"My god, that was hard work…" Naruto collapsed onto one of the girls' beds.

"Yeah…" Kayuri mumbled, also flopping onto the bed. Sasuke, who was prone to not making a fuss, simply sat down gracefully in between them.

For no particular reason, Aiko decided to throw the door open upon entrance and almost break the hinges. When she looked around, she was rather surprised at the sheer amount of concentrated tidiness… until she saw Naruto and Sasuke, that is.

"So, you cheated?" Aiko questioned, hands on hips as she stared down at her sister.

"I wasn't aware that this was a game of 'let's kill Kayuri via cleaning'." The copper haired girl replied, voice muffled by the pillow she was laying face-down on.

"Relying on the vampires will get you nowhere in life." Aiko chided in a knowing voice.

"Oh, contraire; it will take me wherever I want if these boys know what's best for them." Kayuri argued, rolling over to throw evil glances at the boys.

"They'll get sick of it sooner or later… more so that usual, I mean. And unless you're bothered enough to come up with some sort of devious plan – which I highly doubt you'd be bothered enough to concoct anyway – They'll start to refuse doing your little chores." Aiko lectured. "Isn't that right, boys?"

"Uhm… I guess so." Sasuke blinked.

"What are we talking about again?" Naruto scratched his head

'The cleaning must have drained his already low willpower to listen.' Kayuri thought, rolling her eyes.

"Amazing, Naruto," Aiko sighed, "You don't even listen when I'm trying to stick up for you."

"Heheh… that's what you were talking about?" Naruto laughed awkwardly.

"I can see I'm wasting my time…" Aiko sighed.

"Whatever. Case dismissed." Kayuri concluded.

"The jury may now leave." Aiko added, staring at Sasuke and Naruto.

"But I can't move~." Naruto complained.

"No?"

"Not an inch… too tired."

"Oh, I see… How unfortunate." Aiko said dramatically. Without further ado, she grabbed Naruto by the ankle and dragged him out of the room, despite Naruto's many yelps of protest. Sasuke, being smarter than his blonde friend, abruptly disappeared from sight. Aiko promptly closed the door with a small sense of accomplishment.

"Meh… bed time." Kayuri wriggled into her bed sheets, a sudden need for sleep washing over her. Aiko turned off the light and retreated to the confines of her bed.

"So… did you have fun shopping?" Kayuri rolled over to grin at Aiko.

"You know not to ask." Aiko sighed.

"Indeed I do, but there's a difference, you see. Gaara was there."

"Nothing on this earth can make shopping with you more bearable, so don't even try it." Aiko snarled.

"Ooh, did I hit a soft spot?" Kayuri beamed.

"Oh, lay off it. Or I might just go out into the hall and yell 'Kayuri had a duck obsession when she was younger!' to anyone who happens to be listening."

"Fine, fine. But you know… Gaara is a bit too antisocial if you ask me."

"I know. I told him just a second that he would have to try and do something about that, now that he's living with… well, us." Aiko and Kayuri laughed together.

"Yeah. I think he might be an okay guy under the shell, actually." Kayuri agreed with her 'thoughtful' face on.

"Uh oh…" Aiko whispered with dread. "I hate it when you use that face. It means you're thinking something terrible."

'Oh, you know me so well!' Kayuri couldn't help but think.

"Yes. I predict that you and Gaara will become very, very close. Is that that kind of 'horrible' you were thinking of?" Kayuri asked calmly.

"Close enough," Aiko grimaced.

"I thought so."

"And I don't suppose you have any more premonitions you'd like to share?"

"As a matter of fact, yes. This year will be amazing, we'll make lots of friends and I get the feeling we'll run into somebody we know." Kayuri said in her 'I see the future' voice.

"Somebody we know?" Aiko repeated.

"Yes." Kayuri nodded. "You heard what Naruto said? 'You guys sound like Shika'?"

"Yeah. But you think it's our Shika?" Aiko wondered.

"Five bucks says it is. Ah well, nighty night." Kayuri rolled over, ending the conversation.

'…That you and Gaara will become very, very close…' The words rang through Aiko's mind. She would have shrugged it off and gone straight to sleep if it wasn't for the fact that Kayuri's predictions were right 99.6% of the time.

************

"Permanent Jetlag, please take me back!" Kayuri sang along with her iPod.

Aiko, didn't bother to open her eyes. "'Yuri, it's too early to butcher Brendon Urie and Fall Out Boy together."

"No it's not, it's nearly eight." Kayuri sang, to a tune Aiko had never heard before, sounding happier then she had this early since a year ago.

"EIGHT! You didn't wake me up?!" Aiko sat up rather quickly and started twitching.
"Oh chill, opening assembly doesn't start until 9. It's not like our old school." Kayuri said, waving her hand.

Aiko finally saw what her sister was wearing. "What. The. Hell. Are. You. Wearing?!"

Kayuri looked down. "My uniform?" She offered. "C'mon, I was waiting for you to wake up. I'm starving."

"Very well," Aiko muttered, getting up and walking down the hall.

"Morning, boys!" Kayuri said, practically waltzing into the kitchen.

"What has her in such a good mood?" Sasuke asked Aiko.

"No idea. I haven't seen her so happy in such a long time. Especially not in the morning." Aiko muttered, actually a little happy about it. The brunette practically fell into a chair, still tired.

"What does everyone want? Naruto, say ramen and I will kill you." Kayuri said grinning.

"Whatever." Went around the room.

"Yay! Eggs and Bacon then." Kayuri put her iPod in the dock she had placed and let the loud music blare out of the speakers. She sang along while cooking the breakfast.

"Wow. Talk about happy." Naruto muttered.

"I think that she thinks something good is going to happen today." Aiko said and then Kayuri placed breakfast on the table. "Can we be allowed hear ourselves think whilst eating?"

"Sure, sure." Kayuri said and then the music was off. "Now eat."

Everyone sat around the table and started eating the slightly over-crisped bacon. "You burnt the bacon again, Yuri." Aiko muttered.

Kayuri looked at Aiko with massive fire in her eyes. "What part of 'DO NOT CALL ME YURI' CAN YOU NOT UNDERSTAND!!!?"

Naruto hid under the table. "What kind of vampire are you if you hide under the table when a mere mortal starts yelling?" Aiko said laughing. Kayuri just sat there glaring at her sister. "Oh, chill out, Yuri."

"That's it - you've just killed my buzz." Kayuri put down her eating utensils and her napkin, and leapt onto her sister with an angry growl.

'I didn't know humans could growl like that.' Sasuke thought to himself.

"Ouch. Ow, stop it, Kayu!" Aiko said attempting to dodge the fierce blows coming from her bad tempered sister. "You lot are vampires. So help me, dammit!" Aiko said.

Sasuke sighed, and picked up Kayuri as if she was a rag doll. Kayuri didn't even bother failing around. She was too surprised.

'He's so warm.' Kayuri thought.

"Haha." Aiko laughed mockingly. If she had more energy, she might even have bothered pointing at them.

"Ohhh, just wait… You just wait, I'll get my revenge." Kayuri muttered evilly. She then pulled herself away from Sasuke and stomped off to the bathroom to fix her hair back up.

"That girl has serious mood swings." Naruto muttered from under the table.

Once Aiko and Kayuri had restabilised their friendship and Aiko had finally gotten changed into the uniform she wasn't aware that she owned (until today, that is), they headed out of the door, Kayuri bouncing ahead of the others, clearly looking forward to the new school and meeting more cute boys, Aiko followed after her sister at her usual pace, and then the boys followed behind dragging their feet, quietly talking about something.

"I wonder what they are talking about..." Kayuri said after falling back, into pace with Aiko.

"No clue. Probably something boring." Aiko said, clearly distracted by something.

"Yeah, maybe…" Kayuri trailed off, her mind running a mile a minute. Then her sidekick beeped indicating a new message.

"Who's that from?" Aiko asked, looking suspicious.

"No idea, I don't think I've seen that number before." She said, she was clearly concentrating.

"What does it say?" Aiko said, and pulled the sidekick from her sister's limp hands.

I hope first day at the new school is good

Miss you.

"It could be anyone from back home. I just don't know." Kayuri said.

"Text back and ask?"

"I'm afraid of the answer. But okay." Kayuri quickly put in 'Who are you?' And sent the message. A minute later a text came back saying:

I am…