Author's Note: I own nothing except Reyna; even Kayha and Katara are creations of a friend. Everything you recognize is property of Masashi Kishimoto. Characters are slightly OOC but that was the point of this; a friend and I decided that they needed to have some fun in their lives! Chaos ensued and this was the result.
Character Notes: Reyna has the ability to shift to a wolf as well as all the perks of being one (heightened senses); Kayha and Katara were two of Orochimaru's experiments. If there is interest I will post Reyna's story eventually as well. That's all I have to tell you now...ENJOY!
PARTY HARDY
Gaara sighed and shook his head. Music pounded through most of the house and out into the courtyard. If it hadn't been Kayha who had shown up at his office and drug him down to this party that Kankuro and Naruto had improvised in a day, he probably wouldn't have come at all. Yet, there he was, sitting with Kakashi with his back against the wall and watching the rest of the 'guests' which consisted of Sand Ninja and the Leaf delegates drink, talk and laugh.
Kakashi shook his head as well as he watched his team pour themselves each a glass of Sand Village brewed beer. It was definitely potent stuff and he had learned his lesson the hard way a long time ago. Before they had arrived, he had called his team together in his own room.
"I know this is a good way for you guys to relax and unwind, but remember the alcohol that's brewed in the sand is a hell of a lot more potent than anything you'll find at home. Be smart and be careful with how much you drink," Kakashi had warned, sitting on the end of his bed tightening the wrapping around his leg.
Reyna, at least, had seemed to listen to him as she settled in an unoccupied corner and drew her shadows around her in order to keep people at a distance. She was sipping her drink slowly, but the others were drinking fast. Sakura was already on her second glass, drinking the alcohol (which admittedly was a lot easier going down that most of what the Leaf offered) and was already a little off balance. He doubted she was going to be able to handle too many drinks. At least she had slowed down, she hadn't even had a sip out of her second glass yet as she talked with one of the medic ninja of the Sand.
Gaara nudged Kakashi and nodded to where Reyna was refilling her own glass. Kakashi sighed, knowing the wolf didn't drink very often for fear of losing her tightly held control and quirked a brow when Sakura approached the wolf, giggling. He couldn't hear what was said, but it looked as though Reyna actually snarled at the girl, yet Sakura continued to talk, seemingly non-stop, even when Reyna walked away.
"Come on, Reyna-Sensei! It'd be fun!" Sakura giggled, ignoring the glare that was sent her way. "I mean, I could do your hair and you could do mine… Ooooo!" Reyna flinched at Sakura's all-too-girly squeal next to her ear, "And we could give each other manicures and pedicures! You'd look waaay pretty if we did your hair up and I could do your makeup! Can you imagine the look on Kakashi-Sensei's face? He'd be all over you!"
Reyna gritted her teeth and continued to try to get away from Sakura, "It's not going to ever happen, Sakura. Why don't you go ask someone else?"
Sakura continued to follow Reyna as she weaved through the party goers, growing more and more irritated at her teammate. Eventually, Sakura found Katara and ducked away from Reyna to see if Katara would be any more willing to do drunken make overs with her. Reyna sighed and started back for her secluded corner when she caught sight of Kayha. By this point Reyna had finished her second drink and Kayha was standing next to a pitcher.
Perfect. I can catch a better whiff of her scent while simply getting another glass. This stuff is freaking good. Maybe I should grab another glass and then I wouldn't have to refill as often, Reyna thought to herself as she headed over towards Kayha and the drink.
As she reached out to grab the pitcher, she shifted her body towards Kayha and took two good solid sniffs of the girl's hair before pouring her drink and grabbing another glass which she also filled. Kayha gave her a strange look. Did she just SNIFF me? She asked herself as Reyna grabbed both her glasses, tilted her head to the side at Kayha and walked away, contemplating the scent.
Who the hell will just walk up to someone and SNIFF them? Her attention shifted from that thought to Sakura who was half finished her second drink and was following Katara around begging her to do make overs with her. It was a good thing Katara was an extremely patient person as she dealt with the pink haired Leaf ninja. Kaya grinned to herself, already on her fourth glass. Her metabolism allowed her to drink a lot more, a lot faster than a normal human. Still, she was starting to feel a bit of a buzz; then again she was planning on getting completely drunk that night.
Temari appeared in the group briefly. She had been the only one who had thought this would be a disaster, and it appeared that she could be proven right before too long. Too bad for them, because I am not staying to clean this up, she thought as she watched the three Leaf Ninja knocking back Sand liquor. Shaking her head, Temari turned around and headed back out the door, heading for her own room. On the way out she had to laugh to herself as Kankuro stumbled into the wall. My brother never could hold his alcohol very well.
Sakura eventually moved onto Kankuro, her second drink behind her and she was definitely feeling the effects, "Come on, Kankuro!" Sakura whined as she leaned against the wall in front of him, "Let me do your makeup for you. I promise I'll make you cute!" she grinned.
Kankuro groaned, "What is with girls and wanting to make me look cute? I'm supposed be intimidating and frightening. Not cute."
Sakura giggled and shrugged, "I don't know, maybe because you could be really cute…to the point of having to beat girls off you with a stick. Yeah, a really big stick," she giggled again.
Kankuro shook his head, "Here, have another drink, Sakura."
He snagged a pitcher off a nearby table and filled her nearly empty glass, along with his own. They continued to lean against the wall, talking, or more accurately Kankuro was continuing to refuse to let Sakura do his makeup. Eventually Sakura grew tired of the game and stumbled off in search of someone who would actually let her have some fun at their expense. By now she was nearly finished her third drink and was extremely drunk.
Naruto had started out drinking slowly, but that didn't last long as he and Kayha got into a competition as to who could drink a glass the fastest. It ended when Naruto declared that it didn't matter who could drink the fastest (by this point he was getting fairly drunk) and declared it should be who could drink the most at once. Kayha was a little confused until Naruto made the hands signs and suddenly the room was literally filled with Narutos. Most of the party goers bolted out the doors into the courtyard at that point, including the real Naruto and Kayha.
"Oh, Leaf Ninja, by the way WE ARE STILL TRAINING IN THE MORNING!" Kakashi called out cheerfully as he pushed himself to his feet with Gaara.
"That's almost cruel, Kakashi," Gaara muttered to the older ninja who smiled under his mask.
"Why do you think I'm doing it? They should be able to fight no matter what. Even if they are so hung over they think death would be a good thing. Besides that, Naruto and Reyna pulled a stunt a while back that I still have to repay them for."
Gaara smirked and shook his head deciding he may have to pay a visit to the training grounds, simply to see how Kakashi was going to manage training his team. Naruto, all of them, and Sakura gave Kakashi a dirty look, but didn't slow down in their partying in the least.
Kakashi rolled his eyes; Naruto was definitely going to be hurting in the morning as each of the Narutos inhaled a drink at the same time. He shook his head; the kid had to learn the hard way it seemed. He and Gaara pushed their way outside with the rest of the party and settled on a couple of stools Kankuro had been smart enough to set up outside on the off chance that something similar happened. Sakura approached each Naruto she came too (which was a lot of Narutos) asking if he was the real Naruto until she managed to find the real one.
"Naruto!" Sakura called, finally stumbling up to the real Naruto while Kayha danced off, singing at the top of her voice to anyone who would listen.
"Sakura!" a slightly less drunk Naruto responded with his usual bright smile.
"You know what? You are my…" Sakura started to giggle as she threw an arm around Naruto's shoulders, "very, very, bestest friend in the whole universe!"
Naruto's smile widened as Sakura leaned against him, "You're my bestest friend too, Sakura!"
Sakura spun around to stand in front of him and started to give him a hug. Unfortunately at that exact moment, blackness closed in and she passed out, falling into Naruto. Naruto, being just slightly less drunk, lost his balance and fell backwards with Sakura landing on top of him. From his position on the stool, Kakashi laughed to himself, pointing the two out to the Kazekage who gave his usual half smirk at his two friends as a random ninja picked Sakura up off Naruto and headed inside to deposit the young ninja in a bed.
While Sakura was lying on top of a sputtering Naruto, Katara picked a very drunk Kankuro up off the ground, "I think it's time you headed for your bed, Kankuro."
He grinned and nodded, "Any chance you'll be joining me?"
Katara laughed and shook her head, "Not likely." She muttered heading across the courtyard with the stumbling Kankuro.
Reyna stumbled out into the courtyard, she was definitely feeling the alcohol by now and she had refilled both her glasses before heading outside. While Kayha was dancing with everyone in sight and singing her heart out to the vast entertainment of everyone present, Reyna stumbled over a random person who had passed out on the ground. The few that were still sober had decided it would teach a good lesson to let them sleep where they passed out, rather than trying to move them all.
Gaara watched as Kankuro stumbled back into the main house, taking a back entrance that led more directly to his room. Naruto returned to running around frantically, apparently being even more hyper when he drank. Upon spotting Kakashi, he bounded over to the Copy Ninja, another drink in hand.
"Kakashi-Sensei! Have you tried this? Huh? Have you? It's so freaking good! You really should try it out. Oh! Look, there's Reyna! Gotta run!"
Kakashi glanced over at Gaara, "Did you understand anything he just said?"
Gaara shook his head, "Apparently alcohol and Naruto is a very bad mix," he said dryly bringing another smile to Kakashi's face.
Reyna and Naruto collided, sending them both to the ground laughing, "Naruto! You made me spill BOTH my drinks!"
"Sorry. Oh, hey. Look, I spilled mine too. Have you tried all the different kinds yet? They're all so good I don't think I can choose a favourite. Hey, maybe Kayha could help me pick one! I gotta run! Bye!" Naruto stumbled to his feet and bolted off again, leaving Reyna sitting on the ground trying to figure out exactly what had just happened.
Kakashi had watched the collision and waited for the usually speedy Reyna to regain her feet, but she continued to sit on the ground, wondering what had just happened. Sighing, Kakashi got to his feet, placing his drink on the ledge behind his stool before strolling over to where Reyna was sitting now staring morosely at her spilled drinks.
"Come on. Before someone steps on you," Kakashi offered her his hand which she took and he hauled her back to her feet.
"Naruto spilled my drinks," she muttered, glancing up at him.
"So go get another one," he suggested, releasing her hand now that she seemed to have her balance back.
"Okay," she flashed Kakashi a bright smile, something he had never seen her do before, as she headed over to where there was yet more alcohol and glasses sitting.
Kakashi returned to his seat, leaving a stool between himself and Gaara as he sat down again. As soon as Kakashi sat down, Gaara stood without a word and walked over to a very drunk, dancing, singing Kaya. Kaya spun around and stumbled against him with a smile.
"Kayha, what are you hiding from me?" he asked, rather bluntly, taking a chance that she may be more open to talking now.
Kayha gradually explained what she was to him, between bouts of singing along with the music when it was a song she liked and trying to get Gaara to dance with her. Once she finished, Gaara regarded her coolly before turning and returning to his seat by Kakashi.
"Everything alright?" Kakashi asked lightly, sipping at his second drink for the night.
Gaara shrugged, "I'll let you know when I know."
Kakashi let it drop as Reyna stumbled over yet another body and caught her balance by placing her empty hand on his leg, just above his knee, "Having fun yet, Kakashi?" she asked, tilting her head to the side.
Kakashi nodded and she grinned, "Good, because if you weren't…I'd have to find a way to make sure you did."
She winked at him and turned back to join the rest of the drunkards dancing. Kakashi was thankful for his mask as he felt heat rise in his cheeks. He glanced over at Gaara to see that he was smirking again, only this time it was at Kakashi. Sighing, Kakashi decided that joining his team to make sure they didn't do anything too far out of line may have been a very bad idea on his part.
Kayha continued to sing and dance through the crowd, occasionally stopping long enough to talk and joke with someone or another. That even included talking briefly with Reyna who was leaning on Naruto slightly as she finished her drink. She'd lost count of how many she'd had, but suddenly the world had started spinning. As Kayha bounced away, Reyna turned to Naruto.
"I think I should sit down…before I fall on my ass again," she smirked, ruffling Naruto's hair.
"Okay. I think I'm going to follow Kayha around a while, she a freaking blast!" Naruto bounded off after Kayha, leaving Reyna swaying for a moment before she caught her balance and headed for the stools where Kakashi and Gaara were sitting.
The first stool she came to was the one between Gaara and Kakashi and Reyna literally fell into it. She couldn't help but start giggling at herself as Kakashi reached over and helped her onto the stool and made sure she was balanced before he let go of her.
"Thanks. I don't know what I'd do without you, Kashi," she giggled, leaning back against the ledge behind them.
Kakashi lifted a brow at her new name for him but didn't say anything about it, "It doesn't look good if a Jonin gets hurt trying to sit on a stool, Reyna."
She continued to giggle before finally pulling herself under control again, "Sorry. I'm good now…I think."
That only lasted until the next song started, and she shifted so she was leaning on Kakashi's shoulder and against his side and her lips were closer to his ear and she started to sing again, very softly.
A slight smile touched Kakashi's lips as she sang but he shook it off and pushed her back onto her own stool, "You're going to fall off again," he muttered.
Reyna quirked a brow at him, she had caught the shift in his scent and was about to call him on it when a shriek pulled all of their attention back to the rest of the courtyard. Kayha was on the drink table, dancing and singing again.
The squeal had been from Naruto and as Kayha continued her performance he squealed again, flapping his hands excitedly as he exclaimed, "I'm gonna see BOOBIE!"
As she continued to sing, she slowly started to lift her shirt, revealing more and more skin. Kakashi glanced over at Gaara at the slightly strangled noise the Kazekage made. For the first time since he had met Gaara at the Chunnin exams, he had an expression other than utter rage on his face. He was horrified and in the blink of an eye, Kayha found herself wrapped in sand and floating across the yard until she was standing in front of Gaara.
"What's the matter, Gaara?" Kayha purred.
"I realize this is a party, but I am still the Kazekage and I cannot allow THAT to happen at a party that I am present at. Especially when it is one of my close…friends," Gaara's features were schooled back into their usual calm, cool expression.
"Aw…come on, Gaara. I promise…you'll like it," she winked at him with a seductive smile.
"Only in private," Gaara responded in his usual even tone.
Kakashi had one hand over his mask, trying not to let it show how much he was trying not to laugh. Reyna didn't even bother trying to hide it. She laughed, long and hard at first leaning against Kakashi for support before she lost her balance and fell off, hitting the side of her head on Kakashi's knee as she fell. For some reason, this made the wolf howl with laughter as she lay at Kakashi's feet. It took her a couple of minutes before she was under enough control for Kakashi to pick her up and place her back on her stool. He kept his arm around her shoulders this time, to keep her from falling off again.
"I told you, you were going to fall off your stool. Please don't do that again, it kind of hurt my knee. You have a hard head, Reyna," Kakashi spoke softly so that Gaara wouldn't hear him and she leaned back against him.
Suddenly, Reyna realized something, or at least she thought she did, "Oh crap…" no one paid any attention to her as Gaara released the sand from around Kaya and the last of Naruto's clones finally disappeared from existence, the alcohol they had consumed hitting the blonde who almost immediately fell over unconscious.
"Gaara…Gaara…" she kept her voice so soft even Kakashi, who she was leaning against didn't hear her. "That's a really cool name…Gaara." She giggled, "Gaara, Gaara, Gaara," her voice took on a sing song tone and was gradually getting louder until the Kazekage heard her.
"Yes, Reyna?" he asked turning to her.
Reyna looked a little sheepishly at him before she spoke again, "I think I locked myself out."
"All the doors are wide open. I assure you, you will be able to enter the house."
"No, no…I didn't lock myself outside. If that were the case you would be just as screwed over as I am. I mean I think I locked myself out of my room. I locked my door when I left and I don't have a key. Do you have a key?"
"Kakashi, do those doors even have locks?" Gaara asked, looking from the very intoxicated Reyna to the relatively sober Kakashi.
Kakashi shrugged, "I didn't check, but she won't be able to find her room to start with so it's a moot point."
"I could so find my room…It's…um…a room….in the house…." Reyna thought hard about where her room was, "um….it had a bed?"
"You are correct. Perhaps she should sleep in the courtyard with everyone else." Gaara shook his head at Reyna.
Kakashi shook his head, "That could end badly. I'll just take her with me to mine. It's not the first time we've had to spend a night in close quarters."
"You know, if I had a tail right now it would be wagging," Reyna muttered next to Kakashi's ear, her head on his shoulder and one hand resting on his leg just above the knee she had hit her head on when she fell before she passed out, slumping against him.
The only thing that kept her from falling off the stool once again was Kakashi's arm around her shoulders and he turned to Gaara who was once again smirking at him, "I think I'm going to take her to bed now."
Gaara nodded and turned back to where there were only a very few people still managing to stand, "I will have one of the ninja on guard deliver Naruto to his room. It's not fair that he is the only member of his team that will not have a bed."
Gaara glanced over just as Kayha slumped against the wall. Judging by the look on her face, Gaara figured she was about to pass out as well, and he didn't doubt why. She had consumed nearly three times as much as anyone else, save perhaps Naruto with his shadow clones. Gaara motioned for one of the mostly unseen guards to take Naruto to his room while he made his way over to Kayha. He reached her just as she started to slip to the ground and he caught her.
"I'll make sure you get to your room," he muttered, but it didn't matter, she was already out cold.
Sighing, Gaara headed through the house to the room that he had given to Kaya when she had set up headquarters in the Sand Village. He kicked the door open and stopped dead. Sakura was lying in Kayha's bed, snoring softly. Shaking his head, deciding he was too tired to find an empty room, he headed for his own where he placed Kayha in his bed, pulled her shoes off her feet and settled himself in a chair in the corner of the room.
Kakashi carried Reyna through the main house in the opposite direction as Gaara. When he reached his own door, Kakashi nudged it open and stepped inside, turning the lights on as he did. He had Reyna's arm around his neck and he had carried her, bridal style, to his room. He laid her on his bed and eyed her vest and weapons pouches. He didn't relish the thought of sharing the bed with her when she was that well-armed. Slowly he un-did the wrappings on her legs and arms, and pulled off her shoes before unzipping her vest. Carefully he pulled her to sitting position with her head against his chest and pulled the vest off her. Next he removed her weapon pouches and set them aside before he changed into a pair of loose fitting pants and sleeveless shirt, leaving his mask in place. Finally he crawled into the bed on the other side.
A/N: That's all for now. Be on the lookout for the next chapter which will detail the next morning! Remember, my muse survives on reviews so please be generous and feed her so she doesn't run away from home!