Chapter IV: A New Day, A New Hustle
Kasumi's morning:
The skies were still a little bit dark when "BBEEEEPPP!" Kasumi's alarm clock rang.
The still sleepy red head opened her emerald colored eyes to look at her rather disturbing alarm clock. She saw that it was already 6 am.
She stretched out her right arm in an attempt to grab her alarm clock on the vanity table beside her bed and turn off the loud beeping.
The young lady then got up from her bed and stretched both of her arms in the air.
She opened her window and noticed that the sun was already rising.
She let out a smile and then said to herself "Looks like it's going to be another great day…"
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Naruto's morning:
Meanwhile in Naruto's room, the blond boy is talking something in his sleep "Wow… that ramen looks sooo delicious… May I have some...?" said the sleeping boy as he drools in his sleep.
Every now and then he turned left and right until finally "Ouch!" he fell off the bed and landed hard on the floor.
Naruto picked himself up. He then rubbed his eyes as he slowly regains full consciousness.
After some time of clearing his mind. He then let out a big joyful grin and said outloud "Another day begins."
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Ino's morning:
Ino woke up on Sakura's bed. As she slowly opened her eyes, she noticed that she was alone on her friend's bed and Sakura was no where to be found, so she called out her name "Sakura?" but nobody answered.
Ino started to feel uneasy, 'Where could she be?' Ino thought to herself. 'Oh no! Did she try to go off somewhere by herself?'
All kinds of thoughts went into Ino's mind, and all of them were not so good. She called out her friend's name again "Sakura!" louder this time, but like before she didn't receive any response.
She was so worried that she decided to go look for her. She was about to leave their room in order to look for her friend outside…
But just when she was about to turn the knob on their door, she heard a clicking sound, then the door of the bathroom opened and out came a girl with pink hair, the girl's jade eyes were looking at the blond girls blue eyes as both of them stood and stare at each other. The girl with the pink hair smiled and said "Ohayou, Ino." greeted the pink haired girl to the blonde one.
Ino can't help but stare at her friend whom she thought was missing.Ino was actually pretty amazed by Sakura's reactions.She didn't seem to be bothered by what happened last night.
Ino blinked once, then twice in order to be sure that it was actually Sakura standing and smiling in front of her.
When she was certain that it was really Sakura, she let out a big sigh of relief and then greeted her friend back "Ohayou! …I'm glad to see that smile of yours this morning, forehead-chan." with a smile.
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Naruto got out of his room, planning to explore the big house. After all, he didn't get to see much of it last night. So off he went, walking down the hallway and looking at every corner of the mansion. (Let's cross our fingers and hope that he doesn't get lost okay?)
It was about 7:10 am when Sakura and Ino came downstairs to eat breakfast. When they got to their destination, they saw that Naruto was already there and so was Kasumi. (Wow, Naruto managed to find his way around the big mansion!)Kasumi greeted them a good morning and made the two girls sit down in front of the table with Naruto.
"Just wait for a moment okay? I've already sent one of the servants here to go and fix all of us breakfast." said Kasumi to the three young ones sitting by the table with her. The three then responded by smiling at her.
They didn't have to wait long before some maids arrived and brought them their breakfast. And it was quite like a feast. They brought a big amount of food that is clearly more than enough for four people. Naruto's eyes widened as he looks or rather stare at the food in front of him "Wow! Are all of this for us?" he asked Kasumi.
The red headed lady smiled back at him and nodded. "But why are there so many?" Ino said to Kasumi.
Kasumi replied "Well, this house rarely gets any visitors. And when it does, the people in here make sure that the guests are treated well." explained the crimson haired lady.
"If that's the case, then I don't mind visiting this place everyday!" said Naruto with a big grin on his face. That comment made everyone laugh merrily.
After they were done eating, they chatted for a while like what they did last night after supper.
"Hey, I noticed that there aren't that many people around here. So far you're the only one I've seen here besides the maids Kasumi-nechan. Why is that?" asked Ino.
Kasumi answered her "Well of course there are more people here; they're just on another part of the house so you don't seem to notice them. Besides, all of them are busy preparing for the upcoming wedding."
Naruto then said "Oh yeah. I met some of them earlier when I was walking around the place. They seem to be putting up decorations. Is the time for the wedding that near?"
Kasumi waved her hands in front of her going left and right while saying "No, the wedding is still a few weeks off, and it won't be done in this place. They're just putting up the decorations for my party."
Sakura then asked her "Why are you having a party? If I remember correctly, your birthday is still a long way away."
Kasumi replied "Well, it will be a party celebrating my last few days as a single, unmarried person"
Sakura replied to her cousin "Oh I get it… When will the party be held?"
Kasumi said "Tomorrow evening…" then she smiled and added "-Oh! and by the way you're all invited."
Ino suddenly spoke "You're inviting us! Really?" she said as if being really amazed at Kasumi's actions.
Kasumi was confused as to why Ino was making such a fuss about the three of thembeing invited to her party. "Yes, is there a problem about that?" asked Kasumi.
Ino answered her "Well... As far as I know, minors aren't allowed to attend those kind of parties."
Naruto didn't seem to get what what Ino was talking about for he had that "Say what?" look on his face. But Kasumi sure did understand what the blond girl was talking about. She went towards Ino with a smile on her face and started talking. She was so near Ino, that their foreheads were almost touching.
"Surely you're not suggesting that I would throw THAT kind of party, am I right, Ino-chaaann?" Kasumi said with her pointer finger pointing upwards, and a fake smile on her face.
Ino was rather... scared of the actions Kasumi was doing. 'She seems like a different person... A scary, different person.' tought Ino. She tried to backaway from Kasumi, but everytime she took a step back, Kasumi would just advance towards her. She kept trying to back awaybut soon, her back met the wall and she had no where left to go.
"C-calm down Kasumi-nechan..." said Ino, trying to calm the lady in front of her. In which she obviously didn't succeed in because the redhead didn't show any sign of calming down, Kasumi had her lips forming a smile but her eyes are in a form of GLARES.
Ino was still thinking of someting to say in order to convince Kasumi to calm down, till finally she thought of one. "R-right, I would never t-think of anything bad a-about you..." stuttered the blonde girl.
"Good..." replied Kasumi as she started to back away from the frightened blond girl.
Kasumi turned her back to Ino, and Ino let out a sigh of relief. When she turned around, she saw Naruto and Sakura staring at her with their mouths wide open.
She smiled at the two and said "It's not polite to stare at people you know." as if she was trying to lecture them about proper behavior. "Especially if you have your mouths open like that."
Naruto and Sakura's only response was to blink. And blink they did, once, twice...
Before anything else happen, a maid came and talked to Kasumi. The maid spoke in a soft whisper which enabled only Kasumi to hear what she's saying. As the two of them were taking, Naruto took the chance of Kasumi not paying attention to them andasked something to Sakura.
"Ne, Sakura-chan. Is Kasumi-nechan always like that?" whispered Naruto.
Sakura looked quite unsure but unswered Naruto's quetion anyway "I'm not sure Naruto... I guess people can change through the years."
"What are you two whispering about?" Kasumi suddenly said.
Naruto and Sakura was surprised to hear Kasumi, they thought she was still talking to the maid. If she found out that they were whispering about her, God knows what she might do to them.
"N-nothing! We were ah- we were..." 'Oh kami-sama help me!I have no idea what to say.' thought Naruto
He then turned his head towards Sakura and said "Why don't you tell her what we were talking about Sakura-chan..." 'I hope your brain can think of a good excuse that would save us from her wrath.' thoughtNaruto hopefully as he smiled at Sakura.
'Nice going Naruto, pass the burden to me why don't cha.' Sakura sarcastically tought 'Oh well, I guess if I was the one who would answer it would be better. Because you're not so good at thinking up of excuses'
Kasumi waited for Sakura to answer but she took a long timebecause she was currently thinking.
"Well, Sakura-chan?" Kasumi said still waiting for an answer
Sakura snapped out of her thoughts and finally gave her cousin an answer. "You see, we were talking about your party." said Sakura
"What about my party?" the redhead asked
"Um... well, the invitation said that the attire is semi-formal." Sakura pointed out. "And um, we didn't bring any clothes with us that is appropriate for that. Right Ino?"
By the time Sakura asked that question, the blond girl was now over the stress that the incident earlier affected her with.
'I guess I better go along with her' thought Ino"Uh, yeah what Sakura said."
"Oh is that right?" Kasumi stated more than asked. "Well then, I guess we should go out and get some." Kasumi said and then she smiled.
"Sure why not? It could be fun" said Naruto
"Alright then, let me just go and get some things and we'll be out in no time." Kasumi said before she turned around and left them.
After they were sure she wa out of earshot, the three of tham lat out a big sigh og relief.
"From now onguys-" Sakura started "Let's be sure never to get Kasumi ne-chan in a bad mood ok?"
Ino and Naruto nodded their heads in agreement.
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A.N.- Finally! After what seemed like FOREVER. I finally managed to update my story. Sorry for the long wait minna! Oh, and please, please REVIEW... It would really mean a lot to me so please. I promise that the next chapter would be posted a lot quicker that this one.