Gasp I updated. Whoooooooooooooooo! I don't own teh Narutoz. Okay can I say bitch in teen?

Yoshino stared at The Fourth Hokage, Minato. "Another mission with him?" Yoshino demanded and Minato nodded. "And he's in charge of me?" She said with disgust.

"Yoshino you know Shikaku-san has my full trust." Minato said, feeling a headache coming on, Yoshino would be difficult. She was always difficult. "He's a good guy." He added.

Yoshino rolled her eyes and scowled. "No he's not." She said, but listened to the mission assignment. Basically to bring food to the base that's fighting off the Rock Village in the Great Ninja War.

Shikaku entered, late and glared at Yoshino. "What's she doing here?" He asked. Minato merely sighed; he didn't want to deal with this. Yoshino elbowed Shikaku in the stomach. Minato really didn't want to deal with this.

"Cut it out." Minato said and they paused their fighting. "Now I'm expecting a successful mission. Especially since you've worked together before, but also Shikaku knows he had a friend at that base." Minato said and Shikaku's face fell.

Yoshino nodded, she'd deal with Shikaku as if it was her life's mission. "We won't fail." She promised.

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Unless one of them coming back as a pile of bones counted as failing, they were at each other's throats. "You move a little faster?" Yoshino demanded.

"I'm carrying more then you are." Shikaku snapped and there was a long pause before Yoshino just snickered. "Bitch." he muttered.

"What did you call me?" She asked in a deadly calm, such as clam before the storm. Shikaku grinned pleased to get her riled.

"You heard me." He said enjoying as her face twisted into a deadly fury. She lunged at him, which he pivoted and dodged. "I don't have a scratch on my beautiful face, you're not putting one on it." He said and she lunged again.

"I'll do much worse then that!" She shouted, then like a break of silence there was a twig snapping. "Some one heard." She said quietly. Shikaku backed toward the rocky slopes, melt into the shadows almost.

He grabbed Yoshino's wrist pulling her in when she froze. "Shut up and stay still." He whispered in her ear, it made she shiver. Hearts beating loudly together in the small covered the jagged rocks provided.

A man, cloaked in black only his yellowed eyes showing came out, he had claw like weapons on his hands. "Here little girl, I'm not going to hurt you." He said and listened, he heard breathing. "I just want to PLAY!" He shouted, and his claw slashed through the rock Shikaku and Yoshino hid by.

"Shit." Shikaku said pretty much throwing Yoshino a few feet away, the stood prepared the use his shadows to strangle hold the man.

The man's eyes glittered with sick excitement. "I caught some lovers." He said and lunged forward quickly; his claws ready to rip through Shikaku's skull, but Yoshino pulled Shikaku back by the hand and the claw only cut skin.

Shikaku felt the blood dripping down his neck, hot and smooth. He shadow leaped forward, it wrapped around the man's neck, strangling him. "Oh ow, this hurts so bad." his whole face burned with pain. He sat down, he was tired now.

Yoshino opened up her pack and found a few medical supplies, she was no medic Nin, but she could work medicine. "We need to clean it up." She said and washed it with a clean cloth, it stung.

"Man you really suck at healing." He commented, and she applied the ointment, which burn worse then the wet cloth she knew with out warn, he face scrunched in pain. "Troublesome woman." He muttered.

She smiled that was starting to sound like a compliment. "Yeah, yeah." She replied uncaringly well wrapping his face with a bandage. Neither particularly noticed for her to apply all this medical treatment she had to be in his lap.

Well once she was done they noticed. "You'll take any excuse to me on me huh?" He said and she slapped him across his face, where she just bandaged. "Oh Mother of Konoha!" He shouted pushing her from his lap.

"I'm sorry." She said, actually feeling bad. Shikaku stared in slightly surprise before smirking, he was a genius and a man, she was troublesome, but pretty he had to admit.

"Kiss it better." He said and waited, maybe she'd do it, maybe she's slap him again. She paused, she was tempted to kiss him, he seemed a lot…manlier now that he beat up another ninja. Instead she scowled and picked up her pack.

"Let's go." She said ignoring his request, he sighed standing up, his pack filled with supplies and food for the base weighed him down so he had to shift to stand.

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Yoshino and Shikaku sat where they set up camp; they were only day away from the camp. They had moved quickly enough that it only took a day to get where they were now. Yoshino curled on the mat she had for sleeping, they were up in mountains and the air cooled considerable.

"So cold." She said edging closer to the tiny-fire. Big one would send smoke and people would be able to find them. She glared at Shikaku; in her mind she hated him for being warm. He was huge wind didn't cut through him like it did her.

She slung the blanket over her ready to approach him, he sleep like a rock he wouldn't notice her, she'd get warm wake up before him, he'd never be the wiser. Too bad her blanket caught on fire. She shrieked dropping and trying to stamp it out, she was barefoot so she stopped that jumping back and tripped over Shikaku.

So she ended up staring face to face with him, her thighs pressed against his stomach. "What?" He demanded then turned looking at her burning blanket, he stamped it out and sighed, "You're going to freeze."

Yoshino stared at him and stood, and glared. "I don't mind." She said and moved to where her mat was and sat hugging her legs, Shikaku stared at her and laughed.

"I'm not going to let you do that, c'mon." He said patting the extra space on his mat. Yoshino glared, fidgeted and shook her head. "Troublesome, just come here." He demanded and she obeyed. "Stupid woman." He muttered covering his blanket over them.

Yoshino shifted to get comfortable, he was incredibly warm. Curling her whole body, even her toes she fit nicely against his stomach. "Night." She said tired.

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The morning was surprisingly un-awkward, she woke up first, blushed, but got away from his arms, because they wrapped around her well they slept, and now she fixed breakfast. "Smells good." Shikaku mumbled waking up rubbing his eyes.

Yoshino shrugged, excited form the compliment though she hid it. "Here, we'll be there before nightfall if we hurry." She said handing him some food. He ate ravenously. Their eyes met and both smile, maybe she/he wasn't so bad, passed through their heads before looking away.

Oh yeahs.