My Soulmate

Eight Year Time Skip (Alt Ending)

"Mommy, this seal is troublesome. Can you please help me with it?" Naruto came out from the kitchen with a drink for his son. He smiled fondly as his son had sealing ink all over his hands and cheek, it was like looking in a mirror.

His son had raven hair with blonde highlights. One whisker mark on his cheek, beautiful blue eyes and creamy skin.

"Of course honey. So what's wrong is that you are stroking the wrong way. You need to remember to go right before left, always Satori." Satori nodded and for a little they drew up seals before Naruto realize what time it is.

"Come on, lets head somewhere." Naruto held his hand out to his child. He quickly slid on his shoes and his child shoes before walking out with him.

Satori was amazing in sealing and also his shadows. The eight year old child loved sealing more than anything. Something he definitely got from his mother, he enjoyed his sleep and slept like a log but he didn't really nap like his father and clan.

He worked, and he wasn't Lazy in the slightest but those verbal ticks came out whenever he felt he let out too much effort to the task at hand.

"Mom, can you tell me what it was like growing up for you?" Naruto chuckled as he walked out the clan, waving to everybody before stepping out into the village.

"Sure so I was born and made a Jinchuriki, you remember that word right?" Naruto watched as his son nodded and he spoke.

"The village use to hate me, my childhood wasn't really good. I didn't like living, I drowned myself into seals and training so I could become this strong ninja." Satori gasped.

"You did, you did become the sixth Hokage!" Naruto chuckled at his child's antics, he did before he let Sasuke take over for him after the lands finally found peace, and so he could raise his son from home and not the tower.

Yes, but when you turned fourteen, you took a test. Your soulmate test." Naruto smiled fondly, as Satori looked so interested.

"At first I didn't know why a system had to decide my fate you know? Why couldn't I pick my own soulmate? Why was I destined to be with somebody that hated me?"

They arrived and Naruto's sat down, bringing Satori into his lap.

"Yeah, that seems a little sketchy mom." Naruto chuckled and nodded.

"Yet the system paired me with your father. He's a good man, smart and didn't trust a word anybody said about me, he helped me through a lot. Him and the Nara clan." Naruto smiled, as Satori seemed to be so interested in the story.

"They loved me, fed me, took care of me and showed me that life is worth living, whether I wanted to be your fathers soulmate or not, they still welcomed me and that's a type of love that made me the person I am today." Satori smiled and nodded.

"So Father?" Naruto smile fell and he didn't want to cry in front of his child but, he always did when he mentioned this story.

"Your father was a great ninja, the best ninja in the lands. He was lazy, unless he had to deal with me. Protective, and sweet." A sad smile was etched on his face. Satori almost regretted bringing it up.

Almost.

"He adored me, even when I forgot to take care of myself, or I was having panic attacks, and even when I would cry in bed for hours wondering why everybody hated me." Naruto said softly.

"He would sit with me when I was too invested into seals, he bring me food, check up on me. Walk me into the village, train with me, and make sure that I did everything I wanted to achieve in this world. I loved him more than anything in this world." Satori watched as tears fell down his moms face.

"Being a ninja is a risky job, you might not come home from a mission but you don't think about that. You think about keeping your village safe, and your love ones protected and that what your father did." Naruto cried, but felt his son wipe his tears.

"You father saved this village, but that also meant that he didn't come home with the others. Satori, he saved this village but he never came home. He left us here Satori but..." Naruto trailed and wiped his eyes and Satori hugged his mom.

"Don't cry momma. I'm sorry I even asked." Naruto shook his head and held his child. He sat at the park wondering if Shikamaru was happy in his afterlife. When he was pregnant with Satori and Shikamaru's group came back without a trace of Shikamaru, search parties were sent out.

Though to no avail. Nothing was found not even a body and then they just stop looking, and Naruto eventually gave up hope,

"I'm Sorry Satori. Your father is an amazing man. I love him more than anything in this life, even after he's been missing for eight years." Satori was about to say something but a voice spoke first,

"Well I'm glad you still love me." Naruto blinked, he opened his eyes and looked at the male that squatted in front of him, much like a hologram from his mind was squatting right in front of him.

"Satori, is mommy going crazy?" Naruto whispered calmly, Satori looked at the man and gasped.

"You look like me! Mommy who is this?" The male chuckled, he opened his arms and hummed.

"What if I said I was your father? The one who mommy is crying about right now?" The male said watching as his child watched as his mommy cried, he looked to the male and spoke,

"Prove it. Prove it that you are my father." The male smile, he would expect nothing else from his child.

"Your mom didn't eat when he growing up. He was too busy drowning in seals. Believe it or not his favorite Nara is my uncle Sumihiro." Sasori deemed it enough and opened his arms, Shikamaru sighed and held him. Feeling his son hug him back while Naruto cried as he looked at Shikamaru.

"You bastard! How could you leave me! I hate you." Naruto wailed and Shikamaru continued holding his son and leaned down and wiped Naruto's tears with one of his free hands,

Naruto looked at Shikamaru and Shikamaru smiled,

"I love you Naruto, and I've missed you so much. I'm sorry I was gone for eight years, long story short, my memories was lost after my battle with Madara and guessed who actually found me and helped me jog my memories." Shikamaru said as he watched as Satori moved to wipe the tears off of his mother's cheek.

"Gaara. He told me that he wasn't letting me leave until I remembered. Tsunade didn't tell you in case I never remembered, but as soon as I remembered I came running back to you. But to see that we have a child." Shikamaru smiled.

"You've always did surprise me. I'm glad we fell in love, and we made a beautiful child." Shikamaru said and Naruto tossed himself into Shikamaru, Shikamaru closed his eyes and hugged his favorite people in the world, all the while Satori was happy that he had his family.

"I love you, welcome home Shikamaru." Naruto said pecking Shikamaru on the cheek.

"Welcome home DAD!" Satori said and Shikamaru smiled before he kissed Satori on his cheek and Naruto on the lips before smiling,

"Thank you, I'm home." Shikamaru said before adding softly. "I'm finally home."

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Here you damn heathens.

Enjoy y'all food or whatever.

Amiyah 😌