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Baka's Note: ...Go Sasu/Oro! -fangirls stare in horror-

Sasuke & Hinata (Romeo & Juliet)
By Narika & Baka

Chapter Three – Yummy
"Oh my! Hinata, that dress is absolutely gorgeous on you!" Sakura and Ino squealed simultaneously.

"What do you think?" Hinata asked Orochimaru, her faithful nurse.

"Hmm...it looks good," he replied while thumbing the page of the latest issue of Vogue magazine. He happened to be looking at a model wearing a similar outfit. "The guys will be drooling puddles," he added.

"Try this one!" Ino and Sakura exclaimed, each holding another outfit. They glared at each other in annoyance, arguing that one outfit was better than the other. Hinata said to them, "I'll try on both of the outfits! They're equally magnificent."

Hinata was whisked away to the changing room, just as a group of guys walked into the store.

"Hello boys! How may I help you?" questioned the lady in charge.

"We're looking for some costumes to add to our sexiness!" Naruto shouted.

Orochimaru glanced over at the young boys thinking, "That blond looks...yummy. All that orange and yellow...looks like some sort of candy. Oh, candycorn! That's it! But that guy with a bird's nest for hair...he is way yummier..."

Sasuke glanced around the shop casually, spotting a rather ugly-looking woman with really bad mascara. Rubbing his eyes sleepily, he noticed that it was actually a man wearing a nurse's outfit. He also noticed that Naruto had already skipped over to the costumes, leaving Sasuke rather...vulnerable. He quickly hid behind a dinosaur outfit.

Orochimaru giggled under his breath in amusement, resisting the urge to give the guy with the bird's nest for hair a little wave. Instead, he turned to the next page in his Vogue magazine—the one with the celebrity gossip.

"Sasuuuuke! Where did you go? I found the perfect costume for you!" Naruto called merrily. "Oh, there you are! Hey, that dinosaur costume looks excellent too!" Naruto said while grabbing the only thing that was hiding Sasuke from that freaky fellow's view. Sasuke quickly hurried after Naruto, almost tripping on the dinosaur's tail.

Naruto did not suspect anything and simply dragged Sasuke towards the changing room, where Kidoumaru held a variety of costumes for Sasuke to try on. Shino stood to the side, merely playing with the bugs on the fake plant, while Chouji munched on some chips, as usual. Upon seeing Sasuke, Lee shouted, "These costumes are so cool!" while holding up the unusual green jumpsuit. "I AM SOOO BUYING THIS ONE!" he exclaimed with fire in his round eyes.

Sasuke tried his best to hide his horror at the costume of Lee's choice, emphasis on tried. He did not have much time to say anything though, since Naruto dragged everyone to the changing room to try all the outfits in the large handful he had picked out.

Meanwhile, Hinata stepped out of the changing room in yet another outfit. She shyly tapped her fingers together, looking down at the ground. Finally glancing at the mirror she noticed Sakura and Ino with surprised looks on their faces. They both squealed, "You look so beautiful in that!" so loudly that even the usually ignorant Naruto thought he heard something.

Hinata blushed profusely as Sakura and Ino complimented her on every little bit of the costume. Smiling happily, Hinata changed back into her regular clothes, and she went to pay for the costume.

Sasuke headed toward the counter to pay for his costume, passing a girl along the way. She carried a large shopping bag, while her friends giggled over how wonderful it would be for the upcoming costume party. Sasuke noticed her gentle manner, the shy blush, and the heartwarming smile that she displayed as she walked out, and the door shut behind her.

"Sasuke?" Naruto waved his hand in front of Sasuke's face, receiving no reaction. He prodded Sasuke's side, still receiving no reaction. Naruto shoved the bag of costumes in Sasuke's face, finally catching his attention.

"What?"

"Sakura just passed by and you didn't notice! What's gotten into you?"

"What are you talking about, Naruto?"

"Look there!" Naruto said while shoving Sasuke's head against the window. Unfortunately, Sasuke's eyes stayed focused upon the girl sandwiched between Ino and Sakura, ignoring Naruto's babbling while staring at her.

Lee eagerly pressed his face against the shop's window, "Hey, what are you guys looking at?"

Ino, Hinata, and Sakura turned their heads at exactly the same moment, suspecting someone was staring at them. Sasuke quickly pushed himself out of Naruto's grasp, which caused Naruto to tumble to the floor, and Lee merely waved aimlessly at the girls who didn't even notice him. Shino and the others sighed in embarrassment because of the idiocy of the aforementioned people. Ino, Hinata, and Sakura shrugged it off as they just got a chill and continued heading to the Hatake household.

"You're back! Did you girls have fun finding costumes today?" Kurenai asked her daughter, Hinata, and her friends. Being the mother hen, she always worried about her daughter's shyness, so Kurenai encouraged Hinata to go out with her friends. The girls chatted animatedly with Kurenai, squealing over how wonderful Hinata looked in the costume and talked anxiously about the upcoming party.

Kakashi listened to the girls, pleased with their interest in the costume party. Looking up from his book, he spotted the evident excitement in Hinata's eyes. As a young man, Kakashi had always loved parties, and he guessed that his daughter inherited the trait. The book caught his attention again, for he was curious to find out more about the main character in Icha Icha Tactics.

Eventually, the boys rushed out of the costume shop, heading back to the Maito household, informing Gai, who had been searching for them, of their grand adventure in the ocean of costumes and showing off their sexy costumes. Well, only Lee did so while everyone else dispersed among the house to find better things to do. The costume party tomorrow served as the only highlight of their week, and since the party was not until tomorrow, everyone found their own things to work on. Naruto gathered his buddies and worked on a new act, Chouji wandered off to the kitchens for his snack, Shino disappeared to the vast gardens in the back of the mansion, and Sasuke simply returned to his room.
"Umm, Sir?" the cashier questioned, wondering whether the thing sitting in her shop was a man or a woman. "I need to close the shop now," she continued.

"Oh, sorry darling. I must have lost track of time." Orochimaru replied, head lifting up from behind his Vogue magazine. He chuckled at what he had witnessed throughout the day, heading to the Hatake mansion while laughing all the while about the candycorn and the guy with a bird's nest for hair. As it seemed, he'd have to follow the girls around more often and see what other fun people he'd meet. Orochimaru, however, was most satisfied with the looks upon the boys' faces as he casually glanced at them. All of them had froze for a moment, and then quickly left the shop. No worries, though, because he suspected that he would be seeing those boys again in the near future.