•Lost•*

Shikamaru was visiting Suna, and Temari decided to leave him alone. He didn't really know how to go anywhere except to her house or to the Kazekage tower. But he was starving and Temari didn't leave any food in the fridge, so he set out to find a grocery store, taking a few bottles of water just in case.

But for some reason this was harder than a S-Rank mission. And he was not one to ask for directions, so he eventually came to the realization that he was lost. First he ran into a bunch of kids training against each other. 'This must be the School, definitely not a store'

Shikamaru continued walking and now the sun was raising over him. He now was starving, and blazing hot. So he drank his water, not feeling any relief of the heat. And he realized the school was no longer in sight. 'Dammit, I'm even more lost'

The only thing he seen were a bunch of sand buildings that looked similar, and he could tell that the definitely weren't stores. And the sun was even more hotter, increasing the burning feeling he was drastically feeling already.

He never remembered it being this hot before, but the people that he seen, didn't seem to mind. In fact many were outside enduring, whether it was for chores or if it was to watch their children play. 'How can they play in this weather. This is much more troublesome than just staying in the house without food.

Eventually he found a clearing, with post for throwing kunai. 'This must be their training grounds, and it's a good place too'

It was the hottest time of day, and the sun was at the perfect position where the huge wall that surrounded the village would cast a giant shadow over the training grounds. Shikamaru found this to be a perfect place to sleep.

'Time for a nap, hopefully Tem will find me. Who am I kidding, she will find me. That woman always seem to know where I'm at'

A couple hours later, Shikamaru felt a kick on his side. He rubbed his eyes open and standing there was his girlfriend, who didn't seem to happy.

"Why didn't you leave a note or something" Her voice sounded more relieved than angry. And she seemed relieved by the way she was scoping his body, checking to make sure he was injury free.

"I was hungry and you didn't leave any food. You had meetings all day."

"Maybe I should've given you a map"

"It was fine without one, I liked walking around on my own." Shikamaru smiled at her, reassuring her that he was safe.

"Well don't do that again, do you have any idea how worried I was"

"I'm an adult, I think I would have been fine-"

"I don't care how old you are, just don't make me worry. Understand" She was now grabbing his collar, making sure he looked her directly in her eyes which was filled with rage.

"I understand" The nice Temari that was checking to make sure he was okay, had gone out the window. She had gone back to being troublesome. For some reason, he loved this.