The meeting has started and she didn't even know. She just finished today's work in just 4 hours and she's 20 minutes late. Plus, she hasn't eaten her breakfast yet. And that's a big no-no to her. She loved food. That's why she's chubby. She didn't actually slept last night because she's busy playing with her PSP. Now she's paying for it well. "Shit! Shit! Shit! I'm so friggin' late! Those old hags would be going crazy right now!" She stopped her fast walking and started to run. "Damn, these heels hurt," she thought.

"You're late," murmured a familiar voice behind when she reached the door. She glared at him coldly. "My day's already ruined so don't ruin it completely," she muttered. The redhead smirked, "That's because you tried to finish all the work. Greed is really destructive, isn't it," he murmured trying to anger her.

She snorted, "Look, I have a meeting. So please, next time," she said airily. Gaara smirked and opened the door for her with his sand. She straightly went in. She looked at their frowning, waiting impatient faces. She sighed in relief, "Whew, good thing they haven't tried to kill themselves here." And so the meeting began.

At the middle of the discussion, Isamu could feel her breath beginning to get erratic. She didn't mind it and continued nodding to their suggestions and exchanging ideas.

Soon, she could feel the huge difference of normal and abnormal breathing. She was feeling slight dizziness and she couldn't breathe well. Soon, she could really feel that there's something wrong with her. An elder noticed that her face was turning blue. "Isamu, are you feeling well?" She smiled nervously at her question and nodded a shaky 'yes'.

She started coughing which stopped the speaker. They looked at her. "I'm so sorry. Please continue," the speaker did as what he's told. She tried to force air into her lungs to help her breath but she can't do it properly. After a few minutes, she couldn't help it anymore, "Excuse me for awhile." She hurriedly ran out of the door leaving a surprised group of oldies.

Gaara was surprised when he saw Isamu run out of the door in such a hurry. It's not like he cared or what but he was mildly intrigued. So he followed her.

Isamu ran, her breathing is labored. "I pant I can't pant breathe…" she gasped. "Please somebody help me..," she whispered, not really registering what she just said. She didn't notice Gaara was following her close behind. "It must be the medicine I took. It reacted… I'm allergic to it," she murmured weakly as she was getting close to her destination.

She then noticed someone behind, "Stop following me!" she screamed. But the presence didn't leave. She pulled out a kunai from her yukata and threw it behind. The someone just dodged it easily since she was too weak to even aim at it. She doesn't care anymore but kept running. "Shit I'm gonna die if I can't do it in time."

She busted on her office's door and roughly opened her drawer in search of something. She was sweating bullets of cold perspiration. "Damn, I have another attack again." She got her inhaler and kneeled down and hid under her desk while inhaling the medicine.

The desk made a sound as she leaned against it inside. "Pant, pant, pant… Thank goodness," she breathed out. "What are you doing there?" asked a familiar annoying voice. He was the least person she wanted to meet right now. "No! Not him! Not now!" she mentally screamed.

She slowly went out of her hiding place and shakily looked up at him; she hid the inhaler inside her pocket behind. Gaara raised a brow; she looked so weak and shaken. She was sweating and her wet hair stuck to her skin. "You're pale," he murmured. "You don't care!" she screamed. His eyes narrowed, "Why are you suddenly so angry?" "It's none of your business!" She was clenching her fists. "Get out Gaara," she murmured darkly. He just stood there with his arms crossed across his chest.

"I said GET OUT!" she screamed in anger. His cold teal eyes locked with her obsidian ones. He turned around and started to walk but he said something. "I didn't know that the Kazekage has asthma." This statement touched a nerve. "He knew…"It made her blood boil and her anger shot up. "WHY YOU!!" she aimed a strong punch at him but he disappeared in a pool of smoke.

"GAARA!! COME BACK HERE!!" she broke the window and saw Gaara up the tower. She used wind to carry her to the top of the tower where her greatest enemy stood. "Hn," was all he said. This aggravated her with such intensity. There she was screaming her lungs out and him, he's just acting so cool. "Who does he think he is?!"

Everyone was staring in great fear up the Kazekage tower. She was really angry and… threatened. This Gaara saw her in that situation. No one ever saw her in that condition, not even the 4th Kazekage. But Gaara, her sworn enemy and hatest being, saw her in a pathetic sight. She couldn't stand it. She don't even imagine what she looks like when she has her attacks, which was very, very frequent to occur.

"Gaara…" she muttered, "... Prepare yourself to die!!" she ran in such speed and got him by his shirt. She slammed him down the floor, hard. But she was shocked as it turned into sand. "What the?" she smirked, "Heh, learning your lessons, huh." She jumped up just in time when sand striked the floor. "Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu!" fireball rushed out of her lips and burned all the sand clones he prepared.

He jumped down from the building and hopped fastly from one roof to another. "YOU CAN'T RUN AWAY FROM ME!" she roared as she sent her clones after him. "Damn you Gaara, I'm gonna kill you this time for real." "Suiton: Daibakufu no Jutsu!" Blast of water shot him and got him carried away.

The fighting began for hours… The villagers were forced to come inside their houses. The Jounins were trying to find ways to stop the battle to death between them. "Kazekage-sama! Gaara!" She glared at them, "Don't you interfere or else!" They shut up and just watched.

She used half of her knowledge in ninjutsu already and surprisingly, Gaara was still active not like the last time they fought. This made her even angrier. "What the fuck happened to him?!"

Soon, she successfully made him bleed. The other sand siblings were watching and Temari was tempted to stop them. "Don't," was all Baki said.

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"You worthless demon! Die!!" She sent clones to him. The others got him by the arms. She smirked, "Bunshin Daibakuha!" It exploded. But as the smoke cleared, Gaara was surrounded by a ball of sand. She growled, "Fine!" She ran to him "Raikiri!" a lightning blade was forced inside the sand ball. She could feel the stinging sensation on her arms as the sand formed into spikes.

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"Why are you doing this?" he asked suddenly. "Why? Because you knew my secret." She told him. "You have asthma?" She growled," It's my most kept secret and no one ever knew it until you fuckin' saw me!!" His eyes narrowed, "So this is what it's all about." "You knew my weakness and you could take advantage on me," she muttered. "Plus, you could tell it to anyone. Isn't that a shame for me?" She readied a dark colored chakra emittion from her hand. "What will the people say? 'Oh the Kazekage has asthma! Poor girl!' What will the other countries say? The Suna's Kazekage is weak. Heck, she's the first asthmatic Kage in the history!"

Gaara thought to his self, "She's quite sensitive to what others will think. She never wanted anyone to see any of her flaws." She looked at him with killing intent, "And now that somebody knew," she grinned maliciously, "I'm gonna kill you." Gaara glared at her then at his bleeding shoulder. "Darn, good thing Shukaku is tired."

He can't overpower her by waking up Shukaku; that would be too risky. He decided to make a plan to trick her. He ran away to have her chasing him. "Gaara, I hate you so much! You're my hatest person in my whole life! You remember that in your stupid head of yours!" Gaara listened to her words and was surprised, "That's why she does all it takes to make my life a living hell." She chased him while throwing spikes of ice at him. 'I wished you would just die and rot in hell! Subaku no Gaara!" "Just what have I done to her?" he asked himself but he can't answer it. Isamu was too clouded with fear hate and vengeance. She didn't even have time to make a plan.

They came to an oasis. She chuckled, "Are you trying to kill yourself?" There was a lot of water for her to use. She stood on a rock while he stood on his sand. He looked at her bruises and cuts. It was just the same with him. "Suiton-"she was cut off when she slid down the rock she was standing. "Shit, his sand!" She was standing on some sand it gave him access to slid her off the rock. "Damn you Gaara! I hate you!" was all she said as she crashed to the water with a huge splash.

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Gaara observed the fallen girl under the water. Soon, he saw some blood rising on the surface. He swiftly jumped to the oasis side and got her from the water. She was soaked, unconscious and… bleeding. "She hit her head against the rocks underwater," he thought as Jounins rushed to the site. "Kazekage-sama! Quick! Carry her, she's bleeding and unconscious!"

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At the hospital…

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Isamu was still unconscious on the bed. There were bandages around her head. It was almost 5 days now since the accident. The elders had visited her. Even the sand siblings visited. Some villagers also visited and put flowers as if she's gonna die. The IV drip kept on dripping and dripping…

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