Ok! Chapter two! I got a chance to write! wOOt!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, if I did, though, I would be swimming in money like someone….-cough-Kishimoto-cough-

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Naruto walked down the main street, unable to find anyone. Naruto kicked some bright, white snow out of his way.

"Crap! How come I can't find anyone else?" Naruto cried, acting as if this was a video game, and he had to find all of the people before a time limit. Naruto sighed, and then glanced at his watch. His watch read 2:30. 'Alright, I have a lot of time to kill…' he thought, walking down the street, staring at all the stores. Gift and presents for anyone filled the front view of all the shops, people rushing into stores, pointing at admirable gifts and hanging onto each other's arms clouded his sight. Naruto sighed once again and decided perhaps he should buy Christmas gifts for everyone, and with that, he walked in the nearest store his saw.

Naruto flopped down on his bed and pulled the covers over his head. He had spent the whole day buying gifts, bumping into people and handing out the cards. Now, he was tired and sleepy, all he wanted to do was dream about ramen. (A/N: And –cough- Hinata -cough-) Naruto ran a hand through his messy blonde hair, turned to his right and fell asleep.

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Sakura, Ino, Tenten and Shikamaru were at Sakura and Ino's house setting up decorations and food.

"Hey…guys?" Tenten asked her two friends, while hanging up some red and green streamers and trying to balance on a wooden stool.

"…Yeah?" The two responded in union.

"You think people will come?" Tenten asked, stapling the last part of the streamers and jumping off the stool, Sakura and Ino looked at each other.

"I guess…unless Naruto didn't deliver them all!" Sakura gasped. "I'll wring that little neck of his!!

"Sakura, Sakura, if you want to attract Sasuke, stay calm girl," Ino said, waking up a sleeping Shikamaru. Sakura raised her eyebrow.

"But, aren't you all over him…?" Sakura asked, while Ino smirked.

"No…" Ino said, then she leaned over and Shikamaru gave her a small kiss. Tenten and Sakura gasped.

"You two are going out?!" Tenten and Sakura both asked together. Ino and Shikamaru laughed as they watched the two girls' bewildered looks.

"Nani? You didn't know?" Shikamaru asked, smirked and getting off the couch, rubbing the back of his neck. Tenten and Sakura looked over at Ino's direction.

"How come you never told us?!" Sakura screamed at her best friend as Ino held up her hands in defense.

"I thought you guys knew," she said jokily, then started for the kitchen, "I'm going to get the food, ok?"

"Just don't eat it all!" Tenten called laughing, then ducking as a plastic ornament whizzed past her head and snagging one of her buns. Tenten pulled it out of her hair.

"This is a dangerous weapons you have here, missy!" Tenten shouted at Ino as Ino went into the kitchen door, blowing a raspberry. Tenten sighed, throwing the red and white ornament at the small Christmas tree, watching it snag a branch and hang perfectly. A useless technique she mastered when she was small.

"Oh yeah! Tenten!" Sakura suddenly brought up. Tenten looked back at her pink-haired friend.

"What?"

"I thought of what I wanted from you for Christmas!" Sakura said.

"What…?" Tenten asked, fully turning her body.

"Will you wear a dress…and let your hair down?" Sakura asked, giving Tenten her best smile and holding up a white dress. Tenten gave her answer without hesitation.

"No."

Sakura pouted. "Please? PLEASE?" she pleaded, and somehow and suddenly, Ino popped out and started pleading too. Tenten looked at them both, then sighed in defeat.

"Alright, alright…If it means not wasting money on you guys…"

"Yay!" Sakura and Ino high-fived each other and shoved the dress in Tenten's hands. "Go change now!" They squealed impatiently. Tenten sighed and went upstairs.

"I'm going to use your bathroom, ok?" Tenten asked, then went in with or without permission. Tenten held the dress and examined it. It was a white dress, which the head opening which large enough to show off her shoulders and long sleeve which both had white faux fur at the end. The dress went a little below Tenten's knees and the dress was made in a criss-cross pattern. (A/N: If someone can be so kind to tell the professional for the crissy-crossy thing, because I don't know.)

'Well…It looks okay…' Tenten persuaded herself and then reached for her hair bands and gave them a nice, hard tug, letting her hair fall down to almost her waist. 'How embarrassing!' her mind cried out as she clicked the lock back to its position and opened the door. She jumped down the stairs and flung herself at the nearest couch, grabbing a pillow. Sakura and Ino pounced on her.

"Lemme see! Lemme see!" they yelled as Shikamaru out his fingers in his ears to block out the sound. "WOW! You look like a different person, Tenten!" Ino cried.

"Oh my god! You're right!" Sakura said, "Hey, your hair is really long! This is so worth our gifts!"

"Hey…" Sakura and Ino turned around to find Shikamaru, removing his fingers from his ears. "If you guys are done admiring, how about finish setting up everything?" Shikamaru asked, throwing Ino a pack of plastic ornaments. Ino pouted and carried the pack to where the girls were and dumped all the colorful ornaments on the sofa.

"Well…let's start," Sakura sighed, picking up two plastic spheres and began to hang them on the Christmas tree branches. And the girls followed suit. In about five minutes, they finished the whole box and had decorated the tree perfectly.

"Yeah! It's done!' Ino cried happily and plopped herself on the couch. Tenten seated herself on the floor, as Sakura leaned against the wall. Shikamaru, just about then, came back and settled a pack of soda on the coffee table near the couch Ino was slumping in.

"You guys did a pretty good job…" Shikamaru muttered, tossing each and everyone a Coke. (A\N: I LOVE Coke!) Tenten opened it and lifted it to her mouth, when the doorbell rang. Sakura and Ino looked at each other, then they raced for the door.

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Hinata waited outside fiddling her presents for her friends, with, somehow, Naruto by her side. Hinata shivered and sighed, watching her breath, there one second and gone the next. Naruto impatiently waited, stamping his feet. Then, he looked at Hinata.

"…So…," He started, trying to start a conversation. Hinata jumped a little and friskily turned to him.

"H-hai, Na-Naruto-kun?" she asked, clutching onto her bag. Naruto tried to think of something.

"Err…do…you…do you? ... Do you think that this party is going to be fun?!" Naruto practically screamed, since he was proud that he had thought of something. He saw Hinata flinch at how loud he was. "Oh…Gomen…I didn't mean to scream at you…" Naruto said. Hinata shook her head, forgiving him, and then she turned to her friend's house.

"I-I-I guess it w-will be f-f- fun…we n-never had a Ch-Ch-Ch-Christmas pa-party before, always m-missions…so I-I-I guess, y-y-yes," Hinata stuttered. Naruto grinned.

"Well, that makes sense!" he said, as the door burst open.

"OHAYO!" Sakura and Ino cried and ran over to hug Hinata, making Naruto feel very, very left out. "C'mon in, you two!" they cried, opening the door wide open and letting them in. Hinata smiled and entered, then set her bag near the tree to hug Tenten. Tenten grinned.

"Did you come here alone?" Tenten asked.

"N-No…Na-Naruto-kun came w-with m-me," Hinata replied.

"Oh…"Tenten said, her face, somewhat dropping.

"D-Did you want Ne-Neji-ni-san t-t-to come?" Hinata quietly asked, watching her bun haired friend blush.

"W-well…kinda…I mean he said…he would…" Tenten muttered softly, while Hinata smiled a little.

"He'll c-c-come," Hinata said, then the doorbell rung once again. "I-I'll get it…" Hinata said, scurrying to the door. Hinata opened the door and peeked outside. "Sa-Sasuke…Ki-Kiba-kun, ohayo…" Hinata held the door open for them and let them in. "Kiba-kun…? Wh-Where is Sh-Shino? She asked. Kiba shrugged.

"I think that he didn't want to come," Kiba said and went inside.

A few more minutes passed and almost everyone was there, well, except for Neji. And that made Tenten feel so heart-broken. He said he would come right?

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Neji sat on his bed, lying on his back with a thick, dark blue book laid on his chest and staring at the ceiling.

'Should I go to the party…? Well, I did say I would...' Neji sat up and changed into a dark blue sweater, that Tenten gave him one Christmas, and a pair of dark jeans. Before he left, he grabbed a tiny object on his drawer and shoved it into his pocket.

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The party had already started and everyone was trying to push Sakura and Sasuke under the mistletoe. (A\N: I love SasuSaku)

"You're so heavy, Sakura-chan…" Naruto grunted.

"I am not!" Sakura shouted, then squealing for she felt somebody bump into her. She whirled around, and she did not like what she saw. Sasuke…and a mistletoe. Sakura gulped and hearing a wild cheer of joy. Sakura blushed and looked down as a chant of 'kiss, kiss, kiss' went on. Then, she felt a hand, Sasuke's hand, cup her chin and lift it up. A series of gasps and cheers went on, but Sakura couldn't hear them anymore, she could only hear Sasuke's breathing and her heart thumping, wildly. They moved in closer until… the bell rang. Everyone groaned, as the two pulled away and Ino rushed to get the door. But Tenten perked up to this, the only person who wasn't here was Neji…and someone was at the door. Tenten thought twice and concluded that it couldn't be Neji. Neji would never come, right? Well…Sasuke came… Tenten sighed unhappily and plopped herself on the couch. Then, she heard a squeal from Ino.

"Look! He came!" Ino cried, pushing an annoyed Neji into the room. Although Ino had cried that out to the whole world, she only had meant Tenten. Tenten quickly got up to see if it was really him. Their eyes locked for just a split-second, until he looked away, but walked over to where she sat as else continued what they were doing. Neji sat on the sofa and looked at Tenten.

"...What is…that?" Neji said, his eyebrows furrowed, pointing at her dress. Tenten blush, then she rolled her eyes.

"My Christmas gift to Ino and Sakura…" Tenten said, her voice dripping with a bit of sarcasm.

"Really, now?" Neji muttered, still looking at her, up and down. (A\N: Perv...Ero-Neji! XD) Then, he noticed something. "Something else is also different about you…," he said. "…Your…hair," Neji said. Tenten reached up to touch her hair, nothing felt wrong. "It's…it's down." Tenten grinned.

"Do I look better this way?" Tenten asked, smoothing her hair down, Neji just shrugged, but inwardly, he wanted to say something else. Tenten sighed, "Well, why where you so late?" Neji looked up.

"I was…reading," Neji said, which wasn't a lie, since he was reading a book. Tenten nodded. The conversation was getting kinda boring.

"So…Do you want anything to drink?" Tenten asked. Neji seemed thoughtful for a second.

"Water, but I would like to get it myself," Neji said, getting up. Tenten got up too.

"It's over there…" Tenten said, pointing to a table, not quite sure why she stood up. Neji nodded.

"Do you want anything?" he asked.

"Uhm…Coke?" Tenten said, seating herself down. Neji nodded once again, and went away. Tenten sighed. 'Oh my god…Neji must think this is the most boring time of his life! And I said it would be fun!' Tenten covered her face.

"Are you crying?" Tenten looked up, as Neji handed over her a bright red, cold can of Coke.

"That was fast, and NO, I was not crying," Tenten said. Neji smirked and sipped his water.

"Alright! Let's play Bullshit!" Ino suddenly yelled. Everyone rubbed their eyes and sat in a circular formation. "Ok…Before we start…does anyone NOT know how to play?" Hinata quietly raised her hand. Well, wasn't that very expected? Little Hinata never uses a curse word.

"Well, in that case…I'll teach you!" Naruto said, giving her a thumbs-up. "Okay! Well, you see…Everyone gets seven cards and the rest of the deck is used for starting. Uhm…Let's say…" Naruto muttered, flipping over a card. "See? This card is a Queen! And say it's my turn…" Naruto showed Hinata his hand, "You can put the same kind of card, one lower card, which would be a Jack, or one higher card, which would be a King. And if you don't have anything that goes along with that, you lie." Naruto said. Hinata nodded.

"Is-is th-that it…?" she asked. Naruto thought a while.

"Oh yeah! If someone says 'B.S.!' when you lie, you take ALL the cards, and when you didn't lie and they said 'B.S.!" then they take all the cards. The objective is to get rid of all your cards!" Naruto said. Ino pushed him away.

"Ok, now that's out of the why…Let's play!" Ino said. Shikamaru quickly dealed out seven cards to each person, since there were eleven people, they used two decks. Ino flipped the first card, ace of spades.

"Let's start!"