Me: Hey all this is my new story um Shadows of the Fan! Yay!

Gaara: Why am i where?

Me: cause shikamaru's in the other story...

Shikamaru: HELP!

Me: -cough- If i owned Naruto Sakura would have a clan :/

Today was like any other day for Temari. Cloudless sky, hot, beating sun, and the endless amount of people in the market place. The kunoichi pulled out a smaller version of the giant, black metal fan, and began to wave it back and forth as an attempt to cool herself on the hot day in the desert. Tightening her headband around her quad of dirty blonde ponytails, she waltz right into a nearby Dango shop.

"Welcome Temari-sama, shall I guide you to your table?" A tan-haired waitress asked, handing her a menu.

"Yes please, thank you."

Temari sat down at the two seater table and sipped her tea. She closed her teal eyes and listened to Wind by: Akeboshi playing in the background of the Café. When an all-too-familiar chakra came to sit right in front of the Kunoichi, all she could do was sigh.

"What non-sense do you bug me with now Kankuro?" She asked with an annoyed tone and opened one eye to look at her goofy younger brother.

"What? I can't chill with my sister for once?" Kankuro replied with a cocky smirk on his face. Temari closed her eye again and sighed. Without a second glance, she closed her miniature fan and stuffed it up her brother's painted nose.

"Tell me the real reason Baka…." She demanded as she reached for a newly arrived dumpling and popped one in her mouth.

After removing the fan from his nose, Kankuro picked up a dumpling stick and stuck one right into his mouth.

"Well, it's nothing much but it seems that our little bro has a mission for you, me, and himself to complete. But he didn't assign it; the Elders did which mean we have to do it. But honestly I think we'll all enjoy it…" He broke the stick and smirked. Temari put her tab on the table and walked out of the Café with the puppet master in tow. They held up a small conversation during the walk to the Kazekage's mansion.

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Temari quickly masked her chakra and quietly opened her brother's door. Gaara was at his desk dressed in his Kage's robe. His hands were folded above his mouth and his eyes were firmly closed, to anyone it would appear that he was sleeping, but Temari knew better. She crept up as close as she could to his ear, ruffled his hair and yelled-

"WHAT'S UP LIL' BRO?"

This sent the poor 19 year old boy flying out of his chair and flat on the floor.

"Temari do that again and I swear I'll-"

"Yeah, yeah you said that the first time Gaara…." Temari nonchalantly said as she placed the giant fan on her back to prop against the couch she now sat on. Gaara mumbled about not getting a chance to relax without people bugging him while he dusted off his robe.

"Well I'm sure Kankuro told you that the 3 of us are doing a mission together," Gaara said eyeing his two older siblings. "The mission is to help some visitors with their needs and to make them feel right at home here in Suna."

Temari crossed her legs. "For the Suna Festival, right Gaara?"

The Kazekage paced to the front of his desk and leaned against it.

"Yes, it does. In fact you'll take care of the women in the group, and Kankuro and myself will take care of the men. I've already decided that they'll be staying in the mansion with us as well since all the hotels are booked. Now, big sister and brother, would you care to follow me to the gates to meet them?" Gaara gestured toward the door, as he headed out of it to the streets of Suna. With a few bows there and a few waves here the Sand Siblings finally reached the village gates.

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"Just a few more minutes…" Gaara answered their silent questions. Temari took the time to look over their appearances again. It's been 3 years since the war and everyone she knew changed a lot. Gaara was now a few inches taller than his sister but still a good foot shorter than his brother. His red hair grew quite a bit, but he had cut it back to its regular style. His hair and the circles around his eyes seemed to darken by the least bit but it was still noticeable. Besides his Kage's robe, he still wore his sliming, deep red shinobi outfit with his gourd all the same.

Kankuro hasn't changed much either. His hat now had long, droopy ears and had at least 10 different puppet scrolls on him. Instead of deep purple, he now used deep red paint to make tear affects (like on Jiraiya's face) under his eyes and kept the white makeup.

Temari, herself has changed very little as well. Her hair had grown to at least mid back, but she cut it and put it in her trademarked four ponytails, but now they had some length to it.(As in if she took them out her hair would reach a little past her shoulders) She never cut her bangs which still hung over her headband and the long hair framed her face nicely. She wore a fishnet undershirt with a black sleeveless shirt above it and a purple chest plate with a deep purple belt. She wore a black mini skirt with fishnet shorts and knee-high leg guards, (that made her look like she was wearing boots) with long fingerless gloves. As always, she carried her Giant metal Fan on her back and a tan kunai pouch.

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"Sakura-Chan! Please let go! Don't mess up my Sage robe! I can walk by myself just fine! Please Sakura-Chan!"

Temari, Kankuro, and Gaara stopped their mini conversation to look and see 12 multi-colored blobs heading for the village gates. The two green blobs were running so fast it seemed they weren't planning on stopping. The green blobs, whom turned out to be Gai and Lee, halted to a stop right behind the Sand Siblings.

"HaHa Lee! I win again my protégé!" Gai said striking his famous "Thumbs up" pose.

'Hai!, Gai-sensei! Now I shall run 700 laps around Suna!" Lee sobbed with anime tears streaming from his eyes and took off. By now the other 10 leaf ninja had arrived at the gates and everyone started to greet each other.

"Naruto…"

"Gaara…"

The two long beat friends shook hands and began their own little conversation. Now that the war was over Naruto had grown and shaped his hair to look just like his father's, which only made Hinata and his fan-girls only more attracted to the Hokage-to-be. Hinata herself grew her hair to about waist length and gotten a tighter version of her current shinobi outfit which showed off her curves just enough for Naruto's liking, for who was now towering over all the girls by at least a foot and a quarter.

All the boys huddled into one group, and all the girls in another, and they all set out to the Kage's mansion.

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"Okay the girls and I will take the top floor rooms, and the boys can take the bottom!" Temari smiled at each of the towering boys. Man did she shrink or something? Temari had to admit that the Konoha boys had grown up nicely, even their senseis look nice….. Well 2/3 of them.

Neji's was its same length, but it did look freshly cut. His face and body features had matured, as did all the boys in the group, into a sturdy man shape. Same how all the girls had nice feminine features that know drive some guys wild.

Lee changed his hair style from that ridiculous bowl shape and that's all Temari could ask for, now he looked way better now.

Sai's face was now softer and more relaxed than before and it seemed that he had worked out, because now he had a very sexy six pack defining his pale abdomen.

Kakashi, Gai, and Yamato's hair grew the slightest bit, but it was still noticeable to anyone who has known them long enough. The man who had caught the Fan Mistress's attention the most was the Nara boy whom she had helped with the Chuninn exams all those years ago. His face was now broader and masculine and the way his lips looked made Temari just want to kiss them. He was starting to get a few beard prickles all around his chin and jaw line but Temari thought that just made the man even sexier. Like all the other boys, he was now towering over her by at least a foot. He was buff in all the right places, and if he had taken off his shirt she might just see a well-toned six-pack. His Shinobi attire didn't change at all, him or the other Shinobi weren't wearing their flak jackets, which made his blue shinobi and fishnet under shirt more visible. Temari especially liked it because it clung to his torso nicely. His hair had grown quite a bit, but at least he made the effort to keep it in a some-what spiky ponytail. Shikamaru couldn't help but smirk when he aught her gawking at him.

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"So Temari, are there any cute guys here in Suna, beside your brothers of course…" Ino batted her eye lashes playfully and looked around like she was expecting someone. After the girls unpacked their things, Temari took them out for a girl's afternoon of lunch. Sakura and Ino grew puppy dog eyes as they waited for the young blonde's answer.

Well I, myself have no interest in the guys here since almost all of the wear that cloth over their faces. But if you two wish to….um… have a "fling" with my brothers I'm totally up for it" Temari ended the last few words with a grin which made Ino and Sakura squeal with excitement.

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"Oh my gosh! Now all I have to do is get the puppet guy to take me to the festival and then we'll live happily ever after… in the leaf village of course….." Ino squeaked and plopped out on the bed. When the girls came back from their afternoon out, they completely ignored the guys, who were having a who-can-jump-the-farthest-without-chakra contest, and headed straight for Temari's room.

"So since we're all girls, we have had to at least had one crush in our lives or even better, a resent one! So let's do tell!" Sakura squeaked. Sakura's hair had grown, but her fighting style forced her to cut it back to its short a state with long bangs.

"Okay, Okay I'll go first!" Tenten threw her hands in the air. "My crush is….Neji! And I really want him to take me to the festival! But I doubt that he will…. He doesn't seem like he has any interest in girls at all….." Tenten finished with a sigh.

"I feel the same way about Gaara-kun.." Sakura blushed.

"Well Naruto-kun promised to take me to the festival. It kinda gives me hope, that he actually likes me back…" Hinata said softly, but boldly while pushing her two index fingers together.

"Well I think me and puppet-boy were made for each other! We're both social and we love to flirt, who could ask for someone better?"

Everyone looked at Ino for what seemed like hours with "What the fuck" written all over their faces.

"What? I can't be honest about a guy for once?"

"Anyway….. So Temari, whose your crush?" Tenten asked, leaning toward her.

"Well….. Actually I've had a tiny little crush on the Nara boy for the longest of time now…." Temari gushed.

The girls were too busy squealing that they didn't hear 3 heavy bodies tumble down the stairs.

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