Enjoying it so far?

It's most likely going to take another chapter to get this finished with...

Wondering what to do next... Any suggestions?

Thinking of another Naruto one... What couple though... Will I just stick with Shikamaru and Temari?!

I don't know...

Whatever I'm still writing this one... Back to the story.

Chapter 12.

'Nothing good ever comes from that grin... She had the same one on just before we were caught up in her genjutsu attacks. I wonder what the woman's up to, if she's done anything to Ino I am going to kill her and if she doesn't wipe that grin of her face I'm going to ask her up front what's going on with her. I swear she better start explaining all this soon otherwise I am going to crack up at her, I mean I hated Ino when we were kids but now we are older I will admit to anyone I like her, she's one off my friends and she's saved me and I've saved her so many times and Chouji so it's all going to be fine if Kankuro predicted wrongly but if he hasn't and she can't walk. She'll be heart-broken...' Shikamaru thought to himself looking at her running and grinning at the same time.

'What's she up to..."

"WAIT. Would she really go that far?! Would she?"

Only one way to find out."

"RELEASE!"

Shikamaru awoke to find he was in the leaf hospital?

'What happened? I was running with Neji, Shino and Temari to get back to Ino in the leaf hospital? Now I'm in the leaf hospital... What's wrong with me...?'

Shikamaru looked down at his body that was covered in badages covering deep wounds evidently from some form of gutsu those aren't normal kunai wounds...

'What happened to the rest of my team..'

He lifted his head to find himself staring at the rest of his team mates in their own hospital bed apart from Chouji, Ino was lying next to him in a separate bed though with her own equipment keeping her alive...

'What the hell is going on here? That's Ino, I am me, There is Shino and Neji... Where's Chouji and was this whole mission a big genjutsu?! Was it that troublesome woman again... I swear I can't believe I thought she was innocent in all this... This mission wasn't about us getting together. It was about killing us all?! That's why Kankuro and Gaara left they knew what she was up to so she forced them to leave or she would trick them into it all too... This is bad but given my condition I can't release them... I could barley release me and waking up was a struggle. What do I do?'

"Ino..." Shikamaru tried to get her to wake up so he could know she was all right and if she was in it from the start she could release them or help him do it,

"Ino..." His voice was weary so it would be a miracle if she could hear him but he heard footsteps coming along the corridor... Who was it? Who could possibly be here? Everyone is... CHOUJI!

'Oh God... If Chouji walks in to see all of us here he'll totally panic and freak plus if he's bringing Ino... Chouji... Please don' t be you..."

Shikamaru kept repeating in his head over and over and over and the footsteps got closer and closer and faster and faster coming down the corridor.

"Shikamaru! You worried me!" Chouji said to him unplugging him from the machine,

"Chouji... Ino..." Shikamaru managed to say before he was sitting and drinking the water Chouji brought him.

"She's fine man, no need to worry the rest of them just need to wake up and they'll be fine..." Chouji started explaining to him

" You see when you guys all released the last genjutsu, the biggest one not the one just there that Temari put up with the Shadow clones and then you took it over? It took a lot of energy out of you all, you more than the rest so me and Sakura and Ino put all of you under a sort of medical genjutsu to take your minds off the healing process to make it less of a 'drag' for you all to deal with. Not a surprise you figured it out but it wasn't Temari this time, I guess she really is just happy to be coming here." Chouji said smiling but he could tell Shikamaru still didn't understand what he was saying to him.

"What..I don't..." Shikamaru tried to think it through but couldn't make sense of it all,

"Dude, you were all in critical condition it was needed." Chouji said rubbing his back.

"Okay..." Shikamaru said actually understanding it slightly now,

"I'll leave you to get dressed then." Chouji said handing him his clothes he then stood and left him,

After getting dressed

"Chouji I'm done and my chakra seems to be back at a normal level but these wounds are agony..." Shikamaru said to Chouji as he came in and sat at the end of Ino's bed holding her hand,

"I'm happy you guys are all alright and Ino can still walk after this no need to worry." Chouji said changing his stare from Ino to Shikamaru who clearly still didn't understand what was actually going on.

"Need me to explain it again Shikamaru?" Chouji said leaning forward to see if he was maybe just staring off into space or something, he does that a lot,

"If it wouldn't be to much trouble man." Shikamaru said sitting on his own bed looking at him.

"Well basically you guys were under Temari's genjutsu then when you thought you released it was still part of the genjutsu to make it look like you had, after that you had to change where we were all standing to make the jutsu easier to hold up because they would over lap each other and make a mini paradox sort of thing. Understand that bit Shikamaru?"

"Yeah... I get that bit." Shikamaru said

"Okay, after that genjutsu there was the big one, with the clones and what not, then after you took it over you collapsed after releasing it making it look like everyone on Temari's side died, that's when me and Sakura took over and brought you all back to the leaf hospital and put you under their 'medical genjutsu' just to keep you all stable, Temari had nothing to do with this and is in the other ward because her injuries and conditions are a lot worse than yours all were so we kept her separate?" Chouji continued

"What on Earth is a 'medical genjutsu'?" Shikamaru asked him

"It's nothing and I don't understand it you would need to ask Sakura or Ino that one" Chouji said laughing,

After everyone woke up

"Hey." Shikamaru said looking at his friends who were finally dressed and patched up

"Shino, Neji, Chouji, Temari, Sakura and Ino, so are we in the Leaf village right now?" Shikamaru asked Chouji,

"Yes, we are home." Chouji said smiling

"Finally, so we just go, no medical advice telling us to 'take it easy' or anything?" Shikamaru said looking at Sakura and Ino,

"Fine... Only 'cause you asked but Lady Tsunade said you guys were smart enough to know but I guess if you need it... Take it easy and don't push yourselves guys..." Sakura said smiling opening the door for them.

"Come on Ino I need to talk to you a minute." Chouji said taking her hand and pulling her away through the hospital door, Ino didn't complain just laughed and went along with it...

"NEJI!" Tenten screamed as she ran up to him she was about to stop in front of him and mouth off at him for being away so long but the minute she saw him in that amount of bandages she was about to cry but Neji didn't let her stop he just pulled her against her and put his arms around her and whispered in her ear, lowering his head (because he is taller) said to her

"I love you Tenten." he lifted his head, looking into her eyes as he smiled but that wasn't enough for Tenten she just grabbed his cheeks with her hands and pulled him into her, kissing him as she did so,

"I love you too Neji... Don't EVER leave me like that again and stop getting hurt." Tenten said giggling leaving the hospital holding his hand refusing to let go until he was better in case he got hurt,

"Hey Crybaby." Temari said clinging onto his arm "Ready to show me where I'll be staying for the next while, hopefully it's not in the hospital..." said said laughing while walking away from Sakura "That's for looking after me and Shika-Chan here, see you around!" Temari said waving,

"Shino... What did she mean 'living' ?" Sakura asked him,

"Her brothers decided it would be best if she lived here but because they don't know who to trust from here they told Tsunade she would be living with Shikamaru until she or they got their own place." Shino explained walking away

"I'll walk you back Shino, you shouldn't be alone after your injuries." Sakura said smiling walking after him trying to get him to spill details on the mission that was more than they put in for.

1 week later.

Everyone was healed it was fantastic,

" Hey guys how's it going?" Sakura asked walking up to Shino, Neji, Shikamaru, Tenten, Temari and Ino

"I'm good." Shikamaru simply answered

"Good." Chouji answered

""Never been better!" Tenten answered giggling looking up at Neji who just smiled and said

"Yeah, we've never been better." He emphasized the word 'we've' just to get Sakura annoyed when he wouldn't elaborate on why he did that,

"So is everyone fully recovered?" Temari asked, it was an obvious question but it got Sakura to leave Tenten and Neji alone,

"Yeah." everyone said in unison,

"Good." she said looking down Shikamaru just put his arm around her and smiled as he understood she only really asked to get Sakura to shut up for a minute,

"Hey guys! WOW! Temari what are you doing here!?" Kiba said running up to them all

"I live here now." Temari said smiling pointing at her headband that now instead of the sand symbol was the leaf symbol,

"Cool, it's been ages you guys, all of you not just Temari! So what did I miss given the position there is Shikamaru and Temari going out, Tenten and Neji still holding up... Is that Chouji with a girlfriend before me?!"

"Yeah it is!" Ino said answering for him then holding his arm with hers looking into his eyes smiling,

"So... That leaves Sakura..." Kiba said changing his attention from them to her,

"Don't even think about touching her." Shino said lifting his hand between them, causing her to move back and take his other free hand in hers, they all just laughed at Kiba and went out to lunch together to catch up.

"Kiba was right... We were all apart for too long... Good thing that's not going to happen again. Can't wait until I meet the rest of the guys." Temari said smiling kissing Shikamaru on the cheek before going back to her drink.

"To never being apart again!" Ino said lifting her glass,

"Never being apart!" Everyone said in unison before laughing about actually doing something serious like making a promise that big to each other.

"Life's going to be good here." Temari said spacing out.

"You know if you hate being single there's always Hinata?" Shikamaru said teasing him

"Shut up Shikamaru..Wait a minute... There's Hinata..." Kiba said thinking about it. "I'll see you guys later I'm going to find Hinata." Kiba said smiling running off.

"If that's Kiba changed that much..." Temari stared before being interrupted by Ino,

"Wait until you see Sasuke and Naruto!" she said winking at the end...

"You troublesome woman. I was sent to save you from danger... Not love you." Shikamaru said looking at Temari

"Well you were sent to save the Kazekage and I'm happy you loved me after it." Temari said smiling at him.

"Temari, I loved you from the start." Shikamaru said looking into her eyes,

"You were sent to save him not to love me but you did it anyway..." Temari said looking up at him, giving him that big grin again this time instead of being concerned he just laughed.

The night went on and they all laughed at each other and how everyone has changed and grown up before Temari's eyes.

She really did love the Leaf village but it was the people who made it special.

She was eventually put into a team and started going on missions and went back to her village once a year to see her brothers and sometimes Shikamaru would go with her, just for the sake of it besides if they were able to stick it out for another year in a relationship. He wanted to have a bond with his brothers in law.

There you have it!

Over, don't worry thought there will be more. Not specifically on Temari and Shikamaru because as you have read, I have other pairings too but don't worry no one else gets Shikamaru or Temari they are always a couple no matter what I type.

You won't find them with anyone else.

Sorry I'm really bad at endings I just wanted to keep typing and typing and typing but hey it had to end plus now I can write more about them and others and make it even more interesting plus with the reviews I got I know what to do in the future now!

Thanks for reading if you managed to enjoy it until the end!

I know it dragged on in the middle and at the start of this chapter but I managed to wrap it up and make it a little more interesting by giving you a quick look at some of my future fanfic pairings.

If you liked this one keep an eye out for my next one! It will most likely be out tomorrow I think but I might wait for some ideas to come into my head or get some from you?

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