If I Could...
The Art, The Clothes, and The Beach
Chapter 5
In shopping market
Hikari pinched the bridge of her nose. Sighing to herself, she turned around to see that everyone was bored.
"Sorry about this, my friend should have been here like 5 minutes ago but I guess she must be busy, so I guess I'll just show you all around or something..." Hikari started to say until she saw Ino running towards her at full speed with a duffle bag in one hand and the other waving her piggy bank around in the air.
"Hey! Sorry Im late, but I had to find my piggy bank and then grab a few things." Ino explained to Hikari, while she looked her friend up and down.
"Damn girl! This is a lot of work to do in one day!" Ino commented to Hikari.
While walking around Hikari saw that Ino was making a lot of 'hmms' and 'yups'.
"Well I know the place to go; but only on a few conditions, one nothing creepy, two everything can NOT be black, three dress like a girl, and four let your real hair down. If you do all of those conditions I'll pay for you and you'll get a surprise at the end too." Ino explained to Hikari.
Sighing to herself Hikari nodded her head and started to let Ino drag her around the market.
Behind her she saw Deidara, Gaara, Temari, Kankoro, Chojuro and Ao following her and Ino.
Having only learned their names as they walked down to the meeting spot that Ino was suppose to have been at.
"Here we are! Now go and choose a nice looking outfit. Nothing guyish or boyish ok?" Ino yelled as Hikari was walking around the 'girly' store.
Hikari sighed in response and continued to look around.
Grabbing a few things that she like she ran over to the dressing room.
After a few minutes she came out wearing a new outfit.
For her top she had a backless, black sleeveless deep-v shirt on with a matching white one underneath it. While for her bottoms she had a skirt that was 2 inches shorter then her arm length. As for accessories she had a long white pair of wrist and leg warmers secured with royal purple bands with a bright red border on them, a wide thick white hair band holding her hair in a high pony-tail, a pair of black Chinese shoes, a royal purple obi tied around her waist with a thin bright red rope with two charms on the bottom of it on top of the purple obi, and her dangly Uchiha earrings in.
As she turned around slowly the crowd, or more so group of people that she was suppose to guide, watched with different emotions displayed on their faces.
Deidara had the look of lust as did Kankoro but tried to hide it more then Deidara. Ao only showed a smirk and Chojuro only blushed. While Gaara had his normal emotionless face as did Temari.
"Well Ino does this work? If so can I get something to cover up with when it turns to winter cause winter is coming soon." Hikari begged with Ino.
"It's fine but I do wish you would let your hair down." Ino complained, but none the less Ino nodded her head and motioned for her to change into what Hikari had in mind.
Smiling Hikari went flying into the changing rooms again.
This time her outfit was different.
Instead of seeing her top she had on a long-sleeve white jacket with a the lower part of her boobs exposed, the lower part of her face is covered, the sleeves flaring out far passed her arm length, and it also had a design on the bottom of the sleeve of light purple and light red butterflies. Underneath that she had a pair of black finger-less gloves on that went to almost to the top of her shoulders and a black shirt designed for the jacket minus it had a turtle neck and had no sleeves. For her bottoms she had long pair of white h on that hanged loosely on her hips. For her accessories she had two black belts that criss-crossed each other and hanged loosely on her hips as well, two white chopstick hair pins for her hair with light purple and light red charms hanging off of them, black finger nail polish, tabis without the socks on, and her normal Uchiha earrings.
"Well Ino does this work for you?" Hikari questioned Ino.
Ino blinked in surprise.
Running up towards Hikari, Ino hugged the living lights out of her.
"Can't brea, breath down here Ino." Hikari puffed out. As her head and chest was being squished by Ino.
"Sorry well anyway you had better start doing your job unless you wanna get in trouble." Ino reminded her as she pushed into the changing room.
Smiling to herself Hikari redressed into her new outfit from earlier.
"Well see you later Ino!" Hikari-chan shouted to Ino as she and the guest walked away.
After a while Hikari stopped and turned towards everyone.
"Ok so what do you what to do or need to know?" She questioned.
Deidara being, well Deidara, raised his hand and voiced out to Hikari, "Where's the artworks of this town, un. I wish to compare them to mine own, hm."
"Near the theater. It's the 2nd building directly across from the theater, they normally have a good section of pieces of artwork there." Hikari responded to Deidara, who looked like Christmas had come early this year.
Seeing no body else raising their hands. Hikari shrugged her shoulders and handed out a map to each person.
"Well since you guys aren't asking questions and I gotta go somewhere soon, here's a map. I've highlighted the popular places and wrote to the sides what some of the stores sell and service. All if that's all I'll be at the theater, so if you need me look for me there." Hikari explained to everyone as see and Deidara started to walk over to the theatrical center of the village.
As she and Deidara walked down the streets together, she kept glancing to her left, which is where Deidara was from her view, and tried to figure out this person by only looks. Frowning to herself, Hikari started to think of a question to ask this strange dude beside her. But before she could think of a question Deidara beat her to it.
"What do ya do at the theater, un?" Deidara questioned the girl beside him.
"I dance mostly. It keeps me fight. What about you? I really don't picture you being the artistic type." Hikari asked the blondy next to her.
"I am too and artist, un. But my creations are fleeting, cause Art is a bang, yeah!" Hikari heard Deidara explain in such a passionate way to her.
"What about you, un? What do you think of art?" Deidara asked of Hikari.
Upon hearing this Hikari tried to think of a non-confusing way of explaining her outlook of life.
"Um, well you see, I like yet I don't like, well, um, ok lets put it this way. I hate change but I also think of it as art. Sort of a changing, fleeting, yet everlasting thing. Like the sky it's always has a sunset and a sun raise. Both are everlasting but they change or look different every time I look up at one." Hikari struggled to explain. Feeling that she was at a lost of explaining she looked over to her left and saw that Deidara was actually taking her words seriously and was trying to think at how or what she meant.
After what felt like a long while Deidara opened his mouth and replied to what she had said earlier.
"I understand as to where you're coming from. Just the concept of the whole idea is kinda mind boggling to me. But I respect your outlook of art work, but Art is Still a Bang, un!"
Giggling a little to herself at how Deidara was acting, which was kinda silly to her, she just nodded her head the rest of the time as Deidara was describing his on look of art, but only in more depth.
While listening to Deidara's lectures about art, which she found interesting at some points, Hikari couldn't help but to think of a way to make everyone enjoy there stay here at Konoha. Unable to think of anything, Hikari started to look around their surroundings as they walked down the streets. While walking her eye's landed on the display of girls and boys playing at the pool.
Smiling to herself, and without intention towards anybody; Hikari yelled out loud, in the middle of the streets, "WE'LL HAVE A BEACH PARTY!"
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Well anyway that's about it so here are some important details about the story:
time setting when they get their teams and the chunin exams are coming up soon
Hikari is a tomboy, so she acts, talks, and dresses like a boy for the most part which is why almost everyone says kun at the end of her name instead of chan minus her teacher Kenta.
The meaning of the Title:
The art refers to the conversation Hikari and Deidara have near the end of the chapter about his on look of art and her own outlook.
The cloths refers to the shopping that Hikari had to do in order to make Ino happy and to make people not stare at her as well. Plus a girl got to have something on besides rags of cloths.
The beach refers to the idea that Hikari had at the very end.
Song picked:
"Shissou" by Last Alliance, the ending song to Ouran High School.
Remember all rights belongs to the person who made Naruto I only own Hikari and the rest of the OCs that will appear later on.
Also all other stuff that is related to the story shall be on my dART. Account which there will be a link to later.