At first, I just wanted to release the first chapter, but then, I figured I didn't start to take off until this chapter. Anyway! I hope you enjoy it!

"Welcome Lady Uzumaki!"

"Hello Lady Uzumaki!"

"Oh, it's the Hokage's family!"

"Oh! Look how adorable their daughter is!"

"That trouble maker! I can't believe he's the Hokage's son!"

"Welcome! Welcome!"

Hinata, Bolt, and Himawari heard all of these statements and more as they walked into the festival grounds. As they stepped onto the premises, the three of them were forced to bow and say hello to everyone they encountered. While Hinata found it tedious, she was used to it, having grown up in a well to do family herself. Bolt, in similar fashion, found the whole enterprise annoying. Himawari, on the other hand, loved every minute of it.

"Oh! Well if it isn't the Uzumaki clan!" exclaimed a rather large lady approaching the three people, "Oh! And if it isn't the adorable Lady Himawari!"

Himawari gave a large smile at the lady and bowed politely. "It's nice to meet you!"

"Oh!" exclaimed the lady, "you are just a bundle of sunshine, aren't you?"

The lady looked at Hinata. "It's nice to know that the Uzumaki clan has one child it can be proud of."

Hinata gave the lady an "I don't really like your tone of voice" or a "and what is that supposed to mean" kind of look as the mama bear instinct within her clashed with her timid personality. Eventually, realizing her position, she kept these thoughts in her head, much to the depression of Bolt.

"Is everything okay here, Lady Uzumaki?" said a cheerful voice from behind.

The three Uzumakis turned around to find Sai in full ANBU regalia. He gave his trademark fake smile despite having experienced emotions to great extent, being married to Ino and all.

"Oh Sai!" exclaimed Hinata, "hello!"

"I was asked to escort you to Lord Hokage, if that is okay with you."

"Of course," said Hinata with a small smile.

Sai turned his face toward the large lady who had just complimented Himawari/insulted Bolt. "I'm sorry to both the small talk." He tilted his head to the side. "But I'm sure you want to hurry. If you want to make it to the southeast wing in time."

The lady raised an eyebrow. "And why should I go to the southeast wing?"

"Why…" smiled Sai, "isn't that where the rest of the Akimichis are sitting?"

"And why should I sit with the Akimichi clan?" asked the lady, not taking the hint.

"Well…" smiled Sai, "I figured you would want to sit with the rest of your clan. Considering your size, weight, and age, I can only assume you must be their matriarch or something of the sort!"

The lady's eyes perked up as the wires in her head finally connected. "Why I never!" exclaimed the lady.

"Well," smiled Sai, "we should be on our way."

The four of them walked away. As they walked Bolt burst out into a fit of laughter and even Hinata and Himawari covered their mouths with their sleeves as to not be heard of their own chuckling.

"Thank you Sai," whispered Hinata, "I didn't know how to respond. How do you say "thank you for complimenting my daughter" with "how dare you insult my son" at the same time?"

Sai continued smiling. "Well…it is my job to protect the honorable family after all."

Bolt continued laughing. "That was fucking awesome!"

"Bolt!" exclaimed Hinata, "watch your language!"

"Fine!" exclaimed Bolt.

"So, Uncle Sai," asked Himawari, "why aren't you with Auntie Ino and Big Brother Inojin?"

Sai's smile dropped. "Well," began Sai, "I was ordered to work today, since I'm head of the ANBU and all and we're in charge of security for this event."

Bolt scoffed. "We learned in class that the ANBU were once the most elite ninja of the village sent on the most dangerous of mission, and they're just security bums!"

"Bolt!" said Hinata, "you're being rude to Uncle Sai! Apologize!"

"No need," smiled Sai, "Actually Bolt. I'm quite glad that all I do is security work. It means that the world is finally in a sort of temporary peace."

Bolt put his hands behind his head. "Yeah, whatever."

As they approached the festival grounds, the lights bright lights of different colors began to shine from everywhere, enthralling Himawari.

"Bolt!" exclaimed Himawari, "look at all the colors! They're so pretty!"

Bolt smiled at his younger sister. He loved her deeply and really cared for her. She really did make his life better, especially when his father was too busy for the both of them.

"You just wait Himawari!" exclaimed Bolt, "there's going to be fireworks tonight! That'll really be exciting, don't you think?"

"What are fireworks?" asked Himawari.

"You don't remember?" said Bolt, a little shocked, "That's when fire lights up the sky in a bunch of colors. Sometimes they even make shapes and patterns. And at the end, there are so many fireworks that it's almost as if it's daytime!"

"Wow!" exclaimed Himawari.

Hinata smiled at her two children as they spoke together. She knew that Bolt, for all of his flaws, really did try to be a good brother, and knowing that really warmed her heart. It was as if, it proved to her that her son was not really lost as a good for nothing trouble maker. No, he was more than that.

"But Himawari," said Sai, still with his false smile, "fireworks are especially good when you watch them with someone who is special to you."

"Someone who is special to me?" asked Himawari.

"Sai!" said Hinata, giving Sai a quick jab, "don't tell her that!"

"Why not?" asked Sai, "what's wrong with what I just said?"

"She might get the wrong idea!" replied Hinata.

"Wrong idea how?" asked Sai.

The adults continued to talk, Sai still not understanding what was wrong with what he just said and Hinata too embarrassed to say it. Himawari, on the other hand, silently dwelled on Sai's words. "Someone who is special to me…" she said quietly to herself.

Arriving at the festival ground, the family saw their husband and father standing before a large crowd.

"Daddy!" exclaimed Himawari happily.

"Yes Himawari!" smiled Hinata, "we're going to go see Daddy now!"

"Yay!" said Himawari happily as she tried to lunge forward into her father's arms.

Naruto was dressed in the full Hokage outfit including the white robes and the hat. Seeing his father dressed in the clothes, Bolt rolled his eyes as he looked down at the traditional yukata he was forced to wear. As she saw his family, Naruto's face lit up and he bid them to come toward him.

"Daddy!" exclaimed Himawari as she jumped into Naruto's arms. "I missed you!"

"I missed you too, Sweetie!" laughed Naruto as he lifted up his daughter.

"How are you darling," said Hinata as she and Naruto shared a quick peck on each other's lips.

"Tired as hell, but suddenly reenergized," said Naruto stealing another kiss from his wife.

"Oh brother…" said Bolt looking away, disgusted at old people love.

Naruto frowned. "What's the matter Bolt?" asked Naruto as he put his hand on his son's head. "Not having a good time?"

Bolt rolled his eyes. "Yeah, I'm fine, whatever."

"Come on Bolt!" said Naruto, "it's the summer festival! Enjoy it!"

"Sure, yeah, whatever," mumbled Bolt.

"Hey," winked Naruto with a cheeky expression on his face as he bumped his son with his elbow, "you never know? You might meet a girl."

"Naruto!" exclaimed Hinata, "Bolt is too young for that!"

"Aw, come on, Hinata!" laughed Naruto, "the times are changing! What do you think Bolt? You never know at festivals like this! You know, your mother and I fell in love during the Summer Festival."

"It was the Winter Festival," said Hinata, slightly annoyed.

Naruto looked up with a surprised look on his face. "Was it?"

"Yes," said Hinata, "remember, I gave you a scarf."

"Well, yeah I remember that!" laughed Naruto, "that part is important! That makes sense though! I wondered why you would have given me that scarf during the summer!"

Hinata gave Naruto a small smile while Bolt rolled his eyes of tales of his parent's romance.

"Anyway!" said Naruto, "let's get ready for the opening ceremony! Now if I could only find…"

"Hello everyone!" exclaimed Sakura as she approached the Uzumaki family.

"Ah!" said Naruto, "just the girl I wanted to see!"

Sakura gave a skeptical smile. "Hey Naruto, how are you?"

"Great Sakura!" smiled Naruto, "and may I say that you look lovely tonight!"

Hinata winced at Naruto's words as Bolt rolled his eyes again.

"Thanks Naruto! I'd say the same for you, but you wear the same thing every day."

"Ha!" laughed Naruto, "I guess that's all there is to it."

Hinata put her hand on her husband's shoulder.

"You know Naruto…" Hinata whispered, "I sure wish someone complimented me on how I look this evening."

Usually Hinata drops hints, but when it comes to Naruto, she finds the direct approach much more gratifying.

Even though she whispered, Sakura caught sound of what Hinata was saying.

"NARUTO!" said Sakura seeming to rise in anger, elongating the syllables of Naruto's name, "Did you forget to compliment you wife when you saw her!"

Naruto shrank a little. "But!" he exclaimed, "thats a given ain't it?" He grabbed his wife under his arm and pulled her next to him.

"I'd still like to hear it once in a while," whispered Hinata.

"If you didn't have to give a speech!" said Sakura, showing her fist to Naruto.

"Whoa!" said Naruto turning to the stage, "what's that Shikamaru? You need some help?"

"I didn't say anythi…" said Shikamaru.

"Well let me help you out then!" exclaimed Naruto walking over to the stage.

The small group laughed at Naruto's silliness. Even Bolt managed to get a chuckle out of the situation.

"Well, Lady Uzumaki!" exclaimed Sakura, "how have you been?"

Hinata smiled, "Come on Sakura. You know Hinata is just fine."

"Yeah," said Sakura jokingly, "but what makes you think that just Sakura is okay with me?"

Hinata raised an eyebrow. "Sakura?"

"That's Lady Uchiha to you!" smiled Sakura sticking out her tongue to make sure they knew she was joking.

Hinata laughed pleasantly. "How has work been?" asked Hinata, "I know it's been rough since…well…'The Curry Incident.'"

Sakura gave Bolt a look, which caused him to avert his eyes.

"Well, I got the week off from work since I was putting in so many hours last month," said Sakura, "so I just hung around the house and did some chores. Medical ninja have to clean their houses too, you know."

Hinata smiled. "Yes I know."

As the two chatted, Hinata began to look around.

"By the way, Sakura," she said, "where's Sarada?"

"Huh?" asked Sakura looking around. "Oh…I don't know! She's got to be around here somewhere!"

"Well," smiled Hinata, "I'm sure she'll turn up. She'll be safe."

"Yeah," said Sakura, "and even if the times weren't so peaceful, I'm sure I taught her enough to know how to handle a problem."

"Oh?" smiled Hinata, "have you been teaching her jutsu?"

"Yeah! Well, mostly basic stuff from school, Substitution, Transformation, you know the one's, but there's also the one that Sasuke taught me."

"Hey gang!" exclaimed Naruto coming back. "So, we're about to start, so I'm going to need my old teammates to help me out!"

Sakura sighed. "Well, that's as expected."

"Oh?" exclaimed Sai, who was still protecting the honorable family, "if I knew you needed me I'd put on something more presentable."

"Oh…Sai…" said Naruto, an embarrassed blush forming on his face. "Yeah…you're here."

"Yup!" said Sai, the fake smile on his face, so if you need me I'm ready."

"Yeah…" said Naruto awkwardly, "well, actually, since Sasuke couldn't be here and all, I, well, I kind of asked Shikamaru to take his role."

"…Oh," said Sai.

"Look, I'm really sorry," said Naruto.

"No, it's fine…" said Sai.

"No, I mean, I'm really sorry, I didn't even think that…"

"No, no, no. Don't worry yourself. I'll just stand over there and keep watch. Don't worry…"

"Sai…I…"

"No, no, no. Don't bother yourself." Sai said, moving over to the dark corner. "See I'm already here. No problem."

Sai turned to the person next to him. "Hi Shino, how've you been."

"Fine," Shino mustered up to say.

With that, Naruto and Sakura joined Shikamaru on the stage while Hinata, Bolt, and Himawari took a seat at the front.

Suddenly, everyone became quiet as the Hokage lifted his bandaged hand in the air.

"As is customary," said Naruto, "ever since the days of the Honorable Lord Third, that the teammates of the sitting Hokage join in him welcoming the Summer Festival. Yet, as is obvious, the Lord Uchiha is unable to join us, so filling in for him is the Honorable Lord Shikamaru Nara."

Everyone clapped while Bolt began to fall asleep. He really did hate things like this. He knew exactly what would happen afterwards. His entire family would be standing near the front of the tent greeting all the people passing by. They would thank his father for his service, thank his mother for the sacrifices she obviously had to make, comment on how adorable his sister was, and then insult him. It make him sick, and he was not about to repeat that torture again.

Sensing that her son was uncomfortable, Hinata touched Bolt's shoulder.

"Bolt," whispered Hinata, "I know you really don't like things like this. So, just this once, I will let you skip it if you promise me one thing."

Bolt's ears perked up as his mother gave him the once in a lifetime offer of freedom. "Anything! Just name it!" he whispered back.

"Bring you sister with you and keep an eye on her."

"No problem!" exclaimed Bolt.

"Okay then," said Hinata, "then I will let you go. But please Bolt, please, no pranks."

Bolt smiled as he knew his mother was doing her best to help him. He gave a large grin and dragged his finger across his chest.

"The Prankster Prince is on hiatus."

Hinata smiled. She looked to Himawari whose eyes were fixated on her father, even though she didn't really know what was going on.

"Himawari," whispered Hinata, "go with Bolt."

Himawari smiled. "Okay!"

The two children sneakily snuck out of the grounds and got on their way, never leaving their mother's huge, Byakugan range of sight. When they finally dropped out of range, Hinata took a deep sigh. "What have I done," she said, shaking her head.

Well, I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Actually, since I currently live in Asia, The Last: Naruto the Movie, came out today, but since I don't live in Japan, it doesn't really help me. I probably won't be posting for a while, as I have my final exams here in Hong Kong, and then I will be traveling to Japan and Korea for a few weeks before heading to Singapore. Whatever the case, I know that I'll have something ready by New Years! But you never know! It could come even sooner than that! =P