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shadow stabbing

don't hit 'em when they can see you

Created on 2006-07-04 23:31:05 (#10595854), last updated 2007-02-12

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Name:	Nara Shikamaru
Birthdate:	09-22

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Nara Shikamaru is a certified genius; has been since a teacher in middle school tested him and realized his IQ easily topped 200. One would think that being a child genius would change Shikamaru---make him self-important or cocky, bad-tempered or arrogant---but this skinny boy was given an unnatural amount of laziness at birth. In fact, his worried mother tried putting him on all kinds of medications during his childhood, trying to keep up his attention and fight off his almost narcoleptic-worthy napping schedule (Yoshino had gone to the doctor demanding if it was normal for a little boy to fall asleep in cupboards/on top of tables/under beds). Nothing was intrinsically wrong with Shikamaru, of course. He was just very toned down, saving his energy for a rainy day.

There were two large landmarks in his childhood, and they came in the shape of people. One was a girl with long blonde hair and a certain gleam to her eyes that hallmarked pain, and the other was a boy of a certain unmentionable girth and hugely large heart. Both were worth waking up for, and they---Ino and Chouji, who ushered him into his first meaningful relationship---became InoShikaChou, a tiny trio of loser musketeers. They were all aware of this and were totally fine.

Shikamaru slept through high school, just barely graduating. He slept through his graduation party, slept through the breakup with his high school girlfriend, slept through his first year of college, slept through the parties and the boozing and the slow decay of his lifestyle. He woke up when Chouji poked him to eat something (“man, Shika, you’re just bones!”) or when Ino jumped on him with a demand for attention (“Shikaaaaaa, wakie-wakie! It’s your turn to take out the garbaaaaage~), because they were friends and therefore worth waking up for.

And then came the ultimate wake-up call, the paradigm shift. His parents booted him out of the house with the assurance that they’d pay for his classes---only when he decided on his major, and only if he kept up his grades. Otherwise: poof. All their support would be gone. So, with a yawn and a stretch, Shikamaru roused his lazy ass, moving in with his lifetime best friend, Chouji. The apartment is shabby and his mother nearly fainted at the sight of his bedroom, but he just shrugged and shuffled off in his favored bunny slippers. Not a lot phases him.

Shikamaru decided to follow something he was actually interested in, career-wise: climatology, with a focus in the physics of clouds. He’s actually doing well, surprisingly enough, when Chouji reminds him to do his homework and Ino keeps him awake during finals week.

[Nara Shikamaru is played by

theninjakitty, who neither owns him, nor his PB, Hyde]

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