A Win-Win Situation

By Topaz Talyn

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any associated characters

Chapter three: The Plan

"…And so you see that is why you should help me with my plans, Kankurou." Temari concluded. She had just given the best speech of her life. It had involved charts, graphs and most importantly illustrations of what she would do to him if he failed to comply. She felt extremely proud of herself. Kankurou just sat there.

"…"

"Kankurou?"

"…"

Kankurou?"

"…"

"KANKUROU!" Temari screamed in anger. She smacked her brother on the head. He fell on his side with a clunk. Temari just stood there for a second and blinked before the situation sank in.

"I'VE BEEN TALKING TO A PUPPET FOR THE LAST FREAKIN HOUR!" Temari screamed. "THEN WHERE THE HELL IS KANKUROU?"

"What do you want me for?" a voice inquired. Temari slowly turned around to see her little brother standing there with his hands in his pocket and a concerned look on his face. His concern was of course for himself because at this moment Temari had a red glow around her and was slowly advancing towards him. Then everything went black.

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"And THAT'S my plan, now are you going to help me or not?" Temari finished her second briefer, more threatening explanation. Kankurou struggled against his ropes.

"Do I have a choice?" He inquired

"No" She smiled in return. Kankurou slumped in resignation.

"Okay, I give up, now what do I have to do?" Temari's grin broadened as she untied her brother.

"You have to convince Gaara to go along with the plan."

Kankurou's eyes shot open in horror. He hated theses situations. He either had to confront Gaara, which nobody like doing, or he had to deal with Temari beating him up for the next week. He seemed to be in a lot of these situations recently.

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"Gaara?" said Kankurou timidly as he knocked on his brother's door. He was hoping that Gaara would be somewhere else. Kankurou paused and remembered what Gaara did when he was out of the house. This scared him even more.

"What?" came the monotonous reply.

"Can I come in?" Kankurou asked on the verge of running away.

Gaara paused to consider this. He was trying to open up more to people after his battle with Naruto. He was even trying to stop killing random people. He hadn't honestly been very successful but do YOU want to tell him that. After five minutes of deliberation Gaara opened his door allowing a trembling Kankurou to come in.

"So Gaara, Temari has this plan. Again this plan is all Temari and not me so if you feel angry about this plan it is not my plan and I am not.."

"Spit it out" Gaara interrupted.

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"And so that's the plan Gaara." Kankurou concluded. Kankurou nervously looked at his brother who was deep in thought. "He's probably figuring out a new and painful way to murder me." Thought Kankurou.

"Well I did promise myself that I would be more sociable," Gaara thought, "But I don't even know any of these girls. On the other hand if I get bored I can just kill them. Plus if I kill them Sasuke may come to avenge their death which would give me a chance to fight that stuck up bastard and finish him once and for all." Gaara finished smirking murderously. (And almost causing Kankurou to wet himself)

"I'll do it" Gaara said

"WHAT?"