Author's Note: I own nothing except Reyna; even Kayha and Katara are creations of a friend. Everything you recognize is property of Masashi Kishimoto. Characters may continue to be slightly OOC

I also have to give credit to my friend, her alter ego is Kayha just like mine is Reyna, for the great ideas and the fun caffeine driven writing!

KAKASHI: Really? You just had to do it didn't you?

ME: What?

Kakakshi: You know what!

ME: Shush and let them read for themselves...I promise I get nicer to you later!

Kakashi: Fine...Enjoy Everyone!

SAND COFFIN

Gaara and Temari raced across the village back to his house and he flung himself through the door only to stop short at the decorations around him and the group standing in the living room. He turned a cool gaze to Temari who only shrugged and smiled.

"Happy Birthday, Gaara!" his friends shouted as they surrounded him.

"You guys all did this for me?" he asked, shocked.

"Of course we did; my little brother only deserves the best," Temari grinned as she draped an arm around his shoulders and Kankuro did the same on his other side before they walked him into the kitchen.

"We were smarter this time though," Kankuro laughed. "We made sure we had real food before we really got this party started!"

The others followed the three Sand Siblings and stopped when Gaara got a good look at the food laid out on the counter before him, "Who made all this?"

"I did!" Temari smiled proudly but caught the glare that Reyna sent her way. "Well, the cake I helped with but the rest was Reyna."

Gaara smiled a little at that and glanced over his shoulder to the Leaf Jounin, "Thanks, Reyna."

Reyna shrugged it off, "Well, grab a plate so we can eat before it gets cold!"

The rest of the group laughed and after Gaara had dished up his own meal, the rest of the group followed. Naruto took a seat at the table between Kakashi and Kankuro, but hadn't even hardly lifted his chopsticks to begin eating when Reyna kicked him out of his chair and took it for her own. The group shared a look at that, but nothing was said as everyone ate, talked and laughed. Kayha set a glass of sake in front of Gaara who looked up at her.

"Thanks, Kayha, but you know I don't drink this stuff."

"That's just because you're Kazekage. Drink it tonight, no one here is going to say anything about it. It's your birthday after all," Kayha insisted.

Kakashi smiled under his mask, "Exactly, even I'm having some tonight."

Gaara sighed and looked up even as he sipped at the drink Kayha had given him and noticed something stuck to his ceiling, "Um…what's on the ceiling?"

Temari and Reyna both looked up realizing instantly that they had missed a spot from when Temari's first cake batter had exploded and Reyna started to laugh as Temari cleared her throat, "Oh, nothing. Nothing at all, don't worry about it."

By the time they had all finished eating each member was beginning to feel the effects of the sake they had drank. Although no one could really tell yet if it was the sake or the vast amounts of chai she had drank earlier that was affecting Reyna. Even Temari had given up and had a few drinks by that point and suggested the group play Sand Monopoly. After a while of playing and drinking, chaos began to ensue.

"I really have to pee," Sakura exclaimed as she pushed herself to her feet from her spot on the floor.

"Thanks so much for sharing…I need more chips," Kankuro replied as Sakura disappeared and he headed for the kitchen.

"Kankuro! Bring more sake when you come back!" Kayha called after him.

"Where's my book?" Kakashi asked randomly.

"Mmm, ramen. I need ramen," Naruto informed the group before following Kankuro into the kitchen to make ramen, dancing as he went to the music they had put on earlier.

"Kayha, you don't need more sake," Gaara told Kayha who was sitting next to him; Matsuri on his other side.

"Yeah, I do actually. See? My glass is empty and so is yours," Kayha replied.

"No, you don't and neither do I."

"Seriously, where the hell is my book? Reyna did you take it again?" Kakashi turned on Reyna who was on his left side.

"Kankuro, Kayha doesn't need any more sake, but it looks like Matsuri does!" Gaara called out to his brother.

"Oh, now I see, Gaara. Matsuri is your other girlfriend. Well, I'm telling you right now that I don't play like that. Whose clothes are you really going to try to get off tonight? Mine or hers?" Kayha asked before heading to the kitchen to see why Kankuro hadn't brought her more sake yet.

"Whose turn is it anyway?" Temari asked breaking the awkward silence that had settled with Kayha's question.

"Reyna, don't ignore me. Where the hell is my book?" Kakashi asked again.

Kakashi checked underneath his leg and found his book, "Yay! I found you book, I missed you." He muttered as he hugged his book to his chest.

Reyna shook her head and turned to glance over at Temari, "Do you ever feel like you come in second to inanimate objects?"

"Why do you think I don't have a boyfriend?"

Meanwhile in the kitchen Kankuro was sitting at the table inhaling a bowl of chips while Naruto was cooking ramen. He was getting impatient with the ramen since it was taking so long to cook.

"Why is this stove not faster? I want my ramen, I neeed my ramen," he pouted, watching the pot on the stove.

"Naruto, you're so funny," Kayha intoned from behind him, giggling. "It's just ramen."

"You don't understand. I. Need. My. Ramen. Hurry and cook ramen so I can eat you."

Kayha and Kankuro looked at one another and then back at Naruto. Kayha was about to say something to that when a slow song started that she loved. Without a word, she grabbed Naruto by the hand and drug him back towards the living room.

"Kayha, what are you doing?" Naruto exclaimed.

"I like this song and you're going to dance with me. You are my dance partner after all," Kayha responded continuing to drag him away from the stove.

"But…But my ramen. My beautiful ramen." Naruto said as reached for his ramen though it continued to get further and further from his grasp.

"Naruto shush about your ramen. It will be done after this song. So shut up and come and dance."

While Naruto and Kayha danced, Gaara's attention started out listening to Matsuri telling him about her latest mission. That lasted until he spotted Kayha and Naruto dancing and he began to grind his teeth together while Kayha watched to see if he'd do anything about it. Matsuri didn't even seem to notice that Gaara wasn't really listening to her anymore. Gaara was on his feet and heading towards Kayha and Naruto when Naruto wrapped his arms around Kayha's waist. He didn't get very far before Kakashi ran into him, literally since he was watching behind him and not ahead of him. The sake wasn't helping Kakashi much either.

"No, Reyna. I don't want to," he was saying.

"But…why? Come on, Kakashi. Please?" Reyna pleaded following him.

"No, I am not dancing. Period, end of story."

"But it'd be fun…" Reyna continued until she smelled something burning and abandoned her quest for a dance with Kakashi to investigate the smell.

She followed it into the kitchen and turned the stove off before she noticed Kankuro and Katara downing shot after shot of sake, "Who was trying to cook?"

"No idea," the both answered taking a breath before returning to their previous activity.

"What are you two doing?" Reyna asked, leaning on the counter and watching them.

"We're having a competition to see who can drink the most in thirty minutes," Kankuro explained before exclaiming. "Damn it Reyna, I was winning!"

Reyna ignored his last comment and headed back to the living to find Kakashi about that dance again, but by the time she re-entered the room, the song had ended and Naruto sped past her back to the kitchen. Kakashi was hiding behind Gaara, peeking over his shoulder to see if Reyna had returned yet. Sakura had yet to return from the bathroom.

"Damn it, Kakashi. Where the hell are you hiding at now?" she called out over the music before spotting him.

She wasn't sure if she was still buzzed on chai or if the sake she had been consuming was starting to take its place as she bolted towards Gaara and Kakashi. Unfortunately it appeared that it was the sake now affecting her as she tripped over the edge of the rug and tackled not only Kakashi, but Gaara to the ground as well.

"Oops, sorry Lord Gaara; my bad," she laughed, moving so that she was no longer on top of Gaara but only sitting on Kakashi's stomach.

"It's okay," Gaara replied as he crawled to the couch and used it to pull himself back to his feet.

"Reyna, are you going to get off me now?" Kakashi asked.

"Nope, this way you can't get away from me again," she grinned. "Besides, wasn't you that said you weren't going to let me out of your sight and now your hiding from me?"

Kakashi was about to reply when a scream from the kitchen stopped him, "No! My ramen! My beautiful ramen! What happened to you?" Naruto burst out of the kitchen then, "Kayha!"

"What, Naruto?" Kayha asked, laughing at Reyna and Kakashi, well more at Kakashi.

"You made me burn my ramen!"

"Yeah, and what are you going to do about it?" she asked.

"I am never dancing with you again!"

"But I like dancing with you Naruto. It's fun," she caught Gaara's glare as she spoke.

"No..No.. Not EVER, you burnt my ramen."

"Naruto get over it, I will just buy you some."

"Okay let go."

"Now?"

"Yes now, I want my ramen."

"Not now….I seem to be a little drunk… I might not make it back. Naruto I promise, I will buy you some later."

"Fine," He said still mad.

Sakura finally emerged from the bathroom, thinking that they were still playing their game, "Is it my turn?"

"No, you took too long. Kakashi won," Temari replied wondering what Matsuri was planning; nothing good based on the look on the girls face.

"I bet he cheated," Sakura giggled.

"We think so," Temari agreed to the sputtered outrage of the platinum haired ninja who was still pinned on the floor by Reyna on his stomach.

Gaara suddenly realized that he should send a letter to the Hokage of the Leaf about why her ninja had yet to return. He headed for his desk to grab a scroll and a pen when he caught Matsuri from the corner of his eye.

"Lord Gaara!" she squealed before launching herself at the intoxicated Kazekage tackling him to the ground.

"What the hell?" he muttered wondering why he was the one being tackled.

"Well, it looked like fun when Reyna did it," Matsuri smiled and Gaara caught sight of Kayha walking towards them.

"Well Gaara I can't even leave you alone to fight with Naruto for one measly minute and you already have Matsuri all over you." As she stepped over his head and continued to walk.

"Kayha! It's not what you think!" he exclaimed pushing his former student off his body and got as quickly as he could to his feet, which wasn't really all that fast and followed Kayha. "Kayha, please will you stop walking away from me. My brain and feet don't seem to be cooperating with one another."

"Gaara," She said turning around quickly and bumping into him. "You know that she is one of the people that I can't stand and then you go and do that."

"I didn't do anything; she tackled me to the ground. I was just going to go get paper and pen. I swear," he said with innocent eyes.

"Fine, but the next time I see her near you, it's not gonna be pretty," she warned.

Back in the kitchen, the drinking contest between Kankuro and Katara continued well beyond their original thirty minutes. Katara paused as a song came over the stereo that she really liked and as Kayha started to sing, she wanted to join in. Without a word to Kankuro, she headed out of the kitchen to join Kayha.

"Hey! Katara where are you going? No one's won yet!" Kankuro called after her.

"I'm done, you win," she tossed back at him with a smile.

"Awesome! I beat my girlfriend in a contest!" Kankuro leapt to his feet and started doing a little happy dance at his victory.

Out in the living room while Kayha and Katara were singing, Kakashi had finally managed to push Reyna off of him. She lay on the ground and watched the room spin around her as Kakashi pushed himself to his feet and headed over to Gaara.

"Hey, Gaara, I've always wanted to try something," Kakashi snickered.

"Coming from you, I'm not sure I want to know," Gaara replied.

"I want to know if I can copy your Sand Coffin," Kakashi continued draping an arm around Gaara's shoulders to keep him upright.

"You can try, but it's fast so you gotta be on your feet."

"What are you talking about? I'm the Copy Ninja, I'm always alert."

"Kayha can take it, I'll use it on her," Gaara grinned watching as Temari danced with Katara and Kayha, Sakura was trying to convince Kankuro to let her do his nails and Matsuri was talking to Naruto.

"You're girlfriend? Isn't that a little harsh?" Kakashi asked but Gaara only shook his head.

Gaara controlled his sand until it was around Kayha's right arm while Kakashi was panicking that he wasn't ready yet. Kayha finally realized what was happening with her arm and glared at Gaara.

"Are you freaking serious?" she exclaimed reaching for her sword that was seldom very far from her person.

The sand around her arm tightened and Gaara grinned even as Kayha snapped, "Do you really wanna mess with me?"

A/N: Hmm...how is this going to end up? Please review, the next chapter should be up tonight or tomorrow! And trust me, the next chapter is going to make the first party seem tame! *Evil giggle*