~ Cha no Kuni, Kagoshima no Sato, Touya Family Inn, Tuesday 20th July, 10:30 am ~
Naruto grinned as he looked at the somewhat crowded streets of Kagoshima.
"Naruto, Kushina-ba-san said you had to wear you're hat." Tenten told the eager four year old as she placed the white sun hat on his blond head.
It went well with his white shorts, and orange t-shirt, with orange sneakers and white socks.
Naruto pouted slightly as he looked at his brown haired cousin, who was dressed like him but in a light pink t-shirt, white shorts, white tennis shoes, light pink socks, and a light pink sun hat witha white flower on it. Her shoulder-blade length brown hair was down in low pigtails.
He inwardly laughed, knowing it was his Grandmother Mito who brought those clothes for her.
"Don't be troublesome Naruto-kun." A tired voice scolded him lightly as he turned to see his other cousins, and his brother.
Sakura looked like all she wanted was to curl up in her futon and go to sleep as she absently put on her dark green sun hat which went with her dark green t-shirt, black shorts, dark green socks, and black sneakers. Like Tenten she had her hair in low pigtails.
Nagato leaned against the doorway of the inn they were staying in. He was wearing a dark blue baseball cap, a white t-shirt, dark blue shorts, white socks, and dark blue sneakers.
While Kyubi slouched with his hands in the pockets of his black shorts. He also wore a red t-shirt, black sneakers, red socks, and a backwards red baseball cap.
"Ne, Sakura-chan are you okay?" Naruto asked, worried about his older cousin.
"I'm fine Naruto-kun, just a little tired." Sakura said with a small smile, while Kyubi snorted.
His younger cousin was surprisingly lazy when she seemed to like most sports. He knew if she had a choice, she would sleep all day, only getting up when she needed too. It was surprising that she got up before her own father every morning to make sure he was awake on time.
Kyubi didn't think he would ever understand Sakura, he also thought he would never understand females. To him, they seemed to be very troublesome.
"Let's go!" Naruto exclaimed, grabbing both Tenten's and Sakura's hand, before he began to race down the pavement, dragging his female cousins behind him.
Nagato smiled slightly as he followed after him with Kyubi. He could see how much Sakura wanted to shout at the blond for making her run, either she was to kind too, or too lazy. When it came to his younger cousin, Nagato had no clue which it was.
Tenten laughed at Sakura's barely hidden annoyed face as she ran with Naruto, dodging adults as they headed to the heart of the village.
Naruto grinned when he skidded to a stop, seeing all of the stalls that had been set up for the fair. He let go of his cousins' hands, and was about to run off when a hand grabbed his t-shirt.
He turned his head to looked back to see Kyubi glaring at him, with Tentenon his right, her arms crossed over her chest with a stern glint in her eyes, and Nagato and Sakura on his left, both of them frowning slightly as they slouched a little.
"Baka, you're not running off." Kyubi said, tightening his grip on his brother's t-shirt.
"But why?" Naruto asked with a pout.
"Because you could get lost and hurt." Tenten pointed out, making him pout more.
Nagato rolled his eyes at his younger cousin, while Sakura sighed silently.
"If you stay with us, and behave then I'll buy you something." Sakura told her youngest cousin, making his blue eyes lit up.
~ Cha no Kuni, Kagoshima no Sato, Tuesday 20th July, 03:30 pm ~
"Hey! You guys are wanted back at the Inn." Nawaki called, as he caught sight of his nieces, and nephews in the playground.
Chisato giggled slightly as Naruto ran up to them, leaving the things he bought for his cousins, and brother to bring them.
"Nawaki-ji-chan!" Naruto cheered, launching himself at his Uncle.
"Did someone fed him sugar?" Tenten questioned, as she picked up Naruto's fox mask, and grabbed his balloon.
"Nope." Kyubi answered, grabbing Naruto's bag filled with prizes. "But it would be some much better to be able to blame sugar."
Nagato chuckled, grabbing his own bags, while Sakura smirked as she grabbed her bags, and the soft toy fox she won for Naruto.
Together the young cousins walked over to their Uncle and his girlfriend.
"Let's go." Nawaki said, carrying Naruto as they began to walk back to the Inn.
"HENTAI!" Smack!
Nawaki gaped as he saw his older brother come flying out of the sento, a red mark clear on his face.
"Nawaki-kun, isn't that Jiraiya-san?" Chisato said, holding on to Nawaki's arm.
Sakura sighed, as a group of beautiful women dressed in yukata came out of sento, an angry flush on their faces, before she handed her bags to Nagato, and ran quickly to Jiraiya's side.
"TOU-CHAN!" She exclaimed, fake tears in the corner of her eyes as she threw herself into a dazed Jiraiya's arms, making the women pause. "Gomen I ran off without telling you!"
Jiraiya quickly snapped out of his daze, and hugged his daughter tightly, silently thanking the Kami that she was his daughter.
"You had me so worried, Hime." He muttered loud enough for the women to hear. "I had to look everywhere for you."
The women felt guilt clench their hearts. It seemed all the man was doing was looking for his daughter, and they accused him of being a pervert.
"I'll never leave your side again, Tou-chan." Sakura exclaimed, burying her face into his chest making sure the women saw the single tear from her right eye as she did.
"I'll never let you leave my sight again!" Jiraiya exclaimed, holding his daughter tightly, as he slowly stood making her loop her arms around his neck.
She moved so her lips were near his ear.
"You owe me for this." She whispered in her normal bored tone.
Jiraiya buried his face into her shoulder as his body shook, the women thought he was crying tears of relief, when in fact he was chuckling silently into her shoulder.
Nawaki shook his head in amusement, before he began to lead the small group to his brother.
"Nii-san, there you are." Nawaki said, clapping his brother on the back. "I was just looking for you when I found Sakura-chan."
The women bowed as they said sorry to Jiraiya before they went back to the sento.
Jiraiya waited a moment to make sure they were gone, before he threw his head back in a laugh and lifted Sakura up in the air.
"You my sweet Hime, are the perfect daughter!" He chuckled, while she smiled down at him, as she wiped away her fake tears.
"You're a lucky, Baka." Nawaki said, shaking his head. "If we hadn't been walking this way, you would of been beaten up for being a pervert."
"I can't help the fact they were perfect research." Jiraiya defended himself, as he rested Sakura on his hip, and took her bags from Nagato.
Nawaki only rolled his eyes, before the group began to walk back to the Inn again.
~ Cha no Kuni, Kagoshima no Sato, Touya Family Inn, Wednesday 21st July, 12:30 pm ~
Kyubi growled to himself as he tapped his pen against his work book, as he flicked through a book sitting at the low table in his room.
If Nagato hadn't started to do his homework, then Kushina wouldn't of found out about his, and he wouldn't be wasting his time looking for a good Haiku.
"Bell chimes fade,
and the scent of blossom
speads in the twilight." Sakura spoke up from her place laying on the veranda, her eyes closed behind the arm she threw over her eyes, her fair skin protected from the sun by the overhanging roof.
"Arigato." Kyubi said, quickly writing it down.
"It was by Basho Matsuo, by the way." She informed him, as she continued to try to go back to sleep.
A thing she had been trying to do since she was woken up at 9:00 am after they had finished breakfast, a thing she hadn't been able to do, which bemused Tenten, who had seen her cousin fall asleep in class after just getting to school.
Nagato smirked to himself as he finished his Maths questions. He found it very amusing that Kyubi had to get Sakura to help him with his homework - even if he didn't ask, she still had to help him - when Kyubi was a year older then her.
"Kyubi-nii!" Was all the warning Kyubi got, before Naruto jumped onto his back. "Come play with me!"
Kyubi sighed before he shot a glare at a smirking Nagato, he knew though the other red head wasn't laughing outwardly, he was inwardly.
"He can't Naruto. He has homework to do." Kushina said, as she entered the room to keep an eye on her oldest son.
Naruto pouted, and bounced over to Sakura. Jiraiya shook his head at his nephew before he went back to writing his new book.
"Sakura-chan, come play with me!" Naruto whined, pulling on her arm.
Sakura sighed silently, before she let Naruto pull her up and out the room, ignoring how Tenten laughed when she saw them. Sometimes she hated her older cousin, especially when she laughed at her.
~ Cha no Kuni, Kagoshima no Sato, Touya Family Inn, Sunday 24th July, 10:30 am ~
A knock on the door made Minato answer it, to show a woman.
She was a slender curvy woman, with her ankle-length auburn hair up in a bun, and light green eyes. She wore a deep blue shirt, that showed a sizable amount of her cleavage, a knee-length black skirt. She was 5'7".
"Is Jiraiya-sensei here?" She said, a smile curling dark blue painted lips.
"Jiraiya?" Minato called, inwardly wonder if his older brother had gotten a girlfriend.
"Mei-san." Jiraiya greeted somewhat nervously, when he saw who was at the door.
"You've missed you're deadline, Jiraiya-san." Mei said, a smile on her lips though her eyes were burning with well controlled anger. "You better have finished."
Jiraiya gulped, though the woman in front of him was in her early twenties, and didn't seem like she would hurt anyone, Jiraiya knew she would.
"Here you go, Mei-san." Sakura said appearing at his side, handing the auburn haired woman a thick brown envelope.
"Arigato Sakura-chan." Mei said, patting the petal haired girl on the head before looking at Jiraiya. "You're lucky this time Jiraiya-sensei."
"How did you know I was here?" Jiraiya asked, rubbing the back of his neck.
Mei smiled sweetily at him. "Sakura-chan told me."
Jiraiya reframed from throwing his daughter a scowl, he had been hoping to go on holiday with out Mei finding him and making him finish his new book. It's not like he didn't like writing, it was just sometimes he wanted a break from it, and he knew if Mei was around she wouldn't let him.
Cha no Kuni: Land of Tea.
Sento: Public Bathhouse.