Chapter 36
Gaara
We played five full rounds of cards, Temari and Konkuro were still fighting. I cleared my throat. They looked towards me. "I'll go first." I said with a slight smirk. Temari and Konkuro broke up the fight and returned to their spots on the hard wood floor. I thought about who to ask first. "Temari. Truth or dare?" I asked simply. She thought for a moment before choosing. "Truth." I smirked. "Is it true you're 'diplomatic visit to konoha is really just an excuse to go visit Shikamaru?" I questioned smugly. I could see her sweat drop. She then dropped her head. "Yeah…" She mumbled. Konkuro broke out laughing but stopped when Temari was about to punch him. I snickered slightly. Temari sat up straight and looked me in the eyes with a menacing look. "Gaara? Truth or dare?" "Either way you'll try to make my life miserable…" I said with a sigh. "Truth…" I continued. She smirked. "Is it true that you like Suna?" She said pointing to Suna beside me. I tensed up and I felt Suna tense up as well. "No." I answered blankly. Suna relaxed and I let out a small sigh. I turned towards my brother. "Konkuro? Truth or dare?" I asked. "Dare!" He yelled out. I smirked and he gave a scared look. "I dare you… to dress up Crow as a princess…" I said with a smirk. "No!" He cried out. He then slowly stood up and walked out of the room. As soon as he left the room we all broke out laughing. We rolled on the floor and held our sides for a good five minutes. "Aww… that was priceless…" Suna said as she wiped away a tear. "Okay! I did it!" Konkuro called out from the other room. "Well… let's see him…" I called back. He shuffled into the room with his head hanging. There in his hand was Crow, in a pink dress and a little tiara. We all broke out laughing again, and Konkuro stepped out of the room to get the costume off his puppet. We waited for him to return and when he finally re-entered the room we had finished laughing. "Gaara… you're pure evil…" He muttered. He then looked around the small group with a smirk. "Suna." He said once he had chosen his victim. Her head shot up towards him. "Truth or dare?" He asked with a large smirk. I sighed and out my head in my hand. "Dare." She said confidently. Konkuro let out a small, maniacal laugh as he thought of his best dare. "I dare you… To…" he said slowly, adding dramatic tension. "Say it already!" Suna yelled at him, obviously impatient. "Spend ten minutes in the basement!" He said dramatically. Suna was quick to her feet and began walking towards the basement door. Konkuro opened the door and behind it you could see the first few steps of the stairs but after that it was a dark abyss. Suna marched in and Konkuro closed the door behind her. Four minutes had passed when Konkuro stood up frustrated. "Why aren't I hearing anything! I should be hearing screaming!" He exclaimed, Temari gave him a dirty look. "Don't tell me you turned the basement into a haunted house again…" She said lowly. Konkuro nodded sheepishly. Temari stood up in a slight panic. "Konkuro!" She screamed in his face. "Remember what happened last time! And that time with Gaara!" She said pointing to me. I sighed and stood up. I walked towards the door but Temari pulled me away. "Konkuro will do it… since it's his fault…" She muttered. I stepped back and Konkuro slowly opened the door. He opened it and there was nothing in sight. It was completely silent as well. Konkuro leaned in to see if she was okay. "Suna?" He called out. Suddenly he was barraged by something brown. Konkuro screamed as well as Temari. After a moment I lifted up the puppet that was lying on Konkuro and they both calmed down. Suna stepped out of the shadow of the basement I saw that the strings were still attached. I threw the puppet into the basement and Suna shut the door behind her. She walked over, laughing. We high fived then she walked over towards Temari who gave her a smaller high five. Then she walked over to where Konkuro was lying on the ground and offered him her hand. He reluctantly took it and stood up. He then smiled. "Nice!" He exclaimed. We all broke out into a small laugh as we walked back into the living room. We all returned to our spots on the floor and Suna looked around. "Gaara?" She said calmly. I turned towards her to see an evil look in her eyes. "Truth or dare?" She asked sinisterly. "Dare?" I said. I wasn't sure which would be worse. "I dare you to tell me what happened when you got stuck in that haunted house?" She said pointing her thumb towards the hallway. I sighed. "Well it was a few years ago… Konkuro really likes Halloween and creates a haunted house with his non functional puppets in the basement… I didn't know that he did this so when I went down into the basement to get something, I got locked inside. I heard movement and things began to grab at me… I didn't have my gourd so I had no sand… I ended up hiding in a corner until the next morning when Temari found me…" I said lowering my head. Suna didn't laugh so I looked up at her. Her eyes were caring. "I see… well I'll have to make sure to get Konkuro for that one…" She said with an evil smirk as she turned towards Konkuro. I turned towards him with a blank expression. "Truth or dare?" I asked. He gulped before answering. "Truth." "Is it true you tuck your puppets in at night?" I asked smugly. Suna let out a small giggle. Konkuro lowered his head and mumbled his answer. "What was that? I didn't hear you?" I said with a smirk. "Yes…" He said a bit louder. Suna let out a small laugh and Konkuro's head shot up. "Shut it! What did you do with your's?" He yelled at her. Suna gave him a small smile. "I hung her up in my closet." She said simple as she tilted her head and closed her eyes, giving him a very innocent smile. "Why don't you ever have her around?" Temari asked out of the blue. "Father…" Suna muttered. "What happened?" Konkuro questioned. "Well back when I was in a squad and all that… Well one of our team mates died on a C rank mission… so my father took me out… seeing as I'm the only heir to the Arashi family… And I kept practicing and stuff, but my father said I had to quit being a shin obi all together… he took her and used her for fire wood…" She said hanging her head. Konkuro's eyes were wide. "What! Come on we're gonna make you a new puppet!" He said as he stood up and grabbed her hand to lead her down he hall. Temari stood up and gave him a dirty look. "Not today…" She said coldly. Konkuro let go of her wrist and Suna returned to sitting next to me. "Don't worry Konkuro… I'll be around a lot anyways… we'll have lots of time to make a new puppet…" She said with a smile as he sat back down. The game went on for a couple more hours but Konkuro and Temari started getting tired. I looked at Suna for a moment. "Why aren't you tired?" I questioned. "Long story…" She said looking down. I sighed. I saw Konkuro and Temari stand up to walk upstairs to their rooms. I heard their doors close and I looked around to find Suna sitting cross legged on the couch. "Well I guess we have to go to bed now…" I mumbled. She stood up and began walking up the stairs. I was a few feet behind. We reached the two last doors and either wall and at the very end of the hall was the bathroom. Suna opened the door of the room on the left while I opened the door of the room on the right. I turned around before she entered her room entirely. "I lied earlier…" I mumbled. She looked at me confused. "Never mind…" I mumbled as I turned back around to enter my room. I closed the door behind me and plopped onto my bed. I let out a sigh and lay there amongst the crimson sheets and the moon light…