Hi, back with the 4th chapter :D Thank you for all your reviews! Wow, 20 reviews total, and they were all so much fun to read. For some reason they make me very happy and excited to write more. I am truly honored you've enjoyed my story so far. No one seems to have found any clues yet, or if they did, they aren't talking, oh well. Some good news and bad news. The bad news is that there is no update for next Saturday. Sorry, I have a midterm and lots of homework, college life. The other bad news is that I wasn't able to fit the after-introductions part into this chapter, lack of time and this chapter was long as it is. This would have been the set up for the next following chapters. The good news is that now newcomers to the story will still be able to vote . So, voting ends next chapter, I promise, even if I have to cram it all in, all the set up is going in the next chapter. I promise, I'm not stalling. Actually, the next 3 or 4 chapters are already handwritten out. (yeah, 2hr long bus rides).
Hinaa-hime, thanks for your review, hope you're okay. Please don't go towards the light, you'll miss seeing Hoshiakari in action. :D
Oh, aquilla and cockroachelle. I tried responding to your reviews but for some reason, your mailbox seems to hate me.
Special thanks to LazerWulf, taking his advice I tried to slow down a bit and this allowed me to add more details on the characters reactions. As a result, this chapter is way better than what I originally had in mind. And if it's still not good enough, be happy you didn't see the original!
The results of the voting from this point on will be kept a secret, but you probably have a general idea of who it might be. It really is going to be a close one though. (I'll have to use the name drawing method. Unless someone can tell me where to get a three-sided coin.). I won't reveal who it is until the end, but there will be clues ;D The same goes for her mission. Now, on with the story! Oh and another thing, the clues in these first 5 chapters may or may not mean anything. You'll see why. So please don't go jumping to conclusions, or if you do, please tell me which name(s) get your votes. Okay, shutting up now. :D
AuroraStarPhoenix: Let's go Hoshiakari!
Hoshiakari: On it! AuroraStarPhoenix does not own Naruto, the manga or the anime. They all belong to Masashi Kishimoto-san. If she did, then she wouldn't be here right now. The only thing she owns is me.
AuroraStarPhoenix: Okay everyone, read, review, and vote (if you haven't yet) please : D
Special thanks to my beta-reading brothers. One of them actually laughed a bit this time!
A/N: just a few minor changes, sorry.
"normal speech"
"spoken by everyone in the area"
'thoughts'
'thoughts of the other people in response to the previous speaker'
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With white bugged out eyes and a shaking finger pointed at the little girl, he screamed.
"AAAAAAAAH! HINATA-CHAN'S BEEN CHIBIFIED AND TURNED INTO A SHINO CLONE!" (lol, I love this line :D )
This time, everyone in the room sweat dropped.
Kankuro, Temari, Choji, Ino, Kiba, and Sakura stared at the blond knucklehead. 'What an idiot'
Insulted, Shino stared Naruto, eyebrow raised.
Gaara, Neji, Sai, Hoshiakari, all the sensei, Jiraiya and everyone else in the room were still deciding how to react. '…'
Tsunade, on the other hand. 'SAAAAAAKEEEE!'
Slouched down and covering his face with a hand, Shikamaru wished that they would just get this over with. "Mendokuse."
Sighing, Kakashi lazily reached up, grabbed Naruto's head from behind, and gently directed his face towards a slightly pink Hinata. "Naruto, calm down, Hinata-chan's fine, she right over there." With his job done, Kakashi opened up his favorite book and continued his reading.
Used to his brain dead teammate's habit of shooting off at the mouth, Sasuke made his usual comment, "tch, dobe"
Naruto's head made several quick glances between Hinata and Hoshiakari. 'Hold it, if that's Hinata over there, then who's this over here?" Taking a closer look at Hoshiakari, he narrowed his eyes suspiciously, 'Hmmm…she doesn't look like a clone…'
"Eeeeeh, but Kakashi-sensei, she looks just like Hinata!" Naruto protested.
"Hmm?" Not really believing him, Sakura also looked from Hinata to the white caped Hoshiakari, "He's right sensei." 'What's going on?'
Feeling a headache coming, Tsunade waved them in, and said for what felt like the hundredth time. "I will explain it all in a moment."
Warily, team 7 entered the room to stand beside team Gai.
Just as Hoshiakari was about to close the door again, Shizune appeared to announce a last minute arrival, "Hoshiakari-chan, chotto, chotto matte kudasai." Stepping into the doorway, she bowed before making her report. "Tsunade-sama, Kurenai-sensei has just returned from her mission, shall I show her in as well?"
"Might as well get this over with," muttered an extremely tired and resigned Tsunade.
Giving Kurenai a small bow, Shizune returned to the Hokage's side.
"You wished to see me Tsunade-sama?" Kurenai asked from the doorway. About to take another step, Kurenai stopped to look down at Hoshiakari. Her eyes widened. 'Hinata?'
Kurenai slowly looked around, seeing all the other occupants of the room, searching, for a particular indigo haired student. Silence overcame the room as Kurenai, like the others before her, took several disbelieving glances between the smiling little girl and her nervous student. 'uuuuhh…well, I'm sure it isn't genjutsu…'
Soft snickers could be heard from the others as they continued to watch the expressions that flew across her face. Finally coming out of her shock, the kunoichi saw the Hokage trying to stifle her own smile. Kurenai then opened her mouth only to be stopped by Tsunade.
"Don't ask." Tsunade warned before motioning her to join her team.
Closing the door gently once again, Hoshiakari returned to stand beside her mother. In the process of walking back, she gave Naruto and his team a very good view of her back.
Being the first to react, Naruto opened his mouth.
Knowing his question and just wanting the meeting to start already, Tsunade, Kiba, Kankuro, Temari, Ino, Tenten, Neji and Lee quickly said/shouted, "DON'T ASK!"
The loud mouth decided to play it safe for once and silently closed his mouth.
Hoshiakari halted as her head shot up at the exclamations, "huh?"
Not wanting to give any more explanations than necessary, the Hokage tried to push it aside. "Never mind Hoshiakari, it's nothing."
"umm…okay." Confused, Hoshiakari made to stand between her mother and Akamaru. 'Adults are kinda weird.'
With everyone present and somewhat settled, Tsunade gave into the inevitable. 'Here goes…' "Everyone, I would like you to meet Hoshiakari, her current rank is gennin, and…" She paused a moment before finishing her sentence, "…Hinata's 6-and-a-half year old daughter."
Asuma's cigarette fell out of his mouth.
On the other side of the room, Gaara's eyes slightly opened in surprise.
Everyone else except team 8, Tsunade, Shizune, and Hoshiakari became silent for a second before dropping their jaws, "NAAANIIII!"
"Oh, she's so kaaawaaaiiii!" squealed Sakura and Ino as hearts appeared in their eyes.
Calming himself down, Neji turned to his cousin, "Hinata-sama, when did you have a daughter?"
Neji continued to look at Hinata. Okay, everyone looks to Hinata who began to blush again.
Fiddling with her fingers, Hinata avoided their eyes and nervously tried to explain the awkward situation to the others. "uh…um… ahh …I-I-I d-d-d-don't, I-I mean…"
Shizune muttered quietly out of the corner of her mouth, "You did that on purpose didn't you?"
The blond Hokage simply smirked.
Deciding to save her mother, Hoshiakari clarified the information. Looking up into the faces of the others, she happily gave her answer, "I'm from the future!" Unfortunately, that did not help the situation.
Everyone again, except those who already know. O.O'
Silence screamed as the other members of the room attempted to absorb the information.
"F-from the future?" Temari asked with a nervous twitching smile, barely managing to get the words out.
"Yep!" 'Why are they so surprised?'
Kiba looked down at Hoshiakari, "You never said you were a gennin, where's your hitai-ate?"
"From knowing the fact that she is Hinata-chan's daughter, I would assume that it is normally her neck. Am I right?"
"Hai, Shino-jiisan! But I had to leave it in the future."
"Baachan! That's impossible! She can't be a gennin, she's only six years old!"
"I'm 6 and a half!"
"Actually Naruto, I have a scroll that confirms it, and it is possible. After all, if I remember correctly, Uchiha Itachi graduated from the academy when he was only 7."
Everyone stares at the small figure in wonder, "Amazing, another prodigy."
"She's even younger than the Uchiha prodigy." Sai commented.
Nodding, Tsunade continued. "Now before I begin the explanations, I would first like you all to introduce yourselves to Hoshiakari-chan."
"It's okay, I already know them 'member?" assured the child.
Raising an eyebrow, Shino reminded her monotonously, "You didn't know me."
Her head dropped, 'He's not gonna let this go for a while isn't he…'
Hearing this, Naruto gave her a knowing look, "You got him annoyed didn't you?"
Hoshiakari could only nod tiredly. "mm hmm"
Sadly, not everyone else in the room knew the story behind this little seemingly confusing short conversation, 'HUH?'
"Still, it would make things less awkward for everyone," insisted Tsunade wanting to move on.
Seeing her point, Hoshiakari gave her assent, "Oh, okay"
"Let us start with Kazekage-sama and work our way around the room, why don't we?"
"I am Sabaku no Gaara, the 5th Kazekage of Sunagakure."
"My name is Kankuro, I am Gaara's older brother, and I hate kids."
Giving Hoshiakari a smile while elbowing her brother, Temari said, "I believed we've already introduced ourselves haven't we Hoshiakari-chan?"
The little girl smiled happily and bobbed her head "uh huh!"
"Nara Shikamaru, -sighs- Mendokusai."
"Shikamaru!" scolded Ino before reintroducing herself. "Konnichiwa, Hoshiakari-chan, I'm Yamanaka Ino, and this person standing next to me is Akimichi Choji."
"I'm Sarutobi Asuma, pleased to meet you."
"Konnichiwa, I'm Haruno Sakura!" The pink-haired kunoichi gave a friendly wave along with her words.
Next to her, Naruto crossed his arms and straightened his stance, "I'm Naruto the future rokudaime!"
The Uchiha gave Hoshiakari an uninterested glance, "Uchiha Sasuke."
In contrast, to his unemotional teammate, the fourth member gave his greeting with a smile, "Konnichiwa, pleased to meet you miss cutie. My name is Sai."
Giggling, Hoshiakari thanked him. 'Same old nickname…'
Naruto looked his teammate, "That was just sounded wrong coming from you."
"Only to you, pervert-in-training." He replied, the smile still on his face.
Insulted by the new nickname, Naruto was about to reply when Sakura nudged him in the ribs.
Kakashi absently raised a hand in acknowledgement, "Yo"
Irated, Naruto yelled at his sensei, "Kakashi-sensei, you're supposed to introduce yourself! And stop reading that book in front of the kid!"
"You just did that Naruto, and I'm sure Hoshiakari-chan doesn't mind, do you?"
Hoshiakari shook her head and Kakashi turned his attention back to his book.
Naruto and Sakura: –.–'
"My name is Jiraiya, a pleasure to meet you little lady." He said bowing gallantly while smiling with a wink and causing Hoshiakari to giggle.
Turning around to face his mentor, Naruto yelled accusingly. "Ero-sennin!"
"How many times have I told you not to call me that Gaki!"
"Enough!" Roared Tsunade, her eye beginning to twitch.
"Yosh! It is with great honor that I meet you little Hoshiakari-chan. I am Rock Lee, the Beautiful Green Beast of Konoha!"
"My name is Tenten." (Hey, we need some normal ones too!)
Turning left to face the child, Neji made a formal bow, "Hyuuga Neji. Hoshiakari-sama"
"And I am Maito Gai, the sensei of these blazing flames of youth!"
"Aburame Shino"
Hoshiakari turned to him, mouthing silently, "I said I was sorry." The Aburame only stared back. Sighing, the little girl gave up the losing battle.
Giving her a gentle smile Kurenai ended the introductions. "Konnichiwa Hoshiakari-chan, my name is Yuhi Kurenai." 'She looks so much like Hinata.'
Ever impatient, Naruto quickly jumped in, "Okay, done, now quit stalling, what's going on baachan?"
Hoshiakari giggled "…baachan…"
Tsunade sternly glanced at Hoshiakari, "Don't start."
Stifling her giggle, Hoshiakari hid her face into Hinata's side.
Turning back to acknowledge the question, Tsunade sighed, "Alright Naruto, I will tell you all what I know so far."
–One looong story later– (you already know it, well most of it anyway.)
Everyone except team 8 was once again stunned into a moment of silence.
"Whooa, so you're saying that somehow Hinata and her husband were able to send their daughter here into the past on a special mission?" asked Sakura. 'Is that even possible?'
"Correct."
Temari thought the information over. "So what was the mission, and why did she need to come here?"
"I'm afraid that it's confidential. Only Hoshiakari-chan knows."
Everyone looks at the girl in question.
"Gomen." She replied resolutely with a shake of her head.
"Still time-traveling sounds extreme." Sakura continued, sounding unconvinced.
"I know Sakura, yet she is standing right here."
Sakura looked in the direction Tsunade indicated. Sticking a hand out from under her cloak, Hoshiakari waggled her fingers a bit with a wide smile on her face. This action opened up her cloak a little, and Sakura's sharp eyes were given a fleeting view of under the child's cloak.
'Was that a flash of orange? …naaah must be a trick of light or something…' Hearing Shikamaru, she pushed that thought aside and returned her attention to the conversation.
"But it's impossible to bend time. And it makes no sense, why would they risk sending a 6-year old child on such a mission?"
"Tousan and kaasan can do anything." She replied defensively. "Besides," she continued, shrugging, "I'm 6 and a half." 'Why does everyone keep forgetting the 'half'?'
Ino was still skeptical, "Is there proof that she is Hinata's daughter?"
"She performed the Hakke Rokujuu Yonshou on Kiba." Shino stated, causing everyone to lapse into silence once again.
Naruto exploded with laughter. Rocking on the ground and clutching his middle, he pointed a shaking finger at the slightly embarrassed shinobi, "AHAHAHAHAHA, you got your butt kicked by a 6-year old!"
"That's not funny!" screamed Kiba.
"Um, I'm 6-and-a-half." She corrected. 'Come on everyone, 6-and-a-half! It's not that hard to remember.'
"Yeah, what she said, besides, that's not the point. The point is that she proved that she is a Hyuuga." He concluded, trying to change the topic.
"To perform that technique, and at such a young age." Neji stared at Hoshiakari for a moment before giving his cousin a speaking glance. Hinata nodded in agreement.
"So who's her otousan?" asked Naruto scratching the back of his head.
"She won't say."
Giving Hoshiakari a contemplative glance, Tenten made her guess, "Must be Shino-kun, she has the sunglasses."
Curious, Sakura asked, "Hoshiakari-chan, why do you wear sunglasses?"
"Becawse, I have my tousan's eyes."
"But did you see the design on her back?" asked Ino
"Yeah, but Gaara-san? Look how adorable she is." Kiba responded, unknowingly insulting the Kazekage.
Gaara, "…"
"Ooops, heh heh, gomenasai Gaara-san." He quickly apologized holding his hands up, seeing the red head's glare.
"Hey Hoshiakari, take off those glasses!"
"Naruto, she just said that she couldn't. Why did you ask?"
"To see if she has bushy brows or not." Sakura give Naruto another lump on the head. "Baka"
"You can see them, the sunglasses aren't blocking them and they look normal from here." Temari pointed out.
Taking a better look, Naruto could that Suna kunoichi was right. "Oh yeeaah."
"tch. Dobe"
"Hey! I heard that Sasuke-baka!"
Giggling, Hoshiakari watched the two trade insults.
Ino tried to remove another name off the list of possible 'fathers', "Well, she can't be Shikamaru's, not lazy enough."
"Yeah, you should have seen her, she was jumping off the walls and running on the ceiling earlier." Commented Kiba
Getting into the game, Temari also tried her hand at guessing. "Naruto?"
"Child prodigy." Sai pointed out.
"Oh, right."
"Hey!"
Ignoring Naruto's outburst they continued with the guessing game.
"Might be Choji's, although it doesn't look like it, too thin." tried Asuma.
Sakura observed the child's white form, "Hard to tell with that cloak on though."
"Can't be Kankuro, he doesn't even like children." Said Temari, removing another name off the list.
Not wanting to be left out, Kankuro also joined the game, "Not Kiba-san's, no face markings, and no dog."
"Maybe she had to leave it behind to hide her identity." Tried Choji
"Hoshiakari, do you have a dog?" queried Tsunade.
"Can't tell, but I've gots pet tora!" she quipped.
Everyone in the room looked at the little girl, hoping they didn't hear her right.
Finding her voice, Tsunade asked, "A tora?"
Nodding her head happily, Hoshiakari confirmed it, "Uh huh, I call her Fubuki."
"Uh…Hoshiakari-chan, how old is Fubuki?" Sakura asked nervously.
"Umm…I gots her bout 2 years ago so she's still kinda small, but tousan said that one day she'll be really big! She's a special tiger" Smiling, Hoshiakari thought of her beloved pet at home. 'Hope tousan and kaasan doesn't forget to feed her.'
Everyone began to sweat drop as they all did the math.
Trying to calm herself, Tsunade gritted her teeth and attempted to smile, "Hoshiakari? Who. Gave. Her. To. You?"
Seeing the slightly twitching right eye and the imaginary flames emanating from the Hokage, Hoshiakari rethought her wisdom in introducing her tiger to the conversation. Uneasily, she leaned back slightly into her kaasan. "uhhh…. Heh heh … n-not s-suppose to tell."
Tsunade lost her composure and exploded. "Who THE H-" –coughs–
Beginning again, she lowered her voice, only to have it rise with each spoken word. "Ahem, I mean, who in their right mind, gives a 4-year old a pet TORA!"
"I don't see what's wrong with that. I've had Akamaru since forever." The confused Inuzuka interjected.
"That's different! Your parents didn't give you a man-eating tora!" Sakura shot back.
"Fubuki 's really nice, that's why I call her miss lazy." (Sorry, needed to get Sai in there somehow :D)
Sakura and Naruto secretly gave sidelong glances to a certain teammate, 'Too many fathers…'
And the list continues on…
Remembering Hoshiakari's agility, Kiba made his guess, "Sasuke-kun? She is pretty fast."
"No way! There's no way she's Sasuke-kun's kid!" inner Sakura, "Chyaa, she better not be Sasuke's kid, he's going to marry me!"
"Well at least we know she's not Neji-kun's" Tenten concluded happy to remove one name from the list.
Everyone nodded in agreement as Temari confirmed it, "Yep, it can't be him."
"Mendokuse"
Ino looked around for another suspect.
"Sai?"
"Nah"
"So who is it?"
Everyone looks at Hoshiakari expectantly.
Sighing she explained, "Gomenasai, minasama. But kaasan and tousan said that it was very very important not to tell anyone."
Another moment of silence.
"Ah", Tenten quickly turned to Lee, "Wait, all we have to do is wait until she doesn't call one of the guys '-jiisan'"
Hearing this, Hoshiakari replied shaking her head adamantly, "Uh uh! That won't work."
"Why not."
"Cause I'm suppose to call them all -jiisan. I even trained for it!"
Confused, Kiba asked. "Why keep it a secret, we already know that Hinata's your okaasan."
"That's cause I have to be with her, and tousan and kaasan said that it was dangerous if they found out who tousan was." She explained patiently.
"Oooh"
Hearing the statement, Tsunade curiously asked the next question. "Who's 'they'?"
"Gomenasai,- "
Knowing the ending of that sentence, Tsunade finished it for her. "You're not supposed to tell, we know."
"Yep!" She giggled.
"But we can still try and guess right?"
Unsure of the answer to this Hoshiakari gave a tentative one. "uuh… I-I guess so."
Time passed as everyone continued to find reasons for adding and deleting names off the 'potential father list'. Meanwhile a certain little gennin was becoming drowsy. 'Should have listened to kaasan and taken a nap before coming. -yawn- But I can't sleep yet, I still haven't finished it, and I have to do it tonight.' Leaning heavily against Hinata, Hoshiakari decided to end the meeting before it was too late.
Hiding a yawn, Hoshiakari started to sway a bit on her feet.
"Hinata, I believe that your daughter is tired, and it is getting late. Let us end this meeting. Neji, please walk Hinata and Hoshiakari home."
"Hai Hokage-sama." Neji replied as he and Hinata bowed their respects to the Hokage.
"Hoshiakari, please say goodnight to everyone." Hinata said.
"She'll make a great mother." Ino whispered to a nodding Sakura and Choji.
"Hai kaasan." Bowing to everyone, Hoshiakari said her farewells, "Oyasuminasai, minasama!"
She then went to the wall and the backpack disappeared under her cloak before she turned return to her mother. "Ready."
Watching the fatigue on her daughter's face, Hinata asked uncertainly, "Hoshiakari, w-would you like me to carry you?"
"…ummm…" Unsure whether to accept her kaasan's offer, Hoshiakari found herself in a predicament. 'Should I? I am really tired…'
As Hoshiakari debated over taking the offer, Hinata became even more insecure. 'D-did I say something wrong? W-what if I insulted her or…'
' or m-maybe she just …just doesn't want me to carry her…' The thought finished sadly.
"Okay."
Hinata broke out of her depressing thoughts to see Hoshiakari holding her little arms out expectantly. Smiling and gazing at her daughter's face, Hinata brushed some of Hoshiakari's bangs aside and reached down to pick her up. Everyone watched this touching little scene, and Ino and Sakura sighed at the cuteness of it.
Moving to stand alongside his cousin, the Hyuuga prodigy offered his assistance. "Here, Hoshiakari-sama, allow me to carry your bag for you."
"Umm, okay, arigatoo Neji-jiisan."
Bending down, he reached out to take her bag, and received a nice front view of the girl's attire. Neji froze. His eyes widened for a moment before he erased all visible emotions on his face, and abruptly stood up with the bag in hand. Then subtly, he moved a bit closer in an attempt to prevent the others from receiving a similar viewpoint.
Oblivious to her cousin's actions, Hinata was more worried that the cloak might make carrying the child a bit awkward. "Hoshiakari, would you like to put your cloak in the bag?"
Neji attempted to intervene calmly, "Hinata-sama that would not be necessary."
Confused, Hinata looked up at her cousin, "Neji-niisan?"
Using his eyes, Neji tried to desperately and subtlety direct Hinata's eyes towards a certain part of her daughter. Following the path of his eyes, Hinata's eyes also widened as she saw it. Everyone else's curiosity grew as they watched the strange scene unfold. Looking over her student's shoulder, the genjutsu specialist's eyes also widened a bit. Crowding closer to their teammate, Shino and Kiba peered over, trying to see the problem. Akamaru looked up from his position.
'Suuure, whyyy not, she already has the cloak and the sunglasses, and who knows what else. Why not this as well.' The ninken thought exasperatedly, rolling his eyes
Shino quickly covered Kiba's opened mouth, and slightly shook his warningly. Not seeing the second gesture, Kiba's eyes were still wide with panic as his darted back between a certain shinobi and the little girl.
"What's going on over there!" Yelled Naruto finally getting impatient.
"Nothing of your concern." Neji coolly replied, trying to avoid a scene.
Finally giving into their curiosity, everyone except Gaara, Shikamaru, Choji, Sasuke, Sai, and Kakashi rushed over.
Disbelief could be seen on Naruto's face. "NO WAY! BUSHY BROWS!"
Wordlessly, everyone continued to stare at the bright orange leg warmers on the little girl's legs. Well, almost everyone. (Why do I get the feeling that there's gonna be a lot of votes for Lee after this? o.o')
Envisioning a new generation of youthful ninjas following in his footsteps, Gai became excited. "Yosh! The flames of youth lives on, Lee!"
"Hai it would seem so Gai-sensei!" yelled Lee excitedly, joining his sensei.
"Lee!"
"Gai-sensei!"
"Lee!"
"Gai-sensei!"
"Lee!"
–sunset is shown behind to two huggers– (don't ask how the sunset got into Tsunade's office, let's just leave it as one of the great mysteries in life, ne)
"Gai-sensei!"
"Lee!"
"Gai-sensei!"
"Lee!" (Love that copy/paste button :D )
"Gai Sensei!"
"Le–"
"Knock it off you two!" Yelled an irritated Tsunade.
Naruto bent down slightly to ask a giggling Hoshiakari, "Do they still do this in the future too?"
"uh huh" 'kinda…'
Tenten point a finger at the leg warmers, "Hoshiakari, do you have weights under those?" She asked, uncertain if she wanted the answer or not.
"Uh huh," Sitting down, she removed a leg warmer from the lower half of her slightly loose white pants to reveal smaller versions of weights that Lee wore.
The others began to glance suspiciously at the unfortunate young green-clad shinobi.
Probably already knowing the obvious answer, Temari asked anyway, "Hoshiakari, how did you get those weights, and how much do they weigh?"
"Oh, Lee-jiisan gave them to me on my tanjoobi, and they're about 7 or 10 lb. I think." came the nonchalant response.
Hearing this, Sakura could only squeak out the next question. "Each or both?"
"Each. Lee-jiisan said that it was good training."
Suspicion turned to glares.
Angrily, Ino turned on the nervous taijutsu specialist, "Lee how dare you do that to a little kid! She's only 6-years old!"
Sighing heavily, said little kid gave up reminding the adults that she was actually 6-and-a-half, 'And they said kids were slow.'
Kakashi, having slowly made his way over to the scene, gave a heavy mental sigh and shook he head, 'Oh the insanity lives on.'
"Um, Hoshiakari-chan, why don't you take them off and put them in your backpack for now?" suggested Sakura, just wanting to get rid of the piece of fashion eyesore,
"But I have to keep wearing them so I can get strwonger."
"Just for tonight, and I'm your okaasan must be tired." 'Just take them off!'
Meanwhile, Neji shot the still nervous Lee a glare promising excruciating pain later.
"Okay" Wanting to get this over with, Hoshiakari took off her weights, leg warmers, and cloak before folding them up neatly and placing them in her bag, careful to keep the other contents hidden. Handing the bag over to her ojiisan, she then went into her okaasan's arms to be lifted up.
Tsunade brought a hand up to rub her aching head, 'All this excitement's giving me a headache. I need a drink. No, I need a lot of drinks, I need to get drunk.'
Following Hinata out the door, Neji turned around to bow his respects one last time to the Hokage before leaving. Once the door clicked closed, everyone looked at one another.
Tsunade turned to the rest of the people in her office. "I believe this meeting to be over. You may all leave now. Asuma, Kakashi, Kurenai, Gai, Jiraiya, I would like you stay a moment longer if possible"
In less than a second, all the younger shinobi had left the room for another emergency meeting.
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Some terms used (Note: if there are two words saying the same thing, the second one is a more formal way of saying it.):
sake - Japanese wine
mendokuse - troublesome (this is troublesome), mendokusai means the same thing.
dobe - loser,(just an insult)
chotto matte kudasai - please wait a minute (hold on for a bit please)
genjutsu - illusion technique
nani- what
kawaii - cute
hitai-ate - headband
baachan - grandmother
kunoichi - female ninja
gaki - kid, brat
gomen/gomenasai - excuse, sorry(as another way of saying excuse me).
Hakke Rokujuu Yonshou –Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms, closes off 64 tenketsu (chakra points)
baka - idiot
tora - tiger
Fubuki - snowstorm
oyasuminasai - goodnight
minasama - everyone
baka - idiot
Ninken – nin-dogs or ninja dogs.
tanjoobi – birthday
