Sorry this last chapter took me so long, I was busy getting ready for Sakura-con (Seattle, Washington) And of course this chapter has a party in it, seeing how I cannot write a story that doesn't have a party in it to save my life. I do not own Naruto, and one joke that I make in this chapter is property of MasakoX and Vegeta.

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It had been a few days and word had spread quickly of Shikamaru's team entering. Though it was Naruto who had goten the idea and forced it upon his new friends, he did not mind at all having Shikamaru being their team leader.

Naruto was sitting on his end of the tree with Hinata, this had become their private ritual together, they were not officially 'going out' and only a few people knew they both liked each other. Hinata always had a large variety of fancy food to eat for herself, however all Naruto ate were his cups of noodle. They didn't even talk that much, but more enjoyed each others company.

They had finished their food and were now just laying against the tree, Naruto had his arm around Hinata, looking out at the feild. Hinata closed her eyes and just rested her head on Naruto's arm. They both shot up when they heard a whistle and darted their heads up. Much like Lee once had, Kiba had climbed up the tree and was looking down at them with an evil grin.

He hopped down as the two scooted away from each other, embarrassed to death. He searched his pocket and he pulled out two pieces of paper.

"Here you guys, in celebration of the creation of our team I'm throwing a party, everyone's already invited so here are your guys"

"Thank you Kiba" Hinata said as she took her invitation

"Yeah sounds fun" Naruto smiled sheepishly

"So is this going to be your two's first date?" He said bringing back his evil grin. The two both just stared at him blushing but neither answering. Kiba just roared laughing, putting his arm around Naruto's neck "I was just joking, but even if it is, good for you Naruto. You should know that Hinaa is one of my best friends, her I and Shino all grew up together, so she is really like a sister to me."

Shino had in fact followed Kiba but was hiding around the corner of the tree. He peered around to see Kiba talking to Naruto with his arm around him, though he could tell from the look in Hinata's eyes she wish she could switch places with Kiba. Shino picked up Kiba's back pack and opened it as Akamaru went running out and down the hill. Kiba saw his puppy running through the field and chashed after him.

"Akamaru! Come back! You're not supposed to be out!"

Naruto and Hinata just laughed and sat back down, Shino smiled under his hood and went back to Lee Choji and Shikamaru.

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The week came and went as soon it was the weekend and time for Kiba's party. Naruto was digging through his closet looking for the perfect outfit to impress Hinata. There was a knock at the door, Naruto opened it to find Orochimaru, Shizune with Tonton in hand, Tsunade and Jiriya.

"Ha ha ha, sorry kid I had told them you were getting ready for your first big party at the new school and they all couldn't resist coming over to help you find some new clothes." The foursome pushed their way through the door and were rummaging threw all of Naruto's clothes. All the while Naruto just sat on his bed letting them have their fun, while Tonton crawled on his lap and he just pet her. Soon after forcing him to try on many differnt outfits, he was ready. He had blue jeans, a black t-shirt and an orange vest. Tsunade fidgeted with the back of her neck and gave Naruto a necklass with a green jem on it

"Here Naruto, you can borrow it for the night"

"Thanks grandma Tsunade"

Shizune, Jiriya and Orochimaru still laughed at her nickname while she gave him some what of a light "tap" on the fore head, but was able to push him back onto his bed.

Soon enough Naruto arrived at the party which had a surprising large amount of people there, either Kiba was more popular than Naruto was lead to believe or people really supported their team. Naruto spotted a lot of his friends right away. Shino's mouth could actually been seen tonight with just a graying green button up, though he had a slicker set of sun glasses. Kiba had a red and black stripped shirt with a black jacket and a dog collar on. Lee just had a simple green t shirt and brown cargo shorts. Shikamaru had brown pants and a gray sweater with a few stripes though it looked like he tried to groom himself up for this party.

"So Shikamaru, you look like you put effort into how you look tonight, thats not like you" said Kiba glancing at Shikamaru's attire

"So I wanted to look nice, big deal, geeze"

The song playing was cut off halfway and replaced. Replaced by "Girl All The Bad Guys Want" by Bowling For Soup, known around the world as the greatest band ever. All the boy's eyes were glued to the girl in front of the DJ. Obviously she requested it, for as it started to play her hips rocked in motion with the beat and soon the entire party was getting wild.

"And I think we found our reason for all that effort" said Naruto as the girl turned around. It was Temari, sporting a tub top and a green button up shirt showing off her stomach, a plad miniskirt with belt entwined and black boots up to her knees.

She spotted the boys and dashed over.

"C'mere Naruto, theres something I wanna show you" Temari said taking Naruto by the wrist and pulling him away. Seeing Temari practically hold Naruto's hand did something to Shikamaru that had never happened before. For what ever the reason, it drove him crazy.

"Hey!" Shikamaru shouted. Temari turned around. However just looking at her, he froze up again and blushed furiously. "I mean...where're you two going?" Temari only started laughing

"Oh my God you're jealous, that's so cute" Shikamaura put his hands in his pockets and looked down pouting. Temari approached him and gave him a quick and gentle kiss on the lips. "Don't be, and we'll be right back, I promise" She ran off still dragging Naruto, while Shikamaru stood there frozen.

That same day, Temari had taken Hinata clothes shopping, hoping to get something for Hinata to wear. Something sexy but not slutty, though through the whole trip Hinata just stood ther blushing, embarrassed to death. In the end though they had decided on an outfit. Temari lead Naruto through the crowd and straight to Hinata.

Along the way, Naruto crossed paths with Kankuro and Gaara.

"If Gaara's here does that mean the emo king is too?"

"Hu, no. Sasuke's not here, Gaara came with us. He's my brother after all, besides you should see how he acts at a party. They used to call him Gaara of the funk. Ohhh look Naruto theres Hinata"

The out fit they had decided on made Naruto's jaw drop. Hinata was wearing hip hugger jeans and a black tank top that stopped above her belly showing off her stomach nicely. Much to her embarrassment the tank top also showed off most of her curves, including her chest. But if Naruto liked it, Hinata wouldn't mind.

"I'll just leave you two alone then" Temari said with an evil smirk. Since they had spent enough time together, there was not a lot of awkwardness between the two. With a smile, Naruto took Hinata's hand and lead her closer to where more people were. The two started dancing for a while, and were having a great time.

However Naruto accidentally bumped his back into someone behind him "Oh sorry man-" Naruto started happily only to find he had bumped into Gaara. "Oh, hey man I don't want any trouble"

"Why did you do it?" Gaara asked in a soulless monotone voice

"I apologized, I was just dancing with-"

"No...why did you...not join Sasuke? He's got the school in his grasp, you could have anything you want, or anyone" Gaara said eyeing Hinata from behind Naruto. "Imagine how that girl would respect you more if you were stronger. It doesn't make sence, why deny such an opportunity?"

The truth of it was Gaara did only hang around Sasuke for his position. Gaara never had a lot of friends or even one he could remember. So he figured Sasuke would be his friend, or as close to friendship as Gaara could comprehend

"I did it cause...well, I wanted to earn her respect. Thats the difference between me and 'emo king'. All his cronies are his friends cause they're scared of him. Or you and that Neji guy, you just want respect and power. I'm trying to get people to respect me cause they like me, not cause they feel they have to. I earn it, I dont demand it."

"So...you even would have been my friend, if I just...asked?"

"Yeah sure I guess" Naruto shrugged happily, like it was nothing Gaara stood there, trying to comprehend what he was hearing. Hinata felt teary-eyed as she turned Naruto around and kissed him.
"Oh Naruto, I respect you, now c'mon lets keep dancing" Naruto smiled, turned to Gaara and waved as they walked away.

Kiba got to the Dj's section and took the mike "OK people, let's hear a cheer for the team that's gunna kick Sasuke's ass! C'mon guys take a bow"

Lee, Shino and Choji all joined Kiba's side as the crowd all whooped and roared for them. Naurto got up, still holding Hinata's hand. Hinata buried her head in his chest out of embarrassment while with his free hand Naruto gave the crowd a peace sign.

"Where is Shikamaru?" Lee asked out loud

"He's busy!" called a voice from the distance. The spot light searched for where the voice came from and finally stopped. Temari had Shikamaru pressed against the wall and it was clear that they had been making out. This lead the crowd to only cheer and whoop again only louder