The humid air made the weather even warmer which made the experience of the beach even more in need of the ocean. Temari and Tenten were the first in the salty waves, splashing the water around while they ran deeper in the cool liquid. The rest of the guests were busy putting up the umbrellas and setting up the sitting blankets. After everything was done the boys decided they would join Tenten and Temari for a swim in the ocean. They stripped off their T-shirts, leaving Naruto in orange trunks, Neji in light purple, Sai in Black, Sasuke in dark Blue, and Shikamaru in green.

The rest of the girls were in tank tops and shorts, bathing suits underneath. Hinata was in a dark purple one piece, Sakura was in a lime green bikini with pink cherry blossoms scattered about on it. Ino was in light blue, Tenten in dark green, and Temari in yellow.

Hinata settled herself under one of the umbrellas and started making a sand castle, while watching the others in the water. Her pile of sand didn't seem to want to stand up so she decided to add water. Tenten had brought buckets and shovels for her own enjoyment, and she was sure she wouldn't mind it if she used one. Hinata got a bucket from the stash Tenten had stashed in the bag she forced Naruto to carry. When she made it down to the ocean she noticed she was being watched by everyone. Tenten started for her, and once in range she scooped up a large amount of water in her hands and splashed Hinata.

Once the cold, salty ocean water hit her skin, she squealed and tried to sharply turn, but the loose sand gave and she fell. Ocean water filled the inside of her mouth causing her to gag and sputter out the nasty water. She staggered to her feet and wobbled away from them.

Once back on her blanket under the shade of her umbrella she grabbed a towel and dried her skin. Naruto came stalking up to her soaking wet from his swim. He also takes a towel and dries himself off before sitting next to her.

"I'm sorry Hinata." He looks down at the bright sand and sighs in disappointment in himself.

"Why are y-you sorry?" She didn't know exactly why he was sorry; Tenten was the one who splashed her.

"Well I didn't even try to stop her. I mean I thought she was just going to ask if you wanted to swim with us, but I guess I should've known better."

"Oh, i-it's okay N-Naruto-kun."

"How bout we build a sand castle!" His energy returned at the sound of her accepting the apology. His eyes were gleaming with excitement, which made it hard for Hinata to decline his offer. Not that she would anyway.

"Sure." She sweetly smiled at him and lightly blushed.

"I'll go get some water!"

"O-okay."

He jogged down to the ocean and filled up the little blue bucket with salty water. When the blonde idiot returned he sat the sloshing bucket down next to the blue haired beauty. She said a quick thanks and went to work on the sculpture. It started as a large, wet, sandy lump on the beach, but after a few pats and shaping Hinata and Naruto managed to make a lump with a little shape.

Sai finally tired of being splashed repeatedly by a hyper brunette stalked out of the ocean and saw the couple's master piece. He was surprisingly not impressed.

"What are you two doing?"

"We're building a sand castle!" The blonde boy shouted.

"A what?"

"Y-you've never built a sa-sand castle before?" Hinata asked.

"No. Would you mind teaching me?" He looked out to the others, some chasing Tenten some running from her. He honestly saw why they were doing this instead.

Hinata smiled along with Naruto, and Sai sat next to them. Hinata explained the basics to him and Naruto thought it was necessary to act out the steps and look like an idiot while doing so. After Sai grasped the concept he went off to his own special little section and went to work.

Tenten kicked salt water at Temari. Temari kicked salt water back. Tenten glared. Temari glared. And so the war began. Temari reached down cupped her hands and began her assault. Tenten using her mad ninja skills dodged every attack, and sent counter attacks toward her opponent. The rest of the beach goers were sitting with Hinata and Naruto watching.

I'll continue this later I just wanted to update for all my peepins