The Work Of Hidden Skills
Disclaimer : I do not own naruto, or any of the characters that are seen in the Manga/Anime.
Ugh this chapter is sooo long. I hope you all like it!!! R&R!!!!
The next morning I awoke to complete darkness. It was a few hours before dawn. I slowly sat up, pushing the blankets off of me in the process. I lifted myself out of bed and walked out into the other room, then plopped myself down on the couch. After a few minutes of sitting there and waking up some more, I grabbed a change of clothes and headed to the bathroom.
I came out of the bathroom fully dressed in my usual (and only style) outfit, hair and teeth brushed. I walked over to the kitchen and grabbed myself a cup of instant Ramen that I had bought last night before coming in. I made the Ramen and ate it (Duh!), lost in my thoughts. Tsunade would probably choose who I'm going to train with for today, she knows that I won't make a decision the first time.
It had been a couple hours since I finished my Ramen and migrated to the roof, now watching the sun rise. My knees up and hands behind my head, I lie down watching the sky get lighter and lighter. Some people think I'm a morning person, when really I'm not. I'm just a night person, and is comforted by the darkness that night brings, an envelope of temporary safety in the dark shadows of night.
Just as the sun came up and was starting to burn my eyes, there was a knock at my door. "I'm up here!" I yelled, and the person jumped up to the rooftop. Now I sit up straight, and see the one who's name I think is Tenten. "Hello, Renjira-" I cut her off. "Please, just call me Ren or Renji." She continued. "Renji, Tsunade told me that you were train with us today, and filled me in on the situation." I smiled at her. "Well, at least Lady Tsunade put me with a sane person for the first day. Now I just have to see about the rest of your team." She smiled and we were off.
We arrived at the park minutes later, and I calcualted her teamates. Neji was fine, but I worried about the mental state of Lee...and Gai Sensei, though in my technicalities he wasn't apart of the team. And my technicalities are extremely technical, going through to the most minute detail. Gai sensei told us that I could choose anyone to fight, so that..well, I don't know why but i have a feeling that it's to see how well I do. I pointed to Lee."I'm gonna fight you, because I hear your good at Taijutsu and I am so not in any condition to use many Genjutsu or Ninjutsu right now." He smiled and agreed, while Tenten (along with Gai Sensei) tried to tell me that I was commiting suicide by challenging Lee. I just brushed them off and got ready to fight.
We got into our fighting stances, and I was almost shocked that they were exactly the same. Keyword being 'almost'. "One thing I must...warn you about is this. Try your hardest not to let me hit you with my shin. You'll probably suffer major injuries if I'm not paying attention." He just nodded, and we started the fight. Lee was first to make a move, running at me with an amazing speed, but it wasn't fast enough. He aimed a kick at my stomach, but I easily side-stepped it, landing a blow to his stomach with my fist. My hair blew in the wind in a seemingly slow-motion for Lee as he realized he had actually been hit already. He straightened up again, getting more serious.
This time I made the first move, running then jumping aiming a kick from above, but just as I was about to land the blow, he side-stepped it, thinking that was it. But he was wrong, as he soon realized. My left leg landed on he ground, while my right spun around in a roundhouse kick, my shin aiming for him. My eyes widened as it connected with the back of his legs. I thought he was going to collapse, when he rolled away. I smiled. "Looks like I'm gonna have to up my game a bit." I stated, and opened one of the many pockets and removed the chain (one of many) from it, and set it down on the ground before he could even process what was happening. Now my pants were lighter, and I was able to move even faster than before.
A few days ago I had realized in order for these Genin to keep up with me I had to increase the weight of chains that wieghted my pants (hence the need for a very thick belt...). Now the total was up to 400 lbs. It was a really good thing that A) I have a really good belt and B) the cloth my cargo pants were made of was reinforced many times.
Lee stood up, and charged at me. 'He seriously needs a battle tactic and not just keep randomly attacking me.' I thought as I dodged most of the oncoming kicks and punches at a blinding speed. From the outside it was probably quite hard to keep up with the normal eye. A few of his kicks landed blows on my bare stomach, but my rock-hard abs (he he he, that sounds wierd talking about a girl...) made it so no internal damage was done, and the attacks were deflected off of me.
Right as he was about to punch me again, I went down, which may have looked like I was going to do a handstand, except for the fact that one foot was still on the ground, and the other connected with Lee's jaw, sending him flying upwards. I looked up. He wasn't moving. ' oops. I think I momentarily knocked him out... ' I thought as he hit the ground with a thud. I walked over to him and waited for him to wake up.
A few minutes passed and he started to wake. Once he was fully up, I laughed. "I think I win." I said, smiling. "Yes, but I will be better next time we fight!" And he did the wierd nice-guy pose. I mentally flinched then turned to Neji. "You wanna fight?" I asked him, and he contemplated it for a moment, then said "Fine. But it's your funeral." And he got up. This would be inetersting, now that I had fought some and could use my Jutsus. I smirked as I replaced the chain in my pocket, then we got into our fighting positions, mine still being the one for Tai.
I made the first move, using a jutsu I had accidently come across, or maybe invented. I never did figure out which it was. I made a handsign and said " Multi-Elemental Clone Jutsu!" And alot of clones appeared in a puff of smoke. But I wasn't finished yet. I made another handsign yet again. " Size Adjustment Jutsu!" And the clones suddenly shifted in their size, at least 5 staying normal sized. The rest were ranging from the size of a seed to my size.
Now I let Neji make a move. While he was contemplating what to do, I taunted him. " Don't make a hasty decision now." All of clones spoke. "I could be normal sized..." I had one of the normal sized clones speak (non of which were actually me) "I could be a small one..." The smaller ones spoke. "Or I could be in the middle." I had all the clones laugh mockingly.
Then he made his move, using Gentle Fist on some of the closest clones to him. They all went 'poof'. I llaughed. You'll never find me!" I taunted again, while doing another jutsu that enabled me to put a Chakra network in any of the clones I wanted to. Just as he activiated the Byakugan, I slid myself underground. Now normally he would have noticed this, but I had already been underground, I just couldn't complete my jutsu's there.
I watched as He attacked the ones with Chakra networks, and they all went 'poof', much to his dislike. And then I had all of myselves attack. At once, along with myself. Sadly I had overlooked one small detail, and he noticed that I had slid up from under the ground. I mentally cursed to myself as he attacked me with the '8 Trigrams 64 Palms' or something like that. I landed with my back on the ground with a thud. My body hurt really badly right now, But I was not going to give up. I coughed, and blood spurted from my mouth as I tried to stand.
"It's over." Neji said in his monotone voice. "No." I coughed" It's not." All of a sudden the chains from my pants we snaking around on the ground, the ends still attached to me. "It's not over until the blood says t is." I think I confused him and the rest of them. Alot. Hey, it's not exactly my fault, I get a little 'whoo' in the head when badly damaged. It's really too bad I'm not authorized to use the Taitnen right now...
Neji just stared at the chains that were slithering. "Ah. So you." I coughed. "Notice the Chakra flowing through them. Do you not?" My chains were now wrapping themselves around him. The Chakra had already disabled him from moving. "How?" He asked. Well, way to be blunt. I coughed some more. The pain was starting to go away. "It's an emergency jutsu. I only use it when my life seems threatened. And it's also combined with the fact that these chains literall keep me on the ground. Without all like 400 lbs. I could go around the world in about 5.9 seconds. Well." I coughed. "Seems that my time is up for now." Blood spurted out of my mouth as I fell to my knees. The chains withdrew from Neji's body, and re-coiled placing themselves back into my pockets.
"Thank You, Neji." Were the last words that left my mouth before I blacked out, hearing worried and confised voices surround me. At least he hadn't held back on me. Now I know that when I wake up again I have alot of explaining to do. I let my muscles go lax, even when unconcious I had to be aware of danger, but not today.
When I finally came to, I was blinded by lights. I groaned. Someone then turned off the lights. I sighed, and tried opening my eyes again. I blinked a couple of times as my eyes adjusted. ' I'm in the Hospital ' was my first thought. I could smell that way to clean smell. I almost choked on it, but then remembered there was a person there. I looked over to where I assumed the lightswitch was, near the door. I was met with Tenten's relieved face.
"What's up, Tenten?" Were the first words I uttered, although it sounded very scratchy. She offered me some water, which I gladly accepted. "Nothing much, just all of us worrying our asses off about you. So the usual." SHe laughed. These people knew me way to well. Hey, at least they had enough sense to always worry about me, but not too much. Seriously, every time I fall asleep there is a chance I will never get up again.
After drinking some water I replied. "So how long have I been here for?" " Oh, about a week." I did a spit take. "NANI?!?!? what is today?!?!" I said, my voice frantic. "The 7th of July. Why?" My eyes widened to the size of golf balls. "And what time is it?" I asked tentatively. " 11:30pm . Again, why?" She said, a hint of fake innocence in her voice. I glared at her. There was something that she knew that she did not want me to know that she knew about. Just then a nurse came in and said I was free to leave. I looked at her with a bewildered expression, but got over it an stood up. I wore a clean set of my clothes, and the ones I wore before were on a chair near the bed. I grabbed them and made a mad dash for it.
I made it back to my appartment in record time, and threw my clothes as I was tackled by someone. " WHAT THE HELL?!?!?" I screamed at whoever tackled me. "Oww, no need to kill my ears, girl. Just shut up and let's go." Said that bored and lazy voice I knew all to well. "Shikamaru, you lazy ass, get your fat one offa me and you just might want to t=run. FOr you life. And here is a warning for future reference. ..Off." Shika quickly got off me and ran. I smiled. At least the boy knew what was good for him. I removed some of the chains from my pockets and was gone, the door locked behind me.
I had caught up to Shika pretty quickly, but was grabbed by yet ANOTHER PERSON before I could tackle his ass. Once a blinfold was slipped oer my eyes I started to flip out, but Ino's voice tried to shut me up. "INO! This is NOT what I think it is, is it?" I asked, fuming. "Maybe it is...and maybe it isn't. Hey, who knows, maybe you'll actually like the party..." I heard her slap her hand over her mouth. If I wasn't tied up i would have so killed that little bitch. I had specifically told her that I did not want a party, at any cost.
Well, hello reader. You are probably very confused at this moment in time. Well, you see, it is My birthday in a half hour, making it July 8th, my birthday. Nobody knows the exact time of my birth, so I just go by midnight. And I absolutely HATE parties. To any extent of the imagination. And all the worse, this was my 15th birthday. Sucks for me.
After awhile of ebing held down -so I don't kill anyone- I calmed down enough where they (Shika and Ino) could take me to wherever the hell we were supposed to be going, with the blindfold still on me. All of a sudden I was aware that we were in the forest. Kind of a pecular place to hold a party. Unless it was huge. Okay, now I'm in flip-out mode. Or on the inside, anyway.
So soon after my little flip-out scene, I was let down and the blindfold was removed, and I heard a large exclamation of 'Surprise' My mouth hung open. As far as parties go, this was the best by far. And I absolutely hate parties. All the people I knew where there, except for the Taitnen, and some others that I didn't know. In fact, I think they were from a different village. The decorations -well as much decoration can be in a forest- were amazing, there were black streamers, with hot pink and other neon colors mixed in. And there was a makeshift stage with a soundsystem. I eyed Ino warily. She wasn't planning what I thought she was, right?
Before I could think more on it, The people from the outside walked over to us. There was a girl with blonde hair, who had it tied up in four...things, and carried around a large metal fan. Another was a guy, with a hood like thing that reminded me of cat ears, and he had a purple-ish color facepaint. And last drew my attention the most. He had a reddish color hair, and it looked like he wore heavy eyeliner, though I knew better. Guys would never be caught dead like that on purpose, so It had to be that he either got very little sleep or non at all. There was a kanji on his forehead, moslty covered by his hair so I couldn't see what it said.
I smiled at them as Shikamaru introduced them. "Renjira-" I put my hand up to his face. "Seriously. If I have to tell you one more time you are getting slapped. Call me Ren or Renji." He just sighed/groaned and continued. "That" He pointed to the dud with the face paint." Is Kankuro. And next to him is his brother Gaara, and then there is Temari, thier sister." I shook Gaara and Kankuro's hand, while Temari just hugged me and said 'Happy Birthday' I smiled and huged back. This was by far the most awesome birthday in my life. Just then I heard a song, and someone was singing it.
I looked over to the makeshift stage, and saw that 'Sexy Bitch' {By: David Guetta} was playing and both Neji and Kiba were singing. By then I had walked closer and was laughing my ass of. It was clear the song was indicating me. My hand covered my mouth, trying to stop my laughing, but to no avail. Luckily for Neji and Kiba the song had just ended. Kiba was now laughing along with me. I don't think he can believe that he just did that. Next up was Ino, Sakura,Tenten, Hinata, and Temari. So they were doing a group thing? Boy, I can not wait to see what they got themselves into.
Then, the song started. It was 'Gimme More' {By: Britney Spears} I now felt really bad for them if they hadn't chosen the song, or really happy if they did because they would go through that embarassment for me. By now everyone was either laughing or danceing, the majority of them dancing. I joined in with the dancing, and noticed that Tsunade was there. How the heck did she get roped into this? Oh well, I'd have to ask her 'bout it later.
The song soon ended, and now ALL the guys were going up to the stage. I shook my head, putting my hand on my forehead. What were they doing? My question was answered when 'Let it Rock' {By: Kevin Rudolph} started to play. Now my hands were on both my cheeks, wiping away the tears from laughter. Each of them took a turn too sing their own part, and joining together in the chorus. Most of them actually sounded pretty good, too. The girls were now surrounding me and we were dancing like there was no tomorrow. I could tell they wre up to something, but I couldn't put my finger on it so I let it slide this once.
The song was over, and by all means I was impressed. They didn't sound half as bad as I though they would. Nothing could kill my mood right now. "And now, I think we'll have our Birthday Girl come up so we can sing to her, and then maybe we can have a little treat from her pretty little voice. " Except that. My head shot towards the stage, and I saw Ino up there. All eyes were on me. My face got all red as I made my way to the stage and people were sing 'Happy Birthday'. I finally made it to the stage after what seemed to be singing stopped as I made it to the stage, the song was over. I stepped up and faced the people.
"Well, I guess since you put poor little me through that torture, I'm gonna treat you to something to ease my embarassment." I said, and all those who've seen me perform were cheering. I raised my voice. "Although, I can't do the dancing, sorry. You guys haven't earned that yet." I said, smiling. They 'awww'ed and laughed along with me. "Well, let's start this off with a song that should get all you guy's to your feet, dancing the night away!" They cheered, and the song "Evacuate the Dancefloor' started.
Turn up the music
Let's get out on the floor
I'll let it move it
Come and give me some more
Watch me getting physical and out of control
There's people watching me
I never miss a beat
Steal the night
Kill the lights
Feel it under your skin
Time is right
Keep it tight
Cos it's pulling you in
Wrap it up
Can't stop cos it feels like a overdose
(Feels like an overdose)
Oh, oh, evacuate the dancefloor
Oh, oh, I'm infected by the sound
Oh, oh, stop, this beat is killing me
Hey Mister DJ let the music take me underground
(Everybody in the club!)
Oh, oh, evacuate the dancefloor
Oh, oh, I'm infected by the sound
(Everybody in the club!)
Oh, oh, stop, this beat is killing me
Hey Mister DJ come burn this place right down to the ground
My body's aching
System overload
Temperature's rising
I'm about to explode
Watch me I'm intoxicated
Taking the show
It got me hypnotized
Everybody step aside
Steal the night
Kill the lights
Feel it under your skin
Time is right
Keep it tight
Cos it's pulling you in
Wrap it up
Can't stop cos it feels like a overdose
(Feels like an overdose)
Oh, oh, evacuate the dancefloor
Oh, oh, I'm infected by the sound
Oh, oh, stop, this beat is killing me
Hey Mister DJ let the music take me underground
(Everybody in the club!)
Oh, oh, evacuate the dancefloor
Oh, oh, I'm infected by the sound
(Everybody in the club!)
Oh, oh, stop, this beat is killing me
Hey Mister DJ come burn this place right down to the ground
Come on and evacuate
Feel the clubbers heating up
Move on and accelerate
Push it to the top
Come on and evacuate
Feel the clubbers heating up
Move on and accelerate
You don't have to be afraid
Now guess who's back with a brand new track
That got everybody in the club going mad
So everybody in the back get your back up on the wall
And just shake that thang
Go crazy, yo lady, yo baby
Let me see you work that thing
Now drop it down low, low
Let me see you take it to the dancefloor, yo
(Everybody in the club!)
Evacuate the dancefloor
(Everybody in the club!)
I'm infected by the sound
(Everybody in the club!)
Stop, this beat is killing me
Hey Mister DJ let the music take me underground
Oh, oh, evacuate the dancefloor
Oh, oh, I'm infected by the sound
Oh, oh, stop, this beat is killing me
Hey Mister DJ let the music take me underground
(Everybody in the club!)
Oh, oh, evacuate the dancefloor
Oh, oh, I'm infected by the sound
(Everybody in the club!)
Oh, oh, stop, this beat is killing me
Hey Mister DJ come burn this place right down to the ground
I finished the song, and everbody was dancing. Well, except for Tsunade, but you can't expect too much. They all cheered and so I started another song, 'When I Grow Up' {By: The Pussycat Dolls}
Boys call you sexy and you don't care what they say
See everytime you turn around they screaming your name
Boys call you sexy and you don't care what they say
See everytime you turn around they screaming your name
Now ive got a confession (Ha Ha Ha Ha)
When I was young I wanted attention (Ha Ha Ha Ha)
And I promised myself that I'd do anything (Ha Ha Ha Ha)
Anything at all for them to notice me (Ha Ha Ha Ha)
But I aint complaining
We all wanna be famous
So go ahead and say what you wanna say
You don't know what its like to be nameless
Want them to know what your name is
Cus see when I was younger I would say
When I grow up, I wanna be famous, I wanna be a star, I wanna be in movies
When I grow up, I wanna see the world, Drive nice cars, I wanna have groupies
When I grow up, Be on tv, People know me, Be on magazines
When I grow up, Fresh and clean, Number one chick when I step out on the scene
Be careful what you wish for cus you just might get it
You just might get it, You just might get it
Be careful what you wish for cus you just might get it
You just might get it, You just might get it
They used to tell me I was silly (Ha Ha Ha Ha)
Until i poped up on the tv (La La La La)
I always wanted to be a superstar (Ha Ha Ha Ha)
And knew that singing songs would get me this far (La La La La)
But I aint complaining
We all wanna be famous
So go ahead and say what you wanna say
You don't know what its like to be nameless
Want them to know what your name is
Cus see when I was younger I would say
When I grow up, I wanna be famous, I wanna be a star, I wanna be in movies
When I grow up, I wanna see the world, Drive nice cars, I wanna have groupies
When I grow up, Be on tv, People know me, Be on magazines
When I grow up, Fresh and clean, Number one chick when I step out on the scene
Be careful what you wish for cus you just might get it
You just might get it, You just might get it
Be careful what you wish for cus you just might get it
You just might get it, You just might get it
I see them staring at me
Oh im a trendsetter
Yes this is true cus what I do, no one can do it better
You can talk about me, cus im a hot topic
I see you watching me watching me and I know you want it
When I grow up, I wanna be famous, I wanna be a star, I wanna be in movies
When I grow up, I wanna see the world, Drive nice cars, I wanna have groupies
When I grow up, Be on tv, People know me, Be on magazines
When I grow up, Fresh and clean, Number one chick when I step out on the scene
Be careful what you wish for cus you just might get it
You just might get it, You just might get it
Be careful what you wish for cus you just might get it
You just might get it, You just might get it
When I grow up, I wanna be famous, I wanna be a star, I wanna be in movies
When I grow up, I wanna see the world, Drive nice cars, I wanna have groupies
When I grow up, Be on tv, People know me, Be on magazines
When I grow up, Fresh and clean, Number one chick when I step out on the scene
Be careful what you wish for cus you just might get it
You just might get it, You just might get it
Be careful what you wish for cus you just might get it
You just might get it, You just might get it
I could tell the people were enjoying this now. And hell, I was too! Suddenly Temari was next to me and speaking. "Okay, you guys voted, and so did us girls, and the person who gets to have a chance to sing to and then with Renji is-" She took a puse for dramatic effects. So that is what they were planning. I looked at each of the girls and gave them a look that said 'You-Guys-Are-so-Lucky-It's-My-Birthday-Otherwise-You-Would-So-Be-Dead'. But hey, why ruin my fun now. " Well, it looks like the one who gets to sing to you and with you, is no other than Gaara!" There was shock written on most all of the guys faces. The girls, howeverm were smirking up at me. They were so up to more than they let on...
Gaara made hisy way up to the stage, taking his own sweet time. I swear, I almost laughed, because the girls were gonna kill him if he didn't move faster. Or at least try, anyway. "The stage is all yours." I siad, walking off to the somehat side of the stage, but so that I was still in his view, I mean he was supposed to be singing to me. Then 'Body Language' {By Jesse McCartney} started to play. I didn't even spare a glance at the girls, it would so ruin the moment.
The song ended, and i was absolutely amazed. "Wow" I breathed out and then walked over to him "Wel, that was most definelty amazing. How about we really give them something to talk about?" I said, so that only he could hear. He thought it over for a minute, but agreed in the end. Don't want to piss off the Birthday Girl, now do we.
NoP.O.V
It seemed ti him like something fun, although A) His siblings would never let him live it down and B) He was actually...looking forward to it? This was very confusing to Gaara, But he kept his face the same, not portraying any emotions.
Renji's POV
I smiled as the song started. It was 'Hips Don't Lie' {By: Shakira} It was genuenly a good song, and it was perfect fot this situation. The crowd wanted a show, so that's what they got. I took a deep breath, and sang my parts of the song, while Gaara sang his.
[ Blah=Gaara Blah=Renjira Blah=Both ]
Ladies up in here tonight
no fighting, no fighting
We got the refugees up in here
No fighting, no fighting
Shakira, Shakira
I Never really knew that she could dance like this
She makes a man want to speak Spanish
Como si llama, bonita, mi casa, su casa
Shakira, Shakira
Oh baby when you talk like that
You make a woman go mad
So be wise and keep on
Reading the signs of my body
and I'm on tonight
You know my hips don't lie
And I'm starting to feel it's right
all the attraction, the tention
Don't you see baby, this is perfection
Hey Girl, I can see your body moving
And it's driving me crazy
And I, didn't have the slightest idea
Until I saw you dancing
And when you walk up on the dance floor
Nobody cannot ignore the way you move your body, girl
And everything so unexpected -the way you right and left it
So you can keep on shaking it
I never really knew that she could dance like this
She makes a man want to speak Spanish
Como si llama,si bonita, si mi casa, su casa
Shakira, Shakira
Oh baby when you talk like that
You make the woman go mad
So be wise and keep on
Reading the signs of my body
I am on tonight
You know my hips don't lie
And I am starting to feel you boy
Come on lets go, real slow
Don't you see baby asi es perfecto
Oh I know I am on tonight my hips don't lie
And I am starting to feel it's right
All the attraction, the tension
Don't you see baby, this is perfection
Shakira, Shakira
Oh boy, I can see your body moving
Half animal, half man
I don't, don't really know what I'm doing
But you seem to have a plan
My will and self restraint
Have come to fail now, fail now
See, I am doing what I can, but I can't so you know
That's a bit too hard to explain
Baila en la calle de noche
Baila en la calle de noche
Baila en la calle de noche
Baila en la calle día
I never really knew that she could dance like this
She makes a man want to speak Spanish
Como si llama,si bonita, si mi casa, su casa
Shakira, Shakira
Oh baby when you talk like that
You know you got me hypnotized
So be wise and keep on
Reading the signs of my body
Señorita, feel the conga, let me see you move like you come from Colombia
Mira en Barranquilla se baila así, say!
Mira en Barranquilla se baila así
Yeah
She's so sexy every man's fantasy a refugee like me back with the refugees from a 3rd world country
I go back like when 'pac carried crates for Humpty Humpty
We need a whole club dizzy
Why the CIA wanna watch?
From Colombians and Haitians
I ain't guilty, it's a musical transaction
No more do we snatch ropes
Refugees run the seas 'cause we own our own boats
I'm on tonight, my hips don't lie
And I'm starting to feel you boy
Come on let's go, real slow
Baby, like this is perfecto
Oh, you know I'm on tonight and my hips don't lie
And I am starting to feel it's right
The attraction, the tension
Baby, like this is perfection.
The song ended, and the crowd went absolutely nuts. I almost laughed at them. I thought I had been embarassed enough,
so I had started dancing too, moving my hips in fluid movements. { A/N: Almost like in the music video} And then was definetly one of the times I was very thankful for my belt. I also think my muscles were more defined during that too, 'cause all the girls were eyeing my abs enviously -playfully, of course. I exited the stage as Gaara did, the next song coming on, actually haveing the lyrics being sung by the original person. I made my over to the girls. "You guys know your jealous." I said playfully, patting my hard stomach. "Well yeah," Ino started. "Your like the only girl who could look good with muscles like that." I smiled. "Your only saying that 'cuz it's my birthday. But I'll think I'll let it slide for now." I said as I hugged every single one of them.
"Oh, don't think it's over yet, girl." Temari said. I eyed her suspicously. She rolled her eyes and Sakura spoke. "You still have presents to open." I looked at her wide eyed."Are you kidding me? This party was all that I could have ever wanted!" She just laughed, then Tenten spoke. "You don't want to dissapoint us by not accepting our gifts, now do you?" She said, making mee fell all guilty. Damn they know me too well. "Fine." I said in a whining voice. They squealed (well, all except for Hinata. who just blushed and stayed quiet) They dragged me over to the stage AGAIN but this time I was able to sit down at the edge. By no the guys had caught up on what was happening and merged with the group of girls, grabbing the gifts they had brought with them.
By now they had lined up, in no particular order with Tenten in the front. She handed me a box that was long, and wrapped in 'Happy Birthday' wrapping paper. I quickly tore it off and opened the lid, to reveal a metal staff that was a foot taller than me, and had a chain pattern painted on it in blood red. I smiled and hugged Tenten. " I love it! Thank you so much!" She smiled and let the next person in line come.
Kiba was next up, and already I could tell that his gift was alive, (no not like cafeteria food alive, like it's supposed to be alive and is) because he held a box that wasn't wrapped, was white and had holes in it. I took the box, and opened the lid slowly, revealing a young bloodred ninja tiger! I gasped and lifted it out of the box, holding it in my arms. "How..?" I asked, amazement in my eyes. "Well, Ino was talking about your birthday that was coming up, and this paarty. I hadn't thought much on it until I saw this little guy, he was with my sister because she had just healed him, and she hadn't any idea of where to bring him. I had instantly thought of you." I smiled and hugged him, thanking him to no end.
The rest of the recieving went someway the same. Hinata gave me these awesome blue and black fingerless gloves, Naruto and the other guys (excluding Kankuro and Gaara) gave me a shit load of wooden roses, all different colors. And when I say a shit load, I mean like enough to fill Gaara's gourd like 7 times. Literally. Ino and Sakura gave me some dresses (kami knows how they abtained the info. on my size) for some future girl's night outs. The last to come up to my were the Sand Siblings. Gaara and Kankuro were looking off somewhere while Temari spoke. "Well since we were notified about this party not that long ago, we were unable to get you presents, along with the factwe hadn't known you then. So I'll be watching you and help them out with picking your present." She said, pointing to the two boys. "You really don't have to get me anything. I mean you being here at a stranger's party is enough for me." I said, trying to get her out of getting me something. "Oh stop it. I've only known you for a short time and already you seem like my long-lost sister. " She said smiling.
Just then the party abruptly stopped, It was about 4 in the morning and Tsunade told us to all go back and rest up some. We groaned in protest but never the less walked away, me somehow balancing all of the wooden flowers, the metal staff,wearing the gloves, and holding the dresses in both hands. My little buddy had already taken a liking to me and followed walking. I unlocked the door of my apartment and put the stuff down, Mani (thats what I named my tiger)just walked over to the couh, jumped up and went to sleep. I laughed at him as I arranged the roses in random patterns all across the rooms. I wasn't going to sleep, I had been out for nearly a week and could stay up for a week staright now. Maybe even longer.