What A Drag... || Shikamaru x reader

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Edited: 31/05/24

Reuploaded: 06/06/24

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Right so, I'm finally changing these English ass names to Japanese ones so there's going to be a conversation thing at the top of each chapter that includes them:

L/n clan names Old --> New

Tia --> Tsukiko

Teo --> Takehiko

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I had been climbing the mountain for six days when I finally broke through the clouds, my left arm started tingling with pins and needles, and I looked down to see the blue marks had started to glow a low blue light. The higher I climbed the stronger and more vibrant the glow became until I reached a flat area where a large white and gold gate and marble wall stood tall, strong and beautifully.

"Who killed me and dropped me off at the angels castle?" I asked myself in awe as I looked at the angelic looking gates. I was so in awe that I didn't even notice the two apparent guards approach me.

"You there! Who are you and why're you here?" one of the guards shouted at me, she was a youngish girl in her late 20's with pure white hair and silver eyes. She had a blue marking on the side of her face that was a beautiful spiral pattern, it was also glowing just like mine.

"Answer us!" the other demanded with hostility, he was around his early 30's, late 20's and had floppy pale blue hair with a short beard and bright green eyes, his blue mark was wrapped around his hand. It was also glowing.

"Sorry, I am f/n l/n and I'm here seeking the rest of my family. The l/n clan," I told them, moving and pointed at my right arm where my Snowflake Guardian symbol was, "I am also a Snowflake Guardian."

"Tsukiko go and get Lord Sora. We will have him determine what will happen," the man ordered the girl, she nodded and walked away. We stood in an awkward silence, goose bumps had started to crawl up my arms as I just glanced around awkwardly, just trying to look at anything other than this guy in front of me before deciding I had had enough with the silence and tried to start a conversation.

"Aren't you cold?" I asked the guy who was glaring at me from the other side of the gate. He was wearing a kimono of sorts that'd clearly been altered to allow for efficient movement as a nin, his right arm didn't have a sleeve while the left did, his shoes seemed to go to his knees where his slightly baggier than normal trousers were tucked in, and his forearms and hands were hidden away in a set of fingerless gloves. There was a sash around his waist where his ninja tools pouch sat. Weird place, aren't they on our legs for a reason? A sheath hung from his hip where a silver and leather handle stuck out. His Guardian weapon is a sword then?

"No," he replied bluntly, obviously not wanting to get into a conversation with me. Well that sucks because I want to talk.

"What's your name?" I asked him, pushing the conversation onto him. He sighed.

"I'm Takehiko," he told me, "Takehiko l/n."

"Nice to meet you, Takehiko," I stuck my hand out, expecting him to shake it but instead he just glared daggers at it.

Got it. Looks like the whole not letting strangers touch you is a universal l/n thing.

"Right, no handshakes, I gotchya," I said as I dropped my hand to my side again and looking around as we stood in silence again. After a few minutes, I started tapping my foot and hummed a quiet tune as we waited.

"Takehiko!" the Tsukiko girl shouted him, returning with a guy that looked like my Dad following close behind her. Tsukiko was wearing a pretty similar outfit to Takehiko, but it looked a little bit more like the style that Tenten wore than the kimono style. Interesting.