ShikaTema- Chapter 9
Temari woke up to the sun shining brightly in her face. She stretched her arms and got up from bed. She pulled the blanket over the bed as neatly as she could and quickly got dressed. She figured Sakura wasn't up yet, otherwise she'd probably have come into her room already. Temari pulled on her forehead protector and went to open the door, when it opened, nearly hitting her in the face. Sakura was standing in the doorway, looking thouroughly hyped up.
"Ready to shop?" She asked silkily. Temari looked at her suspiciously.
"Yeah... I suppose..." She said looking at Sakura.
"Good." Sakura said pulling on her arm. " Let's go get Ino, Hinata will meet us there in about 15 minutes." Temari followed her out of the room and into the bright sunlight.
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Temari was lead into town, and several minutes later, they met up with Ino. She wore her normal purple based outfit, but her hair was in a messy bun, and she had an apron around her waist.
"Hey Ino!" Sakura called. "Getting out yet?" Ino nodded and ran over.
"Yeah, so are we ready. Is Hinata here yet?" Ino asked. Sakura shook her head.
"She's gonna meet us at the shop, Neji had to take her because of her training...(injuries)" Ino nodded and turned to Temari.
"So you ready to go yet?" Ino asked her. "Gotta date?" Temari blushed furiously.
"Wh-what?" She stammered. "What do you mean?" Ino smiled devilishly and Sakura shook her head.
"Stop scaring her Ino." Sakura said giving her a glare, then staring at Temari. "You don't have to have a date. Ino was just kidding." Temari sighed, still really red.
"I hope so..." She said somewhat inaudibly. Temari than followed Sakura and Ino into a shop, only about 50 feet from where they were standing. hinata was waiting by the door. Her long hair fell about her face, making her look like she had just been in a battle, but her good-natured face still shone through.
"Hey!" She said looking up good-naturedly. "And Temari-san! how nice to see you again! Are you staying for tonights festival?" Temari nodded and walked up to the shop and peered inside. On the shelves and hug up, were lovely traditional kimono's of beautiful styles and colors.
Hinata walked over to the door and pushed it open. "Are you ready? We only have so much time before the festival!!"
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"You look amazing Temari!!!"
"You'll have a date by the end of the night for sure!!"
"Ino!!" Temari blushed slightly at the attention she was now recieving. She was trying on a very long periwinkle-blue kimono with white petals running across it. Her waistband was a royal purple, with a periwinkle rope-belt tying across it. It was a little big, and sat over her shoulders such that they were clearly showing. She could feel her face burning a furious red. The other three, kimono's on their laps, were sitting and critiquing the kimono's that each of them had picked up. Apparently by their reactions, this was a perfect match for her.
The girls had been out for a long time. About two hours. Each had tried on a kimono, though the only one who had actually had any difficulty was Hinata because she blushed too furiously and refused to come out and show several times. Eventually they settled on a lavendar one that allowed the blushing in her face to settle.
"Alright then, that's a wrap eh? Let's go get ready!" Ino said jumping up. The others nodded and went to pay. The second they excited the store, Ino steered them into her house, and into her room. She pulled out a rather large box of makeup and hair care products(I can guarentee you know what's coming)
"Let's go!!" Ino said. "Hinata, Sakura, you two can go get dressed. I'll fix Temari's hair, and then we'll switch off ok?" Temari looked at Sakura and Hinata helplessly as they left without a question. Then she turned her gaze to the fashionista kunoichi.
"Oh dear..." She said under her breath.
Ino smiled and held up a straightener. "Now... How shall we start this...?"
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"Mendokuse... Can we go yet?" Shikamaru asked Choji irritably. Choji licked his fingers and burped.
"Oh... But I was just getting started!!" he said smiling mischeiviously. Shikamaru drummed his fingers against the tables surface. Choji looked at him and sighed. "oh alright pushy-san... Let's go get ready for the festival... I don't see why your so jumpy anyway... It's not like your planning on proposing or anything."
"Choji!"
"What?"
"You irk me sometimes..."
"That's what friends are for."
