(A/N: Hicha! Lady Hiran's back! Sorry this took so long! I've been laid out with Pneumonia ya see! So without any further recaps, READ ON!)
"Ah, man that really hurt."
Hotaru and Hajime looked around to see who had landed where.
Naruto, Haku, Gaara and Zabuza had landed on top of Kakashi (he was the screamer at the end of Ch. 14)
Sasuke was currently backed up against a tree his eyes wide, pupils constricted, face white as Itachi loomed over him.
It didn't take a rocket scientist to put two and two together.
"Hey Ha-chan." She said rather loudly, "Today is the twenty third, right?"
"Yup." Hajime nodded, "Why dya ask?"
"Because, dickhead, it means I have cheer practice for the Homecoming Game." Hotaru said, looking her twin pointedly.
Hajime caught on.
"Riiiight." He nodded, "And I have football."
"Zabuza? Would you mind too terribly if I borrowed Haku-rei?" Hotaru asked, smiling, "I promise I'll bring him back in one piece."
(Haku: White; Rei: Spirit)
Zabuza looked over at the effeminate boy, "It's up to you."
"I'll go." Haku smiled, "It could be fun."
"Panda-chan, Naru-pyon? You want to come?" Hotaru asked the jinchuriki.
Naruto grinned and gave her a thumbs up.
Gaara gave a silent nod.
"Sasuke-jari? You're coming whether you want to or not." Hotaru said simply, walking over to the young Uchiha (blocking Itachi from view) and lifting Sasuke somewhat roughly to his feet by his bicep.
She pulled Sasuke along to join the boys who would be accompying her.
"Uchiha? YOU are going with my brother, Zabuza and Kakashi-perv." Hotaru smiled at Itachi (in a way that was surprisingly creepy in how fake it was), "If get even the slightest inclination that you haven't…I'll track you down, wherever you may be, and throw you over the fence of the nearest prison and let the prisoners have their way with you."
With the threat of being raped by sex starved convicts hanging over his head, Itachi nodded mutely.
Hotaru grinned genuinely.
"Come on brats!" Hotaru whooped as they made their way out of the park., "We have to make a quick stop first!"
"Toss him over a prison wall, huh?" Kakashi muttered, rubbing the sore spots along his spine.
"Original to say the least." Zabuza smirked.
"…she wouldn't have the-" Itachi began.
"Dude." Hajime said, givingthe elder Uchiha Brothera serious look, devoid of mirth, "She'll do it. She's done before. She'll do it again."
Ten minutes later...
"Wow! You guys look great!" Hotaru cried, "I knew this was the way to go!"
Hotaru had made a stop at local shop and had outfitted the boys and herself (her clothes are pretty much trashed) in clothing befitting the current time period.
Naruto wore a pair of very baggy blue jeans (a few chains) a dark blue t-shirt beneath a oversized, orange sports jacket (unzipped) and black Vans
Sasuke was decked out almost entirely in dark blue. A dark blue overlarge button up (unbuttoned) over an even darker blue tee. A pair of rather baggy khakis and dark blue Vans completed the outfit.
Gaara wore a black worded tee that read, "YOU LAUGH NOW…BUT WILL YOU STILL BE LAUGHING WHEN I CRAWL OUT FROM UNDER YOUR BED?" A pair of verrrrry baggy black jeans, covered with zippers, pockets and chains. A pair of combat boots finished the outfit.
Haku sported a pair of fitted jeans, a deep maroon turtle neck sweater that was also fitted. He had allowed his long hair to fly free and a pair of simple white Nike's were on his feet.
Hotaru was current wearing an out fit that would have made even the most conservative guy's jaw drop. A skin tight, long sleeved number with horizontal stripes of varying widths, a pair of Daisy Dukes, knee length socks with red sports stripes and white K-Swiss.
As the quintet walked down the streets they really made heads turn.
Hotaru looked at Haku with colossal, childlike ice-blue eyes.
"Yep. You are in truhhh-bull." Hotaru sighed, shaking her blonde head sympathetically.
"Huh?" Haku blinked, "Wh-whaddyou mean…trouble?"
"You're so pretty, Haku-rei." Hotaru sighed, "Just like my brother. I'd bet you could make even a man's heart pound with a face like that."
(Naruto looked like he had been stabbed)
"Now I'm warning you, as a friend, that the creatures we are about to encounter, while not dangerous, are provoked by cute things...such as yourselves." Hotaru said, smirking wickedly, "They pinch, poke, tickle and have a shriek that is sometimes fatal to those hear it!"
The boys paled a little bit as they approached the gymnasium doors of Yuzurihayama.
"I've given you warning," Hotaru snickered, "Now prepare to face the creatures known only as…CHEERLEADERS!"
-SKWEEEE-KAK-
At the sound of the doors opening, twenty girls around Hotaru age turned to see who was entering and…
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
-RRRMMMBLLLRRMMMBBLLRMMMBLLRRRMMMBLLLRRMMMBBLLRMMMBLL-
"OHM'GOD!"
"THEY'RE SOOOOOOOOOOOOO KYOOT!"
"Such soft skin!"
"I'd kill for hair like this!"
(They've gotten their plastic nails into Haku and Sasuke obviously; well…she warned them)
"Hi-chan where'd you get your hands on such cuties?" Girl D asked, snuggling her face against Naruto's hair.
"They're my cousins." Hotaru smiled.
'(Lying is bad you know!)'
'((Shutit, Shoulder Angel!))'
"Duh-uhh!" Girl A cried, currently hugging Gaara (who was trying desperately to get free), "How could they NOT be?"
"Yup." Girl B nodded, "They're SOOOO adorable! They couldn't be related to anyone else!"
"Ha…ha ha ha…th-thanks…I guess…" Hotaru laughed uneasily, "Um…While I'm sure the boys enjoy the attention (yeah right) I have to get them settled and getinto uniform."
"Yes, ma'am." The cheerleaders sulked, releasing the young Shinobi.
"Right this way boys." Hotaru grinned as she led them to the bleachers.
"Oh…my god…" Gaara shuddered, "It was awful…their hands were everywhere…the overpowering stench of perfume…the high pitched giggling…"
"There, there, Panda-chan." Hotaru said comfortingly, hugging him and stroking his hair a little, "It's all over."
"Hey, Hotaru?" Sasuke as he took a seat, "Why did you bring me along?"
Sasuke's mind still lingered on Itachi.
Hotaru regarded him thoughtfully before ruffling his hair and smiled.
"Silly Sasuke-jari." Hotaru chuckled, "What a question to ask!"
"Hotaru? How long is this gonna take?" Naruto asked as Hotaru removed her hand from atop Sasuke's head.
"Don't worry. Practice shouldn't take more than an hour. Then we can goof off the rest of the day." Hotaru grinned.
She strode off.
"God'm glad we finally found a place with clothes in yer size." Hajime sighed, "People were really startin' t' stare."
Zabuza snorted, "Not my fault."
It had taken the greater part of an hour to simply locate an establishment that carried clothing for one as tall Zabuza (Kakashi wore one of Uzumaki's deceased father, Ryuunosuke's outfits; Itachi had to physically restrained and forced into one)
Itachi sulked in pair of faded black jeans with holes in the knees. An oversized black tee with a red skull was worn over a long sleeved white tee and a pair of red high tops were on his feet.
Kakashi wore a long sleeved black turtle neck with his jounin vest thrown over it. Blue jeans and a pair of dingy tennis shoes finished the outfit. (He's currently paging thru 'Come Come Paradise')
Zabuza was sporting a pair of camouflage pants, a black wife beater and combat boots.
Hajime was in his football gear.
"Yeah, yeah. Whatever." Hajime smirked, "We hafta get a move on tho'. If I'm late, Coach'll have my ass on a platter. Andja already know I'll blame you fer makin' me late, so if ya don't want me fillin' yer nose and mouth with stink bugs, ya better hurry yer asses up!"
The time traveling shinobitripled their pace.
They arrived with two minutes to spare Kakashi and the men found seats in the bleachers (that weren't occupied by Hajime's fangirls) and settled in.
"UZUMAKI!" A beefy (four foot nothing) man bellowed, "Cuttin' it close, AS USUAL!"
"Sorry sir." Hajime replied mildly (doesn't sound a bit sorry), "Won't happen again." (liar)
"Yeah, yeah." The man growled, "Just get out there."
"Yes sir." Hajime smirked.
"So Kakashi, have your brats improved at all?" Zabuza asked sneeringly.
"Quite a bit actually." Kakashi replied from over his book, "I do believe Sakura would be an even match for Haku now."
"Hn…I highly doubt that." Itachi snickered, "From the way my fool of a brother wascowering I highly doubt they're a match for the Demon of the Hidden Mist...let alone me."
"Really now?" Kakashi asked mildly, not looking up from the pages of 'Come Come Paradise', "Naruto's descendant's seem to be more than a match for you and your men."
Itachi gave an involuntary twitch, "I won't even honor that with a response."
Zabuza smirked, "Naruto's descendants? Konohagakure's number one, Hyperactive, knuckle-head ninja? Itachi…tsk tsk tsk. Those two aren't even in my bingo book."
Itachi looked very close to snapping.
Meanwhile, back with the cheerleaders…
"R-O-W! D-WHYEEE! THAT'S THE WAY WE GET ROWDY! ROWDY! LET'S GET ROWDY! WOO! R-O-W! D-WHYEEE! THAT'S HOW-YA GET ROWDY! ROWDY! LET'S GET ROWDY! WOO!"
"Oww…my eeeeearrrss!" Naruto moaned, hands clamped over the auditory receptors.
"How can something so tiny be so loud?" Haku wondered, palms likewise compressed over his ears.
Gaara and Sasuke had taken to ducking beneath the bleachers to avoid the blaring sound of deafening cheering (although it was in vain)
"Great job today all!"
Hotaru and the others all began filing into a room labeled Girl's Lockers.
"Uh…guys?" Sasuke said uneasily, "What do we do if Hotaru-san doesn't come out first?"
There was a nervous silence.
"Huh? Hey! Where'd the cuties get to?" Girl B asked poutily.
"Yeah! They were here just a second ago!" Girl G muttered.
"Oh well." Girl A sighed, "Hi-chan will be pretty worried when she finds out, though."
The horde of hormone charged cheerleaders strode out of the gym.
Hotaru jogged out of the Locker Room, back in normal dress, hair in long, loose braids now.
It only took her moments to locate the boys chakra.
"Boys? Ready to go?" she called up into the lights.
Haku, Sasuke, Gaara and Naruto looked down.
"Yeh-ehss." They called.
"Good! We're going to the food court in Shibuya for lunch!" Hotaru grinned.
"Yo! We're out!" Hajime yelled into the stands, "I'm hungry and I'm treatin' y'all ta lunch!"
"Nice." Zabuza smirked (Zabuza DOESN'T SMILE!)
"…yeah…right…nice…just looking for an opportunity to poison me." Itachi grumbled.
"About time! My stomach was starting to eat itself!" Kakashi smiled.
Hotaru scanned the plaza, holding Haku's hand in her left, and Sasuke's hand in her right (a gang had attempted to take advantage of them only moments before so she wasn't taking any chances now) she had asked Haku to hold Naruto's hand and for Sasuke to hold Gaara's (as it seemed the more doable arrangement)
"Now where…" she mumbled, standing on her tiptoes, looking over shoulders.
"HA! An open table!" She whooped, dragging the time-traveling Shinobi along.
As they made their way to said table, they passed a couple, making out in a BIG way.
Sasuke and Haku felt Hotaru shudder suddenly as she looked at them.
"Ohhhh-sweet-mother-of-all-things-great-and-small-please-don't-let-them-have-kids." Hotaru breathed sharply as they walked by and sat down at the table.
Naruto had no idea why he was inclined to agree with her.
"Why don't you think those two should have children?" Gaara asked, though he had felt the same feeling of dread pass through him as well.
"Because!" Hotaru said harshly, whipping her white blonde braids to face him, "There's a part of your brain that retains your primal instinct, you know? And it just knows that he's 'deehh' and she's 'deehh' and sotheir kid's going to be…? 'DEEHH-DEHEH-DEEEHHHH!'"
Naruto and Haku nearly doubled over with laughter because Hotaru had said all this with a perfectly straight face.
Sasuke nearly lost it and began breathing exercises.
Gaara began to quake with silent laughter.
The time travelers couldn't hold back anymore; they almost fell out of their seats from laughing so hard.
"Now you know, and now I'm starving." Hotaru declared, "Time for food."
Across the city, Hajime was leading the men into one of his more frequent haunts.
"Oi! Hajime, 'sup?"
"Yo, Tsume! Waz hap'nen?" Hajime cried.
Name:Inuzuka Tsume
Alias: Suka-chan (another word for moron; a rather mean nickname given to him by Hotaru)
Age:17
Height: 6' 3"
Weight:190
Eyes:Gold
Hair: Dark Brown
Personality: Sachiko's boyfriend. Very wild and out there. He used to be part of a street gang until Sachiko convinced him otherwise. Violent and easily offended (sounds alot lot
like someone we all know and love, huh?) he loves a good fight and has an
uncanny way with dogs. Is streetwise (which comes in rather handy when saving
your rather naive girlfriend, doncha think?) and has an insatiable sweet tooth.
"Nuthin' much." Tsume smirked, raking his fingers back through his messy brown hair, "Sachiko almost got mugged again cuz she walked down th' wrong street…ya know, nuthin' new."
"Sheesh, that girl has got ta getta clue." Hajime sighed, grabbing a chair and flipping it around backwards before sitting down.
"Watch it, dude." Tsume growled, throwing a wet towel at Hajime.
"Chill dude. Just chill." Hajime groaned, his stomach growling loudly as he tossed the towel back, "I'm too hungry ta fightcha right now. Just gimme two a th' usual, 'kay?"
"Gotcha." Tsume said, walking into the back.
"What's 'your usual'?" Zabuza asked, hooking a nearby chair with is foot and taking a seat at the table.
"A deep dish pizza with the works." Hajime mumbled into the formica tabletop.
Itachi snorted, "My, aren't we the lively one?"
Hajime turned his just enough to look up at the Uchiha elder, "Shut up."
"Make me." Itachi smirked.
Hajime's hand shot up, latched onto Itachi's wrist and in the space it takes to blink, he was sitting on the older mans back, holing onto one arm and clamping his mouth shut with a curse mark-ed palm.
"There. I just did." Hajime grunted, stomach growling in protest, "Just cuz'm hungry, doesn't mean I've slowed down any…ass."
Itachi glared from his spot on the floor.
"My, how the mighty have fallen." Zabuza snickered.
"Weren't you the one going on about destroying him and his sister while he was at practice?" Kakashi smiled.
Itachi sulked and Hajime grinned triumphantly through his hunger pains.
"Order up!" Tsume called.
"Salvation at last!" Hajime sang.
(A/N: Hotaru and Hajime manage to makke it through the day, but how will they manage to keep these brother's seperated during the Homecoming Game and Dance? And hey! How come you didn't address the Chakra Depletion this chappie? ((Authoress-I'M WORKIN' ON IT! I'M WORKIN' ON IT! I've had pneumonia for two weeks! YEESH-LOU-EESH!)) Anyhoo, and...your gonna have WHAThappen? Ohhh, so the Romance portion of the program's FINALLY coming into play ((rolls eyes)) R&R!)