Wind and Sand: Journal of Lord and Lady Kazekage

By TwilightAnimeLover21

Temari woke up refreshed and relaxed as the sun's rays came in through the windows of the home. She smiled and she got up and stretched herself out. She swung her legs over the lip of her bed and got up and bent over to touch her toes and bent back in a snap; resulting in making her back crack quite a bit. She did her morning rituals: Go to the bathroom, brush her teeth, take her shower, put clothes on, do her hair, and go down the stairs and do what she does best: Cooking breakfast for her brothers.

As she headed toward the kitchen, she heard voices. "Gaara, seriously, can't your sand get into the mechanisms of the lock and open it?" Kankuro's voice said, coming from the kitchen.

She peeked through a crack of the door and saw her brothers hovering over the journal. They must've got up early to sneak into her room and take the book to read it for themselves. Unfortunately for them, she had the key in her clothes pocket and they never thought to check her clothing.

"I'm doing my best Kankuro. It would appear that my sand can't seem to take the correct shape of the key Temari has. Didn't you check her room for it?" Gaara said as he tried many various forms of the key and placed it into the lock and it didn't fit right.

"Right, like I'm checking through her underwear and personal belongings for that key. Does it look like I have a death wish?" Kankuro said sarcastically.

"It would seem so. You were the one that was eager to keep reading the book." Gaara said blandly, trying another shape of the key.

"Hey, don't pin this on me, lil' bro. You wanted to do the same thing. Maybe I should get back to her room and get the-" Kankuro stopped short of his words and saw Temari at the kitchen door.

Gaara stopped what he was doing and quickly sent his sand back into his gourd. Both boys looked guilty as charged. "Yeash, couldn't you guys wait until after breakfast to read the Journal?" She said annoyed. Kankuro gave a sheepish chuckle and Gaara just looked down in embarrassment.

"Aren't I the Kazekage? I should have ordered her to read more of the journal." He thought scolding himself.

"Dang, caught in the act." Kankuro thought as he sat down on the chair with his arms crossed like a little kid who got in trouble.

Temari shook her head and made a beeline towards the fridge, but not before she threw the key to Kankuro. "I'll make the breakfast, Kankuro, you read out loud this time." She said as she took out various pans to make breakfast.

Kankuro's face beamed and he took the book from Gaara-who frowned a little due to the fact that Kankuro gets to read the book first- and opened up the book with a twist of the key and turned to the page they left off at.

Hikaru Journal entry #4: How to Get a Sand Cat to Date you...and succeed if you can.

I like blond haired woman. It's simple as that. I have noticed that I have been dating more blonds then the other girls lately, and I can't seem to help it. The tresses of different shades of gold and if they have the right shade of color for their eyes, I think they are very pretty that way. Sasori said that I probably found my preferences for girls. La-de-frickin'-da. So, since the incident with Sand Cat three weeks ago, I have been trying to pursue her into having her go out on a date with me. She would not do it.

Every damn time I ask her out, she rejects me. ME! Hikaru no Sabuku does NOT get rejected. Girls would do anything to get a date with me. I'm that good-looking. I've tried flowers (She hates Roses, Daffodils, and Carnations and smacked me with them). I've tried chocolates (Little devil smashed a chocolate cupcake I bought her into my face), I've tried everything in the book to ask out that girl and she rejected me. Every. Single. Time. Every time I asked her out, I get a kick to the shin, a punch to the gut, or a karate chop to the back and I would be down for the count. I would take it. Little brat. She should be lucky that I'm pursuing her. Girls would kill to be in her place.

Besides, Fauna would smack me with her infamous wooden spoon to death if I don't take out Karura for an apology date from three weeks ago. I'm down to my last wits. Karura is a ruthless girl. I've seen her train at training ground 23 with that huge fan if hers and she would lay waste and practically destroy the place. Of course, I was on top of a rooftop when I saw her, and she is fierce. She would do hand to hand combat with her teammates and take them out in under 10 minutes. I have to say, I'm impressed.

Anyways, I saw her at the training grounds again, with her kid brother. Yashamaru was one of the top genin around here in Suna. He'll be taking the chunin exams soon. Good luck to the kid, though I doubt he needs it. Back to the point, so she finished sparring with Yashamaru, I decided to go up and ask her out, only to be rejected before I had a chance to say anything. That's when I have decided that this means war…and I needed a little help and a little bit of trickery.

"What?" Hikaru said after being rejected for the umpteenth time by Karura Kusabana.

"I said no! Seriously! Why don't you go for a bimbo of a kunoichi? I'm sure she would love to be graced by the presence of a fairy." She said giving him a cold glare that could rival the Kazekage himself.

Hikaru face-palmed himself and took a deep breath. He was at his wits end here. "Look, just one date okay? Look I'm sorry for calling you all those names, let me make it up to you." Hikaru ground out stubbornly. Unfortunately, Karura was being stubborn too.

"You can apologize by leaving me the hell alone! I don't wanna see your ugly mug around me ever again!" She shouted at him. "Come on Yashamaru. We are going home." Karura said as she turned her back on Hikaru and walked the opposite direction away from him.

Yashamaru looked at his sister before quickly running over to Hikaru and whispering, "Look, if you are trying to get my sister on a date, here's a hint: Make a deal with her. She likes to gamble from time to time." He said before starting to walk away. Hikaru stopped the young boy.

"Wait! Why do you want to help me? Don't you hate me like your sister does?" Hikaru asked confused.

Yashamaru grinned. "Nope! Actually I think you're pretty cool! Besides, my sister needs to go out on a date anyways. She's been training too much lately and I guess it's the stress of both the chunin and jounin exams that are coming up. She needs to relax from time to time anyways." He said smiling.

"YASHAMARU!" Karura shouted. "Coming Sis," He shouted back. "Think about what I said." He said to Hikaru as he took off to his sister's side.

Hikaru was dumbfounded. A deal. "Why the hell didn't I think about it?" He thought as he smacked the side of his face in realization.

He decided then to sit near a wooden post –one that was not destroyed by the little devil's temper- and began to formulate a plan. Yashamaru said that Karura was a bit of a gambler, but he could tell that she doesn't bet money. He wasn't the sort of person to gamble anyways. He thought it was a waste of time.

He fidgeted. He needed something in his hands to keep him from fidgeting. So he took out his small gourd and uncorked it. He surged his chakra through it and out came the gold dust. He molded it into his hands and twisted it to any shape he wanted. A dog, a plant, a key, and other things he started to think about as he molded the gold dust to his will. He them molded it into himself and Karura. He cocked his head at two figurines and placed them down on the sand and studied them.

"A deal…what sort of deal should I make with Karura?" he thought as he moved the figurines closer together.

"Okay, think. You want to apologize, Hikaru. You've tried everything in the book from flowers to chocolates. So this is your last resort. So how to take the Sand Cat out on a date…" He muttered out loud.

He noticed the figurines closeness. Karura's likeness was a little scowl on her face and her hands were on her hips cocking to the side.

He then changed her facial expression to that of smug triumph, then to a genuine small smile. He kept it there. Then it hit him. Inspiration hit him like the fan that the she-devil used to knock him down. He felt a twitch on the side of his mouth. He smirked widely.

"Yes…that could work…" He said as his smirk turned into a cruel smile. He made the figurines go into fighting stances; his mini-me self wielding the gold dust and Karura's with her fan out and ready to swing. "Yes…that would most defiantly work."

TAL21:Okay, so maybe i lied in a sense that i wouldn't post this until i get 5 reviews and posted it up on friday...but this chapter just screamed out to me and i wanted it up as soon as possible. I fixed up alot of the grammer and i will be doing so to the other chapters to make it flow a lot better. Not only that, i got some REALLY nice reviews from awesome people who enjoyed my stories. Here's a little shout out to them!

SpunkyPaperAngel: I'm so glad that you enjoyed the story so far (You are making me blush), and it's true that his character and Karura's character is virtually non-existant! It really does make you wonder how they actually met and how they got married and so on and so forth. So it's really fun to make this story and go a bit wild with it. Not only that, look at the Sand Sibs personalities. They have to have gotten them from somewhere. So I figured that Karura would have a bit of a rebal side and a wild streak when it comes to her ninja career. So i took a bit of Temari's Personality and blew it up to the next level and BAM! As for Hikaru, (Yes, i admit, I love this charater too) I figure he could have a serious side of him (which will come up in the next chapter) which would be a bit Gaara-ish and the playboy side would be from Kankuro (Some fanfics play on his personality as a rough playboy, so i figured it could work out) and there you have him. :) As for my grammer and other things pertaning to that, it has been a while since i have written a decent story that has as much fun as this one, so i'm a bit rusty. But i have been improving quite a bit now that i have been using grammer check (Yes i have cheated) and editied some things that don't need to be there and i think if flows much more smoothly. :) Again, I'm glad that you enjoy the story and i hope you continue to read it! :)

TalesGameSeriesLover:I'm glad that you are following both stories (The Dead Tell No Tales and Wind and Sand) and I'm glad that you are enjoying them so far! I have gotten quite a few hits on both stories so far and it's making me giddy and happy to see them skyrocket. The downside is that not very many people would review it and the feedback quality sucks (Details of opinions would help me alot and it gets the story to flow once the ideas sinks in). But Wind and Sand has some pretty darn good reviews and it's quite nice to see them. I hoep you continue to keep reading!

Ah, now that the shout-outs are done, i shall continue to write the next chapter and have Karura get the shock of her life. The question is...what is it? You know it has something to do with Hikaru, but what is he thinking? I shall let your minds wander of the possibilities and wait until next time! Remember! Reviews and Opinions are welcomed and Feedback is a gal's best friend! See ya next time! :D