Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-1018594-20140908173055/@comment-7292165-20140910035405

How'd he get lazy. He was recovering from overusing his mangekyo sharingan after the Kazekage Arc and thus someone was needed to go on the mission to meet the spy on Orochimaru. Later he goes with Team Asuma to make sure they survive only temporary and Team Kurenai as Kurenai was pregnant and needed a fill in and he took it off. He wasn't near lazy at all. If he was lazy he wouldn't even want to do anything much like Shikamaru.