Stabilising myself with a deep intake of breath, I let a dark smirk spread across my features as I marched back to the tangle of bamboo and crackling laughter. Shrugging out of the coat I pushed the bamboo aside, startling the two occupants away from each other.

"Sai?" Quirking my eyebrow at the dark haired boy, I folded my coat neatly over my arm. "I would like to have a word with you, outside if you would?" I asked, turning my back on the two, listening with a smirk as water sloshed from displacement and wet feet slapped against wooden steps.

"Alright then, what did you want to speak with me about sugar?" A sickly voice asked, gravel crunching under foot as my prey made its way out of the bamboo haven; my smirk widening as I carefully placed my new coat on a small stone bench I'd found.

"Firstly, my name is Kankuro, NOT sugar." I snarled, rounding on the seemingly startled male. Flexing the muscles of my shoulders, feeling the soft tug and slide as they shifted beneath the static silk of the vest, I stalked forward, watching as Sai's eyes widened like a deer caught in headlights as he tried to back up away from me. "I heard that you tried to force yourself on a couple of the jocks."

"Yeah, well, you've seen them running round in those tight pants. Just begging to be fuck-" With viper like speed my right fist struck out, making contact with a shift of cartilage and stretch of skin, blood vessels severing and dripping forth the rich red liquid. Sai stumbled backwards, hands clasped across his nose as he coughed in breath. "What the hell man!?"

Ignoring his cry I spun in a clockwise direction, shooting my leg out so that the flat of my boot met with the centre of his chest, sending the spindly boy sprawling backwards. A crunch came once his back landed on the gravel, his weight landing hard on a few of the free growing bamboo shoots. Straightening up I stalked over to where he lay, writhing in anguish as his arms clasped around his stomach; he possibly had a few broken ribs but I didn't really care that much.

"Listen up you two faced bastard! I want you to limp your way out of this party and never let me catch you around here again. Or I'll break your skinny little white neck." I snarled, watching with mirth as Sai ran off like a startled rabbit; tearing through the house in his speedos. Shrieks broke from the party goers, Sakura - seemingly drawn out by the noise - marched out of the hot tub eyes widening comically as she saw the vanishing figure that was her only conquest.

"Kankuro! What the fucking hell?" She shrieked, voice grating on my nerves. "You can't just do that to people, it isn't... you're not... What the hell?!" Ignoring her blathering I grabbed my coat, stalking out of the backyard and into the house, hearing the high pitched shriek of frustration come from the pink haired irritation as I ignored her.

"Is it out of your system now?" A hushed voice asked from my side, trying not to laugh at the sudden appearance of my brother I slung an arm around his shoulder, ignoring the way he attempted to shrug me off.

"Yeah, I'm good. Please don't tell Tem that I'm beating kids up."

"Even if they deserve it." He asked skeptically raising his eyebrow, an underlying tone of humour hinting in his voice.

"Especially the ones who deserve it. She'll think I've joined a gang or something." I sighed exasperatedly making Gaara chuckle, I'd never been part of a gang but during our time running from the gangs of Suna you picked up fighting skills - besides saying I was part of a gang was a lot less likely to incur her wrath than if I said I was beating bullies up with the same techniques they'd used on me. He chuckled with mirth at the joke, his eyes sparking to life with the confirmation that the threat to our friends had been dealt with and was no longer on the premises.

"Moon and Solana have a ... surprise for us. Come along!" He instructed latching onto my arm and dragging me further into the house...

TBC