Yumi would always wake up extra early every morning. It was a habit of hers to start the day while the sun was still rising on the horizon. She sighed and pulled her blanket closer to her chest. Then something clicked in her brain. There are other people in my bed.
She quickly sat up to see Sakura lying beside her. Naruto and Kiba were sprawled out at the end with Akamaru sleeping on his Kiba's chest. She looked over to see Shino sitting up against the wall on the other side of her room.
She slowly slipped out from beneath the blankets. "Stop it…"
Yumi tensed up and looked over to see Sakura talking in her sleep. "Stop it Sasuke… not now I'm tired…" She mumbled. "No not the bunny outfit…"
Yumi strained herself not to burst out laughing. She slid off the bed and stretched her arms. What an embarrassing night. Asking them to stay with me because I'm such a coward… And I completely made a fool out of myself crying like that…
Yumi sighed and made her way towards her closet. She didn't care about what to wear so she just threw on a purple tee-shirt and baggy blue shorts that hung just above her knees.
Yumi opened up the closet door to see Shino waiting on the other side of it. "Geez you scared me." Yumi said closing the closet door behind her.
"Were you going to leave without waking us?" He said showing no emotion.
Yumi laughed nervously. "Of course not silly! I was going to wake you after I got dressed."
"Hn." Shino said in disbelief.
Yumi looked over at the people sleeping on her bed then back at Shino. She did this twice before Shino raised an eyebrow with a silent question.
Yumi smiled devilishly and ran right at the bed. Taking one big leap she landed right in the middle of the bed causing Naruto to fall off and to wake Kiba and Sakura up from the sudden wake up call.
Naruto grumbled and pulled his face off the floor. "Wha… What happened?" He asked sleepily.
Yumi chuckled. "Get up sleepy heads. Time to start a new day."
"Are you always this energetic in the mornings?" Kiba asked grumpily. Akamaru stretched out his back legs and jumped off the bed.
Yumi rolled her eyes. "What do you wanna do today?" She asked the sleepy ninjas.
Sakura sat up and wiped her eyes. "Well… what do you have to do in this big castle?"
Yumi thought for a moment. "Um… well we have a huge library but I doubt you would want to hang out there… the only thing that's fun around here besides the garden is the pool."
Naruto perked up. "You have a pool?!"
Yumi nodded.
"Let's go swimming!" He cheered.
"Yea! But I don't have a bathing suit." Kiba frowned.
"Neither do I." Sakura said as well.
"I didn't bring one either." Naruto slumped back down. "Well there goes that idea."
Yumi sat on the edge of her bed, swinging her feet casually. "Don't worry about that. I have plenty of bathing suits for Sakura to have, and as for you guys." She said turning to Naruto and Kiba. "We have many guest bathing suits in the pool room. So you can wear those."
"Then it's settled!" Naruto jumped up and slid his orange coat on. "Let's go swimming!"
Akamaru barked. "Oh can Akamaru go swimming too?" Kiba asked.
"Sure why not. As long as her doesn't shed a lot." Yumi said winking at the dog.
"Sweet!" Kiba jumped off the bed. Akamaru barked excitedly.
Sakura slid off the bed as well. "So where are your bathing suits? I can't wait to see them. I bet you have a lot of cute ones!"
Yumi pointed to the closet. "There all in there. Lets go in and get them and then we'll all go down into the pool room to change."
Sakura nodded and they both disappeared into the closet. Five minutes later they came back out with swimsuits in their arms. "Alright I'll show you to the pool."
Everyone quickly rushed out the door. Yumi was about to go out next until, "Yumi."
She turned around and looked at Shino. "Yea?"
"We still have to speak with your father."
Yumi's slouched. "B-but… the pool…"
Shino shot her a glare. She couldn't see it through his glasses but she could feel it, and it sent shivers down her spine. "Fine… we'll talk to him before we go into the pool."
"Good."
They headed out the door and down the halls. Taking many rights and lefts until they came to a stair case. On the way down Yumi spotted one of her father's assistants coming up towards them. "Hey Ibiko!" She shouted.
He looked up and smiled. "Good morning princess. I see you are up early like always… where are you off to?"
"Oh the pool! We are going swimming." She said with a huge smile. Then she felt Shino's glare at the back of her neck. Yumi shivered. "Er… I mean… where is my father? I must speak with him."
Ibiko frowned. "Oh… that's why I was coming up. Your father went out for a while and he won't be back until around dusk."
"Another business thing right?" Yumi's shoulders slouched.
He nodded.
They continued their way down to the pool. Yumi was happy that she got out of speaking with her father this morning but yet she was feeling a bit disappointed.
Walking down another hallway they passed a very old looking door. Yumi pointed to it. "That's the library. It's HUGE inside. It's got sooo many books about pretty much anything."
Shino stopped. Yumi looked over her shoulder at him. "What's the hold up?"
Kiba sighed. "Thought he was going to do this. Shino isn't a swimmer."
"I'll stay in the library." He said turning to the door.
Yumi frowned. "You want to drown yourself in boring books be my guest."
"Books aren't boring." Shino shot her a glare.
Yumi rolled her eyes and continued down towards the pool.
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"Wow…" Naruto's eyes sparkled with excitement.
"This place is amazing!" Sakura ran towards the large pool and felt the water. "It's the perfect temperature too."
Kiba studied the large room. The walls were white and tall. A sky-light hung above the pool. There was also a giant green slide that led into the pool. He tightened his trunks and ran straight at the pool before jumping in with a giant splash that followed him.
Akamaru barked with excitement and jumped in after Kiba. Sakura stood up drenched from their splashes. "Dam you!" she said shaking her fist at them.
Sakura wore a pink two piece. A pink rap hid her bikini bottom. Yumi wore a two piece as well but wore blue shorts that hid her knees. Her bikini top was a bright blue with a purple flower on one side. Naruto's and Kiba's trunks were red.
Yumi giggled and walked to the end of the pool. Naruto was already at the top of the slide. "Wow! Its looks higher from up here!" He called down.
Everyone watched as Naruto readied himself for the drop until slipping onto the wet surface and slid down the slide on his stomach. He hit the water with a loud 'splash'.
Yumi and Sakura broke out into laughter. Kiba joined in as Naruto's head surfaced. "Not funny!" He said spitting out water.
Yumi was laughing to hard to notice she was very close to the edge of the pool. She then slipped on the water from Kiba's previous splash and fell sideways into the pool. Sakura jumped in after her.
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His finger brushed across a row of books until he would find something interesting. He sighed and went to the next shelf bellow.
The library was just like Yumi explained. It was huge and the shelves were around 10 feet tall. In the middle of the room were wooden tables where you would find someone sit down and relax with a good book. That's what Shino was planning to do… if he found a worthy book.
And like it was on que, in the corner of his eye he saw a large, old book at the end of the self. He walked over and read the spine. In bright gold letters is read "The Itabinei Family".
He pulled it out and walked over to one of the tables. Sitting down he opened the book to a random page. He scanned down the paragraphs and turned a few pages. Passing through boring politics and rules. Then something caught his eye.
'Chomizuki the spirit of healing and hope.'
Shino stared at the title for a minute before reading on bellow it.
'When a female is born into the Itabinei family they are chosen to be the container of the Chomizuki. In return of carrying the spirit, Chomizuki will give the child some of its power. Giving the child the power to quickly heal any injury flicked on her body.'
Shino's eyes widened. Healing powers? He found himself remembering back to when he first found out that Yumi was the princess. She had been injured badly by the giant monster of a bird. But right in front of his eyes he saw her deep gouge heal rapidly.
He continued to read.
'Once reached the age of 14 the container will receive all of the spirits power once under the sign of the moon that she was born under. If she is not strong enough mentally or physically the power will overwhelm the child and the body will shut down and she will not be able to wake up afterwards…'