Hey, people! So this story takes place during the Chunin exams. Let's pretend that there was a slight break before the whole "Forest of Death" thing, okay? This takes place in that make-believe time frame! Please review!

A bright, luminous ray of sunshine poked through the green foliage. The dry warmth embraced the ground with a blanket of comforting light. The birds were chirping their peppy, joyous songs, and the trees were swaying in a romantic salsa with one another. It was a near perfect scene, expect…

"SAKURA-CHAAAAAAAAAN!" An annoyingly chipper voice called out, causing the birds to scatter. The girl in question groaned, though she turned around. Naruto smiled cheekily, his face nearly splitting in two.

"What?" She hissed through gritted teeth. Sasuke let out a sigh of relief as her attention was directed off of glomping all over him, and was now focused on Naruto.

"Sakura-chan! Didn't you hear? Ino is having a party! Everyone's invited!" He stated matter-of-factly. Sakura's eyes seemed to almost light up.

'Yes! I can get dressed up! Sasuke will have to notice me then!" Sakura's inner self roared, pumping her fists. She was so caught up in her thoughts she barely noticed that everything she was doing on the inside was happening on the outside too. A large, comical sweat drop rolled down Naruto's head, as he sighed, defeated.

"I'll be there!" She cheered, prancing away.

"Why oh why did I think this was a good idea…" Naruto muttered, slinking off to get ready for the large party.

Sasuke was still standing there, processing everything that had just taken place.

Naruto slipped through the large crowd of people, scanning the crowds. Suddenly he spotted her, his gaze fixing on her obnoxiously pink hair. Quickly he trotted over to her, flashing her a grin he thought to be rather 'seductive', he tromped up to her, purposely swaying his hips like he saw the famous models doing.

"Why, hello, Sakura. You look very pretty this evening." He drawled lazily, in an attempt to attract her. Flashing a toothy grin, he scooted even closer to her.

"GET AWAY! BAKA!" She screeched, rearing back, landing a punishing blow directly to his pearly whites. On the ground, the blonde groaned.

"The magazine promised it wouldn't go like this!"

A barking laugh could be heard over Naruto's head as he sat sprawled on the cold ground. His eyes traveled up, to only me met with green, purple-lined ones.

"You really know how to impress the ladies, don't you?" Kankuro sneered at the younger boy. Growling, Naruto picked himself up off the floor.

Naruto officially had a personal 'beef' against the puppeteer, ever since he threatened Konohamaru, merely two weeks days earlier.

"Back off, Barbie boy." He snapped, referring to his puppets. Kankuro drew back, offended, and opened his mouth to respond, before a voice filled with malice filled the room.

"Kankuro, drop it." Gaara, his redheaded brother commanded in his flat voice. Both of the other teens shrank back at the presence of the demonic boy.

"Y-yes Gaara. I'm s-s-sorry. I'll go now." Kankuro stuttered. He turned to leave, but not before sending a very obvious death glare towards the young male. Naruto paid no mind, he was too busy giggling childishly.

'He sounds like Hinata!' Naruto thought, humor laced in his inner-voice. Suddenly, something clicked.

"HEY, INO! WHY THE HELL ARE THE SAND FREAKS HERE!" Naruto shouted, gaining the attention of everyone in the room. Next to him, Ino twitched.

"I'm. Right. Here. I think I lost my hearing." She whined, cupping her ears. Naruto rolled his eyes.

"Anyway, why'd you invite those freaks of nature?" He grumbled.

"Because, baka, this is a party," she said the word 'party' as if it was foreign. "And that means you invite everyone. It's a social event. You should be lucky I even invited you" She hissed, turning away. Naruto pouted.

The party stretched on, growing more and dull. Suddenly, Naruto was struck with an idea. He quickly jumped onto the nearest table. Sadly, it was filled with food. After removing the punch bowl from his feet and brushing the chips and salsa off of his clothing, he waved for everyone's attention.

"Everyone! I have an idea! Let's play truth or dare!"

After many groans and even some cheers, Naruto eventually had everyone in a nice circle. Even Neji and Gaara were sitting. They were about to begin, when Ino called for everyone's attention.

"Truth or dare is a good idea and all, but how about we spice it up a bit? Let's play Truth, Dare, Double Dare, Partners, or Mix. Double dare is just doing two dares, of course, partners is a dare involving two people, and lastly a mix is both a truth and a dare. Also, I'll get a bottle. I'll spin it and say which of those I want the victim to do. Whoever it lands on does one of those." She spat out in a single breath. By the time she was done, she and most of the room was out of breath from just watching her talk so much. Naruto smirked.

"Okay!" He shouted, pumping his fists in the air childishly. Sasuke rolled his eyes, sighing.

"I'm first!" Ino squealed, clutching the bottle. "Um…whoever this lands on must do a… Dare!" She giggled mischievously. She spun the bottle with a quick flick of her wrist.

It spun, and spun, and spun, and spun, and eventually, it landed on…

Rock Lee.