I'm back, and after having no internet for so long, I think it best that I write up a new Naruto story for you guys. I haven't written one for quite some time, so I think it'd be nice to go back to good old fashioned anime for a while. So how about a Shika-Tema fic for you guys? Enjoy.

Shikamaru Nara: Konoha's smartest, and not to mention dreamy (to some of the girls), strategist. When he's not busy with planning new strategies against his opponents in Go, he's on missions, or he's on the roof of the tallest buliding watching the clouds.

Which was what our dear Shadow-possessor is doing right about now.

Shikamaru sighed and flicked his tongue across the end of the blade of grass he had in his mouth.

"Man, someone had better give me a mission soon. If they don't, I'm gonna have to resort to drastic measures." he said to himself, watching a funky cloud fly overhead.

"Hm?" Really, funky wasn't the word for it. More like a slice of pie with a few markings on it.

"Oh. Greeaat." he said, and watched the shape come closer and closer to him.

"Hey, what's going on Crybaby?" Temari was sitting on her fan, a smug smile on her face as she gently touched down on the roof beside Shikamaru.

"Nothing. Absolutley, positively, freaking nothing." Shikamaru said, looking back up at the clouds.

"Aww..." Temari stood and dusted herself off.

"Listen. I'm here to ask you something simple." she said. Shikamaru sighed,.

"What." he asked, agitated.

"Ok, then. I'm going to ask you whether or not you want to take me out." she said. Shikamaru turned to look up at Temari. She was standing over him, arms folded over her chest.

"I'd love to, but remember what happened last time?" Temari sighed and rubbed her temples

"No, not 'Take me out' like beat me to a freaking bloody pulp, but 'Take me out' as in 'Take me out to dinner and kiss me goodnight' 'Take me out'." Shikamaru blinked.

"Uh...huuuh?!" Temari laughed.

"You should see your face right now, it's priceless." she said. Shikamaru opened his mouth to speak, but closed it because he couldn't quite get anything to come out.

"Weeeelllllllll?" Temari bent down and batted her eyelashes.

"Uh...I...er...I...w-well...I guess-"

"Goooood, I'll be at the Konoha Inn, come find me around six, and don't be late, or I'm going to cut that beautiful off your head, got it?" she said, smirking as she patted Shikamaru's head.

"See you later, Shika-kun!" Temari stepped on her fan and she flew off, laughing. Shikamaru's eye twitched.

"My...MY HAIR?!" he said, grabbing it.

Shikamaru thumped his head against the tabletop for the fourth time.

"Geez, Shikamaru, lighten up." Chouji said, taking a bite out of his meat sandwich.

"You don't understand, Chouji...this woman...she's INSANE...!" Shikamaru said. Ino, who was looking as if her interest was piqued, raised an eyebrow.

"Do you even know how to properly treat a girl on a date? Or did you pick up your father's manners?" Ino asked.

"I don't know...I just sort of...do stuff and hope it works out?" Ino shook her head, smirking.

"It's sad...you're smarter than Tsunade-sama, but when it comes to date etiquette..." Ino popped her knuckles.

"Okay, I'm going to put you through date training!" she said. Shikamaru's eye twitched.

"Uh...date...training??"

Shikamaru, though not exactly thrilled with the idea of being tought date etiquette by his own teammate, showed up at Ino's home two hours before Shikamaru's date was supposed to begin.

"Oh, good, you didn't run away!" Ino said, opening the door and letting Shikamaru in. Shikamaru shoved his hands in his pockets as he walked through.

"Ok, now that you're here, let's get you looking good." Ino grabbed Shikamaru by the arm and practically drgged him up the stairs.

"Ow...Geez, Ino, ease up, would ya?"

"No siree! You have to toughen up, especially since you're dating a tomboy like Temari." Ino said. They walked into her room, where Shikamaru was sat down at her desk.

"Ok, let's see..." Ino's eyes travelled from Shikamaru's face to his hair.

"Let's do something with your hair first." Ino gently pulled the thin hair tie out of Shikamaru's hair.

"Oh my..." Shikamaru's hair curtained down around his face.

"...Gee, thanks, Ino..." Shikamaru swept the hair back behind his ears.

"Heh. you wouldn't have any problems passing for a kunoichi with hair like this." Ino said. Shikamaru sighed and shut himself inside of him, choosing to just let Ino do the work and not argue with her.

"There..." Ino said, stepping back from Shikamaru. Shikamaru turned to face the mirror.

"Holy...Whoa..." Shikamaru was now dressed in black jeans and a long-sleeve tee, his vest over it. His hair was tied into a tail, though it was hung low enough to run down his neck and onto his back. He was still wearing his sandals.

"Not too much of a change, but enough to make you look less...lazy, I guess." Ino said, admiring her work.

"Hm. Thanks. I guess." Ino patted him on the shoulder.

"You're welcome."

Well...let's see..." Ino was pacing in front of Shikamaru, thinking. Shikamaru had closed his eyes and was attempting to force time forward, though he knew that it was impossible to do so.

"Hmm...Well, you usually deal with people on a regular basis, right?" Shikamaru opened his eyes.

"Yeah."

"And you're normally pretty polite right?"

"Of course. If I weren't, then we'd have lost allies by now." Ino nodded.

"Right. But have you even kissed anyone?" Shikamaru's eyes widened a little.

"What?" Ino sighed.

"I'll take that as a no." Ino sat down next to Shikamaru.

"Ok, this is going to be a little wierd, but...kiss me." Ino said, pointing at her lips. Shikamaru stared at his teammate.

"...right..." Shikamaru, seeing that he had no choice, leaned in and kissed Ino. Ino kissed back, though not hard enough to equal that of a normal lover. Shikamaru broke the kiss, and, now that he noticed it, felt his heart beating hard.

"Not bad...Chaste, yes, but gentle enough to say 'I like you, but I'm waiting for you to make the next move'." Ino said, smiling. Shikamaru coughed.

"Yeah, right, thanks."

"Wel...If I had to decide, I think you're ready to take her on. Go get 'er, Shikamaru!" she said, punching Shikamaru's arm.

Shikamaru waited outside the Konoha Inn, hands in his pockets.

"C'mon..." Shikamaru checked the clock in the window. It was five til.

"Hey! Shika!" Shikamaru turned around.

Temari was dressed in a white and gray dress now, her normal sandals replaced with lighter ones. Her hair was down, and she carried a small bag.

"T...Temari?" Shikamaru's heart sped back up.

"What? Didn't think I would dress up?" she asked, spinning around, her hair flowing.

"Um...you look great..." Temarui blushed, then smiled.

"Thanks. You don't look too bad yourself." she said. Shikamaru offered her his arm.

"Well? Shall we?" Temari's smiled broadened.

"Yes." Temari slipped her arm through his and they started off.

"Shh!"

"But why do we have to follow those two anyway?" Chouji asked, as he grabbed a few chips from the bag and popped them into his mouth. Ino smirked.

"Because if he succedes in giving Temari a good time, then I can teach even that Naruto a thing or two about dating!" she said, pumping her fist into the air, which collided with Chouji's precious bag of chips. "INO! THOSE WERE MINE!"

"You need to lose weight anyway, Chubby."

"At least YOU call me Chubby...TT"

Yeah, it was going along a bit fast, but I had to get it all down before it basically got sucked back into that abyss I call my mind. I can never seem to remember anything I lose to that place. Oh, wel. I hope you enjoyed it! And if you have been reading other stories from here and Fictionpress by me, I know, it's been a while since I tried to update any of those. My Internet has been gone for a while. BUT I GOT IT BACK! BOOYA! (ahem...)