Watching clouds, or not?(Choji, Open)

[Nara Shikamaru]

He sat lazily underneath this dark brown tree the leaves seemed to look withered the very bark on the tree also looking like the elements have effected the tree. He looked up at the vast blue sky filled with several clouds, the leaves in the tree shaded him from the harsh damaging rays. He slowly drifted of into a light sleep until a bird quickly shoot out from the tree, a groan came from Shikamaru his eyes opened up trying to see what kind of bird it was but the bird had ascended to high "..Hm seems to be a dove or a pidgeon..too hard to tell..now" He said lazily his eyes closed once more drifting back off into a light sleep again. When suddenly he hear a splatter his eyes opening again a sigh coming from his mouth now, he looked at his chest seeing a small pool of yellow liquid. Normally people would curse and throw a fit due to a bird shitting on them but Shikamaru he slowly stood up "Man..what a drag.." He said mumbled he now walked off wondering what he was going to do now first he would have to go clean the bird feces that are on his chest he picked up a few leaves and he wiped the bird shit from his flak jaket sighing "..Hm wonder what Choji is doing" he said to himself tossing the leaves away now walking off to the nearest store. "So much for sleeping" He said, well he could always go play Shogi or Go with Asuma if he was unable to find Choji.

[Akimichi Chouji]

Choji is pissed. He woke up at noon, just like any other morning, and went to fix him his breakfast. He ate a loaf toast and a carton of eggs, but when he reached in the cabinet for his box of Samurai Crunch, it was gone!

His whole day is ruined now. He has to go all the way down to the GreatWall-Mart, which happens to be conveniently located on the completely opposite side of town. Tired and frustrated, Choji slips into his ninja gear, just in case there is any danger. He yells to his parents, “I’m goin’ to the store,” as he slams the door shut behind him.
He flinches at the bright sunlight hitting his unadjusted retinas. As his eye’s get used to the light, the beautiful scenes of Konoha begin to flood his cerebral cortex. The air smells good, the tree leaves dance in the gentle breeze, and birds sing overhead. “Today might not be so bad after all,” he walks down the old dirt road, kicking up dust with every step.

“You can’t play with us Fatso!” Those words ring in his ears. He sees several children standing in a group, while one walks away slowly with head held down in shame. Memories of his child fill his mind;

“You can’t play “Ninja” with us!!” a scrawny little brat exclaimed.

“Why?” a young Choji asked, utter loneliness is all you could hear in his voice.

“’Cuz, whichever team that’s got you will definitely lose,” the brat said, “You’re so slow.”

Choji snaps back to the present. He walks over to the young boy that had been shunned. The boy is short, pudgy and can’t be any older than 8 or 9. He has long, brown hair with scraggly bangs that cover his eyes.
“Hey, kid, don’t listen to what they tell you.” The boy looks up at Choji, his lips quivering and eyes tearing up.

“But it’s true! I’m just a dumb fat ass. Everyone says that.” Choji gives the kid a reassuring smile. He knows the exact pain the young boy is going through. He can only think of one thing to say.

“There will be someone who will see much more than that inside you, and become your friend. When you meet him treats him as your best friend, and become comrades who will trust in each other more than anything else.” The kid gets a sudden gleam of hope in his eye and a little smile comes across his face. Choji notices his good friend, Shikamaru Nara, walking towards him. He gestures for the little kid to run along and yells, “Hey Shikamaru, over here!”

[Temari]

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The blonde haired female from the sand village. She knew what was coming up soon and it was making her fidget in anticipation. The chunin exams. They were here again. It was rather.. sad thinking back to the chunin exams back in Konoha all those years ago. It seemed like such a dilemma in a way. She had never been the type to really like looking back at things. Temari's strongest point in her personality was the ability to look ahead no matter what had happened in the past. It was why she wanted peace so much, so no one would have to look back at terrible times and everyone could be happy together in the future. There was another reason though, that she wouldn't say, and actually denied to herself why she was excited. There was someone she wanted to see back at the leaf village. Someone that she cared about very much, despite how much she seemed to get mad at him for stupid things. Such a fragile ninja was the one that she cared about. This year.. Temari was one of the people in charge of arranging the chunin exams, meaning she had to make regular trips between several villages. She would most likely be working with that very particular ninja that she had been thinking about. However, thinking.. about that. A low groan came from her throat. It was going to be difficult getting that lazy ninja to do anything at all. Temari sighed, however her thoughts had thankfully got her mostly through the journey between the two allied villages. To be exact, it seemed like she was all ready really close to Konoha. She was right, and within about ten or fifteen minutes she found herself at Konoha's gates. Greeted by a few Konoha Jounin she made her way inside the village of the leaf. Well, the first thing she really needed to do was go see the hokage, to let tsunade know she was here. She didn't bother to talk to any of the familiar faces or not so familiar faces of ninja and passerby's that looked at her appearance and headband. It was clear enough that the Chunin exams were upon them and it was natural to see other ninja in the hidden leaf. Temari couldn't help but let a smirk form on her face to such a thought. She still wanted a rematch, with that lazy know it all. He would of won, should of won, during the chunin exams all those years ago. To this day it still nagged at her in the back of her mind. That was when a voice filled her range of sound. The voice was faintly familiar, but it wasn't the voice that ended up attracting her attention. It was to whom the voice was calling. Shikamaru. So, he was actually moving was he? She didn't know why, but somewhere in her a fit of rage started to form, but was simmer slightly at the thought of him. Wh-WHAT? What was she even thinking.. there was -nothing- between her and Shikamaru. She kept her head up as she found her way to where she had heard the voice. Putting on a keen grin she finally came into view of the two. "Well, the chunin of Konoha seem as lazy as ever." she spoke, the smirk never leaving her face. Though, somewhere in her, she felt relieved to see him again. That lazy genin, now chunin, from so long ago. [/style][style=background-color: 000000; font-family: verdana; font-size: 9px; margin-left: 115px; margin-top: -5px; color: #efefef; text-align: center;]WORDS, n/a TAGGED, shika/chouji NOTES , crap..[/style][style=font-family: courier new; font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 3px; margin-left: 115px; font-variant: small-caps;]template by rotoscope of btn[/style]

[Nara Shikamaru]

As he was walking he looked up at the sky, the birds fluttering through the air. Living among the clouds. Not all people would give any thought on them, but he knew better then that. A smile crossed his face the young man stood there in deep thought.

He began to wonder when the next time that nagging sunagakure women would be back but she did save his life during the mission to retrieve Sasuke and bring him back. But he knew the meetings between the two would be more frequent due to plannings of the Chunin Exam.

But he continued to walk thinking even more, he stopped and looked at the sky. Only thing Shikamaru could do was just get used to this its not like something would change. He sighed and scratched his head continuing to walk before he heard someone call out his name he looked around and spotted Choji he smiled "Hey Choji!" He said with some excitement though something else would catch his attention "Well the Chuunin of Konoha seem as lazy as ever" He turned around to see Temari his facial expression changed into a bit of an annoyed one. He sighed and muttered his most favorite catch phrase "What a drag.."

[Akimichi Chouji]

As Choji approached his friend he noticed a certain look in his eyes when he heard the Kunoichi's voice. Shikamaru tried to hide it behind his "What a drag" kinda attitude, but he couldn't fool Choji. He knew Shikamaru all to well. It was the same look Shika had while he played Shogi with Asuma or while Choji and him wasted hours away watching the clouds. There was just something about that Kunoichi from Sunagakure that just made something inside Shikamaru light up, made him feel like life was much more than just a 'drag'.

Choji smiled at the thought. How he wished he could feel that again. Just one more day with her, one more sunset, and maybe he'd be satisfied. But who was he kidding? It just'd leave him wishing for one more day. He had to move on with his life

He smiled at Shika, hoping he may know that feeling, that happiness, for the rest of life and not have to feel the pain of losing it. He turned to his attention to the Kunoichi. He coulnd't remember her name for the life of him. Was it Menari? No it started with a T....Tameri perhaps? He didn't know, and he was sure not going to risk calling her by the wrong name.
"Nice seeing you again." He bowed politely, trying to hide the fact that he praying to god her name would come up in conversation.

[Temari]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=width,424,true][atrb=vAlign,top][atrb=width,20%][style=margin-left: 130px;font-family: georgia; font-variant: small-caps; font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 1.5px; color: #FFFFFF;]And we kiss each other one more time[/style][style=margin-left: 115px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 22px; letter-spacing: -1.5; color: #FFFFFF; background-color: 000000; margin-bottom: -56px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 3px;text-align: center; padding-right: 2px;]And sing this lie that's halfway mine[/style][style=width:100px; height: 100px; opacity:0.8;filter:alpha(opacity=70); margin-top: 27px; margin-left:3px; background-image: url(http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff473/meniphicons/Temari/naruto76-1.png); -moz-border-radius-topleft: 20px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 20px; border: 5px solid #000000;] [/style]   [style=width:100px; height: 100px; opacity:0.7;filter:alpha(opacity=55); margin-left: 3px; background-image: url(http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff473/meniphicons/Temari/naruto76-1.png); -moz-border-radius-topleft: 20px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 20px; border: 5px solid #000000;] [/style]   [style=width:100px; height: 100px; opacity:0.5;filter:alpha(opacity=40); margin-left: 3px; background-image: url(http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff473/meniphicons/Temari/naruto76-1.png); -moz-border-radius-topleft: 20px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 20px; border: 5px solid #000000;] [/style] [style=margin-right; 21px; margin-top: -340px; margin-left: 115px; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: 12px; color: #B6AFA9; padding-top: 16px; line-height: 10px; padding-bottom: 19px; padding-right: 10px; padding-left: 10px; text-align: justify; border-left: 6px solid #000000;]Well, what was she expecting really? Just because she thought of him, didn't mean it was the same for him. He probably had no feelings toward her whatsoever other than the thought of being put to work. She sighed inwardly at the thought but kept the look she had on. She didn't have the right to make him feel anything or let alone know anything about him. She felt hurt inside, but quickly put away such feelings. There was no reason she should make anyone else suffer for anything that she said or felt. It was the last thing she wanted to do to anyone, and most of all him. When she saw his look it almost pained her a bit and her smirk wavered for a quick moment, before being replaced again. Temari stopped in front of both of them, and somewhere in her she wondered if she should of even showed up at all. She could of found shikamaru later, and just got him then. But no, she had to bother him when he was with someone. She felt irritated at herself, and she would definitely let herself know so later. There was no point doing that now, so she wouldn't. Her emerald eyes flickered to the Akimichi. She, however, did remember his name, she had a bit better mind set for names than others. It was probably mostly because she wanted peace so much. So, she was good with remembering names. She smiled at him when he spoke and bowed. She felt respected and returned the gesture to the konoha chunin. "It has been a while Chouji. You've been keeping this slacker in line right?" she said as the smirk returned. Even if she did feel a little hurt inside the smile she gave was true. She wouldn't let her emotions show here, never here. Her eyes however, hesitated moving back to him. And she reluctantly let them as she stood back up straight. " I should apologize for bothering you both. " she said. Her eyes left his to look between both of them. "I'm sure you both know, that the chunin exams are coming up. So, you will probably be seeing me often." she said. Though, for a moment her voice dropped in a bit of a slope, but she hid such behind a normal face. She really didn't want to stay, since her emotions were bothering her more than she wished they would. She wouldn't do this, not in front of them. So maybe it was best just to leave. "I should probably go see your Hokage now....excuse me." the last part came out in a small whisper almost but enough to be heard. She bowed slightly again in respect and moved around them to keep going towards the Hokage's house. Though, she could barely keep it in. Once she walked past them she could feel her eyes wet a bit, but kept her face blank. [/style][style=background-color: 000000; font-family: verdana; font-size: 9px; margin-left: 115px; margin-top: -5px; color: #efefef; text-align: center;]WORDS, n/a TAGGED, shika/chouji NOTES , lol.. short post[/style][style=font-family: courier new; font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 3px; margin-left: 115px; font-variant: small-caps;]template by rotoscope of btn[/style]

[Nara Shikamaru]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, width: 375px; background-color: #161419; padding: 10px 10px 5px 10px; border-top: groove 10px #4e4c4d; border-left: groove 10px #4e4c4d; border-bottom: ridge 10px #4e4c4d; border-right: ridge 10px #4e4c4d;][STYLE= float: left; width: 100px; height: 100px; margin-top: -2px; -moz-border-radius: 100%; -webkit-border-radius: 100%; background-image: url(http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/ss311/Suchi-Sama/Icons/Naruto/shitemfanart2vr0.png); border-top: 7px groove #6ac9cd; border-left: 7px groove #6ac9cd; border-bottom: 7px ridge #6ac9cd; border-right: 7px ridge #6ac9cd;] [/style][STYLE= width: 235px; height: 55px; background-color: #4e4c4d; border-radius: 10px 10px 10px 10px; padding: 5px 6px 5px 6px; opacity: 0.7; text-align: justify; font: normal 8px eurostile; color: #c4f0f1; margin-top: 5px; margin-left: 120px;]No matter what you tell me, I will never give up. There's no excuse for failing, so don't hold your breath for love. I will never let you come and steal my joy.Just give up stop trying, I'm no concern of yours. If I'm just a pilot, won't you come fly with me. You're wasting so much time with this negativity. Let me give it to you in the coldest way. There's no need to hate, I will never change. Just give it a go go[/style][STYLE= width: 235px; height: 25px; background-color: #4e4c4d; border-radius: 10px 10px 10px 10px; padding: 5px 6px 5px 6px; opacity: 0.7; text-align: justify; font: normal 12px eurostile; color: #c4f0f1; margin-top: 5px; margin-left: 120px;]Give me that, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Give me that, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Just give it a go. [/style] [STYLE= width: 350px; height: 340px; overflow: auto; border: dotted 1px #c4f0f1; background-color: #6ac9cd; padding: 5px; text-align: justify; font: normal 10px verdana; color: #702124; opacity: 0.8;]    Stood there by his friend slipping his hands into his pockets. He looked over to Chouji from the corner of his eyes, wondering what the smile that suddenly appeared on his friends face. It really did not matter or did it. He looked over to Temari as he watched her bow towards Chouji. "It has been a while Chouji. You've been keeping this slacker in line right?". He sighed and removed one of his hands from his pocket to scratch the back of his head, "Hm..I can keep myself in line"He said in a serious tone. Ever since he had gotten this job to help set up the he has seen Temari a lot more, but was there something else that he was feeling. Why was he feeling this is what confused him the most. Heck these feelings seemed to increase when she was around, this was such a drag. He sighed and scratched his head trying to figure this out. " I should apologize for bothering you both. ", "I'm sure you both know, that the chunin exams are coming up. So, you will probably be seeing me often." Temari said to them her voice dropping down in tone but her facial expression seemed normal. But he had a feeling there was something more to it. Maybe it had been something he said, which caused him to sigh again. "I should probably go see your Hokage now....excuse me." She said with a whisper. He stood there and watched her walk away he looked towards Choji "Hm..maybe I should go along.." He said to his friend. He started to walk after he, he eventually was standing by her. He looked over at her see that her eyes were watering, What would he do now? [/style][STYLE= width: 360px; height: 10px; border: dotted 1px #c4f0f1; border-radius: 5px; background-color: #6ac9cd; padding-bottom: 3px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: center; font: normal 10px verdana; color: #702124; opacity: 0.8;]words: tba+ notes: tba+[/style][STYLE= width: 270px; height: 10px; border: dotted 1px #c4f0f1; border-radius: 5px; background-color: #6ac9cd; padding-bottom: 3px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: center; font: normal 10px verdana; color: #702124; opacity: 0.8;]CREDITS: ROLLY of LOVE STAMP and BtN[/style]

[Akimichi Chouji]

Choji is just left there. Abandoned and hungry he makes his way to the Great Wall-Mart and purchases a value-sized box of Samurai Krunch. He tears into it, and by the time he reaches his house it's already gone. Empty. Just like the hole left in his heart after they took Yaeko away from him. He shudders, perhaps a walk in the forest would help clear his mind .He trudges along, eventually arriving at the spot where him and his friend shika would always come to clear their heads and relax.
He sits down, back against a damp tree trunk. Insects and Birds noisily converse in the distance a butterfly flutters in the air above him. It's quaint and peaceful. There's no other place in land of Fire such as this. Where a man could be completely void of all the complexities of life. His eyes close and he drifts off...

“Hey, Akimichi, you got something on your mind?” A familiar voice rang in his ears. He gazed up and looked at his teammates Jishin and Sanji. It was Jishin who had called out to him. Jishin was the leader of their squad and Choji couldn't think of a better person for the position. He was loyal, dedicated, but most of all he had experience. He had been a jounin for the hidden leaf for a good 20 years and Part of the Black ops division for 5. He had been through a lot, and grown so much; not just as a shinobi, but as a person. Way back when, Jishin was quite the hellion. He was cocky, head-strong, and foolish. He would rush into battles, believing he was invincible. But as time went by and he experienced life he began to wise up. He gained a new perspective on life, and peace. It was through this that he came to realize that hate cannot drive out hate; only love can.

“Hrm...It's uh..It's nothing Jishin-Sensei” Choji tried to smile nonchalantly, but they could tell something was bothering him.

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. So tell me son, what is on your mind?” The old man's gracious, caring eyes embrace Choji with a feeling of warmth and understanding.

“I'ts just, I'm nervous Senpou, this is my first mission as a chunin and.....What if I fail?”

“You must take the first step in faith my son. You may not see the whole staircase, just take the first step. Besides, This is only a C-rank mission. There is nothing to fear.” He feels something cold hit the tip of his nose and he opens his eyes. The warmth of Jishin's eyes fade, and he looks up at the barren gray sky.

“Looks as if a storms blowing in.” He sighs and rushes off towards the village, hoping to make it back before the grim colored clouds have a chance to unleash their shivering tears.

[Temari]

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She didn't want such feelings inside of her head. She shouldn't of even thought such things. After all, who was she to say anything about anyone but herself. That was all she was in charge of. Herself. Temari closed her eyes a bit with a quick flick of her hand she pushed the tears off her face. She had felt them, but really didn't want them there. It was one of those things the kunochi couldn't stand. Shinobi who were weak, kunochi, who were put lower in quality to male shinobi. It was why she strived to be strong. So that she could say she was just as strong as any male shinobi. She could easily keep up to par with them. She could beat them even. She had done so, many times before. The only real loss, she had ever had.. was to him. Yet, she hadn't even lost, she had been declared the winner, but the nara had won the moment he had wrapped her in his jutsu. She had counted it as a win, and it would stay as a win. She happened to notice about then, the silent sounds of footsteps following. She resisted the urge of looking back to see who it was. She knew who it was, or at least, she had a guess. There was only one person who would probably follow her. The same person she wanted to keep off her mind at the moment. When he found his way to her side, she guessed she couldn't just ignore him. After all, that would be rude, but the more she thought about being strong, the more she started to think.. Was he her weakness? Was he what was keeping her lower than what she wanted to be? The more she thought about it, the more she knew it was happening. She didn't want it to be him, but it was at this point she had to ask herself, which did she want more. Did she want to be strong, like she had strived for her entire life, or did she want a a could or could not be relationship. She shook her head a bit at the thought. She needed to concentrate about the moment at hand. "I thought you were going to stay and hang out with your best friend." she allowed the words to come from her. She kept them blank, flat and above all else, with no emotion of what she was really feeling inside. She finally allowed her emerald eyes to look his way. She didn't know what to expect but she kept them there. She wanted to know what he was feeling more than anything else. Was she the only one, that was having this problem. Was this all a lost cause? If it was she wished she could of known. "I really do apologize, for bothering you." she said looking back ahead finally. Her hues flickered upwards for a minute as the quiet storm seemed to find itself upon them. The first bit of rain had started to fall. Temari, wasn't all that upset by rain, she rarely was able to see such things from Sunagakure. So the cold touch of it as it hit her skin only made her shiver a little bit. She wouldn't mind getting wet.. Not this time... 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