Sup guys? Lighting Wolf here, back with another story, this one about Naruto. Enjoy the 800-word chapter. I don't own Naruto, Masashi Kishimoto and a few others do.

It was known to the rest of the world that each of the world that the world was divided up into villages.

This was the case for Sand who had since been taken over by Gaara, the son of the last leader of the village.

This wasn't at the mind of Temari, his older sister who walked down the road. The war had put the entire village on edge, she walked down the street, cracking her back and brushing off her fan and clothing. A simple but constant problem from where she was.

"We're still rebuilding after the war and we still haven't finished." Temari said before she sighed and rubbed her eyes.

She was tired and exhausted, training and overseeing repairs wasn't easy, it didn't help that she was one of the village's lieutenants and tended to be her brother's right hand.

"Ms. Temari!" She heard and she turned to see a Chunin run up to her, she crossed her arms while the panting man rushed up to her.

"What is it?" Temari asked, she visually winced at the tone of her voice, she was stressed, not angry.

"Letter." The ninja said and walked away, Temari frowned and started to look at the letter.

"I don't even want to ask…" Temari said, she unfurled the package and then slowly looked through the scroll.

"I thought we just spoke… He has to be busy if he isn't getting me himself…" Temari muttered while she read through it. She saw the important parts.

Her brother needed her tomorrow for something important, she didn't know what, she sighed though. Her brother was being vague.

"We just finished a war and we're rebuilding… I don't know why we need to be this secretive… We don't have any assassins in the shadows… Nobody is stupid enough to try and kill Gaara…" Temari said while she put the scroll away and she walked away to go home. The scroll said tomorrow at noon, she'd be there tomorrow.

She looked around the city while she walked, there had been less damage then she thought to certain parts, but a recent ambush had left part of the city uninhabitable at the moment while it was repaired.

"Peace is fragile at the moment, no matter what, we just finished a massive war. I shouldn't be expecting people to be happy and full of life… Gaara is doing all he can at the moment to rebuild and keep people happy." Temari said, she didn't like war, it led to slaughter and death, but she knew it well… Any warrior did.

She also knew that there was more training for Ninjas at the moment, the war had left every village depleted and thus all villages were trying to replenish their ranks in any way they believed they were able to…

"We're still… Damn it…" Temari said before she looked at her fan and finally sighed, having a moment to rest before she went home.

"Why ask me for a mission, we still have a handful of Jounin and a dozen or so Chunin…" Temari said, she was a strong Kunoichi, but she wasn't the only one able to do a mission. She was just an army officer for sand because of her experience and skill.

"He should have his reasons, he always does, he wouldn't be doing this if he didn't need me… I just wish I knew why." Temari said, it wasn't her place to question orders, not one that came from her brother who was also in charge of the village.

She owed it to her clan to serve to the best of her ability, anything less and she wasn't a ninja of the sand, she opened the door and went inside, kicking off her shoes and laying into her bed. She rubbed her temples and got whatever little amount of sand that had clung to her at the moment.

The desert bred only the best warriors, you either learned to live and kill… Or you died and were claimed by the desert.

She didn't know what caused her brother to call her into action so shortly after the war. She wouldn't care if it was important, she was a warrior… She would answer the call to duty. She just didn't know what it was something that would change her.

Author Notes

Phew, first chapter done! Yes, I know it isn't perfect, first chapters aren't my thing. I want to point out this entire story is set in an AU so the events of the anime and manga didn't happen besides a few things. Next chapter will be on Wednesday or so and will show Temari talking to Gaara. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!