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"Gaara, we've got a list of kunoichi who have applied to be your apprentice," Temari said as she entered the office of her brother, the newly elected Kazekage of Sungakure. Kankuro, who was fiddling with a puppet in the corner, and Gaara, who was behind his desk reading a book, both looked up at their sister in interest.

"Just kunoichi?" Kankuro asked. "That's kind of weird. I'd have thought they er... Well..." He looked a bit awkwardly at his little brother, "wouldn't be that interested."

For his part, the formally psychotic killing machine who was Gaara of the Sand merely nodded in acceptance.

"Don't be like that, Kankuro," Temari huffed, setting the stack of applications down on Gaara's desk. "Besides, I think that talent show presentation went off really, really well!"

"I did enjoy reenacting the play Samurai Women of the Sand," Gaara mused. Kankuro smirked a bit.

"Hey! I helped you know."

"That you did," Gaara said, taking a scroll and opening it up. "Though some of your puppets could use a... A... A..." Gaara's face turned extremely red as he beheld a few pictures that fell out of the scroll. A bit of blood oozed out of his nostril. Temari, concerned, flinched and prepared to bust out of there with her wind jutsu, just in case-

Kankuro just snapped up the photo with a chakra wire, and his eyes bugged out.

"Holy hell! Look at those things! How does she breath having to tie those things down?!"

"What?!" Temari snatched the photo away and gaped at the nude photo of a kunoichi she regularly trained with. "Th-The hell?!"

Gaara blinked a few times at the photos, before taking another scroll and opening it. Temari gaped as even more nude photos fell out of the scroll.

"I... I don't even..."

"Jeez, is this Satsuki? Man, she is banging," Kankuro whistled. He patted his brother on the shoulder in a show of camaraderie. "You're a lucky guy!"

Gaara blinked a few times, and looked at his siblings. "I think I'll need to... Examine these in private," Gaara said. "Just so I do not begin this with... Bias."

"But... But..." Temari tried, but Kankuro took her by the shoulder and led her out. He shot his little brother a grin and a thumbs up.

"No problem Gaara! Take all the time you need!"

"But... But...!"

Kankuro closed the doors to the office behind them, and wiped his eyes of a sudden bit of tears. "They grow up so fast..."

"... Why am I the most normal in our fucked up family?!" Temari demanded.

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