Shikamaru Nara: Hogwarts AU
Shikamaru Nara is a Pureblood wizard that was born on the 22nd of September 1978 and started attending Hogwarts on the 1st of September 1990, being sorted into Ravenclaw House.
He has a Beech wand with a Phoenix Feather core.
His Patronus is a Sloth.
His favorite subject is Charms and his least favorite is Defense Against the Dark Arts.
He was one of the Ravenclaw Prefects of his year.
Shikamaru is naturally a lazy person and his inclination is to do as little work as possible. As a Hogwarts student and even during his early career at the Ministry, Shikamaru is able to get away with this, spending his days sleeping, watching the clouds, or playing games of Wizard Chess. Even when told by many that he could be a great minister, he stated that he didn't want to deal with such responsibilities. His goal is to live unremarkably, free of anything of noticeably good or bad, and then to die just as unremarkably as he lived. When he is faced with the potential for conflict or commitment, he responds first by saying, "how troublesome," and then by trying to find some way out of it, either by pretending to be indisposed or even outright saying that he doesn't want to do whatever it is.
Although Shikamaru describes himself as "the number one coward", he has a strong moral compass and dedication to his friends. It is these qualities that earned Chōji Akimichi's friendship, as Shikamaru was one of the first people to look past his weight and find value in who he naturally was. It is also these qualities that force Shikamaru to move away from his lazy pursuits, as he finds himself volunteering to do work or to sacrifice himself if it will in some way benefit his allies. Such selflessness, displayed during the Fourth Wizarding War, exacerbates his "troublesome" situations: he is given the responsibility of leading his friends into battle, for which reason he does everything that he can to keep them safe, for which reason he is given even more responsibility over even more of his friends, and so on. He still clings to his lazy origins as much as he can; even if he can't spend his entire day being idle, he at least avoids having long-term goals or confessing any particular pleasure in the duties he's assigned.
Shikamaru undergoes a rapid maturity after the death of his teacher, Asuma Sarutobi, whose loss forces Shikamaru to recognise that the world is not safe that he cannot be kept protected from it forever. After avenging Asuma, Shikamaru takes it upon himself to do all that he can to make things better for future wizarding generations, especially Asuma's then-unborn daughter, Mirai; such is the Will of Fire. He may still balk at the prospect of the work he must do, but he no longer runs from it, even going so far as to argue in favour of difficult choices if it will guarantee his friends' and others' survival. He describes his new goal in life as, rather than living unremarkably himself and watching the clouds all the time, to instead make a world where his children or grandchildren can live that way if they choose to.
One of the more "troublesome" things that runs throughout Shikamaru's life is the subject of women thanks to his experiences with the women he knows: his mother, Yoshino, one of his best friends, Ino Yamanaka, and his pen-pal from Durmstrang, Temari. He describes each of them as aggressive, demanding, and sometimes even scary. Shikamaru tries to treat women delicately, being non-confrontational or at least polite to them and never asking anything of them that he believes he can do himself. During his first years at Hogwarts, he generally believes he can do anything himself, and as such is mortified if and when a woman needs to assist him in any way; his frustrations are similar when he repeatedly finds himself facing female opponents in the Dueling Club. Because his father, Shikaku, has similar views and experiences with women, Shikamaru asks him for help in understanding them. Shikaku explains that men destroy themselves without a woman's influence and that women, despite how they may act, are kind to the men they love. As with most things, Shikamaru resists entanglements with women as much as he can; in the Mirror of Erised he sees himself successfully avoiding marriage entirely. However, upon realising later on that Temari is one of the most important things in the world to him, he ultimately marries her and even has a son with her, Shikadai. Ironically, his relationship with Temari became very similar to his parents, where he once mocked Shikaku for being "whipped", which he himself became.
Overtime, having come to recognise Naruto's great contributions to the wizarding world despite his own hardships, Shikamaru came to sympathise for him, deciding to be there to support him much like the former headmaster of Hogwarts did for his older brother. His newfound goal became to aid Naruto in his goal of becoming minister and act as his personal adviser. Ultimately, as an adult, Shikamaru succeeds in this goal, often handling many duties to lighten the workload for Naruto as minister. At the same time, he still holds much of his original carefree nature from youth. He is not very strict with his son, viewing his acting out and/or punishments at school as a learning curve for him, trusting that Shikadai will find his way. He is a man of conviction and drive, always pushing himself to protect the ministry. His mental fortitude is proven very strong, able to put some resistance against Ada's allure. In adulthood, he also picked up Asuma's interest in smoking.
Per his role as Naruto's secretary, Shikamaru possesses a more methodical and somewhat draconian viewpoint and mindset in regards to the safety of the wizarding world. Occasionally clashing with Naruto's more humble and carefree outlook, Shikamaru often attempts to handle matters by considering anything or anyone mysterious or unknown as potential threats, such as suggesting Kawaki be placed under heavy supervision at all times when the latter first transferred to Hogwarts, to the point where Naruto commented it felt like Shikamaru advocated for confinement. Likewise, when a potential threath against the ministry almost came to be, Shikamaru immediately threatened to kill both Kurotsuchi and Chōjūrō when they accused Naruto of secrecy and plotting, much to Naruto's great displeasure and anger. Shikamaru even went as far as to order Mirai to allow Tentō Madoka to be kidnapped by the Mujina Bandits in order to place his father Ikkyū, the minister of the Japanese's ministry, under Great Britain's debt once they managed rescue him. Nevertheless he still continues to support Naruto's decision regardless of his own option.
After being affected by Ada's charm and having his memories of Boruto and Kawaki switched, like most of the rest of the world, Shikamaru grew to hold a grudge and anger at Boruto for his false crime of killing Naruto. Sarada and Sumire both also noticed that Shikamaru's personality had changed slightly, having become irreducible and more stubborn, especially when it came to giving Boruto the benefit of the doubt or lifting his execution order. This only relented when he received a report that Amado independently considered the possibility that his memories had been altered, and offered Boruto covert assistance. As the new minister, Shikamaru was shown to prioritise even more the will of Hogsmead's citizens and their safety, since during Code's invasion, he gave priority to evacuating the civilians and protecting them from the Claw Grimes than trying to capture Boruto when the same appeared in the village.
