Kankuro opened the door to a young door sprawled all over his bed. Well half on half off and an arm carelessly flung over his face. The motionless guy had his other arm on top of the heavy black jacket covering his stomach. His shoes sat disconsolately on opposite ends of the room and his dirty blonde hair was a mess. He shook his head, he wasn't ever gonna get used to that sight. "Tem. Tem. Tema? Temari?"

No reaction.

"Yuki Subaku."

With a groan, Temari removed her arm to glare at the figure in the door way. She almost growled, "What?"

"What are you doing in my room?"

"Gaara's taking a bath in my room. Besides his singing still sucks."

Kankuro blinked, "He still sings in the shower?"

She nodded and flung her arm over her face again, "And twice as bad."

Kankuro winced. He flopped onto the bed next to her. "What you gonna do when we get into the school?"

There was a pause. "Huh?"

"Boarding school… Hello? You're gonna share a room with a guy and god forbid probably sleep in the same room too."

Temari granted and whacked her brother on the arm but it lacked energy. "I'll think of something."

They currently lived at the motel. Their apartment was on the second story of the motel, overlooking the road. Kankuro had snorted when he discovered the name of the place was creatively named "The Inn." Konoha High was only a street away much to Kankuro's smug satisfaction. Tsunade sensei was a regular customer and had taken to barging into their apartment demanding they play cards or get drunk. It's almost become normal to have her slamming into the room yelling, "Come Yuki! I've come to bed you!"

Temari treated her with a polite indifference. Well, as much polite indifference she could summon in the face of a drunken headmistress hanging over her shoulder almost every night. Kankuro counted this as part of Temari's lethargic attitude this week. They haven't been up to Konoha High yet. Besides this however, is the temperature was pretty cold here. The siblings were used to heat, but this chill was getting to them.

Temari blinked, "I'll think of something."

"You'll think of something." Kankuro repeated disbelievingly.

Her eyes narrowed, "I'll think of something."

Suddenly hooting came from outside, startling the two siblings from their little spat. Out of curiosity they came out of their room. A busted up old Chevy waited outside for them. Kankuro leaned on the railing and waved down at it. "Hey, Headmistress! It's too early for you to come bedding Yuki."

The brazen woman just laughed when Temari punched Kankuro on the arm, expression not changing an iota. "Hey boys! Since you three don't seem to know where Konoha High Boys is, I decided to give you a lift."

They knew exactly where the place was, they just didn't want to go. Temari looked at her watch, it was nearly eleven, "Isn't it a bit late for the Headmistress to be driving around?"

Kankuro gave a low whistle, "Shizune san is going to be mad."

She just gave a cheeky grin. "I know. Hey, where's the other one?"

Temari shrugged, "He's taking a shower."

Tsunade laughed up at them, "Should I go fetch him then?"

Gaara came out of the room next to Kankuro's drying his red hair with an off white towel. "No thanks."

She pouted at him teasingly, "I was going to offer to scrub your back."

Kankuro sniggered and Temari could feel her ears heat up. Really, that shameless woman.

"Come on, hop in. I'll take you guys on a tour of my magnificent school."

"I'm having doubts about that," grumbled Temari. She wasn't going near that school if Satan's hellcats tried to hound her there. Turning she grabbed Gaara's towel and stalked into her room. As she thought, Gaara had left a mess in there. Seriously how can taking a shower leave the bathroom in such a state? Bending she picked up a pink toothbrush. Her mother had brought her this one right before she committed suicide. The cap of the toothbrush was found lying abjectly in the bath tub. Temari slipped the teddy bear cap over the head of the toothbrush and dropped it into the cup by the sink. Sighing she turned to the rest of the mess.

Without a warning though. Tsunade and Kankuro stormed into the bathroom grabbing each of Yuki's arms, making her drop the towels she had just picked up.

"The fuck?"

The two people grinned toothily at her wide eyed expression. "C'mon Yuki, we're gonna be late for school."

"It's half way through school anyways!"

"Good thing your headmistress doesn't really mind now does she?"

Temari looked over her shoulder at Gaara. "Gaara, please help me get these hooligans off me."

He just shrugged at her, "I'm curious about the school."

Temari gave out a desperate howl, much to the amusement of her two captors.

"I hate you. You know that?"

Kankuro placed a hand over his heart in mock hurt. "Oh dear brother, you wound me."

"Spill. What did she offer you?"

Tsunade twitched and looked at Temari who sat in the passenger seat, "'She' is right here you know."

Kankuro shrugged. Gaara turned from the window and said matter-of-factly, "She said that if Kankuro persuaded you to come to Konoha High Boys for the remainder of the year, she'll take us to tour Konoha High Girls."

Kankuro bonked Gaara on the head, "Oy! Don't betray me."

Gaara turned his head ominously towards Kankuro. You just don't touch Gaara without immediate retribution. Kankuro visibly shivered under Gaara's intense stare. A moment later, dismissing Kankuro as meaningless, he turned to stare out the window again. Temari having missed the moment threw her shoe at Kankuro, "The fuck! That's my dang line!"

Tsunade sighed, "Boys."

They fell silent. It was times when she took that commanding air like that, that they remembered she was their Headmistress.

"Who wants to bet with me that the girls won't know we're coming?"

Temari snorted, and it was times like these that they wondered how the hell she became headmistress. Gaara didn't move, "I hear Konoha High Boys and Girls is the best in the area."

Both Temari and Kankuro turned to Gaara, "How'd you know about that?"

He returned the gazes blankly. "The internet."

Tsunade laughed, "Yeah. I head both schools so I know. It's rated one of the best schools around, and the hardest to get into. Best grades, best working conditions, lowest teacher to student ratio, best athletics, all the teachers are of the highest caliber… I'd have made my Grandfather proud."

Temari glanced at her questioningly, "Grandfather?"

"Yeah. My Grandfather founded the two schools."

"One question. How did we get into your school so easily?"

Tsunade grinned at Temari, "Well Yuki kun. I approved of you. All three of you."

"As easy as that?"

"I wish. The council gave me hell about it. But it's done. Ah here we are." Tsunade parked worse than Kankuro and looked up. "Oh shit."

Kankuro laughed outright. Temari grinned foolishly and even Gaara had a small smile. Standing at the steps of the huge school was an irate vice principle. Shizune san didn't seem too happy. "Tsunade sama!"

"Ah he he…" Cautiously Tsunade came out of the car.

"Don't 'Ah he he' me! The council have been waiting for HOURS!"

Tsunade grimaced, she raised a placating hand. "Better late than never right?"

"Where have you been? Gambling? Drinking?"

"Bedding." Tsunade answered without hesitation. Kankuro burst out laughing and Temari couldn't tell if it was from Tsunade's answer or the look of absolute horror on Shizune's face. Temari got out of the car with the rest of her siblings. Gaara was busy looking up. Following his gaze she noted a row of interested faces peering at them from the second floor. Tsunade noticing their audience growled at them. "Year Eight! Get your asses back inside. This isn't a show! Kakashi sensei, stop reading pornography and get back to teaching those midgets!"

The masked man sketched a bow and close an ostentatiously orange book. He said something and the boys disappeared. Kankuro shot a look at Temari, "Year eight, that's Gaara's grade."

"Hn."

"Alright Shizune, if you're finished your little tantrum, can we get along to where those old biddies are busy decaying?"

Shizune blushed bright red. "What about those three?"

Tsunade frowned in concentration, "Just throw them in the appropriate classes. It would do them good to know the people they will be joining next year."

"Hai, Tsunade sensei."

Temari shook her head, sometimes she could swear that Tsunade was bipolar.