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Chapter One
Temari's Sisters
Temari stood there, watching as her Genin sparred, practicing for the upcoming Chunin exams. Four weeks left, and the girls were training harder then ever. All except Miu. Of course, Temari had become rather used to this by now. Though she had only been the girls sensei for a year, she had been raising them as her little sisters for over two. She knew how Miu was, the girl just couldn't stand getting dirty! Usually they used her and her unique jutsu as a distraction for the enemy while the others took this advantage to attack. The strategy worked rather well when they were in a four man cell, but in the exams, that was going to be a different matter. For the first time since they came to Suna, Temari would not be avalible to help. Not to mention, the third exam had always been a one on one fight, with no rules. How was she to rank if she wouldn't physically fight? Temari's concentration was broken by the voice of a small boy.
"T-Temari-Sensei." Temari looked down on a black haired child, Gaara's messenger. He looked a little nervous.
"Yes Yuko?... Well what is it?" Her impatience seemed to fighten the little boy even more.
"Lord Kazekage would like for you to come and see him in his office in one hour." The poor child was now trembling as he spoke to her.
"Well, you tell him for me, that as soon as my girls and I are done, we will be on our way!" Frustration had now completely taken over Temari's voice now. What was Gaara thinking? He wanted these girls to pass as badly as she did. If fact, quite a bit more she'd think, since he could not officially start dating Kanon until they became Chunin. The girls weren't even being allowed to wear Suna headbands until they retained citizenship, which had been held from them as a precaution until they passed their exams. The girls were only given a blank forehead protector to wear for safety on missions.
With tears now swelling in his eyes, Yuko replied. "Lord Kazekage said specifically that you were to come alone. He orders that you escort your Genin home."
By this time, Yuko was practically bawling. Temari couldn't blame him. The child had most likely been told, as much of the village's children had been, that he should stay clear of Temari and her genin. The adults in the village believed that the Tsukino girls were evil and so was Temari for bringing them back with her. To them her genin were "Kabuto's spies", and she had been brain washed by them.
Temari knelt down in front of the boy. She reached over and gently put her hand on his shoulder. The boy stood still, but his facial expression, made Temari think he was hoping to crawl out of his skin. She, feeling bad, softened her own expression as she began to speak.
"Yuko, I am sorry if I frightened you, it was not my intentions to do so. Truth is you have no need to be afraid of us. The girls are not what everyone thinks they are, I am not ..."
Temari's sentence was suddenly cut short by Mia, the oldest af the triplets.
"Mui, get your lazy ass down here and start training now!" Temari heard Kanon, the youngest, Break into a very audible laugh.
"Mia, who the hell do you think you are? I am NOT coming down there! I'm NOT getting dirty!" Just to prove her point, she stuck her tongue out and made a very rude noise at her sister.
"Oh, well, is this any better?" Mia said sarcastically "Get down here now, or I'll come up there with my lovely bucket of red paint, and pour it all over your clean hair and clothes!"
This time Temari had to hold in her own laugh. She had been the one to give the small bucket of red paint to Mia. A way to insure that she could hold a little control over her younger sister. Anyways, older siblings need to have some control over the younger ones. Temari's own younger brothers were the Kazakage and his advisor, yet she still held a small amount of control over them.
"Fine, I'm coming down, but I'm not training ! I don't need it !"
Mui stood up, her raven black hair fell freely onto her back. The violet robes she wore were quite revealing, not only because of the way the hung on her, but the material they were made from was almost see through. She spread her arms and appeared to open what looked like cloth wings. Chakra cloth has been attached from both her sleeves down to her waist. She now closed her eyes and began to concentrate her chakra into those cloth wings. When she opened her eyes, she took a step right of the ledge of the twenty foot cliff. She did not fall, instead, she floated gracefully down to the ground. As she landed she heard her sister's screaming. "Prove it, prove to us all you don't need more training!"
She yelled back to them, "I will!", and started to walk toward Temari.
"Oh, come on," Temari thought to herself, "You can't be fooling yourself to think your tricks will work on me?" Before Temari could ponder her question aloud, she received her answer. The boy she was holding, the one she had forgotten she was holding, was now shaking more violently then he was before.
Mui stopped two feet away from him, holding her hands straight out in front of her body. Tied to both of her wrists were ribbons made of the same chakra cloth as her wings. The one on the right was white, while the one on the left was black. As she approached Yuko, she again began concentrating her chakra, this time into the ribbons. Suddenly they began to spin, creating a visual effect much like a hypnotic wheel while emmiting a low humming sound.
Temari turned her head away from the justu quickly and looked at the boy. He's eyelid where hanging low over his eye's, and seemed as if they were very heavy. His face and blank look made it seem like he had been put into a trance. She heard Mui whisper something inaudible to the boy and felt her hand now being tugged lightly as the child jumped up and down on one foot. She then heard Mui yell "RELEASE!" and the child face went from emptiness to scared instantaneously. He turned in place and ran as fast as he could, probably home to his mother.
"See, I told you, I don't need training! I'm Good!" Now Mia was laughing , but the cockiness in Mui's voice stirred bitterness in Konan.
"Yeah, uh-huh, we see. Bravo!" the sarcasm radiated from Konan's voice. At this Mia began clapping excitably. "You convinced an 8 year old boy, to jump on one leg and run home, which he probably did out of fear anyway! So, yeah BRAVO!" Mia's claps became louder, then suddenly stopped as she began to speak herself.
"Listen Mui, honestly, we're not trying to be mean,"
"Speak for yourself." Kanon whispered.
"It's just," Mia said, ignoring her little sister, "You worked your tricks on a small, young, vulnerable boy. Not a fellow Shinobi, that would never work in a REAL fight!"
"I know, but don't worry, I told you I have a plan!" Mui, now yelling, turned to Temari.
"See what you've done Temari-Sensei? You doubt me, and now they do too!" Mui folded her arms, turning back away from Temari to sulk.
"Well girls," Temari said, " if you are all done fighting like babies, it's time that we go. I need to get you home safely and come all the way back here to see Gaara!"
Kanon's eyes started to sparkle and a smile widened across her face. "Can't we just tag along? We won't be a bother."
"No, he said he wanted to see me alone." The light left Kanon's face as Temari spoke, "But I will send him your affections, when and if I get back here in time to see him. He gave me an hour, but after your sibling rivalry, I only have twenty minutes left!"
"Ok, ok, ok! Let's get going,Temari-Sensei needs to be back here on time!" Kanon was pushing her sisters out the gate as she said this.
"Ooooo, we'd better hurry so Temari-Sensei can get back to tell Gaara-Waara our wittle Kankan lubs him wiff her whole heart!"
"Eeewwww!" Mui screeched, right before she felt Kanon's hand slam into the back of her head.
"OK girls, come on, NOW! Oh, and Mia until my little brother becomes part of you family, please refer to him as Lord Kazekage Gaara-Waarra!"
"Wait," Kanon said with excitement, "Do you know something I don't? Is he going to ask me to marry him?"
"I didn't say that," Temari said laughing, "I only meant, that unless that day ever comes, you girls need to show proper respect!"
A look of disappointment crossed Kanon's face as Mia laughed and said " As long as we can still call her our wittle KanKan, I think we can wait until their possible wedding to call him Gaara-Waara."
Then Mui said "I hope that day never comes. He may be the Kazekage, but I don't know what you see in him! I mean his hair is red!" And at that they all started laughing.