Me: hey I am back with an all new songfic!
Temari: This songfic request was brought to you by feather-dance145.
Me: So sorry it took so long for me to finally write it! *bows in apology*
Shikamaru: Troublesome...and the winner of the songfic idea contest is...
Me: DRUMROLL PLEASE!
Naruto plays the drumroll
Shikamaru: the winner is Lovetoanime.
Me: Congratulations! I really loved your idea, and I hope I did it justice! I also would like to thank everyone for all their ideas that they sent me. They were all wonderful and I would have loved to use them all, but I could only pick one.
Temari: Now on with the songfic!
A Whole New World
From Disney's Aladdin
The blonde sand shinobi began her walk down Konoha as usual during this time of the year. Chuunin exams were just around the corner, and being the Suna ambassador, it was part of her job to work with a certain lazy Konoha shinobi to get everything set up for this year. The only difference this year is that Gaara decided to join her because he had some business to discuss with Tsunade. Temari smiled as she approached the park where her partner in planning was lazily looking up at the passing clouds with his arms tucked behind his head. On closer inspection, Temari could see that the pineapple head ninja was indeed asleep under the fluffy white clouds. Temari sat next to him and just watched him sleep. Her teal eyes watched with fascination as the chest of the Jonin rose and fell. She turned her head to watch the clouds pass by in the clear blue sky. I wonder why he always sleeps. I know he is lazy, but he can't be that lazy; can he? She thought.
"I am surprised." A male voice groggily said with a lazy undertone to it. Temari turned to see the Jonin next to her. His clothing choice had not changed since he was sixteen, but he definitely looked older and more mature…and sexier. Temari mentally shook that last thought away.
"What are you so surprised about?" She said in her normal teasing tone. Shikamaru just let out a sigh.
"You normally wake me up, and tell me that we have to get to work." He replied looking at her.
"Well maybe today I decided to give you a little break." Temari replied with a smirk on her face. She leaned in and kissed the Leaf shinobi on the lips. "Good morning."
"Troublesome." Shikamaru answered with a happy smirk on his face. Yes, the two of them have been dating in secret for about two years now. Only few people knew about their relationship, and they would like to keep it that way for now. Obviously Team Asuma knew, nothing gets past Ino and of course she had to tell Choji about it. Naruto found out completely by accident; apparently, training ground 45 was not as abandoned as Shikamaru had once thought. Since Naruto knew, Hinata knew as well. You see the day Naruto went to training ground 45, he brought his fiancé, Hinata, with him to help him with his chakra control, and of course they both saw Shikamaru and Temari in a make-out session. All of those people swore not to say a word, and so far they had kept their promise.
Why keep everything a secret? Well, if too many people knew it could be…a drag.
"Shall we begin planning the Chuunin exams?" Temari asked sweetly. Shikamaru sighed.
"Alright let's get this over with."
"So we can make out?"
"Troublesome woman."
The red head Kazekage was leaving the Hokage building with a small smile on his usually stoic face. Tsunade just told him that Naruto was going to be her successor, and Gaara could not have agreed more on her choice. Tsunade simply called him in for backup to get the council members to agree to her request, and Gaara was more than happy to oblige. After an hour or so of stating his opinion on why he agreed with Tsunade's choice of Rokudaime, the council gave in. It was unanimously decided that the blonde ninja would be the next Hokage. Gaara decided to go find the hyper-active blonde to congratulate him on finally achieving his dream. Gaara looked down the road and saw the blonde walk into the Yamanaka's flower shop, so the sand user decided to go in as well. "Hello, Naruto." Gaara greeted. Naruto spun his attention from Ino, who was helping him pick out flowers, to the Kazekage.
"Hey, Gaara! What brings you here to Konoha? I thought only Temari comes around this time of year." Naruto asked.
"She normally does, but Tsunade wanted to get my opinion on something to help persuade the council to see things her way." Gaara answered with his usual emotionless expression. Naruto raised an eyebrow in confusion. What could Baa-chan be doing?
"Okay, Naruto, focus here for a second." Ino spoke up to get Naruto's attention. "Okay, so what flowers do you want?"
"I don't know…what do you think I should get Hinata?" Naruto asked the blonde. Gaara walked up to Naruto to see what flowers he would end up getting.
"Oh! I know the perfect bouquet to get her hold on."Ino went into the back and picked out a bouquet that consisted of lavender roses and blue hyacinths. "Okay, so the lavender roses mean 'our love is pure' and blue hyacinths mean 'our love is constant' or 'I'll always be here.' So what do you think?"
"Perfect thanks, Ino." Naruto took out his money to pay the blonde girl for the beautiful bouquet. "So, what did Baa-chan need you opinion on, Gaara?" Naruto asked as he took the bouquet and walked out of the flower shop with Gaara.
"She wanted my opinion on who should be the future Hokage." Gaara answered mentally smiling. The blonde Jonin sensei tensed, and slowly turned to face the Kazekage with blatant curiosity in his eyes. "Congratulations, Naruto Uzumaki, you are the next Hokage." Naruto smiled so brightly.
"I have to go and tell Hinata-chan right now! Thanks, Gaara! I'm the Rokudaime Hokage! HELL YES!" Naruto dashed towards the Hyuga compound at such a rate that it would make Lee and Guy proud about his youthful display of youthfulness. Gaara smiled softly and walked towards the park. He decided a nice stroll before meeting with Temari would do him some good.
"Alright, so we have decided that we will get Morino Ibiki to do the information gathering exam, Might Guy to do the survival test, and Shizune the proctor for the tournament." Temari recapped. Shikamaru simply nodded in agreement. "Okay well we are done with assigning positions, so we can take a break." Temari said. Shikamaru took this as his cue to move in a little closer. His brown eyes looked her over as if soaking her in, and then he planted his lips on hers. Temari smiled as she molded her lips to match his. She put her arms around his neck, and he wrapped his arms around her waist, in order to bring her closer to himself. Just as their make-session was going to get intense, Gaara walked by and saw the two of them.
"What is going on?" Gaara asked angrily which caused Temari and Shikamaru to jump out each other's hold. Gaara tried to keep his stoic facial expression intact, but he was failing miserably. "Well, are you going to tell me?" Temari gave Shikamaru a wary look. The lazy shinobi stood up from his sitting position to properly talk to the Kazekage.
"Well, Kazekage-sama, Temari and I have been dating for awhile, and we are only doing what normal couples do when they want to show their feelings." Shikamaru answered with his usual tone; although his brown eyes held determination, and were bereft of fear of the powerful Gaara. Gaara visibly calmed down, but his eyes still held anger towards the couple.
"Temari, come with me. We are leaving right now." Gaara commanded with finality in his voice that no one in their right mind (except for possibly Naruto) would argue with. Temari looked at Shikamaru with sadness in her eyes, but she follows her brother to their hotel room. Later that night Temari sat near the windowsill thinking about her lazy lover. She let out a longing sigh as she stood up to go to bed. Tomorrow she would leave for Suna, and never see Shikamaru again. There was a knock on her door, so she slowly made her way to the door and opened it.
"Hello, Temari-san, I heard about what happened. I am truly sorry about everything." A girl with long indigo tresses that framed her pale face, and brought out her gorgeous lavender eyes that put the moon to shame said with a small smile of comfort on her face.
"Hello, Hinata-san, and thank-you for your concern. I am fine, but may I ask what are you doing here?" Temari asked with her teal eyes looking at the girl intently.
"Well, Shikamaru-kun, asked Naruto-kun to deliver something to you since he is forbidden to see you. Naruto-kun asked me to deliver it to you while he tried to calm down Gaara, but Gaara is barely listening to Naruto-kun. Anyway, here you go. I should get back to Naruto-kun before the two of them get on each others' nerves with their stubbornness." Hinata answered sweetly as she handed Temari a small jewelry box with a note.
"Thank-you, Hinata-san." Temari thanked with sincerity. Hinata nodded as she walked towards her fiancé who was now trying very hard not to yell at Gaara for acting like a child about this. The sand kunoichi closed the door and sat on her bed. She opened the note and began reading its contents.
Dear Temari,
I tried to personally deliver this gift to you, but your brother has guards around the whole perimeter blocking any entry on my part. Troublesome.
I asked Naruto to give this to you, but I am sure he probably passed the job to Hinata, so he could try to talk some sense into Gaara. What a drag.
More importantly, inside the box is a locket; if you still love me, if you still believe that one day we will be together, and if you feel lonely just open the locket, apply a little chakra, and go to sleep. It will take you to a whole new world.
Love,
Shikamaru
Temari smiled lovingly as she opened the box. She held out the locket. It is a beautiful silver cloud on a fine sliver chain. She clasped it around her neck and rubbed the cloud lovingly and she drifted to sleep.
Two weeks passed since she last saw Shikamaru, and each of those weeks were filled with arguing with her brother Gaara about letting her see Shikamaru. Naruto was able to convince Gaara to still allow her to work with Shikamaru with the Chuunin exams, but they had already finished all the work they needed to do together, so she would not see him for another two months when it was time for the Chuunin exams! Gaara would not budge, and that frustrated Temari to no end. One night she ran to her room angrily, and threw herself onto her bed in frustration. She subconsciously began rubbing the locket Shikamaru gave her for comfort as she chewed on her lower lip. She was lonely, and she desperately wanted to see Shikamaru. She eventually realized that she was rubbing the locket he gave her, and decided to try out what he said in the note to do. She opened the locket, applied some chakra, closed the locket, and went to sleep.
She opened her eyes, but she was not in her room, she was not even in Suna! She was in an unknown place, but she got this warm feeling in her stomach. Wherever she was, she liked it. It was a beautiful place that kind of reminded her of Shikamaru's description of the Nara Forest, except it looked more fairytale like. She smiled as she began to explore, but all of a sudden a voice began singing.
(Shikamaru)I can show you the world
Shining, shimmering, splendid
Tell me, princess, now when did
You last let your heart decide?
Temari turned to find the voice, but she felt to hands that she knew all too well cover her eyes. She let out a small giggle as she sighed contently.
I can open your eyes
Take you wonder by wonder
Over, sideways and under
On a magic carpet ride
Shikamaru removed his hands from Temari's eyes and led her onto a magic carpet. The magic carpet was made of earthly colors, and had the Nara symbol over a silver cloud in the center of it. Temari and Shikamaru sat on the carpet as the magic carpet took them for a ride. Shikamaru wrapped his arm around Temari's waist, and Temari snuggled closer to him.
A whole new world
A new fantastic point of view
No one to tell us no
Or where to go
Or say we're only dreaming
Temari smiled at Shikamaru as he continued to sing; it brought her endless joy that they were together, and even though they were on a magic carpet she really did not care if it was illogical. She could fly around on a giant fan, so why can't they fly around on a carpet? Gaara and his commands to leave Shikamaru and to never see him again were far behind them, and the couple were completely happy.
(Temari)A whole new world
A dazzling place I never knew
But when I'm way up here
It's crystal clear
That now I'm in a whole new world with you
(Shikamaru)Now I'm in a whole new world with you
The magic carpet took them higher into the sky where Temari could actually touch the clouds that her boyfriend always stared at.
(Temari)Unbelievable sights
Indescribable feeling
Soaring, tumbling, freewheeling
Through an endless diamond sky
She smiled happily as the carpet took a turn downward towards a part of the forest where a beautiful cascading waterfall and where thousands of fireflies gave the area a romantic and incredible feel.
(Temari)A whole new world
(Shikamaru)Don't you dare close your eyes
(Temari)A hundred thousand things to see
(Shikamaru)Hold your breath - it gets better
Shikamaru turned the carpet towards a town that Temari had not noticed earlier. The town lights were amazing, and beautiful. The town was full of life, and it looked similar to Konoha, yet it felt like it was straight out of a story book. After they flew over the town, Shikamaru made the magic carpet disappear and he held onto Temari bridal style as they landed on top of the tree below them. The couple began jumping from tree to tree hand in hand. Eventually they came to the last tree that looked over a cliff.
"Shika! There are no more trees to jump to!"
"What was that Tem?"
"Shika! Don't play games with me...Shika, stop we're gonna fall!"
Temari braced herself for the impact of the ground that was surely to come, but she felt Shikamaru grab her waist and whisper into her ear. "I'll never let you fall." His whisper sent chills down Temari's spine, but soon she felt herself land on the magic carpet they were riding on previously.
"Wait, this thing disappeared earlier. How is it back without you making any hand signs?" Temari asked. Shikamaru laughed.
"Tem, we are in a dream world." He answered with a playful tone. Temari smiled and pushed herself closer to Shikamaru. Then I don't want this dream to end. Temari thought as Shikamaru held her closer to him.
(Temari)I'm like a shooting star
I've come so far
I can't go back to where I used to be
(Shikamaru)A whole new world
Temari did not want to go back to a world where she could not be with the one person she loved more than anything. It was so lonely, and there was nothing she could do to try to convince Gaara to let the couple be together in peace. Shikamaru held her tighter.
(Temari)Every turn a surprise
(Shikamaru)With new horizons to pursue
(Temari)Every moment red-letter
(Both)I'll chase them anywhere
There's time to spare
Let me share this whole new world with you
"Shika, I love you so much! I really want my brother to approve of us being together." Temari said as she kissed Shikamaru.
"Troublesome. I love you too Tem, and don't worry. We will always have this place."
(Shikamaru)A whole new world
(Temari)A whole new world
(Shikamaru)That's where we'll be
(Temari)That's where we'll be
(Shikamaru)A thrilling chase
(Temari)A wondrous place
(Both)For you and me
The carpet lands at the place where Temari first entered the dream world. Shikamaru pulled her into a kiss when they got off the magic carpet that took them to so many wondrous places.
"Goodbye, Tem, I'll see you next time." Shikamaru said as he began to walk away.
"Wait, Shika?"
"Yes, Tem?" He stops walking.
"Ummm...Where did you learn that jutsu?"
"Heh, clan secret. Why do you think I always sleep?"
"So...you sleep, because of this? And I always thought you were lazy?" She
said smirking.
"And I thought you were troublesome...which you are. But, that's why I love
you." He kept walking until she stopped him, again.
"What if...Gaara says no. You know, about us being together?"
"Heh, than that's a minor setback, but not even your brother
can keep me from you."
"Yeah, you're right! Who needs his opinion, anyways? We have this wondrous
place!"
"Yeah, good morning Tem. See ya tomorrow night, same time, same
place!" And with that he left.
"Or course." Temari said to herself after she was woke up to the sunbeams from the dessert sun landing on her face. She stretched the sleep out of her limbs, and got dressed for the day. She went downstairs to see her two brothers already eating their breakfast, so she pulled a chair next to them to begin eating her own.
"Temari." Gaara began in a monotone voice that caught Temari's attention. "I was wrong." Kankuro looked like he was just about to choke on the food he just put in his mouth, and Temari looked at her youngest brother confused.
"Gaara admitting he is wrong? Has the world come to an end?" Kankuro asked with playful seriousness.
"Kankuro, shut up. Wrong about what, Gaara?" Temari asked. Gaara shifted uncomfortably, but turned to face his sister.
"I was wrong about the Nara. Naruto has been updating me on all the things the Nara boy has done to prove that he would do anything for you. Naruto also explained to me what that locket he gave you does, so I decided that I will support your decision to date or do whatever you want with the Nara." Gaara said. Temari would have jumped for joy if it was not completely out of her character to do so. She smiled and gave Gaara a sisterly peck on the cheek. Gaara looked stunned for a few seconds, but regained himself. "Well, I am going back to Konoha later this week for Naruto's inauguration as Hokage, so would you like to accompany me there?"
"Of course, Gaara, and thank-you."Temari answered with a smile on her face. She could not wait for tonight when she could tell Shikamaru that they could see each other freely again.
Shikamaru lay on the grass looking up at the passing clouds with a smile on his face. Naruto and Choji approached him with curiosity on their faces. "So did your locket jutsu work?" Choji asked his best friend. Shikamaru sat up and looked at the two ninjas that stood there waiting for his answer.
"Yes, it did." Shikamaru answered.
"That's so cool! Shikamaru, you got to teach me that jutsu!" Naruto excitedly begged. Shikamaru smiled.
"Troublesome." He was not going to teach Naruto that jutsu, that place was for Temari and him alone. With that the lazy leaf shinobi turned to watch the clouds again with a happy look on his usually lazy face.
Me: I hope you all enjoyed reading this! Congrats again to Lovetoanime for winning the contest!
Naruto: Yup! Now the next songfic is "It Was You" by 12 Stones.
Hinata: With the couple of Me and Naruto-kun.
Me: I hope you look foward to it :D