Temari (Naruto)
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Temari (テマリ) is a fictional character in the anime and manga series Naruto.
A "Temari" is a traditional ball of wound thread that kids use to bounce and dribble. They can be highly elaborate, and some consider weaving them to be an art form.
Background
Temari is the oldest child and only daughter of the Fourth Kazekage, as well as being teammate and older sister to Gaara and Kankuro. She carries a giant iron fan on her back, which she uses as a powerful ninja tool. She specializes in long-range combat, and has demonstrated herself to be fairly intelligent and a keen analyst, almost of the same caliber as Shikamaru Nara.
Temari is generally caring, if crude, toward her siblings and cohorts, but has a tendency to be quite cruel to her opponents in battle. She is more demonstrative with her feelings than Kankuro when dealing with Gaara, and is somewhat less afraid of him. Shikamaru, after witnessing her fighting style secondhand, stated that she is more terrifying than his own mother.
Temari fights using her giant iron fan that appears to be based on Princess Iron Fan from Journey to the West. Inscribed on the fan are three purple circles spaced equally across its length, which she calls "moons" ("stars" in the original Japanese). As she opens the fan to reveal each moon in sequence, its power increases greatly. She usually starts fighting with it closed, and then reveals each moon one by one until the third is shown. Once this occurs, she will finish her opponent using her main jutsu, Cutting Whirlwind Technique.
Temari mainly uses her fan to create a large wind gust to cut her opponents apart or force them back. She can also create whirlwinds and tornadoes. She also uses it as a powerful thrusting weapon or as a makeshift club, and has knocked her opponents unconscious simply by slamming the fan into their bodies, as in her fight against Shikamaru Nara. She can also glide on the fan, though this is only used to show off or intimidate her opponents, not as a practical mode of transportation.
Temari’s favorite foods are roasted chestnuts and vegetable soup; her least favorite foods are squid and octopus. Botany is her hobby and her favorite phrase is "Sharpen your kama at sunset." Her most desired opponent is Shikamaru Nara.
Part I
Chunin Exam arc
During the Chunin Exam, Temari doesn't show off her abilities until paired against Tenten in the preliminaries of the third stage. During their match, Tenten throws wave after wave of weapons against Temari, only to have Temari mockingly blow them away, all the while explaining when the match will end. Sure enough, the match ends exactly when she said it would. After using her fan to trap Tenten in a vortex of slicing wind, she finished the match by making Tenten land on her fan. After she was declared the winner, she attempted to toss Tenten into the pile of weapons she had created earlier. Luckily, Rock Lee jumps in to save her. Rock Lee attempts to kick her after an insult, but she blocks the kick with her fan.
During the third stage of the exam, she was paired to fight Shikamaru Nara. While both are keen analysts and tacticians, Shikamaru was simply better at it, and eventually managed to trap her in his Shadow Imitation Technique. However, Shikamaru claimed he had wasted too much chakra in his attempt to capture her in his shadow, and forfeited a match he really wanted little to do with in the first place.
After the Chunin Exam was interrupted by the assault on Konoha, Temari and Kankuro attempted to get Gaara to safety so he could heal from the wounds he sustained in his match with Sasuke Uchiha. Sasuke pursued them, and she elected to buy Gaara and Kankuro time to escape by fighting Sasuke by herself. Her efforts, however, only managed to buy a short amount of time. Even though he was holding back during the fight, Sasuke defeated her with a clever combination of Body Replacement Technique and exploding tags. She later observes the fight between the transformed Gaara and Naruto Uzumaki, clearly surprised by the fact that anyone could take Gaara on in this form. Naruto's summoning of Gamabunta is also clearly surprising, as she thought she was the only Genin capable of summoning creatures at the time.
Sasuke Retrieval arc
When the situation looked hopeless for Shikamaru in his fight against Tayuya during the failed mission to retrieve the renegade Sasuke Uchiha, Temari came to his rescue. Her fan was able to reflect the sound waves right back to their caster, as well as damage Tayuya's flute in the process. As Tayuya attempted to hide in the tree cover, Temari asked Shikamaru for a quick explanation of Tayuya's abilities. Shikamaru explained them, and recommended that they retreat. Temari then reminded him that she just asked for a description, not his opinion of the situation. Using her Summoning: Quick Beheading Dance to summon Kamatari (a Kamaitachi or "Sickle Weasel"), she had Kamatari cut down a massive, circular section of the forest, simultaneously defeating Tayuya's strategy to hide and attack from a distance and killing her with falling debris. After the display, Shikamaru thinks to himself that Temari is actually more frightening than his own mother.
Part II
During Naruto's two-and-a-half year absence, Temari has advanced to the level of Jonin. She is now acting as a liaison between Sunagakure and Konohagakure as they prepare for the new round of Chunin examinations.
Upon hearing that Gaara had been kidnapped, she joins Team Kakashi and rushes back to Sunagakure. During this time, Naruto reveals that he has the Kyubi sealed within him. Like Gaara, Naruto was perceived as a monster since his birth. Naruto complains about how Gaara always has to be alone. After hearing this, Temari seems to feel guilty and thanks Naruto in her thoughts. Upon reaching Sunagakure, Temari learns that Kankuro had been poisoned by Sasori as well. Sakura arrives in time and is able to heal him. As a result, Temari plans to join Team Kakashi in fighting Akatsuki; however, Chiyo goes in her place, and Temari is left to see to the defense of Sunagakure instead. Later, Temari and a recovered Kankuro catch up to Naruto just as Chiyo performs her life-giving jutsu on Gaara, with the help of Naruto's chakra and she love no peson but israel rocker she will marry him and her name will be tamri rocker she love hi so much she would dump dorell cordier jr for him. Template:Endspoiler
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