Chapter 7: A Mixed Night

"Party, party. I think that's the word that they've labeled you with, Esther." Temari said jokingly, as the four of us walked down the darkened Konoha streets to Kiba's house.

I gave a shrug. "I don't really mind. I makes me feel special that everyone's in a good mood when I come back to town. I thought their first reaction when I walked back in with you guys was going to be 'hey, what's with the weird girl trailing you guys?', or something like that."

Temari smiled. "We ninjas have great memory."

Oh boggy did I know that. I glanced down at Gaara's necklace which was tucked behind my navy blue dress. I smiled for a moment, then looked away, not wanting to let Temari think that I was staring at my boobs. That would have been very, very awkward. (Oh Tammy Dodger, I start with my boobs AGAIN. Do you think I have a problem?)

As we approached the gates of Kiba's house, we could already hear the upbeat music streaming out into the streets. Everyone's mood seemed to lift at the sound of it, except for Gaara. I don't think that upbeat music could ever make a sad soul like him ever cheer up.

"I'm so ready to party!" Temari said, grabbing my hands with a big grin plastering her face.

"We all know why you're happy to come to this party. You and that deer boy just got closer and closer after Esther left." Kankuro said, making a face.

I started to laugh as Temari shot him a look. Oh boggy, even when they were mad at each other, they were still so much fun. Gaara snorted in his usual unhappiness, but the two older siblings just ignored him and continued, talking and arguing quietly between the two of them. Gaara slipped next to me, sending me another one of his stares, filled with silent words that I couldn't read. I just sent him a smile and he looked away into the night sky. Even after being away for so long, it still like he was still as cold as a fur less cat walking through a snow storm.

As we walked into the gates of Kiba's house, we were glomped by Tenten and Kiba, who of course were the people who loved to party the most out of the Konoha gang.

"I hope you like it, twin sis," Kiba said as he ruffled my hair. "We did our best, with the fact that our star party planner wasn't here."

I rolled my eyes. "Sheesh, Kiba, you showering me with too many compliments."

He laughed. "Oh well. Maybe it wear off one day, and you'll be the one giving me all the compliments."

I gave a snobby, but joking look to him."Yeah right."

We both started laughing, and he started to ushering me in to the house, talking about some nonsense that wasn't catching my interest at all. I turned my head back to catch a sight of Gaara, and sure enough he was standing a few feet back, letting everyone pass him by. He raised his hand up, and I smiled back at him, hoping that this time he would enjoy himself.

By Boggy and Tammy Dodger was this an awesome party! Everyone was dancing before I even got there, unlike the first party we had. It had seemed that I had worked a bit of my Esther magic on them. (Wee! I'm like a cute like fairy, spreading my sparkly magic over the character of Naruto!) Ten Ten and the other girls were dancing around in a little group, while Temari and Shikamaru were dancing together in another part of Kiba's living room. Kiba grabbed my hand with a loud laugh and we started to dance as the next song came on.

After a few seconds of dancing with Kiba, Ten Ten grabbed me with a loud happy scream and I started to dance around the room with the hyper little panda girl. (Is it me, or do a lot of people in Nauro resemble animals? -ponders, ponders-) We started to laugh that I could barely breath, and we just jumped around, my boobs jiggling up and down to the beat of the music, and there was nothing I could do about it. Soon enough, I had danced back with all of the girls, and soon with everyone else who was willing to dance.

The party soon died down as most of the people plopped onto the couches spread along the edges of the living room like a bunch of fishes flopping up and down out of water. (Inchworm, inchworm!) I started to get tired too, and took a seat between Kiba and the couch. Everyone started to get quiet, but I knew that no one would let an awkward silence fill the room. With me around, I don't think that there could ever be an awkward silence. Just an awkward moment with me and my boob disorder.

"So.. what's next?" Ino asked, running a hand through her long blonde hair.

Kiba turned to me and gave me a familiar smile. I already knew what was on his mind, and I had to smile back. He got up and ran into the kitchen, coming back with an empty bottle high above his head.

"How about a game of Truth or Dare?" He asked, turning to the rest of us.

Everyone started to smile wider and finally we all responded with a loud "Yes!"

AN: I'm back, I'm back! - skips around the room like a intoxicated bunny- Oh Pancakes and Tammy Dodger am I happy! With all this Twilight mania and other anime addictions, I have been abusing ff.. -tear, tear- I plan to be finishing this story, so all you faithful reviewers come back!!