Chapter 4
Preparations
Sakura rushed down the halls to her bedroom, all the while muttering 'Crap' under her breath. She finally reached the door to her room and had to grab onto the side of the door to stop herself. She stayed there for a moment to catch her breath before entering her room.
"Where have you been Sakura?" Ino glared down at her.
"Uh…out." Sakura smiled nervously and stepped away from her older sister. Ino continued to follow her and glared down as Sakura crouched further and further away from her.
"What is wrong with you? We leave you alone for 2 minutes and you're suddenly gone! Dad is going to kill you if you aren't prepared for the ball in 15 minutes!!! How can you possibly be so stupid???" Ino exploded these comments at Sakura.
Sakura gulped and stood up calmly. She took a deep breath and glared back at her sister. "Ino." She said calmly while putting a sickeningly, sweet smile on her face. "Stay out of my business."
Ino's face turned a deep red and her mouth opened to retort back at Sakura. Luckily for Sakura, four other girls appeared at the doorway, laughing their heads off. Sakura smiled at all of them.
"Nice of you to join us."
"We couldn't help but overhear your conversation. Good job telling Ino-chan off. That's going in my records book." The one with long, blood red hair and a deep blue fin smiled at Sakura.
"No problem, Ami-chan."
Ino's cheeks puffed out as she turned to glare at both of them, the blush spreading across her cheeks even more. One of the other girls who looked like a clone of Ami except she had orange-red hair turned her head toward Ami.
"Sakura. Ami. Stop bugging Ino." She gave them both a glare. "Come on Ami, you have to finish getting ready."
Ami sighed and pouted at her slightly older twin. "But Rei-chan," She began in an annoying, child-like voice. "Can't Sakura-chan and I just annoy Ino-chan for a little while?"
Rei glared at Ami's sweet smile. "No." She then proceeded to drag a whining Ami out of the room. "We'll be back in 10 minutes."
The eldest of the group, with four spiked blonde ponytails and a pale green fin, shook her head and looked over to see Ino and Sakura continuing to bicker. She walked over and stood between the two of them. "Ino. Sakura. We have to finish getting ready."
"But Temari-chan!!" Ino and Sakura chorused in whiny voices as they pouted at their older sister.
"Suck it up you two. She's not going to give in and I won't either. So let's get this stupid ball over with." The second oldest sister who had two brown buns and a dark green fin replied to both of her younger sisters.
"Fine TenTen-chan." The two glared as they responded.
Ino's eyes lit up a moment later as she turned to glare evilly at Sakura. Sakura took a few steps back and smiled nervously at her elder sister.
"What do you need Ino-chan?"
"You haven't gotten ready for the ball yet Sakura-chan." Ino had pronounced Sakura's name in a wicked yet sweet way. Sakura eyes widened as she realized what Ino had in mind.
"Uh…don't worry Ino-chan…uh…I'll be…um…perfectly fine getting myself ready…No need to worry…I won't need any help…Oh crap."
Ino pounced on Sakura and picked her up, fully prepared to torture Sakura as she got her ready. Sakura crossed her arms and pouted in a frustrated manner. Ino set (more like threw) Sakura down into a chair and began grabbing assorted things out of her drawers. Sakura could hear Ino mumbling all of the names of everything she took out of the drawers. She sighed and prepared for the torture Ino was going to bring.
"Now Sakura. Let's do your hair up in a high ponytail!"
"That's your look Ino-chan. Why can't I just leave my hair down?"
"Because that's too plain and we need to attract some hot guys! I know! I'll do a partial ponytail! That way, we both get what we want." Ino smiled down at her sister who just shrugged. "I'll take that as a yes."
With that, Sakura prepared for torture. Luckily for her, Ino couldn't take too much time and she would only be tortured for about 30 minutes. Which was still way too long in Sakura's mind. She sighed and decided to just get this over with. It was going to be a LONG 30 minutes.
Kenji: WHOOT!! I'll be able to start an exciting chapter next!!
Sasuke: Good. This one sucked.
Sakura: Be nice!! Although…I have to agree….
Kenji:anime tears NOOOOOOOOO!!!
Hinata: P…please feel be…better Kenji-sa…sama.
Kenji: Sama? Ohmigosh!! I luv it Hinata-chan!! Thank you! You boosted my spirits!
Hinata: You're welcome.
Kenji: No stuttering!! Yay! This is a sign that the next chapter will be awesome and loved. The next chapter will be LONG and it will be called 'The Ball'. Yep, the ball has come and we're going to find out who ALL of the couples are. It should be quite interesting. Well, I love all of my reviewers! And I would really love it if I could maybe get 3 reviews for this chapter! If I get 5, I'll have to cry in happiness! Thank you and R&R!!