AN: Wow, last chapter of the old stuff, and there's no switches cause it's all by my sister. Hope you like it!
Chapter 6: Food n' Flees
Sakura giggled - this was too good to be true! A big happy birthday party full of everyone - but wait! She looked around. Wait, this wasn't the GUESTLIST, was it? She frowned. "Wait, hold on a second..." she said quickly, rushing off up the stairs and to her (markably smaller) room. She checked the guestlist... no, there was one more! She came back down just as the doorbell rang, and didn't stop by the group, who was busy talking. Ino put on some music. And at the door.... this beautiful creature, with long blonde hair with streaks of brown and blue. Her eyes were sharp and clear blue... like mountains... or something..... anyway, she looked good. Damn good. Sakura was jealous. Was THIS really the ninja-nobody-really-knew-about? She let the girl in with a "well, better late than never," and an awkward giggle.
The girl introduced herself... "Amalalalia". What a beautiful name.... you could almost sing it...
But aside from her beautiful, perfect body - because Sakura checks these things out, duh - stood out to Sakura a necklace. On a sparkling silver chain that ought not be sparkling, just like the girl's hair ought not to be... in the middle of it was a big shiny jewel. Kind of a green-blue-red-orange-cream colour. It glowed mysteriously. Sakura grinned. This was it. The perfect birthday. Someone Naruto surely couldn't resist....
Back in the livingroom, everyone was unsurprisingly entranced by the girl. Even if her hair didn't sparkle like it did outside.
And why did it sparkle? Well.. because, as it happened to be the same reason Sasuke's fringe looked so damn good in the night-light, which wasn't there because the moon wasn't up yet... there was a ninja. That's right, a NINJA. A kid ninja. ...(gasp!). A boy. An Uchiha. And he wasn't invited. And he wasn't happy. That doesn't explain why he was shining a torch at the doorway all evening.
But it does explain why he plotted evil things as he watched the party from a tree branch and through the window.
Sakura blew out her candles - "Happy 15th!" - and everyone clapped and ate. Dinner came in the form of a takeaway boy. He delivered some ramen. He was the ramen-lady's husband. They weren't talking, because the ramen-lady had returned the present and now he was upset and she was busily explaining how it was the THOUGHT that counts and she could just pick out something she liked better and wasn't that good but it was too late he was offended now and. So. He got some food, enough for a party of 20, and hurried out and pretended to deliver it. Luckily he happened upon Sakura's, because there WAS a party and that. So, luck on all part, he delivered the food and took off to find the Konoha pub. Let's all count the hours it takes the 100 all-his-life local to find the LOCAL while the story continues...
Meanwhile, anyway, eating got under way. Amalalalia brushed her long, sparkly hair - that looked kind of grayish in the indoor lights, actually, without the torchlight - back with a flick. Then she spotted Neji.... Neji dabbed tear-reddened cheeks with a clean white hanky, after that strange outburst, a few of the Konoha girls checking the inexplicably emotionally unstable Genin was okay now largely because it'd just look bad if there was a big scene. Neji's hair..... Amalalalia was entranced by the length and blackness of it... flicking everywhere as he got up and, evidently, had trouble keeping his balance. Amalalalia moved to say "Hi".. but Gaara was there first. Offering Neji a hand up. Neji was thankful and asked to be excused. Ino said no. Neji looked dejected and munched on cake a little. Hinata asked him if he was really okay. Now when Hinata starts asking you if you're okay, like cry-wise, you're in deep. If you're a guy... well, I have mercy on you. Nobody lives that down.
Neji was furious deep inside. He couldn't tell them all why he was crying... but, you know, once he got started it just didn't end! It's terrible... with a terrible past you have so much welled up inside and... well, he IS the type to drag on paragraphs, but we'll spare you today. He finished his slice of cake and decided he would be determined to make Sasuke cry. Because Sasuke had issues too. And Sasuke was younger. And Sasuke was even more high-and-mighty than Neji, even IF his hair would never rival Neji's flowing locks. Laugh now, he thought furiously, as Sasuke laughed as Naruto explained how he sprained the muscle of his inner thigh to Ino, who obviously didn't want to hear even the start of the story. She was looking at him like he had fleas.
Lucky me, thought Kiba, she doesn't know about MINE....
And so the night continued.
AN: That's it for the old stuff, everything after this is post-upload stuff. Review if you will.