Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, whats his face does.

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AN: here we go, new chapter. So excited for it...and i have a new guest, it is...

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Shikamaru!!!

Rose: we all you Shikamaru now, what made you do all the stuff you did in the last and this chapter?

Shikamaru: YOU!!!

Rose: great ahem moving on, thank u every1 for the reviews. My last chapter got the most reviews and I'm so happy, thank u all.

By the way I'm not gonna start from the cliffhanger but I'm gonna get to it.

He he sorry, couldn't resist write love in Japanese, its such an awesome language.

Current song: buy u a drank

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previous Chapter:

Her room wasn't far away, but for her, it seemed like an eternity to get there. When she opened the door, however, she froze...

"Oh my gosh..."

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Shikamaru wondered for the thousandth time why he was going through all this trouble for one girl. Most girls would've been way easier to win. But he had to fall for the hardest one. Not that he was complaining, he had liked her for so long, he just never realized it. Now, looking around the desert, desperately trying to find flowers- desert flowers because she was of the desert- he actually considered himself lucky for finding a girl like her. He liked challenges, even if he never showed it. And she was the hardest challenge in his life. When he solved her, he didn't dare think about it. He just thought of the great feeling that always came with winning a game of Shogi against his dad. That was always a challenge, and when he won, he rejoiced. Now this feeling would be ten times better, he was sure.

Looking around, shielding his eyes from the sand, he found something interesting to his north. When he got nearer, he saw that the sand in these parts had cleared and instead, it was dirt. He was happy to find desert lilies, both orange and red, they were beautiful. He thought about taking them all, but stopped and took only a dozen.

A few hours later, he was happy with the flowers he had found. It was hard to find all of them, he had to climb some cliffs and go inside some creepy looking caves. Who knew the desert had so many flowers hidden inside it? Now he needed to head towards Suna. He searched his pockets for his passport and relaxed when he found it. Now when the watchers saw him, they'd know that he was there for a vacation. He was lucky to have run into Tsunade on his way to the gates, Tsunade had so kindly given him a vacation. Now that he thought about it, he remembered her wicked smile. But no worries, he was legal and that's what mattered.

He didn't think, however, how the Kazekage would act if he saw him with about 15 different kind of flowers asking where Temari's room was, until he reached Suna. The guards checked his passport and let him in. He tried to relax. He had survived an immortal Akatsuki, the Sand's Kazekage couldn't be that bad. So with dread, he walked towards the building in the middle of Sunagakure (I hope I spelled it right ).

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Gaara was bored. For a seventeen year old boy, he had a lot of responsibilities. Not that he complained, he loved being the Kazekage, but lately, the meetings had been boring. He considered using his sand to make whiskers for the old man sitting next to him, but thought better of it and instead yawned.

No one noticed. Oh joy, This time, he used his sand to make cat ears for the old man sitting next to him. Kankuro and Baki were the only ones that noticed. Kankuro started giggling while Baki scowled.

"Kazekage-sama, is there something you want to say?" Baki said in a disapproving voice.

"Baki, this meeting is meant to bore me out of my mind." Gaara answered honestly. "I have some paperwork to attend to, and I also have to send a message to Konoha and ask where the hell my sister is, she is supposed to be back."

At that Kankuro laughed. "I can tell you where she is" he said clutching his stomach.

"Kankuro," one of the elders said. "this is a meeting, control yourself."

Ignoring his older brother, Gaara continued talking. "I ask to be excused so that I can attend more important matters."

"Gaara, you can go." Baki said before anyone could object. "But please, take Kankuro with you." he motioned to the now sober puppeteer, "I think he'd be better off with you."

Gaara stood up and motioned for Kankuro to follow. As soon as they were outside, Kankuro started laughing again.

"Kankuro stop it or I will kill you." Gaara tried.

At that, Kankuro started to laugh harder.

"Why are you laughing anyways?" He was getting annoyed. His older brother looked like he was drunk.

Kankuro stopped laughing for a second to point towards something. Gaara followed his finger and found the Nara boy standing next to his doorway

with flowers?

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Really, the Sand jounin was annoying him. He wouldn't stop laughing until Gaara had found some tape and put it on his mouth, but he still made weird noises that irritated Shikamaru.

Gaara, had been ok himself. Listening to Shikamaru's story, nodding at some points, looking bored at others. But he had been fair, and was now leading him to Temari's room. At the door, Gaara stopped.

"I wish you luck." he then took the snickering Kankuro and left.

Alone, Shikamaru carefully opened the door. The room was an exact a little different that what he thought Temari's personality was. There were weapons on the floor, but that was it for the weapons. On the dresser, he found three perfumes, each of them a different product. He smelled all of them and decided that Temari wore a mix of all of them. Her closet consisted of a few black kimono's, two white ones, five with lilies on them, one with a red rose on the top, a few pants, and a few shirts. Honestly, Shikamaru never thought Temari had this many clothes. But that wasn't why he was here. He looked towards her bed.

He groaned. Great, I don't make my bed, now I have to make hers.

After the bed looked decent, he took the pile of flowers and carefully laid them out, by color, so that it looked a meadow with the green cloth he had put under them -he had found it while looking through Temari's closet.

Now one more thing. He searched the room for a pen and an paper. It wasn't long before he found them. He considered what he would write for a minute. He couldn't put too much information or else his plan wouldn't work.

Finally, he decided on a few words, and, carefully laying the note in the middle of the flowers, so that she could spot it quickly.

At the door, he paused and looked back. She better appreciate this. He had never worked so hard in his life.

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On his way back, he went to see Gaara.

The Kazekage smiled as he saw Shikamaru, "I will make sure that she visits Konoha as soon as possible." he said mischievously.

"Thank you," Shikamaru bowed and turned to leave. When he left the room, he came face to face with Kankuro.

"I swear if you hurt her-" Kankuro started but was cut off by Shikamaru.

"She will make sure I die." he said seriously. "And I don't plan to hurt her." he bravely pushed the puppeteer out of the way and started to walk down the hall, leaving a very surprised Kankuro behind.

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Temari froze, she couldn't believe her eyes. Who would do all of this,

these flowers, they were all from the desert. It took great time to find all of them. She didn't even think she knew all of them, there were the desert Lilies and the desert Dandelions oh and there was the Cliff rose, and the cave prime rose. They were beautiful. Temari was surprised, and amazed.

These flowers, who would go through so much to bring them here to me?

Her heart missed a beat.

Maybe they aren't for me, maybe it's just a mistake.

But how could she be sure? That was when she noticed it, the note sitting in the middle of the flowers. It seemed so out of place there, like it was trying to catch someone's attention. Trying to think logically, Temari bent to pick it up, careful not to crush a beautiful Sand Verbena as she did so.

Her hands trembled as she picked it up. Silently, she cursed the Nara for making her so soft.

Nara, The word rang in her head. What if this is from him?

She laughed at loud and forced the thought out of her head. No need to get false hope. That bastard was too lazy to do anything like this. And for her none the less.

But she couldn't stop hoping, that maybe, just maybe, it was from him. That maybe, he care about her enough to do something like this.

Her hands now trembled harder and she dropped the note. As she bent to pick it up, she noticed two Ghost Flowers and wondered just how many kind of flowers were here, Ghost flowers weren't common in this part of the desert, the person had gone through more trouble than she had guessed, and now, more than ever, she wished that it was Shikamaru.

After what seemed like an eternity, she forced her eyes on the paper. Her heart was beating so fast, she thought that it would rip through her flesh and make it's escape any time now.

Damn it get yourself together.

She closed her eyes and willed her heart to stop racing. She commanded her hands to stop trembling. After a moment, she opened her eyes and looked at the paper. It read:

Temari,

Unlike these flowers, you are

one of a kind.

Come to me before it's too late.

At the end there was a peace sign.

Temari read and reread the note. It was meant for her. But who had wrote it. She had seen this handwriting somewhere before. But it was a long time ago. She looked at the letter for any clues. But couldn't find one. Finally, she looked at the peace sign. She had seen that too, somewhere, but where? A thought struck her.

The chunnin exams.

The first time she'd taken that exam,

the final rounds,

the jacket with the kunai that had been used as a parachute.

The shadow that had caught her.

And the shadow that had caught her heart afterwards.

Could it be, that he had searched the desert to bring flowers to her?

Him, that lazy boy she had met and underestimated.

She understood now that once again, she had underestimated him.

She regretted it now.

Now that he was no longer here.

But it wasn't too late, not yet.

If she went back now, she could still apologize.

Dropping the note, she ran out of her room.

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She found Gaara in his office. She was about to ask him to send her to Konoha again when he spoke.

"Temari, I am very sorry, I know that you have barely gotten back from Konoha but I need to send you there again."

Temari tried to hide her surprise at this. "Why?" she asked.

"It is just a message. But I wish to send you." He said matter of factly. "I know you hate easy missions but-"

"It's ok Gaara, when do you want me to leave?" She said, cutting his sentence short.

"As soon as possible."

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She was tired, but that didn't stop her from running all the way to Konoha. It had not been a week since she left and she was back here again. But this time things were different. Gaara knew that she would be tired after traveling nonstop for more than six days, so he had asked the Hokage-in the letter- if she could stay there. Temari was positive that the Hokage would not object.

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Tsunade had gave her a key. After reading the message Gaara had sent, she had told Temari that her last host was out on a mission and had given her a key.

"It's the key to his house." Tsunade said cheerfully. "You are welcome to stay there."

Temari was thankful to the Hokage, she didn't want to spend her time looking for a hotel. As she made her way towards Shikamaru's house, she saw Sakura talking to Ino. She decided it would not hurt to talk to the two. They were her friends after all.

The two became quiet as they saw Temari.

"Hi Temari-san." Sakura said politely.

Temari snorted. "Alright, spill it, whatever it is."

Ino and Sakura exchanged a glance. Ino seemed eager to tell while Sakura had a nervous look.

"anytime now." Temari sang.

"Alright, I'll tell you, but promise not to tell anyone." Ino finally blurted. Of course, Ino couldn't keep a secret. "Ok, well, I was spying on Neji..."

"You were spying on Neji?!?" Temari yelled astonished.

"Sh...it was a dare." Ino hissed an glared at Sakura, who started snickering. "anyways, I heard him talk to Lee and...and..." Ino stopped she couldn't bring herself to finish the sentence.

Sakura sighed and finished the sentence for her. "Tenten's pregnant."

Temari's eyebrow's arched. "What!?!?!" She yelled. Tenten was, pregnant? No way! It was only last week that Tenten was telling her about Neji, and now...

Temari started laughing as she remembered the sight she had seen in the woods. Poor Tenten, Neji better not leave her.

"Neji was all confused, he didn't know what to do." Ino went on. "He likes Tenten but that's all. He said he didn't know if his feelings were strong enough for marriage. I feel so bad for Tenten, what is she gonna do?" Ino's voice now changed to that of a wailing.

"Tenten got knocked up." Temari murmured not really listening to Ino. That could've happened to her, She realized shuddering.

"Ok moving on." Sakura said not comfortable with this subject. But she stopped as she spotted Sasuke alone, again. "Sasuke-kun!" Sakura yelled and ran towards the poor boy leaving Temari alone with Ino.

"Well, I gotta go." Temari said uneasily. "I'll see you later."

"Yea." Ino waved as Temari left.

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AN: ok so I decided to make more than two chapters. But I'm still not sure. It depends on how many reviews I get. If it's like last time, then I'll write more chapters, but If i get reviews saying my story is boring. Well I'll end it. So tell me the truth!!!

and yea Tenten got knocked up, I'm gonna work on tat a bit if i continue my story, and the flowers, i found on the Internet and all of them grow in the deserts near California, Nevada, Arizona and Mexico. But they're definitely DESERT flowers.

OK! tell me wut u think every1 and peace!