For the first three years of her life, Temari's father had been supportive until he allowed his hunger for power to cloud his judgement and for experimental reasons chose to put a monster within his third child, the unborn baby Gaara. He had heard of these monsters who had unlimited power and how they managed to harvest their power by sealing them inside newborn babies and wanted nothing more but to have more this power at his disposal. This was however against Karura's wishes, Temari's mother. For the sealing of the monster inside her womb would cost her dearly. Karura didn't care for herself but as a mother wanted to protect her unborn baby as this would ultimately cause him unimaginable pain.

When she attempted to elope with her two children Temari and Kankuro, they didn't get very far when all the stress and fear within Karura caused her water to break and she knew her fate was sealed with baby Gaara on the way. Temari had only just turned three years old and was far too young to grasp the situation, with Kankuro still so little he could do nothing but weep in confusion.

Temari had seen the emotions in her mother's eyes and shared her fear and knew that she couldn't do anything for her mother. She reached out and placed her hand on her mother's. This action comforted Karura and Temari tried her hardest to contain the tears that had begun to form in her tiny eyes. Her mother saw the determination in her daughter's teary eyes as she spoke to her gently.

"You are strong and like me you must promise to protect your brothers, your village and the one you will lose your heart to. In three short years, you have grown so beautifully and it is with deep regret that I must leave this world before I have the chance to see you ...my children, my beautiful c-children grow up" Overcome with grief Karura choked, trying to hold back the labour pains. As the pains passed she caught her breath and continued.

"Dearest Temari, my beautiful baby girl, could you do me a favour?"

"anythink..m-mommyh" with a shaky voice Temari replied to her mother.

"Tell Kankuro to be strong and follow his heart, strength has many forms and you will both find your own view of what real strength is. I want you to name your baby brother Temari and care for him; he will need your love and understanding to overcome his hardships that lie ahead of him and..".

Temari instantly responded with sobs "G..Gaara. Can we name him Gaara, mommyh?"

Karura tilted her head towards Temari who was behind her and nodded with a painful smile.

"Gaara, now that's a strong name and sounds oh so adorable to me.." Karura sensing that the retrieval squad were nearby, looked at her daughter with and matched the tears flowing down her cheeks and spoke slowly as if she knew her time was over.

"Temari, please don't forget me." Temari responded by hugging her mother from behind and wanted nothing more than to disappear with her.

Right at that moment, a team of men in dark clothing, with animal masks covering their faces appeared with Temari's father who was furious and had dragged Lady Chiyo along forcing her to seal the monster within his wife's womb before it was too late. Temari stood up in front of her mother, holding her arms to her side, forming a human wall of protection for her mother and yelped in vain.

"You...stay away.. you..I won't let anyone of ...you will not hurt my mommy!" Her words struggled to come out; overcome with such fear, and at that precise moment she saw her father walk up to her and then he slapped her face, he grabbed her by the shoulders, forcing her to face toward her mother.

"Your mommy has always hated you kids, just like me, you were our first mistake Temari and you forced your mother and me to get married, you kids are worthless, nothing but pawns to make us look good to other countries. This baby is nothing but a monster which will bring the Sand village great strength..."

Before he could finish his sentence Temari screamed "His name is Gaara and.. h-he is not a monster, dad..dy".

"How dare you, you little shit I should kill you for talking back to me" he grabbed her little body and threw her towards the ground by the retrieval squad. As they seized her, by orders of the Kazekage, Temari was forced to witness the sealing of the monster inside Gaara and to watch with horror as her mother's life painfully slipped away from her.

...

Temari woke up in a fright, covered in sweat and only after she made sure she had been dreaming she wiped her face. Tears were something that Temari could easily control; in her eyes she was too strong for her own tears. She remembered the time many years after her mother's murder questioning Kankuro about that night he told her he was too young to remember anything that happened. He at the time was around twelve years old and she had hoped that he remembered his own mother, even slightly.

She however envied Kankuro, for he had the choice to forget the ordeal where she would never be able to. Temari missed her mother deeply and reliving the same moment would cause her constant emotional and physical anguish. Simultaneously she would be happy to see her mother, because her mother's presence felt as if she was still alive and then fear would overtake her as she would see her mother slaughtered before her eyes every single time.

After a little while she realized that today was her first day off. Temari had requested week off, so she quickly planned out her day. She would go visit her mother's grave, then check up on her brothers, force her brothers to eat with her at a restaurant then followed by an intense training session. She found herself wondering about what to do with the rest of her time, maybe she would visit the Leaf village, or maybe she should try venturing to a new place where she was just another face in the crowd.

Besides it would be strange showing up at the Leaf village without a mission or at least a reason why. Temari tucked away her thoughts and focused on the day ahead.