Chapter two: firing the first arrow

" you been in their all morning." Tawny pounded on the bathroom door.

"hold on !" a voice called from behind the locked door.

"come on.." she whinned.

"fine…" shikamaru came out, slowly.

"God you take longer than I do…" she rolled her eyes walking in.

" I do not." he snapped back.

"yes you do," she giggled , before shuting the door in his face.

"troublesome women." He walked off toward the kitchen. " chouji how far is lunch packed?"

"not much yet." Chouji had a huge basket in front of him on a counter he was pileing food after food in it.

" why is your cousin here? She is so annoying…" he stared off toward the doorway that led down the hall he could hear water running.

"well you do take a long time." Chouji insisted.

"no I don't!" he barked defenseively.

"yes you do, but I don't take long so it never bothered me." He shrugged and shoved more food into the basket.

"thanks chouji." He shock his head in his hand. " your just as troublesome she is." He pointed down the hall. The water had stopped.

"as I remember you had a crush on her." chouji smiled slyly.

"your never to talk about that!" he ran over and covered chouji's mouth.

"talk about what?" shika turned around to see Tawny in a towel ringing out her hair.

She stopped ringing it out and flipped her head back the strands of wet hair fell gentlely to her face. ( sparkles around her and sexy music.lol.)

Shikamaru stood mouth a gape she had become even hotter than he rembered. And seince when had the towels looked so small? ( not that he was objecting but he just thought it.)

" anyone home." She was waving her hand in front of his face. But all he could see was her blue pool eyes so sentual…

"shikamaru." Chouji said.

"what." He snapped back to reality.

"your drooling." Tawny stepped back giggling then turned to face chouji who was unphased by the half naked cousin befor him. " where's a hair brush I don't know where mine is."

" cabnet above the sink."

"thanks." She turned back to shikamru. She moved close to his ear . Leaning forward she whispered. I can see down the towel from here so big…

"I know what your thinking and what you want." She then quickly pulled away. " so be good." She smiled running back down the hall to the bathroom. " ill be out in ten!" she yelled back.

By the time they had gotten to the practicing grounds Ino was already there.

"you guys are so late.." she complained. She walked toward Tawny.

"problem?" Tawny asked attitudes where flairing.

"no-" ino stopped circling her and stood hand on a hip that was cocked out.

"then don't act like you have one." Tawny smiled. She had won that round.

" lets skip im not going to be in a war zone." Shika whispered to chouji. The boys turned around and proceeded to walk away.

"why the hurry boys." The group turned to look at Asuma.

" they want to kill each other." Shika pointed to the girl who where now watching him.

"hello Tawny.." asuma nodded in her direction.

"what are you doing here." She smiled folding her arms across her chest. " shouldn't you be coaxing other young women to eat lunch with you?"

"I would be but it worked so well on you I didn't think id have to try again." He chuckled with a smile.

"o- really." She giggled.

"wait wait- you guys know each other?" shika interupted.

"yah im confused." Chouji said he was eating chips already.

"he invited me to lunch yesterday when I came in." she looked to the boys. " he even payed for it." She motioned to Asuma who was smiling proudly.

"he payed for something." Ino interupted as Asuma's shoulder's dropped to his subordinates comment.

" practice." Asuma pointed to the field.

The team walked to the empty area. " she here five minutes and that bitch has us getting in trouble making us practice early." She rolled her eyes " I knew asuma had bad taste but she is the worst he couldn't have picked a bigger whore!" she whispered.

Shika glared to her before he walked away quicker. "what did I do?" she whispered to chouji. " I just called the girl a whore and he got all defense are they related?"

"no, her and I are." He walked away too.

"humph" ino folded her arms and pounted slightly. " that bitch is causeing major problems for me today!" she mummbled.

Then instantly an arrow flew landing into a touching position of her toe. Tawny yelled to her. " hold your tongue and you'll keep it." She smiled again before turning away.

Ino was now quietly plotting the destruction of her new opponent.

"begin," asuma shouted. He leaned against a tree and pulled out a lite.

"such a dirty habbit."

"women let me have my simple pleasures." He mocked her. " dirty habbit."

"simple but deadly in the long run." She took the cigarate from his mouth and broke it in two pieces over her finger. He watched as it feel to the ground.

"bitch." He breathed the word heavy under his breath.

" do you want to go.." she said teasingly.

"no I want to smoke." He pulled out another. Sh etook this one rapidly he didn't even know it was gone till he burnt his hand on the lighter when he went to lite the empty space.

" you don't need this." She broke it again. She knew she was getting under his goat but that was the plan. She wanted to know what skills he had what he could really do or if it was a show.

"bitch, don't make me kill you." He pulled out another. And held it opposite her thinking she wouldnt get it this time.

She was now right in front of him. She leaned up against him he was now pressed to the tree. She came mouth close to his her gentle breath felt warm on his lips. He breathed out to meet her lips, leaning forward.

She moved to his ear whispering softly, " you cant kill me," she paused for a second." im quicker," pause. " and smarter," she smiled. "and" she breathed out on his ear. It tickled. " I know your weakness." She kissed the groove in his neck close to his ear gently. H eshivered as she pulled away.

She pulled away giggling softly. " the deal is you beat me you can smoke."

"what makes you think I wont win?" he said after regaining his composer.

" because if I win you don't get to smoke." She waved the broken cigar tip in the air. He looked donw to notice his new one had also been broken.

"damnt." He clentched it in his fist. I can't let my guard down on her, sh eis a smart as they come and quick.

"ok what do you propose," she held her hands behind her swaying from toes to heal toes to heals.

"I win I smoke, you can't complain…" she kept smiling. "and…"

"yes."

"you go out with me again." He raised an eyebrow as she poundered it for a few seconds.

"deal."

"clear the field!" he yelled to the kids.

"why?" chouji asked as the group walked over, they had been so busy training they hadn't noticed the pair talking.

"friendly compitition." Tawny smiled.

" take her down sensei!" ino yelled as the two began to walk into the area for a spar.

"don't kill him Tawny." Chouji mummbled under his breath.

"why would that wretch win?"ino asked to the boys.

"she's not a wretch, she's a ninja, skilled one at that." Shikamaru spoke up.

" but she's not as good as-." Ino began.

"don't compare her to sasuke she is twice as good."

Ino stood quiet she rarely heard shika compliment anyone.

" you ready to play?" tawny asked backing away to give room for a first attack.

" you will be at my mercy." He raised his brows persausively at her ,as he steped into position.

"you might need these." From behind her she grabbed his weapons. And threw them at the ground in front of him.

He stared at the weapons they stood straight up from the ground. He felt in his pack, empty… when did she … he grabbed them from the ground. And placed them over his hands.

"give no mercy. " she said snickering at him.

Im really going to have to try with her, she is younger than me but still how can she be so good…

"what the hell?" chouji said pointing to the weapon's on the ground.

"how did she get them?"

"she taught me to play chess." Shika smiled lightly. " I still can't beat her."

"so she's smart?" ino asked she thought she was starting to understand this new enemy of hers.

"yes. And her precision is like neji's but with arrows."chouji added.

"arrows."

"just watch, she's been like this seince we where kids." Shkamru added.

"when you where kids?" she looked to him puzzled" why don't I know any of these things?"

"because… I think they are starting." He pointed to the pair.

"so who do you want to say start?" Asuma asked.

"you can."

"no thanks, lady's first…" he waved her the motion to begin.

"doesn't that mean you start." She smiled.

"bitch." He then lundged at her.

She dodged it effortlessly. It went along with a hit and dodge for a while till he caught on she couldnt be hit that way.

The stopped to catch his breath for a few seconds across the way from her. " my turn." She mummbled.

Raising her hand in a diangle positon form her face. Bringing it downward in a an arced motion she formed a bow made from pure glowing charkra. Reaching in her pack she quickly pulled an arrow out. Skillfully she placed it between her finger guard and the bow string.

Soundless it flew through the air, landing it pinned Asuma's sleeve to the ground.he tried derperately tugging it free.

She mocked him landing another one pinning him again just as he had gotten free. Looking when he was free sh ehad only put one hole in his sleeve even though sh ewas maybe a quarter of a mile away from where he was standing.

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" do I get to know anymore?" ino asked.

"can we trust you?" chouji asked.

"yes im your teamate why wouldn't you trust me."

" you cant tell anyone that was shika's crush a long time ago." He whispered to ino then pointing to shiukamaru.

"really?" she asked quietly.

"yah, that's why he's protective, he said hes over it..."

"but then why."

"hes not really over it he never was. She left quickly and then didn't come back till now."

Ino looked to the pair who where sparing, jumping aroung they clinked weapons many times.

" I guess he still cares for her, he got depressed after she got back and didn't try hard, I think he only tried for her." chouji shrugged and turned back to watch the match.

" so does he?- ." ino's sentence broke when she noticed shika watching them.sh equickly turned to watch the match.

Shikamru glared muttering under his breath.

"check." Tawny walked toward Asuma who finally broken free of four arrows and was struggling with a the 5th one.

He broke free and jumped pinning her to the ground. He smiled standing as he lay straddled on a sqirming Tawny. " as I said you are at my mercy." He chuckled deep in his throat. ( but not like evil or anything)

He leaned down to her ear. Annoyingly doing what she did. " at my mercy, you arent strong enough, smart enough or quick enough to catch me."

"sounds familiar ." Tawny said with a smile. " words from an amazing fighter might I add."

"not really she isnt that good."

"better an opponent than you can hope to be." She took her legs and wraping then around his she lifted him off her and threw him over her head toward a tree. Flying not far behind him she force of the throw had lifted her also from the ground and she was poised bow ready and rapidly fireing at his direction.

Ino and chouji jumped away from the tree they where standing by not just before Asuma slammed into it. Tawny landed gently on her toes in a crouched position.

"are you ok?" ino and chouji ran to asuma.

"he's alive." Tawny walked to him. Standing in front arms crossed. She was smiling at her job well done.

" you could have killed him!" ino barked pointing a finger in Tawny's face.

"not if I didn't want to." She was looked to shika who was sitting not far from them leaned against another tree.

" checkmate." She smiled to Asuma who was starting to recover from impact. " someone needs to help him he can't move."

"im fine." He said quietly trying to move his hand to his head to rub a sore spot. It wouldn't move.

"what the hell?" his arm looked fine no marks or anything he tried other part so fhis body still no movement.

"you are gonna.-."

"gonna what not smell smoke from your nasty habbit all day ." she smirked ." shikamaru can you help him please."

"no."

she looked to him startled by the statement.

"he started it he can do it himself."

She slowly walked over to where he was , bending down she began to talk to him in a face to face way.

"please you know this better than anyone." His eyes brightened. "he's never fought a real fighter before" she smiled.

"so." He shrugged.

"if you help him ill help you." She stood up now arms crossed lightly by her chest pulling down the fabric enough to see a cleavage line.

"I don't need anything from you." He smirked standing ready to walk away.

"you don't need it but." She took a hand where no one could see what she was doing and placed it on his grion lightly contrating her hand till she felt him shiver. " I know you always wanted it." She rubbed her finger tips over the know growing spot in his pants. " now I think your truly ready to have it."

He bit his lip. " so will you help him?" she smiled.

He thought for a second but couldn't concentrate fully due to the appetizing hand rubbing she was doing." A…. sure."

"that's my man." She took another light squeeze at him before turning to face the others. Asuma was still struggling with getting away form the tree and chouji and in otried desperately to pull him away.

Im her man he thought to himself. The pair proceeded toward the others.

" the arrows are through the tree and he is pinned tightly you cant get him out."

"thanks for the news flash just help us." Ino said pulling harder on his right arm.

"move and ill do it.?"

"you? Chouji is stronger and he cant even move him!" she yelled.

"I can." He pushed ino out of the way. Placing his hands in the trees shadow he stood there quet for a second.

"how does this help" chouji asked looking to Tawny.

"watch." As they watched the arrows slowly came out he stepped away from the tree. And they came farther out.

"what is he doing and how?"

"he's moving the shadow of the arrows to his will and removing them from the tree."

"I wasn't talking to you " ino snapped back.

"doesn't matter." Tawny snickered. When all the arrows were out from the tree shika lowered his hands to his sides sighing heavyly at the boring task completed.

But looking to Tawny he got a nod of aproval he smiled o himself.

Ino and chouji rushed over and helped Asuma to his feet.

"you still don't get my cigarates." Asuma rubbed his sore head in relief.

"that's not fair you lost." She protested.

"you cheated."

"no I didn't you're a sore loser."

"no." he looked away slightly ashamed of his loss.

"anyway dinner this day next week at five ok?" he looked back to her in surprise as the rest did also.

"sure." He said surprised that the bet hadn't seemed to matter to her.

" ok then" then she began to walk away back toward the city. She felt like lunch.

"wait where do I pick you up at?"

"shikamaru's house " she said with a small bounce to her voice.They all looked to the astonished shika mouth a gap.

" my house?" he mummbled.

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Sorry to any fans that waited a long time for this ive been busy with all the hot desert nights chapter. Ill try to write the next on efor this within a week so keep reading and please review. Thankshope you liked it.