Okay, right now i'm still mourning for my beloved Shikamaru's father. so right now i'm pouring all my sorrow into this story.

The sky was crimson red,

The air was cold,

His body was bleeding,

His comrades were shouting,

His mind was blank,

There's only her he was thinking before he let out his last breath.

"Yoshino."

"Shikamaru, I'm going to the graveyard right now. Wanna come?" Yoshino asked her son while putting her sandals on.

Shikamaru showed up from the kitchen with a glass of water on his hand.

"Iie, I'm going later." He said lazily. "I need to see the hokage in a minute."

" 'kay" His mother replied and left the house.

It had been 2 weeks since his father's died. They had won the war thanks for his father's splendid plans. Thanks for Neji's sacrifice, Hinata was still alive and she had became even stronger. When Neji die –protecting her, she went crazy and almost killed herself. Fortunately Naruto stopped her just in time.

*Flash back

When the war ended and he left home. Preparing himself to tell his mother about his father's died. He was not ready to tell her, but he must.

"M-mom, I need to tell y-you something." He stuttered when he said that.

"You don't need to Shikamaru." Yoshino replied while smiling sadly. "I know."

And with that, his mother cried. Cried silently. The sound of her mother's sobs were piercing his heart. Although he always said her mother was a drag but he still loved his mother. He hugged his mother warmly giving her the warm his father usually gave her.

"Shikaku." Yoshino said.

She was seating beside her husband's tomb. Her hair was waving because of the wind.

"I miss you Shikaku. I miss you a lot." She said again.

"I dreamed of you last night shikaku." She continued. " I dreamed that you was still alive, I was standing beside you, watching you giving orders to the other ninja. Telling them the best plan you had think of. Then you looked at me, smiling at me. Your smile was very sweet, I almost melted in my dream." She chuckled sadly. "And I lift my right hand to touch your cheek. Your cheek was very cold, died cold and suddenly the whole world turned black. I shouted your name again and again. Then I saw you laying on the floor. Blood covering all your body and your eyes were lifeless. And I woke up . . . . . with tears all over my face."

Yoshino was sobbing quietly. Her heart was aching with pain, her eyes were hot and they had swollen –since she had been sobbing every time she came here –she went to the grave yard every day and stayed there 4 hours a day- and she had cried sometime when she couldn't sleep.

She knew that this will happen, since it was a war and Shikaku was a ninja. She had prepared herself for this thing to happen. Preparing herself to lose her husband or son. But right now, all of her self control had been broken. She couldn't controlled her feeling anymore, she couldn't controlled her tears any more. This was too painful. Too painful for her.

She will be alone for now. No more Shikaku's whine. No more 'what a drag' from Shikaku. No more Shikaku's warm.

Yoshino started to cry again, tears kept on falling down her cheeks.

"I'm all alone now." She cried. "S-sh-shikaku. . ."

And suddenly she felt a familiar warm hand on her right shoulder, she looked up and saw a blurry Shikaku, smiling warmly toward her.

"You are not alone troublesome woman, I will always be with you."

And with that he disappeared as fast as he appeared.

"Shi-shikaku?!" Yoshino said in a shocked.

She got up and she moved toward the place Shikaku just appeared.

"Shika-Shikaku?" She said it louder than last time. "Shikaku?"

"Mom?"

Yoshino quickly looked back and saw Shikamaru standing behind her. He was in her usual clothing except for his chuunin vest. He looked confused –more likely shocked-.

"Mom? What's wrong?" He asked again.

Yoshino was still in a blur mind, she just saw Shikaku. Her died husband. What happened?

"I-I . . I j-just . . sa-saw y-your . . f-father." She stuttered and fell on her knee.

Fortunately Shikamaru caught her just in time before her knee collapsed on to the ground.

"Old man?" He replied confusedly. "You must be having hallucination tou-san."

Yoshino shook her head. She tried to convinced her son, but it's no used. He didn't believe it.

"Mom, you are too tired. And all this sadness had been to much for you mom. You need to rest. Let's go home." Shikamaru said while picking her up.

Yoshino just nodded and let her son carried her home. She looked back to her husband's tomb one last time. And saw her husband –more likely transparent husband- standing beside his tomb, smiling toward her. His mouth was moving, he was saying something.

"You are not alone anymore."

Tears found a way to came out, slipping out easily from her eyes and fall onto the ground.

Please rest in peace Shikaku.

*sobs*

Poor Shikamaru and Yoshino.

I really hate Kishimoto-sensei, he had taken so many person away from Shikamaru!

Asuma and now Shikaku. Are you going to take Yoshino for the next chapter? (sarcasm)

okay enough with my complain.

what do you think of my story?

i hope you enjoy it.

sorry for the broken english and grammar.

thanks for spending your time to read my fanfic. i really appreciate it.

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