Narushika & series 2 (one shot)

chapter 12

- shika pov -

i smile at him, i know he hates secrets
"*groan* shika, why can't you tell me?"
"it'll ruin the surprise because i know you just love surprises"
"i can't believe you right now, seriously"
"well, we're almost there so quit whining"
he pouts but follows me 

"close your eyes"
"why?"

"just do it"
he closes his eyes and i lead him down some stairs then a bit of climbing and make him sit down
"open"
he opens his eyes and looks in amazement, we're sitting on the 4th hokages head, watching the late afternoon, turning into evening and then night.
"wow, this is amazing shika"
"yea, i come here a lot to think"

*** time skip ***

we happily ate our foods and drinks, chatting the entire time

"hope you had fun"
"i always do when i'm with you"
"it's cute, but a bit cheesy" i say, cringing slightly
"yea i know but it's true"

"i do agree"
"i'll walk you home"

"nah, it's ok naru"
"it's on the way to mine anyway"
"ok if you insist"
"i insist"

"it's a figure of speech, you don't need to insist"
"i insist"
"*groan* come one, let's head home"
"ok!"
i take his hand and we start to walk home, 

"hey i wanna show you something first"

"ok, shoot"
"we need to find a secluded" he says shyly, i wonder what we're going to do. we go into an alley and sit on some crates 

"put your hands on my temples"
"um ok?" i slowly place my hands to his temples

"where am i?" the room is a large square and all black but the room is well lit from where? i don't know.

"hey" a massive red fox says (a/n = kurama is bold, naruto is italic, shikamaru is normal)

"*gulp*" my eyes widen
"hey, shika chill out, i'd like you to meet kurama, isn't he amazing believe it" 
"hi, i'm shikamaru"
"heh, i know who you are"
"really? all good things i hope" my attempt at a joke failed
"i can see what naruto sees and we have no secrets between us, i'm a third wheel so think of it as everything naruto does involves me, it's not like i can leave"
quickly, kurama changes the black walls to the interior of my house, only 2D but
"i told you shika, he knows everything" 
"well that's kinda weird but i gotta live with it"
"oi pineapple head, i'm not weird and having a beast sealed inside you isn't weird, there are 8 other people like him"
"kurama, chill out too, it's just that shikas getting his head around every moment we share is watched by you so don't be mean, you're gonna be seeing a lot more of him believe it" 
"lovely to meet you kurama but we've been here quite sometime"
"AHAHAHA time moves quickly here, an hour here is a minute in your realm" 
"stop trying, what shika said wasn't even funny anyway"
"hey, i can do even cooler things, wanna see?"
"no"
"sure, i guess"
"here we go" kurama smiles evilly and one of the walls shows something which i think is a memory
"oh this?" i say stunned "it's when we first met"
"yes it is"

"please stop, it's embarrassing" naruto complains 
"i think you should listen to naruto, he's scary when angry"
"you learn fast, i think i like you pineapple head"
"take it as a compliment shika"

"ok well thanks"
"but yea, we should head"
"bye kurama, i do hope we can see each other again"
"put your hands on his temples, it's like a call for me, i answer and you are transported here but naruto will know and most likely enter as well"
"i'll keep that in mind, bye"
"bye you two"

we exit and i open my eyes (a/n = back to normal)
"wow"
"yea, cool wasn't it?" he asks me
"it was great, i now know what it's like to have constant company"

"it's ok but it gets annoying"
"yea, no privacy"
"and also, no memory of mine is actually mine but he can't go anywhere with it so i'm ok"

"yea but you experience it, not him right?"
"yes"
"then it's ok"

when we arrive at my house
"thanks for walking me home"

"it's fine besides, its not too dark yet so i'm fine"

we kiss, longingly and passionately
"*ahem*" yoshino says
we both stop suddenly
"ahaha well i'll see you at school then shika" he says sheepishly and walks home

"nice acting today mum, i think he bought it"
"good, son we'll be planning again in the basement so come down when you're ready"
"can't we just leave the boy alone? we've done enough, we paid the other families to give him back" dad asks 
"but the haruchi family didn't want our money, they wanted his happiness" i remind dad
"he's still a danger to the village, he needs to go" mum says sharply 
"right" i agree but i can't keep him out of my mind, not for work purposes but when we kiss, it's nothing like I've ever had, i know it's been a ruse but i think now it's true... i love naruto uzumaki, shit