VIRGO (Aug. 23- Sept. 22)
Get to the bottom of things without hesitation. The longer you wait or let things aggravate, the harder it will be to deal with everyone around you. Situations will escalate and tempers will flare if you aren't quick to clear up matters.
Temari caught a glimpse of her own horoscope in the reflection of a store selling the stupid things, and raised her eyebrows.
This horoscope sounds exactly like me, she thought, I'm going to Konoha today, and since Shikamaru is always my guide, tempers will definitely flare; mine.
But she sighed, and kept on walking.
Temari arrived at the Hokage mansion just in time for Shikamaru to come lazily strolling in.
"Hello Hokage-sama," he said, "Oh, and, hello Temari. You just can't stay home, can you?"
"Oh, no," Temari replied with a smirk, "I could stay home, it's seeing you that gets me out here."
"Troublesome," Shikamaru muttered, "C'mon, let's go."
Temari took a deep breath, calming herself from the annoying chuunin in front of her. Get to the bottom of things without hesitation, she thought.
- - -
Temari and Shikamaru walked side by side on the street, with Shikamaru's nose buried in a newspaper.
"How that heck can you read and walk at the same time?" she asked.
Shikamaru looked up at her, his eyes half closed, a bored look on his face.
"Easy," he said, "Here, I'll show you."
Shikamaru brought her to his cloud watching spot, a grassy field with a large tree that he would lay under for shade. He folded up his newspaper into fourths, and handed it to her.
"Here, try with a smaller part first," he said.
She held it up to her face, and stared at the same horoscope she had read that morning. She began to walk, and immediately bumped into the tree.
Shikamaru doubled over in laughter, and Temari glared at him.
"What? I'm trying."
"I-I never had to try to get it right. T-to watch you bump, bump right into that tree-"
And he fell to the ground, and Temari reached for her fan.
"Sorry, sorry," Shikamaru said, scrambling up, eyes with and hands out, "I shouldn't have done that."
Temari eyed him, "Who are and what did you do with Shikamaru?" she asked.
He walked over to her, and pointed at the horoscope.
" 'Situations will escalate and tempers will flare if you aren't quick to clear up matters.' I'm a Virgo, remember?"
"Uh, no. I'm one, too."
"Well, this one suits you just perfectly."
"Really? I was thinking the same thing this morning."
They had started to make small talk, and completely forgot the almost-fight they had had.
- - -
They ended up at a dango shop, snacking and laughing at each other (I'm not laughing with you, I'm laughing at you).
Well, then, thought Temari, I guess horoscopes aren't always true.
Heh-heh. The end. In case you were wondering I am a Shikamaru x Temari fan, though I didn't try to imply it in this. I'm gonna start listing all of the Naruto characters who have the same sign (sorry Capricorn people, if you want me to, I'll list them in some other one.) So, on we go.
Temari – Aug. 23rd
Raido – Aug. 28th
Koharu – Sept. 1st
Aoba – Sept. 3rd
Zaku – Sept. 14th
Kakashi – Sept. 15th
Shikamaru – Sept. 22nd