Six days has passed since Temari sent her last letter to Shikamaru. A letter would take three days to get to Konoha and three days to return to Suna. She moved out of the Kazekage's mansion after the war to feel more independent. Kankuro begged her to stay but gave up once Gaara agreed that moving out would benefit her and that they should be supportive.

Recently, as a gift, her brothers gave her a Bombay cat. Much to Kankuro's surprise, she was able to train it in two days.

"Who trains a cat"

"What grown man wears purple makeup and plays with dolls"

"Whatever, why are you standing out here anyway"

It was hot, even for Suna standards. When Temari was waiting for a letter from Shikamaru, she would always wait for the mailman. Kankuro thought his sister had lost it when he arrived to her apartment only to see her standing in the blazing heat.

"Waiting for the mail, why are you here. Couldn't find any of your little girlfriends"

"First of all, I gave up having random, pointless sex. I don't want any little Kankuro's running around here anytime soon. And I'm here because Gaara wants to see us"

The mailman arrived and handed her a bunch of mail to which her eyes glistened and she began going through it.

"Bills...Bills...Sales paper...Check... DAMNIT"

"What's wrong, your boyfriend didn't send his weekly letter"

She blushed and began to stutter in response to her brother's comment.

"W-What are you talking about"

"You're probably going to kill me with your tessen but, while I was helping you move there was a box labeled meaningful and I went through it hoping to find old pictures of mom, but instead I found an intricately designed box. In the box were two letters. Who would've known he had the balls to send it first"

"Did you read them!"

"I'd be lying if I say I didn't"

"What did they say then" She asked him this, hoping that he was lying about reading them.

"It went along the lines of 'Shogi is boring' and you replied 'I know losing a loved one is hard, I'll come and play shogi with you crybaby'. And then you took a week vacation for some reason. Who knew the cruelest Kunoichi could be so sappy-"

As he was laughing about that last statement and ton of metal hit the back of his hand.

"You jackass. How dare you go through my things. You say anything about this to anyone, you could say goodbye to having kids"

"Okay Tema chill. You know I won't say a word. And don't worry about him not replying. You know he went on that mission to save Hinata's little sister"

"Yea I know" Her voice was cold, and her and Kankuro began walking to the Kazekage building as the sun was setting.

They met Gaara on the roof of the building after he finished talking to the rest of the Kage.

"The moon, is pretty close to earth. There is a short time before the Raikage blows it up"

"Gaara, what do you mean blow it up"

Gaara looked at his head and saw the clock that every Kage was given stop.

"Never mind, it won't be necessary. Seems as if Shikamaru's team succeeded"

They looked up and saw that the moon now had a carving. 'He always has a plan'

She had been worried about him, but would never admit it to anyone and when she saw he was safe, a huge weight was lifted off her shoulders.

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Authors Note: Another chapter tonight. RR please. Completely open to critiques so I can improve.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto