- Chapter 3 -

~ Temari's P.O.V ~

I think I'm about to commit a murder.

As we were walking home together, Ino suddenly started following me back to my apartment. Now she won't leave me alone. "Ino! Go home!" I barked at her, though instead of listening she clenched onto my arm.

"Nooo! My parents are gonna kill me when I tell them I got expelled again!" Ino whined while clenching my arm tighter.

'And that's my problem how?' I thought to myself as I tried to get her to release my arm. After a while, I gave up as I let out an irritated sigh. I don't know why she's so scared anyway? Her parents aren't even at home. None of our parents are.

Not that you might have already guessed it, but our parents are all a bunch of rich bastards who could give a shit less about their kids. That's why we attend private schools for the elite and pristine. Which are also filled with people who take money for granted and spend it as if they earned it.

Our parents are too busy to hang out with us since taking care of their businesses will always come first.

They left us here, in one of the wealthiest neighbourhoods in the country when I was only fourteen. At the time it might have sounded great though after a while you realize that they didn't do it because they wanted the best for you, but because now you were one less problem for them.

"Temari your hands bleeding!" Ino yelled.

I looked down at my hands only to see that she was right. I hadn't even realized it yet but I had been clenching my hands so hard that it actually drew blood. I licked it clean as I showed it to her. "No blood now."

Her expression didn't change, though at least she let go of my arm. I was starting to lose feeling. I guess you can say that my parents are a pretty tough topic for me.

But, I guess it's not all bad. Our parents pay for all our living expenses and at least they try to contact us as much as they can, even though that's still only a hand full of times throw out the year.

I also got a good group of friends out of it all, so should I really be complaining? I can still remember how we all meet, how we were basically forced to live together, and how quickly I made up my mind about them. We were strangers and that's exactly how I wanted it to stay.

Though the world has a funny way of bringing people together, and before long I had made friends even after I thought I had already forgotten how to. I didn't make it easy for them, but maybe that's why I like them all the more.

Though, I digress.

"Ino, you're scared now but you don't look too scared when you walked out those school doors with that smirk on your face,"

"Well I don't regret it, I liked the fact that we won't be going back to that stupid, crummy school, but my parents are also going to wring my neck for it,"

We finally got to my apartment, but with Ino still following close behind.

"Well whatever your parents do to you, at least it won't be as bad as that time you bought that entire Gucci store." I chuckled while unlocking the door to my apartment.

Ino grounded. "Don't remind me."

The moment we walked into my apartment I went straight to the phone. I wanted to tell my parent's right way before they ask me why I didn't tell them sooner. Plus it's pointless to avoid the inevitable.

- RING RING -

Though before I could even dial a number the phone rang. I quickly answered. "Hello~?" My mother's voice sang on the phone.

"Hey, mom. It's been a while, but I got bad news."

"You got expelled didn't you?" My mother quickly spoke before I even got the chance.

For a second I didn't say anything as I looked at Ino, who had her ear close to the phone as she raised her eyebrows at me. "And how do you know that?" I asked, as Ino quickly grabbed the phone as she yelled into the receiver. "Was it motherly intuition?"

I grabbed the phone out of Ino's hands as I pushed her face away as she tried to get it back. "Ino stay out of this and go home!" I hissed.

"No Ino it wasn't that," My mother replied while giggling. In a serious moment like this parents would usually be really upset, though that wasn't like my mom. Her personality has always been really bubbly. She's only ever frowned once in her life and that was a really long time ago.

Suddenly the memory of it flashed in my mind. Though I quickly forced myself to forget about it as I listened to the rest of what my mother had to say. "The school called us all. I'm actually surprised. Don't they usually call Oji and Tenko first, before calling us?"

|At the Hyuga and Lalin's residence before Hinata & Tenten got home from school|

"Shit the ovens on Fire!" Oji yelled while running all over the kitchen while looking for the fire extinguisher.

- RING! RING! -

"Shit, where the hell did you leave the phone it's ringing!" Tenko yelled.

"Phone later! Fire now!"

"Right!"

- RING! RING! -

|Back to Temari and Ino.|

~ Still Temari's P.O.V ~

Ino's face went pale, while I ground. "Idiots."

My mom continued. "Well, we've all decided that will be coming back home to visit you all. We'll be at the Hyuga and Lalin household in just a couple of hours so see you soon Honey! Love you, bye for now!" My mother chirped as she hung up the phone before I even got a word in edgewise.

"What the hell is happening!?" Ino yelled.

"We should go tell Hinata and Tenten," I said while grabbing my keys, though just as we were about to leave Ino and I jumped as the door swang open.

"Ino! Temari! There's a crisis!" Hinata's yelled as she and Tenten walked in.

"What the hell? How did you even know I was here?" Ino asked as she walked out from behind me. 'Is that really the first thing you should be asking?'

"That's not the problem guys!" Tenten quickly added while walking out from behind Hinata.

"Oh, so you guys got the call too, that our parents are coming home?"

"What!?" Hinata and Tenten shouted.

"Our parents are coming home, today!" Ino began to panic as I placed my hand over her mouth before she began to complain.

"Yeah, they'll be here in a couple of hours, but now that you know that, why didn't you tell us what was so important that you had to kick my door open. Which isn't the first time if I must add."

"My parents have been secretly planning on sending me to a boarding school in England, behind my back!"

"Wait, what?! Why didn't you tell us," Ino and I yelled.

"I said behind my back, what part of that did you not understand?!"

Hinata quickly walked in front of Tenten, who was already at the break of tears as she spoke. "That doesn't matter right now. All that matters is that we're one step ahead of them and we have to use it to our advantage."

"I see, I see. So we have time." Ino said as she began to pace the room. "They'll take a couple of hours to get here, which hopefully gives us just enough time to draw enough money from the bank and book it to Los Vagas. OK girls lets go!"

"Are you insane!" Tenten yelled.

I lightly pulled on Ino's hair. "Yeah, blondie, did you forget something?" I pointed down to my ankle. "We have to break this first."

Hinata slapped Ino and me on the back of the head. "We're not going anywhere. This is our home, and you guys are my family. Doing anything too risky will only ruin our chances of getting out of this together. I'm not letting a single one of you go without a fight. And will you stop crying because it ain over until it's over."

Tenten wiped away her tears and forced a big old grin as she shook her head. "It's not over until it's over."

"Good," Hinata nodded before grabbing us all and dragging us out of the house.

'Boy, this is going to be something.' I thought as I looked up at Hinata's anxious expression, 'hopefully whatever Hinata has up her sleeve is something good enough to change our stubborn old parent's minds, because if it's not Los Vegas might be.'

- End Of Chapter -

While that's chapter 3.

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