A/N: Thank you all for your wonderful reviews! I really appreciate them.

I would also like to thank a reviewer under the name anonymous. They helped me with one issue about volleyball, I haven't played on a real team since I was in the eighth grade (two years ago) so I don't know how scoring has changed. But I didn't edit the chapter, because there was very little to change and it still makes sense and works. Thank you for helping me and not making it a flame.

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Chapter 11

"So, teme, are you nervous?" Naruto asked. Sasuke arched a brow and looked at Sakura, who shrugged.

"What do you mean?" Sakura asked. Naruto grinned and winked.

"The next event is the tango."

Sasuke paced back and forth, wiping his sweaty brow and tugging on the collar of his silky shirt. He rolled his eyes, this shirt was pretty uncomfortable and the collar wouldn't stay in place! Sasuke walked up to the floor length mirror and checked his appearance, smoothing out his pants and shirt, more because of nervous energy than wanting to look neat. He took in his shiny black shoes, black pants, and red shirt. Sasuke felt he looked ridiculous.

"You look fine," Naruto insisted, as if reading the Uchiha's thoughts. Naruto was staying back stage with his best friend until Sakura came. Neji and Shikamaru had already gotten seats for everyone else.

Sasuke sighed and ran his hand through his hair, only to have Naruto groan, grab his black comb, and comb it out all over again. The boys had spent hours trying to calm down the Uchiha's spiky 'do, but finally decided to just gel it in place and hope Sakura would settle for the chicken hair.

Sasuke looked anxiously at the clock and drummed his nervous fingers on the table. Naruto sighed. "She shouldn't be here for another five minutes, teme." Sasuke glared at the blonde and continued to watch the clock.

One minute went by.

And another one.

Where is she?

Tick tick tick

Another minute.

"Let's talk about something to get your mind off of it," Naruto suggested. "But what? How about…" Sasuke's eyes, that had been closed the moment Naruto started talking, shot open in confusion. Naruto seemed to be gawking at something behind him. Sasuke turned around in his chair and nearly fell over.

Sakura walked in, followed by Ino, Tenten, and Hinata, who were all poking at her hair and dress, checking her teeth and makeup, and adjusting the flower that sat on Sakura's ear. She smiled shyly at Sasuke, her cheeks turning a pretty pink. Sasuke smacked Naruto to wake him from his stupor and stood up, looking his girlfriend up and down.

"Sakura…" Sasuke whispered, "You look… beautiful."

He couldn't take his eyes off of Sakura. She wore a black halter dress (a/n: you know, that style they wear in the tango where the front of the dress goes up to like above the knees and the back ends at mid-calf) that revealed half of her back and a bit of cleavage. The inside of the skirt of the dress was ruffly and the same color red as Sasuke's shirt. She wore black, strappy high heels and Sakura's pink hair was curled and pulled up, a few strands falling and framing her pretty face. A red Amaryllis was tucked behind her right ear, causing her viridian eyes to glow brightly.

The three other girls giggled, wished the couple good luck, and then scurried off to find their seats in the audience. "You'll win for sure," Naruto said, grinning. He was about to give Sakura one of his patent Bear Hugs, but she feared for her outfit, so Naruto settled for a rain check.

"Well, look who it is," a voice crowed. Sasuke and Sakura turned to see a certain bushy browed boy dressed in a matador outfit. Sasuke snorted.

"What are you wearing?" he asked. Rock Lee frowned and looked at his outfit.

"What's wrong with it? This is what they wear!" he insisted, stomping his foot on the ground.

Someone behind Lee snorted. "Calm down." The voice's owner stepped around Lee. It was a tall girl with long brown hair and dark hazel eyes. She was wearing a dark red dress that looked similar to Sakura's, except it was much more revealing.

"You'll have to ignore him," the girl said. "He's an idiot."

"We know," Sasuke explained, glaring at the bushy brow in question.

The girl looked Sasuke up and down, smirking. "I don't believe we've had the pleasure of meeting…"

"Hn." Sasuke rolled his eyes.

Sakura was fuming. Who did this girl think she was! Sticking her chest out at Sasuke like that! Inner Sakura was already planning all the ways she could kill the girl…

"Hn?" the girl questioned, arching one of her perfect eye brows.

Yeah 'Hn'! And that's all you're getting, little Miss Perfect Eyebrows That Are Probably Waxed! Inner Sakura shouted, waving her fist in the air.

"I'm Mai," the girl said, looking only at Sasuke. "But you can call me anything you want. Boys like to call me-"

"I'm Sakura," Sakura interjected, stepping in between this Mai girl and her boyfriend, who looked very annoyed.

Mai looked Sakura up and down, frowning. "What's his name?"

"None of your business," Sakura snapped.

"Really? Do you always let your little fan girl do your talking?" Mai asked Sasuke. Sakura's eye brow twitched.

WE'RE NOT A FAN GIRL! Inner Sakura roared, grabbing an Imaginary Mai and smacking her head against an imaginary brick wall. HAHAHA! Looks like your eyebrows aren't so perfect now!

"Come on, Mai-chan," Lee said, coming back from the corner he was crying in. "We're up next."

"We're going to win this," Mai said, fixing her hair in the mirror.

"I don't think so," Sakura said.

Mai laughed. "Oh really?"

"Yes, really. I've been dancing since I could walk."

"So have I."

"We've been practicing for weeks."

"So have we."

"My partner isn't dressed like a freaking matador."

Mai sweat dropped as Lee made his victory pose. "My name means dance."

"Big deal. My name means cherry blossom, does that mean that I look like a ch- oh… er…"

"Sakura," Sasuke said, finally giving up on ignoring the girls. "Let's go."

"But, Sasuke-kun…!"

"Oh, so that's your name? I like it, Sasuke."

"Never mind, lets go!" Sakura shouted, grabbing Sasuke's wrist and dragging him out the door.

Sasuke and Sakura walked through an empty hallway and went to the other side of off stage. Mai and Lee walked on stage as Team Gai applauded loudly. Fast music started and Sakura and Sasuke were speechless.

They'd never seen anyone dance so… dirty. Well, except for that first practice they had, but that was different- that was in private! As much as Sakura hated to admit it, it looked like Mai was… humping Lee! It was very provocative and somewhat uncomfortable for Sakura and Sasuke, who were watching from a very small space, so small that Sasuke had to brace himself up by placing his hands on either side of the wall Sakura was leaning on, and Sakura was pressed up against the wall by Sasuke's muscular body.

Their face were inches apart, and the music was sounding very seductive. Both simultaneously remembered their first dance practice and how heated it got. Sasuke felt his pants get a little tighter as Sakura tried to adjust her chest that was firmly pressed into Sasuke's, but really it just seemed like she was wriggling, arousing Sasuke even more.

Finally, he couldn't take it. Sasuke leaned down and captured Sakura's tempting lips with his own. He licked her bottom lip, and as their tongues did a tango of their own, Sakura moaned, bringing her arms up around Sasuke's neck and tangling her fingers in his spiky hair. Sasuke brought his arms down around Sakura's skinny waist, pulling her closer to him as he growled low in his throat.

"Haruno Sakura and Uchiha Sasuke? Haruno and Uchiha?" a voice shouted. The pair broke apart, both extremely annoyed at being interrupted and quickly tried to fix their appearance.

"Yes, sorry, we're here," Sakura said, stepping out of the small space and walking towards the more open back stage where a small, black haired woman had a clipboard. Sasuke tried to straighten out his shirt and fix his hair as Sakura adjusted her dress and hair, motioning to Sasuke that he had lipstick all over his mouth.

The woman didn't notice their strange appearance, she was busy writing things on her clipboard. "It's alright," she said. "You two are up next."

Sakura nodded as she adjusted the flower in her hair and wiped the remaining lipstick off Sasuke's mouth. They both rushed to the mirror to fix anything they missed. Luckily, there were no marks on their necks.

Sakura giggled and Sasuke smirked, kissing his girlfriend on the head before taking her hand and leading her to the curtain where they would make their entrance.

"After these two are off, Tsunade will say your names, team, and song. When she walks off stage, you escort her onstage," the short woman explained to the pair, looking at Sasuke towards the end of her explanation. Lee and Mai were finishing and when the song ended, the audience was silent. Because it was an outdoor stage, all that could be heard was the chirps of crickets and ribbits of frogs. Mai glared at her team, who all started applauding loudly.

Mai and Lee bowed and walked off stage, arguing the whole way off. Tsunade gave a shaky smile and walked back onstage, making sure the next couple was ready. When Sasuke and Sakura nodded to her, Tsunade brought her microphone to her lips.

"Er… thank you, Team Gai. Very… unique. Up next, we have the long awaited Team Kakashi." Said team stood up and cheered loudly. "Uchiha Sasuke and Haruno Sakura dancing to Cereza Flor Seducción." Tsunade smiled at the couple quickly before walking off the stage to the judges table.

"Ready?" Sasuke whispered. Sakura looked up at him and grinned.

"Let's do this."

Sasuke smirked and held out his hand, Sakura took it in her own and they walked onto the stage. Team Kakashi cheered loudly, even several other audience members cheered as well.

"They look great," Naruto said to his friends.

"No," Tenten corrected, "They look great together."

"She's glowing," Hinata observed. Neji nodded, still in awe of how great the two looked.

Sasuke held his left hand out, his right one perched on Sakura's waist. Sakura smiled and placed her right hand in Sasuke's and her left hand on his shoulder. The music started slowly and the pair danced around the stage, twirling and snapping back into place. Sasuke twirled Sakura out to his left, then brought her back into his arms with a quick snap of his wrist.

Sakura spun quickly before bringing her hands around Sasuke's neck, she leaned back so her head nearly touched the floor, Sasuke's hands supporting her back. Sakura brought her left leg up so it was resting on Sasuke's shoulder as he walked backwards slowly, dragging her until she dropped into the splits. Sasuke lifted Sakura up so she was standing and used his left hand to support her as Sakura arched her back again over his elbow, Sasuke's right hand stroking a line down Sakura's chest, to her torso, and down her left leg (a/n: like in Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights). Sasuke quickly slid his hand off of Sakura's foot, spinning her quickly with his other hand and then bringing the pink haired girl back into his arms.

They danced around the stage again, Sakura's dress twirling and flowing about. Sasuke smirked, they hadn't made any mistakes! But he noticed the judges didn't look very impressed. Sasuke frowned. He knew it would take a drastic measure for them to win.

"We're changing the ending," Sasuke said quickly as they danced around the large stage.

"What?" Sakura asked.

"Remember the lift we tried on our fourth practice?"

"You're crazy! We never got it!"

"We tried it twice."

"Yeah, both times we got hurt. My head crashed through the wall!"

"Third time's the charm," Sasuke smirked. Sakura bit her lip as Sasuke spun her out and then snapped her back into his arms. Sakura whipped her leg around Sasuke's as the two lunged to the right. Sakura used her free leg to twirl around them and she spun to the ground.

"Are you sure?"

"Don't you trust me?" Sakura sighed as Sasuke brought her into his strong arms again.

"You know I do."

"Good."

"When are we doing it?"

"After your triple."

"Okay." They spun across the floor, almost forgetting everyone around them. Sasuke smirked at Sakura and nodded, who had fear in her eyes.

"What if I hurt you again-"

"You wont." Sakura smiled as Sasuke spun her out so her back was to his chest. Sakura had her one arm around the back of Sasuke's neck, her other on top of Sasuke's hand that was on her waist. They made circles with their hips and Sakura felt her heart beating even faster.

"Be careful," she warned. Sasuke smirked again. Sakura kissed Sasuke, almost as if saying 'Incase this is good bye…' Sasuke smiled and shook his head. He spun Sakura off to the right, then ran to the edge of the stage, tucking his legs in and flipping through the air like Hinata had taught him for diving. Sasuke turned around quickly as the audience gasped. Sakura ran to the edge of the stage as well, jumping as far as she could.

Sakura closed her eyes in fear and anticipation, when she suddenly felt two strong hands on each of her hips. Sakura opened one eye, then the other as well. She saw Sasuke standing below her, holding her up. Sakura grinned and held her arms out, pointing her toes. The music ended with a bang, just as Sasuke caught Sakura. The audience was silent.

Sasuke cringed. This was the exact same thing that happened before. He was about to let Sakura down, when suddenly there was a loud,

"GOOD KAMI THAT WAS INCREDIBLE!" Sasuke smiled. Good 'ol Naruto. The audience started applauding and cheering wildly. Sakura laughed and looked down at Sasuke, who smiled up at her. He slowly lowered the girl into his arms. They hugged and kissed quickly, before bowing and climbing up on stage. They bowed again and then walked off stage.

Several minutes later, all of the couples were standing on stage, with Tsunade in front of them. She held a microphone in one hand, and there was a machine next to her.

"This is called an Applause-o-meter," Tsunade said. "I will call forward each couple. To decide the winner, you need to applaud who you liked the best when they are called forward. The Applause-o-meter will read off the loudest applause and that will tell us who our winners are."

One by one, each couple went forward. Most couples just got to the 50 or 60 (out of 100). Rock Lee and Mai were called forward and got a mere 30 from Team Gai. Then Tsunade called Sasuke and Sakura forward. The entire crowd cheered loudly. Soon the Applause-o-meter's arrow was going to 60, then to 70, then to 80. It zoomed past 90 and 100, suddenly, the whole machine started shaking. There was a loud beeping noise and Naruto screamed like a girl, hiding under Neji's chair. Neji kicked underneath him, injuring the blonde's head.

With a poof of smoke and a sharp bang noise, the Applause-o-meter exploded, landing in a pile of rubble on the ground. Tsunade poked it slightly with her toe, and then sighed, smiling at Sasuke and Sakura, who were sweat dropping.

"Well, I guess that means Team Kakashi wins again." Team Kakashi jumped up from their seats and cheered. Sasuke and Sakura hugged as they met their teammates back stage.

Sasuke and Sakura changed back into their clothes and met up with their friends at the mess hall. When they walked in, everyone cheered again. Sakura beamed, while Sasuke rolled his eyes, shoving his hands in his pockets as Sakura hugged his right bicep.

"You were fabulous!" Tenten shouted, licking her chocolate ice cream cone.

"You looked fabulous!" Ino said, smiling at Sakura.

"How did you do it, teme?" Naruto asked after he tackled Sakura and gave her the belated Bear Hug.

Sasuke just shrugged. "He has an amazing teacher," Sakura joked as they all sat down.

Several hours later, everyone was laughing and telling jokes. Hinata yawned.

"Yikes! It's already eleven!" Tenten said, looking at the clock that hung on the wall.

"We should be getting back," Shikamaru said.

"Yeah." Ino pulled her sweatshirt over her head as the group stood up to leave.

"Naruto-kun? Are you coming?" Hinata asked the still-seated boy.

"Naw," Naruto waved his hand as he got another bowl of instant ramen. "I'm still hungry. I'll see you tomorrow Hinata-chan!" Hinata kissed the blonde's cheek and then ran off to meet her friends.

Neji and Tenten walked ahead of the group, holding hands and whispering things to each other. Hinata and Sakura winked at each other. Ino didn't notice, because she was busy talking with Shikamaru.

Sakura reached for Sasuke's hand, but he shoved both of his into his pockets. Sakura frowned and walked over to Hinata, who said hi to the three boys who were walking towards the mess hall.

A few minutes later, Sakura turned to Sasuke when they reached the girls' cabin. She stood on her tip toes to give him a kiss, but Sasuke just walked away.

"S-Sasuke-kun…?"

"I'm going for a walk," he mumbled, shoving his hands even further into his pockets.

"O-Oh. Well, good night!" Sakura shouted, waving to the boy who seemed to ignore her. She sighed as Ino and Tenten each kissed their boys good bye. Hinata gave a comforting smile.

"I'm sure it's nothing," Hinata whispered. Sakura nodded and shivered.

"I forgot my sweatshirt in the mess hall. I'll be back!" she shouted, jogging to her destination. Tenten and Ino shrugged as they followed Hinata into their cabin.

"…so then the store owner moves to the box that the red head is hiding in. He kicks it and the red head says 'meow meow.' The store owner shrugs and assumes it's just a cat. Then he hears something moving in the sack the blonde is hiding in, in the corner. He kicks it and it just wiggles. He kicks it again and the sack moves a bit, and then he hears… 'potato potato'."

The three boys listening to Naruto's dumb blonde joke start howling with laughter, falling over and wiping tears as Naruto grins and then downs another bowl of ramen. They all turn to the door when they hear it open.

"Oh, um, konichiwa everyone. I just forgot my sweatshirt," Sakura said as she made her way to the white sweatshirt on a table. Sakura grabbed it, started to turn away, but slowly turned back to Naruto.

"Um, Naruto?" Said boy turned in his friend's direction. "Can I… can I ask you something?"

"Of course, Sakura-chan!" Naruto said, jumping up and gesturing to the seat next to him. "Come sit!"

Sakura nodded and did, fidgeting with the sweatshirt in her lap. "Um, well, I was just wondering… well, Sasuke-kun has been acting weird lately. Almost like he's been having really bizarre mood swings. Do you know… er, have you noticed anything?"

Naruto rubbed his chin and looked to the other boys, who shook their heads as if they hadn't noticed. "Well, that's Sasuke-teme for ya! He's always having mood swings. Don't worry, Sakura-chan." Sakura smiled somewhat disappointedly.

"Oh, well arigatou Naruto. Good night." Sakura waved good bye, and then walked out. But before she shut the door, she heard the boys voices again.

"What are you talking about?" one boy who met Sasuke their first week at camp asked, "I've never seen Sasuke have a mood swing, he's always emo or annoyed or mad…"

Naruto sighed. "I know. I just don't want Sakura-chan to worry."

"About what?" another boy asked. Sakura slowly pushed the door a little more open so she could hear better without being caught.

Another sigh. "Well, I've known Sasuke since I can remember," Naruto started. "And he's never had a relationship with a girl for more than about two weeks. And he's been dating Sakura-chan for almost three months."

"You don't think he can handle it?" Sakura felt the tears begin to form in her eyes.

"Not exactly. I think he's afraid-"

"Do you mean he's going to dump her?"

"Yeah, I bet she's just a summer fling," the third boy said. Sakura started to sob, she was afraid the boys would hear her, so she covered her face and raced back to the cabin.

"No," Naruto said sternly. "I think he's afraid of the fact that he's falling in love with her."

A/N: Sorry that it kind of took me a while to update, we've been remodeling my bedroom, so I spent this past week packing, painting, building, vacuuming, and unpacking. Plus my grandma was visiting. And I start working this Thursday so I've been doing training seminars. Very little time to write. But I'm only working every other day, and it's only for like two weeks at our state fair. Woo Hoo! Haha so don't worry, I'll still be updating and stuff.

Please review!

(Oh yeah, the dancing part was inspired by the movie Dirty Dancing and Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights that were on last night on ABC Family- incase you were wondering. Both excellent movies- definitely recommend them.)

PS: To any authors who are struggling with the ruler that seems to not be working, I found out that if you just copy the ruler from another story, you can paste it right in! Three cheers to beating the system!