Chap 9

When Aru first came out of Sakura's bedroom with her sister's long funeral robes on, Sakura almost died from laughter.

"What's so funny?"

"Besides the fact that those are funeral robes, you are covering a great body and you are truely insane if you think you can stand the heat in those," Sakura shrugged sarcastically "Then nothing's wrong."

Aru looked down. She didn't want to seem like a clown infront of her sister, but she had never worn anything to indicate that she had a great figure, or any figure for that matter. Aru was brought out of her thoughts with a soft hand on her shoulder. She looked up at her sister with saddened eyes.

Sakura smiled simpathetically, "I know you're not used to hearing this Arunanda-kun, but you are very beautiful. You shouldn't hide it."

Aru smiled "Even if that's true, I wouldn't know where to begin with clothes."

Sakura suddenly got a mischevious look in he eyes that made Aru flinch. "I thought you'd never say that!" Sakura suddenly struck a heroic pose with her index finger in the air and hand on her hip.

"Don't fear, Sakura the fashion queen is here! For when there is a tramp who thinks she's tight or a chick who's an ugly sight, Sakura Haruno will be there to salvage their reputable choices!"

Aru was soon dragged into Sakura's room. She sat on the bed as Sakura madly rummaged through her closet, flinging a shirt across here or there. After fifteen minutes, Sakura stepped back and clanced up and down at the wardrobe on a manican that she had picked out. Sakura nodded her head with a satisfied and triumphant look on her face. She turned and gave Aru a good guy pose. Aru smiled and rushed to her sister's side.

"Sakura! I can't wear that! It's too..."

"Perfect!"

"Nani?!"

"You have a slightly smaller frame than me so these should fit you well."

"Whether I have a smaller frame or not isn't the issue. It's..."

"You'll look just like mother..." They stared at each other for a good while. Sakura gave Aru a pleading look to which Aru sighed in defeat.

"Let's just agree that I'll wear it tomorrow night."

Sakura nodded happily. "Agreed."

Aru began to change into a baggy tee and dark jeans as her sister left the room.

TWO HOURS LATER:

Sakura and Aru had just gotten to the mall and already they were being hooted and hollered at. Sakura just frowned and ignored it while Aru just looked down at her feet, blushing the lightest shade of pink. Sakura smirked at her sister's modesty. Oh yeah, Aru's definitely gonna love Hinata-chan.

The first store they went into was lingerie store called Oh My Goddess!. Aru was confused when Sakura greeted everyone in the store. Sakura just shrugged.

"This is my favorite store, so I come here alot."

"Why?"

"Naruto and I think that every once in a while we need something to spice up our intimate moments."

Aru cringed and shook her head while staring at the floor, "I didn't need to hear that. I so didn't need to hear that."

Sakura chuckled, "Well, let's get you some suitable panties!"

Aru blushed, "The ones I have are just fine, thanks."

Kimiko, an employee whom Sakura seemed to know pretty well, walked up smiling at Aru in a friendly saleperson kind of way. "There's noting wrong with a nice pair of undies now and then. So what do ya prefer? Boy shorts, g-strings, bikini's? Come on, what do you usually wear?"

Aru blushed, "Bloomers." Every employee in the room gasped. Kimiko shook her head and held Aru's hand as if comforting her, "Sweetie! You have such a nice bod. I'm gonna find you the sexiest pair in the whole store!" About half an hour later, the women had finally picked out an expensive set of panties and bras. There were three in the set in black, blood red and navy blue. They were all matching with lacey, intricate low rise panties, bras and garder belts. The only difference between the three sets were the shapes of the swavorsky crystals adorning the front of each garder belt. The black set had a white crystal in the shape of the silouhette of a pin up girl. The red set had a pink crystal in the shape of a kanji. The navy blue set had a light blue crystal in the shape of the leaf village insignia. Aru gasped when the price as wrung up.

"I can't possibly afford that!"

The owner, a polished woman in her forties, came out smiling at Aru. She took the receit, tore it up, and handed the bag to Aru.

"Consider this a gift to our newest addition to the Konoha family!"

Aru had on her brightest smile and slightly bowed, "Domo arigato!" Her and Sakura walked down to the next store which was full of jeans and cute casual wear. The store was called Bleach. Sakura laughed as Aru ran to a rack holding a pair of black, lowrise flair jeans with a chinese dragon wrapping around the leg. Aru's eyes gleamed until she saw the price tag. She was about to put the jeans back when Sakura snatched them from her hands. Aru looked up.

"You don't need to fret over money Arunanda-chan. Consider this my treat." Aru hugged her sister quickly until they both began to ravage the aisles. Sakura chose many warm colored sexy halters while Aru chose a few tank tops that came just above the rim of her new pants. Sakura, however, wasn't pleased with the small amount Aru had chosen. She knew that her sister would secretely check the tags and put it back if she thought it were too much. By time they paid and got to the other store, Fooly Cooly, Sakura made a proposition. Aru chose the colors while Sakura chose the styles. It was agreed. Sakura and Aru both decided to stay with Aru's common choices of deep blues, deep reds and blacks. Maybe even a few white items, eventhough it might blend a bit to well with Aru's almost paper white complextion. Sakura thought of how close her skin looked to that of Orochimaru but then quickly cursed herself for ever compairig that snake with her lovely sister. By the end of the day, Aru was stocked for nearly life and Sakura had bought herself a few fresh new outfits.

"Wanna get some gelati?" Sakura asked happily.

Aru looked up with a worried smile, "Aren't you out of money?"

Sakura playfully punched her little sister in the arm, "Number one, I told you not to worry about the expenses today. And number two, being the sanin Tsunade's apprentice has it's economic advantages!"

"Sakura-niichan!" Both girls giggled until they were at the food court. Sakura ordered a strawberry gelati while Aru ordered a chocolate one. They ate until they looked up to see Kiba sitting himself right next to Aru. He was about to kiss her cheek when Akimaru beat him to it. Aru lifted the dog into her arms and craddled him into her chest as his tail went crazy. Kiba said something under his breath to the effect of 'stupid dog'. Aru smiled and held out a spoon full of her chocolate gelati out to Kiba.

"Want some Kiba-kun?"

Kiba grinned and clamped his mouth over the small spoon without losing eye contact with Aru. After pulling back and gulping it down he held Aru's wrist in the same position as he licked the spoon clean with his dog-like tongue. Aru blushed and his actions continued until Sakura cleared her throat loudly. Reluctantly, Kiba took his hand off Aru's wrist and backed away licking his lips. Aru looked away and ate her gelati, trying not to show off her bright blush.

Kiba sighed nodding towards Sakura, "So here goes the shopping. Still not over your addiction I gather."

" 'Still not over your addiction I gather.' ", Sakura said in a mocking tone.

Kiba just chuckled and shook his head lightly. Arunanda just giggled, which brought Kiba's attention back to her. Akimaru had planted himself on Aru's shoulder as she ate her gelati. The dog's tail occasionally swept under her chin, giving her alittle tickle. She looked up at Kiba and smiled sweetly. Kiba grinned back.

"Buy anything nice Arunanda-chan?" Aru nodded and Sakura leaned in with an elbow on the table and a mischevious grin on her face.

"Oh yeah she did! You should see what she bought in Oh My Goddess!." Kiba's ears twitched intently as Sakura's grin grew wider. It took Aru a few seconds to remember which store that was. Her eyes widdened to see her sister dangling the bag infront of Kiba's face teasingly. Kiba was about to snatch it but the snow nin beat him to the chase. She smiled softly at his disappointed expression.

"Gomen, Kiba-kun. But a girl must keep somethings secret."

Kiba leaned in infornt of Aru's face and arched an eyebrow, "A guy can dream can't he?" He grinned peversly, which sent shrills of rage up Sakura's back. "Although I'd much rather see the real thing. I..."

Before Kiba could say anything else, Sakura punched him painfully over the head while cracking the wooden table in half in the process. As the enraged cherry blossom grabbed her sister's wrist and walked off, Aru couldn't help but glance back and smirk at poor Kiba. He's trying much too hard, and in the wrong ways. Aru shook her head, sighed, and followed her sister home.