Temari's Linked Choice and Marriage?

Neji POV

Even I don't know why I gave up my position so I could join Tenten and Hinata's group. I have even less of an idea how Tenten got me to make sure that Temari continues with them. So I'm sitting at the saloon, on my lunch break, "spying" (as Tenten calls it) on Temari. She's staring at a glass of beer in front her like it's going to tell her the answers and make it all better.

Tenten is chatting with Baki, most likely about having his kids going on a long journey without him.

Gaara is waiting tables and Kankuro, as usual, is hitting on a hot young female customer. She and her friends are giggling madly and pay extra on the tip when they leave. The extra is for Gaara dragging Kankuro to the kitchen for dish duty.

Temari POV

…I'm so depressed… Shikamaru, Gaara, and Kankuro can come but not my dad. What kind of system is that? I'm almost certain that Hiashi, Hinata's father, sent that in a transmission so we wouldn't have to supply an old man… Whatever. It's my job, I have to agree to the costs. Time to tell Shikamaru.

Several hours later at the Nara family home

"Shikamaru, you're coming with me on the trip" I state things very bluntly.

Shikamaru bluntly replies, "troublesome…"

He knows when he's beat. That's what I love about him. I kiss him on the cheek and run quickly back into the room Tenten and I share. Ever since Hinata decided to break up my family again I haven't even been able to look at her so Sakura insisted on having her move to their room.

Tenten POV

That traitor! Neji quit spying on Temari! He went back to his office "I have to go back to work". So he says but who else would do that job. He is a licensed cop- isn't he allowed to do it!?! -SOUND OF DOOR OPENING-

"Oh, hi Temari!" Yep, I'm getting ready to pry. Watch my technique closely.

"Tenten guess what! Shikamaru is coming with us! The brothers too….. but father will be all alone. If we leave he'll have to live alone. Tenten, help me find a woman for him."

By now my eyes were bulging out of my head. I didn't even have to pry. Finding a woman doesn't seem to hard so I answered "why don't you get him a mail order bride?"

Her eyes widened to a level humans shouldn't be able to achieve. "Tenten, you are a genius."

"Thanks."

Sometime later

"Temari, I found the ad!"

"That's great! How long until she gets here?"

"Well she's from Kirigakure so not to far but she doesn't speak English."

"That's okay. I'm sure dad will be happy enough to have company."

So we ordered her, she would arrive in two weeks or less. We're staying for about three more weeks so it's fine.

At dinner about a week later Temari and I decided to tell Baki about the mail order wife. (Only Baki, Temari, and I were eating). Temari started by saying "so, Father, since all of us are going on a lllllloooonnnngggg journey, we think you'd be better off with a companion."

Baki smiles and says "of course girls".

As I eat the steak we're having, Temari smirks and says "so we have arranged for someone to come and be your companion… for life. Dad, we got you a mail order wife."

I swear I never saw a man look so panicked. He choked on some pasta and fell off his chair in a dead faint. Temari and I panicked and she dumped the ice cold soda on him yelling "I saw this in a movie once!"

When Baki finally came to, about half an hour later, he grabbed Temari and yelled "when is she coming?!?"

Temari kept cool and answered "oh, about a week."

I had decided to stay back and watch, the man could explode. His face was red and turning crimson. Baki looked at us and whispered "I'm not ready to get married… Not good enough."

No matter what we said, we couldn't get another word out of him. In the end Temari just demanded that he go clothes shopping in the morning. My friend and I watched as he slowly crept upstairs, to his room.

The next morning, Sakura, Ino and Hinata decided to come shopping for fashion advice (AKA shopping for their own clothes.)

Temari and Hinata seemed to make up. By that I mean Temari didn't try to rip out Hinata's throat.

Baki kept fidgeting while Ino and Sakura handed him more then fifty outfits, Hinata stuttered about how it doesn't look like his type of outfit. Temari looking for more clothes but I had the best job of all- looking for money in Baki's wallet. Hey, a girls gotta make a living somehow.

This was the only clothing store in town and it was the hopping spot today, overcrowded and not airconditioned. Luckily for Baki, a middle-aged man who was also shopping realized his problem and came over to us asking "you seem to be a good man, would you mind helping me find an outfit for a wedding. You see, my daughter is getting married here but she doesn't speak good English so I came early and didn't have time to get a tux."

Baki immediately grinned and pushed the girls away. He grabbed his wallet (I already took 20 bucks) and announced himself as "I am Baki. I'm getting married to a mail order bride in less then five days. I'll help you if you help me."

The man replied "I'm Tazuna. Certainly I'll help you."

Off they went into the jungle of a variety store.

My detection senses are tingling. Somehow, I sense a connection between the mail-order bride Mr. Tazuna mentioned and Baki.

Soon after, we sat at Baki's wedding.

The bride was named Tsunami. She had straight mid-length dark blue hair. She was beautiful. Too bad she only spoke Japanese.

Baki was in normal tuxedo. He couldn't figure out why Tazuna was there.

A little boy, apparently the bride's son, hid in the folds of her dress during the reception. The boy seemed to speak English pretty well, but he didn't talk much so it was hard to tell.

I didn't get to talk to Tsunami at all until after the wedding. Only Ino spoke fluent Japanese anyway and they were having a long conversation. I was with Neji when I first heard Tsunami talk. Tazuna was walking up to us and Tsunami ran up and hugged him yelling "Papa! Papa!"

The little boy brightened up and yelled "Gramps!"

Baki didn't seem to have guessed that Tazuna was related to his wife. He almost spilled some wine on his suit. Tsunami turned to him and pointed at her Tazuna saying "Papa."

Then at the boy "Inari, musuko." (Inari, son)

Ino translated for her.

Baki finally grasped the situation. He pointed to Temari, Gaara, and Kankuro and said daughter and sons.

Tsunami clapped her hands together and said "shujin" while pointing to Baki. (husband)

As they talked to each other, Baki's horrible misunderstandings and Tsunami's "I don't understand" got annoying so Neji and I walked over to a bench outside, Sasuke and Sakura were kissing on another one not to far off.

"So Neji" ,I began, "you know now that Baki's problem is solved we'll be leaving in a week."

"Hn." He does that sometimes.

"Pack up. Get ready. We're moving out."

Just as I was saying this, Kiba and Akamaru came to pick up Ino. That meant there was no translator. We went back inside to hear Tsunami saying something like "shoo-gakkoo, Inari, chikai?" (Inari's elementary school near?) Baki answered "sure, lots of shoes here. Chickens too." A whole scene began to unravel as misunderstandings got out. It was all right in the end but Baki ended up with a large bruise after Tazuna hit him for saying something about gambling and honeymoons.

Well, we leave in a week. Then we'll be on the road again.

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Ninuri: That chapter took a while. Remember, I'm just an average one language person so don't blame me if half the Japanese is wrong. I got it as close as I could.

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