Temari was still pissed about the Doi situation and her body movements showed it. Her commanding strut, was now a mass of angry steps. And the beautiful sway to go along with it, disappeared. Letting someone get her this riled up was rare, but Temari knew that Doi wasn't going to let up so easy; and Temari knew that this was feeding her anger.

She had to meet Ino at the gates to meet Karui, so she tried to push the situation to the back of her mind. But couldn't and this made her even more mad. And while she was so busy being upset that she didn't notice the figure in front of her, and ran right into them. Even though it was Temari's fault, with her irritable mood she felt the other person was definitely to blame.

"Watch where you're going!"

"For the record, you bumped into me"

Temari didn't have time for this, and instead of analyzing who this person was, she choose to keep walking until he called out her name, and it sounded like Konoha's dog boy.

"Temari, what's up with you?"

"Just a lot going on"

"You mean with your fiancé"

Kiba snickered, But Temari didn't find funny. The last thing she wanted was this news to spread around but her stomach turning told her it was too late. She began making her way to him. Kiba knew he made a mistake and began wishing that he could take back that statement. She began making her way to him. And as she did so, he could have sworn that he seen her anger creating a red aura around her, which had him completely terrified. 'Is this what Shikamaru has to put up with. And all the times I made fun of him for being the woman in the relationship. I didn't know it was this rough'

"Listen to me." Temari was now grabbing the collar of his grey sweater tightly, making sure she seen fear in his eyes. "If you tell anyone about that fiancé crap, you'll regret it for the rest of your life"

Kiba gulped, quickly nodding his head to let Temari know he was in full agreement. She let go of his collar before Kiba began to talk again.

"Does Shikamaru know"

"Of course he does"

"Then he'll figure out something. Don't worry"

For some reason the smile he gave was reassuring, and didn't expect this advice from him.

She was shocked that he was able to notice this about her. Even though she was more angry than worried, Kiba was able to rest her face, a person she didn't think of as bright. Ninjas were trained hide their feelings, but her having an overload of emotions running through her body, was making it hard for Temari to suppress hers.

"I keep telling myself that"

"It's Shikamaru. As much as he talks about you, there is no way that he is letting him take you"

"What do mean, he talks about me a lot"

"He always talks about his plans for the future with you"

"Plans"

"Not suppose to say anything." Shikamaru told Kiba and the guys about his 'plan' and he knew that it was a pretty good one, that would smooth things over. But Shikamaru made them promise to keep their mouths shut. And the look Temari was giving him read 'Tell me now' but he made a promise so he couldn't say anything. "It's guy stuff. But trust me, everything will be okay"

"I guess you're right. You're not as dumb as I thought"

The mention of Shikamaru's plan for the second time made her feel curious. He didn't have motivation for anything, but whatever he was up to, it seemed that he put in a lot of work. She remembered a time when he didn't want to do anything but him trying hard to save their relationship gave her a since of happiness that made her forget about the anger she was feeling.

She began walking away to the gates before he had a chance to respond. He just laughed it off, before screaming for a favor.

"I know you're headed to the gates. My girlfriend is coming and I can't meet her because I have some things to do at the Hokage's tower. So can you show her around for a while"

Temari didn't bother to look back instead she just put a thumbs up. It was the least she could do for him after he cheered her up.

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Authors Note: I'm sorry the story is taking long to update, but I have some important test for the next two weeks. But I'll try to update as much as I can. And I want to thank everyone that supports the story. ;)