What A Drag... || Shikamaru x reader

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Edited: 03/06/24

Reuploaded: 06/06/24

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"Good evening, y/n," I looked around to see I'm in a familiar grassy landscape. In front of me was Asuma and Dad, plus a lady instead of Jiraiya.

"Hello, Dad, Asuma and...?" I greeted them.

"I'm m/n," she smiled at me. I gave her a confused look.

"Y/n, she's your Mother," Dad confirmed. I nodded.

"I'm not sure how I'm supposed to react to that," I gave her an awkward smile and she just laughed a little before pulling me into a tight hug.

"You've grown up into such a beautiful woman," she said pulling away and cupping my cheeks in my hands.

"People tell me I just look like you," I replied with a slight shrug but hugged her again before stepping around her and to my Dad. I hugged him and then gave Asuma a fist bump.

"Can I ask why I'm here?" I asked the three, they looked at each other worried before my Dad nodded and gestured for me to follow him. We all moved to where a lake was and sat looking over it.

"The war is coming," Dad started.

"I know."

"Y/n, when the war comes the l/n clan will be hit with tragedy and you, as head of the house, must step up to keep the pieces together," he continued.

"If that means leaving those you love or even abandoning all emotions or memories for it. You must," my Mother added, I looked at them shocked.

"You can't possibly expect me to do that!" I exclaimed, they looked at me sadly but nodded.

"Y/n, you're a l/n before anything else, then you're the head of the family, then a Snowflake Guardian, then a ninja of the leaf and then you're a friend, girlfriend, daughter, cousin, and so on," my Dad told me sternly.

"This is ridiculous," I glared at them.

"Y/n," Asuma looked at me, "I told you to protect my child, Kurenai, and Shikamaru did I not?"

"Yes," I nodded, it was obvious.

"To do that you have to protect your family," he told me, I frowned.

"I'm confused, what do you mean?" I asked. He sighed and lit a cigarette, blowing smoke in my face causing me to cough and waft it out my face. Even in death he's smoking.

"Kurenai considers you like family, Shikamaru is your boyfriend and a potential future husband, and then my child... my child is your Goddaughter," he continued. I looked down and nodded before realising what he said. My Dad also had as well because man did he looked annoyed.

"No one's marrying my little girl," Dad protested, wrapping his arms around me protectively.

"Anyway, darling, it's time you go," Mother announced, "just remember what we've said."

I nodded.

"Y/n!" my Dad shouted as they seemed to drift away, "tragedy will strike the l/n clan after a death that will befall it soon."

"A death?" I asked, "who will die?"

I got no answer.

My eyes opened to see Shikamaru's face. He was still sleeping, and he looked really comfortable.

I wonder who will die?

"Good morning," I heard Shikamaru's voice, but it was deeper than usual and extremely exhausted. I smiled.

"Good morning to you too," I replied before starting to sit up.

Shikamaru's PoV

I woke up to see y/n frowning and gazing up at the ceiling in thought.

"Good morning," I greeted her, I didn't expect myself to sound so tired, but it did. She smiled at me, her hair was severely dishevelled but for some reason messy hair suited her a lot and her e/c eyes were a tad darker indicating she'd only just woken up herself.

"Good morning to you too," she said back to me before moving. She was getting up. I groaned and pulled her back down.

"Not yet," I mumbled into her neck. She sighed and started playing with my hair.

"Shika, we have to get up," she patted my head and I whined and stayed still, "come on, Shikamaru, you lazy butt."

"Fine..." I grumbled, letting her go and sitting up, "at least it wasn't an alarm this time."

"You complain too much," she sighed to me before climbing out of bed, I just flopped back down onto the bed and stared up at the ceiling.

"Someone's outside," she mumbled to herself.

"How do you know?" I asked.

"I can hear them," she replied before exiting the room just as someone knocked on the door.

After a while she came running into the bedroom again and grabbed clothes, disappeared into the bathroom and came back out in a simple shirt and shorts before running out the room again.

I got up and followed her curiously.

"What're his symptoms?" I heard y/n ask before I came into sight to see Zethran.

"Hard to say..." Zethran replied, "please, we need you to look him over."

I walked over to them and looked at Zethran with a 'fill me in' expression.

"My Dad is incredibly sick, I need y/n to check on him," Zethran explained, I nodded and pushed y/n forward slightly.

"I'll meet you over there," I told her, she nodded and left the house with Zethran.

Quickly, I changed and left the house, going to Zethran's.

Your PoV

"What happened to him?" I asked, looking at my Uncle horrified. He was in a lot of pain, I could tell.

"We were hoping you might be able to find out," Aunt Mina looked at Sora like she was the one in pain as well.

"Give me 5 minutes, please stay out of the room while I look him over please," I looked at everyone in the room. They nodded and all left until it was just me and my Uncle.