Standard Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto
A/N: Oh well, here comes the second chapter...
Chapter II: At Last! We Arrive!
The sky was already dark an dhte stars were already shining in the skywhen Sakura stopped in front of a huge house, onlyto stare at it. Naruto and Ino stood behind her, they noticed that their friend is deep in thought, they looked at each other and then Naruto decided to speak "Sakura-chan what's up? Are we there already?" Naruto asked Sakura, but instead of replying, she just nodded. Ino's eyes grew big and a smile made its way onto her face, "Wow, she must be rich! 'Cause this house is enormous…" said Ino in amazement. "Well, actually, this isn't HER house exactly; this is the main house of the leaders of the Haruno clan, they decided that the whole family should get together to help in the preparations on her upcoming wedding…" said Sakura, while still staring at the house.
For about 2 minutes she just kept staring at the big house, she seems to be lost in deep thought, Naruto noticed that something's wrong with her so he asked her; "Sakura-chan, what's the matter? Are you okay?" Naruto's question snapped Sakura back to reality, she quickly regained her composure and said; "Oh Nothing! …Let's go in."
Sakura hesitantly raised her hand and pushed the doorbell buzzer, within a few seconds, a woman came and answered the door to welcome them in. The lady was fairly beautiful; she had long red hair and the same jade eyes as Sakura, and since she was older she was a bit taller than the trio.
A big smile came across the lady's face, "Sakura-chan! You're here! Thanks for coming, I was beginning to think that you weren't going to show up…" said the red-haired lady. Sakura smiled back at her and said "I'm sorry for coming a bit late-- but did you really think that I was going to miss your wedding Kasumi-nechan?" the lady's smile grew bigger, and said with a giggle "I guess not…"
The lady let them inside, after they were in, Sakura introduced Naruto and Ino to her cousin "By the way, I brought along my friends. This is Naruto, and this is Ino. They were kind enough to come and join me while traveling." Sakura said while pointing her open hand at her two companions. The lady smiled at them and said "Nice to meet you!" then she bowed her head down, Sakura then introduced her cousin to her friends. "Guys, this is my cousin, Kasumi-nechan. She's the one who'll soon get married," The two bowed their head down while saying "Nice to meet you too." and "congratulations on getting married!" Kasumi blushed a bit and said, "Why, thank you… It's pretty late, and I bet you guys are hungry, and tired, why don't you eat supper first and then rest for
the night?"
Kasumi called three maids over and asked one to prepare the dinning room for their guests while the othertwo took their bags away from them and left them with a bow. During dinner the four of them sat in front of a dining table (you know those little cute tables you see on animes whenever the characters eat) only Sakura, Naruto and Ino were given bowls and chopsticks, since Kasumi already ate, but she sat with them in front of the table so she'll be able to have a conversation with them and keep them company.
And soon the food was served. It was quite like a feast. Naruto didn't waste any time. He immediately took his chopsticks and announced merrily "ITADAKIMASU!" then he literally shoved his face into the bowl of rice and started devouring the food. Kasumi can't suppress her giggle when she saw how Naruto acted "ha-ha…" she said softly while slightly covering her mouth with her hand. Ino suddenly pinched Naruto's left arm which made him stop what his doing and he said "Ouch! What's your problem!" shouted Naruto at Ino, Ino's expressions turned mad as she replied "You! Why can't you act properly? We're only guests here, so don't act like you own the place!" said Ino angrily. Naruto didn't take what Ino said to him very well so he then said "Hey! I'm just hungry okay? Can you blame me for that!" Ino answered him back "No… But I can blame you for your MISBEHAVIOR!" Ino said to Naruto, the two of them stared each other in the eye while they grind their teeth, (a classical anime behavior in which you often see electrical waves coming out of the characters' eyes…)
Sakura was obviously embarrassed by how her two friends acted in front of her cousin, so she shouted "Stop it both of you! Pleaassse!" that made Naruto and Ino stop glaring at each other, instead they turned their head away from each other and both of them said at the same time "Humph!" Sakura's cheeks were tainted with red when she looked at her cousin and slightly bowed her head down "I'm sorry about this…" Sakura said softly to her cousin. Kasumi just smiled at her and said "Don't worry about it. It's just proof that you guys are energetic!" She said in attemptto make themfeel a little better.After she said that, she then looked at Naruto and Ino, who seemed to be getting along a little bit better now they seemed to have realized that what they did was a bit inappropriate…
After their rather weird dinner, they had a short conversation but little about the wedding was mentioned… While they were still talking, Kasumi glanced at the wall clock, and then said "It's getting pretty late… You guys are probably getting tired… Why don't I show you guys to your room?" she said with a smile.
As they were walking along the house, Naruto and Ino can't seem to only look forward. The different designs on the walls of the corridors, took their attention. Both of them was busy looking at the different pictures and figurines, that is was like a miracle that they didn't trip and fell down on the floor…
When they reached a certain door, Kasumi stopped and opened it. "This will be your room, Naruto." Kasumi said to Naruto with a smile. Naruto nodded and as he entered the room, he can't help but be amazed. The room has huge painting of a mountain that was hanged on the wall behind the bed. There was a table by the window that has a complete tea set on it. There was another door which seems the entrance to the bathroom. The bed was huge and was expensive looking. "WOW…" Naruto said while looking up the ceiling and saw the crystal chandeliers…
Ino looked at the room from outside the door and she said to herself 'I wonder if my room will be as elegant as this?' Kasumi then said to Naruto "We'll be going now. If you need anything, just ask, okay?" and with that she closed the door. She then turned to the girls and then said "Well then, shall we go?" the girls smiled back at her and they went in their way…
---End of Chapter---
A/N: I'll try harder Pwomise!