Festival of Dates
Neji POV
How we got here I may never know, but I like it. Tenten, Naruto, Hinata, Sasuke, Sakura, Ino, Shikamaru, Temari, Gaara, Kiba, Lee, Kankuro and I are standing in front of Kamiki, a village that has an annual festival that happened to fall this week. Everyone is wearing kimonos and other sorts of dressy outfits, the villagers are running wild and a white wolf is drinking sake from a huge barrel. The scenery is beautiful but the party is crazy.
First off, Tenten is wearing a long, dark blue kimono with a black obi. It has a picture of a dragon on the side. I, personally, think she looks beautiful. Her hair, although still in buns, has dragon hair ornaments in them.
Then there is me. Dashingly handsome, as always. I'm wearing a black yukata. Sharp.
Ino is wearing a knee length, lavender dress. It is very form fitting and has no sleeves. All sorts of mascara, lipstick, and blush are put evenly on her face (she's the sort of person unnatural beauty, she looks even better then normal with make up, no wonder Kiba likes her). She has her blonde hair down and it reaches her hip, making her look like a sort of fairy (in the good sense).
Kiba is wearing jeans and his cow skin vest. So much for classy.
Naruto is wearing an orange training outfit that a villager lent him. He's bright as always.
Then there is Hinata. She is wearing an off-white kimono with a light purple obi. Her hair is down and curled in at the edges. Naruto is blushing and on the ride over he had a nosebleed.
Sasuke is wearing a traditional Uchiha formal outfit. His shirt was completely unbuttoned and he carried a traditional Uchiha fan, one of which I know for a fact has a knife in it that comes out only when held in a certain, very correct manner.
Sakura is gazing dreamily at Sasuke. She's wearing a red kimono with intricate little cherry blossoms on it. Her pink hair is done in a French braid.
Lee is wearing a green suit. It's tied to tight and has gold etchings on the fringed edges. His hair is even rounder then usual. He looks, shall we say, hideous.
Temari is wearing a short white kimono with a purple obi. Her fishnet stockings reach her knees and hair is done in it's four ponytails. To add to the gangster effect, she has black stiletto heels. Luckily she left her fan in the wagon.
Gaara is wearing a robe. It is black and red and even though he's happy to see Temari again- he still looks emo.
Kankuro has on a black robe. His face paint is a lighter purple then average and his bat man hood is gone, leaving his blonde hair out in the open for all the world to see.
Shikamaru has on his normal outfit, jeans, a vest, and a shirt. The only thing different is that now he has Temari holding his hand and scolding him for not wearing the matching outfit she bought for him. Shikamaru just said his usual answer, "troublesome".
Few… I'm done talking about everyone else. Now we can get back to me… and Tenten who is staring greedily at some huge swords lying on the ground near the white wolf, who is watching her curiously. The white wolf looks like it realized that she's plotting to steal them and jumped up, grabbing the swords and stuffing them into some invisible pockets. Tenten screams "hey! I was getting ready to try those!"
She walks toward the firework specialist and starts chatting away about making the perfect fireworks. So much for the perfect date. Hinata and Naruto have sat down on a bench, a small one so they're packed like sardines. Most other people have run off so I take the time to explore.
Kamiki village seems like a normal village but apparently an eight headed dragon once ate all the beautiful maidens. How cliché, but the place looks so magic, almost like it was drawn on a scroll. I guess anything could've happened.
"Neji!" Tenten runs up to me and starts pulling me to a tree at the very top of the hill. The tree is the largest cherry blossom tree I've seen in my entire life. HUGE. We slip through a gate but as soon as we got through, everyone was gone. Including some people we saw from the other side of the gate. I guess saying that everything was gone is an incorrect statement, it's just that everything went black and white. As soon as we step back to the other side of the gate- its all back to normal. So we go around, then we sit on a flat boulder next to the tree. "Isn't it cool Neji? This place is perfect!"
Fireworks start flying up. "No. Now it is." I reach over and give her a soft peck on the cheek. We sit for a long time, quietly watching the fireworks. My heart is pounding so fast that the noise of the fireworks is the only thing reassuring me that it couldn't be heard by Tenten. As we started to walk back down the hill, the white wolf started following Tenten and looking around cautiously.
Naruto POV
Hinata-chan is so cute! She even got me water chestnut ramen! That kimono is very form fitting. I could just kiss her. Neji's not around anyway. "Hinata-chan, thanks for the ramen."
"A-anytime N-naruto-kun", she shyly replies.
"I've wanted to do this since the beginning of the trip"
Then I kiss her. It's all slobbery! Why can't I do anything right? Why? Now she hates me, I know she does. "Naruto-kun, when we go on our way again, would you like to come along?"
At this I don't know what to say. "Hinata-chan, of course I'll go. On one condition, my friends go to. I don't want the other girls fighting over me, now do I?"
"I-I g-guess y-you're r-right. I-I'll g-get t-them t-to j-join. I-I p-promise."
"And I believe you."
Neji POV
I could see Hinata and Naruto eating bamboo and water chestnuts. It was obvious that Naruto had made a pass at her because she was blushing even more then usual.
Kiba and Ino were sitting on a ledge in the cliff, Akamaru must have carried them up. They're kissing passionately.
Kiba POV
"Ino, do ya like our date?" I curiously asked.
"Of course! I love spending time with you!"
She had one arm around my neck, I had one around hers'. Akamaru was talking to the white wolf, apparently named Amaterasu, but she disappeared somewhere so now he's sleeping next to a big man named Susano. Ino suddenly turned around. "Kiba, I love you. I want to kiss you."
And that's what she did. I kissed her back and pretty soon it was as if we'd been doing it for our entire lives.
Neji POV
The white wolf is still following us. Everywhere it goes, flowers seem to trail behind. Weird. A tiny, bouncing green light is on her forehead and is calling to us. Tenten finally notices and calls out to the green light. "Hi little sprite! Your wolf is so adorable!"
The green light turns red, like it's blushing and says "that's right, Ammy attracts all the women!"
"Ammy" barks and lets Tenten pet her. The bug keeps talking. "I'm the great wandering artist, Issun! And this here's the great Amaterasu!"
Issun keeps talking until Tenten gets bored and starts walking towards the sake barrel. I follow. Amaterasu sits on a rock and curls up for sleep.
Lee is sitting next to Tenten, who's drinking a strong sake. Lee is drinking water. They put their drinks down and jump up to greet me. When we go back to our seats, they start drinking again but Tenten notices something odd. "Lee, I think you have my sake."
It was to late. Lee is drunk! He kicks over the bench, jumps into a tree and starts singing drunkenly. I spring into action and hit him on the head, very hard. That is when Lee and I take our exit. By the wagon, Shikamaru, Temari, Gaara, and Kankuro are already waiting.
Tenten POV
Neji took Lee to the wagon but I wanna say goodbye to Amaterasu before we leave. The wolf is sitting on a rock, watching the moon. Once walk over and start to pet her, Issun says "Ammy wants to give you something."
He takes out a scroll. Amaterasu somehow draws a signature seal and hands the scroll over. I don't know what it is and Issun sees my puzzled look. "Oh right, you have no idea what it is. Well, it summons Ammy to help you. She thinks you'll need it. It works multiple times and she'll be your guardian, but don't use it to often. Remember, we're needed here to."
I didn't know what was happening but as soon as I put the scroll in a secret pocket in my kimono (the one I keep my shurikens in), I felt very awake and alert. At least I was in less of a daze then when Neji kissed me. Then Issun jumped onto my lap and said "Ammy'll love coming to visit you, she can use special powers too. Kinda like you people. All of you have weird abilities."
Then he hopped into Amaterasu's fur and I heard nothing more. With a final pat I was gone.
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Ninuri: I know the chapter was rushed and a strange crossover, but it's part of the plot. Seriously. But anywho, at least there was a moment for most of the characters in it. Next chapter- Coming?
Oh and Symbiotic, thanks for your review. I think it'll help my story, but don't review about how bad it is. Don't completely mock me either. That's not flaming, it's just rude.
