Indefinite
Chapter Two
-Dinner-
"No." Vitani said, crossing her arms as she gave her mother a hard look.
"But sweetie," Taka whined. "Don't you want to look nice for the dinner? This dress would look lovely on you." She said, swinging the hanger the dress was on, causing it to sway. As if that would make the ruffly thing more appealing to her. She hated ruffles.
She rolled her eyes. "I thought you said you didn't want anything to happen between me and one of the Uchiha boys. Making me wear a dress only makes it seem like you want something to happen."
To this she just got an exasperated sigh. "I don't. But we want to impress them, don't we? First impressions are the most important after all, and I want to show off my little angel."
"Well I don't care about first impressions. I like my ninja clothes, and I'm going to wear them to the dinner."
"Terumi Vitani, you will wear this dress and you will like it!" Taka said, shoving it towards her daughter.
"I will not wear that dress!" she said, before looking over towards the living room of their suite. "Daddy!" Vitani called, knowing her father would be on her side. "Daddy! Daddy! Daddy!"
The auburn haired man sighed, looking up from his book and at the two as they came in. "Honey, don't make her wear the dress, it's ugly as fuck anyways." He said, returning his gaze to the print.
"Bu-but-" Taka said, looking at the both of them with wide eyes.
"No buts, it's two against one." Vitani said, walking over to her father and hugging him around the shoulders. "Thank you Daddy." She said, kissing his cheek.
"No problem tadpole," Vincent smiled and then tilted his wrist to see his watch. He closed his book and stood. "Looks like it's time to go." He told his two lovely ladies. "Are you all ready to go? There's four boys there Vitani, you'll want to look your best."
"Daddy, I always look my best." She smiled happily. "Come on Mom, put down the dress from hell and let's go."
"Fine." The older woman sighed in exasperation, tossing it onto the couch and walking towards the door.
They left the hotel then, walking through the village towards the Uchiha District. Vitani actually felt a little nervous, though she didn't show it. She'd already met two of the Uchiha children, and she didn't want them to think that she was some weirdo stalker. She had just been curious, that was all. But she wouldn't appear intimidated or anything, she would just be her normal self.
After coming to this decision, she realized that they were in front of the gates to the prefecture. They were open, and so the trio walked inside, going down a few more streets until coming to a large, traditional looking house. Vitani took all of this in, actually impressed that the entire area she had seen so far, even the abandoned houses, were kept in good shape.
They walked up to the door, and Vincent knocked, stepping back as they waited for it to be answered. A few moments later a tall dark haired young man opened the door. "Hello Mizukage-sama." He said. Vitani felt her heart stop momentarily, and her eyes widened a bit, since it was the man she'd met the other day. His jade gaze fell on her and he looked surprised, until he smirked kindly. "Well if it isn't the little spy." He said, only good humor in his tone.
"I was not spying." She huffed, crossing her arms as she raised her chin a fraction, trying to appear haughty. "I was satiating my curiosity." She glanced around. "It's been satiated."
"I see." He nodded, still appearing amused. "Well then good. Why don't you all come in, dinner's almost ready." He stepped aside and allowed them inside, closing the door behind them.
Before anything more could be done, Taka grabbed Vitani's arm and dragged her off. "Oh Natsumi!" she called, entering the kitchen with her daughter behind her.
Natsumi held in a groan before turning around and away from the stove, smiling brightly. "Oh Taka, so nice to see you here again…in my home." Then her gaze lowered slightly, actually looking surprised. "Oh wow." She blinked. "Is this your daughter?" the pink haired woman asked, pointing to Vitani.
"Yes, this is Vitani." Taka shoved the young woman forward slightly. "Mine and Vincent's pride and joy." Vitani merely sent a glare at her mother, before returning her gaze to the woman her mother usually complained about. She didn't seem all that bad. She actually seemed kind of nice.
Natsumi smiled brightly, offering her hand out since she didn't know the girl's boundaries. "She's absolutely gorgeous. I love your eyes. You know I have a daughter." She nodded. "She's a bit older, but I think you'll like her."
Vitani shook Natsumi's hand and smiled slightly. "Thank you." She said, loving it when she got compliments. "It's nice to meet you as well."
"So where's everyone else?" Taka asked, looking around.
"Well the boys are in the back, doing whatever it is they do before dinner starts. Oh wait, here's one of them." The woman's smile grew as her eldest walked in, stopping beside her. "Taka, this is my eldest, Kanamé." Natsumi said, touching her son's cheek and running her hand through his dark locks. He smiled as well, though it was smaller.
"Hello," he waved his hand a bit. "We met at the door."
"Kanamé, this is Vitani and Taka." Natsumi gestured to the two.
Vitani smiled at him, glad to finally know his name. Taka nodded. "Yes, a pleasure." She said, then her brow furrowed. "Where did Vincent go?" she asked.
"Oh," Kanamé glanced towards the backdoor. "I informed him my father and brothers were in the backyard. So he went outside with them." He pointed and then moved away from the group of women. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go get my grandfather for dinner. He loses track of time some evenings." He said, before heading out of the room.
"Mom!" another male voice yelled, and another male ran, in looking disheveled, blood splattered on his arm. "Mom! Sanosuke's being a little brat and hit me in the arm with a kunai! You know there are no weapons in Uchiha Brawl!" the man blinked, looking over her head to the two new people in the kitchen. He looked scarily similar to the one who had just been in the room, though his features were much more sharp, his hair spikier. "Is this the bi-"
Natsumi's hand slapped over her son's mouth and she laughed loudly and awkwardly. "Taka and Vitani." She told him and then looked back at them. "It is my idiot," she seethed, grabbing his ear and jerking him downwards to her level. "Second oldest. Noriaki."
"Call me Nori." He said and then smirked. "Or sexy fine piece of man candy, whichever you prefer." He snickered, winking at Vitani.
She blinked. Was he coming on to her? That was definitely unexpected. She reminded herself not to outwardly be affected. She was not one of those dorky girls that did that. "I think I'll just go with calling you Noriaki. Sexy fine piece of man candy implies that I actually think you are." The young woman smirked.
"Vitani!" Taka gasped, pinching her daughter in the arm. "What did I say about first impressions?"
"I didn't care enough to listen to you." She frowned, rubbing the spot on her arm.
The Uchiha male didn't even falter as he straightened. "No worries. I enjoy a chase every now and then." He laughed and then looked down at his mother. "Woman. Heal my arm and punish your son for cheating." He ordered, making Natsumi arch a delicate brow.
"Excuse me young man?"
He blinked and then smiled, trying to appear innocent. "Pleeeease Mommy. I'm sorry." He hovered over her, resting his head on top of hers. Natsumi just huffed and crossed her arms.
"Alright. Alright. Send him in here and tell Hayate to come meet Vitani and Taka." She sighed.
"Fantastic!" he clapped, pulling from her and heading back towards the door, resting a glowing green hand on the small flesh wound. "Hey brat! You're in trouble now. Get your ass in here!" he yelled, disappearing out the door.
Natsumi just shook her head and rolled her eyes. "Boys…so exhausting."
"I can only imagine." Taka chuckled.
Another boy came in then, a bit shorter than Noriaki and Kanamé, his black hair extremely spiky in the back. "Yes Mom?" he asked, boredom in his forest green eyes.
"What have I told you about stabbing your brother? You know it irks him and you don't want to get burnt buns again, you remember how awful it was last time Noriaki got you back?" she arched a delicate brow, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Well he started it." Sanosuke huffed, crossing his arms. "He bet me that he was too fast for me to hit. He's just upset because he lost. The kunai barely even touched him."
She gestured for him to come closer and when he did she wrapped her arms around him and kissed his forehead. "I know. I know. Be the bigger person and don't stab your brother." She smiled, nuzzling him as she used to when he was young.
A small smile actually broke out across his face and he returned her embrace. "Okay Mommy." He said.
Just then another boy ran into the room that looked similar to the elder one, only his hair was less spiky, and he was younger. "You wanted me Mommy?" he asked, smiling.
"Hi sweetie." Natsumi beamed, keeping Sanosuke in her embrace. "Boys, this is Taka and Vitani. Sanosuke, Vitani is the same age as you."
"Cool." He said, withdrawing from his mother's embrace. The other boy walked forward and hugged Vitani, causing her eyes to widen.
"Hi, I'm Hayate." He smiled, letting her go. "Nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you too." Vitani said, still a little startled by the boy's friendly manner.
Natsumi smiled, "Sorry. Hayate is very affectionate. He's the sweetest thing."
Kanamé walked back in then, with an older looking male behind him. "I'm hungry." He said, stopping beside Vitani and looking over at his mother. "Where's dad?"
"Still outside. I'll go get him!" Hayate said, running out of the room.
Sasuke looked at Taka then. "Is that your daughter?" he asked, pointing at Vitani.
"Yes." The woman said, smiling in a pleased way.
"Is she as annoying as you are?"
Taka's smile turned into a tight one, though the look in her eyes wasn't happy. "No."
The eldest Uchiha glanced back at Vitani, appearing skeptical. "We'll see."
"Anyone can be annoying. It's just a matter of opinion." Vitani said, crossing her arms.
"Hn." Sasuke smirked slightly. "At least she's smart." He commented.
"I would have to agree grandfather. After all, mom doesn't know when to shut up." The dark haired woman from the day before said as she walked, well more like sauntered, into the room. Kanamé just rolled his eyes, hitting his sister over the head.
"Ow!" she glared at her elder brother, holding her now sore head. "Ass."
"Watch your mouth." Was all Kanamé said, looking bored. "I'll go ahead and set the table." He announced, leaving as Akito came in with Vincent.
"Sweetheart." Natsumi shone, wrapping her arms around his waist. "This is Vincent and Taka's daughter, Vitani." She told him, looking pleased and far more comfortable in her husband's embrace. Akito just nodded in her direction before returning his attention to his wife.
"Dinner smells delicious." He purred, nuzzling her before nibbling on her earlobe.
Vitani's eyes widened a bit at the display. I mean, her parents were affectionate, but never so blatantly, and in front of people no less. Though, it didn't offend her. It actually made her hope that when she was married someday her relationship with her husband would be kind of like that.
Natsumi giggled, smacking his hands away when he got too bold. "Stop it baby, we have company." She told him, blushing a soft pink and looking around. "All right everyone, go ahead and sit down in the dining room, I have some things to finish up." She said, beginning to shoo them out. The Uchiha children did as they were told and headed out into the dining room, taking their usual seats, leaving the head and the right to it empty. The triplets sat on the side where Natsumi would be as Sasuke always sat to the left of his son, Sanosuke beside him and Hayate by him. Vincent sat next to the eldest son, with Vitani across the table next to Hayate, and Taka next to her.
"So Vincent, how are things in Mist? Still lame?" Akito asked, smirking down the table at his friend.
"I see you're as venomous as ever. I, on the other hand, actually matured." He smirked, resting back in his seat. "You have a nice house by the way. And a lot of boys."
Noriaki scoffed, chewing on a toothpick. "Yeah well, they have a lot of sex."
Izayoi went wide eyed and hit her brother of the head, glaring at him. "Why are you so vulgar?"
"Why are you such a prude?" he taunted back and so their glaring contest began as Kanamé sighed, not looking pleased with his siblings.
Akito just ignored his children. "Thanks. How come you and Taka didn't have any more kids?"
"Because she didn't want to ruin her figure." Vincent rolled his eyes. "Nor did she want to go through the pain of childbirth ever again."
"Hey." Taka huffed, crossing her arms. "You try giving birth. See how you like it." Vitani rolled her eyes at her parents.
"Please." Natsumi rolled her eyes, walking out from the kitchen with a huge platter. "When you give birth to triplets then you can talk to me about pain. I've given birth three times, one of which three came out. And I still look smokin' hot." She smirked, setting it down on one end and making a few trips before everything was placed out.
"Well, I went through a lot less pain, to continue to look as fine as I do." Taka said, sounding pleased. "So I guess that means I'm the smarter of the two of us."
"Mom, please shut up." Vitani sighed. "Nobody feels like dealing with your need to prove that you're better at something than other people. All it does is grate on everyone's nerves."
Natsumi blinked and stared at the girl as she sat next to her husband. "So Vitani, how are you faring in your ninja career?" she asked truly curious, since the girl had now sparked her interest.
"I'm a Jounin." She said, looking over at the pink haired woman.
"Are you going to go for Anbu?" Izayoi asked, perking up at the fact of having another girl to talk to.
"Not really." She shrugged. "I know I'm good enough, but I don't really care for it."
The dark haired woman smiled. "You should, it's fun. And you get super awesome missions."
"And it'd be hot." Noriaki added with a dark smirk. "I can just see you in an Anbu uniform now."
"Nori." Kanamé said lowly, glaring over at his brother. "Stop it. We're at the dinner table."
Natsumi smacked her son over the head and nodded. "Don't make me get the soap out again."
Vitani just shrugged. "I probably won't. The missions I go on already are pretty awesome, and it just doesn't interest me."
"So how long are you guys here for?" Akito asked as he began to pass down the food so that everyone could serve themselves.
"Until the warden…I mean my wife decides she's had enough of her parents." The Mizukage sighed.
"They could drop dead any minute." Taka said. "If we stay for a long time then we can just not come back until one of them bites the dust. So stop complaining, I'm doing this for all of us."
Vincent just rolled his eyes and piled some food onto his plate. "What about your kids? Huh, you guys super stars like your parents?" he smirked.
"I wouldn't say super stars…" Kanamé said, sticking his fork in his salad.
Natsumi waved off her son and brightened with pride. "All my babies are in Anbu aside from Hayate. But he doesn't want to, like Vitani, he likes where he is. Kakashi even calls my triplets the elements."
"The elements?" Vitani asked, leaning forward to look at them all. "Why?"
Kanamé looked up and met Vitani's aquamarine stare. "Because my brother and sister and I specialize in elemental attacks."
Noriaki nodded, another cocky smirk creeping up his face. "Fire, Lightning, and Sand."
"Cool." She smiled. "My attacks actually use Fire, Water, and Earth based chakras."
"I've got a question." Vincent spoke up, taking a long drink of his water. "To the two top Uchiha men. Which do you think is better? Fire or lightning?"
At the question, both Kanamé and Noriaki glanced over to their elders, trying not appear so interested in the topic.
"Lightning." Both answered, making a small, almost microscopic smirk appear on the eldest triplet's face.
Akito looked over at his eldest sons before looking back at Vincent. "While fire is extremely useful in certain situations, and powerful, I've done more with lightning, developing my own techniques and stuff."
"Lightning is more powerful and impressive." Sasuke said simply, taking a bite of his dinner.
"I agree." Kanamé said somewhat smugly.
"Oh fuck off Kanamé." Noriaki snapped, glaring at his brother.
"You fuck off Noriaki." He retorted, returning the facial gesture.
Natsumi hit her hand on the table. "Boys!"
"What!" they yelled together, shifting their glares to their mother and then pointed accusingly to one another. "He started it!"
"I think they're both strong in their own right." Vitani said. "While lightning can actually become as hot as 54,000°F, it can be caused by violent forest fires."
Everyone at the table, aside from Vincent and Taka, stared in shock and awe at the girl, even Sasuke, though his was more subdued. "How do you know that?" Kanamé asked, appearing absolutely fascinated.
Her eyes widened slightly. "Um, I mean, aren't they both like, really hot?" she asked, laughing strangely before shoving a forkful of food into her mouth
Noriaki laughed then as well. "Phew. Man for a second there…I thought you were a total nerd."
"Knowing information doesn't make you a nerd dumbass. But you wouldn't understand that concept of a brain now…would you?" Kanamé said, cutting into his steak. Noriaki stood, dropping his silverware onto the table.
"You wanna go Kanamé?" he seethed. "Cause' I'll kick your ass all the way to the gates."
The elder sibling just smirked, looking amused. "You can try, baby brother."
All three of the other Uchiha children went wide eyed, since they all knew that was the switch that would fully blow their older brother. "Please don't fight." Hayate said softly, watching them. They both didn't say anything for a while, before Noriaki pushed his chair back and walked off. Kanamé stood and did the same, leaving the room through the opposite door.
Everyone looked a bit uncomfortable until Natsumi forced a smile. "Who wants dessert?"
"I'll take some." Sasuke said, knowing that everyone else was probably too nervous to speak. "What did you make?"
"Chocolate cheesecake. I'll just go get it." She said, getting up and heading into the kitchen. Vincent sighed.
"I can't help but feel somewhat responsible for this."
"You are." Akito said. "But they'll be fine. Their fights don't usually last long."
Natsumi came back in with the cheesecake and smaller plates. "Alright." She placed a piece in front of Sasuke and herself. "Anyone else?"
Everyone else raised their hands, all except Vitani, who stood from her seat. "I'm just going to get some fresh air thanks." She smiled, leaving the room. She walked out the front door, halting when she saw Kanamé sitting on the front steps.
"Oh, sorry." She said. "I didn't mean to disturb you."
He glanced back and looked up at her. "It's ok. Sorry about…that…" he sighed, facing back forward.
"Oh it's no problem." She waved it off, walking forward and sitting next to him. "Do you and your brother always fight like that?" she asked, looking over at him. Kanamé nodded and ran one of his hands through his hair.
"A lot. But I guess that's what brothers do."
She gave him a small smile. "Well I wouldn't know from experience, but that's the way I hear it."
He shrugged. "I dunno. My younger brothers don't seem to fight like this. In fact, Noriaki used to pick on Hayate a lot and tease Sanosuke. But Sanosuke and Hayate don't fight like we do. Then again, they're two years apart while Nori and I are two minutes apart."
"That probably has something to do with it." she said. "Though I'm not really the best person to talk to about having a sibling, since I don't have any."
"Yeah." He agreed.
Things were quiet then, and Vitani looked around, feeling kind of awkward. Don't people usually say things that make the other one feel better in situations like these? But she had no idea what to say.
"So…lightning's pretty cool, huh?" she said, nodding a bit. "Able to occur in both negative and positive polarities. Awesome."
He blinked and looked back at her, the look of confused awe once more on his face. Vitani gave him a puzzled look. "What?"
"…Nothing." He said, looking forward once more. "I'm going to go train." He said, standing and stretching his limbs. "Try not to sneak around too much." He smirked, glancing back down at her with a cocky grin.
She rolled her eyes at him, but a smile came to her face anyways. "Oh whatever." She said, fighting the blush that wanted to form as hard as she could. Did he know how sexy he looked when he did that? Probably not. But still. "Like I said, my curiosity has been met for the time being."
His smirk only grew. "I seriously doubt that." he said, beginning to walk off towards the Uchiha training fields. "See ya later Vitani." He waved.
"Later!" she called after him, waving as well. When he was gone she let out a sigh. She sounded like an idiot. Great. How could she just go and say those things about lightning? Now he probably thought she was a nerd. And nerds weren't attractive, Noriaki had even said so.
After a while of sitting outside she went back in, seeing that everyone had finished dessert and moved into the living room. She went over to the couch and sat down next to her father. "Daddy, how much longer are we staying?" she asked him.
"Oh we can leave now if you want darling. I'm tired. Probably cause' I ate so much." He laughed and gave Natsumi a friendly smile. "It was delicious, thank you for dinner.
"You know Vitani," Izayoi perked up from her spot beside her mother. "If you wanted we could hang out tomorrow. There's not a lot of girls around my age, and I think we could have fun. I mean unless you don't mind hanging out with an older chick."
Vitani smiled at her. "Not at all. It beats hanging out with my grandparents all day."
"Cool, I think it'll be fun." She nodded and then stood. "Well I'm going home. Night Mom." Izayoi said, hugging her mother before going over to her father and kissing his cheek. "See ya Dad."
"Goodnight sweetie." Akito said.
Vitani stood. "We should go home too." She announced, stretching a bit. Her parents stood, as well as everyone else, and they all walked to the door.
"Thank you for having us over, it was nice to meet you." The brunette said, nodding to the Uchiha family.
"Hn." Sanosuke and Sasuke said at the same time, walking out the door.
"It was nice to meet you too Vitani!" Hayate smiled, giving her another hug before hugging his parents. "I'm off to bed. Love you." He kissed his mom on the cheek.
Natsumi smiled and waved after him, focusing back on their guests. "Thanks for coming. It was very nice to meet you Vitani." She shook her hand and then looked up at Taka. "You have a very lovely daughter."
Taka glowed with pride at this. "Thank you. You and Akito did a great job of raising your five kids. I know I never would have survived that." She chuckled.
"Yeah well…they haven't killed us…yet." She smiled, glad for her own compliment.
They all said their farewells then, and the Terumi family headed off, back to their hotel. "Well that went pretty well, don't you think dear?" Taka asked, looking up at her husband.
Vincent nodded, closing his eyes. "That's…a lot of boys." He laughed.
"Yup. It just means our little angel needs to be even more careful not to get involved with any of them. Especially that Noriaki. I didn't appreciate his attitude towards you." The elder woman said.
Vitani rolled her eyes. "Please Mom, I can take care of myself. And I already said I'm not looking for romance of any kind. So you can just chill."
"Besides. If you couldn't tell, he was just being playful." Vincent smirked. "Don't worry."
"I'm just saying." She huffed.
"I'm just saying." Vincent and Vitani said at the same time.
They reached their hotel shortly after, each going up to their rooms and going to bed. As she lay there, Vitani couldn't help but sigh. Konoha certainly was an interesting village. She was glad that the Uchihas had been as cool as they were. She'd still be wary of them though. It never hurt to be too careful.