Good morning/Afternoon/evening. Hurricane of Anime is BACK! I know you all missed me!
Tornado is Magna is here….sadly. I think I should just leave now…later Dudes and dudettes.
Don't mind her, she is cranky because she just lost to me in checkers.
I suggest just starting the story though- so please begin!
Disclaimer- I do not own what I do not make up.
Almost
A Shika Tem sorta oneshot
This oneshot is a heartfelt one. It's not really sad or anything. This is slightly AU and Temari kind of doesn't like Shikamaru's friends in this one.
"I almost like you." Temari said with a small smile playing on her lips.
"Almost? How do you almost like someone?" Shikamaru asked incredulously.
"I like your looks, your style, your flare, your out look on life and many more things, but I don't like your attitude, your humor, your dream, your grades in school and many more things." Temari fired back, ticking off her fingers at each reason.
"You don't like my grades?" Shikamaru asked, raising an eyebrow.
"You could have tried a little harder." Temari said, absent mindedly scratching her head. This situation was getting very awkward and Temari began to wish it never came up.
"Well, you should know this, even though you 'almost' like me, I defiantly like you. I like your attitude, your humor, your dream, your grades in school and lots more! Sure, you are not perfect bu-"
"You did not help yourself with that last sentence." Temari said, cutting him off.
"Well, every single day…in school…I pretend to glance around and look at nothing in particular but in all truth, I am really looking for you." Shikamaru whispered.
"Here is the thing, I won't live my life just too please people like your friends, You mean a lot to me but my life doesn't revolve around you." Temari said, her voice rising slightly at each word.
"You just have to live your life not caring what they think and shake off the drama and prove to them that you are better than they think you are." Shikamaru said, taking a step towards Temari, both the blonde and the pineapple head were staring intently into each others eyes.
"You know," Temari whispered, stepping towards Shikamaru "You are the most crazy, idiotic, weird person I know! And yet, I think I may actually love you."
"So there is no more 'almost'?" Shikamaru smiled.
"There is no more 'almost'." Temari confirmed, nodding her head. The two stepped closer and closer together until they stood less than an inch apart.
"This is pretty perfect." Shikamaru said.
"Almost." Temari said. Shikamaru shook his head with a small smile.
"Things don't change, do they?" Shikamaru said, laughing at the end before leaning in to kiss Temari.
*Next oneshot*
So, are you just going to leave?
*warning, depressing*
A Shika Tem sorta oneshot.
"So, are you just going to leave?" Temari said, kicking a pebble on the side walk. Her hands were in her jean pockets and she was staring at the ground. The light rain falling onto the side walk made this whole scene all the more heartfelt and sad.
"Yea." Shikamaru answered, looking up into the grey sky. He let out a long sigh and was about to walk away when Temari spoke again.
"There is nothing I can do to stop you, correct?" She asked sadly. A hint of despair was evident in her voice.
"Correct." Shikamaru answered with a nod of his head. He looked sort of conflicted. Over what? Temari did not know.
"Just make sure you don't regret this." Temari said slowly, taking a step away from Shikamaru. She wanted with all her heart to yell at him to stay but she felt weak at the moment. It was as if her energy had been all sapped up.
"I would never." Was Shikamaru's reply as he shoved his hands into his pant pockets. "Well, Bye, I guess. You should get out of this rain."
This was the last thing he said before walking away and leaving Temari to her thoughts in the light rain. Temari looked up and watched him leave; feeling tears pool up in her eyes. It was all too much for her.
Her legs let out under her and she sobbed. Her whole body was wet and cold but she cared little. She let out loud, chocked sobs until she felt a presence over her. She looked up to see a group of friends looming over her.
The group of friends was all girls, all very familiar to her. There were about six of them and they all walked over to Temari and helped her up. When she was stable on her two legs, the girls all began a walk home, Temari sobbing into one of the girls shoulder.
As they walked, one girl took pity. Another was mad at Shikamaru for leaving. The third and fourth girls were plotting revenge on Shikamaru while the fifth did not know what to do. The sixth girl, she actually did something.
"Temari," She said "Watching him walk out on you should not make you sad, or bitter or cynical about love. Rather, it should show you that if you wanted to be so badly with the wrong person, then it will be beautiful when the right one comes along." The girl looked at the sky and the continued, "You can live through this."
Meanwhile, with Shikamaru.
"I didn't want to leave her." Shikamaru told Chouji as they quietly walked through the streets of Konoha, "I really didn't…."
"It's okay man. You did what you had to." Chouji said, trying to consol his depressed best friend. The light rain surrounding the two boys did nothing to brighten the mood.
"But Chouji…. I love her." Shikamaru said, looking up into the gray sky and wondering, over and over, if he did the right thing. "I just thought that….because of the mission…if I let go of her, it wouldn't be that hard on her if I didn't come back. It's just that…."
"Shikamaru, don't you dare talk like that. You are coming back!" Chouji told his friend, trying to convince Shikamaru and himself that Shikamaru would return home alive and well.
"Don't kid yourself Chouji. The survival rate for this mission is less than five percent and I am the only one that can complete the mission." Shikamaru's voice turned stern, even though it was laced with sadness.
"But, Shikamaru, breaking up with Temari is hurting you as much as it is hurting her. Won't the emotions from it get in the way of your mission?" Chouji asked in a desperate attempt to get Shikamaru to try and get Temari back.
"Chouji, I will die happily if Temari is unhurt." Shikamaru told his thick boned friend.
"Why don't you understand just that? Temari is going to be unhappy because you broke up with her! She god damn loved you!" Chouji said, slightly losing his temper at his stupid friend.
"Love makes you do stupid things Chouji." Shikamaru told his friend as the reached the front of the Hokage tower. Shikamaru looked up at it as if it was the last time he would ever see it, and it just might be. "I'll miss you buddy." Shikamaru bid his best friend his last goodbyes, a small tremor in his voice.
"I'll….I will miss you too Shikamaru, but if there is any way for you to come back alive…." Chouji told Shikamaru, his voice becoming depressed and desperate. Shikamaru, dense as he sometimes was despite his genius status, noticed this.
"I will take it. I promise Chouji." Shikamaru said. The two men gave each other stern nods and Shikamaru stuck out his hand for Chouji to shake. Chouji returned the gesture, knowing that this may be the last time he saw his best friend. When their hands went back to their sides, Shikamaru pulled out a small, white scroll from his vest pocket. On it, Temari's name was written.
"Please give it to her, Chouji." Shikamaru told his friend, "and do me a favor and help her –with anything she needs- because I won't ever be around again to do so."
"Will do." With another nod, Chouji took the letter from Shikamaru and forced a tiny smile onto his face. Shikamaru did the same and waved Chouji a good bye. Chouji just watched as Shikamaru walked into the Hokage's tower so that he could begin his suicide mission.
Dear Temari,
First, I will always love you, no matter what. Never forget that. Second, I know the break up was hard, but I broke up with you in an attempt to ease your pain when I inevitably died on the suicide mission I was assigned. Do not hate the Hokage for assigning the mission, it is crucial and I am the only one that can complete it. Just don't forget how much I always have, and always will, love you.
Third, even though I will not be there to hear it, will you please forgive me? Forgive me for all the times we fought, and any time we disagreed. I just want to know, as I die, that I had no regrets because all the times we fought, I regretted it. Will you accept my apology now or is it too late?
Fourth, I do not want to give you false hope for the large chance that I will not come back, but there is a five percent survival chance. It is miniscule, so I would appreciate it if you just wrote me off as if I was dead. Remember, I didn't want to let you go, but when I die, I ask that you please let mego. I do not want this to be even harder for you by asking you to hold onto my memory. That would be asking more from you than I deserve.
This means that I am asking you to forget me. Please, Temari. Even in my death, though I will not forget you even with my dying breath, please forget me.
Love you, forever and ever,
Shikamaru Nara.
Finished!
It was actually kind of depressing….
Wow….I just read it and you are right…I didn't know you could write something like that, Hurricane-chan.
Hey, I thought you left, Tornado-chan?
I wanted to come back and read the story….Guess what else I am going to do?
Hm?
Read and Review, like the readers of this story should because it is so good. Good job Hurricane-chan!
What's wrong with you? You are acting weird…. What did you break?
Uhh….bye.
Forever dancing, reading, and writing,
Hurricane of Anime
Tornado of Manga is being forced to sign here.