Benevolent (Discontinued)

Rabbit, Fox, Cat

(A/N: Yukiya, Akira and Sakura hanging out. This takes place hours after the bell test.)

Yukiya, Akira and Sakura were walking around the village together, trying to find any source of entertainment.
"The bell test was quite...difficult. Wasn't it?"
"I suppose." Akira shrugged.
"I mean, teamwork was supposed to be used for the exercise. Wait, did you give Kakashi back his bells?"
"That...sounds a bit weird." Akira laughed a little. Sakura sweat dropped, and tried to hide a smile with her hand. She had to at least pretend to be mature sometimes. She was mature, but she still needed to act like a child sometimes. Yukiya stopped walking, and started staring at Akira with a look of disbelief.
"It was not intended! Did you give them back?"

"...nah. I kinda forgot." Yukiya fell backwards, laying down and she just pretty much stayed there. She started groaning in annoyance.
"You're gonna get dirty if you stay like that!" Sakura scolded with her hands on her hips, whilst Akira was trying not to laugh from behind her, one hand on her mouth, with tears threatening to spill from laughter.

"Why don't you guys come over mine for dinner? And our team can as well." Yukiya got up, dusting the dirt off her clothes. "We can go to yours, Sakura, and tell your parents. Maybe we can have a sleep over as well with the rest of the girls."
"Is this to make sure I eat again?"
Akira swore she saw a weird, red sparkle coming from Yukiya's spheres. She shook it off, but swore the atmosphere shifted slightly. "Yeah, you could say that."

To perhaps ignore the tense atmosphere, Sakura walked inside her house and kept the door open. She took 10 minutes to come back out, with a bag in her hand filled with clothes and other items. They started walking, again.
"So, what are ya making for dinner?"
Yukiya seemed to get into her Cook phase, as her eyes sparkled behind her mask and she started getting very excited talking about the prospect of food. The pair could literally feel the pure happiness radiating off her. They took a step back. The change in mood was strange due to how quickly it occurred. It was frightening.

"Well, a combination of different dishes. That's why I want to invite the entire team. We need to go and invite Hinata and Ino as well. Haven't seen them since we got our teams. Speaking of the devil, there's Ino." Sakura seemed to internally flinch at Ino's name. Nothing had been the same between the two since they were younger, and both wanted to mend that, but were both too stubborn to say anything. Deep down, they did care for each other.

Akira decided to get Hinata, then get Naruto together (since eating so much ramen was kind of unhealthy and Yukiya wanted him to eat properly,). Sasuke may be a different challenge altogether. Akira was still clearly annoyed by Sasuke since he refused to apologise for his previous actions. Who knows whether he would appear. Kakashi would come over later, and was pleased by the fact he wouldn't have to make food. He was quite lazy after all. No idea how he knew where she lived like. Sakura went over to Ino, and invited her over. They finally had a real conversation, and it was clear they were gonna be best friends again. It may take time, however. Yukiya went home -she had been given Sakura's clothes to put upstairs-to prepare every thing for her hungry guests.

                          ~❤~
Yukiya had tied an old apron around her neck. It was a simple gray apron, with a few stains around the rim. Her rabbit mask, her favourite accessory was still on. She still felt shy with a couple of people seeing her face.

On her oaken table, a plate of various pieces of sushi sat on the plate, some Kushikatsu (deep fried skewered meat and vegetables) was spread across another plate with Tempura (deep fried/battered seafood and vegetables) and in a massive bowl was Soba (thin noodles made of buckwheat flour, in a broth, served with chilled sauce.) Another bowl consisted of Donburi (japanese rice dish. Simmered with fish, meat and vegetables. Other ingredients can be used), and a couple bottles of Sake ("rice wine") were placed beside the dishes. A bowl consisted of Dango, Pocky and Kohi Zeri (coffee jelly) sat in another massive bowl that she had prepared a day or so ago.

Yukiya yawned, untieing her apron and placing it on the coat stand. That she rarely used. Except for placing her apron. It was a lonely coat stand.

"Yo, Hinata, Naruto and me are 'ere."
"Coming," she opened the door to a shy, red-in-the-face Hinata (probably since she was so close to Naruto), a beaming Naruto with a small pout (since he wasn't allowed to eat ramen) and a rather neutral Akira who had her usual lopsided grin. She allowed them inside. They could tell she was tired. The clues indicated to the fact she kept yawning, and was now sat in a chair, noticeably dozing off with a soft snore.

"W-Wow, y-you've done s-so much, Y-Yuki-chan. I-It looks g-great." Yukiya felt her face burn. Thankfully, her mask was hiding her flustered expression. "S-Sorry, I-I c-can't s-stay...I-I have to t-train."
"It's fine, Hinata. Perhaps next time, eh?"
Hinata gave a soft smile, pleased with the fact one of her best friends understood. Her father could be quite strict, as she was the first in line and she had to prove her worth. She was already a strong genin. Hinata yelped, hiding her face in her hands when Naruto accidentally touched her. It was quite adorable. Naruto, being the oblivious child he is, started poking her side, then tried to move her hands away from her face. Hinata became more flustered and red in the face.

Akira snorted, sitting next to Yukiya. Hinata sat next to Yukiya with Naruto on her other side.

Gradually, over the next ten minutes, Ino, Sakura, Sasuke and Kakashi had appeared. The banter was quite light-hearted, with normal chatter. It was quite a humorous night. Kakashi and Akira ended up drinking all of the Sake. (There were four bottles in total). Akira was now officially an alcoholic. Yukiya wasn't amused and felt like crying inside. She internally screeched.

It was quite hilarious when they decided to have a rap battle for some reason. (They were incredibly drunk.) After fifteen minutes of shit rapping, Kakashi went home and Akira fell asleep on the couch. Naruto, Hinata and Sasuke ended up going home.

Yukiya was cleaning everything away, with Ino and Sakura helping as well. She was happy, and was pleased with the friends she had made.

She couldn't ask for anything better than this.