This is my very first fic and I hope you like it, keep in mind im not too good at this. All characters belong to naruto and i dont benefit from this at all. R&R

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Shikamaru rubbed his head quietly then opened one eye, looking up at the sky from his spot on the roof. "...clouds are nice..." he mumbled vaugley, his expression untroubled. Something caught his eye as it leapt silently past the building, a wave of long red hair and a blue hat.Shikamaru groaned audibly. 'Tayuya...' he thought to himself. 'What on earth is that troublesome woman doing back in Konoha...?' Shikamaru and Tayuya had met only once before in combat, that time, Temari had managed to save his neck from tayuya with her weasel, but even then, Tayuya still managed to escape, and now here she was, back to start more trouble. Shikamaru sat up and groaned, then streched, watching her make her way toward the konoha memorial stone. "..she's probably going to vandalize it..." sighed shikamaru "Is there no end to her troublesome ways"With that, Shikamaru leapt and began to give chase.

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Tayuya grinned as she reached the memorial stone and pulled out a can of paint. "heheh..this'll be fun"
she began to defile the stone, crossing out some names to replace them with words like asswipe and cock sucker. When she finished she took a step back to admire her work. "This should keep those asses busy for a while..I wonder what else I can mess up.." Tayuya stopped dead when she heard a voice. "Sorry..but that's all your going to be doing today.." Tayuyas eyes narrowed dangerously "Nara..." growled Tayuya, turning fully to look at him. "What do you want you goddamn bastard?" Tayuya painfully remembered how she had been driven away by Shikamaru and that skank from the sand village, it had almost cost her her life. 'I still have marks from that...' thought tayuya angrily.

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Shikamaru watched her evenly, almost uninterestedly but he knew better than to let his gaurd down around her. "You defiled our stone.." mumbled shikamaru, his hands in his pockets. "Yea? So what?" spat tayuya. Shikamaru narrowed his eyes "Painting all over our memorial stone is like me taking a pis on your parents graves..." replied shikamau. Tayuya growled audibly at that.
"You piece of dog shit!" roared tayuya, moving to grab her flute out of her belt. Shikamaru moved his hands into a hand sign, which made tayuya stop. "I wouldn't try it if I were you" said Shikamaru, his eyes now very narrow.

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Tayuya now HATED Shikamaru, even more than she had when she had met the completely moronic deer herder. She was sure she could beat him...there would be no sand woman coming out of nowhere to rescue him this time. Tayuya held her flute ready, her hand gripping the silver instrument tightly. "Let's have a straight fight this time Nara, none of your whore friends coming to save you.
If it hadn't been for that ugly girl and her annoying fucking pet rat, you'd be 6 feet under the ground." Stated tayuya with a satisfied grinning growing on her face. Shikamaru's expression was disbelieving. "DONT THINK I CAN BEAT YOUR ASS THEN HUH?" spat tayuya loudly, the fist holding her flute now shaking. "What do you mean...you've already lost..." said shika quietly.
Tayuya snorted "And whats THAT sup-.." Tayuyas eyes widened as she felt something traveling up her body, then looked down to see what it was.

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Shikamaru grinned a little as he snaked his shadow neck bind up her body, the pair of shadowy hands moving silently up her as though they were an apparitions. "Checkmate...and so early in the game too.." commented shikamaru as the hands wound up her body. Shika could see her rage building and shut his eyes. 'I feel sorry for the man that ends up with a wife like this.
she'll have him whipped..on a leash' shika opened one of his shut eyes as the hands moved up to her shoulders. "...This could be fun" said shikamaru lazily, and he manuvered the shadowy hands from her shoulders down toward Tayuya's chest, causing Tayuyas eyes to widen, her grip on the flute loosening to the point that it fell out of her hand and onto the soft grass with the tiniest of thuds.

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'W...whats...he...' Tayuya couldn't even gather her thoughts as rage and shock began to course through her body. It was bad enough that she had been humiliated so early in a match, but now she watched as the hands began to move toward her chest. "T...typical male bastards" growled Tayuya, eyes shut tightly. "You'd better let me go or I'll cut you a new one, do you hear me Nara?" spat tayuya, her eyes now opening. Shikamaru's eyes however were not on her face but right below it. Tayuya followed his eyes down to her chest..her exposed chest. Tayuya sqealed and her eyes widened. "NARA!!!" she roared, trying with all of her might to escape his shadowy grasp. "YOU MOTHER FUCKING PERVERTED FREAK YOU LET ME THE FUCK GO OR I WILL SMASH YOUR FACE INTO YOUR OWN FUCKING MEMORIAL STONE!" screamed Tayuya at the top of her lungs, the shadowy hands resting on her chest.

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Shikamaru winced at her voice but held the hand seals. "...Jeez...keep it down.." grumbled Shikamaru, looking at Tayuyas enraged expression. "You'll never get a husband that way." "AND JUST WHAT IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN!?" spat Tayuya, who looked like she wanted nothing more than to pound shika into a bloody pulp. Shika narrowed his eyes again "It means noones ever going to want to spend their days with a troublesome woman like you, you probably dont even have friends..." sighed shikamaru, tired already of her screaming."Fuck you!" yelled Tayuya, spit flying out of her mouth as she said it. "FOR YOUR INFORMATION I HAVE LOTS OF FRIENDS!" Shikamaru shut his eyes. "Name 3...that are still alive"he added. He waited a few seconds then opened his eyes and saw that Tayuya appeared to be lost for words or thoughts.
"...That's what I thought"

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Tayuya shook with rage. "...s...so?" asked Tayuya after a few seconds. "I don't need some dumb ass lackeys tagging around after me and wondering how I'm doing. I don't even need a team, I'm way better than any of my old teamates, I'm a one woman team!" "If you had a team you wouldn't be in this situation..." replied Shikamaru. Tayuya opened her mouth then shut it tightly, glancing back down at the shadowy hands on her chest. '...No..he's not right' thought Tayuya firmly, her eyes reflecting the opposite of what she now thought. The hands lifted her shirt over her head and Tayuya tightly shut her eyes now, knowing there wasn't much she could do. She felt the shadowy fingers begin to trace around her nipples and quietly opened her eyes to look at shikamaru. Tayuya then tightly shut them again. "...P...pervert" whispered Tayuya.

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"Yea yea..." mumbled Shikamaru. His eyes stopped on her taped up chest and back. "Get in an accident?" asked Shikamaru. Tayuya just shook her head. "It was from that skank and her fan..." replied Tayuya, her eyes narrow and watching the hands. Shikamaru grinned. "At least she's not a child.." said shika with a tiny laugh. That comment caused Tayuya to look up with an angry and confused look. "Child??" she spat. "What are you talking about??" Shikamaru shook his head "...your doing grafiti...and pulling pranks..like a little kid." mumbled Shika "Just what kind of ninja are you? He asked as he made the hands move from her chest to her neck and begin to tightly wrap its fingers around her, choking her. He watched as Tayuya struggled and narrowed his eyes.

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Tayuya desperatley tried to break free, coughing and spluttering, but was unable to break it. After a few more seconds Tayuya wobbled a little on her feet, her eyes shutting again, Tayuya had never felt helpless before, but now she did and she hated it. She felt something that had only felt a few times in her life. Fear. Tayuya trembled slightly as the hands continued to strangle her. Her eyes slowly beginning to feel wet.

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Shikamaru's smile faded when his eyes moved back up to her face. His eyes widened. 'Is she'
his eyes now softened as he watched her trembling, a single tear moving down her face. He silently released his shaodwy hold on her and Tayuya gently fell to her knees, her arms moving up to cover her chest. 'She...is crying...' Shikamaru was shocked, of all the people to cry, Tayuya was the last one he'd expect.

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Tayuya was embarassed, sad, afraid, and humiliated as tears began to spill down her cheeks her body still trembling. Her hands came up to her head and she burried her face in them letting out a shakey sigh. 'W..why am I...crying?' thought Tayuya, confused 'Why am I letting this fucking deer herder get t..to me? She looked up at Shikamaru as she felt the hands leave her. "...Huh?" she asked aloud, her eyes stopping on his own narrow eyes. "You.
you stopped.." whispered Tayuya "..why?" Shika shut his eyes then opened them again. "It's wrong to make a woman cry.." stated Shikamaru, his eyes now watching hers in a soft way. "I..Im not crying!!" said Tayuya in a high voice.

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Shikamaru shook his head and walked up to her, his hands moving back into his pockets. He could tell she was scared, no matter how hard she tried to hide it. He looked directly down at her, and Tayuya looked up at him. Shikamaru quietly sat down and looked at Tayuya. "Cmon...don't cry" sighed shika as Tayuya looked away from him, her arms folded. "IM NOT.
C...crying..." repeated Tayuya weakly.

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She knew she was crying...but the tears weren't just because of what Shika had done. Every bad, unfair, and angry memory she could remember began to flow out of her in the form of tears from her childhood to now. Tears for her dead teamates, tears for her own parents death's, tears for how she and her team were used by Orochimaru. She began to shake, her teeth gritted and sadness leaking out of her eyes. She began to cry, and not just quietly,
but hard, her breath coming in shakey breaths and her eyes shutting.

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Shikamaru lowered his head and shut his eyes, he had no idea how to help her, and he figured her tears were all his fault. He let out a long sigh '...and it was going to be such a good day too...' he quietly wrapped his arms around her and pulled her into a tight hug. Tayuya didn't fight, but instead held onto him and cried into his chest. Shikamaru was surprised to feel how hard she was shaking. 'Could what I had done really caused this much emotional damage'
thought Shikamaru as he let his hand massage her back. "I didn't think...what I did would scare you so much" breathed Shikamaru, looking down at her. Tayuya shook her head, still trembling "I...it's not just...t..t.hat" whispered Tayuya. Shikamaru looked down at her "We can talk about it if you want..." said shikamaru in what he hoped was a nice and soothing tone.

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Tayuya shut her eyes, she nodded tearily and began to tell him everything, her feelings, her memories, every bad thing she could ever remember happening to her she told Shikamaru. When she was finished Tayuya was crying even harder, her arms wrapped under his, her hands laying on his back and her cheek laying against his chest. Even if he WAS the enemy, and even though they WERE fighting, Tayuya just couldn't continue on, gripping Shikamaru as though if she let go she would surely die.

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Shikamaru shut his eyes and sighed, his hand stroking her back in a soothing sort of way, and his chin resting on the top of her head. "Shh...it's alright...just uh...hang in there Tayuya"
mumbled Shikamaru. He began to rock her softly in his lap, holding her gently and swaying back and forth. Shikamaru watched as Tayuya closed her eyes and he could sense the tension in her back lessening."It's ok...I'm...here" said shika quietly rubbing the back of his head with one hand, wondering what he could ACTUALLY do for her.

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Tayuya let out a comforted sigh, her eyes shut and her hands still holding onto shikamaru.
She quietly opened her eyes and looked up at Shika's now caring and watchful face, for some reason, just seeing him there, holding and protecting her in his arms made her feel better,
and far safer than any other feeling she had yet experienced. Tayuya sniffed once, then softly rested her cheek against his chest "Why are ya helping me anyway...aren't I too "troublesome" for you?" asked Tayuya sarcasticly. "You are...but you caught me on a good day" replied Shikamaru simply. Tayuya quietly looked up at him then looked up at the sky.
The cloudless sky and bright sun shined down on them, halfway through with its journey through the heavens. "You look hungry" commented Shikamaru, causing Tayuya to look up with narrow eyes "Yea? What of it Nara?" Shikamaru smiled a little "I just thought that maybe I could take you out somewhere if you promise not to be too troublesome" said Shika flatly, one arm around her and the other hand resting on his knee. Tayuya weighed the pros and cons of this.
"Just...you and me?" asked Tayuya with narrow eyes. Shika rolled his own "no, we're also taking the person behind you, the one that looks hungry" teased Shikamaru, causing Tayuya's eyes to narrow.
"This isn't some kind of...date...is...it?" asked Tayuya slowly. Shikamaru watched her evenly "Would you like it to be?" Tayuya thought for a second or two then slowly shook her head "I'm your enemy, that would feel so fucked up..." Shikamaru shrugged "We can be at peace for one little lunch"
mumbled Shikamaru. Tayuya looked down, thinking hard again before looking back up at him and slowly nodding. "...fine...it can be a date...but you'd better treat me proper Nara" warned Tayuya, still nestled in Shikamaru's arms. Shikamaru sighed then nodded once "You'd behead me if I did it any other way" grumbled Shikamaru as he stood up and began to walk, cradeling her the entire time.

And there you are, first fic here, hope it didnt suck, R&R, praise or constructive criticism only.