A/N: Thank you guys for voting so very much. I so enjoy having people who care about me. So, most people voted happy ending. However, someone had the idea of posting both, so I shall! The first will be the happy-ending because that got the most (all of the) votes. So here goes ^_^

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As promised, Temari had stopped at a tea house about 56 kilometres away from Konoha. She had been running so she could get home as soon as possible. Temari was sat on her own eating her breakfast.

"May I sit with you?" An old woman stood behind her wearing a purple kimono with gold flowers embroideries on the sleeves and torso. She had long silver hair, wrapped in a tight bun and traditional Japanese make-up covering every inch her face.

"Yeah. Of course." Temari gestured to the seat in front of her.

"May I ask your name, young lady?"

"Temari no Sabaku"

"What a wonderful name, and may I ask you age?"

Temari raised an eyebrow.

"I'm 26."

The woman nodded and sipped her tea. Temari quickly swallowed her food.

"May I ask you name and age please?"

The woman smiled. "I'm Yoko Nara. I'm 96"

Temari was shocked. So shocked she practically spat her tea over her breakfast.

"Surprised dear?"

"Well, please don't be offended, but you look much younger than your age." Temari, still shocked, wiped up the remainder of the tea with her napkin.

"Thank you. You've a very intelligent and beautiful girl. I wish you all the best in everything you do."

The woman stood up and started to walk away.

"Wait…"

The old woman looked back.

"Do you know Shikamaru Nara by any chance?"

Yoko smiled.

"My grandson. I haven't seen him for a long time now."

Yoko wave and walked out of the tea shop.

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That night, Shikamaru sat in his apartment with his dad, playing shogi. Shikaku was desperately trying to make conversation.

"I thought the sand ambassador was staying with you?"

"She was. She left this morning." Shikamaru didn't look up from the shogi board.

"I bet you're glad to be rid of her, although I suppose it's nice for you to have company once in a while. The only people who ever come round here are Ino, Chouji and me."

"Hm…" Shikamaru mumbled, still refusing to look at his dad.

Shikaku was tired now. He knew how to make him talk.

"So, I heard you broke up with that girl from down the hall."

"Tenten? We broke up ages ago. Over a year ago now." Shikamaru raised his head but still didn't look at his dad.

"Oh… Rumour is you dating Temari now." Shikaku grinned to himself.

Shikamaru's head shot up immediately.

"Who said that?!" Shikamaru demanded.

"Calm down. I overheard Ino and Chouji talking about it."

Shikamaru looked back down at the game board.

"Yeah." Shikamaru grinned growing slightly pink.

There was a short silence.

"…Do you love her?"

Shikamaru continued to grow red.

"I think I do."

Shikaku laughed. "Don't tell your mum. She'd have you straight in the church!"

"Yeah" Shikamaru laughed along.

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A/N: So, I hope you enjoyed that. BUT… This is not the end. Now this story will go two ways. One will be tragic and one will be happy :D I hope you like what I'm doing. I shall post soonish! ^_^ please review. It makes me happy