This is going to be either a SasuNaru or NaruSasu story. Not quite sure yet. It will have yaoi in it though so for those who like it, please be patient and for those who don't.. I suggest you turn back now.. go ahead and click that back button, this isn't the story for you. I don't own these characters, I do own the storyline though as I based this story on a dream I had _ Anyway, I might not be able to update this story often as I have about 4 stories and a doujinshi on my devianart account.. If anyone's interested in reading the stories on there just send me a message and I'll send you a link. One of them is an AkuRoku story for those fans out there.

Chapter 1 The festival

Naruto came back from a mission that he had been given. Lately genins, chunins, and even jonins had been sent out doing jobs on their own if it was possible to do, only being sent out in teams when it was absolutely necessary or when a mission would be too hard to complete when the ninja was on their own. Naruto had just returned from a rather simple mission, delivering a jewel necklace to a ninja in the village hidden in the sand. He was then sent back with a message from the Kazekage there to be given to Tsunade along with his mission report

Naruto sighed. What a boring mission that had been, even though it had taken about a week to complete because of how far away the village hidden in the sand was. He walked back to Lady Tsunade's office to give her the report that the mission had been a success and to give her the message from the Kazekage. As he walked to the Hokage's office he noticed that the village seemed to be very quiet and empty. He found Sakura and asked her about it, finding out that Lady Tsunade had sent many of the ninjas out on missions. He walked into the office when he heard her tell him to enter.

"Ahh. Naruto. Welcome back. The mission was a success I assume?" Naruto rolled his eyes. "Did you expect any less from such a simple mission? Oh, and the Kazekage asked me to give you this upon my return." Naruto then handed the message to Tsunade. She opened it and as she read it her eyes grew wide and she seemed to get excited. "Ahh. Perfect. I'm so glad that he approved. You may go Naruto. Oh, and tell everyone that there is to be a festival today and that everyone must attend." Naruto was about to agree when something occurred to him. "But, you've sent out half the village on missions that I'm sure will take all day, they won't make it back in time for the festival." Tsunade grinned at him. "I know that. That's the point. I didn't want them to come to the festival. Tell everyone else about the festival Naruto. Now, get going before I decide to send you on a mission that will take all day." Naruto nodded, knowing that she wasn't bluffing, and left her office.

Later that day the whole village was enjoying the festival. Naruto had been having a pretty calm day, which was quite unusual for him. He couldn't figure out what it was that was nagging at him and telling him that it shouldn't be a calm day. It was then that he looked around and something occurred to him. Sasuke wasn't here. He must have been one of the ninja that wasn't allowed to come to the festival. He couldn't figure out why but for some reason it bugged him that Sasuke wasn't going to be at the festival.

I should be happy, I mean, he's a jerk. Shouldn't it be great to finally be able to get away from him for a while? Well... I haven't seen him for almost a week now.. maybe I was expecting to see his face upon my return almost as if that would be the sign that I'd really come home? No.. that can't be it... can it?

Naruto's thoughts were interrupted by the appearance of Tsunade on a small shelter over one of the bridges. "Everyone, I thank you for coming to this festival. As many of you have noticed, not everyone is able to be here with us, and I planned this. We're going to have some fun. I've planned a contest and the Kazekage has approved of the use of some of his ninja to fill the gap we have of ninja. This contest is to see who among our leaf ninja is 'the fairest of them all' if you will. We will see, when given a random ninja, who will be able to make that ninja care for them, whether they be of the same gender or not, or even if you've never met them before."

At this people began to murmur. "The reason that the other ninja aren't here, is because they are the ones that will be in the draw for you to get and then try to seduce." It was then that some of the girls got excited. Like Naruto, they had noticed that Sasuke wasn't here, and that meant that they might be able to get him in the draw.

"Alright. There are 5 things that you must get the person you get in the draw to do.

1. You must get them to talk to you, and I don't mean as friends or a word or two every once in a while. I mean you have to get them to talk to you on a deeper, more intimate level.

2. You have to have them go on a date with you.

3. You have to have them eat some of your cooking and comment on it, preferably a compliment.

4. You have to have them kiss you, and initiate the kiss. It doesn't count if you start it. and

5. You have to have them give you something that they either got specifically for you or that means a lot to them.

The one rule about this is that neither you nor anyone else is not allowed to tell them what is going on." It was then that some people's excitement grew, while others' excitement dampened. For Naruto, this was especially bad. The one girl he would really want to get in the draw was Sakura, but she wasn't one of the people that he had a chance to get.

"Everyone step forward. Once you take out your piece of paper with the name on it step back but don't open it until I've given you the say so. I will call you up to get your papers in alphabetical order." Naruto started to drown out her voice then, waiting for his name to be called. He knew he'd be one of the last if not the very last with his name. About an hour had passed when Naruto heard what he'd been waiting for. "Uzumaki, Naruto." He stepped forward and pulled out the last piece of paper in the lottery box and went back down again. He didn't really care at the moment about this lottery, he just wanted it to be done so he could get back to his normal life. After all, he, Naruto Uzumaki, could make anyone fall in love with him with his charming personality. Little did he know that theory was to be put to the test. "Alright. Everyone has a piece of paper now so open them up and submit to your fate.. I mean, find out who you'll be seducing."

Naruto sighed. Many people had opened their papers already and a lot of the woman were depressed. Naruto assumed it was because they hadn't gotten Sasuke's name. He then heard mumbling as they tried to figure out who had gotten Sasuke. Naruto opened his paper with a bored expression and read the name. He blinked. He couldn't be reading that right. He read it again after rubbing his eyes. Nope. I'm reading that right... damn. Why me? Kiba came over to him inquiringly. "Hey, Naruto. Who'd you get?" Naruto took a deep breath, and read out the name on his piece of paper loud enough that the people around him heard, and it was so quiet that the whole crowd ended up hearing him. "Sasuke Uchiha."