A Thousand Year War
A Thousand Year War
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Chapter 4: Going to live with her?
"Shikamaru? What happened to you?"
The man in the doorway was covered from the top of his pineapple hair, to the bottom of his lazily tied boots, with mud and blood. Gashes were shown through his tight black turtle neck, and puddles of crimson ruined his pants. He looked like he went to hell, played some kill-the-fucker, and came back! The threesome stared in absolute astonishment and horror at the disheveled man.
Shikamaru stepped towards Temari, and leaned his head on her shoulder. He mumbled incoherently, "Shikamaru?"
He sucked in a deep breath, just basking in Temari's feminine warmth. Just once more, he wished that he could hold a woman, and love once more, just once more… Shikamaru's throat choked on withheld emotions, which would disprove his absolute masculinity. But right now, in her arms, all he wanted to do was to release all his inner turmoil, in more than one way.
"Temari, help me get him in the bedroom." Naruto murmured. Or did he yell it? Shikamaru's ears were shutting him off from the sounds of his world, and soon so would his eyes. All he could do is stare at Temari's face, the once defiant and stubborn expression, was replaced with sadness? Despair? His thoughts made his heart skip a beat. Could Temari actually be upset with his death? Had she felt what he had?
Shikamaru saw her fuzzy image begin to fade, then nothing.
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"You can't let him die!" Naruto wailed. "If he dies so do we! Our fate is entwined with his own."
Temari looked in horror down at the man, he can't die. An indescribable pain wrenched Temari's heart; it hurt so tremendously that she clutched her chest. But Naruto looked perfectly fine, so it couldn't have been because of Shikamaru.
"Please don't die, Shikamaru." Temari whispered as she leaned down and placed a chaste kiss on his filthy forehead.
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"Please don't die, Shikamaru." Her soft voice fluttered, throughout the darkness.
'Temari?' Shikamaru forced his heavy eyelids open. His entire body rocked with pain, but the heat next to him soothed every aching muscle. The samurai peeked beside him, expecting the blonde woman. But…
"Naruto!" Shikamaru shoved the were-fox away from him and jolted upward knocking the sofa, he was lying on, onto its back.
Naruto wailed out in pain and surprise, as he landed on the wood floor. "Shikamaru? Shikamaru! Your alive!" The big blonde scrambled to his friend and hugged Shikamaru's legs.
"Get off me! Naruto!" Shikamaru screamed.
A glass cup shattered in the hallway, both two boys turned their heads. Temari had just came up stairs, from getting some tea, to see well…They then looked at the position they were in, and separated as quickly as possible.
Temari just stood there jaw agape. She stuttered, "Are you two, well I mean, you are…"
"NO!" they yelled in harmony.
Thank god! Well not that Temari was against it, but it just was that she had her eye on Shikamaru. Plus, the past few nights, Temari had been having strange dreams. Dreams about Shikamaru, him taking care of her, loving her, but never once did he touch her. He was afraid to touch her, because she was sick, and dieing. It was so strange; maybe she was just mixing her fantasies with her reality.
Temari's face softened as she got on her knees and held the man. She held the man who tormented her dreams with sweet and loving proposals. The man who made her furious, and sad. That man was dead, and she was holding his empty shell. "I am sorry."
Shikamaru's face was on fire, and it sucked all the oxygen from his lungs. He didn't know what to do. "Why are you sorry."
Temari then realized what she said. "Its nothing, sorry."
"Temari has been having fantasies of you." Naruto teased.
"I was not!" Temari imputed lamely.
Shikamaru sat there, blinking his eyes in confusion. "You had fantasies of me… and you?"
Temari glared at him, "What you make it seem like that's a bad thing! Is there something wrong with me!"
"No it's not that! It's just you and… me?" Shikamaru countered.
"So you think your better than me?" Temari accused. "Trust me buddy, you have nothing to offer a girl like me!"
"No, I don't its… Hey wait one second, you don't know the first thing about me, and you think that I can't offer a snot nosed bitch something worth her while!"
"Guys…" Naruto whimpered.
"Shut it!" They yelled in unison.
"Hey! You don't talk to Naruto like that!" Temari bellowed.
"He is my apprentice!" Shikamaru countered
"He is my brother!" the room went silent after that.
"You really consider me your brother?" Naruto whispered.
Temari nodded, "You practically lived at our house, growing up. You, Gaara, Kankuro, and me, reeking havoc in the neighborhood. We were so bad." She chuckled.
"Until, you got sick." Naruto said.
"Until, I got sick…" Temari whispered.
"Temari! Naruto! I got food!" A pink haired lady, called from the brewery.
"I hope you have enough for four!" Naruto called.
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Naruto, Sakura, and Temari were watching Shikamaru, in awe and disgust. He had nearly devoured down every single scrap of food he saw. Thankfully, Sakura had bought food for breakfast and lunch. If not well, then they would probably be foodless.
"Why does it feel like I haven't eaten in like a week?" Shikamaru said, while stuffing his face some more.
"More like three weeks." Naruto sighed. "Temari and I have been taking care of you. What happened that day?"
Shikamaru stopped eating and wiped the food from his face. "I was attacked, by nearly a thousand of those vermin."
"You were attacked by rats?" Sakura said while tilting her head.
"Sakura, I think you should leave." Naruto said sweetly.
"Well, I want to know!" she whined.
Temari whipped around her head, and gave a sinister glare. "Now."
Sakura left, quickly.
Shikamaru looked up, a little unnerved, and stared at the ground. "There were thousands of them…" he whispered, "They attacked all of us last night. I first got the call from Neji and TenTen from Russia; they made it out all right. Then it was Hinata from England…"
"Is she ok?" Naruto blurted out.
"Continuing on… she got hurt, but it wasn't serious. I last heard from Chouji, before they came for me. Even our psycho buddy was there. I got a real ass-kickin, I am just glad that sunrise came, if not I would have been vamp chum."
Temari was deep in thought. "How was Sasuke able to walk in the sun?"
"What?" The two boys inquired.
"From what I am getting of all this, Vampires and the sun still don't get along."
Naruto and Shikamaru gazed at one another, silently asking for an answer; that neither of them had.
"By the dumbstruck look boarded to your faces, I am guessing that we're in one hell of a predicament." Temari sighed. "I guess you two will stay with me, due to the fact they know about the brewery, and it's defiantly not safe anymore."
"I can't leave, Temari." Naruto ran his hand across the mahogany banister, leading to his loft. "This is my home. But the vamps probably already know where Shikamaru is living, so it would be smart for you to take him in."
"I am not a stray, I can handle myself." Shikamaru imputed while trying to stand up.
"Sit." Temari demanded.
He sat.
"Naruto, who is working today?" Temari asked.
The male blonde went to the cash register to look at the books. "Seems that the old fart is working today."
"Old fart?" Shikamaru inquired.
"Oh, he is just some smut novelist, who works part time here." Temari sighed. "Naruto, I am going to leave before that pervert comes in. Ok?"
"Fine, I'd rather not have you as his next porn star literature piece." Naruto smacked his forehead, while thinking of a hell of a day he was going to have.
"Bye Naruto!" Temari called while dragging the defenseless Shikamaru behind her.
Temari and Shikamaru awkwardly walked with one another down the busy streets. Car horns blared, screeching tires penetrated the smoggy air, and hordes of tourists and locals ransacked the streets.
"Why was I stationed here?" Shikamaru mumbled.
"Stationed?" Temari asked while bumping into a burly man with flaming red hair. "Sorry sir."
He gave a thick grunt and a smile, and continued on his way.
"All the slayers, so to say, are positioned in the most vampire inhabited areas. TenTen and Neji, the only couple of our group, stick in Russia, but at times go into Asia. Hinata is stationed in England. Chouji, my best friend, is located in Greenland. Kiba in Alaska and Canada. Shino is in Brazil. Rock Lee is in Japan. And the oldest of us all Kakashi, is lounging about in the Caribbean."
"Why aren't there more of you stationed here in the US?" Temari asked.
"I guess vamps don't like McDonalds in their daily diet." Shikamaru gave a little grin.
Temari chuckled softly, raising her hand to her mouth to suppress an all out laugh. "I don't eat processed meat. So I guess I am on the menu?" Temari said wittily. She walked in front of him to open the door to her apartment building.
"Yea I guess so." His eyes wandered dangerously to her backside.
'Want some fries with that shake?'
'Oh you stop that!'
'Hey she never said that she didn't like the fries! Or the great shakes.'
Shikamaru shook his head; this certainly was going to be… troublesome.
I am sorry guys for my very long absense! I just have alot on my plate right now with school and sports. Hope I am forgivin! Well i was going to right more, but I wanted to give you guys a little heads up on what going down. Much love ISH.