Alright, a couple of warnings before I start: THIS IS AN ANTI MATSURI FIC
I personally don't like her because she is the only obstacle in the path of GaaSaku. Alright, please enjoy!
A red headed, esteemed Kazekage glared at his brother every few seconds.
A dirty blond Jounin skipped merrily, muttering 'Shika-kun!" under her breath every few minutes.
A hooded brunette stared between his brother and his apprentice every few hours, expecting something funny to happen.
And a messy brown haired girl stared at her sensei with big goo-goo heart eyes every second so far on this mission.
The elders were trailing a few yards behind them, talking to each other among themselves.
Gaara sighed, rubbing his temples in annoyance. Why had his brother brought her along? He knew that Gaara disliked her. She was an annoying fangirl who decided that she was in love with him. At first Gaara didn't realize this, but once Temari pointed this out, Gaara found it hard to believe that he didn't know that Matsuri was pinning after him after the seventeenth time she had latched herself to his arm in the last ten minutes that day.
After that, when he tried to end training lessons with her, she whined to him and wouldn't shut up until he sparred with her once every month. Three nights ago, when she had found out that he, as the Kazekage, was travelling to Konoha with the elders to discuss plans for his future, she asked him to bring her along, saying that she might 'be part of his future'. He said "no", he's pretty sure Temari said "no", the councils would never do anything to anger him, and so that only left Kankuro.
He sighed and rubbed his 'Ai' kanji in frustration. It was hot and he was starting to hallucinate. Sometimes, he would see the form of the pink haired girl crouched over a pool of water, smiling at him. Of course he recognized the girl as Naruto's teammate, the Godaime's apprentice, and from Kankuro "his cute little nurse". She was on the mission with Naruto to save him, and she was his personal nurse for the next month. Of course they grew closer naturally, and she was the only female Gaara had been able to interact with, without being self conscious.
Temari watched Gaara knead his forehead irritably. She'd have to get a medic look at him…maybe a pink haired one…who was bamboozled into a tight nurse's outfit…
Temari grinned at her idiotic plan. She was always a great matchmaker in Sunagurake. She only refused to help Matsuri try to win over Gaara. Temari looked behind her shoulder in disgust at the love sick puppy following her youngest brother. Of course Sakura, her best friend in Konoha, used to be like Matsuri, going all googly eyed and clingy with Sasuke, but unlike Matsuri, Sakura actually gave up on her obsession over Sasuke, and grew up to be a formidable ninja. So when Matsuri begged Temari to let her tag along, she pointed this out telling her "Why don't you stop fawning over my little brother and become a ninja instead of a mockery of one?"
She wouldn't mind if it were Sakura dating her little ototo-san…. Temari smirked evilly. Time for some matchmaking in Konoha… Well maybe she could also set up a romantic evening for her and Konoha's shadow wielding, lazy genius. Sighing contently, she pondered when she could see her secret little lazy genius she had been secretly been writing to for the last few months.
Kankuro watched his sister and brother carefully. He had only said yes to Matsuri because he couldn't stand the puppy face! No matter how ridiculous it looked… and she almost started crying! Crying! He was always the softest in the family… But Gaara had just sent him a glare that said 'I'm going to kill you in the most vicious, humiliating way the world has ever seen'. He just hoped that Gaara wouldn't kill him with a paperclip like in 'Dare Devil'.
Kankuro wasn't sure whether Gaara had Temari in on the plan… because Temari could think of very strange things. Like her cooking for instance… she once tried to cook meatloaf, steak, sushi, and ramen in the same bowl, ending in disaster and a very mushy and pizza calling night.
Another example was the way she matched up the Suna couples. She would send them to restaurants, walks in the parks, or moonlight walks, which was very romantic, but then she would make things pop out at them, sometimes ninja wearing scary pig masks and swinging weapons around crazily so the girl would grab onto the guy, or people in a big, fluffy bears that hold hearts that say 'I heart you!' or shooting cupid arrows at the couple to make the night 'more romantic'. Temari thought she was a matchmaking goddess, Kankuro mused, but in reality, she just had a good insight, knowing who would wind up together, no matter how ridiculous the date.
Kankuro chuckled to himself, stiffening as he saw Gaara glare at him through the corner of his eye. Honestly… if looks could kill.
Matsuri watched 'her precious Gaara-kun' glare at Kankuro with all his might. She just didn't know why Gaara was so mad at him! I mean, she'd think that he'd be grateful, because it was obvious that Gaara-kun didn't want to say 'yes' or else it would prove that they were officially dating (although they were in her little world) and he just didn't want his other fangirls to beat up Matsuri (although he would totally protect her). SO, Matsuri concluded, it should have made Gaara happy that Kankuro accepted for him. But he would glare at Kankuro every other second, and she knew this because she was always watching him and his toned muscles… and then he would stare off into space at different spots.
She didn't know what was happening to her boyfriend, but she would make sure that they fixed it together.
In her current daydream, she didn't notice Gaara's head snap up at the sudden sight of the Konoha gates, or his long strides towards it. If she did, then she would have wondered why he was in such a hurry and to stay back and relax with her.
Snapping out of her daydream, Matsuri smiled at the sight of the Konoha gates. She jogged up a few feet to reach up with Gaara-kun, asking him brightly, "Gaara-sensei! What are we doing today?"
She saw Gaara send her a glance before responding, "I'm going to check into the hotel and then meet up with…friends."
Temari stifled a giggle, observing the way he said 'friends'. It was obvious that when Gaara said 'friends' he really meant, Haruno Sakura.
Temari was no fool, unlike her brother, but she would see the way he would look slightly hopeful at any sight of pink, and scowl in disappointment in Suna. She saw the way he compared the green eyes of his assistants to Sakura's in his own eyes. And then she saw the way he looked at Sakura when her back was turned to him. His eyes were filled with love, care, trust, but fear. Fear that he will hurt her. But then when she smiled at him, his eyes only showed hope.
Temari sighed. She knew she was sounding cheesy, but it was the truth and it could not be denied. She was the only one who believed in her theory, but she knew… dammit she knew that those two were made for each other!
When she finally saw Shikamaru at the front of the gates, waiting for them, Temari immediately stopped thinking about Gaara and Sakura and about the Nara prodigy.
Deciding to play it cool, Temari walked slowly, swinging her arms wide and smiling at the Hokage tower in a dazed look.
"Hey," her crush drawled, never taking his eyes off of Temari.
"Temari," he greeted, nodding his head.
"Crybaby," she mocked, smirking.
Shikamaru smirked back, sighing loudly, "Girls are so troublesome."
Temari smiled and jumped into his arms.
"You're letters were very messy," Temari laughed, squeezing her arms around his neck.
"Yours were too long," he teased, hugging her around the waist.
The clearing of a voice could be heard as Temari turned around to face a ticked off Kankuro and anxious Gaara.
Matsuri frowned at the sight of Gaara. He looked anxious as he looked around at anything in sight. Was he looking for something? Or for… someone?
As she pondered this, she immediately felt relieved when a flashing blur of orange could be seen, and a blond tackled Gaara in a bear hug.
"GAARA!" the boy yelled, cracking a little smile from the Kazekage.
"Naruto, good to see you," Gaara said, giving him a one armed hug.
"You better watch out, dattebayo! Cause when Tsunade-baachan retires, I'll be the next hokage! BELIEVE IT!" the blond yelled, pumping a fist in the air. He stopped and stared over Gaara's shoulder at the confused brunette.
"So, you dating that girl?" Naruto whispered, raising his eyebrows up and down suggestively.
Gaara's eyes had never flashed that dangerously before in his life. Not even when Shukaku took over him! As the red head towered over Naruto, Naruto whimpered and saw his life flash before his eyes.
"Do. Not. Ever. Say. That. Again," Gaara threatened, sand rising above him threateningly.
"Yeah…yeah," Naruto agreed, chuckling awkwardly.
A loud sigh could be heard as Shikamaru drawled, "Naruto…you're an idiot. Kazekage-sama, Suna Elders, Tsunade-sama has arranged hotels in which you will stay your month. Make yourself comfortable and your meetings are at 3:00 today."
Gaara nodded at him while Naruto slung an arm around his shoulders saying, "Ne, ne Gaara! You should come to my apartment! Sakura-chan's probably making lunch right about now…"
Gaara smiled at the mention of Sakura, but scowled at her location. Why was she making Naruto lunch?
"Sure," Gaara agreed.
"Gaara-sensei! What should I do?" Matsuri whined.
"She can come too, if she wants," Naruto offered. Oblivious to Gaara's death glare, Naruto turned to Matsuri and said, "I'm Naruto Uzumaki! The next Hokage! Believe it! You want to have lunch with us?"
Matsuri sweat dropped but nodded, "I'm Matsuri, Gaara-sensei's apprentice!"
She giggled fondly and jogged up to Gaara's side again.
"So…Sakura," Gaara tried to strike up a conversation.
"Yeah! Sakura-chan's been doing great since she healed you! She's almost passed up Tsunade-baachan in the medical field, and she's finally gotten over Sasuke-teme!" Naruto started to ramble.
"Who's Sakura?" Matsuri interrupted.
"Oh," Naruto paused, recalling memories of when Matsuri might have met Sakura. He snapped his finger and smiled again, "Sakura-chan was the one who healed Gaara when we went to rescue you when we were 12! And then about a month ago, she was Gaara's nurse when we saved him from Deidara, and she was the one holding Chiyo when she died…. It's hard to miss her! She has pink hair and green eyes, and a huge temper! But otherwise she's the sweetest thing, and a great cook!"
Matsuri stared at him during his ramblings. She decided that she was bored so she started to stare at Gaara again. While looking at him, instead of looking back like he usually did, he was focused intently on everything that Naruto kid had to say about Sakura! Matsuri gaped. He liked her? Impossible! Gaara-kun liked her, Matsuri! She sniffled, but walked alongside him when Naruto began to walk and talk.
So what do you think so far? Please leave me criticism and any ideas for this story or to help improve it. Alright, I'll try to update as fast as I can!