Bozenjishitsu

Hellooooo and how are all you lovely people doing? I didn't get alot of reviews on the first chappie, but I decided to continue anyway, because the ones I got were so nice!

Kyuubi: What the fuck are you talking about? You got bored and wanted something to do!

Shukaku: He's right...

S.N.G: -.- Anyway... This is going to be alot longer then the prequel, because it just is. Anyway, I must rant now to those wonderful loyal people who actually read this shit. My comp is bein a bitch, it keeps kickin me off, and it's annoying and Kage-chan says I have a virus so I prolly have to download all my fan fics into a disk and that sucks. But, on a brighter note, my nails look wonderful!

Disclaimer: I own nothing but Kankurou's soul.

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Notes: 1) The authoress is crazy

2) This takes place a few years after the Chuunin exam

3) KANKUROU IS NOT A FAT-ASS!

4) Gaara is a nice guy

5) The moon is made of cheese

Chapter Two: The Return Home I

Kankurou sighed heavily, utterly bored, playing a game of Go with himself on Kyu's new board. "Do you think they got there yet?"

Gaara glared at him in annoyance over the top of his copy of "A Dictionary of Seals." "I highly doubt that asking that same exact question every single minute on the hour will make them come home any time soon."

"Yeah, nii-san, you're being kind of selfish," Temari said from where she was playing with her phone. "She just wants to go see her parents and hang out with her friends. It's not really fair that you get to hang out with your family and friends and she doesn't."

Kankurou sighed heavily. "You're right... as usual," he added, annoyed.

"Hey, look, guys," Temari said, standing up. "The three of us never get to hang out anymore, we should use this time wisely."

"We never hung out together EVER," Kankurou corrected from his place on the floor.

"Then we can start now. Come on, Gaara, put your book down, we're going out." Temari tugged at her youngest brother's arm.

"I am not going shopping, and I am not carrying any bags," Gaara said plainly, but closed his book anyway.

Kankurou scoffed. Bad experiences with Rynn had no doubt led to that announcement. The red-haired Inuzuka adored Gaara, there was no doubt, but she had a temper worse then both her brothers.

"Actually," Temari snapped, looking annoyed, "I was thinking we could all go to the library in Kankurou's office..."

"I have a library?"

"...And look up curse seals." Temari clapped her hands together.

"I have an office?"

TWHACK!

"Focus, Kankurou!"

"Right, right..."

Konoha

Rynn took a deep breath as the gates to Konoha Village opened. "It still smells the same."

Kyu raised an eyebrow. "That's just wrong, Rynn."

"Kyu-kun! Rynn-nee-chan! HEY, THEY'RE HERE!" The two girls were hit full across the chest by a rolling ball of white fur, barking and yipping happily, closely followed by two blurs of gray and black. (DOG PILE! PUN VERY MUCH INTENDED!)

Rynn laughed, grabbing the little dog and hugging it. "Akamaru!" She jumped on her brothers, rolling and laughing. Kyu shook herself slightly, then joined in the scuffle.

Shikamaru sighed heavily. "How troublesome," he mumbled, side-stepping the pile of legs and arms to hug his mother, who was waiting for him with his father.

"Where's Temari-kun?" Mrs. Nara asked, looking around.

"She decided to stay back and spend time with her brothers," Shikamaru replied, giving his father a (manly) hug as well. "Hey, old man."

Behind them, Chuimaru stood up, yanking Kyu up and giving her a bear hug. "Hey, Chuimaru," she grunted, thumping him on the back. "Hey, Yashi-kun," she added to the Aburame, who stood off to the side with his brother.

Yashi nodded politely. "Welcome home, Kyu."

"Hey, Kiba-kun!" Kyu got Kiba in a headlock, dragging him to his feet. "What's up, little man?"

"Hey! I'm bigger then you by a foot!" he cried in his brassy voice, breaking free to prove his point.

"Dammit." Kyu crossed her arms. In truth, she was the shortest person there. "Is there ANYONE shorter then me?!"

"Hello, Kyu," Tsunade smiled, hugging her as well as the other two. "We missed you three."

"Hokage-sama," the three bowed politely. Tsunade quickly pulled Shikamaru aside for details on the Sand village, while Kyu sought out her parents.

"Daddy!" she cried when she saw the shape of her father. Jumping on his back, she gave him a bear hug. "Hey, Daddy, I—Oh, sorry, Sasuke." She jumped off the annoyed Uchiha, grinning. "I thought you were my dad."

"I saw that," he mumbled, as Sakura shot past him to hug Kyu.

"Kyu-chan!"

"Sakura-chan!"

"I MISSED YOU!" both cried, hugging. "So, how's Kankurou?" Sakura asked, linking arms with Kyu.

"He's great," Kyu answered brightly, walking with her pink-haired friend through the crowds of people who had come to greet the three. "He was appointed Kazekage last year."

"That's great!" Sakura cried.

"Oh! And!" Kyu grinned hugely. "We're ENGAGED!"

"Excuse me?" Yashi appeared at Kyu's elbow. Sakura, who was not used to sudden appearances by bug-infested people, yelped, but Kyu didn't even flinch.

"Yep." Kyu gave Yashi a one-armed hug.

"Does Chuimaru know?" Yashi asked plainly, returning the hug, his other arm still in his pocket.

"Um... No, I don't think so, unless my parents told him."

Yashi nodded, walking away.

Kyu winked at Sakura, before disappearing in ninja-like speed, jumping on Yashi's back piggyback style. "YASHI-KUN!"

"I did say hello to you," he pointed out, hardly phased.

"Help me find my parents, please?" she begged, grinning at him over his shoulder.

Yashi sighed a long-suffering sigh and hooked his arms under her legs to keep her in place on his back. "I know where they are."

Sand Village

All three of the Sand siblings were deeply immersed in thick scrolls containing seals of all sorts. Kankurou had found something they could have used, but Temari pointed out that the seal was for sealing tree spirits. After that, Kankurou began to lose interest.

The library in Kankurou's office was very large, and somewhat cooled, as a fountain had been installed in the far corner, radiating a cooling mist around the room. There were several, if not hundreds of scrolls at least a foot thick, all filled with complicated styles, seals, and information. At one point, Temari even uncovered a family history, which they spent an hour looking over. Not to their surprise, Gaara's name wasn't in it, so they added him at the bottom, underneath Kankurou.

(A/N: Before I go on, I just thought I'd cue you all in on how old everyone is, as far as the main body of characters. Ok? Ok, good, ok.

Kankurou-20

Temari-19

Gaara-Fifteen-going-on-16

Kyu-18

Shikamaru-18

Rynn-Same as Gaara

Sakura, Sasuke, Naruto (insert all former rookies here)-16

Neji, Lee, Tenten-19

Chuimaru, Yashi-18

Adults-You know what, they wouldn't tell me!

Ok, you got all that? Ok? Ok, good, ok.)

They had a fun time thinking about what sort of memorable things they could put under Gaara's name (Kankurou had "youngest Kazekage in the history of the Sand" under his name, and Temari had things like "first to master the Art of the Fan completely" under hers.). Gaara even made a joke about it, suggesting they write, "Murdered over three hundred people by the age of eight." Finally, after they completed Gaara's works, (for which they put nice little things like "Best baby brother ever" and "Most accomplished ninja") they decided to abandon the search for a while and go home for lunch.

"Should we call them, just to make sure?" Kankurou asked, taking out his new black cell phone.

"Yeah, ok." Temari said down with a sandwich and a cold drink on the sofa.

Kankurou went to the speed-dial, and pressed '1,' which was Kyu's number.

Ring.

"Hello?"

"Hi, it's me." He grinned when he heard her voice.

"Oh, hey, Kan-kun, what's up?"

"Did you guys get there ok?" He sat down on the over-stuffed chair with his food.

"Yeah, no problems. We even had a welcoming committee! Practically every one in the village came to greet us." There was a pause, and Kankurou heard a low voice asking something. "I'm talking to Kankurou, Chui-kun, can it wait?" Another pause, and the low voice responded. Kyu sighed. "Say hello to Chuimaru, Kan-kun. He's Rynn's oldest brother."

"Hey, Chuimaru," Kankurou called, examining his sandwich, wondering where he should take the first bite.

"Ok, so anyway—What?" There was a rustling noise, like Kyu had put her hand over the phone. "Chuimaru, I'm kinda busy right now, ok? I'll be out in a few minutes."

"What does he want?" Kankurou asked.

"He asked me to train him, or something. I dunno."

At Temari's pointed looks, he asked, "Are Rynn and Shikamaru around?"

"Rynn is, but not Shikamaru. He went to stay with his parents. I'm over the Inuzuka's right now; we had sort of a party last night to welcome us back. Oh, Rynn wants Gaara to call her."

"Gaara," Kankurou said, putting the phone on his shoulder facedown, "Call your woman."

At this point, someone knocked at the door. "Just a sec, Kyu, ok?" Kankurou got up to answer it. It was three of his friends, Yasuke, Aoshi, and Ramiko. "Hey, guys, what's up?" He stepped aside so they could come in. (A/N: I had to give him some friends, ok? He was really lonely in the prequel to this!)

"Who're you talkin' to?" Aoshi asked, sitting down on the sofa and eying Kankurou's rather large sandwich.

"Kyu," he answered. He heard her calling him from her end and put the phone back to his ear. "What? Oh, just the guys. Hey, guys, say hi to Kyu," he said, holding the phone out.

"Hey, Kyu," they all chorused.

"Hey, Kan-kun, I gotta go, ok?"

"Ok, why?"

"Because if I don't, Chuimaru's head might spin off."

There was a pause. Kankurou knew what she was waiting for him to say, but there was no way he was saying it in front of his friends.

"Say it, Kan-kun," she ordered, after a few minutes of silence.

"Ohh... Don't..." Kankurou glanced over his shoulder at his friends. "Don't do this right now..."

"Kan-kun, you say it or I'm not hanging up the phone," she said stubbornly. "Say it right now."

Kankurou sighed, putting his hand up to shield his mouth and mumbled, "I love you, Aka-chan."

"AHA!" Ramiko crowed. "'I love you, Aka-chan!'" he cried mockingly, and all three of Kankurou's friends made smooching noises.

"Shut up!" he snapped, hanging up the phone and jumping on them.

Konoha

Kyu smiled triumphantly, pocketing her phone. "So, what kind of training?" she asked, turning to Chuimaru. "You still tryin' to beat Yashi?"

"Ye—No." He shook his spiky head violently. "No, that's not what it is."

"Ok, then, what?"

"Um..." He scratched his head. "Ok, look, there's this girl I like, ok."

"Ok..." She raised an eyebrow. Chuimaru, like Kankurou, knew that now would be the best time to unravel his plan.

"I need you to teach me about kissing." Wince.

Pause. "What?"

"Well, look, I mean, you're engaged, right?" Babbling was the key to getting what he wanted. "So, I mean, you would know about kissing and stuff, right?"

"And stuff?" Both her eyebrows were raised at this point.

"Please, please, please, please, Kyu-kun?" he wailed, throwing himself at her feet and grabbing her knees. "Please, buddy, team-mate, best friend of my entire existence!?"

Kyu faltered slightly, her balance off. "Ok, ok, fine!" She kicked him away. "But!" She yanked him up by his collar. "NO ONE knows, ok? You don't tell ANYONE, not even Yashi or Kiba!"

"Ok." He nodded.

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