Lost and found: A Shikamaru one shot

You stood with everyone else, looking at the coffin that held one of the few sensei's that you actually enjoyed being around. Asuma, he had always been very nice to you. You were a very talented genin before he had even taken over his team. You were a Jounin at the age of 13 and a member of the Anbu black ops at 15. Now you stood, as captian of Anbu, at 16, tears falling from your mask covered face. The painting of a dragon on it, let everyone that knew you, know who you were. You stepped away from the funneral, your black shorts were not standard anbu, your black tank top wasn't either. You did were the silver vest of an Anbu, your long black gloves and leg protectors were really the only thing at made people know you were in that Squad.
"Leaving so soon?" You turned and looked at the guy that asked you such a question. Your eyes, through your mask, felt an ashamed look fall into them.
"Shouldn't you be there too? I mean I'm an Anbu Captian, I can't always stand around, especially when the Akatsuki is in the area and want to kill friends of mine. I have to moblize my squad and....." He moved, while you were talking, till he stopped right infront of you, his hand raised up and pulled the mask covering your face, up onto your head. Your blue eyes locked into his lazy, black ones.
"Ai, you think to much about your respondsiblities at times like these. What if I asked you to stay?" You looked away from your old friend. You had met Shikamaru through Asuma, he asked you to help train Shika for the Chunin exams, you had been overly excited when he passed, feeling a great sense of accomplishment for having been there to help him. He had rolled his eyes everytime you had congradulated him, but you guys remained close. He was the same age as you, still a Chunin, while you were a respected Captian, but you enjoyed every chance you got to spend time with him.
"Shikamaru, I can't. I wasn't even suppose to be here for this long, I really do have to check in with my team and..... Are you smoking?" Your train of thought had left, when you watched him light up a cigerrate. He looked up at you, same lazy expression that he always had on his face.
"Does it look like I am?" He asked.
"Yes."
"Then I must be huh?" You reached up, grabbing the cigeratte from his lips and throwing it to the floor. Stomping on it repeatedly.
"Shika, what the hell? You don't smoke." He took a deep breath.
"Your still very troublesome." He said. You rolled your eyes.
"Why am I troublesome, because I don't want you to kill yourself with cigerattes."
"Look at it this way Ai, something's going to kill me and at least this way I have some kind of say in it." You slapped him. You weren't sure why you did, or how your hand made it all that way without you being aware of it, but the contact was made. He stood there for sometime with his head turned away from.
"Why are you acting like this? Why are you being so synical? Dam it Shikamaru, we just lost Asuma, and you have nothing better to do then to talk to me about you dieing. I'm in Anbu, Shikamaru, I have to deal with death everyday and your just not helping." You grabbed your anbu mask, sliding it back down onto your face. "Now excuse me, I have to go get my team ready to go." You turned before he could say anything, not that it looked like he was making any attempt to. You cried, just like you knew you weren't suppose to. In times like these you were happy about this stupid mask you wore.
"Hey AI!" You turned toward the loud voice, smiling when you saw your oldest, blonded headed friend.
"Hello Naruto, I hear that Kakashi has you training like a mad man." You said, Naruto took a deep breath.
"Yeah, him and Yamato, we're out in the middle of the fields by the river. Yamato say's that he worked in Anbu with you." You nodded.
"Yeah he was on my squaduntil Kakashi showed up and asked if he could borrow him." Naruto's eyes scanned you.
"Ai is something wrong?" You were always very amazed with how in toon Naruto was with everyones feelings. Without even seeing your face, he knew you were upset.
"Shikamaru. He's talking about stupid stuff, and it's hurting me like crazy."
"You should tell him." Naruto's voice came back.
"I did. But I don't think he cares." His hand lay softly on your left shoulder. You looked up at him as his smile was aimed passed you.
"I think he does." He said, letting go of your shoulder as you turned around faceing the lazy chunin. "Well you guys seem to have alot to talk about, so I'm going to let you guys talk." Naruto said walking toward Shikamaru, patting his shoulder as he passed. Shikamaru walked up to you, pulled your mask off your head, grabbed your face, and pulled you into him. His lips laying over yours, in a soft blissful kiss. He pulled away all to quickly.
"Ai, I'm going to find those guys that killed Asuma, me and Choji, and Ino. We're going, I'm smoking because these were Asuma's and in a way it feels like he's still with us." You grabbed his hands that were still on your face.
"You can't go after them, you guys are still Chunin. Tsunade is orginazed a group of elite Anbu to go after them." He kissed you again. Pulling away after a moment.
"I have to go, we have to go. You go out everyday on missions that make me worry about you never coming back, never letting me take the time to tell what you mean to me. But I trust you, I know your strong and smart, and I know your going to come back. So trust that I'm going to come back." You looked away from him.
"Shikamaru...." His lips landed on yours again. His lips fitting over yours perfectly. He pulled away. "Why do you keep doing that?" He smirked.
"It's the only way I can think to keep you quite." You pushed him, he laughed as he stumbled backwards.
"Ai trust me." He said, when he stopped moving. You stared into his eyes.
"I trust you Shikamaru." You said. "Just promise that your coming back." He reached forward grabbing your hand, pulling you into his chest.
"I promise I'm coming back, I still have to tell you what you mean to me." He said letting go of you, handing you your mask.
"I think I can figure it out." You said smiling.
"Well," he said stepping away from you and turning to head back to the funneral, "when I come back I promise to show you." You cheecks flushed, a deep red. You looked down at your mask, as you held it in your hands.
"I should have put this on before hand." You said, "Now all I have to do is figure out how I'm going to hold up an inter Anbu squad."
"That's easy, lets just take our time getting there." You looked over at Yamato. You smiled.
"Your going with me?" You asked.
"Well it would give me enough time to tease you." You laughed. Knowing that an Anbu should never show emotion, you couldn't help but smile and blush. You had lost Asuma, you heart sank at the very thought, but now you had something special. You had Shikamaru, and you couldn't wait till he came home.