SUMMER TRAINING

Saruta: well everyone.. This is my first time on fanfic and my first sotry..

Temari: yeah we all know that.. *rolls eyes*

Gaara: can we get on with the story now?

Saruta: pipe down gaara.. We're getting to it.

In comes kankaro. Hey whats going on?

Temari and Gaara: SHUT UP PUPPET BOY!

Saurta: ok lets get started..

It was a hot day in the hidden village of sand. Gaara was in his office working on some needed to be done papers.. In the hallway, decorated with pitchers of the past kazekages, I walk by the door left open..

"hey Gaara.. You think we could visit our friends in the leaf village?"

"no" he says without looking up

"why not?"

"we have too much work to be done here."

"you mean you have too much work to be done here." I roll my eyes and one hand one my hip.. "don't you want to see how naruto is doing?"

"yes.. I would like to. But I'm sure he's busy to." as he stacks the papers to one side of the desk. "besides don't you need to prepare for the summer training with the students?"

"Nah.. Kankaro said he wanted to do that. Besides he always complains that I always did the summer training"

"well ok then"

As I walk out of the room.. Gaara looks up and sees that I have left.. "dammit.. I wish that I could take some time off" as he sits there with one hand propped up under his head.. Talking to himself.. "I'm going to need to find someone to either take over a bit or to go with her" sighs

Meanwhile as I make my way down the hallway to kankaro's room.. I hear something fall over

"crap!" as he yells and stumbles over a puppet arm on the floor.

"hey puppy boy, be careful when you get out of bed." a smirk creeps to the side of my smile.

"yeah yeah…" he looks up at me from the floor. "what's so funny?"

"oh nothing… just wondering how those kids at summer training ever going to pass with a teacher like you"

Still half asleep he looks at me in confusion.. "huh?"

"you heard me.. Your going to teach summer training this year."

"awesome.. This is going to be great. This will be…" then it hits him. "wait a second.." walks over to me without his shirt on and looks at me. "why me? Why not you?"

" I just thought you would like to do it this year.. Since I'm always having to do it." looks back at Kankaro with innocent eyes

"ok fine.. But did you tell Gaa.."

I cut him off with a quick answer.. "yep" smiles

As me and kankaro make our way to the breakfast table we see Gaara had decided to join us.

"glad you can join us for breakfast gaara." I say as I take my seat at the table "so what made you decided to join us today?"

Kankaro sits down quietly next to me… waiting for gaara to answer.

Gaara looks up at me to answer "well I was thinking about what you had said earlier.. And I had made up my mind"

I sit there with confusion on my face looking at him.. Then turn to kankaro as if I was looking for an answer. "is he for real?"

"I don't know but it could be a trap"

"no Temari.. It's not a trap. And I think you should go visit if you want. After all you have been working hard"

With as shocked as I was all I could say was "thanks" still confused of why he would do that for me. "so are you going to go with me?"

"no.. as you had pointed out I have too much work to be done"

"so who is going to be going with her then?"

I look over to kankaro as he speaks up. "you can't let her go alone gaara."

"I have yet to of decided on that.. Besides she's not leaving today." gaara gets up from the table to leaves.. But before he does he looks back at me. "you have till tomorrow to pack your things" then he turns and walks out to leave me and kankaro eating our breakfast.

"wow.. If he didn't say whose going with you.. Im guessing he's going to let you go by yourself."

"shut up puppet boy" I mumble as I'm staring down at my eggs on the plate.

After breakfast I walk back to my room to pack my things. I go to my closet to get a bag out and start filling it with tank tops, shorts, my bikini. Walks to the bathroom and get my toothbrush and toothpaste.. Put them in a small bag and puts them in the side pocket. Then goes back to get my orange and pink stared beach towel. Stuffs it into the bag. As I finished packing my bag I put it next to my door. As I'm at the door I see kankaro walking by. I step out and call for him. "hey kankaro!" he stops and turns around.

"yes temari?"

"where you going?"

"I'm going to meet up with the kids for the summer training."

"ok.. Well I'll come with you then."

So as I walk with him to meet up with the kids.. I realized that I will have to tell them that he will be teaching them this summer.. And that I'm not going to be here.

As we arrive to the training grounds.. All the children start to gather around me.. Screaming "yay temari is here!" "what are we going to learn today temari!"

I had to stop them before it became too much. I look over at kankaro. He looks back at me and laughs. I look down and sighs "alright kids.. I have something to say" they all stopped and stared at me. "I'm not going to be teaching you this summer." I looked at their faces.. All disappointed faces. "but kankaro here is going to" walks over to him and gives him a push towards them. They give me the look as if saying.. are you kidding? "he's going to teach you while I'm away for the summer." after awhile.. Kankaro starts the training. I sit and watch to see how everyone gets along.

After hours of training it was time to break for lunch. Me and kankaro walked to get lunch. I ordered some dangos while he got oshiruko. As we got out food and went to sit down he asks.. "so.. Temari.." he sighs. "why do you want to go to the village hidden in the leaf?"

With half of the dango in my mouth all I could do at the moment was look at him. Then after a bit I answered. " well I just though it be a good idea to go visit them. Besides they did come to visit us last summer.. But I didn't get to hang out much with everyone cause of the training with the kids."

"is that it?" he gives me the sideway look as he eats his lunch.

"not really.." looks down "I want to catch up on what's going on.. Also to see sakura and the others." after saying that he didn't ask anything else. We ate our lunch in silence.

After coming back from lunch.. He starts back up teaching the kids about attacks. I sat there and was thinking about what we had talked about over lunch. A few hours had passed and it was time for everyone to go home. Me and kankaro walk home in silence.. Again. Then when we got closer to home he asked me something. "so does gaara know why you want to go?"

"no.. not really. I didn't want to tell him."

"why not?"

"he don't need to know. Besides he's got other things to do." we continue to walk home as the sun sets and the shadows get longer as the day ends.

As we walk in we can smell dinner.. We both walk into the dinning room to see gaara finishing his share.

"so how was your first day of teaching?" he says as he looks up at us.

"it went ok."

"ok? You did well kankaro" I say as I give him a pat on the back.

"well that's good you two had fun." he looks at up before saying.. "well sit down and eat.. Also I have something to tell you temari."

We both sit down at the table.. Before long someone came out with plates of food.. Then set the plates in front of me and kankaro.

"so what is it you have to tell me?" I said as I was messing around with some of the food on my plate.

"I have decided to let you go by yourself"

The room got quiet before anything else was said.

"that's great gaara.. But are you sure?"

"yes I am.. I had all day to think about it."

After dinner we all had gone to our rooms to do whatever. As I lay on my bed.. I was thinking about everything that had happened today. "it seemed kankaro didn't want me to go.. Even tho gaara said it was ok for me to go alone." sighs not wanting to think about it anymore I went to sleep. Waiting for tomorrow.

Saruta: well that's what happened the first day..

Temari: *sighs* yeah I know.. I still can't believe hes letting me go alone.

Kankaro: well at least you know he trusts you on your own.

Saruta: yeah temari.. Be glad about that.

Temari: I guess your right *smiles*

Kankaro and Saruta: *both look at temari and smiles*

Gaara walks in..

Saruta: eep.. Well that's it for this chapter.. It will be awhile before the next one comes. I hope you all come back for more.