California
Chapter Three: New York City
Song: Check Yes Juliet; We the Kings
Lace up your shoes (Eh oh eh oh)
Here's how we do;
Run baby run, don't ever look back
They'll tear up apart
If you give them the chance
John F. Kennedy Air Port, New York
TenTen
I sat next to a sleeping Temari. She rested her head on my shoulder. I spent the first hours of the plane ride sleeping. Thanks to the dork sleeping on Neji's shoulder we found out where the love birds went.
California.
Ok, I know we all were harsh at one point or another but California?? Really. That makes me feel a whole lot better about things. A ding goes off and I saw that the light for seat belts went on. I put mine on and made sure the sleeping people had theirs. Shortly after, we landed. I shook Temari awake and was thanked with a nice punch on the arm.
"Didn't you learn anything from the last time you did that?" she said loud enough so that the boys woke up.
"Jeez, can you be any louder?" Shikamaru grumbled. He didn't seem like the one who enjoyed being woken up either.
"Well blame TenTen, she woke me up!" she barked at Shikamaru.
"Guys, stop it. Let's just get out and find them. What time is it anyway?" Neji said. I pointed to a clock next to the seat belt signal.
"Okay, we still got time. It's only four."
"Come on, let's go." Temari leaded. When we got to the actual air port we were greeted with bizarre stares. I expected this. Temari and I still had our bathing suits on underneath white tank tops and shorts. We didn't even change, now I realize that wasn't such a smooth move.
"Dammit, everyone it staring at us…" I mumbled. Nejilooked up at the people staring, for he still had his swim trunks on.
"What the hell are you people looking at? We can look just as good as you do, just not wearing a boring business suit like Ms. Jane Doe over here!" Temari said loudly gesturing to a young woman in a business suit. Her face went pink as everyone's eyes went to her. I nudged Temari in the ribs.
"Shut up idiot, we don't need to be kicked out of this country before we leave with Hinata and Naruto." I hissed. She grumbled something but I disregarded that as I noticed that Neji and Shikamaru stopped walking. I turned to see them staring at the board with flights coming in and out.
"What the hell is your problem?" Temari asked walking over to them. Shikamaru turned her head so she would see what they were looking at.
"Hey that's the flight we just came from." Temari said at first before opening her mouth wide in horror.
"What is it?!" I said feeling left out. I went over and saw what the others were reading. I spotted Konoha on the list of cities in lights. I read across to see where it landed.
"NEW YORK?!?!" Temari and I shouted at the same time. At this some men cheered in respect for their home.
"Shikamaru…"Temari said darkly. Holy crap she is going to flip…
"How could this happen? I was sure that I set it so that we would-" Shikamaru stared but was interrupted by a strong palm that slapped himacross the face. The sonic boom that it gave out made Neji and I cringe.
"Ouch." He said.
"Shikamaru Nara to think that you have an IQ of over two hundred! How the hell do you mix up California with New York?! Do you know how much that damn ticket cost me because your rich ass didn't want to pay for just two more tickets?! I probably won't have a home to go to when I get back to Konoha!" she shouted at the unconscious body that lay at her flip floped feet.
"Temari I think you knocked him out…" Neji said as he bent down to his friend.
"Good! He's lucky TenTen didn't bring her switch blade! I would have used it!"
"Shut the hell up! I have it…"I said looking around making sure no one heard me. Neji slung Shikamaru's body over his shoulder.
"Come on, lets find a cab." He said extremely relaxed.
"Cab? How about next flight to California?" I asked. I was not about to venture out to the city I only dreamed of visiting.
"I would, but I only have enough for two flights." He said. We stood in silence.
"So what do we do?" I asked. Neji sighed and pulled a strand of his long hair behind his ear with his free hand.
"Well, we are in New York City. How about we make the best of it?" he insisted. Temari shook her head.
"How would we do that? We've never been here. We won't know where we are."
"That's where you're wrong. Hyuuga is a world wide known name. I have been here before on a business trip for Hiashi."
"But you're only 17."
"Yeah, well they let me slip. I can probably get us to Manhattan. There we can book a hotel and decide where we will go next." Neji said. I shook my head.
"Idiot, we need to go to California."
"It's one of the boroughs TenTen. There are five in New York City. Manhattan, Staten Island, the Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn. Now lets go, we don't want it to get dark on us now." He said as we walked to the doors that lead us to the setting sunlight. Neji quickly hailed us a cab and we rode on with forty dollars. We suddenly came to an abrupt stop. The thick faced man looked back at a sleeping Shikamaru, Temari, and me.
"That's as far as this much will take you. Walk a little bit that way and you will see a small hotel." He said with a heavy accent from somewhere I'll never find out.
"Thank you." Neji said politely and we all filed out. Due to the traffic we are now under a dark shade of purple. When we got to the hotel, Shikamaru was awake by then.
"I call bed." He said.
"So do I." Said Neji. Temari was very aware of the fact that there were two beds.
"You guys share a bed, and TenTen and I will have one."
"Yeah, it makes sense." I insisted.
"I'm not sharing a bed with a guy." They both said.
"You guys are so naïve." I said as I plopped on the couch, which was comfy.
"You prissy girls can keep your beds. We need to figure out a way to get Hinata and Naruto."
"Yeah, what do you think we should do?" Shikamaru asked. This lead to a debate between him, Neji, and Temari. I stayed to my thoughts. Every summer has been boring since I began middle school at met Hinata and later in my last year of middle school met Temari. Go to Hinatas place, ride out bikes, go to parks, blah blah blah. We never left Japan. This is my first time out of the country. We have until September, we should make this summer last. It's the summer before senior year.
"Guys, I got an idea." I said. They were still yelling. I pouted and pulled out my pocket knife. I noticed how Shikamaru and Temari were against whatever Neji was saying, so I aimed and threw my blade to Neji and the speed of it moved a few strands of hair by his ear. So everyone grew silent and turned to me.
"How about…we make the best of this summer?"
"What the hell are you talking about TenTen?" Temari asked.
"I mean…lets just drive to California. Its on the other side of this country, and it should be fun going there." I insisted. Everyone one grew quiet again as they let this idea sink in.
"That's not a bad idea. But we need a car, and money. Lots of it." Shikamaru said.
"That's not a problem. These two have enough money in their bank accounts to make a small village in Africa filled with millionaires." She smirked.
"I can get the car and supply money for gas and any repairs it may need."Neji said nodding his head.
"I can get money for hotels and food." Shikamaru said with a yawn at the end.
"We'll need clothes. We still have our bathing suits." I said. At this the boys looked at us and Temari shot them a dirty took.
"Quit looking at what you can't have idiots. I'm going to take a shower." She said standing up to go to the bathroom. Neji and Shikamaru left and came back with sandwiches, soda cans, and candy. I attacked the candy and ate my sandwich as I watched TV. When I looked around I was the only one who hasn't bathed yet.
"TenTen drop the candy and bathe. You stink!" Temari taunted. I pouted and lifted my arms.
"I don't smell soo bad." I smiled as I got up to bathe. The cheep hotel soap was enough to make me clean, and the towels were nice and fuzzy. When I came out Temari and Shikamaru were asleep. Neji was on the phone speaking with someone. I continued to eat skittles as I watched a show called Saturday Night Live.
"I just got us a ride from a friend. He lives on seventy-seventh so we will be taking the subway tomorrow. After that we can begin our voyage." He said with a smirk.
"Cool." I said without looking away from the TV. After a moment of silence I turned to see that he was sleeping. I did like the others and fell asleep on the couch.
Temari
Neji told us this morning that he got us a ride. I was thrilled by this news. So thrilled that I actually decided not to go and sleep on the bed that one of the guys abandoned. Shikamaru left me with his phone as he and the others went off.
"Now, don't call anyone, we'll call you." He said.
"Shut up and go already, I'm trying to sleep." I mumbled as I pulled the covers over my head. I heard the door close and with that they left. I haven't slept this well in a while. When I woke up I found that I had missed a call. It was from Kiba and he let a voice mail. I technically wasn't calling anyone; I was just listening to the voice mail.
Hey Nara. I heard about Naruto and Hinata. Well just so you know, me and Sasuke are in America. Maybe you can pay us a visit over here. Call me back dude.
Then the phone began vibrating violently.
"What the hell!!?" I shouted. It read that Neji was calling. That was them.
"I'll be down there in a few you guys." I shouted into the phone then closing it shut. I jumped out of the bed and ran down the stairs to the main floor.
"Thanks for staying." A preppy woman smiled. I ignored her as I walked through the revolving doors. Outside I saw a navy Pontiac SUV that probably fit five people, not counting the space in the back. Next to it was a motorcycle that was silver with carefully made black details.
"Temari!!" shouted TenTen who jumped at me. I returned the hug and saw Neji and Shikamaru come up to me with a friend. He had curly black hair, green eyes, and lightly tanned. He was well built and just gorgeous.
"Hey guys, who's your friend?" I asked cocking my head to him. I have no problem talking to guys like this one.
"His name is Elliot. I met him not too long ago. He has a shop and he got this car not too long ago."
"It looks stolen." I said noticing the lack of license plate.
"Oh that's 'cause it is." He said with a smirk. I noticed a black helmet in his hand.
"I'm Temari." I said offering a hand. He took it and shook it.
"Pleasures mine, Temari." He said before turning to Neji. "Yo, why are you here anyways?"
"Well, we're off to enjoy our summer. Going to California and then back home." TenTen said. He looked at her and then back to Neji.
"So not on a business trip then?"
"Nope."
"Dude, then you should totally show up to this party I'm going to." He insisted.
"I would, but we're going to hang in this city for a while before we head out, no time for wild parties."
"Then, how about I hang with you guys?"
"Sounds cool, what do you think Neji?" I asked. He sighed and gestured for us to get in the car. Before I stepped into the car, I felt a grip on my wrist. I looked over my shoulder and I saw Elliot.
"I saw you eyeing my bike, wanna ride it?"
"Yes!" I said rushing over to it. I grabbed the spare helmet and sat down. He boarded it and revved the bike twice.
"Hold on." He said before speeding off. I looked to the left and I saw TenTen's wide smile while she was in the SUV.
This day is going in my memory bank marked as New York City; freakinn awesome.
TenTen
Today was fun. We went shopping for real clothes, went sight seeing, had lunch, and met Elliots girlfriend. Yeah he failed to tell Temari about that. She didn't seem to mind though. They have a lot in common and she shrugged her crush on Elliot off easily. Now were at a small park around the corner from Elliots house.
"So, I hear you guys are going to Cali." His girlfriend asked. I nodded.
"Just having some fun." I smiled. Temari nudged my shoulder with her hand.
"Go to the store and get us some ice pops, I'm craving." She said. I sighed and got up, knowing if I disagreed with her I would get owned, for the millionth time by Temari.
"Anything else?" I asked the group. They all wanted one too. Neji stood up next to me.
"I'll come with you. Its dangerous in the city."
"Thanks for the love Neji." Elliot said. I laughed and walked beside him as we went to the store. I bought enough ice pops for everyone else. The price came up to be three dollars. Not bad if you ask me. After passing them out I sat down next to Temari. I noticed that Elliot and his girlfriend went away from the group while I was gone. Shikamaru looked up to the sky.
"I always wondered what was on the dark side of the moon…"he asked looking up to the moon that was sliced in half.
"Free gas and rainbows Shikamaru." Temari said laughing.
"Quit joking around. We gotta get back to the hotel and figure some things out." Neji said. So with that we said goodbye to the lovers and made out way back to the hotel. Inside we all sat around the coffee table as Shikamaru spread out a map. He took out a pen and circled New York City.
"So we're here. And we need to get here" he said making a line across the map to California.
"How do we know where in California they went to?" Temari asked.
"Los Angles; so said Hinatas boarding history." Shikamaru said making her silent. "So I did some research and found that we could take Route 66. We can take it all the way L.A." He said.
"Awesome, so we take that and find Hinata and Naruto and jet outta here." I said. Neji shook his head.
"It's easier said than done. If Shikamaru and I take turns, we could probably make it to Chicago. That's where we will begin route 66."
"I can drive too." Temari said proudly.
"Yeah, she drives pretty fast so we can maybe get there three day?" I guessed. Neji nodded his head.
"Yeah that's what I figured. So lets get some sleep, tomorrow we take off."
"Alright." Temari said going to her chair. I went to my couch and pouted at the guys.
"Night ladies." I said wishing I would be able to sleep on a bed before we go back to Konoha.
O_O i am so sorry for not updating. its just that i realized a tad late that this story required some research. so that's what i've been up to. also the fact i lost the already completed chapter on my usb. so im sure i didnt miss out anything. and yeah,i meant to put you in this you idiot. so be on the look out for an update. reviews are loved. and i guess thats it.
peace and luv; kikiro
Edited while listening to: Sticks,Stones,and Techno by All Time Low :)