Temari enjoyed her morning. She had met up with Gaara and Kankuro and they agreed to meet her for dinner at the restaurant she had chosen. She had thought it was rather odd that they agreed so easily to her request, but simply told them not to be late and be there at 6pm. The time was 12:03 therefore Temari decided she would squeeze in some training.

Her training had become a necessary outlet for her frustrations on life, she would normally just throw her fan around and be done with her targets but after a while she found that she felt nothing. The reason she undertook this special training was to be off assistance to others, she wanted to surprise her allies and increase the success of achieving the mission without any casualties. Temari enjoyed the sudden rush of feelings rushing through her.

She had been trained to feel no emotion since she began at the academy and this worked for her until the alliance with Konoha was established. Their methods were so different to Suna's. It was alien to her to show concern to anyone, but step by step she began to accept that lazy Leaf Shinobi, Nara Shikamaru as her ally and then later, as her friend.

Brushing her thinking to the side she managed to her astonishment mould her chakra using only her hands. Her second step was to apply the chakra to a living being that needed healing. She found a little cat who she could tell was in pain. She walked over to the little creature and gently picked him up.

"You foolish cat! I bet you were trying to show off to your friends, am I right?" she was chuckling "Well you're lucky that I need someone to practise on.. Foolish cat" Temari sounded so childish insane for talking to an animal and giving it a name, but she didn't care much and began forming her chakra in her hands. Obviously the cat had broken its leg. She could tell because the bone above the left frontal paw wasn't aligned with the rest.

Temari began focusing more intensely her chakra and after an hour of struggling to keep the cat still, healed the animal. She patted the cat and put him down, who ran away with a twinkle in its eye. She looked at the colours of the sky only to realize the sun was setting,

"Oh great, I tell my brothers not to be late, what a hypocrite."

She ran to pack away her training gear and get ready for the dinner, ignoring the tenderness she felt in her hands. Temari was out of breath and had twelve minutes spare to get ready. She rushed to put on some makeup and then dashed out the door, only to be greeted by Gaara who had come to pick her up.

"Gaara! What are you doing here?" Temari asked Gaara who was looking up at his sister with a surprised look.

"Temari, I'm sorry I should have notified you but I wanted to pick you up personally and walk with you to the restaurant, it's not too safe out here for..pretty girls like yourself."

Temari laughed gently. Gaara was worried about me? That makes me feel a little better.

"You know I can handle anyone who wants to take me on" she said in an over the top irritated way and she wondered why she had reacted like that. "By the way I'm not a pretty girl Gaara, I'm eighteen years old and that makes me an adult."

"I know Temari but regardless of that.. I want to walk with you. You sure do look lovely, you know." Gaara spoke as he approached Temari with a gentle hint of a smile, took her by the hand, amused by Temari's obvious disbelief, walked towards the restaurant together.

Ten minutes later they arrived at the restaurant. 6:59 on the clock and Kankuro had already arrived and reserved their seats. Temari was pleasantly shocked to find her brothers behaving so not like themselves but she decided to act like her-cold-untouchable-self by acting superior and protective like she always had to.

Then the date hit her it was Tuesday January 19th, Gaara's 15th birthday, she couldn't believe she had forgotten this day. The anniversary of her mother's death, no wonder she had that dream the night before.

She excused herself from her brothers and asked the waiters to bring out a cake for Gaara, to which they agreed to instantly. She then headed back to the table and acted like nothing had changed. Gaara and Kankuro were laughing and talking about battle formations.

Great! My brothers are hopeless. But that is one of the reasons why I love them. Temari thought to herself and was smiling.

Kankuro asked "So Gaara, what do you want for your birthday baby brother?"

Gaara simply stared back at Kankuro with confusion evident in his eyes

"Wait, it's my birthday?"

Temari had to allow a little mischievous giggle escape from her, entertained by her thoughtless brothers.