Fanfiction: Will of Fire (Naruto)
Title: Will of Fire.
Author: awesome_bee (lj.)
Fandom: Naruto.
Genre: action, drama.
Rating: All.
Format: One-shot.
Characters: Shikamaru, Naruto, Kakashi.
Pairings: Minor KakashixShikamaru.
Summary: It’s a scene from a longer story that doesn’t exist! (Maybe if I get inspired I’ll write more of it.) Shikamaru had been given the task of stopping Naruto, but as always; fails and it’s getting on his nerves.
“You were supposed to stop him.” Kakashi sounded slightly irritated, but Shikamaru understood. He himself was annoyed too, no; he was angry at himself!
“Why the hell does this guy make me feel like such an idiot?!”
Kakashi was startled by his sudden outburst. “Shika…”
“I feel like I interpreted every word Asuma ever said to me the wrong way! Even when he does something stupid, it has meaning and for all my genius brain cells he still needs to explain it to me!”
“Shikamaru!” Naruto grabbed him in mid air by the front of his vest and efficiently landed in a tree. He pulled Shikamaru close and yelled in his face; “get out of my way!”
He felt a shiver of fear race through his heart, but easily pushed it aside; ‘Naruto would never kill me,’ and retorted with his own anger. “It’s suicide! Wait for back-up!” He roughly pushed away from his friend and landed on a tree branch behind him. ‘Please Naruto, for once keep your mouth shut and listen!’ He didn’t voice these thoughts out loud; it would be futile, just like this hope. He knew very well his actions would only stall Naruto and that he eventually would either end up loosing in a nasty fight, but more likely; be convinced into helping him.
“Shikamaru…”
“Shut up Naruto!” His friend looked shocked by Shikamaru’s sudden aggression and accusing look, but he quickly recovered and got even angrier, but before Naruto could say or do anything Shikamaru sighed. “Fine… fighting with you is too troublesome.”
For some reason Naruto’s sudden smile angered him. “Go already!” He yelled. The blond ninja jumped next to him on the branch, his face now serious. “Thank you,” and took off with such speed that all he could see was a yellow flash. “Tch, I couldn’t have kept up with you at all. You let me Naruto.” He screwed his eyes shut and clenched his fists in an attempt to calm himself down.
Shikamaru felt his anger fade with the memory. “After all these years I still try to argue with him. I still try to change his mind. My will of fire is to protect the king, but isn’t that the same for all of us? Whether you want to do that by becoming the Hokage, or simply start a family; we all have the same goal. We all want to protect the future of Konoha the best way we can. Naruto fights with his heart, not his mind. Its illogical, even insane at times, but when he looks at you with those determined blue eyes I can see Konoha’s fire burn in them and it makes sense.” He took a deep breath and let it out slowly. “The next time I’m simply going to follow him instead of arguing.”
Kakashi smiled. “I guess you have a good point. Let’s hope age doesn’t wise him up too much.”
Shikamaru looked into the dark in the same direction Naruto had gone.
“How far ahead is he?” Kakashi asked.
“Three minutes.” Shikamaru knew he should have followed, but he had been too angry, he was starting to feel guilty about that.
“Team Gai followed from another direction shortly after you left,” The other jounin said, as if reading his mind. “They should be near by now.” He more felt then actually saw Kakashi move next to him. A hand slipped into the back of his neck and Shikamaru cast a glance at him. “Are you going to be alright?”
Shikamaru nodded, he felt like leaning into the touch, but now was not the time. “Let’s go,” and pushed himself forward after Naruto; Kakashi close behind him.
~Fin.
A/N: Thank you for reading, comments are always appreciated.
Author: awesome_bee (lj.)
Fandom: Naruto.
Genre: action, drama.
Rating: All.
Format: One-shot.
Characters: Shikamaru, Naruto, Kakashi.
Pairings: Minor KakashixShikamaru.
Summary: It’s a scene from a longer story that doesn’t exist! (Maybe if I get inspired I’ll write more of it.) Shikamaru had been given the task of stopping Naruto, but as always; fails and it’s getting on his nerves.
“You were supposed to stop him.” Kakashi sounded slightly irritated, but Shikamaru understood. He himself was annoyed too, no; he was angry at himself!
“Why the hell does this guy make me feel like such an idiot?!”
Kakashi was startled by his sudden outburst. “Shika…”
“I feel like I interpreted every word Asuma ever said to me the wrong way! Even when he does something stupid, it has meaning and for all my genius brain cells he still needs to explain it to me!”
“Shikamaru!” Naruto grabbed him in mid air by the front of his vest and efficiently landed in a tree. He pulled Shikamaru close and yelled in his face; “get out of my way!”
He felt a shiver of fear race through his heart, but easily pushed it aside; ‘Naruto would never kill me,’ and retorted with his own anger. “It’s suicide! Wait for back-up!” He roughly pushed away from his friend and landed on a tree branch behind him. ‘Please Naruto, for once keep your mouth shut and listen!’ He didn’t voice these thoughts out loud; it would be futile, just like this hope. He knew very well his actions would only stall Naruto and that he eventually would either end up loosing in a nasty fight, but more likely; be convinced into helping him.
“Shikamaru…”
“Shut up Naruto!” His friend looked shocked by Shikamaru’s sudden aggression and accusing look, but he quickly recovered and got even angrier, but before Naruto could say or do anything Shikamaru sighed. “Fine… fighting with you is too troublesome.”
For some reason Naruto’s sudden smile angered him. “Go already!” He yelled. The blond ninja jumped next to him on the branch, his face now serious. “Thank you,” and took off with such speed that all he could see was a yellow flash. “Tch, I couldn’t have kept up with you at all. You let me Naruto.” He screwed his eyes shut and clenched his fists in an attempt to calm himself down.
Shikamaru felt his anger fade with the memory. “After all these years I still try to argue with him. I still try to change his mind. My will of fire is to protect the king, but isn’t that the same for all of us? Whether you want to do that by becoming the Hokage, or simply start a family; we all have the same goal. We all want to protect the future of Konoha the best way we can. Naruto fights with his heart, not his mind. Its illogical, even insane at times, but when he looks at you with those determined blue eyes I can see Konoha’s fire burn in them and it makes sense.” He took a deep breath and let it out slowly. “The next time I’m simply going to follow him instead of arguing.”
Kakashi smiled. “I guess you have a good point. Let’s hope age doesn’t wise him up too much.”
Shikamaru looked into the dark in the same direction Naruto had gone.
“How far ahead is he?” Kakashi asked.
“Three minutes.” Shikamaru knew he should have followed, but he had been too angry, he was starting to feel guilty about that.
“Team Gai followed from another direction shortly after you left,” The other jounin said, as if reading his mind. “They should be near by now.” He more felt then actually saw Kakashi move next to him. A hand slipped into the back of his neck and Shikamaru cast a glance at him. “Are you going to be alright?”
Shikamaru nodded, he felt like leaning into the touch, but now was not the time. “Let’s go,” and pushed himself forward after Naruto; Kakashi close behind him.
~Fin.
A/N: Thank you for reading, comments are always appreciated.