On the other hand, Shikamaru, had gone around the forest, saw a torn cloth of with some stains of blood. When he was on the street, he saw a girl ninja, ready to fall at the ground at any time. Then he thought of who is it because he was to remember the sand colored hair he had seen, and the cloth he had found at the forest, looks like the skirt she had. Of course, Temari felt a different mood when she did not know the unfamiliar feeling is about to make her burst. But when Shikamaru saw her ready to fall, he hurriedly came to catch him at his gentle arms.
" Hey, what's happening to you? Te----Temari?" he said with concern on his eyes, and his whole body became frightened because he remembered she was the brother of the scary Saboku No, Gaara. And not because of it, he was also shocked because he remembered, too, their fight, that made him to have his interest. Meaning, she is the one whom he crushes most of his life!
" Hey, wake up! You're burning in fever! I must get you to the nearest hospital! But... it's closed before sunset. Hey, wake up. I must bring you to a safer place than here..." he said, with sincerity on his eyes. " Your brothers gonna kill me if they sees me handling you"
He then, saw a cave, where he thought he could drove Temari there for rest but he did not know, someone is spying on them. And they did not also know, some important secrets can be revealed if they will continue this heck-like thing. When they are almost at the cave, Shikamaru led Temari's head to his lap to let her sleep. Then he felt her forehead and it almost looks like she will burn in flames because of her fever. Then he remembered that his mother thought him some healing styles and techniques then his skills and special technique from his father. And when he saw some leaves outside the cave, he thought that he can use those to make her breathing rate at normal. But when he was about to put off Temari's head out of his lap, she accidentally woke up and some dizzy illusions came to her sight and then she rubbed her eyes and saw that was only, only a man that holds her head, now confused, and keep asking to herself on where they are, why they are there, why she is lying on his lap and sleeping and why she is there. And why on so many ninjas in the world, why she is with, with------
"Na...Nara...Shika...Nara Shikamaru?" she gently asked and looked at him.