As Naruto and Sakura walked down the street, hand in hand, Sakura asked, "What time is it?"

Naruto looked around. "I don't know, I'm not wearing a watch, and there aren't any clocks around."

"It's 5:30," a voice came from behind them. Sakura and Naruto spun around to see Shikamaru and Chouji in similar black tuxes. Shikamaru looked up from his watch. "Oh, Hinata and Neji invited you guys too?"

Sakura seethed with anger as Naruto replied, "No, I think Hinata was going to invite me though, so I'm going."

"What about you Sakura...whoa!" Chouji shouted. "I didn't think anyone's face could get that red..."

Shikamaru looked at Sakura, then over at Naruto. "What's wrong with her?"

Naruto looked at Sakura and shrugged. "I don't know, she's been really weird all day..."

Sakura's eye twitched as she looked at the three of them. She took a deep breath...

"AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO WASN'T INVITED TO THIS STUPID PARTY!" she screamed as Konohamaru ran by.

"I wasn't invited!" Konohamaru shouted back at them. Sakura let out a growl and pulled a shuriken out of her bag, flicking it in Konohamaru's direction without looking.

The four of them heard an "Oof!" and a thump as someone fell to the ground.

"I always hated that kid..." Sakura muttered. Naruto looked nervously from Sakura to Konohamaru, who lay motionless on the ground.

"Um...let's go..." Naruto said, yanking Sakura in the opposite direction. Chouji and Shikamaru hurried after them.

"Ok, we should get there right on time, if my calculations are correct," Shikamaru told them, taking another look at his watch.

A faint, "Oh my God! I don't feel a pulse!" came from somewhere behind them, but they ignored it.

"So, did you guys hear anything specific about this party?" Sakura asked.

"Yeah, Hinata said that everyone would have dinner with her family, and then there would be a sleepover for all of us, while the adults go to sleep," Chouji said. "And she also said that since it's a Hyuuga party, both she and Neji are considered hosts."

"Ok, I wonder what the sleepover'll be like?" Naruto asked.

"Oh no!" Sakura suddenly said. "Since we didn't know it was a sleepover, we didn't bring anything to sleep in," she said to Naruto.

"Oh, I'm sure I can borrow something from Neji, and you from Hinata..." Naruto thought up.

"Great...I get to borrow clothes from Hinata..." Sakura grumbled.

"What was that?" Naruto asked.

"Uh...I said, 'Great idea Naruto!', that's all."

"Oh, ok!"

Shikamaru and Chouji rolled their eyes.

"Hey, we're here," Shikamaru pointed out. He looked down at his watch. "And right on time. It's 5:55."

"Cool, guess we should just go inside..." Naruto said, stopping at the front door. He raised his hand to push it open, when suddenly it was yanked open from the other side.

Hinata stood in front of them in a green dress. "Hey N-Naruto, S-Sakura...what are you two doing here?"

"Well, I realized that you had tried to invite me yesterday, so I came! And I have to watch out for Sakura, since her memory could vanish any moment, and I figured you wouldn't mind if she came!" Naruto told her.

"O-oh, no, it's n-no problem," Hinata said, giving him a strange look and obviously not believing him. She ushered the four of them in anyway. Sakura gasped as they entered a huge room with a long table in the middle. "Our d-dining room..." Hinata explained. "You can g-go ahead and sit d-down..."

Naruto and Sakura looked around as Shikamaru and Chouji headed towards the table. Kiba, Shino, Ino, Rock Lee, Tenten, Neji, Might Guy, and even Sai were there, along with most of the Hyuuga clan.

Sakura sat down next to Sai, and Naruto sat down on the other side of Sakura.

"Hey Sai, you were invited too?" Naruto asked.

"Of course. Why not?" Sai replied.

Sakura sighed. At this point, she was beyond anger.

"Hey, you guys," a voice came from behind them. Naruto turned around.

"Kakashi-sensei! You too?" Naruto asked.

"Yup, Neji thought I would enjoy being here since Might Guy was invited. He was sadly mistaken, but I appreciate the gesture, and I haven't been to a dinner party in a while. Plus..." he leaned in towards them and whispered, "I hear there's going to be a sleepover afterwards! I'm looking forward to it."

The rest of Team Kakashi stared up at him. "Kakashi-sensei, that's only for the kids," Sakura told him.

Kakashi frowned. "Ah, fiddlesticks!" He took a seat next to Naruto.

Suddenly, a loud clanging came from the head of the table, and when they looked up, Hinata's father was standing up, tapping on the side of a wine glass with a fork. "Hello, everyone. Now that all of Hinata and Neji's little friends are here..."

"And Kakashi finally showed up!" someone interrupted.

"Yes, yes, of course. At any rate, now that everyone's here, we can eat. Enjoy!" He bowed to everyone, and platters of food were brought out by dozens of waiters. The covers were lifted, and almost everyone licked their lips.

"Dig in!" Naruto cried happily to Sakura, and threw his face into his plate as everyone else daintily picked up their forks and knives.

"Naruto!" Sakura cried, grabbing his head and yanking him back up. "You have to be fancy! Like this!" she demonstrated how to handle the forks and knives.

"Fine..." Naruto grumbled. He picked up his fork and knife, but the fork slipped through his fingers and clattered to the floor. Sakura's face turned red.

"Naruto, you idiot!" she whispered so only he could hear, just as polite chatter started up and down the table.

Naruto looked to his left, then turned back to Sakura. "I got this..." When Kakashi was busy talking to Kiba, who was on his left, Naruto reached over and stole his fork. Sakura gasped.

"Naruto, you can't take Kakashi-sensei's fork! How is he supposed to eat?"

Naruto shrugged. "Who cares, I got a fork."

"Give that back!" Sakura hissed, trying to grab it from him, which resulted in a tug-of-war between the two of them.

"Fine, take it," Naruto said, letting go before Sakura could react. She was jerked backwards by her own force, and the fork flew out of her hands. Both of them watched with shocked looks as the fork flew through the air in slow motion, headed straight towards Neji, who was deep in conversation with Tenten. Neji moved his hand from on top of the table to his lap just as the fork landed right where his hand had been, sticking itself into the table with a thud. Both Neji's and Tenten's heads jerked towards the fork, staring at it for a moment, and then looking at each other. Neji looked away from Tenten and up and down the table.

"Quick! Hide!" Sakura whispered, pulling Naruto down under the table. Sai and Kakashi peeked down at them after a minute.

"What are you two doing under there?" Kakashi asked. He looked back at his plate. "And where did my fork go?"