imbrii (imbrii) wrote in imbrication, @ 2007-09-05 16:12:00 |
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Entry tags: | drabble, hokage series, nara shikamaru, naruto |
Naruto - The Normal Life
Series: Naruto
Characters: Shikamaru
Type: futurefic
Warnings: the title sucks
Spoilers: chuunin exam arc, references to the Fifth Hokage
Status: complete, drabble
Word Count: 200
Etc: I just had this scene pop into my head late at night, so I wrote it down instead of studying. I'll be very surprised if somebody else hasn't already done something similar, but it's short and mildly amusing.
All Shikamaru ever wanted was to be average. Average skills, average wife, average kids, average life. It would be easy and he could live out his days in peace (as tranquil as the life of a shinobi could be, that is.)
Turns out life’s a bitch and completely shattered any semblance of normalcy and his dream of a quiet life. While adjusting his position on the tree branch, he decided it was all because he passed the Chuunin exam first—that’d made him stand out too much. He should’ve been lazier about it.
“Hokage-sama? Please stop hiding, you really need to come to the meeting! Naruto-san promises he won’t try to beat you up any more, and Sakura-san says she’ll make sure he’s good (or else)! Hokage-sama?”
So bothersome. Why did he ever let that old bat convince him into this?
Oh right, because she’d threatened to kill him. Women were such pains. At least the oversized hat proved useful in keeping out the pesky sunlight.
“Hokage-samaaaaaaaa!” his hapless aide called again. The poor dolt had no hope of finding him anytime soon, being only a chuunin.
The meeting could wait; he had a very important appointment with some shuteye.
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