Temari woke up in a dark dungeon. She searched herself and found all her weapons gone, except a single kunai she always had hidden by her top thigh. I'm lucky they didn't find this she thought to herself before trying to find out where she was and if anyone else was trapped in there with her. She wasn't surprised that she found herself alone but she did find a bird on the ground. A single white bird she didn't realize it was a dove because she had never seen doves. Maybe I can .. Is this a messenger bird? She held out her hands and the bird slowly jumped over to her.

"You're injured aren't you? I will fix you as soon as I can, okay?" Temari spoke with a gentle voice and began making a plan of how to escape before being interrupted by the same ninja who captured her. She put the bird on the ground behind her in hope that woman hadn't spotted the bird. Please don't make a sound.

"Did you cease your lame hurricane attack on Konoha?" she demanded to know.

"I am a woman of my word, Temari. I have some food for you if you wish to eat it. You've been sleeping for two days you know" she spoke with a gentle tone; and sounded almost like her mother.

It's been two days.. "Thank you for the food, when do I get to meet this Lord of yours?" she looked at the food, there wasn't much, two slices of bread, two apples, grapefruit and a small container of water. She was starving but kept her composure.

"I don't know when, he's instructed me to keep you down here as a hostage; it seems he lost all interest in marrying you."

"If he's lost interest then why won't he let me go? He has nothing to gain from keeping me here!" she was quickly losing her self-control and couldn't take much more.

"I'm not at liberty to tell you Temari, I apologize please eat you must be starving. I'll be back to check on you in a hour." with that the female left the room and locked the door behind her. As soon as Temari heard the door lock she stuffed most of the food in her mouth and began chewing, desperately trying to swallow everything, she really was famished after all.

Temari saw the bird and she gave him her crumbs and the crusts. Since she was young she always hated the crust of the bread. When she was confined in her room as a child, her father would control what food she would get and more often than not all she would get was bread crust. She never blamed her father for being so violent toward her, but she did blame him for her mother's death and allowing himself to become the monster not Gaara.

- - memory flashback- -

After Kankuro had screamed for his sister and ran to get help. She screamed at her father, everything that he did wrong for her brothers, never mentioning how much agony he put her through. She was prepared to die, she had wanted to for what seemed an eternity, she was exhausted of this cruel existence. Temari held the butterfly necklace in her hands, she refused to let go of and it imprinted her skin. Her father beat her within an inch of her life and then continued to brutally rape her corpselike body. The door had thrust open and her uncle Yashamaru rushed in to push the Kazekage off his daughter, his anger was strong enough to shatter the chain that held Temari locked in place. He picked up the tiny near lifeless body and ran from the room with her in his arms.

He rushed toward the hospital; she tried to open her swollen eyes to indicate she was by some miracle still alive and he looked at her overwhelmed with sorrow, failing to notice her cruel torment for so many years the Kazekage hid so well. All the while she never let go off the gift her brothers gave her, with her grip as strong as concrete.

"T-tell my brothers.. thank you f-for saving.. me.. I'm their older sister and.. next t..time I'll be the one to save them" her uncle looked on the girl with shock in his heart, how could she have endured so much in her short life and still find the strength to speak. Her uncle was her mother's only brother and was still so young himself. He always knew that the Kazekage was a corrupt leader but never expected him to mistreat his children to this degree. He looked at his niece as she slipped into a coma.

She didn't remember the hospital at all.

She remembered her uncle tears.

She wanted to thank him.

As Temari awoke three weeks later, the Kazekage visited her room without her permission and the nurses tried to ask him to leave but he had the authority in the end.

"I'm here to tell you that no one will ever know about what's happened to you" he looked at her like she was garbage and threw a newspaper at her, and left the room.

She cried endlessly as she read her uncle had been murdered by Gaara after being found to have raped and almost murdered the Kazekage's only daughter. These lies were never going to be anything more than the truth to her village. Her tears continued even in her sleep.

- - end- -

Temari held the dove and applied her chakra to the wings, after fourty minutes, the wings were healed. At least I could help you little one. She took off her kimono and took off her white undershirt and then pierced her finger with the kunai. She wrote a message to her brothers, if they should ever find this bird. Temari allowed the bird to stretch his wings as she made sure her blood was near dry before folding the fabric together as tightly as possible and minimizing the fabric to a simple ribbon. She quickly dressed herself again and then she began carving a hole in the wall. When she saw the daylight outside peek through, she held out her hand for the dove to land on her finger.

"I healed you birdie and now I require immediate payment. Don't worry it's only a small one so don't look so worried Silly, this is important. Find my brothers and give them my message. Then I'll consider us even" Temari smiled when she realized that she had given the bird a name and then unhooked the hidden aqua butterfly necklace off her wrist. Over the years the necklace had become too small to wear around her neck and she had wrapped it around her wrist to keep it with her, and for the first time in eight years was she was taking it off. She gently wrapped the necklace around the dove's neck twice and found tears forming in her eyes.

"There we go" then she wrapped her message gently but firmly around the birds' leg "You're all ready t-to go" Temari was weeping with her heart breaking. "My brothers live in Suna, it's a village hidden in sand, I hope you can find it little one, I'm depending on you. Farewell" with that she pushed the bird out the hole gently and he flew away gracefully.

"I Wish I could fly away like you, Silly. But I will never fly. Here I am, eighteen years old and already my life is over." she realized she was stupid to run away from Konoha alone. Every single time it was important she would always make the wrong decisions. This would be the death of her; she had no illusions of her brother coming to save her this time. Eventually she accepted her fate. Temari sat in silence alone with her thoughts which were of all her friends, her brothers, her village and her dear mother. She prayed, which Temari would normally never even think about doing, but here she was praying with all her heart that Silly would deliver her message, to someone, anyone who knew her. She quickly lay down on the ground to cover the hole she had carved with her back towards the locked door.

"Temari are you alive?" That female was back and taunting her this time around.

How many personalities does this woman have? She didn't reply and pretended to be asleep. Temari knew that whoever this ninja was, she was a threat to her friends and knew what she had to do. She waited for her to approach.

With her eyes closed she could hear the footsteps coming closer with each step until she kicked the Sand Shinobi in her back. That was when Temari quickly jumped to her feet and lunged her kunai into the heart of the female ninja who stood there with shock obvious in her eyes. Within a second tears had formed in her eyes and she began to smile.

"I've b-been controlled by Lord Takubo since he discovered my.. abilities. You shouldn't hav...I am self-destructive Tema..now I must unleash..my fury on Konoha befor.. I..die, I'm s..sorry"

"Tell me how to stop that from happening! Please tell me" her panic evident. "I'll do anything, PLEASE? I know you have a heart hidden in there somewhere! You weren't born like this!"

"Self-s-sacrifice" the ninja whispered and she was slowly fighting against making the hand sings when Temari stabbed herself in her heart and she instantly froze in place.

Temari hadn't predicted this part of her plan but to sacrifice herself was the only option to protect what was most important to her so she took it. Her heart fighting so hard to stay alive it was hurting.

"You and I will die here together." She managed to mutter as they fell down side by side.

Temari looked at the female and smiled with blood pouring from her mouth. The ninja smiled back at her and thanked her; she had hated this life and always serving her corrupt father.

"Me too." Temari managed to spit out before losing the fight to keep her eyes open. She couldn't fight to take another breath and slowly she faded away.