Legacy of A Flower: Naruto (remake)

Chapter Thirty Six: Truths

Naruto had been admitted to the hospital because he trained himself to exhaustion. Now here I am
visiting him alongside Shikamaru. I pace around the room thinking of the Third Exam that takes place tomorrow. I have learned a lot from Miyuki, but I wonder if it's enough. If it will be enough to defeat Basil, who has trained with the main branch since the age of four.

"Lily, would you sit down?" Shikamaru says, becoming annoyed with my movements. "You're stressing me out." He's playing shoegi on his own. He asked me to play with him, but beating Shikamaru is like Naruto quitting ramen: not possible.

"Yeah, but all you wanna do is sit," I retort. "What's the fun in being that lazy anyways?"

"I don't know, relaxing? Why don't you try it?" He suggests. He stands up and grabs my shoulders, moving me to sit across from him. He sits back down, "Now just breathe and sit. Atleast act like you can relax."

Only a few minutes pass by and I set a foot on top of one of his legs. It doesn't bother him considering we're used to leaning against one another. He continues working on his puzzle. I poke his knee with my foot and he looks back up to me. Once again he doesn't think much of of until I do it again.

"What?" he asks.

"Shika~," I sing, "I'm bored~."

"Why can't Naruto wake up already?" he huffs in exasperation. "Maybe then he can keep you entertained and from being such a drag."

"But I'm your drag, Shikamaru," I fake whine.

He expectedly drags a hand across his face, "That doesn't even make sense."

Before I can continue my quest to annoy him, the blonde in bed wakes up startled, "Where am I?"

"The after life," I respond sarcastically. "The hospital, what does it look like?"

"Yeah, you've been out for three days," Shikamaru adds with a smirk.

"Three? Wait, what? When is the final exam?!"
The Blonde exclaims frantically.

"Tomorrow," Shikamaru answers.

"Why didn't you wake me up sooner?! And where's Pervy Sage?! He's supposed to be supervising my training!" The blonde is going on one of his famous rambles.

"Pervy what?" I raise a bewildered brow. First it was a Closet Pervert, now it's a Pervy Sage. Just how many perverts does this kid know?

"We don't know what you're talking about," Shikamaru replies.

"Where are my clothes?! I gotta get dressed!" Naruto starts throwing the pillows and sheets off his bed.

"Relax, Blondie. Why the hell would they even put them there?" I say.

"I liked him a lot better when he was in a coma,"
Shikamaru drawls. His voice rises, "Would you knock it off!" Naruto comes to a hault. "Look, you don't want to be stressed before a big competition. Resting can be the best thing for you to do."

Naruto holds onto his growling stomach, "I'm hungry..." We both sweat drop at the blonde.

"Here," Shikamaru picks up a basket of fruit he had on the floor. "It was supposed to be for Choji, but the nurses said he can't have it. Atleast we can eat it now"

"Wait, Choji is here too?" Naruto asks.

"Don't worry," Shikmaru says. "He's in here for indigestion is all. He ate too much."

"Haha, I should have known," Naruto laughs. "That's just like Choji." The corners of his mouth lift into a mischievous grin, "I have an idea... let's go tease Choji with this..."