Temari looked at the other girl and rolled her eyes. "Yeah, you are definitely Gaara. No sense of humour whatsoever. Where in the hell is Kankurou when you need him. He'd understand my pain."

At Gaara's reaction to Shikamaru, the blonde had to blink. "I guess it doesn't really matter for you personally. Since, well, I'm kinda some weird relative to you. But..." She bit her lip, suddenly unsure. "Are you saying that nothing ever happened between my counterpart and the Shikamaru where you're from?"