Reasons Ninja Hate the Rain One:
FAMILY, FRIENDS, LOVERS…WAIT, LOVERS?
"Who's coming over, again?" Ri looked from me to Hallie. I shrugged and looked at Hallie myself.
"Who IS coming, Hals?" I asked stupidly.
Hals rolled her eyes at our obvious lack of knowledge on this subject. "I told you guys once, but I'll tell you again: Naruto, Sai, Neji, Baka, Sakura, Hinata, Ten-Ten, Shino, Kiba, Akamaru, Choji, Shikamaru and Ino. I think that Temari, Kankuro, Matusuri, and Gaara are coming as well. Lee went to get everyone,"
Ri looked at me and blinked at the same time that I did. "Why so many, Hals?"
"I don't know," she shrugged.
I made a face. "Sounds like a full house to me. But I don't like the look of the sky right now,"
Ri looked up, too. With an obviously ominous feel in her words, she said, "Better break out the good stuff. We'll be needing it,"
I shivered in the warm party room. "I hate your weird and obviously ominous prophecy-telling, Ri,"
"Why?"
"Something bad always happens,"
"No!"
"Ray's got a point there, Ri. I'm getting the chills right now. I'm scared over here..."
"Oh, don't be. Just now, I got a feeling so I expressed it,"
"That's why I hate it, Ri,"
A knock at the door stopped any more conversation at the moment. Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke were outside. "Hey, guys!" Ri waved from behind me.
I looked at Sasuke. "Baka," I said.
"Reddy-Black," Sasuke replied. I felt like I'd just been slapped. Sakura saw me inhale, then reached over and whacked him...hard. She glared and he apologized. Meanwhile, Hallie was having a cryptic conversation with...Naruto? What the Hell?
"Hey,"
"Hey,"
"How're things?"
"Great. You?"
"Fine. Seen Hinata lately?"
"Not really. Been looking for her, though,"
"She should be coming tonight,"
"Really?"
"Yeah,"
"Cool. I'm gonna mingle,"
"You do that... I'll see ya on the dance floor, cousin,"
"WAT?" We all stared at Hals and Naruto. They blinked. "What?" She asked dumbly.
"You guys are related?" I pointed at them. They nodded, like everyone should have known that fact.
"We're cousins," Hallie shrugged.
"Can't you tell?" Naruto stood next to her. Now that I was really looking, I could see some serious family resemblance going on.
Another knock, and Ri answered. Neji, Ten-Ten, Kankuro, Kiba, Akamaru, Shino, Matsuri, Hinata, and Temari were standing there. They were obviously led by Gaara and Lee. As everyone said 'hey', 'hi' and 'what rock did they summon you up from?', I noticed Lee looking at me. He winked, I blushed, he grinned, I giggled, he started making his way over.
"Watch the love fest, there Rayla," Hals whispered in my ear on her way to DJ the whole shebang. I glanced at her without looking.
"Oh, Hallie. I can't help it if I'm the kinda girl that turns Lee on. Just like you can't help but get turned on by a walking bug infestation. Isn't Shino coming tonight?" Hallie blinked. Shaking her head, she went and started flipping switches and turning knobs. The entrance turned into the classic underground club that every kid wants to sneak into at least once before they turn into responsible adults.
I drifted towards Lee. We met on the dance floor, in the middle of a crush of bodies that were all grooving as one. "Let's dance," Lee moved near me. The floor was already packed, so by him coming closer he made the space hot and steamy fast. I didn't like it... alright, I liked it a little.
"Okay..." I slid his arms around my waist from behind. Moving my hips against his abs, I asked over my shoulder: "Dirty dancing work for ya?"
"Oh, yea..." Lee matched his hips to the movements of mine. As he ran his hands over me, Hals (being the ever observant and most awesome DJ she is) switched tracks. "Perfect music, huh Rayla?" Strobe lights flashed bright and fast, giving a wild and drunken blur to everything.
Spinning around, I grabbed Lee from behind. "Grind me like my coffee..." I whispered hot into his ear.
{Now, I could go into excruciating detail about how things progressed from there, but I wanna keep things as PG as possible. I know that normally I wouldn't give a flying fornication about keeping anything PG, but I've found it rather necessary to keep from being arrested and charged with indecent web exposure. Hals is probably fainting, the Mistress of Evil is in heat, most likely Ri is shaking her head and I'm rubbing ice on myself to cool down. Sorry, people. Red Coco wasn't here to read or offer advice, but had she been, she'd be looking for that guy she wants so he can 'save' her, IF you catch my drift... can't write anymore on this. Let's start back up with...}
Thunder clashed in the distance...It was going to rain soon. Lee pointed as he yelped, "Look!" We all watched as rain pounded on the observation deck windows. Hals summoned the bartender/maid {SPOILER ALERT: HAKU'S BACK FROM THE GRAVE!} and we all had martinis, Jack Daniels, Tequila and margaritas for an hour... or three.
After a few hours, everything turned into a big blur...
HALLIE'S POV!
"Who's coming over, again?" Ri looked from Rayla to Me.
I had told them a hundred times... Rayla shrugged and looked at me as if she too had forgotten.
"Who IS coming, Hals?" she asked. See? What did I tell yeah?
I rolled My eyes at their obvious lack of knowledge. "I told you guys once, but I'll tell you again: Naruto, Sai, Neji, Baka, Sakura, Hinata, Ten-Ten, Shino, Kiba, Akamaru, Choji, Shikamaru and Ino. I think that Temari, Kankuro, Matusuri, and Gaara are coming from Suna as well. Lee went to get everyone,"
Ri looked at me and blinked at the same time that Rayla did. "Why so many, Hals?"
"I don't know," I shrugged.
Rayla made her "don't lie to a mind reader" face. "Sounds like a full house to me. But I don't like the look of the sky right now,"
Ri looked up, too. With an obviously ominous feel in her words, she said, "Better break out the good stuff. We'll be needing it,"
Rayla and I shivered in the warm party room. "I hate your weird and obviously ominous prophecy-telling, Ri,"
"Why?"
"Something bad always happens,"
"No!"
"Ray's got a point there, Ri. I'm getting the chills right now. I'm scared over here..." I said, showing her my goosebumps for emphasis.
"Oh, don't be. Just now, I got a feeling so I expressed it,"
"That's why we hate it, Ri,"
A knock at the door stopped any more conversation at the moment. Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke were outside. "Hey, guys!" Ri waved from behind Rayla and I as we got the door.
Rayla looked at Sasuke. "Baka," She said.
"Reddy-Black," Sasuke replied. Ri and I winced only the two of us could get away with that...and even then I would be hospitalized because of it half the time. She glared and he apologized. Meanwhile, I started up a conversation with Naruto.
"Hey," I said...
"Hey," He replied
"How're things?"
"Great. You?"
"Fine. Seen Hinata lately?"
"Not really. Been looking for her, though,"
"She should be coming tonight,"
"Really?"
"Yeah,"
"Cool. I'm gonna mingle,"
"You do that... I'll see ya on the dance floor, cousin," I said, as way of parting
"WHAT?" Was everyone listening in? What the Hell? We blinked.
"What?" I asked.
"You guys are related?" Rayla pointed from me to Naruto. We nodded, it's not like it's some big secret.
"We're cousins," Hallie shrugged.
"Can't you tell?" Naruto stood next to me. I could tell that they were finally seeing the resemblance...I mean...How many People with Blonde hair and blue eye are in Konoha?
Another knock, and Ri answered. Neji, Ten-Ten, Kankuro, Kiba, Akamaru, Shino, Matsuri, Hinata, and Temari were standing there. They were obviously led by Gaara and Lee. As everyone said their, in some cases strange, greetings, I noticed Lee looking at Rayla. He winked, she blushed, he grinned, she giggled, he started making his way over to her.
"Watch the love fest, there Rayla," I whispered in her ear on my way to the turntable. she glanced at me without looking...which I was always desturbed by...
"Oh, Hallie. I can't help it if I'm the kinda girl that turns Lee on. Just like you can't help but get turned on by a walking bug infestation. Isn't Shino here tonight?" I blinked. Shaking my head as I laughed and walked away, I went and started flipping switches and turning knobs. The entrance turned into the classic underground club that every kid wants to sneak into at least once in their lives. I began to groove behind the booth, my headphones over one ear and just behind the other so I could hear it when thunder clashed in the distance...It wasn't going to stop raining soon. Lee pointed as he yelped, "Look!" We all watched as rain pounded on the panels of glass that made up the east wall. I summoned the bartender/maid {SPOILER ALERT: HAKU'S BACK FROM THE GRAVE!} and we all had martinis, Tequilla, Red Wine, and FatTires well into the night...
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