A night to Remember
Dedicated to Bookbunny11
You knew he watched you, always had, but you choose to ignore it. It's not as if you hated him or anything, you weren't even good friends. Just two people that knew each other from afar you might say. The real reason why you ignored him was his attitude; he was stuck up and whenever you would say anything to him he would either completely ignore you or answer a simple 'hn'. Yet whenever you looked over your shoulder there he was, like a guardian angel watching over you in times of trouble.
"Were going on a road trip to celebrate Sasuke's return!" you rolled your eyes before deciding to respond.
"Why?" you could see confusion on your 'friends' face as if what you were saying had an obvious answer. Which it did you just didn't like it.
"Because" she had dragged out the word making it longer than was intended "Sasuke's return should be celebrated. Duh! God Maya you may be one of the strongest chunin's I know but sometimes you're just plain stupid" You blinked twice at the comment as the wind made your blonde hair dance. Deciding to let the comment slide you switched the subject, or tried to.
"So… Ino how's your medical training going?"
"So I was thinking we can gather all the three teams, and Gai's, and leave tomorrow or the day after that to a little estate my family owns like a half days walk form here. How's that sound?" You once again blinked twice at her before letting out a low, long, sigh and putting your right elbow on the table while letting your head rest on its palm. Only shifting your blue eyes ever so often to make sure Ino had was still entertaining herself as you zoned out.
You were brought back to reality as you felt someone grab the arm you were leaning on and push it out from under you. Thanks to your ninja skills your face didn't hit the table; but it had come pretty close. You looked up to see who had disturbed your daydreaming to find team seven there; Naruto, the owner of the joke, was in the front with Sakura to his left, Sai to his right, and Sasuke just behind him.
"Can I help you?" you asked aggravation in your tone.
"What's up Maya? Ino?" you gave him a small smile, not back from your dreaming enough to give him a real one, as Ino chose to ignore him as she went for her prey.
"Sasuke! It's so good to have you back. I'm so sorry that I didn't come visit you but I've been busy with missions and the flower shop and all of that. How are you? Happy to be back? Well of course you must be! No more evil snake man for you." She started laughing as you all started at her questionably.
You glanced at the table to see that while you had visited your happy place so had Ino, with the help of some sake by the smell of it.
"Waiter! You gave my friend the wrong thing." You said with a small growl because now you would have to take care of her while she sobered up.
"Sorry. It's hard to tell the difference between this and water." He ran away before you were allowed to take your anger out on him.
"So Sasuke I was thinking… that all of us and Gai's team should get together! I have an estate a half days walk form here. Well it's not mine it's my cousin who is the son of my moms sisters husband on his second side… but we're really close!" Again with the strange looks.
"Well? Well? What do you think? 'Cause I mean you've been gone for three years give or take and then it's been a month since you came back and still we haven't done anything. But of course if you rather it be just the two of us instead of the entire group I'm sure we can arrange for something. But you know I thought I should share you with the others before anything really happens between us. You know reunite and stuff…" She kept blabbing about god knows what before you started to get a head ache and decided to shut her up.
"Ino just how many glasses of 'water' did you have?" she gave you a blank expression as if trying to decipher your question. Finally her face showed recognition as if a light bulb had just light up in her brain.
"Just ten I think. It was so good better than any water drink I've ever taken." She gave you a wide smile as the heads of team seven dropped in a unison sigh and yours smacked into the wooden table underneath you. Ino gave you a strange look before you got out of the booth and put the money for her drinks down and grabbed her arm dragging her out of the restaurant.
Team seven stood there for a while not being able to process what happened in the last two second before following the sound of your voice to the park across the street where you were yelling at Ino who was currently puking into a trash can.
"I mean you're a medical ninja and in ten glasses of 'water' (air quotes included) you couldn't see that it was sake. That's another thing that waiter is a complete idiot; I mean I could understand accidentally giving you sake once but ten times? TEN!" Your screams continued as Sakura came up to us and started patting Ino on the back and Naruto laughed his head off. Sai left at sometime during the whole ordeal and Sasuke stood quietly to the side; so quiet at one point you forgot he was there.
"Maya-chan please stop yelling my head hurts" Ino gave you puppy eyes as she said this, which would have worked if not for the fact that there was some vomit on her chin. You gave a low sigh before a small chuckle was heard behind you. You all turned around simultaneously to find the one and only Hyuuga Neji. His brown hair framed his face since, for the first time since you had met him, he had no tie holding it back. The moon gave him a queer glowing look; almost like an angel.
"May I ask what all of this is?" He said in a straight voice that unshielded no emotion.
"This is Ino being an idiot. Is there anything else I can help you with? Maybe some fashion advice; your hair looks better down then held back you know." You gave him a small smile of two sides; one anger and agitation the other flirting and lust. He raised a skinny eyebrow before returning your smile with one of his own.
"Well I heard some yelling that woke me up (forgot to say it was eleven pm) and I thought it better to come check out the situation."
"Well as you can see officer, we're fine. You have done your job well" his face returned to its normal expression, which was blank, before he continued.
"As a jonin it is indeed my job to make sure there is nothing suspicious in the village." At his response your smile also faltered and your anger grew.
"Well as a chunnin I can guarantee you I had everything under control." Your voice started rising involuntarily.
"Then why is it that Miss Yamanaka over there has vomit on her chin?" You glared at him.
"Look you… You think you're so great just because you're a jonin and a Hyuuga but guess what? I couldn't care less. So step off ok?" You gave him a small, fake smile before turning around and putting one of Ino lightly tanned arms around your neck while Sakura supported her from the other side. You two started walking towards Ino's house giving a small good bye to Naruto and Sasuke and you giving a final glare to Hyuuga as you three passed by him; your footsteps making no sound on the concrete.
You woke up to the sound of a rapid knock and shuffling feet. You glanced at your alarm clock and muttered a silent curse '7:30 AM'
"Who the hell knocks at seven-thirty am on a day when there are no missions?" You kicked of your blue comforter and draped your feet over the side of your bed before deciding it was time to start the day.
Still in your pajamas you walked across the wooden floor of your small apartment. You opened the door to find no one there and last nights anger quickly returned. You were about to start cursing out at no one when my neighbor's, Naruto's, door opened.
"Hey Maya-chan" he said in a groggy voice
"Did you just knock on my door?" your anger evaporated at seeing Naruto's outfit; it might have been three years but he still wore that stupid dog cap.
"No Naruto. I think it was a pr" You were caught of by the great Uzumaki himself
"Hey what's that?" His voice sounded like a kids who had just discovered candy. You averted your eyes from his face to look at what se was pointing at. On the wall that separated our doors was a note.
'The vacation is still on! Meet at the front gate by noon… Pack for two days and bring your bathing suit… All missions have been postponed till our return except for Naruto's, Sakura's, Hinata's, and Neji's recruit mission (In other words you guys have to leave the estate a little earlier than us). See ya there -Ino'
You let out a low sigh before shuffling back into your apartment and shutting the door behind you. Since you were to travel all day you decided to take a bath now since you would be too tired by the time we get there. Knowing Ino a half's day walk would take all day with her many distractions.
You dressed in your regular outfit; a blue strapless dress that reached right down to below your butt with dark blue tight shorts (like Sakura's only in blue) and matching ninja sandals. Your headband played as a belt around your slender hips and white bandages wrapped up your long tanned legs to just below your knee. Kimono type sleeves, that were the same color as the dress, started of around two inches under your shoulders and reached to half your hand; were you could clearly see dark blue fingerless gloves that stopped right after your wrist.
You glanced at the clock when you finished and figured there was enough time for breakfast before having to meet Ino and the gang. You walked outside and knocked on Naruto's door.
"Yo Naruto! If you get out here in the next ten seconds I'll treat you to ramen." It only took him three.
By eleven-thirty you had spent all of your last mission's money on Naruto's breakfast. The wooden stool was biting into your butt form sitting on it so long and you had gotten quite sick of the smell of ramen. Finally a click was heard to your left and you looked over to see Naruto had set down his chopsticks meaning he was finally done with his breakfast.
"Finally! We've been sitting here for an hour and you've already spent all the money I earned during the last mission!" You gave him a cold glare and he simply smiled that goofy smile of his and you couldn't stay mad for long.
"Whatever… let's go before we're late"
It took you two a while to maneuver through the crowed street of Konoha but you managed to get to the gates just in time. It seemed you hadn't been the last ones so you all waited a few more minutes before Ino (the one who set the time) got there. She gave no reason to her tardiness but simply smiled and started walking.
"Ah; this is gonna be a long trip" You muttered to yourself before following the group out of Konoha.
You reached the estate just as the sun started to set; it was beautiful. It stood on a hill over looking a small lake. It stood two stories high along with an attic and a basement and was made completely out of Oak, something you don't see much this days. The first floor consisted of the living room, kitchen and the rooms for all the girls while the second was given to the boys; Ino took the attic by herself. You were paired with Hinata; your room was like one out of a fairy tale. It had wooden four post beds, both adorned with green comforters that matched the color of pine, and a dresser with a simple lamp that matched the color of the bed spreads. You each took two drawers out of the four and unpacked before going into the kitchen.
Thanks to Ino's many detours it was now to late to do any exploring so it had been decided that you all would make a small campfire, eat, then go to bed. The smell of wood drifted into your nose as you neared the kitchen; at the turn Sakura came out of hers and Ten Ten's room to ask Hinata for some help on you don't now what.
You entered the kitchen to find the one and only Hyuuga Neji standing there with an armful of wood cuttings. You raised a blond eyebrow and he simply dismissed you with a nod to his head. Anger boiled inside you once again 'Who those this guy think he is? My father?'
"Who do you think you are? My father?" You spoke what was on your mind and waited for his comeback.
DISCLAIMER I don't own naruto or any of its characters just this plot and the made up stuff!