A girl about the age of five with long blonde hair slept soundly in her small bed. The girl was soon abruptly awoken. She groaned and blurrily opened her eyes, "Yashamaru?" she asked sleepily.
"Temari-sama," the young man holding a small, sleeping baby in his arms, "We must leave."
The girl, Temari, blinked then looked at her four year old brother, trying very hard to stay on his feet, "Why?" Temari asked.
"Don't question," Yashamaru said, "Just hurry."
Temari was confused, but had no reason to believe her uncle would do something that would hurt her, so she nodded. Yashamaru held the sleeping baby close to him as he ran with a very sleepy Temari and her four-year-old brother, Kankurou. The baby in Yashamaru's arms began to whimper and squirm. Yashamaru hurriedly handed the baby to Temari, "Temari," Yashamaru bent down to the young children, "Kankurou," both siblings could tell Yashamaru was serious; he dropped the sama, "I want you to take Gaara and run."
Temari went wide eyed, "What?" she asked confused.
"Run. You remember where I told you Konoha was, right?" both children nodded and Yashamaru handed a baby bag to Kankurou, "Go to Konoha. Find the Yondaime. His wife is of Uzumaki blood."
"But why-"
"He'll know when he sees Gaara-sama," Yashamaru stated, "But you must hurry."
"But why!" Kankurou yelled.
"Shh!" Yashamaru hissed, "Please. I don't want you three in danger."
Temari and Kankurou blinked in confused, "Find the Yondaime Hokage," Yashamaru said, "And do not look back. Do you understand?"
Temari and Kankurou were frightened, but nodded. Yashamaru hugged them trying not to crush the baby Gaara, "Good," he whispered, "Go and don't look back. Konoha will protect you. Just…go."
Temari and Kankurou nodded before running. They knew they had to get out of the desert before the sun rose. Baby Gaara squirmed in his sister's hold. As if knowing something bad was going on.
Temari and Kankurou, after two and half days of travel, were stopped in a clearing feeding their baby brother, "He's so tiny," Kankurou stated.
"He's a baby," Temari stated, trying to sound older.
"But he's the tiniest baby I've ever seen," Kankurou stated.
Temari didn't have an answer for that. She remembered the last time she saw her mother, she was panicked and worried. Saying that her little sibling was wanting to come sooner than they thought. Whatever that meant. Temari looked at Gaara and the little baby looked at her as if questioning why she was looking at him. Temari smiled at Gaara before putting the bottle down. She remembered Yashamaru telling her that Gaara only needed to eat half the bottle before being burped. Gaara burped before spiting up on his sister's back, "Yuck!" Temari quickly pulled her baby brother away from her, "Gross! Gaara!"
Gaara just whimpered and looked at Temari like a kicked puppy. Temari sighed then glared at the laughing Kankurou, "Oh shut up!" she yelled pouting, "You can burp him next time."
"No way!" Kankurou yelled.
Temari sighed and just held and bounced Gaara in her arms lightly. She couldn't do much with Gaara. She could feed him, but Kankurou had to help her change the diapers. She's still pretty sure they're putting them on wrong. Gaara suddenly began to squirm, "What's wrong?" Temari asked.
Gaara began to cry loudly, "What's wrong with him?" Kankurou asked trying to help his sister calm their brother, but was being no help, "Look, Gaara," he made a stupid face, "Funny face."
Gaara just continued to cry. Temari just bounced him. She didn't know what was wrong. Why was he-"Ah!" Temari yelled as a kunai landed beside her.
Kankurou fell on his butt in shock. Three Suna ANBU appeared. Temari began to shake along with her brother while their baby brother continued to cry loudly. Temari and Kankurou were frozen. They couldn't move. They were too scared. Each ANBU held up three kunai. Temari and Kankurou screamed as the kunai were thrown. The sound of metal hitting metal caused them to look up with tear filled eyes. Three Konoha Chuunin were there. The only female of the group turned, "Are you alright?" she asked gently.
Temari held her crying baby brother close to her and shook, "Kurenai," the woman turned, "Get them to the village!"
"Hai!" Kurenai stated then bent down to them, "We're Konoha Ninjas. Can you come with me to our village until we can get this sorted out?"
Temari shakily nodded her head. Kurenai nodded, "May I see the baby?" she asked, "It'll be easier this way."
This was the one thing Temari shook her head on. She didn't trust this woman with her baby broth-"Ah!" Temari screamed as a kunai was deflected from her.
"Kurenai!" one of her teammates yelled.
Kurenai sighed before just picking Temari up and doing the same with Kankurou, who held the baby bag. The two children yelped as Kurenai started jumping away. Temari held Gaara close to her and tried to sooth him. Kurenai finally landed inside the Gates of Konoha. A few minutes later, her two teammates joined her, "What happened?" she asked.
"As soon as you ran off with the kids, they left," the Chuunin who continually yelled at her to leave stated.
Kurenai was confused. She set Temari and Kankurou down, "Are you hurt?" she asked.
Temari and Kankurou shook their heads. Kurenai turned her attention to Gaara, who seemed to have calmed down now, "How old is your…can I assume brother?" she asked.
"Gaara was born about a month ago," Temari stated softly.
"Was he born early?" the final member of the team asked.
"I don't know," Temari said quietly, "But Mother, before she died, was worried and scared saying that he was coming sooner than we thought…"
"Premature," Kurenai stated, "What are your names and why were those ANBU after you? Are you from Suna?"
"I'm Temari and this are my brothers Kankurou and Gaara," Temari stated, getting a little more comfortable around her saviors, "I don't know why those people were after us. Our uncle, Yashamaru, woke us up a couple of nights ago and…told us to run," the three Chuunin blinked in shock, "He gave me Gaara and Kankurou his baby bag and told us to run. Go to Konoha and find…" Temari blinked as if trying to remember, "Find the Yondaime...something. Sounded like what Tou-sama is called, Kazekage."
"They're the children of the Kazekage?" one Chuunin whispered, "Then why were Suna ANBU trying to kill them?"
"Perhaps the reason is why their uncle sent them away," the other male stated.
Kurenai looked at Temari, "Did your uncle tell you why you should find Hokage-sama?" she asked.
Temari seemed to think, "I…can't remember," she said, "Sorry…but I think it had to do with Gaara."
Kurenai looked at the now sleeping baby, "Asuma, Hayate, I'll take these three to Hokage-sama," she said, "I want you do go to the hospital and ask someone what should be done with premature babies. Gaara-kun is too tiny for my taste if he's one month old."
"Right," Asuma stated and disappeared with Hayate.
Kurenai stood up, "I'll take you to the Yondaime," she said and held out her hands to them, "Is that okay?"
Temari and Kankurou nodded. Kankurou took the offered hand, but Temari shook her head, "I'll drop Gaara," she said.
Kurenai nodded in understanding. The four entered the Hokage Tower. Kurenai left them at a bench, "Wait here for just a second," she said before walking over to a door and knocking.
Kurenai entered the room, closing the door. Temari sat on the bench and Gaara squirmed at the sudden move. After a few minutes, Kankurou joined his sister. He sniffed before scrunching his nose, "Gaara needs a change…again," he stated.
Temari sniffed before doing the same as her brother, "Yuck…" she groaned.
The door suddenly opened causing the siblings to turn. But instead of Kurenai, like they were expecting, a man walked out. The man bent down to them, "My name is Namikaze Minato," he said, "I'm the Yondaime Hokage."
Temari nodded, "Hi," she said.
Minato smiled at her, "Temari-chan and Kankurou-kun, right?" the siblings nodded, "And this is Gaara-kun?" again they nodded, "Can I see him?"
"He's needs to be changed," Temari stated, but gave her little brother to the Yondaime; after all, Yashamaru said for them to find him so they could trust him, right?
"I can see that," Minato said as he placed two fingers on Gaara's small stomach, "I believe I also see why your uncle sent you here."
"He didn't tell us much of anything," Kankurou said.
Gaara's teal eyes opened and blinked at Minato, "Hey little one," he said softly before turning to Temari and Kankurou, "Would it be alright if I examine your brother while Kurenai takes you to make sure you two are fully healthy? I promise I won't hurt him."
Temari was hesitant, but chose to trust Minato and nodded. Minato smiled and stood up with Gaara in his arms, "Kurenai," he called, "Can you take them to get quick checkups at the hospital?"
"Hai," Kurenai nodded and walked over to Temari and Kankurou, "Come on. Let's make sure you two didn't get into something while on your travel."
Temari took Kurenai's hand, but Kankurou gave Minato Gaara's bag before grabbing the female Chuunin's other hand. Minato smiled at them, "You'll be back in no more than ten minutes," he said, "I'll be done by then."
Temari and Kankurou nodded before walking with Kurenai. Once the three were gone, Minato looked at Gaara seriously, "Now, let's see what Kushina and I can do about this seal," he said before walking back into his office, where Namikaze Uzumaki Kushina was waiting and unrolling scrolls of her dead clan.
A/N I know I should have the sequel to How To Raise a Family, but this story came like a storm and I've been writing this for about a month and a half, maybe two. Honestly, I like this story a bit more than How to Raise a Family, but we'll see how all this goes. I don't own Naruto. Please leave a review!