'Wow this flying thing really beats walking... WAIT... This is a dream come true! I'm like a cloud!' Shikamaru in his joy started to have fun with flying and did loops in the air 'yup this is the life... I'm light as a feather with no mass to drag me down. To bad I can't stay like this... I wish I could just go into my body whenever I wanted and come out of it as well.'
Shikamaru started to hear voices.
"WAKE UP! Don't be playing games with me shikamaru!" Temari yelled.
As Shikamaru got nearer he saw how temari was grabbing onto his ponytail while yelling at him. He winced at the image. 'My poor body... How do I even put up with that abusive woman...'
shikamaru then remembered about his abilities.
He slowly started to go towards Gaara. If anybody can stop a rampaging Temari, it was Gaara. He entered Gaara and started to move his mouth.
"Temari leave my - I mean shikamaru's body alone"
Temari instantly stopped and looked at him. But he was too busy looking at Gaara's hands move to his control.
"Are you ok Gaara... Why are you looking at your hands like that.."
"I'm fine Temari. Now leave the body alone and carry it to the hospital." Shikamaru couldn't help but smirk as he bossed the oh so mighty Temari.
"Sure Gaara"
Kankarou saw Gaara smirking and made his way next to him. "I didn't know you liked to mess with Temari, Gaara!" Laughing as he watched Temari trying to put shikamaru's head away from her blushed cheeks.
"Kankarou... Do u think she likes Shikamaru more than a friend?" Shikamaru curious to know his response looked serious at kankarou but all he did was pick his nose and looked at his fingertips with interest.
Almost forgetting about the time limit, shikamaru got out of Gaara. "Why do you ask? You never showed interest in Temari's love life before."
Confused of what Kankurou was talking about, Gaara started to head the direction Temari was headed, leaving kankarou behind to pick his nose.
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At the hospital, Shikamaru floated above his body thinking on how he was going to get Temari to kiss him. He hates to admit it but if there is someone that he wants to love and wants to be loved by, it would be Temari. 'How troublesome... Out of all the women in the world'
he heard someone walk into the room.
He looked and it was Temari! She walked in slowly, looking at his body. She took the seat next to him and started to hold his hand.
"Listen lazy, I don't want you to think I'm worried about you or anything but hurry up and wake up so we can get to work..." Embarrassed to be speaking to an unconscious body, Temari started to blush."if I find out this is your way of getting out of work I'm going to make sure your life becomes more 'troublesome' than it is already!" As she yelled this at him she let go of his hand and stormed out.
Shikamaru didn't know how to process what had just happened. It was so clear now! 'That troublesome woman does like me!' Sure she didn't say she liked him but her being worried about him was enough proof. His celebration was cut short when he heard someone else opening the door to his room.
"I heard what happened Shikamaru... It's too bad... That the green flash bomb didn't permanently kill you" Shikamaru was amazed to see that Sasuke out of all the people was the one speaking straight to him. He wasn't speaking to the unconscious body in front of him but instead was looking up to where he was floating. Every movement he made, Sasuke's sharingan was able to see it.
Unable to comprehend how Sasuke was able to see him he started to get scared."you can see me?" He stuttered.
"Yes and I can hear you"
Shikamaru could see the evil intention in his eyes when he took his gaze away from him and directed it to his body. 'Is Sasuke really trying to kill me!? Why? He help Naruto defeat Obito and at the end he called a truce between him and Naruto... Why is he targetting me.'
The door opened quickly and in walked Temari with... Food? 'Woman he's about to kill my body and all you bring is FOOD!?' At the same time shikamaru felt relief because there was no way Temari would let anything happen to his body.
"What are you doing here Sasuke" Temari was uneasy. Though she knew Sasuke wasn't considered a threat anymore, she still didn't trust him. 'could he be trying to kill Shikamaru?'
"Temari! He's trying to kill me!" Shouted Shikamaru hoping she could hear his cries.
Sasuke quickly retreated his sharingan. "Your Gaaras sister aren't you" he tried to say in a cool voice but saw Temari wasn't like any other girl.
"Yeah I am. Now tell me what you're doing here" she said in a threatening voice getting ready for an attack.
"I was following a suspicious ninja from the land of lightning and saw what he was capable of when he flashed Shikamaru-"
"You were there when Shikamaru was attacked! Why didn't you help him!"
'So she likes Shikamaru, well we can't have that. I could kill her but it would be safer just to make her fall in love with someone else. This should be fun'
"I'm sorry... Temari. But I saw kankarou already on his way towards him so I went after the ninja"
'What is he doing... I thought he was going to attack Temari. Unless he knows I need her and is going to distract Temari long enough for my time to run out!' Shocked Shikamaru just watched Sasuke.
'Did Sasuke just apologize?' Thought Temari as her gaze fell to his lips. 'What are you doing Temari! Get a hold of yourself.' She took her gaze back at Sasuke but he had seen where she had been looking.
"Sasuke, He just passed out he will be fine. You don't need to be here." Temari didn't want to be in a room alone with him anymore. She might like Shikamaru but Sasuke was... Sasuke! it was impossible not to lust over him. Just looking at his eyes made her blush!
'Too easy' thought Sasuke as he walked towards her with a hotty smile. "I'm going to stay in the sand village until he gets better" he said while moving some of Temari's hair out of her face "and if you're not too busy I think I want an escort to show me around" leaning a little closer to Temari's face.
Shikamaru didn't want to look anymore. He knew what was going to happen. It's what every girl dreamed of. Sasuke with his looks could easily win over Temari with no problem. It was selfish of him to stop it from happening. Temari clearly liked him and it didn't take a genius to see it. But what Temari said next took Shikamaru for a surprise.
She took a step back to distance herself from Sasuke "Look Sasuke I'm a busy woman and a troublesome one. If you want an escort I'm sure Kankarou would be more than happy to show you around."
Sasuke took this as his chance to get sometime to form a plan. "Sure Temari. I think I can find a hotel by myself but tell kankarou to meet me in front of the kazekage's building tomorrow morning"
As he left the room, Temari couldn't help but put her hand on her racing heart. "That was too close" she whispered to herself.
"What was?" Said kankarou entering the room and eyeing the food in Temari's hands.
"Nothing!" Temari turned around quickly so that her brother wouldn't see her red as a tomato.
Shikamaru couldn't hold back how happy he was and went into kankarou's body. Temari was taking deep breaths so her heartbeat could return to normal when she felt kankarou's arms wrap around her from behind. "Temari has anyone ever told you what an amazing woman you are" he whispered into her ear.
"Kankarou what have you done now? You never hug anybody" she was about to turn around to feel his temperature when she felt something poking her from behind. Her cheeks started to burn with anger. "Kankarou... you PERVERT! IM YOUR SISTER!" She shouted as she swung a fist nailing him on the jaw.
Kankarou went flying against the wall and passed out. Shikamaru felt bad for kankarou 'guess I should control myself better'
"Men are such pigs!" Temari grumbled to herself. As she went to take a seat next to Shikamaru and started eating. "Troublesome men" she said exasperated.
Shikamaru couldn't help but smile at Temari as she ate. He wanted to hold her in his arms and tell her how he felt about her. That's pretty much the reason he was coming here in the first place. After thinking about that dream life he had when he was trapped in Madara's jutsu he had come to the conclusion that Temari was the only one for him. He had never shown interest in any women before but with Temari he felt as if he couldn't have enough of her presence. He liked how Temari kept her feelings to herself, she wasn't one to start sharing who she liked. Which made him feel comfortable to be around her and show her he wasn't like those pig headed men who stare at cleavage and how fancy a girl dresses.
He knew that if it wasn't for the trees in the arena at the finals of the chunnin exams he would've been blown away. Just like he knew the moment Temari had saved his life he needed to get stronger to show her what kind of man he could really be. The moment she smiled at him, she had made her mark on his heart.
It felt right, that she was too stubborn to admit her feelings so he had to be the man and sweep her off her feet and admit his own feelings first. After everything, he knew he couldn't afford to lose her... Especially not to Sasuke!
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