Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of it's characters in anyway... this is strictly a fan fic.
I try to keep the characters personalities as closely as Masashi Kishimoto created them, but there are some exaggerations. Please read and review... let me know if you like. ;D
Shika x Tema FTW!~
"Do you like really think this will work?" The bubbly blond looked skeptically at him, her long ponytail swishing as they walked.
He looked at her with his usual look of indifference and shrugged, "I suppose."
"Hmmm… good enough for me!" She flashed him a big smile and giggled as she latched herself onto his arm. "Then like I suppose its game time!"
He sighed as he felt her body press against his side, her incessant giggling and squealing making him question why he asked her to play this part. He should have known that she would have been unbearably irritating, for a moment he wondered what this little game would prove anyway. So what if she reacted the way he predicted she would, would that really prompt him to make a move? Highly unlikely. He was really quite tempted to call off this ridiculous plan and apologize to his friend for wasting her time, but at that moment he caught sight of her from the corner of his eye. A fiery blond with her short hair pulled back in her usual style of four evenly placed pigtails, an over-sized fan strapped to her back and the usual scowl she wore on her face was more intense than normal as she stared directly at him; smiling inside he knew his little plan worked.
She shuddered at the sight of that bimbo on his arm; her eyes narrowed intensifying her scowl. She felt an uncontrollable urge to wrap the girl's long blond hair around her hand and violently rip her away from him, slamming her face into the pavement in the process. The closer she got, the more her livid she became, the scene disgusted her, but her own emotions repulsed her even more. Why did she care who he was with anyway, why did she care that that pretty little thing was on his arm, why did she want to smash her face in? It's not like he meant anything to her, and it's not like she liked him or anything. Besides, he was just a lazy, irritating, immature, sexist, know-it-all, and she knew she could do so much better. Suppressing her anger, she walked by them, purposely bumping into him as she held her head up high, avoiding all eye contact.
The bubbly blond perked up as the girl collided with her friend. "Ugh, how rude! Hey Shika… do you like think she even saw you…? She like didn't even say anything when she bumped into you!" She looked back at the receding figure of the fiery blond and stuck her tongue out at her.
He looked at the bubbly blond and shook his head, noting how unobservant she could be at times. "Yea, she noticed." On the surface he wore his usual lethargic look, but on the inside his heart was pounding uncontrollably. He couldn't wipe the image of her beautiful teal eyes from his mind, never mind that they were narrowed in anger and disgust, that was the reaction he had wanted. Nor could he stop feeling the soft fabric of her shirt and her hard shoulder when she made contact with him, even the light flowery scent of her perfume lingered ever so slightly.
"Hmmm… well… sure… if you like say so… but I like totally don't think she noticed you…" She giggled releasing his arm. "Well I like have to go now… Choji's like waiting for me… he told me he's going to like take me to this new restaurant that just like opened…"
"Oh… right... sorry for keeping you… thanks…"
"It's not big deal… I like told him already, but I'm sure he like already knew…" She giggled again and gave him a brief hug before running off.
He sighed and shoved his hands into his pockets, wondering why he came up with this harebrained plan anyway. She's probably beyond pissed off right now, and in a little while he would be on the receiving end of her violent tendencies. Sometimes he wondered why he was so infatuated with that girl anyway.
She continued toward the Hokage's office, her blood boiling. Every now and again she would conjure up new and grotesque ways of relieving that bubbly bitch of her head. Those scenes really helped her calm down and by the time she reached the office, she even found herself smirking at her sadistic thoughts. Stopping in front of the door she composed herself before knocking.
"Come in."
The door creaked open and the fiery blond let herself into the office, her over-sized fan brushing the side of the door frame. The Hokage was reclining in her chair, her feet on the mess of papers on top of her desk, slowly sipping a cup of tea as she continued the read the scroll she held with her other hand. She cleared her throat announcing her presence.
The woman lowered the pages she was reading as sat up. "Oh, hey there Temari, you got here quicker than I thought you would."
Temari smiled. "Yea… the mission was a bit easier than I had expected."
"Oh that's good. So what did you want to see me for?"
"Well you see, it's Gaara's birthday in a week and we were thinking of throwing him a surprise birthday party. Kankuro and I were thinking that maybe you can spare a few of your ninjas for his party… being that Gaara's closest friends seem to be from the leaf village." Temari shifted her weight; this request sounded a little more foolish out loud than it was when they had come up with it.
"Hmmm… in a week eh?" the Hokage shuffled some papers around occasionally looking at a few scrolls. "Well it seems that a few of them are on missions right now, but they should be back in the next few days. Who exactly did you have in mind?"
Temari pulled out the little notebook she always kept on her and flipped to a page near the middle. "Naruto, Sakura, Lee, Neji, Tenten, Hinata, Kiba, Shino, Choji, Shikamaru and Ino." Her voice cracked a little as she read the last two names, and she hoped that the Hokage missed that.
The Hokage thought for a little bit and then smiled. "Naruto, Lee, Neji, Hinata, and Shino are all on missions right now, the rest should be around. I can keep them free for the next week or so, so you can feel free to ask them. I'll let you know when the others return, so just stick around the village for a couple of days if you don't mind."
Temari nodded. "Will do, thank you Hokage-sama."
Aimlessly she walked around the familiar village. She's been here multiple times, and was quite surprised that they had rebuilt it exactly as it was after its annihilation by the Akatsuki.
"Temari!?" a cheery voice called out. "Is that you?"
She turned to see a cheery brunette with her hair in two buns waving at her, bouncing up and down extremely excited to see her. A smile broke through on her solemn face and she waved back.
Smiling the cheery brunette ran toward Temari and threw her arms around her. "What are you doing here!? I feel like I haven't seen you in ages!"
Temari laughed as her friend released her from the hug. "Has it been that long? I feel like I was here just a couple of months ago!"
The cheery brunette frowned. "Yea, I heard you were here... but I was on a mission…"
"It's okay. I'll be here for a couple of days, so we can catch up. Besides, I'm here to invite you to Gaara's birthday party... wanna come?"
"Really?" the cheery brunette's eyes sparkled. "I get to go to Suna!? And not for a mission!?" Without warning she launched herself at her friend once more.
The impact of the hug knocked Temari off her feet and they both came crashing to the ground. Ignoring the commotion they were causing, the two of them started giggling like little schoolgirls. "I'll take that as a yes." Temari smiled as she stood up and dusted off her clothes, grateful that her friend was excited about going.
"So are you hungry? Let's go get something to eat and talk about everything that's going on in our lives!" Without waiting for an answer the cheery brunette linked her arm with her friend's and started leading her toward the new barbecue restaurant that she had always wanted to try.
"... so then he like came up to her and was totally like 'I love you…' but she like totally didn't believe him at all! And she shouldn't have! He's like just a ly-"
"Hey Ino, can we stop talking about Kiba already. What ever happened with that thing Shikamaru wanted you to do?" He didn't mean to cut her off so abruptly but she have been going on about what she saw yesterday for the past forty minutes and quite honestly he couldn't take anymore. Shoving another piece of barbecue pork into his mouth he waited for her to tell him about what he actually wanted to know.
"Oh that?" she shrugged as she put more meat onto the grill. Flipping her bangs out of her face she sat back, watching it cook. "Nothing I guess... she like just walked by us… I don't think she like even noticed him… but he's like totally convinced she did. Apparently he was like happy with the outcome or something..."
"Hmmm… well if Shikamaru said she noticed then she must have noticed. You know he's never wrong." He shook his head, she was pretty unobservant for a ninja. It was no surprise that people referred to her as a blond bimbo.
Ino shrugged. Watching him shove more food into his mouth, she wondered how one person could eat so much. "I suppose you're right... but like still... I don't see it. What does he like see in her anyway? She like looks like she's always mad at something... and like quite frankly I like don't think she's all that pleasant to like be around..." She checked the meat she just put on and continued playing with the ends of her long ponytail.
"But you haven't even really been around her that much... she seems nice... judging by the few times I've hung out with her and by what Shika says about her... and if Shikamaru likes her then she must be a good person…"
"Really? Cause like every time I've ever seen her she has like this horrible scowl on her face or something... I do say though... if she like put on some make up and like smiled more or something she could be like totally gorgeous! But still... I like think the few times I've like spoken to her she was like very curt with me... or she would like ignore me like I wasn't even there! Hmmm... maybe she like doesn't like me or something... or maybe she's like totally jealous of me!" She giggled uncontrollably as those words tumbled out of her mouth.
He shook his head in disappointment. Sometimes he wonders how he ended up with her, sure she's hot and all, and she could be serious sometimes, like when they were actually fighting on a mission, but outside of that she really just rambles without thinking. "For some reason I highly doubt that..."
"Hey! What's that supposed to mean? Why wouldn't she be like jealous of me? I'm like smart and beautiful... and like look at this body! C'mon! Like who wouldn't be jealous of this!?"
He laughed. "I suppose... you are pretty hot..."
"Pretty hot? I think you mean like smokin' hot!" She threw some of the cabbage that was on the table at him.
"Yes, yes... smoking hot..." He laughed again, picking up the cabbage he filled it with some meat off the grill and ate it.
"But like seriously... doesn't she always look like pissed off at something? I mean like what's with that scowl... I like honestly don't think that girl like knows how to smile..."
"Oh? Look behind you..." he said gesturing toward the door with his chopsticks.
Ino turned around and saw Temari gesture toward the giant fan she carried on her back and then burst out laughing with her companion. They had just walked into the restaurant and was now being seated by the hostess. Turning back toward Choji she mouthed the word "wow" and slumped back into her seat.
The cheery brunette punched her friend in the arm. "No way! I can't believe he said something like that! Did it work?"
"Ha! Totally! Who would have thought! Girls can be so foolish sometimes… a few sweet words and they're all twisted around a guy's finger." They followed the waitress toward an empty table. The smell of all the meat cooking on the table top grills all around her excited Temari. It has been a while since she's had barbecue, in fact she can't quite pinpoint the last time she had barbecue. They didn't really have barbecue in Suna so it was probably when she was last here, which means she was with him… she felt the scowl begin to form as thoughts of him entered her mind.
"Hey what are you thinking about? Your expression suddenly changed…" the cheery brunette looked inquisitively at her friend.
"Hmmm? No… what? I'm fine… nothing..." she broke eye contact from her friend and sat down at the table.
"It's about a boy isn't it! Come on! Just admit it… you like someone… someone from Konoha… OH!!!!!"
Before her friend could say another word, her arm shot up and she covered her friend's mouth with her hand. "Tenten, don't say his name!" She turned a few shades of red and then pale and then red again.
"Oh my… I can't believe I've never noticed! But then again... you guys are always together..." Tenten giggled pulling Temari's hand from her face.
Temari felt her face flush even more, she couldn't believe that he could have such an effect over her body. "Stop it… please… and it's not even like I really like him… I don't know… I just find myself thinking about him a lot…"
"Then you most definitely like him!"
Temari raised an eyebrow as she looked at her friend, "Oh? Then does that mean you're admitting to liking Neji?"
Now it was Tenten's turn to turn different shades of red. "No… wh-what makes you say that? I d-don't like Neji like that… h-he's just a really good friend..."
Temari threw her head back in laughter. "C'mon! You're not fooling anyone! You're even stuttering right now… you should just admit it and tell him already! I'm sure he's totally into you too… I mean just look at you! You're a strong, beautiful kunoichi that has a knack for weaponry. Plus you're sweet, kind, and you have the most beautiful smile…"
Tenten blushed deeper. "Really? You think so? I don't know… I really can't imagine him thinking about me like that… and whenever I attempt to muster up the courage to tell him how I feel, I end up like Hinata, a stuttering, blubbering, blushing idiot…"
"Hmmm… so I guess we're all blubbering idiots when it comes to men…" Temari stared at the menu in front of her. "Hey… let's get the spare ribs… and beef."
Ino kept shifting her gaze over to the table across the restaurant. She couldn't quite believe what she was seeing, Temari and Tenten laughing together like little school girls. "Humph… I like wonder what they're talking about…"
Choji looked up from his food at her. "What's it matter to you anyway? Stop paying so much attention to them, they'll know you're staring." He kicked her leg trying to get her to turn away from them.
"You think I should like use my Shintenshin to find out how she like feels about him?"
"NO! Don't even think about doing that… that's just wrong." He couldn't believe that she would even come up with something so foolish.
"What? Really? Why not? Don't you like think Shika would like appreciated it if we like found out for him?" She shifted in her seat again trying to get a better view, hoping that she might be able to catch some of their conversation. "They're like totally talking about something interesting… look even Tenten's blushing!"
He grabbed her by the arm and pulled her back into her chair. "Come on Ino… stop that already… you're gonna make a scene."
The movement across the room caught Temari's eye. She turned to see a hefty red haired guy pull on Ino's arm, sitting her back down in the chair. Without noticing it, a look of disgust crept across her face. "I can't believe that whore is with another guy now..."
"Hmmm?" Tenten looked up from placing the meat onto the grill and followed her friend's gaze. "Oh you mean Ino and Choji? What do you mean another guy? Those two have been together for a while now... six maybe seven months... I didn't think she was like that..."
"What? But earlier… I saw… Ino…" Her thoughts were racing between the scene in front of her and the scene she had witnesses almost an hour ago. Then it hit her like a ton of bricks… that asshole was playing with her.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Tenten looked inquisitively at her friend.
"Nothing... I'm just going to kill that asshole..." Temari stabbed at the meat on the grill, releasing her anger on her food. She exhaled examining the damage she did on the meat and smiled. "Ah, whatever... I'm not gonna let that irritating, immature, lazy ass, boy ruin my mood..."
Tenten smiled. "That's the spirit... so who are you inviting to Gaara's birthday thing anyway?"
"Basically everyone he knows... ha... he really doesn't have a lot of friends in Suna... everyone's still too scared of him." Temari fiddled with her chopsticks as she waited for the meat to cook. "I really should be going around trying to find everyone to invite. Maybe I'll go ask those two now..."
Despite Choji's attempts to restrain her, Ino kept shifting in her chair to get a better view of Temari and Tenten. "Shit! I think she like saw me!" Ino slumped down into her chair and stared at Choji nervously.
"I told you you'd attract her attention..." He said causally as he shrugged and piled more meat onto the piece of cabbage.
"Ugh, I like totally think she hates me... she like looks all pissed off again..." She couldn't help but look over again, curious to see what was happening. "Fuck! She's like coming over here now..."
Temari made her way over to Choji and Ino, trying to look as pleasant as possible. It's not like she hated them or anything, in fact she barely knew them. Yeah, she's been in Konoha multiple times, but she only really hung out with Shikamaru. All she knew was that Choji is Shikamaru's lap dog, who agrees with anything Shikamaru says, and Ino was just some ditsy blond who giggled and talked way too much for her own good. Putting on the best smile she could conjure up she greeted them.
"Hey Temari, what's up? Shikamaru mentioned that you were going to be in town." Choji managed to say between bites.
"H-hi..." Ino waved and slumped back into her chair, poking at the food in front of her.
"Sorry if I'm intruding on something here, but I noticed you guys were here too and I'm not sure when I'd catch you guys again... so... yea. Kankuro and I are throwing Gaara a birthday party next week and we were wondering if you guys would like to come. I already talked to the Hokage so you guys will be free if you want to come..." She attempted to sound as friendly as possible, she was still quite irritated by the scene from earlier, even though she now knew it was staged.
When Ino realized that Temari wasn't a threat she relaxed and perked up at the mention of Gaara's birthday party. "Oh totally! I like love parties! What do you like think he'll want?"
Temari sighed. This girl is such a freaking ditz! "Whatever you want... he'd appreciate anything..."
Choji nodded his mouth full of food, acknowledging that he too would be coming to the party.
"Ok cool... I'm sure he's going to be happy that everyone will be there... just make sure you guys get to Suna by next Wednesday. I'll be heading back once I get in touch with everyone so we can start setting up for the party." Forcing another smile Temari waved as she made her way back to Tenten.
Tenten bursted out laughing when Temari get back to the table, receiving a slight shove as Temari slipped back into the booth. "That was hilarious! You should have seen your expression when you were talking to them! Talk about tense!"
"Shut up... you have no idea..." Temari shook her head, as if that action would erase the scene from earlier, which kept replaying itself in her head. "I'm swear going to kill that asshole..."
Tenten laughed again, amused by her friend's experssions. "You're too much Tema..."
So this is the start of my very first fan fic... ;D please let me know what you think...! I'm currently working on the second chapter... hopefully it'll pick up from there...