A scarred heart [Shikamaru love story]

An enemy in the woods?

It was a long walk from her home town Takigakure to the town of Konoha. 
If she kept up her current pace, she would arrive just before dawn.
She stood up early this morning, after camping the other night.

"Stupid Shibuki. Sending me out on a mission so far away. I don't even know what I have to do there! 
It better be something worth this long damn walk. And why only me? Don't they know how boring it is to walk such a distance all by yourself? I'm talking to myself like I'm some sort of madman! Ugh!" Meiko kicked against a rock, working her frustrations out on the little gray lump. It landed abit further.
" Stupid, Stupid, Stupid Shibuki! I hate him, no wait, I hate all of them. Why do they have to bother me so much?"

She kicked the rock again, but this time she heard something move in the bushes. Quickly she grabbed her kunai and threw it in the direction where the sound came from. "Who's there? Reveal yourself!" Holding another kunai in front of her face, she saw a young man walk out. He had raven black hair in a ponytail, it almost looked like a pineapple to Meiko. His hands were behind his head.
"You must be Meiko, am I right? The name is Shikamaru. I was send here by the Hokage, Tsunade-sama, to guide you to Konoha." He scratched his head and let out a sigh. "I hope this won't become troublesome." He thought to himself. 

Meiko searched for the head protector, making sure the person in front of her wasn't lying, and withdrawed her kunai and putted it back into her pocket after she found what she was looking for on one of his arms. "Yes, I am. Nice to meet you, Shikamaru-kun."
She scratched the back of her head. "Sorry for the kunai, but you as a shinobi from Konoha should know better then that if I'm not mistaken. It's only normal that I thought you would be an enemy."
She folded her arms in front of her body and walked closer to the pineapple boy (After her first impression of Shikamaru she decided this nickname would be fun.). Shikamaru hands were behind his head, the fingers of his hands intertwined at his neck.
"It's not far anymore to Konoha.If we keep up a steady pace we will arrive around noon."

Shikamaru started heading south, Meiko following shortly after him.
He took a quick glance at the brunette that was now following him to his hometown. The look on her face was dead serious. Shikamaru wondered to himself if she was mad for earlier. Ah, women are just weird, getting mad for no reason at all. Most women reminded him of his mother or Ino. Always shouting or being annoying. "Troublesome.."