Chapter 8

Timeskip Three Days later

Konohagakure no sato

The three-man squad from Suna came up to the gates of the village after three days of travelling and walked to the village hidden in the leaves. They saw Tsunade there standing with a team of ANBU behind her waiting for them. They stopped in front of them as Tsunade smiled at the three who gazed at her neutrally.

"Welcome Kazekage-dono it has been a while. I hope the trip was peaceful?" she asked and he nodded.

"It was fine Hokage-dono and indeed it has been a long time." He said and she nodded as they walked towards the Hokage Tower and watched the villagers go about as it was still early in the morning.

"Well would you like to rest at the Leaf Dragon for today and start the talks tomorrow Kazekage-dono?" asked Tsunade politely and he shook his head.

"No we are well rested from the previous night and the whole day is free. Plus, I want to get back to the village as soon as I could." He said and Tsunade was confused as to the hurry and saw Temari too wanted to return if what her face told her was anything to go by.

"Plus I know that idiot will do something reckless in my place. He is a trouble magnet after all and the more time he has the more paperwork I'll get for fixing his troubles." He thought and sighed but smiled thinking of his brother in all but blood.

"So Temari you must want to meet your friends after all this time. I remember you making a lot of them when you acted as our liaison for the first year." She said with a smile and Temari showed no signs of happiness.

"No, not really." She said and now Tsunade was getting a bit confused at the tense environment building up and decided to make the rest of the trip in silence.

Hokage Tower

Hokage Office

They walked into the Hokage office as Gaara and Temari took a seat in front of Tsunade and Kankuro stood at their backs on the ready for any attacks. Tsunade saw it and smiled at his professionalism even amongst allies. Suddenly the door to the office opened and in walked the people she wanted the last to be seen and cursed them to hell but offered them a seat beside her as the esteemed elders of the council sat beside her. Koharu gave them a grandmotherly smile as they remained neutral.

"Welcome Kazekage-dono I was thinking that we might discuss some of the finer points of our alliance before we go to the council chambers so we can save some precious time." She said and Gaara nodded not seeing any harm and knew the huge council of the leaf wasted a lot of time in discussions.

"Kazekage-dono first I must say the leaf really appraises your new found quality of sealing equipment and the new and strong way that you hold the village so strongly in front of the world under your reign. For a newly appointed Kazekage and one such young as you it truly is impressive." Said Homura and Temari and Gaara saw where this was going and he decided to entertain them a bit.

"Yes well I found a new found prodigy that Temari one day brought in and he joined our village since he had training in the shinobi arts but wasn't allied to any village so I let him join. He already possessed the skills of a chunin and quickly went up the ranks gaining a lot of respect and influence in the village. He is my most trusted shinobi and I can safely say in a battle he would best even me and is a dear friend of mine and very close to my family. He is a true prodigy in the art of sealing and has provided us with various new seals and modified our existing ones to beyond the skills of perfection. As of this moment as I speak I have named him my temporary replacement until I return to the village with the complete backing of the Suna council." He said and all of their eyes widened at finding such a diamond being found roaming around and then becoming such a strong shinobi to the point of him trusting the boy so much that he made him the temporary Kage in his stead. The boy must have undying loyalty as well as a true prodigy they mused.

"Who is this shinobi you speak so highly of Kazekage-dono? He must be something special to do so much for the village in such little time." asked Danzo a bit too curiously making his eyes narrow at the crippled coot.

"Oh he's something alright." Thought Temari with a blush as she traced the ring on her finger happily. Tsunade caught her blush and her eyebrows rose in surprise.

"Well well, looks like the Desert Princess has a crush on this mysterious shinobi. That certainly would make the talks… interesting." She thought with a smirk and turned to Gaara as they waited for his answer.

"I don't see this as being important to the talks of the alliance, I guess we are getting off track." He said stoically making the elders scowl while Tsunade smirked at his skillful dodging of the questions knowing how much this boy intrigued those coots and how Gaara was taking her revenge on them. As Koharu was about to get some more information on him but Tsunade cut her off.

"You're right Kazekage-dono let's get on with the talks." She said with a smile making them all smile and the elders to scowl.

"Kazekage-dono our villages have been old comrades in arms and the invasion was just a ploy on our common enemies plot so we hold no grudges…" started Homura and Gaara nodded gratefully that his father's mistakes were forgotten and they were willing to move on. "… so we have found a really nice and old custom used for holding strong and stable alliances that has been with us for generations now." He finished and Gaara looked at him curiously motioning for them to go on.

"A political marriage." Danzo said as Gaara thought about it for a moment and Temari too knew that it had been done in the past several times to strengthen ties. Her father too had told her that one day she might have to go through with it but luckily she found her blonde haired idiot she thought fondly.

"Yes I can see the point in that though there must be people of great importance from both sides and I don't think that a girl from the leaf will be willing to settle down with me so I guess that I wasn't your choice." He asked and they all nodded at his assessment and he nodded back.

"Well then who did you have in mind?" he asked and the elders all nodded to Tsunade who sighed as she flared her chakra and an ANBU appeared with Sasuke coming behind him and stood behind them smiling smugly. Gaara raised an eyebrow to Tsunade who just gave him an apologetic glance and he was confused as to why he was called in the middle of such an important talk.

"I'm sorry but I thought we were having important political talks so why have you allowed him here?" he asked pointing to the Uchiha who had that arrogant smirk on his face.

"Well Kazekage-dono as I'm sure you already know this is Sasuke Uchiha, the most promising upcoming jounin we have and the last Uchiha of our village." Said Koharu with pride and he raised an eyebrow at Tsunade.

"He is your most promising upcoming jounin Hokage-dono?" he asked apprehensively and Sasuke's smirk died down a bit.

"Why is there something wrong with that?" he asked rudely and Gaara gave him a stern glare making him shiver from the bloodlust in his eyes as he turned to Tsunade and gave her a stern look.

"I would suggest you teach your most promising upcoming jounin the manners to talk to the Kazekage of the Sand and remind him, he may be the last Uchiha but I am the Kazekage and he must remember the ranks carefully." He said and she nodded apologetically and turned to the arrogant Uchiha with a glare.

"Sasuke Uchiha mind your place and do not forget who you are talking to. Do not speak unless you are spoken to. Am I clear?" she asked coldly and he nodded with a grunt and she turned back to Gaara.

"I apologize for his behaviour; I assure you he didn't mean anything by it." She said politely and Gaara nodded with a small smile.

"Looks like the standard of your village's elites have fallen Hokage-dono, to think he is your most promising jounin." He said and she said nothing knowing Sasuke wasn't the strongest and if her blonde Gaki was here he would have kicked his ass to Iwa and back, though let the thought slide as she didn't want to show her sadness of losing him to them.

"Why does your village have anyone better than me, an Uchiha and born elite at my age?" he asked smugly and Tsunade glared at him but Gaara answered before she could say anything.

"Actually yes Uchiha-san we do, our most promising jounin is stronger than I am and is so respected and looked up to in our village that he is currently acting as the Kazekage in the village in my stead until I return." He said and Sasuke ground his teeth at the humiliation he felt at being outdone while Temari and Kankuro smiled proudly.

"Really this young shinobi is so young Kazekage-dono?" asked Danzo trying to get some more information and just got a nod of confirmation making him scowl that he wasn't giving away anything else.

"So coming back to the talks Kazekage-dono we propose a marriage with Sasuke as the groom from our village seeing his talents and bloodline as well as the respect and influence he holds from our village. Plus, he is the personal apprentice to our elite jounin Kakashi Hatake the copy ninja." Said Koharu and he raised an eyebrow at her.

"So I suppose we are supposed to send a bride I guess since he wants to rebuild his clan if I know him right, unless…" he let the thought hanging as Tsunade and Temari giggled while Kankuro coughed from behind though it sounded more like laughter. Sasuke clenched his fists and fumed and seethed on the inside at the insults he was getting.

"I'm not gay." He said in a low growl and Gaara nodded.

"Yes of course so I guess you have already have had a bride from our side in mind unless you want me to go through some files?" he asked and they smiled shaking their heads and Sasuke glanced at Temari who didn't spare him a glance making him scowl.

"No there I no need for that Kazekage-dono we have already thought of it and Sasuke too has agreed to the choice and likes her very much." Said Koharu and he nodded motioning for her to go on.

"We have decided for a marriage with a complete alliance between Sasuke Uchiha of the leaf and Temari no Sabaku of the Sand." She said as their eyes widened and Gaara was shocked at their choice while Temari clutched her fists in anger and barely controlled slapping the Uchiha to take his dirty glance of her that he was giving her making her growl.

"She is directly related to you as well as the Yondaime Kazekage and is one of your top kunoichi. Both have high standings in our villages and will help solidify a great alliance…" she was cut off as Gaara raised his hand.

"I'm afraid that won't be possible so I suggest you think of something else." He said stoically as Temari didn't say anything from the anger she felt at their disgusting proposal for an alliance.

"What but how could you refuse such a great proposal Kazekage-dono? We have offered the hand of such a great shinobi and the last of our noble clans. And he too wants a strong kunoichi like her in marriage then what's the problem?" cried Homura in disbelief at the direct rejection and Temari spoke up in a low voice.

"It's because I'm already engaged." She said and their eyes widened as she showed them the ring and turned to Gaara who nodded though Tsunade narrowed her eyes at the peculiar design of the ring though said nothing as she recognized the design.

"Surely it could be reconsidered I mean it's only an engagement and for the good of the village's relations it could be broken off. I mean Sasuke is an eligible candidate too you know." Said Koharu and she ground her teeth at their proposal and Tsunade too was growing irritated at their hunger for power now. Gaara was a waiting volcano about to erupt as he spoke calmly bottling up his emotions and the bloodlust he felt at the Uchiha eyeing his sister hungrily.

"Give me a day to consider it and let us talk about it, we shall continue this tomorrow. I am tired now and will take the council meeting tomorrow." He said trying to end the meeting before he blew up and went Shukaku on the village and they nodded with smiles plastered on their faces. There was no way he could refuse the precious Uchiha in marriage they thought.

"Yes of course take all the time you need Kazekage-dono we shall continue this tomorrow." Said Tsunade and he nodded as he and Temari got up and walked out of the office. They walked through the village in silence and reached the hotel. As soon as the door to the room behind them closed Temari swung her fan at Gaara as his automatic sand defence stopped her attack and he turned around seeing her furious face.

"You think I'll break of my engagement with my Naru-kun to marry that bastard Uchiha. I'll beat you and that arrogant bastard to Suna and I can't even imagine what Naru-kun would do after he hears you are considering that disgusting plan." She hissed in anger and he clutched the fan with his sand and pulled it off her grip making her growl as he spoke up.

"I'm not considering anything. You will not be married to anyone but Uzumaki as long as I breathe." He spoke stoically and her anger died down as she looked at him surprised.

"Then why did you tell them you would consider it and not outright refuse them?" she asked in confusion and he sighed pinching the bridge of his nose. He had no idea how Naruto kept her so controlled while she was so impulsive without him and that was what made the proposal all the more stupid to him.

"Outright rejecting such a great proposal without even considering it sends a wrong message to them…" he said and she was about to retort as he cut her off. "And if I had stayed five more minutes with that bastard eyeing you like that there would have been only one Uchiha left alive in the elemental nations. And trust me he isn't loyal to the leaf right now." He said and she saw the bloodlust and killing intent at the way he said the last thought and smiled as her anger died down and she hugged her baby brother and he hugged her bad awkwardly still a bit uncomfortable with intimate contact.

"Thank you Gaara you are a good little brother." She said happily and he nodded with a smile as they sat on the bed and Kankuro spoke up.

"They are pretty interested in our blonde gaki." He said and Temari giggled as Gaara nodded with a smile.

"So what do you think he must be doing right now?" he asked and Temari smiled sadly as she missed his hugs and kisses already and wanted to hold him to her though Gaara smiled.

"I bet he must be having fun taking care of all the paperwork for me and cursing me for giving him the hat for a few days." He said as in Suna a certain sleeping blonde sneezed as he saw his shadow clones doing piles of paperwork that would have taken Gaara a week to do.

"Huh I guess hime must be missing me." He thought and went back to sleep. Gaara suddenly got the impulse to kill Uzumaki though he didn't get why and pushed the thought away.

"I bet he must be missing having his princess to kiss and lick." Said Kankuro teasingly and Temari blushed as she bonked his head making him yelp saying 'Pervert'. Though she did want to have a make out session with him and traced her ring finger fondly.

Meanwhile in a cave in River Country…

Nine figures stood atop the fingers of the statue of Gedo Mazo as two of them were real while seven of them were mere projections.

"Sasori what news have you got on the Sand?" asked a man with purple eyes and concentric rings in his eyes to a man with a hunched back and a mechanical tail.

"The sand has upgraded its defence really heavily and it has been pretty difficult to get in touch with my informant on the inside." He said and the man with the strange eyes narrowed his eyes at him as he continued. "Though he did manage to create a hole in the barrier a few days ago for a short while before it was repaired and I was able to get a little important information out of it." He said and all of them nodded waiting for him to continue.

"I was told that the Ichibi jinchuriki is gone to the leaf for a few days for talks with the Hokage on the alliance between them leaving the Kyuubi jinchuriki alone in the village." He said and the leader nodded.

"That is great news and will help in the capture of the Kyuubi jinchuriki now." He said and Kisame voiced his question.

"Hey wouldn't it be easier to capture the one tails now that he is alone?" asked Kisame impatiently as Itachi sighed at his impulsive partner.

"Kisame with him being outside the village he can battle without any restrictions and will be difficult to capture alive if he releases his bijuu. The Kyuubi jinchuriki is alone in the village without the Kazekage to back him up and we can provide plenty of distractions with the civilians allowing for an easy capture and then the Ichibi will be left alone making it easier to catch him in the future." He said and the shark man nodded.

"Yeah when you put it like that it makes sense Itachi-san." He said sheepishly and the leader sighed.

"That was very astute of you Itachi and you are correct in your assessment of the situation. Plus, extracting the Kyuubi will take a lot of time making him capture with the Ichibi and holding down the Ichibi for the time being difficult so we will take this chance." He said and they all nodded as he turned to Sasori.

"Sasori do you have an estimation of his skills?" he asked and Sasori nodded.

"I wasn't able to get much since I had little time and most of his files were kept classified but he is a jounin in the village. He had Wind and Water as his primary dual affinities that he showed mastery over to pass the jounin exams and has good taijutsu skills. His genjutsu skills weren't mentioned but it is safe to say he could only dispel them being a jinchuriki with high reserves." He said and the leader nodded as Itachi spoke up.

"Then it would be good if Deidara and Sasori went to capture him." He said and the leader looked at him curiously knowing his calculative instincts were always spot on. "Why is that Itachi why not you and Kisame?" he asked and Itachi looked at him stoically.

"Kisame uses Water jutsu making it difficult for him to fight in the desert and he has good taijutsu skills so it is safe to say he can hold out against his Samehada without using ninjutsu as he knows its specialty. I am a primary genjutsu user with good skills in other fields but am not a powerhouse that can provide enough distractions. Deidara with his explosion release can create nice distractions and can counter his Wind affinity with his blasts and his water jutsu too would be weak in the Desert so that isn't a problem with so less water sources to use. Both are long range fighters making his taijutsu skills useless and are the closest to the village at this moment of time. Plus, Sasori can keep a level head and attack as Deidara brings the distraction as we all know his elegant skills." He finished and everyone looked at him amazed at his perfect deductions.

"Excellently put Itachi your deductions are spot on. Deidara, Sasori travel to the Sand and retrieve the Kyuubi jinchuriki. We shall start with the weakest village and the strongest of the bijuu." He said and Sasori nodded.

"It shall be done." Said Sasori calmly.

"Yeah we'll bring him here alive hm." Said Deidara enthusiastically making the leader sigh at the idiot.

"Don't get overconfident he is a jinchuriki of the nine tails after all." Said the leader as Kisame laughed.

"Oh come on he wore an orange jumpsuit and only knew shadow clones when I last saw him. How tough could he have gotten in three years? I bet even Deidara alone can take him down with his stupid clay toys." He said as Deidara fumed.

"Hey don't disrespect my art hm. After all Art is an Explosion!" he shouted making a small blast in the cave making the leader sigh at their antics.

"Art is eternal not something that disappears in but a moment like my art." Said Sasori as Deidara was about to respond when the leader but in.

"Alright that's enough don't waste any more time go and retrieve the Kyuubi jinchuriki and we'll prepare for the extraction in the meantime." He said and they all nodded as seven figures vanished and Sasori and Deidara walked towards the Sand village leaving the cave behind them.

Next Morning

Konohagakure no sato

Leaf Dragon Hotel

Temari woke up with a yawn as she rubbed her eyes and clutched the pillow to her tightly missing her blonde haired pillow she left in Suna and wanted to go back and glomp him for all he was worth. She woke up and freshened up deciding to go for a walk in the village until she had to go for the negotiation talks at noon. She saw Kankuro and Gaara just waking up and was glad that her brother could now sleep since the last month. Naruto had put a demonic influence suppression seal over his weak three symbols seal and had effectively cut off all communications with the bijuu until he talked to it himself. She remembered the first night Kankuro had seen him asleep and had fainted from the terror he felt and how she had laughed so hard as she had 'forgotten' to tell him about the sealing.

"Morning Gaara, Kankuro." She said and they smiled and nodded with a yawn.

"Morning Temari, where are you going so early in the morning?" asked Gaara and she smiled.

"Well I couldn't sleep well so I decided to have a training session and have some breakfast outside before we went to the council. It would also help me vent out my frustrations a bit." She said and Gaara nodded seeing her point and was glad that his sister was such a determined kunoichi unlike those idiot fangirls the leaf had and called them shinobi.

"Be careful and flare your chakra if you have any troubles and I'll come to help alright. But I'm sure there will be ANBU there watching you so it should be fine." He said and she smiled and shook her head confusing him.

"You aren't fast enough than who I always have for help. He will come to me in a flash if I need him." She said softly and clutched her ring finger near her heart as Gaara and Kankuro narrowed their eyes at the ring after hearing the word 'flash' and saw the fine lines of seals that anyone would miss if not knowing what they were and their eyes widened as they understood what she meant and Gaara smirked.

"He is still in Suna and is still closer to you than anyone else. That idiot never ceases to amaze me." Gaara said shaking his head and Kankuro chuckled as Temari smiled fondly tracing her ring imagining her Naru-kun wrapping her up in his arms.

"Hey it's a surprise she hasn't called him already to be her pillow." He said Temari blushed and her eye twitched.

"Hey I am not that desperate or missing him that much!" she said indignantly as Gaara spoke up.

"That's why you are up so early and ready to go when in Suna you always get up late wanting to cuddle up to him instead of early morning training." He said monotonously making her blush a scarlet red as she stuttered out a 'No' and ran out in embarrassment slamming the door behind her as Gaara had an amused smile on his face while Kankuro chuckled whole heartedly.

"Now that's a fine way to start a morning." He said chuckling and Gaara nodded with a smile. He still had some problems sleeping as the silence in his head was strange but his bloodlust was now less than ever thanks to a rested mind and had better than ever control over his sand.

Temari walked through the village with a pretty pink blush on her face as she remembered the conversation from the morning and missed her blonde idiot more than ever. She walked through the village thinking of a place to eat when she remembered the place her love always used to talk to her about. The only place that let him eat peacefully even if he didn't have the money. She walked up to the Ramen stand and entered Ichiraku's as she saw they had just opened up.

"Umm is it open?" she asked and they looked at her surprised that someone came for ramen so early in the morning. Teuchi smiled at the girl and nodded.

"Yes we are always open in the morning it's an old habit that I have for my number one customer. Even if he isn't here I still wait for him and keep the stock ready. You never know when he may come in." he said smiling and Temari smiled at the two smiling faces and knew of only one idiot who could have ramen for breakfast.

"You really cared for Naruto huh?" she asked smiling and Ayame looked at her surprised.

"You knew him?" she asked and Temari nodded and she smiled. "Well ever since he left the business is increasing but it isn't really the same without him you know. I miss my little brother. He always used to come in the morning with his goofy grin and had ten bowls of ramen. I swear he is the only one who could have so many in the morning." She said with a giggle and Temari smiled at the fondly smiling family.

"You still wait for him?" she asked softly and Teuchi smiled as he boiled the noodles. "Those idiots in the village can believe all that they want that he is dead, but I can swear on my life he won't die before he comes to me and has his last order of fifty bowls of Naruto sized ramen." He said making her giggle that he had his own dish named there and ordered one Naruto sized bowl. She ate slowly listening to them talk so fondly about her fiancée and could see the genuine care they held for him. As she finished she put a huge tip making Ayame's eyes widen as she saw the money and tried to protest but she gave it with a smile.

"It's a thank you for all the years you helped Naruto when he didn't have the money." She said and Ayame took it hesitantly hearing this as a tear rolled down her eye remembering her little blonde goofball. As Temari turned to leave she left one message for the family.

"You know Suna has one really fond customer who doesn't have his taste of ramen in the village and his legendary tongue starves for it and talks about this place a lot. I bet he will love to see this stand in Suna and we are looking for good places for tourist civilians." She said offering them a place in Suna and they were about to refuse when she said something that made their hearts stop.

"He can eat ramen day and night and all he talks about is how he used to eat at Ichiraku's for free when he didn't have the money as a small child. Please consider my offer. I'll take care of everything to get you settled in the village and he would love the surprise." She said cryptically keeping a small scroll with her details to contact her in the village if they accepted and left as Ayame put her hands over her mouth and Teuchi's eyes widened in disbelief. There was only one child that they helped all through his childhood like that.

"Tou-san h-he's…" she whispered as tears streamed down her eyes and he hugged her.

"Yes Ayame I knew he was alright; those idiots don't have what it takes to take my boy down. I have made him strong with my legendary ramen skills." He said proudly with tears and Ayame giggled at his stupid answer.

"Looks like I will have to consider moving to Suna, that mysterious customer would make up for my sales by himself." He said smiling and Ayame nodded. She too despised the way his banishment was celebrated and if he really was in Suna then it might be a nice change of scenery.

"I always liked a little extreme climate." She said making Teuchi laugh as they cleaned the stand smiling brightly at the good news she left with.

Temari walked to the training grounds with a smile knowing it would be a great surprise for him if she took him on a date to Ichiraku's in Suna. She reached the training ground and swung her fan around getting a feel for it as she moved to the middle of the clearing and started going through her Tessenjutsu katas and looked like she was dancing in a deadly dance as scythes of cutting wind flew here and there scathing the training field. Naruto had helped her incorporate some free flowing moves which could be used in close combat to take away her handicap and increase her skill with the fan. She felt a foreign presence hiding in the trees as she suddenly flicked her fan open to three moons and swung it in a wide horizontal arc towards the place she felt the presence from.

"Wind Style : Wind Scythe Jutsu!" she shouted as many trees were cut through and Sasuke jumped up and into the clearing with an amused smile on his face as she flicked her fan behind her ready to go on the offensive and smirked.

"Is this how the Uchiha have fallen, stalking me while I am training?" she taunted and he frowned at her taunt and crossed his arms over his chest but then smirked.

"Yes, you are a true kunoichi someone I could trust as my wife unlike those fangirls and weak kunoichi that follow me around. Let's have lunch together and we could get to know each other better." He said in pride and she scoffed at his pathetic flirting. He couldn't even match her Naru-kun in words she mused, he would just say something that would make her heart warm and would make her want to kiss him immediately. All she felt now was disgust. She wanted to puke at the fact that at one point when she first saw him she thought he was good looking. But that too wasn't the case with how she had seen her fiancée and his perfect athletic build with lean and agile muscles. She blushed as she thought of his ripped body and the package that he was hiding underneath it all for her when they finally got together. Sasuke smirked seeing her blush thinking he was the reason for it.

"So I will make reservations for today at the best restaurant on leaf. I take it as a yes seeing your blush." He said slyly and she scrunched up her face in disgust as he broke her out of her thoughts.

"In your dreams Uchiha, I was thinking of my fiancée and how you could never match up to him. Me? blush thinking of you, what a riot?" she giggled making him furious.

"Hey don't mock me I'm an Uchiha, an elite. I'm way better than that nameless fiancée of yours." He said arrogantly and she laughed harder making him fume.

"Well Mr. Elite, the difference between you and him is so great that you couldn't even imagine it." She said as he was about to retort as she cut him off. "I'll give an example Mr. Elite." she said and he fumed at her elite mock but let her speak.

"I sensed you from 500 metres away when you were trying to hide your presence…" she said and he looked at her confused as to the point she was trying to make, wasn't it great that he could get so close to her without her sensing as she continued. "My love would get behind me and wrap his arms around me and kiss my neck to make me sense him and he could follow me behind all day long without me noticing or sensing him if he wants; not that he could resist holding me." She whispered the last part but he heard it loud and clear and ground his teeth as she made each point and he listened as every time she cut off his retort.

"And Mr. Elite as you are here stalking me he is acting as the Kazekage and is way stronger than Gaara, he himself admits it and you couldn't even beat my brother three years ago when he wasn't even a Kage and didn't have complete control over his sand." She said as he clutched his knuckles turning white as he remembered his defeat at the hands of Gaara and the power he held all those years ago with the dobe matching him. She finally decided to hit the final nail in the coffin.

"And as for your nameless comment, he himself belongs to the noblest and one of the most royal of the families in the elemental nations directly related to a Kage and I don't ever remember an Uchiha being the Hokage." She taunted and walked off leaving a seething Uchiha behind and knew he had no retort to her words if how strong she said he was and no Uchiha had really ever made Kage in history. A moment later he smirked as he gazed at the walking back of Temari and her curvaceous figure and licked his lips.

"Yes she doesn't even care who I am and stands up for herself as well as a skilled kunoichi. You'll be my wife I'll do everything I can to show you that I am the only one worthy enough and beat this fiancée of yours to the ground if that's what it takes. The final stage of the chunin exams are in Suna I guess I should attend them and have a chat with this mysterious shinobi." He thought walking off to talk to Shikamaru knowing the Nara was in charge for the chunin exams for the leaf and plotted ways to win her over.