Late in the afternoon, the following day, Tsunade stands in the area of the party and sighs. Wow, Shikamaru... a whole three hours ahead of schedule... hm. Oh well... Next time? I'll leave it up to the jonin. Well…at least it isn't raining anymore. She takes her seat as the guests begin to arrive.

Eventually, everyone is in their place with the respective teams at their own tables save for one member of team seven: Sai who has decided to do a couple of sketches of the area and the people there while paying particular attention to Rinsu and Kiyoko.

Gai leaves his table, after conversing with his team, to join the rest of the jonin near Tsunade as the Hokage stands to make her opening speech.

"Welcome everyone! This week, we've brought into our midst, Team Thirteen from the fire village. It is my hope, that we can all learn from each other to make Konoha, the Dancing Fire village, and all of the fire nation greater as a whole. But for now, please enjoy the festivities that have been prepared by Team Ten and their assistants."

There is a round of applause as Tsunade returns to her seat until she raises her glass. "I would like to propose a toast; to growth and greatness." Before the others return her toast and drink to it.

"You both seem...oddly quiet." Senka states, putting her glass down as she looks back and forth between Kiba and Shikamaru with one brow raised. "And, correct me if I'm wrong, but you've been eyeing each other more than me."

"Nah, I'm just alittle tired... had to rush just get this all together when I did..." Shikamaru mutters. Not to mention I thought I'd have you to myself tonight.. man, what a drag...

"Really, it's nothing." Kiba offers with a grin before tossing a bit of food down to Akamaru. Except, I asked you first.. why do I gotta share it with this slacker...?

"Well, I just figured you wouldn't care, since we're friends, Kiba... And you didn't actually even ask me, Shikamaru... And you haven't actually asked me to be your girlfriend..." The brunette woman states, seeming alittle nervous now as she shifts slightly. Oh damn...

His eyes widening as he blushes a bit, Shikamaru swallows softly as Kiba blinks and seems to stare; almost inspecting.

Friends?? Hrm.. I don't think I've been direct enough...

"Oh..." Shikamaru utters thoughtfully. Friends or not, I know what Kiba's probably thinking... so I'll definitely have to ask her before the night is over. Hmm.. let's see... what can I do to get her away from Kiba for like.. five minutes...? Offering a grin, he just shrugs. "Well, you guys just got in town this week.. and I was alittle worried one of our shinobi mighta given you a bad first impression."

Blinking, Kiba's eyes squint alittle. Oh what's he mean by that??

"Yeah, no kidding.." She answers with a deep frown before shaking her head. "Poor Rinsu..."

"...What are you guys talkin' about...?" Kiba furrows his brows before he seems thoughtful. "It wasn't Shino, was it? He's not... uh.. so bad..."

"Nah, it's not Shino. Don't worry." Shikamaru raises a brow but shakes his head. He doesn't know.. eh, not exactly the gossiping type is he..?

"Uh... Choji? er.. wait! Sai!"

"Kakashi-sensei." Senka corrects smoothly, scratching behind Akamaru's ear, giving him a large piece of her steak as she proceeds to chew and suck on the fat and gristle.

"Kakashi...?" Kiba furrows his brows a moment and lowers his head. "Hrm... that's odd... heh. My next guess woulda been Neji..."

"Near as I can gather, he's a general pervert that no one realized before is also a womanizer." The female explains before letting out a sigh.

"Well he does spend a lot of time with that Jiraiya, and he reads all his books..." Kiba mutters thoughtfully. "He even saw the movie..."

As the wild-haired female grumbles softly, Shikamaru looks around a moment before noticing Rinsu trying to get Lee to dance and has a sudden thought. His brows raise and he motions to her. "Hey, she's not letting it get to her, huh?" Before he musters a bit of courage and stands. "They look pretty lonely, though, Senka. Wanna....?"

Blinking and seeming a bit surprised, a soft smile crosses her lips as the apples of her cheeks flush slightly. "When a guy like you's suddenly getting romantic, he must really wanna impress a girl. And I can't rightly say 'no'." With that she turns to Akamaru bending to kiss his nose sweetly then extends a hand to Kiba and lets it caress across his that rests on the table before taking Shikamaru's hand and standing.

As Shikamaru leads Senka out to where Rinsu and Lee are starting to dance, Kiyoko prods gently at Daisuke. "It's completely harmless, and she's not dancing with anyone."

Flinching a bit, Daisuke just blushes. "...but I'm only really good at slow dancing..." he mutters and looks off.

"Pfft. That's probably all she can do, too." Kiyoko waves a hand before murmuring softly. "And what a better way to get closer..."

"...and have Neji breathing down my neck..." Her twin mutters back.

Shrugging gently, Kiyoko then grins gently. "I'm gonna find someone to dance with.... Later!" Before skipping off toward Sakura. "Hey, Sakura!" She smiles a bit, folding her hands behind her. "You know... I know there aren't really any guys here you wanna dance with, and I feel the same way. So... instead of looking like a couple of wall flowers, why don't we dance together?"

Blinking a few times, seeming surprised, Sakura gives this a moment of thought before asking carefully. "No... slow dancing, right?"

Biting her lip discreetly a moment, Kiyoko then smiles and shakes her head, waving a dismissive hand. "Of course not! We're just dancing as friends."

As Sakura reluctantly agrees, and follows Kiyoko, Lee moves a bit shyly with Rinsu's movements, seeming alittle awkward and inexperienced as far as actual dancing.

"Come on, Lee! Loosen up alittle! Have fun!" Rinsu all but cheers him on before plastering herself against him with a smile before she wraps her arms around his neck, kissing him sweetly on his ear with a gentle blush.

Blinking his eyes wide, then blushing, Lee just grins a bit awkwardly before admitting shyly. "I have.. um.. never danced before, Rinsu..."

Smiling brightly at him, she only giggles again before nuzzling her nose against his ear. "Aww...! Well... Maybe we should loosen you up alittle..." She offers, glancing around a bit to see most people more concerned with their own conversations, or girls trying to drag guys out onto the floor; not to mention the many eyes upon the two girls dancing together, seeming to make Sakura blush deeply. As she sees Tenten get pushed off of Neji, trying to get him to dance as well, she seems thoughtful before reaching into her dress and pulling out a small flask. "You could...try this.."

Blinking at her again, Lee's eyes widen a bit further before he utters skeptically. "Is... is that sake...?" When she nods, Lee chews his lip and looks all around a moment before sighing deeply. "..er...well... I suppose... just alittle...even Gai sensei drinks alittle sake from time to time." When she offers him the flask, he takes it carefully and takes a small drink before handing it back. As the small bit of alcohol works into his system, Lee blinks softly with a gentle groan as he seems to become more at ease.

Walking up to where Hinata sits alone, Daisuke clears his throat, blushing a bit before uttering. "...Hhhey, Hinata.... doing okay tonight...?"

Blinking up to him in surprise, away from her eyes upon a nearby table, the young Hyuuga female offers him a soft smile before nodding sweetly. "I'm...alright... How are you...?" Her hands rest on the table, her index fingers poking one another as she blushing only gently, her long hair fallen down her back and over her shoulders.

"Oh.. alright..." He utters through a calming sigh. "They did... a pretty good job putting this together, huh?" When she only nods slightly with a soft sound of agreement, the brunette young man licks his lips and chews the bottom one a moment before uttering shyly as his blush grows. "...well.. uh... you know..." but before he actually gets the words out, there is a loud cry from Rinsu before Daisuke turns to see her stumble back with Lee's leg outstretched as he cries out happily.

"WhooHOO! I am so loose!"

"Lee..! Calm down!" Rinsu calls out worriedly as Neji and Tenten already jump to their feet and run over to the two on the dance floor as Rinsu screams out, a swift kick meeting her in the stomach from the inebriated young man and causing her to slam into a table.

"SHIT..!" Senka calls out before moving past Shikamaru without another word as Tenten and Neji show obvious difficulty with the lone green clad male. "Lee..!"

Lee cries out in excitement as he swings Tenten into Neji and throws off the Hyuuga male causing him to stumble right into Senka's path, who quickly darts aside, moving to try to kick the short-haired man's feet out from under him. But she grits her teeth when he easily jumps over the attack and spins, catching her harshly across her jaw and making her stumble back.

Turning from Hinata, Daisuke's jaw drops and he quickly rushes away from her. "Oh damn!" Reaching into his back pocket for one of his scrolls that he quickly unravels. Performing his signature jutsu, three chains shoot from the scroll to snag Lee around the arms and legs, but the chains aimed for his legs miss and the ones on his wrists stop him, though momentarily.

"Whaaoo.. what're these chains for...?" He murmurs before wrenching his arms once, twice, and on the third time, he lifts Daisuke clear from his feet and across the dance floor, landing on Sakura and knocking her away from Kiyoko.

"Sakura!" Kiyoko calls out in surprise, almost in unison with Naruto before he frowns and turns quickly.

"Hmph! I got 'im!" This said, the genin puts his fingers together in a cross and four Naruto now stand where there was only one. All four charge Lee at the same time, who smacks them aside obliviously before bringing his leg up... inadvertently... into the original's groin.

As Naruto calls out and drops, Tsunade sits in stunned silence. "Gai... you weren't kidding... I know... I should stop it but... it's like watching a train wreck..."

Frowning in disappointment at himself, Gai stand quickly and starts over the table. "Lee! You have to stop!"

"Shadow manipulation!" Shikamaru calls as he closes his hands in an upside-down circle and his shadow stretches out and easily latches onto Lee's, who stops almost instantly. The Nara male sighs deeply and merely holds Lee in place as the other black haired youth suddenly blinks as if just now realizing that he can no longer hear the music playing and murmurs drunkenly.

"...Did someone turn off the music? I stopped dancing..."

As Sakura harshly punches the dark haired young man off of her with a loud growl, a slow clapping can be heard from across the room.

Looking up quickly, Kiyoko suddenly frowns and flinches deeply at the sight of two Kunoichi that she knows all too well. One dressed in pink with long dark hair that flows over one eye down to the middle of her back, her skirt fully revealing the front half and only covered by a few almost strategically placed belts, as well as a pair of upper and lower back braces of black. The other has brilliant green eyes and her hair, while being the same color as the other female ninja, is pulled up into a pair of ponytails. "Oh...!"