"You're NOT going off to kill him, you know," said Kankuro from where he was fiddling with a small puppet.
"What's that?" asked Temari.
"You're clenching your fists, grimacing, and looking like you're getting ready to spatter someone's body across the landscape," said Kankuro, looking up from his work. "Considering your mission, that's a good way to fail before you've even started."
"Well, excuse me for not being some graceful flower," growled Temari, though she realized that it was probably accurate. She tried to force herself to relax a bit. "No, I meant what is that puppet?"
"Oh, I'm trying to work out something a little less obvious and deadly than I usually do," said Kankuro thoughtfully returning his attention to the puppet. "It's really quite a challenge. I decided to go with a spider puppet."
"Anyone seeing a spider bigger than your head is going to find that pretty alarming no matter if they recognize it as a puppet or not," pointed out Temari.
"This is just a prototype," said Kankuro defensively. "I'll eventually make a crow-puppet. This one is just for me to get the hang of extending chakra lines to a distance."
Temari shook her head, crossed to a mirror, then tried a few moves. She saw Gaara come in, but decided to try ignoring him. It was safer for one thing.
She tried thrusting out one hip, turning partially and directing a seductive look at the mirror.
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A glare sent at Kankuro caused him to rededicate his attention to his spider-puppet.
Temari tried again, trying to project sexiness and to be flirty.
"Is she constipated or something?" asked Gaara.
"She's trying to figure out how to seduce the Ninetailed Fox Carrier," said Kankuro helpfully.
"Oh," said Gaara, considering that. "Would it help if I threatened him with a Sand Coffin if he failed to take advantage of her?"
"Honestly, I think that might be..." Kankuro looked for a way to politely phrase this "...counter-productive."
"Do you mind?!" growled Temari.
Sand began slithering in through the window.
"Nevermind," said Temari, backing away from the window. "I've got to do this on my own, you know. It's my mission."
A minor ninja stuck his head in the doorway. "The seal just lit up. Uzumaki is on his way."
Temari let out a deep breath and decided on her approach to this assignment.
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