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1. caring for flowers by heartshapedstars

   Fandoms: Boruto (Anime & Manga), Naruto (Anime & Manga)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M, F/M
   • Work in Progress

   14 Apr 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Nara Shikadai/Yamanaka Inojin
   • Akimichi Chouchou & Nara Shikadai & Yamanaka Inojin
   • Sai/Yamanaka Ino
   • Sai & Yamanaka Ino & Yamanaka Inojin
   • Nara Shikadai & Yamanaka Inojin
   • Uchiha Sasuke & Yamanaka Inojin
   • Background ShikaTema - Relationship
   • Nara Shikadai
   • Yamanaka Inojin
   • Yamanaka Ino
   • Sai (Naruto)
   • Nara Shikamaru
   • Temari (Naruto)
   • Akimichi Chouchou
   • Original Male Character(s)
   • Original Child Character(s)
   • Uchiha Sasuke
   • Uchiha Sarada
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Injury Recovery
   • Kidnapped
   • Sai is an Uchiha (Naruto)
   • Yes that's in here
   • It's a mystery tool that'll help us later !
   • Largely a recovery fic
   • But also there's some flashbacks
   • Like Inojin was captured for years and is back now
   • Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified
   • Not Canon Compliant
   • Medical Trauma
   • Sharingan (Naruto)
   • Yes its what u think
   • Rebuilding of the Uchiha Clan (Naruto)
   • in a way? - Freeform
   • Does it count if there's secret ones?
   • Past Abuse
   • Btw anyone that hurt Inojin in this fic gets beat up eventually
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Panic Attacks
   • i have like 5 more shikajin wips
   • Shikadai thinks he's great at feelings
   • he isn't
   • Characters need therapy and some do get it
   • Written by author who always worries about their writing
   • so please be kind
   • Some Amnesia
   • Brief Thoughts of S/H
   • slowburn
   • disassociating
   • you know
   • honestly? all the angst heavy tags are really about Inojin
   • He's kind of going through it
   • Past Child Abuse
   • Past Medical Experimentation

   Summary

   "You... didn't find anything else?" He asked Chocho, his voice much more quiet than usual. "I did but, it.. doesn't make me feel any better." The girl said with a shaky tone.

   Shikadai watched as she turned to face him, her hands gripping several items shakily. In her hands was a Konoha forehead protector, as well as a few scrolls and brushes. All covered heavily in blood. Chocho swallowed, as she held them tighter. "They were, in... the puddle too. I think it's his."

   Inojin's blood poured all out on one of the canvases he would have fondly sketched in his freetime.
   __________

   In which Inojin is captured on a routine genin mission. Due to circumstances, he is thought to be dead, as four years pass. Now sixteen years old, Inojin is recovered by the Leaf Village. While he has endured much, he has many people there for him.

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   English

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