Title: Worth the Trouble

Author: darkemptyheart/DarkSeductress

Theme: Attraction

Rating: PG

Author's Note: Spoilers for Anime episode

Word Count: 100

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of Naruto.

This whole series of drabbles was written for the Stages of Love challenge on There were 5 stages: Attraction, Romance, Passion, Intimacy, and Commitment. Each drabble has to be between 100- 500 words. I might eventually expand on this.

"How is that?" Temari turns and grins at Shikamaru.

Shikamaru is shocked for a moment, but smiles back because even though she's just destroyed an entire forest and there's a dead body in all the foliage, she is still a girl. A very attractive, if bossy, girl that's grinning at him without any false pretenses.

This is why chasing after someone he doesn't like, having his charka depleted, and getting his ass handed to him by another girl doesn't seem so troublesome. Thanking her doesn't seem like such a daunting task, in fact it might even be worth the trouble.