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off hiatus. Hi :)
Semi hiatus until the 4th of July.
Throwing that out there, reminding people, in case anyone was wondering what happened with Shikamaru.
When the Traffic is Lite \\ Sakura and Shikamaru
He felt a great deal of relief upon hearing her voice, but his judgement made him tense at her soft-spoken yet urgent words. Sakura was a great doctor, the best maybe, some might argue. He was safe, he was in good hands, he was going to be just fine. But her being there was a problem. It meant that he was in a bad shape. She took easy cases and routine check-ups sometimes too, but she was waiting by his bed for him to wake up — so much he could easily assume by the tone of her voice. She was scared; she was relieved. She was relieved because he woke up. This was bad. This was really bad.
He felt her cold hand gently press upon his forehead, but to him it weighted a ton and a half, and he felt like his skin was just about ready to melt off. Good grace, what happened to me?
She asked how he was feeling. The half a body that he felt was sore and raw and painful. The other half… he’d much rather not think about it. He couldn’t remember how he got there, he couldn’t remember how his mission ended — was it a success? Did he fulfill his duty? Was he wounded for no reason at all? He recalled hearing someone scream… a tearing, sharp and distorted cry, but he couldn’t tell who it was. He had so many questions, there were so many blanks in his mind at that moment that the mere thought about asking generated even more questions.
His head throbbed, he couldn’t think straight right now. No need to overload today. If he appreciated correctly, and he supposed he did, he’d be lying in that bed for quite a while — he’ll have just about enough time to figure everything out. No need to rush. He couldn’t rush it if he wanted to.
“Ww… wa-.. wa..ter…” Barely audible; he thought he had more than that left in him, but he supposed he was a little off. It was hard for him to draw statistics when he was only aware of half of his persona.
It was going to be a long day, he thought.
Hearing the request, she immediately reached down to grab the cup of water. Moving the straw so he could drink without moving much himself.
At first, she had seen the changes in his expression, he recognized her voice. The relief displayed told her that, or so she hoped that was what it had been. His expression changed once again. Returning back to one slightly pained, along with the serious look he often wore.
This was also a good thing, it could very well mean he was thinking. If he was thinking he may be aware of his surroundings. It was a huge step up from how he had been hours ago.
“Shikamaru, do you know who I am?”
Nothing else had changed though, he was in rough shape. This was going be many months of recovery. She didn’t question if he was capable, because he was. She was more worried about his vision, unclear if it would return.
He contemplated nodding, but soon arrived to the conclusion that speaking required less energy, and therefore drew less pain. He wasn't capable of anything above a whisper, but he figured she'd be ok with that.
"S.. Sakura," he said, confirming that he indeed knew who was taking care of him. He would've liked to thank her, but his judgement told him to save his energy for the important matters first, and express his gratitude later, when his body would be in better shape and his voice would be full again.
Not being able to see was bugging him. "Can you open my eyes?" he asked her, because when he tried to do it himself, he couldn't quite tell if he failed or not -- he wasn't really feeling his eyelids at all. Of course, there was always the possibility that his eyes were already open and he just wasn't capable of seeing, but he couldn't possibly accept that as true with no sort of confirmation first.
He needed something to focus on, he needed something to hold onto. The only thing that didn't hurt and he wasn't denied was his hearing, so naturally he would choose a sound to cling onto for a little boost in staying conscious. He couldn't pick his heartbeat, because it was buried under the beeps of all the machinery, and he couldn't pick the beeping because paying too close attention to his own vital signs might just stress him out more. He really didn't want to notice anything regarding his health state right now. So he picked the soft and careful voice of the medic at the edge of his bed. If anything, he thought, he could just ask her to explain what had been going on, just so her voice would be constant.
"S-Sakra... What.. happened?"
SEMI HIATUS
I am both excited and incredibly disappointed to announce this blog is on semi hiatus starting Monday, 3/6, until somewhere around the 4th of July. I am leaving on a month long trip across the US and I will only have access to internet in several random places where we stop to eat, sleep and whatnot. I will get to replies every chance I get. I’m sorry and I appreciate the patience you have shown so far, and hope this won’t drive you away. Thank and bless, and I’ll post pictures if you guys want me to.
Yes, same for my Shika blog. I'll still be on, only not as much.
Dreadfully Bored || Orochimaru Naruto and Shikamaru
Dreadfully bored.
This month had been dreadfully boring.
At this point he would have appreciated an experiment to combust just to have something to do. One can only catalog so many notes before getting restless.
And that was about the point Orochimaru set off a set of paper tags in a dense suburb of Konohakagure. They produced a loud startling explosion but appeared to do nothing else.
Actually he had been working on getting certain snake venoms into aerosol form. The nuerotoxic kinds were the only ones that took to coating mucous membranes and seeping into the bloodstream to slowly paralyze a person. It was temporary but he wasn’t sure how temporary.
Now sounds like a good time to find out.
Naruto was enjoying the wonderful afternoon. He had just gotten back from a mission and was heading towards Ichiraku’s for some delighted ramen.
Naruto felt uneasy. Something just wasn’t quite right around here. Up ahead Naruto saw a small puff of smoke but then it disappeared. Concerned he walked towards where the smoke had come from and stopped. The air smelled funny.
In a matter of seconds Naruto was on the ground unable to move. Whatever it was just ruined his chances of going to Ichiraku’s. He growled.
“HEY! SOMEONE HELP ME! I CAN’T FLIPPIN MOVE FOR SOME REASON!” Naruto roared. No answer. With all of his strength he tried to move his arm. Didn’t work. What had caused him to stop moving? What was it?
He thrashed around but only managed to squeal instead. “I probably look like a buffoon right about now. HEY!!!! ANYONE! I’VE FALLEN AND CAN’T GET UP!!” Wow I feel old saying that.
To Shikamaru's knowledge, there were only a handful of shinobi that were comfortable and skilled enough to enhance in battle alone, without a support team behind their back. One of those few that he could pinpoint was Naruto. So to hear him screaming for help when there was no threat in sight was surprising, to say the least. But it was also intriguing.
He contemplated leaving him there, shouting at the top of his lungs, until a more interested person drifted along. After all, he wasn't one for unnecessary effort. But the fact that he couldn't spot the danger made him change his mind, so he carefully approached the roaring blonde and stopped at a safe distance. He remembered hearing an explosion not too long ago, but he wasn't alarmed. So what happened to Naruto?
As he sat there in thought, watching Naruto's arm twitch involuntarily from time to time, it hit him that the damage must be internal, and he automatically thought of poison. Now he wasn't alarmed as much as annoyed that Naruto fell for such tricks. With a groan, he stood up and shouted to Naruto, careful not to approach him and be poisoned as well:
"You idiot! Some ninja you are, not noticing that there is POISON in this region! You're paralyzed, you moron! Stop yelling and wait for it to wear off!"
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When the Traffic is Lite \\ Sakura and Shikamaru
It was, unnerving.. seeing him in this condition.
Sitting beside his bed, eyes scanning the same words she had wrote earlier that morning. He had been brought in at night, a mission that went.. bad. She wasn’t allowed details, as they were always confidential. Unless it had to do with the wound, such as a poison, or a unique weapon used. This however, it caught her off guard. It had been generally quiet in the village. She should have expected it really, the quiet before the storm.
A nin came to her window, waking her. Shishou was dealing with other pressing matters relating to the mission, Shizune working on another member of his team. She was ordered to handle Shikamaru alone.
He was in bad shape, such bad shape. At the time she didn’t allow herself to think. But now.. all she could do was play it over in her head. Everything about what had happened bothered her, and that wasn’t.. normal. She had seen and experience many strange and ugly things, handled it all generally well. It was cases like this that slowly ate away at you. He was one of those rare types, the type of nin who always seemed in control, not overly expressive, calm. Seeing someone like him so far gone, so lost. It was like she was dealing with a child, a little boy. He had been crying out in pain, was in complete shock.. Something to do with the mission maybe? she wasn’t sure. Thrashing to any touch, wouldn’t respond to his name. They had to sedate him so she could heal most of his thigh. He couldn’t see, his eyes open.. trying to hold onto anything, something.. When they finally put him to sleep, she finished what she could, before being depleted herself.
- Vision: Unable to see, is unclear if vision will return at this point.
- Left thigh had been torn to the bone, the bone it’s self had been broken. Took three sessions to pull most of it together again, but it’s weak. Any direct pressure could cause another break, or problems with the healing. It’s important he stays in bed, or is assisted by another while walking.
- Two ribs along right side had been cracked, now healed.
- Major cuts all healed, anything minor had been cleaned up and wrapped.
Setting the paperwork down on the table, running two hands up into her hair, tugging at it from the root. Closing her eyes as she continued to listen to the machine.
“Is anybody there?”
Her head shot up, looking over towards the bed, seeing some movement. Standing up.. “Yes.. yes It’s.. Sakura.. how are you feeling?” Right away she pressed her hand against his forehead lightly, checking for any temperature change.
He felt a great deal of relief upon hearing her voice, but his judgement made him tense at her soft-spoken yet urgent words. Sakura was a great doctor, the best maybe, some might argue. He was safe, he was in good hands, he was going to be just fine. But her being there was a problem. It meant that he was in a bad shape. She took easy cases and routine check-ups sometimes too, but she was waiting by his bed for him to wake up -- so much he could easily assume by the tone of her voice. She was scared; she was relieved. She was relieved because he woke up. This was bad. This was really bad.
He felt her cold hand gently press upon his forehead, but to him it weighted a ton and a half, and he felt like his skin was just about ready to melt off. Good grace, what happened to me?
She asked how he was feeling. The half a body that he felt was sore and raw and painful. The other half... he'd much rather not think about it. He couldn't remember how he got there, he couldn't remember how his mission ended -- was it a success? Did he fulfill his duty? Was he wounded for no reason at all? He recalled hearing someone scream... a tearing, sharp and distorted cry, but he couldn't tell who it was. He had so many questions, there were so many blanks in his mind at that moment that the mere thought about asking generated even more questions.
His head throbbed, he couldn't think straight right now. No need to overload today. If he appreciated correctly, and he supposed he did, he'd be lying in that bed for quite a while -- he'll have just about enough time to figure everything out. No need to rush. He couldn't rush it if he wanted to.
"Ww... wa-.. wa..ter..." Barely audible; he thought he had more than that left in him, but he supposed he was a little off. It was hard for him to draw statistics when he was only aware of half of his persona.
It was going to be a long day, he thought.
Headcanon
Shikaku used to take Shikamaru stargazing all the time to try and teach him about constellations, but Shikamaru was too lazy to learn and too absorbed to pay attention, so his dad finally gave up on him.
Not enough time || Hinata and Shikamaru
“Hinata…” Shikamaru smiled. Out of all the possibilities and thoughts running scared through his mind that night, she was the last one to show up. She didn’t fit in this dead, grey perspective. She was too pure, too precious to be touched by the loss of mind that war created. She was the one person who was always outside harm, somehow, or so he’d always seen her. She held the most honest love towards Naruto, and the most humble respect towards Neji, and the most respectable appreciation towards all of Konoha. If there ever was a person who deserved to be happy, than Hinata was it. It seemed so unfair that she would inevitably end up caught in all the mess and fear and death that war was about to bring to the table.
He almost wanted to shoo her away, to tell her to go home and go to sleep in her comfy bed, in an attempt to keep her safe and away from all his gruesome thoughts. He almost told her not to worry, not to lose sleep over thoughts that were never going to materialize, because he could only think of one reason for the Hyuuga heiress to gaze alone at the stars deep into the night. But he knew, he knew that those worries were well founded. After all, he was suffering from the very same possibilities like she was. He, too, was afraid to lose people he loved. And he knew that Hinata was more than aware of what was coming. He knew there was no keeping her away, and he wouldn’t even try to, either.
She was a shinobi. They both were. After all, combat is what they were raised for. Just that, sometimes, he wished that combat didn’t include death. Sometimes, he wished he forgot that all the jutsus he knew and all the strategies he thought of were limitless ways to kill other people. Sometimes, he wished he was unaware of the murderer he was. And now, more than ever, when he saw that pure little happy Hinata was just as much a killer as he was, he wished he never knew the life of a shinobi.
He wished, because wishing was all he could do to keep sane. “Yeah, it’s a good evening. Beautiful, even, don’t you think?” he said, as he moved his gaze from her to the horizon, wishing with all his heart that the sky would just swallow him whole.
She immediately gazed up at the sky following his words, she had been so lost in thought she didn’t noticed it was a lovely night; causing a small internal giggle. It was just like Shikamaru to notice everything. “Yes… it is….” The light orbs studied they way the stars formed together, how they illuminated the different colors casted across the sky. Nighttime always fascinated Hinata, especially the stars; in particular folk lore behind them.
The idea that the consolations were loved one looking down on the earth made her feel at ease. When she was young she created an idea, that the brightest stars were the most beautiful hearts. If she ever felt depressed, the image of her mother being the gorgeous North Star brought her back on the track to strength. Her heart would have broken long ago if she wasn’t able to romanticize death, the life of a shinobi wasn’t one she would of chosen; it was the one given. If she wasn’t able to chose the path she would lead, Hinata would certainly march down it as best she could.
It was good luck that he was the one who would stumble upon the same roof as her. She didn’t mind- in fact she respected- the rest of her comrades, but most of them were better at riling themselves up; rather then down. Being around the lazy shinobi was always a very calming experience, and she truly appreciated the few words he had to offer. In their genin years he always had seemed so far away, so ahead of the rest, to be given admiration. The indigo haired girl was thankful to get to know him a bit better in the last few month, even if it was only in passing at Kurenai’s.
Whipping her head back to the man, “Shikamaru-kun…. do you know any consolations?”
He inhaled deeply, a bit taken aback my her question.He blinked a couple of times and frowned a little bit, not out of annoyance or frustration, but out of the pure shock that he hadn't noticed the constellations that night, or the night before, of the night before. It's been long since he'd seen the stars as anything else that randomly scattered cracks, figments of light unevenly distributed across a deep, tight cover.
Long ago, when he wasn't scared to his very core and when he wasn't yet dreading the future, he used to deliberately go looking for sense to tie the stars with. He used to try and find as many shapes inside those dots as possible, just like he did with clouds. It's been so long that he'd forgotten he'd done it.
"My dad used to take me stargazing when I was a little boy. He's fascinated by the stars, and he used to always try and rub it off on me, teaching me constellations and names of galaxies and such. But I was so tired and so absorbed by their randomness that I always slipped right by his words." He giggled at the memories, and remembered how he'd miss his father's lessons on constellations because he was busy trying to find some of his own. "He eventually gave up on me, seeing that nothing stuck."
He sighed a little, but refused to let go of those thoughts. They were, after all, a lot more welcome than his previous war-related thoughts. "I don't know any real constellations, but I remember some that I found on my own back then." He looked for the North Star and counted three stars down and a finger to the left. "See, right there," he said, pointing her to the right direction. "I always thought that looked like a rabbit. And that one," he continued, pointing to a different conglomerate of stars, "that one kind of looks like the Hokage Tower, if you look at it sideways. See?" he asked, and bent his head sideways to show her which direction she was supposed to look at it from.
Overwhelmed || Iruka and Shikamaru
It was almost time, Shikamaru could feel it. Kids were trembling with the anticipation of almost owning a hitai-ate, their tiny fingers clasped tightly around dulled kunais to try and get just a tat more training in before the Chunnin exams, and teachers were whether smiling from behind some corners at the efforts their students made or losing their concentration thinking about whose turn it was to treat everybody to a round of sake instead of grading the last papers. Shikamaru couldn’t blame them, though. If kids these days were at least half as troublesome as he’d been, he imagined teachers would think of nothing but sake.
But despite the ever present agitation and nervousness that came with every Graduation Exam, the Academy seemed almost painfully empty. He was suddenly drowned by a bloom of memories and he couldn’t help but feel a little nostalgic. He remembered these halls, and how Chuoji and him would sit there munching on potato chips, hiding from the teachers. He remembered the hollowness of the echo of their laughs when he would be racing Naruto and Kiba. He remembered bumping into Ino the first time they ever met, and how she slammed him against the wall for almost ruining her hair. Geesh, she was such a drama queen back then.
Not a lot had changed, he thought smiling. Ino was as posh as ever, though he wouldn’t have her any other way. Kiba and Naruto were still hyperactive, and Chuoji was still his best friend. They weren’t hiding from Iruka-sensei anymore, but there were other things to hide from.
Reaching the classroom he was looking for, he peeked a little to make sure it wasn’t empty, and smiled to himself when he found Iruka-sensei burried in papers with a long suffering expression plastered on his face, almost meticulously hidden behind a gentle permanent smile and a scar that stretched itself from one cheek to the other across his nose. When the Chunnin saw him, Shikamaru straightened his back and stepped in. With his hands in his pockets and a carefree smile to greet with, he made his way to the desk and said, “Helo, Iruka-sensei. Long time no see, ne?”
“Oh, hello Shikamaru,” Iruka replied, relaxing his shoulders once again. He didn’t know what he had been expecting, but guessed that whatever it could have been wasn’t as bad as reality. Out of all of his prior students, Shikamaru wasn’t one he would groan at the prospect of a conversation with. He was a calm man, that was for sure. And he was intelligent, so they could easily hold a conversation, if the Nara decided it was worth his precious energy. “Yes, it has been quite a while, hasn’t it?”
The teacher chuckled, eyes flickering not towards his towering stack of paper, but the rows of seats that Shikamaru’s class had once occupied. His eyes isolated the exact spot he and Chouji had lounged in prior. Hadn’t it been yesterday that he had lined them all up and had them transform into the Third Hokage? Or was it just hours before that he had awarded them their hitai-ate with a proud smile, returned in miniature by each? Iruka shook his head, quickly replacing the dismal expression he had accidentally taken on. The man grinned.
If his memory served correct, Shikamaru had recently returned from a mission. It probably wasn’t an easy one, but the boy barely had a scratch. His chest swelled with pride. Damn, he felt old. The tirade of conflicting emotions left him tired, but in no way irritable, even though night was fast approaching and those tests weren’t going to mark themselves.
Time. It was a strange thing. Enchanting in some respects, moving them along when even the strongest wish to stop. Calming the fray while building another. It allowed evolution and brought birth, life, growth. But also it heralded death. Decay, age. Time delivered new experiences, yes, but it moved too quickly to fully appreciate them. One day Iruka was standing in a small clearing with the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, being comforted as a child. The next he was reminiscing years past with someone he could remember in diapers clearly. Frankly, it scared him a little.
For the moment, he just wanted to stop. To stop and enjoy what he had. Not what he had left, not what he would have for only X amount of minutes. Iruka just wanted to be happy. “How have you been? I hear you and Chouji are still two peas in a pod! And your last mission?”
When Iruka's expression turned a little grimmer while glancing towards the empty rows of seats lying ahead of them both, Shikamaru turned his head in the same direction, wondering if maybe this wasn't the best of times. But then his sensei returned to the familiar smile and the comfortable serenity he came to associate with his name, and the boy figured it was, in fat, just as good a time as ever. Iruka wasn't mad. He was busy, alright, but not mad. He was just.. a little nostalgic, maybe. But then again, when one found himself in an empty classroom surrounded by only echoes of beloved laughter patterns and shadows of days past, one tended to become nostalgic. It was almost inevitable.
"I've been good, sensei. A little busier than I'd prefer, but I can't help it, you know. Intel is understaffed and Tsunade insists on me being part of the division." He smiled, confident and comfortable. Tsunade wasn't the only one nagging at him to take the job. Ino wouldn't let a single day pass without asking him to join. "Chouji... yeah." He felt a frail laughter roll off of his tongue and didn't even wish to stop it. "Same as ever, sensei, same as ever. Other than our heights, not a lot has changed since you've last seen us. And the mission, my last mission -- ugh. It was so much work, for just a little scroll. Naruto was on my team, and you know how he is. We had a plan all figured out and ready, and it was supposed to be a smooth transition: infiltrate, replace real scroll with convincing replica, get out of there. But of course Naruto never heard of the word plan, or silence, or surprise, so our plan was out the window. It was still a success, but it took more effort than it should have. Aah, you know what? It was more fun his way, to be honest. But I'll never tell him that, orelse he'll think it's ok to be completely oblivious to orders." He laughed again, remembering how the blonde out and strong announced his presence to the enemy. Such a silly thing to do; but it seemed it worked for Naruto, and it worked quite well.
"Ano, Iruka-sensei," he started, taking a step forward and helping the man with a stack of paper that was about to fall off his desk. "I was wondering if you could help me," he said, holding on to the details until he made sure Iruka had the time that he was looking for.