The next day came and went pretty fast for Chinatsu. She was nervous about meeting so many people. She waited in Sakura's apartment for her to get done with work at the hospital. Sakura came in with a dark haired boy.

"Hey Chinatsu. Ready to go? Oh yeah this is my boyfriend Sasuke. Sasuke-kun this is Chinatsu."

"Hn."

"Don't start that Saskue-kun you just met her," protested Sakura.

Sasuke laughed. "You should know by now I only do that to annoy you."

Sakura hit him lightly. "Come on Chinatsu, let's get going to Ino's. Tonight's going to be great."

They left the apartment and started walking. Sakura and Sasuke chatting and Chinatsu speaking up now and then. Suddenly her eyes narrowed.

"Someone's following us," she said softly. Sakura and Sasuke exchanged a glance. Then they sighed.

"Ten bucks says it's Naruto," said Sakura.

"I know," replied Sasuke.

"Naruto? Why?" asked Chinatsu.

"He likes to try and catch me off guard," explained Sasuke. "We're 'rivals.'"

"They really see each other as brothers and like to compete a lot," put in Sakura.

"Oh," replied Chinatsu.

"Naruto! Just come out. I know you're there," yelled Sasuke.

"Aw no fair you cheated," accused Naruto appearing in front of them.

"Nah Chinatsu noticed you," said Sasuke. Naruto pouted.

"You were really well hidden Naruto," said Chinatsu quickly. "I wouldn't have known you were there if they hadn't told me."

"Who?" asked Sakura confused.

"Oh yeah you don't know. I'm a nature user," explained Chinatsu.

"But we all use some sort of nature to perform our jutsus, so aren't we all nature users?" asked Sakura.

Chinatsu nodded. "In a way but I actually use nature." She sighed. "That didn't help at all. It's difficult to explain. I use the living part of nature in my jutsus. Flowers, trees, water, wind. They're all alive and are like their own person. I've found a way to manipulate my chakra so I can 'speak' to them. I can even understand animals a little."

"That's amazing," said Sakura. Naruto nodded.

"So nature told you about Naruto?" asked Sasuke.

Chinatsu nodded. "Normally I wouldn't be that alert but I've been nervous about… them lately. I just have a feeling they're coming to get me and take me back."

"Don't worry about them Chinatsu. If they get close I'll kick their asses!" yelled Naruto. Sasuke nodded.

"We protect our friends," said Sakura. "Now come on, no more moping. We'll be late for the party."

Chinatsu smiled and nodded.

"Forehead! Why are you so late?" asked Ino.

"At least I showed up Ino-pig," replied Sakura. "Chinatsu this is Ino."

"Hey Chinatsu. Oh we may call each other names but we're really friends. Come on in. Everyone's waiting to meet you," said Ino grabbing Chinatsu and dragging her into the center of a living room.

"Hey everyone. Listen up!" yelled Ino getting everyone's attention. Sakura also stood by Chinatsu.

"Thanks for coming guys," said Sakura. "This is Chinatsu. Chinatsu over there is Shino." Shino nodded. "On the couch is Neji and his girlfriend TenTen. Neji is Hinata's cousin." Neji nodded and TenTen waved.

"Over at the food table is Chouji, Ino's boyfriend."

"Hey," said Chouji around a mouthful of chips.

"Those two are Shikamaru and Temari. They're dating and Temari's from Suna."

"Hey there," said Temari.

"It's too troublesome to say hi," said Shikamaru lazily putting his arm around Temari's shoulders.

"Well by that way of thinking it's easier to say hi than to complain about hard it is," pointed out Chinatsu. Everyone laughed.

"She got you there Shikamaru," said Ino. Shikamaru just grumbled but took a closer look at Chinatsu now rather interested.

"You'll get used to him," said Sakura. "That's Gaara. He's Suna's Kazekage and Temari's little brother. His girlfriend Matsuri had to stay in Suna to keep things under control." Gaara smiled slightly.

"The guy in the green jumpsuit is Lee. He's Neji and TenTen's teammate."

"Yosh you are very beautiful. Would you like to go out with me?" asked Lee smiling his glinting smile. Everyone sweat dropped.

"Is he serious?" asked Chinatsu.

"Unfortunately yes," replied Sakura.

"Can't we just be friends," asked Chinatsu meekly, thoroughly embarrassed.

"Yosh our fire of friendship will burn brightly!!"

"Umm you know Ino, Kiba, Naruto, Hinata, and Sasuke. Am I missing anyone?"

"You forgot Kankuro," said Temari.

"Oh yeah where is he?" asked Sakura.

"I heard my name," said Kankuro coming from the kitchen.

"Yeah I'm introducing everyone to Chinatsu. That's Kankuro. He's Temari and Gaara's brother and is also from Suna."

"Hey Kankuro did you have to wear your makeup?" asked Ino.

"It's facepaint and why not?"

"It's a party!" yelled Ino.

"I think it's kinda cool," said Chinatsu.

"Thanks," said Kankuro smiling at her. She smiled back.

"Let's get this party started!" yelled Naruto. Chinatsu quickly slipped over towards Kiba and Shino.

"Hey Chinatsu. How was your day?" asked Kiba.

"Boring," sighed Chinatsu.

"You should have come over," said Kiba. "I told you, you can come over whenever you want."

"Thanks Kiba, but it was more than that. I wasn't really looking forward to this party."

"Why not?"

"I'm kinda shy when I meet new people. I try not to but I can't help it."

"I don't think you're shy," said Kiba.

"Well yeah I know you. I start to open up once I get to know you but I just can't with new people."

"That's ok," said Kiba. "Not everyone can be like Naruto."

Chinatsu laughed. "Thanks Kiba."

A few minutes passed in comfortable silence when Chinatsu spoke up again.

"What's up with that Lee kid?"

Kiba snorted. "He's very forward. He probably won't give up on you until you get a boyfriend. He did the same thing to Sakura until she and Sasuke started dating."

"Great," muttered Chinatsu. Kiba snickered.

"I'm glad you find this funny," said Chinatsu icily.

"Aww come on Chinatsu. You have to admit it is a little funny."

"I guess," she admitted.

"You know I wouldn't make fun of you for real. It's all in fun," said Kiba.

"I know Kiba. Geez what do you think I am?" teased Chinatsu.

"Hey I'm just making sure. I don't know how strong you are," joked Kiba.

"Oh yeah. Would you be able to train with me like tomorrow. I want to start getting back into shape so I can help out Konoha. I want to be a ninja again."

"Sure no problem," replied Kiba.

"You're the best!"

Suddenly Ino appeared and grabbed Chinatsu. "Come on we're playing spin the bottle truth or dare."

Chinatsu sent a pleading look at Kiba that simply said 'Help me.' He just laughed. Chinatsu's eyes narrowed.

"On one condition," she said to Ino. "You have to make Kiba play." Kiba's jaw dropped.

"Deal," said Ino.

"Chinatsu," whined Kiba.

"That's what you get for not helping me," said Chinatsu grabbing his wrist and pulling him after Ino. Kiba blushed slightly at the contact. Chinatsu didn't see it. He had it under control by the time they reached the table. Temari, TenTen, Naruto, Hinata, Kankuro, and Sakura were already sitting there. Ino, Chinatsu, and Kiba sat down.

"I'll go first," said Ino spinning the bottle. It landed on...

AN: Bwahahaha Cliffhanger no jutsu! ok now that that's out of the way I know it's a stupid ending but otherwise the chapter would be waaaaay too so the second part of the party will be next chapter. I decided to be nice and upload a new chapter before the end of the week. Mainly because I sat down like 2 nights ago and wrote like 5 more pages basically consisting of the sleepover after the party (you'll learn about that next chapter) the following morning (with a minor crisis) and I have her training session planned out. Also since I have had such a strong response to the ChinaKiba pairing I have decided to keep it like that and create a new character to pair with Kankuro. Her name will be Hosokawa Fumie. She'll basically look like Chinatsu but her personality will be very different, matching Kankuro's more. Speaking of Kankuro's personality he is very toned down from the perverted well jerk he usually is, in this story because Temari had threatened a very sensitive part of his anatomy :P that's why compassionate Kankuro next chapter. Hope you enjoy it!!