Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Geniuses ❯ Chapter 1 ( Chapter 1 )

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Geniuses
Chapter One


Smart as he was, Nara Shikamaru was never thought of as the genius of the new generation of his clan. Or, at least, he was only considered the genius by his parents and sister. Sister? What sister? He asked that question several times himself because it seemed that Nara Kaida, his elder by one year, was never around. Coincidentally, she was the one who was seen as the genius of the Nara clan. Well, that just shows how smart the rest of the clan is, doesn't it?

It seemed, to Shikamaru at least, that his extended family couldn't see the difference between smarts and luck. Luck only got you so far and that's what Kaida had. Proof of that was in the fact that she and her team hadn't even entered the Chuunin exams, while he was, a bit grudgingly, already a Chuunin. There was a reason that her team hadn't entered, but it wasn't because they were underqualified, though by the cause of their not entering you would doubt that. No, they didn't enter because the three teams who graduated from the academy in her year agreed that only one team would enter the Chuunin exam and make it easier on themselves and everyone else.

How did they decide which team would enter? Well, it was good enough in theory, by Shikamaru's standards. The admittedly weakest team, lead by Kaname Kanaye and under the Jounin Seno Keeran, schedualed a long term, low profile guarding mission to take place during the extent of the Chuunin Selection Exams. Here is the part where the theory fails; the Genin leaders of the two remaining teams were to fight a tournament style match and the team of the winner would enter the exams. Unfortunately, the team leaders were Kaida and Hyuuga Neji.

This is where Shikamaru loses the details on things. Apparently, they fought and Kaida completely lost her sight in the process of losing. It had been horrific to look at. . Her irises appeared shattered as the color drained out into the rest of her eyes. She had only just returned from the hospital when Shikamaru had returned to prepare for the second exam. She had had cloth bound around her eyes, but she still seemed to be able to move around well enough. All of that considered, his grandfather, the head of the Nara clan, still considered her to be the scion and future of the clan.

That wasn't to say that Shikamaru wanted to spend the rest of his life breeding deer and watching over the clan buisness, that was all too troublesome, but he would like a bit of appreciation if he was going to have to do the troublesome thing of being a Chuunin. His teammates weren't helping either; with all of Ino's jokes when they had just sat down to eat and celebrate. What a troublesome thing. He sighed and tried to ignore the jibes coming from the other side of the table; this day wasn't going to get any better because if he knew anything about his sister then-

"Hey, Shikamaru! I can't believe you actually put in the effort to go down there and sign up!"

-she should be showing up to make a scene just about now. He sighed as she shoved Ino and Chouji over, making room for herself and just sitting down. She really made him doubt that she really couldn't see with the way she just strutted around like nothing was different now.

"You know, Shika, Gramps is still going on about how it was just bad luck that I did enter the exams that if I had, I definetely would have made Chuunin. Doesn't that bother you at all? It even gets on my nerves. I have almost no chance of ever becoming a Chuunin now, you know, let alone a Jounin and to be the head of the clan you need to be a Jounin. How unfair is that? It's not like we're one of the noble clans that rely on being ninja for financial and statictorical reasons. We have all of those deer, and you know, one of them tried to break my leg the other day; didn't even see it coming and they still think I'm a genius."

He sighed again; his troublesome sister was impairing his ability to think. He cast a look up to see how Chouji and Ino were fairing and saw that Ino was going to slap Kaida or worse if she didn't shut up and leave soon. It was time to diffuse the situation and hopefully get Kaida to go away. "Sister, what happened between you and Neji that ruined your eyes?"

"Oh that? Well... I have to go now! Places to go, people to see about special training, you know how it is. Sorry I couldn't talk more." She got up and out of the restaurant so fast Shikamaru had to wonder if she needed to use the restroom. He shook his head and looked over at his teammates to judge their reactions. Ino was looking at the door which Kaida must've gone through with a look of surprise mingled with a bit of apprehension and Chouji just completely ignored her and kept on eating.

"Is she always like that?"

"Always."

"I feel sorry for you, Shikamaru."

"Makes me glad that she fought Neji now. All I have to do is bring it up and that troublesome sister of mine leaves before you can blink." He sighed in relief that she was gone and continued to pick at his celebratory meal.

"I was talking to Aizawa Akari, the Jounin in charge of her, the other day, trying to get information on how she was training your sister and she said that Kaida was petitioning to be allowed training by another Jounin that could help her better in her situation. All of her shadow techniques went right out of the window when she lost her sight, so she'd need them." Asuma took a long drag on his ciggarette and Shikamaru idlely wondered how he could mix that and food all of the time.

"That's right! I wonder what she's doing now... She's pretty limited now that she can't see. I would hate that; to never be able to see Sasuke again." Ino sighed wistfully and everyone else around the table gave her disbelieving looks.

"That girl is so troublesome." Shikamaru spoke to himself and ignored the looks that questioned just who "that girl" was. "I hate women."

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Here for, this will all be scenes, hopefully from everyone BUT Kaida's POV. I always wondered why only Neji's team was mentioned out of the three from his year, so here's an explantion. I need a beta and if I don't get one, there will be no chapter 2. This starts in Chapter 172 and will go from there, sporatically. Main characters are Neji, Hinata, Hinata's father (whose name I'll look up before it gets to him) Shikamaru, and maybe Sasuke. Obviously, Kaida is the main point of the story. Any guesses on what happened to her when she fought Neji?- The Muses Tk and Zv DuVeraun