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Author's Note: Three Month? Three Months since I last Updated!? Why the Frick didn't anyone tell me? Jk, I knew but lost track of time. I've been doing through old and new stories, writing different one shots or getting the goblins on document to make room for more stories.

The COLD is upon us and with it the need to be on holiday for which I will not wait! I have to but I just wanted it to be said!

Anyways, this chapter is a little tame….ish, I make no promises but will do the usual warnings. That being said: Enjoy!

WARNINGS: Language, mature adult content, misspelling and such.

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Chapter: Don't we Look Pretty?

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When the door closed shut quietly behind the group in their apartment late that afternoon, Sasuke took charge as the adults took bags, prizes and food containers from everyone else for inventory on the kitchen counters.

"Sakura, You and Haku take the first at the showers. 15 minutes or less" both girls nodded and went to do as told "Naruto and Sam will be next. Dean and I will be last so we'll be blow drying the girl's hair while we wait our turns" Hearing both doors to the bathroom closed, Sasuke turned to the adults.

"Do you have a coat rack somewhere?" Zabuza nodded to the hallway closet and Naruto went to check.

"Everyone else, grab all the kimonos; Take them out of their packaging and try to smooth them out as best as you could" the brothers nodded as Naruto came back in the living room carrying metal poles, dumping them on the floor of the living room and got to work putting them together. The brothers came back to the living room with the bundles of their kimonos along with hangers and stacked them on the couch before carefully taking them out of the package. Sasuke went to the girls room to look for the hair accessories plus to look through Haku's vanity for hair products that are not in the bathroom. Coming back to the living room with his arms full, he set everything on the table and about to start on arranging them when a tan hand stopped him from going any further. Looking up to his blonde who looked at him with a small smile and said:

"Teme, you help the boys and I'll go through this" gesturing to the table of hair stuff. Sasuke shrugged and nodded as he got back up and went to the couch. Dean patted the boy's shoulder,

"I'll help blondie" Turning to said blonde "We can have first dibs before the girls"

"I doubt that" Sakura said from the bathroom door as a light steam rolled out and a chuckle from the other bathroom as Haku walked out of his, both had their hair wrapped up in a towel.

"Aww" Naruto said but waved Sam over for their turn.

"Don't worry Naruto, I'll pick out the cutest ones for you" Haku offered the blonde as he and Sakura went to the kitchen to take a seat, putting their individual hair dryers on the table. Naruto nodded, crossing his fingers to Sam who laughed at the blonde, then each grabbed their stuff to head for the showers but Naruto came back to drop off hair brushes on the table with the girls. Sasuke looked at the clock on the wall, redid a calculation then both him and Dean finished taking the kimonos out of their packages to be hung.

Haku and Sakura, unwrapped their hair and started to rub the excess water to help the boys along. The adults in the room looked at each other then the kids,

"I think we might be way ahead of schedule, Sasuke" said boy nodded. All kimonos hung on the rack, the two boys went to the table and plugged in the dryers as the girls draped their towels on the back of their chair, ready for each boy.

"Should we eat while we wait or fill up when we get to the park?" Kakashi asked the group over the sounds of the hair dryer,

"We mainly have sweets and deep fried everything" Sakura spoke up.

"Think that's best. Don't want a tummy ache from all those sweets. Better to save those for tomorrow where" Haku didn't finish his sentence since Sasuke turn his head down to get to the long hair underneath it all

"Where we'll stay in and relax" Zabuza finished for the boy as Kakashi nodded

Just as the group was done with the drying, the bathroom doors open with a wave of steam rolling out and both Naruto and Sam came out with their hair wrapped up with a towel.

"Ok. Naruto, you get Haku who gets Sakura and Sakura will dry Sam's hair" Sasuke gave out orders as he took Dean's hand and pushed him to one of the bathrooms. Taking their stuff first then headed to the bathrooms, everyone else did as told except the adults who now are leaning against the counters watching the room.

"Does anyone know how to properly dress in a kimono?" Kakashi asked,

"I do" three spoke up then those three looked at the other three.

"We don't" Sam and the adults said sheepishly as the other three smiled at them.

"Don't worry, we can give step by step instructions. Right girls?" Naruto said as the girls nodded.

"Zabuza, can you find us some pins, clips and elastic hair bands" Zabuza went to do as told then Naruto pointed to Kakashi "Sensei, can you bring all the hair products to the table"

"Your hair is very soft, Sam. What kind of products do you use?" Sakura asked the boy when she finished drying his hair but then the boy ducked his head and mumbled.

"Hey" Naruto said softly and Sam lift his head a bit "There's no need to be embarrassed, we don't judge"

"Yeah. Families don't judge. Families support you in all and more" Sakura said while she ran her hands through Sam's hair, earning her a sigh as Sam lean into the hand.

"I for one would love to know what you use" Haku said. Sam turned his head to Zabuza whom set all the stuff needed on the table.

"Papa?" Zabuza hummed "Can you grab my pack please?" the man nodded and sidestepped Kakashi as he set his own stuff down on the table. Grabbing the boy's pack and giving it to him, Sam thanked Zabuza and blushed when he searched within the bag. Pulling out a teal colored bottle and putting his pack down, Sam looked down as he handed over the bottle to Sakura.

"Oh! I know this brand" then looked to Sam, still with his head down and blushing "But it's very expensive" Just as she finished, Zabuza took the bottle from her hands and looked at the label.

"How expensive?" he asked Sakura,

"It's like ninety dollars a bottle" Naruto's breath hitched and Haku just nodded, knowing the price of that brand.

"Sam?" Zabuza said and Sam ducked his head down a little more as he whispered,

"Whenever Dean gets paid, he gives me an allowance for school and stuff. He doesn't know I save some of it to get a bottle every couple months" Sam said as he twiddled his fingers together in embarrassment. Hearing a sigh, Sam lifted his head as Zabuza came over and knelt down in front of the boy.

"Now you don't have to worry about how expensive anything is. You can ask for anything you want" Running a hand through Sam's soft hair as said boy smiled at his papa "and I'll happily get it for you"

"What's expensive?" Dean asked as he walked out of the bathroom, rubbing his hair with a towel, followed by Sasuke coming out of the other bathroom with a towel wrapped around his own head.

"Um" Sam stuttered

"How expensive hair product is" Haku pointed out, saving the tall boy from explaining,

"Yeah, and only the right brand with the right product doesn't come cheap" Sakura said as she took the bottle from Zabuza's hand and squirted a small amount on her hand then handed the bottle to Haku who did the same.

"And with hair like ours, we need it" Naruto added as he took the bottle from Haku's hand and squirted an amount in his own palm before setting the bottle on the table. The three rubbed their hands to evenly apply the cream then ran their hands through their person's hair and Sam sighed as Zabuza chuckled then stood.

Dean raised a brow at them all in confusion then picked up the bottle to read the label when Kakashi spoke up.

"Still ahead of schedule Sasuke" Sasuke nodded then went to his blonde and unwrapped the towel from his head, rubbed an excess water then picked up a hair dryer.

"So, you're telling me that anyone is willing to buy this crap" Waving the bottle to the group who all turned to him sharply that he jumped back just a little.

"Hey!" all four yelled

"Just because it's good?" Crossing his arms at them

"Coming from someone who doesn't have good hair"

"Shut up Sam" and everyone snickered. Sasuke turned on the dryer and Dean sighed before moving to Sasuke and unwrapped the towel from the pale boy's head.

Silence in the apartment as they each had their jobs to do and the adults took this time to get into their own showers.

Dryers turned off, combs and brushes out then comes the accessories with negotiations.

That's how the adults come out to when they finished their showers: all the kids around the table with small piles of hair accessories in front of them plus a two pile on the side which they assume is for them. Kakashi picked up a flower hairclip with small gems as the centre when Sasuke spoke up,

"Alright everyone, if we want to get this perfect then we shouldn't rush. Especially you girls"

"I have an idea on what would be perfect for their hair do" Dean said and Naruto nodded.

"Me too!"

"Ok. You two get the girls who will get Sam and I"

"Then we get Dean and Naruto" Sakura said

"Who will get you two" Sasuke pointed to the adults

"And no peaking until everyone is done with the hair part of this" Naruto snorted in amusement at his bedmate who smiled at his blonde and they all got to their places.

A flash of silver caught Sasuke's attention when Kakashi tossed the flask to his blonde and after glaring at the grey haired Jonin who smirked at him, Sasuke rolled his eyes but didn't bother to say a word as he sat in front of Haku.

Surprisingly they all worked well together and when the last of the hair accessory was in place did they all admired their work along with giving praise to the other's work. After much praising and preening, Haku took charge:

"Alright people, make up time" Sakura squealed then ran into their room to grab all the necessities for the make over time.

However: Zabuza, Sasuke and Sam stepped away from the group around table with their hands up just as Sakura came back out with hers and Haku's cases.

"Sorry my beautiful children but this is as far as I'll go" the man said as the other two nodded.

"Sorry dobe, there's only one of us that is prettier in make up and it's not me" Sasuke said with his hand up to his blonde who blushed at the compliment.

"That's right Dean, no one can pull off a look better then you" Sam added his own milking as Dean chuckled at his brother's attempt at flattery. It worked though.

"About time you said it" was all Dean said as he took a spot by the girls and Naruto to see what colors they had. Haku smirked at the three before taking charge again, they needed to agree on the color coordination, foundations and glitters. Since they are wearing the same kimonos, Haku thinks they needed a little variety in their makeup choosing and all of them agreed.

While they did their own thing on the table, the other three went to the kitchen so Zabuza can make tea as he filled the kettle and put on the stove, Sasuke took out some sweets from the fridge for them to snack on while they waited. It was then that Sasuke noticed that Kakashi didn't pick a side and looked to the grey haired Jonin who sat at the table, under Sakura's care as she spoke quietly to him about something.

Humming and watching them interacting then looked to the other boys as they set up standing mirrors then at Haku who ripped open some brand new brushes for all of them, Sasuke then felt a hand on the small of his back and he leaned back as a face nuzzled his neck with a quiet purr. His breath caught when Zabuza lifted him up and carried him over to the living room, sitting down on the couch and settled Sasuke on his lap with his arms wrapped around the boy.

Sam smiled at their interaction and took over the kitchen in the tea making and bringing the snacks to the coffee table. When the kettle whistled, Sam took it off the burner and filled their mugs then took out assorted tea bags. All on a tray, Sam brought them to the living room and carefully set the tray down on the table before sitting down on the couch and picked up the small box of assorted tea for the other two. Each picking their own and tossing into the hot water, Sasuke took the remote and turned on the TV for them to watch something while they waited.

It was a while before anyone spoke, the group around the table concentrated on their task of applying and the group in the living room sipping their tea, waiting patiently.

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The park was still buzzing with activity later in the evening: people everywhere, music playing somewhere and lights and sounds from the games. The festival lights lit up everything from the rides, to the vendor stalls and hanging lights, everything glowing.

Their group turned some heads, got both genders blushing and whispering to each other, some even took pictures.

Sakura was ecstatic and brimming with contained glee.

Naruto had to be contained by a hand on his shoulder by Zabuza so he wouldn't run off.

Sasuke put on an air of boredom but on the inside, he was an array of emotions

Haku was preening and was always ready for a pose at any given opportunity

Sam too had to be contained by a hand in his by Kakashi

Dean smiled and relaxed when he was held close to Zabuza, never being more then half a foot away from the man.

Both Kakashi and Zabuza didn't look like they were paying attention but in truth they were keeping razor sharp attention to their group and anyone else around them.

Earlier that afternoon before they left to get ready, Haku took the time to reserve a spot on the lawn by a pond where the fireworks will be displayed and paid the other spots around them so they can have a bit more privacy and room. Zabuza insisted and who was Haku to argue when the man flashed his black card in front of him.

The public had enough sense to not go near their group as they walked through.

"Ok, my darlings" Zabuza addressed their group "No sweets, we have them at home. Like we did earlier, pick your food and the group will wait"

Naruto went to lift his hand, but Sasuke stopped him "No ramen, dobe" for which the blonde pouted but nodded. Then he lit up when he saw a sign and tapped Dean's shoulder to point it out to him and Dean too lit up.

"Deep fried burgers? Really?" Sam said as he looked a little green at the thought but then Kakashi steered him to an organic stand with lots of fresh fruits and veggie cups.

Zabuza took the boys as Kakashi took Sam and the rest stood where they are, looking around at their options and talked.

"Haku?" said boy hummed "Why did you run off earlier?" Sasuke whispered to the boy who smiled and Sakura stood there with them rolling her eyes but answered for the boy anyways.

"Our darling Haku had to make a statement many times over today to those who thought they could try to take what belongs to us" Sasuke's breath hitched then smirked "A lot of heads rolled today"

"Many figuratively but one literally" Haku's smile broaden "That one is being kept in a disclosed location for our dear Zabuza"

"And Kakashi, of course" Sakura added with a finger in the air.

"Of course" Sasuke agreed then "I would like to suggests tonight's sleeping arrangements" the girls nodded for him to go on "With the adults going out, we can all bring out our mattresses to the living room and all camp out together"

Sakura and Haku looked at each other for a moment then nodded to the boy "It's settled then"

"What's settled then?" Naruto asked his bedmate as he and Dean carried greased soaked paper bags with each a cup of drinks. Kakashi and Sam came back also with their own bags.

"You kids will be camping out in the living room" all eyes on Zabuza who tapped his ear with a finger "Kakashi and I have a little business to take care of but it won't be too long"

Kakashi had caught their conversation also and so nodded "We'll probably be back by the time you're all in bed"

"Can we watch scary movies?" Dean asked as Naruto nodded rigorously but Sam shook his head.

"Of course you can" Zabuza said then turned to his little boy "Haku has a pair of noise canceling headphones if you want them, Sam" Sam smiled at his papa for his concern then shook his head.

"No, thank you. I want to point out all the wrongs in them, including the fake screams"

"They are not fake" Dean defended as the blonde just smiled at them.

"Anyways, I smell something I like up over ahead " Haku said as he pointed then lead the way with the other two following. Sam poked his brother

"So fake" He teased then sidestepped a leg swinging his.

"Teme, look" Pointing at a vendor "Deep fried green tomatoes"

"As a snack, dobe but I need something more filling" Smiling at his blonde who looked to Zabuza and nodded, making them all stop for the blonde to go and get a bag for his friend.

"Ginger beef?" Haku asked the dark haired boy as he pointed to a stand.

"Do they have anything with shrimp?" Sakura yelled to Naruto who nodded then gave the order to the vendor. Sakura turned to the other two and where Haku pointed "Sweet and sour?"

Both nodded and each took the pink's hands to go to the stall while the others waited. Dean leaned into Zabuza's side and Sam leaned back against Kakashi, who wrapped his arm around the boy, the two adults shared a look with a smile.

Finished with their orders, Haku lead the way to their reserved spot out in the open area of the lawn, away from the bustling crowd but they could still hear the laughter of people from where they stopped. Both Zabuza and Kakashi approved their location with a hum and each nuzzled the boy for his great thinking. Dean and Naruto lifted one of the closest picnic tables to carry over so everyone can sit together. Sakura took pictures of everything around them before taking a seat beside Sam.

Sakura looked at her work on the boy beside her and she had to admit: she did a great job in the small touches of makeup on the boy's features. It took a great deal of convincing the boy to agree and by convincing: she means loads and loads of flattery with the help of Haku. However, they couldn't budge the other two to at least put on some eye liner but she got Sam and it was well worth the effort if she does say so herself.

Everyone picked a seat: Haku across from Sakura and Sam with Sasuke. Zabuza sat with Dean to Sasuke's left and Naruto and Kakashi sat across from them. When everyone took out their food, it was like a combination feast because everyone took a bite from each other's meal, Sam's meal was sampled by Sakura and Sasuke. Naruto and Kakashi shared theirs with each other, and Dean let Zabuza take a bite from his burger then gave the boy a sloppy kiss on his cheek.

In all the frivolous activity, only Sakura noticed that Haku would shimmer from time to time and that's only because Dean and Sam kept Sasuke's attention elsewhere for which she smiled at. Whenever the real Haku came back, he would smirk at Sakura and hold up how ever many fingers each time for which Sakura kept tally on. Needing to use the facilities, Sakura nodded her head to the boy who told the rest of the group that they'll be right back. Sam pouted at them leaving the group but Naruto reassured the boy that they'll be okay, nothing Haku can't handle.

"But"

"No buts darling" Zabuza interrupted "I taught Haku myself and I don't skimp on training" popping a fry in his mouth then smiled "I made sure that he could sneak up on anyone without anyone else knowing"

"Which is what he's been doing all day" Sasuke said as he held out a bite for his blonde who gladly took the offered food on the fork "Neither you or Dean noticed so it's alright to be worried" Taking his own bite "If we didn't know Haku like we do now, we'd be worried too"

"Doesn't it seem strange to any of you that Haku does some shady stuff?" Sam asked and Naruto threw his head back and roared with laughter at the silly suggestion. Sasuke smiled at his blonde's antic but answered the question.

"Believe me, what Haku does is not as bad as these two over here" Pointing to his blonde and their sensei. Naruto, not having taking any offense, took the silver flask from their sensei and smirked at the boy when he took a sip.

"See? Just be glad with the fact that you don't know half of the things they do"

"Ignorant is bliss, eh?"

"The best kind" Sasuke said as he tried to reach over to his blonde for the flask but Kakashi took it back before any other hands could touch it.

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Meanwhile:

Sakura made sure they were a fair distance away from being heard or seen, as she knew whom had the best hearing, before she asked the boy:

"Who is it this time?"

"A boy and a girl around Dean's age was staring a little to invested and the hair on the back of my neck stood on end when one of them looked at me"

"I actually felt that. What did you do to them?"

"Nothing, which is why I wanted us to leave for a bit"

Sakura cracked her knuckles with a smirk "Lead the way"

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When they came back a while later, Sam looked to see if there was anything different about them: hair out of place, specks of blood or dirt, out of character-ness or even a difference in breathing. But nothing that Sam could see other then they were smiling more and a sort of glow was around them.

"Definitely sleeping good tonight. Sam, will you be my pillow tonight?" Sakura said as she laid her head on his shoulder with her arms wrapped around the limb as Sam gave a small smile and nodded to the pink haired one.

Then Dean snorted and their bubble popped but Sasuke cut him off mid snort, before either Sakura or Sam could say anything. "Not so fast, Dean. I snuggled with one brother last night and is itching to snuggle with the other. Right, dobe?" Sasuke said to the green eyed boy as his blonde laughed but agreed with his friend. Dean turned wide eyed to his brother who smiled back and pointed his fork at him.

"Expect them from all sides, Dean. Especially this one" Fork now pointing at Naruto who crossed his eyes when the fork was right in his face "But you'll sleep like you've never slept before"

At that praise, almost everyone beamed proudly as Kakashi leaned over the blonde to ruffle Sam's hair who leaned into the hand with a smile.

"I'm okay with that. We're just going to watch scary movies anyways and all of us here are immune to them with a side of criticisms" pointed look at his younger brother, Dean continued after Sam stuck his tongue out at him "Plus we can fill up on all the sweets we bought today" Taking a bite of his burger as Sasuke stole a fry from his plate.

"It shouldn't be long now" Haku said finishing his food. Sam noticing as Sakura smirked at the hungry boy then turned to the rest.

"Fuzzy pajamas" was all she said then "And brush our teeth before anyone falls asleeps"

"Yes, mum" Naruto said cheekily then ducked when Sakura threw a vegetable at him but Kakashi wasn't paying attention and it bounced off the side of his head which earned laughter all around. That distraction also earned them an unexpected visitor whom cleared their throat and all stopped to look.

Three girls dressed in kimonos with their hair done up smiling at the group but four of the family noticed them giving discreet sneak glances at Sasuke that had Sakura quietly growling and clenching her hands under the table.

"Hello. We were wondering if we could join you?" one of them asked the group innocently but clearly asking the pale skinned boy who rolled his eyes and was about to open his mouth to give a cold remark when Dean cut in:

"Sorry, sweetheart" pulling Sasuke onto his lap, wrapped his arms around the boy as Sasuke nuzzled into his neck happily "we seem to have run out of room" smirking at the girls as they looked stunned by the move "And whatever you think you were looking for, here's not the place" then kissed Sasuke's cheek for good measure as the boy purred in delight at the PDA.

One of the girls huffed and walked away, one apologized and followed, one blinked then rushed after her friends.

"Good show" Haku said as everyone laughed at the performance.

Dean looked down at dark eyes staring back and kissed Sasuke's nose, who hummed.

"I get it. I have your back as long as you have mine" Sasuke nodded leaning up and nibbled under Dean's jaw then snuggled into the boy's chest with a sigh.

"The brass on those girls to think we need company" and with air quotes "We should have leveled them, Haku" no reply "Haku?" Turning to the boy across from her, Sakura put her hand over her mouth to stifle the sounds. Haku was staring at the other two snuggling, mesmerized by the petting between them and didn't hear Sakura as Dean brought a fry to the boy who took it happily.

"I'll be happy to go, Sakura. I can change into a cute blonde too" offered said blonde as he watched Dean and Sasuke feeding each other.

"Nah, they look like their spirits are crushed anyways" Kakashi said as he nodded to the girls that walked away.

"How can you tell, I can barely see that far" Sam asked looking in the forementioned direction but the lanterns in certain areas only lit as much as they can.

"Kakashi" Sasuke started "with the blonde dobe and our head of house each specialize in areas us mere humans couldn't understand" gesturing to Haku for his plate.

"Animalistic traits" Haku said as he slid over Sasuke's food for the two to start on as they finished Dean's fries.

"Does that mean they can see in the dark?"

"See and hear in the dark" Kakashi said as he finished off his own food "I work and train with specialized dogs so you pick up a thing or two"

"I had to sharpen my skills for personal reasons" Naruto said as he too finished his food.

"And I was literally born with it so I assumed everyone else had it" Zabuza leaned over to the other two and nuzzled into both of the boys, getting his own dose of the cuddling.

"Anyways. Next interruption gets a good talking to" crumpling up her paper bag "I mean it's obvious we don't need more company" gesturing to the empty tables around them with a 'reserved' sign placed on top of each table "With all of us sitting here and not making any contact with the rest of the public"

"Well. Sasuke is a good piece of eye candy and I bet no one can resist" At those words, all eyes went to Naruto who waved dismissively at the group.

"No comment" handing his own trash to his Jonin "I'm with Sakura-chan on this whole next one to interrupt. Can't people see we don't want company" Naruto smiled when Kakashi handed him the flask with a wink.

"How about a circle of mist to keeps all eyes away?" Zabuza suggested as he leaned back from the two boys to finish his own meal and eyed the blonde who took a long pull of said flask.

"They already seen us, what if they come over as an excuse to see if we're alright" Sakura said as she looked around the wide area.

"Then it's a good thing we're not leaving home until we're leaving home" Handing the flask back to the Jonin who handed it over to the other adult across from him "We're leaving with a literal bang" the blonde giggled to himself.

"When are we leaving?"

"Well, in my absence" Naruto snorted at the Jonins choice of word "I wrote home to let them know that the job was finished and we'll be leaving after the celebration"

"Correction: after our hangover" Kakashi nodded to the blonde as he reached over to take back the flask from Zabuza.

"Yes. So when our darling Zabuza gets his affairs in order then we will leave"

"I'd say good riddance" Dean said as he tighten his hold on the boy in his lap. "Dad left us here without a word" then smiled when Sasuke kissed his neck

"I'd say it's good that another adult who actually cares for us to take us out of this place"

"Cheers" Naruto saluted his flask as everyone else picked up their drinks and cheered along side their blonde with good and positive vibes, enjoying the rest of the evening in good company before the show starts.

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