So this has been my longest chapter yet, I think? I hope everyone likes it! I'm sorry for the wait! Please be sure to review, it lets me know if you guys are actually enjoying reading this! I'll appreciate it!
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"Ten?" Yumi called out, once she was inside her house.
"I'm in here!" TenTen yelled out from upstairs.
Yumi went up the stairs two at a time. When she reached the hallway, she saw that TenTen's door was open. Yumi looked inside and took a good look at her friend before she actually entered the room. She could easily tell that TenTen had been crying since her make-up was smeared and her eyes were slightly red and puffy.
"Hey." TenTen looked up as her friend greeted her. "What's going on?"
"Yumi, I really wanted to talk to you alone. I'm so sorry if I interupted you and Kiba, but I just can't keep this to myself anymore." TenTen looked like she was about to start crying again.
"No, Ten, you didn't interupt. We were on our way here when I got your message. Are you ok?" Yumi asked.
Just then, TenTen burst out in tears. Her make-up started smearing even more and Yumi sat down on the bed next to her friend, and just hugged her.
"Yumi, I have a huge favor to ask you, and if you say no, I'll understand." TenTen started saying.
"Ok, I'll see if I can help you, TenTen. Tell me what's wrong?" Yumi asked, concerned at the tone of voice her friend was using.
"It's just that, I haven't been able to pay my rent for my apartment and I got evicted. I've been staying over at Sakura's and Ino's but I can't stay with them forever. I have nowhere else to go Yumi and I was wondering if I could just stay here? I mean, I'll help out with what I can, it's just I'm kinda tight on money right now! Please Yumi?" TenTen started crying again by the time she was finished speaking.
"Ten, of course you can stay here! I get lonely sometimes, and a housemate would be fun! And besides, Hina might move in too, so it's no big deal. Why didn't you tell us sooner?" Yumi said, relieved her friend's problem had such an easy solution.
"Well, I tried to keep it to myself. I didn't want to worry you guys, so I didn't say anything. I really, really didn't want Neji to find out, because knowing him, he would suggest that I stay at the Hyugga Manor, and do you know how embarrassing that would be? For Neji to see me in the mornings with bedhead, morning breath, no make-up? And besides, what would Hiashi think?" TenTen said, in mock horror.
Yumi laughed at her fellow brunette.
"Well Ten, it's settled then! We start moving the rest of your stuff in tomorrow, ok?"
"Thanks Yumi, you're the best!" TenTen grinned.
"You're welcome! You know I'll always be there for my girls!" Yumi smiled back at her.
"Helloooo?" Someone yelled from downstairs.
"HINA!" Yumi and TenTen rushed downstairs to greet their friend.
"TenTen, why's you're make-up messed up? Did Neji make you cry?" Hinata asked noticing the smears on her friend's face.
"Oh, no. Basically Hinata, I was kicked out of my apartment, didn't tell anyone about it, argued with Neji, and now I'm moving in with Yumi!" TenTen said.
"Ten! Why didn't you tell us? You know we would've helped you out!" Hinata scolded her.
"Yeah, I know." TenTen said, embarrassed.
"Well now that Hinata's here, I guess we're only waiting for Ino and Sakura to get here." Yumi said as she streched out on the living room couch.
"They're almost here, I just got off the phone with Ino. So that means, we should fix your make-up missy!" Hinata turned to TenTen wagging her finger at her.
"Alrighty then! Let's get ready!" Yumi said, excitedly.
The three girls headed upstairs to get ready.
"KIBA! SLOW DOWN!" Naruto yelled at his friend who was driving over the speed limit.
"Naruto, if we're gunna get there before they leave, I have to speed." Kiba replied calmly, as the needle on the speedometer got higher and higher.
"KIBA! WE'RE NOT GUNNA GET THERE AT ALL IF WE DIE IN A CAR WRECK!" Naruto shouted again.
"Quit yelling, Naruto." Kiba grumbled as he approached a red light, and slowed down before completely stopping.
Just then, Kiba's ringtone 'Kiss Me Thru The Phone' by Soulja Boy went off. At first, he had hated that song, but since his girlfriend loved it, he decided to keep it.
"Hello?" Kiba answered.
"Kiba, it's me." Shikamaru told him, "Look, Ino and Sakura are still going to take awhile, since they stopped for gas and are taking forever! You have about 15 minutes to get to Yumi's house ok?"
"Alright, thanks Shikamaru. I guess I can't speed anymore and scare the shit out of Naruto anymore then, can I?" Kiba joked.
Shikamaru chuckled. "Well, that wouldn't be a good idea, seeing as how he'll probably yell so loud once you get to Yumi's, that the girls will find out we're following them."
"Yeah, you're right man. I'll be nice then, and call if anything happens ok?" Kiba said.
"Got it." Shikamaru replied, before hanging up.
"Hey Kiba?" Naruto started, " About earlier? Does Hinata really like me?"
Kiba remember how Sasuke had blurted out Hinata's secret earlier, and gripped the steering wheel even tighter.
"Well, Naruto, she does. She really does. You weren't supposed to find out though, especially not from Sasuke. I know you don't feel the same way for her, Naruto, but don't hurt her. She's like a sister to me, and one of Yumi's best friends, so it wouldn't be a good thing if you broke her heart. Just act like you don't know her secret and everything will be fine ok?" Kiba stopped down the road from Yumi's house. He didn't want to be too close when the girls left, and since he hadn't switched cars, they could easily point out his car if he parked near the house.
"Kiba, the thing is, I think I'm starting to fall for her too. Sasuke telling me opened my eyes. I mean, I was pretty bummed when Sakura agreed to go the final dance with him, but with Hinata, it's different. I'm just myself when I'm around her, and it doesn't seem to bother her. She doesn't get annoyed if I'm too loud, or mad if I jump into her car instead of opening the door. She's beautiful and she has the best singing voice! Have you ever heard her? She sounds like an angel!" Naruto found himself rambling.
"Naruto, are you sure that you're not just starting to like her because you know she likes you?" Kiba raised his eyebrows at Naruto. Hinata had been his best friend since they were four, and the last thing he wanted was her getting hurt, especially from a guy.
"No, at least I don't think so. I got to know her a little better as I was walking her to class all day, and after school when she gave me a ride, but there's still so much I want to know. She's so interesting, I don't think I want to let her go..." Naruto trailed off deep in thought.
'What if I do only like Hinata because she likes me? What if she doesn't like me? She doesn't act like she does. Maybe Sasuke was lying? UGH! Hinata, I can't get you out of my mind! I've fallen for you, fallen for you hard.' Naruto thought to himself while staring out the window.
"Hina? Ten? Mimi?" Sakura said as she walked in the door.
"Hey, we're in here!" TenTen's voice came from the living room.
Ino and Sakura walked in to find the rest of the girls dressed, and ready to go. Hinata had on a pair of dark wash skinny jeans and a black tank top that fit her perfectly, and some black flats. Yumi had a red tube top with gold designs and a dark jean skirt, with gold sandals. TenTen had on her favorite green Supergirl tee, and some khaki shorts and green Converse.
"Well seems like you three are ready to go shopping! But you guys are changing before we get to the club right?" Ino would not stand for anything less than the best when it came to fashion, and especially when the girls were having a night out on the town.
"Of course Ino. I mean, who shows up to the Hidden Leaf Club wearing a tee and khaki shorts?" TenTen joked with her friends.
"Or a tank top! The jeans are ok, but the shirt needs to be flashier!" Hinata chimed in, wanting to be part of the joke.
"And what kind of club owner's daughter would I be if I didn't wear something that's directly off the runway!?!" Yumi said.
Ino and Sakura laughed at their friends, making fun of what they were personally wearing.
"I'll take that as a yes, then?" Ino said as her friends lifted their name brand duffel bags filled with clothes and other things they would need for later.
"Ok then, Ino and I will go change and we can go." Sakura told her friends as she started heading up the stairs.
Shikamaru and Sasuke pulled up behind Kiba's car. They got out and Shikamaru tapped the driver's side window, while Sasuke popped up next to the passenger side window.
"AGHH!!! SASUKE! YOU BASTARD! DON'T YOU KNOW BETTER THAN TO SNEAK UP ON ME LIKE THAT!" Naruto yelled.
Kiba and Shikamaru couldn't stop laughing as Sasuke said "That was priceless! You're so easy to scare, idiot."
"I'm not an idiot! I just wasn't expecting you to pop out of nowhere RIGHT BESIDE MY WINDOW!" Naruto said, getting louder as he continued talking.
Shikamaru and Sasuke opened the back doors and sat in the back seat.
"You should know by now Naruto, expect the unexpected!" Sasuke smirked.
"Yeah, well how am I supposed to 'expect the unexpected' when I'm busy thinking!" Naruto grumbled.
"Naruto? Thinking? About what?" Shikamaru said, raising an eyebrow.
"Uhh, Nothing." Naruto said. He could feel his friend's eyes on him.
"ABOUT HINATA! ARE YOU GUYS HAPPY?! ABOUT HER, OK!" Naruto slumped down in his seat, looking mad.
"Naruto, chill. It's ok if you like her, you shouldn't be ashamed to admit it, especially not to us since we're your best friends." Shikamaru told him.
"Yeah, Naruto. It's no big deal. I mean I like Sakura and I'll admit it, at first I was scared to let anyone know, but I realized that if I didn't make my move soon, someone else would take her from me." Sasuke said, calmly.
Kiba and Naruto's mouths dropped.
"I knew it! I knew there was a reason you wanted to take her to the dance!" Kiba said as Naruto took out his wallet and handed him a ten dollar bill.
"What is it with you guys making bets?" Neji asked as he opened the back door on the right next to Sasuke.
"Neji. Finally. So did you bring it?" Kiba asked.
"Bring what?" Naruto said, looking between both of the brown haired guys.
"Yeah, they won't recognize us." Neji answered back.
"Bring what? What are you guys talking about?" Naruto asked, impatiently.
Even Sasuke and Shikamaru looked confused.
"Well, since the girls are heading out together in the same car, we should do the same. The only problem is, they'll recognize all of our cars, so I asked Neji here if he would mind letting us use one of the Hyugga cars." Kiba said.
"Hyugga cars? Won't Hinata recognize it?" Naruto said, turning around in his seat to take a look at the car Neji had brought. Unfortunatley, Sasuke's Escalade Ext. was in the way and he couldn't see anything.
"You should know Naruto, Hiashi requires everyone to have the best cars, so that includes the help. I borrowed the cook's personal car. It's brand new, Hinata hasn't even seen it." Neji replied.
"Oh. And he let you borrow it? Wow." Naruto answered back, grinning as he thought about his ride home with Hinata earlier.
"Hey guys, I'm gunna call Yumi and see what they're doing so be quiet!" Kiba said as he dialed his girlfriend's number.
"You fly as hell, swagga right, brown skin poppin
you know just how to talk to me
know just how i like it
you turnin me on, you turnin me on, you turnin me on"
"Oh, Where did I leave my phone now?!" Yumi exclaimed as she tried to listen where the ringing was coming from."Now wait a minute lil busta u got one more time to feel on my booty,
better recognize a lady that aint the way u do me, ya turnin me off,
ya turnin me off, ya turnin me off, better recognize a real women....."
"Mimi, did you check inside your purse?" Hinata shyly suggested.
"Huh? Oh, thanks Hina!" Yumi smiled sheepishly, as she checked her handbag and pulled out her still ringing phone.
"Hello?" She chirped happily into the phone.
"Hey babe! Whatcha doing?" Kiba said.
"Nothing really, JUST WAITING FOR INO AND SAKURA TO GET DOWNSTAIRS!!!!" She shouted to the two girls getting ready upstairs.
"Well, that was loud." Kiba chuckled, "So are you girls leaving soon then?"
"Yeah, WE'RE LEAVING IN TWO MINUTES!" Yumi shouted again her friends that they were waiting on, "Sorry hun, it's just that if we don't yell, they'll never get down here."
"It's ok. Don't worry about it." Kiba said before Yumi interrupted as Sakura and Ino came down the stairs.
"I'm so sorry babe, but we're all ready to go, and if we don't leave we're gunna be late. I'll talk to you later ok?" Yumi explained.
"It's alright, have fun ok? Be a good girl for me?" Kiba asked her.
"I'm always a good girl!" Yumi laughed as she followed TenTen, Hinata, Ino, and Sakura out into the driveway, locking the front door behind her.
"Not always, remember that one time..."
"KIBA!" Yumi laughed.
"I'm just kidding! But seriously, have fun. I love you." Kiba told her.
"I love you too. I'll talk to you later, babe." Yumi replied.
"Ok. Bye." Kiba said before Yumi hung up.
Kiba turned to the guys sitting in his car, "They're leaving now!"
"Ok, into Neji's borrowed car then!" Naruto said, as he jumped out the Range Rover and got into the car parked behind Sasuke's.
"Finally, a night when only the five of us hang out!" Ino said, as she leaned into the soft, dark grey interior of Yumi's purple Dodge Charger.
She was sitting in between TenTen and Sakura in the backseat, while Hinata was in the passenger seat.
"I know! We have to start doing this more often!" Sakura told the girls in the car.
"It has been awhile since we've done this." Hinata added shyly.
"I almost forgot what it was like hanging out with you guys!" TenTen winked at the two girls sitting in the backseat with her.
"Yeah. We're together now though, and that's all that matters!" Yumi said as she looked through her rearview mirror.
"Well, since the shopping district is about half an hour away, why don't we use this time to decide what kind of fairy-tale we're gunna dress up as?" Sakura suggested.
"I CALL DIBS ON ALICE IN WONDERLAND!" Ino yelled.
"Ok fine, I want to be be the Little Mermaid, since red is sort of close to pink." Sakura said.
"Sakura, Ino, those two are perfect for you guys." Hinata turned around in her seat while Yumi nodded in agreement.
"What about you, TenTen? Any ideas?" Hinata turned her attention to the brunette in the back seat.
"I'm not sure, I mean, I don't really think that any of those poofy princess dresses are for me." TenTen thought aloud.
"I have an idea!" Yumi exclaimed, "Ten, why don't you go as Jane?! From Tarzan and Jane? Can you guys imagine that? Neji in a leopard print loincloth?" The car filled with the girls laughter at what Yumi had suggested.
"You're right though, Mimi! That's perfect!" TenTen said happily, as the girls controlled their laughter.
"What about you Hinata? Have you thought of something?" Yumi asked the indigo-haried girl beside her.
"Hinata! What about Beauty and the Beast? Everyone in town already thinks of Naruto as a monster!" Ino joked, but the car grew quiet as the girls heard her.
It was true. Naruto had been treated badly by everyone in the village while they were all younger. He was called a demon or monster by the adults since he had too much energy as a little kid. He was always getting in trouble for pulling pranks on others, and being too loud. As he grew older though, most people learned that even though he was hyper, he had a heart of gold and would do anything to protect the people he cared about. Hinata had always liked Naruto, his cheerfulness and the way he wasn't scared of anyone or anything. She had always felt a pang of hurt whenever someone would compare Naruto to a beast.
"Hinata, I'm sorry. I was only joking. Please don't be mad! I'm so sorry!" Ino pleaded.
"It's alright." Hinata whispered, as Sakura shot Ino a glare.
"Hina, what about Tinkerbell? I'm sure Naruto would love to be your Peter Pan!" Sakura asked, trying to cheer up her friend.
"That's a good idea, what do you think Hina?" Yumi said, trying to get the Hyugga heiress to answer.
"Sure." Hinata smiled weakly, "What about you, Yumi? You haven't said anything."
"Well, I was thinking I'd go as Little Red Riding Hood. Since Kiba's teeth are fang-like and he's so into dogs, I'm sure he'll love it!" Yumi said, with a hint of anxiousness in her voice. The tension in the car was getting uncomfortable for everyone.
The car was silent until TenTen broke the silence.
"Hey, Mimi? Why don't you tell Hina where your C.D.'s are, so we can listen to music?"
"Great idea, Ten! Hina, they're underneath your seat. Can you reach them?" Yumi said, not taking her eyes off the road.
"Yeah, here they are." Hinata said as she slipped the disc into the C.D. player.
Sakura gasped, as Ino smiled. TenTen patted Hinata while Yumi asked them, "Ready?"
They had heard the familar song so many times whenever they were together. It was their anthem.
Yumi and Hinata began to sing first, their soprano voices harmonizing perfectly.
I come home
In the morning light
My mother says
When you gonna live
Your life right
Oh mother dear
We're not
The fortunate ones
And girls
They wanna have fun
Oh girls
Just wanna have fun
Sakura and Ino took the second verse, both singing alto.
The phone rings
In the middle of the night
My father yells
What you gonna do
With your life
Oh, daddy dear you know
You're still number one
But girls
They wanna have fun
Oh girls just wanna have
They all sang the next part together.
That's all they really want
Some fun
When the working day is done
Girls
They wanna have fun
Oh girls
Just wanna have fun
TenTen sang the last verse by herself.
Some boys
Take a beautiful girl
And hide her away
From the rest of the world
I want to be the one
To walk in the sun
Oh girls they wanna have fun
Oh girls just wanna have
They all sang along to the chrous. The voices mixed perfectly leaving people walking through the streets listening in awe.
That's all they really want
Some fun
When the working day is done
Girls
They want to have fun
Oh girls
Just want to have fun
They wanna have fun
They wanna have fun
When the song finished they burst out giggling.'This is how it should be.' Hinata thought, 'The five of us together, and happy.'
"That was soooooo much fun!" Sakura gushed.
"I know!" Yumi replied from the front seat.
"It's scary how good we sound when we're together." TenTen told everyone.
"Not scary! It's great!" Ino corrected her.
"Uhm, guys?" Hinata hesistated, still a little hurt from what Ino had said earlier, "I'm so glad you guys are my best friends."
"Oh, Hinata! I'm so sorry about what I said earlier, but I'm glad we are too!" Ino said, as she blew an air kiss to the indigo-haired girl.
"Hinata, you're the best you know that, right?" Sakura told her, as TenTen hugged the Hyugga from behind as best as she could since there was a seat between them.
Yumi looked away from the road for a second to smile at Hinata.
"Ok, new rule! We have to have a girls night out every weekend starting with today's!" Yumi anounced.
"Of course!"
"Totally!"
"Mmmhmm."
"Agreed."
"Hey Yumi, I forgot to ask earlier...where's Miko?" TenTen asked.
"Mr. Hyugga? You have visitors." A woman's voice came over the intercom to Hiashi's office.
"Ah, yes. Let him in." Hiashi replied.
So, TenTen's problem was solved! :) But who's Miko? What happened to Rin and Junko? And How will the rest of the night go? Find out in the next chapter! :DDD Be sure to review!
Also, I'm wondering, should I put links to the outfits the girls are going to wear to the club and dance? Would you guys like that?! Let me know! :D
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