Shortly after his guests had arrived, Jiraiya turned on the music and made his was around, greeting people with drinks and handing out room numbers. Many of the Jonin, after having a long day of missions, had already downed a few drinks and were feeling very high in spirits. Tsunade made a point of telling every guest to eat up all the food while Naruto told him or her about his goodie bags. Upon coming to Sasuke, Naruto put his finger to his mouth to hush Sakura, and jumped on the Uchiha's back with a Santa hat.
"Teme! Hold still!" The blond struggled to pull the hat other Sasuke's hair. The boys grunted and the raven-haired boy tried to pull his friend off of his back. Finally, Sasuke had managed to pull Naruto off of him, as Naruto was able to pull the hat other Sasuke's head.
"Idiot, you messed up my hair." Sasuke attempted to move some of the hair out of his face, but it was no use.
"Get over it, my lip is bleeding again." Naruto placed a napkin to his bleeding lip. "You look out of character with out it. Check it out!" Naruto squeezed the end puffball and the ball and rim of the hat lit up and played "The First Noel". Sasuke hid his smirk while his teammates laughed.
"It's perfect." Sakura chimed as she held onto Sasuke's arm. Naruto's lip stopped bleeding and smiled; knowing that Sasuke was finally happy made him feel good. From the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Hinata walking through a doorway with mistletoe. In a flash, Naruto pulled his girlfriend close to him under the mistletoe.
"Hinata-chan, I believe we're standing under mistletoe." The fox boy purred. The Hyuga's face turned a lovely shade of red as some people gave more attention to the lively couple. Ten Ten walked over and whistled, "Whoa, It's getting hot in hear!"
"C'mon Naruto, I don't want my student to pass out from waiting so long." Kurenai picked up a cookie and ate it.
"Make sure it's a good kiss, I don't want people to think I haven't taught you anything." Jiraiya and Kakashi chuckled. Naruto bent Hinata low and planted a passion filled kiss on her. Neji spoke up, "Hey, you better make sure Hiashi doesn't find about this."
"Well, if people don't tell him then we'll be safe." Naruto glared at the older shinobi who took this as a joke.
Across in the Village of the Sound, sleet covered the entire village. In a shady, dark part of town, a gigantic mansion stood alone. This eerie place is where Orochimaru spent his life. Inside this house of horrors, the man sat alone in a corner of his dark room, attempting to drown out all of his past Christmas memories.
Kabuto, the strange medicine man, burst through the doors holding a tray of milk and gingerbread cookies. Orochimaru hated winter, despite his cold personality, and Kabuto always made this time of year even more miserable.
"Orochimaru-sama, let's sing carols by the fire and tree!"
"I told you not to get a tree. No, I'm not talking part in any of your holiday festivals." The snake lover plastered his body against the wall, trying his best to stay as far away from the Christmas obsessed man.
"But Orochimaru-sama, I thought you loved carols?" Inching closer, the man made the other panic. Kabuto sat on the bed and began to sing "Dashing Through the Snow" and his teacher began to twitch.
At the Akatsuki hide out, the Christmas spirit was overflowing from Deidara and Tobi. The two had planned this day for weeks and it was the only job they had ever been able to work on peacefully. Both Akatsuki members had spent days decorating the hide out. They had even convinced Pain to make everyone pick a Secret Santa. The list goes as follows:
Tobi-Deidara
Deidara-Kazuzu
Kazuzu-Hidan
Hidan-Sasori
Sasori-Zetsu
Zetsu-Kisame
Kisame-Itachi
Itachi-Tobi
Pain-Konan
Konan-Pain
Surprisingly, Kisame had become very interested in the holiday as well. Deidara had put him on cooking since Tobi's attention span was that of a gold fish. Hoshigaki had spent his entire day cooking all sorts of family treats and dishes. In fact, he even managed to cut the fudge into tiny trees.
Now, it was finally time for the Akatsuki Christmas count down. Everyone stood around the fire and tree, intensely watching the clock with eggnog. The clock struck midnight and most cheered. Itachi leaned against the doorway with a photo book of his family, mainly of Sasuke and him, which Kisame had managed to put together for him. Konan opened a box from Pain and found a beautiful collection of origami paper. Pain was thrilled to see that he had received a set of forbidden scrolls. Deidara clung onto a ten-pound slab of clay that had taken Tobi forever to wrap, seeing as he was on a mission in the hot terrain of Sunagakure that kept melting the clay. Tobi was content with a plushy and series of shows from his favorite TV program. Kisame starred at a huge fish tank full of tropical fish while Zetsu played with a Venus Fly Trap. For once in their life, the entire Akatsuki were enjoying the company of each other.
Back at Tsunade's mansion, the shinobi had just finished their tournament of Twister. Not surprisingly, Gai had won the first round while Rock Lee won the second. After collecting their spa gift cards, the two showed off their new Christmas poses. Half of the ninjas moaned as the hammered ones whistled and made catcalls. Jiraiya turned up the music even louder as guests slowly began to leave.
"Genma, you shouldn't have drunk that much, we have a mission tomorrow." Kakashi held Genma on his right and Anko on his left.
"Kakashi-kun, I don't have a mission." Genma slurred.
"Don't leave me." Anko cooed. Naruto smiled and held out three goodie bags to his friend. Kakashi frowned, instead of helping out his sensei the boy stood there with a smile.
"Doesn't Hatake-kun look cute when he's frustrated." Genma's eyes widened as he attempted to grab the bag and fell. This caused all three to fall into a tangled mess. Anko clung to the silver haired man, laughing she said, "Let's give him a guess Genma." The purple hair shinobi lightly kissed his cheek but just as Genma was going to, Kakashi pushed him back. Sure they were good friends, but Kakashi wasn't going to let a rumor spread that Genma and him had a thing. The toothpick chewing ninja had feelings for Anko and would kill Kakashi if a lie spread.
"Kurenai, Asuma, help me!" The couple stopped their conversation with Hinata and Shino, and went over to help their friend who was being loved to death. Naruto was laughing his head off at the five Shinobi and in the process, tripped over a chair, which caused the pink kunoichi to laugh.
Kiba had already walked Ino home and was now standing in front of her apartment. The two had just begun to date so Ino thought it better that they didn't move too fast. Kiba grew a little nervous as he swayed on the back of his heels, debating whether to kiss the girl. Just as the young Inuzuka was about to thank her, when Ino lightly kissed him and ran into her house. Joy and excitement ran through the boy's body; he felt like he could run around the village like Lee.
Temari anxiously changed into her pajamas in the bathroom. This was going to be the first time she'd ever been alone with Shikamaru and she took deep breaths as she walked down the hallway to their room. Sitting on the bed, Shikamaru flipped a small, square package in his hands. The fan welder knew exactly what it was as she sat on the edge of the bed quietly.
"Look, if you really want to, then you're goanna have to help me with this." Temari began to laugh, what guy doesn't know how to put on a condom, let alone a genius?"
"Idiot, there are instructions on the back." Temari grabbed the package and looked it over. "What the hell? It's all in a foreign language."
"Yeah, this was the only one in the house. My dad got it on one of his missions." The boy sighed and lay back on the bed. Temari threw the condom and hit her boyfriend in the head. Next she lay beside him, "You're so stupid, you don't need instructions to figure out how to put one on." The brunette pulled the blond close to him and kissed her while running his hands up her shirt. Clothes quickly came off as the two kissed even more passionately.
Sasuke had already retired to his room with Sakura. While Sakura rested her head on Sasuke's bare chest, he ran a hand through her silky hair. The kunoichi wrapped her legs him and kissed his chest. Sasuke wanted more and felt his way around his girlfriend's body as she explored his mouth.
Jiraiya finished throwing out the last bag of trash for the night. The Sage wanted to help Tsunade by cleaning up some of the mess and hoped that he would run into the other Sanin. He knew that his love always left things for the next day, but after not bumping into her at the party, he feared that she'd left. This was a stupid fear to have, seeing that she'd been dating him for a few weeks, but the memory of her and Dan lingered in his head.
Fumbling his way into his room, Jiraiya turned on the light. There on his bed sat the beautiful princess in a silky tank top and matching underwear. The old pervert rubbed his head and shut the door.
"Tsunade, are you sure about this? You don't see me as Dan in any way? You're not dreaming that it's Dan you're kissing?" Jiraiya had to clear all of his doubts as he sat down beside her. The woman starred at the wall for a long time before answering, "Yes, I've learned that my love for Dan has not left, but changed into a past love. I think my love for him wont change but that he wants me to move on and find another man to love." Tsunade looked deep into the man's eyes. "I've always had feelings for you, that's why I never could kill you."
Jiraiya was glad to see that Tsunade was ready to love him and leave Dan in the past. Jiraiya leaned toward the blushing blond and brought his hand to her face. Then slowly, Tsunade pressed her lips and body against his. Carefully exploring her, Jiraiya ran his hand over and under the clothes that covered Tsunade's body.
I don't own the game Twister
I am very sorry for not updating since April 4th. I've been super busy with school, sewing my cosplay costume, and dealing with family issues. The story will hopefully be wrapped up in one or two chapters so if you want anything more out of the story, please tell me.
Rednee-san
