"..." Talking
'...' Thoughts
Inner Sakura
Dreams
Chapter 7 – One Day Left
2 days had passed and, with merely a day left till the festival, spirits were held high as the streets of Konoha bustled.
Although Sakura was talking with Ino at her flower shop, she didn't speak of going to the festival with Coda, nor did Ino say anything about going with Shikamaru.
"Do you have anything planned for today, Sakura?" Ino asked after a long and silent pause.
"No, Tsunade-sama gave us all today, tomorrow, and a week after the festival off. Why?" Sakura said.
"Well, Ten-Ten, Hinata and I were going shopping for the festival, you know, to get something nice to wear for the night" Ino said.
"Oh, ok, well…sure. I guess I'll come" Sakura replied.
"Great. Well, the others are meeting us here soon, so we'll go when the others arrive-" Ino cut off as the door opened.
"I didn't expect them to be here so soon" Ino said, but, found that it wasn't Ten-Ten or Hinata.
"Kira-chan? What're you doing here?" Sakura asked.
"Hokori is such a klutz. During training he fell just as I lunged at him and I nearly sliced his neck open. Tsk, the idiot" Kira said, leaning against the counter.
"Just as well Kuro-kun was there to save his clumsy ass" Kira mumbled afterwards.
Ino and Sakura looked at each other when Kira added 'kun' to Kuro's name.
"Since when do you add 'kun' to Kuro-san's name?" Sakura asked.
Kira blushed slightly as she looked for Sakura to Ino before her head hung and her brow furrowed slightly as she thought of a reply.
Ino giggled slightly, "So, you're going out with him now?" she said, trying to stir Kira.
"No, just to the festival, Ino" Kira said, giving Ino a bone chilling glare out of the corner of her eye.
Ino stiffened slightly at the glare from her wolf eye.
"Well, if you're going to the festival with him, you're going to need a dress right?" Sakura said.
At Sakura's words, something seemed to flick in Ino's mind as she smiled maliciously.
"Well then, you can come shopping with me, Sakura, Ten-Ten and Hinata" she said.
Kira growled, "There's no way in damn hell that's going to happen!"
Once Kira said this, Ten-Ten and Hinata walked in, looking slightly startled at the sight of Kira.
"Oh, good you're here! Now we can go" Ino said brightly.
"Ok, but, what's Kira-san doing here?" Ten-Ten asked.
"Well, she's actually coming with us" Ino replied.
Ten-Ten and Hinata looked shocked, not noticing Kira's murderous glare she was giving Ino, looking like she was going to rip Ino apart.
"C'mon then, we'd better get going" Sakura sighed.
Ino smiled with glee as she, Ten-Ten and Hinata exited, but, Kira didn't move.
"Are you ok, Kira-chan?" Sakura asked.
"I'm…going to kill Ino!" Kira snarled in reply.
Sakura sighed, shuddering slightly as her murderous tone.
"Come on, we'd better catch up to Ino before she comes back for us"
Kira was silent, not budging for a moment before she followed Sakura, still completely silent.
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Meanwhile, Kuro, Shikamaru and Coda were at the training grounds; Kuro and Coda sat in a tree Shikamaru sat at the base of it.
"So, have you guys got someone to go to the festival with?" Kuro asked.
"Yeah, I'm going with Sakura-chan. What about you guys?" Coda asked.
"Heh, Sakura…well, I'm going with Ino" Shikamaru said.
Coda almost fell out of the tree laughing.
"What's so funny?" Shikamaru asked sourly.
"…N…Nothing, don't worry" Coda said, suppressing his laughter.
"What about you Kuro?" Shikamaru asked.
"Kira-chan…" was his reply.
"Tsk, no offence, Kuro, but she's troublesome-" Shikamaru didn't get much further with his sentence when a katana embedded itself in the tree next to Shikamaru's neck.
"Shikamaru, I will ask you not to say such about Kira-chan as a team mate of hers and as a good friend" Kuro said.
Shikamaru sighed, but never the less took back what he said.
Kuro reached down and took back his katana, re-sheathing it before he leapt down.
"Well, there's really nothing to do is there?" Coda said.
Kuro shook his head, "I would go and find Kira-chan, but she's probably still pissed off at Hokori, the clumsy idiot; I think I'll just give her some space and see her later"
Shikamaru, once again, sighed, "Yeah, Ino's all hyper because there's only a day left till the festival, I think I'll find her later on, if not I'll see her tomorrow"
"Well, in that case, let's go and get something to eat" Coda said, leaping down from the tree.
Shikamaru stood, stretching for a moment before he followed the other two to the ramen bar.
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Kira stood by the door of the clothes store Ino had dragged her into.
She was fuming inside and felt like tearing Ino to shreds, but she knew she couldn't.
"Don't worry, Kira-chan, I'm sure you'll find something" Ino chimed brightly.
Kira suppressed a growl as she looked away from Ino.
Sakura watched Kira with concern before she turned back to the red and white dress she was looking at.
It was a white halter neck and had a red and blossom pink flower pattern down the side.
She smiled to her self before she looked up at Kira, who was looking down at the ground before her feet.
Sakura sighed and walked up to Kira.
"Don't worry, I'll pay for this dress and you can come with me" Sakura said.
Kira nodded with a small smile of appreciation.
Sakura paid for the dress and walked back to Kira.
"Ino, Kira-chan and I are going, we'll catch up later" Sakura called to Ino.
"What?! No, no, no, Kira hasn't even chosen a dress yet" Ino said.
Sakura was about to say something when Kira held a hand up.
"Actually, Ino, I've already got a dress, so there's really no need" and with those words said, Kira turned and exited, leaving a bewildered Ino and a surprised Sakura behind.
"Whoa, hold on a sec Kira-chan, you didn't tell me you already have a dress" Sakura said, catching up to Kira.
Kira seemed to smile, "Well, it's not exactly mine…it was my mothers"
Sakura fell silent for a while, just walking with Kira before she said something.
"What does it look like?"
Kira sighed before she started to explain the dress, spending the whole afternoon with Sakura until the sun had started setting.
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Kuro, Shikamaru and Coda walked down the sun stricken streets of Konoha.
They had just been lazing around together after they had lunch.
"Well, I should probably head off; my dad's probably been looking for me. Ah, too troublesome" Shikamaru sighed.
"Alright, well, we'll see you tomorrow if Ino hasn't stolen you" Kuro smiled.
Shikamaru sighed, waving a hand in goodbye as he left.
Coda laughed slightly as he continued to walk with Kuro.
"Well, today was kind of fun" Coda said.
"Heh, I guess…I would've liked to see Kira-chan though" Kuro said, putting his hands behind his head as he walked.
"Yeah…I wanted to see Sakura-chan" Coda sighed, but, something caught his eye as they passed a shop.
"I'll catch up with you later, ok?" Coda said, slowly walking over to the shop window.
"Uh…ok, I'll see you tomorrow if Sakura hasn't stolen you" Kuro said.
Coda gave a small laugh, turning to wave Kuro off before he turned back to examining the pink diamond necklace on the rose gold chain that hung in the sunlight…
Yay, chapter 7!
Sorry it took so long, I just haven't had any motivation lately.
But only a week until I go on a CRUISE!! So I'll try to get the next chapter up asap!
Btw, I know many will be on holidays, but could you all please try and comment!
Thank you!
Ja ne!
