Innocent: Hi! Welcome to Chapter two. This chapter I SWEAR will be longer..the first chapter was just sorta like a short proloug outlining a bit on Hiashi and Hanabi's feelings about Hinata's departure. I'll probably begin Hanabi's story about half way through this story..I'm not too sure!
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or the show's characters. Though this plot and Azumi are MINE!! HA! -huggles Azumi- She is mine I've had her since like..forever and FINALLY I can fit her into one of my storys! YAY ME:P
Chapter Two: Desert Sun
"I..it's so...hot" Hinata groaned feeling dizzy.
the small team of eighteen medical nin, nine doctors and nine nurses,were only a day away from Suna. Oxen pulled five carts loaded with the team's belongings, mostly clothes and other personal items, no furniture. The medical staff were going to be given free and fully furished apartments for their help that Suna so desperatly needed.
"Of course it's hot!" Azumi chirped splashing water onto her lightly tanned face "We're in the desert and you still have on a jacket Birdie!"
"Well of course you're cool." Hinata grumbled back to her friend.
Azumi was decked in a pair of black cargo shorts and a strapless pale blue top. Her feet bore a cute little number, black ballet-slipper looking shoes with pale blue ribbons wrapping around her calves. Azumi was stunning even when she was sweating.
She reminded Hinata of Naruto's Sexy Jutsu. Flawless tanned skin, straight mid-back lenght blond hair streaked with blue highlights. One her forhead was an aqua-blue marking of a raindrop, her cheeks bore matching stripes, one on each cheek. The thing that got most people were her eyes. Stunning and big puppy dog eyes of pale aqua with tiny flecks of sea-foam green. The net thing that usually got people, expecially guys Hinata noticed was her body..she was a bit on the tall side, super skinny with and hour-glass figure. Hinata felt like such a wallflower next to her.
"Hold on mmkay?" Azumi asked before dashing off towards the cargo leaving Hinata by herself.
The group had settled in for a small break in an oasis they had found not to far from Suna's borders.Hinata took a swig of her newly replenshed water and leaned against a tree and sighed, hugging her jacket quite stubbornly against herself. She hadnt really changed much..or so she thought. She was taller..hair a bit longer almost mid-back lenght now. She had..(blushing at the thought)...curves but soft ones..nothing like Azumi's. In reality she had grown to be a beautifull young woman she just didnt seem to think so.
"I'm ba-ack!" Azumi sang nearly scaring Hinata out of her skin. The twenty-two year old shoved a wad of clothes at her and pointed behind the tree. "I'll guard, you change."
Hinata shook her head "B..but Azumi-chan!"
"GO!" Azumi demanded pulling one of her half puppy-dog half seriously evil-looking face.Hinata gulped...Azumi had a temper and just the thought of putting Azumi in one of her 'Chilly-moods' as Kiba called it sent her scampering behind the tree to change into the new outfit. Hinata sighed as she stripped down, she really was hot and the fabri was so soft and cool. As always Azumi-chan had managed to pick out the perfect outfit that suited her quiet well. Her old clothes, the same ones from the Chuunin exams sat in a pile on the ground..they were the same of course but a size bigger. She wasnt big on..change.
With a light blush she slipped into the outfit Azumi had given her and blushed brighter. Azumi had never lacked in nice clothes..and she also wasnt shy went it came to 'Showing some skin'. Hinata looked herself over..it was a nice outfit she had to admit but..did it have to..reveal so much? She couldnt...wouldnt..ohh..were was..her jacket?!
She looked up suddenly when someone..that someone being Azumi peered over the bushes giggling and triumphantly holding her clothes above her head...her jacket as well.
"Wear that or you go naked my friend! I refuse to let you die of a heat stroke on my watch!" She blew her friend a kiss and took off towards the cargo-wagons to hide Hinata's clothes.
Azumi! Hinata loved the girl to death but sometimes...Hinata sighed hugging herself. Azumi had come from a close-knit family. They hadn't been originally from Konoha either but rather a small village in the mountains called Miazuko or The Village Hidden in the Rain.
They had moved to Konoha several years back because Azumi's father had wanted a change in scenery...and spread the branches of his clan. They were rich, and like the Hyuuga's their clan was powerfull, it was called Mizunino.
Ever since Azumi had begun working as a nurse, her and Hinata had become nearly inseperable, closely followed by Shino and Kiba.
The four were best of friends. Now that the little foursome had split up, Shino becoming an ANBU, Kiba a teacher and instructer for the Ninja Academy, and now the two girls heading for Suna to be nurses, Hinata was going to miss the two they had left behind and was already feeling a bit of homesickness..for her friends.
Hinata sighed looking down at her clothes again. She had to admit it looked pretty good on her. A black pleated skirt fell several inches above her kneecaps, too short for her liking but if she pulled it down any lower her stomache would show. Her top consisted of a light material of pale lavender matching her eyes almost perfectly, two tiny lacy straps were the only things holding the material to her body and it was doing so..a bit tightly. She was nearly purple now. Her mother's necklace gleamed nicely against her pale skin. The silver chain and locket matched the ring that she had left behind. The locket's face was etched with a tiny dove, a single eye could be seen and was made of a tiny diamond. Inside the locket was a picture of Hanabi and her mother..she had never gotten one of her father.
Retying her black books she held her head up..or atleast tried as she stepped into the clearing were the other mideical nin sat..almost imediatly there were cat calls and whistles..she blushed untill she turned almost a very interesting shade of purple and retreated to Azumi's side.
Her best friend was grinning ear to ear polishing her heavy blade. A huge sword nearly as tall and wide as she herself was. It boasted a black hilt and a sparkling silver blade with aqua-blue stripes shimmering at on each blade's side.
Hinata watched warily.
Alot of people thought the weapon didnt fit the cheerfull and sweet nature Azumi had. Of course they hadnt seen Azumi angry or threatened. Nor did they know the she-devil she could be.
Azumi giggled softly at Hinata's sulking.
"Aw cheer up Hinata-chan! We'll be in Suna tommorrow. And you know what they say about Suna's men right?" She winked at her shy friend "Nearly as hot as he desert's sun itself!"
Hinata sighed and smiled softly. As smart as Azumi was she still hadnt noticed how completely head over heels in love Kiba was for her. Or if she did notice she was being an awfull tease. Hinata shook her head, poor kiba, in love with the spawn of satan herself!
"Alright everyone, time to get moving, theres a small town we should reach by nightfall..if we are lucky we can all get a nice bed to sleep in instead of the sand!" Their guide yellled and everyone began packing back up, some stuffing themselves with food as the hurried to keep up.
Hinata watched Azumi try to sweet-talk a guy from his sandwich and then win. She blew the blushing young man a kiss and grinned sweetly "Thank you so much Kero!"
She returned to Hinata's side munching away at the sandwich..finally she couldnt take Hinata's glare.
"What? It was either get a sandwich or be stuck with that stuff you brought. I asked you to pack food and what do I get? Motherlorn raisins and fruit!"
Hinata laughed. It was going to be an intresting walk indeed!
Innocent: Okay there we are! I know it still is sorta short...but I dont want to write about walking and talking I want a bit of action..which will happen when the group arrives in Suna. Dont you just LOVE Azumi...I neeeded a character that could push Hinata into being a bit less anti-social and a bit bolder! I think she'll do just wonderfully!