Well I don't have much to say but I've been feeling kinda depressed and I kinda feel like killing myself so this is the last chappie in this story and in any other stories I have written so… goodbye fanfiction……………………………………………….. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

KIDDING!!!!! I am as happy and hyper as ever!!!!!! Ohh it feels good to be alive!!!! How was everyone's Halloween? Did you get lotsa candy? I did! I got a bin bag full! So I am very hyper!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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"Alright guys," Shikamaru called out to his pupils, "That's enough training for today, I'll see you all tomorrow. Keep practicing your ninjustu's the Chunin exams are just around the corner!"

A group of twelve year olds waved to him as they walked towards the gate leading from the training grounds. God, I'm 21 and I still am not motivated about anything, Shikamaru thought as he stared at the clouds aimlessly. Shikamaru had now obtained jounin level but was as carefree as Kakashi in the responsibility that it held. It had been 8 years since he had last seen Temari and in that time he had dated Ino for about a week but the guilt from his promise made him break up with her, well that and she pretty much forced him against his will to go out with her in the first place.

"Shikamaru!" A pink haired Kunochi called out to him.

"Yeah?" Shikamaru replied with a sigh.

"Tsunade says she has a mission for you and your pupils," Sakura said calmly as she walked up to him. Sakura had also obtained jounin level under the teachings of the fifth hokage.

"What?! But the Chunin exams are in two weeks, my team won't have any time to train!" He protested clearly outraged.

"Hey, don't shoot the messenger girl, if you have a problem discuss it with Tsunade," Sakura said with a sly smile, she knew that once the fifth had made up her mind there was no changing it.

"Fine," Shikamaru jumped onto the rooftops until he reached Tsunade's mansion. He knocked on the large door.

"Ahh, Shikamaru you're here," Tsunade said as she shifted papers on her desk. Her office was large but cramped from all the junk that lay untidily on the floor.

"Tsunade, Sakura informed me that you had a mission planned for me and my pupils but I must protest about your timing. My group won't have anytime to train for the chu-," Shikamaru tried to explain but was cut off by the fifth's death glare.

"Your disciples will have plenty of time to train while on the mission and now may I begin in telling you my reason for summoning you here?" She asked sarcastically, "Very well then, your mission is to escort a sand group of genin's and their sensei to Konoha for the Chunin exams, it is a C ranked mission and it does not contain many threats, I believe it will take about a week."

Shikamaru sighed. He decided to give up. There was no winning against the hokage, especially when she had a desk filled with paperwork going up to her eyeballs.

"Fine. I'll inform my pupils," He said while he made his way to the door.

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Shikamaru's pupils were two boys and one girl. The boys were called Maneth and Yuki and the girl was called Kureni.

Maneth was built large and strong, he had tanned skin wrapped in bandages and brown messy hair, his eyes were a brown so dark that they looked black. He was a master in hand-to-hand combat like Lee except Maneth could do several other techniques as well as hand-to-hand.

Yuki looked small and frail in a loose shirt and black trousers but he was not weak, I wouldn't call him very strong but he had an average ninja's strength. He had pale skin that was as unscathed as that of a newborn child (he had no cuts or wounds) and dark black hair that stuck out slightly at the edges (if you've seen Takashi in dnangel then you know what I'm talking about). One of his eyes was extremely light blue and merging with the white in it whereas the other was a dark purple with silver scattered across it, both his eyes were hidden behind oval shaped glasses. Yuki was a strategist like Shikamaru and his main ninja talent was in ninjutsu's. Yuki was a distant relation to the Hyuuga clan and was lucky enough to obtain the Bakugan in one eye.

The final pupil was Kureni. Unlike Yuki she actually was weak body wise. She was as frail as a dying flower. She had blue hair that reached her waist and pinkish skin she wore a short Kimono with the symbol of her clan on the back of it that aloud her to move freely. Her eyes changed colour depending on her mood. Her parents were the greatest genjutsu users in the hole of Konoha and although she had not yet discovered her special genjutsu she was expected of doing great things. Kureni at the moment was having a stupid teenage crush on Shikamaru her leader who tried his best to edge her away from this pointless one-sided romance but failed miserably.

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Shikamaru lazily trudged back home and tried to remember the words to his old song but since Temari left it was as if he had been brainwashed of happiness thus brainwashed of the song. He smirked to himself as he remembered continuously bumping into Temari down this street.

Shikamaru stood at the entrance of his small apartment while turning the key in the lock. He entered the flat and flopped on his bed. Why me? He asked himself in a pleading inner tone, why did I have to get so motivated about someone? Slowly he fell asleep mentally asking himself the question over and over again, why did I let her go…

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Shikamaru's team members waited at the door for their lazy leader while checking over the note he had sent each of them, making sure that they had the right time. Finally Shikamaru came into view against the sunset scratching his head.

"Goooood morning Shikamaru-kun!" Kureni squealed at her crush.

"Stop it doofus, your meant to call him sensei," Maneth said while hitting her on the head lightly.

"Guys, guys, let's just get this over with so we can get some training in, please," Shikamaru said while moving the two apart. Yuki sighed as he stared over his unintelligent teammates, this is going to be a long trip, Yuki thought as he steered them towards the main gate.

"Okay, it's going to take us about a week to complete this mission so as you can tell we'll have to train while we're away. Got it? Good," Shikamaru said to his nodding pupils as they walked down the main road.

They continued the rest of the journey in silence, apart from the occasional chatter from Kureni but that was to be expected of her.

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The Suna finally came into view of the four ninja's view.

"Well here we are," Shikamaru called out to his team members. They just grunted in his direction, still pissed that they would have restricted training hours but they followed Shikamaru all the same into the Sand Village.

Apon entering the village they made their way to the Kazekage's mansion to meet their clients.

"Ahh, Shikamaru," Gaara said while turning to face him, "Haven't seen you in awhile."

"I'd heard you'd become Kazekage," Shikamaru replied. His students looked at him curiously.

"Uhh… Do you know him?" Kureni asked with a puzzled expression on her face.

"Long time ago," Shikamaru said with a smile on his face as he remembered Temari.

"How is she?" He asked.

"She?!" Kureni asked outraged.

"I assume you're talking about Temari, and you'll find out soon enough," Gaara replied slyly. Just then a girl walked into the room.

"Gaara! Where the hell are they!?" She asked with a foul temper. Gaara smirked.

"Why, they're right here."

Temari suddenly noticed the four people standing in the room, her eyes gazed over each of them until she noticed Shikamaru. Temari stood shock still.

"Shi-Shikamaru-kun?" She stuttered quietly. Shikamaru ruffled his messy hair nervously.

"Ehh, hi," He said. Shikamaru noticed Temari snapping back into focus, "Long time no see," he continued shuffling his feet.

"So your our escorts," Temari said coldly, "Winry, Hikaru, Kauro! Come here!" Temari barked the order as she tapped her foot impatiently, "Meet our escorts…" Three people stood in front of Shikamaru, Kureni, Maneth and Yuki.

The girl, Winry had blonde hair like Temari but she had hers cut short so it barely dangled by her ears, her eyes were the same as Maneth, dark almost black. She wore tight shorts (Sakura's shorts) and a black T-shirt that revealed her stomach. Her skin was very tanned so she looked almost completely brown. She had no freckles and her eyebrows were only just visible from a decent distance. Winry looked very strong, her body was very slender and muscular (not disgustingly muscular though). She stared at Shikamaru's team with an expressionless face.

The next was Hikaru. He had fiery red hair (like Gaara's) that stuck out slightly, his eyes were a vacant blue with a small pupil. Hikaru wore sand style trousers and a dark red jacket that covered most of his face up to his eyes. His skin was black and unusually his palms were the same shade. His body was hidden within the jacket so the group could not tell his fitness. Hikaru stared at them with a slight hint of hatred.

Kaoru was the last. She had very long, straight, black hair that went almost to her knees; it covered half of her face. Her eyes were black with only the outer layer of white around it. Her skin was a ghostly pale, even more so than Yuki's. Kaoru wore a long black Kimono but just underneath you could see long, tight trousers (Sakura's but they go down to her ankles) and a black long sleeved top. Her body although white was extremely muscular (a bit more than Winry but still not disgusting). And Kaoru didn't even look at them.

"Well, let's get this over with before it becomes to 'troublesome'" Temari said mimicking Shikamaru, it would have been playful but she sounded to cold and uncaring. In fact it kinda sounded like an insult.

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So that's it I'm sorry for the late updating but my internet computer was on the glitch so I've just been writing lot's of chappies on my writing computer. I am very sorry for those people who have been waiting for this chappie! Please review: P