Authors note: I'm soo happy right now!! So close to 200 reviews!! I LOVE U ALL!! When I started this story I didn't even think I would get so much as a hundred!! Now for all of your enjoyment here is THE DANCE!!!!!!!!! And it might be a bit OOC-ness…I don't really know who but as I read this I think there are some OCC moments
Normal P.O.V.
Tenten turned around to see him. The first thing she saw was a clear container holding a blue rose perfectly formed. Tenten let her eyes travel upwards to meet his gaze. He had on a black mask rimmed with white stones. His hair was pulled back (not like a high pony tail but one...like how his hair was in that one opening/ending song…like that).There was a thin black band covering the rest of his fore head. He had a 3 piece suit on, jacket and pants black with a dark blue long sleeved dress shirt underneath. No tie. His eyes seemed to be a gray-white with dark pupils and black rims. (Sorry guys had to make it some what different.)
"Wow…um, hi Glare!" Tenten said looking him up and down and felt his eyes doing the same. He held out a hand and Tenten put hers in his and he slipped on the corsage. Tenten held it up near her face to see the deep blue it was and smiled.
Tenten threw her arms around Glare and whispered "It's so pretty. Thank you."
He chuckled and slipped his arms around her waist and squeezed. "It's not as pretty as you."
Tenten pulled away and smiled at him, the grabbed his hand. The paid DJ started up with a popular song remixed into techno. It took Tenten a few seconds to connect it to a song she and the girls where listening to on the ride there. "Don't Matter" from Akon. Tenten and 'Glare' made their way onto the dance floor and started dancing, 'Glare' behind Tenten. (You are all perverts they're DANCING that's it!!) Throughout the whole song 'Glare' murmured the song into her ear. Through out the whole song Tenten tried to place the voice that she heard.
NOW TO HINATA!!
Hinata stuck to the outside of the mass of people dancing, losing site of the girls almost immediately. She found the school representatives and talked to them, them giving her a time when she would be onstage and a place to put her bag of clothes. Right now she was just watching them all. A tap on her shoulder caused her to turn around to meet Naruto.
"N-n-naruto!" she stuttered, silently cursing herself again. "Damn it stutter go away! This is the one night that he doesn't know that its me! Just one night!"
He pouted which caused her to blush a bit. "Aw man. You know me but I don't know you."
"Well not a lot of people here have blonde hair blue eyes and a taste for bright colors." She said over the music, gesturing to his shirt. It was a bright orange like his usual wear with a black tie. On the bottom of the tie had a Ramen bowl steaming with chopsticks on it. His pants were a black and so where his shoes. His mask was a plain black mask, orange jewel on the sides of the eyes spraying out.
"Well since you know my name what am I going to call you?" He took a step back and looked her over, causing Hinata to blush. He smiled and snapped his fingers. "I'll call you Midnight, because your dress and things are a dark blue to black." He smiled and held out his hand. "I saw that you were just walking around so I decided to be you date for the night." His hand dropped. "Unless you prefer to be alone."
Hinata stepped forward and took his hand, amazed at herself that she was able to do so without fainting. "I would love to be you're date." Naruto gave her the dazzling smile and looked over the dance floor. He saw the picture stand and his eyes lit up and he almost dragged her over to it.
"Do you really think that we should take a picture?" Hinata 'Midnight' asked. Naruto turned around and patted her hand.
"Would you feel better if we went as just friends?" Naruto asked, and smiled when she nodded. They got in line and when they were at the front of the line Naruto paid for it. Hinata sat on the bench and waited while Naruto talked to the cameraman for a second. Hinata looked off, turning her head away from the two of them, watching the people in the mass of people dancing. Then she saw out of the corner of her eye orange and turned around to see Naruto smiling, on one knee holding a rose out to her. Her eyes went wide and she blushed, bringing a hand up to her mouth and one reaching out to take the rose, when the light flashed.
"Did y-yo-ou do tha-a-t for the pict-ure?" Hinata stuttered, still taking the rose. Naruto shook his head with a grin and helped her up from the bench.
"I just thought that it would be a nice picture for you to have." Naruto said and pulled her onto the dance floor as a slow song came on. Other couples started dancing while the singles went to the tables, some searching for a partner for the dance.
Naruto pulled her onto the floor, putting her arms around his neck and carefully putting his around her waist. Instantly Hinata blushed. Naruto chuckled. "We are our dates for the dance Midnight, and at midnight, the time, I want to see your face."
"O-oka-y." Hinata said and blushed even more if it was possible. They started going in circles and Naruto brought her a bit closer. They danced like this until the song switched to a loud bass pounding song. Hinata closed her eyes and started dancing, Naruto following along.
LETS SWITCH NOW…Sakura maybe? Yea Sakura.
Sakura slid out of the mad mass of people when the slow song started. She looked around and found the table where everyone seemed to dump their purses. Sakura watched as the couples danced, thinking on how her and Sasuke would have looked while the song played.
"Well I would think that you would have had a date for this Sakura. Your youth surpasses all of the girls in the world!" Sakura turned around to see Lee. He was wearing a green shirt, dark green pants and black shoes. His belt was orange, along with his tie. His mask was green and had orange stones around the edges.
"Well he I guess went to the beach like he said he would. But I came alone tonight. What about you?" Sakura asked, turning to face him better.
"I came as my youthful self, hoping to find a dance partner as youthful as me!" Lee said…err...yelled. Jumping up Sakura placed a hand on his mouth and dragged him outside into the school gardens. Only then did Sakura let go of Lee. Sakura turned around and smiled at Lee, who was looking at the other flowers. Sakura smiled and continued down the pathway, looking at the roses. She heard Lee following her. Turning she saw a squirrel on the walkway.
"Ah! Lee, walk quietly! There's a squirrel in the walk way!" Sakura said to Lee, who did what she told him. When the squirrel saw Lee it sped past Sakura and went on Lee's shoulder. Lee laughed and took some nuts out of his pocket and feed them to it.
"You know him, her?" Sakura asked gesturing to the squirrel.
"Yea, I saved it and a few others a year or so back. They can prove to be very useful. They are very youthful in the spring!" Lee yelled, causing the squirrel to jump off into the bushes. Sakura laughed and walked around the walkway to the other side and gasped.
"Lee! The Lotus' have bloomed!" Sakura yelled over to him and heard him rush over. They both looked at the single lotus. It was perfectly formed, a soft pink color, and a bright orange danced on the petals.
"Wow it's so pretty. I didn't know that it would have turned out like this! I expected it to be a normal one." Sakura said, smelling the flower. Lee smiled and sat down on the nearby bench. Sakura sat with him and looked up to the sky.
"I wonder what Sasuke is doing."
Switch to Sasuke.
Sasuke sneezed, spreading out his legs to balance himself, and his beer. Yes, that's right, the Sasuke is drunk. He's on the beach, drunk off his ass, dancing in front of a bon fire. Several other people where also doing the same thing.
"Hey Sas-gay! Someone's talking about you!" one guy yelled over the fire. Sasuke went ridged and slowly turned his head towards the person. The man gulped and started running for his life, for an angry Uchiha was chasing after him, proclaiming that he wasn't gay.
Ok then back to Sakura and Lee.
"He's most likely at the beach, like he said he would be. Sasuke dose what he says he would." Lee stood up and smiled when a tune floated to the garden. "Would you like to go dance now, Sakura-chan?" He held out his hand, and his eyes widened when Sakura placed hers in his and got up.
"I would love to Lee." Sakura said sweetly, smiling at him. Then of course Lee ruined it.
"YOSH! LET US GO BE YOUTHFUL AND DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY!"
"LEE SHUT UP!"
Humm…who now who now…Neji and Tenten!
A soft tune floated through the speakers and Neji turned to Panda (aka Tenten) and smiled. He took her right hand and placed it on his left, taking her left and putting it on his shoulder, him sliding his hand a bit under her shoulder.
"Just follow my lead." Neji said, wanting to show a slight smile when Panda looked confused.
"When I go forward, you go back. I step to your left, you do the same. Got it?" he said, taking the first step back, Panda complying quickly. Soon after a few times going in boxes he turned her. Panda looked down at their feet and looked back up at him.
"Just follow me." Neji said, accurately aware of the people looking at them, forming a circle around them. He then spun her out, then back in, nearly laughing at her face. It seems that she finally noticed the people looking at them.
"Everybody is staring at us." She said, eyes wide, looking past him at the people looking at them.
"Eyes on me." Neji said, shaking her hand a bit, and her eyes snapped back to his. "You don't have to look at anyone but me. They are staring because they most likely have never seen anybody waltzing. Just look at me until the end of the song. Nobody else is here. Just you and I." Neji murmured. She nodded and looked right at me. Our eyes connected. The song ended a few seconds later. I let her hand go and took a bow, while she paused for a second, then curtsied. The surrounding area burst into applause. We both straightened. A loud fast song started playing, making it hard to hear anything but the music. Panda motioned to me for a drink; I nodded, clearing the way to the table.
Huh…haven't seen Ino so let's switch to her!
Ino danced her heart out to the songs that she could. When the slow songs came on she reluctantly returned to the table. She watched the couple's dance, and smiled when she saw Naruto and Hinata dancing. A long with Tenten and her mystery guy. Sighing she got up and walked out of the building, looking up into the sky. She turned back to the building and went inside, going up to the roof. Sure enough she found Shikamaru.
"I thought you would be up here." She said, walking over to where he was lying. He had a blanket set out, just big enough for two. He didn't even bother dressing up…well he was more dressed up than usual. He had on black jeans, black sneakers, and a brown shirt. No tie. He sat up and turned around and Ino saw his eyes go wide just a tad and smiled. She sauntered over and pointed to the spot next to him.
"Is this seat taken?" she asked and he shook his head. Ino sat down, almost immediately taking off her stilettos. Shikamaru lay back down and watched her until she laid down with him, then he turned his head to the starry night.
"Ah! I see the boar!" Ino said, pointing it out. Shikamaru glanced at it and pointed out another constellation.
"What's that one?" Ino asked.
"Troublesome. The deer." Shikamaru said. Ino looked at him in confusion, so he scooted closer pointing out the stars one by one. She felt her cheeks heat up when he was closer. She "oh"ed when she finally saw the deer. They stayed like that for a few minutes until Ino broke the silence.
"Why did you come if you were just going to stay up here and stare at the sky?" she asked, turning and resting in head on her hand. He looked over at her and Ino saw a small blush creep up on his cheeks, for their faces were a bit close.
"Well…troublesome to stay home. And I knew that if I was here you would enjoy the dance just a tad more. And since Sasuke isn't here I thought I would cheer you up a bit." Shikamaru said, looking right in her eyes. Ino giggled and tapped his nose, lying back down on her back.
"Once Sakura and Lee made their connection at your party, even though they won't admit it, it showed me that I can move on from him too. And I did." Ino said, looking at the moon. Then Shikamaru did something surprising.
"Who?" he said, it seemed like he was trying to suppress a growl. Ino looked over to see him with his face contorted to a scowl. Ino being outspoken as she is, smoothly rolled over and kissed his cheek.
"You silly." Ino said, giggling then stopped. "Oh wait, you like Temari. Well she's back in town." She got up and put her shoes back on. Still Shikamaru just laid there. Only when he heard the door open did he call out.
"Troublesome women…wait Ino!" He yelled and heard the door stop. He got up, rolled up the blanket and walked over to her. Ino tried to wipe away the makeup and tears streaming down her face when Shikamaru put his hand on her shoulder. As he turned her around he dropped the blanket, using the other hand to hold her other shoulder. Ino, surprised yet again, stopped trying to wipe her tears away.
"I let go of her. She didn't come back to me. So she was never mine. You however I realize that I don't want to let go of." He let go of her shoulders and rolled his eyes exasperated when she started crying again. "Troublesome woman why are you crying now?!"
"I'm happy you lazy idiot!" she yelled and threw her arms around his neck and cried, Shikamaru sliding his around her waist. They stood there for a few minutes until Ino stopped crying and picked up the blanket. Shikamaru took her hand again and she looked back at him, wiping away the makeup marks.
"Will you go out with me?" He asked in all seriousness. Ino laughed and smiled at his confused face.
"Of course." She said, leading him down to the party yet again.
Hummm….oh! Hinata hasn't gone yet! Let's go!
Hinata and Naruto danced until someone came up and tapped her on the shoulder. Spinning around Hinata saw that it was one of the student body counselors and nodded. She grabbed Naruto's hand, walking quickly trying desperately to keep her heart rate down.
"I have to go DJ! Just look for me up on the booth. I think they'll announce me." Hinata said in his ear for the music was quite loud. As she pulled away he quickly kissed her cheek and gave her a bright smile.
Hinata blushed and ran to the DJ booth, out the doors next to it, into the bathroom. Taking her clothes out of the lockers in the bathroom Hinata changed, careful to hang her dress up. Slipping her shoes on she heard them start to calm everybody down. She burst out of the doors, sliding up the stairs and waited to announce her.
"Okay everybody sorry for the delay but today we have a great guest with us today. She is in the top of the class for electronic music and has agreed to mix it up here for us! Welcome you're quiet class mate, DJ for the next hour, DJ Hinata!" He said into the microphone and held his hand out for her and Hinata came up. Hinata took the mike and undid her mask.
"Hey everybody! Thanks for all showing up! Is everybody having fun?!" they yelled, Hinata smiling put the microphone down. She felt like she was on top of the world, some lights showing the vastness of the mass of people. Hinata hit a few buttons and the music started up with. "Who knew" by Pink, Remixed by her. She quickly slid on her headphones and started up with a new song.
Go to youtube and put in the search bar as"Pink - Who Knew (Vj Garzamix Video Remix - Bimbo Jones Mix)"
you can't go there, here are the lyrics to the original song.
You took my hand
You showed me how
You promised me you'd
be around
Uh huh
That's right
I took your words
And I believed
In everything
You said
to me
Yeah huh
That's right
If someone said three years
from now
You'd be long gone
I'd stand up and punch them
out
Cause they're all wrong
I know better
Cause you said
forever
And ever
Who knew
Remember when we were such
fools
And so convinced and just too cool
Oh no
No no
I
wish I could touch you again
I wish I could still call you
friend
I'd give anything
When someone said count your
blessings now
'fore they're long gone
I guess I just didn't
know how
I was all wrong
But They knew better
Still you said
forever
And ever
Who knew
Yeah yeah
I'll keep you locked in my head
Until we meet again
Until
we
Until we meet again
And I won't forget you my friend
What
happened
If someone said three years from now
You'd be long
gone
I'd stand up and punch them out
Cause they're all wrong
and
That last kiss
I'll cherish
Until we meet again
And
time makes
It harder
I wish I could remember
But I keep
Your
memory
You visit me in my sleep
My darling
Who knew
My
darling
My darling
Who knew
My darling
I miss you
My
darling
Who knew
Who knew
The crowd went wild as the song finished. While the song was playing Hinata was setting up another song, and started playing it. She looked out onto the crowd and saw Naruto and waved at him. He looked a bit shocked still but waved back, slowly smiling. All through out the half hour Hinata felt like she was in heaven. She forgot about the prospecting DJ employers, (who were standing in the back of the gym watching and listening) forgot about her stutter, it was just her, the rhythms and doing what she liked. All too soon was her shift over. As she left the DJ booth Naruto was right there.
"I didn't know you could do that! That was awesome Hinata!" He said while picking her up into a tight hug.
"I need something to drink and to sit down." Hinata said and he nodded and lead her to the table. While he was gone the other girls found her.
"You rocked Hinata!" yelled Tenten, her date missing for the moment.
"You are soooo getting the job!" Sakura said giving her a hug.
"You're DJing my parties from now on, got that?!" Ino commanded. Hinata laughed at all of this. A slow song came on and suddenly the guys showed up.
Ok let's finish the chapter up with Neji
When I came over to where Panda was she was fanning herself. She reached into her bag and pulled out two chopsticks. They were a deep blue, matching her dress. There were some beads hanging from it. Three pearl drops, a blue bead of some sort, then another three pearl drops. It took away the hair from the back of her neck. When she was done I offered my arm and she accepted it.
I lead Panda out onto the dance floor and we started dancing in slow circles. As we danced she put her head on my chest. I pulled her closer, and looked around to see the other people doing the same. As the song stopped Panda pulled away, a loud fast song quickly started.
"Let's go outside glare. It's getting a bit stuffy in here." Panda said and I nodded and lead her outside to a bench, in front of the fountain.
"Why did you want to come out here again?" I asked sitting down.
"'Cuz I thought the fountain would be pretty to look at until the bell rings for midnight for us to take off our masks." She looked over to me. "So I can finally see who I've been talking to for all these months." Panda lowered her voice to just above a whisper. "And whom I've grown to like." I sat there a bit stunned for a second. Too think that a girl, who had never seen me, never heard my voice, just talking over the internet would like me. I shifted my seat which made her turn around. Well here goes everything.
I gently took her chin and turned her head more towards me and gave her a kiss. We both closed out eyes, just listening to the fountain, until the bell rang to say that it was midnight. I made both of us jump and I slid back just a tad.
"It's midnight." I stated, and she just nodded. So I reached back, untying the knot that made my mask stay in place. It slid off my face and into my hand. She visibly scooted back. I was looking at her, waiting for her to take off her mask. Then she suddenly got up.
"Ne-ne-neji?" She sputtered.
"That's my name." I said.
"You told, like, the whole school that you weren't coming!" Panda took another step back. "You have been Glare? You were the person I told about my parents?"
"What's wrong?" I got up, concerned. Panda shook her head and started to cry. Oh great.
"You are one of the most non-speaking selfish bastards of the whole school! You only care for you're needs! I can't believe that I want to set you up with…" She took a deep breath. "Internet girl. Is it me?" she asked which I nodded to. She suddenly turned and ran away. I watched her and watched as a shinny object flew out of her sleeve. When it seemed that she didn't want to go back to get it or didn't know that she had lost it I went and picked it up.
It was well made with mother of pearl. It was only half of one, for there were two indents in the metal for something, the other half, to slide in and lock in place. I looked at it fondly, and then put it in my pocket. Taking out my cell phone and called for a cab to come pick me up. My runaway, golden brown eyed dragon.
Luna: well I LOVED to write this chapter! And who saw the latest Naruto episode?!?!?! A TOTAL NEJI X TENTEN MOMENT!!! AAAAHHHH!!!!! There is no reason now for Neji too be paired up with other than Tenten!! If you have not seen the latest, go find it, NOW!
