Wow, sorry I did not mean to take this long updating. You see I had just started on a new story and I was having a block on where I wanted to go with what I had. However, I did find my inspiration again and I don't think I'll take that long on the next chapter. I don't own anything Naruto just in case you thought that had changed...because it hasn't.

Chapter 10- Want to Play Five?

The first thing Nanami did when she got home was jump in the shower. She was slightly embarrassed that she had talked to Kiba when she probably smelled awful. She really wasn't in a big hurry and enjoyed letting the warm water spray over her. Finally, feeling much better she stepped out into the steamed bathroom. Having failed to grab another set of clothes, she wrapped a towel around her and walked out into the hallway. She heard the unmistakable crash of the front door and heavy footsteps pounding on the stairs.

"Hey Nanami!" Naruto greeted as he ran past. "Why are you naked?"

Nanami blushed knowing for sure that she was all covered up. That's when she heard a second set of footsteps headed her way. She shot Naruto a dirty look and ran into her bedroom, shutting the door before Jiraiya could get a peep.

"Did I hear something about Nanami being naked?" Jiraiya's voice came from the other side of the door.

"None of your business you Pervy Sage!" Naruto roared.

"I told you not to call me that!" Jiraiya countered.

She heard a few grunts and knew that the fight had become physical. Nanami shook her head not sure if she would ever become accustomed to those two. Instead of putting what she wore that day back on, she grabbed a pair of sweats. She drew her long wet hair back into a ponytail and got on her computer.

She had been hit with an idea in the shower that maybe she could try to Google Gaara and see what she came up with. She didn't know why she was taking this bet to such an extreme level other than the fact that it had become an issue of pride. She felt stupid for letting Gaara get the upper hand on her by using his sister. Her competitiveness and curiosity was eating away at her.

Surprisingly enough, she actually got a few hits and even more surprising none of them were facebook pages. The first one was an old roster for the Suna High basketball team. She clicked on it and was amazed to see that it really was Gaara, only he seemed different. His eyes looked cold and there was no hint of a smile or even a smirk across his face. She noticed that this was only a couple of years old.

She backed out of the page and tried the next site. This was a newspaper article. She glimpsed through the story until she found Gaara's name.

'Local high school basketball player, Gaara Subaku, was suspended from the team for fighting. The Konoha player, Rock Lee, who was attacked, will be released from the hospital later this week after an extensive knee surgery.'

Nanami felt herself gasp. That couldn't possibly be the same Gaara. However, she went back and looked at his picture and found herself more willing to believe. She didn't understand though. Why would Gaara do that? What happened afterwards? And how did this tie into him knowing Naruto?

She tried a couple more searches, but after two hours of looking she gave up. Someone had to know the truth besides Naruto and Gaara who was actually willing to talk about it. Stretching her sore and cramped muscles, she got up from her desk. She went down the stairs curious about what the other two had been doing without her.

"Hey Nanami, just in time." Jiraiya told her as he dished up three bowls on the kitchen table.

Nanami looked closer and saw that he had made ramen for dinner.

"Smells good. Did you cook it?" She asked.

"Of course. I did do the cooking before you came along." Jiraiya defended, slightly offended by her comment.

"Don't lie, Pervy Sage! Before Nanami we ate out almost every night!" Naruto pointed out.

"Shut your mouth, brat!" Jiraiya snapped at Naruto.

Nanami gave a small chuckle as they continued to argue. She went to pick up her bowl when she noticed the takeout sacks that were haphazardly strewn across the table with Ichraku's logo on it. She slowly shook her head at the two before sitting at the table. Finally, Naruto and Jiraiya had quit arguing enough to join her.

"So how was everybody's first day?" Jiraiya finally asked.

"Stupid." Naruto grumbled. "The only good thing about it is football at the end of the day."

"What about English?" Jiraiya asked casually.

Naruto shot him a look. "That may be the worst class of the day."

Jiraiya glared at him, and Nanami started to realize that she was out of the loop on something.

"Why what's wrong with English?" She asked Naruto.

"He's teaching it." Naruto whined pointing towards Jiraiya.

Nanami was about to bust up laughing, but one look from Jiraiya and she managed to stifle it. However, she couldn't keep the amused tone from her voice.

"Well, I would think that this would be a great opportunity for you Naruto. Jiraiya can finally teach you all that he knows about writing."

Naruto gave a disgusted look. Nanami couldn't hold it in any longer, she started laughing.

"Alright, alright. What about you?" Jiraiya asked Nanami going for the subject change.

Nanami wrinkled her nose. "You stuck me in art." She complained.

"You don't like art?" He asked.

"I can't draw." She amended.

"Oh come on! Everyone can draw." Naruto told her optimistically.

"I can't." She shot back.

"Alright besides that?" Jiraiya asked eager for her to continue.

"I guess everything else is fine. Tenten and I have a few classes together, and I think I have a shot at making the basketball team."

"Great!" Jiraiya congratulated her.

By this point Naruto had already finished three bowls, and Jiraiya and Nanami had just finished their first. Feeling full, Nanami got up to put her bowl in the sink when she remembered how full it was.

"That reminds me." She spoke out loud turning back to face Naruto and Jiraiya. "We need to talk."

"About?" Jiraiya asked nervously.

"About this mess you two call a house." Nanami snapped.

"What it looks fine to me." Naruto spoke up indicating the area around him.

Nanami looked around too noticing the trash piled up, the dirt covering the floor, and the papers lying around.

"Well I hate to burst your bubble, but it's not fine. In fact, your room is not fine. The living room is not fine, and I'm done doing all of the cleaning myself."

"Look Nanami, I realize that everything isn't exactly up to standard, but don't you think you're blowing this a little out of proportion?" Jiraiya questioned his arms raised up in surrender.

"No. I've only been here for a short amount of time, but in that time I've done all the dishes, most of the laundry, and all of the straightening up. I realize that before this must have been a regular habit for you two, but as long as I'm here you're going to take some responsibility. So Naruto you're on dishes, Jiraiya can clean the living room, and I'll straighten up this area. Tomorrow we can work on rooms." Nanami issued.

"Come on!" Naruto complained.

"We have to do this tonight?" Jiraiya whined as well.

Nanami shot them both her darkest glare. They instantly jumped into action. She was a little surprised that had worked as well as it did. She didn't think that they would believe that she was capable of doing anything to them. She shrugged her shoulders figuring that they must know somebody who did have the muscle to back up the look.

"Man, this sucks!" Naruto griped from the sink.

"Well if you would do this a little every day instead of waiting for the sink to get full, it wouldn't be as bad." Nanami pointed out.

"Can't you at least help?"

"Will you grow up? You're a big boy, you can do it yourself."

Naruto started mumbling to himself, and Nanami decided he needed something to distract him from his whining.

"How about we play Five while we're working?" She suggested.

Naruto tried to act nonchalant, but she could tell that he was pleased. Five was a game that she had made up so that they could get to know each other better. They were each allowed to ask five questions over anything. The person answering couldn't give any other comments but the answers while the asker could make whatever commentary they wanted. Sometimes it was a lot of fun, but other times it was extremely annoying.

"Alright, who goes first?" Naruto asked.

"You can go first this time." Nanami compromised.

"Okay, let's see…Oh I know! Did you ever wear braces?"

Nanami tried not to laugh since they decided last time that counted as a comment. "No, I lucked into perfectly straight teeth."

"Yeah, I didn't either, but I thought it would be funny to imagine you as a metal mouth."

Nanami held her tongue as she tried to come up with a good question. Obviously the one that she had on her mind she couldn't ask. So instead of asking about Gaara, she thought of the other person who asked her about Naruto today.

"How do you know the school counselor, Mr. Umino?"

"Iruka? He helped get into middle school." Naruto shrugged.

"Why wouldn't you get into middle school, and why do you call him by his first name?" She asked curious.

He smirked. "To answer questions two and three, I wasn't exactly the model student in elementary. I was kind of a punk, and Iruka came and talked to me. We bonded over the experience and he's become more like a friend to me."

Nanami groaned. She always had a tendency to do this. She would involuntarily ask more questions after Naruto answered one, using all five of hers before he had even gone halfway through his. Although, if she were being truthful she probably would have used those two next anyways.

"So my turn. Why don't you ever cut your hair?"

She was caught slightly off-guard on that one. "Oh, well because our mother's was this long and I guess I do it as a sort of legacy to her."

Naruto flinched like he did every time she mentioned their parents. "How do you know how long hers was?"

Nanami smirked. "Wait here and I will show you."

She quickly ran up the stairs and grabbed the picture off her bedside table. She realized that she should have shown this to Naruto a long time ago. As she came back down the stairs she was impressed to see that Jiraiya had finished his job and had done great. She flew around him back into the kitchen where she was even more impressed to see Naruto had finished. He was sitting at the table looking up at her eagerly.

Smiling she sat down next to him, putting the picture in his hand. She watched as he studied it. At first, she couldn't figure out what he was thinking. Then he gave a small sad smile rubbing his finger over the photo tenderly.

"You're right, you do have her hair." He finally told her, a small tear welling up in his eye.

Nanami hugged him feeling her own eyes water up.

"Can I have this?" He asked suddenly.

Nanami felt a small pang in her heart. This was her most prized possession. She didn't think that she could part with it that easily. However, one look at her brother's face and she knew that it would be in good hands.

"The answer to your fourth question…"

Naruto gave a small groan realizing that he did what she usually did and asked a bunch of questions over one subject.

"Is yes. Just as long as you give me long enough to frame it." She submitted.

Naruto's face brightened as he passed the picture back to her.

"Thank you Nanami."

Nanami smiled, happy to please her brother so much. He sat there for a few seconds before she could see that he was getting impatient. That's when she remembered that it was her turn to ask the question.

"Oh right. Okay, um, do you have a crush on anyone?" She asked slyly.

Naruto blushed. "Y-Yes, but you can't tell her!"

"Who is it?" She pestered.

"Sakura." He sighed.

"But doesn't she like Sasuke?" She continued.

However, he grinned mischievously. "I'm sorry but that was five. Which means I don't have to answer that last question and I still have one left."

Nanami sighed realizing her mistake. She could tell that he was planning something big with this last question. She stared at him annoyed ready for him to ask. He opened his mouth ready to speak when his phone went off. Grumbling, he dug the phone out of his pocket. Nanami could tell it was a text by the ringtone that went off, and she tried to keep herself from leaning over his shoulder to read it.

"Oh hey, it's from Kiba. He's asking everybody if they want to go to the movies Friday. I don't know do you want to go?" Naruto asked her looking up from his phone.

Nanami was a little surprised. Kiba had told her today that he had already asked everybody and was just waiting for some definite answers. Getting over the initial shock though, she grinned realizing her brother's mistake.

"Sure, he already invited me, but yes I'm going."

She got up headed back to her room. Naruto jumped up too trying to text while reaching out to stop her.

"Wait! Where are you going and when did he ask you?"

Nanami smiled back at her brother. "I'm sorry I've already answered your fifth question."

Naruto blinked surprised trying to think back on their conversation. Then he figured it out.

"Aww man! You've got to be kidding me! I had a good one too!"

"It'll have to wait until tomorrow, I'm tired now." She teased walking up to her room.

"Stupid Kiba!" Naruto grumbled before letting her go. "Why did he even have to ask tonight anyways?"

Nanami laughed as she entered her room. She had actually been wondering that herself. Did he lie to her or just now decide to ask Naruto? She was starting to get the sinking suspicion that Kiba had wanted it to be the two of them and made up the story on the spot. She blushed thinking about it. Did that mean he liked her? And more importantly did she like him like that? Nanami tried to clear her head of these thoughts. She had learned from experience that when you take a person's best friend and their sibling and tried to make it into a relationship, it always turns out bad for that person. She didn't want to have to put Naruto in that spot. However, it wasn't until her heart lurched that she became worried that her feelings towards Kiba were not what she made them out to be. Before she could consider it anymore, she pulled the covers up and fell into a dreamless sleep.

Okay so there wasn't a whole lot going on in this chapter, but I thought that it was important to show how Naruto and Nanami were getting along. By the way, just in case you didn't catch it, when Naruto and Jiraiya instantly jumped into action to clean- they were thinking of Tsunade. Thanks to everyone who's been keeping up and I'm really going to work hard to have the next chapter up a lot sooner.