Chase

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It's been a chase, but Temari always wins in the end.

Temari always got what she wanted. When puberty decided to bless her at such a young age, she always had a throng of admirers. She asked out only the most untouchable boys, boys who weren't in her fan club. She always liked things (or in this case, boys) she had to work for.

But him, him, she didn't understand him. Sure, she liked him as a friend but he was lazy. He'd probably cave in if she kept on pursuing him, and he'd probably wouldn't even bat an eye if she dumped him. Even though it was weird that a woman like her would even go for someone like him, she asked him out a couple of times, mainly to spite his blonde teammate.

And each time she dumped him, his teammate comforted him.

And it pissed her off immensely. She told herself it was because she disliked the girl; but she knew that wasn't the case. Hell, she didn't even know the girl well enough. She decided to avoid the two. They could go and get married for all she cared.

It just so happened that she saw her come down from his cloud gazing spot. The blonde gave her a knowing smirk, before sauntering off. Grinding her teeth, she ran up the steps, grabbed the genius by the collar and forced him ask her out.

This time, she was going to keep him. She turned away from him, loudly stated that they would be going out for breakfast tomorrow, and marched away.

Shikamaru, watching his on-again girlfriend stomping away, gave a lazy smile. "Thanks for helping me, Ino." He said quietly. This time, for sure, him and his feisty sandy-haired kunoichi would last a long time.

Ah, I love Temari. And I love Shikamaru.