Thanks to all those whose reading this story. It will be slowing down after the next chapter but I hope I will be back up to speed after I write a bit more on it. -ShadowHeart251

"I can't believe it! How did you? I had you surrounded!" she cried out desperately trying to find how he had escaped her. She suddenly felt like she was out of her depth with him. She glared at him with disbelief that the attractive guy in front of her won again. She pouted without meaning to, and Shikamaru laughed a deep rolling laugh that made her sit up and look at his features.

"I've always had the abilty to plan out my moves. It was a simple matter of time before you fell into a trap, even if you dodged most of them," his lazy tone teased as he leaned back in his chair and looked upon the chess set.

Temari glowered at Shikamaru and retorted, "I shouldn't have suggested a game of Shoji to stop you from watching the clouds. I hadn't known you were such a certified . . . Genius."

"If I was truly a genius, I would have avoided the whole fangirl episode. But Ino caught me off guard while I was playing chess," Shikamaru sighed rubbing his forehead to get rid of the pressure of an upcoming headache, " Don't look now but I believe Ino's back in action."

Sure enough the pale blond Ino was heading her way before a large fellow stopped her by the arm and spoke to her. She looked angry and when she snapped back, the guy just laughed and held her hand tightly as she blushed and glared at him. Shikamaru had never seen his teammate act that way toward another guy. Not even with Sasuke, who she had always claimed of waiting for. Maybe she had finally found her match. Temari stared at the coulple before she burst out laughing and Shikamaru looked at her in confusion that irritated him to no end.

"That's Kankuro. I can't believe he's here and flirting with Ino," Temari chuckled cleaning up as she put away the chess set. She stood up and urged Shikamaru to his feet as the other coulple finally reached them.

"Temari, I don't like your brother. He won't stop flirting!" Ino remarked exasperated she put her hands on her hip and glanced at Kankuro, "And he won't leave me alone."

"Hey, if you want some serious flirting than I'll kiss you, my little spitfire," warned Kankuro easily as he took in the sight of his sister and her new boyfriend. He narrowed his eyes, sizing up the competion and ignored the flames in Temari's eyes.

"What are you doing here?" Temari demanded while she leaned against Shikamaru as he splayed his hands over her shoulders in a relaxing massage. She felt the tingling in his fingers and she looked toward her brother for any sign of intelligence.

"I'm making sure, your Shadow guy doesn't rip out your heart, Temari. The Hokage and the Kazekage have matchmaked the two of you and by the looks of it, it's been working," Kankuro answered wisely as he explained, "So you owe me, sis."

"Hey, I didn't make you come out here! And we chose to be together, we weren't forced," Temari argued trying to get Kankuro to believe her as she kept her hands in tight fists. Sometimes her brother could be so annoying but at other times so concerned.

"Hey, I got your best interests at heart, Temari. I'm just landing the info at your ears," Kankuro said backing up and walking away, knowing his sister could handle it. For now . . . He waved a backwards wave and quickly started to walk off with Ino even though she attacked at the remark he said.

"I'm not your spifire! And don't you dare make threats at me!" she seethed loudly enough for Shikamaru to raise an eyebrow at. Kankuro smirked at her pitiful attempts to stay in control and allowed himself to comfort her.

"It wasn't a threat-" Kankuro soothed which made Ino looked smug and content that he was listening to her.

"That's more like it," Ino answered trying to pull boss on him even if he was still hanging on to her arm as if they were a couple. She yanked some more but he had a tight grip on her that she couldn't break free of.

"It was a promise," Kankuro continued as if she had never spoken. She froze and looked at him with an expression of horror as he leaned his head closer to hers, "and there's going to be more than one kiss."

He slid his mouth on hers which tasted of a smooth vaniella flavor and invaded her mouth. Quickly trying to stop him, Ino failed and melted into his cinnamon taste that made her close her eyes and cling to him.

"I guess he had in him after all," Shikamaru remarked as he smoothed his fingers over the soft wisps of Temari's golden hair. She nodded without noticing his fingers tangled in her hair, "He's gonna have a stubborn girl who has fits if she doesn't get her own way. But I thank he's more than enough to match her.

She pursed her lips and looked thoughtfully at the strange couple, "Somehow they just seem perfect for one another. . . Maybe, there's a way to end the chasing after you. What if all the fangirls all had boyfriends? Wouldn't that stop them from coming after you?"

Stunned Shikamaru stood still and thought it over. How had he never thought of that? But the problem was the fact that there was a lot of girls. How would they matchmake so quickly? He thought long and hard, even if Temari was distracting him by staring at him while she waited for a definite answer.

"How troublesome. . . It's gonna take forever. It would have been easier just to distract them with someone else," he sighed as he decided shaking his head as his mind worked out plots that was creating headaches for him, but if it would stop all the fuss it would be a great thing, "We'll find someone more attractive than me, and then they'll bother the poor soul instead of me."

"Perfect! I knew you were a genius," Temari exclaimed, smacking her lips over his quickly as her eyes sparkled. She pulled away and put excitement into her low sultry voice, "Now the only problem is finding the perfect guy!"

"I pity him already," Shikamaru stated with a sigh, wondering what would happen after their new plan was accomplished. Well, no need to worry about something that hadn't happened yet. Temari shook her head and rolled her eyes. Guys just had to get the last word in. It was pitiful.