Rating: M (to be safe)

Warnings: Slash/shounen ai (maybe YAOI), Het, blood and stuff, non-con (though I'll warn you so you can skip), mentions of underage (I guess) HarryOC (OC dies so don't get in a twist) ShuraHaku (yes, he WILL be a HE)

Diclaimer: I wish so bad, but then I sleep and it's all better.

Note: Hi guys! A nice reviewer reminded me that I have an LJ that hasn't been updated in a looooooooooooong time, so if you were following this there.....uh....sorry? I'm going to update that this week though, so don't worry! I hope you enjoy this chapter, and I know it happened before they found out but this suits me better.

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Shurachi grinned as Haku's quiet laughter filled the air. His lover was dressed in a pink kimono with his hair down, a basket of vegetables clasped in his hands. Shura, in stark contrast, had his hair up in it's usual braided tail with black hakama and an open dark blue haori. The only thing covering his chest was some crisp white bandages, meant to hide his kikai holes.

He had several heavy looking bags slung over his shoulder, obviously taking them so his lover wouldn't have to. Walking beside the pair, Sabishíi wagged his tail and barked out his happiness. It was a beautiful day, they could hear the village bustling beyond the high wooden fences, and they were done with the weeks shopping.

"He really did that? Dressed up like a member of a different clan every day?" Haku asked, a disbelieving smile on his face.

Nodding, Shurachi tilted his head to grin lopsidedly at Haku. "Yep. He'd even go so far as to borrow clothes from someone n the clan so he smelled like them. He was always trying to sneak up on us too!"

More laughter rang out. "That makes me almost glad I didn't become a shinobi the normal way. I don't know if I could have taken such an odd sensei!" Haku said, bumping his hips against Shurachi's. The older man swayed a little to the side and brought his free hand up to tug on a lock of long black hair.

A scream filled the air and both shinobi stopped walking to listen to it, tense with anticipation. "I recognize that scream." Shurachi murmured, then chuckled as another scream rang out, this one enraged. "Naruto has done something to piss off his kunoichi team mate again." The Inuzuka shook his head.

Haku shot him a slightly worried look. "We should go make sure he's okay Shurachi, Sakura-chan can hit pretty hard." He didn't wait for his lover to agree, going on ahead without him.

One blink, two; and Shurachi was hurrying after Haku, shouting for him to wait. He caught up as Haku was rounding a corner. His bandage wrapped arm shot out to grab the back of the smaller's kimono. "He's fine Haku, Sakura-chan won't kill him if she manages to catch him."

But Haku didn't answer him. In fact, the ice user had gone very tense. Shurachi looked up to find what was causing him such distress and frowned when he saw two vaguely familiar people. The largest, and obviously male, of the two was holding the Hokage's grandson up by the front of his shirt while Naruto, Sakura, and several other kids were trying to get him to put the child down.

Carefully letting the bags draped over his back swing around to his front, Shurachi set them down. "Haku, stay here. I'm going to be throwing the children to you if something happens, you can protect them more fully with your ice than I could with my kikai." Haku bit his bottom lip, but nodded in agreement.

Shurachi took a deliberately noisy step forward and carefully remained relaxed when everyone's attention turned to him. He put on a confused, slightly disapproving face before speaking. "Hey, what's going on here?"

"Shurachi-tousama!" Naruto squeaked in reply, looking very much like he'd been caught doing something he shouldn't have. "Me and Sakura-chan were playing with Konohamaru, Udon, and Moegi-chan when we ran into these guys." He motioned toward the two unknown people.

Shurachi turned his eyes to them and noted, with a bit of relief, that they were from Suna. They were probably genin that had arrived early. "Your version of events please." Shurachi said, stopping in between Naruto's group and the sand genin.

The boy opened his mouth to answer, but the girl stepped on his foot. "This kid ran into Kankuro, we were just explaining to him that he should be more careful."

Green eyes gazed skeptically at the pair. "I'm sure he gets the message. Why don't you put Konohamaru-kun down so he can go play with his friends?"

It looked as though Kankuro was going to ignore his suggestion when a rock darted out of the trees and hit his hand dead on. Kankuro dropped Konohamaru, shaking his hand in pain. The Hokage's grandson scrambled to his feet and rushed passed Shurachi to Naruto.

None of the shinobi noticed though, as their eyes were all fixed on Sasuke. "You should listen to Inuzuka-sama." Sasuke said coolly, tossing another rock into the air and catching it. "He is one of our villages jyônin after all."

Kankuro curled his lip "Oh look, another brat."

"Kankuro!" The pair of genin from sand jerk to attention, an expression of fear taking over their features.

"G-Gaara! I was just…"

"You were just disgracing our village." The red head said, dropping from his tree branch to the ground smoothly. He made his way slowly to the pair of genin, taking his place between them. "Shurachi-nii, I'm sorry for anything Kankuro might have done."

Shurachi blinked, then a wide smile bloomed over his face. "Gaara-kun! You're going into the exams as well?" The red head nodded and Shurachi grinned a little mischievously. "Well then, how about I get a proper greeting?" He moved forward to fast for any of them to see and enfolded Gaara in his arms.

The genin on either side of him seemed to be having heart attacks, but the sand merely rustled uneasily. "You're looking much better than last time I saw you. Have you been taking care of yourself?" Gaara nodded again, a faint pink color dusted over his cheeks. "Who are your friends Gaara-kun?"

Shurachi stepped back so he could see the other two genin from sand. "These are my…siblings, Kankuro and Temari. We're entering the exam as a team." He motioned to each person as he said their names then crossed his arms. Murky green eyes scanned the people behind Shurachi, taking in their curious, if wary, faces.

"It's nice to meet Gaara-kun's siblings." Shurachi said with a small, warm smile. "This is my pup, Naruto, and his team mate Sakura-chan. His other team mate, Sasuke, is the one who threw the rock." He motioned toward the tree that Sasuke was still watching them from. "Why don't you come have dinner with us tonight Gaara-kun?"

The red head didn't even bother checking with his siblings, he simply nodded his agreement. "We have to go check in with our sensei Inuzuka-san, can we meet you by the gates so you can show us to your home?" Temari asked politely, taking a step forward. Gaara frowned at her, but didn't protest so Shurachi nodded.

The trio from sand left. "I'll you later Naruto, be good." He pecked the boy on the forehead and moved to pick his sacks up before Haku could.

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Kankuro made a strangled noise as they entered their hotel room for the final time that night. "Did we just have dinner with one of Konohagakure's infamous clan leaders?" He asked in a dazed sort of voice. His sister nodded, searching through her bag for pajamas. "Was his partner really a guy?" Another nod.

"And did Gaara really call him…nii-san?" This time Temari pause din her search and looked up with a slightly pained expression. Kankuro shook his head, ignoring the slight pain he felt himself. "That guy though, do you really think that he meant what he said? About us being his family because we were Gaara's family?" Temari shrugged and left the room to change.

Kankuro looked at the empty bed that his brother would usually occupy, if only to meditate. Gaara had chosen to stay at Inuzuka house for a while longer than his two siblings had. "It would be nice…." Kankuro whispered, finally slipping into his own pajamas and starting to remove the thick paint on his face. "It would be nice if he still felt that way after our mission." He sighed and slipped under his covers, putting our the lights in the room.

Temari would later stumble in with suspiciously bright eyes and raw red cheeks, grateful that her brother was already asleep.

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Review please? I know it isn't very long, but I couldn't really end it anywhere else without confusing myself. I also didn't want to write out another dinner scene since I'm sure you guys would get bored of that.

Taku