Konohamaru was wondering around the village, no actual plan in his mind on where he was going. That was until he saw a certain jounin that he just heard a rumor about. "Shikamaru!" He called out the man's name as he chased him down. He turned to the kid.

"Hey, Konohamaru. What's up?" Shikamaru asked quizzically.

"I heard that you are engaged. Is it true?" Shikamaru merely nodded. "With that scary Temari lady from the sand village?" Shikamaru nodded again. Before anyone else could speak, another person approached the pair. It's her! Shikamaru turned to his fiance and smiled. Her face didn't change from it's normal serious look.

"Ino never shuts up..." Temari said before she noticed the teenager standing with them. "Oh, hello." She paused for a moment. Something about this kid was familiar. "Do I know you?" She asked.

"Uh.. Nope. No you don't." He smiled nervously, rubbing the back of his neck. "I was actually just about to leave." Shikamaru noticed how nervous he was and chuckled quietly.

"Wait a second.." Temari thought for a moment. "You're that brat that tried to fight me before, aren't you?!" Now he was really scared. She sounded angry. She looked angry...

"Temari," Shikamaru started. "This is Konohamaru. He's Mirai's cousin. And yes, he's the brat that challenged you before."

"I'm really sorry about that, Temari-sama! Please forgive me! I don't really know what I was thinking.. I uh.." He stopped when he heard her laugh.

"Tch," She sighed. "You were pretty good back then. I wonder much you've improved?" She then grabbed Shikamaru's arm and pulled him away. Konohamaru let out a breath.

"I really thought she was going to kill me..." He was standing there, in the street, holding his chest.

"You thought who was going to kill you?" Konohamaru heard Mirai's voice from behind him, making him turn towards her.

"That Temari lady from the Sand. She's a scary woman..." This caused Mirai to laugh.

"Big sister Temari is not scary. She's actually really nice. And she's helped me with my wind release. I think you'd like her if you got to know her!"


"You really had him scared.." Shikamaru's voice was slightly amused.

"It's not my fault you told him that I am the cruelest kunoichi around," She paused, looking at her fiance's face. "Besides, I said he was good. I can't be that scary, can I?" Shikamaru shrugged.

"Well..."


AN: Hi again! Thanks for reading this really short chapter! I was just wanting to write something like this about them meeting up again. I slightly want to see a rematch of them when Konohamaru is older and nobody stops the fight early... I feel like Konohamaru would respect her more than fear her then. Let me know what you think!