Bozenjishitsu

AFter being threatened by Midori... gulp... I decided to update. I hope you all enjoy.

BTW, I've noticed that my fic, This Much I Know Is True has suddenly become really popular... I wonder why. Oh, well. I'm working on the last part of that chapter.

Holy crap, it's, like, one o clock in the morning, and I went to sleep at six am today and woke up at five pm, so I am WIRED! Yeah, thats right, I slept all day, but can you blame me? I've been hard at work on three fan fics! You people are so demanding...

Kyuubi: Yeah, but, I mean, who the hell would read the crap you put out?

SNG: Why do you have to be so negative?!

Kyuubi: Well, since you used your authoress powers to seal me inside yourself instead of Naruto, I've had to deal with lsitening to all your thoughts. Do you know how boring that is?

SNG:... You know what?

Kyuubi: What?

SNG: I can't think of anything to say... Anyway, today I went to my sister's church for a potluck for her missions trip to Mexico, and it was so weird, because I haven't been in that church for, like, two years, so it was pretty cool, I guess, to be able to see all these people. Alot of people said hi to me. . I feel so loved. I only just got online, like, an hour ago, and I got so many reviews! Me be happy!

Kyuubi: It doesn't take much.

Disclaimer: Do I really have to say anything?

Pairings: Shika/Temari, Kan/OOC, Gaa/OOC, Chuimaru/OOC. If you don't like, don't read. Then again, if you didn't like it to begin with, wtf are you doing reading the third chappie already?

Chapter Three: Kissing 101

Kyu dragged Chuimaru down the hall to his room, closing and locking the door behind them. Crossing to the window, she shut it, pulling the blinds closed.

"What are you doing?" he asked.

"In case you haven't noticed, you live in a house full of people with very acute hearing," she answered, going to the CD player and cranking up the volume. "And if anyone hears us talking about kissing, like, say, Rynn, she'll tell Gaara, who will tell Temari, who will tell Kankurou, who will ask me, and that would probably mess up my engagement."

"What engagement?" Two pink spots appeared on Chuimaru's cheeks, but Kyu didn't see them.

"Kankurou and I've been engaged for the past two months, where were you?" She sat down on his bed, crossing her legs and arms. As if on cue, her phone rang. "Just a sec."

"Kyu-kun?"

"Temari?"

"Aka-chan?"

"Kankurou?"

Chuimaru's ears pricked slightly.

"Kyu."

"Gaara?"

"I feel that this whole name thing should stop now," Kankurou said.

Kyu looked at the phone for a few minutes. "Who am I talking to?"

"All of us," Temari answered. "We found out that all of our phones has a six-way attachment to each of the other phones, so all six of us can talk to each other at one time."

"Oh, cool. So, what's up?"

"Nothing much, we just missed talking to you guys," Temari answered.

"How many more days till you come back home?" Kankurou asked. Kyu noticed that, around his siblings, he dropped trying to be whiney.

"It hasn't even been a day yet," she laughed. "What did you guys do today?"

"Spent the morning in my library (which I only just discovered I have), then came back here for lunch," Kankurou answered. "Then, we figured out the phones. What have you been doing?"

Pause.

"You just called me five minutes ago. What could I possibly have done in the past five minutes?" (At this point, Kyu had on a "what the hell" sort of face...)

"Kyu-kun..." Chuimaru said pleadingly.

"Dude, I'm talkin' to Gaara," she said, almost coldly.

"Why did she say my name?"

"Because saying ours would be like, weird, cuz no one's afraid of us," Temari answered.

"Who's Gaara?" Chuimaru asked.

There was a distinct crash somewhere, Kyu wasn't sure if Kankurou had fallen off his seat, or it was someone on her end.

"Um, Kyu?" Chuimaru said suddenly, his ears perking up. "Does Kiba know about Rynn and... that dude?"

"'That ... dude'?" Gaara repeated.

"I dunno, does he?" Kyu asked Gaara.

"No," he answered in a "well duh" voice.

"Nope," she told Chuimaru, who was standing next to the door, listening.

"Then I suggest you hang up. Fast."

"Why?" She raised an eyebrow.

CRASH!

"WHERE IS HE?!" Kiba roared, banging the door open.

"Who?" Kyu hid the phone behind her back.

"............Ow." Chuimaru slid down the wall from where he'd been crushed between the door and the wall when Kiba had opened the door.

"I heard you say his name, now where is he?!" Kiba growled, ignoring his brother's groans.

"Um..." Kyu shrugged carelessly. "You must have been hearing things."

Behind them, Chuimaru attempted to get up, holding his head. Kiba glared at Kyu for a few minutes, then, using too much force, grabbed the doorknob again to shut up, but in doing so, jerked the door so that the knob came in contact with Chuimaru's face.

"OW!" Chuimaru was thrown against the wall again.

Kyu looked at him for a minute, then picked up her phone again. "My bad."

Kankurou snickered.

There was the sound of someone joining the conversation. "Hey, Gaara-kun!"

"Rynn?" everyone said at once.

"Gaara, why didn't you call me?"

"I did."

"...You did?"

"No, wait, I didn't," he corrected himself after a few minutes of thought.

There was the sound of someone else joining the conversation. "Rynn, are you dating that sand guy?!"

"Kiba?!"

"Who's Kiba?" Gaara asked, frowning.

"Big guy, threatened to kill you in the first fan fic," Kankurou supplied.

"He did?"

Kankurou sweat-dropped. "Ok, cut! Script check!"

At this point, everyone pulled out a rather large, paperback book. "'A Night To Remember,' chapter five, scene six, quote, 'You listen up, Shorty! If you come near my sister again, I'll rip you limb—from—limb!'" Kankurou read.

"Oh, yeah..." Gaara said thoughtfully.

"How can you forget something like that?!" Kiba cried.

"Well, it wasn't a very significant moment..." Gaara mused.

"Ok, so are we all on the same page?" Kankurou asked.

"Yeah, can we get back to my death threats?" Kiba asked. "I was kind of on a roll."

"Yeah, ok. Action!" The scripts were put away at once. (A/N: Lol... this was kind of weird, but I couldn't resist.)

"How did he find out?" Rynn asked angrily.

"Again... my bad," Kyu answered timidly.

"You know, you're pretty dense, Kiba," Temari said suddenly. "She's been living with us for a year, and you only just figured that out?"

There was a pause, during which Kankurou snickered. "Mom and dad are gonna kill you," Kiba said suddenly.

"They said it was ok," Rynn corrected. "They know we're together, too."

"How are you even in this conversation?" Kankurou asked.

"Chuimaru has the other phone."

Kyu sent Chuimaru (who was currently trying to pretend he was dead) a death glare. "What are you doing with his phone?"

"Dude, I'm his little brother, it's my job."

"I'm a little brother, and I don't do that," Gaara pointed out.

"Liar!" Kankurou hissed. "You stole my clothes!"

"Why is this relevant?" Temari interrupted.

"...I dunno," Kiba said after a few minutes. "Hey, Rynn! What—" There was a pause. "What're you doing with that sledgehammer...?!"

There was a very distinct thud, and one of the phones was turned off.

"And now I know why Gaara likes her," Kankurou mused. "They're both psychopaths."

"Shut up," Gaara said angrily.

"Have you guys made any success on finding the seal?" Kyu asked, sitting down on the bed and examining her nails.

"Nope. Zilch. We looked through everything." Kankurou sighed.

"Did the former Kazekage have any help in sealing the demon?" Kyu asked, polishing her nails on Chuimaru's blanket. Unlike Kankurou, she noticed, Chuimaru kept his room neat, and his bed made.

"I guess so," Temari said, after a moment of thought. "I mean, he couldn't have done it himself."

"So, why don't you ask some of the village elders?" Kyu asked.

"That might prove productive," Gaara said thoughtfully. "They might know how he did it, and be able to reverse it."

"Good job, Aka-chan!" Kankurou cried. Since it was just the five of them, he didn't feel embarrassed to call her by his pet name for her.

Kyu grinned. "Thank you." She whipped out a nail file and evened the edges of her nails. Blowing away the dust, she examined all ten fingers while the other four considered who to ask. "Why don't you ask the oldest dude in the entire village who was involved?"

"Are you just having a think-attack?" Temari asked.

"I dunno." Glancing at Chuimaru, she saw he decided playing dead wasn't needed. "Hey, I gotta go, call me later, ok, Kan-kun?"

"Sure, Aka-chan. Love you," her fiancé answered.

"Bye." Pocketing the phone, she sighed heavily. "Ok, come on, Chui," she said, patting the bed next to her.

Chuimaru scrambled up and sat next to her. "Are you going to show me, or tell me?"

"It's not really something you can tell, unless you have a way with words," she said, sighing.

"So, you're gonna show me?"

"This girl better appreciate this," Kyu mumbled, turning to face him, kneeling on his dark blue covers. At this point, she frowned, not sure how to go about doing this. Kissing had never been a problem to her; it just seemed to come naturally, although she tended to learn something new every time. But then, she remembered, Chuimaru had never had a girlfriend. In fact, he doubted he even spoke to any girl outside his family other then her. So, she supposed, he probably didn't get any kisses other then the little pecks his mother gave him. Might as well take this from the top, she mused, putting her hand behind his head and bringing him closer, touching her lips against his. Maybe she could learn something from him, too.

It wasn't, she mused, like kissing Kankurou. Kankurou, at least, knew what he was doing. Chuimaru sat very still, allowing her to move her lips against him as she deepened the kiss, bringing up her other hand to cup his cheek. When he didn't take the hint, she sighed slightly and grabbed his hands, putting one at her neck, leaving the other idle. Running her tongue over his lips, she frowned slightly when he didn't part them. This guy really did need her help. Biting his lower lip gently, she took advantage of his gasp of shock to slide her tongue between his lips, cupping his face with both hands, pulling him closer. She decided it would be better to pretend he was Kankurou, since kissing her best friend was just a little nasty for her. She ran her tongue over his, exploring his mouth, teasing and taunting him with it. At this point, Kankurou would have taken over the kiss, his patience run dry. Chuimaru, on the other hand, responded carefully, using his tongue to challenge hers. Then, quite suddenly, he had the upper hand, his tongue exploring her mouth, running over her teeth, using every single trick she'd used on him.

Kyu gasped, pushing him away. She had almost enjoyed that... Which was just gross. Looking at Chuimaru, she noticed he looked almost... could it be... hurt?

"Didn't I do it right?" he asked quietly.

She stood up quickly. "Yeah. Fine," she said quickly, before fleeing the room. That had just been too weird... It had been weird enough that she had kissed him, but that she had nearly enjoyed kissing him... She touched her lips carefully, marveling at how fast he had learned. He didn't have Kankurou's experience or knack of making her melt, but Chuimaru hadn't been at all short in ardor. Groaning, she hit herself in the head. "No way. No way, no how," she told herself. "No way is my best friend..."

Turning a slight shade of blue, she ran away down the hall to Rynn's room. There, at least, she could forget about Chuimaru, since all Rynn liked talking about was Gaara, which meant Kyu would talk about Kankurou.

Sand

Kankurou frowned thoughtfully. Kyu's idea had, actually, been a stroke of genius, for her. Finding the elders would probably help them a lot.

But where were they?

"What time is it?" he asked Temari, who he knew had a watch.

"Almost five thirty," she answered, glancing at her wristwatch. "We could probably find the elders and uncover some information before it gets too late."

"Guys," Gaara said softly, from where he was seated on the over-stuffed chair.

"What's up?" Kankurou asked, pulled on his shoes.

"Can we get this done before they get back?" the smaller, red-haired teen asked, starring at his hands.

"Rynn and them?" Temari asked, going to put her shoes on, as well.

Gaara nodded. "I'd like to meet her as just me..."

Kankurou and Temari exchanged warm looks. "We'll try," Kankurou assured him. "But it might not work out."

Gaara nodded, going to put his shoes on, as well.

"Where should we look?" Temari asked, frowning. She wasn't sure where any of the elders lived, or if they were still at Kankurou's office.

"I have a file of where everyone lives," Kankurou assured her. "In my office."

Temari grinned. "See, being Kazekage is helpful."

"I never said I didn't like it," he corrected, placing his plate-like hat over his dark brown hair. Over the past few months, his hair had grown longer, and a bit tamer, instead of the dark mess of spiky locks he had started with. If he let it hang lose, instead of the short ponytail he had at the nape of his neck, it would reach an inch or so past his shoulders. Kyu loved to play with it. Sometimes, when he fell asleep, she would roll him over on his stomach and brush it, or just stroke it. Since she liked it so much, he had decided not to cut it, like Temari wanted him to do. Making Kyu happy had become a top priority since she had come to live with them. Why had he become so obsessed with it? He wasn't really sure; maybe he had wanted her to be as happy with him, in the Sand, as she had been in Konoha. Well, that had been a wasted effort.

"Kankurou."

Kankurou shook himself quickly. Gaara walked next to him, at surprisingly close range. "Yeah?"

"Are you thinking about Kyu?" the red-haired Chuunin asked quietly.

Kankurou faltered for a second, then nodded. "I miss all of them."

"Are you lonely?" Gaara asked.

Kankurou shrugged. "Sometimes."

"Do you miss having..." Kankurou couldn't help but grin. Gaara still couldn't say the word.

"Sort of, but not as much as I just miss her being here," Kankurou said thoughtfully.

Gaara nodded. "Me, too."

"Yeah?" Kankurou gave his brother a grin. "At least we're not completely alone, right?"

Gaara nodded. "I'm here," he assured his older brother.

Kankurou looked at his brother for a few minutes, his eyes wide. Then, his dark eyes softened, and he reached out, ruffling Gaara's hair. Thankfully, this time, flaks of dry blood didn't come off under his nails. "Yeah. I'm right here for you, bro," he answered, pulling his brother into a one-armed hug.

"Are you guys actually have a moment where you aren't giving each other death glares?" Temari asked, a little ahead of them.

Kankurou grinned, picking up his pace with Gaara, and threw an arm across his younger sister's shoulders. "Yep. We really are."

A/N: Awwww! So cuddly! I hope you guys liked this chappie! Please tell me! You know how? Ok, follow the dots.

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