Temari glanced worriedly at a piece of paper. There was the guests attending, people that signed up for volunteer, (dance, music, foods,

etc.) There was still eight hours until the party, but she needed to get everything put together. And most of all...Tsubasa. There was a

name scratched in the paper with some type of grape juice that said, "Tsubasa 'Tada' Kanade". She left without a word in early

September, and she would be coming back?

"Huumm...dee la dooo..." A beautiful song voice traveled down the hall. Suddenly, there was a huge clatter, and someone shrieked, "I'm

so sorry!"

No mistaking it, it was Tsubasa.

Temari sprinted down the hall and into a bewildered Tsubasa Kanade. Same ol' person, same ol' dress, same ol' looks. behind her

puffed another girl with orange hair and brown eyes. Kanade looked at Temari, and threw her head back in a laugh, and laughed a powerful, meaningful

laugh. "TSUBASA KANADE IS BACK ON THE SPOT!"

Kanade's Point of View:

Aha! It feels so nice to be back. I even had convinced one of my BFFs, Tanimoto Suzuki. I call her Jingles because Suzuki means 'bells.' We will participate

in the Music Competition thing in the party! Guess what date it is? THE KAZEKAGE-DONO'S BIRTHDAY!

I LOVE BIRTHDAYS. Period. I absolutely adore celebrations! Here I was, January 19, carrying a huge lump of musical instruments on my back. Temari

'tsk tsked' and shook her head.

"Mataku, I thought you'd change over the winter! And look at you. This is a formal dress party, please!"

My face dropped. "I...don't have any."

Temari inspected me, then whistled.

Out jumped some people who began hurriedly to measure me.

"Whoa! I can sew, you know! I can sew really well, too!" I shook my hands at them as if telling them that they didn't have to.

"We're just glad you're back!" they smiled up at me with a real smile and carried a squirming, squalling me down the hall into the dressing room.

I protested after looking at their design of the dress, a fishtail dress that was tightly gathered at the knees and had ruffles at the hem, made out of

gold silk, with a rather large golden ribbon that I could tie at the back. I couldn't walk faster than a snail if I put that on. I wanted a nice white cotton

dress that was something I could wear everyday.

But...they shook their heads no and wrapped the tape measure around my waist, making me laugh hysterically, tightly pulled at the corset that they

had put me in and almost strangled me, then started sewing. I was dying to die.

Some hair peoples that Temari had magically summoned pulled at my hair as I sat gasping for air at the mirror. Some makeup peoples Temari had

summoned brushed a shimmery eyeshadow under my eyebrows, and someone commented that my natural blush looked amazing. They carefully

put a light pink lip gloss on me and carefully looked me over.

By this time, the dress was finished (wow!) and someone had ordered some matching shoes, some strappy high heels that were gold.

They fitted the dress on, pulled my shoes on, and I stood up. I almost fell down. About twenty helper people caught me. I had no

experience with high heels. I stood up at the full-length mirror, and I hardly recognized myself. My black hair had been washed and dried, then braided

and sat on top of my head in a crown braid, and my eyes looked more awake than they should be. (I stayed up all night practicing) My lips were rosy

and smooth, and my dangerously long nails had been trimmed and soaked.

And the dress! It was made out of pretty golden silk, and it was, well, a really tight strapless fishtail dress. It got bigger and wider towards my feet,

and sat on top of my shoes. There was a gold ribbon that some person tied neatly in a bow at the back. My shoes were glittery and shiny gold. This

had been accomplished in what, 6 hours? That's quite fast. Then, I had a huge argument about shoes or no shoes. I lost, though, so I teetered out.

Suzuki came out a little dazed looking from another dressing room with a honey colored trumpet dress with a tiny cocoa colored fabric bouquet sitting

at her hip, hair curled at the edges with a brown rose hair clip thing sitting on her head, looking more awake than she should've been, and some satin

brown flats that she showed me because her dress was covering her shoes. We laughed at each other.

We carefully made our way to the dining room with this huuuuuge long table. I went around and saw my name plate sitting next to Temari's, which was

next to the Kazekage-dono's, who was sitting at one end of the table. I was glad that Jingles sat right across me, next to Kankuro.

Guess what- I took a sneak peek at who was sitting on the other side of me and there was Fishy's name! Whoo! What luck! I had seated myself and

everyone was too. The Kazekage had made his entrance last, one of the rare times I don't see him with his gourd. He was wearing a standard white

suit and tie. Sensible, unlike mine. Are they purposely trying to make me suddenly trip?

Fishy was wearing a plain suit and tie, too. He'd stare at me and yell, "Tada-chan is wearing shoes!" I'd pull him down and nearly pour my plate of

salad over his head.

So everyone was chatting away when that huge tiered cake arrived. It was a huge cake. Probably the largest in the world. It had a base diameter of

like 5 feet and there was 12 tiers. Every tier was decorated with flowers and little puffs of frosting and stuff.

After we ate the cake, there was plenty of leftovers left. I suggested we give the stuff to the Hopeless Corner and everyone agreed.

There was present time, one of my favorite times. I saw Temari hand the Kazekage a small box, which he opened and inside was a piece of wood

perfectly cut to make a little statue of the gourd that he carried around. Kankuro gave him a stack of, I remember, Kakashi-dono's used Make-Out

Tactics book. Suzuki had given a chunk of the dirt in the crater at the Hoshi, nothing much, simple but meaningful.

I was jumping out of my seat as I placed a pot on the table. Everyone glanced at me and raised an eyebrow. I held up a seed and stuck it in the dirt,

then-

"Light Release: Light of Life!"

The seed grew into a miniature form of an orange tree, not too small, big enough to hold five normal oranges. It shifted from a beautiful blood orange

to a valencia orange to a Navel orange to the cara cara orange. I proudly held it up and said, "I made this seed! It's immortal, and never withers!

What orange do you like, Kazekage-dono?"

"I like...the Tachibana orange."

The tree turned into a Tachibana orange tree.

A murmur rose from the crowd.

"I hope you like it!" I cheerily handed the pot over.

The pot was accepted, and carefully placed next to the Kazekage's seat.

Present after present, there became a huge pile next to the chair. I could see Fishy's 32-pack of instant ramen, Suzuki's hand-made jar of cookies,

some person's extravagant gift of a huge stone cherub, and this pretty, pretty little tree made out of green crystal.

The festivities would start soon. I had read Temari's paper, and it showed:

Dance Competition

Music Competition

Speed Drawing Competition

Footrace

Free Dance

I was so excited for the Music Competition and the Footrace! I signed up for both, but knowing that many people had come all over the Ninja World to

compete and have fun, I was in for some competition.

I had also signed up to help with the orchestra as one of the trumpeters for the Dance Competition, so I slipped behind a curtain and pulled out my

shiny brass trumpet and blew a few times.

The Dance was amazing.

Some people had acted out some scenes in ballet, like when Fishy-dono (actually, Fishy was in the act himself) fought the Shukaku-dono and the

Kazekage.

The one where they fought the ninja and Seimei from Takumi Village was the winner. I couldn't help but stand up and clap too, then I nearly fell on top

of a dude that was polishing his trumpet.

I had to try and hurry back to fetch all of my instruments, because Suzuki and I would be using a variety of instruments for the Music Competition.

There was a piano, a harmonica, a violin, a banjo, a guitar, and some bells and other percussion stuff that Suzuki was in charge of.


Kanade was nearly dying with excitement as she sat in the seats to watch the first musical performance.

"Ladeeez and Gentlemen. For the Music Competition for the Kazekage-sama's Birthday festival, we first have Tsubasa Hiyori and Tsubasa Hiroki, playing Grief

and Sorrow!"

Kanade suddenly froze and looked up at the spotlight.

Tsubasa Hiyori. Tsubasa Hiyoki. She knew those two names more than anyone else. She looked into the light. She was sitting next to the Kazekage,

and he wondered why she stopped bouncing all of a sudden.

There- A female and a male, of maybe, 15 or 14 walked up. They had pale yellow eyes and brown-red hair. They looked almost identical to each other.

Tsubasa Hiyori (the female) walked up slowly, taking her time to the beautiful white baby grand piano on the stage, and laid her hands on it.

Tsubasa Hiroki (the male) Picked up his violin and quietly stood up next to the mic.

Hiyori started playing. The piano notes were calm and gentle, all nicely played. After a short start, Hiroki drew his bow across the violin and played,

each note touching each audience's heart.

The Kazekage turned to Kanade. She was still staring straight ahead. Two hands were clapped over her mouth, and tears were rolling down her face

and onto the ground.

The piece ended with a flourish, and they bowed. Kanade quietly stood up, face dark.

She bolted straight to the stage, not making one misstep or tripping. She pushed people to the side, and jumped onto the stage. She opened her arms

and suddenly grabbed the twins in a bear hug.

The twins, after taking a glance at the face, that familiar face, started weeping, too.

After they wiped their faces, Kanade turned to the crowd and waved jovially.

"I found my siblings again!"

The Kazekage was sitting, taking it all in, collected. So these two were her siblings.

The host called name after name, and finally he came to Kanade.

"Next, we have Tsubasa Kanade and Tanimoto Suzuki, performing four pieces: Alone, Homecoming, Despair, and Cascade."

Hiyori went up and pulled his sleeve and whispered in his ear.

"Why, of course you may! Ladies and Gentlemen, lets add these two twins into the group."

The clapping was deafening.

Kanade sat on a chair and drew the Harmonica to her lips. Hiyori picked up the banjo, Hiroki took the clappers, and Suzuki took the bells.

Kanade blew.

A beautiful river of notes floated in the audience's ears, and they closed their eyes quietly.

In the middle, there was a little bit of bells that were rung, and returned to the harmonica melody.

After the end, they paused for a second, Kanade got the banjo, Hiyoki the violin ( like earlier) and Hiyori grabbed the flute and handed another set of

bells to Suzuki. They started with a welcoming harmony, the lovely tune. When they played Despair with Kanade holding the flute and Hiyoki the violin,

the audience was sniffling and sighing.

Cascade. They joined hands, put down their instruments, and offered for the people to join them. Kanade was the lead singer, with everyone singing

with them. The Kazekage was swept up with them, and his hand was grabbed by someone's hand. He looked to the right and there was Kanade,

smiling from ear to ear, grinning so much that her cheekbones seemed to not be able to hold her face together. She was singing with a powerful,

happy, golden voice like the girl she was.

She watched every competition with delight with her siblings, and of course, she won the footrace.

It was late in the night, so she saluted the Kazekage and thanked him for such a nice birthday, and bowed over and over again.

On the top of a sand dune, with her siblings walking before her, she turned back and laughed one happy laugh. "Thanks a bunch, Kazekage-dono!

Happy Birthday!"

And she turned back, yelled, "Wait a moment! WAAIIIT!" to her sister and brother, then three different laughs could be heard, fading into the night.

The Kazekage thought quietly to himself, "Three long-lost siblings....have been united!"


Author's Note:

:D So did you like it? I adore parties, so I couldn't help throwing one in with the return of Tada and her siblings. I'm very busy lately, so I'll try my best to post the next chapter as soon as possible.