Story: Shadow of the Magnificent Fan
A/N this story is what happened to the couple in my story "master's tale". Perhaps you may want to read it first to get a hold of what was going on. I know it's kinda weird for Naruto characters in Pokemon world but, hey, they are still anime and that there are certain similarities. This story is a little different from the original story. First of all, Sakura is replaced by Raiin (OC) and that sasuke has a much better personality. Instead of chasing after Itachi, he prefers to protect the others from him. But the story revolves around shikamaru and temari, so let's just keep in mind the two facts and enjoy the two.
Prologue
Just as they were about to be 'officially' defeated, a blast of wind came from behind shikamaru and fought back the air torrent. He did not even have a chance to see whom it was and was sent into the air. Then two hands steadied him and he jerked open his eyes. He saw that he was sitting on a big familiar fan and beside him was the smile he once saw, the woman he once feared for just a little moment in time.
"Anata daijyobu?" the woman asked in tones, which consist of worry and kindness, which shocked Shikamaru even further. "Are you alright?"
"Temari! What are you doing here!" Shikamaru shouted through the commotion as the landed on the ground. She was once an opponent and an ally. Forced to be a Trojan horse during Orochimaru's attempt to destroy konoha, Temari, one of the ninjas from the hidden village of sand, together with her brothers, Gaara and Kankuro went to Konoha to participate in the Chuunin Examinations. There, Temari fought Shikamaru in the final round, where his IQ of over 200 outsmarted her raging wind attacks. Then when konoha was in trouble for the second time, during where Sasuke was captured, she aided Shikamaru in the mission to rescue Sasuke. That was the official start of their friendship, which was becoming more and more of a relationship. Shikamaru's everything-is-so-troublesome attitude, with her all rounded attack plans make them so compatible that they were often teased about it. But neither of them took the initiative. Now, she had come to his rescue again, but with a nicer tone this time.
"Ato wa makasete." She smiled at him and attacked.
"Whatever happened to 'a man cannot be protected by a woman'?" Shikamaru asked himself.