Choose your own Naruto Adventure- Go to P475
From Create Your Own Story
You and Shikamaru continue to train and spend time with each other watching clouds...etc.
As time goes by, your knowledge on future events eventually runs dry and you tell Tsunade as much, but never to despair. You had after all performed a great service to the village and you are given permission to stay.
With the continued training sessions you receive from Shikamaru and the encouragement of the various friends you had made amongst the ninja...you are finally able to call yourself a bonafide kunoichi. And by the time two years roll by, you have attained the rank of Chuunin as well as permission to teach at the academy.
You are good friends with Shikamaru...you could call him your best friend...but perhaps you should have said something when you had the chance...because unfortunately for you, Temari isn't as shy...she made her move...and now it's her and Shikamaru who are together...
You sigh in frustration at the end of another typical day, you had just gotten through a particularly nerve-crushing lesson (it seemed like all the annoying ones had found their way into your class...oh, but you are a patient teacher and you love your students). You hurry to pack up your things and leave, eager to get out and relax.
"Thank goodness for the weekend..." You sigh as you slump to a nearby Sake bar. 'And thank goodness for fake IDs...' You think.
You're on your fifth bottle and well on the way to getting smashed.
You're yelling at the bartender to bring you another bottle, but are being refused service.
Things are starting to get ugly, when you feel a hand rest on your shoulder.
You turn to look and almost fall off your stool.
"Sh-Shikamaru?"
He sighs, "You sure like to cause trouble, don't you?"
"This isn't trouble...this is my happy hour..."
"I think you've had enough..."
"No I haven't...I can still walk fine, see." You demonstrate by walking straight into a pole.
Shikamaru sighs again, pays the bartender and hauls you out of there.
"How'd you find me..." You ask whilst leaning on him with your arm around his shoulder for support while you walk.
"It wasn't very hard..." He remarks. "I could hear you yelling two streets away..."
You mutter something incoherently.
"Tough day?"
"You wouldn't believe... I swear, Shikamaru... all the annoying ones find their way into my classroom..."
"Troublesome enough for you to go get yourself drunk?"
"Nah...Kids I can deal with...it's my own crap I've got trouble with..."
"Like what?"
"This guy I like..." You respond.
"Uhu."
"But he's with this other woman...so I can't say anything..."
"That must really suck."
You shrug, "S'long as there're weekends, my pay-check, fake IDs and Sake bars...I'll get over it..."
Shikamaru sighs as you finally approach the door to your apartment, "Getting drunk over some guy is so pathetic."
"I know..." You sniffle.
"Oh, oh no...Don't cr-" Shikamaru starts.
"I can't help it! I get emotional when I drink!" You wail.
After fumbling through your pockets, Shikamaru locates your key and unlocks the door.
He soothes you with some comforting words, takes of your shoes and puts you to bed.
"Shikamaru?" You say as he tucks you in.
"Yeah?"
"Thanks for being my friend..."
"Yeah, don't mention it..."
"I love you."
"...Yeah, me too." Shikamaru responds unperturbed and leaves shortly afterwards.
He had probably thought that it was the drink talking...
You eventually start dating one of your co-workers. The relationship doesn't last long, but it's enough to get Shikamaru out of your system.
You still hang out with him every now and then...even with his girlfriend Temari around and you find yourself getting along with her...it hurt a little at first...but you get over it when she introduces you to her brother...(not Gaara).
Needless to say, you don't make the same mistake twice.
You start dating a month later...well if you can call it that since he lives in a whole other village...and have to rely on written communication to keep in touch...but you hang out when he comes to visit his sister (yes, Temari had moved to Konoha to live with her man) and once the relationship hits the 'serious' stage...you sit your boyfriend (and a selection of some of your other friends) down to tell them the truth about you...and where you had come from.
Admittedly they think you're crazy at first...until you get Naruto to back up your claims...and eventually Tsunade when Naruto makes things worse.
You and Kankuro get into an argument and break up shortly afterwards...but you make up and get back together a week later.
You are currently discussing plans to move in with him...mostly because you are reluctant to leave Konoha...and so many of your friends behind...eventually, you make your choice and go to the Sand Village. You still get to see Konoha when you accompany Kankuro on his relatively regular visits to see his sister.
It takes you a little time to adjust, but you you're a happy couple.
Now, all you've got to do is tell him why you've been throwing up so much recently...
Elsewhere
In a hospital room.
An older woman sits by a young woman's side.
Two nurses watch her.
"It's so sad..." One of them says. "Her daughter has been in a coma for more than three years now...
The woman turns to look at them, "I...don't feel as bad about it as some of you might think..."
The nurses hastily apologize.
"She's been smiling a lot lately." The woman continues smiling tenderly at the young woman in the bed. "So...at the very least...I am glad that wherever she is...she's found happiness..."
Ending: 12
(A/N Well, don't blame me if you don't make a move! This is what you get. If you don't like Kankuro, well, sorry! I am trying to diversify the endings as much as I can! Besides...what's so bad about him? Thank you for reading.)
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