I'm not very good at writing Gai because quite frankly, he scares me so I tried my best. If anyone has anyone has suggestions on how I can better him, please help me :P
Previously...
He smirked, "I'd like to see how well you would do against my Byakugan."
Kireina hid a smile and released him turning to Gai, "Would your team be interested in training with Team 7 today?"
In a heartbeat, Gai was next to her holding her hands with hearts in his eyes. "We'd be happy to."
Kireina and Kakashi sweat dropped and the now enlarged group headed towards the training grounds. Sasuke and Naruto were sparring when they reached the place and Sakura had her nose buried in a book about medical jutsus. Surprisingly, Kurenai and Asuma's team were there as well.
Kakashi grinned, "Why don't we have a sparring day today? Then afterwards we can all go out to eat dinner together and celebrate Sasuke's birthday at the same time."
The other teams were quick to agree and within seconds, sparring partners had been paired up. Sasuke was with Hinata, Sakura against Lee, Kiba and Shikamaru, Ino and Ten Ten, Kakashi and Asuma, Kurenai and Gai, Chouji against Shino, and Neji was against Kireina. Much to his displeasure, Naruto had been told to practice walking with a stack of books on his head without dropping them. Soon, the training grounds were whirling with dust, kunai, and shuriken.
On with the story...
Kireina stood calmly against Neji while he dropped into a fighting stance holding out a kunai.
He growled, "Aren't you going to fight?"
Kireina blinked as if the idea had never occurred to her. Before either could move however, the ground between the two of them erupted, showering dirt and rock on Neji and Kireina. Kakashi stood there sheepishly with a hand on the back of his head.
"Gomen ne," he apologized, "I'm running from Asuma."
Annoyed, Neji brushed off dirt from his clothes. Kireina merely shrugged from her place in the treetop.
Neji started, "When did you get up there?"
Kireina blinked as if it were the most obvious thing in the world, "Well, the ground was shaking so that obviously meant an earth jutsu was about to take place so I moved."
Neji didn't answer, irritated that he hadn't even felt the ground so much as vibrate before Kakashi had shot out of the ground. Instead, he slipped back into a fighting stance. Kireina shrugged and neatly dropped out of the tree. Kakashi had long since disappeared to find Asuma. She stood there waiting for him to make a move. Neji quickly performed the seals for Byakugan and charged forward stopping a few feet in front of Kireina.
"You've obviously never fought against a Byakugan," Neji smirked, "You are within my field of divination."
Kireina smiled tightly, "Well, since I am in yours. You are obviously in mine as well. Actually, that's incorrect. You were in my field even before I dropped out of the tree."
Neji chuckled lightly, "Don't be silly. Only Hyuugas have fields of divination and you are not a Hyuuga."
Kireina shrugged, "Fine then. Try 'Hakke Rokujuu Yonshou' on me then."
Neji rolled his eyes, then charged at her yelling, "Hakke Rokujuu Yonshou" and began hitting her chakra opening points, but for some reason, every time he tried to land a blow, he would be stopped. Finally, he stopped.
Kireina smiled, "Is it my turn?"
Neji narrowed his eyes getting ready to use Kaiten if needed.
Kireina ran towards Neji and without shouting anything began striking his chakra opening points, closing all of them, finally delivering a Gentle Fist blow to his chest driving him back into a tree. He slumped over unconscious. Kireina calmly walked over and placed chakra infused hands over his chest and within seconds, he was awake again.
Neji blinked, "How did you do that?"
Kireina smiled gently, "Just because I'm not a Hyuuga in name, doesn't mean I'm not a Hyuuga in blood. My great-grandfather was Hyuuga Hitoshi, the grandfather of Hyuuga Hiashi and Hyuuga Hizashi, who, I believe, is your father, making you my cousin."
Neji was surprised at this bit of information.
"Don't be too quick to make judgments about people you don't know, Neji-kun. They may surprise you," Kireina chided kindly, "I've reopened your chakra points, but it will be a while before your chakra will start to circulate normally again."
She started to walk away, but Neji stopped her, "Wait! How did you stop my attacks on your opening points?"
Kireina smiled cheekily, "That is something you will have to learn on your own. Think about what you are doing when you use Kaiten and the answer will come to you."
Neji was completely lost, 'Kaiten? What does that have to do with anything?'
Neji frowned but hurried to catch up with Kireina as they returned to the rest of the group. Most were finished sparring. Gai was being held by a tree. Kurenai stood smirking in front of him. Sasuke was sitting against a boulder, Hinata healing his wounds for him. She looked pretty beaten up too. Neji was by her side in a second to make sure she was okay. Ten Ten, Lee, and Ino were being tended to by Sakura. Kakashi and Asuma were sitting up in a tree playing cards. Kiba and Chouji were passed out on the grass with Shikamaru observing the clouds next to them, looking annoyed. Shino sat next to them playing with his bugs. Kireina hurried to them and wasted no time in healing their wounds. Then she went to Hinata to show her how to heal Sasuke without wasting too much chakra, and then taught her how to heal herself.
"Don't heal his wounds completely," Kireina said, "A little pain is good for shinobi. This way you'll still have chakra left to heal more people. As long as they're in a shape where they can hold their own in a battle, then they're okay. You've healed Sasuke almost completely, even his little scratches. That's just wasting chakra and now you don't have enough for yourself. Did you close his chakra points?"
Hinata listened carefully and nodded in answer to Kireina's question.
Kireina smiled, "Good for you!" She placed her hand over Sasuke's chest and the glow enveloped him.
"I've reopened the majority of your chakra points and your chakra will begin circulating normally within a few minutes," Kireina told him gently.
Sasuke nodded, "Thanks Reina-nee-chan."
Kireina smiled and patted his head then teleported up to the tree where Asuma and Kakashi were sitting.
"Yo," Kakashi greeted without looking up from the game.
Kireina frowned, "Did you guys get hurt at all?"
Kakashi held up his right arm. A long gash was bleeding profusely. Asuma showed her his left arm which had a gash that was even longer and deeper than Kakashi's.
Kireina shrieked, "You guys could die from blood loss!"
Kakashi looked up at her and grinned cheekily, "I knew you would be up soon."
Kireina's jaw dropped open and the next thing you knew, Kakashi was on the ground, whining. Kireina dropped out of the tree next to him and slapped a hand over his wound, healing it and at the same time, inflicting more pain. Asuma followed having been healed before Kireina had kicked Kakashi out of the tree.
"Itai..." Kakashi grumbled, "Couldn't you have been a little nicer about expressing your anger?"
Kireina rolled her eyes then swiftly returned to Sasuke's side, "Where do you want to eat, love? It's your night."
Sasuke stared at her, "I don't really care. I don't know much."
Kireina frowned then turned to Kakashi, "What do you recommend?"
"Why don't we eat at the new restaurant across from Ichiraku?" Kakashi suggested, "I heard it was pretty good."
Kireina beamed at him as if he had just given her the world on a silver platter, "Excellent. We'll go there then."
The large group of ninjas headed down the streets of Konoha to the restaurant. Along the way, Kireina stopped several times to talk to the people. In the short time she had been in Konoha, she had already made a more than favorable impression on the citizens and she already held high places in several people's hearts. When they reached the restaurant, they were surprised to find Tsunade there waiting for them.
"Hokage-sama? What are you doing here?" Kurenai asked.
"I received a message from Kireina saying you all were having a celebration here so I decided to crash the party," Tsunade replied grinning.
"A message? But Reina-nee-chan was with us the entire time!" Naruto blurted out.
Tsunade only smiled mysteriously before opening the door for the group, "Hurry and come in! It's cold outside! Tonight will be my treat. By the way, happy birthday Sasuke!"
Sasuke blinked in surprise. Kireina nudged him gently and he quickly mumbled a word of thanks to Tsunade. Kireina beamed at her "little brother" and quickly herded everyone into the restaurant. The host of the restaurant was a little surprised at receiving a party this large in size without a reservation, but luckily, there was an empty private room that was available for their use. When everyone was seated at the table, Kireina ordered a variety of dishes, including ramen for Naruto.
Kireina cleared her throat and stood nervously, "Um, good evening everyone! As you all probably know, today is Sasuke's birthday and I figured now would be as good a time as any to present him with his birthday present. That is, if he's willing to accept it."
Sasuke was surprised and hesitantly took the flat package Kireina had wrapped. The others at the table murmured amongst themselves wondering what kind of present needed the acceptance of the receiver. Sasuke hesitantly pulled back the wrapping paper and was greeted with the sight of a large manila envelope. He glanced at Kireina questioningly and she gave him a hesitant smile as well as the go ahead to open it. She was crumpling a light blue handkerchief nervously in her hand and her other hand was gripping Kakashi's shoulder in what looked to be a painful hold. Sasuke opened the envelope and pulled out a stack of papers. Everyone waited with bated breaths to see what it was. Sasuke scanned the papers and as he continued to read the more confused he was.
He looked up at Kireina; "These are..." He trailed off unable to finish his sentence.
Kireina rushed ahead, "Of course, you have to agree because I would never force you to do something like that. Take as long as you need to think about it, but I just thought it'd be a nice change."
Everyone wondered what she was babbling about and was surprised when Sasuke suddenly jumped out of his chair and like lightning, threw himself at Kireina. Kireina was shocked at first but when she realized the impact of his actions, tears began to fill her eyes. She quickly parted herself from Sasuke and looked at him.
"How would you feel if I gave Naruto the same present?" she asked softly.
Sasuke looked up at her open-mouthed then did something for the first time in a long time, he smiled. Not a smirk, but a real smile.
"I'd like that," he said softly, "And I think Naruto would too."
Naruto was completely lost, "Nani (What)? Nani? Give me what?"
Kireina reached andpulled another manila envelope seemingly out of nowhere. She passed it to Naruto. The first thing Naruto did when he read the papers was bawl. Then he launched himself at Kireina and hugged her fiercely.
"I've always wanted a family," Naruto said.
Now everyone was really confused.
"Wait, back up a little. Family?" Sakura questioned.
Kireina beamed at her, "That's right. I've just adopted these two as my little brothers. All that's needed to make the adoption official is the signature of these two young men."
Naruto eagerly took the pen Tsunade handed to him and signed the papers with flourish. Sasuke took the other pen and signed his papers as well, although he was slightly more shaken than Naruto. Kireina beamed again, then wrapped her arms around her two brothers and hugged them warmly.
Tsunade stepped up, "I have a present for you all as well. A shinobi family has just recently moved to Kirigakure, so their house is now open for the use of another shinobi family. I have reserved the house for you three. The house is across the street and a couple of houses down from Kakashi's house. If you want it, all I need is your signature right here."
Tsunade produced a single sheet of paper also seemingly out of nowhere and placed it in front of Kireina. Kireina was near tears again, she reached over and hugged Tsunade and thanked her profusely, signing the sheet with a slight trembling in her hand.
Kireina turned to Kakashi, "Thank you for your hospitality this past week, Kakashi. I hope I haven't put you out."
Kakashi waved it off, "Maa, it was no problem. I'll miss having a wonderful cook."
Kireina laughed lightly, "You'll have to come over for dinner every night then."
Kakashi winked mischievously, "I'll plan on that and some dessert too. Preferably some eye candy?"
Everyone gasped at the last remark and Kireina turned bright red before whacking Kakashi upside the head and reaching into his front pocket and taking his book out,
"That's it! No more of these books for you," she grumbled furiously.
She took the book and threw it in the trashcan. When Kakashi tried to get it, she easily intercepted him and pushed him into his chair just as their waiter came back with the dishes. The rest of the night was filled with much fun and laughter and of course, plenty of teasing Kireina on Kakashi's part. That night Sasuke and Naruto headed separate ways for the last time.
hahaha. Sorry -sweatdrop- I made Neji a HUUUUUGE pansy in this. He'll get better, I promise, but I just had to have Kireina put Neji in his place because it's fun :P Sasuke's a little pansy in this chapter too, but that's cuz he likes Hinata and doesn't want to hurt her and also, I really like Hinata so I made her get stronger. Also, I can't write perverted Kakashi because I always want to huggle him :)...but I'll do my best :P Anyway, next chapter get ready for a ginormous time jump. :P
