A/N: Yeah, yeah, I know I just updated and all, but when I read Shikatema fanfics, inspiration hits me like a baby ruth's candy bar truck. *bounces happily on toes* Sooooo, festival madness! Teehee! YOU IN THE SPIRIT! Of course you are. And may I mention, that I, in fact, am a insomniac. Sooo, lots of in the middle of the night updates! Woohoo!

OKAY, ON WITH THE SHOW!

P.s. I, in NO WAY own Naruto. Not even a smidget of it. If I did, Gaara would be in EVERY episode. Because he's hot.

"INO! Does it take that long to do your hair every day? " Tenten groaned. Temari, Hinata, Tenten, and Sakura were all at Ino's place getting ready for the festival tonight.

"Yes! I wanna impress my Sasuke!" she yelled through the door.

"Back off Ino-pig, he's mine!" Sakura shouted.

Thus begins the long argument through the door that involved a lot of Temari and Tenten facepalming while Hinata tried to calm them down. "G-girls, please s-stop fighting!" Hinata stuttered.

Temari facepalmed.

Tenten face palmed.

"ALRIGHT, SHUT UP YOU TWO!" Temari commanded, standing up. Sakura stopped yelling. Ino opened the door. They both stared at Temari.

"You two and your stupid fighting over a stupid, freaking,boy is pissing me off. Ino, your hair looks fine, and we're already late. Not get your ass out of the bathroom and let's go down to the metro."

Ino blinked.

Sakura blinked.

Hinata looked ready to faint.

Tenten grinned.

"Alright, I agree with Temari! Let's get all our super hot asses down to the metro to meet the guys!"

Once outside, Ino turned to Temari. "You didn't have to yell at us. Besides, you only feel that way because nobody's fighting with you over Shika."

Temari glared. "I do not like Shikamaru." she stated.

"Aw, come on Tem, we all saw how you and Shikamaru hit it off on the roof on Thursday." Tenten teased.

Temari felt blood rush to cheeks. To cover it, she lowered her head. Sakura clapped her hands.

"All right girls! Let's not keep the guys waiting!" Sakura said, drawing the attention away from a red Temari. Temari mouthed a quick "Thank you" and jogged down the stairs to the metro.

At the bottom of the stairs Ino stopped and squealed, causing the other girls to stop and turn back to look at her.

"What's wrong, Ino?" Hinata asked, concerned.

Ino pulled out her phone in a flash of pink diamonds and snapped a picture.

"Sorry guys! I just had to get a picture of Sasuke in casual clothes!" Ino giggled.

Sasuke was indeed, dressed in casual clothes, as was the rest of the group, and any woman that walked by swooned. A girl waltzed up to the group and practically draped herself on Shikamaru's arm. Temari felt like punching something. Preferably that girl.

Shikamaru raised an eyebrow, as well as the rest of the boys in the group. Temari could see his mouth moving, asking a question. The girl giggled and swatted him, twirling her orange hair around her finger.

"Ooooo trouble in paradise Temari?" Ino giggled. Temari glared at her, keeping one eye on the girl.

The orange haired witch giggled and flirted with Shikamaru. He tried-and failed- to pry the mystery girl off his arm. He was about to speak when he spotted them.

"Oi! Temari! We're over here!" he called, waving. Temari swallowed her rage and put on a carefree smirk. He looked good. Scratch that, he looked sexy. Shikamru wore black, straight-legged jeans, a green t-shirt so dark it almost looked black and a camo jacket thrown over it, rolled up at the sleeves. His hair was still it's usual ponytail. Damn. I bet he looks sexy with his hair down. Temari mentally slapped herself.

Where the hell did that come from?

Oh, me, supplying the words you were looking for...

I wasn't looking for words to describe him with.

Yeah you were. Face it, you're thinking on a scale of one to ten, he's a TWENTY.

Exaggerating much?

Nope. I speak the truth and only the truth.

Oh really?

Yep. Like, how you LOOOVVEEE Shika.

Shika?

Aha! You questioned the statement, not the fact IN the statement.

Huh?

Inches away from strangling herself for answers, Temari walked up to the boys along with the rest of the group. The orange haired witch looked as though she had no intention of freeing Shikamaru. Temari straightened her skirt. She was appropriately dressed in a purple denim skirt with fishnet leggings, combat boots, and a black tank top with a red sash at the waist. All and all, she thought she looked really good.

"Temari! Hey! Where's the rest of the girls?" Kiba asked, tilting his head to the side like a dog.

Puzzled, Temari turned around and saw the girls hesitantly ducking behind doors and people. "Kiba, you idiot, there right there." Neji sighed, gesturing at the girls. The small group of girls turned red in synch. Noticing them Naruto stood on a bench and yelled;

"HEY GIRLS WE'RE OVER HERE!" only to be yanked down by Sasuke. "Way to go and attract attention, idiot. Now all the girls in the station are going to think we meant them."

Shikamaru rolled his eyes.

"Oh, Shika, think I can join you at the festival?" the girl said, in a flirty voice. The attention was brought back to her and all eyebrows were raised.

"Yo Shikamaru, you know this chick?" Kiba asked.

"No." Shikamaru replied giving him a 'get-this-thing-off-me-and-I'll-be-forever-in-your-debt' look.

"Hey guys! We're here!" Ino squealed, running up to the guys.

"Oh that's great! We're just waiting on Lee and Chouji!" Kiba cheered.

"Lee and Chouji?" Sakura asked, walking up.

"Chouji is Shikamaru's best friend, and Lee is Naruto's friend. Once they get here, we'll be ready to go." Neji said calmly.

A loud 'how youthful!' came from the other side of the station and Naruto grinned.

"HEY LEE, OVER HERE!" he shouted, once again standing on a bench,to be once again yanked down by Sasuke and scolded.

"Oh, Shika!" the girl called, obviously annoyed at how he was ignoring her. Shikamaru gave Temari a 'dear-god-remove-this-thing-before-I-kill-myself-' look, silently pleading with her.

Temari gave in, 1 because she was slightly just slightly jealous, 2, because he really did look ready to kill himself. "Hey you!" she barked at the girl, making her jump.

"Who the hell are you?" she witch put on a defiant face. "I am Sasame." she said, flipping her locks. Just then, a round boy munching on a bag of chips came up. "Oi, Shikamaru, who's the chick?" he asked between bites.

"Oh hey Chouj!" Lee said, smiling and waving energetically. "S'up Lee!" he replied. Sasuke facepalmed. "Can we get this stupid fangirl off of Shikamaru and go already?" he asked testily.

"Yeah. Get the hell off Shikamaru so we can go already." Neji said coldly.

Hinata paled at his tone. "N-n-neji n-no need to be so r-rude." she stuttered, intimidated by her cousin.

"Aww, Neji, stop scarin' your cousin!" Kiba said, oh so casually throwing an arm over her shoulder. Hinata turned red.

Sasame pouted. "I'll only leave if Shika tells me to." she looked up at Shikamaru.

"Let go of my arm, Sasame." he said flatly. Frankly, all the girls seemed flabbergasted by his tone. Especially Temari. She'd always taken him for the nice, sweet, kinda guy. Sasame released him looking hurt , scowled at Temari, and ran off.

"How troublesome." Shikamaru sighed. He reached into his back pocket and pulled out a box of cigarettes, once again surprising the girls. "You smoke, Shikamaru?" Sakura asked. He lit one and put it to his lips. Naruto shook his head.

"Man you smoke so much I wouldn't be surprised if you dropped dead one day with a lit cigar in your mouth." he shook his head. Shikamaru rolled his eyes and removed it from his lips.

"Fine if you're going to make a big deal about it." he grumbled, dropping the cigar and stomping it out.

Sasuke sighed. "Let's go already."

Tenten piped up. "Why don't we walk? It's not that far from here and it's awesome out tonight?" she suggested.

"And Shika can have his precious cigarette." Kiba teased

Shikamaru winced. "Please don't call me that." he pleaded.

And off into the night they set, Shikamaru smoking a cigar the whole way.

A\N: Eh? Eh? Come on gimme some props! YEah Sasame. *shrugs* I couldn't think of anyone! *smacks self* I know, I know, this chapter is all over the place, but chill! It' ll be totally awesome in the next one! NOW REVIEW! It inspires me and boosts my confidence. Though I have some sad news... Damn school is starting in like six days. So my updates probably won't be as often. Damn school...*angry muttering* BUT WHO CARES! Alright I'll start the next chapter! Once I think of how to continue this...*facedesks*

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