Love and Wits Part 1
Letter Written in love
He had no idea why he was there or what he was doing. All he could think about was how good she felt in his arms. Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself. Let me go back about a week and should explain.
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Shikamaru received a letter from Temari. In the letter, she had asked him to come to suna to aid her in an assignment. So he informed Lady Tsunade and she told him to go immediately to suna and since the letter didn't say a team was needed, she just sent him. He packed what he thought he would need and headed to suna.
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Shikamaru arrived in suna three days later. He was greeted by Temari and two of the village council members. "Well, that took you long enough." Temari had this urge, that every time she saw Shikamaru she just had to needle him. He knew she was picking him, so he played along. "Sorry, it's a three day trek between her and konoha. Not everyone can make the trek in on day." Shikamaru wasn't about to lose a battle of wits to a girl, no matter how cute she thought she looked.
"Come on. You'll stay at the kazekage's palace. When we get inside, I'll tell you why you're here." Temari wouldn't admit to it but she liked Shikamaru a lot. The same could be said about Shikamaru, while he won't admit to he really liked her too.
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"Don't tell me you called me here just so you could look at me." Even though he wouldn't it if she did call him to suna so she could look at him. "No, that's not the reason. The reason you're here is someone is trying to take control of suna from my brother." "So, where are your brothers?" Also why didn't you request a team to come along with me?" Shikamaru was a little peeved at the fact she only requested him and not a squad to come along to aid him in this assignment. "I figured that you and I could handle it."
Shikamaru rubbed the back of his head and said, "Ah. This is such a drag. Did you at least think of a plan, Temari?" "Yes, in fact I did think of one. While my brothers are away, Gaara left me in charge. So while I'm in meetings I easily assess the members and while I'm doing that you'll be on guard duty to see if anyone is acting suspiciously."
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The next two days were horrible. Not only did Temari know Shikamaru slept across the hall from her and that was bad enough because she really did like him, but they just couldn't figure out who the traitor was. Shikamaru seemed to be having the same problem as Temari.
That night while he was in his room thinking about how they could smoke out the traitor, he started to chain smoke because he was irritated with the current situation. Suddenly he heard a crash across the hall. He immediately went over to Temari's room. When he got there he saw Temari on the floor, unconscious, and the traitor they had been searching for getting ready to finish off Temari and then leave. Seeing her like that made him extremely angry.
"Shadow Possession Jutsu!" Shikamaru captured the traitor with no issue. "Come on kid, why do you care whether or not I take over suna?" "Why I care about what you do has nothing to do with you!" "Maybe you're in love with Lady Temari." Shikamaru was just getting angrier the long this guy was in his sight. "You if you guys want him, come and get him!" Suddenly the anbu came in and took the traitor away.
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Temari woke up to see Shikamaru sitting at the desk in her room. As soon as he saw her get up he crossed the room. "heh, At least you're okay." Shikamaru had his hands on her waist; they were looking in to each other's eyes deeply. "Did you get him, Shikamaru?" "Yeah. He wasn't that hard to capture. Probably too weak to fight me." He sighs and then continues, "I was worried about you."
When he said that Shikamaru leaned his forehead on her shoulder. Temari was very surprised at his actions. She had no idea that he loved her like she loved him. "I love you, Shikamaru." When she said that she wrapped her arms around him and leaned her head on his shoulder. Shikamaru lifted his head from her shoulder, smiled at her and then kissed her. Temari was a little surprised but leaned into the kiss.
He had no idea why he was there or what he was doing. All he could think about was how good she felt in his arms. He backed her to her bed and didn't think anymore till morning.
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The next morning Temari woke up in Shikamaru's arms. She smiled as she reached up to touch his face gently. Shikamaru reached up, with his eyes still closed, reached with his hand, grabbed her hand and kissed it. "Good morning." Shikamaru said his voice a little rough form just waking up, but hey that's true of anyone in the morning. "Good morning." At that point Temari lifted herself up on elbow and gave Shikamaru a good morning kiss. The day was looking just a little brighter.
****Author's Comments****
Thanks for reading the first chapter of my story. I will have the second chapter up and online as soon as I can. Please rate and comment. I would love to hear what you think of my story. The next chapter is going to be surprising and I hope you'll like it.