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[Shikamaru was on the mission until a few days ago and it rattled him, he could tell. Green's relative showed up recently, but before that they'd been doing a bunch of training... which pushed back his normal training, personal fitness, and ninja stuff with Shikamaru. Gold was gone. He was still trying as he could to avoid Sakura, probably because he still wasn't entirely sure where he stood with her or with ... other parties.

Life was complicated, basically, and he found himself again longing to return to the comparative simplicity of Ikeburkuro. Or maybe just his own ignorance at the time. He thought then that he'd experienced the darkness, and while he didn't want to make light of what happened to Saki or how much the betrayal from Izaya still stung... when it came down to it, he had no idea how dark things could get. None at all. Or so he thought now.

Also, his zappyness had faded from the kidnapping, but Linda's electricity still isn't back up to par. Actually, it's still floundering around... well, frankly, lower than it was when she was born. She was born with a lot of potential, and while she can now pull off the careful stuff they've trained with (Magnet Rise, Flash, etc) she can't even pull off a proper thundershock. He knows she's been looking at the thunderstone in his room more and more, but he can't help but think that would compound the problem. A problem he's been trying until now to keep under wraps as much as possible, for her pride and because of his fear Green'll take her from him over it.

So what was he doing?

Well, him and his Pikachu are getting some exercise. It's not particularly icy today, so they do it outside, running around town and leaping up trashcans and walls to roofs, swinging off lamp posts, and in Linda's case floating some. Basically, parkour/free running as much as is possible in an almost-rural town like this. It's making him miss the urban environment even more, but it does feel nice to show off a little with the stamina and strength which now backs up the balance he's always had. Sure, the both of them mess up now and again, but more often than not (sometimes with some chakra help) they pull off some crazy leaping stunts. What's more, as the day drags on of them doing this, he and his mouse get progressively more in sync as the joy of showing off and doing crazy stuff overrides both of their degrees of shame.

So run into them doing that all over, but mostly centered around the plaza.

That night, he settles in for a meal at Seventh Heaven. He should go home or hang out at the Convenience Store, but he decides he'd rather eat out right now. So him and Linda go in to eat there. He also pulls out his journal and considers something...]

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So, is anyone planning things for White Day? [Not that he's expecting it, but. There, he's reaching out more]

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[SOBBING GROSSLY.

Okay no, but he's not really parkouring too much after his meal and the subsequent events of the thread about this one. Instead, he's noped out too. He's not sure if he's amused, depressed, alarmed, or just weirded out, but he's playing catch with Linda now. However, they are playing catch between two roofs outside the center of town, using an old looking baseball. Masaomi's tosses are easily making it, but Linda's trying to figure out how to propel the ball better. Right now batting it with an iron tail seems to be working okay, even if it's giving a lot of fly balls Masaomi can't quite catch.

...Okay so the game's just sloppy really]

[Wow who cares what you're doing. But no, Shikamaru's just roof-hopping for the sake of roof-hopping, because it is the #1 preferred method of ninja travel.

Jumping off of one house lower over here though, he does manage to catch one of those flys however. To keep it from hitting his face.]

[What- oh. Masaomi smirks, because he was running to get it. Instead he just stops and-] Come on, I'm open!

...you're gonna break a window, you know.

[He cocks his arm and throws it back anyways, enable-worthy.]

[And he catches, grinning. ] Give me some credit, I got skills!

The heart of a pro baseball player lurks within, eh?

Hey, hey, that might not be a bad idea... [And he turns now, grinning, back to facing Linda on the far building. She has been batting it back before now...]

I'll be whatever position does the less work.

Otufield, then. Buuuut, if it's Linda, that might be busy!

[And he pitches to her. She goes to catch it...! And this time she actually does catch it, and Masaomi laughs. He expected her to bat]

I was thinking ref.

[But he bends his knees slightly and moves back some.]

But then you aren't even playing, Shikamaru-kun! That's like being the rule book in shogi! [And he snickers some before he heads towards the building's very edge so he can get Linda' light... toss. She throws it back using her arm strength, which isn't That great. So he needs to lean off the edge to get there and catch it.]

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[Shikamaru-kun, huh. Haven't heard that in a while.]

You're right. People understanding everything I have to say just by looking at me sounds terrible.

[But hey, he's right. Until Linda hits something again, he's not going to get much action on this third building.]

Wow, you're into being subtle that much?

[And he stands now, having gotten it in hand. There we go. HE tosses it in his hands a few times, looking at Linda on the far building]

[He watches the sky. The clouds are nice today.]

I like simplicity, where I can have it.

Which is to say, we can't have you full of technical information... [Toss, toss]

[Oh yeah, if only.

He's paying more attention to the clouds than the ball at this point, also.]

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[What a bum.

Oh well, let's pitch to Linda again, who also catches it again. What a thrilling game of catch]

[HEY IF GIVEN THE OPTION NOT TO REACT, HE WILL NOT.]

Much of anything interesting happen out here today?

I learned Ino-chan is sexually active.

[Yes.

He just said that.

Yep.]

[Somehow he gets from one rooftop over to side by side with Masaomi, putting an arm over his shoulder.]

I know where you live.

[Wow that was surprising. HE stands a little straighter, but]

I guess you do have that.

[He reaches up to shove Masaomi's head with a smirk to show he's messing around, before stepping away from him.]

Idiot. [He puts his hands in his pockets and walks on the edge of the building. Guess he's infield too now.]

So you're not disturbed on that?

[With a little smirk spreading on his face as he glances back on Linda, who is trying to juggle the ball with her tail]

It bothers me for a lot of reasons, but Ino's not a little girl anymore.

[He reaches the end of the building and turns to look down at the ground.]

Her business is her business.

Yeah... That's a point. [And he sort of looks back at Linda and she then tosses the ball back. Again with the toss, come on, bat it]

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