it's raining again in Kohana, and it looks like it is not going to let up any time soon; it has been raining for the last four days, and people are getting concerned that it may start flooding soon. The rain was beating down on the Nara manor, and once again, it was a restless night. Shikamaru has been up for the last three hours because of a nightmare that plagues his dreams as of late. (It was the same thing over and over again of him walking out of the house after a long night to find his son's dead body by his door with a note saying that the Nara and the killer were even for the death of their family members.) Right now, he was following the sound of a voice calling out to him.
The voice was that of his late Father Nara Shikaku, who has been dead since the fourth Shinobi war. It is rumored that once a Nara passes on, they join the shadows that serve the Nara clan. Shikaku was once one of the most powerful members and the lead chieftain of the Nara clan. Shikaku had no doubt joined the shadows but as more of a guide than a servant to the living Nara. If there were ever a great need or trouble, one would hear the voices of their loved ones as a warning or comfort.
flashback*
Like any other day, Shikamaru was at the office trying to get Naruto to finish the paperwork they needed to have filed before the end of the day so he can get home. Two years ago, he and Temari had adopted a little girl named Kaori from the sand village. Gaara had found her abandoned and had no family. Ever since the arrival of his daughter to the village Shikamaru has been making sure he tries and gets home at a decent time to help with the kids and spend time with his little doe.
The sweet little blonde-haired blue eye doe was two years old and loved her family and have been wanting to see her big brother and was always and as of late been asking "when brother coming home." His son is due to come back to the village from a month-long mission, gathering Intel and the scrolls needed for the trading agreement from the Rain village.
This is the first mission that Shikadai has led by himself and was proud that he was following in his parent's footsteps. Both Shikamaru and Temari wanted to know how everything had worked out with this mission. They got regular reports from the rain village about the mission and how their son was doing with the team he was leading, but it was more of how Shikadai felt about how everything had turned out and if he was willing to do more missions like this one.
It was time for Shikadai's team to return to the leaf village. The ETA was 6:30 pm on Monday, June 5th, which was Four days ago. Something had gone wrong. The team was attacked on their way home. Inojin, ChouChou, and Bolt had been found and returned to the village from a neighboring village that had found them. The injuries that the three have gotten from their battle with the enemy ninjas were severe. Bolt is fighting for his life, a punctured lung, head trauma, broken leg, and damage is done to his heart; ChouChou was in a coma due to the injury to the side of her head, four broken ribs making it hard for her to breath and a broken wrist and injured shoulder. Inojin was had gotten the least amount of damage but had blinding jujitsu that had made it impossible for him to see and cannot do anything without the risk of harming himself or others around him. The only thing that Temari and Shikamaru had gotten back from their son was his fan and the family crested coat with a large amount of blood on it.
Temari and Shikamaru were in great disbelief; there is no way that they can get their son's possessions back and not him or, in the worst case, his body back without any reason. At first, they both felt that maybe the people who had brought the team back might have forgotten to tell them that their son was in the village they came from and was being treated. But that was not the case. The people that had brought the rest of the team back had stated that the three that they had brought back were the ones that they found. This could not be their son has proven many times to be careful and not let this sort of thing happen. So, nothing is making sense as to why their child has not been brought back.
After all, the reports that had come in days were vague and did nothing to comfort the parents of the teens. It seemed that it was a random attack, and they were outnumbered. But for some reason, it did not sit well with anyone, and in the end, Sasuke went out to see if there was any information that he could get about the attack. He has been gone for three weeks and has yet to come back. Naruto had ordered for the teens to be guarded around the clock and health statuses and so on as an hour report.
End of FlashBack*
Shikamaru gets to the end of the hall by the front door and opens it. Looked out at the rain, wondering where his son is for the millionth time that night. Felt the pain stab his heart once again because his boy is not home. Shikamaru feels like he had failed as a father; his world is missing one of the greatest joys that he loves so much. What could he have done or said to help his son to prevent this sort of thing from happening?
Granted, yes, a shinobi's life is hard, and they face death, injury, and go missing for months on end every day but living with the fact that their son is not home; having to be one of the families that have to sit and worry about their child that had gone missing is not sitting well with him at all. Looking around the Nara compound, tears ran down his face.
"Dad, if you can hear me, please help Shikadai return home either way so Temari and I can have peace. We miss him so much. His little sister asks for him every night. Though she may never show her tears, Temari is beside herself from him being gone and not knowing what had happened to him. As for me, dad. I don't know what to do anymore. I don't want to give up on him, I truly love my boy, and I want him home so much, but I am not sure how long I can hold before my faith starts to fade."
"Dad, please don't let him join you on the other side. He is way too young. He has not even started to live his life yet. Hell, the boy just got into his teens. Papa, please, please, please let him come home to us."
Crying by the door, Shikamaru prays to the only one he knows will hear him in his pain and sorrow. There was a little soft noise that came behind him. He turns to see his little doe standing behind him, holding out her arms for him to pick her up and hold her. He picks her up and takes her back to bed. Once Shikamaru got back to the little girls' room, he started rocking Kaori until she falls back to sleep on his chest.
He feels a light brushing on his face in the same manner that his dad did when he would try and comfort Shikamaru as a child. He looks up for a moment and thought he saw the black Stag that his father would use to summon Shikamaru to him. He gets up to put Kaori back in bed and starts to walk to his and Temari's rooms. He felt the brush again on his lower back as he walked through the door.
"Don't worry, son, I will make sure the boy comes back home...No matter what."
What..the..actual..fuck??? Where the hell did all these bastards appear from? And why in the fucking hell are they coming after them of all people? They have been fighting for what feels like over a day. They lost Inojin and had to backtrack to find him. Chocho was badly injured bolt was no longer awake and they have to drag his ass to get away from the enemy. They were on a trade assignment from the leaf and were on their way back when they were attacked.
The main thing that Shikadai noticed after a while is that they were going mainly after him and that his comrades were getting in the way and that is why they were getting hurt. But that would have not mattered anyways because like himself, his friends and comrades were taught to lever let one fight alone, strength is in numbers, take care Of each other no matter what, and never leave a brother or sister in arms behind, so if he told his friends to leave and go get help or go back to the village they won't just as he would never leave anyone behind. So here are his brothers and sister hurt and running for their lives.
The next thing he knew there is a blast going off and chocho and bolt were getting blasted out of the area, Inojin got blasted back and his head hit the trees behind him knocking him out and Shikadai was surrounded by four to five people that he can not make out who they are or where they're from. One of his captors spoke from behind him saying " it's about damn time we got your sorry ass, you might just be as good as your father." What the fuck is that supposed to mean?? Was the last thought that goes through his mind before he is knocked out...
Everything is black or are his eyes sealed? Where the hell am I? And damn everything hurts like hell. Where the hell are his friends? Are they okay? Why the fuck did that bastard say that he is almost as good as his father, how do they know his father, and what the fuck is going on? Fuck all of this is just too troublesome. He hears voices off in the distance and noticed the one who had talked to him before he was knocked out, bragging about how he took down a group of brats and was able to get the problematic Nara.
Shikadai was in shock, why in the name of the nine tails are these people coming after his family? What the hell did his dad do to have them come after them? And above all what the actual fuck is their problem to come after a damn kid? (unlike his brother Bolt he will admit that with certain things he was still a kid and right now this is one of these things.)
He hears someone approach him and kicks his side making him gasp for air. "Look everyone the brat is awake shall we have some fun before the boss gets here?" To that comment, there was cheering.
Shikadai's blood runs cold, he is bound and blindfolded and not able to defend himself. Next thing he knows he is being pulled up by his hair and thrown onto the floor. There was a lot of sinister laughing about how he was so pretty and shit about how he should have been born a girl.
The punches and kicking started and as hard as he tried he was not able to ward off the attacks on him and started to cough up blood. It finally ended when he heard a deep ragged voice telling them to stop for now. Shikadai was picked up and sat in a chair in the middle of the room they were all in.
"Well hello little Nara it's nice to finally meet you, My name is Enomoto, Hiroshi," Hiroshi said with an evil grin. Shikadai turns his head to the voice and hoping he is facing the right person asks" what the hell do you want from me and why in hell are you going after my family, what did my Father do to you to piss you off to make you come after me?" There was evil laughter from Hiroshi before he slapped Shikadai across the face. " little brat you have no right to demand anything from me but if you want to know it's your grandfather Shikaku who fucked up and now after his death his son is now paying for his sins"
Wait this bastard is saying that he was paying for the sins of his grandfather who has been dead since the great fourth war?? "What did you not have the balls to face him when he was alive?? Wow, that sounds like a bitch move if you ask me"SLAP!!!! That hit was worth it but now Shikadai is dizzy and threw up. " you know for a Nara your not very smart right now, you should know when to keep your mouth shut." The leader stated as his little team started laughing. "Yeah, your right but your not living up to your name either so there you go" Shikadai quips. The next thing he knows is that he is thrown to the ground and the kicking started again. But only this time after Shikadai throws up blood he passes back out.
Not too sure how long he was out this time but maybe it's a good thing he woke up, he heard one of the captors ask "Hey boss are we going to kill this brat?" Hiroshi responded " yeah but we have to wait to get to land first before we do so we can get rid of the body and you know the Clain boss wants to see that we got the right one you know how he is" "yeah your right though the claim heads are just being fucking dicks and never take our word about things," said another. " this is true but if you're going to pay money to have someone killed you want proof to" stated Hiroshi. " is no one thinking about the fact that we took a chieftains kid and not remember who his male mate is?? Is no one worried that if they find out who did this that all of us are going to be destroyed, I'm sorry but I don't want to get m ass ripped apart from a demon fox" wait wait wait how the fuck?? Were these bastards spying on his family to know all this? How?? Nothing is making sense at all and he was going to be killed? For fucking what??? Grandpa what the hell did you do??? Please help me out if this!!!!
