Past Meets Future
Chapter 8: Siblings of Sand
Ok I gots some good news and I gots some bad news. The good news is that my mom ordered a NEW computer that wont be all screwy and a piece of crap and I will be able to update more often. The bad news is that we hve no idea when that computer's coming and we still have to use the public library computer (I'd use the school ones, since that'd be sooooo much easier, but is banned on them T.T)
Oh, little side note I'm using Notepad to type this and Notepad doesn't have spellcheck. sorry for the mistakes.
Temari knocked on Tsunade's office door hesitantly. She didn't know this Hokage; she might blow up in her face. A voice called from the other side of the door, "Come in!" and Temari entered.
Tsunade almost regretted sending her two favorite ninja's away for so long. She found she quite enjoyed getting interrupted constantly by their nagging or trouble making. It had seemed then that she never got any thing done. Now she was getting nothing done and the stacks of paper were simply staring at her wanting to be read and signed. She kept finding herself staring at the door, half expecting Gaara and Naruto (the mirai's) to walk in unannounced and uninvited asking to train or for a cool mission then laugh at the piles of papers she had to do.
She was very surprised when a knock sounded at her door. She almost cried tears of joy thinking Naruto-mirai and Gaara-mirai were back, but then she realized that it was only day two and they weren't back yet. Besides, they never knocked.
"Come in," she said. She smiled at Temari when she stepped in. The younger on, she decided by her clothes.
"Hokage-sama..." Temari started.
"You can call me Tsunade."
"Tsunade-sama," Temari stated again (Tsunade: -.-'). "I was wondering something."
"Yes?"
"Why do you hate Gaara?"
Tsunade stared. "I don't hate Gaara."
"The older one," Temari said, not sure if the fifth Hokage understood her.
"I don't hate Gaara," Tsunade repeated. "Both Naruto and Gaara are like little brothers to me. They are my precious friends and comrade. I love them both."
"Oh," Temari muttered. "Sorry, I thought...I mean you..." Temari stopped and glared at herself for not being able to get what she wanted out. "Gaara's head protector..."
"This?" Tsunade tapped the head protector around her neck. It was a black cloth and the Suna and Konoha symbols were engraved on it. "I miss them," she explained, answering the sand girl's unasked question. "The five of us--Naruto, Gaara, Jiraiya, Shizune (the past nin's had met the two the day before) and myself have spent so much time traveling and training we're like a family now. This head protector has a lot of memories in it."
"I see," Temari's shoulders drooped slightly. "Kankurou and I never were a good family for Gaara."
"Quite the contrary," Tsunade smiled at her. "Leaf head bands have small pocket behind them where pieces of paper can be stored." Tsunade untied Gaara-mirai head protector from around her neck and handed it to Temari. "Look in it."
Temari turned in around and opened the pouch, taking out a photo of herself and her brothers. Temari couldn't remember ever having a photo of all three together. They looked so....happy. A lumped formed in Temari's throat. Because her father was the Kazekage, she saw less of her father then Gaara did. She was hardly ever happy and neither was Kankurou, but this picture....Kankurou had his arms around both her and Gaara. All three were laughing.
"When was this taken?" Temari choked out.
"Christmas, four years ago," Tsunade said. "Gaara doesn't go any where without it. I think he forgot to take it out before he left." Tsunade stood and went over to Temari, placing a hand on the girl's shoulder. "Trust me, even though Gaara wont admit it sometimes, you and Kankurou make his world go round. Even in your time."
Temari looked at the floor, letting her bangs fall in her face. "Arigato, Tsunade-sama."
Temari-mirai smiled as she walked through the street, shopping for herself. She wasn't stupid. Had she been her five-year-younger self, she wouldn't have noticed, but spending more time with her younger brother made her use to his prowly-sneaky-stalkiness. Gaara didn't know that his future sister knew he was following her.
All the future nins confused him so much he didn't need 'him' to get a head ache. His whole life people had run from him and would shudder at the thought of even talking to him. He hardly ever saw his brother and sister and they wouldn't even look at him. This Temari had just treated him like she treated Kankurou (scene: she makes Gaara carry the groceries in). His future self had friends, lots of friends. What the hell happened after the Chûnin exam?
Temari-mirai turned a corner. Gaara turned to follow her, but she was standing right there waiting for him.
"Hey." she said smiling at him.
Gaara jumped and stared at her. 'How'd she-?'
"If you wanted to come with me, you could've asked," she told him. Gaara said nothing, just turned and started to walk away. Temari-mirai grabbed his arm and dragged him with her. (pictures Temari-mirai dragging a chibi, flapping Gaara behind her) "Come on, I'm meeting Shikamaru-kun (Mirai) and little Sakura (not mirai) for lunch then we're going out."
Sakura and Shikamaru-mirai were waiting by a Chinese restaurant. Sakura touched her once long pink hair, missing it. She smiled at Temari-mirai when she saw her. Shikamaru-mirai gave her a 'not-sure-what-I'm suppose-to-give' smile.
"Hey, guys" Temari greeted. "Is it ok if my brother comes too?"
Shikamaru-mirai shrugged.
"I don't care," Sakura said giving Gaara a small smile. It slowly faded when he didn't return it. Actually he not only didn't return it, he glared at her.
Temari-mirai didn't seem to notice this. "Come on, let's eat." Shikamaru-mirai opened the door for Sakura and Temari-mirai. Gaara didn't make a move to follow. Temari-mirai came back out and pushed him in. Shikamaru-mirai chuckled to himself and went in.
"I feel like I'm doing something wrong," Sakura said, looking at the rows of movies and CD's that had yet to come out in her time. "It's like cheating."
"Oh come on!" Temari-mirai said. "Don't you feel a little cool knowing stuff that no else knows yet?"
"Just a little," Sakura admitted.
Temari-mirai gave her a grin and steered the still reluctant Gaara to another part of the store. She was getting tired of this. How was she suppose to spend time with Shikamaru if she was keeping her brother from bolting? She gave Shikamaru-mirai an apologetic smile. He smiled back and shook it off. Gaara looked from Temari-mirai to Shikamaru-mirai and frowned. Why the hell were they looking at each other like that? Temari-mirai let go of Gaara so she could use both hands to reach for something and Gaara stepped away from her. She showed the thing to Shikamaru-mirai and said something that made him laughing.
"I think Shikamaru and your sister have a thing," Sakura muttered next to him.
"What's that suppose to mean?" Gaara asked glaring at her.
"I think they like each other," she said.
Gaara: blank stare.
'JEEZ IS THIS GUY DENSE?!' Inner Sakura shrieked. "Um..." Sakura thought for a moment. "You know how I like Sasuke-kun?" Gaara nodded. "I think Temari and Shikamaru like each other like that."
Gaara: O.O
Sakura stared. (It's not every day you see Gaara go bug-eyed)
"Why the hell does he like her?!" Gaara demanded.
Sakura realized what he said and frowned. "That's not a very nice thing to say about your sister!"
"But she's crazy and violent," Gaara insisted, remembering Temari beating up anyone who pissed her off.
"So are you," Sakura reminded him.
"I have a good reason."
"Well, maybe, they just like each other because," Sakura said. "Haven't you ever liked a girl just because?"
"No."
"You've never tried to impress some one with how strong you are?" Sakura asked.
Gaara shook his head. Sakura stared. "No wonder your crazy."
"Do you have anyone trying to impress you?" Gaara asked haughtily.
Sakura thought for a moment. "Well, Naruto is always trying to impress me, and Lee-san saved me during the Second Exam."
"Why?"
"Because he likes me."
"Why does he like you?"
Sakura took that the wrong way. Gaara had simply meant that he didn't understand why someone chooses one person over the other, and why they picked her. She thought he meant that he thought she lacked babe-itude. "What's that suppose to mean?!"
"Sakura! Gaara!" Temari-mirai called. "We're leaving."
Sakura gave Gaara another glare then stalked away. Gaara followed slowly not sure what he did to tick her off.
Temari- and Shikamaru-mirai led the two younger nins down the street stopping to peek through store windows. Outside the Bookstore was a display of manga. Temari-mirai stopped and picked up a manga (mystery), Shikamaru-mirai stared up at the sky, waiting, Sakura also picked up a manga (romance), and Gaara just stood there waiting. Temari-mirai was getting all into her book. ' "-There's no one here, are you trying to scare me?" "I swear there was something over there!" A dark figure steps out of the shadows with a gun. Suddenly--
"BOOO!!!!!!!!"
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Temari-mirai let out a very girly scream that cracked the window in the bookstore. She whirled around to see who had scared her (and probably to kill whoever it was). Her eyes fell on..."Gaara?" Temari-mirai stared at the grinning sand-user. Hang on! Gaara (a little picture of Gaara popped up in her head) minus gourd, (the gourd disappeared) plus new outfit (Gaara got new clothes) equals.."Gaara you're back!!!" She threw her arms around her brother.
She looked up when she heard Naruto-mirai's laugh. "Temari, I didn't know you could scream like a girl! He scared you big time!!" Kankurou-mirai joined in laughing with the leaf nin.
"When did you guys get back?" she asked, still hugging Gaara.
"Just now." Kankurou-mirai told her.
"Aw! I wanted to see Gaara as a girl!" Temari-mirai said sadly.
Gaara-mirai decided he didn't appreciate her hug anymore.
"Everyone's been waiting for you guys!" Temari-mirai said addressing them all. "Lets go home ."
......heh. wasn't quite sure how to end that one. um please R&R.
Oh If KageNoKatana reads this: if you get an IM from an IM that you don't recognize that begins with Blondie....(I don't want the whole of reading this) plase respond. It's me on my friends computer .
Byes!!!!!