Hey ya'll this story is themed around Christmas…sooo…I hope you'll like it!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto…sadly…sob…

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Chapter 1

It was sunrise when three shinobi entered the gates of Konoha.

"Aaah…" the yellow haired member of the three yawned as they stepped onto the streets, walking towards the Hokage mansion. "We've been gone for so long…It feels good to be back home…"

"We've only been gone for a week, dobe!" the raven haired shinobi, out of the three, muttered.

"Sasuke-kun, Naruto is right! One week is long enough!" the last member of the group smiled, shaking her pink haired head at him. "N-Naruto? Is something wrong?" she asked turning her head towards the blond, who had stopped in his tracks, and was now gazing at the cloudy sky.

Something cold had touched Naruto's cheek and now, as he stood gazing at the cloudy sky, he could see more of the cold particles falling. Sakura and Sasuke were also looking at the sky now.

Naruto wondered aloud. "It's too cold…" he thought as a white particle passed in front of his eyes. "Snow? ...SNOW!! It's snowing!"

Dancing up and down, Naruto ran, while trying to catch the small snowflakes in his mouth.

Holding out her hand in front of her, Sakura watched as the cold snowflakes landed on her bare palm. She smiled as she watched Naruto dancing. People had awoken from their slumber, because of the noise Naruto was making and were now crowding around the streets to watch the snow fall.

"Hey Sakura-chan!" Naruto called out to her, leaning close and grinning at her cheekily. "You do know what happens on Christmas, right?" he cooed.

'Sure I do Naruto…' Sakura thought. Nodding, she said instead "I'm going home to make cookies!"

Naruto stared at her. "Cookies?!" he yelled after her as she disappeared into the crowd. "What about our report to Tsunade baa-chan?!" Looking around, he noticed that even Sasuke had vanished. 'What the hell?!' he thought, annoyed at his two friends. 'What will baa-chan think if I enter her office alone?... she'll probably think the two of them died on the mission!' Naruto sighed, but put the matter out of his mind when he saw a few of his friends, on the streets,and went to join them in the fun.

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"No, no, no, no, no…." Sasuke muttered to himself as he hurriedly entered his large mansion and fastened all the many locks on the door. Grabbing the calendar off the wall, he stared at it.

"No, no, no, no, NO!" he cried, grabbing writing brush and, dipping it in red ink, drew a large 'X' across the page. December, the month he hated most (besides February).

"Why now?!" he screamed at the empty room, throwing the calendar forcefully on to the floor. "I just got back home after a hard mission too...!" Sasuke said furiously. "I've got to get myself some rations if I'm going to stay indoors for an entire month!"

He walked into the kitchen and examined the contents inside the cupboards and the fridge. 'Hmm… the food here will last me for about a week…' he thought, chewing vigorously on his lip. 'Oh great! So in a weeks time, I'll have go and face that mob of screaming girls and their mistletoes!'

Miserably, he lowered himself onto the floor, leaning against the wall, in his living room, and soon felt himself drifting off to sleep.

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'Drat!' Sakura thought, mixing the cookie batter in the kitchen, at her home, with her mother. 'I can't believe that it's the month for mistletoes already! Naruto and Lee-san will be targeting me . . . I guess!"

She passed the batter to her mother to finish the mixing while she prepared the baking trays.

'I love the two of them like my brothers…' Sakura pondered over the matter. 'I'd feel really grossed out if I ended up dating one of them!'

"Sakura?" her mother called her, snapping her out of her thoughts. "You never told me how your mission went…"

The next day the streets were covered with snow. Children could be seen running around and having snowball fights, while older teenagers could be seen trying to catch each other under mistletoes

Naruto too had a plan to get his favorite kunoichi under mistletoe.

'I wonder where Sakura-chan would be around this time of day…' he thought as he scanned the streets. 'I think Sasuke's hiding again…' he grinned as he watched a few young girls carrying mistletoes looking for the Uchiha prodigy.

Stepping aside as a pretty young giggling woman, with Jiraiya chasing her, sped past him, Naruto stepped into his favorite restaurant.

"Ohayo, old man" Naruto greeted the owner of the shop, as he took a seat and ordered his favorite ramen.

"Ohayo Naruto" Ichiraku greeted him and placed a large bowl of steaming hot ramen in front of him.

"Umm… have you seen Sakura-chan around, old man?" Naruto asked his mouth full of ramen.

"Sakura, eh?" Ichiraku said thoughtfully. "I think she went to the Hyuuga compound!"

"Arigato, old man!" Naruto said joyfully. He quickly paid for the food, jumped off his stool, and rushed out of the restaurant. 'Yes! Finally I can get her!!' he cheered silently.

The pink haired kunoichi roamed the streets looking for the weapons mistress, Tenten.

"Sakura-chan!"

She turned to find her blond teammate running towards her. "Hi Naruto!" she greeted him smiling and then continued walking towards the Hyuuga compound.

"Where are you going?" Naruto inquired.

"Oh, Tsunade-sama asked me to find Tenten," Sakura answered, pulling her jacket on more tightly against the cold wind.

Raising an eyebrow at her, Naruto asked "Then why are you going to the Hyuuga compound?" just as they rounded on a corner, into a dead end.

"This is why…" Sakura answered, with a smile playing on her face.

The two of them had run into Tenten, and Neji, having a private moment together.

"Um...Tenten?" Sakura called out softly to them, but they didn't seem to hear her.

'Either their lips have been glued together, or their in the middle of a seriously passionate kiss!' Naruto smirked.

"Tenten?!" Sakura said a little louder, but, once again, either the couple didn't hear her, or were completely ignoring her.

Instead they continued kissing…and kissing…and KISSING!!!

Sakura's eye twitched as she watched Neji and Tenten continue to snog each other under the mistletoe. Unable to remain silent any longer, Naruto started yelling

"Oi! Neji, Tenten break it up! Can't you see you've got an audience?!"

Finally managing to wrench their lips apart, Neji and Tenten stared at the two of them. Tenten immediately turned a bright shade of red, while Neji remained unconcerned.

"Oh, h-hi!" Tenten greeted them, completely embarrassed. "Did you both just arrive?"

"Just arrive?!" Naruto fumed. "We've been here for at least half an hour watching the two of you!"

"Oh…"

Naturally half an hour was a very large exaggeration… Sakura thought that it must have been at least fifteen minutes.

"Tenten, Tsunade-sama wanted to see you in her office…" Sakura said, smiling at Tenten's embarrassment.

"Yeah, like half an hour ago…" Naruto added.

"O-okay… um… see you guys later!" Tenten said and hurried off to the Hokage mansion.

Neji smirked and strolled past Naruto and Sakura. "Ja!" he said and disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

Naruto glanced at the mistletoe under which Neji and Tenten had kissed, and a light blush appeared on his face.

"This is a kinda nice place isn't it, Sakura-chan…" he said turning around to give her one of his large grins, but she was no where to be seen. His smile fell. 'Drat! I'm so hopeless at this romancing stuff…' he thought glumly.

He was so deep in thought that he didn't notice the Hyuuga heiress come up behind him.

"O-ohayo Naruto-kun!" she said, causing Naruto to jump in surprise.

Spinning around, he grinned at her, causing her to turn a bright shade of red.

"Hey Hinata!" he greeted. "Care to join me for a walk?"

The idea of a sort-of date with Naruto caused Hinata to turn an even brighter shade of red. "O-okay…" she answered.

The pair didn't say anything for the most of the walk, but halfway through the streets, Naruto decided to tell Hinata about his little problem.

"Hinata I-I have to tell you something…" Naruto stopped walking, and so did Hinata.

"Yes Naruto-kun?" she said, looking down as she felt her face grow hot again.

"I-I need to ask you a favor…"

"What is it?" Hinata dared herself to remain conscious as she looked up to gaze into Naruto's clear blue eyes.

"I-I thinkI love Sakura-chan…"

Well? How was that?