Years have passed since two of them spared. She was standing in that same place leaning on her fan. Gaara stood across from her with a frown on his face and his arms crossed.
Her grip on the fan tighten as she looked at her youngest brother. Memories of the last time they spared still plagued her mind. She didn't dare to look at him in the eyes. Her eyes are glued at the ground. Fearing for her life, still, after all these years.
She looked down on the ground as she took a big breathe remembering how it felt to be crushed by his sand. This fear is plaguing her mind and she needs to get over it fast.
He spoke, "Temari.."
Her eye twitched as a chill goes down her spine. She's stuck there frozen in fear as the memory is playing back into her mind.
His voice grows louder, "Temari."
His voice tore her from her thoughts and she looked up. Confused she only says, "Huh?"
He tilts his head to the side and blinks, "Are you okay?"
Her eyes widen from his question and she shakes it off. Gaara caring about her isn't something she used too. He used to find her and Kankuro annoying and a nuisance. In fact she remembered him outright telling them that one time when they were young. So hearing him show care and concern about the two them is an odd and forger in concept. Something that will take a while to get used too.
She snaps at him, "I'm fine."
He retorts back, "Then why are you looking at the ground and not at me?"
She looks up from the ground and looks him in the eyes. She snaps in an annoyed tone, "I'm looking at you right now, are you happy?"
He deadpans, "That doesn't answer my question. Are you okay?"
She exhaled sharply and nodded, "Yes." Lie. She wasn't, but she didn't want to make him worry about her. This stupid fear she had was going to pass soon, she just needed to get passed the uneasy feeling inside of her still.
Gaara sighs aloud and shakes his head, "Let's just go back home. Your still afraid of me."
She shakes her head and shoots back at him, "No I'm not, come on Gaara let's spar!"
Gaara frowns and turns away from her. She says over his shoulder, "I'm not in the mood to spar maybe later. Come back to the mansion when your done."
As he walks away from her she just stands there frustrated at herself. She takes her fan and sends a powerful wind strike. She sends it to the wall across from her and the wind is powerful to split in two.
A familiar voice joked and laughed, "Remind me to never to piss you off."
She looked behind her and saw Kankuro. She asked, "What are you doing here?"
He shrugged, "I wanted to see if you actually went through and sparred with Gaara."
She looks at him and narrows her eyes, "Why, do you doubt me?"
Kankuro rolls his eyes and shrugs, "I'm just worried about you, Temari. Geez."
She puts the fan back behind her back and scoffs at him, "There's nothing to worry about, I'm fine."
He mutters, "If you say so…"
She looks at him as she could've of sworn that she heard him say something. She asks, "Did you say something?"
He sighs, "Forget it. Let's go back home then.."
When they arrive back, Gaara is nowhere to be found. Most of time since the tailed beast was extracted from him, he would often spend his days sleeping. Past the days sleeping...sounds like someone else she knows.
Kankuro shrugs, "So Gaara beat us back home, huh?"
She nods, "It would appear so."
He jokes, trying to lighten the mood, "How much do you wanna bet that he's in his room sleeping?"
The joke fails and she is still frowning, "I wouldn't be surprised if he was sleeping."
He had a lot of catch up to do since he wasn't able to sleep since the day he was born. Temari just went back to her room and locked herself in. She slid down the door crying softly. She's still afraid and its slowly eating at her.
Days passed without looking either one of her brothers in the eyes. Another day had passed and Gaara had summoned her into his office. He was sending her back to the Leaf. She sighed as she approached the village gates.
The lazy boy greated her, "Yo. Sup, Temari?"
She mumbled to herself ingnoring her words. Still lost in her own thoughts, "So this is how Gaara is going to deal with me? Just shooing me away like a fly…"
He waves a hand in her face, "Hey, earth to Temari. You alive?"
She is drawn from her thoughts and looks at him. She snaps as she sees his hand in her face. She swats it away and scoffs at him, "What?"
She sighed loudly and Shikamaru looked at her. He yawned, "You seem very troublesome today, what's wrong?"
She exhaled sharply and glared at the yawning boy. She snaps, "Nothing, let's just get this over and done with."
He groans and looks up at the sky, "You're such a drag.."
She sighs in annoyance, "I am not a drag."
He lazily shrugs, "Then tell me what's bothering you?"
She mutters in a low and soft tone, "Why do you care?"
He yawns, "Did you say something?"
She shakes her head, "No. Let's just get this over and done with."
He yawns again and starts walking and she follows and walks alongside of him. She looks up at the sky too and sighs. She has to deal with lazy ass. This was going to be a long day.