Not Good with Words

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Inuyasha.

Kagome slumped against a tree, looking up at the clouds. She didn't have any missions for a while and fully intended to spend her break doing absolutely nothing – she could use the rest. Actually, Tsunade's strategist, Shikamaru, was the one to convince the Hokage to give her a break – she would have to thank him for that…

"Don't you have better things to be doing than this while on your break? Like shopping or something?" The lazy voice drew her attention to the side where a jounin with a pineapple hair-style stood watching her languidly. The miko smiled at him, looking him over once.

He was actually very attractive, but his everything-is-too-troublesome-to-bother attitude tended to drive people away a bit. "No, I don't have anything better to do, especially not shopping. Oh, thank you for getting me this break in the first place."

The Nara sat beside her and grunted a troublesome in response to her thanks. If she had been looking, she would have seen the light blush dusting his cheeks.

They sat in a comfortable silence for a long while, just enjoying each other's company and watching the clouds. Kagome saw images of her friends in the fluffy white, but she had no idea what the Nara saw. She glanced over at him and smiled softly. He was someone she couldn't compare to anyone in the past, and that could have been what first drew her to him. If he didn't remind her of the past, she couldn't be guilt-ridden for comparing him to someone else.

"Ne, Kagome…" She perked up a little at the sound of his voice. "Do you…" He sighed and she turned to face him completely, curious. "Troublesome… I was never one for words anyway…" She gasped in shocked when he turned and pulled her onto his lap.

"Shikama-" Her question was cut off by his lips and she slowly relaxed. When he pulled away, she stared at him dazedly. "Wow… you're right – you aren't good with words." She grinned and leaned back up to him. "Yes, I'll go out with you."

AN: Meh, not sure if I like this one or not. ; Some of you were asking for a ShikaKag, and I'm sorry it's been so long since I've updated. (I don't even KNOW how long, and THAT'S bad.) I've been working on some other stuff and haven't gotten the chance to post anything.

Anyway, thanks for reading, and please leave me with a review/request (preferably with a little bit of a plot) - I could use the inspiration.