Shikamaru Nara considered himself to be an intelligent person. Well, considering he was a Nara, that wasn't really surprising. The Nara clan is almost as famous for their high intelligence as they are for their shadow-based jutsus.
He was soone who tried to base all his decisions on logic and initially thought that others would do the sa. But, in the recent few years, that belief has slowly corroded away due to a certain person.
A deep sigh escaped his mouth as he oversaw a bunch of shinobi slowly lifting up one of the giant party hats that were placed on the stone heads of all the Hokage in the Hokage Monunt.
"Careful, we don't know if these are bobby-trapped yet."
*SPLAT*
A split-second after these words left Shikamaru's mouth, a pie hit him in the face.
'Damnit, why is the one observing getting hit instead of the people that do the actual lifting!
He wiped away the remaining pie from his face and mustered the remains with a frown.
'A pie? So Naruto was involved as well, huh?"
Anyway, the one who has been gnawing on Shikamaru's worldview was obviously Yuna Uzumaki. Shikamaru did not doubt that she was an extrely smart individual as well, but she was using all that smartness in totally different ways than Shikamaru.
While Shikamaru was always aiming towards the best outco, Yuna seed to have an additional parater she seed to apply. Additionally to reaching a good outco, she would also choose a solution that would bring her as much amusent as possible, greatly irritating everyone else.
And that wasn't even the weirdest thing. Sohow, the solution she would choose would not only give her great amusent, but it would sohow garner an incredibly positive outco as well.
One just had to take a look at the recent invasion of Konoha. Yuna wanted to have so fun fighting the intruders in one-on-one battles, and since she needed an excuse to get her will, she started spouting ridiculous amounts of nonsense about preserving Konoha's potential and not making needless sacrifices by sending in weaker shinobi to fight them.
He was at the eting where the clan heads discussed the plan as his father's aid, and her passionate speech almost tricked even Shikamaru himself. He did not doubt that quite a few of the other clan heads genuinely believed her words.
It was clearly much smarter to overwhelm the invaders with more significant numbers, but Yuna convinced everyone only to send out their elite forces. Sohow, what seems to be the worse decision that was only based on Yuna's whims turned out to be the perfect decision, as there were literally no causalities on Konoha's side. Shikamaru did not doubt that at least a few people would have died if they tried to overwhelm the invaders with numbers.
Out of curiosity, Shikamaru decided to challenge Yuna to a Shogi match one ti, and so far, he considered that to be the worst decision he ever made in his life.
Was Yuna better at Shogi than him? Frankly, Shikamaru would answer that question with a no. Initially, he considered Shogi to be a ga of pure logic, with no place for emotions, but Yuna proved him wrong in that single match they had.
While they were playing, Yuna would constantly narrate the ga. She would make guesses about his next moves, what he might try in the future, and even comnt on her own moves and what she might do for her next turns.
In short, psychological warfare.
Yuna didn't overwhelm him with her Shogi skills; she crushed his confidence while confusing his mind with her predictions.
After he lost the match, his whole body was shaking, and he could have sworn to have lost a few kilos just from sweating so much. When Yuna asked him whether he wanted a rematch or not, he almost soiled his pants in fear. He never wanted to go through that
experience again.
*SPLAT*
Another one of the hats was lifted up, and for so reason,
Shikamaru was targeted yet again.
'Damnit, it's cake this ti! Why am I the one being hit!? I didn't even
say anything this ti!'
anwhile, back at the Uzumaki compound, Naruto and Jiraiya
looked at Yuna with excited expressions, instantly making her
suspicious.
"What are you two so eager for? Did anything interesting happen?"
The duo's facial expressions stiffened for a second before Naruto managed to reign in his excitent.
"The Great Toad Sage would like to et you, nee-san."
"So? he can co here and have an audience with at any ti."
The duo's facial expressions stiffened when they heard Yuna's words.
"Err, nee-san, he is very old and can't really move around all that
much."
"So, he wants sothing from but wants to co to him?"
"Err, yes?"
A snort escaped Yuna when she heard that, causing Jiraiya to frown.
"Can't you be a little more respectful? He has led the toads for a very long ti now and even lived while the Sage of the Six Path was still
alive."
Yet again, Yuna snorted in disdain as he looked at Jiraiya like he was an idiot.
"Old age alone does not generate respect. I have never even heard of that guy, and now he suddenly wants to see , so I have to set off and go to him imdiately? I don't think so. Isn't he the one who is disrespectful to ?"
"N-Nee-san, can't you do it or ?"
Yuna glanced at Naruto, who was currently giving her puppy dog
eyes, and rolled her eyes.
"Fine, let's go."
[Doting Grandma.]
'I'm not denying that!
Naturally, Jiraiya was speechless due to Yuna suddenly making an 180 just because Naruto made the request cutely.
'Is that the path to control her? Is how much she dotes on Naruto her
weakness?'
Jiraiya coughed awkwardly as he tried to get rid of his idle thoughts.
"A-Anyway, since you have agreed, let's go."
Yuna nodded her head as Naruto's hand landed on her shoulder, and monts later, she could feel the sowhat familiar sensation of space bending. Seconds later, the trio vanished in a puff of smoke due to being reverse summoned to Mount Myoboku, the ho of the
toads.
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