Tensai and Shikamaru

"Tensai-chan! Tensai-chaaaan!" called a hyperactive blonde boy with bright blue eyes. He ran up to a girl with reddish-golden blonde hair and blue eyes who looked at him scathingly.

"What do you want Naruto?" She growled. Naruto hesitated for a split second at her tone, and then grinned again.

"Well, I just talked to Tsunade-baa-chan and she said she's putting you on a mission with me and Shikamaru." He smiled, obviously excited at the prospect of going on a mission. Tensai sighed.

'Hopefully this Shikamaru character won't be as annoying or as much of an idiot as Naruto and the rest of this forsaken village. Why did we have to move here? Why couldn't we have stayed in Suna? I liked it there and everybody left me alone. Oh well, it's the Hokage's orders.' She relented.

"Take me to this Shikamaru person so that we can get this over with, alright Naruto?" She asked as polite as she could, hating herself inside for doing it. Naruto nodded and quickly led her on a run through town. She was starting to think Naruto was leading her on a wild goose chase when she saw him talking to a really handsome guy with black hair tied back into a ponytail and dark, bored looking eyes. He looked like he'd rather be sleeping than going on a mission.

"Shikamaru! This is Tensai. She just moved here from Suna and she's going to be on a mission with us. Be careful of her though. I think she bites." Naruto warned. Tensai just gave him a look.

"Only people I think are annoying Naruto." She emphasized with an evil grin. Naruto hid behind Shikamaru and pointed at her accusingly.

"See, Shika? Did you see that? She's a killer!" He cried. Tensai sighed, annoyed.

"This is so annoying." She groaned. Shikamaru's eyebrows rose at her remark and tone. Naruto's jaw dropped. Tensai looked at the both of them, confused. "What did I do?"

"You sounded exactly like Shikamaru! Only he's lazy and you're just…sassy." Naruto concluded. Shikamaru walked over to her and smiled.

"Hi, I'm Shikamaru. I think this village is annoying too. Would you like to get ready for the mission?" He leaned down and whispered in her ear, "Let's ditch Naruto. He's such a drag sometimes. Especially when he didn't take his medication." Tensai had to put a hand to her mouth and laugh softly.

"When do we ditch the loser?" She whispered back. Shikamaru went behind her and grinned.

"Now." He said with a smirk (that only Shika can pull off). They both started running, leaving random clones traveling in opposite directions so that it would take Naruto at least the whole day to find them. The real Tensai and Shikamaru were at the gate, laughing.

"That was the best time I've had since I moved here. I don't think I've introduced myself properly." She held her hand out. "I'm Tensai." He grasped her hand firmly.

"Shikamaru, but I've already said that. Do you know what kind of mission we're supposed to be on?" She shook her head.

"That blonde-haired ADHD medication ad didn't tell me before we ditched him. So, what do we do now?" She asked him, tilting her head to the side slightly. Shikamaru shrugged slightly.

"When this usually happens, I go off to watch the clouds. So, you wanna come with me?" He asked in a slightly bored yet slightly hopeful tone. She smiled and nodded.

"It'll be better than sitting here waiting for Naruto to catch me. Sure, I'll go and watch the clouds with you." He nodded and started walking away.

"Follow me, then. I've got this down to an art." He tossed her a grin from over his shoulder. She blushed ever so slightly and went after him. They soon got to a grassy hill and lay down next to each other, staring up at the sky.

"This is great, Shikamaru. I don't think I've ever done something like this before. In Suna, you couldn't lay down on the sand without having to later go and get treated for burns." She sighed.

"You miss living in the sand village, Tensai?" He asked. She nodded sadly.

"Yeah, I really do miss it. I don't even know why my family had to move here. They just dragged me along, even though I wanted to stay, but now I'm kind of glad that I moved here. I never would have gotten to watch the clouds otherwise, without my neck hurting, that is." She smiled. He chuckled quietly, and then got really quiet. She figured he was just watching the clouds, so she closed her eyes for a few minutes. She felt someone pressing their lips against hers and her eyes shot open, staring right at Shikamaru. He had a grin on his face.

"W-why did you…I mean you just…and then we…" She blushed at least six different shades of red while spluttering out a jumbled sentence.

"You're the only girl that I've not considered annoying in this whole village. I like that." He smiled, sitting up and watching her. She sat up as well, an evil grin on her face.

"Well, you're the only person in this entire village who hasn't been annoying or an idiot. I like that." And at that moment, she kissed him. They sat like that until both of them had to break for air and smiled at each other.

"Shall we go mess with Naruto on our mission together?" He asked, standing up and offering her his arm. She stood up and took it.

"We shall." And they went off to find the hyper blonde-haired shinobi and prepared for a mission full of pranks and laughs.

Hope you liked it, CallmeTensai. I enjoyed writing it!

Kulani Tawanoki