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Recap:

"I swear, I will, you will-" Temari was ready to use her fan, ready to swing it down. But found that she was stuck. "Shikamaru." She hissed.

"Yeah?" Shikamaru reached up and scratched his head. Temari followed suit.

"You interrupted because..." Temari breathed heavily, standing with her hands where they should by in pockets.

"I came because there is to be no fighting in Konoha." Shikamaru said calmly.

"Just let me go." Temari frowned.

"No because if I do let you go you're going to attack your brother." Shikamaru shrugged cause Temari to do so to.

"Just. Let. Me. Go." Every word Temari said was dripping in loathing.

"I really don't think that that'd a good idea." Shikamaru paused and added as an after thought, "Troublesome even."

"Shikamaru, honestly." Temari complained.

"What? You're going to attack your brother. If I let you go you're not going to last long enough to either get outside to hurt him, or to ignore him and turn away."

"Please Shikamaru. Let me go!"

Kankuro snorted. "You two are like a married couple."

"Kanky, shut up." Temari snapped.

"Uh, no." Kankuro smirked. "Well, since I got what I came for, I'm going to head back out to Suna. Thank you Temari."

"Kanky, the journey to Suna you really should start tomorrow. Seeing as its dark and cold. You'd rather have a warm Inn, wouldn't you?" Temari said with mock sweetness.

Shikamaru catching on added, "Konoha won't let you in either, remember that."

"Exactly, I wouldn't want my baby brother to get hurt or anything."

"Okay, okay." Kankuro said. "Promise not to attack me. Tonight and all?"

"Promise and if I break it, I'll go to Gaara." Temari smiled as Shikamaru's hold on her released.

As Shikamaru turned to leave with Temari, he asked, "Go to Gaara?"

Temari blushed. She looked down, "When Kanky and I were younger, we came up with it and if we broke a promise we'd visit Gaara. Who at that time, we were scared of. Now however, it doesn't really matter because I get to see Gaara anyway with all the Chunnin things going on. So I plan to break the promise tomorrow when he leaves anyway."

Shikamaru just watched Temari talk. How she enjoyed talking about how tomorrow Kankuro was going to 'die.' He watched how her eyes lit up and how—

"Uh, Shikamaru? Are you paying attention? I mean, I know you're a genius but you're acting all spacey and like, um, Ino when Sasuke was around. What's the right word? Um oh yeah, lovesick."

Shikamaru stopped in his tracks. "What?!"

"All I said was that you were acting lovesick." She raised her eyebrows. "Just acting. You only took offense probably because its true. Right?"

Shikamaru shook his head. "Temari. It's too troublesome to like someone. That's something I learned from Ino."

"Right." Temari started walking again. Shaking his head, Shikamaru followed.

Temari smiled. Having Shikamaru on her hook was easy. He was honestly a puzzle. But then again so was she. She liked the way, back those years ago, when during the Chunnin Exams he quit...and then became the only Chunnin out of the ones who participated.

She also liked his more quiet, to self personality, it created more of a surprised then when it came to Shikamaru talking about himself and everything. When he became that open book.

"Hey! Temari! Wait up!" She heard Shikamaru's strangled voice. He was running. Apparently she had walked faster than usual while thinking and left Shikamaru running behind her. She laughed.

"You're running! No freaking way!" Temari ran. Laughing as she heard Shikamaru's steps quicken in an attempt to catch up to her. She was in heaven, feeling the wind wrap around her body, her heavy breathing pushing more oxygen through her than ever.

"No. Tem. St. Plea." Shikamaru's steps died and Temari heard a loud thump and turned. There was Shikamaru. On the ground, tired as ever, his chest heaving with the lack of oxygen, he opened one eyes and looked at her. "Why. You. Run?"

"Just. To. See. You. Like. This." Temari laughed. Shikamaru huffed.

"I. Don't. Run." He tried sitting up, but being unable to, laid back down on the grassy hill side.

"No. Kidding." Temari sat down next to Shikamaru. "Did you see the looks people gave us?"

"No. How. Can you talk? Never mind." Temari laughed.

"People were staring at us like 'what the heck are those kids doing'" Temari jumped up. "Come on, lets go get something to eat then head back t o your house."

Temari stuck out her hand.

"There is no way that I'm getting up now." He grabbed Temari's hand and pulled her down next to him. "Just relax. You're too tense. You have to be doing something."

"No, I relax."

"Can't say that I believe that."

"Shut up." Temari closed her eyes, murmuring, "Your right."

"Huh?"

"You're whole watching the clouds. You know, you always fall asleep? I think its nice not 'troublesome' anymore. Not now anyways."

Shikamaru opened his eyes again. Never in his life would he think that any of the girls he knew would think that his hobby would be nice. Not Sakura, nor Ino.

Temari felt eyes on her. "Yes, Shikamaru, do you need something? Or can I enjoy this peace?" The eyes left her and she smirked.

It was starting to get dark when Temari woke up. One of her hands was in his hair, a leg over his. She moved them quietly as if not to wake Shikamaru, then she snapped her fingers loudly in his ear.

"Ah, Temari what? I was 'enjoying my peace'."

"Sorry, but its dark and I think that we should go to your place. Its getting cold." As if to prove this Temari shivered.

"Okay, help me up." Shikamaru put out his hand.

"Uh no. I'm not falling down next to you again. No way." Temari took a step a step back. "I'm going to your house then. Lazy."

Temari walked off, shivering. She was holding her herself to try to use her own body heat to keep warm. Not many people were walking around now, only those few that were going to dinner and what not. Temari even saw her brother sitting in the bar having a cup of sake...with girls. Temari shuddered at the thought.

A warm vest was draped over Temari's shoulders. "You looked cold."

Temari turned. "Why'd you get up?"

"Well, I asked for your help up. But you said no and walked off."

"Oh, I thought you were going to pull me down again."

Shikamaru sighed. "Do you really think I would?"

"You did before."

"That's because I didn't want to leave. I didn't care now." Shikamaru grabbed her wrist and started to pull her towards his home. "What were you staring at back there anyway?"

"Give me my hand back." Shikamaru let go. "I was looking at Kankuro. He's doing his thing again."

"Thing?"

"Thing as in bringing home girls and screwing them," Temari closed her eyes. "It frustrates me to see him like that. I'd rather him getting a girlfriend."

"Troublesome."

"What's?"

"Your brother."

"I already knew that though." Temari laughed. "Kind of like you."

"What?"

"There is no way that I'm as troublesome as Kankuro."

"You just took offense." Temari smirked. "Your defenses went up."

"So?" Shikamaru shrugged. "I'm not like your brother." Shikamaru grumbled.

"Okay, okay. Not like Kanky. Got it." Temari handed back Shikamaru his vest. "Here. I don't want it anymore."

"Whatever."

When they had gotten to Shikamaru's house Shikamaru immediately ha went to bed. Leaving Temari to do as she wished. Temari changed and laid down. Looking up at the moon, she pulled out her pigtails. 'Why would Kankuro think that Shikamaru and I would 'get it on'?'

Temari fell into a restless sleep, while in the other room Shikamaru was in a deep sleep.

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