What A Drag... || Shikamaru x reader

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Edited: 02/06/24

Reuploaded: 06/06/24

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Shikamaru's PoV

The day was raining like crazy, and I was just about to knock on Tsunade's office door.

"He's not coming back," I heard Tsunade say.

Does that mean...?

I quickly turned and walked away. Y/n please...

I found myself outside of Choji's house.

"Shikamaru?" his Dad answered the door.

"Choji there?" I asked, his Dad nodded and pointed in the direction of his room. I walked past him and entered Choji's room to see him eating and reading.

"Shikamaru?" he questioned my sudden appearance and I sat on his bed across from him.

"He's not coming back," I told him.

"Who's not?" he asked.

"Master Jiraiya," I replied, "which means... That goodbye I had with her... It was our last."

He dropped his crisps(/chips) and grabbed both my shoulders tightly.

"No, Shikamaru! Don't believe that!" he basically shouted at me as he shook me violently, "just don't think she's not coming back because she is! She will! Y/n will not leave us, she wouldn't leave you."

I looked outside to the storm drowning the village at the moment.

"I hope you're right," I whispered.

It truly is such a dreary day.

Wherever you are, y/n, I hope it's shining bright.

Your PoV

I sneezed and sighed.

"I wish there was a way to dry myself instantly," I mumbled to myself as we continued staring forward at the six Akatsuki ahead of us.

"What is going on here? You said that Yahiko died, and those eyes!" Jiraiya asked, he looked confused, frustrated, and sad all in one go.

This must be incredibly hard for him.

I feel bad.

I don't think I could even imagine just how he was feeling right now. He'd just reunited with his students, discovered one was dead and two were becoming war mongering maniacs, just for the dead one to reappear alive ahead of him. Or... seemingly alive.

There's something odd about these six orange haired people. First, the rinnegan, second, the shared hair colour—though that could just be a coincidence—third, all those black bars poking in and out of their bodies.

What even are those?

Some kind of chakra rod or something?

"You see Yahiko's image when you look at me, you really are his former teacher... But Yahiko's been dead for quite some time," the Pain replied, "all that remains is... Pain."

"Look! Just quit the word play, tell me why you possess the rinnegan!" Jiraiya demanded.

"What're you talking about, Jiraiya boy?" Pa asked.

"One of my former students is now among the six," Jiraiya explained, "but he didn't possess eyes like that back when I taught him."

"What is tarnation is going on then? Are you telling us that there are two children of prophecy?" Ma asked, I looked at them curiously.