Bit of a time jump for this chapter, but I wanted to get a certain character in this story... Can you guess who it is?

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8 Months Later

Naruto ran through the trees at his top speed. He had gotten separated from his team again when he went after the enemy shinobi that broke off from the rest of the group. "Dang it. Sakura's gonna get mad at me again." He reached down and felt the headband that he put in his pocket. The enemy managed to cut it off during their fight, and now he couldn't wear it, so he put it in his pocket so he wouldn't lose it.

"Ah! Help me!"

Naruto stopped on a tree branch and looked around. "Huh?"

"Help!"

It was a woman's voice, and she sounded like she was in pain. He changed directions and followed the woman's cries. He stopped on the branch above her. It was a blonde woman with a very large stomach, and she looked like she was clutching at that stomach.

"Please," she begged as her face twisted in pain. "Help!"

Naruto dropped to the ground. "Hey, you ok?"

The woman looked up at him, startled, but then glared at him. "Do I sound ok to you?" she yelled then let out another loud cry. "I... I'm in labor. Pl-please, you have to help me."

"What?" Naruto asked, eyes wide and hands in front of him, as he took a couple steps back. "I don't know how to help with that." He lowered his arms. "I do have a friend that's a medical ninja. She'd be able to help you."

The woman cried out again then shook her head. "There's no time. I... I can feel it."

Naruto paled. "F-feel what?"

"The baby!" the woman yelled, then cringed in pain again. "I can feel its head coming out."

Naruto looked around in a panic then took a step forward. "Wh-what can I do?"

"Catch it," the woman said, then a blush appeared on her face. "I-I can't get my pants off either."

A blush quickly spread on Naruto's face as he knelt down and pulled the woman's pants and underwear down and off her legs. His eyes went wide. "There's a head there!"

"That's what I... Agh!" the woman started, but screamed in pain again. "G-get it out!"

"Uh..." Naruto said uncertainly, but reached down and tried to grab the baby's head. "I can't get a good hold on it."

The woman cried out again, and he saw that she was pushing, and the baby's head slipped a little more out of the woman's vagina. She took a few breaths in between each push, but finally the baby was out, and she slumped against the tree she was leaning on.

Naruto sat there in shock as he looked down at the screaming baby in his arms. It was covered in blood and something else he didn't recognize, then looked down further and saw a long cord connected to what was supposed to be the baby's belly button. "Uh, what's this?"

"The umbilical cord, idiot," the woman said as she sat up, cringing as she did so. She pulled a hairband from the four pigtails she had in her hair. "Use your kunai to cut this and tie it there," she said as she pointed to the cord a little off the baby's navel, "then cut the cord." She sat back after Naruto took the hairband.

Naruto stared at the hairband, then down at the baby, before he unzipped his jacket, shrugged it off, then laid it and the baby down while he did what she said, noticing that the baby was a boy. After the cord was cut, he wrapped the jacket around the baby and picked him up. He stared at the baby and frowned. 'He looks a lot like Shika.' He looked up at the woman. "Who are you?"

The woman looked up at him through tired eyes and gave him the best glare she could. "Doesn't matter. Give me my baby," she said as she raised her arms.

Naruto stood up but took a step back. 'Wait. A blonde woman with four pigtails, tan skin, and...' "You're a sand shinobi."

The woman glared harder at him as she struggled to sit up. "Give me my baby!"

Naruto looked back down at the baby then back at the woman. "You're the woman who raped Shikamaru," he said angrily. "This is his son, isn't it?"

"Shikamaru? Never heard of him," the woman said as she slumped back against the tree. She looked like she was about to pass out. "I had a one night stand with some jerk in a nearby village. He knocked me up, and I didn't feel like getting rid of the kid. Now give me my baby."

Naruto took another step back, his arms wrapping tighter around the child. "No. You're lying. This is Shikamaru's baby."

"Give me my baby!" the woman screamed.

Naruto looked off in the direction he believed his team was, then back at the woman. He could see that there was quite a bit of blood around the woman, that she would probably pass out soon, and... 'What was that thing on the ground? Did she lose her stomach? It's connected to that cord that was attached to the baby, and she didn't seem to be too worried about it. So is that something that was supposed to happen after a baby is born?'

He didn't want to, but he knew he needed to take her to Sakura. He walked over and handed her the child, which surprised the woman, then he picked her up and jumped into the trees. "Hey! What are you doing? Put me down!" the woman yelled, but there was no force behind the words. She was just too exhausted.

"I told you. A member of my team is a medical shinobi. You need her," he replied, not looking down at her.

"I'll be fine on my own."

"And after she heals you," he continued as if she didn't say anything. "We're taking you back to the village to be questioned."

"I'll kill myself before I answer any of your questions," she threatened.

"We'll make sure that doesn't happen."

They were both silent as he ran until he finally caught up with the rest of his team. "Kakashi Sensei."

"Naruto, you idiot. Where..." Sakura began, but then stopped and stared at him wide eyed.

"Sakura, she needs help," he said as she sat the nearly passed out woman on the ground, and then took the baby from her arms.

"No, give him back," the woman said weakly as she tried to reach for the child, but her arms just fell to the ground.

"I believe she's one of the sand shinobi that raped Shikamaru," he said, glaring down at the woman, as Sakura fell to her knees and used her medical chakra to help the woman. "There was some fleshy looking thing laying beside her after the baby was born. Was that supposed to happen?"

Sakura looked up at him with an annoyed look, but didn't stop her jutsu. "That was just the afterbirth. If she didn't give birth to that, she'd be a lot worse off."

"And how are you so sure she's the one that raped Shikamaru?" Kakashi asked as he walked up to him.

Naruto looked down at the sleeping baby in his arms, pulling the jacket down a bit. "He looks like Shikamaru."

Naruto looked up at Kakashi, who was now peering down at the baby, his one visible eye wide. "You're not kidding. That looks exactly like a Nara child."

"She's lost a lot of blood," Sakura suddenly called out. "If we want to keep her alive, we need to get her back to the village as quickly as possible."

"Sai, can you make us a ride?" Kakashi asked.

Sai nodded and whipped out his scroll and brush and quickly scribbled on it. "Ninja Art: Super Beast Scroll." Two large hand-drawn birds shot from the scroll and stood in front of them.

"Sakura, you and Sai take our friend here. Keep an eye on her," Kakashi said, then turned to Naruto. "We'll take the other one."

The three students nodded and Sai helped Sakura get the sand woman on the bird before they took off back to the village.

Thanks to how fast the birds were, they managed to get back to the village pretty quickly, and they landed the two birds in front of the hospital. Kakashi carried the now passed out woman through the doors, while Naruto and the others quickly followed, Sakura immediately walking ahead to lead them to a room.

It was a blur of orders and movement as the nurses helped Sakura with the woman, and one nurse finally took the child from Naruto's hands. Naruto hesitated for a moment, but released the child to the nurse, who then rushed him to the nursery to get checked out.

Kakashi, Sai, and Naruto were then pushed out of the room so that they were not in the way, and Naruto had his head down as he walked back to the entrance of the hospital.

"Naruto?"

Naruto looked up and smiled when he saw Shikamaru, but then frowned when he saw the boy's arm in a cast. "What happened?" he asked as he rushed over to his boyfriend.

Shikamaru rubbed the back of his head with his good hand and blushed. "I fell during my mission and broke my arm."

"I'd say you were more pushed than fell," Asuma said as he walked up to them. "We were in a crowded area when it happened."

"What about you?" Shikamaru asked, trying to change the subject. "Why are you here?"

Naruto took a step back, panic suddenly filling him, which made Shikamaru frown. "Uh, well, I came across a woman while on our mission, and..." He looked over to the door the woman was in. "Uh..." He looked back at Shikamaru, who was also now staring in the direction Naruto did, as well as Asuma. "I think it was... the woman who raped you."

Shikamaru and Asuma whipped their heads back towards the blonde. "What?" Asuma said.

Shikamaru frowned. "Why is she here?"

"She... uh... well... she was kind of hurt," Naruto said, fidgeting on his feet.

"Hurt how?" Asuma asked. "I can't see you hurting someone, even an enemy, bad enough to warrant them needing to be in a hospital."

Naruto rubbed the back of his head. "I-I didn't hurt her."

"Naruto, stop beating around the bush and tell us what happened," Shikamaru said.

"Sh-she had a kid."

Shikamaru and Asuma just stared at him. "A kid?" Asuma finally said.

"Yeah. He... He looked just like Shikamaru," Naruto said nervously.

Shikamaru looked back in the direction Naruto looked at, his breath getting quicker. "Sh-She..."

"Hey, calm down, Shikamaru," Asuma said as he stepped in Shikamaru's field of vision and placed both hands on his shoulder.

"I'm sorry, Shikamaru. I didn't know what else to do. I couldn't just let her have the boy, but I couldn't just leave her there to die," Naruto said.

Shikamaru looked down, closed his eyes, and tried to control his breathing. After another minute, he looked back at Naruto. "Where is he?" he asked quietly.

"The nursery. One of the nurses took him there to look over him," Naruto replied.

Shikamaru turned in the direction of the nursery, but didn't move. Naruto could see the struggle on his boyfriend's face. He wanted to go see the baby, but he was also afraid. He took Shikamaru's good hand in his own and gave it a small squeeze. "We can go with you," he offered.

"Yeah," Asuma said as he placed his hand on Shikamaru's shoulder. "You don't have to go alone."

Shikamaru nodded, still a bit dazed at the whole thing, but the three men walked down the hall until they reached the nursery. They peered in the window and saw a small baby with dark hair laying in one of the nursery beds, crying and flailing his arms and legs around as a nurse tried to put a hat on his head.

"That's him," Naruto said as he looked over at Shikamaru.

Shikamaru just stared at the baby, then at the nurse who saw them watching her and walked over. "Mr. Nara?"

Shikamaru just nodded and looked back at the baby.

"Is he really Shikamaru's?" Asuma asked.

The nurse nodded. "We just got the results of the DNA test back. Shikamaru is the father."

Shikamaru never looked away from the baby, who was now looking around.

"Shikamaru?" Naruto asked, but the boy didn't answer, just continued to stare at the child.

"Maybe you should take him home, Naruto," Asuma suggested. "Let Shikaku and Yoshino know what's going on."

Naruto looked up at the man, then back at Shikamaru, and nodded. "Ok." He pulled on Shikamaru's good arm and carefully dragged him back towards the entrance, Asuma right behind them. Once outside, he grabbed Shikamaru's hand and the two walked back to the Nara compound.

Shikamaru was quiet, and it made Naruto a little on edge. He couldn't read what Shikamaru was thinking, but the way Shikamaru had a hold of his hand told him everything. He was scared, and Naruto didn't blame him at all.

When they got home. Yoshino greeted them like normal, but quickly went up to them when she saw Shikamaru. "What happened? Is he ok?"

Shikaku, hearing his wife's worried voice, stepped out of the living room, frowning as he walked up to them.

Naruto looked at Shikamaru, who still looked to be in shock over the baby, and looked back at the two adults in front of him. "He said he broke his arm on a mission, but..." He looked back at Shikamaru. "I'm not sure how mentally stable he is at the moment."

Shikamaru looked over at him, but he still looked like he was in a bit of a daze.

"What happened?" Shikaku asked, crossing his arms.

Shikamaru looked over at his father. "I have a son."

This caused Shikaku and Yoshino's eyes to widen. "Excuse me?" Yoshino questioned.

When Shikamaru didn't explain, Naruto looked over at the two. "I found the woman who raped Shikamaru a while back. She was in labor. I actually didn't know it was her until I saw that the baby looked like Shikamaru, then I remembered the description Shikamaru gave me about the woman that raped him."

"I have a son," Shikamaru said, still in that dazed tone.

Naruto looked over at him, really worried now. He had never seen Shikamaru like this before.

Shikaku pulled Shikamaru and helped the boy to the living room, sitting him down on the couch. Yoshino sat down on one side of him, while Naruto sat down on the other, and Shikamaru leaned his head on Naruto's shoulder. It was going to be a long night for all of them.

The next day, Shikamaru woke up more like himself, and after breakfast, they all went to the hospital to see the newest addition to the Nara family. Yoshino gushed at the baby, and Shikaku merely smiled, as the nurse held the boy up for them to see. Shikamaru refused to hold the child just yet, and Naruto had to wonder if it was because the boy reminded him of what happened, and Yoshino and Shikaku also refused to hold him out of respect for Shikamaru.

After a few minutes of just watching the baby, Shikaku stepped away to go and ask about the sand woman, and Yoshino took a seat against the wall, not too far from Shikamaru, but far enough to give the two boys some privacy.

"Shikamaru? You ok?" Naruto asked as he slipped his hand into Shikamaru's.

"Yeah," Shikamaru replied. "I just... What am I supposed to do?"

"What do you mean? He's your son?"

Shikamaru looked over at him. "But he came from... that woman."

Naruto reached up and cupped his cheek before pecking his lips. "Does he remind you of it?"

"A little," the shadow user replied as he looked back at the baby. "I mean... How can I love someone that came from that kind of situation?"

Naruto reached up and turned Shikamaru's face toward his. "The same way you loved me even though you knew what I was."

Shikamaru's eyes were wide. "Naruto, that's different. I knew you long before I learned what you had inside you. This..."

"Yeah, it's different then my situation," Naruto interrupted, "but it's also kind of the same. He came from a bad situation, but he's not that woman. He didn't hurt you. I know that you can push past how he got here and love him just like you love me."

Shikamaru smiled and placed his forehead on the blonde's. "I don't know what I'd do without you."

"Hey, that's my line," Naruto said with a smile.

Shikamaru took a deep breath and looked back at the baby before getting the nurse's attention. "I'd like to hold him," he told her when she stepped out.

The nurse just nodded and went to grab the boy.

Yoshino stood up and walked over to them when she saw the nurse placing the baby in Shikamaru's good arm, a smile on her face. She stared down at the sleeping boy. "He looks just like you, Shikamaru."

"Yeah, that's what I said when I first saw him," Naruto said. He had his hand on the baby's head and his chin on Shikamaru's shoulder.

"I'm going to need a name," the nurse said, and all three looked up at her. "I can't let him leave until I have a name."

Shikamaru looked back down at the baby and frowned. "I don't know what to call him."

Naruto racked his brain. He thought about Shikaku's name as well as Shikamaru's name, then about what happened with Shikamaru. "What about Shikadai?"

Shikamaru and Yoshino looked up at him, and Yoshino smiled. "I think that's a great name. What do you think, Shikamaru?"

Shikamaru looked back down at the baby. "Shikadai," he said, testing the word. "Yeah." He looked back at the nurse. "Shikadai. That's his name."

The nurse nodded, then left to go write it down.

"I see you finally decided to hold him," Shikaku said as he walked up to them.

Shikamaru looked up at his father. "Yeah."

"His name's Shikadai," Naruto said happily.

"Shikadai, huh? It's a good name," the man replied with a smile.

Shikamaru pushed the child toward Yoshino. "My arm's hurting," he explained, but Naruto knew that he was only doing it because they could both see that Yoshino really wanted to hold him.

Yoshino smiled and took the child, giving the boy a gentle kiss. "Hello, Shikadai. I'm your grandmother."

The boy stirred and opened his eyes to glare at the woman, then closed them again to go back to sleep. Shikaku laughed, and Shikamaru and Naruto just snickered at the boy's actions.

"Oh, hush you three," Yoshino scorned them, only hitting her husband, but then looked back down at the boy with a smile. "You're going to turn out just like your father and grandfather."

They spent another half an hour with the boy, Yoshino eventually getting Shikaku to hold him, before they bid him farewell and headed home. The nurse said Shikadai had to stay in the hospital another night just to make sure everything was ok. When they left, Yoshino got all three men to go with her to a few stores to get some things to set up a nursery in the house. Naruto knew Shikamaru felt bad that he couldn't actually help them carry the bigger stuff, like the crib and changing table, because of his broken arm, but they all reassured him that it was fine.

Since Naruto's room was originally the spare room of the house, they decided to move Naruto in with Shikamaru, so they could make it into a nursery, and by nightfall, they had everything fixed up for when Shikadai came home the next day.

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There it is. I just love Shikadai and had to get him into the story. I love ShikaTema, but for this story I am just using her at the moment. I have to decide if I want Temari to have a more active role in later chapters, but for now, she will not get much time. Let me know how you guys are liking the story so far by leaving a review below.

See you in the next chapter