Here's Chapter Seven..
I hope you enjoy it!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. Any character whatsoever, with the exception of Sorano, is not mine at all.

Chapter Seven

Sorano's Past

"W-what?" Shikamaru asked, stunned by the comment Sorano said.

"I said that I am one of the Jinchuuriki. I have a Bijuu in me," Sorano said, with a little more confidence.

Shikamaru was speechless. He had no idea what to say except, "Why?"

Sorano felt a little uncomfortable telling Shikamaru this when obviously everyone else was listening in too. Shikamaru noticed this awkwardness and signaled for the others to go ahead of them. Sorano and Shikamaru stopped where they were at.

"Shikamaru.." Sorano really didn't know how to start. "When I was born, I was supposed to have been some sort of princess of my village, which I don't know what it was called because I wasn't there for a long time. One of my family members wanted the throne so, in order to do that, they snuck into my room late at night when I was just a baby and sealed the five-tailed demon dog, Gobi, inside of me. You see, everyone in my village had known about the sealing of Naruto and Gaara and had made it a law that no royal or heir could have something like that inside of them. They had to be 'pure'. If they did, they would no longer be able to rule the village and would be killed. Well, my family member spread the word about the sealing and my parents and I fled before they could get a hold of us. That's how I ended up in Suna. About a year or two after we had settled and I grew up a little, we had been happy living there except for the certain bursts of chakra from the demon would give me. But, one day, I wasn't able to suppress the chakra. The demon seeped out too much and I.. I.." Sorano started to tear up.

"What, Sorano?" Shikamaru said firmly.

"I..I killed them."

"Sorano, who? Who did you kill?"

FLASHBACK
(if you are easily grossed out don't read the flashback..minor detail)

"Sora!" Isako called to her husband.

"What?" Sora replied.

"Come here! Sorano's walking!"

Sora jumped up and ran to Isako. He looked at three-year-old Sorano walk towards her favorite toy.

Tears of joy filled the parents' eyes as they watched their only child walk. Sorano then turned around and began walking towards her two loving parents. Suddenly,an orange unsettling chakra developed and began to swirl around the small child. The chakra began to quickly take form of a small dog-like figure, glowing around her.

"S-Sora?" Isako stuttered to her husband.

"I got it, Isako," he said firmly.

Sora went to suppress the demon within the small child, although the demon surpassed Sora's power tenfold. As he got closer, the larger the chakra got. He got out a couple of seals and held them to the growing beast. The chakra jumped back, kicking Sora and sending him into Isako. He stood to his feet and told Isako a plan to corner the small child with a growing beast. They neared the chakra child, and as they were a few inches away, each of the tailes, there were two by this time, smacked both of the towering parents and sliced their bodies in half.

FIN

"S-Sorano?" Shikamaru waved his hand in front of Sorano's face.

"Hn?..Oh..M-my parents, "Sorano said between a sniffle.

Shikamaru stood in awe. "Is this a case similar to Gaara's? I mean, he killed his mother. But she killed both of her parents."

"I-I know you probably don't want to speak to me anymore. I'll just..do my mission and carry this water back to Suna," Sorano said, picking up the bubble filled with water.

"Sorano..why do you always think I look down on you?" Shikamaru said.

Sorano was shocked. She honestly thought Shikamaru was better than her. She had that problem with everyone. It wasn't her fault she had low self-confidence. "Because you are."

Shikamaru didn't understand Sorano. This made entirely no sense in his mind. Was it because she was too confusing? Or was it because he wasn't smart enough to grasp this simple concept? Whatever it was, he had to make a move. Something cunning enough to make her realize she wasn't as lowly categorized as she thought she was. "Sorano," he walked towards her. "I've never thought of myself being any better than you. How could you think that I would ever think that?"

"Shikamaru, you are a jonin and live Konoha, always have lived there. You have both of your parents that love and support you no matter what happens. I, I am a chuunin, who will never amount to anything more than that in the ninja world, and I live in various places in Suna at a time because I can never have enough money to pay rent monthly. I have no idea where I'm originally from and have no one to love me or stick to. I would say my life is a bit more complicated than yours. You have everything you need. Compared to mine, it's ten times better than mine will ever get."

Shikamaru took this into deep thought. "Yes, your life may not be the easiest, but I understand how it could be. Well, I can't understand how it could be but I do have friends that are like you. Naruto over there," he pointed to the running jonin, getting farther and farther away at this time. "He has the nine-tails in him. And Gaara used to have the one-tails, but you are pretty familiar to him, right?"

"I..I guess so." Sorano looked out onto the clearing, standing in the trees that separated them from the sandy desert down below. She looked into the sky and saw the orange, purple, and red clouds clashing together to make something terribly beautiful. "Look at the wonderful sight. Isn't it gorgeous?"

"Mhm.." Shikamaru could think of something more gorgeous at this moment. "Sorano..you're so much more gorgeous standing in the sunlight. Your long hair caressed into two ponytails loosely tightened at the bottom, your dress slit at the hips and reveals your bandaged legs. This makes me wanna..WHOA..wait a second. What about..INO? Ugh..this is so troublesome. I love Ino, I do, but I am in love with Sorano. And how do I know she doesn't have a boyfriend back in Suna? Hm? Well, no matter the cause, I'm not cheating on Ino-"

Shikamaru's thoughts were interrupted by Sorano pressing her lips up against his. Sorano savored the kiss for a few seconds and then decided she wanted more. She opened her mouth and lightly pressed her tongue against Shikamaru's lips. Shikamaru tried so hard not to grant access, while trying to push her off. He held her by her shoulders and pushed her off.

"Uh..wha-what?" Sorano asked confused.

"Sorano, I..I have a g-girlfriend.." Shikamaru tried to explain.

Those words hit Sorano like a stone to a thin sheet of glass. "Y-you do? Oh. Ugh, I should've known someone like you would already be in love. I'm sorry." Sorano hit herself multiple times on her head, messing up one side of her hair.

Shikamaru felt so guilty. He should've told her and maybe she wouldn't feel this way. He didn't want to cheat on Ino. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you. I should have."

"No, it's my fault. I shouldn't have even tried that..but I really thought that we had something special, Shikamaru. I guess we didn't."

"Sorano, I want to tell you I love you like I did back then, and I do, but Ino is my girlfriend. I didn't want to hurt you or Ino," Shikamaru wanted to tell Sorano.

"Well, we better get going. Come on, Shikamaru," Sorano wiped the sadness away and put a smile on her face.

Sorano picked up the bubble of water and headed out of the trees and met up with Naruto, Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon. They tried to get to Suna but weren't able to get there before night. They stopped at the nearest town they could find. They stopped at a bath house and checked in, Sorano paying all expenses.

And I think I'm gonna stop the chapter there.
The occurances at the bath house will actually occur in the next chapter.
xDD
Hope you had funn reading this one!
I loved the drama..didn't you?
Heh..
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