Let it have its swing
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Chapter 2 / Shall we dance?
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Disclaimer: No, I do not own Naruto! Although I wish so. It belongs to Masashi Kishimoto.
Here's the complete chapter. Enjoy!
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Sakura reached the front gate early, it's about 7:15pm. Her eyes moved lightly around the area, looking for a familiar face, but did not see any. "Maybe it is still early", she thought to herself. Most of the students had arrived, Sakura looked attractive tonight, many of them had steadied their eyes on her, and obviously she didn't like the attention everyone gave her.
Eventually she saw a familiar face popped out in front of her.
"Konbanwa Sakura-san, you look great tonight," Ten Ten greeted "Where is Neji-san? it wasn't like him to be late."
"I think he's on the way."
"He's not coming with you? Why did he break our promise?" Lee snapped.
"Where is your invitation card?"
"Oh, dear..." Sakura exclaimed, "I totally forgot!" she completely forgot about the existence of the card!
"Hey, where are you going?" Lee shouted when he saw Sakura ran to the exit.
"Ohh, sorry mina I think I should head back to get it now." She rushed back quickly without any hesitation.
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It was 7:25pm, she tried her best to rush back as fast as she could. Before she reached her house, from far she saw a tall figure standing alone in front of her house, backing her. He turned his eyes around and stared in the window, to examine or searching something. "Who's the man?" she asked herself. When she got closer, she noticed the man dressed in traditional costume with his long hair tied in a low pony tail. "OMG! Will he be… Neji-san?" she thought surprisingly, hardly believing her eyes.
"I'm glad you could make it," she smiled at the man with long silky hair. She just can't believe his presence. She approached him casually and Neji turned around to face her.
"Hai, konbanwa," she bowed and said softly.
"She looks so dazzling and attractive..." he thought to himself. He took a quick look at her and greeted in response, "Hai, konbanwa.……"
"W-why are you here?" she stammered.
He paused and continue, "It's still early so I…… just pass by and… ya, to make sure if you were ready," he paused and questioned, "and…..why are you headed back?"
"Ohh, I forgot to bring the invitation card so…… headed back for it," she explained of her careless and walking through the door, "I will go and get it now. W-Would you mind to wait me for a while? Since you are here…" she said with pause and repeated sound.
"K." he shrugged uttered a single alphabet.
She lost in admiration when she took a good look at him. Darn! He looks so fresh and handsome in the dress up. She had never seen him in traditional costume. His long hair was pulled back and tied in a low pony tail as usual. She tried her best not to focus on it and gathered her thoughts to the task at hand.
Neji stood in front of her house, waiting for her.
She spent about 5 minutes 'rummaging' around. At last, she found the invitation card which was accidentally slotted in her wardrobe. The house was in a mess after the 'rummaging'; she quickly grabbed it and headed out.
"I'm s-so… sorry to keep you waiting…" she apologized feeling embarrassed.
Neji was waiting impatiently outside but he didn't complaint, "It's all right, but we will probably be late!" he indicated.
"Are you ready to go?" he asked with a smirk and noticed that she had a panic look on her face.
"Ya, I'm ready." she paused and continued, "Why are you smirking?"
"Nothing!" he shrugged.
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The sky was getting dark, the air was chilly. The moon can be seen shinning in the sky at night, brightening every corner of the field.
The place was full of feverish excitement and lively atmosphere. There was a wide selection of stalls, handicrafts and a good range of food from the hawkers fair. Small lanterns were decorated in front of stores, it lighted up the atmosphere of the village in a casual way. All in all, it'll be an evening to remember for Sakura as she was accompanied by the Konoha heartthrob - Hyuuga Neji.
They reached the field within 2 minutes and still had to wait for another for 10 minutes. After registered themselves at the front gate, they walked to the celebration area together. It was crowded. They walked together in their similar coloured outfits that made them looked like couple.
"Look, Neji and Sakura-chan." Lee said while pointing at their direction. The brunette (Ten Ten) walked towards their direction with Lee a step behind.
"Hey, why are you so late?" Ten Ten snapped.
"Sorry, I forgot where I put the card, wasting a lot of time searching," she tried to apologize.
Ten Ten leaned beside Sakura whispering at her ear, "Are you coming with Neji-kun? He looks so hot and charming, don't you think?" Sakura didn't answer but gave a smirked smile.
"Neji-san, you look nice in this whole costume!" Lee was grinning at him and added, "But Neji-san, do you know that late comers will be punished? You'll need to do some performance. Since it's a Bon celebration, the late comers will be performing the first dance!"
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The dance was about to start, people were heading for the dance venue. The host was giving his speech on the stage, "Welcome to the Bon Celebration. The dance is about to start, please join the dance, since it is a dance to mourn the spirits. A dance which you dance not a dance which you watch! First, you observe the movements or follow after the person in front of you. A good dancer from the conservation association would be a good example for you to follow. Today we make it a little different and that we'll let the late comers start the dance for us!"
OMG, it was his nightmare, scarier than a very tough training or fighting. He was thinking of fleeing.
"Are you afraid?" Sakura asked.
"Huh? Dancing? Me?" his eyebrow twitched slightly.
"No worries, Neji. You just need to follow the basic dance patterns and it usually repeats itself. The postures are rather simple and are easy to learn. I know you are not familiar in dancing, but it's all right I'll guide you." Sakura comforted him.
"Well, ok…" he shrugged and breathed again. Neji didn't know why he agreed to the dance and could only guess it was because of the green eyes kunoichi persuading him.
They joined in the dance circle little by little. The tempo of the dance was slow, and it was a cheerful dance with many turns. Everyone in the dancing circle became joined together as one without one realizing it. Sakura enjoyed the experience dancing with Neji. She could read from his face that he's quite relaxed and enjoyed the dance.
The dances were in 10 types of variations in a non-stop sequence, each of the dances had their own attractions as they follow the rhythm turning around and waving their hands. Neji gave his charming smile. Every time he looked at the wide green eyes, Sakura found that he looked even much attractive when he smiled. It's been a long time; she saw him smiled, today was an exception.
Girls looked shyly at the object of their affection, "Look! Hyuuga Neji's dancing!" It was the big attraction for the girls in Konoha. Sakura was in 'danger' as she's dancing with the Hyuuga. Groups of girls glared at her with blazing eyes.
"Ya, the big forehead girl is dancing with him!"
"I feel disgusted!"
"Ya, I HATE HER!"
"Ohh, we lost him to her!"
Most of people joined the dance; seems as if the whole village was dancing. The number of the circles kept adding on as the number of people kept on increasing. Neji seemed having a great time tonight, they danced nearly an hour and took only one break.
"I must go outside and get a breath of fresh air; it's much too hot in here." Neji claimed while looking at the pink haired lady.
"Ya, I feel so thirsty. Let's go and get some drink." She agreed and they left the dancing circle.
Looking at the carnival-like atmosphere, they knew they had a great time dancing. There was a wide selection of food and handicrafts stalls around the field. Sakura walked in front while Neji followed one step behind her while they visited every stall. That night, Neji walked her home.
"It was a great festival, wasn't it?"
"Ya, I had a good time," he continued, "Dance like nobody's watching!" he smiled slightly.
"I certainly did. Thanks for sharing the fun with me."
"You are welcome."
On the way home, they had a lively conversation. As they reached her house, Neji tried to say something, but words just won't come out of his mouth.
Sakura look away from the gorgeous man beside her, she crossed her fingers and felt shy to look into his silver gaze. She wanted to thank him for rescuing her. "I… I want to thank you for saving my life. I felt so relieved to be with you. Thank you so much, Neji."
Suddenly she put her hand around his neck and she pressed a kiss onto Neji's lips. But Neji broke the kiss. His eyebrows rose a little in shock and confusion filled in his mind, didn't she like the Uchiha boy? He had those thoughts on his mind.
"What are you doing, as… I don't see any reason…"
Sakura blinked, staring at him.
"Are you… always kissing a guy you want to say thank you to?" he smirked and asked teasingly.
"What did you say?" she glared at him and tried to explain, "Of course not! I... I dunno why I'm did this! I just can't control falling for you!" she confided.
He gently grabbed her chin forcing her to look at him, Neji bent down and kissed her back. When they finally broke the kiss, Neji smiled.
"You are a special girl for me Sakura, I love you." He whispered at her ear.
"I love you too."
It was a pleasant day they had ever spent together, and appeared to be the most extraordinary day for Sakura as she won the heart of the Konoha heartthrob.
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So this is my very first fanfiction. The story is a bit weird right?
Hope you like the ending. Pls Review! (harshly) so that I can improve.
I apologize for the unpolished fiction and mistakes I'd made.
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Ja!