Title: Shadow
Author: Simply Kelp
Pairing: not focused on any one ship, but there may be background ones.
Rating: pg
Summary: Shikamaru discovers that he has two shadows now: his own, and Konohamaru. Little vignettes about the evolution of their friendship.
Disclaimer: It doesn't say "Masashi Kishimoto" on my underwear, that must mean that I don't own Naruto... merde.
A/N: I wish I were this motivated to work on my Avatar story!
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Substitute
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They were in Sunagakure now for the Chunin exams. All of team Ebisu had made it to the third task; Konohamaru barely scraped by the written exam-- thank goodness Moegi was sitting next to him, and seemed to have trouble keeping her answers to herself.
They were given a day to rest for the third task, and Konohamaru had convinced Udon to go cloud watching with him. Lying on his back, Konohamaru closed his eyes, and let the sun's rays nearly roast him.
"That one kind of looks like a rabbit," Udon declared. His voice had become more nasally; the sand, and sun were not agreeing with him at all.
Konohamaru opened one eye to peer over at Udon, and gave a great sigh. "You're doing it wrong," he said as gently as possible. "You aren't supposed to talk about the clouds; you just sit there."
"But where's the fun in that?"
Konohamaru closed his eyes again, and shrugged. "It's an outlet: you just close your eyes, and let your mind wander, while his does the same. Sometimes you'll say something if it seems really important, but mostly you just stay quiet, and let your brains wander the universe together."
Konohamaru felt Udon's eyes on him, but he resisted the urge to look. "Konohamaru-kun, that's kind of creepy."
Konohamaru let out a frustrated growl. "I knew I shouldn't have asked you!" he declared, clambering to his feet, and walking away.
As he left, Konohamaru heard Udon call delightedly, "That one looks like Moegi-- with a beard!" It had been stupid of him to expect Udon to understand the complexities of cloud watching.
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Udon's being weird again; a bit of an (unintentional?) introspection on Konohamaru, and Shikamaru's friendship, though... Hope you liked it; reviews are like cheesecake (i.e. very, very good)!