I got a really cool ask that I would like to share with you! (I think you'll have a really cool answer)
Your last non rare pair fights your latest rare pair! Go!
I did at the following moments! First Chunnin Exams, Time between Naruto and Shippuden, Shippuden, Blank Period and Onwards 😁
(Obviously feel free to ignore if not your thing 😊)
Sorry for the delay. I was very busy. And thank you so much for the ask! I loved writing this so much! rolls up sleeve This is really going to be interesting. Because these fights would be:
Shikamaru and Temari VS Sakura and Kankuro.
Four people with a lot of brain and skill, depending on the time the are fighting. And a fight Temari vs. Kankuro: I always wanted to see that.
Chunin Exams:
Shikamaru and Temari would win over Sakura and Kankuro, but just because Sakura hasn’t trained under Lady Tsunade yet. Temari knows that Kankuro’s weakness is Tajutsu. He depends on his puppet and tries to keep the people at bay. He can also fight in close combat, but he prefers not, because that isn’t his expertise. While Kankuro fights both Shikamaru and Temari at front, Sakura keeps watching his back, especially taking care that Shikamaru and his shadow won’t catch them. In the end both get trapped in Shikamaru’s shadow and they have to give up.
Time between Naruto and Shippuden:
Temari hasn’t improved her skills much at this point. She knows how to use her tessen to wipe out a whole forest and she could use Kamatri, but this will take a lot of chakra away from her, so this is a last resort. Shikamaru doesn’t know yet what Kankuro is capable of doing with two puppets, so they are at a disadvantage of some kind. Even if Temari has an inkling about Kankuro’s skills, he is a puppeteer and those decide to have their skills and weapons hidden in their puppets. The element of surprise is on Kankuro’s side. What could be an advantage for Sakura and Kankuro are her improved tajutsu skills because she has had some training yet, but she is not quite at her full strength. She can push forward and go into a one on one battle against Shikamaru, to distract him and his shadow, while Kankuro tries to win over his sister. This fight ends in a draw because they even out each other.
Shippuden:
Sakura knows how to heal herself and can kick and punch so hard that Shikamaru fears her strength. Temari is impressed that she has improved so much. The two woman go against each other this time, while Kankuro and Shikamaru fight. Sakura knows that she has to stop Temari using her tessen and gives her a run for her money. Once she has connected a hard blow at Temari, the other woman has to give up. Kankuro also has Shikamaru trapped with his technique. Shikamaru can predict the movements of his puppets because he watches closely what finger he uses to manipulate them (as he did with Tayuya and her genjutsu) He tries avoid every attack, using kunai and paper bombs to distract Kankuro, but he isn’t outsmarted knowing by now that Shikamaru tries to find a weakness. He wins over the shadow user because he has coated the blades and knives of his puppets in poison. In the end Shikamaru gets hit and is unable to continue. Sakura and Kankuro win.
Blank Period:
This battle is different this time because while Kankuro and Temari decide to fight for real, Sakura challenges Shikamaru to play Shogi with her. First Shikamaru and Sakura watch Temari fight with Kankuro. The siblings not only make comments on each others skills being rusty, they also love to show of how good they are. Temari doesn't hold back since she knows that Kankuro also will take everything to bring her down. They train together on a regular basis at home, she doesn't want to lose against her little brother. Kankuro decides that he won't use all of his puppets, just Sasori because he has improved him a lot since the end of the war. Temari avoides all the poison and fire her brother shots in her direction. But she gets trapped and her last solution is to summon Kamatari. Instead of doing this Shikamaru interferes. They are in Konoha, in the middle of the forest, and he knows what Temari did the last time. So he traps Kankuro and Temari in his shadow to make them stop fighting. The siblings decide it is a draw and Temari scolds Shikamaru because he shouldn't have stopped her. Sakura is willing to win over Shikamaru in the Shogi match now. And she does. She knows Shikamaru too well, having grown up with him and so she uses her observation skills to outsmart him. She knows what kind of strategy he uses next, watching the movements of his fingers, his body language. She may not be the strategist and a genius like Shikamaru, but she knows him well to see when he doesn't know to continue. Shikamaru demands a rematch, but even Temari agrees that Sakura wins this time.
Onwards:
They don't do much fighting any longer since they have kids. One day Kankuro teases Shikamaru to no end and he decides to fight him one last time.
Their kids are so embarrassed by their parents and so Shikadai makes the proposal that they could play a video game instead of doing fighting. And the parents agree. While the children watch them, the grown ups sit in front of the TV and start a round of different games. First they play a fighting game. Sakura and Kankuro make Temari and Shikamaru sweat. Both of them know how to use their fingers quickly. Both of them have an excellent chakra control and they use their hands more often for their work. So they stand now chance against this couple. Shikamaru is like Temari good in memorizing the pattern for combo attacks, but it doesn't help them that Kankuro plays with his children on a regular basis, while his brother-in-law and his sister are too busy. This round is a win for Kankuro and Sakura. The second round though is a racing game. And this is the time for Temari to shine. She is in her element, winning every round with her persistence to press one but, drifting and driving her car over the finish line. Kankuro is the only one who can keep up with her, but in the end Temari wins. Shikamaru and Temari celebrate. They want to play another game, but Shikadai, his friends and his cousins are fed up that the adults occupy their game console. He demands to be left alone and that they should use something else to fight against. He even turns off the TV, annoyed that his parents have so much fun. The parents decide to sit on the porch, drinking some tea and agree they are too old for fighting.