" Kin Izuru"

" Yes…"

" Age: 19"

" Yes…"

" Origin: Village Hidden in the Haze"

" Yes…"

" Current Status: Jounin"

" Yes…"

The young jounin glanced briefly at the papers, holding information of her life and status, then back to the expectant gaze of her new village leader. Kin waited silently as she watched heavily lined, sea foam green eyes move back and forth as the red head finished reading the remaining parts of her file. Closing the manila folder, his eyes met hers.

" Your file says that you left your village for…personal matters?" his tone revealing only general curiosity.

Her olive green eyes broke their gaze for a moment as her hands automatically grabbed a strand of her black hair. "Yes." …she paused, " It would be difficult to share any further details on the subject."

The Kazekage merely blinked as their gazes reconnected, concluding that her elusiveness was due to the grief of a family member or a close companion. Often times he had signed for transfers to other villages for the same reasons.

Gaara straightened up in his chair and returned all the papers to a manila folder, tapping them on the desk to keep them in order. " Well everything is in order. You will be working with another jounin of this village to assess your talents and from there you will be assigned missions based on your previous experience and where we deem your abilities will be most needed."

He stood from his desk and started out the door of his office with Kin swiftly at his side. They quickly zipped through a maze of hallways when they neared the entrance of the building. A sandy-haired woman who arranged her hair in four separate spikes waited knowingly.

" Temari," Gaara addressed her as he and Kin walked up, " please, take Kin around the village and take her to the apartment we've given her. You will train with her over the next week to assess her skills."

Temari smiled and held out a hand towards the girl. Kin willingly took it and greeted her with a small smile in return.

" Nice to meet you."

" Likewise."

Gaara looked between the two once more before turning back to the direction of his office. He paused to say once last thing to Kin, " I expect you and Temari back in about a week to report your abilities and—"

" HEY TEMARI! GAARA!"

The three of you turned your heads to see a man leisurely strolling towards you, in an all black clothes, face paint, with a strange bandaged bundle strapped to his back.

" Kankuro, do you have to talk so loudly inside?" Temari asked with an annoyed expression.

He smiled impishly, " What are you talking about? I was just saying hello." He then glanced at Kin. " Well hel-lo new girl. I don't think I've ever seen you around here."

Kin smiled a bit and extended her arm to shake his hand. " Yes, my name is Kin Izuru and I've just transferred here."

His smile widened as he gladly shook her hand. " Well if you need any help getting around, getting used to the place, or maybe if you just need someone to keep you compa—"

" Kankuro!" Temari stepped in front of Kin. " I'm showing Kin around the village and I'm to be her escort while she gets used to the place."

He crossed his arms in mock disappointment, " Chill Temari, I was just trying to be friendly."

Temari eyed her brother while he tried to look over her shoulder at Kin to wink. The three of them heard someone clear their throat and turned to the almost forgotten red head beside them.

He looked to Kin, " As I was saying, in about a week I expect you and Temari to come and report the results of your training sessions and then we'll start assigning you missions from there."

" Yes, Kazekage-sama."

He turned to leave but hesitated once more and simply turned his head to meet her gaze. " Oh, and welcome to the village." He then proceeded to walk down the hall towards his office.

Not a moment sooner Temari perked, " Well Kin, we should go around the village before it gets dark. Surprisingly there's a lot you might need to see so you don't get lost." She hurried Kin out the door before Kankuro could even say a goodbye.

[ Gaara ]

" Hey! Little bro!"

The young Kazekage turned with an annoyed expression as his brother jogged closer to match his long strides.

" Nii-san, could you not call me that?" he huffed.

Kankuro smiled cheekily at his little brother, " Haha, you gotta tell me about that new chick that Temari's showing around though. She's kinda cute."

The red head thought over an image of the new jounin. The girl was his age and seemed to be exceptional in abilities based on her rank. Her dark hair had barely touched her shoulders and tiled out slightly to create a sort of flaring outwards. She was shorter than he was and generally slender. Her voice was soft but firm when she spoke, but her demeanor in a way reminded him of the Hyuuga girl he had sometimes seen on his visits to the Village Hidden in the Leaf. All in all the girl wasn't very spectacular in a way, but he could admit that she was not unattractive.

He refocused on his surroundings to realize that Kankuro had been going on about the lack of attractive women in their village and how he might try to pick up the newly arrived kunoichi.

Gaara simply shook his head of the new arrival and imagined how much more useful his brother would be if he would at least train as much as he talked about girls (which was pretty often).

[Author's Note] Sorry this was a bit dry. You didn't expect them to just jump over his desk and just start making out though now did you? And c'mon...it's GAARA! In reality he's like, asexual. It's gonna take more than a pretty girl for him to fall head over heels. So patience and they shall unite at some point. Maybe not now, but at some point...they WILL.