Like Changing Time

Summery: Temari, successful young woman who graduated from college early and is now a science teacher, but she has on little problem. Her little brother, Gaara is the biggest pain in the butt, and is now forced to live with her. Can she change his ways? Some tell her it's like changing time.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto and never will.

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Chapter 7: At the Mall

It has been two weeks since Gaara's and Temari's little conversation. Since then, Gaara stopped swearing getting his strings back for his Washburn N61 and has been keeping his part time job, getting his Silvertone Smart III practice amp back from Temari. He also gave up alcohol completely thanks to his energy drinks. Now he was playing his new Black Cherry color Schecter 006 Elite along with a newer band he really liked and respected, Crossfade.

"This has got to be the best band from this music period." He said to himself paying along to a solo. He heard the apartment door opening and turned off his music and his practice amp. "Welcome home, sis." He said noticing Temari instantly in her black business dress.

"Hi, Gaara." She smiled at him and noticed his new guitar. "Isn't that your third guitar?" She asked him curiously.

"No, I exchanged my Hellraiser, got this and some extra spending money." He explained putting his new guitar in its case revealing his Bon Jovi t-shirt with his torn jeans. "So how was work?"

"Pretty good except one kid put a tack in my chair, and then dropped his pencil hoping I could pick it up so he could look down my chest." She said aggravated. "Shikamaru took care of him after all that though."

"I don't even want to know how." Gaara said to his sister. "By the way, I have enough for a bed now."

She was so happy it scared him. "Really!!??" She screamed. "Then let's get going! To The Mall!!!" She grabbed him then ran towards the door dragging him.

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They reached the mall… just a typical two story mall that had everything from Hot Topic to the Disney Store. Temari loved it, but Gaara thought it was too crowded.

"Alright, give me six hundred dollars and I'll get you a nice single person bed." She said holding out her hand. Gaara handed her the money from his wallet and put the extra he had back in his wallet. "Alright, I'll get the bed and you can go and get yourself some stuff on your own."

The only thing he saw was a flash of blond and black going into the Sears there. "She scares the crap out of me sometimes." He said to himself. "I guess I'll just head to FYE and get a few CDs or something." He walked down the mall for awhile trying to avoid crowds, until he noticed the blond haired girl he was somehow attracted to, Ino, working on clothing the manikins at Victoria's Secret. He waved to her and she waved to him smiling and not paying attention, causing one of the manikin's arms to fall off and her falling into a rack of bras. Gaara ran into the store to help her. He saw her with her hair tangled into some of the bras.

"I'm so clumsy sometimes." She said noticing him. "Sorry you had to see this."

He helped her up. "Don't worry about it. Those things are so breakable." He said hoping to make her feel better. "Naruto got a Peruvian Sex doll, we tried using it at the same time and it broke in half."

"What?!?!" She asked more shocked then confused.

Gaara just thought about what he said. "…Um… I was kidding." He said fake laughing and hoping she would believe him.

She started laughing. "Oh!" She continued to laugh as she started picking up the bras with Gaara's help.

It wasn't long until the blond haired manager noticed the two. "Ino Yamanaka!!" She yelled walking up to the two. "What happened?!"

"Uh-"

"This was my fault ma'am." Gaara explained. "I distracted her and she feel into these egg baskets."

"Egg Baskets?" The Manager asked in rage.

"Yeah, boulder holders." He put up the rack.

"Boulder Holders?!" She was even angrier.

"Look I can do this all day." He replied to her remark. "But right now, I just want to help Ino with this mess I made."

"Sir, please vacate the premises." The manager said trying to be calm.

"Vacate?" He didn't even know the meaning of the word. "Dumb guy talk please. I don't understand crazy lady language."

"LEAVE!!!!" She screamed making him slowly walk out of the store slowly.

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Later… He was walking through the mall with an FYE bag and noticed Ino walking down the mall. He ran to catch up with her. "Ino." He yelled getting her attention. He caught up with her. "I hope what I did didn't cost you your job."

"No." She smiled and he sighed with relief. "Tsunade fired me for being clumsy all the time."

"Oh come on." Gaara said. "She was probably just jealous that she's getting old and you're still young."

She started laughing at his comment. "Thanks, Gaara. I feel a little better."

"How about I get you something to eat." He offered her. "Maybe it'll help a little."

"Sound good." She replied accepting his offer. "How about Chinese?"

"Alright, there is a special at the Panda Express." He smiled and noticed a slight blush on her lips.

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Later… They sat together each with a different combination of Chinese foods at the food court.

"Oh, hey Gaara?" Ino asked getting his attention. "What are you doing here anyways? Temari told me you hate the mall."

"I do, but Temari dragged me here to give her money to buy my bed while I went and got some things with my extra spending money." He replied to her lifting up his bag. "Just some new CDs for Kiba and me to jam to during your tutoring lesson tonight and a movie."

She took the bag from him. "Hmm." She pulled out the three CDs. "Alter Bridge, All That Remains, and Stone Sour."

"Kiba recommended them to me." Gaara explained. "He told me they all are pretty well balanced bands and I should listen to all of them."

She pulled out the movie. "The best of Carmen Electra from Playboy?" She stared at him in a disgusted look.

He quickly snatched it from her. "That's for Naruto!!" He put it back in the bag. "Don't tell Temari?"

"I won't, don't worry." She assured him.

"Thanks, Ino." He sighed with relief. "Hey! A thought just hit me. When we first met, you told me you live with your parents, but I was at your place and you live with that crazy pink haired girl. Why did you lie to me?"

"… Well, this was a problem with most guys…" Ino looked down and stopped eating. "I have a problem with trust until I get to know that person."

"I don't blame you." Gaara said making her look straight at him. "Seriously, why be honest with someone you just met? Really, you're just protecting yourself. That's a really smart thing of you to do."

She blushed at his comment. "Thank you, Gaara." She smiled and noticed a light shade of red on his cheeks.

"No problem." Gaara replied and noticed her scooting towards him in her seat. Gaara then noticed two familiar people walking towards them. "Kiba, Hinata! Hey you two."

"Hey, Gaara." Kiba said. "You ready to jam with me tonight?"

"Of course, but don't bring your practice amp, Temari's tutoring the girls." Gaara replied to his guitar loving friend.

"We're right here." Ino and Hinata said at the same time getting the boys' attention.

Hinata looked at her blond friend. "Hey, are you two going out?! You guys look cute together. Tenten will be so jealous."

"No!!" Ino said with her face completely red from embarrassment. "We're just here as friends and we ran into each other coincidentally." She calmed down a little.

"She's right. I'm just here because Temari dragged me here and I needed to get some CDs as well." He noticed Hinata and Kiba going through his bag. "Hey!!" He started blushing when they pulled out the movie.

"This is definitely for Naruto." Kiba said knowing both Gaara and Naruto. "But hey, you got the ones I recommended to you."

"Yeah, these are all good bands." Hinata started. "Stone Sour has James Root and Corey Taylor from Slipknot. Alter Bridge has Mark Tremonti from Creed, and All That Remains-." Gaara shoved a piece of Orange Chicken into her mouth to stop her from talking.

"It's about time." Gaara said rubbing his temples. He looked at Kiba. "She didn't talk this much when I first met her."

"She's usually shy at first, but then you get to know her…" Kiba said looking at his girlfriend enjoying the chicken in her mouth. "There's no stopping her. Even when we have our private moments."

She swallowed the chicken. "I know what I'm having for lunch." Hinata smiled. "Come on, Kiba." She dragged him towards the Panda Express.

"Nice seeing you guys." Kiba said as Hinata dragged him away.

"Later Kiba." Gaara said unsure if he heard him or not. He looked at Ino. "Well, that was something new."

"Yes it was." Ino said agreeing with him. "Oh, by the way…" She said changing the subject. "Sakura and I were wondering if you would like to see our band perform tomorrow night. Me, Sakura, Hinata, and Tenten are the full band and it would mean a lot to me if you would go and show your support. Kiba's going and so are Neji and Naruto according to him. So will you go?"

"… I need to check with Temari," Gaara started. "But as long as you sound nothing like Evanesces' new stuff, I'll be more than happy to see you girls perform."

"Oh, thank you." She hugged him catching him by surprise. He just stared wide eyed until he decided to hug her back slowly.

End of Chapter 7

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Author's Note: I needed to do a big GaaIno moment, so I just felt like doing this little chapter. I also added the little fact that Naruto is a little perverted in this story too. Gaara and Kiba will be hanging out in the next chapter, look forward to it.