*yawn* (Chris)
While I was getting ready, again, I couldn't help but yawn. I feel so tired, and I didn't have the chance to sleep ever since I entered the land of birds. I even took a cold shower to help get rid of my tired state.
We already had our measurements done, so the girls and I went straight to the makeover room. We were already familiar with the routine, so it took only an hour less to finish our makeover.
It was already 9:00am and the guests had until 11:00am to arrive. So we just kinda chilled around the room. Hanabi still isn't here, because she is gonna make an entrance? Whatever that means.
Unlike most parties on earth, the Hyuuga party was a bit more…’serious’ than most parties are.
When the guests had finally arrived, everybody greeted one another and brought presents for Hanabi.
Hanabi finally came out, and she was the cutest thing that anybody has ever seen.
Instead of wearing a Hyuuga robe, she wore a specially designed dress for her.
The dress was blue, and it sparkled when it came in contact with light. Her hair was in a bun position, with a fancy flower-hair clip to support her bun-hair. She also had some fancy jewellery crafted by famous craftsmen, and even wore light-blue gloves to make her outfit seem more complete.
If she had been older, then she would have been the most beautiful Hyuuga lady to ever exist.
Hanabi however didn't like these clothes, she even found them itchy and annoying. Even if she looked great, she was still a kid, and kids don't like these kinds of things, only when they're much older.
Hanabi only willingly agreed to wear all of these clothes, for the presents. And we all know that kids love two things more than anything, presents, and sweets.
Everybody greeted Hanabi to show their respect.
This includes the Yamanaka clan, Aburame clan, the Hokage and his relatives, Nara clan, Akimichi clan, and the Inuzuka clan.
I was kinda surprised that Kiba's family came here, considering that I basically put one of their own in jail.
I would have gotten rid of them, since they might cause trouble to me or Hinata, but Hinata stopped me before I could do anything.
Although Hinata didn't like Kiba one bit, Hanabi shouldn't have her birthday ruined all because Hinata and Chris have some conflict with the Inuzuka clan.
Hinata hasn't told anyone about Kiba harassing her, and Kiba still needed a few days before he could be judged. This means that he Hyuuga clan had yet to hear what Kiba has done to Hinata.
Hinata might have been kicked out of the Hyuuga clan, but she is still a Hyuuga member. And harassing her, is like slapping the Hyuuga clan’s face.
Back on topic. Would you believe me that it actually took over an hour just to give Hinabi her presents, and to greet her.
The Hyuuga people properly searched the presents for anything dangerous inside. It has happened before, and they're gonna make sure it doesn't happen again. This is why the presents took so long to deliver. And once a present has been thoroughly checked, Hanabi was free to do whatever she wanted to them, after the party ended. It's actually considered rude to open presents when the party's still going. She's gonna have to wait until everybody leaves.
Hiashi had planned me and Hanabi to start the first dance in a few more hours. Since we had nothing important to do right now, we just kinda chilled and hanged out in the Hyuuga place.
I thought that the Inuzuka clan would come trouble me, but they didn't. Although they had heard of a kid named ‘Chris’ put on of their members in jail, they had never met me in person before. So how can they recognize me.
Unless if some idiot were to say my name in front of them, then they will never know who I am.
And even if they do recognize me, would they seriously cause trouble within the Hyuuga compound.
Luna was also a kid, so she decided to have some fun, and hang out with her friends. Such as Hinata and Ino.
Ino kept looking at me. She was secretly sending me signals, reminding me that I need to give her a ring.
I ignored her, and whenever she came looking for me, I would hide within the crowd.
I noticed that some of the most important people here, were actually shadow clones.
Such as the Hokage, Shikaku, and others.
They still needed to come up with a plan to take down Orochimaru. And every second counts.
The only reason why they came here, is so that Orochimaru doesn't get suspicious of their unnatural behaviour.
Don't underestimate Orochimaru’s intelligence. He can practically smell it when somebody is gonna plot against him.
If the Hokage and several important characters didn't show up to an event like this, then that would be very suspicious. So to avoid suspicion, they decided to send shadow clones on their steed.
When they saw me, they greeted me and left. Their memory of Luna causing so much trouble at that night, will forever be imprinted on their minds. And they will also always remember my 4 Kekkai Genkais, and some of my skills.
They didn't fear me, but they feared if Luna lost her control again. Even they believed that she couldn't be taken down that easily again. Luck played a crucial role in their fight. And they probably won't get that lucky ever again.
Other than the food here, everything else was a bit boring for me.
Out of habit, I reached for my pocket to get my iPhone. Only that I forgot that I don't have such a thing.
I guess I do miss some things back on my home. Like the internet, TV, my music playlist.
This isn't something that people think about then they want to teleport to another world. Although I do miss those things back home, it's worth the sacrifice.
If it weren't for blue screen, then I would have never met Luna, and everybody else. I would have never been so important in a place like this.
I have never mention this before, but every time I get near Luna and Kat, they seem awfully familiar.
At first I thought it was just butterflies in my stomach, but it wasn't. I don't know where this sense of familiarity came from, but I am pretty sure it's nothing important. I'm probably just imagining things.
Personally, I never liked being in a room full of strangers, this is why I never agreed to invite my whole classroom to a single birthday party of mine.
I did once, but immediately regretted it. As it turns out, once people find out you're somewhat rich, they will always ask you for money.
And besides, I never was good at starting a conversation with someone.
Yeah I know I sound weird, but I always stutter at these situations. Sometimes, I don't even make sense at all. In order to avoid being put in an awkward position, I decided to go outside to the Hyuuga back yard.
The yard was spacious and quiet. And I met someone who I didn't expect to meet. Shikamaru.
Shikamaru thought it was a drag to stay in that party, so he lied down on a tree while looking at the clouds.
I didn't approach him, and lied down while looking at the clouds as well.
We both noticed each other, but none of us started a conversation.
The place was warm, quiet, it seemed like everything was perfect.
Happy birthday. Now you're finally 13, again.
I forgot it was also my birthday. Thanks for remembering.
No problem man. Here's my present to you.
Then a yellow book appeared on one of my hands, and in the other appeared a silver looking rod.
What are these?
The rod will help you get rid of the natural energy inside Kat, when you teach her tomorrow to control natural plant energy.
The other is a book that will teach Sakura how to use healing Jutsus. You can't teach her healing Jutsus since you have a Kekkai Genkai for it. So this book will help her a lot. She might become even stronger and better than in the anime.
I know that you didn't want anything for your birthday, so I gave you something that will make your future much easier.
Thanks man. I truly appreciate that. It's exactly what I wanted.
Hehehe! Well gotta go, catch you later.
Bye man. Thanks for today.
These gifts I really did like. I never mentioned my birthday to anybody else, because I didn't want to hog Hanabi's spotlight. And besides, ever since my parents left me alone, my birthday was just another ordinary day for me.
It's a good thing Shikamaru was asleep, otherwise I would have to explain to him why two objects suddenly appeared on my hands.
I quickly put those things away on the space inventory thingy. This is probably the best birthday I had in years.
My eyelids were slowly closing, and I was falling asleep. That is until Yu came to disturb me…
“Lord Hiashi is looking for you.” (Yu) said.
“What does he need.” (Chris) I was cranky from not having enough sleep, and I was even crankier from someone disturbing my sleep. But I made sure not to sound like it. They have treated me and Luna so good, so how can I ever treat them without any respect.
“The dance is about to start. Lady Hanabi is waiting for you” (Yu)
“Okay I'm coming.” (Chris) hearing that my cute new sister is about to start dancing, my exhaustion disappeared and I ran straight to the room.
Hiashi stood in the centre of the room, with his younger daughter. Once he saw me come in, he started saying to everyone present in the room.
“Everyone!” (Hiashi)
Then everyone’s attention was on Hiashi.
“My youngest daughter, Hanabi, will be dancing waltz for everyone here. Along with her partner, Chris Walker.” (Hiashi) proudly said.
While he said that, I couldn't help but curse in my mind. Now the Inuzuka clan knew how I looked like. Well it doesn't matter, sooner or later they would have found out.
Then several of the Inuzuka clan members had a hint of anger of their eyes. This is the one who put Kiba in prison.
This was especially true for his mother, Tsume Inuzuka. And his sister, Hana Inuzuka. Kiba was family to them. So how can they let someone of their own get bullied that easily.
Although they wanted to tear me to shreds, they didn't dare cause a ruckus in the Hyuuga palace. Otherwise, they will be going on an all-out-war with the Hyuuga clan.
They decided to take it easy, and wait for the time to strike me when I least expect it.
As for me, I had totally forgotten that Kiba even had a sister and a mother. If I had remembered, then I would have recognized them.
(These two relatives of Kiba are indeed in the anime. Incase you were wondering.)
A case of literary theft: this tale is not rightfully on Amazon; if you see it, report the violation.
I made my way to Hanabi. When I looked at her from a close distance, she looked even cuter.
Without saying a word, I gently reached my hand towards her, and took a dancing position.
Her right hand on my left hand, and my other hand on her waist, and her other hand was on my shoulder.
She was actually wearing high heels, so her height was closer to mine. But these high heels are terrible for dancing.
“Take off your high heels. Otherwise you're gonna hurt yourself.” (Chris) that was a fact. If you try dancing with high heels, it could be very bad for your feet.
Hanabi did as I told her, and she basically flung her high heels towards the chip area.
One of her shoes hit Yu in the stomach. And the other fell inside a glass of juice. The juice spilled all over, and it stained everything around it.
I couldn't even help but smirk a little. This was funny.
Hanabi didn't do it on purpose, she just couldn't take another second wearing those high heels. They had almost tripped her countless times today, and they also felt very uncomfortable.
Hiashi was embarrassed by this. He never would have expected this from Hanabi.
But several people found it funny, and kinda laughed it off.
(Lol. No one's gonna pay attention to Yu. That's what happens when you interrupt a man’s beauty sleep…)
Even Hina was no exception. She also hated Parties too, unless if it meant that her nieces would wear such cute clothings.
Hiashi couldn't take it anymore, and signalled the musicians to quickly start playing the music
When the music started, Hanabi and me started to waltz around the room. Although Hanabi danced barefoot, it was much better than wearing high heels.
After practicing so much these last few days, Hanabi’s progress has grown exponentially.
This was definitely better than the first time I danced with Hanabi.
Although several people were stunned, that didn't stop them from joining in the fun.
They thought that if a pair of kids could dance that magnificently, then so could they.
Even though they danced around Hanabi and me, that still didn't stop them from eyeing us time to time.
The music ended, then we all bowed before our partners.
I leaned close to Hanabi's ear, and whispered to her.
“Happy birthday, Hinabi. Here's your birthday present.” (Chris)
I secretly handed her a white envelope.
“Thanks, Onii-chan.” (Hanabi) said cutely.
Although she knows that it's impossible for there to be dresses, jewellery, plushies inside this card, she wouldn't mind having some money.
She thinks that there is money inside, but it's a lot more than she thinks. She hid the envelope inside her dress. She couldn't wait to open it.
“Now, would anybody want the honour of dancing with the birthday girl.” (Hiashi) said. All traces of the earlier embarrassment Hanabi caused could not be even anymore on Hiashi’s face anymore.
When Hiashi said those words, he actually meant that everybody has to change their partners.
You wouldn't believe just how many kids went up to Hanabi, just to dance with her. Hanabi didn't know what to do in a situation like this.
The same thing could be said about me. Lots of girls wanted to dance with me. I would have died of happiness if this happened back at my home, but things are different.
I sensed Luna, and she already had a partner to dance with. She wasn't gonna stand around and do nothing, while everybody else dances. I was kinda jealous, but I knew that she didn't put them in her eyes.
Before I knew it, Hina took me by surprise and held me firmly in a dancing position. Never underestimate the quick movements of a Hyuuga member.
“Care to dance.” (Hina) said with a smile.
The truth is, she has always wanted to dance with me, ever since that day I danced with Hanabi. There are barely any males out there who can dance like me, not to mention someone as good as me.
Of course, I already knew that Hina wanted to dance. Who wouldn't want that kind of experience.
Our height was kinda awkward. She was a full grown woman, whereas I was still a kid. Not to mention her huge breasts that are touching my face.
I did whatever I could to hold in my urges, and just danced through the whole song with her.
Hina has never felt something like this before. She was very grateful to me, and went to another partner.
And I met with another disaster, Ino. I never knew women were this bold. When they see something that they want, they will charge straight at it.
Ino had no feelings for me, and I had no feelings for her either. She just really wanted to annoy me about those rings.
Throughout the whole song, she never once stopped asking me about those rings. I kept ignoring her and when that didn't work, I kept changing the topic for an entire 4 minutes.
I never thought I would be this grateful when the music ended. And once it did, I immediately escaped Ino’s grasp.
But sadly, I underestimated women, and literally all of them charged at me.
No matter who I danced with, I was always attracting everybody else's attention. Damn this skill.
Throughout the whole party, I spend my whole time dancing.
They didn't have T.V. Or anything like that to entertain guests. The only thing that they had, was dancing, talking and food.
I literally danced with every single girl here, except Luna. My luck is terrible today.
Then the Hyuuga people served out their most delectable food. It was outstanding, and it looked delicious.
If Dom were here, then he would have eaten it all by himself.
I was about to dance with Luna, but the music finished before we had the chance.
It's not like Luna didn't want to dance with me, she couldn't. She was very pretty, especially with her new clothes and makeup, so naturally, she would attract the attention of several other boys in here.
Then we all sat down on a table where several Hyuuga people served us food.
Since we are still kids, we were forced to sit on a different table. Even Hanabi wasn’t an exception. And she's the birthday girl.
Then me and several kids from other clans sat on this table.
The adults used this kind of events to hopefully have a good relationship with others. This way, they won’t become enemies in the near future.
Then the party ended. It was pretty boring for me, but to Hanabi, it was great. Out of all her previous birthday parties, she has never received this many presents before.
Then when all the guests started leaving, I felt someone’s killing intent towards me. At first I thought it was the Inuzuka clan, but no, it came from the backyard.
I made an excuse to go outside, and was prepared for the worst. But then, that killing intent disappeared. It came as it left.
I could have sworn I felt that presence before, but where…
Although there were guards surrounding the Hyuuga palace, they were unaware of that killing intent.
It was night, so it was pretty hard to see. I sat on the cold ground and guarded the place. I wanted to make sure that no one ruins Hanabi’s birthday. And my own as well.
After a good half hour, nothing happened. Who ever it was, left already.
Then I felt a familiar presence walking slowly towards me. It was Luna.
“You okay Chris?” (Luna)
Even though we have spent so little time together, she can already tell when something is wrong with me.
There is nothing wrong with me, I’m just being cautious.
“I’m fine. Just a bit tired.” (Chris)
“Hm… do you want to dance with me..” (Luna)
Luna wanted to really dance with me today, but we never had the chance.
I smiled a bit, then got up and stood in front of Luna. I put my hands on her waist, and she did the same on my neck.
This wasn’t waltz we were doing, it was slow dancing.
Without the music here, it felt weird, but as long as the two of us were here, then it didn’t matter.
Luna gently rested her head on my chest, and I gently rested my chin on top of her head.
We started to dance through the night, with her between my arms.
After an unknown period of time, I couldn’t take it anymore. I slightly raised her chin with my finger, and slowly made my way towards her soft, pink lips.
Luna was prepared for it, then she closed her eyes and we both kissed. Luna wasn’t embarrassed anymore, she even enjoyed it.
We both kissed a lot that night, and we enjoyed every second of it. We didn't go any further since we are still kids.
We were both unaware that Hina and Hinata were watching us by accident.
Hinata was blushing red. She knew we were in a relationship, but she didn't expect we were already that far. She would have stopped watching us a long time ago, but she didn’t want to.
Hina was just watching us, and sighed happily. She was thinking how great young love was.
“YOU’RE THE BEST ONII-CHAN! I LOVE YOU!” (Hanabi) yelled all of a sudden.
Everyone inside the Hyuuga clan heard her yell in pure joy? Nobody knew what had caused caused her to yell like that.
But only I knew. Looks like she already opened my birthday present.
10 minutes earlier.
The party had finished, and everybody bid their farewells to Hiashi, and the birthday girl.
The Inuzuka clan put on their poker faces, and left as quickly as they could. If they had known that Chris was living with the Hyuuga people, then they would have never gone to the party in the first place.
It was super awkward staying there any longer. They couldn’t stay another second in there.
Once everybody left, Hanabi dashed straight to her room. Her speed could even make Minato jealous.
The reason she ran like hell to her room, was because she could finally open all the presents she got. She couldn’t wait to open them any longer.
Hiashi watched her go, and sighed a bit to himself. She was still a kid, she couldn’t hold the urge to open her birthday presents any longer.
Once Hanabi opened her room, all the presents she got this time were all scattered neatly in her room.
She got candy, clothes, and a very expensive weapon?
Who was the idiot that had the idea to give a weapon to a child.
SOMEWHERE OUTSIDE THE HYUUGA PALACE
“Achoo! Is someone talking about me?” (Shikaku) said to himself.
Although he was very smart, he couldn’t think of something to give to a girl. So he got her a somewhat expensive weapon. After all, girls like weapons. Or is that just TenTen who likes weapons...
BACK TO THE HYUUGA PALACE
it was probably a dumbass. From a dumbass clan.
Hanabi gently put away that weapon somewhere safe, then started opening every single present left, but found nothing she wanted.
What she wanted most, were plushies. She couldn’t help it, they were just so damn cute.
It’s not like nobody had the idea to bring her a plushie, it’s just that Hiashi told everyone to not bring a plushie.
If he were to actually let people hand Hanabi some cute plushies, then that will affect their reputation
After looking through every single present, she found no plushies.
She was a bit depressed, but there was nothing she could do about it.
Then she remembered the envelope her Onii-chan handed her. She reached the inside of her dress, and tore apart the envelope.
Inside, was a storage seal, along with a note, telling Hanabi how to open the storage seal.
Hanabi hadn’t been taught the basics of fuinjutsu. So Chris wrote her a set of instructions to open the storage seal.
Learning even the basics of fuinjutsu takes long to learn. But since Chris is a fuinjutsu master, he made it especially easy for Hanabi to open the storage seal.
The set of instructions were very easy to follow. And after a few minutes, Hanabi was able to open the storage seal.
Once she did, a huge tsunami of plushies invaded her room. There was almost no space available on her room.
Chris knew that most people would bring her obvious presents, like clothes and stuff like that. And when he accidentally heard that Hiashi instructed everyone not to bring plushies, he knew exactly what to get her.
He literally emptied all the shops of their plushies on the shelfs. He even went as far as to the other villages nearby, to buy all their plushies.
Hanabi crawled out of the mountain of plushies. Once she saw the sight of the enormous amount of plushies scattered throughout her whole room, she couldn’t help but yell out.
“YOU’RE THE BEST, ONII-CHAN! I LOVE YOU’” (Hanabi) yelled out of pure happiness.
Then Hanabi didn’t waste anymore time, and gathered all of her plushies. She wanted to see all the plushies that Chris bought her.
“Hanabi, are you okay…” (Hiashi) was a bit worried that she yelled out like that. But the scene of her room scattered with plushies, surprised him very much.
Hanabi heard her dad coming, and she had a fearful expression. She knew that her dad hated plushies, and that he would get rid of them.
“No. You won’t take them away from me. My Onii-Chan bought these for me!” (Hinabi)
Hinabi gathered as many plushies as she could with her two small hands, and kept them away from her father. She looked very cute surrounded with plushies like that.
Hiashi took a minute to process this. It was definitely Chris who bought her those plushies.
After a while, he finally said.
“Happy birthday. I hope you enjoy your presents everybody bought you.” (Hiashi) turned a blind eye to the room full of plushies, and left.
Seeing her father leave without saying much, Hanabi was once again in a cheerful mood, and went to explore the mountain of plushies.
After a few hours, it was time to sleep. Everybody had a good time. Especially Luna and me. Hehehehehe!
Seeing that Hanabi enjoyed my birthday present the most, made me feel very happy.
Luna even bought her a present with her own money.
Then everyone went to take a shower. Then we all went to sleep. Except me.
I strolled my way to Hanabi’s room, and she was still playing with her plushies. But she was very tired. After dancing the whole day, she was kinda exhausted. But the mountain of plushies surrounding her room, didn’t let her sleep, she really wanted to play with all of them tonight.
“You’re not going to bed, Hanabi?” (Chris) I forgot that kids have an amazing amount of energy inside them.
“Nope! *yawn*” (Hanabi) yawned cutely, and stretched a bit. She already took a shower before opening her presents, and she was in her pyjamas. She looked very cute.
“It’s not good to stay up late, go to bed.” (Chris)
Hanabi shook her head. She refused to let go of her plushies even for a second.
“I’ll tell you a story.” (Chris) I want to go to bed now, so I don’t wanna fight with her all night. Telling her a story, is probably the quickest way to end this night.
Hanabi hesitated a bit, then agreed. She liked a bedtime story. Then she cutely stretched both her arms to my direction.
“Onii-chan, carry me.” (Hanabi) was very tired, so she wanted to be carried a few meters to her bed.
“...” (Chris) before I had the chance to say something, she said.
“I’m the birthday girl, you have to listen to me.” (Hanabi) said in a cute angry manner.
She has a good point. On your birthday, you're in charge. Even if today is my birthday too.
Without saying a single word, I gently carried her princess style, and laid her on her bed.
I created a chair to sit beside Hanabi’s bed. I don’t think I have spend enough time with her to share the same bed.
Although Hanabi was clueless about why I didn’t sleep beside her, I didn’t want to think about what others would think of me, if they saw me sharing a bed with a Loli.
“What story are you gonna tell me.” (Hanabi) seemed to be filled with anticipation. She has heard a lot of stories from her aunt, but never from her Onii-chan.
Good question. I don’t wanna tell her any of those cinderella stories, since I have always found them very boring to listen to.
(No offense Disney, you guys are awesome.)
But what’s a good story to tell her…
*Ding!* I have an idea.
“Well my story goes like this. Water, Earth, Fire, Air. Long ago the four nations lived together in harmony. Then everything changed when the fire nation attacked…” (Chris)
(Okay, you had to be living under a rock if you don’t know what story I’m talking about)
After an unknown period of time had passed, we were already of the verge of falling asleep any second now. Since Hanabi found my story so interesting, she didn’t want to sleep at all. But her sleep was slowly catching up with her.
“The arrow hit the mask of the blue spirit. And when Aang took off his mask to make sure he's okay, it was Zuko underneath the mask. And that’s it, we should really be going to sleep.” (Chris)
Why did I chose to tell her the story of ‘avatar the last airbender.’ It was such a hit when I was a kid.
(They don't make cartoons like that anymore… so sad.)
“...” (Hanabi) already fell fast asleep. When she heard the word ‘sleep’ she had slept very fast.
I smiled a bit. It warms my heart to see her like this.
But seeing her cute sleeping face, also affected me. And I slept on the chair I sat on. I hadn’t slept in days, and my sleep had already caught up with me.
I was so tired, that I never noticed Hina had been listening to my story this whole time.
She wasn’t tired at all, she looked as cool as a cucumber.
Hina wanted to tug her niece to bed like every other night, but then decided to listen my story.
Her image of me kept changing. She knew how tired I was, but I didn’t even complain or raise my voice once. She respected me that I didn’t sleep in the same bed with Hanabi, and that I even told her a very good story.
She quietly entered the room, afraid to wake us both.
Hina picked me up, and laid me in the same bed as Hanabi. She was afraid that if she were to carry me all the way to my room, it would wake me up.
She trusted me enough to actually share the same bed with her niece. If cameras actually existed in this world, she would have taken a picture of us.
She smiled seeing our sleeping faces. Hanabi seemed like she sensed me, then she held onto my clothes very tight, as if I were a plushie.
Hina smiled, then quietly left the room. Not before kissing me and Hanabi on the forehead.
“Thank you, for everything you have done for us.” (Hina) whispered to my ear.
She then left to sleep In her own room.
I don't know why, but that night, I felt like I got kissed by my own mother. Which is something that I forgot what it felt like, since my mother left me for my sister.
Then a small tear escaped my eye. It was a nice dream.
Then for some reason, my hands reached for Hanabi and I hugged her to my embrace. I needed someone to hug.
This was definitely, the best birthday I have ever received.
Thank you...