Note- I don't own Naruto.
Differences – This is after the time skip. Sasuke returned and was granted a full pardon.
Sorry about not making the title of the last chapter Prelude, but my computer was being stupid and I was tired. Referring to Dnite's comment, this is going to be at least ten chapters, it might take forever but it will be ten chapters at a minimum.
Gaara was having a bad day. That not saying much for a guy who was rejected my, his village, his mentor, or everyone who ever met him before he got his ass kicked by the Kyuubi vessel, not to mention that he had a demon living inside of him. This day though was worse than usual, with his father dead; the village hidden in the sand needed a new Kazekage, and the elders decided that Gaara shouldn't take over because he wasn't of age, or so they said, Gaara knew that he would never get the job unless something drastic happened to the Elders thought process. At first he seriously considered killing every single one of them, but that would just insure he never got the job.
Today was Gaara's birth day, the day he became of age, and he still had no hope of ever becoming Kazekage. Just as he was deciding he was going to go kill every last one of them, Timari opened the door and plopped herself down on the foot of his bed, an action that five years ago most likely would have meant her death. "Do you really want to be Kazekage?" The older of the two asked.
"Yes," answered Gaara with a suspicions look on his face.
"Then get packed, wear going to Konoha."
"What are you talking about Timari?"
"I convinced the Elders that it was because you were a Chuunin that they didn't trust you. So now we are going to take the Jounin exams and there being held in Konoha."
"Just how did you convince them of that Timari?" The younger of the two sand siblings asked his older sister.
"I've always had a way with convincing people to do things my way."
"Is it really in your best interest to have me as Kazekage?" Gaara asked. Timari was the current Kazekage, but she seemed to have lost that sparkle in her eye these past few months.
"Truth be told little brother, I hate the job with a passion, the same passion that I used to use to fight."
"So you want to go on missions sister. Where to exactly?" Gaara asked with a knowing smile. Timari had not seen Shikamaru in a long time and their relationship was strained. A visit to Konoha would do their relationship good.
"Nowhere in particular," she answered with a mischievous smile, "but technically, accompanying you to Konoha will be my first mission since I became Kazekage."