"I heard you've dumped Shikamaru and are seeing someone new." Kankuro teases in a singsong voice as Temari enters the council room.
Temari graces her brother with a glare as she folds her arms.
"The ninja ranks may be compromised." She announces with a steady voice.
Gaara presses his lips together.
"What did he say to you?"
"More of that gibberish. The last bit sounded more like a grunt that a proper word."
"That's not what I heard happened." Kankuro says.
"The point is. We know nothing of him any more than we do the Akatsuki. They were snooping about the slaver's old camp areas, most recently the cave where we bothered to rescue the little..." Temari hesitates as she takes a breath."..creep. He may be a ruse of theirs to reach our softest targets."
Gaara nods.
"Matsuri was the first he recognised.
Begin monitoring her movements immediately. I will make note of those he tries to approach in such a manner." Gaara glaces at Temari's departing back, then takes in a breath. "The meal looked delicious. You did enjoy yourself?"
Temari eyes dart his way, but she frowns in Kankuro's direction as the puppetmaster chortles behind his fist.
Sent via a stray supercharged nano particle of unobtainium....
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