After doing Background Information for Yasu I decided to do the same for more of the characters, just to clear the air around them.
So here is Tadao's (Temari's) background! Enjoy!
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Listening to: I Remember, The Little Mermaid 3, Ariel's Beginning Soundtrack
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-When Tadao was three years old his mother Oka, The Kazekage died in childbirth, giving birth to his youngest sister Akane. His father Kaito was made Kazekage quickly, to avoid conflict in Suna and to make sure the village wasn't vulnerable.
-Kaito told Tadao and his little sister Kyoko that Akane was a monster, that she killed Oka. Tadao took his father's word for it, though he admittedly was uncertain that a baby could have killed his mother. After all Akane had only been born, what could she have done, grabbed a knife and stabbed Oka? Not likely, but all the same he listened to Kaito, wanting his father's approval now that he didn't have his mother anymore. He just wanted some comfort.
-Unlike Tadao Kyoko didn't listen to their father. She wanted to know her little sister. She had been so excited about being a big sister and she wasn't about to give up on the idea now. There was just no way that tiny little baby in her aunt's arms could have killed her mother. No way, now how.
-So Tadao watched as his sister tried to reach out to Akane only to have their father step in and yell at both his siblings every time. Eventually Kyoko stopped trying, though she always looked guilty whenever she looked at Akane…
-Neither of them saw much of their youngest sibling though. Even though they lived in the same building Akane was mainly brought up by Kamiko, her godmother, Oka's best friend. They liked Kamiko though Tadao personally felt she was a bit of a push over and that it would come back to bite her in the butt one day. (He would later laugh bitterly about how right he was about her, wishing he was wrong) Unlike Kyoko he pushed Akane away whenever she shakily tried to reach out to him, literally pushing her away from him, telling her he hated her, that it was her fault Oka was dead. Akane frequently ended up running away from him in tears. (That would later come back to haunt him)
-Tadao and Kyoko grew very close, practically best friends. They had friends among the village children certainly, but most of them only wanted to know them because they were the children of the Kazekage or others avoided them for being Akane's "the monster's" siblings.
-That's how things went and how things stayed until Tadao was nine years old.
-When he nine he witnessed something that shattered his faith in his father. He saw Kaito mentally abusing Akane, Kyoko sobbing in the corner begging Kaito to leave her little sister alone, his aunt Yasu begging her furious brother to calm down and Bao, equally angry, but angry at Kaito. It was as though a fog had lifted from Tadao's eyes and as he looked at his sobbing, trembling sister he vowed to help her, though he was nervous. He had spent so long pushing her away, had spent so long claiming to hate her. Would she still want him as a big brother? Or would she push him away as he had pushed her away?
-It took two days for Tadao to work up the courage to talk to Akane. Heck, he even had his apology worked out! But then he saw her, glaring and hating everyone, her green eyes burning with pure raw hatred and fury, the love symbol carved into her forehead…he knew had waited too long. And she told him so too. He had lost his baby sister because he didn't try to form his own opinion about her…what had he done?
-The guilt followed Tadao everywhere. He couldn't shake off the horrible feeling that he had failed as an older brother. In his mind he should have tried to help, he shouldn't have pushed her away. And that guilt grew every time Akane said she didn't see him, Kyoko or Yasu as family. Was this some sort of cruel twisted punishment for not caring? If so he had learnt his lesson, just let the guilt stop. But all the same Tadao made a promise to himself; come hell or high water he wasn't abandoning Akane again. He wasn't going to screw up when it came to her again!
-And enter the Chuunin Exams. Tadao kicked Takeo's ass (something he is still very proud of) but Sachi forfeited in her fight against him, even though she was in the perfect position to win. (Something that still royally pisses him off, he wants a rematch!) And then the invasion began. (He hadn't understood his father's motives for invading Konoha but whatever, he was tired of arguing as he knew it was a fight he wouldn't win)
-And now, enter Uzumaki Nariko. She fought Akane to protect her team mates. Tadao, during that fight, swore the blonde was bonkers. Yasu gave him the opportunity to run when Akane started transforming. It was tempting, after all he should probably try and find Kyoko but…but one look at his youngest sister and he couldn't do it. He was scared out of wits but he wasn't going to leave her, not now, she needed him, what if she got hurt again? She needed someone to be there. After all come hell or high water he wasn't leaving her on her own again.
-But when Akane let the Shukaku loose he had no choice but to run. Besides, Kyoko was somewhere in the forest, fighting that freaky bug chick and she hadn't come back yet, what if she was hurt too? He found her, completely exhausted but fine otherwise and they ran back to where Akane was fighting Nariko.
-When they arrived Yasu was helping a worn out, bleeding Akane to her feet and Satomi Uchiha and Seiji Haruno were helping Nariko. Tadao took one look at Akane and he just knew…he had his baby sister back. She was awake so to speak, there was no more monster, there was Akane, just Akane. He could just tell; there was something calmer, vulnerable, something more…human in her gaze. He could have hugged her right there and then, he wanted to grab her and apologise, hell he could have kissed Nariko. She had obviously done something to knock some sense into her. He owed her a thank you card. But Nariko wasn't done yet. She got her team mates to help her to her feet and stumbled over to Akane who actually looked frightened. Tadao had reached for his fan. If that girl hurt her…
-But no. She hugged her. Nariko Uzumaki hugged Sabaku no Akane and reduced her to tears. Tadao simply folded his arms and smirked. Things were going to be different from now on. When Akane had stopped crying Tadao walked over to her. "Come on babes, let's go" was all he said. The fact that she didn't threaten to kill him, or fight back as he lifted her up made Tadao want to cheer. The surprises that day weren't done though. On the way back to Suna Akane spoke up; "Tadao, Kyoko, Aunt Yasu…I'm so sorry." Tadao although happy felt a bit confused. Shouldn't they be the ones apologising? They hadn't helped her, they hadn't cared for her. In short he still felt guilty. Kyoko, getting over her initial shock spoke with a large grin on her face; "Don't worry about, it's…it's okay." Akane passed out after that, Tadao could feel her go limp in his arms. "Well, this has been an interesting day" was all he was capable of saying at that moment. Yasu seemed to have lost the ability to speak, she was simply beaming. Kyoko on the other hand cheered her head off and laughed in relief. She understood the same thing Tadao did- they had their baby sister back. Forget the thank you card he was sending Nariko a box of chocolates and flowers!
-After they got back home and Akane was healed they had a good long chat and cleared the air around each other. Akane told Tadao (time and time again might I add) that she didn't blame him for how he acted when they were kids, they had all done stupid things. But still Tadao promised that now more than ever he was going to be there for her. He wasn't going to push either of his siblings away ever again.
-Two and a half years passed and Akane became Kazekage. Tadao was going back and forth between Suna and Konoha, helping plan for the up and coming Chuunin Exams, with Sachi his escort. She simply referred to the whole thing as "troublesome" though she didn't seem to mind that much. And really Tadao didn't mind that much either, Sachi was actually an alright girl once you got to know her. Lazy but alright.
-Nariko came back to Konoha. Looking at her it was hard to believe she was the same little runt for two and a half years ago. She didn't actually recognise him. He was rather put out by that admittedly. You think she'd remember the older brother of one her friends! But he got revenge for that. When she asked about Akane he stalled for as long as possible before telling her the good news. That put him in a good mood for the rest of the day. Revenge is sweet however small it may be!
-On the way back to Suna though he got a bad feeling as a quick cold wind blew around him. He didn't believe in stuff like premonitions, he never had but all the same he quickened his pace to a run. The sooner he got back to Suna and saw his family the quicker he could convince himself he was just being paranoid.
-But the bad feeling didn't leave him and it only got worse when his cup of tea cracked at a restaurant. Tadao left quickly, leaving money for the food and drink on the table and started running back to Suna faster than ever. Screw not believing in bad premonitions he was sure something was wrong now.
-He was right. Team Kameko caught up with him and told him Arisu had been kidnapped. Tadao's blood ran cold. What? Akane? Kidnapped? No, no that couldn't be right, who could possibly be powerful enough to kidnap Akane? The Akatsuki apparently. He was going to find all the members and kill them one by one. No-one messed with his sisters!
-The bad news didn't stop there. Once they reached Suna (they would have been there quicker if not for that stupid sand storm. Nature was against him right now wasn't it?) he found out that Kyoko had been poisoned while trying to save Arisu. Great. Now both his sisters could die! Wonderful! Yeah, that's really what he wanted to hear!
-All he could think afterwards was thank whatever god there was for Seiji. He cured Kyoko and she told them she managed to snag a piece of one of the Akatsuki member's clothing with Crow's hand before she passed out. Tadao had to hand it to Kyoko; she didn't do things half way.
-Tadao wanted to murder the council dearly. They wouldn't let him join Team Kameko in saving Akane! Who did they think they were? That was his baby sister damn it! But no- Choukichi (the old bastard) went instead and Tadao went with a squad to protect the border from an attack they all knew wasn't coming. Yes, he wanted to murder the council. Kyoko almost did strangle one council member to death after he said Suna was better off without Akane. Luckily, or perhaps unluckily, Yasu and Bao had stopped her. He'd kill them all later, right now he had too much worries on his mind. Although, talking with Makoto, who was just as worried as he was helped a bit.
-She was dead. His baby sister was dead. He had failed her all over again; he had failed her in the worst way possible. Akane was dead. He almost fainted and most likely would have fallen to the ground had Takeo not caught him when he stumbled backwards. This had to be a nightmare, this couldn't be real, Akane couldn't die, they village needed her, he needed her. But no, there she was, clutched in Kyoko's arms, pale and still and silent and dead. 'Happy now Dad?' he thought bitterly without quite knowing why his thoughts had wandered to Kaito, 'She'd dead. That's what you had always wanted wasn't it? And you too Kamiko, aren't you happy? How about you Mom? Are you happy too? She's gone!'
-But Choukichi surprised them all as did Nariko. The furious jinchuuriki had lashed out at the elderly man, blaming him for Akane's death, because if he hadn't sealed Shukaku in her none of this would have happened. Tadao agreed with her whole heartedly. The old jerk had never cared about what Akane thought or felt. (Just like you said a nasty little voice in the back of his mind) But then Choukichi stepped forward and got a reluctant Kyoko to release Akane and with Nariko's help he brought Akane back to life. Tadao could have broken down crying then, but there was a whole crowd watching, he'd cry later at home.
-And now, Tadao was lying on the ground (the group had decided to take a break on the way back to Suna), with one of his aunt's arms wrapped around him, Kyoko clinging to him and Akane on the opposite side of him, Yasu's other arm wrapped around her and he was staring at the stars. Everyone was asleep, even Akane since Shukaku was gone. As he stared at the sky he smiled. Despite everything his family was okay and that was all he cared about. He fell asleep smiling.
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A/N: So yeah, there's Tadao's info. I actually went into Shippuden it's a miracle! Sure I only went as far as the Kazekage Rescue Arc but whatever. So yeah, as you can see Tadao is always feeling guilty for pushing Akane away, a feeling he just can't shake no matter how hard he tries and no matter how many times Akane tells him it's fine, no matter how many times Yasu reminds him he was only a child. It's just something he can't overcome and when patrolling the borders he had Makoto (Matsuri) end up in an argument because he's so on edge but in the end the two end up talking properly and Tadao realises Makoto feels just as guilty and helpless as he does and it lessens the feeling of guilt pushing down on him. Just thought I might as well mention that. ^.^ I hope you enjoyed Tadao's background! :)