"What makes you think this is a good idea?" The Third Hokage gazed at the two before him with lidded eyes. With his hands folded in front of his face, he puffed on a pipe that looked centuries old. The room that the trio were in was lit dimly with sunlight peeking through hazy curtains, and behind the old man were pictures of the previous Hokages along with the most recent one. He sighed and moved one of his hands to wave away the smoke wafting in the air. "Well?"
Iruka stepped forward, as if to emphasize his point. "Lord Hokage, both Kakashi and I believe that this will give the Genin a well deserved break. They need a night of fun. And all aside, it might disperse hostilities held between the villages and teams."
The Hokage snorted. "Iruka, as if anyone has time for balls."
Kakashi tried his hardest not to chuckle, albeit failing miserably. Iruka shot him a dirty look. "Please, Lord Hokage, if you could just give me a chance, I can prove that this is absolutely necessary. The Genin NEED this."
Exhaling, the Hokage's eyes rolled over to Kakashi. "And what do you have to say about this?"
In reality, it mattered not to Kakashi if this stupid idea of Iruka's happened. His students would be one to complain and fuss over something this futile, and he knew this for fact. He just wanted the Chunin exams to be over with, whether or not the Genin got this "well deserved break". Though he supposed he had to reply, and he knew he would never hear the end of it if he spoke against Iruka.
"I agree with Iruka. After all, the students have been training hard and they need a break. I know quite a few who could afford to keep their mind off of things."
After Kakashi's words, the Hokage fell silent. He furrowed his brow and looked away from Iruka and Kakashi. After quite a long pause, he spoke once more. "Very well then. Since both of you came to me with this idea, you can be the event planners and you can design the flyers. I'll notify the other sensei's, and see if they can help out in any way."
Iruka's face began to glow. "Thank you, Lord Hokage! I won't let you down, I promise!" In response, the Hokage nodded and smiled, then dismissed the two to let them begin planning. On the way down the hall, Iruka nudged Kakashi in the ribs with his elbow.
"Isn't this great?" he exclaimed. "I can't believe he's letting us do this! I'm so excited!"
Kakashi nodded and mumbled a response, reaching for his pervy book to distract himself. He couldn't believe Iruka had forced him into this. Had he really become so soft minded and weak? Of course not! He was just…leading Iruka on so he could use this against him later! Yeah! Now he just had to find a way to bribe Iruka into doing whatever he wanted…
Naruto couldn't stop laughing. Was it really this easy to trick Konohamaru?
"Tell me more about Sakura!" the young boy demanded, entirely too excited for such a subject, especially with how childish he was. Naruto giggled. He was too busy making Konohamaru believe that Sakura was his girlfriend to care about the Hokage's grandson's age.
"Well! She's a GREAT kisser, and she likes to – "
"NARUTO!" a shrill, sharp voice came, cutting over the fences and through the trees. For a moment, the blonde haired genin couldn't put a finger on who was shouting his name, but it hit him full force when the very girl he had just been talking about hopped over the wooden fence to his right with a grimace on her face. "SHA! YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT NOW! I HEARD EVERYTHING YOU SAID!"
It didn't take long for Naruto to realize that she was running at him full speed and intended on hurting him, no matter what it took. He shrieked and scampered to a run, almost tripping. The village became a blur as he sped up, and behind him he heard Konohamaru losing it. The young idiot couldn't stop laughing. Naruto reminded himself to beat the snot out of him later.
It took a good ten minutes for Sakura to lose Naruto's trail as he winded through side streets, desperate to try and get her off his back. Eventually, when he had, he was completely out of breath, but grateful. Leaning against a fence, he studied his surroundings through hazy eyes. There were plenty of advertisements along the fences lining the road, but something new and unusual caught his field of vision. He stared at it hard. At first glance, it looked normal, but as he approached it wearily, it was everything but in the ordinary. It read:
TO ALL GENIN UNDERGOING THE CHUNIN EXAMS
YOU ARE INVITED TO THE FIRST ANNUAL CHUNIN BALL!
DATE : MAY 26th
TIME: 9:00 P.M.
BRING A DATE OR YOU WILL NOT BE ADMITTED
On the flyer was a picture of a typical girl dancing with a typical boy. Naruto narrowed his eyes. "Wait now…No attendance without a date? I gotta find a girl to dance with! The dance is in two weeks!" He looked around, a dance partner already in mind, and peeled the flyer from the wall. "But first, to find Kakashi Sensei!"