Authors note: a bit Halloween-ish, but it's part of the story. Enjoy and leave comments
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Come Back Part:1
It was two days to Halloween and 6 yr old Shikadai had the flu.
"Mommy my stomach hurts"
"I know, here open up"
"What is it"
"Medicine, It will make you feel better"
"I don't wan-" As Shikadai was in the middle of his sentence Temari hurried and shoved the spoonful of medicine down his throat"
"It taste yucky"
"I know, but it will make you feel better" Temari said sadly, she hated when her kids got sick and this was no exception.
She put her hand to his head
"Baby, your burning up, I'll go make you some soup and tea. How does that sound"
"Good" and Temari placed a kiss on his forehead and walked over to the kitchen.
"Tem, I'm home"
"I'm in the kitchen"
As he made his way to the kitchen he noticed his son on the couch watching The nightmare before Christmas.
"Hey Bud, what's wrong"
"I don't feel well"
"He has the flu" Temari said as she walked out the room with soup and tea.
"Drink the tea and eat the soup and you'll feel better in no time"
"Ok mommy"
Shikamaru sat next to his son and began watching the movie with him.
"We were suppose to go get pumpkins today" Temari said looking at her son eat his soup"
"We can all go once Dai feels better"
"If you wait any later there will be no more pumpkins, How about this, you take Ri to get pumpkins while Dai stays here with me decorating."
"How does that sound Dai" shikamaru said hoping his son wouldn't be disappointed about not going.
"I like that idea, that way I'll be able to sleep" He said starting to close his eyes and eventually falling asleep.
"Where is she anyway"
"In her room sleep, go wake her up and get going before it gets late"
Shikamaru made his way to her bedroom which was now painted dark grey because every other color besides green was 'such a drag'.
"Ri, wake up"
"But I'm tiward"
Shikamaru loved the way his four year old daughter spoke because it sounded really cute.
"Don't you want to go get pumpkins" and the sound of that woke her up right away"
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"How about that one"
"No, it's to small"
"How about this one"
"It's to round, so no"
"Ri, we've been here for an hour. Just pick anyone"
After Shikamaru said that, his daughter went to find a random pumpkin.When she choose it, he noticed how sad she looked because it wasn't the perfect pumpkin for her.
"Shikari, Daddy's sorry. Let's go look at some more."
"Ok"
Shikamaru let his daughter run off into the huge patch of pumpkins. Seeing her happy had filled him with excitement.
"Hey" Shikamaru turned around and saw his best friend with his daughter.
"Hey Choji, Hey Chocho."
"Hey uncle Shikamaru, Where's Shikadai and Shikari."
"Shikadai is sick, but Shikari is over there"
"Dad can I go"
"Sure and choose the biggest pumpkin that you see"
And with that she ran over there with Shikari and began looking at the pumpkins.
"Is she wearing a tessen"
"Yea, Temari makes her"
"Does she know how to use it"
"A little, it's mostly so she get used to carrying it"
"Isn't it heavy"
"Yea"
"Why is Temari starting training her so young, I barely started train with Chocho"
"She wants Shikari and Shikadai to start at the academy at the same time"
"Is there a reason"
"Her and her brothers trained at the same time and was a team I guess she wants the same for them"
They started talking about how the wives and family were doing until Shikamaru remembered that Choji had just returned from a mission.
"How was the mission" The mission consisted of finding some ninja that went missing. When they were going to retrieve them, they found a group of unknown rouge ninja who was responsible for the missing nin.
"Successful, I heard Kakshi is planning another one to infiltrate their base"
"Yea, He is"
"Who's he choosing"
"Naruto,Sai,and me"
"When do you leave"
"In a week"
"Be careful-"
"Daddd, I found one but it's to heavy for me to carry"
"Here I come Cho, see ya Shikamaru"
Shikamaru noticed that Shikari was not next to Chocho and began looking for her. Then he noticed the spiky black ponytail that resembled his. When he walked over he noticed that she was staring at a pumpkin.
"This one"
"Are you sure Ri, It has a dent in it"
"Yes Daddy, I'm sure"
"How about we get two then, ummm that one looks nice"
"Noooo, that one"
"But it's small"
"Pwease"
"Then let's get three and I'll pick the last one ok"
"Ok"
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"We're home"
"In the kitchen"
As they walked into the kitchen, Temari noticed all the pumpkins.
"I thought I said one" She said with a smirk.
"Well I couldn't say no"
"I can tell, Ri get washed up for dinner"
"Ok mommy"
As Shikari ran up the stairs to get ready for dinner, Temari and Shikamaru sat the table up for dinner.
"Tem we need to talk"
"About"
"I have to go on a mission"
"What rank"
"S"
"When"
" I'm not sure exactly"
"Then, We will talk about it when the time comes."
"Hey did you wash up" Termai turned to her daughter who was now sitting at the Kitchen table.
"Yes mommy"
"Ok Then here you guys go"
She placed a bowl of miso in front of her daughter and husband.
"How's Dai"
"Still sick, Shikari eat your food"
"No it's yucky"
Shikamaru knew how much his daughter hated miso and he saw how mad Temari was getting because she wasn't eating her food.
"How about if Daddy take you to get another pumpkin tonight if you eat your food"
"Really"
"Yea really, but you better hurry up before the pumpkin patch close"
She began rapidly eating and Temari chuckled at the site reminding her of herself.
After that Shikari finished her food, and they were getting dressed to leave
"Be careful you two"
Temari gave both of them kisses and smiled as she watched them leave for the pumpkin patch.
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I do not own Naruto