A/N: So a Temari fic name Invitation inspired me to write a fic about an OC floating in my head and Temari. Enjoy :)

Death Wish

Chapter 1

The Lone Ranger

Temari stood there surrounded by five assassins. They wore no headband like the cowards they were and their target was Temari. They were obviously all ANBU of some village and were quite formidable but she herself was no slouch. The drew her large fan and prepared herself for the fight of her life. She had gotten in a fight with Shikamaru earlier that day and left the village of Konoha in all angry haste towards Suna along the road by herself.

'So stupid,' Temari cursed. She was Gaara the Kazekage's sister and she knew she should have traveled with someone else. The ninja all converged on her and she summoned her wind abilities and began thrashing on them but there were far too many for her to take on. She was strong but she was still barely Jounin rank and they were all far above her. She was unable to focus on so many and they all soon shot through her defenses and were battering her and beating her down. Temari could do nothing to stop the onslaught her foes unleashed upon her. Once they had her beaten and defeated laying on the ground in tatters they chuckled.

"Let's have some fun with her before we finish the job," The leader of them said and they converged on her ripping her clothes from her body. Temari was bloody and crying. How could her day get any worse. It was time. They were about to have their way with her.

"Come on boys. Is that any way to treat a lady? I'll play for blood," said a voice startling everyone present including Temari. In the enemy's haste to take Temari they must have not noticed the other presence. As Temari glanced at the newcomer she took in the sight. He was very near to the group. He wore a large trench coat and sported a cowboy hat. In his mouth was a cigar and his lip was fat with disgusting dip as well. He shuffle the cigar over to the corner of his mouth and spit a mouthful of brown spit on the ground a few feet from the shinobi. In his hands were two pulsing balls of what seemed like pure chakra.

"Mind your own business swine," The leader of the assassin's growled as his men took positions to attack.

"Make me," the man replied. The leader of the assassin's nodded and the assassins charged at the man. As the assassins closed the space between themselves and the man more balls of chakra suddenly appeared as they got close to them and each ball exploded violently knocking the four on their backs. With that the man threw the two balls in his hand straight at the leader. The leader tried to dodge but the balls traveled in all do haste. Before they reached him the balls burst into hundreds of tiny pellets and peppered the leader. The leader dropped to his knees.

"What is that power," The leader gasped dropping to one knee. Tiny spots of blood began appearing all over his body.

"It's a little something my pa taught me," The man chuckled summoning another ball in each of his hands. By now the assassins were all scrambling to their feet. This time they all stayed put and began summoning the same jutsu at once.

"No matter," the leader chuckled, "We will kill you all the same."

"I hope you do," the man chuckled back. Soon all the enemies feet had pools of water seeping out from them. They all began summoning water dragons at the same time. The dragons thrashed out at the man. By the time they accomplished this he had two huge balls of chakra in his hands and he threw them in between the five vicious dragons. The balls exploded with tremendous might and sent thousands of little balls of chakra outwards annihilating the dragons and causing them to drop to the ground like the harmless water they were. The man threw two more smaller balls at the closest enemy. They collided with the man and seemed to enter his flesh. Then they exploded causing the whole man to start glowing and he himself exploded sending a gruesome storm of flesh showering the remaining assassins.

"Well that was disappointing," the man said chuckling. The assassins looked on in horror. They now knew being touched by those balls would mean their deaths were certain.

"You bastard!" The leader roared causing him and his assassins to charge forth at the man again. They triggered more hidden chakra bombs along the way. The assassins dodged and made their way straight for the man. One of the assassins had been unable to avoid some of the bombs and was cut down by the mighty explosives and dropped to his knees gasping his last breath. One of the assassins made it to the man before the other two and stabbed the man with a kunai but the man didn't flinch and stuck both of his hands into the mans chest and blew the man to pieces much like the first. The other two reached him at the same time and both struck at him with kunai.

They were too much for the man and began battering him and taking him down much like they had with Temari. By this time Temari was forgotten and had scrambled to her feet and retrieved her fan. Maybe she could save her would be savior in time. She rushed off to help the man who had finally been overtaken by the two remaining assassins but not before he peppered them with more chakra buckshots. They were viciously stabbing him with their kunai in an attempt to kill him before he could lay a hand on either of them and detonate them the way he had with their brothers. They were caught completely off guard by Temari's fan and were both swept aside by a vicious storm of razor wind from Temari. The two remaining assassins slowly scrambled to their feet.

"Why would you go and do something like that?" The man gasped, "You dumb bitch shoulda just ran off and let them finish the job." The man wobbled to his feet. Temari shot one of her famous glares at the vulgar man. Not exactly a knight in shining armor. The two assassins had somewhat recovered but both were bruised up and injured from the fight with the two powerful shinobi before them.

"I should have just killed her," The leader of the assassins cursed. The two remaining turned to flee but the man charged them and began unleashing tons of small balls of chakra at them. The assassins met him with their kunai stabbing him again but he seemed not to care and laughed at them summoning two more balls and setting them off at point blank range causing the trio to be showered in thousands of tiny little balls of chakra cutting down all three of them. The two remaining assassins both collapsed and met their demise and the man dropped to his knees. Temari was shocked at the sight and ran over to the man. Before he could fall she caught him.

"Look I saved your life now leave me be," The man said. Pushing her hands away and slowly rising to his feet. He was marked with multiple stab wounds and tiny little blood spots where his own attacks had ruptured his own body.

"Look you saved my life," Temari began, "The least I could do is help you."

"I didn't ask for your help," the man growled, "No go on. Git!" The man pushed her away again, "I will be fine." The man began walking away from her for several meters before collapsing to the ground. Temari rushed over to his side. The man was gasping for breath.

"Look, you saved my life and it is custom to throw a congratulatory dinner in my village for such a person," Temari said, "Now you are going to come with me." Temari said helping the man up.

"Stupid naked woman," the man replied before passing out. At this point Temari realized she was half naked from the assassin's assault on her. She quickly salvaged her clothes and realized it would be better to steal the man's trench coat for now. She put on his trench coat and secured it before picking the man up and racing off to Suna to get him medical attention. It wouldn't be that far now. Half a day maybe and she could make it she was sure.

As she bounded through the desert about three hours later she was met by Kankuro who was rushing towards her in all haste. He must have received the carrier pigeon she sent ahead to let him know she was upset with Shikamaru and would be returning home much sooner than she had originally planned. Kankuro had already begun shouting questions at Temari from a distance as he got closer.

"What the fuck did that shithead do? I will kill him! What the hell are you wearing? Did something happen?" Kankuro yelled, "And who is that?" He finally asked as he got closer. By now he was next to her taking the heavy man from her arms.

"I don't know who he is or where he is from but if it weren't for him five assassins would have killed me," Temari said quietly tears in the corners of her eyes. Kankuro didn't often see his sister cry and it unsettled him quite a bit.

"Temari, it's okay. I am here now and no one would be stupid enough to attack us," Kankuro explained. He wanted to hug her and assure her but felt he didn't need to.

"That stupid Shikamaru is all caught up with that Ino bitch..." Temari said quietly.

"Does that mean we are letting the other suitors in again?" Kankuro asked quickly. Sure it was a little insensitive but Kankuro didn't care for the Nara very much anyways. Temari nodded but didn't say anything else to him as they made their way back to the village. They made it there much quicker with Kankuro there to carry the man and soon were on the streets of Suna on the way to the hospital with the man. After dropping the man off Temari and Kankuro made their way to the Kazekage Gaara's, office to report the attack. Temari left specific instructions to the staff to alert her if the man awoke.

They entered Gaara's office as he was doing a little paperwork. Gaara looked up at his siblings and seeing Temari battered up a little and wearing strange clothing cause his normally impassive expression to twitch a little. He looked at them questioningly.

"I was attacked by assassins on the way way back from Konoha," Temari said quietly ashamed of not heeding her younger brother's warnings about the dangers of being the Kazekage's sister.

"You are fine?" Gaara asked first. Temari nodded. "And the assassins?"

"A man came and saved me. They are all dead. They used water jutsu that originates in Kirigakure but none of them wore headbands. They all wore hunter-nin masks," Temari said surprising both of them. Kiri was their ally.

Gaara spoke first, "I had reports that Kiri was up to mischief but I had not suspected this." Gaara seemed in though. "What of the man?" Gaara asked.

"We checked him in at the hospital, he was in bad condition," Kankuro said.

"If he awakes, get him accommodations at my mansion," Gaara said. Oddly enough neither of them could remember anyone being invited to the mansion other than Naruto who Gaara seemed quite fond of. "If he saved my sister we owe him as much." Gaara's siblings both nodded and left. Temari didn't speak to Kankuro and instead left to her own room to take a nice long bath and change. She was still shaken up by the attack on her and didn't want to speak with anyone. Meanwhile Kankuro was off to send letters off to her suitors to let them know she was available again. True most likely just wanted her for the fifty thousand dowry that was attached to her but anything would be better than that lazy Nara.

2 days later.

Temari was sitting on her bed. It was early in the morning. She had checked on the man yesterday but the staff said he had not woken up yet. She had just finished getting dressed and was about to check on him when she heard a knock at the door. She answered her door to find the Daimyo's son standing there smiling. He hugged Temari instantly much to her dismay.

"Temari-chan! It has been too long. I was beginning to think that Nara had you as his. I heard you were attacked. Are you okay?" The daimyo's son was not much to look at. He was overweight, ugly, and disgusting. Kankuro must have already told all her suitors she was available again. Temari began trying to think of a way to get out of talking to him but she couldn't just send him away. It was extremely rude and uncustomary to send a suitor away in her culture. Someone cleared their throat nearby causing Temari and the Daimyo's son to look to the intruder. It was a messenger from the hospital.

"Sorry for interrupting but you said to alert you immediately when the man awoke, Temari-san," The man said. Temari's face lit up.

"Sorry, I have to meet this guy, he saved my life," Temari said leaving the dumbfounded Daimyo's son behind. Temari bounded across the rooftops towards her destination at the hospital. She made it there in record time. This man had been occupying her thoughts ever since he saved her life and try as hard as she might she could not possibly take her mind off him. The head nurse greeted Temari at the door.

"Temari-sama," the head nurse respectfully said bowing deeply, "The patient you brought in demands to see you and has been causing quite a ruckus."

"Take me to see him," Temari said. The head nurse nodded and began walking down the hall with Temari close behind. They soon found them at an open door. A different nurse came rushing out of the room her face red with what seemed like a mixture of blushing and righteous anger. Objects flying out of the room after her. As soon as the nurse saw the head nurse she walked straight up to her obviously not noticing Temari in her anger.

"I can't do this anymore! He asks for insane things! He keeps making comments about my ass! He won't eat anything I give him! He insults me! I can't stand that ignorant asshole anymore!" The nurse was positively fuming. Temari cleared her throat. The nurse looked back at her and immediately bowed. Temari merely walked by the two and entered the room the nurse came out of.

Temari looked at the man sitting on the bed. She just stood there for a while as he sat on the bed holding his head in his hands. He was crying she realized. On the ground between his legs were a small puddle of rapidly building tears. The man was oblivious to her presence and Temari's heart ached for her savior. Temari walked over to the bed and sat down on it next to him wrapping her arms around the man. The man just leaned into her embrace a little and cried a little while longer. He kept muttering unintelligible sentences and Temari couldn't quite place the source of his sorrow. Only that his sorrow was affecting her and she had never felt something like that before in a very long time.

"You had to bring me here didn't you..." the man whispered.

"I wanted to help you," Temari whispered back.

"It never works out..." the man replied buy Temari wasn't sure how to place this. When the man's tears finally subsided he broke from Temari's embrace and looked Temari up and down.

"Well, well. I have to say most women look might fine naked but you look damn fine in that sexy outfit of yours," the man suddenly said. Temari calmly stood up and the next thing the man saw was a massive fan hitting him in the head.

"I won't stand for any rude remarks like the nurses may have," Temari explained putting her fan away again, "Now lets start off properly. I am Sabaku no Temari daughter of the Fourth Kazekage, first daughter of the most noble house in Suna, the wind mistress of the desert." She stuck her hand out for a hand shake. The man rubbed his head where the fan had struck and took her hand and kissed it.

"Most people call me Uchiki around here," The man said, "So you are like a princess or something?"

"Yeah I guess you could say that," Temari replied.

"So I reckon there is some snazzy reward for rescuing you then huh?" Uchiki asked.

"Is that what you want? A reward?" Temari asked a little insulted.

"Well it would be nice," Uchiki replied.

"I am sure you will be compensated for your troubles," Temari sighed a little, "Well come on lets get you cleaned up properly. You will be attending dinner tonight with my family."

"Well I ain't one to decline a good meal," Uchiki replied grabbing his black cowboy hat and putting it on his head, "You didn't leave my coat did ya?"

"Sorry, I borrowed it," Temari answered, "I had it cleaned, it is waiting for you at the mansion."

"Well thank you, miss," Uchiki said following Temari out the door. As they made their way to the mansion it was mostly in silence except for the last stretch.

"So you got family? Takin me to meet your ma and what not?" Uchiki asked.

"I do have family, but it's only my two younger brothers now, Kankuro and Gaara," Temari replied. The villagers gave the pair a wide birth but seemed to be eying the newcomer with interest. "My mother is dead, as is my father, and any other relatives. Baki-sensei will likely attend dinner with us. He is my sensei. I look to him like a father.

"Sorry to hear about your folks," Uchiki said, "I think I heard about that Gaara fella before." Uchiki was thinking it over and realized he had heard some rumors about him.

"Well, he's changed. You have nothing to worry about. He is actually now the Kazekage," Temari explained.

"That's a damn shame," Uchiki said under his breath and before Temari could ask why they were at the door of the mansion. Two guards greeted them and nodded to the couple. Temari and Uchiki both entered the home and walked through the massive house down several corridors, up some stairs and stopped at the door to Temari's room. Uchiki seemed to be taking in the sights of her wealthy mansion with wonder.

"I never seen such a magnificent home," Uchiki said in wonder.

"Thank you," Temari replied. Her thoughts on the man were conflicting. She wasn't sure what to make of the Uchiki. He had crude speech. He was terribly confusing, and at the same time incredibly powerful and seemed to know how to be respectful when he wanted to be. Temari just hoped he was respectful at dinner or she would never heard the end of it from Kankuro.

"Wait here please," Temari asked. Temari never invited anyone into her room. Not even Kankuro. Gaara was in there occasionally looking for her and sometimes she would walk in seeing him sitting on her bed thinking. Temari had grown quite fond of her youngest brother since he had changed from his former psychotic self. Rarely he would even get her a random gift and always seemed to remember her birthday. Temari had begun to realize that maybe her youngest brother did care for his family and maybe he had all along. Temari entered her room closing the door behind her and grabbed the coat that was laying on her bed. Any damages on the coat had been fixed and it was nice and clean as well courtesy of the mansion staff. She left her room and handed it to Uchiki who was kind of impatiently waiting outside. Uchiki quickly put the coat on and checked some of the pockets. Inside he found what he wanted and pulled out a metal case with cigars in it. He opened it up and was surprised to find that it had been restocked.

"Well that was mighty nice of you," Uchiki said pulling one out biting off the end and placing it in his mouth. He didn't light it yet but enjoyed the feeling of having one in his mouth.

"You know those will-" Temari began only to be cut off.

"Kill me? I wish," The man said shifting the cigar in his mouth a little with his lips. Temari just examined the man for a few moments before motioning him to follow her.

"It's several hours until dinner so would you mind accompanying me on a walk?" Temari requested. Really Uchiki didn't want to but she was pretty and he didn't really have anything to do at the moment anyways so Uchiki just nodded and followed her.

"So you're not from any hidden village or anything?" Temari asked as they made their way into the backyard of the mansion where a lavish garden was. There were tons of neatly kept plants all around and Uchiki just looked around for a minute before pulling a zippo from his pocket and lighting his cigar.

"No, never seen the point." Uchiki replied taking a drag of the cigar.

"What about family? Any loved ones or anything?" Temari asked.

"No not anymore. Well no loved ones anyways. Family, sure but I ain't talked to them in some time now," Uchiki said tapping the ash from the end of the cigar, "Might fine garden by the way."

"Thank you, I planted most of it myself," Temari replied smiling a little. The rest of their walk was full of small chatter about hobbies they had, things they liked, food they enjoyed, and other such small little things. It was really a nice conversation and they didn't seem to have any trouble talking and there were no awkward moments. Uchiki actually was fairly intellectual and quite funny Temari gathered from their conversation and she found she rather enjoyed him. Temari could actually relate to the stranger quite a bit and for he was good at staying away from sore subjects quite well and never pressed her for any information about Gaara or anything. It had reached the point of the night where dinner was only a couple hours away and she realized she had been hanging out with Uchiki for the better part of the day.

"Well it's getting close to dinner, I will have one of the servants take you to your room and get you bathed and dressed properly for dinner," Temari said ending their walk.

"You got a problem with the way I dress?" Uchiki asked kind of hurt, not because she didn't like it but it was comfortable and he didn't like dressing up very much unless it was his dress clothes which he had left far behind.

"No, it's just that this is a formal dinner for you since you saved me and the Daimyo's son is likely to attend so dressing up is assumed," Temari said realizing she should have said something sooner.

"Alright fine," Uchiki replied. Temari motioned for a servant to come over.

"Show Uchiki to his room and get him cleaned up, dressed, and ready for dinner," Temari told the servant. The servant bowed and motioned for Uchiki to follow.

"Well good evening miss," Uchiki said tipping his hat before following the servant off.

A/N: So this is a fic I have been toying with for a while and couldn't wait to put up. I am interested on the feedback I will get on this so please review.