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"Their coming!!!" The shout brought Naruto out of a deep slept and startled her enough that she tumbled out of bed. She was barely able to get her hands under her before her face smashed into the new red carpet that now graced her floor. Grumbling she picked herself up and dropped back onto the bed.

Looking around the room with lazy care she took note of how good it looked. The red walls were trimmed and accented with black, giving it an oriental flavor. Tsunade had given her a black lacquered night stand that had cute little foxes running around on it. Jiraiya had refinished the desk so that it matched the nightstands and they had even bought her a new bed that was a four poster with high black metal posts. The posts were draped with thin red netting that gave it a feminine air that Naruto really didn't mind compliments of Tsunade. Naruto had taken care of the rest by rummaging around the flee markets and pawn shops finding little things like the black metal dragon that took up one whole wall. She'd had to get Shika to borrow his dad's truck to get it home. There was also the lamp that she had found in a pawn shop that she had brought home and spent a day reworking the wiring and painting it black, and then she had found the lamp shade in a downtown flea market that was domed and red with a black tasseled fringe hanging down. Finally the whole room was finished and she was quite happy with the way everything had turned out.

She sighed before dressing in her normal black jeans but she pulled on a black button up blouse. She tied her hair up into pigtails with orange ribbons (her one concession to being a girl) and pulled on black commando boots that she had found in a rummage bin somewhere.

Today was the day before Easter Sunday and Tsunade had informed Naruto last night that Gaara's brother and sister along with another foster son and his friend were coming to stay for the weekend. It seemed that any holiday or school break the foster kids would return because they were part of the family.

A tapping on her door brought her out of her thoughts and she made her way through the fall of discarded clothing and books to the portal to find Tatsuo's excited face nearly bouncing in place as he grinned at her.

"They're coming today!" he shouted then ran off to inform someone else. Naruto blinked at the blur then looked up to meet obsidian eyes. She smiled at Sasuke but he walked by without even a good morning.

"Teme," she muttered as she closed her door again.

Sasuke smirked at the insult but didn't acknowledge the girl in any other way. They seemed to get along better if he just ignored her they way he ignored most of the female populace. He tucked his hand into his pockets and tried not to think about how her eyes sparkled when she looked at the younger two members of the household. He ignored the way her hair would curl up at the ends trying to defy even gravity itself. And most importantly he tried not to think about the way his body reacted to her mere presence in the house. Uchiha's were trained to ignore those things, weren't they?

He made his way down the stairs and to the kitchen where Kiba was lounging on one of the couches eating a toaster pastry with his dog, Akamaru, and watching some basketball game. He didn't even know that they had basketball on this early in the morning. He rolled his eyes and searched the cupboards for the bran muffins that he had seen there just yesterday.

"Kiba, did you see the bran muffins?" he asked when he came up empty.

"Oh, yeah, I gave them to Akamaru, he likes them," Kiba responded without looking up.

Sasuke nearly growled but refused to let an undignified sound to pass from his throat. He settled for wheat toast and a glass of orange juice. He munched on the toast while sitting at the island and reading the newspaper that had been discarded there by someone, probably Tsunade, because he knew that Jiraiya thought it was a bunch of useless crap about people being robbed, shot, etc.

Gaara showed up and settled onto a stool next to him with a bowl of Rice Krispies. Then Naruto walked in, or rather she was like a tornado that had decided to stick around for away to create as much destruction as possible. She poured a bowl of some overly sugared cereal, leaving the box open on the counter, and settled down on to the other couch. She greeted everyone but him with a sunny smile only to scowl at him which amused Kiba greatly.

Peace reigned in the kitchen for all of two second before a shouting match ensued as Naruto yelled at the TV because the referee had made a call against one of the teams. Then Kiba yelled at her that it was a fair call and they argued the logistics of it.

"Shut up, both of you," Gaara stated calmly giving them a withering look. They both subsided because Gaara could be terrifying when he wanted to be. Sasuke was the only one that he didn't seem to intimidate.

"I'm right," Naruto muttered.

Or not. Naruto glared at Gaara's back before turning back to watch the rest of the game with Kiba.

"So when are the guests arriving," Naruto asked.

"They should be here by ten," Kiba answered with a bored voice. "YEAH, did you see that?!" Someone must have scored a shot or whatever.

"Gaara, what are your brother and sister like?" She looked over at the redhead as he put his bowl in the sink.

"Konkuro is…"

"Konkuro is very protective of Gaara," Kiba said interrupting the guy, "and he likes to act tough and tries to manipulate things to go his way."

"I was talking to Gaara." She reached over and smacked him on the back of his head.

"Hey!"

Gaara smirked slightly. "Temari is honest."

Naruto's brow furrowed at the response confused then looked to Kiba to get a better description.

"Temari can be overbearing and isn't afraid to tell you what she thinks," Kiba said without looking up from the TV.

Sasuke watched as she frowned at the information.

"Who's the other guy that's coming?"

"Neji, he's like the scariest person on earth, I swear." Kiba seemed to since when he said the name.

"That's because you kissed his cousin and he beat the crap out of you," Sasuke murmured.

"Hey that was in third grade," Kiba defended. "And besides he was older but he still beat me up."

"Who's his cousin and if he has a cousin then that means that he had a family doesn't it?" Naruto looked even more confused.

"His cousin is Hinata and his family disowned his dad when he married Neji's mom so they don't really acknowledge his existence. The only one that talks to him is Hinata," Sasuke explained.

"Oh, that's horrible, knowing that you have a family out there and that they don't want you," she said looking down at her hands as she thought about it. "That's just not right!"

"You've already met Hinata on that shopping expedition with Tsunade but she's coming over for the picnic," Kiba said and perked up at the idea. He completely missed the killing look that Gaara was now shooting his way, but Naruto caught it and decided that she had better keep an eye on Kiba for the day, or Gaara was going to bury him in the sand.

"Better be careful or Neji will put you in the hospital," Sasuke warned, with a smirk at him.

Kiba deflated instantly and seemed to try and disappear into the cushions of the couch. Naruto laughed at the dog faced boy's look of complete horror causing Sasuke to stare at her for a minute. Gaara nudged him drawing his attention back to the present and he schooled his face into impassiveness before looking at the red head. Gaara's eyes seemed to warn him off, but Sasuke already knew that. He had made sure that Naruto disliked him in the extreme, only putting up with him while they were at home or training with Kakashi. Sasuke glared back at the silver green eyes before picking up his plate and glass and setting them into the sink.

"They're here!" A shout came from the front of the house. Akamaru jumped up at the shout and raced out of the kitchen with a deafening bark. Gaara got up with a sigh and left the kitchen, followed by Kiba. Naruto hung back watching them as they left.

Sasuke watched her for a second before coming to the surprising conclusion that she was nervous about meeting the others. She tucked a hand behind her head before taking a deep breath.

"They aren't going to eat you," Sasuke said.

"Shut up, Teme," she growled but it seemed to have done the job and she walked determinedly out of the kitchen to meet the rest of the family. Sasuke smirked before trailing after her.

Konkuro and Temari had come together. The whole trio was as different from each other as night and day. Konkuro's hair was a light brown and his clothing style was a purple t-shirt with blue jeans. He grinned readily at his little brother and hugged him before her growled at Rees and Tatsuo. He liked to think that he didn't like little kids but that only lasted about ten seconds before he was mauling them in a mock wrestling match. Temari was blond and wore her hair tied back into for short pony tails. Wearing a white summer dress that was dotted with purple spots along the hem, she watched her brother's antics with a roll of her eyes. She greeted Gaara with a long look from head to toe to make sure that he was being well taken care of before handing him two of her suitcases.

"Gaara," she greeted, "help me with these before the crow over there begins to rub off on you." She turned a glare to the man who was rolling around on the ground with two giggling boys.

"Don't be such a party pooper," Konkuro called out as Tatsuo wrapped his arms around his neck and pulled him back.

Sasuke stood with Naruto and shook his head over the scene. He was sure that she didn't know that he was standing right next to her otherwise he knew that she would have put some distance between them. Temari turned and caught sight of the two of them. She raised an eyebrow as she strode over to them.

"Who is this, Sasuke," she demanded as she handed him another suitcase.

"This is Uzumaki Naruto, she's the newest addition to the household," Sasuke introduced taking the suitcase. "Naruto this is Gaara's oldest sibling, Temari." He turned away but not before he saw Naruto's raised chin and indifferent expression. It was the same one that she had given them on her first day at the house.

Naruto looked at the older woman, studying her as openly as she was studying Naruto.

"Are you moving in?" Naruto asked seeing Gaara lifting the two cases and carrying them into the house out of the corner of her eye.

"You never know when you'll need something, so I always bring something for every occasion," Temari responded as they sized each other up.

Naruto wasn't going to be the first to drop her gaze, she was an Uzumaki and didn't back down to anyone. Temari must have seen something amusing because she smiled warmly at the girl in front of her. She held out a hand. Naruto blinked and took the offered palm.

"You'll do. Konkuro, get over here and greet the girl that Gaara wrote us about!"

Konkuro loped over to them with one boy hanging around his neck and the other hanging under his arm like a sack of potatoes. "Pleased to meet you, Naruto. Gaara has told us a lot about you," he said as he held out his other hand. He didn't seem to notice the two boys that were squealing in delight at being dragged about.

Naruto grinned at the open friendliness of the two people feeling at ease with the two at once. It was a rare feeling being almost new to her, and she wondered if it was because of Gaara. She had heard the love that he felt for them in his voice when she had asked about them, even thought the answers had been short.

She had begun to relax when the next member arrived, and then she tensed up again. She was always uneasy when she met new people. Most of the time they didn't know how to talk to her, but she was finding out some new things today so she wasn't as stressed about meeting Neji as she had been earlier. One of the things that she learned was that none of them had looked at her with pity shining in their eyes, so that eased some of her tenseness, and another one being that they accepted her as just another part of the family.

Jiraiya was there to meet Neji having gotten Temari and Konkuro settled in the garden with Tsunade. Rees and Tatsuo were equally excited about seeing Neji as they had been with Konkuro and they ran up to the car as soon as the engine turned off. They were shouting and yelling as a tall man emerged. He smiled warmly down at them but they didn't maul him the way they had Konkuro and Naruto soon realized why. He was reserved and quiet like Sasuke was but without the impassive mask. He had a black band wrapped around his forehead restraining his dark hair. His pale lilac eyes took in everything and drew their own conclusions.

He had brought a friend with him, Rock Lee, a boy about the same height as him but with a way more outgoing personality. The guy had his black hair fashioned into a bowl cut and wide bushy eyebrows. He wore a green polo shirt with kaki pants.

Jiraiya propelled Naruto towards the two and introduce her. She tried to smile but faltered when his eyes looked at her. He studied her as if seeing more than her outward appearance and it was completely disarming. She stood ridged as she waited for his inspection to be complete before responding.

"Are you done yet?"

He smiled at her then held out his hand, "Yes, and may I say that you're quite lovely."

Naruto felt a blush heat up her cheeks as she took his hand but he didn't shake it, he pulled it to his lips and kissed her knuckles. She blinked at him unable to think of a come back for his charm.

"Ah youth's gentle serenade," Lee exclaimed as he watched Neji work. Neji straightened and released her hand before glaring at Lee, a look that didn't seem to work on him because the guy held out a thumbs-up with a wide grin that seemed to sparkle.

Naruto wanted to laugh but repressed it not wanting to hurt the guy's feelings. She turned to find that Sasuke stood a couple of feet away scowling at her. She grimaced at him knowing that he was thinking that she had found a new mark to seduce. "Teme," she snarled silently before walking away from him.

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A/N thank you so much for reading Leave a review if you want to , Leave a review if you don't want to and Akamaru will not pee in your favorite pair of shoes! Hahaha...No, I'm sorry no citrusy goodness yet, but there will be next chapter and if you want it soon you know what to do!!!!! I'm so EVIL!

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