Okay so here are the ages of the cast:

Kakashi: 29, Iruka: 26, Itachi: 25, Deidara and Kankuro: 24, Temari, Sasuke, and Neji: 23, Naruto, Gaara, Shikamaru, and Ino: 22 (I made Temari younger than Kankuro because it just seemed to fit).

As far as the kids are concerned, Kakashi has two kids with Shizune (who does not appear) Koyuki: 13, and Fuyuki: 10. Itachi has twins (that came from him and a surrogate to please his father, he does not like women) Kei and Kai: 5. Sasuke has one child (Through an 'arranged' marriage when he was nineteen. He is now a widower.) Daisuke: 4. (Fugaku doesn't seem like the type to me who would allow his boys to have male lovers without fulfilling familial obligations, so now he can't complain; ptttttt!)

I hope you like the story so far. I really want to take my time with it and write what I'm seeing. Mostly my mind goes too fast for my fingers though. I'll give you a little of their fashion sense in this chapter and other small things to get you used to routine. Also, Gaara and Neji meet as well as Temari and Shikamaru.

The next day, Iruka opened the bakery and went inside. His family trooped in behind him ready for a new day. He was excited that they would be opening up the dojo and dance studio today. No classes were going to be held today they were just setting appointments and figuring out how to split up time for classes.

He was irritated at his youngest brothers because Naruto and Gaara refused to let him out of their sight just in case the 'old man' tried to come back and make a move on Iruka. He was wearing a sleeveless white turtleneck tank with a sleeve pulled over his right arm to protect it. The cut on his arm was shallow and should be healed in a week, but he wanted to keep it as clean and dry as possible. His loose, hip hugging khaki cargo pants hung low on his hips. His hair was tied up high on his head. He directed his brothers and Temari while they lifted, measured, mixed, and baked. They made him rest while they worked. Iruka dusted, turned on the music, and made coffee before the shop opened at nine.

As promised the customers from the day before came in to buy goodies before they went to their offices. Secretaries came in to get their orders and place new ones. There was a steady stream of people coming in and out. Gaara stayed up front with Deidara and to keep a lookout for the 'old man'. His jade eyes perused the shop lazily. He was dressed in black from head to toe and his red hair was tousled around on his head. His shirt was the same as Iruka's in style but his pants leather. Gaara preferred to wear leather; he liked the way it felt against his skin. Deidara preferred to dress like Iruka as far as style, and whereas his pants were always neutral colors khakis or leather, his tops were an assortment of rainbow colors; today it was a purple sleeveless turtleneck with black khakis his long blond hair was tied in a high ponytail and a spike of bangs fell across his left eye.

Kankuro was in the kitchen with Temari. He wore a black tee, loose fitting jeans, and a hat on his head with had loose flaps that hung down the sides that covered his shaggy brown hair. Kankuro was rarely without a hat that was designed like this one. He had a closet full of them. The way Temari dressed was to not to draw attention to herself. She put her blonde hair into four buns since it had grown too long for ponytails and a long straight bang lay atop her brow line. She preferred to wear loose fitting flowing clothes. Today she wore white parachute type pants she had made herself and a flowing white linen top that hung slightly off of one shoulder and a white tank top under that.

Naruto was in the studio signing people up for capoeira classes that were two hour classes, three times a week, two times daily. He had three students in the second class and the morning class was filled already with six students both were beginner classes. He handed out supply lists and explained the art of capoeira. He wore a pumpkin colored tank tops (he wore tanks in any weather) with a loud orange and blue Hawaiian shirt unbuttoned over it and loose fitting hip hugging jeans. Naruto preferred his shirts to be orange of all shades and plain jeans. His blond hair stuck up in spikes around his head with a fringe of bangs falling in his face. Iruka had joined him in the studio to sign people up for dance classes. The dance classes were two hours as well but they were five times a week three times a day.

By the time the brothers closed the dojo down for lunch at one o'clock, the senior citizen class was full and Iruka had gotten four couples for Latin dance class as well leaving only the night class to fill. He and Gaara would be teaching ball room with Temari and Deidara and Naruto would help teach the Latin class since Kankuro preferred not to dance and would only do so under great duress. Temari was also training to dance in the National Latin Ballroom Competition coming up in eight months. She and Naruto were two time champions and she and Deidara were three time champions. She and Iruka were five time World Ballroom Champions having won this year's title just before leaving Suna.

Iruka pushed the door opened between the shops and peeked in. The bakery still had customers which made him smile. Naruto followed him through the door. "Hey guys, lunchtime, what are we getting?"

"RAAAMEN!" Naruto yelled. "I want ramen!"

"Burger and fries," Kankuro chimed in.

"That sounds good!" Deidara agreed.

"Cesar salad," Temari said.

"Whatever is fine with me," Gaara said as he shrugged his shoulders.

Iruka ruffled his hair. "I'll share a calzone with you. Naruto, Dei lets go. You guys try to get the customers out and we'll close down for an hour and go to the park for lunch," he whispered to Gaara and Temari.

"Nii-chan is so cool," Naruto gushed. "Yosh you guys, let's do it!" he said as he ran out the door with the other two following.

Temari was quick to help the customers make their selections and get them out the door quickly. The shop was empty now and she sat at the counter with her chin resting in her hand. She was humming along with a song that was playing over the sound system and tapped her toes in rhythm.

Kankuro came up behind her and hugged her from behind, "Nervous to be teaching?"

"A little," she said as she relaxed into his arms. "I've never done it before and you know I don't other people to look at me."

"'Mari you are the best, and people want to be taught by the best. You'll have two of us in the room with you at all times and the rest of us will be within screaming distance nobody's gonna hurt you," he reasoned.

"I'm too ugly for anyone to want to touch anyway," she snorted.

Kankuro hugged her tighter. Gaara looked at them and said, "Nee-chan is the most beautiful woman I've ever seen."

"You need to look at more women," Temari teased.

"You would still be the most beautiful," Gaara insisted. "Now stop being Miss gloom and doom before Iruka nii-chan kicks our ass because you're upset." He pulled Temari from behind the counter and pushed the tables out of his way. "Dance with me," he said, "Your choice."

Temari listened to the pop song Call Me, Maybe that was playing at the time and smiled, "Salsa!" Even though ballroom was his favorite, Gaara was a great Latin dancer.

"My fave," Gaara said as he pulled Temari to him and they began the steps of the dance. Gaara twirled Temari around the floor. He let go of her hands and she spun two feet away. Her hips and shoulders began to undulate opposite of each other as Gaara danced to her hips moving in a circular motion. He grabbed her hand and dipped her to the floor and removed his hands from her leaving her bent back. He kicked a leg over her body and as soon as it was clear, Temari shimmied her shoulders as she came up. She lifted her arms in a provocative pose and shook her hips. None of them heard the bell above the door ring…

"When did this place open?" Neji wondered as he and Shikamaru stepped in front of the bakery.

"Ino's gonna pitch a bitch she didn't know about this," Shikamaru said as he waved an indifferent hand in front of the building. "She's supposed to be the premiere food critic in this city and she prides herself on knowing every place that sells food," Shikamaru said as he rubbed the back of his neck.

"We can go in and check it out for her. Maybe she won't bitch us into the ground," Neji said in his low impassive voice.

"Troublesome," Shikamaru said. He reached out for the knob of the door and turned it. A bell rang out as he pushed the door opened, and he could hear laughter and music inside. Before he could open his mouth to speak he froze and his eyes locked on to the blond beauty that was hypnotizing him with her body's movement. Her arms were over her head and her head was partially turned to rest on her right arm, her eyes were closed a small smile played on her lips. Her hips moved in a circular motion that held his eyes captive and he couldn't look away if he tried.

Gaara looked up from when he felt eyes on him and saw the two men at the entrance. He stepped behind the counter, turned down the music down, and nodded towards the door. "Sorry about that can we help you?" he asked.

Temari froze for a split second before turning around praying her brother was messing with her. Sure enough there were two men standing in the doorway to her embarrassment. One man was lightly tanned with his brown hair pulled up in a high ponytail; his dark eyes, which were fringed by short spiky lashes, were wide with shock. His face was handsome but not in a delicate pretty way like the man next to him. It was more of a classic handsome face. He looked to be about five feet ten inches tall with a strong muscular build. He was dressed casually in a short sleeved dress shirt and dress pants. He rubbed the back of his neck and slouched. Temari was immediately attracted to him.

His companion had a cool, statuesque beauty about him. His nose was straight and thin, his skin was smooth and creamy, his long chocolate brown hair was tied in a low ponytail, and his light violet eyes; which were framed by long dark brown lashes, looked like pale mirrors. He was as tall as his companion but his frame showed lean muscle. He moved with grace and elegance that spoke of breeding and money which put the family on guard.

Shikamaru couldn't think of anything to say as his mouth opened and closed a few times. His usual cool demeanor abandoned him the moment his eyes locked on her. Her eyes were the color of flawless green jade and long sable lashes framed them, her skin was caramel color and looked as soft as a baby's and her dark blonde hair was tucked into buns on her head so he had no idea how long it was. She was five feet six inches and had a slim build. Her face was flawlessly beautiful, fragile and lovely.

Kankuro stepped from around the corner. "Can we help you?" he repeated in a louder voice. His eyes narrowed slightly at the man staring at his sister.

Neji stepped in to save his friend from his mental meltdown. He approached the counter where the redhead stood nudging Shikamaru as he passed. Shikamaru shook himself and followed Neji. The blonde had disappeared as soon as he took his eyes from her. Kankuro and Gaara looked at the customers as they approached.

As Neji approached the counter he finally got a good look at the redhead and his eyes widened slightly which was the only outward sign of surprise. He had wide jade eyes which were lined in black. The lower black line was thinner than the top line giving him the appearance of wearing eyeliner, but his eyelashes were long and russet as were his thin eyebrows. His wild red hair fell across his forehead partially obscuring a tattoo on his forehead. His creamy caramel skin made his hand itch to touch it. He was five feet seven inches tall and his body was slim.

Neji continued to look at the redhead as he pointed to the glass case, "I'll take that," he said in a deep voice.

Gaara raised an eyebrow and asked the man in front of him, "You want a full sheet cake?" his smooth tenor washing over Neji causing him to shudder slightly. Neji nodded to cover the action. Gaara shrugged and bent over to pull the cake out of the case. He turned and placed it on a table behind him and bent to get a box from under the table giving Neji a clear view of his leather clad ass.

Neji's fingernails dug into his palms as he tried to calm the storm of lust that raged through him. When Gaara turned around again, Neji pointed at the case again. "I'll take one of those too," he ordered again without looking.

"You want a cookie?" Gaara asked as he stared at the man.

"A tray, and a tray of those too," Neji said as he pointed again not really caring what it was.

Gaara shrugged and pulled out a tray of assorted cookies and a tray of brownies. Neji stepped aside so he could watch Gaara transfer the goods to boxes he pulled from under the table enjoying the play of wiry muscles as he moved.

"Are you guys together or do you want what your friend didn't buy?" Kankuro asked pointing to a stack of pastry boxes.

Shikamaru started to say he would take about a hundred and ten pounds of blonde before he caught himself. He looked over to the table where boxes were piled up and raised an eyebrow at Neji. His friend ignored him and ordered more pastries. "I'll take two of your apple fritters and a pretzel." He said.

Kankuro turned to fill his order. Shikamaru asked "How long have you been opened?"

"Two days," Kankuro replied. "We have a studio next door that's gonna open for dance classes taught by five days a week and capoeira class three times a week."

"My name's Shikamaru, I'm a strategist for video games and that's my friend Neji, he has a hotel downtown," Shikamaru said to keep the other fellow talking.

"Kankuro at your service; that strong silent type over there's my otouto Gaara, and my imouto Temari disappeared," The tattooed man said amicably.

"It's nice to work with family as long as they don't drive you crazy," Shikamaru observed. 'Temari, her name is Temari,' he let the name tumble through his brain. Shikamaru thought, 'Need to find out if she has a boyfriend.'

"We always get on each other's nerves and drive each other crazy. Wouldn't have it any other way," Kankuro disagreed.

"Have you lived here long?" Neji asked after taking six large boxes from Gaara.

Gaara remained silent but Kankuro answered, "About five months now."

"Know anyone here?" Neji asked.

"What is this, twenty questions?" Gaara asked in his husky voice.

Neji's eyelids drooped for a moment. If it would keep the redhead talking he would play anything he wanted. "Just a question," he returned. "Are you in a witness protection program?"

"No and no," Gaara replied to the two questions. His lips twitched at the tall beauty's wit.

Shikamaru was getting ready to ask another question when the door to the shop opened with the jingle of a bell and a dark brown head poked in. "Hey, you guys ready?" Iruka asked.

"Just finishing up nii-chan," Gaara said. He rang up the items and gave Neji his total.

"Hurry up slow pokes. We'll be in the park under the pavilion or by the river. Which do you prefer?" he asked

"River by some trees, I want to paint," Gaara said.

Iruka nodded, "Where's Temari?" he asked.

"Kitchen," Kankuro jerked a thumb over his shoulder.

Iruka raised his voice, "Temari, do you want to come with us?" He blinked as a blur of white and blonde whizzed past him. He raised an eyebrow in response and Kankuro nodded subtly toward the man at the counter with a ponytail. Iruka gave an exasperated look and said, "You guys hurry up. Gaara your bike is out front. Naruto moved it there for you."

"Thanks nii-chan," Gaara said quietly. His Kawasaki Ninja ZX-14R was one of his prized possessions. It was green and black and it handled like a dream. He and Naruto bought one each for their birthdays. Naruto's bike was orange and black and Iruka and Deidara shared a black one. Temari had a Toyota Celica MR2 Spyder that was black, Kankuro had a Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder convertible in black and the rest of the family shared a blue Volkswagen CC and a silver Jaguar XJ but he preferred his bike. Gaara shook himself and gave the man called Neji his change as he stared intently at him.

Shikamaru paid for his things and pulled Neji's elbow, "C'mon I'll help you carry this." He shook his head as they walked out, "Why the hell did you buy so much?" he muttered. He piled the boxes of sweets into the back seat of Neji's BMW Z4 carefully.

Neji wasn't listening to his friend. He was watching the redhead pull a helmet from under his arm and pull it over his head before he swung a leg over his motorcycle. Never before had Neji been jealous of an inanimate object, but today he would have given anything to be that motorcycle. He watched as the redhead gracefully positioned his body over the bike as it roared to life. The big guy came out as the bike was started up with a satchel in his hand. Gaara took it and pulled it across his shoulder and chest then maneuvered the bike onto the road. He nodded and set off for the park with Neji watching him until he disappeared.

Kankuro got into his car and headed out after Gaara. He waved a hand at their customers who had just bought half of their goods.

"Yeah, uh, you got something right here," Shikamaru said as he rubbed his mouth. "Look like a stalker much?"

"Fuck you. What about you? If it hadn't been for me, you'd still be in there doing your imitation of a fish," Neji smirked.

"Troublesome wench," Shikamaru grouched, "She disappeared as soon as I took my eyes off of her."

"Do you have a plan?" Neji asked.

"Divide and conquer. I'll need Ino for this. It should be no problem; she'll be interested in critiquing the place," he said. "I have no doubt you'll help distract that redhead," he gave Neji a pointed look to which Neji rolled his eyes. "I want her and I'll do what it takes to get her," Shikamaru's eyes hardened with resolve, "Even though it's gonna be troublesome."

Neji, feeling the same way about the redhead, nodded in agreement. As they drove away Shikamaru took out his phone and called Ino telling her about the new shop and his master plan.

Next chapter, Naruto and Deidara meet Sasuke and Itachi but I won't publish it unless you grease the wheels with some reviews bwahahahahahha. Just kidding folks, but please be nice and click the little button and let me know what you think. Later!