I do not own Naruto or its affiliated characters. This is a work of fiction and I will warn you of graphic scenes and gore as well as sexual scenes if you do not like such scenes refrain from reading any farther and move along. Now with that over with on with the story. This is in the readers perspective and you are a man. The characters in this story are over 18.

I struggled violently against the webs that Kidomaru had spun. Damn but he could weave really well. I formed a chakra blade on my hand and managed to cut the webs around my hand then slowly work my side free and shoulder then I began hacking away until my other arm was free, then I finished cutting myself loose. I landed on my knees exhausted. I heard a thump and slowly gulped, I knew that I should turn around but I didn't want to for fear of what...no who I would find and knew it would be Kidomaru. I shivered and slowly turned and stared when I saw a male with opalescent eyes and white clothes. He was panting and covered in cuts and blood.
I rose from my knees and glanced behind him seeing Kidomaru in the far distance and shoving the boy out of the way a second before the arrow would have killed him. "Are you okay I asked as I rose," glancing him over.
"Not really but I have to defeat him so that he can't chase after the others," he said with determination on his face. Oh how I wanted to be that strong I had always dreamed of being as strong as this man was. I rose and looked around. "I can help you take him down his has a few weaknesses but I am not strong enough to take him down alone," I said scanning then stopping on his scent from the east.
The man rose and looked me up and down, "You are hurt-"
"Doesn't mean I can't guide you," I said as I locked onto his scent.
"Alright I will let you help me, maybe we can both surviv-"
"Your two o' clock fast double edged arrow," I said stepping straight into the air and dragging him up with me.
He glanced up at me and then down at the arrow that would have been through his stomach, "Faster!" I said as I set him down. Glancing hurriedly around. "How can you sense him?" the boy asked.
"I can hear when he releases the bow, and I can smell when he is gathering chakra for a massive attack," I said as I locked onto his form again. "He is waiting for us to act," I said as I floated into the air, "Better not disappoint," I said dodging another thin arrow.
By the time we took down Kidomaru the boy named Neji was nearly dead. I began performing a healing jutsu on him to help him heal enough that he wouldn't die. I heard sounds and spun ready to defend my protector when he was to weak to do anything.
"Its alright we are medical ninja's from the hidden leaf village, who are you?"
"I am a cloud ninja that was kidnapped by Orochimaru to keep Kidomaru happy. I was his toy fly if you will," I said turning back to Neji.
"You have done well you stopped his internal bleeding and his chakra waves are stable, you would make a fantastic medical-" she faded from my vision as I passed out from chakra overuse. When I woke I was in the hospital. I stretched and sat up slowly. I glanced around then rose and dressed in the clothes sitting at the foot of the bed. I glanced at the calendar on the wall and was happy to note I had healed so fast that it had only been one day since the battle. Neji! I raced down the hall and to where a nurses station was.
"Hello how is Neji?!" I demanded quite rudely but I didn't care.
"He is okay thanks to your medical ninjutsu he survived. If you hadn't stopped the bleeding when you did he would have been gone-"
"Yeah you saved him and I owe you for saving my team member when I couldn't."
I turned to look as a man with black hair pulled into a spikey ponytail stood behind me. His eyes were red rimmed from crying and he was pale. His face spoke of pain and exhaustion. His shoulders were slumped and he seemed like he would pass out any second. He had a cut on his cheek that needed to be fixed.
"Hello, I am 'Name'" I said blushing slightly at the man, even if he did look like hell he was handsome, "You are?"
"I am team leader for the man you saved, Shikamaru Nara," he said lowering his head.
I couldn't stop myself and reached my hand out to cup his cheek lifting it and surging chakra into my palm in my healing jutsu, "Hey he is alive isn't he?" I asked with a smile, "He will be okay."
Shikamaru blinked and didn't seem to notice the healing on his cheek, "But the others Choji, Akamaru, they may not make it at all," he broke down suddenly lowering his head and beginning to sob softly. I couldn't handle the boys tears and pulled him to me in a hug.
"How are they so supposed to make it if they don't have your support? If you don't believe in them then they have no hope," I said as he slowly pulled away. He glanced up at me and smiled sadly.
"And if you don't want it to happen again then you need to get stronger and work harder," I added with a smile and a wink.
"But what if I make more mistakes-"
"If you worry about it you won't get better," I cut him off, "Lets go check on the others," I said indicating that he should lead the way. He did and we came to a shut door that was the emergency room. "Hang on," I said going in and glancing around. I dressed appropriately and entered the surgery. The large male had severe chakra burnouts throughout his body. I raced over and began applying chakra to the worst sections. An older woman was working on deep lacerations on his sides. Three hours later I walked out tired but secure in knowing that he would be okay.
"Your friend Choji, I think...had massive chakra burnouts through out his chakra network, but-" I said noting the terrified look on the male's face, "I resealed and restructured his chakra networks some so that the flow would be able to increase his healing speed."
Arms snapped around me and Shikamaru held me tightly. "Thank you 'Name'," he whispered. I stared ahead no one had ever really hugged me of their own volition...it felt good. I smiled down at the boy.
"No problem my pleasure really."
Over a period of three months all the injured were healing really well. Shikamaru never left my side no matter where I went or how troublesome he thought it would be. Besides him some times getting aggravated that I spent a lot of time with the rest of his comrades, healing and encouraging them, he didn't seem to mind. I had spent a good time training in fighting skills and helping my fellow ninja's increase their skills as well. I increased my healing skills by practicing on the other ninja's as they practiced their fighting skills. I healed more sprained and twisted arms and ankles than I could count but I became a pro at it. I had also been through a series of tests by the Hokage and passed with flying colors. Now I was a medical ninja with fighting skills of my own.
Shikamaru however even when he was practicing stayed close to me. Like he wanted to protect me. Though I knew I would be a pretty hard to take down person now. Finally we finished for the day of me making my rounds and him following me around like a guard dog.
"Hey 'name'?" Shikamaru said as he suddenly reached and stopped me with a hand on my shoulder. I glanced at him ready to go home and shower.
"Yes?"
"I uh...wanted to ask you something..." he said blushing slightly and looking away at the setting sun.
I crossed my arms slowly, "Well what is it?"
"Man are you always in such a hurry?" he asked even though he knew I wasn't, as he rubbed the back of his neck.
My eyes didn't leave him as I waited for a response.
He shrugged then glanced up at the setting sun again, "Well you see...you know how the sun rises and then sets right?"
I nodded my comprehension and waited for him to continue because I knew that wasn't the whole of this.
"Well you know it always leaves the horizon with a welcoming glow of warmth and beauty...and it returns to the horizon with the same warmth and beauty, some times even more so," he said staring at the ground and nervously toeing a rock, "Well..." he glanced up at me and I stared back refusing to let the feelings I was getting to show.
"Well I sort of want to be your horizon," he said as he tore his eyes away from me and looked at his shoes, "I want to give you the welcome of a home to come to, I want to welcome you with warm arms, I want to be as happy to see you as the sun is when it returns-" I cut him off with a kiss. Slow and sweet, which he turned deep and passionate. When we broke away for air he stared at me with a look I could only describe as pure and undivided love.
"I love you too Shikamaru and I want to be here for you as well," I said with a smile. He embraced me and we stood kissing as the sun sunk over the mountains.