Natsumi notices numerous wooden booths with people streaming in and out from them acquring special items from that particular booth.
There were brightly colored round lanterns lining along the walkway illuminating the festival's pathway in various colors of light.
"Shall we go?" he ask her while looking at her.
Sasuke notices that Natsumi eyes sparkled with interest of all the possibilities the festival could hold before making their way up a set of stone steps.
"Knock'em down TenTen!" was the cheer of the girls as they cheered on their brown haired friend.
TenTen brings her right arm back until it was pass her head before shooting her arm forward while releasing the ball from her fingers and the sound of pins being knocked over was heard.
"It's a strike!" proclaims Temari.
"Pick your prize, ma'am." the vendor declare to TenTen, as she was scanning the various options for her prize.
The group girls, consisting of Temari, TenTen, Sakura and Ino, were enjoying their girl time together while Naruto and Hinata just observe them as their fun was visible.
"We should just be going along with it." Hinata replies to Naruto receiving a smile from the girl at his side.
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"Listen, we have a drop on the girls, they are at a nearby festival." Kabuto informs Kuyuki once he sees her transforming into her cat form.
"You know it is impolite to stare at females while they are changing." Kuyuki diverts his attention from the mission as she was wearing a smile on her face.
"Don't make me sick," he announces before hopping out of the window.
"Boys can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em." Kuyuki proclaims while shrugging her shoulders up and down.
She then follows Kabuto's actions by hopping out of the window before landing on the earth's surface.
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The girls and a man were laughing and enjoying what all the festival had to offer before a dark wave of energy hit them all.
"You know what? That funnel cake that I ate is hurting my stomach. I'm going to bathroom." Ino creates an excuse to get free.
"I think I got a cramp in my arm from throwing that ball." TenTen remarks before running off somewhere.
"I need to go fix my hair, I got a stray strand." Sakura states while she running off as well.
"I'm going to play at more booths." Temari response in an unenthusiastic tone before taking off.
"Naruto...I am going to check up on Ino." Hinata says making up her excuse and running in the direction of where Ino is.
'Something is off with them. All of them broke off from each other just that quickly.' Naruto thought as he decides to run after Hinata.
"Step up and win a prize!" was what all the vendors were announcing as they tried to catch everyone's attention so that they would come to their booths.
Natsumi could not help but to laugh and enjoy herself as they were making their way through the booths and the people.
Sasuke could not help but to wear a small smile on his face as he was being successful in making her smile as she runs through the crowds in her red kimono.
Natsumi can feel the dark energy wave a little while after the others did causing her to stop running allowing Sasuke to catch up to her.
"What's wrong, Natsumi?" he asks once he notices the look on her face.
"There is a demon here. Son't follow me!" was all she says before vanishing in the crowd of people.
'Don't follow me?' he repeats her statement in his thought before taking off after her.
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"Good Job, Kabuto-kun," he hears the sarcastic reply of Kuyuki's voice say as he summons a Crete.
"Shut-up! We have guests." Kabuto hushes her up as he raise to his feet to see six different colored females standing in front of them.
"Ah...it's the cat fighters that I have heard so much about. It is a pleasure to finally meet you all." Kabuto introduces himself to the girls while bowing like a gentleman.
"And I believe you already know this brute," he proclaims as he pats the Crete on its head, as it was just inching to kill the girls in front of him.
"You got one more with you." Natsumi announces as she clutches her katana's grip tightly with her right hand.
"Oh and how could I forget about my dead weight." Kabuto introduces Kuyuki by the time she hop down from the tree.
The six girls stared down their three opponents but what went unnoticed were the two spectators observing the potential battlefield.
A single green leaf flutters slowly to the ground before landing completely signaling to both sides that it was time to fight.
Natsumi and Hinata takes on the massive Crete, while TenTen and Temari charges at Kabuto, and Sakura and Ino were taking on Kuyuki.
Hinata and Natsumi manages to separate the Crete from the densely populated area of the festival redirecting them to where Sasuke and Naruto were observing.
"Alright, then how about we take this thing down?" Natsumi asks her sister when she turned her back on to the creature.
Sasuke notices that the Crete's claw aiming towards Natsumi who was not paying attention.
"Look out." it was all in slow motion as Sasuke pushes her out of the way as the creature hits him instead.
Natsumi and Sasuke roll over on the ground before noticing him rolling on the ground unresponsive. "You stupid bastard!" she shouts as she stands up and runs over to him.
'I just wanted her to be safe. I wanted to be in her life. It seems like I could just keep her safe just for this minute. I just wanted to say, I love her. It took me a long time to realize it but I love her.' Sasuke thought not knowing that Natsumi was able to hear his thoughts.
"You bastard, what do you mean by that?" she ask him.
He did not answer instead he closes his eyes. "You stupid bastard, answer my question!" Natsumi questions not realizing that her body was glowing white.
Hinata was awe struck at what she witnessing to her sister emit a column of visible white light.
Natsumi brings both of her knees together to her chest before releasing them as a ring of yellow light encircles her at the waist then separating off into four smaller rings that circles around her arms and her legs.
Hinata sees Natsumi clad in a white Lolita dress that had a collar with a single strap connecting the collar and the dress, which was white with frills circling different parts of the dress. A white fuzzy headband appears in her hair.
Natsumi glances down and sees she was wearing white ankle length boots. She wore gloves that stopped at her wrist with ruffles coming out of it and a gem in the center of both of her gloves.
"How am I supposed to move in this?" Natsumi ask in frustration before picking up Sasuke within her arms as she sees the Crete slam its hands down onto the ground.
She places him behind a bush out of the creatures sight before proclaiming once again "You stupid bastard!"
The Crete roaring catches her attention reminding her that she was still on the battlefield.
"Stand back, Black Cat. I can hand this one by myself." Natsumi asserts to her younger sister as Hinata heeds the warning and backs off.
Hinata observes as Natsumi was walking towards the Crete another yellow ring appears around her shredding the skirt portion of the dress into flower petal shapes revealing a white garter on her right leg and a white furry collar around her neck.
'She transformed while walking...what is this power that onee-chan has tapped into.' Hinata notes before returning her attention to what was happening in front of her.
Natsumi sticks her right arm out with her hand open as a white light emits in a straight line before a sword appears in her hand as she was pointing at the ground.
'She didn't have to recite her incantation either...' Hinata observes in disbelief at the power that Natsumi just display.
"Let's dance." Natsumi proclaims before leaping into the air causing a small gust of wind to hit Hinata on the ground.
Natsumi draws a circle in front of her in the sky before swinging the sword at the circle creating a wave of circles.
'What was that bright light?' Kabuto thought when he sees a circle of white light in the sky before blocking a kick aim at his head.
The other two observers watch in awe when they sees the creature being surrounded into a huge half spherical shape.
"Holy Circles" Natsumi shouts before dashing through the multiple rings of circles appearing behind the monster.
Hinata and Naruto watches the creature being sliced in half from the attack as Natsumi was making her way back over to were she place Sasuke.
'She was incredible. She tapped into a whole new different power.' Naruto thought before noticing the girls appear around Hinata.
"Where is the White Cat?" ask the Red Cat noticing that the White Cat was missing.
"She is fine." the answer comes from the Black Cat as she looks over to her sister to see that she had just vanished in thin air.
Natsumi can feel her transforming again this time she reverts back to the Lolita dress again as she kneels down to pick Sasuke up.
"You idiot," she speaks to him as he was laying still in her arms.
Natsumi notices her right hand glowing as she had a feeling that she had to placed it over his heart and then his head. His eyes open from shock as he sits up so fast causing Natsumi to fall onto her butt.
"Just go ahead and be thankful." she confronts him in an anger tone.
"I thought I was a goner there. I mean I even saw the white light or was it you?" he asks her in a confused manner causing her to blush.
"Maybe you should not broadcast your thoughts out loud," she hints as her eyes break contact and was focus on the ground.
Sasuke was wearing an odd look on his face after hearing her statement. It was not until a couple of seconds later when he realize what she was talking about.
"Um, yeah, maybe I should keep my thoughts to myself." he says as he scratches his cheek with one of his index fingers.
"Whatever," she quickly states dropping him back onto the surface of the forest floor before raising to her feet with her back towards him.
"We need to get you out of here," Natsumi reminds him as they both decided to head back to the hotel.