[A/N]- This chapter mainly focuses on the plot, not the couples. Don't worry there will be lots of that stuff later!
Gaara looked out onto his village aimlessly. Making the excuse that he needed fresh air; he stood on the roof of the Kage building looking out at the desert. He frowned slightly when he saw a giant cloud of dust form from the training grounds. Knowing exactly who it was he decided to push it off…for now. Gaara turned to head back into the building while thinking of a way to tear up one of Konoha's training fields as pay back, when Baki rushed up to him.
"Gaara-sama, there is an urgent meeting you need to attend to." He bowed before his former student.
"Fill me in as we walk." Gaara started to go forward again, this time slower so Baki could speak.
"Our border patrol has told us that a group of enemy shinobi has somehow snuck into the village."
"Could they be confused about the Konoha-nin?" Gaara asked as they descended the stairs.
"No. A long investigation has shown that this was before they came. Whoever they were, they are well disguised in the village." They came to the door where the meeting will be held.
Gaara turned to look at his former teacher. "Well let's get this meeting over with."
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"Naruto you idiot! I bet Gaara saw that all the way from his office!" Sakura growled as she pulled angrily on the blonde's ear.
"Sakura-chan!" Naruto cried. "Please Sakura-Chan, not this again!"
"Now go apologize, you baka!" Sakura screamed as she threw Naruto by his ear in the direction of the Kage tower.
"Oh Sakura, didn't you say you had, uh, something to do after this?" Kankuro nervously chuckled as he moved away from the fuming kunoichi.
"Ah that's right! Thanks Kankuro! Bye everyone, see you later!" Sakura called over her shoulder as she raced from the training field. She jogged straight for the hospital.
"Y-your Sakura Haruno! I'm such a big fan! You and Tsunade-sama are my role models!" A purple haired nurse behind the front desk stepped out to bow to her formally. Sakura was amazed by her ankle length hair. "I heard you were here yesterday, but I didn't get a chance to see you!" she gawked at Sakura in amazement with solid bright blue eyes that reminded Sakura of Ino.
"Uh…hai… Um the Kazekage has set up a temporary lab for me. Do you know where it might be?" Sakura asked embarrassed that the woman was still looking at her. And here she thought that she had gotten over this "innocent" part of her already.
"Ah yes! Gaara-kun has one for you; its room I-5!" Sakura cringed when the woman let the suffix "kun" roll off her tongue. It didn't sound right coming from her mouth at all.
"Uh, thank you…" Sakura said bluntly and made her way to the lab, not noticing the purple haired woman glaring after her. As she made her way into the lab, she couldn't help but notice that it was bigger than what she had needed. Reaching in her shuriken pouch for the two large scrolls that she sealed her notes and materials in earlier this morning, Sakura laid them out on the table and deactivated the seals. She slipped on a white lab coat and blue rubber gloves before picking up a syringe, alcohol swab, and pink band-aid. Carrying these items on a metal tray, Sakura made her way down to Kareta's room.
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Temari was pissed and puzzled. Were kids these days even allowed out without adult supervision? If not, Gaara should definitely pass a law on it. Now Temari was trying to force the 10 year old Kimyona from rubbing his orange head upon her breast, without using too much force. "Temari-nii, isn't it wonderful just having it be the two of us?" He purred against Temari's hand, which was now pressed angrily on his face.
"Hello? I'm here too!" Tenten cried utterly annoyed with the kid for disturbing her and Temari's work.
"And you are?..." the boy paused his action to stare at a fuming Tenten bluntly.
A woman with odd green hair and pink eyes walked past Temari and Tenten with two crates of shuriken. "Ah Miss! Could you please take this boy out of here?" Temari called to the strange woman.
"As you wish," the green haired, pink eyed woman looked blandly at the two kunoichi. "Temari-sama…"
Temari inwardly shivered at the way the woman seemed to roll her name off her tongue with a touch of venom; she also noticed that the woman glared at her. "Did that woman seem… suspicious to you?..." Temari whispered to Tenten when the woman was gone.
"Oh I wasn't paying attention to her; I was too busy thinking of ways to make life a living hell for that little prick!" Tenten cracked her knuckles.
"Whatever, we should be getting a new delivery from Mist soon. Let's go wait for it." Temari grunted and sulked away.
"Man Temari, lighten up! We're on vacation!" Tenten walked along side her with pep in her step.
"Noooo…" Temari dragged out the word as they turned the corner. "You're on vacation. I, on the other hand, am on a mission." She grunted as they stopped in front of the delivery door.
"Oh yeah…" Tenten chuckled nervously at the bad aura coming from her dirty blonde friend.
"Temari-sama." The two kunoichi turn around to see the green haired woman emotionlessly holding Kimyona up in the air by his underwear. "This boy does not wish to tell me the direct location of his whereabouts. How shall I dispose of this minor?"
"Why does she talk like that?" Tenten's eye twitched.
"I have no clue…" Temari whispered. She cleared her through before continuing. "Um bring him to the academy. Someone would know what to do from there on."
"As you wish, Temari-sama…" the woman said quietly before turning away.
"Weird…" both kunoichi shivered.
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Ino wasn't the type of girl to just loaf around all day, so when the bleach blonde came up to Shikamaru to go tour the Village with her, he wasn't in the least surprised. "I'm mad that Suna only has medical herbs and no regular plants!" Ino huffed while inspecting the ground.
"Well Ino, this is a desert…" Shikamaru groaned only to be slapped in the back of his head.
"Don't get smart with me Shikamaru Nara!" the blonde barked as she started walking past the training grounds.
"Ino, Shikamaru! What a pleasant surprise!" the two teammates stop in their tracks to see Rock Lee and Kankuro waltz up to them. (Well more like Kankuro waltzed up to Ino in a flirty way.)
"What's up?" Shikamaru picked at his ear as the group continued walking.
"Ah nothing much, we just finished an extra spar with Gai and Kakashi. Although I hate to admit it, but we… kinda… lost…" Kankuro muffled under his breath.
"As expected from Gai-sensei and Kakashi-sensei. Put those two together, you got an unbeatable team." The Nara sighed
"Please deal with Temari-sama's nuisance." The group stopped in shock at the green haired, pink eyed woman they failed to detect; that stood directly in front of them holding a kid in the air by his underwear. "Are you not members of this academy?" she asked her voice and face emotionless as ever.
Lee, regaining himself, stepped out of the shocked group. "You're…you're…" he dropped to one knee and grabbed the emotionless woman's left hand. "Will you please be my girl friend, beautiful woman?"
"Lee! I've told you over and over: you can't ask out a girl when you're just seeing her for the first time!" Ino barked at the spandex wearing man.
"But Ino-chan… you've done it tons of times…" Lee pouted, utterly puzzled.
"Shut up!" She kicked in the head and hid her red face in Kankuro's broad chest.
Although her face her face was emotionless, the green haired woman's cheeks took on a pink tint. She dropped the orange haired kid, who ran away after, and looked down upon Lee. "Yes…" she whispered blandly, yet shyly. She grabbed a love struck Lee by the collar of his spandex and started to drag him south. "I must report to Temari-sama that I am going on a "date". "
In Lee's trail of dust stood a confused Shikamaru, Ino, and Kankuro. "D-did that really just happen?" Shikamaru's index finger twitched as he pointed after the new couple.
"H-hai…" Kankuro whispered in disbelief as Ino fainted on the ground.
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"Yami-kun we have to go out again sometime!" Shofu nestled her face into Yamato's arm as they walked down the street light lit road. Yamato looked from side to side nervously before finally looking down at Shofu.
"How about we go to the… uh… Suna festival together next week?" Yamato stuttered as they stopped in front of a sand-bench alongside a street light.
"Yami-kun, I would love to!" Shofu gave her sinister bartender smile before placing a delicate kiss on Yamato's lips. Singing her good bye, Yamato watched his date, or should he say now girlfriend, skip home.
"What the fuck did I just do?" Yamato yelled as he pulled at his short brown hair. He gave an exhausted sigh as he made his way back to Gaara's mansion.
Yamato walked into the large house to see all the Konoha shinobi, Temari, and Kankuro all gathered together in the living room. He was just sitting down next to a reading Kakashi when a dancing Lee pranced by. "What's with him?" Yamato whispered to his senpai, who lifted his lone eye to glance at his friend.
"I believe we're about to find out…"
Lee then jumped in front of the lightly chattering group of shinobi. "My youthful comrades, I have an announcement!" Everyone paused to stare at Lee. "I, the youthful Green Beast of the Hidden Leaf, h as gotten a girlfriend!" Neji, who had been drinking a glass of water with ice cubes, stared chocking as a cube drifted down his wind pipe due to sudden shock. Sakura, dropping her clip board full of charts, rushed over quickly to give the poor Hyuga CPR.
"What's the woman's name?" Tenten squeaked in excitement.
"Is it even a woman at all?" Neji gasped finally only to be punched in the lungs by the pink haired medic.
Lee's ego went down a little. "She is indeed a woman, Neji-san. And this woman I adore so much, name is Sairento! She just so happens to be the exact opposite of Sakura-chan! She has short green lime green hair, much like Sakura-chan's eyes. And these bright, youthful pink eyes, much like Sakura-chan's hair! Although her attitude is much like Sai-san's back when we were Chunin." Lee finished excitedly.
"Hey I believe we saw her today at the import warehouse, ne Tenten?" Temari pondered.
"Yeah! Now that you mention it, I totally remember her!" Tenten chirped, raising a brow.
"There was also this new nurse at the hospital today, she had long purple hair, it nearly touched the floor, and these bright blue eyes, much like Ino's. Very rare for someone with purple hair and not have a blood trait." Sakura said matter of factly.
That's when the 5th Kazekage came through the open doorway and calmly said, "There are intruders within this village…"
Short Chapter again! Don't worry they'll be longer after this one. Wow boy am I tired! It's been a while since I updated this story though. I hope you love it! My plan for this spring break is to update ALL my stories! XD But you know what would put gas in my gas tank? Some reviews/comments! P.s: I'm thinking about making up a nickname for my fans XD I was thinking of Fans of the Sand! XD lol yeah, that was pretty lame…