A.N. - Hey there guys! I have chapter 18 here. I got to use Yura again in this chapter! I was happy about that she was fun this time. Not to mention I finally get to hint at who I have planned for her. Well, I had fun writing this and I really hope you guys have fun reading it!

To HalfBloodPhoenix- Thank you so much! I was kind of wanting people to think it was Gaara. I am glad I got you with that. Did you laugh when you figured out it was Naruto? Thank you for reviewing and please enjoy chapter 18!

To Gothic Saku-chan- Thank You! I really wanted the vibe for this to be a cute brother sister thing. That makes me so happy! And Sasuke and Temari have a few bumps to get through first. (you'll see what I mean) and you are so right. Naruto, Gaara, and Sasuke. Three of the baddest dudes in the anime and they're big chickens when it comes to there girl. Hee hee. Kind of sweet if you ask me. And yet oh so funny too. They act big but deep inside we know what they really are…Thank you for reviewing and I hope you like chapter 18!

To BluePanda22311- Thanks so much! You thought it was Gaara on the phone? That's good. That's where I was trying to go. I wanted to trick people. Make them think they get more gaasakuness when instead they get the sweet family bonding moment with sakunaru! I'm really glad you thought it was cute that's really what I hoped it would be. And it is just plain sad to see Naruto sad. He should always smile. And thanks to Sakura he finally has enough balls to ask Hinata out…hopefully. Btw, I love that you say yayness. I use that word all the time. Go you! Thank you for reviewing and I hope you like how 18 turns out!

To superme383- Thank you very much! I love that you thought it was cute. I wanted it to be and am just ecstatic to find that you and everyone did think it was. I really like the family bond between Naru and Saku, I want people by the end of this story to be like…you know they really could be brother and sister. I am so happy you think my story is wonderful (blushes) And btw, I love that song! But sometimes it gets stuck in my head for days. It sneaks up on me out of no where and I can't remember all the word so I'm just walking around humming it. Lol. Thank you for reviewing and I hope you like how things go in chapter 18!

And To xoLovelyEyesox- OH MY GOD I AM SO SORRY!! I swear I had no idea my brothers were going to do that! I hope they didn't say anything bad, ignore them if they did. And don't worry I punished them by chasing and beating them with a bat. (it was plastic though sorry) Seriously I did. Please don't be angry. From now on I will never ever leave it logged in to my ff account anymore. That way they can't do it again. And again I am so so sorry they did that. That's like a total privacy issue they did. You want I should beat them again?

…anyway…I hope everyone really enjoys this chapter

FanggirlX

Dislaimer: Naruto and co not mine

Someone was tapping on his window. Gaara was almost sure of it. What he was not so certain of, was who would be so stupid as to come knocking on his window this early in the morning especially when the chances of Naruto or the Uchiha being up were highly improbable.

So this person tapping his window was either very stupid or actually looking for him.

Not wanting to deal with either option after his previous adventure of going to get waffles with Sakura and her strange gaggle of friends, his sister included, Gaara had been attempting to ignore the idiot at the window.

But finally after several minutes of trying Gaara realized this was a persistent sort of person who had no plans of quitting.

With a quiet growl he stalked to his window threw it open and glared at the obnoxious tapper. Who unfortunately was someone he knew. His voice remaining calm and ever cold asked harshly, "What are you doing, Naruto?"

The blond grinned at him, "Waking you up."

"I don't sleep."

"Oh, yeah. Oops. Wait! If you don't sleep then what took you so damn long!?"

"He was ignoring you. Much like I was trying to do." Sasuke retorted from behind Gaara.

Gaara glanced over his shoulder to see the Uchiha leaning against the wall that partly divided Naruto's room from the sand master's own.

Naruto made a face at Sasuke then started grinning widely.

"Get dressed guys. We're going on a car trip." with that Naruto bounced off in the direction that Gaara knew to be the way to Sakura's dorm. He would at least see what this trip was if it involved Sakura. But he prayed it didn't have anything to do with waffles. He'd had his fill of those things last night.

He glanced down at himself.

He'd showered not even thirty minutes ago. He was dressed and ready to leave. Having nothing to say to the Uchiha he looked at him a short second and then sand ported out of the room.

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And into Sakura's where he was received with much screaming and throwing of things.

Now he sat outside the door on his butt on the floor a little rumpled and a lot confused.

How was he supposed to have know that she'd just gotten out of her shower? He had not purposely ported into her room to see her naked body.

There had been no need to throw things at him and he would tell her so later.

In fact he'd told her flat out when seeing she was naked that she should put on clothes and not go about nude. That had simply made the pink haired girl who was much stronger than her actual appearance led one to believe, much more angry. Actually, once he'd told her to clothe herself she'd doubled the amount of things being thrown at him.

"Hey. I know you."

Gaara looked up to see a familiar cat girl.

He was instantly on his feet and had said cat girl pinned to wall his hand at her throat ready to exact his revenge for her past action against him involving an embarrassing situation in the hedge maze.

She smirked at him, "Whoa now, hot and heavy, should you really go at me right here in front of your girlfriend's dorm room."

He growled, "She's not mine."

He would not have this cat girl slandering Sakura's good name by lumping her with him.

"Oh, all the better. My room is right there." she said pointing a clawed finger to her dorm. She was in dorm 7 right across from Sakura's dorm.

She saw him look and grinned, "My roomies are out. One is with her sister doing whatever twins do and the other is off with her geek boyfriend. You could have me for hours."

Gaara stared at her. Confused.

She offered herself in such a manner like this to everyone? Or just him? Or people she desired? She desired him? Was she insane? How did this woman work?

Yura watched amused as confusion overtook the stoic boy's face.

"Not what you were after was it?" she asked knowingly.

A second of silence was her answer and she sighed.

"Well, in that case I am going to ask you to remove yourself from my body. If this is not a sexual transaction then your contact is not needed."

Gaara continued to stare at her. She could not be serious. He, remove his hands at her request? She must be joking.

After a short stretch of nothing happening Yura shrugged the best she could from her position on the wall.

"Alright, we'll do this your way." she said, a slight venomous tone creeping into her voice.

Gaara studied her a moment. But he was looking at pale blue cat eyes and then suddenly he wasn't!

Jerking around he saw her leaning against the wall a confident smirk firmly on her lips.

"You're lucky you're cute or I may have decided to play rough."

"No one makes a mockery of me." Gaara snarled. Sand erupted from his gourd and hurtled at her.

She flipped effortlessly off to the side, his sand quickly followed.

"Then I suggest you fight better, red." Yura replied with a dark chuckle as she dodged his attack again.

Growling, Gaara rushed his sand at her once again. This time she just barely dodged it.

Glancing at him over her shoulder Yura grinned, flashing her fangs in the process.

"You almost got me."

Gaara brought a huge hand formed of sand at her from both sides.

Certain she couldn't escape such an attack Gaara was shocked when he felt nothing hit his sand.

Scanning the area he found her on the ceiling.

She waved and hopped down.

"That's an interesting trick you have with that sand there. But how are you without it? Do you just not like to get your hands dirty?"

"Not with the likes of your blood." Gaara snapped.

"Oh, ouches, you cut me deep, red. Real deep." Yura laughed as she touched her clawed fingers to her heart.

Gaara kept his hands at his sides so he didn't alert her to his plans but discreetly manipulated the sand with great concentration to slowly slide across floor in an almost invisible trail.

He had her surrounded. Perfect.

"So you like to play rough with a girl do you? Then why are you with such a powder puff as that pink girl?" Yura asked as she cocked her hip to one side and jerked a thumb in the direction of the dorm 8 door.

Sakura? A powder puff? The cat knew not of whom she spoke.

"Just let her hear you calling her that." Gaara muttered.

Yura nodded, "Oh, sure I'm terrified."

Gaara was tired of her speaking. He ordered his sand to encompass the girl.

It rose up out of no where and genuinely surprised the girl.

But then she surprised him.

She disappeared in a cloud of dark smoke and appeared above his sand. Yura dove for him, claws outstretched.

Gaara moved quickly dodging her attack, and instantly readied himself for another that he knew was on its way.

He'd been correct she jumped nimbly off the wall and came at him again. This time he was ready for her.

He substituted a sand clone for himself and when her claws connected with face the sand it was made of enveloped it, trapping her.

He appeared behind her as the sand began to wrap her up.

She smirked, "You're a sneaky fucker aren't you?"

Yura flicked her wrist causing a small explosive she kept hidden in her wide silver bracelet to explode in the sand, tearing it apart just long enough to get her hand free.

She then flipped backwards and landed behind him.

He disappeared in a cloud of sand and reappeared on the other side of the hall across from her.

The door to Sakura's dorm then opened and out stepped the pink haired girl.

She saw what was going on and gasped. "Gaara what's wrong? Why are two fighting?"

Gaara took his eyes from Yura and glanced at Sakura about to answer when Yura grinned wickedly, "Don't take your eyes off me, red."

She dove for him and this time Gaara was unprepared, he could properly defend himself from the cat's strong attack but not Sakura who was near him. Yura would attack her if he didn't take the hit. He didn't have enough sand to make it thick enough to cover the space over both of them and what lay between them.

He put up a small shield over Sakura and himself knowing that with her power Yura would come through it with minimal effort. He prepared himself to physically deflect her attack for hen she made it through.

But Yura never made it.

She was strung up in the air.

Gaara glanced to the side where Kankuro stood, the shimmering blue chakra strings that were holding Yura up streaming from his fingertips.

"Bad kitty." he smirked.

Gaara was relieved his brother had shown up.

Yura hissed at the puppet master.

"Let me go!"

Kankuro shook his head, "No can do, beautiful. I'd hate for such a pretty kitty to get wasted."

"What are you talking about I was winning!" she snapped.

"Sure you were. But only because Gaara was hardly trying." Kankuro snorted.

Yura growled, "What are you saying?"

"Exactly what I said." Kankuro shrugged. "He will get in trouble if anyone discovers he fought. Then he'll get sent home and then Suna will fall into the hands of the council. Gaara isn't willing to risk his village just to kill your fine ass so he was basically toying with you. In a real match sweet heart you would not have even made it as far as you did this time."

Yura smirked at him, "You think so do you? Who are you anyway?"

"I'm his brother." Kankuro declared proudly.

"Ah, older yes? You're much taller than him. Kind of cute too." Yura said as she studied him.

Kankuro blushed, "Yeah, I'm older."

Yura chuckled, dark and velvety smooth, "I see. Yes, the similarities are certainly there. Though your brother has a more delicate look to his features where as you look more…sharp. Your features are rougher, making you look young and yet rugged. It works nice for you I think."

Gaara's eye twitched, delicate? His features were delicate? He heard Sakura muffle a laugh beside him. He glared at her but she didn't notice.

Kankuro blinked a few times as he stared at the cat girl, "Thanks…I think. Now shut your trap before I kill you. I have no reason to stay here. And to get you off Gaara's back I'll gladly get expelled, take one for the team I guess you could say."

"Kill me? You think you could?" Yura laughed.

Kankuro nodded, "Yeah, I know I could."

Gaara watched amused as his brother had yet to realize what was happening.

Yura shook her head, "And I wasn't attacking your brother. We were playing. He started it. I told him to take his hands off of me. But he didn't. So I assumed he wanted to play."

Gaara scowled at her. Playing? She certainly had a strange definition of the word if that was playing.

Kankuro snorted, "Yeah, that was playing and Temari isn't a whore."

A fist slammed down on his head.

"What was that?" Temari demanded with narrow eyes.

"Ow, nothing, nothing. Geez, Temari, brain damage."

"Nothing to damage." his sister shrugged.

Kankuro looked back to the cute cat girl to make sure she was still there.

"Like what you see?" Yura asked.

Kankuro smirked, "Actually I do."

Wait. Her voice hadn't come from above it had come from…he turned his head and there leaning against Temari's shoulder was Yura!

But the girl was still up on his strings! How did she? How could she?

She winked at him. "You caught me. That takes skill. But even you oh master of strings could not hold me."

Kankuro looked to the doppelganger who winked as well before turning into a small cat doll and falling to the ground with a clack.

"Don't feel too bad about it though, Konky." Yura purred.

"But…but how did she?"

Gaara smirked, "It happened not long after you trapped her. She is an illusionist."

Yura wagged her finger at the red head, "Ah, ah, ah. Not simply an illusionist. A magician."

Kankuro stared at her, "You did it with…magic?"

"Umm hmm. Well I should be going. I have business to attend to elsewhere. It was nice playing with you, red. Maybe a rematch somewhere off campus with both gloves off? How does that sound?"

Gaara nodded.

"Great, I'll look forward to it then. Oh and red, do bring your darling brother here with you when you show. I'd like very much to see him again. He's cute."

She turned to walk away when Sakura called to her, "We're going out to a carnival today. You wanna come and be his date?"

Yura stopped and twisted to look Sakura in the eye.

"A date with Konkers there?"

Kankuro mumbled about the dumb nicknames she kept giving him.

Temari laughed and elbowed him in the side, "Oh, I don't know. It can't be any worse than Kankers."

Yura smiled, it was dark almost seductive as she locked eyes with Kankuro, "Where?"

Sakura grinned, "The carnival down by the lake not too far from here. Its about half an hour's drive south of here."

Yura nodded, "I know the place." she walked to Kankuro, a natural cat like sashay in her stride.

She stopped in front of him and Kankuro realized just how short Yura really was. She barely came up to his chin.

She walked her clawed fingers up his chest and stopped at the hollow of his throat.

"I just may show so…don't get another date alright, Konkers?"

Temari chuckled shaking her head, "Konkers. I am so keeping that."

Kankuro, unable to tear his eyes from the intense pale blue gaze that was Yura's, simply nodded.

Her chuckle sent chills down his spine, "Oh, you are just too cute, in that sweet kind of way."

That snapped him out of his daze.

"Sweet! How the fuck am I sweet?"

"Oh, you know the type, the tough guy with a comic side who is a secret softy hidden underneath it all." Yura shrugged.

"There ain't nothing soft about me." Kankuro shot back at her.

She glanced down and slowly drew her eyes up his body and back to his eyes.

" I can see that very well. It was nice meeting you, Konkers. Maybe I'll see you at the carnival."

She stood on her tip toes and pressed her lips to his. Pulling away from the impromptu kiss Yura grinned confidently at him.

"Chow." she waved over her shoulder as she began to leave.

Kankuro stood frozen mouth hanging open as she walked down the hallway and out of the building.

Gaara watched his brother with interest.

Temari quickly wrapped an arm around his shoulders, "Aw, looks like Konkers has a crush."

"Don't call me that." he grumbled as he tossed her arm off of him.

He turned and walked away stopping only long enough to ask one last question, he didn't even turn around to ask it.

"Sakura?"

"Yes?"

"What time are you guys leaving for the carnival?"

"In about twenty minutes."

"I'll be at your car in twenty then."

Once he exited the building Sakura and Temari clasped their hands together and jumped up and down squealing.

"He's in l-o-v-e, love!" Sakura cheered.

Temari giggled and added, "Or should I say he's been pussy whipped."

Sakura's eyes grew and she burst into laughter, "Because she's a cat! Oh my god, I get it! Temari you're hilarious!"

Temari sighed and patted Sakura's head, "Sweetie, its not as funny if you explain the punch line."

Sakura stopped laughing and stared at her blankly, "Oh."

Gaara nearly huffed. Choosing to leave before their stupid rubbed off on him he turned on his heel and headed outside. He had twenty minutes to relax before he was yet again crammed into a car with much more people than he'd care to be around. He was not going to waste it here watching those two act so…strange and…so girl like.