Temari sighed. Her backpack suddenly felt twice as heavy. She had just walked to the train station, and boy was she tired. She felt it right to leave Hinata the car so she could get around easier. She sighed weakly.

"Now, for what time I'm supposed to leave." She whispered and set her back pack down. She unzipped the front packet and pulled out a crumpled piece of paper and unfolded it with care. But care, must have not been careful enough, because when she finally had it completely unfolding, pieces of paper were blowing away. She hoped none of those little scraps carried something important as she watched them flutter down the gutter.

Her eyes narrowed her eyes and scanned the paper. In the background she heard plenty of people walking, but one set of footsteps seemed to ring in her ears and she didn't know why. She wanted to turn, and see who was making these steps, but decided that finding where the heck her train was, was more important. She looked down,

TRAIN TO S…….

"Sht!" She said harshly. Her town started with an S, and that was the only S on the whole thing, except, the rest of it was completely gone. She could see the time, but the location and the platform and all that important stuff was gone. She would just have to do without it. She folded up the paper and shoved it in her back pack, finding no more use of it. She stood and walked into the station.

She could hear those footsteps again. The ones that seemed to stand out, even though they were no louder than any other pair of footsteps. She could hear plenty of clicks! Thumps! KechlicksAnd other assortments of noises that shoes would make, but the flump flumpflumpof shoes in her ears were just too much. She bit her lip. Why were these noises so out for her?

"Um…excuse me miss."

Temari jumped, and saw a man with a cart standing in front of her. He waved his hand for her to move.

Temari scoffed. "Well, EXCUSE me." She said sarcastically and moved, the man passed her and continued through the station.

She folded her arms nervously and proceeded to check in and to the main platform.

"Oh crap." She whispered. "How will I ever find a single train in a HUGE station?" Her backpack suddenly felt heavier again. Her eyes snapped open, she could hear those footsteps again, they were from somewhere off to the side. Subconsciously, she followed the sound onto a nearby train. The conductor was not out, she stepped up the steps and peered in. She didn't see anyone.

"Why the heck would I follow mysterious footsteps?" She asked herself.

She turned to get off, but then she heard a movement, the seats were too tall to see anyone. She sighed again. There was no point to this.

She turned back again and proceeded to get off. But she heard something else again.

"Who the heck is there?" She said.

"Hmm.." Someone said, that she couldn't see. She ignored them. They obviously didn't care. This wasn't the person.

Keep this up and I'll get t-

She turned as there was a loud click and a lurch and car was closed and she could see the train moving out of the station.

"No!!!" She whispered harshly.

She sat down in the approximate middle of the train car. She still could see no one there. So far, that 'hmm…' could have been a lurch from the train starting. She slunk down in her seat and sighed.

Who knows where she could be going?! She could end up half way across the country or worse. She sighed again. Now she knew the meaning of 'curiosity killed the cat.'

She whipped out a book and began to skim the pages, looking for her place.

Several hours passed, and it did not take long before she realized that this was DEFFINETLY the wrong train. She sighed sadly and continued to read, ignoring the sights outside.

"Women are always reading."

Temari froze and looked up to see Shikamaru over her shoulder, looking not at her book, but at her. His eyes were brown and small but seemed an ocean as she looked up at him.

"S-Shikamaru?" She asked.

"Yeah. I saw you outside, I walked behind you several times and then got on my train, then you followed me." He said. He walked around the seat and sat down across from her. She could hear his footsteps. He was the one that had been driving her crazy, that she could hear over all the others.

She wanted to punch him in the face. But of course, Temari, being Temari, she didn't. "So…" She began. She twitched nervously in her seat. "Do you know where this train is headed?"

Shikamaru pointed at a sign. Temari sighed. It definitely wasn't her home town. "So, are you visiting someone?"

Shikamaru shook his head. "I was going there for pleasure. But now I guess I have to drag YOU along. Women are stupid."

"I can fend for myself you know." Temari hissed. "I don't need you to show me around."

"You wouldn't last 2 days in that city, the next train back isn't for 3."

"Hmph." Temari crossed her arms and looked away. He was probably right. She wouldn't last. "Any stops?" She asked, in hope of getting away from this guy as quick as possible.

Shikamaru smiled a sly smile. "You're stuck woman. No stops."

Temari pulled her legs up to her chest and re-crossed her arms, still avoiding eye contact.

"How old are you anyway?" He asked.

"Pervert." Temari whispered, still looking away.

"I'm no pervert! You following me onto this train was perverted!"

She shrugged. "20, you?"

"20." He replied, smiling slightly and then looking off away.

Temari shuddered to think that she could to be this same age as this guy that had the activeness of a 500 year old ostrich. He was lazy, and rude.

"W-where were you planning to go?" He asked.

Temari snorted, he was starting to ask questions, how annoying. She sighed and answered anyway. "My brothers."

"You have siblings?"

"Yes." She snapped. "Two."

"Who is that girl that you're living with?" He asked, raising his eyebrows, Temari recognized his question.

"No, she's not my girlfriend or wife, she's my best friend, she was sick of being protected by her cousin and siblings, so when I decided to move far away so I could get away from MY protective siblings, she tagged along."

"What's her name?" Shikamaru asked.

Temari sighed. Everyone's interested in Hinata…wait. No. What am I saying? What do I care if this guy is interested in her, he's a freak. But still… She couldn't help but feel a ping of jealousy. "Hinata." She whispered, she hadn't looked at him since he had first sat down, her eyes were still scanning the seat across the aisle from her.

"Hinata what?" He repeated.

"Hinata Hyuuga." She snapped. "She has a lot of guys interested in her."

Shikamaru looked appalled. "I'm not interested in her!" He snapped. "I'm more interested in you than her."

Temari looked at him and raised her eyebrows.

Shikamaru realized what he had said and rested his hand on his chin and looked out the window. Great, now this girl thinks I have a crush on her. His mind mumbled. His inner self piped up, What? She is FINE!

Yeah, but, still.

Admit it, you think she's hot and you LIIIIIIKE her.

Inner selves always do this sort of thing.

He debated whether he actually liked her while he twiddled his thumbs. Temari smirked at him.

"You know, they always said that the best way to get to know a person or tighten a friendship is to play a game of Pictionary."

Shikamaru looked up at her with surprise. She only smiled at him. "Pictionary?"

"Yeah, it tells a lot about a person."

Shikamaru still looked at her in question. That was spontaneous. She crossed her legs and put her hands around the top leg, staring at him. "We should play it sometime." She said.

"What's up with you?" She asked.

'oh, yeah, I was wondering if I like you.' His mind teased. He only coughed. Shikamaru was still confused. "Yeah." He said. He stood. "I've spent too much time with a woman." He returned to his seat in the back.

Temari smiled. She had spoken the truth, but she knew it was spontaneous enough for him to get up and walk away. "Thankyou." She sighed, loudly, so he could hear.

As kind as he was, she had had enough of Shikamaru Nara.