A/N~ Hey guys here is chapter 2. Reviews are always welcome and would be very much appreciated.
DISCLAIMER~ I do not own any of the Naruto characters. I do however own the plot to this story.
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Shika woke up to the phone ringing. He looked at the clock which read 3:45am. "Who calls at 3:45 in the morning?" He mumbled quietly to himself. He carefully got out of the bed and ran to the kitchen to answer the phone.
"Hello?" he asked sleepily.
"Shikamaru, Choji is asking for you…and to tell the truth this may be your last chance to see him." Tsunade's voice said.
"What the hell happened to my friend?!" Shika half screamed half whispered.
"Well, he crashed a few minutes ago, and we fear that if he crashes again we will not get him back, he is asking for Ino as well." Tsunade replied.
"Okay we are on our way." Shika replied. He then hung up the phone and went to wake Ino. "Ino, love, we have to get to the hospital, Choji is asking for us and this may be our last chance to see him." Shika said to his wife while rubbing her back.
"Okay…what happened?" Ino asked sleepily while getting out of bed to get dressed.
"He crashed and Tsunade said that if he crashes again they may not be able to get him back." Shika replied, as he too got dressed.
Ino nodded and once they were dressed they ate something quick and easy. They then walked to the hospital hand in hand. Once in the hospital they walked to Choji's room. "Hey Choji." They said in unison once they were seated.
"Hey guys…guess I was hurt more than I thought." Choji replied.
"Choji, I know this is hard, but you have to try to fight for Ino, the children and I." Shika said.
"I will try." Choji replied before coughing up a little bit of blood.
"Choji, you will make it through this and you will be the god father of our children." Ino said firmly.
"Still controlling." Choji mumbled.
"I am not." Ino said.
"Okay guys stop fighting. Choji she is right you will get through this and be the god father of our children." Shika told Choji.
"Whatever you say Shikamaru." Choji replied his voice getting weaker by the minute.
"Shika…" Ino said on the verge of tears. Shika motioned for her to sit on his lap. She did and she cried on Shika's shoulder.
"Hey, Ino, I am going to try to fight this, its okay, please stop crying this can't be good for your babies." Choji said trying to keep his voice strong but failing miserably.
Ino calmed down and looked at Choji and said, "Choji, if I could have had a brother, I would want it to be you, I know I was mean to you, and I am sorry for that, the truth is I love you like a brother."
"Thanks Ino, I love you like a sister." Choji replied.
"Choji, as far as I am concerned you are my brother." Shika said.
"Same here Shikamaru." Choji replied. His breath then caught in his throat. He started gasping for breath and his eyes closed. His chest stopped moving and his heart stopped beating.
"Choji…" Shika said quietly. Just then lady Tsunade entered the room.
"Time of death 4:14am." She said.
"No…" Ino said then started to cry. Shika held her and he too cried. He knew that Asuma and Choji were talking in heaven and watching over his little family.
Once Shika calmed down he focused on calming his wife. "Shhh, he is in a better place, I bet he and Asuma are going to watch over us." Shika said. Ino calmed down and hugged her loving husband.
"Since I was expecting this we will have the service for Choji at noon in Konaha Cemetery." She said. Shika and Ino nodded. "You will both be speaking at the service." Tsunade added.
It is now noon and everyone has gathered in the Cemetery. Shika and Ino are standing in front of everyone. "What can I say about my best friend…no my brother. He was a really out going guy. He loved his BBQ, and he had to have the last bite of everything. He was going to be the god father of mine and Ino's children. He was the best friend a guy could ever ask for." Shika said. Once he finished speaking it started to rain in the Hidden Leaf Village.
"Choji and I did not always get along, but I loved him like a brother. He would have made a great god father to mine and Shika's children, nobody knew this except me but Choji had a girl friend from Suna, she is here today, and she was coming to tell him something important. He was going to propose to her. Temari, come up here." Ino said then turned to Shika and put her head on his shoulder and cried.
"Choji and I have been going out for three years. He is the love of my life. I am having our child in seven months, and he would have made a great father. I know that he will always be in my heart, and I will probably never love again. Choji will live forever the hearts of the people who love and care about him." Temari said then she fell to her knees and cried.
"Shika, go talk to her, see if she wants to stay with us here in Konaha." Ino whispered to Shika. Shika nodded and walked over to Temari.
He wrapped his hands around her. "Hey, its okay, you are welcome to move in with Ino and I we have two extra bedrooms, one for you and one for your child." Shika said.
"I would not mind staying until the child is born and has heard stories of his father from yourself and Ino." Temari said once she calmed down. Shika nodded and Ino gave a thumbs up signaling that Tsunade did not mind.
Shika, Ino, and Temari all went home. Shika showed Temari to her bedroom and her bathroom. "I have something that he would have wanted you to have, hold on." Shika said. He walked to his room and got the engagement ring that Ino had been holding onto for Choji. He took it and gave it to Temari; he then gave her Choji's head band.
"Thank you…" Temari said then took a shower and went to bed.
Shika went to his and Ino's room and they showered and got in bed and fell asleep holding each other.