Hello! I did tell you all that i'm having an exam right? And well, before the exam, i was writing this story and i was also fixing the story up :D it's a mess and i find it difficult to end it. ( it doesn't mean that it going to meet it end soon) so i make a prologue and also rewrite the whole story. Just adding something here and there of course. So, you all really need to reread the whole story. Thank you again for reading :D Please enjoy~

Kankurou and Temari were chatting quietly in the corner of the waiting room when Baki came out with Gaara and a few other council members in tow from the meeting room. Kankurou and Temari quickly stood up and bowed politely to Gaara before walking to his side. Kankurou on the left and Temari on the right.

"How is it Ga- I mean Kazekage-sama?" Kankurou quickly revised the formality when Temari nudged him using her hand-sized fan from behind.

Gaara just continued on walking silently and went into his office. Kankurou and Temari quickly followed and entered.

He sat on his office chair while staring at his siblings in front of him. They stared at one another, no one brave enough to break the silence until Kankurou couldn't resist the urge to shout. He couldn't stand it. He hated silence. He hated standing still. If he kept it on, he might go crazy for real. –Though he was already crazy to the point that he talked to his own puppet.

"Gaara! Just tell us already!" Kankurou demanded rudely. Forgetting the fact that the boy he was shouting at was a Kazekage, a jinchuriki and a psychopath murderer.

Temari turned towards him and glared her usual death glare which could kill little kids in an instance. Her expression was filled with anger and Kankurou could swear that he saw her expression saying DON'T – YOU – SHOUT – AT – HIM – YOU – DUMBASS! Kankurou shrank in an instance as he started fidgeting with his cat like hood in the corner beside a large drawer. Turning around to face the Kazekage, Temari gave him her sweetest smile. Well, she tried her best to smile as sweetly as possible.

"So, Gaara. How's the meeting?"

Gaara stared at her coldly without any emotion like usual before he took out a scroll out of nowhere and put it on the table.

"This is the result of the meeting." Gaara said before stopping to look at the door.

Temari quickly walked to Gaara's side as someone knocked on the door. Temari answered for Gaara, knowing him for years as a sister, she knew that Gaara would try his best to avoid answering such trivia things.

"You may enter."

The door opened and a man walked in. The man was Baki, their former teacher. He was wearing his usual outfit. A turban, a long cloth that covered half of his face, and a scowl.

"Excuse me, Kazekage-sama. Have you told them their mission?" Baki asked as soon as he stood right in front of the Kazekage.

Temari quirked one of her eyebrows and looked at her lovely little brother.

"What mission, Gaara?"

Gaara stayed silent. Baki looked at him and sighed tiredly. He needed to answer it for the Kazekage. Again.

"Please allow me to tell you. Temari, Kankurou, you two need to send the scroll to Konoha. Give it to Hokage-sama, wait for her reply and return here." Baki explained as he pointed at the scroll.

Temari nodded and grabbed the scroll. "What's this scroll about?"

Before Baki could answer, Gaara spoke. "It's the peace treaty extension. We need to ask the Hokage's opinion before we hold the two village meeting."

Temari nodded. Kankurou who had been fidgeting in the corner had stood in front of Gaara in his regular size with a confident grin.

"There's no need to worry then. You can count on me! That's for sure!"

Temari chuckled at Kankurou's confident statement and Baki was smiling while Gaara just looked at him coldly without expression like usual but the sand siblings knew that inside, he was actually smiling.

"Kankurou, confidence is a blessing but you must know that arrogance is a curse. Remember that." Baki gave him a lecture before bowing and left the room.

Temari was now standing beside the pouting Kankurou, Temari playfully nudged him using her elbow and turned to look at her younger brother.

"So, when do we leave, Gaara?"

Gaara stared at her for a while before answering. "In 25 minutes. I will give you 10 minutes to pack your things and after that, meet me at the mission assignment room."

"Yes sir!" Both of them said in unison and disappeared into the thin air.

"Remember! You must return here as soon as the reply from the Hokage was given." Baki said as he bowed at the two siblings.

"Yes we will! Don't worry." Kankurou replied with his usual toothy grin.

Temari just nodded and continued to fan herself using her handheld fan. She looked behind her and sighed.

"Ga- I mean Kazekage-sama, is it.." Temari pointed at the two ANBU behind her "..necessary?"

Gaara stared at her for a minute. "Yes, it is." He continued when he saw Temari was about to argue. "Don't worry, they will only accompany you for half way. Only until you past the border line of the Fire and Wind country."

Temari sighed. She knew better than to argue with her lovely little brother. No one could win against him. Reason? 1. He is the Kazekage. 2. His word is absolute. 3. I believe you don't have a death wish.

"Alright, then. We need to get going now, Kankurou." Temari said.

"Okay!" Kankurou replied as he adjusted his scroll on his back once again.

"Kazekage-sama, we will protect this scroll even if it means our live depends on it." Temari bowed as Kankurou followed suit.

Gaara nodded his head and he smiled –a really RARE smile!- slightly and quickly hid it again before his fan girls could see it. But Temari, Kankurou and Baki noticed it.

"Be careful." Gaara said.

"Don't worry, we will be back in no time at all!" Temari shouted as they started to run to the endless desert towards Konoha.

"Thank you for your services, be careful on your way home." Temari nodded at the two ANBU in front of her.

"Thank you, Lady Temari. Please be safe." Temari nodded again at them. "We will get going then. Please be safe, Lady Temari, Lord Kankurou."

Kankurou smiled and waved at them as they started running further into the forest. The ANBUs stood there gazing at them before returning to Suna. They would love to protect them longer but they were bind by order. With unwillingness, they ran back into the endless sand towards their lovely village.

Kankurou and Temari were running silently without resting. Kankurou said that they needed to make the three days journey into two despite Temari's angry glare. But somehow he managed to convince her –after receiving a few punches and hits along the way, of course!

"Kankurou, I think we need to change it into 2 and a half day." Temari said and stopped suddenly.

Her pupils were darting across the forest warily but didn't make it really obvious. Kankurou turned around to argue but stopped. He may be stupid –don't hit me, Kankurou's fans! I love him too- but he was not an idiot. He could see how his sister's eyes were scanning around the forest and her lips twitching anxiously. As she looked up at him, she secretly made a few signal.

Enemy . . . . 2 Jounin level chakra . . . 3 o'clock . . . 5 o'clock . . . Stay calm

Kankurou's eyes twitched at the information. His hands were trying to reach for the scroll on his back but he quickly strained the urge and faked it as scratching his back. Using his other hand, he made a few secret signals to Temari while whistling.

"Tired already, Nee-chan?" He teased while looking around the area. He faked his hand from scratching his head to a symbol.

Temari glared at him before replying his message along her mockery. "Of course not. "

"Really?" Kankurou arched his eyebrow and smiled. "It's around 3 o'clock now, isn't it? How many rational bars left for me, Sis?"

Temari smiled. She sent and snapped her eyes shut, faking a thinking pose as she tried to focus on the enemy chakra. 1 . . . 2 . . . . . 3 . . .

"Yes, it is indeed 3 o'clock. There's 1 bar left for you, my lovely little brother. And the rest 2 bars will be mine for me to eat at 5 o'clock." Temari smiled and put her left hand on her back hip before snapping her handheld fan shut.

"Only 1?! It's not enough, Sis!" Kankurou whined.

Temari glared at him with her famous killing glare which made Kankurou smile warily and a small puppy tail appeared on his butt, wagging nervously. He put on his puppy eyes. His black hood encouraged him even more since it looked a lot like an ear.

"No means no!" Temari closed her eyes and formed a few plans on her head silently. The enemy ninjas weren't really far, they only needed 10 minutes to reach them and attack. Wait . . hmm . . Good idea. . . Great. . I know what to do. .

"Not fair." Kankurou muttered silently as he secretly made a few hand signs. He was ready! "Oh my! Nature calls!" Kankurou shouted suddenly and quickly ran further into the woods.

Urgh! Can't he be more patient?! If he attacks them, I can't ambush the other. I need to fight them now, huh?! Temari thought. Grr.. Dammit! Okay then! I will attack them now if I really must.

She smiled inwardly at her plans. Perfect! Using her handheld fan, she made a small tornado filled with chakra. From afar, it might look like she was playing with the wind but actually, she was planning an attack. The small tornado would keep on twirling across the road and if it kept it on, the tornado would grow bigger and bigger and finally it could kill someone who was caught in it.

"Now go and grow bigger." She whispered as the wind started to form a mini tornado. The mini tornado started to turn towards the South East.

Temari smiled evilly. It's going to be so much fun! She turned to the nearest tree and leaned on it, closing her eyes calmly but stayed focus. She tracked down the mini tornado she sent, it had become nearer to the enemy nin but the wind tornado hadn't become as big as she wanted, it needed more wind. Temari cursed silently. Never mind, it will be enough as a distraction. A little more . . Yes!

In the forest around South East, the trees collapsed as the tornado kept on becoming bigger and bigger. It crushed through the trees that were on its way. The leaves and the branches from the ground started to swirl into the huge tornado. The dust, pebbles, even the insects were caught in it. The enemy ninja who was standing right in front of the tornado quickly jumped to another tree and another.

Shit! I need to get away from this thing! Why didn't I realize this attack?! The enemy ninja couldn't help but jump to the road, out of the woods. "Shit!" The enemy cursed as he realized his mistake.

Temari couldn't help but smile devilishly at the person in front of her. The person was wearing a sandy colored long sleeved shirt with the matching pants and black sandals. From the height and posture, it could be identified as a man. He also had on a cloth that hid the lower part of his face, concealing his identity. The enemy ninja didn't wear a flak jacket and a head protector. Missing nin?

In a quick movement, she snapped her mini fan close and grabbed the scroll behind her back as she unrolled it. Breaking the seal, her battle fan appeared. A rare metal from the Iron country for the handle that could repel any kind of weapon, it could also be used as a club and a special made cloth with an outer wax layer from Suna that could withstand the sharpest kunai or katana, it could even protect Temari from a fire jutsu –she usually used it to protect herself in the sandstorm.

Without wasting any time, Temari unfolded her battle fan, showing the three stars. I shouldn't waste any time. The scroll must be delivered as quickly as possible.

"Wind release: Great Task of the Dragon!" Temari shouted as she finished all the needed hand signs.

She swung her fan to the sky as the sky started to get darker and darker. The enemy started to panic but settled down after seeing nothing had happened at all.

"What's that? Nothing happened." The enemy nin said mockingly at Temari.

The man started snickering at her and took out a kunai from the holster. "Looks like the wind hates you."

Temari smiled wickedly back at him. "We'll see about that."

As she finished talking, the dark sky started to rumble loudly. There was lightning around the dark clouds. It kept on rumbling, each time louder than before.

"The wind is my friend." Temari said proudly as she lifted her left hand up, pointing at the darkening sky with her index finger.

As if it was controlled by her, the sky started to open. The dark sky became the former shiny sky with puffy clouds, but a big tornado was formed in the center of the shiny and puffy sky. The large tornado swirled down from the sky towards the enemy nin. Roaring terrifyingly, the tornado engulfed the man. The wind slashed his shirt, leaving scars on his face and arms, tearing the cloth that was concealing his face.

"Urghhh. ." The man groaned loudly.

He was lifted up by the tornado, a few inches from the ground. Hands apart and face looking up to the sky. Blood was appearing from the corner of his mouth and on the scratches.

Temari smiled in victory. A little longer and he will be dead. One down, one more to- What the?!

"Aarrhh . . ." Temari screamed as she was sent flying and stumbled across a big tree.

Coughing out blood, Temari lost her consciousness for 3 or 4 seconds.

Kankurou stopped midway when he heard someone walking a few feet behind him. Grinning darkly, Kankurou cracked her knuckles impatiently. Let the show begin!

"Puppet perfoma- Temari?!" Kankurou stopped, looking bewildered at his older sister. He had taken out his scrolls and two of them had been unrolled halfway.

In front of him stood an injured Temari. Her travelling suit was torn, blood was pouring from the injury on her left hand, her cheek filled with scratches, the four ponytails that she always had were ruined, and her head protector was no longer to be seen.

"Temari?! What's wrong? Are you alright?!" Kankurou asked as he rushed towards her side. Leaving the scroll unrolled on the ground. "What happened?!"

Temari coughed out more blood as she looked up at him. Her left eyes were swollen and a bruise was formed under her right cheek. "Enemy. . . There's suddenly an ambush. . . I didn't sense them . . ." Coughing out more blood, she continued, "I was-"

Kankurou stared at her, he had stopped listening. His mind started to work. Did she just say that she didn't sense them?!

" . . Kankurou . . Kankurou . . How's the scroll?! It's safe with you, right?" Temari shook him hardly on the shoulder as he finally snapped out of it.

What?! This . . . Looks like I was a little too late. Kankurou smiled at her as he stood up, dusting the dirt off from his pants. "Don't worry, nee-chan. The scroll is safe. There's nothing to worry about."

Temari beamed at him as she stood up as well. "Great! Let me see the scroll. To check it!"

"Healed already, nee-chan?" Kankurou asked as he touched the scroll containing his puppets.

Temari paled immediately. Noticing her expression, Kankurou quickly broke the seal and his battle puppet appeared. Without even introducing his puppets' names, he attacked Temari immediately.

Controlling the puppets expertly, he sent Karasu and Sanshuou spinning around her, making the victim confused. Looking terrified, Temari shouted at her brother. "Otouto! What are you doing?!"

Kankurou didn't answer. No need to answer to a fake anyway. Suddenly the third puppet, Kuroari burst out from the ground and sent Temari flying a few feet from the ground. Kankurou smiled and moved his fingers, opening the wooden trap on Kuroari's body. Its wooden door opened as it caught Temari and trapped her into its body. Smiling devilishly, he moved his other fingers that controlled Shansuou and Karasu. Each part of the puppets' limbs came out flowing and showed their hidden weapons. Shining sharply under the sun.

"Black Secret Technique: Machine One Shot!"

The limbs entered every slot of Kuroari in a flash as it impaled Temari inside it.

"Nooo!" An agony scream came out from Temari as she was stabbed mercilessly and died. But before letting out her last breath, she showed her true identity. Releasing the Henge.

"Hmph. Temari never called me otouto. Only when she is teasing me, she will call me that!" Kankurou growled as he snapped his head to the left. "Time to help Temari."

"Urgh . ." Temari groaned as her consciousness had returned. Damn it! I shouldn't let my guard down! Ouch . . My right arm.

Her right arm was hurt, her muscles were extracted around the biceps and she had a few scratches. A wind user too huh?! She swallowed her blood stained saliva and stood up, looking at the enemies in front of her. The man who was engulfed in the tornado had a lot of scratches and injuries. If only he stayed a little longer, it would kill him! And the other enemy ninja beside him was still untouched.

The newcomer was wearing a red sandy long sleeved shirt that reached her thighs. She had on a skirt that was just a few inches longer than her shirt. The brown skirt reached her knees and she had on a black open-toed sandals. Her hair was tied up into a right side ponytail, leaving a long braided bang to the other side of her face. Her lower face was also concealed by a white cloth.

Temari stared at her while trying to catch her breath. Half of her chakra was gone. Although she hated to admit it, but she needed Kankurou's help right now!

"Are you alright?" The woman asked the man beside her, she was standing proudly with two kunai in each hand.

"Yes. But we need to kill her since she has seen my face." The man replied. The woman turned to look at her, shock was written all over her face.

"Damn!" She cursed, drawing Temari's attention.

As soon as they finished talking, Temari realized that she actually didn't pay attention to the man's face, and what the man said reminded her of it. Temari squinted her eyes. After having another look at the man's face, she gasped. No- no way! "Yu-Yura-san?!" Wait . . . Did I just stutter?

The man who was called Yura, as well as one of the Suna council members stood up. He looked sadly at Temari. He actually didn't want to kill her or Kankurou. What he wanted was the scroll. He didn't want an alliance between the two villages. So he looked up two other Suna ninjas who opposed to that idea to help him out in this mission.

"I'm sorry, Temari-sama. But you have seen my face, so you have to die." He said sullenly.

Temari stared at him with a disbelieving look. Impossible! Yura was one of the ninjas who truly cared about Suna with his whole life. He always did everything he could to protect Suna, but now . . .

"Why did you do this?" Temari asked as blood started to river up in her mouth.

"They said that dead people would find their answers in the afterlife." With that, Yura weaved a few hand signs as he started running towards Temari.

His eyes were scanning Temari from head to toe, looking for her weakness. His partner quickly followed him and also weaved a lot of complicated hand signs. Temari quickly back-flipped and jumped horizontally onto a tree, chakra fuelling her feet. Her battle fan was lying across her. I need to take my fan! Taking out her handheld fan, she fueled her hand with chakra and it entered the fan. This must do!

"Wind release: Slashing Nets!"

Using the small fan, she waved the fan. Hard. The wind filled with chakra created a lot of wind nets that could slice anyone into pieces. Shit! It's not as strong!

"Wind release: Wall of the Wind!" The woman countered using her wind jutsu and the wind behind her started to fly pass the wind nets Temari created. Leaving Temari's jutsu ineffective.

Damn it! Temari cursed as she scanned around her. She needed her battle fan or else. Unnoticed by Temari, Yura had appeared behind her and gave her a kick behind her back. Temari coughed out blood again as she flipped and knocked onto the nearest tree. Not letting her go yet, Yura appeared in front of her in a flash and gave her another round of kicks and punches. Temari tried her best to deflect the taijutsu attack from the older man. She blocked the punch and managed to give Yura a kick too.

"Yura!" The woman called out as she jumped to his side.

Yura nodded at her and made a hand sign. "Fire release: Phoenix Rain!"

"Wind release: Air Blast!"

Yura and the woman used a combo attack, combining the two affinities and created a bigger fire as a result. The fire started to become bigger and bigger as the wind from the woman assisted it.

"Fire Thunder Technique!" Both of them shouted as the fire flew towards Temari who was pivoting on the ground.

Shit! I can't use any of my jutsu! Fan, I need my fan! Scanning around the area, her eyes were then fixed on her fan that was a few centimeters away from her. I can do this! Running across the ground, trying her best to avoid the enemy jutsu, she rolled onto the ground and grabbed her fan. Looking back, the fire jutsu had turned towards her. Shit! In a quick movement, she unfolded her fan and hid under it.

Kankurou ran extra fast -more like sprinting actually. A few minutes ago, he was walking slowly and taking his time. But suddenly, he heard Temari's loud agony scream. He never heard Temari scream like that before. She may groan, growl, hiss, everything, but not screaming in agony. She would always won against a greater enemy, but looks like this time she met her match. So instead of resting around, he decided to run and help her.

And now, a few more steps to go before he could finally find her. A little more! Temari, wait for me! Ah there she i- . . . . Kankurou stopped on his track. He couldn't move even the slightest. The scene in front of him was . . . . . .

"AAAAAAAAAAA . . . . . . . . . ." She screamed loudly with all her power.

She had succeeded on grabbing her battle fan and used it as her shield. But what she didn't know was that the fire jutsu was a hundred times more powerful than she had thought. The fan couldn't protect her like it usually did. The outer wax layer had actually melted –it never melted before! It was a really strong wax that could withstand any kinds of Fire jutsu- and since Temari was hiding behind the large fan, which meant the cloth and also the wax layer was directly above her. That meant . . . . . . The wax had melted all over Temari.

"Temari! Are you alright?! Temari?!" Kankurou shouted at her.

He had finally been able to move his body and quickly ran to his sister's side while assisting her wrecked body. Half of Temari's face was covered with wax which left her with the other half of her eyes. And almost all her upper body was covered in wax. Thankfully, her lower part was remained untouched.

"Temari! Can you answer me?!" Kankurou asked.

He was still by her side and the large battle fan of his sister was beside him, a little wrecked and burned. The cloth was half burned and the remaining wax melted all over the handle.

"Ugh . . . . Kank . . Kankurou?" Temari asked after a few minutes of unconsciousness. "Hot . . Hot."

Kankurou just stared at his big sister. He was no medic nin and all he knew was poison. He didn't understand and wasn't even talented in the medic part. Maybe he was not talented but he had the ability to control chakra well since he was, after all, a puppeteer –a puppeteer needs a strong chakra control-. He remembered how Baki-sensei gave him an opportunity to learn the medic basic but he refused, saying that it didn't suit him. And now, he regretted it.

"Looks like Rika failed." The woman who had been forgotten a while ago said menacingly. "Hey, you twit head! Just give us your scroll and I will let you go along with Temari-sama!"

Kankurou's ear twitched as he heard how the woman called his sister's name. Temari-sama? She called her with such an honorific term. She must be someone from Suna.

Kankurou was about to reply when Temari's hand grabbed his wrist, pulling him back to the crouching position he was in a while ago.

"Don't. Here, take this." Temari whispered softly on his ear and took out the scroll from the inner fold of her kimono. "Take the scroll and run to Konoha! Don't ever stop or look back."

Kankurou stared at her. "Wh-what?! No . . No, Sis . . I can-"

"I am not requesting you, Sabaku No Kankurou! I am giving you command. This is an order. Now go!" Temari said again with authority.

A ninja could be heartless but they could never disobey an order no matter what. They would listen to the orders that were given to them without a second thought. If there were any ninjas that were brave enough to break the order that had been given to them, that meant punishment was waiting for them.

"Bu-" Kankurou stopped as soon as he saw how determined his sister was. "Yes ma'am."

He quickly slipped the important scroll into his inner pocket and jumped up. He fueled his foot with chakra and jumped real high. Slipping his hand into the folded part of his shirt, he pulled out a kunai with a bomb tag on it as he threw it to the direction of the enemy. Weaving a few hand signs, he activated the bomb.

BOOOOOMMMBBB . . . . . . .

Temari sighed tiredly as she looked at the man beside her. Men are really thickheaded after all. "Do you really want to receive punishment so badly?"

Kankurou just grinned back at her and turned his eyes to the enemies in front of them. "Ne . . Your fan is wrecked. What will you do?"

"This will be enough." Temari replied as she took out the handheld fan out of nowhere. She suddenly winced. Her wax-covered upper body was still trying to adjust with the new situation she was in. Damn! It hurts! I never knew that this fan had its disadvantage! "We need to finish them now."

"Let's do this then." Kankurou replied as his eyes set on Yura who was scanning them too. "I will make that man regret what he had done."

"What's wrong with you, Temari-sama? You are becoming slower and slower. Tired already?" The woman taunted, looking mockingly at Temari who was gripping her right, wax-covered shoulder.

"Shut up!" Temari groaned as she forced herself to move her right shoulder. It hurts like hell! Just now's wound + wax?! Not a good combination! "Summoning: Quick Beheading Dance!"

A big gust of wind formed and a weasel appeared in the middle of the air as the weasel started slashing down the whole ground and forest and it managed to scratch the woman until she flew across the ground.

"Ugh . ." The woman groaned loudly as she tried to get up.

"This is the e- Argh!" Temari shouted as she was suddenly attack by a fire jutsu from behind. Sneak attack?! Where's Kankurou?!

She gripped her shoulder as she scanned behind her. Not good. Kankurou was on the ground, clutching his head when suddenly he.. poof!

"A shadow clone?!" The three of them shouted, disbelief was written all over their faces.

'Well, at least he did obey my order and escape. Which means the scroll is safe.' Temari thought.

'Oh no . . This is bad. He had seen Yura-sama's face and if he told everyone, it . . . THIS IS BAD!' The woman thought.

'Oh my . . I need to catch! I need to catch HIM NOW!' Yura thought.

All of them back flipped and scanned at one another and finally the woman and Yura nodded their head in agreement.

"I will leave her to you then, Yura!" The woman shouted and sprinted to the direction of Konoha. She fueled all her chakra into her feet and sprinted as quickly as possible, leaving the two.

"Oh no, you won't!" Temari shouted as she was about to follow the woman. However, Yura appeared in front of her in a flash and stopped her.

She quickly back flipped again as she unfolded the small fan in the direction of Yura.

"No, no, no, Temari-sama. Your opponent is me." As soon as he said that, he weaved a few complicated hand signs and took a deep breath. He focused his chakra in his mouth as his breath was combined with his chakra.

"Fire release: Dragon Breath!"

"Oh shit!" Temari said as she quickly back flipped 3 times . . . 4 times . . . 5 . . . 6 . . .

"Argh!" Temari screamed again as she was engulfed in the fire and fell onto the ground. Hard. Temari gasped for air as her eyes quickly closed. The fire managed to burn her and some of her hairs. And to make things worse, she could feel the hot wax melting again on her body. I couldn't move.

"I'm sorry Temari-sama. But . . . I need to do this. Good bye." Yura took out a kunai and in a quick movement . . . . .

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

Kankurou ran as quickly as he could. A few more meters to go before he could finally arrive in his destination. A little more! But his chakra was quickly decreased –he used half of his chakra to make a shadow clone!- and it was about to hit the max. Damn this mission! Kankurou forced himself to run faster and faster. He could sense someone coming. But surprisingly, it wasn't coming from his back but instead, appeared in front of him. Konoha's escort? Maybe. But I must not let my guard down. Kankurou quickened his footsteps but stopped on his track when the unknown nin finally appeared.

"Stop right there! Identify yourselves!" The nin said, surprised by the presence in front of him.

"You better stop now before we arrest you!" Another nin said.

"Wait! I need reinforcement! My sister is in a battle. 6 o'clock. She is hurt badly!" Kankurou said forcefully. "My name is Kankurou. Sabaku No Kankurou. I'm in a mission to deliver an important scroll to the Hokage. See?" Kankurou pulled out his mission pass and showed them.

"Wait." Neji said and turned to look at him before turning to look at his leader. "aren't you Kankurou-san from Suna? He must be the suna nin that Tsuande-sama had said. You said your sister was in battle?"

"Yes. Yes! She is in a battle and she told me to escape! Now stop questioning me first! My sister's life is on stake right now!" He replied impatiently.

Neji turned to look at his team leader again as the team leader sighed.

"Man . . . Can today be more troublesome?!"

"Shikamaru!" Ino hit him on the head as she glared at him.

"Alright, alright! Neji, use your Byakugan to find Kankurou-san's sister. Ino and Chouji, bring Kankurou-san back to the village and report the situation to Lady Tsunade. Call for reinforcement. Now!" Shikamaru commanded as Neji activated his blood line.

"My sister had a fan. A large battle fan and a small handheld fan. She wears a long sleeve light purple kimono." Kankurou said before he finally let himself relaxed and finally dropped onto the ground.

The vein bulged out as he activated his Byakugan. Eyes looking determined. Ino and Chouji quickly scooped Kankurou up and started running to their village in a hurry.

"I saw a meshed up ground not far from here. A woman corpse and wait . . there's another corpse a little further from the woman. What should we do?" Neji asked with his Byakugan still active.

"We will go in a line. Woman first." Shikamaru replied. "Let's hope it's not the sister we are searching for."

Nothing was even scarier than the scene in front of them now. They had seen the woman corpse. Thankfully, it was not Kankurou's sister. The woman was sliced on her throat and arms. Her limbs were full of scratches. Shikamaru thought that that was the scariest scene he had ever seen but he was mistaken. This! This is the most horrible scene ever!

The corpse's head was cut in half and the head was hanging upside down on one of the tree branches. And the upper part of its –I use "its" because the corpse's identity couldn't be identified- body was severed from the respective place and to make it worse? The corpse's gut was shown.

Shikamaru almost puked right on the place where he stood but somehow he was able to convince himself by telling himself that it would become even more troublesome if he had to clean the mess he had made.

While Neji just stood there impassively. He may look like he was calm, but actually, he was also a little shocked by the scene when he saw it using his Byakugan earlier. His eyes twitched and his mouth was forming into a tight line.

"This is disgusting."

"Where's she?" Shikamaru asked, ignoring the disturbing scene in front of him.

Neji scanned the field again using his Byakugan, then shook his head. "Nowhere."

To Be Continued***

Hello again. Here i am again trying to explain the whole thing to make you guys understand it easier :D

First : Temari didn't join the Chuunin Exam invasion! So they know nothing about Temari (they never see her before) which means Shikamaru hasn't seen her yet.

Second : only Kankurou and Gaara and one OCC that when to the Chuunin Exam.

Third : When was this occur? It will be after shippuden. And it will sometime follow the canon but i will just let it flow. :D

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