Disclaimer: Naruto isnt mine, but this TOOTSIE POP IS! no, what, thats my mom's. nevermind.
Author's Note(s): ugh, notepad is EVIL! not even the cool kind of evil, either. i wanna use microsoft word, but it is asking me for a code off of a disk which i dont have, so i guess its just like what my own badgermomma told me: "Tough tity said the kitty when the milk went dry." yea, pretty word, but it gets the point across. im trying to figure out where to put the neji dancing queen thing in, but im not sure yet. this story is just kinda what pops into my dark little head in algebra class. cuz who needs to no what 2+2 means anyways? everyone no's thats fish!
The Red Kimono is like a Sushi bar and French Restuarant hybrid. Everything was overpriced, and the servings were far too small for anyone over five to eat and feel at all satisfied. That must be why everyone loves it. The Red Kimono required suit and tie, and a three month's old reservation. I had no idea how Hinata had managed to get our party of five a table in tow hour's notice. Must be because she is a Hyuuga.
Loki and I waited outside for the others to show. It was cold and windy. Because of the damn place's requirements I was decked out in formal wear, which meant I was without my collar. Naturally, I felt naked, although my Kitsune was far off. She wore a black silk dress that cut off around her thighs, displaying smooth cream curves. Long, black earrings laid against her cheeks. Her father's fang hung from her leather collar. Must be freezing, being half-naked and all. Poor little Kitsune shivered meekly beside me.
I took off my jacket and draped it over her shoulders. It went all the way down to her knees. Loki's silver eyes looked up at me, questioning if I was sure that I didn't need it; I shook my head. My girl pulled closer to me, resting her head against my chest. I wrapped my arms around her, drawing her closer to me. Loki had fire in her blood, and needed to keep it warm, lest it go out and she die.
"Damn, you look good." Her green eyes scanned me, taking in everything.
"So do you. I love you, my Kitsune."
"I love you, too, baby."
"Well, I love you both, but please, don't hug me."
The uninvited voice belonged to Inuzuka Kiba. He wore his suit and tux, which were miraculously clean. Large black sunglasses covered his slit eyes. A cane held in his left hand, a leash connected to Akamaru in his other. Some say mimicry is the greatest sign of flattery, but I just found it disturbing.
"Kiba, what have I told you about staring at Lee's teeth when he does his good-guy pose? I thought you would have learned your lesson by now," Tobias Loki said with the tongue of a mother scolding her child for the thousandth time. Too bad she wasn't kidding about the whole 'Staring at Lee's teeth' thing. Now, THAT had been traumatizing to watch. Dog-boy walked over, swinging his cane, causing a great deal of pain to the older gentleman beside him. The man jerked around and began to chew Kiba a new one.
"WHAT KINDA JERK YELLS AT A BLIND MAN! DO YOU HAVE A FREAKING PROBLEM WITH BLIND PEOPLE!" Kiba's loud mouth caught everyone's attention, and Loki and I had to pass out expressions that said ' We have no idea who that freak with the facial tattoos is. We've never seen him before.' Kiba, satisfied that the not-so-gentleman had hung his head in shame, turned his unseen gaze towards us.
"Now that that's over, we can get on with business. I'm in this get-up because they don't allow animals, but service dogs are allowed. Meet Akamaru, my seeing-eye dog."
"Gr... arOOF!"
"I already told you I was sorry! If I had my way you wouldn't be on a leash and I wouldn't have to wear these stupid sunglasses in the middle of the night! Now I know how you feel, Bug-boy."
"That was mean! I'm so familar with your silences that I know what you mean! That hurt my feelings! Big buggy... meanie... person..."
Seeing how this was going nowhere, I'm going to skip over the boring stuff of my silences, Kiba's lame comebacks to said silences, and Loki's knowing smile as she watched all of this as an innocent bystander.
Finally, Uzumaki Naruto and Hyuuga Hinata arrived. Naruto looked really out of place in his tux. Also looked like someone made the futile attempt at brushing the fox-demon's mop of blond hair. Hinata looked innocent in a pearl white dress that went past her knees, her bluish-black hair drawn back into a bun, and pearl earrings in. Didn't even no she had pierced ears.
Loki and Hinata looked like polar opposites. The Shadow Kitsune's black dress, predatory eyes, toothy grin, and half-hidden face gave her the air of a jungle cat ready to pounce upon a small mouse. That small mouse was Hinata, with her white dress, half-smile, and blushing face. I didn't worry about my date pouncing on my former teammate, though. Loki may be a werewolf, but she doesn't hurt her own pack, which is what she considered the Hyuuga to be a part of. Although Kiba looked prepared to tear Naruto's empty head off of his shoulders.
"So, you're too busy stuffing your face with ramen to brush your own hair that you make poor Hinata do it?" Kiba's normally loud voice was a deep growl that would make a bear proud.
"Hey! Well... umm... Shino! Help me out here!"
"Yeah! Shino's my best human buddy, not your's!"
"... Shut up, Kiba." That was me.
Loki and Hinata just kinda stood there, not knowing what to say or who to defend. They began talking quietly amongst themselves. Well, Loki waited patiently for Hinata to get her sentence out. For some odd reason, I noticed that when it was only the two of them, Hinata didn't stutter. One time, I remember my Kitsune saying that she had a stuttering problem when she was little. Instead of it being out of shyness, it was because she got confused whether to speak wolf or people. That has to suck when you're three.
"Why are you in a jacket, Loki? Isn't that part of Shino's outfit?" the Hyuuga heir said, stutter-free. Loki smiled, noticing that the sentences had come out quick and clean.
"Yeah, but its cold tonight and Shino being the angel that he is let me borrow it to warm myself up a bit."
"Maybe we should go ahead on inside since we're all here. I don't think that Naruto-kun and Kiba-kun will be able to kill eachother with a full stomach to deal with." Oh my God, am I hearing things or did Hinata make a funny? Why, yes she did! Good for you, Hinata! Here, have a cupcake. Loki laughed at the two jokes: the one Hinata said, and the one she heard in her own head. Loki nodded.
"Alright, let's see if our seats are ready yet," I ordered, and grabbed the "blind" guy and the ramen freak by their collars and dragged them in behind the girls.
"Lemme go! I was whoopin' Kiba's ass! Dammit Shino, why do you always take his side!"
"Nuh uh! Me and Akamaru were taking you down and you should be thankful Shino came and saved your ass, Uzumaki!"
"AROOF! AROOF! ROOF! AROOOOOF!" Somehow I managed to keep my bugs from going beserk and draining the hollering jerks' chakra. My self-control is legendary.
'Loki, you totally owe me tonight for not killing them.'
"Yes, I know. How many is that now?"
Final Notes: WOOT! another chapter in the bag...
