective work for me and he uncovered a few things. One of those things is something that you have to see."

Shikamaru nodded and ended the call and revved up the engine of his sports cars before taking off down the street.

Later That Night

"I can't believe this."

"Its right in front of your face how can you not believe it."

Shikamaru stared at the computer screen in disbelief as Temari showed him files that tied Haishi to the death of Hinata.

If Gaara did his detective work right then Haishi paid off some low level street thugs to kill Naruto. But the plan backfired and his own daughter ended up dead because he didn't want her to date someone 'lower' than her.

"So what do we do with this."

Shikamaru leaned back in his seat and stayed silent for a long time before pulling out his phone and calling a friend.

"Hello...I need to speak to Sasuke Uchiha."

Next Morning

Naruto opened the door to his apartment with a large bag on his back and smaller one's in his hands.

"How was camping?"

The NBA player turned to see his best friend sitting on his couch but was too exhausted to say anything about it.

"It was Ok but right now I just wanna relax."

Naruto dropped the bags and made his way to the couch and plopped down on it. Shikamaru watched as everyone else began filing into the penthouse and his eyes widened when he saw a sleeping Nina being carried in by Kendall. He turned his head to Naruto for an explanation but the point guard just shrugged his shoulders.

"She's good with kids."

Naruto pointed to Nina's room and Kendall laid her down before joining her boyfriend on the couch. That's when someone decided to make his presence known.

"Sup dope."

Naruto jumped up with wide eyes and turned to see a man around his age with black spikey hair. The man wore a simple black suit.

"Sasuke! What are you doing here!"

The man known as Sasuke just stared at the NBA player as he approached him. Neither said a word but as minutes passed Naruto cracked a smirk that made Sasuke lose his bearing as he smirked too. Soon the two began to full out laugh as they embraced each other.

"Naruto...it's been awhile."

Naruto smirked. "Is that your way of saying you missed me Sasuke?"

Sasuke smirked. "I guess."

Sasuke looked at Naruto then turned his head to Kendall.

"I must say your taste in women is astounding dope."

Naruto laughed and Kendall blushed. "Well as cool as it is to see you again, why exactly are you here?"

Sasuke looked at Shikamaru before picking up the TV remote.

"I've been looking for a place for me and Sakura to settle down in for a awhile and what better place than Los Angeles. Plus I fixed a little problem for you."

He turned the TV on and Naruto was shocked at the headline.

Father Arresta For Death of Daughter

Naruto watched with wide eyes as Haishi was shown being dragged out of his house in handcuffs.

"What the fuck?"

"Turns out Haishi wasn't the saint he painted himself out to be."

Naruto felt tears run down his eyes.

"Thank you Sasuke."

Sasuke shook his head.

"Don't thank me, thank Shikamaru and Temari. They got the evidence I just sent the word up to my supervisor."

Naruto nodded. "Well you still looked out. How bout you join us for breakfast. Moms making pancakes."

Sasuke nodded. "It would be my pleasure.".

Bang! Bang!

Everyone turned their heads to the door and Naruto went to open it.

"What's up ya fool ya fool. Killer Bees back and ready to groove!"

And Done!

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