Maybe because the desert didn't have many flowers that Temari enjoyed botany. When Shikamaru found this out, he was surprised. "I didn't see you as the flower type" She just hit him on the arm, and continued walking.

He seen it in action when they moved in together. Their garden in the back of the house looked better than the magazines and every season she'd change it.

This particular summer, Rainbow was in and Temari had went to the Yamanaka flower shop. Ino always found this hobby of Temari's very interesting. It didn't match her personality, but see had seen the Nara garden and she had a god given talent. Ino had invited Temari over to view her garden and pastel was in season, the flowers and layout was nice. But when Temari had invited Ino over the same day, Ino seen how she had a black and white theme. "These Dahlias and Petunias go so well together, who would've thought of all people Temari knew her flowers" Ino said in amazement, she was flabbergasted, Temari's garden was 10 times as better as hers.

"Here you go, I'll come over when you're finished" She said handing her a bag of gardening supplies. When she got home, she put on some old clothes and headed to the backyard. In the garden she found her 4 year old son with his beach pale and shovel in his hand. "I'm ready mommy" She thought this was really cute and smiled her infamous grin and her son, who had inherited it, smiled back at her. She sat on her knees and began to dig in the dirt, her son did the same thing with his tiny shovel. They worked on it all day and the end result was amazing. "It's really pretty" Shikadai said looking back at all the pretty flowers that had turned their garden into a rainbow. "That's because you helped"

After a long day, Temari allowed him to relax for the rest of the day. They sat on the back porch drinking lemonade cooling themselves off from the blistering heat that had been hitting them that day. Shikamaru and his daughter, came to the back of the house after doing some errands Temari had asked him to take care of.

He seen the garden, and each time she changed it, he was always mesmerized by it's beauty. "You got all this done in one day" He said walking over to her and taking a seat. "Your son helped, he was surprisingly less lazy than usual" Shikamaru just laughed at this. "Ri, do you like all the colorful flowers that your mom and brother planted"

She just stared at the flowers, she couldn't really tell the difference between any of them. "They awll look the same" Shikamaru was confused because to him they were each different and unique. "What do you mean" She continued to look at the flowers with a puzzling look on her face. "They're awll blue and gween" Temari and Shikamaru looked at each other hesitantly. The colors were definitely different, but they didn't speak on it until they were in private.

Temari asked Shikamaru what he thought and he explained the only reason for this was color blindness. Temari was worried, she didn't have to go through all the hardships of her daughter and not having a mother in her life didn't teach her how to have a proper mother-daughter conversation.

The next day Shikamaru and Shikari went to the doctor and when they returned the husband and wife talked about it in private. "So, what happened" She asked with a shaky voice. She didn't want to know the answer but she had no choice. "She's color blind, specifically she has red-green color blindness. The doctors say it's pretty bad, but I don't think so" Temari didn't understand doctors knew what they were talking about. "HOW COULD YOU BE SO CALM ABOUT THE SITUATION. HOW COULD IT NOT BE BAD" Shikamaru just looked at her and simply replied "because on the way back, she was able to describe the most mesmerizing teal, green eyes that her mother has to the finest detail" Temari just smiled, Shikamaru always knew how to lower the tension between them in a heated situation.

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Authors Note: So here is the sequel I promised. Because I was bored and finals are starting I didn't know when the next time I'll be able post so I started tonight. Hope you guys really like this one.

Disclaimer: Sadly I do not own Naruto