Temari's Little Problem

Chapter 7

A/N This happens just a few weeks after the events on the previews chapter.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.


Gaara was such a whore! Just because he was the kazekazge he thought he could boss his big sister around? How dare he! Temari was absolutely furious!

"I am sending you on a mission," he had said in his stupid formal kazekage voice.

"I don't want to," she had said quickly. "I don't think I'm up to it. I've been feeling kind of—"

"Down?" he suggested, rolling his eyes. "It's not up to me, really. The mission is in the little village south of Suna. Where you went last time, remember? This mission is related to last time's so the elders demand you be sent."

"Just tell the old farts to shove their orders up their—"

"Temari!" the kazekage warned her. "Watch your foul mouth when we're not in the house."

Temari pursed her lips. "Fines. Tell our wonderful elders that they can find themselves another ninja for the mission."

"I already tried but they didn't listen."

"Try harder."

"I already told you they didn't listen. It was all of them against me. Sometimes even the kazekage needs to follow orders." He paused thoughtfully. "Temari, I've been letting you get away with not doing a single mission in the past several months, but now I need you to do this. I—I order you to do this."

"Gaara! I can't—"

"You will go to that village and complete your mission," he said sternly. "That's all I'm asking you to do both as brother and as kazekage. It's an easy mission. It would be D-ranked but since it's so political and it's a day away I had to bump it up to C-rank. All I want you to do is go check out the aftermath of last time's actions. Make sure everything is going smoothly there."

"That's a stupid mission. If nothing bad has happened then why bother?"

"Just do it," he growled.

Her fists clenched. "Fines, you asshole! Hope you're happy making me miserable!"

Gaara started shaking his head, eyes wide and frightened, but the blonde just left, slamming the door behind her. The boy sighed in relief; for a moment he thought she would slap him. His sister sometimes could be so scary, and the worst part is that nowadays that he was reformed he didn't dare defend himself from her. He would never lay a finger on her anymore.

On the bright side, at least now step one in Kankuro's scheme had been completed.

And now, Temari was upset. Damn, Gaara the bastard! That's why no one loved him! Because he always thought he could do whatever the fuck he wanted!

On the other hand, at least now that she would be away from Suna she could go get herself checked out at that village's hospital, and since it was an easy mission she wouldn't have to tire herself out much except for the journey there. Yeah, she could handle it. For the baby's sake. Her being so angry could not be healthy for it anyways.

Little did she know that Kankuro would be in the other village already when she arrived and he would be spying on her the entire time. The puppeteer was sure that she started acting weird when she got back from last time's mission, meaning that whatever was afflicting her had originated in that village, and if things went the way he expected then Temari would reveal what the problem was.

Back in the kazekage office, Gaara sighed profoundly. When the elders found out that he had sent both Kankuro and Temari out the village and not to real missions, they would want to strip him from his kazekage title. The old farts were always trying to find excuses on why he wasn't adept. He really hated those guys! But not as much as he hated Temari being mad at him….

If she didn't absolutely hate him for breaking her up with Shikamaru, then now that he made her go on an imaginary mission she would definitely despise him, especially if she discovered Kankuro over there. Damn. Why in the world had he listened to Kankuro in the first place? He would have to kill Kankuro when he got back.

...

Temari arrived to the village three days late, much to her chagrin. Her feet were swollen, her entire body aching, she had to stop every thirty minutes to find a place to pee, and she was starving. 'I am never having another child,' she rubbed her belly gently. Being pregnant sucked!

The kunoichi considered going to the doctor first thing and getting that over with, but her stomach rumbled otherwise. She remembered how hungry she was; everything she had eaten on the road went to the baby. Therefore she stopped at a local restaurant first to buy some food.

"Hello, ma'am," a short, sandy-haired waiter smiled, leading her to a table and taking out a notepad. "Would you like to order a drink now?"

"Yes, please," Temari replied politely. "I would like some sparkling green tea and a coke, and I want to order food now too. I want three riceballs, a food sampler, and the largest bowl of ramen you have."

The waiter scribbled the order down quickly. "Yes ma'am. Do you want me to bring the food as soon as it's done or when your companion gets here?"

She laughed nervously and blushed. "Actually, there's no companion…."

It was the waiter's turn to feel embarrassed. "Well now, you sure eat a lot!" he chuckled softly.

"Yes well you see I'm pr—"

"EXCUSE ME, WAITER!" an elderly woman interrupted Temari. "My friend and I ordered our food thirty minutes ago! What is taking so long?"

"Ugh, leave me alone you old hag," the waiter replied, turning back to Temari. "What were you saying, ma'am?"

"That ummm…" Temari looked around nervously. "You should go get the lady her food now, don't you think?"

"Eh, she can wait," he replied. "What were you saying?'

"Look at that!" a loud voice screamed. A short, sandy-haired man that looked just like Temari's waiter exited from the restaurant kitchen, pointing at his look-alike angrily. "A man wearing all black and a funny hat attacked me and is now replacing me!"

There were gasps around the restaurant as they all stared at Temari's waiter in utter shock. "Damn shinobi and their magic tricks," Temari could hear annoyed murmurs.

"What is the meaning of this?" she looked at the waiter-now-revealed-to-be-a-shinobi-in-disguise. Was he an enemy? This wasn't the right timing. If he was dangerous, then there was no way she could defeat him. She was so tired!

The sandy-haired boy looked around anxiously at the scowling people. "Just follow me. I'll explain."

"I am not going anywhere with you until you tell me what the hell is going on," Temari snarled.

"The people here don't like shinobi. Period. And since you're wearing a shinobi headband that makes you a shinobi and that makes you automatically unlikable. Follow me before we have to deal with these fucking civilians."

Temari considered it for a moment. She didn't have the strength to fight neither the fake waiter nor the civilians. "What village are you even from? What do you want with me? Are you my friend or my foe? Are you part of the reason why my kazekage sent me here? I can't just go with you if I don't know who you are."

The sandy-haired young man sighed in exasperation. "Temari, it's me, Kankuro."

That did it. "What the fuck are you doing here?" she screamed. People were staring at them with even angrier expressions.

"Tema, Temari calm down," Kankuro smiled nervously. "If you follow me I will explain everything."

"You better start explaining now and it better be good or else—"

"Calm down, Temari," pleaded Kankuro. "There's no reason to get all aggressive."

"Well you better tell me what the fuck is going on, you stupid useless bastard! Or I'll kill you!"

Plan B! Kankuro changed into his normal self. He hated to resort to his backup plan but… "Shikamaru Nara is here."

Temari choked on her own saliva, but within a minute both siblings were out the restaurant and on a rooftop.

"You got here three days late," Kankuro commented nonchalantly.

"Does Gaara know?" the blonde kunoichi asked, ignoring him. She was out of breath from getting on the rooftop, but yet she was unable to suppress the wide grin that wouldn't get off her face.

"No," Kankuro admitted unenthusiastically. "He knows I'm here to spy on you. I convinced him to send you here. But he doesn't know Shikamaru is here, and I hope he doesn't find out."

"You're playing with fire, you know?"

"I know," he grimaced, "But what are the chances he actually finds out? You and that boyfriend of yours are both so smart," he chuckled. "It just sucks seeing you so fucking uptight all the time, Tema. Like, geez, you're unbearable. Ever since Gaara and the hokage pulled that bitch move, you've become like dad."

"Hey, dad was a nice guy," she said defensively.

"To you. You were his princess. He was a dick to me, and to Gaara as well."

Temari shrugged. If her dad was alive, he would die if he knew she was pregnant. "So where' Shikamaru at anyways?"

"Patience," he said. "I know you guys have a lot to talk about, right?"

"None of your fucking business," she eyed him suspiciously.

"Geez, see? You're unbearable. I risk my head to bring you your boyfriend just to make you happy, and this is how you treat me?"

Temari's usually hard eyes softened, and for a moment, she looked just like their mother did in that picture they kept of her. To make her happy…? "Kankuro…" she said quietly, "Thanks."

"D-don't thank me; I just want you to stop being such a bitch all the time," he looked away, trying to hide a soft blush.

"But this is still the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me!" she laughed.

Kankuro grimaced in disgust. "My Temari never says any bullshit like that!"

"Well I'm still your Temari," she said confidently. "And I am thanking you from the bottom of my heart for giving me such a great gift."

"Well don't get used to it," Kankuro crossed his arms, scowling. "I don't particularly like Shikamaru, and I am not going to ever again risk getting sand burialed just to keep you two dating."

"I know," she said. "I don't expect you to do anything crazier than this. I just never thought I'd see him again, Kanky. Even if now is the last time, this is the best gift I could ever ask for."

"Ugh, shut up already," he covered his ears with both hands. A nice Temari was too disturbing, too much to handle. "Your boyfriend should be in room 28 in the village's main hotel. Go find him."

"Thanks," she hugged her little brother and pulled him down to kiss the top of his hat.

A panicked Kankuro pulled away roughly; Temari shook her head and turned to leave. Kankuro stared from the corner of his eye as she struggled to climb down the roof, instead of just jumping down like she always had, and wondered what secret she could possibly be hiding. The fact that she had mood swings didn't surprise him. She was a skank and had always had them. However her personality ranged from vicious bitch to indifferent, cold-hearted whore; sweetness was never present in her at all. The Temari he had just witnessed was sickeningly motherly!

But it was alright, because today would be the day he would know whether she was the real deal or not, and if she was the real deal he would find out what was the secret she was so protective of. Kankuro had in fact defied Gaara by bringing Shikamaru, and if Gaara found out he would not be pleased. For that reason there was no going back. If the Gaara and the hokage caught him, he would face severe punishment, but maybe if he found out Temari's secret—and it was an important secret like he thought it was—he could get some type of pardon, at least from his homeland.

All that was left to do was wait for Temari to spill the beans to Shikamaru as he spied on them, a task that should be easy enough for a master puppeteer.

On the other hand, Temari was wary. Kankuro had spoken with such honesty, but it wasn't like him to be so nice. He was up to something, and she was not the type of person to let her guard down.


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