Truth Behind The Clan || Shikamaru x Reader

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Edited: 04/06/24

Reuploaded: 06/06/24

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L/n clan names Old --> New

Xander --> Kenji (there aren't any X names, but I've been advised to switch X with K)

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Shikamaru's PoV

"You ok, Shikamaru?" Choji asked me, he leaned forward slightly with a worried expression, "well excluding the obvious about... you know, your Dad an' all."

I sighed.

"I guess," I grumbled, "I'm just annoyed, I guess. Kakashi sensei won't let me go and fight by y/n's side with her."

Kakashi was the fifth Hokage, Lady Tsunade had left, and my Dad is dead. We haven't heard anything from the l/n clan since we split with them at the beginning of the war.

"He's just trying to keep you alive, Shikamaru," Choji placed a hand on my shoulder, "you should go home. You look exhausted."

I nodded and stood from my seat on the bench, waving lazily, I walked away back to mine and y/n's home. I walked down the streets. They were eerily silent, empty, like a ghost town. The same as it was before y/n and f/n moved here all those years ago.

I felt uneasy walking through this emptiness, it just made me realise even more that I was alone and really, really sad.

"What a drag," I muttered to myself, reaching for the handle of the front door before turning away and going to my Mum's house. She's alone too.

I reached her door and heard loud sobbing.

After letting myself in, I took my shoes off and go to the living room where my Mum was sat on the sofa, surrounded by dozens of tissues. Her hair was a mess, her eyes were red and puffy.

"Sh-Shikaku?" my Mum called out, her voice was hoarse and choked, tears still falling down her faces as she reached out of me. I shook my head.

"No, Mum, it's Shikamaru," I told her, she let out a weird noise and looked away sadly as I walked over and sat beside her on the sofa, taking her hands in mine. They were so cold.

"I want him back, Shikamaru," she whispered before grabbing me and hugging me tightly, sobbing into my shirt as she spoke, "I want him back. I want to hug him again, I want to be able to kiss him and feel his warmth, I want to listen to him complain and say everything is unnecessary and that I'm just being troublesome and stupid. I want to watch him and y/n play shogi and watch them both get surprised when she manages to beat him, and they turn the board around, so Shikaku has the winning pieces instead of her. "

I bit down on the inside of my mouth, hugging her just as tightly as she was hugging me.

"I want to confide in him more. There's so much more that we needed to talk about, there was so much for me to learn from him," I added on to her list, "I won't ever get to tell him how much I am thankful for what he's done for me."

She trembled in my arms, and I felt my heart shatter. I hate seeing my Mum crying and to see her in such terrible state hurt me so much. I want to take her pain away, but I don't know how when I just remind her of Dad so much.

"Please, you can't leave me too, Shikamaru," she whispered, "or y/n. I can't lose either of you as well."

I kissed her forehead and rocked us slightly.

"And you won't, I promise," I whispered back as she slowly fell asleep.

Y/n, I made a promise, so you're not allowed to die!

Your PoV

I clashed with Kota. His eyes narrowed at me.

"You're a joke," he spat at me, we pushed away from each other, and I shrugged.

"And you're annoying but you don't see me complaining," I replied nonchalantly. I peered to my left to see Kenji laughing slightly as he fought Drayton.

"Good one, y/n," he called over.

Always make jokes even on the battlefield, I guess it can lighten people's spirits.

"Ahhhhh!!!" Kota battle cried as he ran with his blade high above his head.

But then again... Maybe not everyone.

"Don't attack without thinking first," I shouted at Kota as I landed a perfect kick into his abdomen, the force threw him back into two other Shadow Guardians.

"Don't lecture me!" he shouted before grabbing the bow out of his fellow Shadow Guardians hands and shot a shadow arrow at me.

I quickly pulled my bow up and shot an arrow of ice at the misty one, instantly getting rid of it and melting my arrow in the process.

He's being reckless.

Any more of this and I'll be able to kill him.

I don't particularly want to kill him.

"Kota, get back to camp!" some guy came over, "You're too riled up, you're not thinking straight."

"Tch—whatever," Kota spat before walking away, the guy took his place in front of me.

"I'm the head of the family, Morgue," the man introduced himself. He was large and looked familiar in some sort of way.

"Have we met before?" I asked him, frowning at the thought that was annoying me.

"No but I know your Mother," Morgue replied, "after all, she was my daughter."

Daughter..?!

"So that'll make you family," I nodded, "sorry but I don't care much for that side of my family."

"I am the same to this side of the family," Morgue nodded, gesturing to the l/n ninja all around the area, "You're all like rats in my way."

"Well then, allow me to rid you of your issue," I suggested, raising my arms, dozens of ice spears formed around me, "I'll make it as painless as I can."

"I'd like to see you try," he replied, raising his arms as well, shadow spears hovered around him.

Well then, one of us will die here, which one, I don't know...