A Father

Shikamaru had realised his father was worried for him, and he had been ignoring the long confused stares his father had been giving him, but he estimated that by tomorrow Shikaku Nara would give up analysing and ask what will happen. He was just about done with the books on medicine that the clan had in the library when Shikaku sat in front of him.

Shikamaru's eyebrows rose as he miscalculated when his dad would give up psychoanalysing him, only to sigh as he forgot that he was also Shikaku's firstborn son, He would have not given up so soon if he didn't love his son enough to forget his pride in his intelligence, With a soft smile on his face he spoke first " I saw a Troublesome vision dad, I need more information to validate it, but so far most techniques I saw and some of the content could not have been a hallucination, I did not have the knowledge to dream it up, and most of what I've seen has been proven by the books on Chakra I've read from the clan"

Shikaku was shocked, he was expecting to find an Overly curious child or a once in a while genius, but not this, no Shikamaru was a genius, from his speech and other mannerisms the baby has a mind of an adult, What most don't know is that Shikaku was an adult by 5 and he had to downplay his maturity to get along with other people, His own father treated him like an adult by his 8th birthday, His heart wept as he realised that his son was already grown up as a baby, that cursed Nara mind, after a moment of mourning for his child's childhood he started analysing everything he just heard.

If Chakra theory Validates the vision and it is quite likely Shikamaru had died, and all of this is to find more information on whoever had killed him.

Shikamaru stared as his father went through a multitude of expressions, shock to realisation then sadness to finally end with resignation, Nara's don't have to convey their thoughts as much as they have already analysed what will be said next and as such he knew that his father had enough information to realise what was going on, " Shika, What do you need?".

He had already decided on his plan, He needed to read everything in the Village and someday other villages to find a clue on what or who that being was. " I need Privacy, and an Identity to use the transformation Jutsu on so that I can gather information, Is there a technique I can use to leave a clone of myself when I go out?" Shikaku nodded and said " I'll give you the Scrolls and identity tomorrow, But Shika, your life comes first, don't put yourself in any danger or take any risks" Shikamaru stared at the worried look on his fathers face and said that he will always be careful.