Chapter Fivee... xDD

I actually like this chapter. And this one has Gaara in it.. xP
Sorry if you Gaara-lovers get offended.

Disclaimer: The manga/show Naruto is not mine and will never be mine. The plot of this story and OC character, Sorano, are mine though.

Chapter Five

It's Been 5 Years

Shikamaru woke up to the sun shining on his face. He covered his eyes from the unfamiliar light. He sat up and looked around his messy room. "I've got to clean this room up sometime or another. Ah, oh well. I'll do it later," he thought. He got up and fumbled throught the giant piles of clothes in his floor. He picked up his Jounin vest and his wrinkled black shirt and pants. Once he put them on, he walked out of his house and down the streets of Konoha to the Hokage's domicile.

"Shizune, there have been some problems in the Sand Village. I need someone to get there and talk to the Kazekage for me," Tsunade explained to Shizune.

"Uhm, okay. Who would-" Shizune was interrupted by a knock at the door.

Tsunade looked at Shizune suspiciously. "Come in," she granted.

Shikamaru lazily came in the room. "Hey, Fifth."

Tsunade quickly changed the look towards Shizune notably saying, "Him".

Shikamaru noticed it. "What do you want me to do?"

Tsunade turned to face Shikamaru. "I want you to go to Sunagakure to talk to the Kazekage for me."

When Tsunade said this, he automatically thought of the love he had from that village. "Okay, Hokage-sama."

Tsunade explained the problems and Shikamaru quickly left to go to Sunagakure. He walked for a few hours and he eventually reached the gates. He told the guards his purpose for being there. They accepted him into the village and Shikamaru went to the Kazekage's office. He knocked on the door and was granted permission by the voice of a woman. Shikamaru knew that the Kazekage was Subaku no Gaara. So, why was there a woman's voice behind the door? There was only one way to find out. He turned the knob and entered the room. When he saw the contents inside, his jaw dropped almost to the floor.

He looked around the large office. To his right was the balcony overlooking Sunagakure, to the front of him was Gaara sitting in his desk, and to his left was a girl who looked vaguely familiar. Then it hit him. It was who he had thought about all this time. He couldn't believe it was her.

"Stop staring at my wife and tell me what you need," Gaara said in his usual selfish-rude voice.

Shikamaru thought for a second. "WIFE?!?" He bounced back into reality and replied with a slight twitch, "I'm sorry Kazekage-sama. I am here from Konoha to talk to you about the problems here."

"Ah. Sorano-chan, please give this man the papers with the requests. And what is wrong with your eye?"

"Uhm, it's nothing, Kazekage-sama," Shikamaru said, struggling to stop the twitch.

The girl walked over to Shikamaru and handed the hand-written pages to him. She gave him a slight wink, sending Shikamaru into jumbled thoughts. "I thought she was Gaara's wife! Now she's winking at me!?!?! Is she a tramp? I'd never think of someone that I was into would be like that."

Shikamaru took the papers and skimmed them thoroughly. "These are a bunch of requests to do field work for the farmers. All of the problems are of the shortage of water? And you need me to bring water from Konoha to help the farms and their crop?"

The woman stepped up. "I will be helping you bring the water from Konoha. I am Sorano. Nice to see you again, Shikamaru-sama."

"Sorano.." Shikamaru refreshed his memory of her distinctive name.

As he thought about her over and over again, he didn't notice a little girl come into the room and pull his ponytail holder out of his hair.

"Give Shikamaru his hair band back, Yuzuki!" Sorano commanded.

Yuzuki stuck her tongue out at Sorano and ran over to Gaara. "Hi, Kazekage-sama," she tried to say seductively.

Gaara looked blankly at her. "Hello, Yuzuki. How are you today?"

"I'm excellent, now that I got to see you, Kazekage-sama."

"That's nice, Yuzuki. What are you planning on doing today after you go to the academy?"

"Coming to see you, of course!"

"Well, in that case, can you go get me some more tea? I'm so thirsty after doing all that paperwork."

"Do it yourself, lazy-kage! Hmph! I'm not your servant!" Yuzuki stomped away from Gaara's desk, handed Shikamaru's ponytail holder to Sorano quickly, and walked out of the office.

"I guess it's that time of the month again. Gosh, I get that enough from Temari."

"Gaara!" Sorano gave him a scolding look.

"What?" Gaara said innocently.

"You're retarded."

"How dare you call me retarded? I am your kage. You should respect me."

"I do respect you. I respect that you are retarded." Sorano put a giant smile on her face.

Gaara growled under his breath.

"Hm? What was that, Gaara-sama?"

"Nothing. Get to your mission now. It'll take you all day."

"Okay. Bye, Husband. C'mon, Shikamaru-sama." Sorano turned to Shikamaru, grabbed his arm, and ran out of the door.

Sorano and Shikamaru walked back to Konoha together, reminiscing about their past and thoughts of each other over time.

"I've missed you ever since the day you left me," Shikamaru explained.

"Me too. I still wonder if we could ever have that spark again," Sorano said, appealing to Shikamaru's thoughts.

"But I thought you were married to Gaara."

"Married? To GAARA?" Sorano laughed. "I'm not married to Gaara. He's not really my husband and I'm not really his wife. Its an inside joke between us because we are best friends. We aren't married," Sorano explained, suppressing a laugh.

"Really?"

"Yes. I love Gaara as my friend but not like you think I do. I am in love with someone else."

"Who's the jerk? I'll kill him."

"You're gonna kill yourself?"

"Huh? What do you mean by that?"

"Oh, look. Here we are. Konoha." Sorano started walking faster towards the entrance.

"Wait! What do you mean by that!?" Shikamaru yelled as he tried to catch up with her.

After Shikamaru and Sorano entered the village and got the group of three chuunin, Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udan, and a jounin, Naruto, to help with the water, they set back out to go all the way back Sunagakure. As all six walked, they talked and chatted.

"Moegi! Its so nice to see you again," Sorano recollected with the, now 14, Moegi.

"Sorano-chan! You look much more beautiful than I remember!" Naruto exclaimed.

"I'm sorry, Naruto-kun. I was talking to Moegi. What did you say?" Sorano asked with a questionable look on her face.

Naruto paused, "Uhm.. never mind."

"You guys, we've got to hurry. We have about an hour till it gets dark and we still have to water the farmer's fields when we get there," Shikamaru tried to advance the group.

"Okay! C'mon you guys! To Sunagakure! Dattebayo!" Naruto leaded on, once again.

Everyone stayed back and watched the idiot march up ahead of them. He went a little ways and then looked back. "Why are you guys lagging behind?"

"Because you aren't the leader of this mission, Naruto-kun!" Sorano strained her voice into the thick foliage. "Shikamaru-sama is!"

Naruto completely turned around to the remaining members of the group. He bowed and said, "I'm sorry, Shikamaru. I should have been more alert and respectable to your leadership."

Sorano was completely surprised at the words coming out of Naruto's mouth.

"That's fine, Naruto," Shikamaru excused.

The group caught back up to Naruto and continued with their long journey. Sorano in awe of Naruto's respectfulness, Naruto in disappointment with himself, Shikamaru none other than lazy, and Moegi, Udan, and Konohamaru in a expectant formation of attack. They were almost to the border of the Fire Country when they came out of nowhere.

"You're dead!" one of the masked strangers yelled.

So that's Chapter Five.
I actually haven't written Chapter Six yet.
So, if you are reading this, you'll have to wait a bit for the next chapter.
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