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"Hey Yumi, I forgot to ask earlier...where's Miko?" TenTen asked.
"Oh, she's with my dad. We'll see her at the club later, don't worry!" Yumi replied.
They were referring to Yumi's five month old daughter, Yumiko Takahashi. Hinata tuned out the rest of the girls chatting about the infant. She thought about the first time she had saw Yumi. She was 7 months pregnant back in October, when she had just moved to Konoha High School. Hinata saw people gossiping and watched as the new girl acted as if didn't bother her they were talking about her. She had been sitting in her Chemistry class when the new girl had walked in, and took the only empty seat in the classroom, which happened to be next to the Hyugga. Yumi had given Hinata a warm smile and had quietly answered the teachers questions. After she had settled in her desk, the teacher began the class. He introduced Yumi and assigned a lab and lab partners. Of course, Hinata had been partnered with the expecting teen.
"So, it looks like we're partners! What's your name?" the brunette had asked as they moved to their lab stations.
"Hi-Hi-Hinata. And yo-your's?" Hinata had managed to stutter.
"My name is Yumi! Yumi Takahashi, it's nice to meet you Hinata!" the new student had replied.
"It-It's n-nice t-to m-meet you a-a-as we-well." the Hyugga answered back.
After they had introduced themselves, they had began the assignment. They had chatted a little, but they mostly talked about the assignment. Before she realized it, the bell rang and Hinata said good-bye to Yumi and walked out the classroom. Unfortunatley, Hinata had bumped into Rin Oshiro.
"S-S-Sorry." was all she had been able to mutter before she was cut off.
"H-H-Hey H-Hyugga, w-w-why d-don't yo-you w-watch w-w-were yo-your're g-g-going?!?" Rin had mimicked Hinata's speech problem.
Hinata just stood there, blushing looking down at her feet when she heard an angry voice behind her.
"It was an accident, you don't need to get so worked up about it."
Hinata turned around to find Yumi standing behind her, glaring at Rin.
"And who are you to be getting into my business?" Rin asked, narrowing her eyes at Yumi.
"Who I am doesn't matter to you, now does it? It was an accident, Hinata apologized, let it go." Yumi retorted.
"I don't know who you are, but it shouldn't matter to you what I say to Hinata. No one else cares, why do you?"
"Because, I'm not about to act as if you aren't making her feel bad, she has done nothing wrong. So, why don't you turn around and keep walking and forget all this ever happened?" By this time a crowd had started forming around the three girls. Yumi was focused on Rin while the black haired girl looked to see who was surrounding them.
"Fat whore." Rin smirked at Yumi.
The brunette threw her head back and laughed.
"You think that hurts me? Please. I know I'm fat, I have a reason to be," Yumi said as she pointed to her belly, "But I'm no whore, like you said, you don't know me or anything about me. What I do know about you is that you're a bitch. Making fun of Hinata and how she talks? What else would you call someone who does that?"
Rin could hear the "Oooooohh!!"'s that the people surrounding her were saying, her face started turning red and she clenched her fist.
"Go to hell." was all she had said before she turned around and stalked down the hallway.
The crowd kept moving, and Yumi walked past Hinata, not saying anything.
"Y-Yumi?" Hinata managed to whisper.
The brunette heard her and turned to face her.
"Yeah?"
"Th-thank you. N-no one h-ha-has ev-ever st-stood up f-for m-me." The Hyugga told the new girl.
"You're welcome Hinata. You seem like a nice person, and I wasn't about to just let her mess with you and get away with it." Yumi said, walking back to the shy girl.
Hinata smiled.
"W-would y-you l-li-like t-to go ou-out f-f-for l-lunch?"
"I would like that." Yumi smiled back.
Over the next few weeks, Hinata had gotten to know Yumi better. She found out that she moved to Konoha because her father was opening a new club, to be called The Hidden Leaf. She learned that her mother had abandoned her when shortly after she had been born. Most importantly, Hinata found out why she was pregnant. Yumi had been invited to a party when she was sixteen. She had gone with a group a friends, and had been talking to several guys. There had been one that had offered her a drink and she had accepted it. Unfortunatley, the drink had been spiked and Yumi had been drugged. She couldn't remember much after that, but what she did remember was waking up in a room she had never been in, without any clothes on. She told her father what had happened, and he took the news hard. A few months after the incident, Yumi realized she was to have a baby. After awhile, Mr. Takahashi decided it would be best that they moved and that's when he found out about an opportunity to open a club in Konoha. Hinata had asked Yumi why had she decided to keep her baby. Yumi placed her hands on her belly and said "My mother gave up on me after I was born, I'm not about to give up on my baby before she's born. I'm nothing like my mother, I want to prove that to everyone who meets me."
As time went on, Hinata introduced her friend to her father. Hiashi was not pleased to find out that Hinata had befriended someone who was about to become a parent, but eventually grew to accept the girl. He saw her as strong, emotionally, physically, and intellectually. He hoped some of her confidence would rub off on Hinata and it did. Yumi had met Neji when she went to Hinata's house once, and immediatley became friends with TenTen. She eventually became friends with Sakura and Ino, and met the guys: Kiba, Naruto, Sasuke, Shikamaru, Lee, Chouji, and Shino. After Hinata started spending time with Yumi, her speech problem went away gradually. For the first time in her life, Hinata had a friend.
"Mr. Hyugga? You have visitors." A woman's voice came over the intercom to Hiashi's office.
"Ah, yes. Let him in." Hiashi replied.
The Hyugga started collecting the various papers that were cluttering his desk, when he heard a knock at the door.
"Come in." The Hyugga called, before the door started opening.
"Hiashi, my good friend! How are you?" The tall, brown-haired business man asked as he stepped inside the office.
"Ryuu. I've been well, and yourself?" Hiashi stood to give his friend a firm handshake and a pat on his back, "I see you brought young Yumiko."
"That is good to hear, Hiashi. I have also been well, and babysitting as you noticed." Mr. Takahashi said as he lowered himself into a chair across from Hiashi's and dropped a yellow diaper bag on the floor.
Hiashi opened the bottom left drawer and pulled out a plush bunny rabbit and handed it to the infant. It was Yumiko's favorite and Hiashi kept in his office so the child could play with it whenever she visited.
"Hinata mentioned that you would be, when she told me about the girls having a little fun before going back to Yumi's to sleep over." Hiashi looked up from watching the baby gurgling at the stuffed rabbit she held.
"Yes, my girl hasn't really had time for her friends since the baby's been born, and when she does have free time, she's usually with Kiba. I volunteered to be babysitter for her while she has a little fun." Ryuu smiled, thinking about his daughter and her busy lifestyle she'd had over the last few months.
"Hmmm..." was all Hiashi replied with. He didn't always approve of Ryuu's parenting style, as he was too trusting of his daughter, and he himself would've prefered Hinata to be at home, studying, but the girls were teenagers and what could they do? They had to be able to have fun and hang out with friends. Hiashi put his hands together and layed them on his desk, looking directly at Mr. Takahashi.
"Well, Ryuu, the real reason I called you to come is to give you my answer about Hinata moving in with Yumi."
Mr. Takahashi straightened up and listened as Hiashi continued to speak.
"You know, I think very highly of your daughter, but to tell you the truth, I'm not entirely convinced. Hinata's lived in the same house since the day she was born."
Ryuu nodded as he said, "I understand, I was reluctant to let Yumi move out at first, but then I asked myself how could she take care of her baby or another person if she couldn't take care of herself? The same question goes for Hinata. How will she be able to take care your company once she inherits it if she can't take care of herself?"
"That's true, but she's never done anything for herself really. With all the maids, the butler, she's never had to. How is she supposed to get along without someone to do things for her?" Hiashi spun his chair around, so he was facing the window behind his desk.
Ryuu laughed, "Hiashi, are you forgetting that she'll be living with Yumi? She lives alone with her daughter, and is doing fine on her own. Hinata will have no problems. Besides, She is a great cook, and a perfectionist when it comes to cleaning."
Hiashi raised an eyebrow even though his friend couldn't see. "Hinata? Cooking and cleaning?"
"Yes, she makes a mean Sukiyaki meal." Ryuu smiled as he looked down to see his grand-daughter looking up at him with with a curious expression on her face.
Hiashi turned in his chair to face his friend.
"Alright. You have convinced me, Ryuu. Hinata has my permission." Hiashi could not help but smile as he said the next part, "I must say, Ryuu, Yumi trained you well on what you should say in order to convince me."
Mr. Takahashi threw his head back and laughed heartily again.
"Yeah, that girl really is something. I'm sure she'll be very happy to hear your decision."
"If you don't mind, my friend, may I be the one to tell them the news?" Hiashi asked.
"Of course, Hiashi." Ryuu said as he grabbed the diaper bag and stood up with Yumiko in his arms, "Well then, I must be going. I have to make sure my employees have the club ready for tonight." He handed back the stuffed rabbit to the Hyugga.
"I understand. Please tell the girls to meet me for lunch at the manor at noon." Hiashi walked the Takahashi's to the door, "Be sure to visit me soon, little Miko." He smiled as the little girl looked up at him and tried to reach for him.
"I'll be sure to tell them, and you may see Yumiko sooner than you think, I doubt Yumi will leave her at home." Ryuu answered, "See you soon, Hiashi. Take care."
"Likewise." The Hyugga answered as Ryuu and Yumiko walked out of his office.
Mr. Takahashi waited until Yumiko was strapped in her car seat before telling her, "Look's like Aunt Hina is moving in with you, Miko."
Hinata snapped out of her flashback to see Ino, Sakura and TenTen standing outside of the car, Ino waving at her. She turned her head to see Yumi opening the door and stepping out.
"You okay, Hinata?" Yumi asked, concerned.
"I'm fine." Hinata smiled.
She got out of the car and both her and Yumi quickly joined the other girls.
"Let the 'Girl's Night Out' officially begin!" Sakura yelled.
"UUUUUGGGHH!" Ino roared as she sorted through the racks of dresses , "This is the FOURTH store we've been in, and we haven't found anything good enough to wear to the final dance."
"That's not true, Ino! I found some dresses that were cute!" TenTen protested.
"Yeah, but they didn't exactly scream 'Tarzan&Jane'." Ino answered.
"Ino, that's not fair. If TenTen liked them, why didn't you just let her get one? She's the one that's gunna wear to the dance anyways, not you." Sakura asked the blonde.
Ino's eyebrow twitched.
"We've been over this before! Like hell I'm gunna let my best friends wear just any plain dress to the dance!"
"Well, if we don't find something soon, we'll have to come back another day. It's already six-thirty, and dinner reservations are at seven. We should get going." Yumi announced.
"Fine." Ino said finally as she gave up looking through the racks of dresses.
"I'll go bring the car up front, so we don't all have to walk through the parking lot." Yumi left the store since they had parked on the other side of the mall.
As Hinata, Sakura, Ino, and TenTen walked to the front of the store to wait for Yumi, they ran into their friend from school, Rock Lee.
"Lee! Over here!" Sakura yelled, as she waved him over.
"Hello, ladies. How are you all, on this youthful day?" the young man with bushy eyebrows asked.
"We're great Lee! Just hanging out, what are you doing here?" TenTen asked.
"Well, I came to buy something to wear to the final dance. I asked the guys if they wanted to come but they all stated they were busy." Lee replied, not noticing Sakura and Ino glance at each other.
"Did you find anything, Lee?" Hinata asked, noticing he was carrying several bags.
"Oh yes! I found a pair of green tights and a green shirt to match. I also found a green fedora with a red feather on it, I will truly look like Peter Pan for the dance!" Lee smiled as he gave the girls a thumbs up.
"Peter Pan?" Hinata asked.
"Yes!" Lee's grinned at her.
"Well that's perfect for you, Lee." Hinata said, trying to hide her disappointment.
"Thank you, Hinata! Now I just have to find my Tinkerbell! Would any of you lovely young ladies be interested?" Lee asked looking hopeful at Sakura.
"Thanks, but no thanks Lee. We all have dates." TenTen answered for all of them.
"Very well, but in case something happens and one of you needs a date, do not hesitate to call me!"
"We'll be sure to do that, Lee." Sakura smiled, as Yumi pulled up.
"LEE!" Yumi squealed as she waved at him from inside the car.
"Hello, my friend Yumi! How are you today? Where is young Miko?" Lee asked as he approached the car and walked over to Yumi's window.
"I'm great, Lee. What about you? And she's with my dad, but I'll call you so you can see her soon, alright?" Yumi asked looking at her friend.
"I am great as well. I will be waiting to see her then! I'm off as I see you ladies are headed somewhere, have fun!"
"Bye Lee!" The girls said in unison, as the got in the car.
"So, what did I miss?" Yumi asked.
"Well, Lee's dressing up as Peter Pan for the happily ever after dance." Hinata said.
"Hmmm..." Yumi bit her lip, "That's okay! I have a better idea. Why don't you dress up as Meg from Hercules? Yeah, I know, it's Disney, but I can imagine Hinata so much better wearing a greek goddess inspired dress!"
"That's a great idea! What do you think, Hina?" TenTen watched as Hinata considered it.
"I like it!" Hinata smiled.
"Besides, if you don't want Naruto wearing the Disney costume, just make sure he gets a gladiator costume, and no one will know the difference!" Sakura added.
"Wait a minute," TenTen interrupted, "Shouldn't we ask the guys first if they're ok with what we want to dress up as? Neji would kill me if I handed him a cheetah print thong and told him that's what he's gunna wear to the dance."
"Yeah, we probably should." Sakura agreed.
"Fine. Shikamaru's not gunna be happy I want him to dress up as the rabbit that keeps saying 'I'm late' There go my plans to go as Alice." Ino scowled.
"Ino, you know that Alice in Wonderland isn't really a happily ever after?" Sakura told the blonde.
Ino considered this, then sat back in her seat and muttered "Shut up."
"IT DOES NOT TAKE THIS LONG TO PICK A FREAKIN' CHANGE OF CLOTHES!!!" Naruto complained as the guys sat in the parking lot, a safe distance from Yumi's Charger, but close enough so they could see the girls when they left and when they would come back.
"Naruto, they're girls. What did you expect? That they would take ten minutes?" Shikamaru asked.
"NO! But I didn't know they would take THIS LONG!" The blond whined.
"It's only been two and a half hours." Sasuke said.
"Are you serious?!?! It seems like they've been at the mall forever!" Naruto sat back in his seat, his arms crossed.
"Quit complaining, Naruto. Here they come." Kiba said as he saw Yumi approach her car.
"That's only Yumi. Where's the rest of them?" Naruto noticed, as the guys watched her get in and drive away from where she was parked.
"I guess we'll find out." Neji said as he started following a safe distance away from Yumi.
"THERE THEY ARE!" Naruto shouted, as he sat up in his seat and frowned "Who's that guy they're with?!"
"It's looks like Lee." Kiba said, as he squinted to see who the guy that was talking to his girlfriend was.
Neji stopped away from where the girls were getting into the Charger. He waited until they started driving before he began following them again.
"It didn't seem like they bought much, each of them were only carrying one or two bags." Neji said.
"Then what could they have been doing for two and a half hours!?!?!" Naruto said as he threw his hands up.
"Obviously, shopping." Shikamaru stated.
"The real question is, where are they going now?" Neji asked as he kept track of where the girls were headed.
"Uhm, guys? I think we're being followed." Sakura announced.
"What?" The rest of the girls gave the pink-haired girl their full attention, with the exception of Yumi, who kept her eyes on the road.
"Well earlier, when Ino & I were headed over to Yumi's, Sasuke and Shikamaru pulled up beside us at a red light and Sasuke winked at me and Shikamaru just gave a nod. At first, I thought it was nothing, but Lee said all the guys were busy, so I'm kind of suspicious." Sakura finished.
"Now that you mention it, Sakura, I think we are too." Yumi said as she looked through her rearview mirror, "It looks like a Rolls-Royce is following us. I noticed it at the mall."
Ino, Sakura, TenTen, and Hinata turned around in their seats to see a royal blue Rolls-Royce Phantom directly behind them.
"Is that Kiba in the passenger seat?" TenTen said as she caught a glimpse of the two in the front seats of the car that was following them.
"WHAT?!?!" Yumi exclaimed as she looked in her rearview mirror.
"Yeah, it is! Look! Neji's driving!" Ino shouted.
"Are you sure it's them?" Yumi said, as she started grinning.
"Postive. Wait, what are you thinking?" TenTen said as she turned around to face her friend that was driving.
Yumi stayed quiet, but contined smiling in an impish way.
"Mimi? Are you okay?" Hinata asked, worriedly.
"Yeah, I'm fine, but since the boys wanted to follow us, I say we have a little fun with them." Yumi answered.
"I say we do it!" TenTen said.
"Serves them right." Sakura agreed.
"Yeah, besides, I told them that I didn't want them ruining our night." Ino said, as she scowled.
"What do you say, Hina?" Yumi asked the girl beside her.
"Sure." Hinata smiled. She was ready to have a more fun.
"Well then girls, say adios to dinner reservations! Knowing Naruto, he's starving so we should at least stop somewhere to give them a chance to eat. It's gunna be a LONG night." Yumi said, as she switched lanes to enter the drive-thru of the nearest fast food restuarant.
"Man! I'm soooo hungry! How much longer are we gunna follow them for?" Naruto said, as his stomach growled loudly.
"Naruto, shut up. If all you were gunna do was complain, you should've told us so we could've left you at home. Don't you think the rest of us are hungry too? We didn't get a chance to eat either." Sasuke said, as he started rubbing his temples, trying to keep his calm.
"Sasuke's right. Naruto, either shut the hell up or we'll kick you out of the car, and you can walk all the way to your apartment." Shikamaru said, as he frowned at the blonde.
"Sorry." Naruto muttered.
"Look's like you're gunna get a chance to eat Naruto." Kiba turned around in his seat and smiled at the blonde, "The girl's are stopping to eat. We can order something too."
"Your girlfriend's a life saver, Kiba. I swear, I would've died of starvation back here!" Naruto said as Neji went through the drive-thru, while the girls parked and went inside the restaurant.
"Yeah, she's the greatest." Kiba grinned, as he thought about his girlfriend.
"What do you guys want?" Neji interrupted.
"The usual." Sasuke answered for all of them.
As Neji ordered and pulled up to the window to pay and recieve their food, his phone went off.
"Who is it?" Kiba asked, nodded toward his phone.
Neji said nothing as he read the message.
Neji,
I want to talk to you, soon.
Ten.
"It's TenTen." The Hyugga finally answered.
"You say that as if it was a bad thing." Shikamaru said as he reached for his food.
"It might be..." Neji trailed off.
"Aw, man. I'm sorry. What happened?" Kiba asked, while taking a sip of his soda.
"She's been acting so strange lately, so I asked her about it, and when I did she got all defensive. So I started yelling, and she yelled back." Neji sighed loudly, as he ran his hand through his hair, "TenTen's not the kind of girl who puts up with shit like this, I really messed up."
"Don't worry about it, Neji. I originally planned for us to follow the girls without them noticing, but I say we should have some fun with them tonight. Just make sure TenTen has a great time." Kiba grinned, with a gleam in his eyes.
"Ten, You haven't even touched your food." Hinata said, as she watched her friend looking sadly out the window, "What's wrong?"
"Huh? I'm fine, it's just that the whole argument with Neji has me kinda bummed." TenTen looked out of the restaurant window and stared across the parking lot where she could see where the guys, without them being able to see her.
"Why don't you text him? Let him know that you're not mad." Hinata suggested, kindly.
"That's a good idea, Hina." TenTen pulled out her phone and looked up once she had sent the message, "Now that that's done, I'm starving!"
The rest of the girls began laughing at TenTen's antics as she started stuffing her face with french fries, and bites of her hamburger.
"Ok, so since the guys are following us, what are we gunna do?" Sakura asked eagerly.
"I say we go back to Yumi's and get ready there, and take our sweet time doing it, ruining our dinner plans like that!" Ino said, angrily.
"I agree, it's better than changing in a bathroom stall, like we were supposed to!" Yumi laughed, "Hina, Ten, Saku, what do you guys think?"
"Okay."
"Sure."
"Yeah."
"Alright, since everyone's finished, let's GO!" Yumi said, pumping her fist into the air.
The girls walked out of the restuarant giggling and joking and drove away, making sure the guy's car followed them.
"Look's like they're headed back to Konoha." Shikamaru said, as the guys drove back towards town.
"They're going back to Yumi's." Sasuke stated, as-a-matter-of-factly.
Kiba turned around in his seat. "How do you know that?"
Sasuke flashed his cellphone. "Sakura just texted me."
"Are you kidding me? They're going back?! Man, I starting to think this was a bad idea." Naruto grumbled.
"Patience, Naruto. We'll have our fun soon enough." Shikamaru said.
Naruto slumped down in his seat and started muttering things about having nothing to do while they were stalking the girls.
"I got a chokechain for my pitpull lane
I got a shock collar for my rotweiler
Got a - chockchain for my pitbull lane
I got a shock collar for my rotweiler
Got a - Chokechain (ch-ch-chokechain)
I got a shock collar ( sh-sh-shock collar)
I got a choke chain (ch-ch-chokechain)
I got a shock collar (sh-sh-shock collar)"
"Shit." Naruto said as he pulled his phone out of his pocket.
"Who is it?" Sasuke said, as he glanced at the screen.
"Sakura." The blonde boy replied before opening his phone, "Hello?"
"Hey Naruto! What are you doing?"
"Hey Sakura. Nothing much, just here with the gu-OUCH!" Naruto shouted as he got elbowed in the ribs by Sasuke. Shikamaru was shaking his head, while Kiba put his finger to his lips, signaling Naruto to keep quiet.
"You're with who?" The pink haired girl asked.
"Uh, nobody." Naruto replied as he rubbed his sore ribs, "Uhm Sakura? I don't want to sound rude, but is there a reason why you called?"
"Oh, yeah! I was just wondering if you've seen Sasuke? I tried calling and texting, but he never answered. We saw Lee earlier, and he told us that all of you guys were busy so I was hoping Sasuke was with you."
"Sorry Sakura. I haven't seen him since school ended, but if I do, I'll let him know that you're looking for him." Naruto said before whispering, "By any chance is Hinata with you?"
Neji glared at Naruto through the rearview mirror while Shikamaru rolled his eyes. Kiba raised his eyebrows and grinned at the blonde, and Sasuke started smirking.
"Yeah, she's right here. Wanna talk to her? Hina, phone!"
"Sakura! WAIT-I WAS JUST AS-"
"H-Hello?" Hinata sounded nervous as she answered.
"Hinata! Hi!" Naruto said as he rubbed the back of his head
"Hey, Na-Naruto." She replied as the girls in the background burst out giggling.
"Well, obviously I'm on speaker. Hi girls!" Naruto laughed as he heard a chrous of 'Hi Naruto!', "I just wanted to see what you were up to and say hi, Hinata."
"I'm still hanging out with the girls, Naruto. It's nice that you wanted to say hi, though."
"OMGOSH! That dude in the car next to us is SOOOOOO looking at you, Hina!" Ino yelled in the background, "Tell Naruto you have to go! NOW! He's rolling his window! Roll your window down too Hinata!"
"Naruto, I have to go. I'll talk to you later?" Hinata hesitated before she said, "Bye."
"HINATA! WAIT!" Naruto was too late, the Hyugga had already hung up and all he heard was the dial tone.
"Well, looks like you just lost your chance, Naruto." Sasuke smirked.
"SHUT UP, SASUKE!" Naruto fumed, he looked through the windshield to see Yumi's car stopped at a red light, and Hinata handing a white paper to a guy that looked to be about their age. "That fucker. There's no way in hell I'm gunna let him steal my date. Neji, drive faster! Don't lose them!"
"Relax, Naruto. We know what we're doing." Kiba said, as Neji started driving faster.
"Thanks for all you're help, ladies. It's a shame you don't to join me at the movies, I really would love some company." The man with red hair, and looked in his early twenties, replied as he took the directions to the movie theatre Hinata had scribbled on a sheet of note paper.
"Thank you for the offer, but we really must be going. We already have dates for tonight." Hinata said politely as she rolled her window up, and Yumi drove off as the light turned green.
The car filled with laughter.
"Did you hear Naruto? Hinata, you've got him hooked, babe!" Yumi said as she continued driving and turned down her street.
"Forget Naruto! Did you see the way that guy looked at Hinata? He looked like at her like she was a piece of meat!" Ino said as she started giggling.
"Someone hasn't eaten dinner yet, and he wanted some Hinata!" TenTen said as she winked at the indigo haired girl.
Hinata blushed a deep shade of red. "Oh, you guys! Stop!" She laughed.
Yumi pulled into the driveway, and turned the engine off. She had parked next to the dark green 2009 Toyota Tundra truck.
"Look's like daddy's here!" She said happily as she walked up to the front door. She paused and turned when she noticed the girls were standing around her car. "What's wrong?"
"The guys weren't behind us after we drove off at the stoplight." TenTen said, looking down the street.
"What if they got into some trouble? Naruto and Kiba can get a little," Hinata paused, "confrontational."
"I swear, if they do anything else to mess up our night, I'll punch them into the next decade!" Sakura said, icily.
"Don't worry, here they come!" Ino saw the car approaching fast. "Might as well on in." She ushered the girls to the door where Yumi was unlocking and opening her front door.
"Dad? Miko? Where are you?" Yumi called out.
"In here." Mr. Takahshi's voice came from the living room.
The group of girls walked in to find Yumiko on the floor, playing with her toys, as Mr. Takahashi watched her.
"Hello girls!" He greeted.
"Hey Mr. Takahashi!" Sakura, Ino, TenTen and Hinata said as they went over to the infant as she was now crawling around the room.
"Hey, what's going on?" Yumi gave her father a hug before plopping down beside him on her couch.
"Well, I talked to Hiashi." Ryuu motioned for Hinata to go over to where the two were sitting, "He wants the both of you to go eat lunch at the Hyugga Manor tomorrow."
Yumi looked at Hinata, then at her father. "Does it look good?"
"Well..." Ryuu rubbed his chin, "You know Hiashi. Not much details were given."
"Well, thanks for talking to him, Mr. Takahashi. It was really nice of you to do so." Hinata said, as she picked up Yumiko who was crawling at her feet.
"You're very welcome, Hinata. I must be off now girls, the club opens in a few hours and I still have to make sure everything is ready." He turned to Yumi, "Would you like me to take Miko? She can stay in the office with me."
"It's okay, Dad. I'll take her later so she can spend some time with me." Yumi took her baby in her arms as Hinata handed her over. "Was mommy's angel good for grampa?" The infant squealed with delight. "I'll take that as a yes." She laughed.
"Alright, I'll see everyone later. 'Bye girls!" Mr. Takahashi said over his shoulder as he walked to the front door.
"Byeeee!"
"Alright, we need to get ready to go dancing! Let's go upstairs and change!" Ino lead the way up the stairs.
An hour later Yumi was standing at the bottom of the stairs, holding her baby in her arms. She looked at her child and smiled. She looked just like her, yet completely different. She had the same striking green eyes, the same smile, the same pouty lips, and her hair curled slightly the way Yumi's did. She was different because her skin and hair were not as fair as Yumi's. Yumiko had tan colored skin and dark brown hair that almost looked black. Yumi always figured that the baby inherited her coloring from the "father" she would never know. 'It's funny. Even though she's not Kiba's, she looks like she belongs to him. Same tan skin, same dark hair. Yet I'm there as well. Both of us, together in her.' She smiled at the thought as the child started cooing. She raised the baby girl in the air and admired what Ino had dressed her in. She wore a white top that resembled a dress, that had black and yellow polka dots all over. She wored leggings underneath that had tiny polka dots and yellow bows. She had her the front of her hair clipped back with black and yellow barrettes that looked like bows.
"Well, Ms. Yumiko. Don't you look beautiful?" Yumi cradled the baby in her arms again, "Well we should call your aunts down here. The longer they take, the later we'll get to the club." She looked down at what she was wearing. 'Kiba's not gunna like this.'
Ino had taken the liberty of choosing everybody's clothes while they were at the mall earlier. Unfortunatley, the only outfits that got the blonde's approval showed more than enough skin.
"Let's go girls! It's 9:30, we're late enough as it is!" Yumi shouted up the stairs.
TenTen was the first to go downstairs. Her hair that was usually in buns was loose and had soft waves in it. She was muttering curse words under her breath as she stumbled down the stairs in her high heels.
"TenTen! You look gorgeous!" Yumi exclaimed as she took her friend's hand and spun her around.
"Careful. I'm still getting used to these heels." TenTen replied as she stepped back to look at the Takahashi girls, "Don't you two look WOW!" She whistled to prove her point.
"You all look great!" Sakura said as she walked confidently down the stairs.
"Of course we ALL do! I'm the one who picked your outfits!" Ino followed the pink haired girl to join the rest of the group.
"Now all we're waiting for is Hinata." Yumi said, as she placed her daughter to her hip.
"I-I'm ready." Hinata whispered as she reached the bottom step.
Her face was scarlett and her eyes were locked to the floor.
"Well, if Naruto doesn't realize that he likes you tonight, then that boy is more blind than I thought." Ino stated simply, as she ushered the group out the door, and locked the door behind her.
"Okay, this is getting boring now. I thought we were supposed to be keeping an eye on the girls, not TAKING A NAP IN THE BACK OF NEJI'S BORROWED CAR!" Naruto huffed. Patience was definitely something he need to improve on.
"Naruto, quit your bitchin', it's not our faults." Sasuke told him angrily, "You think we like just sitting out here doing nothing? If we could, we would all be somewhere else having fun. I'm tired of hearing you complain, so just shut the hell up."
Naruto was speechless at Sasuke's outburst but quickly sat upright when he saw the front door to Yumi's house open.
"Here they come!" He exclaimed as the girls walked out one by one.
The guys turned to see Yumi carrying Yumiko, Hinata, Sakura, TenTen, and Ino walk out to the driveway. Their jaws dropped as they took in the sight of the five beauties and the baby.
Shikamaru finally broke the silence by muttering
"Damn."
Ok, so Yumiko crawls when she's five months because she's pretty smart for a baby!
What will happen next??? Find out next chapter!
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