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Shikamaru: *yawn* review to your heart's content. *yawn*

Shikamaru sat back on his couch ready to enjoy himself for once. A sweet game of Shogi was all he needed to make up for all the dramatic troublesome moments that had been happening, the one problem was... he was facing Tayuya.

"I get next game," Kin smiled.

"Yea, you can face winner," Shikamaru replied.

"Face you in a second Kin," Tayuya grinned as she pulled her sleeve up ready to enjoy her game. She's been stuck in prison for a long time, but she remembered everything about Shogi. It was her way of being a better strategist in her village than anyone else after all.

"Your rather confident," Shikamaru responded with an unamused look.

"Crack a smile rat, would you," Tayuya growled in her mind. "You go first, so the game won't over to quickly."

"That doesn't make sense, but alright," Shikamaru responded as he moved his pawn in front of his King forward. She responded by moving one of her pawns forward. "Her bishop can kill my king's pawn if I move it forward anymore, basic counter move."

Shikamaru placed his rook in front of his King protecting his pawn to move forward. She moved her rook also in response.

"Is she mirroring me, wait she's using the rook to guard her pawn she moved in response to mine, she is mirroring me slightly." After several quick moves Shikamaru realized he might be in trouble. After several moves they each took a bishop from one another and Shikamaru placed his attacking a spot that could prove to be vital in the long run against Tayuya.

She grunted and of course placed hers to protect that spot. "The games taking a lot longer then you said," Kin grinned.

"Shut it Kin," Tayuya responded as she glared at the field. Shikamaru had her cornered with her Gold Generals protecting her King along with her pawns making a ninety degree angle. Shikamaru traded out his Silver General for her Gold and then placed it to attack her former wall. Tayuya grunted as she tried thinking of ways to win. Both her Rook and her Bishop were out there on the field and she thought that perhaps while he was trying to crush her defenses she might take the opportunity of assassinating his King. Her next move was using pawns she moved up to the Kings area and she used that to brake away his defenses and capture his Gold Generals of course one of his survived and he surprisingly claimed one of her bishops. So she worked her way towards taking back a bishop for her perfect moment where he bridged the life of his king with one of the Rooks he claimed from her.

"Clever," Shikamaru thought as it was his turn to grunt witch brought a smile to Tayuya's face. She then reset up her wall as his dwindled cause he focused so much on ending the game. She had one of his Rooks now and she used it to guard her Silver General as it closed in to attack his. Of Course Shikamaru had several ways to defend his Silver General, but he wanted to do that along with messing up her strategy in the long run. His eyes turned to his Bishop that was already protecting his Silver General. He'd have to kill him off, but it would protect his King and claim a Rook. He placed the Bishop he captured to the field and prepared for her move and she instantly reacted by placing a Gold General she captured to the side of his Silver General where it couldn't attack and it was protected by her Silver General checking the King. "Of course this happened," Shikamaru groaned in his mind. She then prepared the next attack with a pawn guarded by her Rook attacking his Silver General. He placed his Knight down to guard his King and then she placed her Gold General she had taken in their next couple moves guarded by her other Gold General attacking the King that was now boxed in. "What," Shikamaru gawked.

"I don't play only for kicks and giggles, I play to win," she grinned.

"Well I lost," Shikamaru admitted.

"Aren't you going to take my Gold General," she asked.

"No point, I lost," Shikamaru responded.

"Pussy, a player where I'm from goes by the going down swinging rule," she explained though it was very harsh.

"Yea Shikamaru, prove your a leader worth his pay and go down swinging for your men," Kin laughed. Shikamaru gave them both an unamused look and Kin just sighed while Tayuya stuck her tongue out at him.

"My turn," Kin grinned.

"Ready to lose next," Tayuya grinned.

"I won't go down that easy," Kin laughed. They each took their turns taking pieces from each other, Kin to build up her defenses and Tayuya to build up her offense. They both were grinning at first, but then Tayuya's left her face as several times she thought the game was over and she won Kin had replenished her defenses over and over again, keeping the King in the same tight corner with a new piece messing with Tayuya's end game strategy.

"Oh for fuck sake, die bitch," Tayuya growled.

"Guess her strategy is more of a lasting type strategy," Shikamaru yawned as he checked the time and saw it was eleven o'clock. "We've been up to long, you guys think it's time to pack it in.

"One second Pineapple head, yes, game over!"

"Nope," Kin responded.

"Dammit, you bitch!" Kin just kept grinning as her defenses replaced with generals and rooks every time Tayuya thought she got her. Eventually Tayuya started setting up pieces in different areas just to keep Kin from putting her's in those spots and cornered her King with a Gold General attacking it and so many of her pieces on all sides keeping the King from escaping, plus her Silver General who protected her Gold General.

"You got me," Kin smiled as she held out her hand to Tayuya.

"What do you think your doing," Tayuya wondered.

"It's called a handshake, we did it at the end of every game at the coffee shop I use to own."

"Back in the Sound Village, the looser would have a Kunai waiting at the end of their sleeve," Tayuya responded.

"This isn't the Sound Village, we are in a nicer village with better people... mostly better people, just shake my hand, I promise I wont bite." Tayuya grunted and then shook Kins hands deciding Kin wasn't going to be a sore loser right in front of someone. "You still think I'm going to behave like I would in the Sound Village don't you."

"Don't you expect the same from me," Tayuya replied with her eyebrow raised.

"Kind of, cause you only know how things work there," Kin responded. An idea just clicked in her brain that might work in her favor. "How about you and Shikamaru go out on a date and you can learn more about this village," Kin reasoned.

"What," Tayuya yelled.

*snore* Kin and Tayuya turned their heads and saw Shikamaru fast asleep on the floor.

"Shikamaru, wake up and go on a date with Tayuya," Kin yelled.