Ari's POV

None of us were sure how to deal with the arrival of Suki Tsukino. But staring up at the third story window like creepers didn't seem that great an idea, so Scar dragged me and Vi off to the front of the building to wait for the Sand Siblings.

"Should we tell them?" I asked, shoving my hands into my fluff-lined pockets. Scar paused a moment to think, then shook her head with a resigned sigh. "I think that would only serve to make things more complicated," she said, looking at us helplessly. “Suki’s never met the Sand Siblings, not before the Exams. She shouldn’t have any issues with them.”

“You know,” I said thoughtfully, looking down as I scuffed my heel into the dirt. "This is the latest chapter, isn't it?"

Scar looked up, eyes widening ever so slightly. Wow. Looks like I figured something out before she did. I wanted to do my epic happy dance right then and there, but then the doors opened, and a bunch of scarred-for-life Genin filed out into the streets. Ah, Anko. Damn we'd missed her!

I spotted Kiba in the crowd, walking with his hands linked behind his head. Hinata and Shino were with him, and he was laughing. I smiled to myself, and without a word to my sisters, jogged up to him. "Hey, Kiba," I said, grinning at him. He flashed his own canin grin, and I wanted to fangirl scream so badly. "You and your sisters were pretty entertaining," he chuckled, looking past me to where Scar and Vi were waiting. I turned to look, and received an annoyed glare from Scar, and a giggle-and-wave combo from Vi. 

"We're just epic like that," I replied and he raised a brow. To this, I grinned evilly for no apparent reason, and he sweat dropped.

"Anyway," he said, drawing out the word a little awkwardly. He waved off his teammates, who looked baffled but heeded his request and walked off. I noticed Hinata blushing as she looked back at me. She was more than a little nervous when it came to me being around. When I first saw her (after waking up from my Kiba-induced faint) I glomped her so spectacularly, it defied the laws of nature. Meaning, I almost squeezed the life out of the timid Hyuga. Maybe Ari was right; I should work on my self-control.

"How was the Exam?" I asked eagerly. He opened his mouth to answer, but clamped it shut when his eyes drifted off to the side. Confused, I cocked my head and followed his gaze.

Oh hell no.

Suki was walking past, sashaying like she was the goddamn Queen of England. Oh, wait. How old's the Queen? Er, I highly doubt she'd be sashaying anywhere, let along in a supposedly fictional anime universe. 

Suki looked up and caught sight of Kiba. A flirty smile graced her lips as she batted her eyes seductively, clearly wanting to see his reaction. He blushed furiously, wrenching his gaze away from her and focusing back on me. Suki kept walking, giving me a wary glance as she went, before she disappeared into the crowd. 

I found her though.

I was this close to unleashing my Sand Hurricane (which had proven to be quite deadly to a startling amount of straw dummies) on the bitch when Scar stopped me. With chakra strings. I froze mid-kick, my foot just inches from colliding with her ivory-haired head. Of course, she took no notice of me and continued walking, catching up to her team after a moment. Team Kakashi, to be exact. 

"Why'd you stop me?!" I demanded when she released me, stepping in front of me to block my view of the girl I suddenly despised. I briefly wondered when Scar had even had the time to learn chakra strings from Kankuro. She'd trained with Gaara, mostly, and I couldn't remember her ever even speaking to the black-clad Ninja. Then again, there was those three days when I had severe food poisoning from eating Kankuro's cooking.... Yeah, she probably leaned when I was violently upchucking in the upstairs toilet.

"It would be morally wrong to allow my sister to murder an.... innocent Kunoichi," she explained, a pained expression settling on her face. We both knew that Suki was anything but innocent. By this point, she'd already met up with the Akatsuki several times and was currently debating whether to join them or not. 

Oh, did I mention Suki was the girl from the fanfiction we'd been obsessed with back in reality? Yeah, Suki Tsukino, whose real name was Meredith Law, was the main character in Bloodied Roses. She'd died or something, in the real world, and woke up here. Except she was in the forest and just so happened to find her way to Konoha, where she was given a house and placed on Kakashi's squad. 

Our story was much more original, if I do say so myself. 

Suki's Naruto World backstory was that she was an orphan from the Tsukino Clan, which had been slaughtered some years ago. She had a weird Kekkei Genkai that controlled nature. Like she could turn rose petals into deadly shuriken, and what not. Hence the title of her story. She got on well with Sasuke, because of their "similiar" pasts. Naruto didn't like her much, and Sakura hated her guts. Obviously. Suki was flirting with her man!

Anyway, during her time in the Leaf Village, Suki met Kiba, Ino, and Neji, who were all instantly attracted to her. I have no idea how Ino turned into a lesbian so quickly; I'd never questioned it until now. But Suki was stringing all of them along, including a certain masked Akatsuki man-child she encountered in the forest one day. Tobi was the reason she was considering leaving Konoha.

"I thought you wanted her to end up with Kiba," Scar said, snapping me from my reflective thoughts. "That was before I got here!" I growled. "Now imma kill that bitch for trying to steal my Dog Boy!"

".....Dog Boy....?" Scar questioned, giving me an unimpressed look. I shrugged it off and glared at the ground. I couldn't remember being this angry before. I was totally the jealous type, but that wasn't what made me so mad. It was the fact that she obviously wasn't going to choose Kiba, but she kept playing with him, giving him false hope. I'd never do something so cruel, and neither would either of my sisters. 

 That conversation probably would have continued, if not for the sudden appearance of Violet and the lovely Sand Siblings. 

"There's really something wrong with you three," Kankuro grumbled. "Even Scarlette has issues! What the hell?!"

Scar sighed and rolled her eyes. I stifled a laugh. Yes! She'd finally been dragged into our mindless hysteria!

"I apologize," Scar said, dipping her head to the three of them while Vi and I hid our giggles behind our hands. "I had a lapse in judgement. But some good has come from this. Violet no longer needs to be restrained." 

Kankuro and Temari did a double take, like they'd just realized Violet had joined us. At that, I couldn't help it. I dropped to the ground, laughing loudly and quite obnoxiously. 

Scarlette's POV

I watched Ari as she rolled on the ground, laughing hysterically with no regard for how it reflected on the rest of us. After a moment, I simply walked away, with the Sand Siblings in tow. Violet stayed to watch Ari for another minute or so, before scampering after us. 

"Was the Exam difficult?" I asked, looking back at the trio. Kankuro grinned wickedly. "What? That test we just took? Nah, it was easy. You brats might've had trouble with it though."

Temari slapped the back of his head, nearly sending him tumbling to the ground. Violet gasped. "Kitty! Are you alright?!" He scowled and straightened, shooting his sister a threatening glare. She smirked. 

"Don't lie to her, Kankuro, you were sweating when you thought Ibiki had caught you cheating," she said matter-of-factly. His scowled deepened, revealing her words to be the truth and he turned away with an immature huff. Temari just smirked and shook her head. "You probably would have done well, Scar," she said to me, now completely ignoring her brother. "You might've actually understood the questions."

"Oh, I doubt that," I said easily, offering a soft smile. "You all give me too much credit." I remembered the complexity of the questions on that particular test, and was deeply relieved I wouldn't have to face it. Of course, I knew that the questions themselves didn't matter much in the end, but I was one who didn't enjoy leaving a test blank. I always felt as though I'd somehow failed myself if I couldn't come up with at least one acceptable answer. 

"Can we get ramen to celebrate?!" Vi suddenly piped up, ducking in between Temari and I. Temari jumped slightly at her sudden appearance, but smoothed over the shock and gave us a thoughtful look. "I suppose that would be fine," she said after a moment. Then she looked over at her brothers, silently asking if they agreed. Gaara, looking more at me than anyone else, nodded, and I smiled involuntarily.

"Yeah, whatever," Kankuro said, still sounding miffed over Temari's teasing. "I'm starved anyway. Hey, where's that spazz?"

"Ari?" I questioned, looking around innocently. "Oh she'll catch up, I'm sure. Let's just hurry." 

Ichiraku Ramen wasn't crowded when we arrived. Teuchi recognized Violet and I and gave a nervous laugh when we sat down. I smiled sympathetically at him, while Vi just giggled. That was her natural response to most everything. 

I sat with Gaara on my left, and Violet on my right. Kankuro and Temari sat beyond her. I assumed they preferred to not sit so close to their brother, and were likely only too happy to allow me to take that seat. I inwardly sighed. Really, if they'd only treated Gaara with the compassion and kindness he deserved, he wouldn't be who he was today. Nothing he'd done was really his fault, if one could fully blame the Kazekage, as I did. 

Poor Gaara. He could have had a normal childhood, could have made friends and been loved by his family. But his father.... I closed my eyes momentarilly, pushing away the maddening thoughts. It did no good for me to worry about the past. I wasn't Kishimoto, therefore I didn't have much say in what occurred in this world. Although.... perhaps I could--

"Hello, Teuchi!"

I blinked, feeling an odd chill sweep down my spine at the sound of the feminine voice behind me. "Oh?" she said, sounding overly disappointed. "There's no seats! How unfair." I turned, along with the rest of my party, and couldn't keep my glinting eyes from widening.

It was Suki. Close up, I took in her appearance. She dressed like Ino (slutty, as Ari might've called it) in a very revealing blood-red crop-top and equally short skirt of the same color. Mesh leggings only covered an additional inch or so of her legs after the skirt, and her torso was bare apart from the top. Her forehead protector was worn like Sakura, holding back her mess of hair. I didn't see any weapons pouches on her anywhere, and wondered how she'd even survived this long in the series.

"Oh, you're the Sand Ninja my team's been talking about," she said, eyeing us all. Though I noticed that her appraising look lingered on Violet and I more so than the others. That is, until her gaze rested on Gaara. Her face flushed as he stared at her passively, without any emotion apart from maybe annoyance. Someone was a fangirl. I'll admit, she hid it well. But it was obvious to me how she recognized Gaara, and how much she wanted to add him to her infuriating love.... heptagon? Oh I don't know. I was losing track of how many "suitors" she had at this point.

If Gaara fell for this girl, I would do a swan-dive from the top of Mount Hokage. And that is not me being overdramatic for once.

"Why hello," she said, stepping further into the tiny ramen shop. I was kicked out of my seat and shoved into Violet so she could admire Gaara from a lesser distance. Growling under my breath, I gently eased away from Violet and stood, glowering at the back of her head. "And who might you be, cutie?" she asked flirtatiously.

I felt vile rise in my throat, and had to walk out of the shop before I threw up. I hadn't even ordered my delicious ramen yet...

"Scar! You ditched me! What the freaking hell-- Hey are you ok?"

Ari had arrived. She skidded to a stop in front of me, taking in my clenched hands and cheeks flushed from anger. I wasn't positive why I disliked this girl so much, though my opinion of her had changed greatly in the space of a few minutes. In reality, I liked her as an interesting character with a surprising choice in men... and women. But here.... I saw her for what she really was: A slut without a heart.

"Do you still want to kill the bitch?" I asked, causing Ari to stiffen in surprise. She bent down slightly, narrowed eyes studying what little we could see of the people seated inside the ramen stand. But you could easily tell who was who; we'd been living with the Sand Siblings long enough, and Violet stood out in her abnormally pink clothing. So that left the red-skirted she-demon.

"She didn't...." Ari breathed, noticing her close proximity to Gaara.

"But, oh, she did," I replied.

"Alright, that's it! Sand Hurricane time! Imma kick her bitchy little face in!"

Violet's POV

I could hear Ari and Scar talking outside, but their voices were hushed, so I couldn't make out what they were saying. Though I was positive it had everything to do with Suki, snuggling up to Gaara. I was kind of hoping he'd just kill her, but then I realized how wrong that was. And I usually didn't think like that. The only person who made me that upset was the Kazekage, whom I hated for his role in Gaara's misfortune. 

But it was obvious how much this girl upset Ari, and Scar, now that she'd taking a liking to Gaara. 

"Gaara?" I asked, concerned. His face was a mixture of disgust and shock at having the silver-haired skank (a word Ari used for her a lot after this encounter) so close to him. He also kept flicking glances to where Scar had exited the stand. "Do you want some help?" His eyes met mine over the top of the petite girl's head, and he nodded slowly. Suki turned to me with a scowl, but I just smiled sweetly. 

"My sisters don't like you," I said bluntly, much to the shock of Kankuro and Temari, seated next to me.

"And I care.... why?" she asked boredly.

"Because," I said, still smiling. "It means I don't like you either."

"You're trying to scare me?" Suki scoffed. "Like a ratty little Sand Ninja like you could do anything. I'll have you know I've trained with Kakashi Hatake, the Copy Cat Ninja, personally."

I cocked my head to the side, putting up a bemused frown. "Who?" 

"Ugh! Just leave me alone! You look like something a doll threw up."

"Hey! You little brat, stop insulting Vi," Kankuro snapped from behind me.

"Who's this?" Suki asked mockingly. "Pinky's boyfriend?"

I giggled. She wasn't scary at all! Or good with insults. Pinky? I was dressed all in pink, and it made me smile! So how was that insulting me? But Kankuro was being so sweet, standing up for me. I just didn't need it. "I don't really care about what you think of me," I said, offering my sweetest smile yet. It seemed to throw her off a bit, and I knew Ari would be proud. "But could you please get away from Gaara? It upsets my sister to see you acting like a full blown prostitute for him."

There was a shocked silence; even Ari and Scar's whispered conversation skittered to a halt. Then Ari broke the awkwardness with her loud, infectious laughter, followed shortly by Scar. "Oh my Kami!" I heard Ari say, in between her spastic laughs. "I love you Violet! I need to hug you right now!"

She burst through the hanging signs of the stand and attacked me in a hug, which I returned while sticking my tongue out at Suki. She didn't have any family with her. It should have made me sympathetic, but I didn't care all that much. She was mean and way too slutty for my Tobi-kun. 

Scar reappeared also and subtly tugged Gaara from his seat. She smiled at him a little, before shooting a murderous glare at Suki. The girl paled under my sister's heated gaze and slunk back into her seat.

"Alright, ramen has failed," Scar said, her mood having brightened considerably. "But I believe this has been a good experience for all of us." Her eyes shifted to Suki once more, and hardened into a menacing look. "Good luck in the Chunin Exams," she said icily. "I've heard they can be quite deadly. Many Genin don't leave them whole."

And with that, she whirled around and walked out, with Gaara trailing after her. He seemed relieved to be out of Suki's clutches, and also curious about Scar's change in attitude. 

Oh I couldn't wait for them to finally get together! Hopefully I wouldn't have to wait for Shippuden.

Temari, Ari, Kankuro and I all followed after them, with Ari and I glaring daggers at a despairing Suki as we left.

"What the hell was that about?" Kankuro demanded once we were out of earshot of Ichiraku.

"Obviously, we have a skank (see?) on our hands," Ari growled, crossing her arms under her nonexistent chest. 

By this point, Scar and Gaara were gone, and I had no idea where. I wasn't worried; he'd never hurt my sister. 

"That girl did seem really unpleasant," Temari muttered, walking along beside me. "She was hanging all over Gaara!"

"Why didn't he just kill her?" Ari wondered bitterly.

"I think he was too shocked," Kankuro said, his scowl from before still very present on his painted face. "Hell, I was too shocked!"

"That is, until Violet was insulted," Temari said, raising her brows suggestively.

"Oh shut up," he snapped, stalking away from us in the direction of our hotel. Temari laughed and went after him, saying goodbye over her shoulder. When they were gone, Ari sidled up to me, grinning devilishly.

"I've got a good idea on how to get back at her," she told me, and I smiled and clapped excitedly. 

"What is it? What is it?" I asked eagerly. Her grin widened.

"How do you feel about sneaking into the Forest of Death?"

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Yeah.... that wasn't that funny. But I just really wanted a character that all the sisters hated, besides the Kazekage. And I thought it would be cool to do a fanfiction inside a fanfiction. So yeah. That's what happened. I'll try to make it funnier in the next few chapters, but I don't how it'll work out. It might get a little more serious from here on out, cause of what I've got planned for the Hayes sisters. But we'll see. And I hope you don't hate me for not making it all comical!