Chapter 1 : Shikamaru Nara

Konohagakure No Sato.

It was a calm day, in the village. After the Nine-Tails attack and the death of the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, the village was on full alert.

And this was the time when in the hospital a certain boy was born.

As a beautiful woman sat with a weak yet happy face on the bed with a small baby in her hands, Shikaku Nara stood beside her wife with a clear big smile on his face.

"What are you gonna name him, Shikaku ?" asked Yoshino Nara while holding her little baby boy. Her look was tired and she was sweating all over after the childbirth but still, there was a smile on the young mother's face.

They have decided to name the child depending on whether it's a boy or a girl. Seemingly Shikaku wanted to name the boy.

"Shikamaru, he will be Shikamaru Nara," Shikaku said with excitement, a very strange expression on the face of a Nara but nothing is impossible.

While their casual happy banter was going on, there was one more person in there who was freaking out.

The recently named, Shikamaru Nara himself.

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(MC POV)

Blink blink... 

I looked around, trying to figure out what was going on around me. It just took some time for my eyes to adapt to the light. But even after that, my vision was very blurry. I wanted to say something but only gibberish came out of my mouth.

At first, I wondered where I suddenly got full body paralysis, my entire life flashed in front of me, always lying on the bed until people stopped caring about me and I ultimately died, forgotten by others.

I quickly shook my head, trying to think positively and focus on the problem in front of me.

I looked around trying to figure out where I was but with this much blurry vision, I couldn't do anything. 

My limbs were not under my control. Only my hearing was working enough to hear that there were 2 people talking around me. A man and a woman. Then I am sure that it was Japanese. I don't know the language myself but after hearing all those Anime, I can at least figure out this much.

Wait a minute....

Is this the legendary reincarnation trope in the fanfiction which I used to read, if so then thank you, Kami Sama. I hope that I have a 1000 waifu, amen.

But before that, where I am exactly, I hope for a peaceful world, with overpowered abilities.

I wanted to make some kind of noise but suddenly, I heard this.

[Host Protection protocol activated]

[Host consciousness will be held back for 12 years to reduce the mental stress, proper growth to teenage and to maintain the cannon starting of the story]

What, is this supposed to mean? I wondered but then suddenly I started to feel sleepy. No matter how much I try to stay awake. I couldn't. 

And before I knew it, I started to dose off and fell asleep.

(POV END)

Seeing that the baby is falling asleep, both of the Nara clan heads smile. 

Just experienced a Nine Tail Attack in the village a few days ago, and almost all the residents of the village were tense.

This might be the first time they have smiles like this after the Nine Tail Attack. 

What they fail to realize is that their son is not normal. And this time around Shikamaru Nara will not be the lazy genius who sits on the sidelines.

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(12 Years later)

It was early morning when sunlight fell on the cute yet lazy face of one Shikamaru Nara. His face sprung up in discomfort, wanting to stop this forbidden light which makes him wake up every day.

He even took measures to stop the light from ever reaching him but every effort from his side was futile because of his mother, Yoshino Nara, opened the curtains to make him wake up every day, and now it's on him to decide. Waking up and closing the curtain, will disturb his perfect sleepy state and even let his mother know that he got up and yet didn't come down.

He can keep on lying there but the light is just so irritating that there is no way that he can again fall back to sleep. This one move from mothers all around the world has remained undefeated.

And don't think that you can just put on the blanket because she also gonna stop the fan or AC, making sure its hot flowing magma inside your room.

Sighing, Shikamaru groggily opened his eyes but then suddenly his mind went blank. For a second he forgot everything like who he was, what he was doing, and what he had done up to this point in time.

He couldn't remember anything at all. And then it finally happened. All the memories of his past life started to resurface. It was like his consciousness was merging with his current and past self.

"Shit," Shika said as he remember what he was, before coming here. How he suddenly died and came here. Both the memories of his past life and this life started to make sense.

"I'm Shikamaru," he muttered with excitement and surprise.

Not only was he in Naruto, one of his favourite anime but he was also Shikamaru Nara. 

"Shikamaru, come down or else I will throw cold water on you," came the scream of one angry Yoshino Nara.

"Troublesome," unknowingly Shikamaru said his catch phase before he even realised it.

"Haha," a chuckle left his mouth as soon as he realised this and instantly got up. "Let do the thinking part later on. I'm sure that I will get enough time to do so." Shikamaru said and got up but his face was not looking good considering just what world he was in right now.

Coming down, he made sure to imitate what he would usually do before getting his memories back. The only difference here is that he came down on his own. He tried to act as naturally as Shikamaru would have before getting this memory. Not hard considering he also have Shikamaru's previous memories...

No, he was Shikamaru with memories of someone who died on earth. Well, he can't say but whatever, he decides to keep the thinking part for later for a reason.

"Oh, you are down on your own. How come," Yoshino asked with one raised eyebrow.

Shikamaru for the first time really noticed how beautiful his own mother was, with black eyes with black hair, getting greatly complicated by the white and bright skin. Overall a decent frame and figure. 

"Troublesome, but still better than getting showered by cold water this early," Shikamaru said with his always lazy tone.

The breakfast was nothing special, Shikaku Nara wasn't present early in the morning, apparently out at work already and his mother had already eaten when she woke up early.

So after a quick breakfast, he got out of his house for the Ninja Academy.

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Slowly walking, Shikamaru walked past the buzzing street of Konoha, many people including Shinobi and Anbu were there, some in the open while others were in hiding. 

He could only think about what would happen to him if someone found out that he is an imposter.

No, he actually isn't an imposter but still, he felt like one. 

Seeing that he was getting distracted, he ran towards the Academy. Right now he didn't have enough time to think anything. Maybe in the Academy, he can finally relax and think about what he wants to do after this.

He was in this body for the last 12 years and practically one part of him was sleeping all that time.

As much as his memories are concerned, he knows that there are no changes in the anime so far. 

At least he won't know that there is any.

While thinking about all those things, Shikamaru finally appears in front of the Academy. 

Looking up at the building, it felt foreign and familiar at the same time.

"Sooner or later this world will fall into chaos. And considering my age, I don't have much time....

What do I do, why Shikamaru. If I was someone else like Naruto or Sasuke. Then maybe I could have...." Shikamaru was thinking but at this time suddenly a notification appear in front of him.

[Ding, system activated.]