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They hesitated coming in the building, but the light showers sped them up.
Once they entered the building, Ino couldn't believe her eyes. The interior was beautiful, it looked better than the Uzumaki mansion she constantly furnished and remodeled for eight years. But she was inspired once again and was already nagging Naruto to 'look at this!' and 'we have to get one of those!'.
They were led into an enormous hallway with doors on either side, lit by expensive,though slightly dusty, chandeliers. It looked much like an abandoned mansion, like the ones people mimick on halloween. Though this one looked so real, maybe because it was, but Ino felt like she was in a formal masquerade ball, the mood was so gloomy yet elegant.
Her daughter's complain brought her out of her awe, "Damnit, I'm wet."
"THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!" came the reply of Sakura's, oldest son, Sakubi. Ah yes, Ino remembered him and her eldest daughter were still dating. She liked the boy, she just couldn't stand his pervertedness, and apparently neither could Naruto or Namiko. Ino couldn't count how many times she had to call someone for help to hold Naruto back from killing the poor boy. She also remembered, her and Sakura's boasting about them marrying and the thought of themselves finally becoming sisters.
Back to what was going on, Ino could see the clenching fist of Namiko, once the Inuzuka heir had commented. As he swiftly pulled his sister to his side, he raised the laughing boy to his face seething and whispering harshly, "Remember to keep your distance." Sakubi nodded, immediately stopping his laugh and breaking a sweat, before being dropped the two inches to the floor.
He kept following the group down a very long hallway until they finally reached the widest most spacious dining room Sakubi had ever seen.
There was pearly white expensive looking china on the tables with the corresponding chairs behind them. With waiters dressed in matching fancy black suits and waitresses all in black dresses identical to the one Chiro or whatever her name is wore. Sakubi took a moment to admire their bodies before turning his attention back to Chira, or..something.
"Please make yourselves at home, your host should arrive momentarily." Chiru left the room after a short curtsy. Leaving the group alone and already picking seats. The table had been set up so everyone was facing each other all the way down until a final chair at the end of the table. Sasuke assumed the host would be sitting there, and took the penultimate seat of the parallel chairs.
Naruto got the hint, and immediately fixed himself to the seat next to him, sitting perpendicularly next to the host. Ino sat in front of him, also perpendicular to the host, Hinata did the same, sitting across from Sasuke. And soon, the married couples had nearly taken half of the twenty two seated dining room. With the wives on the left side and husbands on the right. Their children seated, next to Temari was her daughter Tema, who was seated in front of a discomforted Tejen.
"Namiko switch seats with me, you get along with everybody. Misuke's my best friend too you know?"
Tema noticed this and immediately sent a condescending smirk towards him, "Aw, what's the matter? You jealous your two best friends get to sit together while you get stuck with a little ol me?"
Tejen bit his tongue in attempt to not argue in front of his parents, while Misuke and Namiko watched amusedly. Best friends forever right? The bastards, not helping a friend in need. He reasoned it'd be okay if he just adjusted his eyes to his food and friends to the left of him instead of staring at the provoking woman in front of him.
"Nope," he replied with a smile.
Tema rolled her eyes and started playing with Misuke's hair, much to his displeasure.
"Would you stop?" he groaned in irritation.
Tema smirked, filled with the same condescending provocative spirit, she sang, "Why? Does little Suke-kun get irritated when older woman play with him that aren't naked?" She pinched his cheek.
Wrapping his hand around her abruptly frozen wrist, he put it down as gently as he could manage, clenching his jaw and other fist. He seethed,
"Leave me alone."
Namiko kicked him under the table, scowling at how he hurt a lady. Misuke glared at him wiping his pinched cheek.
Takun and Sakubi babbled about nonsense, well at least Takun did, Sakubi was much too busy staring at Nino's open cleavage and only nodded.
Takun hadn't known there had been someone else listening to his lonesome conversation. Hyuuga Jeni sat directly next to him, which she was immensely great full for, not directly face to face across from each other. But a subtle seating from next to each other was the closest she had ever been to him. She admired his relaxed composure, hands in pockets, and nonchalant chatting.
Kunisa sat across from Jeni, who was too weird and quiet to converse with and next to Shikari, who was half asleep and probably was too boring to talk to, she sighed and rested her head on her arms.
Catching Takun's naturally caring attention, he perked up and asked her, "Is there something wrong Kunisa?"
Jeni literally felt her stomach sink, he noticed her sitting diagonal to him but hadn't batted an eye on the girl right next to him? No suffix too, they were probably on a first name basis. God, she had never felt so inferior in her life, well other than the thousand times her father had chosen to train Tejen than her.
"This party blows," Kunisa deadpanned not taking her eyes off her gaze on nothing in particular, making it look like she was talking to herself.
"Aw, come on! This party's only just started, they haven't even brought the food out yet, be patient it should get better soon." he offered a smile.
Be patient? He knew Kunisa well enough to know she was not a patient girl. She was about to remind him when she saw his smile, she smiled back. Acknowledging him for being the big brother she once had, of course she had an older brother, but Sakubi was far too mean to her, and so much more interested in Nino and other girls.
Blood boiling, Jeni balled her fists and looked down. She didn't hate Kunisa, no she didn't hate anyone. She just couldn't stand Takun noticing others instead of her. Maybe it was her appearance? Dull flat brown hair and an even flatter chest didn't help her stand out. Contrary to Kunisa's dusty red hair and brilliant green eyes, she was taller more developed than Jeni was. She was confident, bright, and beautiful. Everything Jeni was not.
Nina sat politely next to Jeni, folding her arms neatly over the table and crossing her legs. She smiled at a scared looking Hinari.
"Don't be afraid, I don't bite."
He smiled back though still a little worried by an ominous feeling.
The waiters and waitresses randomly burst into the room, bring large elaborate plates of every food you could imagine, barbeque to salad to ramen to rice cakes. They had everything. Naruto glanced at Sasuke who nodded.
"Woah this looks great!" Naruto cheered.
"And fattening," Ino finished.
Sasuke was too busy playing footsy with Hinata under the table to notice them, he smirked hoping she got his hint.
Hinata grimaced, not this again. It was always the same routine, Sasuke would rub her legs under the table slowly before putting her feet above his and swinging them. It was usually a sign to cut dinner early and get intimate, leaving the dishes to the boys. Misuke eventually caught onto this little tradition and would try his hardest not to cough up bile on the dinner table, pushing his food away, "I've lost my appetite," he'd glare at his father who was sweeping his mother up and carrying her upstairs, "Clean up, boy." Misuke would only groan, "You know it's your fault I'm going to end up malnutritioned." "Then eat outside." Came the faint voice of his father upstairs before a shutting door.
Hinata couldn't believe Sasuke, seriously? At a time like this? While she was seven months pregnant it was a miracle she found a dress to fit into? She stepped on his foot and shifted her eyes to the food.
The waitresses served everyone a generous amount of everything. Before leaving as swiftly as they came. The room was silenced again, nobody daring to touch their forks, waiting for the host. The only sound audible was the pouring rain and steady thunder, until a sound so immense it could be heard from Ame erupted. Lightning crackled at the ground very close to the building and shook everyone a little, the lights flickered before shutting off completely. And when they turned back on another noise was heard.
"Where's Ino!?"
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