Yay-a! My second fanfiction! This time it's Naruto! X3. Wee I'm weird! Anyway, this is a ShikaTem (Shikamaru X Temari) fanfiction, so if you don't like the pairing, don't flame me about it.

By the way, some of the characters may be out of character, but that's because I wanted to make some of them in my own way. Don't worry they still pretty much act the same, but just a bit nicer or something.

It is in first person, yet again like my first. Though this one switches between Shikamaru and Temari.

Enjoy!

Che, I'm such an idiot for never telling anyone what the ages of these guys were. Shikamaru is 15 (near 16) and Temari is 17 (near 18). You guys should know how old everyone else is by just that. Well to say Gaara is 15 (near 16) and Kankuro is 16 (near 17).

Thank ye's.

-oO0-o)0(o-0Oo-

Shikamaru

Hot tears rolled down my face. They fell off my cheek and onto the pale face below mine. A pale face of a girl, a beautiful girl. I was holding this girl in my lap, my hand on her wound that was gushing out blood endlessly.

"Don't… die on me!" I yelled desperately through choked tears. "You can't… you just can't die…" I stared down into the girl's dark emerald eyes, which were shedding tears like mine. My hand was upon one of her cheeks, gently cradling it. She grabbed that hand with hers gently, smiling up at me.

"Shika… maru… I… I…" Those were the last words that slipped from her soft lips. Her body went limp and her emerald eyes went dull. I screamed out in agony as more tears rolled down my face. Then I jerked up, my eyes flying open. I looked around to see where I was. A clock on a table to my right ticked with the small hand between the one and the two, while the big hand was pointing at the six. It was on thirty and the fact that it was dark outside indicated it was one thirty in the morning. I looked around again and spotted a desk, a table, and a drawer. This was my room, not the forest floor.

It had been a dream.

I closed my eyes and let myself fall backwards onto my bed. This was the fifth time this month that I had had this dream. That girl in my dream seemed to always be dieing and each time she did I felt my heart rip apart. I opened my eyes and tried to remember the girl. The only thing that I could make out about her was her face and eyes, but mostly those dark emerald eyes. I couldn't remember if I knew her or if I had seen her somewhere. Not even a name came to mind. Man, you'd think I would remember such a beautiful girl with dark emerald eyes. I sighed and stared at the ceiling.

"Man, this is such a drag…"

-oO0-o)0(o-0Oo-

Temari

Five days earlier in the Village of Suna.

"What?"

"You heard me, Kankuro. Starting tomorrow you, Gaara, and Temari are going to school in Konoha."

"But Sensei-"

"No buts, Kankuro! It's already been decided! We leave later tonight, so pack and pack up a lot. You three will be there for awhile." And with that Baki-sensei left the room, slamming the sliding door shut. Kankuro, Gaara, and I were left to ponder and to pack up. Kankuro was staring at the door speechless, while Gaara was leaning against a wall. I stared at the ground.

We're going to Konoha? I thought in my mind. But… I… I can't! I placed my hands to my cheeks. I could feel them starting to warm up, blushing. My heart starting to beat at a fast pace

"… Temari?" Gaara's voice, I barely even heard him. I had something on my mind, and it was so in my mind that… "TEMARI!" Gaara's hand touched my shoulder making me jump. Kankuro came over in front of me, curious and worried.

"Hey Temari, you okay?" Kankuro asked. I looked up at him, then to Gaara. I shook them off and crossed my arms.

"Of course I'm okay." Kankuro didn't look convinced; Gaara on the other hand was grinning. I blinked at him then backed up. "W-what?"

"You're blushing." I could feel my face warm up again.

"I-I am not!" I stammered as I backed up more. Gaara stayed where he was but he never stopped grinning. Kankuro looked between us completely confused.

"You don't want to go back to Konoha, do you?"

"Well… I…" I stared at the ground. "No…" Gaara moved up to me and looked at my face.

"It's because he's there…" I blinked. "Shikamaru." My heart fluttered at his name. I backed up clumsily falling onto my butt. Gaara slightly laughed and bent down in front of me. Kankuro stared at us then did a small "Ooh" understanding now. He walked over to his things starting to pack up.

"So Temari has a boyfriend now."

"He's not my boyfriend!" I yelled over at Kankuro who only laughed at me.

"So you like him a lot, a WHOLE lot." I could feel my face warming up even more.

"Yeah, you're in love with him, aren't you Temari." My brothers were teasing me, making me feel all fluttering inside about this. I stared at the ground, blushing hard. Gaara patted my head and placed his arm on my head.

"… …"

"Don't worry, Temari. I'll help you with this, I promise." I looked up at him and smiled slightly.

"Yeah, that'd be great… I guess… Thanks Gaara." I got up quickly pushing him over onto the floor and sticking my tongue out at him. He stared for a second then threw something hard at me. "OW! WHY YOU LITTLE BRAT!" Kankuro turned around and watched us as I chased Gaara around the room.

-oO0-o)0(o-0Oo-

Five days later we were in front of the gates of Konoha in the middle of night. Baki-sensei was up ahead talking to some of the Konoha guards, while Gaara, Kankuro, and I were waiting with piles of bags in our hands. Apparently we're staying in Konoha for almost a year! We had almost flipped out when Baki-sensei told us that when we were about to leave Suna. We had tried to argue with him, which had gotten us nowhere.

I sighed greatly thinking about how long I was actually going to be here, to be near him, Shikamaru. My heart fluttered thinking about him. I shook my head to get out of it. We're supposed to be representing the Village of Suna, not freaking out over seeing people.

Gaara and Kankuro could see my anxiety, so they placed a hand on my shoulders trying to comfort me. I slowly looked at both of them then shook them off slightly ticked off. They were teasing me again, those stupid brats… Gaara grinned while Kankuro rolled his eyes. Baki-sensei came back to us as the main gates were opening. That was the cue for us to grab our stuff, which we did of course.

"Alright," Baki-sensei started to say as we walked, "You three are going to be adopted by the Nara family for the year. Kakashi Hatake is up there waiting for you to take you there. So hurry up!" We blinked at him then ran up to where Kakashi-sensei was. He greeted us, kind of, then nodded to Baki-sensei and walked off. We followed behind him quickly, not wanting to lose him.

After about ten minutes we were at the Nara residence. Kakashi knocked quietly and waited for someone to come out. When someone did, that's when I realized who's house this was. This was SHIKAMARU'S house. I stared blankly at his dad, Shikaku. Gaara and Kankuro were equally amazed at whom we had to stay with.

"Well, um. This is kind of late Kakashi…" Shikaku said yawning. Kakashi-sensei nodded his head at him.

"Yes, sorry Shikaku, but you'll have to deal with it. Remember, these three are going to stay with you for the year." Shikaku nodded slightly, mumbling something.

"This is kind of a drag, Kakashi." He looked over at us then blinked. "Oh hey, I know these kids. These kids are Shikamaru's best friends from when he was little." All three of us rolled our eyes. This guy was as bad as Shikamaru. He was barely awake at all. Kakashi shook is head and looked at us.

"Well I'll see you three in the morning around six." And with that he was gone. We stared after him, then picked up our stuff and looked at Shikaku. He stared at us then shook his head and let us come in.

"You guys can sleep in here tonight." He said opening a sliding door. "Though you'll need to sleep in Shikamaru's room after that." We nodded then entered the room setting our stuff down.

Stay in Shikamaru's room? I couldn't believe my ears! This was ridiculous! I never expected this to happen. I knew we were going to get an "adopted" family for a year, but Shikamaru's family? I couldn't be happier about this! I smiled slightly at the thought of being near Shikamaru everyday. It made me blush and have a flutter in my stomach. Gaara and Kankuro were looking over at me, slightly laughing. I blinked at looked them. Then I turned around not wanting to face them.

"Let's go to bed guys, we only get about five hours asleep maybe less before Kakashi-sensei has to pick us up." I bent down near my bags and started to unpack.

"Okay, sure Temari. Whatever 'you say'." I was so going to kill Kankuro for his sarcastic remark.

After about twenty minutes later we were lying in our beds and staring at the ceiling. Tomorrow was the big day. The day we go to school and re-meet all our childhood friends. The day I get to see Shikamaru again. I sighed and closed my eyes thinking only of him. It was going to be a long day tomorrow.

-oO0-o)0(o-0Oo-oO0-o)0(o-0Oo-oO0-o)0(o-0Oo-

I'm sorry for my lack of knowledge on the teams, I've only just gotten to where they are older. So I don't know much information about their older selves. (And I got there, to those episodes, after I started writing Chapter 7, so sorry for the weird OOC on the characters or AU on this thing.)