Shikamaru sighed. "Just someone," he mumbled.
Tsunade leaned forward. "Lemme guess...just someone who followed you?" Shikamaru nodded. "The Raikage's daughter?"
"No. His niece," Shikamaru said. "I got deported all because I broke a rule that was broken before to create that village!" Shikamaru exploded. Tsunade watched him.
"I'm going to go watch some clouds," he muttered. Tsunade sighed and took a gulp of sake, after Shikamaru left, passing Sakura.
"Tsunade!!!!! Shishou! Shishou!!! Was that Shikamaru?" Asked Sakura as she rushed in, arms full of textbooks and documents.
"Yeah. He's gotten cockier," Tsunade added.
"I gotta tell Ino!!!!" Sakura whispered.
"Study first," Tsunade said, taking another huge gulp of sake. Sakura sighed, but nodded.
Shikamaru found his way out to the streets. He ambled towards his field. What he found as unexpected.
"Chouji? Ino? Temari?" he asked.
"SHIKAMARU!!!!!" Ino screamed as she launched herself at her teammate. "Why are you here? Oh, we missed you so much! How is Kumo? Are you on vacation?" Ino asked, in one breath.
Chouji nodded at his best friend. "Welcome back," was all he said.
Shikamaru stared at Temari. He'd almost forgotten how she looked.
"Why are you in Konoha?" he asked her, still standing.
"Liaison duty," she answered. "Why are you?"
"I got deported back. I broke the ninja code," he explained to their looks of disbelief.
"How?" Ino asked.
"I smiled at a girl and she fell in love with me," Shikamaru calmly explained.
Ino glared. "You are so conceited!!!!" she shrieked.
Shikamaru shrugged. "It's true," he mumbled.
Ino stopped. "Seriously?" she asked. Chouji blinked and pulled out his bag of chips.
"Want some?" he asked.
Shikamaru took a few and ate them. "They don't have any junk food over in Kumo. No ramen, no chips. None of it," he said.
"Really?" asked Ino. Shikamaru nodded.
Chouji looked at Temari, who was determinedly watching clouds. "Ino, let's go to Ichiraku's. I'll pay this time," he added.
"What about Shika-kun?" she asked, using her old nickname.
"We'll meet up at the barbeque place tonight," Chouji suggested. Ino sighed. "Fine," she said.
They left, leaving Temari and Shikamaru alone.
"Do they have shougi in Kumo?" Temari asked.
Shikamaru shrugged. "I couldn't find a set. They kept me busy, though. I wasn't ever bored," he said.
"That's good. Gaara sent me here two months ago. I'm here until next month. I don't know if he knew about you being in Kumo still. But, he sent me anyway," Temari said, sliding onto her back, nudging her fan out of the way. "Look, a pineapple," she commented, pointing to a cloud.
Shikamaru stared at her before laying next to her.
"Troublesome. That's not a pineapple. It's a deer," he muttered.
Temari laughed.
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