Chapter 9: Dancing with a dream.

Hey! This chappie is a SasuSaku and a NaruHina just like I promised you!

I'm very sorry for the long wait but I hope it was worth it! Christmas holidays for us now and I really need to revise so future chapters might take a while.

Hope you like it.


Sakura and Hinata stood on the dance floor, awkwardly shuffling side to side because apparently this was what 21st century dancing was all about. Ino and Tenten had decided to go get food instead of dancing, leaving the duo by themselves.

"These fanboys are really annoying me," growled Sakura.

'THOSE PERVERTED BOYS! I have half a mind to beat them up, gut them and spread their insides all over Konoha!'

'YEAH! Damn it, too many witnesses, we'll be in jail '

"P-please restrain y-yourself Sakura, those boys are just staring at you because you look beautiful,"

Sakura blushed. She wasn't used to taking this many compliments. She was about to respond when she felt a hand touch her on her -ahem- lower back area. She quickly whirled around and grabbed the pervert by the collar. A jock smirked back at her when he saw her react but his face soon took one of fear when he saw her 7ft fury tower over him.

"Sakura p-please! Everyone's watching. T-they might f-figure out who we are!"

Sakura turned back into her normal form, but not before terrifying the jock with her Inner Sakura.

'Hell yeah! Take that!'

The pinkette then adjusted her wig and turned to face Hinata. Seeing who was behind the raven-haired teen, she smirked using her oh-so-fabulous brain to think of the most revolutionary matchmaking plan in the history of matchmaking. She suddenly grabbed Hinata's shoulders and spoke to her in a quiet, solemn voice.

"What I'm about to do will benefit you a lot, Hinata. Gomen about this but, it's the only way. Remember, whatever you think of me, I'll always be your friend,"

Hinata blinked, a little frightened. What in the world-?

Hinata felt the pinkette's hands pushing her. She felt herself falling backwards. But instead of the pain from the floor, she was engulfed by something warm,strong... arms? Slowly, she opened her eyes and saw a face, with blue eyes, whisker marks and blonde hair. Oh dear...

"Hey, you ok?" ah, there's his wonderful voice.

"Y-Yeah." She was about to say more when she shut up. At this rate, he'll know who she is by that stutter. Calming herself she allowed a smile to creep onto her face.

"You can let me go now, Naruto-kun,"

He carefully set her down upright, but still keeping his hands away from her waist. Hinata didn't comment on that, she rather liked it. Oh, yeah she forgot about Sakura. She turned around to face the pinkette, ready for her to get acquainted with her Inner Hinata, also known as "The She-devil" (A/N please refer to chapter 3) when she realized Sakura wasn't there. All that was left, was a trail of dust, a path cleared by the people on the dance floor, and a distant "I'M SO SORRY HINATA-CHAN!"

"Sooooo, you wanna... take a walk with me?"

Hinata turned towards the blond, smiling sweetly.

"I'd love that, thank you very much,"

Naruto's breath nearly caught in his throat. 'She has a cute smile,'. He grinned, then removed his hands away from her waist, instead grabbing her hands and leading her away outside. Hinata tried hard not to faint. 'It's like a dream come true'. But then the smile was wiped off her face when she realised that Naruto wasn't interested in her, only this mysterious girl in front of him.

"You alright? You look sad,"

"No no, I'm fine,"

The two silently walked down the path, watching the plants and occasionally stealing peeks at each other (A/N They're on the other side of the garden, not where NejiTen are). It was a comfortable silence but Hinata couldn't help but say something.

"Ano, why do you want to take a walk? I always thought of you as someone who likes loud parties."

Naruto looked up to the sky. He looked wiser under the moonlight. "Well, sometimes I like escaping the noise, just be silent and watch the world go around me,"

Hinata's eyes softened, looks like the Naruto she knew in kindergarten is still in there somewhere. "Why...why are you telling me this? You don't even know who I am behind this mask,"

The boy chuckled. "To be honest... I have no clue. But, for some reason, I feel as if I've known you my whole life. I feel as if I can tell you anything! Strange, huh?"

'If only you knew '

"But, who are you? Seriously, I really want to know,"

Hinata gave him a knowing smile. "You know me, Naruto-kun. Let's just say that,"

Naruto still looked confused but he sighed in defeat.

"I think I'm in some of your classes though," hurried Hinata, she didn't want Naruto sad because of her!

Naruto perked up. "Really? Which ones?"

"If I tell you, you'll probably figure it out. Then again, you probably won't even recognise me." She said the last part in a whisper but the blond's sharp ears caught it.

"Huh. Whaddya mean?"

Hinata looked away. "No one even realises I'm in the same room as them unless I do something totally embarrassing, which is quite often. I doubt you would recognise me even if I took this mask off,"

Naruto stepped closer to the girl. "Then take it off,"

"Huh?"

"You heard me, take it off. We'll see if I recognise you,"

Hinata lowered her head, what should she do? Naruto seemed like he would take it alright. But what about her friends? She saw Ino and Tenten go off with Neji and Shikamaru, and Sakura is probably with Sasuke. They probably would be keeping their identities a secret.

"I'm sorry Naruto-kun but I can't, then your friends would know who the other girls are,"

Naruto's face fell but it quickly turned into a look of apology. "Sorry, didn't think of that! I guess I'm not very good at secrets, ne? Then how about... 20 questions?"

"10,"

"No way! 18,"

"13,"

"15,"

"5,"

"10,"

"Fine by me,"

"Ha! I win!"

...

...

"Oh," (A/N In case you're confused, Hinata originally wanted to do 10 questions but Naruto thought that wasn't enough, so they kept negotiating and ended up with ten questions. Naruto thought he won it except he fell for her trap. I know, bad joke.)

Hinata laughed. Naruto softly smiled.
He led her to a quaint bench beside a garden of daisies, still holding her hands. The boy thought long and hard on his questions... then gave up. Thinking is too complicated anyway.

"Alright then, do you go to Konoha high?"

"Yes, Naruto-kun, if not would I be at this dance?"

"Oh yeah, hehe. Ok second question, do you have any siblings that go to this school?"

"I have a little sister but she's in America with her adopted parents."

"Adopted parents? What about your real parents? And why doesn't she stay with you?"

Hinata stayed quiet for a while then spoke up. "My parents... they died... me and my sister don't get along so she decided to get adopted by this family. She's happy, so I'm happy,"

"You must really love her,"

"Yeah, yeah I do." Then she took a deep breath to swallow the sorrow creeping up. "Anyway, you do realise you just wasted three questions?"

...

"DAMN IT!"

Hinata giggled. "That's five more questions,"

Naruto grumbled. "Alright then. question 6: Favourite food?"

Hinata replied without any hesitation. "Cinnamon rolls! I love them!"

The blond nodded in approval. "They're pretty good, though I prefer ramen. Anyway, favourite subject in school?"

"Ummm, art I guess, though I like all the subjects there."

"You like Jiraiya's method of teaching biology,"

"No! I didn't say anything about teachers, just the subjects,"

"Haha, I get it, except learning about the female reproductive system is very interesting!"

Hinata pinched his cheek playfully. "Perv,"

"Can't help it! Moving on, favourite flowers?

"Daisies. I think their simplicity is what makes them beautiful,"

Naruto smiled. "In that case, here."

He gently plucked a daisy from the garden and carefully tucked it behind her ear. Hinata lightly touched the flower and blushed, thanking him. Who knew Naruto could be so romantic?

"Ok, question 9: what is your ideal date?"

Hinata blushed again. "W-why are you asking that?"

"No reason,"

The raven-haired girl raised an eyebrow but let it slide and answered the question. "Well, it doesn't really matter as long as I'm with the person I really like. Even eating from a food truck is fine by me. But a perfect date in my opinion would be a picnic at night. We would eat somewhere quiet with just each other, then watch the stars under the moonlight."

Naruto grinned boyishly at the reply. "That's pretty deep! Ne?"

Hinata smiled sheepishly. "You still have one more question,"

"Oh yeah," he said. "I've been saving this one up."

"Go on,"

"Can I kiss you?"


Sakura panted heavily, staggering into her chair. She didn't want Hinata to go she devil mode on her and had made a run for it as soon as Naruto had caught Hinata. In all honesty, she did this for Hinata's non existent love life. Not that she can say much. Finally catching her breath, the pinkette, or the red-head now that she was wearing a wig, observed the people around her. In one corner of the dance floor, there was were lots of girls crowding around Kiba who was talking to them in a flirtatious manner. 'They're so desperate' she thought disgustingly. There were couples everywhere either dancing, or making out like their life depended on it. Sakura thought she was gonna hurl when she saw them. She switched her gaze to Rock lee, who was yelling out about the springtime of youth with Gai-sensei. Luckily, the music drowned out their voices so Sakura didn't have to hear the same speech the students got every Gym lesson.

"You sure are fast,"

Sakura jumped a little and turned to the voice to give him a piece of her own mind for scaring her. Emerald green clashed with onyx black eyes and it took a GREAT amount of her free will to pull away. That and the fact that Inner Sakura couldn't shut up

'SHANNARO! Look at that sexy, deliciousness. GOD I want to devour him!'

'Please, shut up'

'No way jose! So sexy, hot, beautiful, handsome, sexy, attractive, gorgeous, wooooowwwwwwww.'

'YOU'RE ANNOYING ME'

'Sweetheart, do I care? No, no I do not. Now let me drink in the handsome devil in front of us.'

Switching off her connection with Inner Sakura, she came back to reality and smiled at him.

"Thanks,"

"Hn,"

He took a seat next to her, which Sakura was a little surprised in, not that she minded. They sat in silence, watching the boys and girls having fun. Sakura grinned at a few sights but one really gained her attention.

"Hmmmm,"

Sasuke raised an eyebrow. "What?"

The red head pointed ahead of her. "That,"

There where Sakura was looking, was the red haired boy Gaara. But it wasn't his presence that was surprising to the duo. Oh no. It was what he was doing. He was dancing. With a girl. More specifically, a certain brunette who just so happens to have a teensy-wincy-itsy-bitsy crush on him.

...

OH WHO AM I KIDDING. MATSURI HAS THE BIGGEST CRUSH ON HIM. It was a heartbreaking for her when Matsuri thought that Gaara friend-zoned her. In reality, Gaara also had a 'liking' to the brunette but wasn't very good with women. Yup. Heart-breaking to know that Gaara is taken isn't it?

Anywhoooooooo, back to the SasuSaku.

"Never thought I'd see the day Gaara and Matsuri get together." said Sakura, grinning like the chesire cat.

"...Hn,"

Sakura turned to face the Uchiha. "Stop saying hn! It's bad for you,"

Sasuke smirked. "Oh yeah?"

"Yeah!"

"Oh yeah?"

"Yeah!"

"Oh yeah?"

"YEAH!"

"Hn,"

A vein on Sakura's head burst and she took deep breaths to calm herself down. Smiling she said, "Now, let's try this again. Hi! My name is... well you don't need to know that. You're Sasuke Uchiha aren't you?"

"Yeah though what am I supposed to call you if I don't know what your name is?"

"OMG, Sasuke said a sentence instead of Hns! Is this is the end of the world?" cried Sakura in mock surprise, dramatically flailing her arms around in the air.

Sasuke rolled his eyes. "Just answer the question."

"Hmph fine Mr I'mTooCoolTooHaveFun. Call me...Blossom."

Sasuke twitched at the nickname for him but nonetheless ignored it, instead standing up and holding out his left arm. Sakura raised an eyebrow in confusion.

"Wanna dance?"

'Dance with him dance with him. YOU BETTER DANCE WITH HIM!'

Sakura beamed. "Sure!"

'CHYAA! Score one for the Cherry Blossoms. We have a dance with the handsome devil!'

Ignoring her Inner's victorious shouts, Sakura accepted Sasuke's hand and walked to the dance floor with him. Coincidently, it was also the time when the DJ just happened to put a slow song on.

(Amazed by lonestar)

Every time our eyes meet
This feeling inside me
Is almost more than I can take
Baby when you touch meI can feel how much you love me
And it just blows me away
I've never been this close to anyone or anything
I can hear your thoughts
I can see your dreams

Sasuke put his hands around the red head's waist whilst the girl put her arms around his neck. Slowly, they swayed side to side. It was just them, everyone and everything didn't matter to them now. But if they had paid attention, they would've saw the mob of fangirls with their jaws opened, furious at Blossom for stealing "their Sasuke-kun". They also would've saw Karin in flames of fury and jealousy, vowing to find who this "Slut" was and Rock lee, taking mounds of photos with his camera and blabbering on about "The Springtime of Youth". In fact, Lee also happened to have taken photos of the other mysterious girls, each with one of the kings.

But they didn't see, so that didn't matter.

I don't know how you do what you do
I'm so in love with you
It just keeps getting better
I wanna spend the rest of my life
With you by my side
Forever and ever
Every little thing that you do
Baby I'm amazed by you

"So, care to tell me more about yourself, Blossom?"

Sakura blushed. She already loved the way he said "Blossom", it rolled off his tongue as if he said it a million times.

"Well... you know me in school and I'm in a some of your classes."

"I know a lot of people. And there are tons of girls in my classes so it doesn't help much."

"Well, that's all the info you're getting out of me," said Sakura, sticking out her tongue.

'That's actually kinda cute. Wait, did I just think that?'

"You know, the way you're answering, it's almost as if you don't want me to find out who you are."

Sakura rolled her eyes. "Touche, your sarcasm is very much necessary." she said sarcastically.

The smell of your skin
The taste of your kiss
The way you whisper in the dark
Your hair all around me
Baby you surround me
You touch every place in my heart
Oh it feels like the first time every time
I wanna spend the whole night in your arms

"Yeah yeah but honestly, I still have no idea who you-" Sakura put a finger on his lips, muffling the rest of his sentence.

"Shhh, you wanna keep worrying about who I am or do you actually want to enjoy the moment? My opinion, the second option."

Sasuke relaxed and tightened his grip around her waist, again causing her to blush.

'Wow, I'm dancing with Sasuke! I never realised he could be so much of a gentleman!'

I don't know how you do what you do
I'm so in love with you
It just keeps getting better
I wanna spend the rest of my life
With you by my side
Forever and ever
Every little thing that you do
Baby I'm amazed by you

The two danced in silence to the music. By now, the fangirls had grew tired of watching the two and had dispersed, dancing with other boys. Even Karin disappeared to be with the rest of her friends. Sakura couldn't believe this to be real! Never in her right mind did she think that she'll be dancing with the hottest guy in the whole of Konoha! She rested her head on his shoulder, burying into his neck, smiling.

'It's like a dream'.

Every little thing that you do
I'm so in love with you
It just keeps getting better
I wanna spend the rest of my life
With you by my side
Forever and ever
Every little thing that you do
Oh, yeah every little thing that you do
Baby I'm amazed by you

The song finished and Sakura lifted her head. Emerald green met onyx and suddenly, both boy and girl found it hard to breathe. They didn't realise their heads nearing each other until they felt their breaths tickling their faces...


Mwahahahahahahahha! Cliffie!

Again, I'm very sorry for the wait but I'll get started right away on the next chapter. Hope you enjoyed it!

-Starryclouds