Stop Following Me

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Bored as hell…i haven't written in a while and I know that…so to anyone who actually is interested in the story…well sorry. Lol. I've been busy with finals and stuff, though the last week I just kinda sat back and did nothing so I guess I can't say its all school stuff. Just graduated and thinking about the future ya know? Besides that…haven't really done much, though I guess the new RvB episode kinda did make my day alrite, along with finally getting the Thermal on my M21 in Mw2 but yea…does anybody even read this? Honestly? Just kinda wondering.,..i kinda felt entertained writing this, lmao. God damn, I think this is longer than the preview itself…lmao.

(For anybody who doesn't know what RvB is…go look it up. Now.)

Oh and I might be updating my other story (which none of you have probably even looked at D:) I'm not sure, I had some ideas on where it COULD go, but it doesn't really seem to be…drawing attention I guess. So if you haven't seen it yet and enjoyed this, could you check it out and give me an opinion please? (Search up Sacrifices – Or you could go to my profile and find it from there)

Question of the Chapter – Ninjas vs Pirates. Who would win? Lol just kidding, real question – Your opinion of Shikamaru? (In the sense of, putting him too much into the fanfic? Just enough? Too little? Don't care?) I kinda plan on putting him more into the storyline than the actual show does, just cause…well I like his personality. What can I say?

A/N – I know its been a while…but yea…busy with school stuff xD Chapter 3 preview I guess? Sorry but im too damn lazy to really…keep writing for now. Update tomorrow or something? Idk…thanks to anyone who reviews ^^ sorry for the wait on this…preview. (And for anyone who read all of the A/N and other crap I left around here…yes I was just that damn bored)

A/N 2 – Do I really need to do this…? It was pretty long already…but yea. Lmao. Alrite, sorry I haven't really updated or anything recently. I kinda got bored and haven't really been thinking about the fanfic…honestly everything that I added to the preview was off the top of my head, I had not plot line or anything going into it…cause…well…im bad at planning?

For the preview

~Cause I'm raising the bar, I shoot for the moon but I'm too busy gazing at stars

For the full chapter

Cause you don't know me, I don't know you

So don't approach me, I won't approach you

And don't insult me, I won't insult you

Cause you don't know what I will or I won't do

There was an akward silence as Naruto and Kakashi stared at the angered blonde. "Um…what girl?" Naruto asked, he could feel the sweat beginning to weigh him down as he gave her a questioning look, one thing he learned about girls…especially from tsunade…DON'T piss them off…

"Who else would I be talking about? The one that you two were just talking about. The one that-"

"whats she talking about?" Kakashi whispered as he leaned over to his student, "Honestly…no damn clue" Naruto sighed as he rested his chin on a hand and laid down, "I think its best if we do what Shikamaru would do right now"

"Troublesome," Kakashi smirked as he leaned back against a tree and watched his student's girlfriend angrily shout and scream at them.

"ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING TO ME!" Ino screamed, slightly out of breath as her rant came to an end, the two once again gave her a questioning look, "Ugh, stop playing dumb, whos this girl you were getting so 'Hot' with?"

The two blinked at eachother, both grining before looking at Ino and laughing at the poor girl. "She," Naruto chuckled as he took out a sword that Kakashi had latched on his back and tossed it infront of the other blonde, "is right there"

Ino's anger slowly faded away as her she looked at the piece of metal with a puzzled expression. "Wait…who…what, huh?" She looked back up to the two as they gave her a shrug and smirked at her, her face slightly blushing as she realized that there MAY have just been a misunderstanding, before her anger took over once again, and she glared at the other blond before making quite the exit off the training grounds as she stomped off mumbling about dumb boyfriends and perverted men.

"I swear I just saw steam come out of her ears" Kakashi spoke dumbfound as he watched her finally disappear.

"You have no idea how many times Ive thought I saw the same thing" Naruto sighed as he slowly began following the imbedded footsteps Ino had left in the ground.

"You guys do realize there is a war going on," Shikamaru landed behind Kakashi as the two watched Naruto 'attempt' to calm down his girlfriend. "Yea, I guess we just need some moments to help us ignore the troubles at hand, ya know?" Kakashi's face held a smirk as he stared on at the two blondes.

"If it were up to me I'd ignore all my orders," Shikamaru sighed as he took out some papers, "Tsunade wants us to help with a battle…or something, I'm not really sure, I never really finished reading it, all I drew from it was that we…yea honestly I didn't really care. I was hoping you'd read it."

Kakashi let out a sigh and took the papers, sitting down infront of the Nara he began reading the papers before yawning and folding the papers and stuffing them in his pocket. "I thought smart guys like you read this kinda stuff so that you'd know what was going on."

"There's no point in taking orders if you don't agree with what your being told to do" His face looking once again bored as he looked up to the sky.

"Why wouldn't you agree with what Konaha wants?" He looked at the young man questioningly. Shikamaru was lost in his gaze, his eyes never leaving the clouds as he spoke, "When I first joined to be a ninja it was because there was nothing else better to do, something that could hold as a job in the future, maybe make my parents proud." His eyes shifted around before he leaned further back against the tree and closed his eyes, "After everything we've been through…none of those things apply anymore" Kakashi stared at him, a bit appalled by the younger man as they sat at the training grounds silently before Kakashi broke the silence, "You know…neither of my parents ever got to see what I did…but I still do it for them in a way."

Shikamaru smirked, "I had the feeling you'd say that" he slowly got up before letting out a sigh and looking ahead and slowly dragging his legs along towards the broken city once again, "Just cause you do it for your parents doesn't mean I have to, even if I were to become the ninja who saved konoha, it wouldn't be any different to me than if I never fought in the war. People fighting over land and politics…I could give a shit less about either. I'm not ganna die over something that has nothing to do with my life like my father did."

Kakashi's mouth slowly opened to speak, only to close again as he stared at Shikamaru. His feet slowly began moving to follow him as they slowly moved through the abandoned city streets. Their walk completely silent as they made their way back to camp.

"Shikamaru"

His voice ignored as Shikmaru gave nothing but a simple wave and continued walking on to his own tent.

"Damn it," he muttered, "what the hell am I supposed to do about this mission tomorrow…"

Somewhere else…

"Aw come onnnnnn…Inooooo…." For a moment Ino began remembering why they had avoid him so much back at the academy...Her arms crossed as she continued walking and ignoring the other blonde who was trailing closely behind her and, surprisingly, was the one nagging as they made their way through the empty streets.

"Stop following me" She sighed, avoiding eye contact with him as he tried to catch her attention.

"Are you seriously mad over that?" He walked along side her, putting on a mocking her as he also turned to face the other direction and crossed his own arms. "This is so stupid" He pouted, his brows narrowing as he put on an angry face before smirking. "Come on, are we really fighting about this?"

"…"

"Oh I see how it is" His smirk turning into a grin as he looked at the other blonde. "You wanna give me the cold shoulder huh…? Well then…I guess…well…um…" His voice trailing off as he slowly walked besides her, she couldn't help but give a small smile as he stumbled over his own words trying to think of something.

"And they say guys are complicated" he sighed. He watched her as they walked before seeing her smile crack through the frown. "So…" he shifted behind her before putting his arms around her waist and hugging her from behind, "I guess I should apologize about how I did…whatever I did huh?"

"Shut up," She giggled as she leaned back against him, "were not that complicated, you already got me to smile."

Shikamaru sighed as he passed his tent, "Why the hell did I have to fill his seat," His voice trailing off as he continued walking until finally reaching a small building, one of the few that still stood standing and was able to be considered safe from projectile attacks. He slowly strolled passed the guards before sitting down in his seats next to the other elders.

"So who did you decide to take with you?" Tsunade questioned, she stared him down while he sat with a bored expression. One of his arms were on the table as he leaned on his palm and stared back at her. His eyes strayed down to the table and tapped the top of the table with his free hand. "I…don't know" He sighed before both his hands retreated down off the tables and his eyes began straying around the room. "Honestly I don't want to do it"

"That isn't going to be an option. If the Konoha we knew will ever prosper again, we will need to make some sacrifices Shikamaru. You of all people should know that. In order to capture the king, sometimes you need to lose some of your own pieces to take your opponents."

"This isn't simply a game," He sighed as his eyes strayed to look at hers, "when they die, they will leave families, lives, dreams and goals behind. If you're going to treat these people as nothing other than a game, I don't think you should hold the right to lead. They may be ninjas, but they are also human."

"We already know Danzo's location!" Her voice raising as she pounded her fist on the table, "You know damn well that we have ninja who can get in and finish him to bring him down and possibly end this war."

"And what?" His glare now on her as his words spewed out his lips, "perhaps 3 of the 10 men who I bring with me survive? I'm not going to ask someone to go die with me on this, telling them that our backs will be covered by other nin when they wont. That we have an evac plan, when we really don't. And just in case you haven't realized, this mission is not a guaranteed success, even when you talk as if it will be. Neither of us really know what will go on down there, so I suggest that you rethink this before you send more of your nin to their death."

"This is about more than those ninjas, there is the whole civilian population who they are doing this for. Are you going to let them all die through this war Shikamaru? If you don't take up on recruiting for this mission you realize that I'll have to give it to somebody else. If you can't commit I'll find someone who can find fit ninjas for me."

"For the civilians?" He chuckled as his head hung, "if you cared about the civilians we would have evacuated a long time ago, and you wouldn't have sent my father to my death. I know this sounds selfish, but you really think I care about the civilian when you're telling me that I have to choose which of my friends will die with me on this mission? Would they die for my safety? Would those civilians die for me? Tell me that Tsunade. Would they?"

Anybody wanna be a betareader?

A/N – Like the preview so far? Omg so damn tired…can't write anymore…470 words only? WTF =.=

A/N 2 – So…for anybody who doesn't understand what the first note was for, it was after I wrote the preview for this chapter, lol. Um…not much to say, I'm tired and its late...soooo...okay. Lol hope you guys enjoyed it. (And again...um, if you haven't checked out my other story, could you please check it out and give me an opinion? Thanks to anyone who does)

Next Chapter- So…what will happen with Naruto and Sakura?

Oh and this happened to me last night, wanted an opinion on it. Is it weird if it was this guys birthday, and somehow his gf ended up talking with you from 11pm to 6am instead of hangin with him? lol

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