Cherry blossom's Puppet

By

Faitxlink

Chapter three

The long boring meeting was finally over and now she can enjoy the sights of Kohona. "Hey Gaara, I'm going to look around the village" Gaara nodded a yes. Which is Gaara langue mean, 'sure just don't get into trouble, Temari'. Temari gave her baby brother a little smile before going down a separate path. She hoped she wouldn't run into Shikamaru or Ino. She was still horrible mad at Shikamaru for breaking up with her. The way he did was stupid too. He sent his new girlfriend to tell her.

That thought seemed to drown the happy mood. So to brighten it up she'd think about Sasuke. A little kohona ninja who stayed at her house for awhile. She hoped she could find him in this crowded village.

She scanned the crowd. The happy villagers just went about there day. A little kid looked up at her once but he quickly ran away. She shrugged it off. The kid was probably shy and just wondered how she got her beautiful hair up in four pig-tails. It was an art to her you know.

After awhile of walking around she saw a blonde boy lying down in the middle of the dirt road. It was probably just some stupid kid who didn't bother to get up. She walked up to him and looked down. It was a stupid kid. "Naruto, get up" She demanded. He opened his blue eyes and smiled. "Hey Temari, I haven't seen you in like forever. Are you and Gaara done with your meeting?" The boy jumped up.

"Um…yeah we finished early. Why were you on the ground?" Naruto gave a laugh. "Some times Shino's clan lets a bunch of new born blue butterflies loose over the village, they are so pretty. I saw them from the Hokage mountain. Well I jumped off to try and get one and I sorta fell" Temari knew a lot of stupid people but this was something totally out of her league. It was a new kind of stupidity called Naruto.

"Okay….That must have hurt" She said looking at the bruised boy. "Yeah, it did" Naruto said scratching the back of his head. "Oh that remind me, have you seen your friend Sasuke?" Naruto's eyes got wide they he looked to the ground. "Huh? Naruto? Are you okay?" For a second he didn't answer.

"Sasuke…He ran away with Orochimaru awhile ago, I tried to go after him but, But I couldn't get him" Naruto said with hurt on his face. This was a surprise to Temari. She wasn't expecting that. She would feel horrible if one of her brothers went away to be with some freak. "Oh Naruto, I'm so sorry" She said. She tried to put a confronting hand on his shoulder. Naruto pushed it away. "Don't be, Because I'm going to get him back!" Naruto looked up smirking.

Temari gave him a little smile. She always did enjoy Naruto's never ending determination weather it be with Sasuke or beating Gaara in video games. "Hey I'd love to stay and talk but…but…I-I don't feel so good…" Before her eyes Naruto fainted with a cloud of dust when he hit the ground.

"Naruto?" No answer. "Oh great, that fall must have hurt him more then I thought" She nudged the boy with her shoe but he didn't move. She let out a sigh. "I better get him to the hospital" She picked up his arms and looked at his face. It was covered in dirt with a snot bubble coming out of his nose. "Ew…" She said before turning him around. She picked him up cradle style. He was actually very light.

She started walking and she remembered something. "I don't know where the hospital is" She let out another sigh but just kept walking. It can't be that far.

Then WHAM! Something hard smacked into her sending Naruto out of her arms and back on the ground, giving him another date with the dirt. She stood up and wiped the dirt off her dress. Then she looked to the person who so rudely pushed her down.

A grunting Kankuro sat on the ground rubbing his head. "Kankuro?" Kankuro looked up to see his angry sister. "Oh this day just keeps getting better doesn't it" He said. Temari went over and picked up Naruto again. He was even more dusty before. "Kankuro you should watch where your going next time, now do you know where the hospital is?" Kankuro stood up and wiped the dirt off him.

"Why do you need a hospital?" He asked walking over to Temari who had a fainted Naruto in her arms. "For him, he jumped of a mountain trying to get butterflies" Kankuro gave a laugh. This was the first time he'd done that in a long time.

"Yeah, I know. Or I can take him to Sakura. Tsunade said she's become a great medic Ninja" Kankuro felt the memory of what just replayed in his head. "Sakura….I know where she lives, It's not too far away" Temari looked at Naruto again. Sakura's place would be the best bet. Hey how does Kankuro know where Sakura lives? She gave Kankuro an odd look.

"How do you know where she lives?" She asked. Kankuro nervously glanced at the ground. "um.. that's not important right now, let's just get Naruto there" Temari just decided not to ask and just follow Kankuro. They went down the dirt road to a small house. Kankuro Knocked on the door. He felt his heart stop when he saw the handle turn.

It opened revealing Sakura. She looked better then she did before. She gave a glare that even Gaara would approve of, then she slammed the door. "Kankuro, what'd you do?" Temari said. She edged past Kankuro then knocked on the door. It's amazing how she could do that holding Naruto up.

"Kankuro, I tol- Oh Hi Temari" Sakura said as she opened the door. "Hi, umm… Naruto jumped off the Hokage Mountain trying to catch butterflies and he fainted. Tsunade said you're a medic ninja and all so I was wondering if you could do something…" Temari held up Naruto a bit.

Sakura looked at him and sighed. "This is the third time this month…" She looked at his cuts and scraps. "Sure, I can heal him, come on in" She smiled and made way in the door way from Temari.

Kankuro tried to enter but Sakura blocked his way giving him another one of those Gaara approved glares before following Temari down the small hallway. "Kankuro close the door" She heard the click of a door.

"Here put him on the couch" She said to Temari. The girl gently put the boy down. Sakura got on her knees in front of the couch and took a closer look. Kankuro kept his distance and stood behind the couch next to the kitchen.

Sakura placed her hands over Naruto and they began to glow green. She hovered her hands over his cuts. The wounds closed up and healed. After fixing all the wounds Naruto gave a small snore then turned to his side. "There all better" She said standing up. "That was amazing Sakura" Temari said. She was amazed at how the medic nin worked. She had never really seen anyone heal another person before.

"It was nothing…Hey wait, I forgot about Sasuke-kun!" The pink haired girl rushed out of the room, passing Kankuro, and going into the kitchen. "….Sasuke-kun?..." Temari said in a small voice. She was missing Sasuke. Being back in Kohona reminded her of Shikamaru and she wanted someone to get her mind of things. Naruto that Sasuke was gone though….

Temari walked past Kankuro and followed Sakura into the Kitchen. She was pouring a bag of cat food into a bowl. "Sakura, You said Sasuke-kun?" Sakura blinked a few times, then she started laughing. "Heh. Not that Sasuke-kun, um… the real Sasuke…Well he's ran away…" This Temari knew but for a second Sakura had got her hope up. Then who was she talking to.

"Then who is Sasuke-kun?" She asked. The same answer came from two different mouths. "He's a cat" Sakura glared and turned around opening a cupboard to put the cat food back. Temari looked at Kankuro. Sakura seemed to be having a problem with him. "Kankuro, What'd you do?" Temari said facing her brother who seemed to attract problems. Kankuro took a step back from his now glaring sister. "I didn't do anything!" He defended.

Sakura turned around and took a few steps forward with a glare. Not like the last one. It had a hint of sadness in her green eyes. "What do you mean didn't do anything? You did everything!"

Kankuro knew he shouldn't have said anything. "But I'm sorry, it's not my fault" before he could finish Sakura cut in again. "not your fault? You went off to get married!" She shouted before going into the living room. "So that's what this about, Amika" Temari said. Kankuro just rolled his eyes at sister and followed Sakura. "Sakura it was an arranged marriage"

Sakura looked up at him. It was? She was quiet for a second. A raven haired cat came into the room and rubbed on Sakura's leg purring. She bent down and pet the cat. What Kankuro said changed everything. What could she say now? How she felt that's what. She stood up and looked up at Kankuro. His eyes were filled with emotion.

"Kankuro, I lo-"