Chapter 10
Where's the golden lining?
Shikamaru had heard that every cloud had a silver lining. He had argued that, no, it was a golden lining. He was a cloud watcher so no one ever argued about with him about it. It was snowing again. 'There is no lining to this,' he thought. He was finally standing in front of Gaara and Kankuro.
"Temari's fine. The baby boy is fine. The baby girl had to be put in the ICU. Temari convinced Tsunade to move them all down there. We can go in and visit now." He turned and headed down one of the hall ways with Kankuro and Gaara following him.
'All she wanted was for them to be healthy, and she only got half of her wish. Why does the world have to be so cruel? We were told they were both healthy, and yet one is not,' he thought this with every step he took. (Wow, speed thinking…)
Seeing how solemn the mood was, and being a bit depressed himself, Kankuro decided to lighten up the mood with a bit of random singing….
"Ach van musica
Duvish vaden naden
Ach van shemeldin
Ach van shemeldin
"You can be a viola
Vio-vio-viola
Vio-vio-viola
Vio-vio-viola
Vio-vio-viola
Ah-zuma-zuma-zuma-za
Zuma-zuma-zuma-za
Zuma-zuma-zuma-za
Zuma-zuma-zuma-za-"
Shikamaru had turned around and punched Kankuro (the song was too up-beat), Gaara was giving the surprised, confused look that showed that even he did not expect that. "That's his way of whistling in the dark, Shikamaru."
Shikamaru was already walking again. "Gaara, I think he broke my nose." Sure enough Kankuro's nose was broken. "I'm going to go find a doctor." Kankuro walked down another hallway.
Gaara decided to go with Shikamaru to see his sister. "Why did you just turn around and punch him? You broke his nose you know."
"I don't care. There is nothing to be happy about and that song was too happy."
"Shikamaru, you might have married my sister without my permission, but you are still, since you and her did get married, family. (Gaara's giving a speech on family? I think it might be one of Naruto's shadow clones… except he's still playing with the sand….)
Kankuro's done that as long as I can remember. He only did it when he was concerned about some one else. We are all worried about the baby girl. I can only imagine what it must be like to be in your shoes, but it hurts me too, and if it hurts me it must also hurt Kankuro. You have the best medic ninja's here, everything will turn out fine. I'm sure Tsunade will be able to fix it."
Shikamaru looked at Gaara, and it was his turn to look surprised. "You really think she'll be fine?"
"If she's anything like her father or mother I'm sure she'll have the strength."
Shikamaru continued walking. Even though the words came from Gaara they were comforting.
"There is a golden lining to this cloud, Temari and the boy are all right, and the girl will probably make it."