Shika Tema intense mission pt7

Meanwhile, Temari had picked up her giant fan, and now held it high above the bear, she swung it down at the bear like a sword, and lunged it into the beast’s chest. It growled in pain and thrashed about some more, before finally coming to a stand still. Shikamaru panted and then sighed deeply. The bear was still on top of him, and he tried to move it, but it was just too heavy from the position he was in. Temari removed her weapon and put it to the side, then tried to heave the bear off of him. Together, they finally managed to shove it to the side, so that Shikamaru could escape.

“What on earth was a bear doing on a ship?” Temari enquired,
“How am I supposed to know? Its really similar to the one I killed the other day though.” The bamboozlement overwhelmed him at that point. He had so many complications and puzzles on his mind that it really took him out. He collapsed onto the floor, and held his head in his hands. He took one look at the bear, and one look at Temari, lay back, and fell asleep straight away.

Temari was almost as confused as he was. She climbed carefully over the bear, and pushed the door back onto it’s hinges, then went back over the bear, and tried to drag Shikamaru onto his sleeping bag. She was thankful for him coming to save her, but that was part of his mission after all. It’s not like he cared what happened to her really. Once she had got him onto his sleeping bag, she noticed something on his left cheek. She looked closer, and saw the scar that had been left from the cut he received from the bear the previous day.

She knelt down beside him to take a closer look, and leant over him in order to peer at it. It was quite deep by the looks of it, but it was a clean cut, so the bear must have attacked quickly; but why hadn’t he dodged it? He wasn’t that much of an amateur. She didn’t understand this. She was about to get up, when Shikamaru reached up, felt where she was, and grabbed her.

He pulled her closer to him, and put his arms around her. She had been caught by surprise. He was still asleep, but for some reason he had known she was there. Either that, or he did very strange things in his sleep. He was probably dreaming about something perverted she thought. She tried to get up, but he tightened his hold on her. She was stuck. She tried several other methods of escape, but all failed. She had no choice but to sleep where she was.

She tried to find a way to get comfortable like this, but it was very difficult. She ended up putting her arms on the floor, either side of his. The good news was he didn’t snore, or breathe to heavily. Still not as comfortable as her sleeping bag, but at least he was warm.

In the morning, Shikamaru woke to find several strange things going on. Number one: There was a girl on top of him, and he had his arms around her. Number two: There was a dead bear in the corner of the room. And number 3: He could not remember where he was. Then he rubbed his eyes, and realized he was on the boat, and this strange girl on top of him was Temari, and the bear in the corner was probably the most explainable of the three strange things. What on earth was Temari doing there? Then he realized it was him who had had his arms around her. Was this his fault? Was he going to get an earful about this later?

He decided the easiest way to handle this, was to pretend he didn’t know. He would pretend to be asleep, wake Temari, and then when she was gone, he could get up. He closed his eyes and rolled over to the side. No response. He rolled back, and tried tugging her hair slightly. That did the trick. He let his arm go limp, then waited.

Temari yawned quietly, then tried to stretch, but to know avail. She carefully moved Shikamaru’s arms to the side, which were now far easier to move, and looked at his face. The scar was still there, but he had a much more peaceful expression on his face. She felt a sudden surge of curiosity, and reached out to touch it. She didn’t care if it woke him, it was his own silly fault for grabbing her, and he had had enough sleep now. As she stroked it with her fingers, Shikamaru winced slightly. He hoped that would just look like it was due to the pain.

Temari then leant in slightly closer to take another look, seeing that he had not woken. As she did so, she noticed her heart beat faster. She turned to look at the rest of his face. The crease between his eyebrows, the soft curve of his cheeks, and his potent jaw line caught her attention. She moved her hand over his face, and he caught it.