Main Info.
There was a lot of love brewing in the Leaf Village; Especially out of two certain couples..
Shikamaru and Temari were completely in love with one another, but didn't really let anyone know it, until the end of the school year rolled around. They fought a lot, but that was their special way of expressing their never ending, yet hidden love for one another, and.. even after everyone found out that they were together, they still fought. It had become their 'thing' over the years.
They had one child together, a girl, just before they graduated, and had another, a boy, just after they got married. They married two years after they graduated.
They decided to name their children Hana (the daughter, age three) and Yukio (the son, age one).
And, on the other hand.. there was Naruto and Hinata. They had been together since they were around sixteen, they were also completely in love with one another; You actually couldn't seperate them very often, and when you saw one of them without the other, it was on a rare occasion.
They got married just after they graduated, decided to wait a while for a child, and now,
Two years have passed, and Hinata is finally expecting her first child..
Of course, they all grew up around one another, and are best friends.
They live not far from one another. They train with one another, as well.
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Chapter One.
On a bright, sunny day, Temari awoke to her bedside being empty; 'Where has he gone to this time?', she thought to herself as just stepped out of bed and walked to her window, the window was so large, it nearly took up the whole wall, but a beautiful view could be seen from it;
Just over a few house, moutains could be seen for miles and miles, when it snowed, it looked completely gorgeous.
Temari turned to meet her three year old daughter, Hana, standing right behind her.
"Oh, I didn't hear you come in. Your Father is teaching you well. You're becoming too sneaky."
Temari told her with a smile, bent over and scooped up her daughter into her long gangly arms.
"Oh yes, Mommy!" Hana smiled happily and nodded, "Oh.. Daddy said for me to tell you that Ladeee Tsuunadie needed him, and that he'd be back soon."
"Lady Tsunade, you say?" Temari repeated after her daugther quietly, staring out the window.
"Yes Mommy.. Yukio is still in bed! ..Can I go wake him, please?!" She stared up at her mother, her little hands clasped together tightly.
"Alright, go ahead. But, don't jump on top of him. You'll hurt him." Temari sat Hana down on her feet and watched her daughter leave the room.
Temari changed out of her night clothing and into her everyday-ninja-outfit.
She walked into the kitchen, ready to prepare a breakfast for her children and Shikamaru.
"He'd better not be late.. his food will get cold." She complained, thinking aloud.
"Moommyyy!" Hana called out. Temari turned to see her daughter standing behind her again.
"Yes dear?" Temari asked, then saw Yukio crawling out of his bedroom.
"Mommy! ..I'm hungwy!" Hana complained, "Oh, and.. I got Yukio up." She added in.
"Alright, alright.. I know, Hana." Temari nodded, walked by Hana and picked Yukio up.
Temari turned to take Yukio to his baby highchair, but Shikamaru appeared in front of her out of no where.
"Shikamaru!" Temari blinked, "What did Lady Tsunade need? Is everything okay? She usually doesn't call upon us unless she needs something important." She pulled Yukio over onto her hip.
"Well.." Shikamaru sighed, "She said Orochimaru has been spotted by one of the lower class ninja's." He continued..
"You mean the ones at the Ninja Academy?" Temari interupted him,
"Yes, one of the kids at the Ninja Academy. Good thing for us though, the kid wasn't spotted by Orochimaru." Shikamaru replied to her.
Temari sighed and stared down at her children, "Where was he spotted, Shikamaru?" She stared back up at him, her expression completely serious now.
"In the outskirts of Konoha, in the forest.." He replied, fearing for his family's life.
"Well.. is that all she wanted? Just to tell you about Orochimaru?" Temari stared at him curiously.
"Um.. no." He hesitated to admit, and stared at the floor while doing so.
"You weren't going to tell me, were you, Shikamaru?" She glowered at him.
"Temari.. I was going to go check it out for myself.. I don't want to lose you, and you know that.." He replied sadly.
"Shikamaru! You know we're strong, we're almost unbeatable when we're working together.. I don't want to lose you, either.. Didn't you even think of that?" Temari sighed.
Hana gently tugged on Temari's shirt, "Mommy.. what's woonngg?"
Temari glanced down at Hana, then up to Shikamaru. "We need to take them somewhere safe. They can't go with us." She gently sat Yukio down, letting him go back to his crawling.
"I know, Temari.. I know." Shikamaru sighed heavily. "What about we leave them with Naruto and Hinata? ..Since Hinata is pregnant, I'm sure they wouldn't mind having a little bit of experience with children before theirs comes into the world." He suggested, he truly trusted Naruto and Hinata.
They had been his friends when all the others had just got up and left him.
Temari pulled her gaze away from her children and back up to Shikamaru,
"Oh, yeah.. I guess you're right. Sure, I think that's a good idea." She smiled a bit, hating the idea of just leaving her children. She would miss them terribly.
Shikamaru wrapped his arms around Temari's shoulders, and gently rubbed her shoulder blades.
"It's alright, Temari.. I know you're going to miss them.. They'll be safe with Naruto and Hinata, though. They'll protect them with their life, and you know that." He reassured her and gently kissed her forehead.
She took advantage of this moment and gently placed her hands against his cheeks, leaned into him and kissed his lips gently. He dropped his hands down to her lower back and kissed her back,
They turned so that she had her back turned to the counter. Before they got too far into their kissing, they both jumped a bit at the sound of Yukio and Hana crying.
They both ran into the livingroom, where Yukio and Hana were both tugging on a Television remote.
Temari giggled at them then stared up at Shikamaru, "I'm going to go pack their bag.. we may be gone longer than a day or two, so.. watch them, and don't let them kill one another." She gently poked his stomach and walked towards her childrens' room.
Shikamaru sat down in the floor next to his children, "Hey.. that is my remote. Paws off." He snatched the remote from their tiny hands. They started to cry a bit, then, he too, imitated them by fakely crying. They instantly stopped and stared at him, and he too, stopped fakely crying when they did.
Hana and Yukio started giggling and hugged their daddy tightly. He smiled at them and rubbed both their heads gently.
Temari came back into the livingroom, holding a slightly large bag. It used to be her Duffle bag for school, it had the Village's Leaf on the side pockets, and was dark blue.
"Alright.. I have Bottles, Diapers, Clothes, A Pacifier, A few toys they like and Yukio's Milk Formula." She nodded and smiled at them all sitting in the floor.
Hana got up quickly and ran over to Temari, "Mommy, where are we going?" She stared up at her mother innocently.
"Well.. Daddy and I are going to.. um.. go camp out in the forest for a few days. You and Yukio get to go stay with.. um.. Uncle Naruto and Aunt Hinata."
"Nah..wu..toe?" Hana slowly tried to pronounce Naruto's name, Temari giggled and Shikamaru laughed.
"Yeah, Naruto." Temari smiled and picked Hana up, the duffle bag hanging from her left shoulder.
Shikamaru bent over and scooped up Yukio, then followed out the door after Temari.