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He passed the necessary tests with mediocre marks, but what stood out was the fact that in all of his examinations, only a third of his papers had been filled out. He hadn't even bothered with the easy questions that didn't require thinking. But of all the questions he had answered in all of his examinations, he had scored perfect marks.

It was at the end of his freshman year in high school that the teacher confronted him.

"You're a genius."

Genius he was, but what was the point? Shikamaru scoffed at the accusation. But before he could counter with anything, the teacher had seen Shikamaru for who he really was. From then on, the warm summer days became a hassle, but he learned simple (to his standards) games like Shougi and Go. He learned to enjoy his teacher's presence, learned to appreciate his talents, learned to put his mind to some use. By his second year of high school, he still didn't get the best of all grades, but the improvement in his attendance showed.

Halfway through his junior year in high school, his teacher died in a car crash.

Unsure of what to do, Shikamaru went missing from home and school for about a week. Whatever happened during this time is only known to Shikamaru, but what the people saw upon his return was a glint of motivation in his eyes—something that he was lacking all his life. From that point on, his exam scores were consistently at the top of the class, and while his overall class average was nowhere near the top, it became apparent just who the smartest in the class was.

It was almost unfair to others just how fast Nara Shikamaru kept rising to the spotlight.

Personality/Likes & Dislikes: In all his proclaimed laziness, Shikamaru does get a lot of things done. He's efficient in the way he does everything, and for him, everything takes a shorter amount of time—especially when it comes down to studying. That's not to say that he's impatient—rather, he's the exact opposite of that. Always acting like he has all the time in the world, Shikamaru is accommodating to others regardless of his bitching and complaining. If someone asks him to do something, he will, because if there's anything that defines Shikamaru, it's his steadfastness as well as his reliability. It's too bad no one really expects this of him, due to his notorious reputation of being a lazyass good for nothing. No one ever bothers to look beyond his reputation, and he couldn't care less.

And because of his reputation as well as his current status in the school, Shikamaru can be distant from others. It's not that he's socially inept, but the fact that he can be an ass and not care. He's dry, sarcastic, and most of all, blunt to others, and if others decide to not look beyond his sharp words, so be it. In terms of his relationships with the people around him, it's questionable. Shikamaru is not the type of person to hate someone outright, but also not the type of person to fall head over heels over someone. To him, people are just there. But if someone gets lucky enough, maybe they'll be able to notice the subtle differences in the way that he treats others.