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2020: CHAPTER FOUR! In which Ino throws a party for the Sand siblings (and Chi and Hai)!
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Chi and Hai's Wonderful World of Naruto- In Our Minds!
Chapter Four: Meeting Grounds: The Social Network of the Konoha Genin!
There was a knock on the door. "It's me," Temari's voice said, "And it's about time to leave."
The two looked at each other. "Well, let's leave this chat for later, little sister." Chi stood. Hai followed suite.
"Let's get ready to meet some more crazies..."
The three Sand Village shinobi and their guests, the recently-appeared Chi and Hai, made their way through the village to Ino's house, where a party was being thrown for the Sand siblings. Temari assured the two newcomers that two more people wouldn't make that much of a difference, and that they should meet some more people around the village.
They arrived at Yamanaka Flowers earlier than Ino had asked them to be there. Temari knocked on the door, and a blond-haired, blue-eyed girl answered. "Temari-chan!" She threw open the door. "Kankuro-kun, Gaara-kun! And are these your girlfriends?" She looked behind them at Chi and Hai.
Kankuro chuckled and put his arm around Hai's waist. "NO! Get off of me!" She shoved him away and pointed to herself. "I am Okami Haipa, and she-" she pointed at Chi "-is Tsubasa Chitomo."
Ino nodded. "Oh yes, Neji-kun was telling us about you. He, Hinata-chan, Sakura-chan, and Kiba-kun are already here." She grabbed a hold of both Chi and Hai's hands. "I'll introduce you!!!"
Hai and Chi were dragged through the flower shop, up a flight of stairs, down a hallway, and into a sitting room. "EVERYONE!" The four people in the room turned to stare at the excessively loud girl. "These two are the newcomers, Tsubasa Chitomo-" she shoved Chi into the center of the room "-and this is Okami Haipa!" Hai was also thrust to the center.
"Uhm. Hi there." Hai said nervously.
"S-s-so these are t-the girls y-you w-w-were telling us ab-b-bout, N-n-neji-niichan?" A shy sounding girl with short black hair and pupil-less white eyes turned to Neji.
"Hello again," Neji told them coolly.
"Chi-chan, Hai-chan, I'm Haruno Sakura." The pink-haired girl spoke. "I'll take it you already know Neji-kun-" Neji nodded "- and that's Inuzuka Kiba-kun-" she indicated to brown-haired, wild-looking boy who grinned and waved "-and Akamaru is always with him- " a small white dog barked "-and that's Hyuuga Hinata-chan." The shy white-eyed girl smiled nervously. "And in case she didn't bother telling you, that's Ino-pig."
"Who are you calling pig, billboard brow? GRRRR!" The two girls glared daggers at each other, while the Sand shinobi entered. Temari joined Hinata and Neji on the floor, Kankuro went to sit with Chi and Hai who sat on the sofa with Kiba, and Gaara stood quietly in a corner.
Kiba had his hand placed on top of Hai's. "So, your name is Okami? Wolves are beautiful creatures- majestic and vicious all at once." His body was very close to hers as he leaned in to whisper to her. Chi giggled- Hai was starting to blush. Kankuro, pretending not to notice Kiba, put his arm around Hai's shoulder and pulled her closer to him. Kiba frowned, then wrapped his arm around Hai's waist and pulled her closer to him. Chi did her best not to burst out laughing at the blankly confused look on Hai's face- she'd never had guys fight over her before. Chi didn't begrudge her any of it- she'd already had a myriad of boyfriends, while Hai had only had one for a few months a couple of years back. Not to mention both Kankuro and Kiba were on the farther side of strange.
"WE'RE HEEEEEREE!"
A blond boy, a fat boy, and a ponytail boy walked into the room. "What a drag..." the ponytail boy sighed.
Sakura turned away from her fight with Ino. "Ah! Naruto-kun, Shikamaru-kun, Chouji-kun, this is Tsubasa Chitomo and Okami Haipa." Chi smiled pleasantly and waved, and Hai waved helplessly from in between Kiba and Kankuro. "Chi-chan, Hai-chan, this is Nara Shikamaru-kun, Akimichi Chouji-kun, and Nara Shikamaru-kun."
"... And me?"
Everyone jumped. They hadn't noticed the boy with sunglasses and white overcoat enter right behind the other three.
"Oh, and this is Auburame Shino-kun." Sakura ammended. They mingled with the rest, Temari continued telling Hinata of cures for shyness made of cactus juice, and Kankuro and Kiba continued fighting over Hai.
After a while, Ino quickly counted heads. "Umm... we're missing..."
"Sorry we're late!" Tenten and Lee dashed into the room.
"Now we're missing no one!"
Neji grinned evily. "And why were you two so late?"
Tenten threw a kunai at him. "Because, Neji, Lee and I were training, and had to go back home to change."
Temari caught on to Neji's game. "Home, singular?" she asked with a raised eyebrow.
This was rewarded by another kunai, as Lee protested- "That would be unyouthful!"
Ino clapped her hands. "ALRIGHT everyone! We're going to play a game. First, though, I need two guys to sit out, because we need and even number of guys and girls."
"I'll do it." Shino said quietly. Gaara simply waved a hand.
"Alright then! I have fourteen scraps of paper in seven different colors. I need the girls to leave and go downstairs." She waited until they had all left. "Alright guys! I need each of you to pick one scrap of paper." She held out a bowl containing said scraps. Each guy selected one untill there were none left, while Ino averted her eyes. "OK, go downstairs and tell the girls to come back, but don't let them see your scraps, got it?"
They complied, and soon Ino was repeating the same exercise with the girls. The ultimate end result was: Hai with red, Chi with orange, Tenten with green, Temari with purple, Hinata with grey, Sakura with black, and Ino with pink. "Now don't let the guys see them!" She called for the guys to come back, then explained what it was all for.
Ino indicated to a closet door. "We're going to play the old party classic... Seven Minutes in Heaven!" This breaking news was greeted by groans and calls of "Do we have to?", but she ignored them. "The scraps of paper determine who you will be in heaven with. OK, let's start with the color I have... PINK!"
Silence.
Ino blinked. "Does anybody have pink?"
"What a drag..." Shikamaru stood up. Ino squealed and dragged him into the closet while Temari glared at the closed door. Everyone started talking, nervous and excited about who they got to be in heaven with.
"Neechama."
"Eh? What is it, Hai?" Chi looked over at where her little sister had once again been sandwiched between Kiba and Kankuro.
"Tasuke." It was a barely audible whisper.
Chi thought for a minute. Then she mimed drinking something at her.
Hai bightened- She got the idea. She attempted to stand (she knew she couldn't- both boys were holding onto her).
"Hai-chan! What is it? Do you need me to get you anything?" Kiba asked.
She flashed a sweet smile at him. "Oh, no, Inu-kun, I don't want to trouble you, I was just going to get a glass of water."
"I'LL GET IT FOR YOU!" Kiba and Kankuro stood and shouted at the same time. They glared at each other, then raced downstairs to the Yamanaka's kitchen.
"Oh, thank God! It worked, Chi!"
Chi shoved her behind the couch. "Now hide!"
"HAI-CHAAAN!" The boys thundered back into the room. Hai curled up as tightly as she could behind the couch.
"She went out for some fresh air," Chi's voice said. Luckily, in the commotion, no one could tell them otherwise...
Uh oh... staring right at her was none other than Gaara. She frantically put a finger to her lips. He nodded, just barely, and looked away.
"Hai." Chi's head appeared over the top of the couch. "They're gone. It's safe now."
"Oh man. Thanks, Chi."
"Don't mention it." Chi turned back towards her conversation with Neji, Temari, and Hinata.
Standing up, Hai slowly walked over to Gaara. "Um... Gaara-sama..." He turned to face her. "Um... thank you for not giving me away."
He looked away again. "It wasn't a problem."
They stood for a bit longer. "So then... um..."
"ALRIGHT!" Ino and Shikamaru stepped out of the closet. Ino's hair was down, and Shikamaru's ponytail was coming out. Both of their clothes were wrinkled. "Heh..." Ino breathed a sigh. "Next color is...grey."
"YEAH! THAT'S MINE, BELEIVE IT!" Naruto jumped up and shouted. He hoped he had gotten Sakura!
"Himmbidyjimminyohoh oooohhhhhhhh........." Hinata muttered incoherently before she passed out.
Everyone was quiet. "She had grey." Temari confirmed.
"So they take a pass for now..." Ino sighed again. "Alright then... let's do purple."
Temari and Chouji stood. Temari stared. "Oh, for the love of... Ino-chan! I don't want to do this anymore!"
"Sorry, Temari-chan. MIND TRANSFER NO JUTSU!" Ino collapsed as her spirit took over Temari's body. "Alright, boys." She said as Temari. "Tie me up." A bunch of the guests helped tie up Temari's body. Ino in Temari's body struggled a little to see if it would hold. It did. "KAI RELEASE!" Ino woke up in her own body. Temari, having been returned in control of her own body, began to thrash wildly as she was thrown into the closet. Chouji followed slowly, afraid for his life if the woman managed to break her bonds.
Ino shut the door. "And that is what happens if you do not just go into the closet."
Chi and Hai were back on the couch. "I hope I don't get anyone creepy..." Hai sighed. "It would be just my luck..."
"Yeah, weird guys are just, like, magnetized to you or something."
Hai punched her in the shoulder. "You're not helping."
They sat for the remainder of the time in silence. Finally, Ino opened the door, and Chouji ran out.
"I think she's just about ready to break those ropes..." He looked frightened as he huddled in a corner.
There was a SNAP! and Temari ran out, and began attempting to abuse Ino. "NEVER AGAIN!"
While Ino was trying not to die, Sakura assumed position as Director of the Game. "OK, mine next! Who has black?"
Neji stood quietly. "It could have been worse," he said as he went into the closet. Sakura followed and shut the door behind them.
"Jealous, Hai?" Chi teasingly poked her friend.
"Eh? Oh, no, I'm much too interested in watching Pig-chan dance with death."
"HAI-CHAN!" She jumped as she was accousted by her two admirers. They both thrust glasses of water at her.
"Eh, um, um... I, ah, had some while I was out."
"I'll bet she would have taken it if you hadn't scared her, doll boy!" Kiba snapped at Kankuro.
"The only one scaring people here is you, dog-star!" Kankuro threw a punch at Kiba. This resulted in a full-scale fight between the two. Hai stared at it with the same mask of blank confusion she had displayed earlier.
Everyone began watching the spectacle the two made of themselves, and betting on the outcome.
"20 bucks on Kiba-kun!"
"My money's on Kankuro-kun, he's much bigger, and stronger too, I'll bet."
Chi listened and watched with mild interest. OK... who's left? Both of those two, and Lee... Wow. I'm really screwed now, huh? She sighed dejectedly.
Hai understood. "Yeah, I know it doesn't look good. For either of us. Me especially, because I have a 66% chance of getting a guy completely obsessed with me (not in a good way), and a 33% chance of Mr. Green Spandex Man."
"And the other 1%?"
"I'll pass out like Hinata-chan."
This though made Chi laugh. Her hard-as-nails little sister had never even come close to passing out, not even feeling dizzy or anything. She endured without tears what made grown men cringe in horror or fear.
The time ticked by quickly. Kankuro and Kiba were still fighting when Neji and Sakura opened the door. Sakura had a dazed look on her face. "Ino-pig... time for the next color."
Ino (who had since had managed to escape Temari) looked around. "Alright... ORANGE!"
Kankuro broke the fight with Kiba. "That's mine!" He looked hopefully at Hai, who shook her head.
"OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOEEEEEZZZZZZZ!" Chi began hyperventilating. "AAAGH! NOOEZ! NO! I REFUSE! NOOO!"
Ino followed the same procedure she had used on Temari. After returning to her own body, she threw Chi in with Kankuro (who didn't mind- really).
Hai was grateful for Chi's sacrifice, but she was still somewhat screwed. Unless she could figure out a plan to get out...
Suddenly, she was pulled off into a corner by Tenten. "Shh. I know who you're going to be with." She whispered.
Hai looked at her. "Oh my gheezy! Juu-chan! Do I want to know?"
"Juu-chan...? Oh, whatever. It's Kiba."
Kiba... Hai looked over at where Kiba sat on the couch, petting Akamaru. Wow... he seems really gentle right now... Thinking about something, she turned to Tenten. "Wait, how did you know? Did you know that you're getting Midori-kun?"
Tenten twitched- it didn't take many brain cells to know who Hai meant by Midori-kun. "What? I didn't know! That's crazy talk. I picked green merely by coincidence. It had nothing to do with the fact that I knew Lee would pick it- how should I know that? Why would you think that? That's just silly."
Hai nodded knowingly. "Ahhh. I see. You like him." She had to think fast to dodge the barrage of kunai thrown at her head.
There were several large thumps on the closet door. Everyone looked at Neji, who smiled as if laughing at some private joke. "She broke the bonds," he said with a grin, "And his hand is in the wrong place."
There was a muffled cry of 'PERVERT!' and the door slowly opened, revealing Kankuro's bruised body. "Ha ha.... boobs..." he muttered before falling unconcious.
Everyone stare at Chi as she walked out of the closet. "He is a pervert, in case you didn't know." she turned to Hai. "Little sister, don't worry about him anymore. Your onee-chama will protect you."
Ino blinked. "Umm someone move him, and I'll call out the next color!" She waited untill Kankuro's limp body was removed from the scene. "Now then... RED!"
Hai slowly walked to the closet. This is it...
"Ya-HOO!" Kiba jumped up and followed her in, shutting the door behind him.
There was a dim light in the closet, allowing Hai to see- but just barely. Kiba had shut the door, and turned around to grin at her. She was starting to spaz a little (a side effect of being in a small space with a kind-of cute guy), and Kiba noticed. "Not claustrophobic, are you?" he said as he wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her close. "My Wolf-chan..." he whispered close to her ear.
"Eh, um, Inu-kun, um, um, um... OH!" She was on the floor, with Kiba on top of her, pinning her arms by her head. "Inu-kun! What are y- mmmph!" He silenced her with a kiss, catching her open-mouthed. Paralyzed by God-knows-what, Hai could only lay there as his tounge explored her mouth, and intertwined with her own tounge. After what felt like a lifetime, Kiba released their kiss, grinning and licking his lips.
"Mmm... you taste like pomegranates..." He kissed her neck. "My Wolf-chan..." he repeated. He began kissing her lips again. When she still didn't respond, Kiba sat back, pulling her up. "What's wrong?"
Dazed, Hai tried to focus on what was happening. "Ehm... you and... with the... and mine..."
Grinning again, Kiba layed her back down and resumed his position on top of her, once again pinning her arms by her head. "I see. First time making out, huh?" Hai gave a dazed nod and he grinned wider. "We'll make it a good one, then." Again, his lips pressed hers into a deep kiss.
Meanwhile, back in the Bat-Ca-... I mean, Ino's sitting room... (A/N: NO! I don't own this... I read it in Naruto Meets Fandom... I didn't plagerise!)
Neji frowned.
"What is it, Neji-kun?" Chi asked, wondering vaugely if it might have anything to do with the wild look in Kiba's eyes as he had gone into the closet with Hai.
"Inuzuka's been reading those Icha-Icha again, hasn't he?"
Chi jumped up. "WHAT?! ICHA ICHA?! WITH MY LITTLE SISTER?!"
Temari sighed. "Chi-chan! She's, what, a foot taller than you? She can't be that much younger than you- if she really had a problem with Kiba-kun, she'd deal with it- I mean, have you seen those arms she has?... Incidentally, Neji-kun, what are they doing?"
"We can find out ourselves, the seven minutes are up." Ino got up to open the door, then stopped. "Or maybe I shouldn't..." She was just about to reach for the handle when the door to the hallway burst open.
"INO!" Her mother yelled. "I certaintly hope you're not playing that game again! Remember what happened to that girl down the road last time she played it? I think the baby's due next month...!"
"MOM! We aren't playing anything!"
"Then why are you so close to the closet?"
Ino, being a world-class liar, already had a story on hand. "Because, Mom, Kiba-kun had to go home because he forgot treats for Akamaru, and he left his jacket." She motioned, and someone threw Kiba's jacket (which he had left) to her. "We thought it might be funny if we hid the jacket from him."
Ino's mother looked warily at them. "I'll be watching you..." She shut the door on her way out.
After a moment of silence, Ino jerked the closet door open. "Yeah, yeah, break it up!" A shuffling sound, then Kiba walked out, followed slowly by Hai, who went back to the couch and sat down next to Chi. She stared at her little sister, who was gazing off into space with a glazed look in her eye. The younger girl's lips were swollen, and her usually tight high pigtails were messy and drooping.
"Little sister... your hair."
Hai absently ran a hand through her hair. "Oh... yeah..."
"OK, guys, sorry about this, but we're going to have to end the game earlier than expected, because Mom's going to be watching us like a hawk. Anything else we can play?" Ino sighed. Parents ruin everything.
"Ah... I don't know about the guys..." Chi called, "But we could play with Hai's hair. Heaven knows there's enough for everyone to play with."
All the girls perked up. Being normal girls (except for the being-ninja and killing people part), they loved to play with hair. "Will she mind?"
"Nope." Chi pulled the elastics out of Hai's hair...
...which cascaded down many feet.
"Holy crap! It's longer than Neji-kun's!!!"
Neji glared at Hai.
All the girls gathered around her with brushes (magically appeared out of nowhere...). "WE WILL NOW HAVE SISTERHOOD BONDING TIME!" Ino yelled, and all but threw the guys out. Shutting the door behind her, she walked back over to the couch.
"Haha, did you see Neji-kun's face when he realized that Hai's hair is longer than his?" Sakura chuckled.
"I never though I'd see the day when the person who has the longest hair is male." Chi shook her head. This statement caused an uproar of laughter from everyone. Except Hai, who was completely unresponsive to anything going on around her.
Temari smild slyly. "So, Hai-chan, good game?"
"Eh? Oh. Yotsuba-chan. Everyone? What are you all... Hey! Why's my hair down?" Finally snapped out of her confusion, Hai looked around. "Eh? Where's all the guys? What happened?" She looked so confused that it took extreme force of willpower for everyone not to laugh.
"Well, Neji got mad when he saw how long your hair was, and we all decided to throw them out while we had quote 'sisterhood bonding time' unquote." Tenten said, pulling the brush through a length of Hai's hair.
"Eh? Juu-chan. Did you have a nice time with Midori-kun?"
"Uhhmmm..." Tenten stalled. "Well, um. You see, Hai-chan, we had to stop playing after your... turn."
Temari elbowed Tenten. "Hey, yeah! I totally didn't realize that Tenten-chan was supposed to go in with Lee-kun."
Eevryone gathered around Tenten, Hai's hair forgotten.
"So, Ten-chan, are you relieved that you didn't have to go in with him?"
"Heh, or are you sad?"
"Ummm..." Tenten's mind raced. "O-of course I'm relieved. Pfft. I mean, it's Lee we're talking about."
It was quiet, and everyone noticed that Hinata had activated her Byakugan.
Smiling, without even a hint of stutter that was so characteristic of her, Hinata said: "She lies."
"EEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!" The entire group glomped first Hinata ("WE LOVE THE BYAKUGAN!!"), then Tenten ("ZOMG! I NEVER WOULD HAVE GUESSED!"), while Hai asked, "You guys didn't know?"
"How did you know, Hai-chan?!?" Sakura asked in surprise.
Hai shrugged. "Um. It was really obvious."
Everyone sweatdropped. "I thought I was hiding that better than that..." Tenten muttered.
"Anyway." Ino turned her attention back to Tenten. "You need to tell him!"
"But... I mean... what if-"
"If you're about to say 'what if he doesn't like you back', don't even bother, because no offense, but he shouldn't be picky about who he goes out with." Temari said. "I mean, green spandex and bowl cuts? Social disaster..."
"Temari-chan! How can you say that? He makes it work really well. It's so..." Tenten trailed off. "Um. Um..."
"Aww! You're so in love... so cute!" Sakura chuckled.
There was a pause. And ever the more perverse of any group, Hai had to ask...
"So if you two went in the closet, would you have gone, like, all the way? Sans clothes and all?"
"HAI!" Chi jumped on top of her. "That was too much! Children present!" She pointed to Hinata.
"Umm... I'm the same age as you..."
Everyone stared at Hai. Ino stole sidelong glances at Tenten. "So... would you have...?"
Tenten had turned a vivid shade of red at Hai's question, and further deepened the blush at Ino's. "WHAT?!?!"
"Alright then, everyone! We have a new mission!" Sakura called. "Operation LeeTen!"
Everyone cheered, except Tenten, who protested wildly.
"What?! Where did that come from? Don't turn me into a project... NO! NO WAY! I will not tell him!"
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2020: Holy camolly. This thing is really long! If you read the whole thing, you deserve a cookie!
Haha, Shino was pretty much nonexistant here... sorry, Shino fans! (that is an oxymoron!)
Kankuro just vanished to nowhere in the middle...
And all the guys have pretty much fallen off the face of the Earth.
Hai's Nicknames:
Temari is Yotsuba-chan, Yotsuba meaning four-leaved, in honor of her hairstyle.
Kiba is Inu-kun, Inu being dog, for obvious reasons.
Tenten is Juu-chan, Juu meaning ten (as in the number), because I like making fun of her name.
Lee is Midori-kun, Midori being green, again for obvious reasons.
Kiba calls Hai Wolf-chan, because her surname, Okami, means wolf.
And Neechama, which Hai calls Chi, is Big Sister.
2020: Anyway. I'm doing my best to make this an epic story (15+ chapters)! So if you have any ideas for me (because I chronically suffer writer's block), please share!
I told Oni that she got in the closet with Kankuro... she completely hated me!
NEXT TIME!
Operation LeeTen? The Girls Get Serious!