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Prologue
"It's so-o hot!" Naruto whined, wiping sweat from his forehead, "Duh, dobe," Sasuke said stoically as usual. "That's because it's summer," Neji said in a matter-of-fact tone. "Either way, it's troublesome," Shikamaru said as he sat up from his lying position.
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"What are the girls talking about anyway?" Kiba asked taking a sip of his soda. "Probably another shopping tragedy," Naruto said, running a hand through his golden blonde hair. The guys sighed, "Troublesome," Shikamaru muttered before burying his head in his arms to try to sleep.
Keyword: try. He couldn't because of Naruto's constant whines and rambles about how hot it is.
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"So we should buy those cute matching flats to go with our new tank top," Ino concluded, "But Ino-chan flats are too much for the outfit," Tenten said, furrowing her brown eyebrows.
"We should just but those cute sandals from Beach Hut," Sakura said, scratching the back of her pink haired head. "I think we should buy those cute flip flops from Tiki Tribe," Michiko said, twirling a lock of her midnight blue hair.
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The four girls debated on what shoes to buy for their recently bought group outfit. Michiko noticed Hinata not saying anything and suddenly an idea came to her, "Why don't we let Hina-chan pick the shoes seeing that she hasn't helped in picking the outfits?" Michiko she suggested sitting beside Hinata and patting the girl's shoulder.
The girls grinned and nodded their heads, "Mimi-chan's right," Ino said, "Yeah," Sakura agreed, "Saki already picked the top, Ino-chan picked the bottom, me and Mimi-chan picked the accessories so that leaves Hina-chan," Tenten said counting off with her fingers. "So Hina-chan, what shoes should we buy?" Michiko asked the violet-haired girl. Hinata began thinking tapping her index finger on her chin as she thought hard for the perfect shoes to match with their outfits.
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"The flats do compliment the outfit more but because its summer it's hot and our feet need air so the sandals and the flip flops are good choices too," Hinata said, mostly to herself.
"So what do you think Hina-chan?" Sakura asked, "M-maybe w-we should g-go for those open-toe s-sandals," Hinata suggested shyly, blushing a light shade of pink. The girls looked at each other then to their shopping bags then back to each other.
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Silence was observed for about three minutes before the four girls broke it, "That's a brilliant idea!" they all exclaimed in unison. "We could go now if you guys want," Michiko said, pointing a thumb to the direction of the mall. "Nah, we'll do it tomorrow," Tenten said waving a dismissive hand around; the other girls shrugged carelessly.
"Besides, we still have another thing to settle with," Ino and Sakura said simultaneously. Michiko looked at both girls with a questioning look then turned to Tenten and Hinata who looked like they were in deep thought trying to figure out what the blonde and the pink haired girl just said.
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Then it hit them; "Oh, that," the three girls murmured simultaneously. "What are we going to do about it?" Tenten asked, not getting what the twosome was indicating. "Duh, we're gonna start planning!" Ino exclaimed like it was the easiest thing to do… which wasn't, Sakura nodded loyally beside her best friend.
"Do you think we should tell the guys?" Hinata asked, glancing to where the guys were sitting at. And as if they heard the shy girl's question the guys sat down next to the girls with Sasuke sitting beside Sakura who was seated beside Ino who was beside Shikamaru who was sitting beside Michiko who was beside Kiba who was sitting across Naruto who was beside Hinata who was beside Neji who was seated beside Tenten who sat across Sasuke.
"Tell us what Hinata-chan?" Naruto asked as he propped his elbows on the table, the other guys raised a curious brow.
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The girls looked at each other uneasily which made the guys even more curious to what the girls' answer will be. Naruto looked at Hinata then to Michiko and then to Sakura; "Well?" Neji asked curiosity getting the better of him… not like he's going to admit to anyone of course- too much pride to risk.
Sakura looked at Ino then nodded to each other after a silent agreement was made which made Sasuke's and Shikamaru's eyebrow raise. Sakura then looked at Michiko giving her a nod which the said girl replied with a hesitant nod. Now Shikamaru was fully awake and Kiba also raised his eyebrow. Ino nodded to Hinata in which Hinata hastily nodded to Tenten, this caused all the guys to stare at the girls; their gazes fixed on the girl beside them.
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Kiba and Naruto was about to say something when they were cut off by the girls standing up from their seats, "ROADTRIP!!" the girls exclaimed in unison, grinning from ear to ear and the excitement heard from their voices.
It took at least five whole minutes before the guys regained their composure and fully understood what the girls just said… exclaimed. The guys grabbed the girls' hands and made them seat back down. "And since when was this planned?" Neji and Sasuke asked confusedly.
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The girls laughed nervously. "We came up with the idea last week, before school ended," Michiko informed which made all eyes…and ears on her- at the moment.
Michiko noticed that the attention was now focused on her which made her laugh nervously…again, "We were going to tell you guys," Michiko stated timidly, "But we still had to finish planning the entire trip so that we're 110 sure," Tenten and Ino said backing Michiko up.
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The guys gave one last stare at the girls before sighing in defeat, "Alright, alright we'll go, we'll go," Kiba said which resulted to Michiko hugging him like there was no tomorrow, thanking him continuously and continuously.
The rest stared at the two before the four girls followed suit and also began hugging the guy next to them and also chanting their thanks for agreeing to come along.
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Once the girls stopped hugging and thanking the guys they began planning what they were going to bring and what they're planning to wear and such. The guys did nothing but thank Kami-sama for the girls finally letting go. But once the guys recovered, "So how long is this trip going to take?" Neji asked.
The girls immediately stopped talking and looked at one another. Ino, Tenten, Hinata and Michiko shrugged and turned their attention to Sakura, waiting for her to say something. Sakura remained quiet for a while thinking and estimating how long it's going to take them for their planned outing.
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"Well it's going to take at least a day and a half for us to get out of Konoha completely," Hinata said, "And our family's beach house takes at least 3-4 days to get there," Ino stated. "Plus all the stops we're gonna make for the shopping, site-seeing, camping, gas stops and such isn't really measured," Tenten said, counting the things she said on her hand.
"So all in all we aren't sure, probably 2-3 weeks perhaps?" Sakura said estimating the days and weeks it's going to take. "We can always extend it for the whole month since it is summer vacation," Michiko added.
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"Mom and Dad won't mind they are in a business trip for two whole months and they gave me the whole summer to stay at the beach house," Ino said. "Well then, I guess it's a month then," Naruto concluded, "Is that okay for you guys?" Tenten asked.
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"My parents are away for the time being and gave me the freedom of going anywhere I want, I already told them about the trip anyway," Michiko said, "They also lent me their credit cards and some money for financial purposes," she added. "M-my father a-already agreed a-and he also s-suggested we t-take o-our family's v-van for the t-trip," Hinata stuttered.
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"My parents already agreed to the trip, they won't mind, just as long as I call them every hour or so," Tenten said, "My parents are also away for yet another business trip plus their honeymoon so their cool with the trip," Sakura said.
"Besides it was our parents' idea, they've already got all the reservations and such we need," the pink haired girl added. "All we need is the people and the stuff we're gonna bring then," Ino said, somewhat cheerily.
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"We still have to ask our parents," Naruto said sadly, emphasizing the word 'our'. "We'll get back to you tomorrow," Sasuke said reassuringly, whacking the blonde boy on the back of his head. The girls nodded in understanding, "Oh right! We're going to the mall tomorrow to buy the shoes for our new outfit. Why don't you guys just meet with us then?" Sakura suggested, smiling.
The guys shrugged but none the less agreed to come along. Silence filled the table where the group was sitting at. It was broken by Naruto's stomach growling.
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"Hehe, I'm hungry," Naruto said laughing nervously and scratching the back of his head. Hinata giggled while the others sweat-dropped. "Why d-don't we g-go to I-Ichiraku's, N-Naruto-kun?" Hinata suggested, stuttering and blushing a shade of pink.
Naruto's face lit up and began bouncing excitedly, "Yay! Ramen! Ramen! Come on Hinata-chan! Ramen waits!" Naruto exclaimed happily grabbing Hinata's hand and began dragging her to the said ramen shop in the town.
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The gang sweat-dropped again and the guys sighed for what felt like the millionth time today. "Think about it this way," Michiko started, "At least its air conditioned there?" Tenten asked, "Exactly!" Michiko said happily.
The guys sighed once again this time including Tenten, Sakura and Ino. Michiko stood up from her seat and began walking towards the direction where Naruto and Hinata took off but stopped half way and turned around, "What are you guys waiting for?" she called out.
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The gang gave up…it's not like they had anything to do and a choice of the matter anyways. The group stood up and followed Michiko and headed towards where two of their friends rushed off to, namely Ichiraku's.
When they arrived though they already saw Naruto eating what looked like his sixth bowl of ramen with five empty bowls next to him. Hinata was right beside the ramen eating boy eating her own ramen too but slower and more civilized pace than the blonde. "Wow, how fast does he eat anyway?" Michiko asked in awe.
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"He has a bottomless pit as a stomach," Kiba replied, "I'm surprised he's just at his sixth bowl," Sasuke said, somewhat surprised. "Why's that?" Michiko asked uneasily, not exactly wanting to hear what the raven haired teen was about to say next. "We've only arrived here now, making it eighteen minutes after the two arrived," Sasuke computed.
"In other words, he should be at least on his thirteenth bowl by now," Shikamaru said lazily. Michiko and the rest of the girls mouthed an 'oh' before taking seats next to Hinata and Naruto. The guys followed suit. But unlike the two, Hinata and Naruto, the group didn't order any ramen. They just sat there.
Michiko sat at the left of Naruto and watched how the said boy just kept slurping down the ramen down. The others, excluding Hinata and Michiko, watched Naruto eat his ramen with disgust.
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"I think I'm gonna be sick," Ino suddenly said after a whole ten minutes of watching Naruto stuff his face with ramen. "I'm gonna go to the restroom; Sakura?" Ino said/asked Sakura who in turn agreed. Both girls rushed to where the restroom was.
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The guys sweat-dropped, including Tenten; Michiko was too busy watching Naruto eat his ramen to notice the two girls rush to the restroom while Hinata was also too busy with eating her ramen to notice and of course Naruto was too busy stuffing his face with ramen to notice any of the events happening.
The two girls came back and Ino looked okay again.
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When the two girls returned to the table they saw Sasuke trying to stop himself from whacking the eating blonde, Shikamaru asleep with his head resting on the counter, Neji and Tenten talking to one another blushing every now and then, Hinata almost finished with her bowl of ramen, Michiko conversing with Kiba giggling and blushing.
Both Ino and Sakura sweat-dropped and sighed at their friends' actions; it was a very weird scene, but fairly normal to them to see…er, expect.
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The two girls took their seats next to Sasuke and Shikamaru. Sakura tried to calm Sasuke down from whatever angered him which seemed to work- the Uchiha teen calmed down.
While Ino was having a one sided conversation with Shikamaru, with Ino doing all the talking while poor Shikamaru woke up from his rather nice nap to a talkative Ino. Now Shikamaru wasn't really paying attention, he was just nodding or shrugging absentmindedly trying to drone out Ino's voice.
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Kiba managed to get the attention of Michiko and started up a conversation which ended up with him telling a joke and with Michiko giggling. The same goes for Neji and Tenten but it more of a real conversation than a joke though.
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Neji and Tenten were debating on something about gym which ended up with Neji winning and Tenten blushing because of losing against the Hyuuga prodigy. However Neji's smirk grew wider when he noticed the brunette's blush.
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When Hinata finally finished her ramen Naruto was already on his twelfth bowl. Hinata sweat-dropped, "Naruto-kun, d-don't you think that's e-enough ramen f-for the a-afternoon?" she managed to ask, wiping a noodle with a napkin from Naruto's face while he put down the empty ramen bowl.
He laughed nervously, "But Hinata-chan I'm not even full yet!" he defended, "B-but Naruto-kun that's your t-twelfth bowl f-for the a-afternoon. You m-might n-not be f-full yet b-but I think its b-best you s-stop now b-before you throw u-up," Hinata said/advised.
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Naruto knew that he can't say no to Hinata so he gave up any means of arguing with her and paid for both of their ramen. Hinata thanked Naruto for stopping and kissed him on the cheek before blushing madly when she realized what she just did.
The gang noticed Naruto stopped eating ramen and stared at him like he's grown two heads, "Is it the end of the world?" Ino asked jokingly; "Omigosh! Naruto! You're not eating ramen anymore!" Sakura said in shock.
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Naruto laughed bitterly, "Ha-ha-ha very funny guys," he said, pouting. "Aw, gomen Naru-chan," Sakura apologized; "It's not like everyday we see you stop eating ramen," Ino added. Naruto sighed, "Fine, I accept your apology but I'm only stopping because Hinata-chan asked me to," Naruto said dejectedly.
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"I think we should have a sleepover at my place," Michiko suddenly said. "I think that's a great idea," Ino happily said, "We can go straight to the mall tomorrow together then," Tenten thought out loud. Sakura and Hinata nodded their heads in agreement.
"B-but we'll have t-to head h-home first t-to g-get our s-stuff," Hinata stuttered shyly, "No worries. Come by at around six, later on?" Michiko said/asked. The girls nodded their heads again and headed out the ramen shop, leaving the guys behind dumbfounded by the sudden events.
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After roughly eight minutes, the guys manage to let the events sink in.
"What just happened?" Kiba asked, unsure of what just happened. Sasuke, Shikamaru and Neji shrugged, "I have no idea," Naruto admitted.
Shikamaru sat up straight, "Troublesome, I think it was about having a sleepover at Michiko's" he said. The guys mouthed an 'oh' before they too headed out the ramen shop.
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"I still have to ask my parents about the trip. Well, ja ne!" Kiba called out before disappearing around the corner.
Once he was out of sight the rest of the guys bid their own farewells to each other and headed off to the direction of their own homes and ask their own parents too.
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A/N: Onee-chan and Onii-chan should Read and Review!!