Hey peoples. I am glad to see that there are several people that read my story. I'm also happy that some even favorited it and subscribed to the story alert. Anyway, I'm having so much fun with this story, and I'm updating pretty fast. I will update slower when reviews have completely stopped. I hope that you all enjoy this story.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto
P.S: I'm putting some dance steps in here and song. So if you wanna try to dance along, be my guest XD The dance steps will be in ( ). Have fun and enjoy!
The backyard was all set for the party. The tables were covered in cream colored table cloths; streamers hung in small arches between the house and the trees. One table already had a pile of gifts on it, and two tables had plates, cups, and silverware. The fourth table had the buffet, the food covered and heating, and there were several empty tables with chairs for the guests to eat at. Naruto had just finished putting up the last streamer; Natsumi finished hooking up the radio, and Hinata put the last present on the table when Sakura ran in from the house shouting, "She coming, she's coming!"
"Okay, places everybody!" Natsumi ordered. They had told Yin that the party was the next day, and (hopefully) the teen would be surprised to see the party already here. Everyone knew that it may not work, but everyone also thought "who cares?"
While Natsumi ran into the forest that was only nine meters away from her backyard, Naruto ran around the corner of the house, Hinata hid behind a tree, and Sakura and Ino ran to their hiding spot under the guest tables. All the other guests who came early and were helping Mayume with the food inside the house hid in the closets and the bathroom. The last three early guests ran outside and hid behind trees or around the corner with Naruto. Mayume went to the door and let Yin inside.
"Hey Yin, wanna take a look at the decorations we did?" Mayume asked. "We tried it out so we can get it right for tomorrow."
Yin smiled. "Sure May, I'll go look," she answered. She followed her aunt down the hallway and into the backyard. The girl looked around. "Wow. How come you have all of it--"
"SURPRISE!!" came a chorus of voices. Naruto and the guests ran from around their corner, and people peeked from behind the trees. Natsumi jumped out of the shadows, and Sakura and Ino popped out from under the table.
There was a gust of wind, and a spark appeared in the air. The spark grew into a flame the size of a basketball, and a tornado about half a meter formed a meter away from the flame. The two elements collided, and fireworks shot through the air. When the smoke cleared, two dragons about two meters long (one red and one white) were in front of Yin.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY YIN!" the dragons said harmoniously.
Yin smiled at the dragons. "Thanks Kiyara, Kikae." (Note: the red one is Kiyara and the white one is Kikae)
"Happy birthday Yin," came a voice from behind her. The girl turned around and saw Sasuke standing there in the hallway. The girl beamed at her father, and ran down the hall to give him a tackle-hug. Sasuke took a few steps back when she crashed into his body, and then he embraced her in a warm hug.
"Thank you, father, for making it," the young Uchiha whispered.
"Anything for my little girl..." He released his hug and looked at her. "You've grown so much." Her smile that just kept getting bigger was so charming that he couldn't help but smile back. "Ready to get this party started?" he asked.
She nodded. "Yeah." Natsumi nodded and turned on the radio, and the song Don't Stop the Music by Rhianna had just started. Everyone took a plate and started to serve themselves some food from the buffet.
* * *
Everyone was dancing to the song Closerby Ne-yo. A small group of teenagers were dancing the slapping leather to the song, and Yin was in the lead of the dance group. Natsumi smiled, happy that her daughter was enjoying herself. After watching for a few more seconds, Natsumi decided to jump in the line and dance with them. She counted the steps in her head as the song continued.
"Turn the music up in here. I still hear her loud and clear..." (one two three four...)
Several others (Naruto, Sakura, Sae, Sora and Mayume to be specific) jumped in line with Natsumi and danced along with everyone else.
(slap-ping-leat-her) Everyone hit the side of their shoe and turned to their right and continued the dance.
The song soon ended, and the song that played next was Don't Stop the Music by Rhianna. Everyone watched while Natsumi got to the front of the line and showed them how to dance the Tennessee Twister. Once the woman repeated the steps a third time, everyone seemed to get it. The song played the chorus, and they all started the Twister with a double left swivel. Laughs sounded as people bumped into someone else. People looked at one another, smiling at the fun they were all having. Mayume got her right confused with her left and bumped into her twin sister, Natsumi, and the two women laughed. Sae and Sora knocked skulls on a spin and were cracking up while resuming the dance.
Sasuke was sitting at a nearby table, watching the dance group tripping over themselves and others and laughing about it. He made a small smirk, and then looked around at the other tables. Hinata was lingering close to the dancing mob. Neji, Shikamaru, and Kiba were at another table having a conversation while Ino and Ten-ten were also talking. A faint rustle in the bushes caught Sasuke's attention, and turned around to see nothing but a swaying fern. He stared into the forest shadows for a while, then he looked back at his family and friends who had stopped dancing as the song ended.
"That was so fun!" Naruto laughed as he, Sakura, Mayume, and Natsumi walked over to Sasuke. The four sat down around the Uchiha. "Why are you being such a loner Sasuke?" the blonde asked.
"I will dance when I see a dance that I know," Sasuke replied.
"But everyone didn't know the last dance," Mayume argued. "Practically everyone got a foot stepped on and a head collision."
Natsumi smiled and nodded. "That's what makes it rather fun," she said. "Once you get the steps, it'll be even more fun 'cause you can go all super fast." The woman took a sip of her water. "Seriously, Sasuke, you're gonna have to dance the next line dance with us." The Uchiha stared at his wife, and then he sighed.
"Fine."
Naruto grinned and clapped his hands together. "Awesome!"
"Naruto, you're such a hyper person," Sakura said. "You're acting like we're still genin."
"I'll take that as a compliment."
Natsumi looked around the party and then turned her attention back to her friends. Suddenly the song Foreverby Chris Brown began to play. She stood up quickly. "Yes! This one is an easy dance! Come on guys!" The woman grabbed her husband's hand and pulled him out of his seat and onto the dance floor. Naruto, Sakura, and Mayume trailed behind. The five stood at in a line, being watched by everyone else.
Great...I'm starting to have second thoughts... Sasuke frowned. He then felt Natsumi squeeze his hand. The man looked to his right at the red-haired kunoichi. The woman began to bob her head, showing him the beat.
"Ok, I'll explain quickly and show u," she said. "You take three steps to your right while grape-vining; brush-step. Go left three with grape-vine; brush-step." Natsumi did the first eight counts for Sasuke. She began to speak quicker. "Then you bruch-step forward four and back three and hitch--" She pulled her left knee up to her chest while leaning into it and put her leg back down. "on beat eight. After that take a step forward; toe-touch. Step back; toe-touch. Take four steps forward, and sweep and turn ninety-degrees to the right for beat eight and repeat the grape-vine and so on."
Sasuke nodded his head in understanding. The others watched and listened from behind and got ready to dance. As soon as the song started, they started the Cowboy Boogie.
"It's you, and me, moving at the speed of light to eternity..." (grape-vine 2 3 brush; left, 6 7 8. brush 2, 3 4; back 6, 7, hitch)
"Tonight, is the night, to join me in the rhythm of ecstasy..." (step touch, step touch. forward 2 3 kick. Grape-vine 2 3 brush; left, 6 7 8. brush 2, 3 4; back 6, 7, hitch)
Sasuke carefully followed Natsumi's steps the first thirty-two counts (that's doing the sixteen count dance twice just so you know), but when it came to be him going to the right and leading others behind him, he grew a bit nervous. He accidentally stepped on Natsumi's foot several times, but she only laughed and said it was fine and counted the steps to help him catch up. After a minute of doing the dance Sasuke got the hang of it, and he added some more swing and feeling into his steps.
Natsumi glanced over at her husband, and when she saw him having fun she smiled. It's great to know that he's enjoying himself. The song continued on, and everyone was having fun. Once the song ended, Swayby Michael Buble came up. Everyone dispersed to either get a drink, sit, or find a partner to dance with. Natsumi felt a tap on her shoulder, and she turned around to see Sasuke.
"Would you care for a dance?" he asked.
She took the hand he offered. "I'd be delighted." The man smirked, and then he placed his hand on her waist and the two began to sway. He moved along with the tempo, and Natsumi smiled. "Who knew that you could do salsa or tango-related dances?"
Once again Sasuke smirked and replied, "I told you: I only dance when it's a dance that I know." He then leaned close to her and whispered, "I had to do this for information gathering."
"Ah, so you loosened a woman's lips with a dirty dance?" Natsumi asked while eyeing her husband with a stare that demanded the truth.
"Well, basically."
"Was that allyou were told to do to retrieve the information?" Sasuke frowned at Natsumi, and she looked away and around the party area.
"I didn't sleep with any woman if that's what you're implying." The Uchiha held the young woman closer to him as they danced. "You know that I would never do that."
Natsumi looked from the alley of the house to Sasuke. "I suppose you're right," she said a bit harshly. The song began to build up tempo and crescendo. Sasuke spun her around and lowered her to the ground and suspending her just as the song paused. When he looked down at her, Natsumi had to smile at him. The man pulled her up and they began to side-step again into the rhythm.
Sasuke pulled Natsumi close again to whisper, "Are you still fuming over that last question and answer?"
"We'll discuss that later," the woman replied. The song ended, and the two stopped dancing. Natsumi smiled, clapped her hands together and said, "Alright everyone! Now that we burned off some calories it's time to get some back with some cake!"
Yang came running in right on cue and was holding the large birthday cake to the main table. The cake had white frosting and the words "Happy Sweet 16 Yin" written on it. Everyone sang the birthday song, and the birthday girl blew out the candles. There was applause, and then the cake was cut up and being distributed.
* * *
The backyard was cleaned up, and all the guests were gone. Sora and Sae were in their rooms while Mayume remained in the living room with her laptop. Natsumi and Sasuke were in their shared room upstairs getting ready for bed.
"Man, Yin has grown up so much," Sasuke said.
"That's what happens when you leave and eight-year-old for eight years," Natsumi responded. She got into a long, red silk nightgown and undid her bra. She put it away in a drawer and got under the bedsheets.
Sasuke took off his shirt and got into bed beside her. "Hey, I'm sorry I left."
"I know that you're sorry."
"Really? 'Cause you still sound upset."
"Well I'm not."
The Uchiha looked at her. "Are you sure that you're not upset?" he asked. Natsumi met his gaze, and her mad and annoyed expression disappeared. Now she had a sad frown, and she stared down at the covers.
"Okay...I guess I'm a bit upset..." she admitted.
"And that is because...?"
"It's because...it really hurt me when you left. I actually thought you left just get away from me and the children..." She then felt Sasuke wrap his arms around her.
"I didn't want to leave you, Yin, or anyone here," he said. "I wanted to be able to protect both of you, my family."
"But you're already strong enough to protect us," Natsumi argued. "Not to mention that Yin and I are kunoichi. I am a Jonin and she's a Chunin. The boys are also Chunins and Jonin."
Sasuke cocked an eyebrow at her. "Have you been kicked off the ANBU?"
"I'm rarely called. Kinda busy with the current case. Anyways, you shouldn't have left us."
"I know, I know, but it felt like I had to." The young man then looked at her with serious onyx eyes. "Will you forgive me?" he asked.
Natsumi sighed and laid down on the bed. When she did so Sasuke let go of her. Then he laid down beside her, and rest scooted closer to him and rested her head and an arm on his chest. "I can't stay mad at you. Of course I forgive you...just don't keep doing that."
"Okay." Sasuke wrapped his arms around her again, and he kissed the top of her head. "I love you," he whispered in Natsumi's ear.
"Love you too," Natsumi replied. She closed her eyes, and after several minutes Sasuke could hear and feel her slow, steady breathing indicating that she fell asleep. Eventually, he also fell asleep with his head resting on his wife's. Outside, the wind weaved through the trees, moving its thin, leafy branches aside revealing a crouched human figure in its large branches. The figure was staring at the couple as they dozed, and then the shadow smirked and disappeared in a flash.
Who is that figure?! Well, who knows? (lol, i do! :] )
Srry i took so long to update. This one is rather long, or not, and i was kinda buried in homework. Not to mention the login portion of the site being "glitchy". _ I'll do my best to update a bit faster.
PLZ review! thanks!
~Nat