Infected

Chapter 9 :Check up and Dinner

Temari barged into Gaara's office right as he returned from his mission; he'd just finished telling Kankuro about the attack and where to find the bodies he'd buried. His brother took one look at their big sister and bowed out of the room. Temari slammed her hand down on Gaara's desk glaring at him, she didn't say a word.

"C-can I help you?" Gaara tried the words they'd taught him to use when dealing with an angry or unsatisfied elder.

"Gaarrraaa!" Wind picked up in his office and papers flew off his desk, the next thing he knew his desk went flying towards the wall. I've really pissed her off. Temari charged forward, Gaara instinctively backup until his back was against the wall. His big sister slammed her hand on the wall blocking off any chance of escape.

"Little brother-," Temari's eyes were on fire.

L-little brother???

"Did you enjoy your outing with that woman while you left me here to deal with the council, the village and the current problems?" A dark shadow seemed to rise up behind his big sister.

Gaara didn't know how to response so he went with the truth, "Not really, I am pretty sure I scared her, people died and she cried a few times. I did find out what the virus is though."

Temari's mouth fell open, "She cried? What did you do to her? And what's the virus? So, she did know where it was coming from, I knew it."

"First off, I didn't do anything to make her cry... probably." I did pat her head does that count? "And second, the virus is...." Wait, if I tell her Temari will probably have Mizu kicked out of the village.

The door opened and Sakura entered; she paused her hand still on the handle.

"Sorry for interrupting," Sakura started to close the door as she smiled awkwardly.

"Wait it's not what you think!" Temari shouted releasing Gaara from the wall.

Sakura stopped, "Oh?"

"Actually, I need to talk to you about something," Gaara interjected.

Sakura walked into the room and handed Temari some paperwork, "What about?"

Gaara hesitated and glanced at his older sister who seemed confused but Sakura smiled knowingly.

"Why don't we go to my office, I have some things to discuss with you too," Sakura gave him a much-needed escape.

Gaara didn't even give Temari time to stop him; he walked out with Sakura trailing behind him. They went to Sakura's lab and he let out a small sigh.

"I bet siblings can be hard to handle sometimes," Sakura remarked.

Gaara just nodded.

"So, what did you need to discuss Lord Kakekage."

"Actually, I've been having weird heart troubles lately."

Sakura's eyes widened, "You're kind of young to be having those kinds of problems, maybe you've been working too hard? What do the pains feel like?"

"Maybe I have and it's not really pain. It's more like my heart speeds up and starts pounding outside of battle."

Sakura paused, and she smiled her eyes lighting up, she tucked her hand under her chin, "Oh, and when do these... irregularities typically occur?"