AN; Sorry, I said I was going to update last Sunday but, well, Christmas gift shopping and gift wrapping sorta got in the way. So, I shall not keep you waiting!

(Checking off list, Shino leans over shoulder to look at Christmas list)

Shino: You asked Santa for you to own Naruto?

Me: And why not?

Shino: Santa's good but he's not that good.

Me: Hmmmm, I guess asking to own Inuyasha, Bleach, and Harry Potter are a little much too?

Shino: (sweatdrops) Ya think?

Me: I guess I should stick to asking for action figures.

Shino: Yeah, I think so too.

Me: Can it. Since when do you talk anyway?

Shino: Since you got the girls to give me laughing potion.

Me: You're going to annoy me to get me back aren't you?

Shino: That's the idea.

Me: Merry Christmas to you too bug boy.

Shino: It's the 26th.

Me: grrrrrrr……..

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Chapter Seven

The Cherry Blossom Festival:

The Boy's get Revenge!

The town was a buzz with excitement. Everyone was getting ready for that night's festival, hanging banners, picking out their fancy robes, cooking. Even the boy shinobi but in their own unique way….

"See anybody?"

"Nope. Just tie up everything up Lee, I'll let ya know if anyone comes." Sighed Neji playing look out with his Bykagan.

"HEY JIRAYA!"

"AAAAA!"

"What are you doing with a bucket?"

"Not-thing, Tsunade! Gotta go!"

"IF THAT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH "RESEACH" I'M GOING….oh forget it."

"Hey, Anko."

"Yes, Hokage-sama?"

"Is it just me or is everyone acting weird?"

"Weird as in…?"

"Jiraiya running around with a bucket."

Anko sweatdropped and said,

"Yeah, I guess that would count as weird. You don't think they're plotting something against us?"

"Probably."

"And you aren't worried?"

"Nope. Whatever it is I am sure we will live."

"Right."

At about 5:00 p.m, the park opened up and residents of Kohona started to walk around the entire park playing games and eating all the great smelling food. The girls in their regular outfits started to walk around play various games, (Hinata beat TenTen at the dart throwing contest and Hinata swore she didn't use her byakagan that it was just dumb luck. TenTen pouted for a while). The boys came a little while later and took their time looking around and playing games too. (Choji beat Naruto at a pie eating contest and all the other guys did not feel very hungry after watching it.) But the whole time they were though, they were looking out for the girls and checking their watches waiting for 7:00 for that was when everyone changed into good clothes for dancing and the fireworks. They needed to make sure that they put their plan in motion before 7:00.

At about 6:30, they noticed their sensei walking around together.

"Hey guys, aren't you having any of the great food?" asked Kurenai noticed that only Choji and Naruto were the only ones eating anything.

"We were until Naruto and Choji went at the pie eating contest." Rock lee grumbled glancing at the two who could only shrug.

Asuma and Kakashi couldn't help but laugh.

"So when is your little plan going to start?" asked Jiraiya

"As soon as we can find the girls." Replied Shikamaru.

"We haven't seen them all evening." Said Sasuke looking around just in case they were near.

"Hmmm, well I don't know what this "plan" of yours is, and I am sure I will find out later what it is, but I believe I saw the girls near the pond about 5 minutes ago." Said Tsunade.

"Alright! Thanks granny-sama! Come on let's go!" said Naruto grabbing Sai's arm and running off.

The older shinobi sweatdropped as they watched the younger shinobi run off. (Well, all but Tsunade who glared after Naruto for calling her "granny" again.

"Hey girls that just reminded me, we got something for you." Said Kakashi glancing at Guy.

"Oh yeah…" said Asuma looking at Kurenai who raised an eyebrow at him.

"Oh really and what would this be?"

"Oh come on we'll show." Said Guy leading the way. The girls looked at each very wary of what they were being lead to.

Back with the younger ninja…..

Sakura looked at her watch to see that it was 6:45.

"Hey we'd better get back and get into our proper kimonos." She said to the other girls.

"Man, I hate wearing fancy kimonos." Grumbled Temari.

"You and me both." Sighed TenTen.

Not far away, the boys were crouched, watching to see which way they were going to go. Just then…

"Hey, what are you all doing crouched behind a trash can for?"

The guys jumped and turned to see Gaara, the Kazekage standing looking down at them with a curious look on his face.

"Ah! Don't sneak up on us like that!" complained Kiba.

"Sorry, and I repeat, what are you all doing?"

"Playing a prank on the girls, wanna watch?"

Gaara shrugged and nodded, crouching down with them, eyeing his sister and the other young kunoichi start to head past where they were hiding. And like they had hoped, Hinata was lagging behind the others.

"Alright Naruto you'd better get this right." Grumbled Neji.

"What is he doing?"

"He is going to give a slight less mean punishment at least, in her view it would be I guess." Said Neji.

"Punishment?"

"For the last week the girls have been playing pranks on us and this is payback…there he goes!" said Sai nodding towards the girls.

They turned to see Naruto grab Hinata and disappeared with her. And the others hadn't noticed. Perfect.

"Okay let's go." Said Sasuke as the others got up and ran after the girls.

With Naruto and Hinata…..

One minute she was walking behind the other girls, the next thing she knew, she was now beside the swing near the ninja academy.

"What…?"

"Hey Hinata!" smiled Naruto only about an inch away from Hinata's face.

"Hinata jumped back with a deep blush.

"Naruto what are you….?"

Naruto smiled his famous smile and said,

"The others are playing a prank to get back at the other girls for the tricks they played on us. Since you didn't do anything, you get something else."

"Ummm, w-what?" said Hinata getting even redder and nervous.

"Well, you see, Neji and them "informed" me that you like me."

Hinata gulped. She was so nervous she couldn't say anything so Naruto kept talking.

"And the fact you didn't stop the girls from pulling tricks means that you still need something do to you. Just not as bad as the others that's why I pulled you away." He said grinning and getting closer.

O-okay. L-like w-what?"

"This." Smiled Naruto, simply, taking Hinata by surprise as he caught her lips with his. Hinata was so shocked that Naruto had kissed her that her brain could barely function. She forgot to faint or even blush as Naruto wrapped his arms gently around her and pulled her closer. Hinata finally got her brain in gear and slowly kissed him back. As she did, Naruto smiled and pulled away much to Hinata's disappointment.

"Nope only a short kiss sorry, that's what ya get for letting the girls play pranks on us!" chuckled Naruto at Hinata's confused and slightly pink face.

"Come on, if we hurry, we can see Sakura and others get theirs!" laughed Naruto, grabbing Hinata's hand and running to where the trap was.

Just as the girls were reaching one of the park's exits, Sasuke, Sai, Neji, Shikamaru, Kiba, Akamaru, and Choji appeared suddenly in front of them.

"What are you all doing?" asked TenTen looking at Neji with narrowed eyes.

"Oh nothing much just paying you all back for all the practical jokes you pulled." Said Sasuke smirking at Sakura.

"Oh really how may I ask are you going to that?" asked Temari reaching for her fan.

"LIKE THIS!" came Rock lee's voice from directly above them. The girls looked up just in time to see Rock Lee and Shino pulling a string on a large bag and about 10 gallons of a white liquid came crashing down on them.

"AAAAAAA!!!"

All four girls were total soaked right down to their bone in the liquid that smelled really bad.

"Urgh! What is this?!" complained Ino.

"You can thank Kiba for that, he was able to get some sour milk for this special prank." Snickered Choji.

"EWWWW!" said all four. Not far away, Hinata and Naruto had watched the whole thing. The two walked up just as Rock lee, Shino and Gaara jumped down from the trees to behind the girls. Naruto was crying he was laughing so hard. Hinata wasn't sure if she should laugh or not and figured it would be safer to not do or say anything. Though it was kind of hard not to laugh.

"Gee Temari, I didn't know you could squeal like that!" laughed Naruto. Temari glared at him and Sakura being closer whacked the big mouth ninja on the head.

"Thank you."

"Anytime."

"Gaara! Where you in on this?!" growled Temari turning to look at her red haired sibling. Gaara closed his eyes and folded his arms, grinned, and said,

"Nope, I just got here, I just watched them get you. And very well I might add."

Temari gave Gaara that would have scared most men, and then turned to look at her soon-to-be-dead-boyfriend and said,

"And you! I thought we were even!"

"We were. They made me do it." Said Shikamaru a little worried about the look he was getting from his blonde girlfriend.

"Speaking of being even, can we call it a draw and stop with the pranks?" asked Neji looking at TenTen.

The girls looked at each other, sighed, smiled, giggled, then turned back to their boys and nodded.

"It's a draw and we promise we won't pull any more pranks."

"For now." Muttered Ino.

"What was that Ino?" said Sai folding his arms.

"Nothing." She said trying to look cute.

"Rrrright."

"Hey, wait a minute what about Hinata?" asked Ino looking at the Indigo haired kunoichi. Hinata instantly blushed as all the boys expect Naruto who also slightly blushed and Gaara who wasn't too sure what happened but had a small theory…

"W-well, ya see…." Chuckled Kiba.

"She didn't do as much as you all did so…." Said Shino.

"So we set up a special one for her." Smirked Neji.

The other girls looked at them with confused faces then to Naruto and Hinata's blushing faces….

"YOSH! YOU POOR GIRL HE KISSED YOU!" laughed Sakura putting two and two together.

Naruto stopped blushing and started to glare at his teammate.

"What do you mean "poor girl"?"

"S-sorry Naruto! She's had a crush on you so… (Laugh) but to me that would just be…oh…" Sakura just laughed and laughed.

"I think what Sakura is trying to say you dobe is that it would be a horrible trick to any one of the other girls expect Hinata and I agree with her 100." Shuddered Sasuke remembering the incident that he couldn't stand remembering.

Hinata could not say anything nor could she stand looking at anyone she was so embarrassed (she figured this was part of her punishment) so she just looked down at Naruto's shoe while everyone else laughed and Naruto cursed.

Not far away….

"What was that?" asked Shizune looking toward were the younger girls had just being showered with sour milk.

"Sounded like the girls." Said Kakashi nonchaltly from over his shoulder.

"Hmmm, where are you all taking us?" asked Anko getting very suspicious.

"Just over here." Said Asuma walking. What the older kunoichi didn't know was that the older shinobi had just stepped over a trip wire rigged up to a large bucket.

Just as they reached it, all four tripped the wire and screamed as freezing cold ice water came crashing on them, soaking them to the bone as well.

"W-why you rotten!" growled and stuttered Tsunade at Jiraiya who smiled and said,

"Well then maybe you'll think twice next time before you go and have us fall into a pit of mud." Chuckled the white haired ninja.

"Yeah, come on, did you seriously think that we wouldn't try and get back at you for the mud pit?" chuckled Kakashi.

The four girls glared at them for a second then started to laugh as well.

"Okay, okay fine, we're all even. "Sighed Tsunade.

"Great now that it is all over and done with, let's go get changed then go pick on Naruto and Hinata." Smirked Jiraiya.

"Why?" asked Kurenai raising an eyebrow at the name of one of her charges.

"Heehee, we'll explain on the way…" said Kakashi as the group headed towards town.
A about 20 minutes later, the boys plus all their sensei where waiting at the entrance of the park for Sakura, Hinata, Temari, TenTen, and Ino. All were dressed up in their finest outfits. (Jiraiya and Asuma couldn't take their eyes off Tsunade and Kurenai.).

"Man, what is taking the girls so long?" complained Naruto, who was donning an orange and black kimono, the crystal necklace that Tsunade had given him around his neck.

"Patience Naruto. If you wait, your patience will be rewarded." Said Shizune.

"Yeah and your giving us all a headache." Grumbled Sasuke who was wearing a vivid blue and black kimono with the Uchiha clan symbol on each shoulder.

"I'm with Sasuke, can it." Agreed Neji who was wearing a white kimono with brown trim and the Hyuga symbol on the back. Naruto looked at Kiba who was wearing a black kimono with a red dog paw print on the front, Choji who was wearing a simple green kimono (a bag of chips in his hand of course), Shino in a olive green kimono, Gaara in a black and brown kimono, and Sai who was donning a dark blue kimono, who all just shrugged.

"Gee, thanks a lot you guys." Muttered Naruto turning back to the steps in hopes of seeing the girls.

"Just give it up Naruto." Muttered Shikamaru who was wearing a chocolate brown kimono.

After a few minutes, Naruto closed his eyes and started nod off. All the others where looking around not paying much attention. Suddenly they heard someone coming. They looked up in hopes that it was the girls, but when they saw it was only Rock Lee with his green kimono embroidered with the leaf village symbol all over it and a sappy smile, everyone sighed and went back to dozing, daydreaming or whatever the heck they were doing.

"Oh come on now! It is the great Cherry Blossom festival! Where's all your youthful vigor!?"

"We lost it waiting for the girls." Grumbled Kiba, Akamaru barked in agreement.

"Oh really? That's too bad, I think the girls were looking forward to dance…." Chuckled Kakashi.

"Huh?" asked Neji.

Kakashi nodded passed Rock Lee. Everyone looked to see the girls. The boys all speechless and the sensei all had smirks on their faces.

Hinata, TenTen, Sakura, Ino, and Temari (from left to right in that order), were beautiful to say the least.

Naruto was in awe of Hinata who was wearing a sweet indigo kimono ((All she ever wears is purple, thought she needed a different color and it goes better with orange anyway…heehee)) her hair was down but a light blue lily was behind her left ear with light slivery white eye shadow which brightened her pale eyes.

Even Neji Hyuga was impressed by his teammate's transformation. Her buns were now loops and flowers were wrapped around them. She was wearing a dark purple Chinese kimono which had no sleeves and was embroidered with dark green and brown dragons. She also had green eye shadow with black eye liner.

Sasuke Uchiha for the first real time in his life was dumbfounded by a girl. Sakura was wearing a pearly colored kimono with long sleeves and was silk screened with cherry blossoms and pink eye shadow. Her hair had a slight curl and was pulled back with two cherry blossom hair pins.

Sai almost drooled Ino looked that good. She was wearing a deep almost black blue kimono which also did not have sleeves and had a low neckline. She was wearing a sliver chain with a heart locket and her long hair was down with a white lily behind her left ear and sliver eye shadow.

Shikamaru eyes were so wide that it was wonder they were still in his head. Temari was wearing a low neck line, vivid red kimono and a wide sliver bangle on her right wrist with red lipstick and light pink eye shadow. Her sand head band still around her neck.

As one, all the boys in their state could only say one word,

"WOW."

The girls all giggled at the response which snapped the boys out of their trances.

"Well, come on everybody the fun already started." Said Jiraiya, presenting Tsunade his arm in which she smiled and accepted, intertwining her arm with his. Following Jiraiya's lead, Kakashi gave his arm to Anko, Asuma gave his to Kurenai, and Guy to Shizune ((now there's an inserting couple right there!)). Naruto, Neji, Sasuke, Sai, and Shikamaru copied the older men and presented their arms to the girls which they gladly took.

The group joined everyone else who were dancing the night away. Now everyone had fun. Naruto dared Konohamaru to ask Hanbi to dance which he did blushing almost as hard as she did when he did ask, stuttering like Hinata. (Naruto teased Hinata about that and she elbowed him and stuck her tongue out him, which Hinata's father found very amusing to the couple's surprise.) Both Asuma's and Kurenai's squads bullied the two to dance, Shizune had to take a long break after dancing with the over enthusiast Guy, Jiraiya earned a few smacks on the head from Tsunade a few times (doesn't take much to figure out why, though his excuse was just that he was taller than her and he had to look down at her when they danced), even Kakashi and Anko danced a few dances.

When ROCKS ((first opening song of the Naruto tv series)) came on, everyone went onto the floor, (Neji, Shikamaru, and Sasuke were dragged really onto the floor), they all danced to the rocking beat. Then Ryuusei ((one of the endings of the series)), came on and they all slowed down and cuddled close. Once that was over, everyone went to the open fields to watch the fire works. Naruto sat down in the grass then took Hinata into his lap. Temari and Shikamaru sat in a tree leaning against each other. Sai and Ino were both sitting down holding hands and Neji/TenTen, and Sasuke/Sakura stood, Neji and TenTen just holding hands while Sasuke had an arm wrapped around Sakura's small waist.

When the fire works ended in a big bang, everyone started to go home.

" Hey Hinata, could you come here for a second?"

"Huh? Oh, hmm, sure."

Naruto took Hinata's hand with one hand and her chin with his other.

"Hinata, I wanted to tell you I was sorry about the kiss earlier."

Hinata smiled, shook her head, and whispered,

"That's okay Naruto. It was the nicest prank anyone ever pulled on me. Acculty it was the only prank anyone ever did pulled on me but still, it was much better then getting sour milk dumped on your head!"

Naruto laughed then said,

"How can I make it up to you?"

Hinata smiled a smile somewhat similar to Naruto's and said,

"You could ask me out by giving me a better kiss." Remembering what Ino had told her and batted her eyelashes.

Naruto smiled wide and obliged to her request, and kissed her better and longer than the first. To Hinata, the second kiss was the more important than the first. Above their heads as they kissed, a shooting star flew across the sky.

Not far away from Naruto and Hinata, Sasuke was slowly walking Sakura home holding hands. Sakura looked at the Uchiha and said smiling,

"Does this mean we're going out?"

"No."

"Uh?"

"Because I haven't asked you yet." He smirked Stopping and turning to look Sakura in the face.

"Sakura, will you go out with me?"

Sakura looked at him speechless, ((wow…..)) then smiled back at him, shook her head yes, and then jumped into his arms and the two kissed the night away.

At Tsunade's place, Jiraiya was dropping off Tsunade when he kissed her on the cheek.

"Had a good night?"

"I don't about me, but I know you did." She smiled teasing.

"Good night, Tsunade."

"Night Jiraiya."

The two kissed a long deep kiss good night, and then as Tsunade turned…he pinched her (you can guess where).

She whirled around smacked him on the head then went inside and closed the door.

Jiraiya only chuckled and while watching TenTen and Neji walking slowly past hand in hand cheek to cheek, he said,

"It's always worth it."

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And cut! Phew! That was a lot of typing! I decided there will be a final chapter after this one to wrap it all up. Those who where waiting for Hinata and Naruto I hope I did good! (I'm a HUGE believer therefore I work extra hard on those scenes). Sorry again for being late, Christmas just would let me get it done! Next Time:

"The love that blossomed from silly pranks."

Shino: Hey, why didn't I get anybody?!

Me: I'm not good with OC's okay sorry.

Shino: No far. You stink.

Me: Okay that's IT!

Shino: What's that?

Me: BUG SPRAY!
Shino: AAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!

LoL, Kiki