Kankurou had never been in command with Temari.

It was really irritating, it was annoying, it was preposterous, but it was only natural. Of course she's much more domineering than him- he couldn't change that- she was older, after all (and that giant fan of hers was only an addition, he thought), so he couldn't deny her.

Kankurou had never been in command with Gaara.

It was only out of sheer fear before, even though he didn't mind showing how grudging his respect was for his little brother. Even though Gaara was younger, Kankurou still couldn't change who's at the controls- he was a tad intimidating (and that Shukaku was only an extra, he convinced himself), so he couldn't contradict him.

Kankurou had never been in command with Baki.

It was out of the procedures he's been taught in Suna- one must not go against one's sensei, because that's just rude (of course, they looked up a fancy synonym of "rude" instead of using the actual word). He could never change the authority- Baki was his sensei (and his ridiculously huge talent at wind jutsus didn't have anything to do with it, he exclaimed), so he couldn't deny him.

Kankurou had always believed he was in command with Karasu.

It was unfair, really, because Kankurou was alive, and Karasu wasn't, but he'd ignore this fact when he's fixing Karasu's joints caringly. He could change it, he was the one controlling everything, after all, but he would never do such a thing. Poor Karasu was helpless (and the fact that Kankurou was the one pulling all the strings didn't mean anything, he agreed).

But then, after he thought about it, so was he, if he didn't have Karasu.

It seemed that he was never going to be in command, after all.