Chapter 6

Temari woke to Kankuro poking her. She rolled over, glared at him & growled "what do to want". Kankuro laughed "you really got the hots for that looser?". Temari glanced at the clock & saw it was only 4 AM, she grabbed one of her pillows & hit Kankuro upside the head with it. "Go Away!" she yelled, he ran off laughing & slammed her door shut just as a pillow soared in his direction. Temari growled... Now she had to get up & get her pillow.

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Yoshino burst into Shikamaru's room, waking him. It was only 7AM, but she was as excited as the evening before. "Try this on, Shikamaru! I stayed up half the night sewing!" she threw a mass of black fabric on top of Shikamaru, who was still laying in bed. Yoshino ran over to his closet & began going threw his clothes until she found what she was looking for, a fishnet shirt. She tossed it on top of him. "Try it all on! I'll be back in a little while, to see how it looks!" and she hurried out of Shikamarus room... Probably to make his father try clothes on too.

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The sunlight streamed threw the window waking Temari. It had taken her almost an hour to fall back asleep after her brother so rudely awakening her early that morning. She wondered what in the world he had been talking about. Who was he accusing her of liking... She didn't even remember dreaming about anyone before he woke her... Oh well, it wasn't like him to keep quiet about anything, she was sure she would find out soon enough.

They had to leave in two days to make it to Konoha in time for the party. Kankuro had already left when Temari came down stairs. Gaara was sitting at the table, as if he was waiting for Temari to make him breakfast, which she did. "...he can't find a date" Gaara said. "hmm?" Temari gave him a questioning look. "Kankuro" he replied. "Oh... Did he even get a costume made?" she asked laughingly. Gaara shrugged his shoulders & poked at his food...

Just then Kankuro burst into the front door with his arms full of straw. His two siblings gave him a WTF look, but he just ran off to his room with his straw. Temari got up from the table to shut their front door, that Kankuro had over looked closing in his haste. She heard a clinking at the table behind her & when she turned around she saw Gaara food was being stolen by a stray cat that had followed Kankuro in. Gaara had backed off from the cat... He was allergic. Temari sighed & walked over to the table, picked up the cat & took it outside. She also took the piece of bacon it was munching on & gave to it once it was outside. She sat on there front step & petted the cat while it ate, kit was very friendly for a stray... It must have been someone's pet at some time. When she got up to go in, it tried to follow her. "I'm sorry, i wish i could keep you, but i can't...my brothers allergic and you would make him sick" she told the cat. It just meowed at her and sat down on the step. She went in to clean up breakfast & start getting everything ready for the trip.

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Shikamaru sat up & moved all the clothes from his lap. He yawned & stretched before getting out of bed. He took his pajamas off and began to try on his costume. He put the fishnet shirt on, black shorts, a black Hakama...with a tail attached to it?? He looked at the pants very confused, but put them on anyways, then a black hiyori. Just as he finished dressing, his mom burst it "oh! It looks great, as soon as i finish the last details it'll be just wonderful! Take it off now so i can finish it!" she all but sang. Shikamaru sighed "but i just got it on...troublesome". Yoshino ran off out of the room. Shikamaru changed out of his costume, into his regular clothes & took the costume to his mothers 'work room' (she had confiscated the dining rom untill she was finished with everyones costumes). She was sewing on a mass of white fibric that had pink patches & what looked like a tuff of cotton attached to it. He sat his costume down & wandered off.

The sewing chapters, lol XD

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