MidnightSakuraBlossom18: I know that it's been a while since the last update, but I have been so busy that I just hadn't the time at all to finish writing the chapter! *Gun points at my head* I'm so sorry about the long wait, but hopefully this chapter will be satisfying and you can stop pointing a loaded gun at me! D:
This chapter is a special look at what happened during the rave that everyone keeps going on and on about. But not all of it, this is just a little detailing to give you a general idea about what happened and if it lived up to everyone's expectations. Sad thing is that Hiroshi Sato doesn't get to attend because he is still injured badly by Salamander. *Catches a single fallen tear*
Disclaimer: If I actually did own Naruto or the Sand Siblings, we would all be screwed.
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The Sand Siblings Go On A Road Trip
Chapter Forty-One
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"I am so excited for the rave, I don't know what to do!"
"I know, it's going to be a blast!"
"Eeehee, I've been waiting so long for this and I'm going to be raving like a maniac!"
"Isn't this awesome?"
"Jesus Christ, WHEN will they open the doors?"
And there was so many other random comments and blabbering by all of the citizens of North City gathered outside the city's hall waiting not-so-patiently for the doors to open and the rave could officially begin and end this festival with a bang. Loud techno music could be heard blasting and that only made all of the excitement of the ravers (real word?) intensify. But, could you blame them?
The festival only came once a year, and was always huge and exciting with several travelers in and out of North City to attend. It made the perfect stop for those out on road trips naturally. And the rave always was held on the last night and lasted until early in the morning hours to ensure that everyone showing up would be exhausted from rocking out, throwing literal caution to the wind (it has been reported the previous year that at least three couples had unprotected sex while high on drugs at the rave), and perhaps get totally stoned while they were at it. It was a chance for anything to act completely out of character and not have to be judged for it! Hell yeah!
Among these people, there was Gaara and Naruto sporting casual clothes for a change (Gaara more this dark red t-shirt and some blue jeans, while Naruto wore an orange tank top and pale blue shorts that went a little past his knees). They had quite the time trying to battle the former's revenge-aholic puppet a while ago and were exhausted from that and climbing several exaggeratedly long flights of stairs in the hospital after dropping off Hisako Sato's older brother; Hiroshi. The both of them still haven't been to a rave before and really wanted to experience it tonight. But first they had to wait for Temari, Kankuro, Hisako, Inner G, and the freaky Harunas to regroup with them. They had somehow split up a while ago after all.
"Hey, Gaara," Gaara turned to look at a sighing Naruto at his side. "Isn't everyone else gonna meet us here? It's been a while, and soon the city's hall is going to be opened to us ravers."
"They should be here soon." Gaara replied, as he had way more patience than his stalker of a friend did. But Naruto wasn't about to let the conversation end at this point, and raised a finger.
"Can you get into contact with that inner of yours and ask him what's up?"
"Why him?"
"Because the person he would most likely be with is TEMARI, and Temari would most likely be with either KANKURO or Yumi and her parents, and Kankuro would most likely be with Hisako-"
Gaara raised a hand, signaling to Naruto that he did not have to continue with that explanation and that he perfectly understood his logic. Which was a pretty rare turn of events. "Fine, I will try and get into contact with the inner. But the blame will pinned on you once he starts blabbering about how sexy Temari would sound if she called him by his preferred name or about how fun it would be to randomly decorate a Christmas tree tonight at the rave."
"You can't deny that he's a pretty awesome...thing to have around to talk to. He's given me some epic advice on cool hairstyles, advice on women, and even introduced to kick-ass music groups like Three Days Grace!" Naruto pointed out with a fond smile. There was something about his friend's inner that was fascinating and he somewhat enjoyed hanging out with him; the only thing that irked him was the fact he was always obsessing over Temari.
It took a few moments, but Gaara was able to get into contact with Inner G through their thoughts. He almost considered ending this immediately after he overhead the mysterious inner let his mind wander to what it would be like to have a harem of women fighting to win his heart. But then, he realized that this thought was overhead and was quick to shout at him for randomly messing with his head. Although, this was actually just some well-deserved payback in another point of view.
Alas, the inner stated that Temari and the Harunas were still back at the hotel probably. They all mentioned that his man and the fox boy's idea of dressing casual for a change of events seemed ideal. So that was what they were doing. And at the current time: he was walking down the crowded streets of the city with Kankuro and Hisako.
"We should be there at the freaky building soon. Man, it is so boring walking such a distance with these two lovebirds over here! They keep blabbering about how they're gonna get totally wasted tonight, start a violent conga line – whatever the freaking hell that is, and then end the night with a quickie in the corner..."
"Well...at least Kankuro is pretty much back to normal if he really did make up that kind of schedule with Hisako." Gaara mentioned inwardly, although he really wanted know what the heck a 'violent conga line' was, and Inner G's curiosity on the subject revealed that. "I don't know what to think of this though..."
Inner G chuckled inwardly and answered, "I sense that meh man is glad that his freaky bro is back to normal anyway. And don't worry about the rave; it'll be awesome and a wonderful experience for the both of us~!"
The conversation between the two ended. It was almost like an ordinary phone call, and then Naruto bounced up to his friend's side and excitedly asked him when their new-found friends would be meeting them, 'cause they were already beginning to count down the time until the rave began and so many were getting pumped about it.
"OUT OF OUR WAY! OUT OF OUR WAY!"
"We wanna see the freaky rave, move over! Bitch in the leather, can 'ya get your over-sized ass out of meh way?"
"I FEEL SO ASHAMED."
"Why, Hisako?"
"These people are so much taller than me! I'm just barely average height!"
Gaara and Naruto exchanged confused looks as they overhead all of this. They then, hesitantly, turned around to see Kankuro, inner G, and Hisako all try and squeeze their way through the crowds of freakishly tall people. It was an epic struggle, it truly was, but they prevailed and the trio of idiots cheered happily before crashing forward and face-planting onto the ground.
Getting a good look at the three idiots that were on the ground: Naruto and Gaara noticed that everyone except for Kankuro were dressed casually. Hisako's long jet-black hair was held back in a slick ponytail down her back with only her bangs covering her forehead, she still wore lots of dark make-up (she claimed that it hid her horrible breakouts from the world), and a black low-necked tank top, dark pink pants, and these spiky punk-ish short black boots. Inner G wore a white shirt that had very ripped sleeves (he claims it makes him look punk-ish, but Gaara and Co. are not very sure. Neither is the author), and black jeans, and sneakers. It was a major relief for everyone that Kankuro was dressed as...himself once again.
It felt good to see that he no longer wished to become like THEM (*Insert a crowd of people passing by all dressed in identical blue business suits and waving perfectly in sync with each other*), especially for Gaara. He had been worried about his brother, even though he didn't want to admit this fact. And he kept it so hidden that not even Inner G knew and so he didn't show it himself outwardly. God, that sounds confusing.
The first person to rise from the ground was Kankuro. From there, he grabbed the shoulders of his companions by either side of him and yanked them up to their feet so they would stop making themselves look like clumsy fools to their peers. "Hey you guys, look who's back!"
"Kankuro...your face...clothes...what the...?" Sadly, Gaara was at a loss of words and could not fully make a logical comment at his brother's reverse back to his old self. Naruto, Hisako, and even Inner G gave him saddened looks that were either real or fake. "I thought you wanted to become normal and was sick of being a freak like the rest of us."
"Hisako made me see the error of my ways, little bro." Hisako smiled shyly and glanced at the ground at this compliment. "Let me tell 'ya that it feels good to be back to myself! I Was so worried about my image for no good reason, and I need to make up for SO MUCH lost time! So..." What Hisako didn't see or feel, at first, was a hand sneak up to her chest and then brush over her non-existent breasts.
"HEY...!" Hisako blushed heavily and scowled, even through her thick make-up, it was visible. She turned and gave her crush a sharp elbow to his ribs. "Don't do things like that out in front of so many people!"
"It's not like she has any boobs anyway, she's just about as flat as that pizza billboard over on the top of that building over there." The minute this comment was uttered by Inner G with a surprising straight face, Gaara stepped on his foot and caused him to curse and fall to the ground and rub it.
Everyone else glanced at Inner G with sweatdrops on their heads. And then they looked back at Gaara, due to realizing that he must have been thinking that about Hisako and his inner was just doing his epic job and stating it for all to hear. Absolutely no words were exchanged afterward. It was just far too awkward.
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"ONLY TWO MINUTES, AND TWENTY-ONE SECONDS BEFORE WE OPEN THE DOORS AND LET THE RAVE BEGIN!" Hollered the epic announcer through a megaphone after he checked his watch. Everyone else was either trembling with unmistakable excitement or their eyes were turning sparkly due to being swayed by his epic-ness. "THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY MORE DISTRACTIONS NOW THAT THE GROUP OF FREAKS TOTALLY DESTROYED THAT EVIL PUPPET! PLEASE STAY WHERE YOU ARE IN AN ORDERLY FASHION UNTIL THE DOORS OPEN, AND REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR ENERGY DRINKS BECAUSE THEY WILL AID IN KEEPING YOUR AWESOME SELVES UP ALL FUCKING NIGHT!"
"I love that guy!" Hisako squealed and clasped her hands together. "Only he can sound arousing when telling awesome strangers to bring energy drinks to the rave!" It should be mentioned that she didn't mean that she loved the epic announcer in that kind of way. She only meant that she held great respect for him, like Inner G. But Kankuro found himself glaring at her out of jealousy.
Ignoring Kankuro and Hisako, Gaara glanced up over the freakishly tall people and surveyed the sight for any trace of the Harunas and Temari. It seemed a bit strange that they weren't here with them; and they only had two minutes before the doors opened and everyone piled in to party the night away.
His confusion faded when he heard their distinct voices. Him and the rest of the group turned around to see the family of three and the Sand kunoichi practically shove their ways through all of the people. All of them were dressed rather casually. It was nice to see the ex-Sand shinobi back in casual, regular every-day clothing...but they would just have to get used to their original appearance, with the slightly different hair, facial, and whatnot styles.
Mr. Haruna was looking just as every day-ish as possible with his oh-so casual olive green long-sleeved shirt underneath a gray jacket and simple gray pants and sleeves. Mrs. Haruna was all too ordinary with her hair falling over her shoulders and sporting a simple pale blue dress to her knees with various flower-patterns. Yumi herself had raided Temari's wardrobe ('cause she didn't have any other sets of garments with her and was desperate. But don't tell Temari!): sporting a high-collared brown sweater and tight blue jeans, but she still wore her original shinobi sandals because they felt nice to be back wearing once again.
Temari. Temari however, was what was most remarkable. Maybe not in everyone else's point of view, but most definitely that of Gaara's love-struck inner whom was gawking at her with hungry eyes. Her sandy blond hair was worn down at her shoulders for the evening and she wore this short black dress and high boots the same color.
And it is most likely that she only dressed this way because she wanted some attention from the males tonight (and maybe the lesbians. Don't question her preference, 'kay?), or maybe she wanted to tease Inner G severely. Well, either way, this was why the inner was so surprised to see her.
"We're sorry we're late. Dad held us up." Yumi bowed apologetically and then turned to give her dad a very blank expression.
Her dad just smiled apologetically and then rubbed the back of his neck. "It's that hearing aid again, it's been causing me SO MANY problems. I just made the decision to go out and buy another-"
"WE GET IT." Naruto interrupted after stuffing his fingers into his ears so that he could block out all of their annoying rambling that he hated so very much.
"For the first time in days, Naruto just made a valid point." Temari stated knowingly after stroking her chin thoughtfully. "You guys really ramble a lot about uninteresting topics, don't ya?"
The Harunas all exchanged mildly-offended expressions and were about to defend themselves, even though they were aware it would be so very useless against the valid points that were stated. But then the epic announcer...well, announced the countdown to when the doors were about to be let open for everyone.
"EVERYBODY! JOIN ME IN THE COUNTDOWN! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE...!"
And the instant everyone shouted at the top of their lungs the last number, the doors flung open and the rave officially begun with a bang.
But what kind of things happened during the rave? Did the group of freaks enjoy themselves? And was there any of the usual chaos that seems to be following them around? Well, read on and you will find out.
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The group of friends surveyed the inside of the city's hall in awe. It was such an impressive sight, something that they wanted to burn and imprint into the back of their heads forever and never forget.
The place was freakin' HUGE. The ceiling was so high and the atmosphere was perfect for that of such a long party like this one. The walls were painted white and the floors were wooden, there were classy decorations and pictures, including this big-ass chandelier on the ceiling. But with all the multi-colored flashy lights, sound systems, DJ, bars, and other things, not to mention all of the crazy people, it was totally something worth re-living.
"This is going to be pretty cool." Kankuro foreshadowed as he leaned over and met the grinning face of Yumi. It was apparent they both had the same opinion about how the night would turn out.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?" Naruto screamed, plugging his ears from the blasting techno music.
Everyone immediately bristled up at hearing his loud scream, they were so fearful about allowing Naruto to come here. What if he became deaf like Yumi's dad? They certainly didn't have enough cash to bet ANOTHER hearing aid for him!
"THIS PLACE IS GOING TO BE SO FREAKING AWESOME THAT IT WILL BE FOREVER BURNED AND SCARRED INTO THE BACK OF OUR MINDS FOR YEARS TO COME AND UNTIL THE END OF TIME ITSELF!"
"OH! I GOT IT NOW, KANKURO! THANKS MAN!"
Temari sweat-dropped and turned to look at a very irritated Hisako that was plugging her abused ears. "I feel like Mr. Haruna is not the only person that'll be needing a hearing aid."
Hisako laughed nervously. "Truer words have never been spoken. I couldn't have said that better myself..."
With the remaining number of crazy people piling in, the group almost got ran over. And somehow, they all got separated when they insisted earlier that they would stay together. After the freakishly tall and other insane ravers passed by, Yumi stopped cowering on the floor and popped back up to her feet to discover that she was now standing alone with her dad and Gaara.
Hmm, well, that wasn't such a BAD thing. Her father was a good man despite being quirky, and Gaara really cared about her and was strong. She honestly was nervous about raving alone, but she knew that she would be safe as long as she remained by the sides of these two. At least until she got into some drugs that she assumes someone will slip in and get as high as a freaking kite; but that's BESIDE the point!
"So, um, I guess it's just the three of us." Yumi pointed out very obviously, making sure to be loud and make emphasis for her deaf father that nodded in understanding over the situation. "Well," She tapped a finger to her chin thoughtfully. "What should we do now that we're at the rave? Dance? Make conversation? Get into some crack?"
Gaara and Mr. Haruna looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders, before Yumi spoke again, this time less excitedly. "Come on, don't be that way! We have to make tonight as memorable as possible! Now you two stay RIGHT HERE while I skip over to that table and get us some soda...or crack..."
"CRACK? Wait a minute, Yumi! Get your butt right back over here and away from that crack this instant! Your mother will kill me if you become a crackhead!"
"But daaaaaaad~!"
"None of us are going to get into any crack tonight!"
A sweatdrop appeared on Gaara's head as he stood away a good distance and watched his girlfriend and her dad argue about whether or not to get into any crack tonight. Personally, he wasn't interested in getting into the stuff. Yumi wasn't either, but she could be a little too curious for her own good; unfortunately.
He could only wonder how everyone else was making out during their split...
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MRS. HARUNA AND NARUTO
"Why exactly did I have to split up with you, Naruto?" Mrs. Haruna pressed curiously as the aforementioned orange stalker of theirs handed her two chocolate cupcakes with pink icing that he got from a table of foods.
Naruto's brows furrowed together and he pressed a hand to his ear. "WHAT DID YOU SAY, YUMI'S MOM?"
"WHY DID I GET SPLIT UP WITH YOU?"
"'CAUSE THAT'S THE WAY THE AUTHOR ROLLS!"
Mrs. Haruna suddenly had the feeling that this guy totally misunderstood the question. And because of his unfortunate breaking of the fourth wall, his cupcake fell from his hands and a fat guy whom was dancing crazily to the blasting techno music stomped all over it. Naruto stared with widening eyes at the remains of his cupcake and he held back a dramatic, choked sob.
"You need to stop breaking the forth wall. But, since you look so crushed from the fact your cupcake fell to the dirty floor and got trampled," The older woman smiled and held out her own cupcake to a blinking Naruto. This gesture seemed oddly familiar in a lot of ways; it was if the mother of his new-found girl friend was taking pity on him and holding out her own delicious cupcake for him to eat.
"I-I don't know what to day, Mrs. Haruna..." Naruto self-consciously wiped a stray tear and then pretty much attacked Yumi's mom in a happy glomp.
God, why did she have to be separated with this guy of all people? It wasn't that she didn't like Naruto, he just could be a little difficult to be alone with. The ex-Sand shinobi could only wonder how it was going for the rest of the group...
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KANKURO, INNER G, TEMARI, AND HISAKO
It was just their luck that they had to get separated together, wasn't it? Temari sighed underneath her breath and took a long swig of her alcohol before slamming it back on the bar counter. She wanted to rave without her brothers and assumed friends at her side at least for a little while. Maybe she could meet some new people to befriend, maybe. Or at least get a man. That was why she chose to wear the sexy get-up.
Oh well.
At least she could keep a close eye on these three morons. Without keen supervision: Inner G would most likely raid the place of Mountain Dew, get high off the insane amounts of sugar added in to the soda, start a fight with someone randomly, and finally wrap things up by getting his ass literally kicked out. Kankuro and Hisako would in this order: slip in some obnoxious pop music to fill the building, start a violent conga line (it makes so much more sense in CONTEXT, people), get into some crack and wind up totally high, and finally strip right then and there in front of perverted onlookers and have a quickie.
Temari released a long sigh and leaned back in her seat. "I didn't want to get separated with you AGAIN, Inner-whatever-the-hell-you-love-being-addressed-as. Don't take it personally though."
Inner G gasped, dramatically turning to stare at her with widening jade orbs. He even took his full glass of beer and threw it against the wall, which shattered into millions of pieces. "What is that supposed to mean? If it were meh man, you wouldn't mind being alone with 'em!"
"Yeah, that's true because he's my BROTHER." Temari mentioned, folding her arms over her chest, which Inner G happened to be staring at quite a lot. The dress was really...flattering in that area. If she realized he was staring there, she would most likely kick his ass. "Don't misunderstand what I'm trying to say. I mean...you're epic and all. I know I don't show it, but I can't help but be swayed by this weird charm of yours."
The compliment alone was enough to fluster the inner, whom blushed somewhat and glanced away.
"I kind of wanted to rave alone, to be honest." Temari finished after a long pause, promptly chugging down some of the alcoholic beverage of hers and wiping her mouth with her arm. "I know that Gaara and Yumi would mostly likely want to be together, so would the Harunas, Kankuro and Hisako, and then Naruto would probably try to hit on some pretty girl and then get her wasted so he could have fun with her. So...what about you? Did you plan on being with someone?"
"Actually," Much to Temari's discomfort and mild surprise, the inner leaned turned and leaned forward, grasping her hands. His jade orbs were just dancing and twinkling and by the look on his face, one could tell he was deeply curious about her response. "I was sorta...maybe...hoping that WE could be together tonight. Um...you know...TOGETHER as in maybe on a..." The blush across his face darkened extremely, and the rest of the inner's words came out fast and barely audible as he looked down at the floor.
"Um...what was that?"
"I...ah...you know what I said!"
"I don't." A playful smile curved onto Temari's lips. She loved making this...thing so extremely embarrassed and tongue-tied, it was rather fun. "Why don't you speak up a little so that I can hear you over the booming epic techno music?" The words came out low and sexily, at least in Inner G's mind. And he could have sworn that she had batted her long black eyelashes at him. OH GOD.
He couldn't handle this! It was difficult to try and make a complete sentence with this much pressure placed upon him! The worst part is that he isn't sure whether the sneaky girl was just teasing or not...
"HEY GUYS!" Temari and the inner instantly gasped and all bout jumped out of their seats at the bar when Kankuro and Hisako seemingly materialized onto the counter and knocked over the drinks.
"I'm having so much fun at the rave!" Hisako laughed in a carefree manner and held out a tiny plastic bag for Temari and Inner G to view. "I even decided to bring some stuff back to Onii-San! I have some crack, delicious cupcakes with strawberries as the topping, an album of all the techno songs they're playing tonight, an iPad that I won in a contest, and even a gorgeous ruby necklace that a freakishly tall woman dressed like a prostitute left behind on the dance floor with her clothes!"
"And we've been even dancing like maniacs! But...we still haven't managed to form a violent conga line yet." Kankuro mentioned, the last part sounded somewhat sad as he realized how badly he wanted a violent conga line to start.
As Temari and her youngest brothers' inner exchanged bored expressions, Hisako smiled and grasped her boyrfriend's hand. "That conga line should happen eventually. Instead of worrying about assembling one, let's go and eat some more of those awesome cupcakes they're giving away~! I love those things!"
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MR. HARUNA, YUMI, AND GAARA
All around the three was booming techno music, drunk people dancing and getting into spontaneous street fights, and even fun contests being held. They couldn't help but feel a little bit out of place as they haven't raved before. But judging by the way this event was being held to let the soul of a person come alive and be released as the night becomes a blissful blur of loud music, drunk dancing, and lots and lots of crack.
A short while had passed and Gaara and Yumi found themselves watching the latter's dad dominate the dance floor and dance like a maniac to the catchy techno tunes. People that were drunk or high were cheering him on and even shouting requests for him to do a striptease (hey, he wasn't that bad lookin' or a forty-something year old guy! Even the MEN were shouting these requests,the odd thing is that they weren't the least bit bi or gay!). The sober people were still cheering him on and even joining in at times as he showed off his mad skills.
Yumi didn't seem to be the least bit embarrassed. On the contrary, she was proud that her dad could be such an awesome dancer despite never having much lessons taking when they fled to the modern world. She couldn't fight back her smile.
Being completely honest here, Gaara was impressed with his skills. It was a secret that he didn't really know much about dancing and that was why he wasn't taking the hand of Yumi and leading her to the dance floor. But even he could tell when someone has talent.
And despite his quirky ways and multiple character flaws, Mr. Haruna was a boss when it came to dancing apparently!
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MRS. HARUNA AND NARUTO
Mrs. Haruna stared blankly as Naruto pretty much slid over to a girl about his age at the bar. He was apparently going to attempt and make a move, she just had that feeling.
But she really didn't approve of this. He has stated before in previous conversation that he liked that girl from his own home village. What was her name again? 'Hinata' something. So what the hell was he thinking trying to charm another girl? Well, she would most certainly snoop and find out the details!
Luckily, her skills in the stealth area were still sharp and honed. The ex-Sand shinobi stalked behind the bar counter on her knees and listened to their conversation.
"...And that's how I ended up here with my friends and the chick's family! We wanted to all rave together but we somehow got separated together again. I'm lost around here with Yumi's mom, but I sure would like to have some more company." Mrs. Haruna grimaced, she could just sense that Naruto was grinning foxily and the girl with him was smiling.
The offending girl actually looked normal and a little cute. But Mrs. Haruna could only picture her as an ugly little bitch due to her anger of Naruto attempting to woo her when he already claims to like that shy kunoichi from his village. The girl looked about fifteen at the most and had shoulder-length auburn hair that was wavy and had occasional strands very out of place, an okay pale-ish complexion with freckles on her cheeks, big curious blue eyes matching those of Naruto, and seemed to be talking with her hands a lot and a little cutely timid. She wore a pale blue sweater and pink shorts with sneakers. And didn't really seem to be the type of girl to enjoy a rave. At first glance.
Mrs. Haruna's brows furrowed as the mystery girl giggled and blushed a little. "Well, um, I didn't really want to go to the rave tonight but I'm out here on a road trip with my uncle and older cousin. You see, my parents abandoned me to my aunt and uncle when I was four years old and left to some big city far away. And I've lived with them ever since...but my aunt recently passed away from a struggle with cancer. And in an attempt to cheer up me and my cousin; my uncle decided to take us on a road trip." The girl played with a crazy lock of her hair with a single tear beginning to form in her eye. "We're faring okay I guess. But, I really don't know why I'm even telling you this story."
"Hey, we all need to get things off our chest." The girl's blue eyes widened and she turned to stare at Naruto in mortification. "What's wrong...?"
"Oh, um," The girl blushed a bright red color and looked away, trying to hide it and failing miserably. "S-sorry about that, I tend to sometimes take phrases literally! It's a horrible habit of mine..."
"Ah...I get it." Naruto himself laughed nervously, blushing somewhat himself. And he should have probably kept his yap shut but he went on to dig himself deeper by mentioning, "Of course, I wouldn't mind seeing you take your shirt off your chest because you certainly aren't flat like Hisako and...I'm just digging myself deeper aren't I?"
Mrs. Haruna resisted the urge to face-plant into the floor while Naruto babbled his apologies to the girl.
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KANKURO, INNER G, TEMARI, AND HISAKO
About half an hour had passed and Kankuro and Hisako were not even totally wasted yet. However, that was about to change, Temari noted as she jumped up from her seat and stood on the bar. She whistled shrilly over the booming techno music which caught the attention of everyone.
"HEY! EVERYBODY GATHER AROUND!" Temari shouted for everyone. Tons of ravers gathered as they were told and Hisako dragged Kankuro and Inner G over as well. And seeing that she won their attention that she wanted, she grabbed a bottle of some alcoholic beverage and raised it for all to see. "I was thinking that this rave could use some more pizazz, so I'm declaring that we all have a contest!"
"What kind of contest?" A random man in the drove asked. Temari turned to glance at him, briefly wondering what possessed him to wear a bright neon pink shirt that clashed horribly with his pants, but she ignored this and decided to answer the question.
"A drinking contest, and whoever wins will get to..." Temari thought for a moment, as she hadn't planned this out beforehand. But she just knew that she really wanted some pizazz to the rave. She then got an idea and reached into what might of hammerspace for the ring of keys she had that belonged to their RV. "Have a free RV that's durable and in great shape, and fifty bucks! But you must pay me thirty to take part! So, are you in or out?"
Everyone took in what they were just told. Weighing the pros and cons. Let's face it, the thought of drinking to win a durable vehicle and fifty bucks was very tempting for anyone! Temari knew this, and she wanted some action to the rave. Money. And she has always wanted to hold a drinking contest.
This would be highly interesting. She noted when just about everyone in the drove, Kankuro and Hisako included, surrounded the bar and grabbed their glasses. Strange enough, Inner G was still remaining where he was originally. Why the hell was INNER G of all people not taking part?
"Temari-San, isn't this a little rash...and random as well?" Hisako pointed out briefly, before plopping down at the bar in between the man wearing his neon pink shirt (because only REAL men wore pink, duh!), and a very excited Kankuro.
"Yes, yes it is." Temari muttered thoughtfully, as this girl actually had a point for once.
"There's nothing wrong with this! I'm always up for getting more money and me and my family could use a brand new RV after our old one got destroyed during a random earthquake on the road, but," She smiled and began to pour beer into her glass to the point of it pretty much overfilling. The only thing that would have made this better would be if her Onii-San was here with them. "Are there any irritating rules that we must follow?"
Rules...? Temari hadn't planned this to have any. But it was a good thing that she had the skills when it came to thinking things up on her feet! She smirked and went on with rules that randomly came to mind as all of the curious eyes stared into the very core of her soul. "The rules are just about as simple as you can get: whomever drinks the most in twenty minutes wins and gets their promised cash and RV. And this guy," Temari grabbed the arm of a random nerdy-looking guy that may have been around her age. While he gave her an innocently confused expressions, she pulled 'em up on the bar with her. "This guy will time everyone. You can't cheat and claim to have drank more than what you really did because he is instructed to watch you LIKE A HAWK. And if you can't hold your liquor and pass out cold, I WON'T be responsible for any injuries! Remember these rules and keep fillin' the glasses, because your time starts NOW...!"
Once the Sand kunoichi forcefully and loudly stomped a foot to the bar. The contest was on and the nerdy guy whipped out a very convenient timer that he just happened to have with him for things like this. He started the time and all the participates began to rush to overfill the glasses and chug down the variety of alcoholic beverages at hand. She smirked at her work and did a leap off the bar back over to where her youngest brother's inner still stood.
"Was there any point in doing that?" Inner G asked suddenly, looking rather confused as he stared at her. Everyone else was sounding horrible as they chugged down their alcoholic drinks. It sounded as if they were either strangling, choking, or dying. Or...all of the above.
"I have my motives behind everything that I do." Temari reminded the inner, sighing oddly happily as she watched her work from afar. "You can't deny that this rave's been epic, but this is epic to watch too. Ever since I was younger I've always had this desire to start a competition to make a contest that no one can win."
"But 'ya bet the freaking RV!" Inner G reminded her, his brows furrowing together in irritation by the way the gorgeous babe was acting like she may as well be just as wasted as everyone else raving tonight.
Temari sighed and shook her head. It appeared that she would have to clearly explain the whole point here. Much to the inner's confusion, delight, and panic, she came a little closer and grabbed his tense shoulders firmly. "That's exactly what makes this interesting, duh. It's obvious that no one will be able to win at a hopeless contest like this; they'll ever get drunk by the fifth shot or pass out. And there's a high chance that Kankuro will win because he can hold his liquor better than most people I've ever seen."
"So...? What does this even prove by the end...?" Inner G pointed out, and he really did have a point. Because it appeared that everyone's logic had went elsewhere on vacation and left them behind.
"Kankuro will win the RV, but it doesn't matter because it is OUR RV after all. I will steal the keys back from him, we'll get into a fight, and when it's all said and done, he won't get the money because I will use that to get some of the newest Blood+ seasons on DVD. Do you have any other questions?"
"No...no I'm good." The inner smiled a brief and hardly noticeable smile, before returning Temari's gaze. "'Ya actually pretty good. It would take meh forever to plan out something THAT elaborate."
The faintest blush crept into Temari's cheeks and she smirked. "You would say that."
They remained gazing at each other in silence for several long seconds while the nerdy guy continued to time everyone chugging their drinks. Then the fiery inner had a little idea.
"'ya know, this techno shit is getting old." Inner G reached into what most likely was hammerspace and brought out some kind of music album. Temari couldn't catch the name due to the dim lights overhead. "While the rest of the group does God-knows-what, and 'ya watch these suckers drink themselves to death...I'll go slip in some better music." And the inner ran off to do just that.
Temari watched the inner until he was out of sight. And then when she could no longer see that strange being, she turned back to all of the people including Kankuro and Hisako chug down all of that alcohol. She smirked afterward.
Tonight was going to be a long, yet very enjoyable night for all of them. It's only just begun.
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MidnightSakuraBlossom18: And the chapter ends there because, well, I was just lazy at the time. ^^' But I can assure you all that rave is not quite over with. The rest of what happened will be mentioned in the next chapter and then it will be about time for the siblings...and the Harunas...and Naruto...don't forget Inner G... to leave North City and possibly Hisako, Hiroshi, and anyone else that they have befriended. Hopefully, Iris will be left behind and rightfully forgotten.
I'm sorry about the late update. With my life and friends...plus other stories and developing one-shots, I haven't had the time to plan out this chapter. And honestly, I still don't have any clue where the plot is going...
Since I'm still not sure about where to take the story after the rave is over and they leave North City behind them, I'm willing to take suggestions on what could happen next. And I'm going to put a poll on me and StormofyourDestiny's profile asking whether the story should continue on or if I should wrap it up and have everyone come back home. So please take time to vote on it, 'kay thanks!
You...readers...have...almost...given...this...story...100 reviews. O.O WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE? HOW DID THIS STORY GET POPULAR?
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