Naruto placed their flowers in front of the picture.Gaara, Konkuro, and Temari stood silent as everyone cried noiselesly.
'This si the penalty of love, this is what happens when you care for someone'
Gaara looked up into the dark, cloudy sky.
'I want to be like that someday...'
Gaara thought to himself.Then he looked from Konkuro to Temari.
'But would I lay my life on the line for my brother and sister?'
He wondered.
They continued to watch as the Hidden Leaf ninjas paid their respects to the Sanin ninja.
'One final goodbye...'
After the people had slowly started to walk back to their houses. Gara noticed that the pile of flowers he saw earlier had reduced to one.
"Where're you going, Gaara?"
Temari called after him , as he slowly walked over to the flower. Gaara stopped and picked it up, examining it. Temari and Konkuro watched every step he took when he placed the flower on the table in front of the picture.
"Gaara..."
Temari said in awe, while Gaara joined them. It wasn't like Gaara to do something like that, any other funeral he'd been to, all he did was stand there and sneer the entire time, another person had known the wrath of his dying mother's curse on the world. He'd stand there, mocking and torturing the spirit of the deceased.But now he was paying his respects to someone at a funeral, this was certainly not like Gaara. Temari thought these very same thoughts as her younger brother stood before her.Temari stared as Gaara leaned against her, resting his chin on her sholder.Temari smiled, wrapping her arms around Gaara. Konkuro just stood there, his mouth hanging open.
"I'm still..."
Gaara began in a low, hoarse whisper.
"Exausted from that fight."
He slumped over Temari, who caught him. Putting one of his arms over her sholders, Konkuro finaly shut his mouth and took Gaara's other arm.
Later as they were entering house 205.
"Temari."
Gaara whispered with exaustion.
"What is it, Gaara?"
She asked as she and Konkuro sat him down on the couthc in the living room.
"Beef tounge and Gixzzards sound pretty good right about now..."
Gaara made a small smile that was barely visible.
"I'd be happy to!"
Temari smiled , walking into the kitchen, Konkuro following hopefully.
'I guess I could... give this thing a try...'
Gaara thought but his thought were interupted by Temari calling him into the kitvhen to eat.He licked his lips as he went into the kitchen and took a seat by his brother.
Temari sat Gaara's bowl, along with a pair of chopsticks in front of him. Konkuro eyed the bowl hingrily, slowly trying to get his chopsticks into Gaara's bowl.Gaara
narowed his eyes sideways at Konkuro as sand formed a wal between them.
"Konkuro! Hang on! Don't steal Gaara's food!"
Temari said without even turning around. Then after Temari had given Konkuro his bowl, Gaara lowered his sand as she joined them at the table . Konkuro began to eat, noisley, causing some juice to fly and land on Gaara's face. Konkuro suddenly stopped, eyes opened wide with fright. Then Gaara calmly reached over and punched konkuro out of his chair. Temari began to laugh but her joy was short lived as someone knocked on the door.
