Temari sat motionless in front of Gaara caught in a daze. Kankuro opened the bathroom room and was blissfully unaware of what was going on, jumped out jokinly yelling at his brother and sister.

"I'm so hot and ready to..." when he saw the distress in Temari's eyes. The same sorrowful look she had from that night he had gone to give her the necklace Gaara and him had bought for her, the uncontrollable anxiety within him arose.

- -memory flashback- -

The sound of Temari's bedroom door opening was the first time for Kankuro to felt undeniable fear in his mind and body and he looked at Temari who looked more terrified for Kankuro than herself. As their father turned to lock the door saw that Kankuro was inside. His first reaction was to walk over to him but stopped himself from hitting him. He then grabbed Kankuro and forced him up against the wall.

"So you wanted to watch how I treat your worthless sister did you? Don't move or I will kill her" he yelled with his violent tone and forced him to watch as he took his frustrations out on Temari who hadn't squealed at all. Kankuro glanced at his sister and saw absolute fear in her eyes but she didn't make a single sound. Hit after hit, her body became near limp when he picked her up and began a different kind of torture. She somehow had enough strength to snatch the pendant that Kankuro had thrown on to the bed and she tried to hide it from her father. Kankuro's eyes widened in shock as Temari let out an excruciating scream that would continue to haunt his soul for years to come.

Kankuro could do nothing for his sister as she continued to whimper, begging her father to stop. He felt useless and closed his eyes admitting to himself he was nothing more than a coward. Her innocence being crushed so mercilessly right in front of him, he had to do something for her. He needed to act, on his fear for her sake he screamed louder than he ever thought he could.

"GET OFF HER; YOU'RE HURTING MY SISTER YOU DISGUSTING BEAST!"

That scream alone caused Temari's father to get off her and kicked him out of the room. When Kankuro saw the door close behind him, he ran to anyone older for help. He was determined to save her from this sick world of living.

- - end- -

Kankuro snapped as he yelled at Gaara

"WHAT THE HELL HAVE YOU SAID TO TEMARI, DO YOU SEE HOW MUCH PAIN SHE IS IN? SHE IS UNABLE TO EVEN..."

"Kankuro calm down" Temari said bluntly.

"I will accept the proposal. Don't fight anymore you two, please. I want to enjoy this time with you and with my..allies."

Temari didn't really want to accept this binding contract, but what were her options, already her brothers were fighting for her happiness. Gaara saw the half of her that treasured peace and Kankuro saw the half that desired freedom.

She decided in an instant, that this was the easy option out of this situation; it would suit everyone, even her, if she allowed herself think that way. Temari excused herself from the dining room table and went to the kitchen to grab the bags that carried the alcohol before heading to her room leaving the two boys stunned to silence in the dining room. Temari knew her limit but decided ignore her mentality. What's the point in holding back now?

After a few minutes of silence there was a knock at the front door, Gaara decided to answer the door and hoped that Shikamaru would be able to ease the tension. Shikamaru, Chouji and Ino were at the door, Gaara politely allowed them to come inside but wondered about Chouji and Ino; were they dating?

"Temari, our guides have arrived to take us to the hill, come out when you are ready sis" Kankuro invited them to the kitchen where Chouji was delighted to see the huge range of snacks that Temari had purchased.

"Can I go see Temari?" Ino asked, to which Gaara replied

"I'm sorry but I can't let you see her as she is in her room for a reason, but she'll be out soon, is that alright with you Ino-chan?" Ino melted at Gaara's coolness and the fact that he called her Ino-chan, it was like pure bliss to her.

"Oh by the way Temari bought me some drinks and I believe these are mine" Ino explained as she quickly took a sip of the fruity vodka. The boys didn't seem to care much but Chouji reacted very protectively.

"Now Ino, just please be careful with that stuff, you're not old enough for one and so I forbid you from having more than two drinks alright?"

"Umm Chouji first off you are not my father, secondly I only wanted a few drinks anyway to loosen up a little and thirdly and fourthly Temari only bought me the drinks after I begged her and swore I wouldn't get myself drunk and she only bought me two, so there!" Ino replied as if she had practised that template reply for any situation only to change the names when necessary. Chouji was happy to hear this and opened a bag of barbeque flavoured chips to munch on while they were waiting on Temari.

Temari heard Shikamaru knocking on her door. She smiled as she knew it was him instantly due the laziness of the knock. Quickly she looked into the mirror to see her make up that mostly fine but needed a touch up after she had unknowingly cried a few tears, the rest she needed to hold back with force. She wasn't going to ruin their evening; she wasn't going to no matter what. Temari took a deep breath and put on her smile that meant everything was fine with her and walked towards the door heading to the kitchen.

Shikamaru had been waiting anxiously to see her; he was struggling with his doubts and thinking how he was going muster up his courage to confess his feelings to Temari tonight. When she arrived to the kitchen and he saw her his mind went void. He stood up as gentlemen used to in the olden days when she entered the kitchen and found himself being drawn towards her. The force was pulling him so much that he tripped over the carpet and experienced the embarrassing moment of "looking like a fool when you are about to fall but don't".

She was wearing a simple white V-neck top, with mini black short with fishnet stockings and her rocker gloves. Her hair was in the usual four pig tales but to Shikamaru she was even more luscious then before if that was possible. He slowly approached her when he noticed her eyes were a little red. She then asked him to meet her outside for a little bit and walked to the front door. Shikamaru nodded and followed her suit, leaving Ino with the two brothers.

Temari realized that Shikamaru had noticed her eyes and to save herself from his questioning she asked him to meet her outside because she wanted to talk to him by herself. She hadn't been prepared but she wanted to say goodbye as she knew she wouldn't be returning after this week ended and it was better for her to just tell him in person instead of him hearing the news from his friends. She thought this would be easy, it wasn't.

"So, what do you want Temari?" he was looking at the door knob beside her. She had her back toward the front door and smiled.

"You know, I'm happy to have met you kid! You really did a number on me at the chunin exams." What I meant to say was I'm in love with you, Nara.

"Are you still thinking about that? Besides I'm not a kid anymore, I'm taller than you if you haven't noticed."

Of course Temari had noticed. He had transformed from a scrawny lazy idiot into a handsome lazy idiot. She looked him into his eyes but he didn't return her gaze. She asked him about the time. Shikamaru told her he didn't know. He was close enough to her to smell his cologne; she had always been fascinated by men's cologne but never admitted this to anyone. Shikamaru closed his eyes and sighed and that's when he felt a pair of lips on his own and opened his eyes wide in shock. What is she?.. I wasn't prepared!

Temari allowed herself this brief moment of weakness and hoped he would return her kiss however when he didn't, she knew why. The reason was obvious to her that he had never thought of her as anything but bothersome and so she ended the kiss. Temari pushed him away with her two hands on his chest and then told him she was ready to head toward the hill. Temari looked at Shikamaru who had a stunned look on his face. He didn't grow up to be bad looking at all. Whomever he chooses to be with, will be lucky. She then ran inside and hugged Ino and this took her brothers by surprise, they had no idea these two had even been on a first name basis.

Temari watched Ino finish off her second bottle which she downed quickly, and they looked at each other smiling defiantly as if they had an unbreakable secret for just the two of them. The boys headed out to the door to join Shikamaru, leaving Ino and Temari alone in the kitchen and Temari revealed she had a lot more alcohol.

"Mari how did you manage to bring these all to the hotel without arousing suspicion?" Ino asked as Temari was beginning to perform hand signals.

"What is that jutsu?"

Temari whispered that she had discovered this jutsu on her own by accident; the minimising jutsu shrinks whatever object wanted to reduce and this would allow her to carry so many items at the same time. She had only shrunk most of the alcohol so Gaara wouldn't be worried about her, with that thought she grabbed the miniscule bottles and placed them into her huge new bag.

"Temari are you alright darlz" Ino questioned feeling tipsy; she had never drunk before and was feeling rather happy when Temari replied.

"I've had seven drinks so far but I am bringing all of the bottles with me". The girls locked the room and they all headed for the hill together truly ready for the Eclipse.

Authors Note: Yes.. I'm sorry but I've included alcohol in this story! Sake didn't seem to make any sense. And by now I'm sure you've noticed most of the characters are OOC, sorry again.