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: Kotetsu, and Izumo make a guest appearance... barely... I'm thinking of having them make another guest appearance in the future...

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Home

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Finally, finally, finally! After one whole week away from Konoha, Konohamaru could see the city gates. He winked at the others, and took off running for the gate. He thought he heard Moegi call him an idiot, but that might have been the wind whistling in his ears.

When he entered the city, Konohamaru had to stop quickly before running straight into Shikamaru, who had been talking with Kotetsu, and Izumo-- a fact that Shikamaru did not look overly pleased about. Konohamaru managed to slow himself down before a collision, and beamed up at Shikamaru.

"Hey, guess who made chunin?" He asked excitedly.

Shikamaru raised an eyebrow. "Moegi?" He asked.

Konohamaru frowned. "No-- well, she did, but..."

"Udon?"

"No."

Shikamaru smiled. "I don't know; you certainly couldn't have," he began.

"I could, and I did!" Konohamaru said fiercely. He smiled at the memory. "I made two shadow clones, and used Double Knock-Out Guys on my girl; she was so distracted by my clones that she didn't see me come up behind her, and disable her-- even Temari-san was drooling! It was so cool!"

Shikamaru gave him a weird, faraway look. "Temari?" he asked.

Konohamaru shrugged. "Yeah, she told me to say 'hi' for her."

"Oh."

Konhamaru grinned mischievously. "So... were you waiting for me? Did you miss me?" He asked fixing Shikamaru with his best serious look.

Shikamaru shook his head. "No; Tsunade-sama sent me to deliver a message to Kotetsu, and Izumo." Konohamaru couldn't help his face from falling a bit. Shikamaru smiled slightly. "But I may have agreed to take it so that I could see how the Chunin exams went."

Konohamaru beamed.

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That's probably as close to a confession that Shikamaru will get. Hope that you liked it, and please review!