Two months of fun

Two years of pain

Add it up

And get a life of rain

need to scream

But too ashamed

Shikamaru couldn't help but let out an annoyed grunt as he stepped out of his apartment into the blistering heat summer heat. A heat wave had hit Konoha, possibly one of the worst ever and to say it was becoming uncomfortable to leave your house was putting it lightly. But he knew what must be done, must be done as troublesome as it was.

After his father had passed away the job of tending to the clan's deer was lovingly (ok forcefully pushed) onto him. But he knew as much of a pain as it was it was still his job. 'When did I become so responsible?' he thought to himself with a smirk. But that smirk soon feel as the memory of a certain blonde pushing him to be more responsible came to mind. He pushed the thought out of his head trying to focus back on the heat.

As he walked down the back alleys he tried to stay as much in the shade for some sort of relief not that it made too much difference in this heat. The streets were almost deserted now most people taking refuge in their houses to get out of the blistering sun with their conditioners. But the heat seemed to be the last thing on his mind lately. More often than not he was thinking of the sudden meeting with the Hokage he was called into just days before.

It wasn't strange to be suddenly be called by the Hokage for tactical advice. But this time he was taken back when he arrived finding the other rookie 9 as well as Team Guy waiting outside the Hokage's office. He was even more surprised as he was told they were gathered for a personal issue.

He still couldn't believe what they had told him Temari had recently become a missing nin taking with her some very classified documents from the Kazekage's office. Sure it had been quite a few years since their falling out but he thought he knew her. The Temari he knew would never ever leave her village, let alone her brothers, she cared more about them then herself. He still didn't know why Tsunade found it so important to remind him personally that aiding a missing nin was a very punishable offense. They haven't had any kind of contact for years a fact which he made sure to add as he walked out the door faking disinterest in the whole thing.

He sighed as he walked into the small humid deer shed taking out some feed for the deer. He was wrong, he had thought he knew her. In fact he thought he knew her better than anyone else but that night 2 years ago made him realize otherwise. He just wished he could push the whole thing out of his head. All the memories that he had taken so long to push out kept coming back after that meeting. He had moved on and he remembered it was for good reason.

He had been so caught up in his thoughts he didn't notice that one of the new fawns born last spring was nipping at his shirtsleeve. "Hey there" He said gently patting its head this particular fawn had been more skittish than the rest never letting him around. Pulling back his arm he pushed some of the feed under the fawn's nose. The fawn pushed his hand away. "No it's ok it's food." He said holding his hand out again. The fawn yet again pushing his hand away before going and pulling on sleeve again. It was almost it was trying to tell him to follow.

"Is something wrong?" He asked realizing the small animal was pulling him with it not pushing him away like he originally thought. Following a couple steps behind he wondered what could have gotten into the small animal.

There had been instances in the past when someone or something had gotten into the forest making a mess and the deer would let them know. This was probably no different. Walking through the clearing he noticed something on the ground ahead of him it was large and black. He couldn't make out what type of figure it was. Moving closer he noticed there was another color yellow…well not yellow but blonde.

You really screwed my world

I gotta live but you stand in the way