OMG, I'm so sorry! It's been forever since I updated! I ran into huge writers block... please forgive me! -grovels shamlessly- anyway, thanks to all the nice reviewers as always, I luv you all... This chapter's kinda weird, so I'm sorry. T.T I kinda know where i want to go with this from now on... and it will have much gaanaru and Nejikan, don't worry. This is kinda a transition into that arc.

Kakashi: -raises eyebrow- Are you sure it was writers block, or was it just you being too lazy to type the chapter?

Naruto: Tina-chan wouldn't do that to her readers!

Neji: -raises eyebrow- she can be sadistic when she wants to...

Kankuro: -mutters- No kidding...

Gaara: -glare- ...what's wrong with being sadistic?

Kakashi/Neji/Kankuro: -sweatdrop-

Tina-chan: Only Naruto-kun and Gaara-kun love me! -glomps them both and gives them cookies-

Naruto/Gaara: Cookies!

Kakashi/Neji/Kankuro: -mutter- ...I want a cookie... -sulk-

Disclaimer: ...I can't write action to save my life, do you really think i could own Naruto?

When Gaara and Naruto wandered downstairs, Temari announced that she was going to have a 'family' brunch and promptly dragged both of her unwilling brothers out the door, telling Naruto that they would be back in about a half an hour or so. This left Naruto wondering what he was going to do until they came back.

'I think… I'll try to find Iruka-sensei, T.C.-chan, or Hinata-chan.'

With that goal in mind Naruto headed out the door of the Yadoya.

After breakfast with Gai and Keesha, Kakashi and Iruka went their separate ways. Iruka went to pick up some papers from the academy, and Kakashi said that he would catch him later. When the chuunin was out of sight Kakashi took out the little card he had seen Keesha give to Iruka earlier.

'Interesting… I think this is worth checking out.'

With that in mind Kakashi put his hands in his pockets and slowly began to walk toward his destination.

Gaara was currently sitting at a booth in a restaurant in Konoha, half listening to his sister's chatter and trying to convince himself not to strangle her for taking him away from his boyfriend. He did somewhat appreciate his aneki's attempt at family bonding, but it wasn't like the siblings had much to talk about. The past was too painful. Kankuro was trying to slouch underneath the table; Temari had forced him to take his hat thing off, but he refused to budge with his kabuki-like facepaint. After threats of physical violence she had also forced him into jeans and a t-shirt instead of his customary black outfit. The pervy leers he was getting from some of the females in the establishment was really freaking him out. All of the siblings had gotten somewhat dressed up for the day. Temari was wearing a jean skirt that was dangerously close to being classified as a long belt and a ripped, lilac t-shirt that declared in proud, bold letters, 'Yaoi: Because real men can't cut it' over a fishnet shirt. Gaara was in black cargo pants with a short-sleeved grey shirt that declared, 'I eat people,' complete with a deranged panda in the back. Kankuro's white t-shirt declared, 'I see stupid people reading this t-shirt.' Isn't that just lovely? Yes, it is. And with Gaara death glaring anyone who was stupid enough to get within the vicinity of their table, it was quite a while before anyone worked up the courage to go take their orders.
Kakashi was almost at Keesha's store when he ran into two people that he did not particularly want to see at the moment: Mitarashi Anko and Yuuhei Kurenai. Actually he didn't mind Kurenai so much, but the glint in Anko's eyes was scary. Very scary. Probably scary enough to have even Morino Ibiki quaking in his boots. Kakashi felt the sudden urge to run far, far away, but, alas, he was cornered.

"Kakashi-san!"

Anko grabbed onto his arm like a vice, preventing him from escaping.

"I've heard a few rumors floating around…"

In the back of his mind somewhere that nobody would ever see, a little part of Kakashi was freaking out; rumors spread very quickly in Konohagakure, especially among shinobi.

'I don't like the direction this conversation is going…'

"And I was wondering… Is it true that you fucked 'Ruka-san?"

Kakashi sincerely hoped that he and Iruka had been wrong about Anko being a fangirl. He thought about how to answer. Technically, he hadn't fucked Iruka; no penetration was made and he was left somewhat unfulfilled. Not that he was going to tell Anko that. Nuh uh. How the hell could the women be so blunt? Contrary to popular belief, Kakashi was not one to spread his sexual endeavors around. Reading porn in public? Yes. Telling Anko about his sex life? NO.

"…And where exactly did you hear a rumor like that?"

Anko smiled the Scary Smirk, causing shivers to run down Kakashi's spine.

"I have my sources. So… Did you? Or was it just a particularly passionate make out session? Don't lie Kakashi, I saw the evidence."

"I still don't know what you're talking about."

Anko sighed in exasperation.

"Hickies are hard evidence Kakashi! You can't tell me that you two did nothing; I want details!"

Slight panic on Kakashi's part.

'Damn, she saw it…'

"…Anko, please get off me."

"I know you two did it Kakashi! We're not teenagers, you can tell me!"

'…We may not be teenagers, but that doesn't mean we don't have the mentality of teenagers when it comes to sex. Especially you Anko…'

"Is it a hobby of yours to get the details of people's sex lives?"

"Ha, so you two did do it! I knew it! What happened, Kakashi? Tell me now!"

There was no way Kakashi was going to tell her, but he was also not going anywhere until Anko got what she wanted. Kakashi prayed to Kami for deliverance; just someone, anyone, please get him out of hands of this crazy, perverted kunoichi. His prayers were answered.

"K-Kakashi-sensei? K-Kurenai-sensei? W-what are you doing here?"

Hyuuga Hinata looked at the three adults quizzically. Kurenai sighed inwardly; she really wanted to know what Kakashi and Iruka had done, but not enough to corrupt the mind of her student.

'Not that Hinata-chan is as innocent as everyone thinks she is…' (Kurenai knows that she's VP of the GaaNaru fanclub).

"C'mon Anko, we can try again later."

With that the two kunoichi walked down the street, Anko pouting slightly because her plans were spoiled. Kakashi breathed a sigh of relief and promptly thanked the confused Hyuuga.

"Arigato Gozaimasu, Hinata-chan."

"Um, y-you're welcome?"

The two kunoichi continued down the street, Anko still pouting and Kurenai trying to sooth her. That was when they caught sight of Iruka walking down the street, his school papers in his bag. Anko's facial expression quickly changed from a pout into an expression of glee.

"Iruka-kun!"

Iruka froze as a somewhat familiar voice called out to him, and he felt a drop of sweat run down his face.

'…What the hell does Anko want...?'

It was well known that the kunoichi had a few screws lose, and when she called out in that tone of voice it was wise to either run away or pray for an opportunity to run. Iruka, however, being the nice, polite person he was, turned around to greet her. He noticed Kurenai there as well.

'…why do I feel like I've just been cornered…?

"Anko-san, Kurenai-san. Is there something you want?"

Anko walked over and draped a friendly arm over his shoulder.

"I just came back from an interesting conversation with Kakashi…"

Iruka's eyes widened.

'Oh shit…'

"And I was wondering… just where did you get that mark on your neck, Iruka-sensei?"

The blush came. It started in his cheeks and spread all across his face. What exactly had Kakashi said during his 'conversation' with Anko?

"I-I…"

"IRUKA-SENSEI!"

Iruka could have kissed his little brother figure for the save. He fell backwards as a blur of orange, blonde, and blue glomped onto him.

"Hello, Naruto-kun."

"Ne, will you take me out for ramen, Iruka sensei? Gaara's with his family, so…"

"Sure Naruto-kun."

Naruto gave a yelp of joy, ready to run to Ichiraku's, when he caught sight of the two kunoichi. He pointed to Anko.

"Hey, it's creepy vampire lady from the exams!"

A vein throbbed on the so called 'vampire lady's forehead.

"WHO ARE YOU CALLING A VAMPIRE!"

"It's true! You like to suck peoples blood! Vampire lady!"

Iruka and Kurenai almost choked on their laughter, and quickly turned it into hacking coughs when Anko glared daggers at them.

She turned back to argue with the blonde but found him gone. Naruto, having a rather short attention span when it came to his favorite food, had lost interest in the conversation when Anko turned around and had bolted towards Ichiraku. Iruka bid a quick goodbye to the two women and walked after the blonde. Anko pouted, having been interrupted in her sadistic interrogating again.

"I was going to get them a present too… but I don't know who was uke and who was seme!"

Kurenai put a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"Give them in one package, they can figure it out from there."

Anko grinned (perversely).

"Yosh! Now to get them… lets head over to Keesha's shop!"

(Back to Kakashi and Hinata…)

"S-so where were you off to, K-Kakashi-sensei?"

Kakashi wasn't so sure if he should answer her.

"I… was just hanging around. What are you up to, Hinata-chan?"

He did his eye smile. Hinata blushed slightly and looked towards the ground. She had been heading for Keesha's shop, bit she wasn't sure if she should tell that to the older man.

"A-anou… just w-wandering around I guess…"

"Hinata-chan!"

Both Kakashi and Hinata turned to face the cheerful voice that called out to them. T.C. ran up to them, a take out container of ramen dangling in her hand.

"Oh, and Kakashi-san too! Are you guys headed to the shop? We're having a sale today!"

Kakashi expected the Hyuuga heiress to blush and stutter as usual, and was surprised when Hinata instead grinned happily at her friend.

"Actually I was…"

The two started chattering and walking away, and Kakashi looked at them with a raised eyebrow.

After a brunch which consisted of Temari chattering away and her brother's pretending to listen to avoid her wrath, the three walked onto the street. Getting a few curious glances from passerby that were soon thrown off by a glare from a certain homicidal redhead. Gaara was about to walk off on his own when he spotted a certain someone.

"…Kankuro, walk with me."

Kankuro groaned.

'Don't tell me that Gaara's trying to get into this 'family-bonding' shit too…'

He turned around to complain when he saw the smirk on his little brothers face. It wasn't regular smirk, but a smirk that distinctively said, 'I know something you don't and if you want to find out what that is then you have to follow me.' This should have made the puppet user wary, but instead it piqued his interest. He stared to follow Gaara, not noticing Temari looking at them with her eyebrows raised.

He followed his brother down the street, not bothering to ask where they were going as he knew he wouldn't get an answer. He caught sight of something out of the corner of his eye. Then he turned around to stare.

'Is that…?'

Before he could look away he found himself staring at a pair of pale eyes.

'…Gaara didn't…'

It was then that he realized that said person was nowhere to be found.

'…Shit.'


Neji was out to buy some new shuriken when he swore he felt someone staring at him. Activating his Byakugan, he saw exactly who was staring at him, purple paint and all. He also caught sight of a certain redhead smirking at him and disappearing.

'Cocky bastard…'

He turned around in time to catch Kankuro's eyes before the puppet master could look away and started to walk toward him.

'This should be interesting…'


Gaara strolled down another street, idly wondering what the effects of his meddling would be. Before he could fully complete his thoughts he was bowled over by a certain blonde individual.

"Gaara!"

Gaara gave a small smile as he sat up and looked at Naruto.

"…Naruto."

Neither of the boys noticed two pairs of amused and slightly sadistic eyes watching them.

TBC

Hehe, wanna guess who was watching them? Oh yes, I will get to the GaaNaru lemon... in time. Don't lose patience! I wanna do a nejikan one too... Oh, just a heads up I will be gone from july 7-21 'cause i'm going on tour with my choir. That means no internet access, unfortunately. T.T I'll try to get in one more chapter before i leave though... Again, sorry for the late update and weird-ass chapter...

Review? Please?

-Naruto gives his famous puppy dog eyes-

-Kakashi waves cheerily while reading his book-

-Neji meditates-

-Kankuro makes Karasu dance-

-Gaara death glares and promply melts as he catches sight of Naruto's eyes-

-Authoress looks at them all, amused-