- What happens when you find yourself asking the "if" question? - With only the very beginning of this story in my mind I decided to begin writing a long one again. I have no idea how it will develop or end, and how long will it take, but I feel like writing something messy, hard, a little darker. Let's see what happens.

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20 years after the end of Shippuden, Suna and Konoha are at war. Gaara, Kankuro, Temari, Shikamaru and Naruto find their lives torn by it. And as the war draws to a close, everything they are, and once were, will be tested. ShikaTema focus. Very dark, but hopeful as well. Major Character Death(s). Multiple Pairings. Will rewrite once done.

"I can stop anytime I want to." My intention was never to purposely write a fluffy story because neither Shikamaru nor Temari appear to be purposely fluffy people. It's more about depicting the type of relationship I could see them having and all the things that come with it. Watch them grapple with reality and either sink or swim. Popular or not, it's all mine. I don't own Naruto.

""Do you enjoy sex?" Shikamaru asked bluntly. I just can't believe I'm talking about this, and with Shikamaru, of all people, Sakura thought." Sakura is in for a surprise. Or, rather, a series of surprises. Shikasaku. Lemon.

Shikamaru and Temari are finally reunited after three years... But what's Shikamaru hiding? And what's this about Temari having a boyfriend? Okay he's got to go. And Shikamaru's going to ensure that. Warning for Dark/Possessive inner Shikamaru.

An unjust punishment just might lead to civil war, Can Naruto survive

When Temari and Sasuke go on a date, Shikamaru's less than thrilled. But Sasuke and Temari aren't in it for the date…

[Pre-Shippuden] He and Naruto were cornered. Outclassed. Beaten. But Shikamaru swore this mission wouldn't end like the last one. Even if it meant he had to be the reckless one for a change. (Shikamaru/Naruto friendship)

Naruto Yaoi, Kankuro/Kiba pairing. Prologue to "Don't let our strings break" Kiba and Akamaru is sent on a mission to Suna. Lite does Kiba know that feelings will heat up there that will affect his future.

Shikamaru just started university and he meets a strange boy at his physic course that turns out to have a pretty troublesome family. All of this wouldn't have happened if there wasn't Schrödinger.

ShikaTema, slight AU. The Fifth Great Shinobi War has taken a devastating toll on Konoha. Temari accompanies her brother after the war to a five-Kage meeting and gets reacquainted with the shell of a man she once thought she knew. She wants to help Shikamaru piece himself back together, because she isn't sure she can deal with looking at the pain in his eyes.

Team 8 was assigned a simple C-ranked mission to protect a merchant on her way back to her village. This easy mission, though, took a turn for the worse when they were ambushed by a large group of mercenaries that decided to keep them for entertainment. When faced with an impossible choice, Kiba makes a decision that he knew would hurt more than just himself. Beginnings of ItaKiba.

Shikamaru is blamed for something he didn't do. Banished from Konoha and forbidden to return on pain of death, there's only one village that will welcome him now... TemariXShikamaru.

Some people just can't be explained with words. Gaara is one such person. He hide his secrets. The Abuse, Self Injury, and The Voice In His Head. No one knows the truth. Until a certain pale eyed boy notices Gaara for who he truly is. NejiGaa Yaoi Gay.

When assassins are sent to dispose of the Kazekage's heir, Shikadai Nara, his parents devise a plan to keep him safe. Said plan may or may not involve a permanent move to Suna. Shikadai doesn't like the plan, but if it's the only thing that'll keep him safe, he doesn't get a choice.

Friendships can come from the most terrible circumstances. Itachi didn't know who the kid was when he rescued him. Shikamaru couldn't believe that Itachi had a good side. This is a friendship story, NO SLASH. Rated M for implied rape and heaps of angst etc.

As requested. Temari forgets Shikamaru's birthday and makes it up to him a week later. Set two years after the war. [smut/lemon][slight revision to ending]

Dark post-war reality in which one's despair may be lessened by another's.

ShikaTema Lemon!

What happens when Shikamaru and Temari finally surpass the fight over their feelings? And what happens afterwards? Be aware: Rated T for sexual references. ShikaTema

Angry tears streamed down his cheeks as he killed man after man after man, feeling their blood run through his mother's sand. This time, he wasn't doing it for bloodlust or joy. He was doing it for the sake of the little blond-haired jinchuuriki lying unconscious on the ground behind him. Reviews Appreciated.

Shikamaru anxiously and impatiently awaits for his wife, Temari, to give birth to their first child. With his father, mother, his friends, and his in-laws at his side, Shikamaru takes all the reassurance he can get while looking back on his life leading up to this long awaited moment. (Warning; Contains spoilers via manga and movies) [Rated T for a more mature audience] [One-Shot]

The happily ever afters of the whole Naruto manga family. A collection of one shots that are all related to each other about the multiple pairings I support from the manga and what happens to them in their futures together. Pairings- ShikaTema, InoCho, NejiTen, NaruHina, KakaSaku, LeeOC, KibaOC

Temari eyed the basket in front of her. It was filled to the brim with bath bombs, bath melts, lotions, shampoos and soaps. The smell from the basket alone was giving her a sensory overload and with that a headache. She looked up at Shikamaru, the culprit of the scented crime.

Under the fist of the Hidden-Lock village, Shikamaru and Temari are separately interrogated in order to discover the truth about the mission they had gone there to investigate as partners, but the answers they give only lead them to the truth about how far they'd go to protect one another. The troublesome thing is, neither of them knows.

That's not your first love, she wants to say. Your first love isn't the time you became conscious of another in a sexual manner. It isn't your first crush. The first time you feel butterflies and heartbeats over someone. Your first love is the first time you feel your heart stop beating.

Temari had thought her one-afternoon quickie would be forgotten if he didn't first barge into her house like the gangster he was. Or into her classroom as her professor. Oh but how right she was in both ways...

As if my eyes were fogged with a screen of surrealism, I watched his painfully red blood gushing through my fingers and pouring down his neck, soaking the ground beneath us. I saw his lips moving in the frame of his pale face, and a trickle of blood run down from the corner of his mouth. In the back of my mind I registered his words, but barely. "I'm sorry, Temari."

Shikamaru, Kankurou, Kiba, Neji, and Shino are captured, and all end up... changed into pets? Sorry, just read the story for further explanation. Rated T will change to M

The life of two adult people, struggling with their somewhat gloomy lives, reminiscing about the cheerful childhood, learning slowly how to keep going and how to handle strange attractions. ShikaTema. {complete}

Sometimes you need a night to start seeing the daylight of some things so obvious. Temari's POV [ShikaTema]. Warning: MA.

Naruto has to take daily abuse by...everyone. His parents, his teachers, his peers. The world is against him. And it all was because of Sasuke. But little did the Uchiha know how bad Naruto really had it. SasuNaru Abused!Naruto Abusive!Sas, Nej, and Chou.

Summary: AU. Monsters must not fall in love. If they do, they turn into real monsters, bringing misery into the lives of their precious ones. For that is the real definition of a monster—someone who brings harm to others. Complete.

Valentine's Day Special: Temari left Shikamaru six to seven years ago to return to Suna, making Shikamaru promise to her that he'd wait for her to come back. What happens when he can't wait any longer and this other girl comes up? Will he remain faithful to Temari or move on without her? (Rated T for cursing.)

Shikamaru and Temari are sent out to a mission and everything turns out rather curiously. Finished ShikaTema story. Warning: MA.

Kiba starts finding it harder to control his condition, but perhaps it could be used to serve his village. Kiba x various characters. Yaoi and a tiny bit of het.

Kankuro has always preferred puppets, but Sai might change his mind. Yaoi.

NEW AND IMPROVED kinda : ...On his way to Chichu Village in Wave Country, Kakashi is ambushed and kidnapped. An impromptu team is of four is made and is sent out to rescue him. Rated M just in case.

Kiba is in heat, and Shikamaru is around to help. Yaoi, Lemon! Shikamaru x Kiba. UPDATED/REVISED.

Sakura sees something she shouldn't have, and she is forever changed. My first EVER piece of fanfiction. Kiba/Sakura.

Suna has lost the war. Badly. Temari is captured and taken to Konoha as a slave. There she ends up working for a rich family, the Nara's. Shikatema AU

Temari visits Konoha as ambassador for Suna village and takes the opportunity to spend her free time with her boyfriend Shikamaru. While she is there she finds herself in a sticky situation with an assassin. Will Shikamaru be in time to save her? Or will he lose his troublesome Temari? Takes place during Shippuden. Rated T for some violence (there's nothing suggestive). Shikatema

Familyfic/angst/humor - Two damaged souls, 17 year old Kakashi and 3 year old Naruto find a way to heal each other and become a family. Read as they overcome their pain and face a new life full of promise and hope. How will this change Naruto and Kakashi? Watch the boy grow to be a strong shinobi and face the world that had turned against him. Some action and eventual romance.

"You seem to be in a good mood." Shikamaru told his wife. Temari had waited two weeks for Shikamaru to come home from his mission, but the last week had been really killing her. "Shikamaru...I have something to tell you."

What happens when the Sand Sibs get shipwrecked onto a deserted island during a mission? Especially since Gaara is still a murderous psychopath. Temari and Kankuro are the only ones stuck with him. The worst part... It was no accident. Sand Sibs

On his second attempt at the Chuunin exams, Kiba finds himself completely at Kankuro's mercy. Kankuro could easily kill him, but ... he proposes a partnership. No strings attached. Platonic. Right? YAOI, slash, lemon!

Shikamaru still mourns for Asuma's death, and nothing seem to make him feel better. But then, he's sent on a mission with a childhood friend... and enemy. A frenemy? Anyways. Read on to find out what happens! Rated M for obvious lemon and sexy sexual-ness. Enjoy!

A girls night at Ino's house in which, Sakura, TenTen and Hinata led by Ino try to get the truth out of Temari about her relationship with Shikamaru. Rated M for language. ShikaTema with implied Ino/Choji, Neji/TenTen

Shikamaru Nara, six years old, survived a kidnapping but had to create two alternates to save himself. Now, years later how is his life affected by that fateful kidnapping and how does his boyfriend deal with it when he finds out? Child-abuse; Yaoi

Uzumaki Naruto- supposed mute and victim of child abuse. Uchiha Sasuke- a boy in Naruto's year who just so happened to be dragged into his life- as things start to spiral and Naruto becomes lost, can Sasuke save him from falling too far and being lost forever? AU: SasuNaru Friendship. Rated 'M' for abuse. Cover Art by Juura99/Juuria66

It's the 10th October and Naruto spirits are low. The villagers finally get their hands on the demon vessel. Sasuke and Sakura are shocked at what they find, Kakashi and Tsunade are being secretive and Iruka and Jiraiya are worried. Can they all deal with the aftermath and help Naruto? R&R

ShikaxIno. Back home after their harrowing escape, Shikamaru must now deal with the trauma of his torture and Ino can't leave his sight. Will this bring them together or push them apart? And what trouble is brewing on the warfront? Now on second arc.

There is one notable difference between Chuunin and Jounin. Then there's the difference between Kakashi and everybody else.

A ShikaTema lemon for all the ShikaTema lovers out there!

Modern day Shika/Temari Fanfic, After Temari's family loses their house and move in with the Nara's, she is forced to share a room with Shikamaru Nara. what could possibly happen?

What if Konoha was the weakest hidden village? What if it was just a huge slum? The Rookie 9 have just graduated, and now they must face their problems to better the future of Konoha. An epic tale of romance, determination, and hardship.

Naruto's childhood was filled with people who hated and hurt him. When he becomes a part of the team he becomes friends with Sasuke. They're either going to help or destroy each other. SasuNaruSasu Warning: Disturbing child abuse

Kaoru(OC) is a Suna Jonin that is physically abused in her private life. Can a sudden trip to Konoha change that? Will a certain dog lover be her escape from hell, or will it be the Kazekage's brother? It contains violence.

What do you do when someone you thought you hated gives you the chance to start a whole new life? Tayuya has to make that decision now. Rated for language, brutal rape, violence, blood and lemons. Tayuya x Shikamaru drama/romance/action

KankuKiba: Kiba needs a nudge out of the closet. Kankuro is only too happy to help. Yaoi, smut, etc.

In which Shikaku realizes that his little bundle of joy, that sarcastic little brat, might just be more than meets the eye. The story of Shikamaru, his genius, and his irritating way of proving everyone's expectations wrong. R&R!

Kakashi & Shikamaru get captured & tortured. Now with the help of their friends and each other they must fight through the pain as they slowly begin to remember what happened to them, but are they really free? Is what their living through real or made up?

The torn old shirt fell to the ground. Dark Themes, Abuse, Angst, BDSM, Bond, N/C, Slave, Tort, Violence, Yaoi

ShikaTema. Temari is the one puzzle Shikamaru can't seem to solve.

Beware! My first attempt at a fanfiction. Temari and her brothers visit Konoha together and that's only the beginning of trouble. Friendship, betrayal, a few menage-a-trois. ShikaTema. Too bad I don't work for Kishimoto! Enjoy the read!

Kiba needs help. WARNING: Contains gore, violence, male x male sex, character death. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. KibaNaru

AU.Kankurou-centric."You think I didn't try?...I told the school guidance councilor, and the school called home to confirm the stories. My father just passed it off as me looking for attention...He told me that if I ever told anyone again he'd kill me."

Shikaku thinks he should spend some father-son time with 6 year old Shikamaru. It is not a mistake he ever makes again.

Bearing the bruises and his name is not easy, especially when the society is against him. Will Naruto's 16th birthday bring hope and freedom or will his life end in sorrow and pain? SasuxNaru. warnings inside. Complete. Angst. Yaoi. AU.

Gaara always did hate their father. Kankuro used to be terrified he would find out about the family resemblance. Oneshot.

Sarutobi said ANBU was no place for a child, but a brotherhood of killers is more of a family than Naruto ever had. Now, with war looming and intravillage tension threatening his fragile world, even this may not last. Not super!Naruto.

Sakura’s accepted a mission to help Suna with an unknown illness that has affected a handful of its villagers. And all Kankurou has to do is watch over her while she’s in his city. It should be easy. Right? Kan/Saku.

When Shikamaru is unknowingly poisoned and somewhere in the village, will he be found in time to save him?

She's gone. I know that she is. And I'm not trying to fool myself. I know she's dead. But... I can see her, I can touch her, I can feel her. And I don't want it to go away... I don't want to forget. ShikaTema. Rated M. Dark/Tragedy

Attack of the Lovesick Fangirls: The Fight For Shikamaru. Shikamaru is in deep trouble and he has to hire a bodyguard so that that his newly aquired Fangirls won't attempt to capture him. Yet there is much more to this trouble than he thinks.

The funny thing about them, is that regardless of how perfect they are together, they still cause each other a large amount of aggravation. -collection of ShikaTema drabbles and oneshots. Status always 'complete' because each chapter is a separate story-

Temari's engaged, Suna's in trouble, the Konoha 12 are running to the rescue, and Shikamaru is caught in the middle. How does a man deal with his ally marrying the woman he loves? ShikaTema ShikamaruXTemari

The hunters and the hunted become our group of ninjas as a 2day long chase is enacted in the Cursed Forest, will Naruto, Lee, Kankuro, Iruka, Shikamaru, and neji survive the weekend with their virginities in tact?

When they return to Konoha to retake the Chunin Exams, Gaara, Kankuro, and Temari are dared by Shikamaru to visit the haunted house attraction at a festival. Little does anyone know, this house is haunted for real. Halloween special. Pre-Shippuuden.

At the loss of his wife, Shikaku is lost. His friends have tried to help him, but it is up to Inoichi to see that Shikaku lives again. YAOI

Demons aren't the only dangerous things in the desert of the Village of Sand. How fortunate that the sand's greatest assassin is also her greatest liar. A Kankuro oneshot.

Complete - Ten year old Iruka is crying. He has every right to be crying, because he is hopelessly lost. And to make matters worse, this snooty, arrogant ANBU has just dropped on his head.

He felt the soft, gentle gesture of hair being pushed out of his face and heard a soothing voice comfort him as he fell back to sleep. Oneshot. - Also read in Spanish; story is posted on my profile!

When betrayel leads to his return to Konoha, Sasuke finally has a chance to be happy. But fate, and Sakura, seem to have different plans

Complete - This years kids are going to give Kakashi and the other seventh grade teachers a heck of a lot of trouble.

Sabaku no Temari, the strongest woman he knew, had fallen into an abusive relationship. Such knowledge just might send Shikamaru tumbling over the precipice of jealousy.

SANDSIBS fic. Both Gaara and Kankuro need Temari to fill the role of older sister, but neither can tell her. Post Sasuke Retrieval, pre Shippuuden. Part 1: Kankuro. Part 2: Gaara.

Complete Iruka's had a long day with parents and rants to Kakashi on what's necessary to teach.

Regardless of location, the seven deadly sins are universal. This time, they just happened to appear in Suna. ShikamaruxTemari one shot collection .

One-shot. She had always thought she was strong. But carrying his body back might break her. Shikamaru/Temari

SHIKAxTEMARI-Things were never this troublesome...until she came along...ugh...

Without question, cloud-watching was Shikamaru's favorite pastime. Pre-Shippuuden/Post-Part I. ShikaTema.

Once a Jounin of Konoha, Shikamaru was captured on a mission and was sold as a slave to Itachi and Akatsuki intended to service both Kakuzu and Hidan. [rape, torture, Neji will come in shortly]

The Nara doth protest too much, methinks. [ShikaTema, lime lime !lemon!]

ShikaTema locked up! Well...smut, and maybe I'll have a sequel to this? but they get locked up in a room together and Temari gets horny but Shika makes the first move!

Naruto always seems so stupid and annoying, but what are his real motives for the way he acts? He doesn’t know that he is envied by Sasuke the very person he envies the most yaoi, eventually a lemon

From the ナルト レモン Naruto Lemon Collection, イチャイチャタクティクス, Icha Icha Takutikusu Makeout Tactics Prequel. Tenten now has the perfect guy what more could she possibly want? How about showing Neji a darker side of herself?

When the Akatsuki capture Shikamaru and blackmail him to join them in their scheming, Shikamaru is shot down into a place that he would never fit into, that is, until a certain kunoichi risks her life to change him back...

Contains Mild Violence, Langage, & Hilariously Perverse Situations as well as other Surprises. You have been warned! [ShikaTema] feat. NejiTen NaruHina SasuSaku Summary in ch.1 Drama: 3,6 & 7. Humor: All other chapters. Lemons: 1 for each couple

A ripped shirt. That's all Gaara communicated with, sending one every time his siblings attempted conversation.

Although he never gave any indication of caring, Gaara always observed and learned from the delicate and confusing relationship Kankuro and Temari shared.

...Fine. If you wanna die so bad, it's your call. But you gotta prove to me you're worth the effort. I'll let you fight my sister... but first, you gotta get through ME. Kankuro x Tenten [finished]

Back in Hidden Sand, Kankurou and Temari... are starting to worry about Gaara's eating habits. The question is, why? Spoilers up to the end of the Chuunin Exams.

It's true that Gaara had it tough. But what about the under-appreciated Temari? This is a look into her life with little tidbits about her brothers on the side. First chapter: Prologue (mainly Kankurou thoughts with a little bit of Gaara).

Enroute to a major mission, the Sand team stays the night at a hotel. Kankuro can't get to sleep and finds himself remembering the days of his childhood.