AN: So, actually I found a way this can work. I will still write my book, and my sister will be ghost writing this for me, while I will still go through and edit it, so it's still me writing it, and I'm telling her what I want to happen. She's just getting this onto the paper, so I can do both in half the time. I hope you guys like the new chapter. It gave me a lot of difficulty starting it off, and I actually did have writer's block with it halfway through, which is why I haven't updated in forever. I'm really sorry about that! Anyway, onto reviews.
To Sesshomarulover1: Yes, everything gets sorted out…. Eventually.
To Thomas Drovin: Knowing Sasuke he probably would have….. I would have too. But no, Lynne wouldn't allow that, well she might have….. Sherie was really just a cameo role in that one chapter.
To MangaMagic: I know the Hokage and Mizukage are both women, only that was stated after I started writing this. XD And yes I will finish writing this when I finish my other book, which the deadline is the end of August. If I haven't finished it then, I'll have to postpone the book, but I will be working on this alongside my work instead. But, by all means, when the book is published, please buy it. ^.^
To Obakeinu-9.11: Thanks for the compliment. The reason I don't really have them using jutsus is because they didn't really go through the academy to learn them. Meanwhile, yes they can use small things like shadow clones (Lynne does this is in her first mission with Sasuke) and running up trees, they use their elemental powers for pretty much anything else because of their lack of chakra training. Does that make sense? And I already use narutopedia, but I've found it has missing information! D: Also, while yes, I have the lemons in here to show pairings and give depth to the relationships, that isn't the main part of story, which is what I'm trying to stick to, but thanks for the offer. And they won't be sitting there and taking it for long. I have some battle scenes already written out against the Akatsuki, and I'll be bringing up Akatsuki's plan to get Naruto in the next couple chapters. Again, thanks for reading and the criticism. It's greatly appreciated!
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Now on with the chapter!
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of the character. I just own my five and the plot… and if I really have to explain all this, it's a bit absurd.
Chapter Nineteen: Two Weeks Later
That night, Rox and Shikamaru skipped the last of the festivities and headed straight to their room after the ceremony. Their long travel had made them tired, but they were still hyped up from the ceremony. As they walked through their bedroom door, they shared a passionate kiss. Shikamaru pushed them through the door way and closed the door for privacy as he intensified their movements. He grasped her hips and ground his into hers. Rox had never felt this kind of intensity and her control of her lust for him was almost gone. He pushed her toward the bed, easily slipping her obi off her body, making her kimono fall open. She sat on the bed as he leaned over her, both trying to unknot his obi, which fell to the floor, along with his shirt. They each hurried to remove the last bits of clothing they had. Normally, Rox would have been crazy nervous to see a completely naked man in front of her, and she had to admit she was a little anxious, but she knew she wanted this, wanted him, more than anything.
Slowly, Shikamaru pushed her onto her back as he laid his body over hers. He gently ran his hands over her body, learning what she liked. The soft caresses made her give a soft sigh, even as she ran her hands across his body. He kissed a hot trail starting at her mouth and ending just under her navel. His fingers continued to massage her skin, leaving her breasts and heading down her body. They found her bud and she gasped as he began to rub gently. After a few seconds of this, Rox was panting, her cheeks flushed and her eyes half closed, so Shikamaru moved onto preparing her entrance for him. "Shika…" Rox gasped when he inserted a finger into her. Her breath hitched each time he moved or added a finger. Shikamaru kept at his ministrations, hoping to prepare her as much as possible so when the time came, he wouldn't hurt her. Although, he couldn't help but smile when he noticed her toes curling and her hands fisting the sheets.
After a few more moments of preparing her, Shikamaru deemed her as ready as he could make her and crawled back up her body. He lowered his body slowly against hers once more, putting his fore arms on either side of her head, to steady him. He smiled down at her, lowering his head to her ear and breathed in her soothing eucalyptus and mint smell. "I love you, Roxanne," he whispered in her ear, making her shudder. He pulled his head back to look her in the eyes, "are you ready?" She nodded, opening her legs a little more than they already were, allowing him better access. He smiled again and kissed her just before he pushed into her core. Roxanne gasped at the feeling, half pain and half something else. He filled her absolutely and for a second she worriedly thought that her body wouldn't be able to accommodate him. Shikamaru paused, putting his forehead against hers, dark brown eyes locked with hers. "You ok?"
"Yes, just….. let me get used to you," she gasped, hands clenched slightly on his upper arms. Shikamaru smiled down at her and lowered his lips to hers in a heated kiss. After a few moments, his lips left hers and trailed along her jaw to her ear and down her neck. She tilted her head to allow him better access, her body arcing into his slightly as she moaned. He took that as permission to start moving his hips slowly against hers. In response, Rox wrapped her legs around his waist, giving him a much better angle. "Faster," she moaned after a few minutes and Shikamaru obliged, kissing a trail back to her mouth. With each thrust, Rox was surprised to find he was able to go deeper into her. She felt something coil tighter and tighter in her abdomen until finally it snapped, sending waves of electric ecstasy through her body, making each and every one of her muscles spasm. "Shika… maru!" she gasped as she orgasmed for the first time. Her eyes were wide and slightly unfocused and her breathing hitched.
Shikamaru felt the muscles in her core tighten then spasm around him and felt his own body respond by releasing the tension that had been building in him. He grunted as his muscles shuddered, just like hers had seconds before. His arms shook with the effort of holding his upper body up.
When both their bodies calmed down, they were left lying there, panting, sweat glistening on their skin. Shikamaru put his forehead to hers once more, nuzzling her face slightly as they caught their breath. Slowly, Rox lifted her lips to his, hands tangling a little in his hair, now that the ponytail was slightly loosened. He felt her smile against his lips as her hand reached for the band holding his hair back, and tugged it off. The rough locks fell around his face and she pulled back to look at him, a broad smile on her face.
"I've always wondered what you looked like when your hair isn't pulled back." Rox said quietly, combing her fingers through his hair.
"And?" Shikamaru prompted when she didn't continue.
"Honestly, you don't look half bad when it's down," she laughed putting a hand to his cheek.
"Half bad, huh?" he said in a feigned hurt voice. He slowly pulled out of her, rolling to the side and onto his back. Rox rolled to her side, throwing her arm across his torso, sliding a leg across his lower body, and laying her head on his chest. He looked down at the top of her head and sighed, "you're such a troublesome woman."
Rox laughed at that, turning onto her stomach so she could look at him. "Yeah well, if I wasn't, you probably wouldn't have fallen in love me," she said smugly.
He lifted a hand and stroked her hair, a smile playing on his lips. "And you'd probably be right."
The smile that adorned her face after those words was bright and seemed to light up the room. She leaned up to kiss him once more and when she pulled away, she said, "I love you too, Shikamaru."
The next morning, Cordi and Gaara were sitting at the kitchen table eating breakfast in their pajamas when Rox and Shikamaru came down. Rox was wearing one of Shikamaru's black shirts and her hair was messy and rumpled. Shikamaru was wearing a pair of black sweat pants, his own hair messily tied back. Cordi smirked at them as they walked in, waggling her eyebrows at them a little.
"So, you had a late night guys?" Cordi asked, winking and giggling.
Rox blushed a deep shade of crimson and gave her sister a small sheepish smile. Shikamaru, on the other hand, smirked and said in a matter-of-fact tone, "yes, yes we did." Gaara snorted into his coffee and Cordi laughed heartily. Rox slapped her lightly on the arm as she and Shikamaru passed into the kitchen to grab some breakfast.
"Shut up, Cordi. Or I might just have to repeat what happened the last time we were here," Rox threatened good-naturedly.
"Yeah, we don't want that happening again. We lost a good wok that day," Gaara said quietly. Rox and Cordi laughed, but were quiet enough to hear what Shikamaru was saying.
"Not to mention the damage to library… and the floor… and the walls…" At that, they couldn't stay quiet anymore and outright guffawed. It was a wonder Rox got her food to the table safely and not splattered it all over the floor. And everyone at the table was lucky Cordi didn't have anything in her mouth, or it would have been sprayed everywhere.
After a few minutes of laughing, they all settled down and were able to eat breakfast calmly.
"So, when are you guys thinking of heading back?" Cordi asked. Rox sighed and looked at Shikamaru, who was frowning.
"Well, we were kind of hoping you guys would let us stay until after your wedding. We don't really want to go back and face the music just yet," Rox said. Shikamaru huffed quietly, hands clenching into fists.
"Face what music? And why did you guys have to come all the way here just to get married?" Cordi asked, eyeing her sister and new brother-in-law with confusion. Gaara had furrowed his brows at the question, as if he had been wondering about that as well.
This time, Rox didn't answer. Instead, she took Shikamaru's hand and squeezed as he sighed angrily and shut his eyes. When he opened them again, he glared slightly at the table before looking back up at Cordi and Gaara. "In Fire Country, it's the law that the approval of at least two family members is needed before two people can get married. My parents were the only ones that could give their approval in Konoha and Rox's only family she could ask in this world was you. So, when my mother refused to give her consent…"
"Wait a minute, she refused?" Cordi interrupted, eyes wide and mouth hanging open slightly. Rox's jaw clenching slightly didn't go unnoticed by either Gaara or Cordi, but Shikamaru had opened his mouth to continue.
"Yeah well…. My mother's a bit of a xenophobe and you already knew she didn't like Rox very much…" He answered quietly, squeezing Rox's hand. "Anyway, without her consent we couldn't have gotten married in Konoha legally so we packed our bags and were about to head out here, but Naruto and my father stopped us at the gate."
"You two were leaving Konoha without permission? You know that you would have become missing nin, right?" Cordi exclaimed.
Shikamaru gave her a slightly irritated look before he said dryly, "yes, we did know that."
"So, you two were willing to give up everything to be together?" Cordi asked.
Rox smiled and blushed a little. "Well…. We love each other," she said and shrugged a little helplessly.
Cordi turned to Gaara and smacked him lightly in the arm. "Why can't you do something romantic like that!" She teased, and laughed when his eyes widened.
"My proposal wasn't romantic enough for you?" he asked indignantly.
"We were fighting, Gaara. I'd hardly call it romantic," Cordi replied, making the sand user frown deeply. She smiled at him and kissed him on the cheek before turning back to Rox and Shikamaru. "So you guys want to stay until our wedding, then? I don't see how that will be a problem with us, but you should probably notify Naruto." Cordi's eyes gained a mischievous gleam. "Besides, I don't think you'd be able to have a proper honeymoon with Mrs. Nara breathing down your necks!"
Rox blushed a deeper shade of crimson than she had earlier and she shot her sister a warning glare. Shikamaru smiled at her, before turning his head back to Cordi and Gaara, "thanks guys."
Lynne sighed as she waited at the front gate of Konoha. The past two weeks have been a mixture of good and bad. Sasuke had returned to her after getting answers from Sherie, but now they were the talk of the town. Lynne was having problems tuning all the villagers out. It was kinda hard when everyone in the village was thinking practically the same damn thing. Now, all she wanted to do was go to Suna for Cordi's and Gaara's wedding, so she wouldn't have to keep hearing all the gossip.
Not to mention see why Rox and Shikamaru have been gone so long on such a simple mission…. Lynne thought.
Yeah, Gryffin didn't say anything about why he was leaving so suddenly, Saryu said as he touched down behind her.
Lynne turned to face him, eyebrows furrowed in thought. "When I asked Naruto about the mission they were assigned, it sounded like a mission suited for a squad of genin, not two jounin…."
Cherokee and Nessie landed beside Saryu, both looking a little confused at the conversation. "What are we talking about?" Nessie asked.
"Why Rox and Shikamaru have been gone so long," Saryu answered.
"Naruto said not to worry about them… but I'm so curious!" Lynne exclaimed, folding her arms in annoyance. She felt out of the loop, and nowadays… she was rarely out of the loop. How was it that Naruto could keep information away from her… Had he learned to block her too? Every time she tried to read him, all she could get was a mischievous and giddy feeling and that their mission was just to take his RSVP of the wedding invitation to Suna.
"Lynne!" Ronni exclaimed as she ran up to the gates with Kiba trailing just behind her, Fred following not far behind. She smiled at Lynne, "nice to see you out and about!"
Lynne rolled her eyes. "I didn't really want to be stared at all the time, so I stay at home."
Ronni waggled her eyebrows, "whose home, yours or Sasuke's?"
"Which ever works," Sasuke stated monotonously as he appeared in a poof of smoke behind Lynne.
Ronni and Fred exchanged meaningful looks, annoying Lynne a bit. "So the arranged marriage is when?" Fred smirked.
Lynne and Sasuke scowled at them. "Ha ha, shut up, losers," Sasuke growled, looking off into the woods.
When Fred and Ronni kept their expectant stares on them, Kiba joining, Lynne sighed and answered, "When the little Lima Beans decide to say hello to the world, and I will no longer have weight issues, then we will talk." She patted her stomach lightly, before placing her hand on her hip.
"Lima-what?" Sasuke frowned, eyeing Lynne strangely.
"Lima Beans – you know, because that's their size at the moment," Lynne stated plainly.
"No," Sasuke muttered, looking away from her.
Lynne scowled at him, becoming very indignant. "Why the hell not!"
"No Uchiha, especially no child of mine, will ever be called a Lima Bean," Sasuke replied, as if that were final.
"Well when you decide you'd like to help carry them around anytime in the next seven months, then you get to decide on nicknames," Lynne argued, turning away from him and crossing her arms angrily. Fred, Ronni, and Kiba guffawed loudly until Lynne shot a glare at them, shutting them up.
"Hey!" Naruto yelled out to the group cheerfully, Hinata following behind him, holding her baby bump tenderly. He looked at the group for a bit then asked, "Did we miss something?"
Lynne rounded on them and asked quickly, "Hinata, what do you call your baby? I've been calling mine Lima Beans, but some people think I should call them something else." She motioned toward Sasuke, making it clear who she was talking about.
Hinata blushed and looked at her pregnant belly to avoid Lynne's sharp gaze. Naruto furrowed his eyebrows together, then stated plainly, "You mean, the Honorable Baby-Kage Bump?" shifting his eyes toward Hinata's belly.
"Yes!" Lynne laughed, then rounded on Sasuke. "SEE! I'm not the only one who does it!" Sasuke's eyes just twitched at his old teammate.
"Well, to be honest, I'm the only one who calls it that," Naruto replied sheepishly, Hinata nervously nodding behind him.
"HA!" Sasuke barked to a scowling Lynne.
"STILL!" Lynne snapped, re-crossing her arms and turning away from the group.
A roar rang through the entrance followed by, "I'M HERE!" Aleera did a circle above the entrance and landed.
"Oh hey Aleera!" Nessie exclaimed, happy to see her fiery friend.
Saryu, however, seemed to frown slightly. "Hey, do you know why Gryffin never came back after the mission to Suna?"
Aleera's already crimson scales turned a shade redder. "Uh… I have no idea what you're talking about. I'm not making him stay!" She claimed, not looking at anybody gathered there. Saryu and Cherokee's eyes narrowed. They both knew when Aleera was hedging. Aleera sighed, "all I know is that Rox and Shikamaru have been very busy. Gryffin's stayed out of their business the past few weeks, and he's stayed with me… I guess."
Naruto snorted. I'd be surprised if they hadn't been busy.
Lynne whirled on the Hokage, eyes wide. "What the hell do you mean by that?" She exclaimed, having heard what he thought. Naruto just smiled bigger not answering her, in either speech or thought.
"Wait, what did he think?" Fred demanded. Lynne scowled at the Hokage before repeating what he thought. "No fair, you DO know something about why they've been gone so long!"
Naruto laughed uneasily, scratching the back of his head. "You know, if we don't head out now, then we'll get to Suna later than they expected! Besides, Bushy Brow and Sakura are already there waiting for us. It would be in poor taste to make them wait longer!" he exclaimed before grabbing Hinata's hand and brusquely walking over to Aleera, who held out her paw for them.
Lynne and Fred grumbled, before jumping onto their own dragons. Ronni, Kiba, and Sasuke followed them up, and soon they had taken off and where zooming their way to Konoha.
"What about Little Chaos Bringers?" Sasuke asked after a few minutes of flying.
Lynne donned a perplexed look as she turned around to look at him. "Little Chaos Bringers? Really? No, Lima Beans is a much better nick name."
"I hate it," Sasuke grumbled.
"Live with it," Lynne smirked.
Gaara, Cordi, Rox, Shikamaru, and Gryffin all stood at the gates to Suna with a crowd of villagers and ninja, all waiting for the party from Konoha to arrive. The other Kages stood off to side, most of them with sour faces. Apparently, they were still unhappy about the 'Legendary' situation. Temari and Kankuro stood behind Gryffin, holding Yukina. Shikamaru stood behind Rox with his arms wrapped around her. Gaara held Cordi's hand in his hand, sand floating around it languidly. Gryffin pawed at the ground, looking a little nervous.
"What's up, Gryffin?" Rox asked, looking over her shoulder at her purple dragon. "You're acting kind of weird."
Gryffin's head snapped to look at her in surprise. "What? Uh… nothing's wrong, at all," he stated, not making eye contact with anyone.
"I don't know Gryffin, you look a little nervous about something," Rox observed.
"You know, the past two weeks I haven't really heard from Aleera… What have you guys been up to?" Cordi asked, turning to look at Gryffin herself now.
"Nothing's been happening," Gryffin declared, but his scales had turned slightly pink. Cordi and Rox furrowed their eyebrows at the purple dragon. Gaara turned his head and frowned slightly, eyeing the dragon with confusion. When Shikamaru turned his head to observe the dragon he smirked.
"How have you and Aleera been getting along, well I hope?" Shikamaru asked with a knowing smirk. Gryffin's eyes widened and he fell back a few steps. His maw opened and he stammered, unable to find words to refute what Shikamaru claimed.
"Wait… is there something between you and Aleera?" Rox exclaimed, eyebrows rising.
Gryffin was saved from having to argue as there was a roaring from four dragons on the horizon, and they were approaching fast. The wind dragon almost sighed with relief, as Cordi, Gaara, Rox, and Shikamaru had turned to look at the horizon. He honestly didn't know how to answer Rox's question.
A few minutes later, four dragons landed in the sand and five ninja hopped down from their backs. Lynne and Hinata were helped down by the dragons they were riding. Cordi and Rox smiled at the new comers and waved. When Lynne spotted Rox standing there, with Shikamaru standing just behind her with his arms around her, her eyes popped out of her head.
She stomped up to the pair, eyes slightly angry, and pointing a finger. "Roxanne Turner, what the hell have you been doing that you can't come back to Konoha or send a message?" she demanded.
Rox blushed deeply and smiled sheepishly. "Uh, actually it's Roxanne Nara now," she replied. Lynne's eyes bugged out and her jaw dropped comically. Shikamaru chuckled at her response and squeezed his arms around Rox a little tighter.
"Wait, what did you say?" Fred exclaimed, running over to her best friend, followed by Ronni.
"Shikamaru and I got married," Rox answered. Fred had much the same reaction as Lynne, but Ronni squealed in delight and threw her arms around the newlyweds.
"I told you guys there was nothing to worry about!" Naruto laughed as he walked up to the group. He smiled at the pair and winked, "So, the mission was a success then?"
Shikamaru's cheeks turned just slightly pink as he smiled back at the Hokage, "yes, Lord Hokage, it was a success."
Naruto smiled at the couple before turning to Gaara and Cordi. "Hey, Gaara. It's been a while!" he exclaimed, shaking the Kazekage's hand with a big smile.
"We saw you two months ago, Naruto," Gaara answered, donning a perplexed look.
The smile on the blond's face grew bigger. "Yeah, it's been too long!"
"You know, I think all that Hokage paperwork has gone to your head, Naruto," Cordi laughed. Naruto just laughed in reply, and that was when Cordi and Rox looked behind him and saw Sasuke standing by Saryu, looking out of place. Cordi scowled at him, remembering what happened the day before she left for Suna. "What the hell is he doing here?"
Naruto looked behind him and sighed before he turned back to Cordi and Rox. "Look… everything with him and Lynne has been… kind of sorted out."
"Yeah, we found out this chick named Sherie apparently transformed into me and proceeded to whore around the village, so Sasuke would break up with me and be with her," Lynne said and leaned in close to whisper to Cordi and Rox, "she even slept with Shino! Can you imagine me sleeping with Shino? You guys know how much I hate bugs!" Rox shivered in disgust at the mental image. She hated bugs just about as much as Lynne did.
"FWED!" cried a little voice from behind the massive body that was Gryffin. A tiny little body came sprinting at the group after she passed the dragon, her father trying to keep up so he could catch her. Yukina was surprisingly fast for a toddler. She stayed well ahead of her father and ran straight at Fred, who knelt to the ground and held her hands out, a smile on her face.
"Hey there, Yukina! Did you miss me?" Fred asked, smiling down at the little girl.
"Yes she did," said an amused voice from above her. Fred looked up into the smiling face of Kankuro, eyes gleaming in happiness. "Ever since she heard you were coming, she's asked every minute 'when will Fred get here?'"
Fred laughed lightly and scooped the little girl up in her arms as she stood. "Is that true Yukina? Well, I missed you too!"
"Kankuro! Hey man!" Kiba exclaimed as he jogged up to the puppet user. Kankuro smiled at him, extending a hand for a greeting.
"Hey Kiba, I'd heard you'd gotten engaged but, I didn't get to tell you congratulations," Kankuro said. Kiba laughed and looked over at Ronni, who was still gushing over the new development of Rox's and Shikamaru's wedding. She caught his eye, smiled, and walked over to join them.
"Hey Kankuro!" Ronni greeted happily, hugging him.
The other three kage that stood off to the side now approached the Kazekage and the Hokage, each with a mixed expression. The Raikage stood tall and imposing as usual, a frown on his mouth. However, he smiled at the Hokage and thumped him on the back, laughing heartily when Naruto gave a surprised grunt. The Mizukage gave a sultry smile to the Hokage, which was obliviously ignored, much to the older woman's consternation. The Tsuchikage was frowning up at the others, as if all the youthfulness annoyed him. All three of those Kage gave wary glances to the five elementals that had all gathered there.
"All right everyone, let's get inside the village," Gaara called out at the party, sending a small smirk to the Konoha ninja before glancing at the other kage, "I'm sure our guests would like to set their bags down."
AN: I hope you all enjoyed the new chapter! Sorry it took forever to do. Please remember to review! It's hard to think that when I started writing this, I said I'd bee done in two years, and here we are, a month a way from the two years mark, and it's still got a good 10-15 chapters in it I think... I'm happy all of you have decided to stick with this so far!