Hey everyone! ^^ I am very sorry for not updating. Go ahead, yell at me to your hearts content. I can take it. TT-TT But, seriously, thank you all for the wonderful reviews; they're all very much appreciated. And to show you that I am thankful, here is the new chappie! X3 Enjoy!

Xxx Disclaimer: Naruto doesn't belong to me, but to Masashi Kishimoto (Thank you for the fantastic fifteen years Kishi-Sama!) xxX

Today was a much more tame day, unlike the past two days. The sun was out more, despite it still being a tad bit cloudy, and more people and creatures alike were out and about as usual. This includes two teenage boys who were sitting idly on a bench in a park that was filled with dog walkers, bike riders, skateboarders, and families.

One of the boys was on his phone, looking at and liking random pictures on Instagram, while the other was smoking a cigarette with a bored expression.

Neither of the boys said anything to each other for the entire fifteen minutes that they have been at the park. People who would pass them by would give them strange looks, and those with children would try to shield the child's eyes away from the one with a bud hanging from his lips. They didn't want their kids to think that it was okay to smoke at such a young age.

Suddenly, the boy who was on his phone halted in his liking of pictures when his phone started to ring. This caused to boy beside him to look over to his friend with the same stoic expression.

"Who is it?" The redhead asks as he watches his frenemy ignore the phone-call before going back to Instagram.

"Someone annoying." The other redhead responds with a grimace as he double taps on a clip that he liked, then proceeded to scroll down.

"More annoying than me?" The other taunts with a lazy smirk, removing the cigarette from between his lips, and then blowing the cancer products smoke into the face of his companion.

With no emotion displayed on his face, the other boy simply swats at the smoke while continuing to look at his phone. "Unfortunately, yes."

"Hn." Was the only sound that the other made before taking another drag of cancer.

For a few minutes, there was a silence between the two until the one with the phone spoke.

"So what happened after I left yesterday?"

This causes the other teen to look at him with a nasty glare as he sits upright in his seat. "Oh, you missed it, big time." He sneers. "Kushina threw the biggest bitch fit so far."

"Heh-Heh, really?" He smirks with a mischievous glint in his eyes as he looks towards his frenemy. "Did she punch my poor Gaara in the groin at all?"

His glare deepens as he takes one last drag of his cigarette before dropping it on the ground and stepping on it. "Wouldn't that just be the highlight of your day, you prick." He pauses when the other boy merely chuckles at his insult. "But she did almost hit me in the face."

With wide, intrigued eyes, the redhead turns towards Gaara. "Really? I honestly didn't think that she would do it."

"Tch, neither did I, but she is one crazy woman." Gaara states, closing his dark rimmed eyes.

Putting his phone in his pocket, Sasori turns his body to Gaara, feeling more entertained by his story. "So what stopped her from swingin'?"

Gaara sighs before crossing his arms over his chest. "Well for one, her kid and niece were holding her arms, or at least trying to..." He pauses to take in another breath.

"But~..." Sasori presses, knowing that his friend didn't want to say the last part, most likely because he knew that he going to be teased for it.

With yet another sigh, the redhead reluctantly finishes. "But if it wasn't for that girl, I would have had a busted lip right now."

Quirking a brow, Sasori looks to his friend in amusement. "What ever do you mean?"

Eyes now open, Gaara looks back at the redhead. "Before that crazy woman could swing, that girl stepped in front of me and put the blame all on herself."

"Heh-Heh! No fucking way! You got saved by some broad that we saved the night before!?" Sasori exclaims in amused bewilderment. "That's freaking hilarious!" He practically yells as he hunches over on the bench, laughing hysterically, earning him and his partner even more looks from bystanders.

"Well it might sound funny now, but she saved your ass too, Sasori." The angry redhead states, causing the said teen to instantly cease his laughter and turn to him with a glare.

"What the hell are you talking about?" He asks, his hazel eyes piercing into Gaara's aquamarine ones.

With a smirk of satisfaction, Gaara sits up in his seat, pulling out a pack of cigs and lighting one up. "Kushina was ready to come for your ass too; said you bailed cause you knew what was coming."

"That doesn't tell me how some weak girl saved my ass, Gaara." Sasori retorts impatiently. He knew that Gaara was enjoying making him feel like some pansy because he got saved by some girl that he didn't even know.

"Fine, fine." The redhead snickers, removing the new cancer stick from his lips. "It was like I said before, the girl put the blame all on herself. She told the boss that if it weren't for us, she'd probably be dead or some shit like that."

Now feeling disinterested, Sasori leans back on the bench, looking as bored as ever. "What a sap."

"Exactly." Gaara agrees, blowing a puff of smoke towards a couple who were giving him the stank eye. "I even got yelled at for calling the girl that, by the snob of the group no less."

The other redhead sucks his teeth upon hearing this as takes out his phone again. "She really needs to stop acting all high and mighty. It's not attractive in the least."

"Well you made it seem like you were attracted to her when we first started." Gaara points out, flicking away a few aches from the bud.

"Hn. That's because I was trying to make my own fun." He pauses. "If I was going to be stuck in the same place with you and the snob for a while longer, I was going to at least create some entertainment out of it."

"And entertainment you did create, you perv." Gaara teases, earning him a devilish smirk. He then chuckles to himself before taking another puff. "Don't be surprised if she ends up falling for you."

"I should say the same to you." Sasori retorts, taking a side glance at his friend. "You were just as much of a flirt as I was."

"Well I wasn't about to let you have all the fun." The redhead responds with a playful twinkle in his pretty eyes.

Suddenly, their conversation was cut short when Sasori's phone began to ring again, only to have him ignore the call once more.

"Same person?" Gaara asks, stomping on his cigarette.

"Same person." Sasori confirms. However, not even a second after he hung up, his phone starts to ring again, causing both redheads to glare down at the phone.

"The one time that I actually enjoy having a conversation with you, someone just has to ruin it." Sasori groans as he stands from the bench and walks over to a nearby tree for privacy.

"Dido." Was Gaara's only reply as he takes out his own phone, only to see that he has a text message from his sister.

Kankuro and I wont b home 2nite.

Hes staying at his gf's &

I have 2 work the nite shift.

Dont do anything stupid ok?

Love u

Glaring at his phone, he closes the message and then glares at some random man who was staring at him from afar. He sighs.

"What does she think I'll do? Throw a party or some shit?" He mumbles to himself, just as Sasori walks back over and reclaims his seat on the bench.

"You're throwing a party?" He asks in a teasing manner, earning him a death glare.

"Bite me." Gaara snaps, leaning back on the bench.

Sasori smirks for merely an instant at the dissatisfaction of his rival, but then he gives him a solemn look. "So can I crash at your place for tonight?"

The sudden question earns him a side glance from the redhead, but he keeps a straight face.

"Why?" Asks Gaara as he crosses his arms over his chest.

Looking away, Sasori places his hands in his pockets and leans back as well. "Let's just say that my place is going to be over crowded and I don't feel like being suffocated in my own home."

Both boys remain silent for a moment until Sasori speaks again.

"Your siblings won't be home, will they?" He asks, to which Gaara only replies with a shake of his head. "Good. I don't need your sister biting my ear off like usual."

"And I don't need my brother having to act a fool with you." Gaara adds, causing Sasori to turn his head towards him. By having him say this meant that Gaara was allowing him to stay the night.

"In a few hours, we'll stop by my house to grab some things and then head to your house." Pause. "I'll make sure that I'm gone by the time your sister gets home."

"Good."

Sigh. "For now, let's just enjoy the calm before the storm."

"Agreed."

She clutches onto the light pink yoga mat that she held in her arms tighter as her cousin continues to stare at her with that same hard gaze of his. She always hated it when he would look at her like this because it was like he was staring straight into her very being, which unnerved her to the core.

"P-Pl-Please stop st-staring..." She begs as she pulls the rim of her white ball cap over her eyes. She could feel her cheeks start to heat up, proving her discomfort even further.

Taking notice of this, her cousin finally turns his sight back on the pavement, releasing a deep sigh as he does so. "I'm sorry. It's just that I'm surprised that you don't want to tell them what had happened yet." He says as he looks back at her.

With a sigh of her own, she returns his gaze. "I know that it might sound bad, b-but I'm just worried about what they'll say." Her eyes then downcast to her moving feet and then over to the open field around them. "They're like family to me."

"Which is all the more reason that you should tell them sooner than later." Was his candid reply as he stops abruptly beside her, causing her to look back at him.

"Nii-san..." Was all that she could muster to say, too shocked by his response. She knows that her cousin has never really liked her two best friends, – mostly because they're boys – so to hear him say that to her truly shocked her.

"If they are family, like you say, then they will be behind you and won't ridicule you on what happened. It's not like it was your fault anyway." He pauses when he sees her look away, taking in his words of wisdom.

"If you are so worried about them yelling at you, specifically Kiba, they will most likely yell at you more so for not telling them right away, rather than for the actual events." His gaze was kind, but firm at he locked eyes with hers.

"Nii-san..." She repeats, still too surprised to say anything other then that.

There was a moment of silence between the two as she took in his words. As he waits for her to speak, he glances over to his side and notices an angry looking redhead sitting on a bench. His eyes harden when the redhead sends him a glare before looking towards another redhead who sat down beside him.

Suddenly, he feels his hand being grasped and he looks back to see the soft smile that she was giving him and his eyes soften once more.

"Thank you Nii-san. I really needed that." She says sincerely as she guides him into the middle of the grassy field of the park. She leads him to a spot that wasn't surrounded by people playing with their dogs, specifically ones that had a Frisbee or a ball.

Placing her mat down on the slightly wet field, she begins her stretches while her cousin just watches her with a smile of his own.

"Hinata." He calls, earning him a curious glance.

"Yes, Nii-san?" She halts in her preparations, placing her hands on her hips when she sees his softened stare.

"Promise me that you'll talk to them when we're done." He asks as he now unfolds his gray yoga mat and places it right in front of hers.

With a widened grin on her face, Hinata chuckles and adjust her hat before continuing her stretches. "As soon as I get home, I promise to call them both. I might even set up a time to meet them for tomorrow after I help out Kushina-san!"

With a nod of approval, Neji begins stretching himself until he pauses with a horror stricken look on his face. He then looks at her with a weary smile.

"Oh and Hinata," She looks up at him with a raised brow.

"Hm?"

"Please don't tell Kiba and Shino that I told you to talk to them." He practically begs due to the shaking in his voice.

Unfortunately for him, the deviously mischievous grin that his cousin was giving him told him all that he needed to know. He lets out an uncharacteristic groan.

"Sorry Neji-nii, but that is one promise that I cannot keep. Heh-heh!"

"And you're supposed to be the sweet one of the family." He mumbles under his breath, earning him a playful slap to the arm.

"I am sweet, but I can be spicy too." And at that comment, Neji just had to face-palm at her innocence.

"That was corny- ow!"

"Hump!"

With a bored expression on her face, the glasses wearing teen watched the few people browsing in the shop. Part of her was annoyed by the fact that she had to stand there and watch random people look at the clothes, but another part of her was more annoyed that Hinata wasn't there to offer her assistance. That, and she also wished that someone would get her a stool.

As much as she hated to admit it, she sort of likes having the little pest around here to liven things up. It's so boring listening to the radio while her cousin sits on his lazy butt upstairs. At least when Hinata's here, he's downstairs and she has someone to argue with.

But unfortunately, the little prude has already come and gone, only stopping by for a brief moment with her big, sexy asshole of a cousin. She came to say hello and drop off some drinks and snacks before heading off to the park to do some exercises or some shit.

Man was she bored!

With a groan, she was alerted to the sound of the bell, signaling a new customer. Bothering to bring her glance to the new patron, her magenta eyes widen at the sight of the familiar face.

"Holy shit." Her glossed lips whisper as her posture straightens and she places her palms on the counter. Her mouth suddenly becomes dry when she sees a small smile to his face as he waves a hand to her.

"Hey, Karin. Long time, no see." He says casually as he makes his way over towards the girl, his strange, ringed eyes poring into her.

"Nagato." All of a sudden, as if coming out of a daze, her sharp eyes harden into a deep glare and her mouth forms into a sneer. "What are you doing here?!" She practically growls, trying to keep her composer since others are still in the store.

"I just came to say hello to some distant family. I don't see the harm in that." He states calmly as he places his hands on the counter, causing the angered teen to take a step back.

"Well then you must need these glasses more than me, because that's bull and you know it!" She snaps back at him, but the slick haired man is unfazed.

"Please calm down, cousin, there is no need to get so worked up." Came his ever so calm reply, waving his hand at her.

For once in her life, she took his advice, seeing as people were starting to stare. First, the store nearly gets robbed and Hinata gets hurt, and now this fuck shows up to add in his two cents. Life for the Uzumaki couldn't be more amazing.

"If auntie Kushina knew that you were here, she'd go bat shit crazy on your ass." She snarled through gritted teeth, crossing her arms over her chest.

His ringed eyes widened in mock shock. "Calm with the language, little cousin. A foul mouth is not attractive, you know."

"Fuck off." She hisses, placing her hand on her hip, her eyes never leaving his.

"Speaking of which," He starts, disregarding her comment. "Is aunt Kushina here by any chance? I'd really like to say hi, and Naruto too."

"Like I'd tell you." She retorts with a sharp glare. "Do you honestly expect either of them to even say a word to you after what you did to them? Are you that moronic!?"

Suddenly, his serene smile went away and was replaced with a thin line and sharp eyes. "Of course I don't expect them to say anything. What I did was unforgivable, but that's why I'm here."

Her eyes grew wide for only a split second before looking at the people in the store and then back to him. "For what? To get your ass kicked or to get your head chewed off?"

"Neither. I came to talk." He replies in a serious tone, but then moves to the side with a smile when a woman comes over with different shirts in her hands.

As Karin starts to scan the tags and the woman digs through her wallet, Nagato simply smiles at their predicament. He knows that Karin can't keep busying herself with him for she has customers to deal with, so she has no other choice but to tell him to leave – which they both know that he won't – or let him see his aunt and cousin. She was a smart girl, so she had to let him up sooner or later.

"So do I just make my way up, or are they in the back?" He asks with a sly smile and a twinkle in his purple eyes, earning him yet another death glare from his younger cousin.

"Upstairs, you bastard." She grumbles as she sends the woman off, taking the cash and putting it in the register. "But let's make something clear." She says as he makes his way past the counter. He stops just beside her to acknowledge what she has to say. "If I find out that you say or do anything to hurt auntie Kushina or Naruto, I will personally ram one of those rods you love so much right up your ass until it comes through your throat, you got that?"

Chuckling a little at her most likely serious, but to him, empty threat, he turns to her before making his way up the steps.

"Got it."

Please go easy on me with the yelling about me being late. 2015 has not been kind to me at all. Yesterday (2/11/15) I had found out that my uncle was found dead in his bed, and has been like that for over a week, but then when I come to school today (2/12/15) I find out that a friend of mine was found murdered in her home by her ex-boyfriend the same day that they had found my uncle. So please go easy on me and forgive my absence.

Anyways, hope that you enjoyed this chapter and the little extra thing with Nagato. I promise that you will find out what that's about another time. Anyway, if you'd like to, even though I probably don't deserve it, please review, follow, and/or favor and I will try to update and not be lazy. Thanks again for reading and have a great day or great night! Bye-Bye! (\(^u^)/)

P.S: You can find out more about that friend of mine on . Should be on the front page. I really do miss her.