Temari P.O.V.
When the gym door opened and Gaara and Kankuro walked out we all stood up and greeted them happily. "So, are you guys getting in trouble?" I asked them. Kankuro shook his head.
"She can't say we did any of the things Ino, Chouji, and Shino say, so she let us go. But they have to clean up the lockers as punishment for going over in an area they weren't allowed to be in," he told us. I smiled. It was good that my brothers didn't get in trouble for something they didn't do, and it was even better that they didn't get in trouble for being over in that area too. They got off free, and the popular kids were getting the punishment they deserved. It was a great start to spring break.
We walked to the front doors of the school as Kankuro and Gaara told us everything that happened in the gym after Sasuke, Naruto, and Lee left. Once we got outside we stood in front of the school. "Neji and I need to get home," Hinata said. "My dad called me while we were waiting for you guys and asked where we were."
"I'll see you later this week then," Kiba said smiling at her. He gave her a kiss on the cheek and she blushed. Tenten wrapped her arms around Neji's neck.
"I have to go too, so it's ok," she said. "I'll see you tomorrow." Neji wrapped his arms around her and gave her a hug. The other boys looked away in disgust at them doing that in front of them. I sighed.
"You wouldn't think it was bad if you guys were dating people," I whispered to them.
"To hell I wouldn't think it was bad," Gaara said. "They're kissing and hugging right in front of us."
"One, Kiba only gave Hinata a kiss on the cheek, and two, it's just a hug," I told him.
"So," he said. "I don't need to see it." I shook my head.
"He's right though," Sasuke said. "We don't need to see it." I rolled my eyes at him and turned to look back at Kiba, Hinata, Tenten, and Neji.
"Guys, don't you need to be going somewhere?" I asked. They all jumped and stepped away from each other. They said goodbye to each other, this time with no contact, and we said bye too. Then Hinata and Neji went running up the street to their house in the opposite direction the rest of us were headed.
Soon Kiba and Lee were gone home too, and we were at Tenten's house. She sighed and pulled out her cell phone. "What's wrong?" I asked.
"Oh, I forgot to tell Neji my family and I are going to Hawaii for spring break," she said.
"Can't you just tell him tomorrow?" Gaara asked. Tenten shook her head.
"We're leaving first thing in the morning," she told him. She said goodbye and that she would see us on the first day back at school. Then she hit the call button on her phone and headed for her house.
Gaara P.O.V.
We walked down the street until we got to where Sasuke and Naruto had to turn to leave. "So, are we going to be seeing each other a lot over spring break?" Naruto asked me hopefully. I nodded.
"You and Sasuke can come over and see us anytime you want. It does get lonely and boring around our house," I told him.
"I know mine too," he said. Kankuro, Temari, and Sasuke looked at us.
"Hey, are you calling us boring?" they asked at the same time. Naruto and I looked at them a little creped out that they said that at the same time, but shook it from our memory quickly.
"Yes, we are calling you guys boring," I said. "We see you every day." Temari stuck her hands on her hips and raised an eyebrow at me. "Hey, don't look at me like that, and why do you care? You're going to be with Deidara most of the time, so you aren't really included in what we said," I told her.
"Well I obviously am included with that. Deidara and the guys are going on tour, so I won't be seeing him," she told me.
"Since when are they going on tour?" Sasuke asked.
"They've been planning it for a while, Deidara told me while I was dancing with him," Temari told him. Sasuke smiled.
"What?" I asked.
"I still have a key to his house," he told me. "This will be a fun spring break." I laughed and thought about all the things we could do to Itachi's house and things. Temari sighed.
"You know if he was a normal person with a brain then he would have changed the lock by now," she told Sasuke. Sasuke smirked.
"Oh, but he isn't a normal person with a brain. I'm sure he lost his after I was born," he told her. She shook her head.
"Well we better get going," Kankuro said. "It's getting late."
"So," Naruto said. "It's spring break."
"Yeah, but that doesn't mean people won't get suspicious of a group of kids standing in front of a house for about ten minutes," he said. Naruto didn't say anything.
"Come on Naruto, I want to get home," Sasuke said. Naruto sighed sadly, but agreed to go. We said goodbye and headed our own ways.
Kankuro P.O.V.
Temari, Gaara, and I got home later than usual. Having to stay after school, and waiting for our friends to say goodbye took up a good chunk of our time. It was almost the time we usually ate supper. So Temari and I went straight into the kitchen and started to cook some. Gaara came in and sat down at the table for a bit. But I told him her didn't have to stay there and we would call him when it was done, or if we needed help. He nodded and went off somewhere.
Temari and I made a simple meal. We didn't really want to get too many things dirty, or use too much energy. So we just made a lunch for dinner. We made soup and sandwiches. Then I called Gaara to come eat. He came slowly into the kitchen and sat down at the table. He looked at the food and sighed, but ate it anyways. We finished the food fast and then took out some ice cream to eat from last time we were at the Nara's store. It wasn't a very existing dinner or anything, but at least we had something to eat. And after Temari, Gaara and I were done eating we took out our homework. We didn't want to have to rush and do it at the end of spring break, and it wasn't that much, so we did it fast. Then we cleaned up the dishes and went to bed so we could start the spring break faster.
Temari P.O.V.
I woke up early the next morning. I didn't know why, but I couldn't really sleep. I had too many things going through my mind. Like about Shikamaru leaving, and Deidara and I getting back together. I even woke up once late in the night crying because of a dream I had about Shikamaru. When I woke up I saw the light on my cell phone, which was on the dresser beside me, flashing. I picked it up and saw I had a missed call from Deidara. I sighed and went to the voice mail. "Hey Temari, I guess you're sleeping or just don't have your phone with you. Anyways we're going to leave for the tour in the afternoon tomorrow. If you get this message by then call me. We can talk about you coming with the band for spring break. That is, if your parents will let you. Anyways, call me when you get this, bye."
I looked to see when the call was sent. Deidara had called me at about midnight, probably right after their consort was over at the club. I looked at the time now. It was six in the morning. If Deidara was going to be going on the tour in the afternoon, then he was probably still asleep. But I decided to call anyways. He did say to call once I got it after all. So I searched through my contacts to Deidara, and hit the call button. A half asleep Deidara picked up the phone. "Hello?"
"Hey, you told me to call once I got your message."
"What, Temari? I didn't mean call me as soon as you get it like, six in the morning as soon as you get it. Aren't you sleepy? You should go back to bed and call me in a few hours."
"One, the first thing you said made no sense at all. And two, I couldn't sleep."
"Oh, well I'm talking to you as I'm half asleep, so can you please call me back later when I'm actually here?"
"So you don't even care that I couldn't sleep?"
"Of cores I do Tema baby, but I just can't concentrate on this conversation when I'm half asleep. I'm liable to fall asleep talking to you, and that would be rude."
"Fine, I'll call back later."
"Ok thanks, and when you call back you can tell me all about not being able to sleep and we can talk about what I wanted to talk to you about."
"Ok, bye Dei-chan, have a good sleep."
"Bye Temari, I hope you can get a little more sleep." Deidara hung up. I sighed, put the phone back on my dresser, and lay back down in my bed closing my eyes.
I woke again around eight o'clock. I got out of bed, got dressed, grabbed my phone, and went to go see if Gaara and Kankuro were up yet. When I got to the kitchen I saw they weren't. I sat in the living room for a bit, and then decided to get something to eat. I went into the kitchen and got some cereal. When I was done Kankuro came in. "You're up early," he said.
"I was up sooner than this because I couldn't sleep, but I managed to get a little sleep before now," I told him.
"Oh, lots on your mind?" he asked. I nodded and then looked at my phone remembering that Deidara wanted me to call back later. I had another missed call on it from him. "Do you even have minutes on that phone?" Kankuro asked as he went and got some cereal too.
"Well it still works, so yeah," I told him.
"How are you paying for the minutes on it?" he asked.
"With the money I get from working at the Nara's store," I told him.
"They know to bill you here?" he asked.
"No, I go into the phone store in the mall once in a while after work now and ask them to pull up my bill so I can pay it," I told him.
"They actually do that?" Kankuro asked a little confused.
"Yeah, they do here anyways. I don't think they do in many other places," I told him looking at the time. "I'll be right back, I need to call Deidara." I left the kitchen and went back to my room.
I sat down on my bed and hit the call button on my phone. It rang twice before the other end got picked up, "This is Sasori, Deidara's driving right now."
"Oh, well I'll call back later then."
"No, there's no need for that, I can talk to you."
"Well I just wanted to talk to Deidara about why he called me last night."
"Why'd he call you last night?"
"Why do you want to know?"
"Because I'm his best friend and I'm in titled to know." Deidara said something to Sasori in the background, but I couldn't hear what. Sasori sighed. "Deidara's getting mad at me."
"Why?"
"Why do you want to know?"
"Hey, that's not fair!"
"What, you can't take what you dish out?" Sasori started laughing and Deidara said something to him again.
"You're mean."
"Well you are too. Anyways, we're at Itachi's house now. So Deidara is making me give him the phone."
"Good, I don't want to talk you anymore."
"You're so mean to me!" I laughed. Then he said goodbye and gave the phone to Deidara.
We talked for a bit, and then he asked if he could talk to my mom and dad about me going with him on the tour. I told him that they weren't home, but I asked if I could before they left and they said it was ok. This didn't seem to be good enough for him, and he wanted to know if he could call my mom and dad at work. "They don't like being bugged at work."
"Well I think it would be better if I asked them too."
"I don't even know when they are getting off work. I'm never up to see them, and the only reason I was up to see them before they went to work today was because I couldn't sleep. Kankuro, Gaara, and I never see them, and they don't really care anyways."
"That's not true, I'm sure they care lots. That's why they are always working so they have enough money to get stuff for you guys."
"No, they use the money they get to go on vacation without us. That's why I have a job so I can buy things for me and my brothers." Deidara sighed into the phone.
I hated lying to him and about my parents, but I couldn't tell him the truth about them. If I told him Gaara and Kankuro would be even madder than they already were, and probably wouldn't forgive me. I just couldn't tell Deidara that our mom and dad died years ago, and that we've been living alone since Gaara was practically a baby. But at the same time it hurt to have to lie about my parents the way I was. I made them out to seem like the worst parents ever, and that wasn't true. They loved us lots and would do anything to show that. I took a deep breath. "Please trust me and allow me to come."
"Fine, I guess I'll let you come. But I just hope you're telling me the truth and not lying to me to run away from home for two weeks."
"Thank you, I'll pack my stuff and then you guys can come by and pick me up."
"Ok, see you in a few hours. Bye." I said goodbye and hung up the phone. Now I just needed to find a way to tell my brothers I would be gone for two weeks.
Gaara P.O.V.
I woke up at ten o'clock to the sun beating on my face. If I could have I would have slept until twelve, but I got up, got dressed, and left my room. When I was down the hallway by Temari's room I saw her coming out with a suitcase. "What's that for?" I asked.
"To put my clothes and things in," she told me. I raised an eyebrow at her.
"Why?" I asked curiously. She sighed and closed her bedroom door.
"Because I'm going somewhere for spring break," she told me.
"Where are you going, who are you going with, and since when?" I asked.
"I'll tell you and Kankuro at the same time, so wait," she told me.
"Kankuro doesn't know about this either?" I asked. She shook her head. "This is going to be fun then," I said with a smirk and followed her into the kitchen.
I grabbed a box of cereal and started to eat as Temari brought her suitcase to the front door. Then she came back and sat down. At first she didn't say anything, so I kicked her. She glared at me and then began to talk. "So, I'm going away for spring break," she said not looking at me or Kankuro. Kankuro gave her a confused look. She didn't say anything.
"Are you going to answer my questions now?" I asked her. She sighed.
"I'm going on tour with The Akatsuki because Deidara invited me last night," Temari told us. Kankuro slammed his fist on the table and Temari jumped.
"Oh no, you're not go anywhere without us," he told her.
"I'll leave you guys all the money I have. I'll even go get my pay check for next week in advance and give it to you. Then I'll work over time for a few weeks after I get back. I'll give you guys a card so you can get the employee discount at the Nara's store. I'll go pay off my cell phone bill for the next two weeks with my advance first though so I can give you guys my phone. You can call me anytime on Deidara's cell. It's not like I'm going to be leaving you guys and not coming back. I wasn't even sure I wanted to go, but I need the two weeks to get away and think about stuff. Plus you can invite Naruto and Sasuke to stay with you or you can go over there if you need to. And you guys don't need to worry about me. Deidara gave up drinking, so when his friends are going to be doing that we can go somewhere else for a few hours and come back when they crashed and are fast asleep," she told us. I looked at Kankuro and he looked back. Kankuro let out a sigh.
"Fine, you can go. As long as you make sure to do all those things you said you'd do," he said.
"What, we're letting her go?!" I asked angrily standing up.
"She's older then us and knows how to take care of herself. I mean she's been taking care of herself and you and me for almost her whole life. I think we owe it to her to at least let her go do this one thing," he told me. I sat down and crossed my arms.
"You better call us every night before we go to bed, and in the morning after we wake up," I told her.
"So you want me to call you at midnight, and at lunch?" she asked. I nodded. "Ok, I'll make sure to set my watch every day and night," Temari told me.
"Then I guess it's settled," Kankuro said. "Call Deidara and get him to drive you to the Nara's store, and the mall to do all this stuff now. You can't leave until you do it." Temari nodded and smiled, and then she ran to the front door.
"And you're leaving your suitcase here until you come back to give us the stuff!" I yelled after her.
"Yeah, I will!" she yelled back.
Temari P.O.V.
I put my suitcase in the living room. Then I went and sat down on the couch to call Deidara. He came and picked me up a few minutes later, but said he had to get back and help pack the bands things, so we had to be fast. I went to the Nara's store and asked the new manager there for my pay check in advance and told him I wouldn't be working there over spring break, but would make up the time working overtime after. He said there was no need for the overtime and that I could take the two weeks as paid vacation. He had talked to Mr. Nara about things at the store and heard that I was a really good worker and that I was one of the people that he could trust most there. I smiled and thanked him. Then I raced out of the store with my check to Deidara's car.
Next he drove me to the mall. I went into the cell phone store and told the lady I would like to pay for my bill for the next two weeks. She told me she couldn't do that since she didn't know how much time I would be on the phone. I told her just to add it together as if I was talking on the phone everyday for at least two hours plus long distance. I told her if that was under that I'd pay off the rest later, and if it was over I'd like to use that to pay off some of my next bill. She agreed to it after bugging her for a while, and I gave her the money I had on me. I almost had to use my whole check.
I raced back out to the car and Deidara drove me home. I told him I'd be right back out to go with him to Itachi's house so we could leave. When I went into the front doors of the house and into the living room I noticed Kankuro and Gaara sitting on the couch waiting for me. Gaara was holding my suitcase and Kankuro looked up at me. "Here, I got you guys enough money for the two weeks, and I paid off my cell phone too so you can call me every day for about two hours," I told them handing the money and phone to Kankuro. "Now give me my suitcase and I'll see you guys at the end of spring break." Gaara sighed and handed me the suitcase.
"You better buy me stuff," he told me.
"How am I supposed to buy you stuff when I just gave you all my money?" I asked him.
"Get your boyfriend to buy it of cores," he said with a little smirk.
"Fine, but only cheep things," I told him. He agreed and I headed out the door to Deidara's car.
We got to Itachi's house and everyone stared as I got out of Deidara's car. "What's she doing here?" Kisame asked.
"She's coming with us," Deidara told him. Sasori sighed.
"Couldn't leave your girlfriend for that long?" he asked.
"You should have told us sooner," Kisame told him.
"Well she wanted to come," Deidara told them. Itachi came out of his house and looked at his friends and me.
"Itachi, tell Deidara he can't bring his girlfriend!" Kisame yelled. Itachi walked over to us.
"If her parents allowed her to come, than what gives us the right to say no?" he asked. "Besides, she can help us set up and carry our stuff." I looked at Deidara.
"You might as well help us if you're coming," he told me. I sighed and a agreed as long as I didn't have to carry anything too heavy.
"Then we're all set. Everyone, get into the van and we'll head to our first place," Itachi said getting into the driver's side of their rented van. Soon everyone was in the van with all our luggage and the interments, and we were on our way to the first town.