A/N: This has been brought to you by a challenge by RuneWitchSakura. Yeah, the Santa challenge. Uh huh. I wanted to put this all in one chapter, but I'm stuck at the point that I.. stopped.. on..

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"WHAT?! Neji-san! You can't be serious! Can you?" Rock Lee asked, after a near face fault.

"I can and I am," Neji said.

"But everyone believes in Santa Claus," Tenten said.

"I do not."

"But everyone does!" Tenten insisted.

"I am not everyone and I do not."

"How can you not believe in Santa Claus?" Lee asked again.

"I just don't." Neji, sick of the two pestering him, escaped in a flurry of leaves.

"We need to get Neji to believe in Santa Claus," Tenten stated, "But how to do it?"

"Naruto can help!" Lee said, before dragging Tenten along to find the blonde.

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They found Naruto stuffing his face at Ichiraku Ramen... so unexpected.

...Maybe not. It was the first place Lee and Tenten.. okay, a very overenthusiastic Lee... pulling around a very, very traumatized Tenten... went to check.

Lee started the conversation. "Hello, my youthful friend and youthful rival for youthful love! We have come to seek your youthful opinion on a very.. (his eyes widened at this point) VERY important matter."

Naruto yawned. "Huh? Whaa? Mmm.. ramen..." he murmured absently, staring off into the distance with a dreamy look.

Tenten poked Naruto. "Hey. Naruto. Stop fantasizing about your precious ramen and HELP US! This is a LIFE or DEATH matter!"

That got his attention. "Huh? Wa? Ooh! Let me help! Will it be exciting?"

"...yes."

"Yes, my youthful Naruto! NEJI DOES NOT BELIEVE! WE MUST MAKE HIM A BELIEVER!" was the anguished cry of that lovely green beast, Lee. You could see the tears in his eyes already. Oh dear.

"And what exactly... (slurp) does Neji need help... (slurp) believing... (slurp slurp) in?"

"THE YOUTHFUL SANTA!!"

"..."

"OH MY-- KAMI!! DOES HE HAVE ISSUES OR SOMETHING?! EVERYONE HAS TO BELIEVE IN SANTA CLAUS!"

"YES, YES, YES! THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TELLING YOU! AND WE HAVE TO HELP HIM BECOME A BELIEVER!!"

Motivated by their passion to help their comrade and... sort-of-friend... they all skipped off toward the closest person's house, singing, "We're... off to see the Wizard the Wonderful Wizard of Oz!!"

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Within 25 minutes, everyone was at Ino's house--Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, the youthful Lee, Tenten, Shikamaru, Choji (who had brought chips for inspiration), a horrified Hinata, Shino, Kiba, and Akamaru. And of course, herself. Why Ino's? Because she has a house... and she needs some action in this story. HA.

..Then they needed a plan.

"Anyone got a plan?" Shikamaru finally stated.

They all turned to Shikamaru and glared.

"YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE THE GENIUS!"

"...Ennh. Troublesome." Shikamaru mumbled, and turned his head off to the side, looking longingly at the clouds past the window.

"But Neji! Think of Neji! You must help him or his youthfulness will DIEEEEEEEE!!" (Guess who that was?)

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In his favorite spot in the training grounds, Neji sneezed twice. "I must be getting a cold," he grumbled to himself.

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2 hours, 4 bags of chips, a lot of arguing, and about 4 quarts of tears later (yes, there was crying), Sakura finally yelled, "That's IT!!"

..No, she wasn't mad.

..Maybe she was. But she wasn't yelling because of that.

It was the "seeing is believing idea," the miraculously idea'd idea by Kiba. Well, actually Akamaru, but since nobody could understand him without Kiba they both deserved some credit.

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"See, because... you know.. seeing is believing!"

"Arf! Arroof arf arff!!"

"Yeah, Akamaru, yeah! That's exactly it! Like we can't see... uh..."

"Arrrrf! Arrrr!"

"That's right! Like we can't see Shino's eyes 'cause of those stupid glasses so we don't believe he HAS any eyes! HAHA!! So yeah, what we do is we MAKE him see Santa! And we MAKE him see elves! And we MAKE him dance with them and eat peanut butter cookies!"

"..." Shino, who was slightly offended, removed his glasses calmly.

It goes without saying that everyone was blinded by his awesomeness. Yes, even Kiba and Akamaru, though grudgingly. Light and pretty sparkles fell from the sky.

..Yeah, that didn't go with the story, did it?... Ah well.

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Yet another hour later, everyone woke up on the floor, and had no idea how they got there.

Hinata was turning a very lovely shade of magenta to wake up and find herself with all these random people. [The color which Crayola has not developed yet. Sucks for them.

Shino had put on his glasses while everyone was unconscious.

And now everyone gathered around the table to figure out how to make Neji have visions of Santa Claus.

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Neji was having little sneezing fits... over... and over... and over again. "What's HAPPENING?" he asked himself angrily.

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A/N: I know, pitiful, but it's all I've got for now. Oh well. Review please, this is my first story... I accept critique, but don't like pointless flames. -MewxRetasu