"Did you have to hit me in the nose again? It seems to be your favorite part for you to hit me in." Sasuke complied as Naruto fussed over him lightly. Naruto looked a little guilty. "Of course, if this is the treatment I get afterward, I suppose a little pain never hurt. I've had worse."
"Jerk." Naruto said with a blush as he turned away from Sasuke, who chuckled. Ten-Ten giggled and Gaara shook his head; while Neji just watched in amusement at the two.
"Do you have anything plan for today?" Neji asked them (Gaara, Naruto, and Ten-Ten). They all shook their heads. "Excellent. Sasuke and I wanted to take you to the big city today. There is to be a parade."
"What's a parade?" Gaara and Naruto asked together. Neji gave a light frown. Sasuke just snorted; and Ten-Ten looked at them in surprise.
"You've never heard of a parade?" Sasuke asked, earning a glare from Naruto.
"And?"
"It's really fun! Different people with animals and costumes travel in a line down the road. We get to see all the high nobles, knights, and the honorable king! There's fresh food-"
"Food! I'm in!" Naruto shouted excitedly. Gaara nodded his head in agreement. It did sound interesting. "Let's put on our new kiminos and prepare!"
"For not being girls, you sure act like-ack!" Sasuke started, but Naruto lightly slapped his damaged nose as he walked by. "Dobe!"
"Teme!" Naruto shouted back. Gaara was about to follow, but a grip on his arm stopped him. He turned around and saw Ten-Ten looking down sadly.
"Ten-chan?"
"May...maybe I shouldn't go. I don't want to be the third wheel during your date." She told Gaara, who snorted.
"One: this isn't a date. Two: who said you have a choice." With that said, Gaara grabbed his wrist gently and pulled her behind her. Ten-Ten smiled happily.
THIRTY MINUTES LATER
"I'm leaving my hair down." Gaara told Naruto, who just finished putting his in a tight bun. "How do I look?"
Gaara did a little spin to show off the red kimino with a white outline and white obi. He wore small clogs.
"Like a little figurine." Ten-Ten answered with a smile. Gaara didn't know whether to smile at being pretty or frown at another strike at his masculinity. He decided to just not make a face as he looked at Ten-Ten.
She had her hair down, but out of her face. She wore red kimono with a black out line and black obi. She wore flat shoes.
"You look pretty, Ten-chan!" Naruto told her as he finished his makeup. "Let me put some make-up on you."
"Okay."
"Don't get any on your clothes." Gaara warned Naruto who was wearing a sky blue kimono with a white obi and white flat shoes.
After they were completely dressed, they walked down stairs and frowned when they saw two strange men in their house instead of Neji and Sasuke.
"Who the hell are you two?" Naruto asked as he stepped in front of Ten-Ten and Gaara.
"I am Hayate and this is-" Hayate trailed off as he gave a coughing fit.
"And I'm Gemma." The other guy introduced himself. "We've been assigned to escort you three to the parade in the next town."
"How do we know if you're really with Sasuke and Neji?" Gaara asked supiously.
"Sasuke-san said to make sure his "woman" was escorted their willing or not." Gemma said with a shrug. Naruto growled and his eyes flashed red. "I'm really sorry if we've inconvenience you."
"We were going anyway." Ten-Ten said, before Naruto or Gaara snapped at the two. Gemma eyes widen slightly as if just seeing Ten-Ten there. He then gave her a slow grin, earning a blush from her. Naruto was still fuming, but Gaara noticed and raised an eyebrow. This could be interesting.
"Shall we leave?" Hayate asked them just to be polite.
"Fine..." Naruto said in defeat.
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"The red dragon represents one brother and the red is the other brother." Gemma explained to them as they watched a "dragon" made of people with a gaint dragon costume dance around.
"It's so cool to look at." Naruto said with a bright smile. He giggled when the "dragon" batted its eye lashes at him. "Hey! Look it's Teme, Gaara!"
"Huh?" Gaara looked down the street at what Naruto was pointing at. He and the others watched in interest as Sasuke, Neji, Shikamaru, and several other people rode beautiful horses.
"Those are the royal knights: Itachi, Kisame, Kyuubi, Sasuke, Neji, Shikamaru, Asuma, Lee, Gai, Kakashi, and Shino. They are the best knights since Minato." Gemma told them. Naruto frowned in slight recognition of the name.
"Whose Minato?" Gaara asked curiousy.
"He was the strongest in the land and could take on just about anything." Hayate told them.
"What happened to him?" Naruto asked.
"He retired really early and settled down. Don't get me wrong, he's still good. He and his wife are just torn apart by their missing child...lost him many years ago..." Gemma trailed off thoughtfully as he stared at Naruto.
"What?"
"Nothing. Anyway, wave to your boyfriend, he's staring at you." Gemma told Naruto, who blushed and looked at Sasuke. Sasuke was indeed appearing to stare at him. Naruto gave him a shy wave, earning a smirk. Sasuke then looked back forward.
"Teme..."
"Aw..." Ten-Ten said with a smile. "You're just too cute."
"Che'" Naruto sucked his teeth and crossed his arms with a pout. Gaara frowned and looked around behind him. "Gaara, what's up? You keep looking behind us. Is something wrong?"
"Nothing...I just thought...never mind." Gaara shook his head and smiled at Naruto. He then went back to watching the parade. It feels like somebody's watching me...
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