Chapter 2: Temari makes her move
It was late in the afternoon. Shikamaru went back to his cloud watching spot. Ino went back to the Hokage-sama after they ate.
Shikamaru had closed eyes, though he was not sleeping. The genius was thinking, reflecting on what had been happening. Temari and Ino, the most troublesome kunoichi he knew, there was something different now though. He was disliking Temari more and more, she was getting more and more troublesome every day that he was more scared of Temari than of his mother. Although, even though he hated the sand kunoichi, when he heard the greeting a little earlier ago, he felt a bit happy that Temari was in Konoha, his brain though said that Temari was troublesome an what a pain it would be to have her around.
The instance with Ino though was new to him. To the lazy ninja, Hinata and Tenten were the only non-troublesome women he knew. Today though, Ino was different. She wasn't troublesome at all, quite the opposite actually. He jus hated the fact that he gave in to Ino. His allowance and pay was used by Ino more than him.
He opened his eyes to see the red sky of the setting sun. Shikamaru got up and went straight home. It was just a matter of minutes before, the sky turned black and stars twinkled. He remembered how Temari loved to watch stars.
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Shikamaru arrived in front of his house when he heard a strangely familiar voice inside.
"Thank you, Mrs. Nara." He heard the voice say.
Shikamaru opened the doors to see a blonde haired girl wearing a black kimono and sitting beside a giant fan. She was sitting beside an empty chair opposite of Haruko.
"Temari? Why're you here?" Shikamaru almost exclaimed.
"Shikamaru! That's no way to greet a lady! Sit down." Shikato shouted at his son.
Shikamaru looked at his father with a surprised expression on his face. Shikato ,like Shikamaru, hated the idea o troublesome women. He noticed that his mother must have talked sense to him.
Shikamaru walked to the chair beside his mother.
Shikato stopped him, "Not there, Shikamaru. Beside Temari."
He sat down as instructed and took a bowl of rice and some salmon.
Shikato and Haruko had evil looks in their eyes as their eyes kept glancing at the two young shinobi.
"Temari-chan" Haruko started, "you're the Kazekage's sister right. You said you were here on a vacation, correct?"
Shikamaru looked at Haruko, 'What is she planning…'
Temari smiled, "Yup."
Shikato finished and brought his dishes to the kitchen sink. "Then, why don't you let Shikamaru help you on your vacation. You know, he could tour you around the city, take you to dinner…"
Shikamaru's little eyes opened.
Temari's cheeks turned red. She glanced at Shikamaru who also had red cheeks.
Haruko stood up and brought Temari's, Shikamaru's and her own plates to the kitchen.
Temari thanked the Nara's for their generosity.
She was leaving when Shikato ordered his son to accompany Temari home, 'just to make sure she's safe' he said.
They walked out the door.
"So, what's your problem? How'd you end up at my house?"
Temari smiled, "You took a long time so I decided to have lunch. I came back and you weren't there, so I strolled around the village." She said as they exited the apartment building. "I ran into another shinobi and asked him if he knew where you lived. He gave me directions, I thought that maybe ypu went home, so I went there."
Shikamaru sighed, "You're so troublesome, and why didn't you go after you realized I wasn't there?"
Temari ignored the comment and said, "Your mother made me stay, she said I should wait for you. Your father argued with her then she dragged him away whispered something and he came back grinning."
'Hmm. What could mother have said?' Shikamaru thought. "How long were you there anyway? What did they tell you?"
Temari laughed. "Since three." She said smiling. "They said a lot of embarrassing things since you were a kid. I can't believe your first word was 'checkmate' must come with being a genius then."
'What a pain. I wonder if all parents are like that.'
"Don't worry, Kanuruo does that too. Except that when he does, I could knock him down, unlike you."
They walked a bit, Temari looked up at the stars. They were extremely beautiful tonight. Temari ran off.
"Where are you going? Your house's this way." Shikamaru shouted.
Temari turned around.
There was something different about her. Even Shikamaru was a bit stunned by her.
"The stars. I told you I like watching them. You could go home, if you want to." Temar said.
Shikamaru raised his head. The stars were beautiful. "Huh, I'll go with you." He sihed. "Father'd kill me if he realized I didn't walk you home."
He followed Temari to his own cloud watching spot. They laid down side by side.
"I wanted to ask you something." Temari said. "Why couldn't you have taken after your mother? I mean, she's not a beauty, but, she's still above average women."
"Why ask me? I didn't have a choice."
Temari let out a little laugh. "What were you doing anyway? Where did you go this afternoon?"
Shikamaru looked at her, "Ino made me treat her out. Then I went to the bench at the top of Jasmine apartment, my second favorite cloud spot."
"Oh, Ino, huh." Temari sounded a bit down after hearing.
The two of them laid there for a few minutes watching stars. They decided to go on home.
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"Come in." Temari said when they reached the apartment room she stayed in. "You must be thirsty."
Shikamaru took the offer and sat down on the couch. Temari went to the kitchen and brought back a glass of water.
Temari went to her room. Shikamaru drank the water and examined the room. It looked relatively nice. There was a dining a table, a kitchen, a fridge, a bathroom and a good view.
When Temari went out of her room, Shikamaru almost dropped his glass. The kunoichi was wearing a revealing yellow silk night gown. Her fan was in her room. Temari's hair was let down, it looked nice without the ribbons holding them up. She actually looked like a beautiful lady. It was the first time Shikamaru saw a girl like this.
Temari sat down beside him, "What?"
Shikamaru was still stunned, "Oh what, nothing."
He finished his water and told Temari he was leaving.
Shikamaru stepped away from the door when he felt someone grab his arm.
It was Temari. She pulled Shikamaru back and turned himso that they were face to face. She landed a kiss on him. She pulled away, "Goodnight. Thanks, Shika-kun." Temari shut the door.
Shikamaru stood there for a moment. Then he walked away. 'What a pain. Its already ten. And I have wake up early tomorrow."