Authors Note: well here's the next one…and for those of you who remember the picture that was taken an earlier chapter, it's coming up, like, real soon. This is the chapter when they are getting ready for the dance and the start of it. So the rest of the dresses will be revealed and I have told one of my friends about them and she has given me 2 thumbs up on them…well…nothing else to say…ONTO THE STORY!!!

Normal P.O.V.

"Yes actually I want to bet! I was a-okay with the nail salon and hair. But MAKE-UP! No deal. I'm staying in the car." Tenten said and crossed her arms. Hinata looked back at her.

"Your funeral." She said and got out of the car. So did Ino, and she went over to Tenten's door. Sakura undid her seat belt and nodded over to Ino. Quickly Sakura undid Tentens seat belt and grabbed her ankles while Ino opened the door and got her arms under Tenten. The two of them quickly moved out of the car, and when Tenten was out of the car she started kicking and moving. Hinata quickly closed the car door and opened the shop door. Tenten make a move to grab the edges of the door but Ino jerked her body away from them. When they were fully in they dropped her and Sakura smiled.

"How much do you owe us Tenten? Your in." Sakura sneered.

"Hello I can just walk out of here." Tenten said, starting to get up. She stopped when she saw Ino with a grin come over with a 5x7 photo. Tenten gasped as she saw it, her and Neji leaning on each other.

"And after photo editing." She said and held out another photo that was edited to make it look like they were in bed, naked, sleeping. Tenten blushed and tried to snatch the picture out of her hands.

"You're going to stay in here or this will be in ALL of Neji's fan girl's email boxes within the hour." Sakura said superiorly. Once she saw that Tenten wasn't making a fuss she waved over the lady in black over. "Sakura Haruno, Ino Yamanaka, Hinata Hyuuga, and Tenten need make-up for the Dance tonight at school." Sakura pulled out some papers. "This is what we will be wearing. Make it match and make it snappy." The woman nodded and gave out the pictures to other women in the same outfit. A tan hand was held out in front of Tenten and she followed to an equally tan face. She was obviously not from Japan with how dark her skin was and with full eyes. Brown hair was cut shoulder length and tucked behind one ear to show a stud diamond earring. Brown glasses framed brown eyes sparkled.

"My name is Cherryl. We'll make this quick." Cherryl's japanes had an accent but it was clear. Tenten grabbed her hand and they made their way to her station. Cherryl waved her to take a seat and looked at the paper.

"This…. wow…It looks like something a princess would wear." Cherryl said amazed and put down the picture and looked at Tenten. "Well this wont be hard!"

"Umm…thanks?" Tenten said, a bit uncomfortable. She looked over to the other girls and they had their own girls working on them, setting out makeup to chose from.

"Ok, Tenten-sama, look here please." Cherryl said and looked over her face and her eyes landed on Tenten's bangs. She grabbed some clips and put them out of the way and smiled.

"I'm going to start you off with some light powder, then we'll work on you eyes." Cherryl said and grabbed a brush and some powder and lightly covered Tenten's face with it. She turned to her table and picked out 4 different eye shadows, all different shades of a dark blue. There was one that stood out, it was a dark blue with tiny silver sparkles.

"I like that one." Tenten said and pointed to it. Cherryl looked at it and nodded, preparing a brush for it.

"Close your eyes." Cherryl said and Tenten did. She felt her brush one eye lid. "Keep them closed." Tenten heard her re-do the brush, then her other eye was being done.

"I'm going to blow on your eyes." Cherryl warned and tenten felt a gental puff of air on each eye. "Open." Tenten opened her eyes and looked at Cherryl. She went and put more eyeshadow on the brush. "Close them again." Tenten obayed and they repated the prosses. Once they were done they did mascara. It took about a minute for Cherryl to be able to get close to Tenten's eye without her flinching back. With a few quick motions on each eye lid Cherryl put midnight black eye liner.

"Next the lips. Lip gloss or lip stick?" Cherryl asked then laughed at Tenten's confused expression. "Solid or liquid lip color."

"Um…which lasts longer?" Tenten asked.

"Do you mean the one you wont have to re-apply much?" Cherryl asked back and Tenten nodded. "Then Lipstick is your best bet." She pulled out a variety of them. To a deep red to a light pink were displayed. Tenten pointed to a light pink but Cherryl shook her head.

"This one Tenten-sama, you don't get a choice on this one." She put back the other lipsticks but a deep red, but not crimson red, a little bit lighter. When Cherryl finished applying the lipstick she took a step back and smiled.

"I always do pick the right colors." She said and pulled out a mirror. Tenten looked in the mirror and gasped. With all the make-up she looked, well, HOT! The trio came over with their make up on also and started to talk at the same time.

Hinata had upper and lower eye black liner with a dark blue fading to a light one. There was a slight amount of blush on her face with slight power. She had chosen a shimmer pink lip-gloss.

Ino displayed a purple eye shadow with black bottom eyeliner with black mascara with it tipped with purple. Her lips were a watermelon color. Tenten couldn't figure out if it was lipstick or lip-gloss.

Sakura had chosen black eye liner on both eyelids with a pink eye shadow. She chose a pink blush and a pink lip-gloss with a silver gold hint to it.

"Wow you guys look real nice! Going to be the belle's of the ball." Cherryl said while handing Tenten a bag. She looked in it to see everything that she just used on her face. "In case something should mess up." Cherryl said.

"I'll pay for Tenten this time." Sakura said and she grabbed the receipt when Cherryl was about to hand it to Tenten. They paid and left the store and got into the car.

"Now that wasn't so bad now was it Tenten?" Ino asked looking back at her. Tenten rolled her eyes.

"My face feels heavy…" Tenten muttered, looking out of the window. They laughed and Hinata put the car in drive. The places were a blur to Tenten, who was just staring at the girl who was looking back at her.

The car finally stopped and they all piled out. Tenten looked up to see that they were at the nail salon. They were quickly guided to a station, a lady prepared in advanced.

"What we will be doing today is an American Manicure. It's a little bit like a French but it's lighter shades." She said and picked up one of Tenten's hands.

"I'm not to technical with nails. I still have no clue what you are talking about." Tenten said and the lady laughed. Tenten sat there while she did her work, sometimes taking apart of the conversation that was between the others, but she mostly stayed silent, letting the chatter fill her ears.

Soon Tenten was done, but since the others were wearing open toed shoes they went onto another part of the nail salon. So Tenten decided to walk around and just to get out of the smelly shop. She looked down and sighed, for she was STILL in her uniform, and the skirt was bugging her.

Tenten decided to sit down at the bench that was right outside the nail salon. She was alone for about 10 minutes until one of the lady's came out. She lit a cigarette and took a drag. She blew it out and the smoke went right into Tenten's face. She started coughing and the lady looked over to her, and then snuffed out the cancer stick.

"Thanks." Tenten said and coughed a few more times before being able to breath normally. The lady sat down on the bench and looked at her with her over done lips in a tight line.

"You are lookin' so pretty but yet you have a frown. What's the matter dear?" She said with a raspy voice. Most likely from all the smoking that she did in the past. Tenten looked at her. She was over tanned with too much makeup and many lines. Her hair was dyed to many times and was beginning to thin.

"Well, I was dragged into this." Tenten said, looking quickly into the salon.

"Ah I see. So what have you gotten all pretty for?" She shifted in her seat to take a good look at Tenten.

"Well…there is a masquerade dance tonight at the school I go to. And also I've been talking to this guy on the Internet. Yea, dangerous I know." Tenten said when she opened her mouth. "And he goes to the same school. He's going to be there and I originally wanted him just to see the real me, not this girl who is covered in make-up." Tenten said and blinked. She had just spilled something to a total stranger.

"So when you find out who he is tell him that. Tell him that he'll know that you don't usually do this. If he likes you back he will understand." She patted Tenten's knee and sighed as a tap was heard on the window. "Now that's my cue." She got up with a sigh and opened up the door. "Better tell your friends about him to." With that she went back into the salon.

Tenten was out there thinking about what the lady had said when the trio came out with their finger and toe nails all done up. They all piled into Hinata's car and started on the way to the hair salon. On the way Tenten told the car and here were the reactions.

Sakura: "Oh my god! Once you find him introduce me to him! I want the dance to come so bad!"

Ino: Laughed. "Hopefully he isn't a dork."

Hinata: "I'm glad."

They pulled up to the hair salon and all piled out. It was the same as the nail salon with the lady's already there waiting for them. Except for Tenten. She was lead to a tall black man with curly hair who smiled a bright white smile. She sat down and he flicked the apron around her and started to undo her braid.

"My name is Thomas and I'll be your hair dresser for today." He said, smiling at Tenten though the mirror. His japanes was almost perfect, hardly any accent to it. She smiled back as she watched him undo the braid and pony tail. He ran his hair though her hair for a second looking at it.

"Have you thought of anything for the dance? Up do, half up, down, complex, simple. Which?" Thomas asked spreading Tenten's hair around her shoulders.

"Well I just want something simple, down, umm" Tenten looked at her hair and what the braid had done to it, making it more wavy/curly. "Curly, medium sized, I don't want anything big."

"Ok then, simple, down and curly. Oh this is going to be fun!" Thomas said and put mouse in her hair before pulling a tray thing over and started to put Tenten's hair up in curlers. Soon Tenten's head was covered with the curlers.

"Now we have to make sure this stays." Thomas said grabbing a bottle of hairspray. He sprayed for what seemed like 5 minutes with the hair spray. He smiled into her reflection and tapped her shoulders, walking away to talk to another hairdresser.

Just as he left Tenten heard her cell phone in her bag start to vibrate. She quickly opened it and looked at the number, unknown. Sliding it open she answered.

"Hello?"

"It's Neji."

"Oh hey, what's up?" Tenten said, glancing over to Hinata, who just smiled back, her phone in hand.

"I wanted to tell you where we are going to spar tomorrow. Got pen and paper?" He said and waited as she ripped out a notebook paper and gave her the directions.

"Ok got it, one question though."

"Hn."

"How did you get my number?"

"Hinata."

"Oh ok see you tomorrow." She said and heard him say a quick bye before hanging up. Tenten glanced over to Hinata who was being taken care of. The chair turned abruptly and she was faced with Thomas again, who was looking at the curlers. Then he smiled and turned her back to the mirror.

"And who was that?" he asked, working gently.

"Neji Hyuuga."

"He has such a cute ass. Really soft hair too, uses the good stuff. Comes in about every 2 months to get his dead ends cut off." Thomas said and sighed. But then a grin came. "Plus girls come in and buy his hair off of me."

Tenten just looked at him through the mirror and when Thomas looked at her he started laughing.

"No I am not gay." He took out another hair curler, flashing Tenten a smile. "I'm bi."

"That's fine with me." Tenten said and her chair was turned again for Thomas to take out the last curlers and used some water and fixed it around.

"Like right now, you are the most prettiest girl I have ever seen." He twirled the chair back to the mirror and Tenten looked at her self with mouth wide open. Her curls were the exact size she wanted them, framing her face. Even her bangs were controlled into a curl. As she turned her head the curl size remained consistent.

"Wow. This is awesome." Tenten said, running a hand through her hair. Even though he sprayed a lot of hairspray it was still soft and bouncy. It even looked slightly darker, either because of the light or the hairspray. Thomas fluffed it up some more and patted her shoulder.

"Well I know one thing for sure."

"What's that?" Tenten asked as twirled the chair around, taking off the apron and accepted his hand out of the chair.

"You'll knock 'em dead." Thomas said, smiling brightly and escorted her to the entrance area where the others were standing. Sakura had her hair scrunched, some sections both scrunched and crimped. Hinata had loose curls, tips of her hair semi permanent black. Ino had her hair in big curls, but not to big. They paid for their hair, the salon waving when they left.

"Aw hell no. Please tell me that I do not see her!" Ino hissed and jerked her head to across the street. Tenten looked over to see an older girl with four pigtails waiting over by a bus stop. Sakura quickly grabbed Ino's arm and dragged her to the car, getting in the back seat with her. Tenten slid in the passenger side while Hinata started the car.

"Um, can somebody explain to me why Ino's pissed? What's the story?" Tenten asked while they tried to calm down.

"Oh, that bitch hummfums!!" Ino started but was muffled by Sakura.

"Temari is her name and her and Shikamaru were going out for about 2 months or so. But she had to go back to Suna. Therefore she dumped him saying that she never liked him anyway. Shikamaru was depressed for weeks. About…more than a month ago or something, Neji had a talk with him, then he was normal." Sakura explained. Tenten blinked.

Flashback

Tenten leaned back and stared at her screen, an email from a person who needed advise, yet again. Somehow people get her email when they have problems. She only helped, like, two people, now she has about 10 emails per week, asking for advice.

To: 10PandaWeapons10

From: SilentWhiteGlare

Subject: a friend of mine

Body: I have heard from a lot of people that you are like the advice guru on the Internet. I need some advice for a friend of mine who got dumped after a few months. Turns out the girl was just using him. She also told him that she never wanted to talk to him ever again. This was about a month ago and he is STILL depressed.

Tenten frowned as she read the email. This Glare person didn't give a lot of information but enough to see the situation. She leaned back forward and started writing a reply.

To: SilentWhiteGlare

From: 10PandaWeapons10

Subject: RE: a friend of mine

Body: well most of what I can say is that point out to him the available girls, tell him if he really liked her, he should let her go. "If you love something enough, let it go. If it comes back to you, it's meant to be". Its corny but age old and is true. And if he is still depressed, get him medication or something. It's just a girl. And if he keeps on going on like that he wont even get looked at by any girls…hope this helps

Satisfied Tenten sent the email and moved on to the next one. It wasn't until a few day later when she received her results. She smiled as she read the email, few words but it she got his thanks. It was also surprising when a few days later when he IMed her directly.

End Flashback

"When we asked Neji how he got Shikamaru to cheer up, he just told us he had a friend in Waterfall Country…" Sakura said and was quiet for a second. "I think he said that it was her that was coming to Fire Country, and around here…Say Tenten where did you move from?"

"Earth Country." Tenten lied. She was looking in front of the car, mind a buzz. Another thing connecting Glare to Neji. She gave out advice and moved from Waterfall Country, home Country being Lightning. She blinked when they were back at Hinata's house. They all piled out and Hinata guided them through the maze of the house into a plain room with wood floors and screens on the walls, mini dressing rooms. Their dresses hung on the outside of them, obviously marking who got changed where.

Tenten grabbed and was about to put the dress on when she saw something. Turning the dress inside out she notice that there were small pouches in the dress. For a normal girl, they would use it for makeup or something to that matter. Not Tenten, she took the weapons out of her skirt and put them into the dress. A cool metal reminded her to what was hanging around her neck.

It was an ebony and mother of pearl shuriken on a metal chain. It was Tenten's parents' marriage shuriken, something that was very precious to them. When they died, Tenten got it. She hardly took it off. Then she noticed that there was a small pocket on the sleeve, a bit to big for the necklace, but Tenten put it there anyway. Slipping on her shoes Tenten went outside to see that the others also had come out, dressed.

Sakura had on a strapless black, formfitting dress on. There was a thin pink ribbon under her boobs. There was a cut on her left knee all the way down, exposing some leg. On the edge next to the cut were cherry blossoms with pink lotuses with leaves and vines the same color of her eyes. She had on pink 2 inch heals on that covered her heal, open toe.

Ino twirled in a purple dress, small sparkle all on it. It ended around her knees, about 2 inches above the knees. The neck was collared with fake diamonds. (You know her top after the time skip.) Her shoes where a sparkly purple and laced up to knee and were 2 ½ inch heals.

(Who all remembers Hinata's dress? Wait you can't answer me durr…re-cap of her dress then!) Hinata's dresses was a dark strapless midnight blue dress that slowly faded to black at the bottom. It had sparkles gradually traveling from the top of her dress down to the hemline. The top was like a corset, so it accentuated her waist and hips, the fabric plumping around her hips and cascading to the floor. Her shoes where 1-inch kitten heals, and black.

With touches to makeup, the three of them followed Hinata. They stopped when Neji walked out from a hallway with a tan dry cleaners bag slung over his shoulder and a small white box in hand. For some reason Tenten felt like and did hide behind Sakura. They watched him, as he walked past, none of them saying a word.

They all went out and piled into the limo and cranked the radio all the way there, making a detour around the town to take up a bit more time before actually heading to the dance. When they were half way there Hinata pulled out a bag and showed them her DJing outfit. It was an over the shoulder dark blue, with her name graffiti in black and white down the strap and side of shirt. Black army pants end, drawstring ends. The outfit was completed with dark blue and black air force shoes.

As the pulled up to the school they put on their masks. Ino's was a matching her dress color with diamonds around the eyes. Hinata had a dark blue with black stones lining both eyes and around the rim. Sakura had black with pink gems, and a small cherry blossom on the left side.

They walked up to the school and followed the signs to the gym. When they opened up the doors they were shocked.(I'm making it with 2 basketball courts so its bigger.) The dance committee really pulled it off. The entrance was on a red carpet until the dance floor, gold masked people bowing you in. A buffet that was filled with sweet snacks and 3 different types of drinks, and a large chocolate fountain smak dab in the middle, was pushed up against the cushioned wall. They boarded up the windows so it seemed to be night. They had gotten a disco ball and lights that pumped to the music. The lights were turned into chandlers. The bleachers were covered in paper with markers at intervals, people writing messages. The tables that was there was crimson with a gold masks.

In a corner there was a photo shoot. It had a bench with a night back round, fiber optic stars, cobble stones, a bright full moon. There were rose tendrils on each side and arching over the bench.

The speakers were pounding out the latest hits from all around, The DJ booth on a wooded platform, an almost complete box. It had something rolled up behind it on a roll with a pull rope.

Sakura and Ino hit the dance floor after they soaked in the whole room. Hinata walked off to see if she could find…somebody, Tenten didn't hear whom. She just stood there; looking out onto the crowd, heart fluttering just a bit.

"Panda?" asked a voice behind her.

Authors note: THANK YOU ALL WHO REVIEWED!!!! Now I think I must run, for you might hate me for dumping you with that cliffy….. ish…well…UNTIL NEXT TIME –runs away-