Chapter ten: The future mini Kankuro.
Kankuro:
I heard footsteps jumping from the roof into my baby brother's room, it was early, 5 am; he's the only one who wakes up this early usually. But I had woken up especially.
"Oh baby brother." I called, sticking my head out of the door to see an approaching Gaara.
"What is it Kankuro I'm very busy." He stared coldly into my eyes, his stare still makes me shiver, even if I'm pretty sure he isn't thinking up ways to kill me now.
"I know who you were with last night." I teased. "I've taught you well, I'm so proud." I could have sworn his face went a slightly more lifelike shade of white, was that a blush? However he didn't show any other reactions. "Are you hurt Gaara? That was quite a beating you took whilst comforting the poor girl, was she to frisky for you to handle?" He started to walk past me but I grabbed his arm, turning him back to me. "How did it feel to fall asleep with a lady in your arms Gaara?" He turned away from me but not before I saw a slight smile on his face.
A few moments passed before he was out of the house and headed to his office.
"Oh Temari my dear sister, at this rate you're going to owe me ten pounds and a pretty blind date. Our baby brothers moving fast like I said he would." I called, I heard a loud thud and a crash then she came charging out of her room.
"What? What happened? I don't believe you! I am not losing a bet to you! No he can't be! You don't actually mean it? Awww our little brother is fall…" I suddenly shoved my hand over her mouth before she could finish.
"Shut it you heartless bitch, you know Matsuri will be sad! And it's not one hundred percent proven yet, don't go getting her hopes down. Anyway you don't want her to hear do you?"
"Oh my goodness, you're right! How could I be so stupid, to think I was outsmarted by an idiot like you." I didn't take the comment to hear, she didn't really mean it, she better have not meant it. We headed to the kitchen to start making everyone breakfast
"Huh, looks like I'm the only one left in this house not whipped, well except for Dai who's only five." I chuckled to myself.
"Well we're just going to have to fix that aren't we?" Temari's answer shocked me, she would usually threaten me and scream just who I thought she was in love with, but she didn't today, seems she really is serious about the Nara boy after all. Damn. Now I owe Gaara twenty pounds! Temari started cooking, sending me on wake up duty, I took a pan and a whisk to help with the process.
"Rise and shine my sleeping beauty!" I shouted in Matsuri's ear while banging the whisk with full force against the pan.
"Argh Kankuro! It's too early to be so loud!" She shouted back but I had already left to wake up the new boy, I wouldn't be so loud with him I decided.
"Oi kid, wake up!" I stage whispered as I shook the sleeping child. "It's breakfast Dai." He groaned, who could blame him it was only five thirty, but Temari had said she had big plans and everyone needed to be up, "Dai, I'm going to wake Fuu up, if you need anything Matsuri is down the hall and Temari's in the kitchen."
"Ok," he murmured, rubbing the sleep from his eyes.
"Come on we have a big day ahead of us, at least that's what your auntie Temari said."
"I'm up. Wait, where am I?" He asked tiredly.
"You're in Suna remember? We're your new family, now up you don't want to see your auntie Temari mad." I said with a laugh.
I walked up to the roof to wake Fuu, she was covered in sand and had a sand pillow which was obviously replacing the chest she had been lying on. I was about to shake her awake when the pillow disappeared and her head hit the roof, I looked out to see a smiling Gaara about a block away. Thank any lord there might be for Ninja's magically amazing sight.
"Ouch, what are you doing, my head." She complained, "Oh hello Kankuro, why does my head hurt?" The tear stains on her cheeks where still noticeable from last night.
"It's time to get up Temari has a big day planned." Is all I said, she probably didn't want me to know that she'd been crying, I don't know why she was crying, I couldn't hear through the little window I watched them from.
"Okay, as long as Baki isn't there I'm happy."
I laughed, "No it's just going to be you, me, Temari, Daisuke and Matsuri, no Baki. Breakfast will be ready in about ten minutes."
"Ok I'll go get ready then." I was disappointed, I didn't see any sign of sadness that Gaara wasn't coming, she better not break his heart.
I leant to her ear whispering a threat, "You hurt my brother and we will hunt you down and make you pay. Understood?"
"Understood. How could I hurt Gaara though?" She asked, playing dumb at my guess. "And whatever could you do to me?" She joked, sticking her tongue out. I merely walked off to help Temari.
We sat eating breakfast practically silently, due cause to the fact that me and Fuu where both feeling a little uncomfortable after our earlier conversation. Temari seemed to have picked up that it was us two putting off the bad vibes.
"What's wrong with you two? What happened?" Temari finally demanded throwing her fork at the table, it imbedded it's self into the oak, handle down, yeah she threw it that hard.
"Nothing, I just warned her not to hurt our brother that's all." I said coldly, trying to copy Gaara's don't try me voice, it didn't work so well on me.
"Oh shut up Kankuro! Don't listen to him Fuu, heartbreak makes a man stronger!"
"Heartbreak, what an earth are you two on about?" Maybe earlier she hadn't been playing dumb…
"Oh nothing, it doesn't matter." Temari reassured, "Oh and Kankuro, it looks like I might not lose my bet with you." She smiled wickedly at me.
That had sort of sorted out the problem between me and Fuu but now Matsuri seemed uncomfortable, no, more sad. Crap was there no way to sort this out? Luckily Temari seemed to find an idea, I love woman for having their women's intuition as Temari calls it, it really saves you sometimes.
"Yeah, so as I said we have a big day. We're all going shopping because we need to redecorate Daisuke's room and start collecting things to put into Fuu's new room. Oh yeah I decided Fuu should have a room too since she will probably be visiting more often now so as to see Dai. And then we girls can go clothes shopping, whilst I thought Kankuro could go show Daisuke the puppet shop, given that probably most the times Kankuro looks after Dai he'll be at the puppet shop, either working or buying. Then I thought we could go grab Gaara and go out for dinner. And if we have time get some site seeing done at some point. I mean Fuu is going to have to learn to navigate around at some point right?" Praise the lord for giving me such a smart, people-person for a sister.
There weren't any other awkward moments throughout the day. We had a great time. Daisuke decided he wanted everything thing in his room to be blue and Fuu picked out a load a baby-blue thing's for his room, it was her favourite shade of blue. She only picked out a big round white chair for her room, a wooden desk and a small light grey box, she also said she didn't want a bed in her room; this was because she said she preferred sleeping outside. We then brought paint for both their rooms, white for Fuu's and powder blue for Daisuke's. After that the girls walked off arm in arm to look for clothes and I picked Dai up onto my shoulders and headed for the puppet store.
"Hey Katsutoshi." I called to the old man who owned the shop, "My my Akahanna you are looking pretty today."
"Thank you Kankuro-kun," she blushed.
"That's alright dolly," I winked, ew, I just called someone dolly.
"Now now Kankuro, don't forget that's my little girl your talking to and if you do anything dodgy I will take you down and you won't stand a chance, you need another hundred years practice with puppets before you can beat me, even if you are a Jonin now."
"Ah don't worry old man I wouldn't do anything dodgy, promise, but I'm not so sure about you being able to beat me, I'm pretty damn good don't you know." I laughed.
"Maybe but you trained with me so I know your weaknesses and you still don't know mine." He laughed, "Who's the little boy Kankuro? Is this a new student of yours?"
"Oh him, no he's my nephew, Daisuke."
"I didn't realize Temari had a baby at any point; tell her a late, around six years late, congratulations." He smiled.
"Oh but he's not Temari's." They old man looked confused, "He's Gaara's, isn't that right Dai?"
"Yes! As of yesterday Gaara is my father." Dai said, a smile illuminating his face.
"Oh so he's adopted." He said, a look of understanding took over his before confused face.
"Well yes, but don't let his mother, yes adopted, hear you say that, she may just kill you in outrage, and I don't think she even has a weakness for you to find." I laughed.
"Oh, does that mean that the Kazekage has got… what is it you say Kankuro?"
"Whipped. Yep, well he's on his way, only problem she doesn't seem to notice." I laughed again.
That was the end of our conversation and I started teaching Dai a little about puppets, he loved to watch me control them.
"Uncle Kankuro? Can you teach me to do that? Can I be a puppet master too?" You do not understand how proud that made me, tears literally sprung to my eyes, he was going to be my mini-me.
"Well we can try, but we better ask your mummy and daddy when they t1ink you will be older enough to start training, it is very difficult and tiring, deal?"
"Ok Kankuro!" He agreed smiling, he's so adorable that I want to eat him!
We met back up with the girls an hour later, outside the Kazekage's office building. Both Matsuri and Temari had at least seven bags each, the contents of them ranging from shoes, to clothes, to toiletries. But Fuu only had one bag, it only had one big white shirt in it.
"Don't like shopping much then?" I asked her, I wouldn't blame her.
"I just don't have a need for a ton of clothes, this shirt will be enough to keep me warm when I'm cold, I can also now wash my dress in the real world rather than my dimension, meaning I can use a washing machine not a river, because I now have something to put on whilst I wait for it to wash." She stated smiling.
"Well I'm sure Gaara would lend her a shirt." I jokily whisper to Temari, who told me to shut up.
We entered the Kazekage's office moments later, happy and smiling after having had a great day.