To all the goodness in the world…SAVE ME FROM THIS DISCLAIMER…!
NARUTO AND THE CHARACTERS BELONG TO MASASHI KISHIMOTO~!
Mihana Yuri © ChocoKitten
YES! The evilness has passed! On the story!
"There!" Sakura declared proudly, "We made it here with no casualties or injuries!"
I stared at her, "…Seriously, Sakura?"
Temari chimed in, "I agree with Ino – seriously, Sakura? It wasn't as if we were on a top secret mission or something, so why are you acting like it?"
Sakura pouted and glared at us, "Can't I have some fun…?"
Yuri replied, "Nope! You can't!"
"Hey! Why not?!"
Tenten gazed at Sakura dryly before commenting, "Have you ever heard of sarcasm, Sakura?"
"I like you already!" Hana exclaimed after Tenten finished her sentence.
"You guys are all so mean…" Sakura complained.
"What did I ever do, Sakura?" Hinata questioned softly.
"Oh! You guys are all meanies except Hinata here!"
The rest of eyes looked at each other before saying simultaneously, "Right…"
Another pout formed on Sakura's face, which brought the sound of our laughter to fill Temari's room.
Hinata, being the most polite and formal out of all of us girls, quieted down first and said, "I believe that's enough. Besides, we need to continue our introductions."
Hana's laughter slowly came to a stop. "I agree. Ino, stop laughing so loud; the guards are going to come running to see what's happening in 'Princess' Temari's room."
"Hana!" Temari whined after her own laughter ceased, "You know how much I hate when people refer as 'Princess' Temari…!"
"That's exactly why I did it, Temari."
"Hmph! At this rate, you'll never make a good Queen!"
"Hana will make a perfectly fine Queen!" Yuri defended. "It's just that her treatment toward her friends tend to be…a bit…odd…"
"True," I stated, putting my two cents in.
"I agree!" Sakura said.
Hana mock glared, "Hey! We're supposed to introduce ourselves, remember? Not discuss whether I'll be a good Queen or not!"
"Why not…?" Yuri protested.
"Because I'm the future Queen and I said so." Hana replied.
"Hey!" Sakura exclaimed. "That's abusing your power!"
"It's for a good reason, Sakura." Tenten and I said together.
"…Fine."
"Can we please get to introductions now?" Temari inquired impatiently, tapping her foot. "We've wasted enough time already and we only have a few hours before we all have to go back to our own chambers to sleep."
"Alright, sorry, Temari."
"It's okay. Just get on with the introductions!"
Yuri spoke, "Well, it's all pretty obvious that I hate Kiba, ri-"
I interrupted her with a squeal, "You call him by his first name?! Really?! If you're calling him by his first name, you guys could get tog-"
"Ino. What Kiba said. You will not try to get us together."
I squealed again, "You called Kiba by his first name again! And you agreed with him…!"
"Ino." Yuri said in a deadly voice. "You will not have any more thoughts about trying to get Kiba and I together. We hate each other, okay?!"
I smiled slyly and sang, "I have some ideas, not thoughts…"
"Besides," Hinata stated. "Kiba needs a girl that can keep him in check…"
Yuri gaped at her in pure horror and disgust, "Hinata…? You too?!"
Hana shrugged, "I've always wanted to be related to you in some way, and the only I can think of is by you marrying my brother."
"…Hana! Why?! I thought you were on my side!"
"Well, you thought wrong." Temari replied, smirking. "We all play for our own sides here."
"Temari!"
"By the way," Sakura exclaimed, "Did you guys know that people only say that they hate someone to cover their true feelings?"
"…! Sakura!"
Tenten looked at Yuri innocently, "Why is your face flushed red the, Yuri? I thought you didn't like dog-boy here."
"No!" Yuri wailed. "Even the newcomer, Tenten, is against me…!"
After we finally managed to convince Yuri that we were not going to scheme together to come up with a plan to make her and Kiba an official couple, we got to our introductions again.
"As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted with the topic of Kiba and me-"
I squealed. Again. "You called him by his first name…!"
I received Yuri's ultimate death glare. I mentally rolled my eyes. Couldn't I even state a fact? She did call Kiba by his first name….
"Kiba-"
"Again!" It was Sakura that squealed this time.
"Shut. Up."
Sakura did.
"Well, Inuzuka-"
"Aw…you called Kiba by his last name…!" I whined.
Yuri twitched but ignored me and continued, "-and we happen to have a huge amount of dislike for each other. The only reason I'm here is because my mother is a very close friend of Lady Tsume. Thing is, Father and Mother travel a lot because Father's a very successful merchant, but I'm not too fond of traveling, so I usually stay with Hana and her brother when my parents are out."
"So you and Hana must be pretty close, right?" Hinata observed.
Yuri nodded. "I don't get it though. We're as close as sisters yet she still wants me and Kiba-"
"You called him by his first name!" I exclaimed, pointing an accusing finger at Yuri.
Yuri's emerald green eyes widened in shock as her hand crept up into her hair to twist a strand of her brown hair. "Um, what does that prove…?"
"That you like Kiba!" Sakura declared.
"Hey!" I protested, "That was what I was going to say…!"
"Too bad, I said is first."
"I don't like Kiba!" Yuri denied.
"You're in denial…" Temari chanted amusedly under her breath.
"I CAN HEAR THAT, YOU KNOW?!" Yuri snapped.
"Yeah, I know." Temari responded casually. "If you act like that, how will you become a proper Lady of the Inuzuka household?"
"Everybody's against you, Yuri." Hana teased, a grin on her face.
Yuri attempted to change the topic, "What about the introductions…?"
"We can save them for later, right, Tenten?" Hinata asked.
"It's fine. Ino already gave me a lengthy description of all you guys…so lets begin the game of 'Torturing-Yuri-with-Kiba'!"
"Tenten…!" Yuri cried out. "You're supposed to feel sorry for me and help me! Same for you, Hinata!"
Hinata giggle softly, "Sorry, Yuri. Kiba and I are good friends, but he really needs a female by his side; you're the perfect one."
Yuri glared at all of us before moaning, "The world is going to end…!"
The rest of us glanced at each other before erupting in laughter. "This is going to be fun…"
After shooting a dirty look our way, she called out, "Please someone, save me!"
As if that was ever going to happen…
Life is not fair.
Luck is currently with Yuri.
Ugh.
About fifteen seconds after Yuri stated her request to all the goodness of the world, someone knocked on the door. Guess who it was? Kankuro, the middle child of the Sand Siblings, knocked on the door and saved her from the torture that Yuri was going to experience. I swear he heard her plea…
"Kankuro?" Temari inquired when she saw her brother leaning against the wall of her room, trying to catch his breath, "What happened, Kankuro? I though you and the rest of the guys had a little 'reunion'; it's been a long time since you've all been in the same place at the same time."
"Oh, the reunion?" Kankuro asked while rubbing the back of his neck. "Well, we didn't really have it…"
I looked at him, puzzled, "Eh…? I thought everyone was here though…"
Kankuro grinned sheepishly, "Well, that's what we thought too, but then we realized that Sai didn't arrive yet…and nor did Naruto. We can't exactly have a reunion without either of them here, so we canceled it."
Hinata tilted her head to the side, "That doesn't really explain why you were breathing hard when you first got here though…"
"Oh, that?" Kankuro asked. "Well, since we couldn't hold a reunion because a few guys were missing, we decided to sword fight."
"Really?!" I questioned, immediately interested.
"Yes, really." Kankuro answered, looking at me as if I was a younger sister.
"Would it be possible for us to sword fight too?" Sakura and I asked in the same voice.
Temari and Hana stared at us incredulously, "You guys don't know how to wield and use a sword…?!"
I answered for Sakura and myself, "Yeah, is there a problem with that?"
"No, it's just that I'm pretty skilled when it comes to using a sword," Temari explained.
Hana continued, "If you had to classify me, I'm at the intermediate level, thanks to Itachi. He helped me learn a lot of the techniques. He's a genius when it comes to swords and all that, just like Hyuuga Neji and Lord Kakashi."
"Oh, so it's for self-" I stopped abruptly and stared at Tenten. There it was. The paling and the slight trembling…
"Ino? What were you going to say?" Hinata asked.
"Oh…wait, I think I lost my train of thought," I quickly lied.
Hana crossed her arms, smiling, "You were going to say for self defense, right?"
"Uh…yeah! That was what I was going to say!"
Temari grinned, "Hana did it for self defense and so she could beat up her little brother. It's same for me…self defense and beating up little brothers."
Kankuro semi-glared at his older sister, "Hey. Gaara could unhand you in the first five minutes of the game, so stop talking!"
Temari laughed, "As if you can beat Gaara yourself! Besides, the only other people who could defeat our little brother would be Itachi, Sasuke, and, surprisingly, Naruto. There may be some others, but those are the only guys that I can name off the top of my head."
Kankuro sighed, "True, true."
"Okay," Tenten interjected, "So Hana and Temari can sword fight. Anybody else?"
Hinata spoke timidly, "Um, I can use a dagger pretty well…"
I gaped at Hinata, "The innocent little Hinata can handle a dagger…?"
She nodded, blushing madly.
While I was still trying to digest the fact that our sweet and innocent Hinata could use a dagger, Sakura whirled around and pointed an accusing finger at Tenten, "What about you, Tenten? Can you use any weapons?"
Tenten opened her mouth to answer, but I beat her to it, "She definitely can!"
"Eh…?"
Tenten shook her head and clarified, "Well…let's just say that I can use any weapon you hand me…"
Kankuro gawked at her in shock, "…Really?"
"Yeah…" I replied. "Tenten believes that we women are just as strong as men, so I 'borrowed' some of Deidara's weapons for her to train with."
The rest of them stared at my best friend in amazement and awe.
Tenten, not used to the attention, said, "It's not as if I mastered all of them…my skill on the majority of them would be at intermediate."
Hana crossed her arms, "So? That's still – no offense – pretty impressive for a servant girl like you. And I'd like to remind you that I'm only intermediate on my sword skills!"
"But…" Hinata stated, "You being a servant girl, how did you get to practice and advance in your skills?"
"I was wondering about the same thing," Sakura said.
"Same." Temari agreed.
"Well, at first, I had Tenten sneak down during the night to my brother's training grounds, since nobody's allowed to go there other then me, Deidara, or they have special permission from us."
"What if somebody caught Tenten walking through the corridors at night?" Hana asked.
"We thought of that possibility," Tenten responded.
I continued, "Every night, I'd give her something before she went. It was either food or something of mine. If – when – somebody saw her, all Tenten had to do was show the person the item and say that Princess Yamanaka had requested for it."
Kankuro chuckled, "Lying. It's bad for your health, you know?"
"Hey!" I protested for Tenten's sake. "Look at where it got her! She can use any kind of sword, daggers, crossbows, and lots more!"
He held up his hands in mock surrender, "Just stating a fact, okay?"
We, the girls, all rolled our eyes.
"Hey…" The eldest Sand Sibling started, "Why are you here in the first place, Kankuro?"
The middle Sand Sibling scratched his head before answering his teal-eyed sister, "Well…Itachi and the rest of the guys were wondering where you ladies were, so they sent me to search for you…"
Hana nodded, understanding. "Tell Itachi that I'll meet him in a few…I want to spend some time with the girls first, okay, Kankuro?"
"Sure, sure. Any other messages…?" Kankuro asked.
"Yes." Yuri spoke, "Tell Inuzuka to go down there!"
"Ah. Okay." Kankuro said, getting the message, "You don't swear?"
"Do you think we can…?" We all questioned in unison.
"Right. Ladies. No swearing."
"Anything else?"
We all said no, and shoved a protesting Kankuro out the door. "Bye! See you at dinner!" I called out cheekily, waving at him.
Temari shut her door before saying, "Finally! We get our peace and quiet!"
Sakura looked at her dryly, "With you here, we'll never get any peace or quiet."
Temari glared at her. Sakura gazed at her innocently. I shook my head at their childish antics.
"Say…" I started.
"What?" Hinata inquired, glancing at me.
"When do you think Sai and Naruto are going to come?"
"Sai?!" Yuri exclaimed excitedly, "Sai's coming?!"
"They have to come by tomorrow otherwise we'll have to postpone the ball," Hana answered before turning to Yuri, "Why are you so excited about Sai coming?"
"Hana…!" I'm literally your sister-"
"But you're not – you have to marry Kiba…!" Sakura interjected, singing the last part.
"Shut up!"
"Language," Hinata scolded softly.
"But that's not even that bad…!" Yuri complained.
"Listen to Hinata," Tenten chided, "She's the most lady-like out of all of us here."
"As I was saying," Yuri continued, "I love art. Sai's a great artist, so that makes him my idol."
"What about my brother and his best friend?" I asked.
"…Their art is…different."
I giggled, "I know what you mean. But Sasori's is pretty normal…"
"…"
"Yuri?" Hana questioned. "Are you going to comment on Ino's statement? …Yuri!"
"Why are you guys even doing this…?!" Yuri whined.
Temari tapped her chin thoughtfully, "Because it's fun…?"
"No…" Sakura corrected, "It's fun when you bring up Kiba!"
"I agree!" Tenten declared.
"Come to think of it…" I said. "We never got to finish our game of Torture-Yuri-with-Kiba game because Kankuro busted in here…"
"Let's continue it!" Temari and Hana exclaimed.
"No…!" Yuri protested.
"Besides," Hinata said. "We don't really have anything to do…"
"No! History is repeating itself…!" Yuri wailed.
I shook my head, "Yuri dear, history is not going to repeat itself. If it did, then some random guy's going to pop in and save you from this maltreatment. And that is not going to happen."
She pouted, "I hate all of you…"
Hana grinned wolfishly, "Like what Sakura said earlier, 'hate' is only used to cover up one's true emotions…so you really love us, right…?"
All she received was a glare.
The rest of us – excluding Hinata – laughed as evilly as we could.
