Hello again everyone. It is, once again moi. I've decided to stop hiring publicators because they're useless. So, this is chapter two! I hope you like it, I thought it was alright.
Disclaimer: Yes, once again, the characters of Naruto are not mine. Le sigh.
Dedication: The awesome people who reviewed the first chapter. I luv you guys, you made my day.
And to being hideously sick because that's the only reason I was able to find the time to write this. How do you get the God damn flu in the summer anyways? What is this?
Hinata stared, open mouthed.
"Cl-clubbing? Are you guys nuts? No w-way in hell am I going freaking clubbing!" She screeched. "Especially not with them!"
Hinata pointed at Ino and Karin, who feigned hurt faces. Hinata just glared at them and threw the bag of clothing (if it could even be called that) at Tenten who caught it and frowned at her.
"Well," Sakura amended "Not really 'Clubbing' per say. Since some of you can't hold your liquor worth a damn." She said shooting a glance in Tenten's direction. Said girl whistled innocently looked away.
"Not to mention," Temari continued with her signature smirk, "That Konoha only really hasone good club." Her eyes began to take on a dreamy look. "Not like in Suna, man you should see the raves we get going down there…" She trailed off with a wistful look in her teal eyes, then seemed to notice everyone was staring at her with a 'WTF-bitch-what-are-you-smoking-and-you-got-any-left?' look. She flushed and scratched the back of her neck.
"Right…Sorry."
"Anyway," Karin said, her gaze locked on Hinata, her mouth set in an evil grin. Hinata kind of hated her at the moment.
"The point is, tonight we're going to go out and dance, and laugh, and get completely drunk off our asses. And you're coming with us. Because one day, when we're all old and wrinkly-I know Ino, I'm shuddering too. One day, you're going to thanks us for making you go out have fun one and a while. You're only young once my dear, and we, as your best friends are going to make sure you enjoy it. Live while you can."
Hinata opened her mouth to protest.
Ino interrupted before she got the chance.
"And, just to make sure you won't guilt or threaten us out of it. Don't give me that look you know you would," Ino paused and looked at the rest of the traitors currently sitting in Hinata's living room, all of which nodded with solemn faces.
"We've decided," She paused again almost like saying this was paining her. Good, Hinata thought. Serves her right for barging into my house dressed like a hooker and demanding to go out.
"We've decided…to-give-you-the-banana-cream-picture"
Hinata blinked. No way.
"I'm s-sorry?" She asked. Surely she'd heard her wrong. There was no way that they'd…
"Can you r-repeat that?"
Ino scowled.
"I said, if you do this, we'll give you the banana cream picture."
Hinata was beyond shocked. The banana cream picture was their most prized piece of blackmail against her. It was a picture of Hinata in a rather…compromising position with Naruto, covered head to toe in banana-cream pie.(Twister, should not be classified as a children's game. Especially when Ino got a hold of it) And they'd caught it at such an angle that it seemed…Well, it made poor Hinata blush cherry red every time it was brought up.
So needless to say it was a pretty big deal that they were offering it up like that. Hinata mentally sighed. They're doing it so you can't say 'no'. They think you won't pass up a chance to get rid of this picture she thought.
Hinata stared at Ino for a second. Then she looked at each one of her friends, Temari, who gave her an encouraging half-smile, Sakura, and Karin, who grinned like the Cheshire cat, evil glints in their eyes. She looked at Tenten who held out the bag of clothes for her to take again. Finally her gaze returned to Ino, and her shoulders sagged in defeat. They're right.
Ino grinned. She'd won. Again. Boo, and yah.
Hinata sighed and held out her hand for the bag of clothes which Tenten, smiling all the time, happily deposited in her hand.
"I h-hope you guys know how m-much I hate you right n-now."
"Yes, yes we know darling now go get changed! I've got things to see and people to do, so hurry up!" Ino shouted.
She and Karin latched onto Hinata's wrists and proceeded to literally drag her towards Hinata's bedroom. Cackling like maniacs all the way.
Hinata sighed and allowed herself to be dragged. It's for the picture, just this one thing and that dreaded picture will be gone.
"W-wait!" Hinata said as they were pulling her through her door.
"I c-can do the rest by my s-self! I don't need you guys to help me get d-dressed!"
Ino and Karin looked at her with suspicious faces, and Hinata sighed.
"I pr-promise I won't, like, escape out my window or something. Okay? I'll put it on and come right back out h-here."
"Okay," Karin said.
"But if you're not out of there in five minutes, I'm breaking the door down and never letting you dress yourself again. Am I clear?"
Hinata rolled her eyes.
"Yes m-mother."
Karin beamed.
"You're damn right, now hurry up. Or we'll re-think the picture deal."
With one last glare Hinata shut the door and began to get changed.
Hinata looked at herself in the mirror. I look…she thought. I look …good. Ino knows how to pick her outfits, I'll giver her that.
Hinata wore a dark purple half-shirt that ended about three inches above her belly button. It joined at the neck, kind of like a bikini, but the shoulders were bare. At the tops of her arms, the fabric appeared again, a very light almost see-through purple this time, loosely hanging around her arms until it ended, in a point, at her middle finger on each hand.
The skirt was navy and uneven, coming to the middle of her thigh on one side and just above her knee on the other. It had small little charms and beads, hanging from the bottom that jingled, and sparkled when she walked.
Black fishnet tights and knee high, black, chunky heeled leather boots completed the outfit. Small silver buckles and zippers decorated the outside of the boots, which glimmered and sparkled every time Hinata moved her feet.
Hinata had had some extra time before the Karin beast broke her door down, so she had put on some light makeup and streaked her midnight blue hair with little bits of silver so it shimmered and shined like the night sky.
As always, the choker her mother had given her before she died lay against her small of her neck. The blue opal stone hanging from the black leather band, bumping familiarly against her collar bone.
Hinata stood back from the mirror and looked at herself again, self consciously tugging at the bottom of her skirt. It's to get rid of that dreaded picture. To get rid of the picture…
Someone banged on the door.
"Alright Hinata! Times up! Open the door or we're coming in!" Sakura shouted.
Hinata stood up from her dressing table and was about to go and open the door when something caught her eye. It was one of those sparkly body stickers that Temari had gotten her from one of her 'epic raves' in Suna. Hinata picked up the package and looked at it. A little silver star.
Without a second though Hinata opened the package and suck it on her left cheekbone. She looked into the mirror one last time, and nodded. Now she was ready.
Satisfied with her appearance she walked over and opened the door. What she got was a mix of awed, smiling, and triumphant faces.
"Well"
"I'll"
"Be"
"Dammed."
Sakura, Karin, Tenten, and Temari said in turn.
"Hinata you look FABULOUS!" Ino screeched. She turned and screeched to the other girls.
"Didn't I tell you she'd look fabulous?"
Hinata winced and put her hand up to her ear.
'I-Ino, calm down, you're going to burst my eardrums."
The other girls shot Hinata a grateful look. They started down the stairs and towards the front door. As they were about to leave Hinata stopped.
"Alright," She said.
"I agreed to your t-terms, I said I would go, and I put on you cl-clothes. Now, for your end of the bargain. The p-picture."
Ino sighed and made a big show of reaching into her bra-type-thing that she had on and pulled out a small Kodak photo, which she handed to Hinata with a scowl on her face.
Hinata beamed, took the photo and stared it for a moment.
She turned the photo upside down and sideways, looking it over to make sure it hadn't been copied or anything.. Once she was satisfied it was the only living copy of this picture she held up the photo for the other girls to see.
Then she ripped it in half.
She laughed when both Ino, and Karin winced at the loss of the best blackmail they'd had in years.
Hinata then watched in horror as both girls began to grin.
"Okay Hinata darling," Karin sang sweetly.
"We've agreed to our part of the deal, would you agree?"
Hinata swallowed.
"I-I would."
"Fantastic," Ino smiled.
"Now it's your turn."
Hinata tried to bolt for the door, but Temari, having predicted this outcome blocked her way.
Ino sighed,
"Tsk tsk, Hinata darling. A promise is a promise is it not?"
Hinata looked at the faces of the hell-spawn she called her friends. None of which looked like they were going to let her off.
Hinata sighed and her shoulders sagged. Damn it…
"Fine," She sighed, and they started our the door.
"Let's go."
And that's chapter two! So, what do you think? Review?
-Clary
