This is actually my very first story I started ages ago and finished just recently. I don't think it's my best but oh well. You might encounter some OOCness and some places might be awkwardly written, but it's still a lemon so enjoy. Hope you like it at least a little.

P.S. One particular line is borrowed from another fanfiction, however I do not remember the nickname of the author. If he/she recognizes the line - PM me, you will be added to credits :)

-CdF.

The holiday

Many people came to Konoha's annual holiday to celebrate the establishment of the village. This year it dated 600. There was a huge party with BBQ, dances, other entertainment and fireworks scheduled.

The Sand Siblings – Gaara, Temari and Kankurou came as well, with other inhabitants of the nation. This was becoming usual, as the two villages were in a good relationship and kept helping and visiting each other during many occasions.

The shinobi of Konoha had a busy week, running various errands for the Hokage, helping with preparations and establishing security. Since so many people came to the celebration, you could never be too cautious. One of those errands was to send a set of scrolls to the village 3-days trip away – The hidden village of the Grass. It was a treaty between two villages intended to make peace, as the village of the Grass have had some disagreements with Konoha, leading to mutual damage. Now as the Kages of the villages changed, they tried to come to terms. Delivering the scrolls had to be done before the beginning of the holiday so visitors from Grass would have time to come. Not delivering the treaty meant Konoha is still hostile towards Grass and this could provoke some negative response from neighbors. Possibly resulting in victims, again. The scrolls had to be delivered by one of the messengers of Konoha – this was not ranked as a mission and wasn't considered to be dangerous. However, as a messenger came to pick up the scrolls – they were nowhere to be found. One of the students of Shinobi Academy came running to tell Hokage he saw 4 strange men yesterday evening, walking around the main building, and today he saw them running towards the woods at full speed maybe half an hour ago. Since most of the shinobi had their tasks and were busy, Tsunade had to hand this task to Shikamaru, who was done organizing and planning emergency situations. He came into Tsunade's office with Temari behind him. He was also appointed as a guide for Sand's ninjas, as always. After hearing the deal Temari volunteered to go together. She'd rather put her efforts into restoring peace between two nations than shuffling around the village without any activity for a week. Plus, doing a mission with Shikamaru will be fun – she'd have someone to tease, she thought to herself and smiled.

Shikamaru and Temari rushed towards the hotel where Temari was staying. Shikamaru's flat was just around the corner as well.

- Let's see if you can do this mission without crying this time. – Temari begun her tease.

- Oh damn, you sure remember everything that was a very long time ago…

- As if I could ever forget that! – she laughed and smiled.

She can laugh all she wants, Shikamaru thought, but back then what she gave him was affection and support. But he liked the way she speaks about that jokingly, so he just smiled a little without saying anything.

The two of them set out to the journey. They were assigned to retrieve the scrolls at any case and deliver them to the village of the Grass ASAP. One of the Kakashi's summoned dogs – Toru – came with them to help in a search, as they weren't sensory type ninjas.