❛ we’ve been through a lot. i think we should just lay low and take it easy. ❜
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the mission they were paired on together was meant to be easy. as they were both important in their village, their respective kage wouldn't have needlessly endangered their lives; therefore, temari supposed there had been a need for it. in the name of inter-village cooperation, she and shikamaru had been sent to "scout information". her inherent abilities were not especially designed for covert operations, but since shikamaru's were, she would also suppose it made enough sense to send him along. why they sent her with him escaped her still.
maybe it had something to do with the way she came barreling out of the tree canopy and decapitated the enemy without a second thought when shikamaru's initial plan of talk first, hit later had failed. maybe their respective kage knew that she wouldn't let anything happen to him.
"speak for yourself." she mutters, wiping the blood off her face with the back of her sleeved arm. "there are probably more where he came from, and we've lost the element of surprise." she sacrificed it on the off chance that they'd overpower him, but she didn't regret her decision. she avoids looking at him all the same, in case he sees it in her eyes (the fact that she doesn't regret using lethal force for him, the fact that she'd do it again in a heartbeat).
"we should put distance between us and them, and then lie low for a while."