Author's note: I don't own any of the characters. They belong to Masaishi Kishimoto. The original characters belong to me.

Chapter 5: An Ambitious Weekend Part 2

Next day, Nara household, Leaf Village

In a dark room, a young dark blonde-haired boy was sleeping in his large bed. He his hair was very messy and he wore studs on each ear. This young boy was an intelligent fellow called Shikaien Nara, but he was also known by his classmates and instructor as the "lazy-ass punk". Shikaien was sleeping so sweet, until the door to his bedroom opened. This caused the young boy to groan irritated, giving the strong light the opening gave him.

"Hey! Put out those lights! I'm sleeping!" Shikaien groaned while refusing to open his eyes. But what he didn't know was which person who was groaning to.

It was a woman with dark-blonde hair tied in four ponytails. She carried a large fan along with her. It was his mother: Temari. She eyed her lazy son irritated.

"Get out of the bed you, lousy punk!" Temari commanded and she began swishing her fan. Out from it, strong winds emerged and they were all aimed at Shikaien. The winds were so powerful that his blanket was blown away and eventually his t-shirt and pyjamas pants as well. This left him only half naked (wearing only his underwear and his socks). It didn't take long before Shikaien woke up and froze like hell thanks to his mother's technique.

"Mom, wh-what…th-the…h-hell…a-are….y-you doing!?" Shikaien asked while shivering. His whole body was shaking thanks to the strong winds.

Temari smirked at her son. "Isn't that obvious? I'm waking you up because you have chores to do!" she stated sternly, making Shikaien irritated.

"What? What more stupid chores do I have to do!? Yesterday, I cleaned up the whole dinner you made!" Shikaien snapped while trying to dig his way out.

His mother became furious. "I wasn't talking about kitchen chores! I was talking about" she stretched her arms into long directions. "THIS!" she added while observing the mess in his room.

Shikaien stared at her in annoyance. "So it's a little bit messy here! So what? It's my room! I sleep here and I can do whatever I want with it!" he retorted to his mother, who was still irritated by her son's behaviour.

"Shikaien, you must clean up your bedroom! It's a total mess here, not to mention the terrible smell! I swear, this is the last time you will ever eat food in your room!" Temari stated while crossing her arms.

Shikaien became outraged by that declaration. "WHAT! You can't do that! It's Saturday! I mean..." before he could continue arguing, his mother threw some clean clothes for him to use upon his head. They reminded somewhat of the clothes his father wore at his age except for that fact they were black and red.

"Don't give me that crap! Now take a shower, get dressed and come down to the kitchen for breakfast! And DON'T take too long!" Temari said sternly and she left her son's bedroom. Shikaien grumbled once his mother was out, while getting up from bed.

"Man! This is such a drag!" he remarked annoyingly while heading towards the nearest bathroom to get himself dressed. That catchphrase was also been used by his father at his age.

Once Shikaien had taken a shower gotten dressed, he went to the kitchen. He had washed his dark-blonde hair, and it had been tied into a spiky ponytail. His mother was soon cleaning, while his father was reading the newspaper. When Shikaien took a seat, his father put his newspaper away and watched his son eating.

"So tell me Shikaien. How has your days the academy been lately?" Shikamaru asked while taking a cigarette into his mouth.

"Well, to tell you the truth, nothing special. Iruka-sensei still teaches us the same lame subjects we need to understand. I just wanna get prepared for the Chuunin Exams" Shikaien answered, making his father chuckle with amusement.

"It's odd. When I was at your age I wasn't necessarily so keen on the exams. But I managed to pass through" Shikamaru shrugged while remembering his days as an aspiring chuunin. It was also during that time when I first met your mother. We two had one hell of a battle" he added, causing Temari to blush with embarrassment. Shikaien was not necessarily impressed by his father's story.

"Honey, don't say such things in front of our boy! You're embarrassing me!" Temari said while grabbing the shoulders of her husband.

Shikamaru laughed sweetly. "C'mon Temari, perhaps Shikaien will experience the same thing as me! Who knows, he has many wonderful opportunities ahead of him" Shikamaru remarked while eyeing his son who was merely staring at his father, unenthusiastic.

"Yeah right, like I will follow into the footsteps of someone like you!" the young boy thought while glancing at Shikamaru.

Shikamaru suddenly rose up from his table and gave his wife a brief kiss on her lips. Shikaien knew what this meant. And he had a smart plan.

"Well I better get going! The Hokage has summoned us for an important meeting regarding the upcoming events, so I need to participate. I will be home before you travel to the Sand Village for your mission. Is that okay, Temari?" he asked her and she nodded slightly.

"Just make sure you do your job, Shikamaru. But we also deserve a little time together for ourselves, don't we?" Temari teasingly asked her husband, who merely chuckled in return.

"I get your picture, sweetie! But trust me, we will do that. Now you and Shikaien take good care of the house while I'm at work, right son?" Shikamaru suddenly turned his attention at the table, only to find out that he was not sitting there anymore, much to his confusion and his wife's irritation.

"Uh, where did he go?" Shikamaru stated widened.

"What kind of punk of a son have we created together, Shikamaru?" Temari asked irritated while starting to search for their son. Shikamaru merely laughed at this. He was amused by how much his son was different from him. The lazy, but smart head of the Nara clan was definitely not disappointed in his family, especially Temari.

In the streets of the Leaf Village

As soon as Shikaien thought he was far away from his strict mother, he proceeded to walk around the streets of the Leaf Village at a normal pace. He walked pass through many citizens of the village as he thought about the upcoming events. He had to admit he was very ambitious in passing the exams. But at the same time, Shikaien thought it was too boring for his own taste. However, this was the shinobi world and every young genins needed to pass the exams, in order to become chuunins. He wondered what team he would end up in.

"Hey Shikaien, over here!" a cheerful voice filled with joy called over to the dark blonde-haired boy. As Shikaien turned around to see who it was, he smiled.

It was a very close friend of his, Chouta Akimichi. The chubby girl with dark brown hair had known Shikaien since they were both small children. It was most likely due to the friendship between their fathers, as well as the close links to the Nara clan and Akimichi clan respectively. Although many young ninjas (both male and female) disliked her because of her weight, Shikaien was among the few people at the Ninja Academy to tolerate her appearance. This made their friendship stronger.

"Hey there, Chouta! How're you doing?" Shikaien asked the stout konuichi, who held a strawberry slush in her right hand.

"I'm just starting the weekend with a delicious slush. I've just finished cleaning my room. Mom and dad gave me money for my effort and I used some of them on this" she stated with gleefully eyes while taking a slurp from her slush. "What about you?" Chouta suddenly asked her best friend.

Shikaien sighed before answering. "Nah it's all trouble for me. Mom keeps making me do these stupid-ass chores and now she wants me to clean up my room. I just ran out from the house so I'm technically hiding from her as we speak" he stated irritated while watching around the area for his chasing mother. So far there were no signs of her.

Chouta laughed at her punk-styled friend. "Well that's rich coming from a guy who openly dislikes places that stinks, like outhouses" she said while continuing laughing.

The young boy stared at his friend insulted. "Hey! My bedroom doesn't stink at all! The only things lying in there are some of my valuable gifts from Uncle Gaara! They are all valuable stuff coming from the desert!" Shikaien explained, much to Cheika's interest.

"Whoa, you must be very lucky to have the Kazekage as your uncle. I mean, he is among the strongest and wisest shinobis in the world" Chouta remarked, causing Shikaien to smirk with satisfaction.

"You're darn right I am! I've heard that Uncle Gaara is coming to visit the Leaf Village as an observer during the finals of the chuunin exams. Oh boy, I can't wait to show him my talents!" Shikaien said with excitement in his voice. Chouta was amused by this

However, their conversation was interrupted when a young shinobi dressed in a white hoodie approached the pair. He had short blonde hair, which was a little bit spiky. He also wore round sunglasses and it was impossible to even see his eyes, as well as his pupils. It was a fellow student from the academy, as well as a ninja from the bug-using Aburame clan: Saburou Aburame. He watched the pair, which made the pair confused.

"Hello Saburou. What brings you here? And why the stern look?" Chouta asked uneasily, trying to be nice as possible.

The strange boy kept looking at them in silence. He wasn't much of a talker like for example Ochinko, but he was still their classmate, as well as a fellow genin.

"I'm just on my way to something important. But somehow I have run into you" he stated calmly while eyeing them.

This made Shikaien interested. "Hey what do you mean by something important? I wanna know!" the dark blonde-haired kid demanded an answer from Saburou while approaching to his face. Chouta became concerned about this.

"Shikaien, please don't act all tough on him" she politely asked her friend, but Shikaien shrugged and put his face closer to Saburou's.

The young white-dressed genin sighed in irritation before answering. "Careful what you wish for, Shikaien. As I already told you. it is something important. And as such, it has nothing to do with you" Saburou stated sternly, his gaze never leaving Shikio.

Shikaien was irritated by his classmate's arrogant persona, but he brushed it off when he decided to leave him alone. He eyed his chubby friend.

"Hey Chouta, I was planning on visiting the Combat Alley in order to test my skills. Do you wanna tag along?" he asked her with encouraging words.

Chouta smiled at his request and she was more than happy to oblige. She wanted to hang out with her closest friend. But before the pair left, Shikaien turned around to face Saburou with a confidential smirk on his face.

"That's the spirit, pal! I think bugboy here is too much of a pussy to be joining in the fights! Eh, Saburou?" he insultingly asked his classmate, who didn't necessarily seem offended by his remark. The boy with the sunglasses merely crossed in arms in disappointment.

"Truth is, punk. I was actually headed that way. Are you saying you want a challenge?" he asked Shikaien, who was surprised at this. He was also headed for the Combat Alley to test his fighting skills.

Chouta smiled at Saburou and she nudged against his rebellious firend. "Then it's all settled! Let's go to the Combat Valley, together! I'm sure it will be fun!" she stated cheerfully while taking a brief glance at Saburou. To her surprise, he smiled at her as a token of gratitude. This was very unusual of him, considering his analytic personality. Shikaien merely grumbled at this declaration, but he kept his cool. The three friends then took off towards the Combat Alley.

Combat Alley, Leaf Village

In a large but abandoned alley, there were no signs of activity. The whole place was filled with shadow and garbage. In fact, none of the shinobi guards didn't even bother patrolling in this so-called lifeless place. This made an alley like this a perfect place to test their fighting abilities, since no one from the guards would interfere in their fights. During nights it was left empty, but during days, it was filled with fighting and activities.

Shikaien, Chouta and Saburou arrived at the alley and they immediately noticed the large gathering of ninjas seeking to test their abilities. Some of them were grown-ups or even worse: rogue ninjas. But most of these ambitious shinobis and konuichis were young genins, who wanted to enter the world of ninjas and the way of better understanding the shinobi world.

"Wow! So many people here! I bet a lot of these guys possess some tricks up their sleeves!" Chouta remarked while observing the various fighters.

"Perhaps, but they won't be so cocky or confident once I've beaten their asses!" Shikaien stated unenthusiastic.

Saburou sighed in annoyance while watching how unrealistic and lazy Shikaien behaved. He still didn't get a clue about why he was amongst the top students in their class. Of course, Saburou was also among them, but he was more calculating compared to his classmate.

"I'll have you know, Shikaien, that you are among the people I wish to fight. Unfortunately for you, I have someone else to favour as a worthy opponent" Saburou stated while ignoring the death glare given to him by Shikaien.

"Oh really? And who is the one you really want to challenge?" Shikaien asked with irritation in his voice.

Saburou didn't answer. He was still ignoring his lazy classmate. However, the trio stopped when they noticed a bunch of konuichis screaming with eyes of love. They were all hanging around a young black-haired boy, who was irritated by the girls hanging around him. Outside the crowd stood a timid boy who was chuckling at the commotion the long-haired boy was in.

"Hey that's Shunsuke Uchiha! He's a nice guy! And is that long-haired boy surrounded by the girls" before Chouta could continue her question, Shikaien answered for her.

"Inojin. Inojin Uchiha" he stated calmly. "He is one tough bastard" he added with a smirk on his face.

They could see Inojin as he was growing irritated by the girls surrounding him. Amongst them were some of his admirers Nashiko Uzumaki and Minami Inuzuka. But it didn't take long before the long-haired boy noticed the trio watching him and he rose up from his seat and approached them slowly. His gaze was mostly focused on Shikaien and Saburou. Chouta was now a little bit worried about what he was going to do. She had heard from her father about how Inojin had started a fight with both Nashiko and Ochinko. Luckily it had been stopped thanks to the interference of the Interrogation Squad.

"Howdy Inojin, lovely day isn't it?" Shikaien asked him with a so-called politely voice. The long-haired boy wasn't impressed by his funny-guy impression.

"What the hell are you babbling about? Of course the day is lovely! I can see clearly, unlike you who sleeps during class!" Inojin stated with irritation in his voice.

Shikaien merely chuckled at his aggressive classmate. "Of course, I know that! C'mon Inojin, can't you even take a joke?" he asked while laughing.

Meanwhile, Chouta started a conversation with Nashiko, Minami and Shunsuke. It was much more of a positive conversation compared to the one between Inojin and Shikaien.

"So you were hanging around him for what?" Chouta asked her fellow konuichis Nashikio and Minami with curiosity.

"Well, it's simple: I wanted to ask him for a rematch!" Nashiko answered with confidence in her voice. "I wanna test my strength against him, but so far he's declined my offer" she added.

"Mine is different. I asked if he wanted to hang out with me sometimes, but he also declined. I seriously need someone I can connect to! Being stuck with Takeda sure is annoying!" she complained while mentioning her twin brother's name.

"What about you, Shunsuke? Why are you here? Are you also interested in testing your skills?" Chouta asked Inojin's twin brother.

Shunsuke sighed before answering. "I came here to look after my brother. Inojin didn't want to spend the Saturday at home because of dad so he wanted to test his skills here. I only hope he knows what he is doing. He promised to mom that he wouldn't upset her in the weekend" he answered her question with concern in his voice.

All the girls felt sorry for the timid, but kind-hearted boy. "Your family is really complicated, isn't it, Shunsuke?" Nashiko asked concerned. He merely nodded in silence. Shunsuke became surprised when he felt Minami's hand on his right shoulder.

"You are not alone in troubled families, Shunsuke. In our family, the relationship between mom and dad is somewhat strained. My dad is suppsedly a proud member of the Inuzuka clan, but he constantly comes home drunk. He spends most of his time in the bar drinking with his "buddies". Both me and Takeda have repeatedly carried him home from the bar because of him being completely drunk. Dad can sometimes be very aggressive towards mom and her life as a wife and mother is completely ruined" Minami told him with a sad and bitter voice at the same time.

Shunsuke watched her with a sympathetic look on his face. Was Minami speaking the truth? Who in their right mind would do something horrible as being miserable towards his family? Somehow, Shunsuke whished he could help her and Takeda.

Suddenly, everything changed when a large explosion appeared in the midts of the genins. It was a barrage and sent them flying towards various directions.

To be continued...

Author's note: That was the second part of An Ambitious Weekend. Stay tuned!