AN: Here's the next chappy guys... Read and Review please.

"What is up with you?" bright green eyes and bloody red hair, her companion was a man others would consider "hot". "This past month you've been sighing and staring off to space," he trailed off at the heated glare sent his way. "Don't look at me like that; you've been doing this a lot."

"Stop asking me that." She protested, cerulean orbs blazing. "Why is everyone asking me that?"

"They're worried," he explained. "As am I," he continued after the blonde woman sighed. "It's a guy isn't it?" he watched as the blush ran through her cheeks and across her nose.

"I-it's not," she said even as she refused to look at the man driving.

"I get it," he said. "You don't want to talk about it."

"There's nothing to talk about." She stared straight out the window and eyebrows rose when she noticed an unknown vehicle that was parked in front of her house.

"Do you have a visitor, Naru-chan?"

"I don't know Gaara," sarcasm dripped in her tone. "I mean I've been with you the whole day."

"I get it alright," he said as he parked next to the unknown car. "I'll walk you in."

"You really don't have to do that."

"I would really like to." He disembarked and went over to her side to assist her.

"Why?" she asked even as she took his hand. "My house is right there."

"I feel like it."

"More like you feel like seeing who's here."

"I don't dispute that." Gaara agreed even as he pulled her out and closed the door. They were quiet as they walked down the pathway to the front door.

"Here's the door, you can leave now."

"Not happening," he opened it ahead of her. "Beside I wanna see Kyuu and Dei."

"Really?" she was sceptical as she asked. "Deidara annoys you and you never talk to Kyuu."

"Just get inside Naru-chan and I'm gonna look for your blonde chibi."

"Fine," she huffed. "He's probably in his room."

"Alright," he said and they separated ways. Naru headed towards the kitchen while Gaara went straight to the second floor where the bedrooms were located.

"Kaa-chan, tou-chan," she called out.

"Is that you Naru?" she heard her mom answer.

"Hai kaa-chan," she replied as she entered the dining room.

"Obito and the others arrived today we picked them up at the airport." The red haired woman rose from her seat to embrace her eldest child.

"I should've been home earlier kaa-chan," Naru hugged her back. "I forgot you and tou-chan were leaving for Kiri today."

"We don't have to leave Naru," Kushina replied. "If you need us here, we can stay."

"No, you and tou-chan haven't had time to yourselves for a while," Naru was stern even when she was speaking to her own mother.

"But~"

"Kaa-chan, there's nothing to worry about. I promise you Deidara, Kyuubi and I will be fine."

"I know that, it's just that I worry."

"I know kaa-chan. Now why don't you and tou-chan go to bed?" she suggested. "You will have to get an early start to make up for lost time."

"Let me just clean this up while you take care of your guests."

"I'll take care of that kaa-chan, just go."

"Arigatou Naru-chan."

"Aishiteru kaa-chan," she pushed her mother towards the entrance of the dining room.

"Thank you for talking to your mother Naru." Her older, male version said as he approached her.

"It was no problem tou-chan."

"Take care of your siblings, alright?" Minato reminded her.

"Hai tou-chan," she said as he kissed her forehead.

"Good night and please try to keep it down because people are already asleep." Minato turned to the guests. "Obito," he stared at her daughter's brown haired best friend.

"Minato!" Obito screeched in protest. The group laughed at the expense of Obito as Naru's parents left the room.

"So what brings you guys here?" Naru turned her attention towards the people who had come to see her.

"I told you we'd come." Obito rose to wrap his arms around her and whisper, "I missed you Naru-chan."

"I missed you too Obito-kun."

"I feel a bit left out now." Rin pouted as she stared at the scene.

"Baby girl I'm leaving now," another voice intruded upon the scene. "I found Dei-chan but he was already asleep so I didn't wake him." Gaara entered the kitchen, eyes narrowing as he saw Obito with his arms wrapped around Naru.

"Gaara-kun, remember Obito-kun?" Naru asked as she broke away from the embrace to let them shake hands. "This is Rin his girlfriend," she directed him towards the only other female in the room. "And this is Itachi his cousin." She turned her attention towards the man whom she hadn't acknowledged the presence until now.

"Obito, how have you been?"

"I've been great."

"You finally moved on huh?"

"Can we please not talk about that?" Obito scratched the back of his head as a bright flush ran across his nose.

"Alright, you're the boss." Gaara said and then turned to the brown haired woman. "Nice to meet you Rin, I hope the idiot here doesn't break your heart otherwise we'll break his nose."

"Hey!"

"Charming aren't you?" Rin giggled at Gaara's antics.

"I try my best," Naru wondered slightly what had happened to open up Gaara's playful attitude. "Anyway, I think I should go." He turned his attention back towards the blonde woman completely ignoring the other man in the room. "Iruka will kill me if I'm not home by eleven."

"As if," Naru snorted. "He knows you're with me so he probably won't worry as much."

"Actually, he'll worry more about you than me but let's not keep the man waiting."

"If you say so."

"Walk me to the door?"

"Why?"

"What if I get assaulted on my way there?" Gaara smirked mockingly at her.

"Who would want to assault you?"

"You wound me Naru-chan," Obito and Rin simply watched the interaction, their eyes straying over to their other companion who was silently seething with jealousy at the banter. "Come on just walk me to the door, please?"

"Alright, fine, you're still stupid you know?"

"And yet you still love me," Gaara retorted as she took his hand. "Who's stupid now?" she pinched his side as they walked to the door. Unknown to the two they were accompanied by the others as they did.

"Bye Gaara-kun," Naru said as he embraced him. "Be careful on your way home."

"Good night Naru-chan," he kissed her forehead fully aware that they had an audience. She kissed his cheek in response before he left. The blonde stayed leaning on the door jamb until his car couldn't be seen anymore.

"Baby girl?" her best friend's mocking voice went through the haze of her thoughts.

"It's a nick name, like an endearment." Naru replied as she closed the door. "He picked it up when he went on vacation in America." She said as she turned towards them.

"You like him." The couple said simultaneously.

"I like who?" she asked even when she knew. She walked past them towards the kitchen.

"Gaara," they said as they followed.

"You think I like Gaara?"

"We know you like Gaara."

"What got you to that conclusion?"

"He kissed you and you kissed him back." They spoke simultaneously once more.

"Where exactly did he kiss me?"

"On the forehead?"

"Which means?"

"He loves you like a little sister."

"Exactly," she said. "Now what about sleeping arrangements?" she patted her hands on the towel after finishing the dishes. She sat down on one of the chairs watching her guests' reactions to her question.

"How many guest rooms do you have?"

"Only two," she said.

"Then we have a problem." Obito announced.

"What's the problem?"

"I can't share with Obito." Rin offered.

"And why not?" Naru asked. "You're together aren't you?"

"And that's exactly why," Obito said. "Let's move on. I'm not sharing with Itachi."

"Why not?"

"I just don't want to."

"Alright then so you and Rin will get the rooms, Itachi will stay with me."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes unless you have a problem with that Tachi-kun?" she batted her eyes at him, smiling softly at the long haired man.

"There's no problem," he smirked at her, those thin pink lips curving slightly upwards making her knees weak and would probably have let her fall had she been standing.

"Alright then," she turned away coughing slightly to keep her blush hidden from them. "Hey Rin, what are you planning to do?"

"I want to go shopping, will you come with me?"

"I don't really like to shop."

"Obito mentioned that once," Rin nodded sagely. "You know what?"

"What?"

"I think you're a guy."

"And I think you're a girl so I guess we're even." The men chuckled softly at the banter. "Tell me again why you don't sleep with Obito."

"S-s-s-s-shut up!" Obito screeched.

"It's a simple question." She shrugged.

"C-c-can we please stop talking about it?" Obito continued even as his best friend began laughing.

"That's just precious."

"I agree." The deep baritone of the man she'd been fantasizing about interrupted her laugh.

"Why don't you two sleep together?" she asked again. "You're together and yet you don't sleep together." She erupted into a fit of laughter once more sending the dark eyed, dark haired man into deep chuckles that reverberated through her.

"Naru?" the frightened voice of a young boy stopped her laughter. "What's going on?"

"Dei-chan I have some visitors." She rose from her seat to kneel in front of his younger brother. "What's wrong? It's past midnight."

"I had a nightmare."

"Hey it's alright," she pulled him into an embrace. "It was just a bad dream."

"B-b-but it was so real," he sobbed onto her shoulder.

"Hey, hey," she pushed him away to look him in the eyes. "It wasn't real okay?" he nodded, sniffling as he shook his head. "Tell you what, I'll get you to bed alright?"

"Nee-chan, don't leave me please?" his sobs resurfaced, light blue eyes watering as he stared up into identical ones.

"I'm here chibi," she embraced him tighter and rose from her kneeling position carrying him with her. "It will be alright."

"I'm guessing it's time for bed," Obito said as he too rose.

"You guys can find the rooms," she nodded at her best friend. "I'm taking him to bed."

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"I'm sorry it took so long, I'd only just gotten him to sleep." She said as she entered the guest room where her best friend was staying in. "He was really shaken up."

"It's no problem Naru-chan," Obito said as he patted the spot next to him on the bed. "You had to take care of him."

"How are things with you and Rin?" she asked as she laid her head on his shoulder.

"We're doing fine," he embraced her closer. "You know I think you'll make a great wife someday."

"Thank you," she said. "But why do you say that?"

"You can keep house, you're great with children and hot to boot!"

"Don't let Rin hear you say that, she might get jealous," he opened his mouth to interrupt but she continued without waiting for him to say anything. "And whatever you say, she will still get jealous."

"If you say so," he said. "Now why don't you grab a shower? We can find our way. Besides, the beds have already been made so we won't have any problems."

"Okay, I'll see you tomorrow alright?"

"Good night Naru-chan."

"Good night Obito-kun."

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"Have you seen Naru?" Itachi walked out of the bedroom he was supposed to be sharing with their host and found his cousin outside the bedroom assigned to him. "It's been an hour and she hasn't come to her room."

"Check Deidara's room," Obito instructed him. "She might still be there."

"Which way?"

"It's down the hall, the last door on the left."

"Thank you," his long dark hair swished behind him as he followed the directions. He silently noted that the door was ajar and pushed it open to see inside the room. It was a typical boy's room, a basket of toys at the end of the car-shaped bed, a door that could be assumed as the bathroom and a large closet across the bed. "Naru?" he whispered thinking that the girl sitting on the bed with her arm around her brother was still awake. Receiving no reply, he stepped into the room quietly and reached his hand out to touch her shoulder when he noticed the slow, rhythmic breathing of the blonde. Smiling softly at the scene, he took Naru into his arms from what looked like an uncomfortable position. He pulled the door close behind him as he stepped out. He walked towards her bedroom and found that his cousin was in the same boat, Obito was also carrying a sleeping Rin in his arms.

A silent message was conveyed as both men entered their designated rooms with their charges. Itachi laid the blonde girl, no woman, on her bed and sat silently on the pull-out as he waited for his cousin. Mere minutes later, the brown haired Uchiha entered the room and went straight for his best friend disregarding his cousin.

"What are you doing?" Itachi asked as he watched Obito walk around the room picking up things one might need for a sponge bath.

"I'm gonna give her a sponge bath."

"Why?"

"She's forgotten to take a shower because she was worried about her younger brother."

"Obito…"

"This is perfectly normal for us," short brown hair bounced atop his head as he emerged from the bathroom carrying a small bowl with a towel in it. He laid it on the bedside table and reached for his best friend's shirt. Itachi promptly turned around to give them privacy. "It's me Naru-chan," Obito whispered as the blonde woman grabbed his hand.

"What do you mean 'perfectly normal'?" Itachi asked as he tried to keep his focus on the wall across him.

"I haven't told you how we met, have I?"

"No."

"Well, let me finish what I'm doing and then I'll tell you." Obito had already finished the sponge bath and was looking for clothes for her to wear. "After that you'll see why this isn't really new for us." He chose a large white shirt and put it on the half naked body of Naru before reaching under it and unclipping her bra. The girl sighed gratefully as Obito took off the underwear from her.

"Arigatou Obito-kun," he placed a kiss on her forehead in response and she sighed once more before falling deeper into sleep.

"So how did you meet?" Itachi asked once his cousin sat beside him on the pull out.

"It's been almost three years since we first met, she'd been fifteen and I was sixteen. We had been going to the same school and we knew each other by the face but not personally."

"Why is that?"

"I ran with a different crowd," Obito answered. "Or so I thought, but it turned out I was wrong. Anyway, I was invited to a party by Suigetsu and like all teenage parties, there was alcohol."

"You were drunk?"

"Just don't kill me after I tell you."

She stared at her reflection wondering slightly what had made her come. She'd never cared for parties and had never been invited to any but this time she was. It was strange, to say the least. She'd always been good at holding her liquor but she knew when she had to stop. She'd risen from the table feigning sickness when all she really wanted to do was to sober up. She was pulled from her thoughts when she heard commotion outside the bathroom she was currently in and then she wasn't alone anymore.

He didn't know what they wanted but he was too drunk to protest so he simple followed. The images were blurry and the voices, he couldn't recognize and yet he let them lead him. It was some kind of room, he thought vaguely as he was pushed inside and then the door was slammed shut behind him. He blinked, trying to clear his vision when his gaze landed on the most beautiful thing he had ever seen.

She stood in front of the full body mirror attached to the wall watching the boy they had shoved inside the bathroom with her. "Obito huh?" she thought as his gaze landed on her reflection. She was fully aware that she was naked but she couldn't do anything about it anymore so she simply smiled at him.

Long blonde hair cascaded down her back like a golden waterfall, glimmering droplets of water sliding down the silky locks. It reached to her buttocks and he continued his gaze down to toned tanned legs. Onyx raised only to meet crystal blue and she smiled through the mirror. His eyes strayed to the soft mounds tipped with rose buds, down to the flat stomach and further south to the patch of blonde that covered her feminine core. His step was involuntary, even when his hand rose to caress that long neck he didn't know what he was doing. He pulled her flush against him, one hand straying to reach for her perky breasts the other wandering south to touch her most intimate place.

She could only smile at his actions knowing full well this wouldn't have happened in normal circumstances. She twisted in his hold and whispered, "It's not supposed to be this way." She could feel him react to her voice and yet she ignored it as he pushed him into the shower and twisted the knob before pulling the curtain closed.

"I said not to kill me when I told you!" Obito screeched in protest as he tried to pry his cousin's hand from his neck.

"No," Itachi said as he pulled back. "You said try not to, and I tried."

"I promise nothing happened."

"Feeling better?" she asked the brown haired guy as he stepped out of the showed shivering.

"Y-y-yeah," his lips quivered as he spoke and she threw him the towel she had already used on herself. She was already dressed in her bikini top and short shorts and he was slightly disappointed by that.

"You're Obito right?"

"That's me," he had gotten his body under control and answered.

"You're friends with Suigetsu and Juugo?"

"Yeah."

"They're still outside you know," only then did he notice the giggles and laughter that emanated from outside the door.

"I don't know what they were planning."

"It's one of the two," she said. "Either they want you to get laid or they're waiting for you to get your ass kicked by me." She grinned as he flinched away from her. "Don't worry I won't do anything."

"Any ideas on how we can get out of here?"

"I have one," she held her hand out to him and watched as he hesitated. She led him to the toilet and asked him to sit down on the closed cover. "I'm sure they're waiting for some action." She sat on his lap careful to keep away from his "man parts" as she laid both hands on his shoulder. Slowly and gently she began to knead the tense muscles earning her a loud moan from the guy underneath her.

"Are you sure this is going to work?" he whispered as she continued her ministrations. He was an Uchiha so of course, he'd gotten her plan almost immediately.

"We may not look like it but Suigetsu and I are friends," she told him as he laid both hands on her hips. "He is very protective of me, he and Juugo both are. Prank or not, they won't let this happen."

"I don't think it's working," he said as another moan tore from his lips. He groaned out Naru's name as she unknotted the tight muscles in his shoulders and listened as the laughing abruptly stopped.

"My turn," she whispered, cerulean shining mischievously at him. "O-bi-to," she moaned and he could feel himself react to her voice. She had closed her eyes and thrown her head back as she spoke a broken version of his name. "3-2-1," she whispered as she stayed in that position and suddenly the door burst open. She rose from his lap and laid a kiss on his forehead before skipping to the guys who had kicked the door down.

"What the hell?" bewildered eyes stared into the scene.

"Better luck next time Sui-chan," she kissed the blue haired man's cheek before bouncing out of the bathroom and into the house ignoring the audience they had gathered.

"What did you do?" glaring purple eyes clashed with calm onyx as Obito rose from his position.

"I didn't do anything," he followed the blonde's lead and went inside the house leaving the others gaping at his retreating back.

"That's all that happened?"

"I promise."

"Does Rin know?"

"Naru made me tell her."

"How did she react?"

"She wasn't happy but then I explained that there was nothing going on between me and Naru so she let it be."

"Hn."

"Why are you so jealous?"

"I'm not jealous."

"So care to tell me why you were glaring at Gaara and then tried to choke me just now?"

"I'm not jealous." Itachi repeated. "I don't get envious of anyone. There's no reason for me to be jealous."

"Naru is loved by so many people, especially guys like me and Gaara. But there's only one she loves and we all understand that so we settle for the next best thing. There will be a lot of people who will get angry if she gets hurt."

"Why are you telling me this?"

"I don't know if you've fallen in love with her after your first meeting but I sincerely hope she isn't just rebound for Kasumi."

"That's strange," Itachi commented. "I haven't thought of Kasumi in a while."

"It's Naru," Obito told him. "She has that effect on people. I know I don't need to warn you but don't hurt her because I will be the least of your problems when something happens to her." His cousin didn't wait for his reply instead he rose from the pull out and patted his shoulder before leaving him to simmer in his thoughts. He lay down on the bed, his long dark hair splaying behind his head as he did. His thoughts were swarmed with images of the blonde woman and he fell asleep dreaming of what was to come.

AN: It's longer than the other chapters because I love this pairing..

Anywho,

Tell me what you think ne?

Love lots,

Allie