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: The idea for this ch. is courtesy top; thanks for the amazing ideas~! I'll include more in later chs.
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Diapers
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The baby was crying. Not just a few sniffles, but really break-your-eardrums wailing. Kurenai was gone. She had run out to get a few things at the store: formula, diapers, Konohamaru had stopped paying attention after that.
He looked over to Shikamaru. "What's wrong with it?" he asked.
Shikamaru looked equally confused. He shrugged. "Maybe it's hungry...?" he suggested.
They tried to give the baby a bottle. Konohamaru had to duck to avoid being hit in the head as the baby tossed it away. It wouldn't stop crying. Konohamaru felt like his head might explode if it didn't stop soon.
They tried everything they could think of: toys, water, more toys, Konohamaru even tried to use henge no jutsu to turn into Kurenai. But nothing worked. The baby still cried.
After almost half an hour of solid wailing, Konohamaru just barely heard the sound of the front door opening. "We can't get it to stop crying," he told Kurenai.
Kurenai was standing in the doorway; her arms were filled with two heaping bags of groceries. She glanced over at the baby, and back to the two boys. "She needs her diaper changed. Would you boys mind taking care of that for me?" she asked sweetly.
Konohamaru, and Shikamaru exchanged disgusted looks. Shikamaru nodded reluctantly.
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Thank you for reading these. I hope you enjoyed them. I'm sorry about the wait... As always, I'd love to hear what you thought, and if you have any ideas for what you'd like to see in the future, I'm always open to new ideas~!
(Also, I have no shame; I'm pimping out two of my other fics. If anyone likes Sasuke, and/or Juugo, you should read 'Myopia', and its sequal 'Second'. They're all about Sasuke going blind, and Juugo being really sweet...)