5A/N : He'd never been refered to as a monster in his life until her. Did she know what it felt like to be powerless? To have to watch yourself do something that you weren't in control of. Now he's got to convince her he would never do as he was forced. How is he supposed to convince her that he isn't a monster when deep down he thinks he is one as well? What is he supposed to do when he's found himself falling for someone who hates his guts?
Monster.
Chapter 1 : Meeting The Forgotten Water Lily
The Hidden Leaf Village, Shikamaru Nara, 7:30 pm.
Shikamaru was sleeping soundly in a tree just outside the academy, It had been two years since Naruto had come back from training. Everyone had just about turned eighteen and Shikamaru was now Anbu. He was lazing around as much as he hated to do anything that wasn't necessary he couldn't turn down the offer of Anbu. Shikamaru felt droplets of water hitting his face, and he could see the dark gray clouds that were releasing the water that were rousing him from his sleep. He was still living with his parents because he didn't have to cook, or anything there just sleep and pick up his own messes. He let out a yawn and put his hands behind his head as he began his walk home. He could see Naruto talking to a crying Sakura apparently she was still very upset about Sasuke and the tragic outcome of the battles. But for now the village was at peace. It was very sad however that now Officially the whole Uchiha clan had been wiped out. Toshino looked at her son he was soaking wet and she knew that it was upsetting to him, because that would mean that he would have to hang his clothes to dry in the back room. Toshino looked at her the time and began to wonder where her husband was.
"Shikamaru, go get your father from the bar, now." she said Shikamaru was already halfway undressed of his wet clothes when he heard his mother's order. 'What a troublesome woman' he thought thinking of an excuse.
"I'm already out of my wet clothes" he said, as he peeled off his wet socks.
"Then put them back on" she said, Shikamaru twitched and started putting on the wet clothes, annoyed. He was jonin and he was being ordered around by his mother. Shikamaru looked at her as he walked out of the house and back into the rain, his shoes making squishing noises as he walked down the street and made his way to the bar where his father sat with Choza and Inoichi drinking sake.
"Mom wants you home now." Shikamaru said to his father who looked at him he had that glazed over look and said.
"What a drag…" the words left his lips smoothly it was after all second nature that phrase is what made him, well him. Shikamaru smirked a little to himself before giving his dad that I'm serious I don't want to hear her complaining look. Shikaku stood up and put his hand on his now tall son's shoulder and walked out of the bar.
"I don't understand how you married such a troublesome woman. You are always going to be tied to her apron strings" Shikamaru said as they neared the house where the Nara family lived. They walked in and he could hear his mother complaining about the wet mess that was now on the once dry floor. Shikamaru walked into his room and peeled off the dripping clothes he took down his hair from the ponytail letting his hair fall just passed his shoulder, their hairstyle which was otherwise known as a pineapple head. He stood in the middle of his room he was bare and pulling on a pair of boxers as he dropped himself onto his bed with breathing out a breath of exhaustion not that he was really ever exhausted he just wanted to sleep in his warm, comfortable bed. He let his eyes close with another yawn, he could hear his father trying to woo his mother into a better mood. Shikamaru felt himself drift into that peaceful state where he could dream about watching the clouds with no interruptions whatsoever.
The Hidden Leaf Village, Ren Wasureta, 6:45 am - 1:00 pm. (The Next Day)
The girl looked at the village of her birth the village of her family she should have grown here in this town, she was a jonin from the hidden village of the sand. Not that anyone remembered her she was actually known mostly for sneaking off during training to go eat ramen or read a book. Her childhood was fun, she pulled pranks on her neighbors and for a time had a crush on Gaara but soon got over it when he became Kazekage. Then she knew he would forever be unattainable to her. She watched as the sun was beginning to let light dust the edges of the horizon, it was beautiful she was sitting on the village wall, her eyes were a light green, similar to Sakura's. Her hair fell down around her in wild waves, like ink it was so dark. She wore a pair of tight fitting shorts with mesh underneath going to her knee, her calves and arms were wrapped up. Her top was a strapless black shirt that stopped at the top of her shorts. She had the traditional shoes on, her sand head band was wrapped around her thigh. She smiled her pearly whites shining as she jumped down. On the outside of the wall she walked around to the gate. Where two ninja greeted her asking where she was from and who she was.
"I'm Ren Wasureta and I'm a jonin from The Sand Village." she told them giving them a thumbs up. They looked at her with raised eyebrows.
"Welcome to the hidden village of the leaf." they told her, she just gave them a big grin and walked into the village. She looked at the many buildings, and she saw a ramen shop she smiled knowing she'd be coming there later. She saw a girl taking a walk, she looked so sad. 'I wonder what her deal is?' Ren thought, walking up to the pink haired girl.
"Hi, I'm Ren. What's your name?" Ren said looking at the girl, she looked up her eyes were watery and puffy, she had been crying for a few days then Ren noted.
"My name is Sakura." she said, her voice sounded a bit sore probably from the crying maybe she had even screamed about it a lot.
"Well, you don't look to good. Man you have a really wide forehead." Ren said the last part out loud by accident, she watched the girl twitch most probably in annoyance.
"I'm sorry, why are you talking to me?" Sakura asked trying to keep calm. Sasuke's death obviously had taken its toll on Sakura. It had already been four months since Sasuke died, but that didn't make it hurt any less. Ren looked at the girl, 'Yea I guess its not really normal to do this' Ren thought.
"You looked down so I just wanted to talk to you" Ren said to Sakura who looked up at her, she was older but still Ren was taller than her by two inches. "Besides I don't know anyone here, so I thought to myself, Hey you're going to talk to the first girl you see and see if you can make a friend and if you don't then you have to walk up to the cutest guy you can find and tell him that he looks like a pig." Ren told Sakura, who slightly smiled. This Ren sort of reminded her of Rock Lee in a way.
"I just lost someone important to me, four months ago." Sakura told Ren who looked at her with those sympathetic eyes.
"I…you must have cared for them a lot…it's hard to lose people you love." Ren said her eyes softened immensely. Sakura suddenly looked at the girl from the side, her black hair shone in the light almost a blue black, like Sasuke's, her profile was like his only feminine. Ren looked at Sakura who was staring at her only she had a far off look in her green eyes.
"Are you okay? Sakura?" Ren asked waving a hand in front of Sakura's face. Sakura heard Naruto's voice and she tensed up a little bit. She knew that Naruto did what he had to do, but she was still bitter. Ren looked at the blond boy who walked over to them.
"Who is this?" Naruto asked Sakura he was taller then both of them.
"This is Ren…" Sakura told Naruto he smiled and threw out his hand.
"I'm Naruto Uzumaki." He told Ren with his blue eyes shining Ren took his hand shaking it.
"I'm Ren Wasureta, I'm from the Sand Village" she told him looking back at Sakura, things must have been awkward between them Ren thought. 'This Uzumaki guy is pretty loud…I wonder if I'm that loud' Ren thought looking at him as he ran into the ramen shop. Sakura followed him in and so did Ren. She ordered the house special and ate it quickly disappearing before the bill arrived leaving the payment to Naruto. Ren wandered around the village with a satisfied smile. She found a tree and jumped into it finding a thick branch that had a great view of the clouds. She sat there with a smile on her face, she reached into her pocket and found what everyone in her home village stopped her from doing, a cigarette she could feel the round stick she took it out and lit it, bringing it to her lips she sucked in savoring its menthol flavor, it was wrong for a sixteen year old to do that.
"You look kind of young for that." came a deep and mellow voice she looked down at and older man a scar across the top of his for head to the side of the outer corner of his eye.
"You don't look like my father…" she said to him breathing out the smoke, he twitched.
"You're a troublesome child, how old are you anyway?" he asked looking up at her, she brought the cigarette back to her mouth and removed her hand as she showed ten fingers, and then six.
"Sixteen is far too young" Shikaku said to the young woman, she just looked at him before puffing out the smoke in circles.
"I left my village so I could smoke in peace…man you're a drag." Ren said looking at him, he smiled at her.
"You seem to like drags the way you're going through that cigarette." Shikaku told her, she looked at him and rolled her eyes.
"Who ever you are…I enjoy drags that fill me with smoke, not the ones that try to stop me from turning my lungs black." she told the forty three year old, he looked at her again.
"Well, I won't try to stop you…my son started smoking at fifteen, but he had a good reason and he stopped soon enough." Shikaku told the girl who was nearly finished with her cigarette.
"Why do I care about your son, again?" she asked crushing what was left of the cigarette between her finger and thumb.
"You don't, but you are in his spot…he's going to be annoyed" Shikaku smiled at Ren who looked at him with a raised eyebrow.
"Tell you what, when he gets here I'll be as nice as I can telling him that the early bird gets the worm. If he can't take that then I'll see what I'll do…" she said with a smirk.
"I'm Ren Wasureta by the way." Ren told the man, he looked like a funny guy but she wasn't about to stop smoking because he confronted her about it. That had happened to many times for her.
"I'm Shikaku Nara" he said walking away his pine apple like head getting smaller and smaller in the distance Ren was watching as she reached for another cigarette looking into the sky, she lit the cigarette with a faint smile on her lips.
"If anyone even tries to move me from this spot they are going to get hurt." she muttered bringing the cigarette up to her mouth with her lighter ready, she inhaled letting the menthol once again hypnotize her tongue numb. She had been there for god knows how long before she had begun to fall asleep, her eyes growing heavier by the second as she finally drifted into a peaceful slumber. Shikamaru walked out of his house throwing his hands to their usual place behind his head. He saw Naruto complaining to the ramen guy about how he had to pay for someone he just met and he was going to get her when he found her.
"Naruto why are you so noisy in the morning?" Shikamaru asked him, letting his arms fall to his sides. Naruto turned to him his clear blue eyes looking into Shikamaru's near black ones.
"This crazy chick was eating ramen with me and Sakura and she disappeared before the bill came so I had to pay." Naruto complained Shikamaru smiled.
"Well that doesn't sound like fun…women are so troublesome." he told Naruto sitting down to order some ramen for himself. He ordered the original Naruto looked at him before ordering some of his own for lunch. Sakura was in her room probably still crying over Sasuke. Shikamaru looked at Naruto who was reminding him of Chouji not even savoring the foods flavor. Shikamaru took his time chewing and tasting every bite, he treated it like a puzzle waiting a little bit between every move. Shikamaru glanced to the side to see that Naruto was already on the third bowl he smiled paying for his meal and walking away from Naruto. As he was walking towards the park where his favorite lounging spot was he saw his father walking towards him.
"I'd say you're going to have a pretty troublesome day." Shikaku told his son, who just looked at him with a slightly raised eyebrow.
"What are you saying that for?" he asked his father his mellow tone never leaving his voice, he looked at his dad who just smiled at him for a moment before he kept walking passed him. Toshino was probably waiting for him to get home. 'Geh…parents are just weird' he thought walking to the park his tree looked so invited, he climbed up to his favorite branch and saw a girl, she was younger than him sleeping soundly against the tree the faint smell of cigarette in the air, it was being taken by the breeze. He thought of Asuma for a second before pushing the sad thought of his death from his mind. Her side swept bangs were across half her face the breeze pushed them out of her face, her long dark eyelashes were almost to the point of touching her cheeks, her nose was straight and small he looked at her for a little bit, 'She looks just like a porcelain doll…man…she's in my spot…what a drag' he thought looking at her. Shikamaru grabbed her arm and shook her gently, he blinked for a second and found himself pinned down to the branch when he opened them again groaning lightly.
"Who are you?" Ren looked at him and saw the pine apple like hairstyle, the similar faces, and she heard the same deep and mellow voice. His groan gave it all away.
"So you must be Shikaku's kid?" she asked him, he looked at her his arms were to far from each other to use his shadow possession and besides that this wasn't the right situation for it. He nodded yawning.
"I'm Shikamaru Nara, can you unhand me you troublesome girl." he said Ren quirked her head at him before letting him up.
"I'm Ren Wasureta, and you'd best forget about this spot because its mine now." she told him with an arrogant look. He just looked at her with a yawn and laid down in his spot. Ren twitched her fingers moving erratically.
"This is my spot…" he said looking at her through half lidded eyes. Ren looked at him with an evil smile and sat down in front of him, her legs straddling the branch. She looked at him taking cigarette of her pocket and lit it up. That was going to be her third today she took in a nice long drag and blew it Shikamaru's face, he glared at her.
"Really, I'm guessing you don't like smoke in your face…its too bad since it all over this area thanks to me." she told him. He just looked at her as if she hadn't said anything.
"You're troublesome…" he said to Ren who just looked at him.
"Am I? Well you are lazy!" she yelled at him becoming annoyed, she hated that word, troublesome.
"Tell me something I don't know" Shikamaru said she just blew the smoke in his face again.
"All I wanted to do was sleep here until my appointment with the Hokage." Ren said to him he looked at her shrugging his shoulders.
"Not my problem." he yawned and began to shut his eyes.
"You bore me…" Ren told him dryly.
"Only a boring person, gets bored by someone so easily" Shikamaru smirked his eyes closed. Ren glared at him and kicked him hard in the shin.
"You are a jerk." she said, he grabbed his shin lightly looking at her, he had just about lost his cool.
"GOD WOMEN ARE SO TROUBLESOME!" he exclaimed glaring at her. She looked at him with a laugh before kicking him again he stood up and he was towering over her easily. She looked up at him fiercely. Ren was going to kick him again when he caught her foot and they both lost balance falling out of the tree. Shikamaru walked off and Ren just glared at his back.
Ok this was my first attempt at writing a Naruto fanfic so please excuse anything stupid or idiotic. Or wait better yet tell me what it is and I'll try to fix it. Thanks. For Reading don't forget to review.