Author's Note: Hn, there's nothing much to say here since I usually write all my witty and interesting bits and pieces on my profile. Anyways, like I said, my summer vacation is only going to be here for a month and a half (harsh, yes) and I'm pretty much going to have a limited time to write stuff since it'll be hard for me to access a computer.
Since I can't figure out what else to do with this chapter, I decided to put more fluff here than humor. Don't ask why, but somehow I can't think up any funny comments whatsoever. Anyways, I hope to write up a few chapters with the help of my beta-readers, and hopefully they haven't given up on me yet.
Also, this chapter is dedicated to my special friend who is moving away all alone in this cold COLD world, figuratively speaking of course. I hope you would enjoy this, and I apologize for not seeing you off. Thanks for being my friend and I hope we keep in touch, ne?
Continuing; as for those who actually took part in the poll, here are the results so far:
My Airway Romance (as it is): 12 votes 52 percent
The Twisted Sky Life of Haruno Sakura (Destiny921s): 7 votes 31 percent
Our Twisted Sky Life: 3 votes 13 percent
My Crazy Air-hostess: 1 vote 4 percent
Total Votes: 23 votes
I say this once, and I'm probably going to repeat this like a broken record (bare with me): VOTE ON THE POLL ABOUT YOUR TITLE PREFERENCES ASAP!
If you don't want to see the drastic measures become real, I suggest you follow your beloved authoress' kind plea (more like threat) and vote. Since this is the third chapter, you people still have time. Sure I'm not expecting people to vote like hell, but try to get a little more in so that I can know what a majority of everyone thinks, okey dokey?
Story Title: My Airway Romance (temporarily under construction)
Summary: Haruno Sakura is your average air hostess/doctor-in-training. She has an average pay salary and uniform, and works as the co-captain of her team of other Leaf Airway hostesses (with Yamanaka Ino, Hyuuga Hinata, and Tenten). Enter Uchiha Sasuke, egotistical new Chief Executive Officer/CEO (n00b) of Leaf Airways with his team of Chief Officers: Uzumaki Naruto (Chief Operating Officer/COO), Hyuuga Neji (Chief Finance Officer/CFO), and undercover Nara Shikamaru (Chief Managing Officer/CMO). As the bane of their existence, Sakura and the others will have to 'serve' those insufferable men excluding Shikamaru throughout the time period of 6 months. Sounds long enough to fall in love, right?
Pairings: SasuSaku, NaruHina, NejiTenten, ShikaIno.
Disclaimer: Sakura Panda63 doesn't own Naruto, a certified manga genius does. But she DOES own 2.61, a couple of cheap bouncy balls, and a key chain. Hell yeah, beat that.
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xX Chapter Three: Touchdown (Not the football one) Xx
Since I know you lovely readers just love to read my lovely recaps, I will be the sadistic authoress and tell you that you're not getting any today. Why? Because I have better things to do and I'd rather not waste my time describing the R-rated violence and foul language that ensued behind that teensy weensy 'Aircrew' curtain. I'm too kind to leave it up to your imagination.
… No, not those kinds of thoughts!
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Traditionally, the air crew were known to leave the aircraft last, saluting the (migraine suffering) customers. In this case, screw tradition; at least that was what Sakura thought when she burst out the doors of the plane.
"LAND! SWEET NON-MOVING LAND! OH HOW I'VE MISSED YOU SO!" Sakura collapsed in the middle, giving a freak show for everyone who wanted to watch. About to burst with immense speed to get out of the gate, Sakura was held back by people whom we call her friends.
"Sakura-chan, please don't act like a crazy freak. You-you're being embarrassing." stuttered Hinata.
"Saks, stop struggling! You are seriously messing up my hair!" Since I'm extremely bored, and I'm pretty sure you all want to waste you time at the beginning of the chapter and not get on with the story, your absolutely lovely authoress presents you with a pop quiz!
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Who said that sentence "Saks, stop struggling! You are seriously messing up my hair!"?
a. Tenten-panda
b. Ino-pig
c. Suzume (Slut I)
Now, to the results we go! For those of you who chose B, you thought in the most logical manner, but yet it's wrong. C is also a reasonable answer, but let us think: Is Suzume really going to able to put her paws on Sakura? No I don't think so.
A is the correct answer! Believe it or not, tomboy Tenten doesn't allow just ANYONE to mess up her Princess Leia 'panda ears'.
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"HARUNO SAKURA! IF YOU DON'T BEHAVE I SWEAR ON ALL MY TWINKIES, I WILL MAKE YOU SUFFER A LIFE WORSE THAN HELL A MILLION TIMES!" Ino shrieked. Everyone stopped dead in their tracks; even the Eskimos dropped their fishing poles upon hearing the words 'swear on all my Twinkies' and they were in the North Pole. Those words just don't come out of Ino's mouth. Even Sakura didn't move; she knew the utter seriousness of this declaration.
"Oh yeah, hail the power of the Twinkies." Ino smirked, ignoring everyone's stares because she was a natural-born attention grabber. She shoved Sakura inside the plane, and told the customers that the situation was taken cared of.
Seeing that everyone was still unblinking, unmoving, and not breathing—I mean, still breathing—Tenten hollered, "What are you people looking at?! Beat it you brainless cross-eyed whales!"
-ten seconds later (tick tock)-
And now the people move. More like crammed at the door to get away from the insane 'whale-calling' people. They were faster than army ants ready to attack a lollipop.
"SAYONARA SUCKAS! I HOPE WE NEVER SEE YOUR FACES AGAIN!" waved Tenten.
No one was left to verbally abuse on the plane anymore. Well, all except for a duck-haired godlike divinity who just smirked out of pure amusement at the scene he witnessed beforehand.
Realizing the bane of her existence was still breathing her air, Sakura glared at the said man and asked, "Why are you still here? Are you waiting around for some other freak show to be put up for your entertainment?"
"I'm glad that you noticed you were a freak of nature. But no, I have other better things to do; I'd rather go to a monastery and eat like a rabbit for the rest of my life than see you, Pinky, again." Sasuke replied and he made a move for the door. He would've gotten through, if the fangirls didn't get there first. This time, they had hunted in packs.
With a fire burning in her eyes, she was literally acting like a furious bull. Don't ask why it got her all fired up, but it just happened.
'Do I sense some jealousy in here?'Inner Sakura tormented our dear little air hostess. Being the intellectual one of a kind lady she was, Sakura grunted at her inner's comment. Taking deep breaths, she calmed herself down until there was practically no emotion in her voice. That, my friends, is very scary indeed.
"Ladies, remember what I said about keeping your hands to yourselves?" she leveled her voice to that of something close to a whisper "How many times have I told you not to look at hot guys like a piece of meat? And, what did you do?
"You delusional bimbos just couldn't keep your paws off, hm? How dare you call yourselves air-hostesses of Leaf Airways when you're molesting the bloody CEO! DO YOU WANT TO DIE?!" Sakura roared, making the Uchiha smirk even wider. Seeing that smirk, Pinky—I mean Sakura, punched Sasuke and screamed at him too, "Wipe that smirk off your face. JUMP OFF A CLIFF, WHY DON'T YOU?"
"If you know what's good for you, ladies I suggest you get off the customer and go clear your immigration before Sakura-san here blows a capillary." Shikamaru told the rabid fangirls. Since he was the second hottest guy in their vicinity, they scurried off the plane to abide his wishes. Not before blowing kisses to Sasuke, giving him a 'free show' and slipping numbers into his jacket.
"Pinky, where did you learn how to punch so hard?" Sasuke groaned, clutching his sore arm. Screw the Uchiha pride, it hurt like hell.
Regaining part of her sanity, it was Sakura's turn to smirk, "Pft, what a wimp, you can't even take a punch from a girl. I taught myself to punch assholes like you, and now I know all that training finally came into handy."
"Hn, you must've just used that as an excuse to get your fangirl hands on me. Now I've got more fangirl germs to disinfect, and yours will be the hardest to come off."
Infuriated, she moved forward to face him with each step, "Excuse me? Me, of all people, a fangirl? I've seen better guys, those who have a head that isn't the size of the universe. In fact, everyone is better than you, even our dearest gay co-pilot, Sai, can stand a better chance with me."
Sasuke was suddenly aware of how the crazy air-hostess' sea-foam green eyes were mesmerizing amongst her strangely beautiful features. Staring straight into those dancing emerald orbs, he questioning her, "Are you saying that you want to go out with me?"
With a scoff, Sakura edged so close that even their bodies were merely millimeters away from connecting, "Not in your wildest dreams, Mr. Uchiha." Her friends were shocked at their best friend go so dangerously close to the man; even Shikamaru and the remaining (non-bitchy) air crew looked interested.
Bending down to the woman's ear, Sasuke whispered, making sure that his minty breath fanned out hotly against her ear, "Are you sure about that, dear Pinky?" At that, he nodded at Shikamaru and left the plane without a word.
Stunned, poor Sakura just stood there looking as stupid as she usually would. Then she wondered, "Is it me, or do all rich and famous people have naturally minty fresh breath? Maybe that's how we simple folk are set apart from those rich bastards!"
And maybe, just maybe that small little phrase was right...
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(Hong Kong Airport Baggage Claim)
oO Tenten's POV Oo
"Stupid worthless best friends. Stupid perverts attempting to get a flash. STUPID STUPID LUGGAGE!" I mumbled to herself, miserable because I was forced, like a maid, to get all of our bags from the baggage claim. Okay, fine; I got the smallest straw, but I swear they all plotted against me I TELL YOU! They are evil in the most innocent form, even Hinata-chan!
Okay, okay, maybe I'm overreacting a little TOO much. But, I have a good reason! Psh, you'd think that the air crew would have special baggage claim services, ut NOOOO they decided to take away said services to piss people like ME off. Suddenly, out of no where, some psycho decided to get into MY personal bubble, and we fell down in a compromising position. No one, and I repeat NO ONE, get's into the little invisible circle when I'm being my inner drama queen.
"Oi, you with the buns, watch where you're going!" the idiot shouted above me—wait, what? What the HECK did he say?
"I'm sorry, what?!"
"You heard me, Buns." Since I am still flat on my face on something considerably hard, I couldn't attempt to punch the guy's lights out, so I pretty much had to lift my head up to see the loser's face as I was lying down face-first on his chest. Hold up; his CHEST?!
That is probably irrelevant information now. What I saw, was not so ugly after all. From what I can see from here, he had chocolate brown locks and a nicely built body. OH yes, the guy was GORGEOUS, but with pearl white eyes that had no pupils.
Hmm, maybe he's blind…
That caused the hottie-with-silky-brown-hair to turn to look at me angrily. Shit, did I just say that aloud?
"Oh my GOD! I said that aloud; sorry to offend you! Please forgive me, god of cheesy shampoo commercial hair." That got him even more upset. Damn his beautiful face, it looks perfect even when it's angry!
Finally, the divinity spoke, "First of all, Buns, stop straddling me. Second of all, I'm not blind, baka." Okay, fine; he's extremely hot but that's all that's going for him. This asshole does NOT know this Tenten.
I let go of the son of a bitch, and then stood up to brush off the 'arrogance germs' he transmitted to me by making human contact. "Okay pal, so you say you're not blind. But you seriously are since YOU bumped into ME, therefore causing this collision. So stop calling me 'Buns', apologize to me, and we'll call it a day, hm?"
At that, this hot dude just smirked. Oh god, I just really REALLY want to punch his pretty little face in right now. "I'm sorry, Buns, but we have a slight misunderstanding. You were busy with muttering to your boobs to pay attention to where I was going, so you bumped into me. And on top of that, you called me blind."
What is it with this guy and my chest?! I mean seriously, BUNS? My cleavage doesn't stick out that much!
…Maybe that's an understatement considering my uniform can be passed off as an outfit for a prostitute. Let me rephrase that: At least it doesn't stick out as much as Hinata-chan's. No offense to her or anything, since it is a fact and all. Not that I was paying special attention to my best friend's ehem, cleavage. That's some random pervert's job in the first place.
Oh-kay, excuse the rambling. Continuing here; now where was I?
"Alright Mr. Hothead. What. Is. Your. Obsession. With. My. Chest?! Stop calling me Buns or I'll…" God, his ivory eyes made me lose the threat that I SO had. Does he know that he has this effect on the female (and possibly) male population?
"Or you'll what? What will a harmless air hostess do to me?" said 'blind' guy cut in arrogantly. Oh, I think you're making a grave mistake here, dude. THE Tenten can whoop your pervers-
"Since you're too stupid to comprehend my words, let's just be on our way to get our bags and hope to never see each other again, Buns. Deal?" He cut me OFF! That little shithead will get a thrashing of a lifetime.
Just as I was fuming my ass off, he walked off like the matter was settled. How extremely rude! Maybe I acted like an alien, but aliens need respect too, right?
Right, never mind. Tenten shall have the last word! Yosh! "I have a name, blindy! It's Tenten, ya hear?!" I kinda screamed across the entire baggage corridor, like I was crazy. Who knew that guy could walk that fast; the freaking speed-walker. Wait, did I smell like the garbage the air-bitches claim is 'perfume' again?
Oh shit, I lost an extremely hot guy because I smelt like tar. Poo-ey.
oO Normal POV Oo
As people stared at Tenten weirdly, Neji inwardly snickered at the interesting girl Fate threw unto him. 'Hn, Buns was interesting. But I guess Fate must have been on high with Kami-sama and made me collide with her. Is my hair really that of shampoo commercials?' Subconsciously Neji ran his hand through his brown straight locks, flipping it like a model. A female model.
Tenten painfully got over the fact that she'll never see that hot guy again, and decided to continue on to do the original job she was assigned with. Rushing towards Belt 5, she saw a flash of the same pin-straight brown hair. Shrugging it off as a hallucination, she spotted their bags. Ironically, their suitcases were the most feminine colors ever possible, so it was never too hard to spot. She grabbed Sakura's hot pink suitcase which was thankfully next to Ino's baby blue one. Then she spotted her pastel green one, with Hinata's lavender suitcase following shortly after.
As Tenten got closer to the gang lounging at the open cafe, Ino screamed, "What the HELL took you so long?! My dead granny could've walked faster than you! Besides, I was hoping you would've come a little faster so that I could change out of this uniform! Not that I mind hot guys staring at me or anything, but still."
"So much for being grateful, Ino-pig." Tenten grumbled, taking her seat on a plush sofa. Hinata giggled and playfully hit Ino's head, telling her to apologize.
"Really, what held you up, Tenny? Your latté that we ordered for you got cold already." Sakura, the saint, said oh so kindly.
Tenten stayed stubborn and refused to tell them anything. Getting suspicious, Ino ordered imperiously, "Spill the beans Tenten."
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Y-E-S. Yes."
"Wow, I never knew you could spell such a complicated word Ino. Anyways, no."
"YES!"
"No."
"YESSSSSSSS"
Just as Tenten was about to retort, Sakura lost her cool and screamed, "Shut up, biatches! Ten, just tell us what held you up and Ino-pig, if that damned word comes out of your little mouth again, I swear I will make your face so ugly that blind people will scream in agony at the sight of you!"
"Calm, Sakura-chan, we don't want you to blow up." the recently quiet Hinata commented, as she urged Tenten to cough up a confession. And Tenten did. How, you may ask? Hinata used the horrid, the disastrous… Puppy dog eyes.
Explaining it in full detail, Tenten went on and on, "And just when I was going to deliver a kick-ass insult, that super hot blind dude ran away like the wind!"
"Did someone just say I was hot, Buns?" Some anonymous guy said, not too behind her. Tenten, recognizing that husky (and 'seductive') voice was shaking from embarrassment and anger at the same time. Turning around, she was greeted not by one hot guy, but by three others as well. Guess who?
"You, hot? Heh, not only are you blind, but your hearing is impaired as well! Besides, why are you here anyways?" Tenten retorted to said pearly-eyed guy AKA Neji. Behind him, Sasuke, Naruto, and Shikamaru were there witnessing the verbal thrashing with mild amusement.
"Hate to break it to you, but we're not just here for you. You're not that hot to have us come to you, so don't get your hopes up too much." said Neji, smirking at her as she was fuming but unable to speak, "Hinata-sama, I see you're here with them as well."
Apparently Neji wasn't the only one who knew a person from the group. One blond loudmouth exclaimed, "HEY SAKURA-CHAN!" Yep, that's Uzumaki Naruto for you. The stupid loud mouth whose mouth seemingly got separated from his non-existent brain.
"Shut up, Naruto! You making a scene!" hushed Sakura as she bonked him on the head. Obviously she didn't realize that she caused at least half of the commotion in the first place. Everyone's attention was reverted to the two, including the passer-bys.
"Dobe, you know Pinky?" Sasuke questioned, wondering how his best friend and the lunatic of a fangirl/air hostess knew each other.
"Yeah, I met her because she was working with Tsunade-'baa chan. What's it to ya, teme?" Naruto bit back. Well, since Naruto had close relations with the Hokage, he knew a few people, and rubbed it into anyone's face at any chance he got. That's because he wanted to be the next president, and loved to tell that to everyone as well.
"Nothing, just that two crazy hyper people go quite well together." Sasuke said in his I-am-so-much-better-than-you voice. That got little Sakura-chan very angry, "Oi, what's your problem? At least people like us socialize unlike YOU!"
"Yeah, teme!"
"Hn, dobe."
"TEME!"
"Dobe."
Naruto was muffled by Sakura because she was tired of those one-word arguments. As she was doing that, Tenten was gaping, "You-you're COUSINS?!" to the Hyuuga companions.
Shyly, Hinata replied, "Yeah, Tenny. Sorry for me being rude, Tenten, meet Hyuuga Neji. Neji-nii san, meet Tenten."
"And you aren't blind, but you have Hinata-chan's same eyes as well?!" said Tenten, apparently still in shock. Neji smirked out of pure amusement at the girl's shock, and nodding towards her to clarify that he WASN'T blind after all.
"Yes, dimwit. Anything else you need to know?" Neji calmly stated as Hinata was attempting to revive the currently unconscious Tenten, stifling her giggles. Poor her, Hinata I mean. Seriously, she just found out that one of her best friends actually straddled her older cousin and called him blind; who wouldn't die of laughter from that?
Suddenly, Ino decided to redirect her attention from Shikamaru to face the Hyuuga duo. She gasped, "So you're the hot guy that Tenten was talking about? Man, I thought her hormones would never start working because she never gave that kind of comment just to anyone!"
Somehow Tenten miraculously regained consciousness, glaring daggers at Ino, and said, "Ino-pig, if you know what's good for you, you better shut your big fat mouth. That or else you will suffer a pain worse than death…" -insert knuckle-cracking sounds here-
Now insert the sound of said blond girl wimpering here!
"So you DID call me hot after all?" Neji said triumphantly, smirking that she was caught guilty of calling him hot.
Then again, his victory only lasted for a mere second of his life, since sweet Tenten decided to direct her fury to him, "And YOU, boy, will not be exempted from my punishment. You just pop out of no where and decide to trip me, and then you tell me you're Hinata-chan's cousin! What kind of shit are you?!"
"Now now, Buns; no need to go all psycho on me. Just take a deep breath and exhale."
"What, you're my yoga instructor now? You have no AUTHORITY over me!"
"Exha-"
"You dipshit, go and rot in hell!" Now, all of her friends' eyes were on her, seeming very interested to witness the death of Hinata's cousin. To theirs and the guys' surprise, Neji made Tenten shut up. By the unconventional method of sealing her lips with his; how smart.
Tenten was beyond shocked, frozen, and practically on Cloud Nine as her best friend's cousin kissed her out of nothing. And damn were they enjoying themselves, even if Neji only did so to 'shut her up'.
Just when Neji was about to deepen the kiss, the dimwit whom we formally know as Naruto interrupted randomly, "Oi, Neji. Why are you kissing her?"
The two broke apart, breathless from their spontaneous kiss. Neji decided to glare at the blond haired fool, and just as he was going to insult his stupidity, both Sakura and Sasuke beat him to it.
"NARUTOOOO!" Sakura yelled as she punched his puzzled face, angry that he disturbed her best friend who she assumed was enjoying herself.
"Hn, usuratonkachi." Sasuke smirked as Sakura bashed up his best friend. Hinata, taking pity on the poor blond who was abused by her pink-haired best friend's inhuman strength, rushed to get him to her seat. She let the blond boy's head rest on her lap, slowly trying to wake him. Knowing that everyone else was doing their own thing, she doubted that attention would be paid to her for letting Uzumaki-san to stay with her.
And poor Naruto could only groan and everyone else ignored him pointedly. What a sad person...
Suddenly, Ino finally asked a smart question. She peered at the four 'delicious-looking' men, and asked, "Hey, how do you guys know each other? I mean, Uchiha-san, you're the CEO, but how about Hyuuga-san and Uzumaki-san?"
Seeing as the question was directed to him, Sasuke replied, "A CEO needs henchmen—I mean subordinates as well. This knocked-out dobe is my Chief Operating Officer, and Neji is the Chief Finance Officer."
At the introduction of their titles, Tenten's and Sakura's jaws dropped. Sakura, still bewildered that such an idiot would be hired to be a COO of a company as big as the Uchiha's, and asked the onyx-eyed CEO, "Is this some kind of sick joke? Naruto is a COO? No way in hell, because seriously, he can only count up to twenty using his fingers and toes!"
"Jealous of his job I see, Pinky." retorted the Uchiha. For the first time in his life, he was actually defending his best friend's pride and integrity. Let's hope he never has to do that again, ne?
"No, just sad for his condition to work with such a prick like you!"
During Sasuke's and Sakura's verbal war, Tenten pointed an accusing finger towards Neji, and yelled, "You're the bloody CFO?! What else are you, huh? Clark Kent?!"
"Other than being Hinata's cousin and CFO, I'm just the random person that kissed you."
"That's besides the point! And who the HELL gives random strangers kisses? I, I…"
"liked it?" Neji smirked hopefully. 'This girl is very interesting, and amusing to watch her reactions.' he thought inwardly.
"No way in hell, dude. I think I need to sand my lips away to get the disgusting taste off my precious mouth."
The only people who didn't seem to be bothered by their friends' fight were Shikamaru and Ino. Shikamaru and Ino, who somehow got popcorn out of thin air, were watching their friends. The only sound they made was munching on their popcorn. That is, until Ino asked, "Shikamaru, if they're the heads of the corporation, how do you know them?"
"They're old friends. Just saw them here at this airport, so we decided to get together again, like old times." Shikamaru lied, hoping that she didn't ask anymore. Thankfully his prayers were answered, and Ino didn't go any further into the subject.
Meanwhile, Hinata was still cradling Naruto's head, until Naruto groaned painfully, causing the Hyuuga heiress to giggle. As Naruto tried to get up, he was greeted by a sight that his pervert of an ex-sensei would die for: Hinata's 'rack'. It caused our dear perverted Naruto to blush a slight shade of pink, worrying Hinata. "Uzumaki-san, are you alright?"
"Itai, 'ttebayo." Naruto groaned, clutching his head, while closing his eyes. Hearing a melodious giggle, he cracked one ocean blue eye at his attendant and asked, "Eh? What's so funny?"
Seeing that her giggle was heard, Hinata turned tomato red, and muttered, "No-nothing, Uzumaki-san. A-are you o-okay? Sakura-chan was r-rough, no?"
"Hehe, Sakura-chan's always like that, dattebayo!" Noticing Hinata's pale orbs, he suddenly asked, "You're related to NEJI? Woah!"
Nodding quietly, Hinata reached down and touched Naruto's forehead with her small hand. Unfortunately, her breasts nearly squashed into Naruto's face, making the pink tint become one darker shade. "Everything seems to be fine, Uzumaki-san. Do you think you can get up?"
The now red Naruto sat up as straight as a fence, looking anywhere but the chest of the Hyuuga heiress. Embarrassed, he grinned, and said, "Sorry, Hyuuga-san for causing so much trouble. Sakura-chan always seems to like to punch me out!"
"E-eh, it-it's okay, Uzumaki-san."
"Since you helped me, please stop calling me Uzumaki-san! We're friends now, so call me Naruto, dattebayo!" the loudmouth proclaimed, disturbing the already disturbed customers of the café even more. Poor café, it's going to lose all of its business at the rate their group was going.
"Oh, okay. Ca-call me, hi-Hinata then." She blushed profusely, trying to hide her red face.
"Oi, Naruto. We're leaving, the limo is here!" Shikamaru drawled lazily. Outside the café, a black limo was indeed waiting. As for the rest of the girls, dark auras surrounded them, seeming ticked off and about to blow, no doubt because the men pissed them off greatly. Hinata, being the only sane one among her friends nodded to the guys, telling Naruto to go.
"Anyways, thanks Hinata-chan!" Naruto said, a hint of pink still splashed cutely on his cheeks.
"Sayonara, Na-Naruto-kun!" replied Hinata as he grinned at her cheekily, giving her the peace sign as his friends dragged him out of the automatic doors. As she turned away from him, she immediately went to her friends; they were ready to burst with irritation and anger.
"That UCHIHA! How dare he insult my awesome pink locks! He told me that it wasn't natural to have bubblegum pink hair, and told me to dye it into a normal boring color like black!" Sakura glowered as she crushed the paper coffee cup in her hand.
Ino was no different; she also complained with anger that made her perfect hair unruly, "Shikamaru was so irritating! He only answered me vaguely when I asked him questions, putting my efforts of making conversations with him to waste. What kind of anti-social moron is THAT?!"
"And the nerve of your cousin, Hinata-chan! He. Kissed. Me. IN PUBLIC! Has he no shame?!" Tenten said shrilly, glaring at the calm Hinata as if it was her fault that her cousin was still on the face of the planet.
Taking a deep breath, Hinata answered all of them, "Sakura-chan, he must have thought it was amusing to see you bristling because of that comment. Don't let it get to you," turning towards Ino, she said "As for you Ino-chan, judging by his lazy appearance, he must've been too tired out by the long flight and probably wanted to have less distractions."
Last but not least, Hinata told Tenten, "Ten-chan, I know Neji can be very mean but it's not his fault. He likes to toy with people that interest him, and I think he honestly just kissed you to shut you up. In some countries, kissing people is a sign of friendship or greeting. You being an international air hostess should know that."
Tenten huffed indignantly, saying, "Well, I don't want his greeting. I'd rather die then lock lips with him again" When she remembered the incident, she started to turn pink.
Both Sakura and Ino forgot their own petty situations and decided to get a laugh out of teasing Tenten. Both of them were poking at Tenten's reddening cheeks and cooing about how their little Tenten has grown up. Ino, being bold (and not fearing her life) opened her mouth to tease Tenten further, but she was cut off by Sakura, "Tenten, we know you liked it… Come on Tenny, how was it like kissing one of the Chief Officers of the entire company?"
"Why don't you snog Uchiha-san and then you'll know what it's like, forehead!" Tenten grumbled. At that, Sakura turned pink with childish anger, that is, until Hinata bribed her with a cookie. As Sakura was deeply enjoying one of the café's cookies, Ino looked at Hinata with her baby blue eyes, begging her friend to give her a cookie as well. Sighing, Hinata got another one for the blond girl and one for Tenten as well. All three of them were munching the cookie like young children, savoring the tasty chocolate chips.
In between munches, Ino remembered, "Kuso! Our van I booked to get us to our hotel should've been waiting for half an hour already! Ladies, let's get to our hotel and enjoy Hong Kong!"
And that was that.
Finishing author's note: Owari. Chapter three of (still undecided name) has been completed. So sorry for such a long wait, I just couldn't help it. Nothing interesting had been going on in my life for so long that I had no inspiration whatsoever. I have this nagging feeling about something, and it had been eating away my creativity levels for weeks. Not too good for an authoress, huh?
As for the mixed up arguments and talks, I apologize if it was too hard to follow. I just couldn't help it because I didn't want anyone to be left doing nothing in this chapter, and just focus on Neji and Tenten. As for the humor, it has been lacking me for a while, so please excuse that as well. Honestly, it took a while to get this chapter to a somewhat decent state since I had very little help. Oh well.
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DEDICATION TO: My awesome friend Elin-chan; at least if you do read my Naruto fanfic. Good luck X3
BETA READING(S) BY: Guttersnipe & DemonicAngel08 AKA panda-chan
Sakura Panda-chan over and out…