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Chapter 33
It was an unspoken thing between the Hyuuga and the Uchiha. In order to save Neji a lot of grief…no one but they would know about the relationship. Just before the sun came up, Neji left to go back to the village, however, before he did Michelle grabbed his arm. Making sure his blank violet eyes were looking at her, she said quietly "I still want. Even if I have to act like I don't." He smiled briefly and kissed her before slipping away into the forest, like he hadn't been there in the first place.
The next day Seyann left Sienna with her husband while she went to go see Michelle. Walking into the house, she found her friend fast asleep on the couch…like she had been too tired to even make it up to her room. Seyann smiled gently and pulled a comforter over her friend's body. 'I'll come back later.' She thought, turning to go.
She had forgotten that Michelle was one of the lightest sleepers in the world.
"Sey-seyann?" She sat up, rubbing her coal-colored eye. Seyann turned around and looked at the girl on the couch. "What's up? Why are you here?" The other girl shook her brown covered head and smiled. "Nothing. Not an emergency anyways. I just wanted to see…how you were holding up." Said Seyann gently. Michelle smiled at her friend as she snapped on the light above her head, squinting in the brightness. "Yeah I'm fine." Seyann smiled tightly and said "Chelle you don't need that." She walked over to a window and slowly opened it, letting in the bright mid-day sun.
Michelle reached up and snapped off the light. "Guess not." She said ruefully. The bags under her eyes were evident. "What…" Seyann leaned down so that she was looking Michelle directly in the eyes. "You have bags the size of the desert around Suna. What were you doing last night?"
Maybe it was just Seyann, but Michelle seemed a little jumpy when she asked this. "Wha-oh. Just a touch of insomnia. That's all. I went out training in the forest to try and tire myself out." 'Not entirely a lie.' She thought ruefully. "How…are you dealing?" Said the Hokage's wife quietly. "Oh…you mean that?" Seyann nodded and Michelle continued "Not bad. I mean…it still hurts a bit." Not untrue…it hurt she couldn't treat him like a real boyfriend "But give me time and I should be able to figure something out." 'Please let me figure something out.' She thought.
"Ok. Well…you get your rest…" An idea was brewing in Seyann's head to help cheer her friend up. "I'll come back to talk to you later after you've rested." Sey snapped the blind closed and walked out of the house. Michelle fell back against the couch and slipped back into the realm of unconsciousness…dreaming about Neji.
Seyann went straight to Hokage Tower, collected her daughter, and sent a message to Mika in Suna, to come that night and to bring the Kazekage with her.
To cheer their friend up…Seyann had an idea.
That night, at around 6, Mika and Seyann ambushed Michelle's house where the girl was just fixing herself some food. "Don't eat that." Warned Seyann, smirking. Seyann wore a mid thigh black skirt and a green sparkly halter-top. Mika wore a pair of hip hugger low rise blue jeans with a v-necked (low v-neck) pink t-shirt. "Umm…guys? What's with the old world clothes?" No one wore clothes like that in Konoha or Suna for that matter…too impractical for everyday wear. "And where are Keiko and Sienna."
"With Shikamaru and Temari." Answered Mika. "We've talked the boys into taking us out for supper. We think they're either going to take us to Ichiraku…or take us to the park, go get the ramen, and we eat at the park." Seyann picked up where her friend left off. "Either way, you're not dressed right for the look we're trying to achieve." She sent a pointed look at the girl's tank top and boxer shorts. "Come on." Seyann hooked her arm around Michelle and began to forcibly escort the girl up to her room to dress.
When her friends were finished with her she looked nothing like the rumple haired, pajama clothed creature that had been making food in the kitchen. In her place was a girl in a pair of tight black jeans, wearing a violet halter-top that offset her black eyes. Her hair had been straightened just a little and it gave it a nice flip. "Guys…." She said warningly. "Are we going clubbing?" "Don't be silly. The club that I got Kakashi to build won't be ready for another year or so."
When they arrived at the pre-arranged meeting point, Naruto and Hinata as well as Sasuke and Sakura had already arrived as well as Kakashi and Gaara standing there, talking about relations between Suna and Konoha. Kame and Itachi were nowhere in sight and Michelle could only assume that they too were with Shikamaru and Temari. "Ready to go?" asked Gaara, putting an arm around Mika's waist, Kakashi doing similar with Seyann.
It may have been a dinner with the intent to cheer her up but seeing all the couples gave her a pang of sadness that she couldn't act like this with her own boyfriend. She was, however, pulled out of her revere as she began to laugh with her friends and try to forget about everything that was going on in her hectic life. As it turned out the boys had decided to leave the girls at the park while they went to go get the ramen. Neji could be seen, across the park, reading a novel…but Michelle knew his mind was anywhere but the pages of 'Paths of Life-Autobiography of the Sixth Hokage.'
While they were gone, a certain perv came by.
A certain old perv named Jiraiya.
"Oh my but you ladies do look lovely tonight. You." He said, pointing to them. "Have lovely…" with his eyes trained on their upper torso's "Figures." He supplied. Michelle and Hinata were the only two who turned bright read. Hinata because, well…she's Hinata and Michelle because this was the first time Jiraiya had hit on her. She slid a glance across the park where she could see Neji's hands shaking from the force he was holding the book with. When Jiraiya started to speak again, however, she turned her attention back to him.
"Now…seeing as how some people are new in town…" he slid his perverted glance to Michelle before continuing "I write the novels Itcha Itcha Paradise." Michelle sweatdropped. It was impossible to live in Konoha and not hear that he authored the famous hentai. "And I was wondering if you ladies would like to be models for my novel…" The others were used to Jiraiya asking but when Michelle heard his preposition she turned beet red. She slid another glance across the park and could see that Neji was standing up where he stood, the novel in his hands almost in shreds.
The old pervert had never considered that they were with their husbands…or that their infuriated husbands…
Were standing right behind him.
If looks could kill Jiraiya would be dead…several times over. Naruto's eyes had turned into the Kyuubi's and a red chakra surrounded his body, nails lengthening into claws. Sand was surrounding Gaara, forming spikes and one of the Kazekage's eyes had turned golden, indicating Shukaku was screaming to be released. His normally passive face was livid. Sasuke had his Sharingan turned on as well as the windmill shuriken out. It was too fold for him…not only was his wife being hit on, his cousin was as well. This didn't sit to well with the Uchiha heir. Neji as well. The Byakkugan was on and he had a kunai in his hand ready to slit the throat of the perv who would hit on his secret girlfriend and his clan leader.
Kakashi's expression was the funniest. At first his eyes showed happiness at the fact that his wife was being asked to be a model and the opportunity to see her in the pages of his favorite novel. One glare from Seyann had, however, nipped that in the bud. He had realized, from a look in her eyes, that not only he would be looking at pictures of his wife…everyone else who read the novel would.
This changed everything. He formed the starting hand seals for his lightning blade.
"Are…these…with you?" Said Jiraiya in a squeaky voice. The group nodded in unison, glaring at the hermit. With another squeak…he turned tail and ran. The boys took a seat on the picnic tables beside their respective wives, Neji going back to his seat across the park. Gaara had his hand possessively around Mika's waist attempting to get Shukaku under control, stabbing his ramen angrily. Kakashi was merely sitting beside Seyann, while Naruto and Sasuke both fought to regain control of their emotions, taking their anger out on the ramen.
"Hey Hinata." Said Seyann suddenly. "You know…Neji was with looking like he wanted to hurt Jiraiya. What's up?" Hinata let out a small smile. "Ever since I became clan leader he's been rather protective of me."
Michelle knew the truth…but she wasn't about to say anything. She looked up from her Ramen, over to where Neji was sitting. They made brief eye contact and he nodded, before getting up and leaving.
"Umm guys…I'm not feeling that good. I'll talk to you later." She said, making an excuse. "O.K see you tomorrow Michelle." Chorused the group.
Except she didn't go home. She went to a certain glade in the woods…where he was waiting. He wrapped his arms around her and started nuzzling her neck. "Mine. I wanted to throttle him." Michelle smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck.
Little did she know that people had followed her, not buying her 'I'm sick' excuse at all. Thus, from the bushes, a pair of green, silver, hazel…
And hazy lavender eyes…
Watched.
A/N-Here ya go. With this be a one-shot in 'Pieces' Enjoy. What I'm going to do is type a joke and if you want the answer…ask when you REVIEW!
Question-What is brown and sounds like a bell?
