From Ramen with Love

by Ryushi-the-DutchEroSennin

With help from Ayame, Naruto manages to become closer to the girls, but now he has just one big problem. Naruto can't decide which girl he likes the most. Humor, Romance and Mayhem unfolds as Naruto is trying to find his love. NaruHarem

16. Chapter 16: Night of Fate

A/N: Full Author Notes at the end, along with some trivia. My apologies for the long delay, but the next few chapters should be done way faster than this one (Though a bit shorter most likely)

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Chapter 16: Night of Fate

It didn't take very long before Naruto saw the first of the girls appear on the horizon. Her blonde locks had a mystical glow in the faint moonlight, though Naruto was surprised to find out it wasn't the blonde girl who he expected to see first. Nevertheless, Naruto was taken away by the appearance of the beauty, who was none other than Ino.

Her hair was tied in the usual ponytail, a couple of strands of hair present in front of her face as always. Ino wore silk blue garments, a skirt that reached till just over her kneecaps, it's ends headed in a smooth diagonal line down.

The blue silk of her top seemed to be loosely wrapped around, managing to neatly stay in place while exposing her right shoulder. The sleeves of the top ended at her wrists, where they extended into a bolt of silk which was partly wrapped around her hands, it's end hanging down on her wrists and almost reaching as far as Ino lower legs.

The smile she threw at Naruto completed the picture and Naruto couldn't help but let out a slight gasp.

"Nemar-kun...Good e-evening..." Ino said when she was close enough to Naruto, "I...I didn't expect to find you here..."

"Ah well, you see..." Naruto sheepishly grinned, "Tsunade-sama asked me to come here and attend to her party...I don't know why, but it was an order so..."

Ino smiled at him, "Well, I'm glad you're here though. You..."

Naruto blinked at Ino as she shyly looked away and smiled at him with a blush on her face, "You look great..."

"Oi, don't steal my line now." Naruto sheepishly grinned and Ino blushed even more.

"You know...It seems like we're the first to get here..." Ino looked up at Naruo and straightened herself up a bit.

"Ye...Yeah..." Naruto replied as Ino leaned with her upper arm against Naruto.

"Hope you don't mind if I take a bit of advantage of the situation." Ino smiled at him, her blush still present on her face.

"Uhm...well..." Naruto gulped, "I guess she expects me to do at least SOMETHING."

"Ino..." Naruto said, causing the blonde kunoichi to look up at him in surprise. Naruto wrapped his arm around her and held her close, "Just to let you know...I think you looking absolutely amazing tonight."

Steam vented from Ino's ears as he face shot bright red and she started to move in Naruto's arms like she was made out of jelly, "Kya! Nemar-kun, you! Saying such embarrassing things! We can't! We're in public, so there's no way we could!"

"Is she imagining something weird...?" Naruto sheepishly grinned for a moment and then looked like he usually did, "Ino..."

Ino froze and looked hopeful at Naruto, "H-Hai?"

"I know that there will definitely be sake at this party, so..." Naruto leaned closer towards Ino's ear, causing the blonde to blush a bit as her mind flushed with various ideas of what Naruto might say. However, she didn't quite expect what he was going to say, "Could you please make sure I don't get any. I don't want to do anything I'd regret or something..."

"Oh...Oh. Well..." Ino smirked slyly, "I'll promise you that on one condition."

"Eh? Condition? What is it?" Naruto blinked at Ino for a moment, "What is she planning to ask?"

"Don't hate me if I get drunk and want to get wild with you, alright?" Ino winked at Naruto, though she couldn't hide the blush on her face.

Naruto laughed sheepishly, "Don't worry, I won't hate you. Just try to restrain yourself at least."

Ino gave Naruto a wide smile, "Alright then. We'll see if you want that last part though."

Naruto blushed, rubbing the back of his head as he looked away and Ino leaned into his arms again, "Now...Where were we again with just the two of us?"

"Well...uhm..." Naruto looked into Ino's eyes as he felt the warmth of her body slowly flow over to him.

"Ino!" A voice called out, causing the two blondes to almost instantly jump apart as they heard the yell.

Sakura came running towards them with a smile on her face when she reached them, "Geez, I thought you'd wait for me."

"Ah, sorry." Ino sheepishly grinned, "I thought you said I should wait for you in front of the Hokage's tower."

Naruto blinked at Sakura, who was wearing a bit more traditional outfit compared to her blonde best friend. Sakura wore a beautiful red kimono with a pattern of cherry blossoms across it, each of them sparkling in the faint light present.

"Hm?" Sakura let out as she noticed Naruto standing beside Ino, "Na...Nemar-kun? You're here too?"

"Y-Yeah..." Naruto let out and sheepishly grinned.

"That's just perfect." Sakura smiled sweetly at Naruto, "Can I have a word with you for a moment? Alone?"

"Ehm..." Naruto threw a brief glance towards Ino, "I guess that's alright..."

Naruto walked with Sakura away from Ino for a moment and the two of them slightly bend over.

"Naruto, what are you doing here?" Sakura whispered.

"What? I thought I told you about that. Tsunade-obachan invited me to come over to her party." Naruto whispered in return.

"...Oh, yeah...Did you and Ino just...?" Sakura asked as she looked at Naruto.

Naruto partly blushed and waved dismissively, "N-No, we didn't do anything really."

"Oh...Ok." Sakura smiled at Naruto, "I would've found it funny to see Ino kiss you without knowing that you're really...you know, you."

Naruto sighed, "I thought you took all of this ver y serious, Sakura-chan."

"I do." Sakura said as she straightened up and smiled at Naruto, "I'm going to give it my best shot tonight and I'll be sure that I hit right now the mark."

Sakura made the 'gun' sign with her right hand and 'shot' Naruto with it before she turned around and headed back towards Ino.

Naruto, however, stood still on the spot for a few moments, dazed by Sakura's comment, "Sakura-chan's best shot, eh? I wonder what it's like..."

"What did you just tell him?" Ino asked out of curiousity as she looked at Naruto, who was still partly staring off into space.

"Just that I'll give it my best shot tonight and won't be holding back." Sakura winked at Ino, "Perhaps you should try it too."

"You know, Sakura..." Ino said as her eyes softened.

"Hm? What's wrong, Ino?" Sakura asked as she blinked at the blonde.

"Do you...really have to go after Nemar-kun as well?" Ino asked as she looked at her pink haired friend, "I mean, you're quite popular...I on the other hand don't have guys lining up for me or anything..."

"Ino, even if I'd give up on him, it wouldn't guarantee that he'd choose you." Sakura smiled at Ino and placed a hand on her shoulder, "Besides, no matter what happens, we'll always have each other, right?"

Ino smiled and looked towards Naruto, who just snapped out of his moment of bliss and was frantically searching around him for something, "Yeah...You're right. I won't give up either, though."

Naruto took a quick few steps and rejoined the two girls, sheepishly grinning, "Sorry...I just spaced off there a bit..."

"I guess Sakura can have that effect on people." Ino winked at her friend.

"Y-Yeah..." Naruto replied, slightly blushing, "It's not just her though..."

Ino blushed and Sakura smiled at Naruto, "Geez...That Naruto...It looks like he's even doing this unconsciously."

Moments passed by and their small group soon grew out to a larger crowd of kunoichi, most unknown to Naruto, but he recognised some of them. They were mostly discussing Naruto's presence amongst their group, but Naruto didn't mind as he had more important things to focus on.

One of them being Tenten, who joined them not too long after the group started to expand. Though it was rather the fact that his attention was drawn towards her than that he had to focus on her.

She wore a tight, sleeveless black top with red edges and a pattern of two two red dragons going up from her waist, around her back and their heads resting just above her chest. Along with the black skirt she wore, which revealed her well-trained and refined tighs, Naruto had to mentally smack himself awake when she casually greeted him.

As they waited, Naruto sneakily glanced towards Tenten from time to time and she slightly blushed and smiled when she noticed that he was watching. Realising he got caught, Naruto quickly turned his head away and tried his best not to look too often towards the beautiful weapons mistress.

Hinata was the fourth of the girls to join them and even though Naruto was awestruck by Hinata's silvery kimono, one that was notably different from the one he had seen the heiress wear early in the morning, he couldn't help but grow more worried about the final member of the group.

"What's taking her so long?" Naruto thought as he stared towards the horizon, impatiently waiting for his blonde roommate, Temari, to show up, "She should've been here a long time ago..."

Finally, when almost all of the kunoichi had gathered, Naruto noticed a blonde head towards them dressed in, what else did you expect, a purple, partly shimmering kimono.

Naruto smiled and then slightly tilted his head, pondering for a moment, "Hmmm...Why do I have the feeling something is...odd about what she's wearing...but I can't quite place it...?"

"That surprised to see me?" Temari snapped Naruto out of his thoughts when she stood only a couple of inches away from him.

Naruto shook his head, "Ah! N-No...I was just thinking about something for a moment."

"Ah, really...?" Temari smirked at him, "And what might that be?"

"No, never mind." Naruto said as he eyed Temari up and down once more and then shook his head, "Maybe it's just my imagination..."

"Looks like everyone if finally here." Tsunade's voice drew the attention of everyone to back of the crowd.

The Hokage paused for a brief moment as her eyes wandered over the crowd before she smiled at all present, "Then let's get this party started."

Naruto shivered as Tsunade opened the doors to the Hokage's tower, "Why do I get the feeling that a lot will happen inside there?"

The blonde felt a hand being placed on his shoulder and he turned his head around to face whoever it was that placed her hand there.

He found Sakura standing besides him, gently smiling at him, "Let's go."

Naruto smiled back at her and nodded once, "Yeah."

Once inside, Tsunade guided all of them towards a large room, one which Naruto didn't even know the existance of.

"Man...This place has a lot more to it than I knew..." Naruto thought as he looked around the partly decorated room.

Naruto sat down in front of the Hokage as the other kunoichi placed their jackets, if they had any with them that is, away while other sat down as well.

He felt quite uneasy, being the only male human being present in the room. He could feel that his presence was both wanted and unwanted by many of the kunoichi and it didn't quite ease his mind.

"Why do I have to be here anyway...?" Naruto wondered, not knowing quite what to do right now other than wait for the kunoichi to finish their business.

"My...Who have we here?" Naruto shivered upon hearing the voice, "I didn't expect the famous Nemar-kun to be here as well..."

"Why are you here?" Naruto hissed under his breath as Anko wrapped an arm around his shoulder.

"Hmmm..." A smirk curled up on Anko's lips, "I'll tell you..."

"You know that by being here you are causing me a lot of trouble with Er-...Jiraiya-sensei, right?" Naruto whispered.

Anko grinned at the blonde as she leaned with both her hands on his left shoulder, "Don't worry about that..."

"Easy for you to say..." Naruto replied as Anko looked in the general direction of the other kunoichi.

She could tell that many of them were jealous or silently cursing her, but she paid little heed to it.

"Rest assured, I've found a replacement to take the job for me while looking exactly like me..." Anko whispered and then moved closer towards Naruto's ear, "A snake can be as cunning and deceiving as a fox, you know..."

Naruto sighed and rubbed the back of his head, "Replacement she says, huh? Why do I get the feeling that it's worse than it sounds..."

"Ahem." Sakura coughed as she stood towering above Anko and Naruto, "Anko-sensei, I believe you are sitting on my spot."

Anko tilted her head and grinned at Sakura, "Sorry, I didn't know that...You can go sit on Nemar-kun's other side though..."

"I don't think so..." Sakra said as she closed her eyes and placed her fist against her side, "As Tsunade-sama's apprentice I have to sit exactly where you are sitting right now, so move."

Anko slightly pouted and then grinned widely again, "Alright. Then I'll just..."

The purple headed kunoichi moved around Naruto's front in order to sit by his other side, but stopped when Temari obscurred her way on the other side, pointing behind her, "This spot is taken as well."

Anko frowned and moved to the spot behind Naruto, only to be pushed away by Ino, "Oh, no you won't! I deserve a place near Nemar-kun more than you do."

"Sorry, sensei...I've beaten you to it." Tenten, who sat besides Ino and got the purple headed kunoichi thrown into her lap, grinned sheepishly.

"But..." Anko moved to the other seat, which was already taken as well.

One seat at a time, Anko was driven to the single seat that was the furthest away from Naruto. The blonde looked over his shoulder towards her and part of him felt sorry for the purple headed kunoichi, but he couldn't help but snicker for a moment.

"With everyone here I have like my own personal guard to keep her away from here..." Naruto thought as he kept looking towards Anko for a few moments before his eyes fell upon the seat next to Anko's.

He smiled at the heiress of the Hyuuga clan, who sat there beside the disapointed jounin. Hinata noticed his gaze upon her and blinked for a moment before giving him a casual smile.

Naruto turned back around, his smile still on his face, "That's right...Hinata is the only one who doesn't want to be with my alter ego and only sees 'him' as a friend. I wonder if she wanted to be sitting close to me as well if I had told her about it earlier today."

Naruto quickly looked around at the girls that did sit near him and wondered if he should do something already. He pondered for a moment and didn't hear a tiny Ayame voice in his mind nor did he hear Jiraiya suggest perverted things, so he shrugged, "My own choice this time, eh?"

Naruto grinned widely and wrapped an arm around Temari's waist, receiving a rather surprised look from her.

"Come on, Naruto...Think...Next is..." Naruto thought as he looked back into Temari's eyes before slightly pulling her closer towards him. The wind mistress seemed to get the hint and smiled softly at him before leaning against him.

"Hehe! Mission complete...Now, next up..." Naruto thought as he looked towards his other side, where his female team-mate and first crush sat, casually looking towards the Hokage.

Naruto softly tugged Sakura's kimono, drawing the attention of the girl towards him. He held onto her kimono for a moment and stared at Sakura. The medic-nin tilted her head and looked at Temari, though the kunoichi from Suna didn't even notice, before nodding and slightly blushing as she leaned against Naruto.

They both knew that this time was different, though it was of course a bigger difference for Sakura than it was for Naruto. After all, he wasn't the one who recently found out that the person he was intimate with was in fact a close friend in disguise.

Naruto inwardly grinned as he slightly turned his head, "So far, so good. Can't leave Ino and Tenten out though."

He leaned back sideways until he rested his back against the two other girls, who didn't seem to mind it one bit, "Aaah...Now I could get used to sitting like this..."

"Are we comfortable...?" Tsunade's eyes pierced right through Naruto's soul and the poor blonde shot up out of surprise, causing the two girls who was by his side to fall back and land on the laps of Ino and Tenten.

"I...I was..." Naruto blushed brightly and sheepishly grinned, "Damn you oba-chan! Why did you go and do that!"

"Good. Now then..." Tsunade straightened up and coughed once, "Before we start to party, I believe there are a few things I have to tell everyone here."

Naruto looked around him, glad to find that the girls were doing fine and he hoped that he wasn't going to hate Tsunade for what she had done.

"First of all, about this guy over there...He..." Tsunade started and motioned with her head towards Naruto.

Naruto's eyes went wide for a moment, as did Sakura's, as he stared in disbelief at the Hokage, "Oi, oi! Just what do you plan on telling everyone about me?!"

"He is...one of us girls tonight...well...more or less. So don't worry." Tsunade stated and nodded once towards the crowd.

"What the hell do you mean I'm on of the girls tonight?! You see this?!" Naruto jumped up, pointed for a moment at Tsunade and then spun around once, "I'm entirely male!"

All went silent for a moment and Naruto started to sweat.

"Na...Nemar-kun...It's a figure of speech, a figure of speech..." Sakura said almost in a whisper as she looked pleadingly at Naruto.

"Proof it!" Anko yelled from the back of the room and Naruto didn't even have to bother looking around to know that the jounin had a wicked grin pasted all over her face.

"Anko, it is by FAR too early for that kind of talk...We haven't even opened our first bottle of sake yet..." Tsunade stated and nodded wisely, "As for you...Sit down already."

Naruto sat down, leaned towards Sakura and whispered, "I knew that...I just needed to react to it..."

Sakura giggled and Naruto blinked at her, "She thinks I'm joking...? Oh well... I guess it makes sense to think that..."

"Second of all..." Tsunade stated and momentarily closed her eyes, "This is the last night I'll be a bachelorette...so..."

A various amount of 'Aww's came from the group of gathered kunoichi and Tsunade waved with her hands, "I know...I know..."

"They aren't glad she's getting married?" Naruto whispered, clearly not understanding the reply from most kunoichi.

"Idiot...It's not they're not glad that she's going to get married...They're not glad about her no longer being able to live as a single gi-...I mean woman." Temari explained to the blonde.

"Hmmm...Isn't that the exact same th-..." Naruto got cut off by Temari, who bonked him on his head as Tsunade glared at Naruto for not getting the moment of silence she wanted.

"So...I guess there's not much left that I can do..." Tsunade said, almost sounding depressed in Naruto's ears.

Then all of a sudden the Hokage jumped up and threw her fist in the air, "Other than to PAAAARTY!"

As cheers erupted from the crowd, Naruto was taken aback by the Hokage's sudden burst out. To make matters worse, he pretty much got the scare of his life when suddenly a bottle dropped down on his lap.

Naruto looked around and noticed a bottle had fallen onto the laps of every single person present and then Naruto realised what the bottles contained.

"Let's party!" Tsunade cheered as she raised her bottle up in the sky.

"Sake?! You're going to let us drink sake?!" Naruto pointed accusingly at Tsunade who already opened the bottle and took a big chuck of alcoholic liquor into her mouth, "Are you out of your mind?! We aren't even old enough yet!"

"Oh, shut up...If you want lemonade, go get some lemons and make it yourself..." Tsunade said as she wiped off a bit of alcohol away from the corner of her mouth with the back of her hand.

Naruto groaned and sat back down, looking for a moment at the bottle before turning towards Temari, who seemed to be examining her own bottle for a while. The wind mistress turned her eyes upon the blonde for a moment and shrugged before opening the bottle.

Naruto looked around and noticed the other girls had also decided that they should open it, causing Naruto to let out a sigh.

"I've got a bad feeling about this..." Naruto stated as he opened his bottle as well, "Well...Last time I had a bad feeling it actually turned out pretty well...So it probably won't be that bad this time either...Besides, what could be so bad about drinking sake other than the smell afterwards?"

Naruto took a small zip of the liquor and shivered, "Damn...This stuff..."

"Better not take too much sake at once..." Naruto told himself as he closed the bottle again. He looked around and realised that the party was now really starting up as a lot of the kunoichi started to talk with each other and Tsunade put on some music that suited the current sphere. Energetic, but not yet too wild.

Before Naruto could do anything else, Ino hung around his neck, pressing her cheek against his, "You know, I want to play a game with Nemar-kun."

"Game?" Naruto blinked, "What kind of game?"

"This kind of game..." Ino said as she pulled him back and, to Naruto surprise, started to kiss him quite passionately.

"I-Ino!" Sakura let out in disbelief.

"Oi, that's unfair!" Tenten commented.

Temari blinked and took the sake bottle that sat on the ground next to Ino, "...Uh oh..."

"What's wrong, Temari?" Sakura asked as she blinked at the blonde from Suna.

Temari shook the bottle in front of Sakura once, "Looks like our female blonde friend here decided to take it all in one go..."

"Oh, my..." Tenten let out as Ino wrapped her arms further around Naruto.

Sakura smacked her forehead, "She's drunk already? This can't be really good..."

Naruto gasped for air when Ino, who was grinning widely at him right now, finally stopped kissing him for a moment.

"That was a surprise..." Naruto let out as he still tried to regain his breath, "Though I can't say that it wasn't nice..."

"Well..." Ino crawled on top of Naruto and pressed him against the ground, "I'm full of surprises, so don't worry."

"Hold it right there, blondy." Temari grabbed onto Ino's shoulders and pulled her back, "You're forgetting that he isn't exactly yours."

"Don't worry..." Ino said with a sly smirk on her face as she licked her lips, "I didn't forget about you."

"Excuse m-?!" Temari got cut off as Ino pounced on top of her and forced her tongue into her mouth.

Naruto blushed and shivered for a moment at seeing the two blondes kiss, only to be disturbed from his short moment of bliss by Ino's body being dropped on top of his.

"W-What the hell?!" Temari let out and wiped with the back of her hand over her mouth.

Ino giggled, "Don't act like you didn't like it."

"Ino! Calm down a bit! You had too much sake at once, so just stay put for a while." Sakura let out as she helped her friend off Naruto's body.

"Alright...but only with you keeping me company." Ino said as she pulled Sakura into her arms and started to kiss her.

The two of them fell down and roll over once, making Ino the one who was lying on top and Naruto gasped, "Holy mother of the Fourth Ho-..."

Before Naruto could finish his sentence, Ino was launched up into the air and Sakura's fist was raised up in the air, "Shannaro!"

Sakura quickly rolled out of the way and jumped up as Ino fell down again, crashing onto the floor, but in one piece.

"What are you looking at?!" Sakura raged at Naruto, who shivered out of fear.

"N-Nothing!" Naruto let out as he quickly cowered behind Tenten.

Sakura sighed and bend over to take a closer look at the amount of damage she had caused to her best friend, "Sorry...Rage of the moment...Or something like that..."

"Tsunade-sama, do we have anything to sober up Ino?" Sakura asked as she turned her head around to face her sensei.

"Now what would the fun be in that?" Tsunade smirked at her apprentice who let out another sigh.

"Is she alright?" Tenten asked as she slightly blushed when Naruto held his hands on her waist and peeked around her to see how mad Sakura still was.

"She looks like she's out cold." Naruto stated and blinked at Sakura.

"Don't worry, she's fine..." Sakura replied after inspecting her friend, "She'll be out for a while, but that's for the best, I guess."

"Man..Sake is dangerous stuff...If I had too much of it back then, I would've been the one lying on the ground...I think." Naruto thought as he blinked at Ino, who seemed to be peacefully asleep, "But damn...Ino is sensitive to this stuff. She became instantly drunk..."

"Geez, what was she thinking drinking an entire bottle of sake at once?" Sakura wondered as she towered above the unconscious Ino.

"She's going to feel silly and embarrassed when she wakes up. We should watch the amount of alcohol she takes from now on." Tenten said as she carefully leaned back against Naruto with a smile on her face, "If she still wants to, that is..."

"Is Ino-san all right?" Naruto perked up upon hearing the voice, almost causing Tenten to fall onto his lap.

"Hey, Hinata. How are you doing?" Naruto smiled at Hinata.

Hinata slightly jumped and blinked at Naruto, "I'm fine, t-thank you, but shouldn't you be more worried about Ino-san's condition?"

"Hehe, don't worry. Sakura said she'll be fine and, if Sakura says so, we don't have to worry that much." Naruto grinned widely at the girl.

"I...see." Hinata replied, "Well then...I'll go again...I was just worried about Ino-san, so..."

"Why aren't you going to stay with us?" Naruto asked as the Hyuuga heiress turned around to walk away.

"Well...I...ehm..."

"It's more fun to be with us, right?" Naruto asked and smiled widely at Hinata.

"That's right, no reason to sit anywhere else, right?" Tenten added.

"Yeah, Naruto is right. It will be more fun when you're with us." Sakura said smiling as she moved Ino a bit so she wasn't exactly lying in the way.

The moment of silence that followed caused both Naruto and Sakura to sweat as all eyes were focussed on the pink haired medic-nin.

"Did you just say..." Tenten tilted her head slightly.

"That 'Naruto' was right...?" Temari looked questioningly at Sakura, who sheepishly grinned.

"Oops...Did I say Naruto was right?" Sakura asked as she looked at the others.

"You did." Tenten replied.

"My bad." Sakura sheepishly grinned, "I was wondering how Naruto was doing just now, so I guess I accidentally said his name. Ehehehe..."

"Well...From what I know he's doing just fine...He headed off early and never seen him since. I guess he and Gaara are having fun with all the guys." Temari stated as she crossed her arms.

"Sakura...Do you have any idea how close that was?!" Naruto grinned nervously at Sakura, until he noticed that Hinata was intently looking at him, like she was studying his face and reaction.

"Yeah...I wonder how the others are doing." Naruto grinned widely and quickly threw a glance from the corners of his eyes towards Hinata again, who was still looking at him.

----Meanwhile over at Jiraiya's bachelor party----

"Man, this party is awesome!" Kiba cheered as he chucked down another cup of sake and threw the cup away, "Ain't that right, Akamaru?"

Akamaru barked cheerfully and wiggled his tail as he happily drunk from a special bowl that was just for him.

"Hey Shika! Stop moping near the walls and get yourself on the dancefloor with one of the ladies!" Kiba yelled at Shikamaru, who let out a sigh and muttered the word 'troublesome' in reply.

"You know what, Gaara?" Kiba wrapped an arm around the Kazekage's shoulder.

"...What?" Gaara replied, not even bothering to look at Kiba or to make an attempt to remove Kiba's hand entirely.

"I wish your sister was here with us tonight."

"...My sister?"

"Yeah, you know! The blonde hotty that's always with you and the other guy! She's your sister, right?"

"...Hotty? ...And yes, she is my sister." Gaara replied, looking at Kiba from the corners of his eyes.

"Damn...What I wouldn't do in order to see your sister shake her booty." Kiba said and unwrapped his arm from Gaara's shoulder, walking forward, "Hey Anko-sensei! That net-vest is looking damned sexy on you tonight!"

"Excuse me...What did you just say?" Gaara asked and Kiba halted, partly turning around.

"What? You're going to disagree with the fact that she's looking hotter than hell in that net-vest?"

"No...What I meant was..."

"Oh! I almost forgot!" Kiba hurried back to Gaara and pushed a bottle of sake into his arms, "Enjoy yourself, Kazekage!"

After giving Gaara two pats on his shoulder, Kiba ran off towards the rest of the group, "Hey, Shino! Get your dirty bug infested hands off my Anko-sensei!"

Gaara looked at the bottle of sake and then towards Kiba again, "Enjoy myself...you say...Very well then."

----Back at Tsunade's party----

Ino groaned, "Ugh...What happened...?"

Sakura bend over to look at her friend, "Your idiocy, that's what happened."

"Ugh..." Ino slowly sat up, "Why does my head hurt then?"

"You drunk an entire bottle of sake in one go." Temari explained.

"And started doing things you probably don't want to remember...if you forgot them, that is." Tenten grinned at the blonde girl.

"Honestly, what were thinking? I had to punch you to get you off me." Sakura slightly frowned at Ino.

"I don't know." Ino sheepishly grinned, "What I do know is that I'm starting to feel better. I think your punch caused the headache, Sakura."

"Well at least you're not drunk anymore." Sakura replied and helped her friend stand on her feet.

Ino wobbled on her feet and almost fell down again, "Doesn't look like it though."

"At least you're not as drunk as you were before you went out cold for a few minutes." Naruto grinned widely at her.

Ino grinned widely back at him, "Then, please take care of me, Nemar-kun."

"Oi, can't you see that I'm here?" Tenten let out as Ino crawled over towards Naruto.

Ino eyed Tenten up and down and stuck her tongue out towards her, "From the looks of it, you've been with him long enough."

Tenten slightly blushed, "H-Hey...He was the one who sat down behind me..."

"Tenten, I don't mind you leaning against me but I don't want Ino to ehm...go...crazy again, I guess...So, if you wouldn't mind for a few moments..." Naruto replied and looked away from Tenten.

"O-Oh...Well...I guess I'll get comfortable against you a bit later on again, right?" Tenten smiled softly at Naruto.

"Of course." Naruto nodded at her and smiled, Tenten smiling widely back at him as she stood up and moved.

Ino laid her head, and part of her lower arms, down on Naruto's lap and smiled at him, "Hey there, handsome."

Naruto snickered and grinned at her, "Hey."

"Did you know that you look BIG from this point of view?" Ino asked smiling.

"Did you know that you are still too drunk to be properly flirting with me, young lady?" Naruto retorted and grinned at the blonde.

Ino giggled as she closed her eyes and rubbed her cheek against Naruto's leg.

Naruto looked at Hinata, who quickly turned her head away when she noticed he was looking at her, "Hinata...Did you drink of your sake yet?"

"Hm?" Naruto could tel that Hinata was pretending that she was paying heed something other than him, "O-Oh...No...I g-gave my bottle to Anko-sensei..."

"Ehehehe. I guess that's both a good thing and a bad thing, don't you think so?" Naruto smiled at Hinata.

"Uhm...I...I'm not quite sure I understand why it would be good or bad to give it away..." Hinata smiled sheepishly back at Naruto.

"Well, it's good because you won't get drunk and do something you'll be embarrassed about later. And it's bad because..."

"As much as all of you are enjoying yourselves..." Tsunade's loud voice interrupted Naruto and brought a silence throughout the room.

Tsunade flicked a few locks of her blonde hair back and smiled, "We shouldn't forget that this is my party. So let's hurry up and do something other than just drinking and chatting. I want to hear suggestions from all of you. I'm sure we can do just about anything."

"I've got an idea!" Anko cheerfully announced as she jumped up and raised a fist into the air.

"...Why don't I like the sound of that...?" Naruto wondered and he didn't need to wonder about that any further as Anko continued, "Though I'll need Nemar-kun for it..."

"Why me?" Naruto said loud enough for Anko to hear.

"Because you're the only guy around here, that's why. Don't worry, I promise you that this won't be bad for you." Anko grinned widely at him.

"...With your reputation, I don't trust your promises." Naruto retorted and narrowed his eyes at Anko.

"Oh is that so...?" Anko smirked at Naruto, "Well...If I can't keep my promises, I might as well let you all know that in fact, Nemar-kun here..."

"Alright, alright! I'll do it!" Naruto quickly interrupted Anko, "What is it?"

"Come over here, I'll show you what I'm planning." Anko motioned for Naruto to come towards her, slyly grinning at him.

"I'll take Ino over from you." Sakura said as Ino lifted herself up from Naruto's lap to let the blonde stand up.

"Alright, she's in your care then." Naruto said as he carefully moved Ino in Sakura's direction before heading towards Anko.

"Please, step outside with me for a few moments..." Anko said with a smirk on her face as she opened the door for Naruto.

"Yeah...sure..." Naruto slightly glared at Anko and walked through the door, the purple-headed kunoichi following him closely behind.

"Well now..." Tsunade said and smirked, "This could get interesting..."

"What are you planning?" Naruto asked Anko as she leaned against the now closed door.

"I told you that you shouldn't worry..." Anko said and looked towards Naruto.

"Let me guess..." Naruto said, "You lied? It's too obvious..."

"No, I didn't lie." Anko grinned at Naruto, causing the blonde to blink in confusion at her.

"O...k...What's this big plan of yours then?" Naruto looked confused at Anko.

"First off all, take off all your clothes except your underwear." Anko said and pointed with her index finger towards Naruto.

"What?!" Naruto snapped and pointed dramatically back at the jounin, "I knew it! It's something bad! It's definitely got to bad!"

"Calm down and just do it..." Anko placed her hands on her hips and tilted her head slightly, giving Naruto a look that pretty much commanded him to do so.

Naruto's accusing finger slightly shook and he twitched, "Like...Like hell I will...Not with you watching at least."

"Alright, I'll turn around..." Anko turned around and held up her hands in the air, "Happy now?"

"I...I still don't trust you..." Naruto said and slowly lowered his finger.

"Tell you what..." Anko quickly formed a few handseals and a bag popped into her hands, "I'll go stand outside this door then while you undress and put this on. If something's wrong, just call me, alright?"

Anko held out the bag and Naruto took it, "A...All right..."

"Then...Let me know when you need help." Anko said before heading through the door again.

"Wh...What the hell is this?" Naruto wondered as he looked inside the bag.

"You'll see in due time..." Anko replied from the other side.

"O-Ok..." Naruto blinked and let out a sigh, "I guess I have no choice..."

After a few moments, Anko could hear Naruto's voice again, "O-Oi! What's up with this outfit?!"

"You've put it on?" Anko asked with a smirk on her face.

"That's not the point! What is the mea-...?!"

"Then, I'll be coming through the door now to have a first look at you." Anko interrupted Naruto mid-sentence and opened the door, quickly heading to the other side as everyone curiously looked towards the door Anko just went through again.

"My..." Anko sung, "This looks better than I had hoped..."

"Whatever!" Naruto replied fiercely, "Could you just tell me what your big plan is already?!"

"Alright...Now...I want you to jump back into that room and with your most bad ass voice you must say the following loud and clear..." Anko said, whispering the last part to Naruto.

"Eh?! Why do I have to say that?!" Naruto let out in confusion.

"Just trust me on this one, alright? Now go in there and do it."

Everyone rose up from their seats in order to see what the Jounin had planned for the blonde. A moment later the door opened and for a few seconds there was nothing but silence.

"Come on, go already!" Anko hissed at Naruto.

"Alright, alright..." Naruto whispered back at her and gulped, "I don't trust this one bit..."

Naruto jumped into view, wearing a yellow hood with a single, thick red stripe just above the edge of it and a long yellow coat along with a wide black pants.

With the best voice he could muster, Naruto then said, "I heard there was a fire here. I came to fuel it."

The sound-wave that followed nearly caused permanent damage to Naruto's ears as every woman in the room emitted a loud squeal.

"Oh my god! He's wearing an uniform of the Konoha Firefighter Squad!"

"He looks so hot!"

"Striptease! Striptease!"

"Yeah! Take it off!"

"Strip! Strip! Strip!" They all chanted and Naruto started to sweat, seeing that even the girls he loved, except Hinata, were squealing as loud as they could.

Naruto quickly turned around and pointed at Anko, "I thought you said that this would NOT be bad for me!"

"Attention from the ladies is never bad, my boy." Anko winked at him.

"This is bad...I've got to get out of here!" Naruto thought and ran towards the only exit.

"Oh no, you won't." Anko smirked at him and swiftly kicked him back into the room.

He fell down on the pathway and quickly stood up again, blushing brightly as he walked towards his eat again.

"Come on, hot stuff! Take it all off!"

"Show me your tight ass, baby!"

"How am I going to get out of this...?" Naruto wondered as he walked past all the excited females.

"Hey, come over here, big boy." Tsunade said with a smirk on her face and motioned Naruto to come towards her.

"Are you kidding me?! Even oba-chan?!" Naruto thought as he slowly walked towards the Hokage, "Like I have a choice, right?"

When he neared the table Tsunade was sitting behind, Tsunade cleared the table of bottles and cups of sake.

"Go stand on the table and give momma a nice show." Tsunade smirked at him and motioned him to stand on the table.

Naruto gulped and stepped on the table, facing towards the crowd, "Alright, Naruto...Think...Think...There has to be a way to get out of this situation..."

"Wait...Wait...There was this one dance in this movie that apparently drived girls crazy. I'm almost sure that I remembered most of it...That should be a proper replacement over taking my clothes off!" Naruto thought and slightly turned his head around to face Tsunade, "Eh...Ehm...Could I get some music...with a nice beat?"

"You got it." Tsunade grinned at him and a moment later music started to play.

"Kage Bunshin no jutsu!" Naruto said and two identical clones popped into existance.

"Oooh, three times of what we had, eh?" Tsunade let out.

"Please let this satisfy them..." Naruto thought as he and his clones moved their hands near their hips, around the area where one would normally have a belt.

He turned to the right, took one step to the left before stepping back, having his back facing the crowd.

Naruto slowly raised his arms from his hips to above his head, moving them not directly up but in a bow and shook his behind rhythmically.

He turned around again and took a few steps back, "Slide to the right, to the left, to the right again and repeat the same..."

After he repeated the same process, he and his clones took another slide to the left before sliding back to the right and making it look like he grabbed onto a rope with his right hand.

He slight bend through his knees, slid his arms forward before pulling them back into fists at waist length.

"Extend right leg to the right, point with your fingertips towards the ground with your right hand and then repeat it with your left leg and hand before rapidly doing both after each other for a few moments." Naruto thought and fluently performed the move after trying it the first two times.

After stretching his legs and arms a couple of times, Naruto touched the table with his fingertips and froze for a moment before straightening up and throwing his hood back.

"Take it all off!"

"Give it to us, baby!"

"Oh my god!"

"Woohoo!"

After doing the same sequence of moves one more time, he sidestepped to the right before bending through his knees again. He 'grabbed' the air near his left knee with both arms and pulled his arms all the way back before doing the same near his right knee. After that he grabbed the air a bit above his left shoulder and moved left twice.

He moved his head to the right once and when he moved it back to the left, he moved his left arm along with it before heading back to the right, doing the exact same with his right arm.

He grabbed the air right of him once, then the air to the left before grabbing to right once again and starting the air grabbing all over again from the part where he started near his knees.

After repeating the process a couple of times, bearing the loud squeals of the kunoichi in front of him, Naruto turned sideways once again and sighed.

"...I guess it won't hurt if I take this damned jacket off as well..." Naruto mused for a moment and then quickly took the jacket off and tossed it aside. The kunoichi in the crowd squealing louder than ever before and a couple of them even fainted.

He placed his left leg a bit ahead of him and slightly bend through his knees. He moved his body forward and reeled his arm in such a way that it appeared he was swatting against something, abruptly stopping, moving it back to it's original position and repeating the process of moving his body forward and back again.

"Yeah! Shake it, boy!" Tsunade exclaimed as she jumped on top of the table as well.

She raised her hand up in the air and when she brought it down again, Naruto stopped his dance and turned red in his face.

"Oh my god..."

"Did Tsunade-sama just..." Sakura said as she blinked in disbelief.

"Oh yeah...She did." Temari replied and couldn't help but grin and snicker.

"Unfair! I want to do that too!" Ino pointed towards the Hokage.

"Me too! Let me onto that table right now!" Tenten added and moved forward.

"Hey! If the Hokage gets to smack his perfect behind, then so do I!"

"Me too! Me too!"

"Hey! Leave some for me!"

"Oi, oi, oi!" Naruto cried out and silenced the crowd for a moment and halted their movement.

He looked at all of them with a serious look on his face for a moment, before sheepishly grinning and rubbing the back of his head, "If you start smacking me, I'll stop dancing..."

"Then keep dancing, Nemar-kun!" Ino cheered and grinned widely at him.

Naruto grinned widely and continued dancing for a while, though he couldn't help but shiver for a moment, "God...Please kill obachan the next time she tries to do that...It's just too..."

After the song finished, Naruto's clones popped off and he stepped off the table, practically being engulved by kunoichi the instance his feet touched the ground.

"Ehehehe..." Naruto sheepishly grinned as he made his way through the kunoichi, "If you don't mind I'd like to get back into my normal clothing."

"Awww..." The crowd let it's disappointment be well known to Naruto, as some random kunoichi clung onto him and they started to look at him with puppy dog eyes, begging him not to do so.

"W-Well...I guess I could stay like this for a while..." Naruto grinned sheepishly and slightly blushed as almost every kunoichi tried to cling onto him, resulting in various soft female tissues pressing against his body.

He made his way through the crowd and eventually ended up falling into Tenten's arms, causing the weapons mistress to blush brightly as their bodies were pressed against each other.

"Eh?! Who is she?!"

"Nemar-kun is she your...your..." One of the kunoichi rose her pinky.

Tenten blushed crimson red and hid her face the best she could as Naruto sheepishly grinned at the other kunoichi, "N-No...I like Tenten a lot b-but..."

"The truth is..." Ino said as she stood up and grinned wickedly, "He likes me and my friends here and is trying to decide who he likes the most out of us."

"What?!"

"It's...It's true...Sorry, everyone, but it's hard enough to decide between them." Naruto sheepishly grinned and moved him and Tenten towards the other girls.

"Well, if you like them, you can like me too!"

"What about me, Nemar-kun?"

"And me? Do you think I'm cute?"

"I'm sorry, but I don't really know most of you..." Naruto sheepishly grinned at them as he sat down with Tenten.

"And if I were any of you, I'd take my seat and give him some peace." Temari said and threw a sharp glare towards the other kunoichi, "Unless you want to deal with me..."

"What?"

"Oh no, she didn't!"

"Is that a challenge you, little desert who-...?"

Before the next kunoichi could finish her line, they were all frozen on the spot by an intense intent to kill.

"All of you listen up..." Tsunade's voice hinted nothing but doom towards those who would defy her, "You are going back to your seats right now. There will be no fights. Nemar can do as he sees fit, alright? If he likes any of you, you're lucky. You will leave him alone unless he wishes otherwise."

"Y-Yes ma'am!" The kunoichi said in unison and hurried back to their seats.

Tsunade coughed, "Good. Now...I seemed to got caught in the moment just now, but...ahem. Anyway, Anko..."

"Ehehehe...Was it a bad plan after all?" Anko asked as she nervously grinned at the Hokage.

"No, it was good. That's what I wanted to say. It seems though that some kunoichi present here aren't mature enough to handle it...Or at least were blinded by it afterwards." Tsunade nodded and smirked at the crowd, "Well then...That final part killed the mood somewhat, but it will be revived. Let's think up what we can do next."

"Also..." Tsunade said as the crowd started to ponder and she raised a single bottle of sake up in the air, "More drinks! They're free and keep up the good mood!"

A big part of the crowd cheered and raised a bottle of sake up in the air as well.

"It's kind of chilly in here..." Naruto stated as he sat down, still in Tenten's arms.

"R-Really...?" Tenten, who was flushing crimson red as she held onto the bare-chested Naruto, "I...I think it's getting rather..."

"Well, you're not the one who isn't wearing a shirt." Naruto grinned widely at Tenten, not noticing the blush on her face as she hid it from his view.

"Nemar-kun..." Ino sung and crawled over towards Naruto, "I know just the thing that will keep you warm..."

"O-Oi...Ino...What are you going to do...?"

"Stop trying to take him away from the rest of us already."

"You don't have any right to complain, Tenten...Now then..." Ino smirked as she moved her hands in position, "Let's see how you like this Nemar-kun..."

"I-Ino, stop that."

"You don't look like you want me to stop..."

"No really, s-stop...Stop. I can't...stand...Wahahaha!" Naruto fell over and started to laugh wildly as Ino started relentlessly tickle him.

"N-No! That's enough!" Naruto said crying of laughter as Ino kept tickling him.

"Hey, save a spot for me!" Tenten quickly joined Ino and started to tickle Naruto as well.

"Me too." Sakura grinned and joined the others.
"If all of you are going to do it, then I can't just sit back and let you have all the fun, now can I?" Temari said as she made her way to the hysterically laughing Naruto, joining the others in the ticklefest.

"Y-You guys! Stop it." Naruto let out as he twisted and turned in the midst of the four girls.

After a while, the girls stopped and Naruto sat up, breathing deeply in and out with a smile on his face.

"Damn...you guys..." He said between breaths as he grinned at them.

"It's not my fault you're ticklish." Ino winked at Naruto, who shook his head in return.

"I'll go get changed again...These pants aren't very comfortable." Naruto stated, pointing towards the Konoha Firefighter pants he was currently still wearing.

"We wouldn't mind you taking them off, you know..." Temari winked at him and then smirked widely.

"Oooh! Good one, blondy!" Ino said and quickly crawled closer towards Naruto's face, staring at him intently, "We'll just have to hide him from the rest of the world then..."

"Eh-Ehm..." Naruto sheepishly grinned and rubbed the back of his head, "Even though that sounds good, I think I'll just go get my clothes..."

Ino slightly frowned, "Too bad...It would've been fun to cover your entire body with the four of us..."

A mental image passed through his head and Naruto quickly shook it away, slightly blushing, "Ye-Yeah...Now if you don't mind, I'll get dressed properly and we'll leave the fun for...later."

Naruto stood up and headed back to the place where he first got changed into what he had been wearing a few minutes ago.

Once he was out of hearing range, Ino eyed all the girls and licked her lips, "Did you guys hear that? We'll have some fun later..."

"Like that will happen with all these people around here..." Temari stated and shook her head.

"Hmmm...I wonder about that..." Ino sung and smirked at Temari, "Who knows...it might get...interesting..."

"Anyway, let's start thinking about what we should do next." Sakura suggested as she eyed the rest of the group.

"That sounds like a good plan to me." Tenten said and partly turned around, "Hinata, are you coming to join our brainstorming?"

"Huh?" Hinata looked surprised at Tenten, as if she was shaken out of her thoughts, "O-Oh...Ye-Yes...sure..."

Meanwhile Naruto was getting dressed and pondering about a couple of matters.

"Man...Sake can do some strange stuff to people...At least I hope it was the sake that made Tsunade-obachan do that..." Naruto shivered as put his shirt on.

"I'm surprised that no one has revealed me yet...Then again, the kunoichi that were squealling loudly back then were all quite young.." Naruto pondered for a moment, "I haven't really noticed the older ones yet...I guess they're just relaxing and not going wild over...well...me."

"Oh well, that's good." Naruto said as he straightened his clothing and headed back inside. He quickly scouted through the room and noticed that all the kunoichi that were at least older than twenty were sitting together and far away from the large group of younger kunoichi, who were probably Naruto's new fanclub.

Naruto recognised some of them, most notably Kiba's sister, Kiba's mother, Kurenai, Yuugao and, of course, Anko. He shook his head and headed on, "Thank goodness that they're sitting all the way over there...I don't want to worry about getting involved with them."

When Naruto sat down amongst the group of girls he liked, they greeted him heartily.

"Sorry to keep you waiting." Naruto said and sheepishly grinned at the girls.

"Don't worry, we made good use of our time." Temari smirked at Naruto and momentarily leered towards the other girls.

"Hmmm...Is that so, huh?" Naruto asked and then grinned widely at Temari, "That's good to hear."

Naruto threw a glance at Hinata, who quickly retracted her Byakugan.

"Hinata...you..."

"Nemar-kun, you have a rather big chakra capacity, don't you?" Hinata asked and smiled sweetly at him, slightly tilting her head to the left.

"Ehm...I..." Naruto sheepishly grinned, "Why was she looking at me with her Byakugan just now?"

"Hinata, I don't think you should be talking about Nemar-kun's chakra capacity..." Sakura replied before Naruto could say anything else.

"What's the matter, Sakura? Afraid that the ancient Hyuuga techniques are surperior to yours?" Ino smirked at Sakura.

"Don't talk like you've got the tools that you need in order to take it on, Ino." Tenten countered and grinned wickedly at Ino.

"The same goes for you, Tenten...If you couldn't even last very long against me, then what do you think will happen against someone of his size?" Temari smirked at Tenten and slightly leaned back.

"Oh and you think you or Hinata could handle him?" Ino retorted.

"Longer than you at least." Temari leered at Ino, a smirk crawling on her face again.

"Oh please...I bet you wouldn't last one minute with him." Ino waved dismissively with her hand.

"You wouldn't last five seconds..." Temari retorted.

"E-Ehm...Excuse me, but..." Hinata looked slightly worried at the girls, "...w-why are you argueing? I...I think I don't really get what you are talking about..."

"Yeah, you lost me too..." Naruto blinked at the girls, "I don't want to fight any of you..."

"But...But I thought that you were excited about...fighting with us...?" Ino blinked surprised at Naruto.

"Ok..." Sakura said and looked at the others, "I think we're not on the same wavelength right now..."

"Exactly what are we talking about?" Naruto sheepishly grinned and rubbed the back of his head.

"Hinata asked you if your chakra capacity was big and..." Tenten momentarily pointed at the Hyuuga heiress.

"Th-That I did, but..." Hinata smiled sheepishly, "That's...n-no reason to start a-argueing, right?"

"What were you guys thinking?" Sakura blinked at Tenten, Temari and Ino, who smiled nervously but gave no other reply other than just that.

"All right! The time to think is up!" Tsunade announced, "I want to hear some suggestions of what we should do next and I want to hear them now."

Tsunade's eyes wandered over the crowd, which remained entirely silent, "Nothing at all...huh?"

"Eh...Ehm..." Sakura slowly rose her hand up in the air and Tsunade smiled at her when she saw it.

"What did you have in mind, Sakura?" The Hokage asked.

"How about we...cosplay?" Sakura asked, somewhat nervously.

"Cosplay...I see..." Tsunade closed her eyes and nodded twice, "Good idea, however just that won't do...We need something else..."

"It would be great if we could have some karaoke with everyone, but..." Naruto heard Kurenai say from the other side of the room.

"We don't have a karaoke machine, do we?" Kiba's sister, Hana added.

"As a matter of fact, we do." Tsunade stated and moved a large panel on the wall away, "Behold! The biggest and most expensive karaoke machine out there that I just happen to have in my possesion!"

"...You were planning on a karaoke night all along, didn't you?" Naruto asked as he looked dully towards Tsunade.

"Now what makes you say that...? I just happen to have this karaoke machine." Tsunade shook her head innocently, "It's just a coincedence."

"Coincedence, my ass." Naruto muttered as Tsunade pulled the machine out of the wall and into the room.

"Well then! Let's cosplay our favourite anime or video game characters by using henge no jutsu and then sing the night away!" Tsunade cheered and grinned widely.

Naruto looked around, wondering who the girls around him were going to cosplay and pondering about what he himself should do as well, "Damn...If I'm not sure of what I want, I could seriously screw this up...I need to change immediately after going out of this form or I'll be caught..."

"I think I know who already..." Temari stated and stood up.

"What are you going to do?" Tenten asked as she blinked at the wind mistress.

"You'll see." Temari smirked and formed a single handseal, "Henge."

Smoke covered Temari for a moment and when it cleared up, she was wearing a snow-white dress that came down to her knees. The dress revealed some cleavage, but not too much. Most notably was the item attached near Temari's ears, which was triangle shaped, yet it had smooth curves, and was white at the top half and pink on the lower half.

"Just one more thing to do." Tenmari said before untying her four ponytails and shaking her head, her hair falling down gracefully.

"Hmmm...I think I remember that character from somewhere..." Naruto rubbed his chin in thought before smiling at Temari, "Oh well...It looks good on you, Temari."

"Thank you." Temari smiled at Naruto as she sat down on her knees and placed her hands on her lap.

"Oh! I know just the outfit I should use! I'm sure you'll love it, Nemar-kun." Ino jumped up and slapped her hands in the needed handseal.

"Ehm...If you say so..." Naruto blinked for a moment at the blonde before she was consumed by smoke.

It cleared up soon after, naturally revealing Ino's new looks. She had a blue headband wrapped around her forehead, her hair running freely behind it. A pair of translucent white sleeves were wrapped around her arms, though the question remained how they stayed on their place. Ino also had a pair of fingerless red handgloves on.

Ino's torso was covered, much to Naruto's dismay and pleasure, only by a single yellow bikini top and a long red scarf, which faded to orange and eventually yellow at the end of it, wrapped around her neck. To make matters worse, or better in some way, Ino wore a skirt that was probably a bit too short for her own good.

"And?" Ino asked as she struck a pose and winked at Naruto. The blonde took his bottle of sake and took a big chuck out of it, "There, that should keep me from fainting for a while."

"Hehehe." Ino grinned widely, struck the V-sign out in front of her and winked at Naruto, "I'll take that as a compliment."

"Alright, I'm up next." Tenten said and jumped up, quickly transforming before anyone else could say something.

The smoke cleared up, revealing Tenten dressed in what could only be described as the sexiest female Santa Claus outfit ever.

"Ho ho ho." Tenten tried the santa laugh as she slowly and gracefully walked around in a circle to let Naruto admire her well-formed legs. Though that wasn't all that Naruto noticed about her.

Tenten's top was low-cut, revealing enough cleavage and skin to make the Hokage feel partly jealous.

"Jingle bells, jingle bells...Jingle all the way." Naruto muttered as he admired Tenten's own set of jingle bells, a bit of saliva dripping down from the corner of his mouth.

He quickly wiped it away with the back of his hand and shook his head. He didn't know if it was just the sake, the girls or a combination of the two, but Naruto could feel his body heat up.

"Damn...If I didn't know any better, I'd say you are plotting to kill me and send me to heaven." Naruto said as he looked at Temari, Tenten and Ino.

"Who knows..." Tenten leaned slightly towards Naruto, though enough to make the blonde blush, "I for one prefer to keep you alive...Very, very...alive."

"Rawr...Even I feel my heart racing a bit faster after hearing you say that, Tenten." Ino commented and stuck her tongue out towards Tenten.

Naruto tried not to grin like a perverted idiot, but he couldn't help himself. The blonde practically melted away when Tenten pulled him against her, allowing him to rest his head only an inch or two above her chest, "Calm down a bit...If you pass out, I'll be forced to give you mouth-to-mouth..."

"Mouth to mouth from Tenten...Oh man..." Naruto thought as he stared at Tenten's face, which seemed a million times more alluring right now.

That bliss was abruptly ended as he was pulled out of Tenten's arms and into Ino, who stroked through his hair with her hands.

"Don't worry...I'll take better care of you than Tenten...I'll let you enjoy my kiss while you're conscious." Ino said as she slowly moved her lips to meet his.

Just when Naruto got his blissful tunnel vision back again, this time focussing on Ino's lips, he was pulled away again and this time ended up lying in Temari's arms.

"Geez...They're so greedy..." Temari said as she caressed Naruto's cheeks, "I'll give it to you nice and slow..."

"Aaaah...I've really died and gone to heaven...If I knew this was heaven, I would've died a long time ago..." Naruto thought as he smiled at Temari.

"Nemar-dono!"

"Oof!" Naruto let out and shook his head, looking into Sakura's green orbs, "Sa-Sakura...? Wait...Why are you calling me Nemar-dono?"

"Nemar-dono, you musn't!"

"Musn't...what?" Naruto looked confused at his team-mate.

"Nemar-dono, you shouldn't make these girls fight over you! It would..." Sakura gave Naruto the biggest teary puppy dog eyes ever, "Make me very sad..."

"T-Too cute..." A shiver ran down his back and he then tightly hugged Sakura, rubbing his cheek against hers.

"Ne-Nemar-dono!" Sakura let out as Naruto happily hugged her.

"What?" Naruto blinked and looked around him, "Oh...The sake must have gotten to me, ehehehe. Sorry about that..."

"Don't worry about it." Tenten closed her eyes and smiled at Naruto.

"Yeah, it was worth a shot." Ino smiled at Naruto as well and Temari nodded towards him.

"Sakura...What are you wearing?" Naruto blinked at Sakura, who was apparently wearing nothing more than a very long white shirt that came down over her knees.

"Nemar-dono, this is my cosplay outfit! Do you like it?" Sakura smiled sweetly at Naruto.

"W-Well...I guess so...More importantly, what's with the personality change?" Naruto leaned slightly away from Sakura.

"This is how the character I'm cosplaying is in her show. I thought it would be fun to call Nemar-dono, Nemar-dono, so I decided to act like her as well."

"A-Ah...I see...It's somewhat scary, yet cute somehow..." Naruto sheepishly grinned at Sakura.

Sakura slightly blushed, "If you don't like it then..."

"N-No, you can call me Nemar-dono if you want to and all that...It's just that I'm used to...well...you." Naruto rubbed the back of his head.

"Nemar-kun? As who are you going to cosplay?" Ino asked, smiling at the blonde.

"Ehm...I don't know yet..." Naruto blinked and pondered for a moment before turning towards the only untransformed girl in the group, "Hinata, who are you going to cosplay?"

"Eh? M-Me?" Hinata asked and looked towards her lap, "E-Ehm...I...I don't know..."

"Hmmm...I guess we'll have to help you out then." Sakura said and nodded once.

"It's not like we have a choice." Temari stated.

"How about going as a school girl?" Ino suggested and tilted her head slightly.

"No, that's too cliché..." Tenten commented and started to ponder as well, "I was going to suggest a nurse or maid uniform, but that's too standard as well, I guess..."

"Hey! How about..." Sakura crawled over towards Hinata and whispered something in her ear.

"Th-That person, eh...?" Hinata looked with wide eyes at the pink haired kunoichi.

"Do you know any that is better suited for you?" Sakura raised an eyebrow at the Hyuuga heiress.

Hinata softly shook her head, "N-No...Though I don't know if she suits me..."

"Just try it and ask Nemar-kun...Oops, I mean Nemar-dono, if it looks cute on you." Sakura smiled at Hinata, who threw a quick glance towards Naruto before turning back to Sakura and nodding once.

"Good! Try it then." Sakura smiled and moved back towards Naruto.

Hinata stood up, cleared her throat and slightly blushed as she looked at the others for a moment before forming the handseal, "Henge!"

When the smoke cleared up, Hinata stood there with a bright blush on her face.

She wore blue boots, a short pinkish skirt that covered up her front and behind just enough to not show anything else. On top of that, she wore a blue top that pressed her chest up, which revealed way more of her chest than Hinata liked to reveal. On her head sat a large blue hat, which curved in a weird way and had a few slim pink circles around it, and in her hand she held a small staff.

"M-Ma..." Naruto pointed with a shaking finger towards the blushing Hyuuga heiress and blinked, "Mahou Shoujo...?"

"S-Something like that, I...I think..." Hinata replied as she inspected her new looks with a blush on her face.

"W-Well...It looks...cute." Naruto sheepishly grinned and rubbed the back of his head, "Not to mention that it's showing a lot of Hinata's body..."

"Well then, Nemar-kun is up next, right?" Ino asked and smiled at Naruto.

"A-Ah...Yeah, I guess so...Let's see..." Naruto pondered for a moment and then stood up, "How about this?"

"I've got to do this as fast as possible." Both Naruto and Hinata thought as Naruto formed the seal formation.

"Henge!" Naruto called out and Hinata instantly activated her Byakugan.

Hinata gasped as the blonde was covered in smoke, "What...is going on...? Why can't I see anything...?"

When the smoke cleared up, Naruto was standing in a red and blue outfit, a black web pattern flowing over his costume. He also wore a mask with two large white eyes on it and his spikey hair made odd spikes on the top of his mask.

"So...What do you think?" Naruto asked no one in particular, but got a thumbs down from everyone but Hinata.

"Eh? It's no good? Why?" Naruto let out as he looked at all of the girls.

"Because...What good is it if we can't see your face?" Tenten asked and slightly tilted her head.

"Yeah...Even though we can see your muscles, we can't see anything else...That's no fun..." Ino added.

"A-Ah...I see. Then, I'll try something else." Naruto said and formed the handseal again, "Damn it...I thought I could get away with this...Better try something entirely different now..."

"Another chance...I must've been unfocused when I tried to do it the first time...I can do this..." Hinata told herself as she prepared herself to look at Naruto again with her Byakugan.

"Why...Why do I lose sight of him when he uses Henge no Jutsu?" Hinata blinked after she retracted her Byakugan again when Naruto's cloud of smoke cleared up again.

This time, Naruto wore a green tunic, a pair of brown boots, a green cap and had a large shield along with an even larger sword strapped onto his back, "How about this then?"

"It looks nice, but I think it doesn't suit you..." Temari stated as she eyed Naruto up and down.

"Yeah, there has to be something else that suits you more than...this." Sakura added with a nod.

"Hmmm...I'm really running out of ideas here..." Naruto stated and pondered for a moment, "Then...How about this one?"

Naruto formed the hand seal once more and Hinata activated her Byakugan one last time as well, "C-Could it be that...something is blocking my Byakugan from s-seeing it...?"

The smoke cleared up and this time Naruto was wearing a red jacket with a rather large collar, which rather resembled a cape more than a real jacket, red pants, boots and gloves. A white mask covered half of his face and long white lints hung from the top of the mask over his head.

Naruto took the mask off and smiled at the girls, "Well?"

"Nemar-kun..."

"I have to say it has something to it." Ino replied.

"Exactly who..."

"It looks kind of mysterious. I like it." Sakura replied and smiled sweetly at Naruto.

"In the world..."

"I like it too..." Temari replied as she eyed Naruto up and down.

"Are you?"

"It's somewhat cool, isn't it?" Tenten smiled at Naruto.

"Sakura said that she accidentally called Nemar-kun Na...Naruto-kun, but...It's hard to believe. H-However, Naruto-kun c-can't block out m-my Byakugan...right? Yet somehow..."

"Is something wrong, Hinata?" Naruto asked, smiling at the Hyuuga heiress, "You were looking kind of scary just now..."

"Eh?" Hinata let out, shaken out of her thoughts.

"Ah...N-Never mind. What do you think of this outfit?" Naruto asked and rubbed the back of his head, "She was looking quite serious at me just now...What is she thinking about?"

"A-Ah...I...think it's..." Hinata paused and eyed Naruto up and down, "...nice, I guess."

"Hehe." Naruto grinned widely, "I guess with that our group is complete."

"So what do we do now?" Tenten wondered out loud.

"Wait until everyone else is done so we can start the karaoke." Sakura replied.

"Hey, everyone..." Temari said and looked at the other girls before smirking, "I have an idea to make this whole karaoke thing more interesting."

"What did you have in mind?" Naruto blinked at Temari.

"I'm glad you asked." The wind mistress grinned at the blonde shinobi, "How about the person, who has the best performance according to Nemar-kun, gets to be intimate with Nemar-kun for a while in front of everyone else?"

Ino grinned at Temari and narrowed her eyes on Naruto, "Sounds good to me..."

"Alright, I'm up for a little competition." Tenten smiled at Temari and nodded once.

"Give it all you've got then." Sakura nodded.

"I...I won't be t-that good anyway, so...I...I guess it's fine with me..." Hinata replied, "I-If only I could find out if Nemar-kun is or i-isn't Naruto-kun then...B-But, then I...I'd..."

"My, my..." Naruto rubbed the back of his head and grinned sheepishly, "They've placed me in a nasty position again..."

"That settles it then..." Temari smirked, "Now all that's left to do is wait for our turns."

A while later, after everyone had chosen their character, Tsunade asked who was brave enough to go first as she slightly dimmed the lights in the room.

Quite surprisingly, Anko volunteered to be the first one to go, having drunk more than just a tiny bit of sake while waiting for the others.

Naruto knew that this would either be fun to see or quite disasterous for him, and it turned out to be a bit of both.

Seeing Anko sing and dance when she's drunk was something that Naruto indeed found entertaining. After tripping over her own feet and almost falling on top of Tsunade, Naruto couldn't help but snicker.

The disasterous or rather, as Shikamaru would call it, troublesome part came when Naruto realised she was singing to him, about him and for him. The blonde tried his best to ignore the drunken Jounin. However, it's hard to ignore a woman when she suddenly grabs you and presses you against her chest, before starting to give you something that could only be described as a innocent version of a lap dance.

Naruto sheepishly grinned and blushed as Anko danced with him, hoping that the omnious intent to kill radiating from the crowd didn't obtain in a physical form sooner or later.

After the song Anko had been singing and dancing to ended, she asked the Hokage if she could go another round. Luckily for Naruto, the blonde Hokage didn't like seeing Anko dance with him like that either and thus declined her offer.

A few more people had their turns before Naruto and the others, most notably Kiba's sister and mother doing a duet for the song 'Who let the dogs out' and caused Naruto a far bigger headache than the sake he had slowly but surely been drinking during the other performances.

"Man...If this keeps up, I'll be drunk and singing there too..." Naruto thought as he took another small zip of sake, "I'm already starting to feel like Ero-Sennin by drinking this stuff...Wonder how long it will be before the 'side-effects' will kick in..."

"Who wants to go next?" Tsunade smiled widely and took another zip of sake as well, being on her second bottle already and obviously being a bit more than just tipsy.

"I'll go next." Temari said quickly and raised her hand up in the air.

"Do your best, Temari!" Naruto said cheerful and smiled at Temari as she stood up.

"Go get them, girl!" Tenten shouted before grinning at the wind mistress.

Temari went through a couple of songs on the karaoke machine before stopping at one, selecting it with a smile.

She turned towards the crowd, smiling at Naruto as a violin along with a couple of instruments started playing, "This is for someone I've grown to love over a short amount of time..."

Temari raised the microfone up to her mouth and closed her eyes before singing with a pure and soft voice, "Let me be with you."

A few seconds later, the violin faded out and Temari continued singing, "Futari ga kitto deaeruyouna mahou wo kakete. Ryoute wo sotto kasanetehora hohoemukara."

She smiled sweetly at Naruto, "Honto no kimochi kitsukanai furishite. Totsuzen futari koi ni ochitano."

"Yeah...Yeah...Let me be with you..." Temari sung the chorus three times, "Dakishimetaino."

Temari's eyes softened and reached out with one arm towards Naruto, "Imamade zutto ienaimama kakushitetano. Tsuyogatteru soredakenano mitsukedashite."

"Machiawasemade atogofun mattete. Sonoatofutari koi ni ochitano." Temari pulled her hand back and held it close to her chest and kept it there as she sung the chorus again. At the end of the chorus she turned around, "Nakitakunaruno..."

Naruto's head perked up and he could've sworn that he saw something fall down and sparkle near Temari.

"Tsunaidate wo sotto hanasutoki." Temari sung as she turned back around again,"Fuan ni naruno. Fuan ni naruno..."

"Let me with you." Temari sung the chorus again and at the next line she threw her head back and sung in a pure voice, "Dakishimetainoni"

She repeated that last chorus a few more times before the song ended and look straight into Naruto's eyes with her own soft eyes as she sung the final line of the song, "Let me be with you..."

More than just a few people applauded Temari's performance and Naruto just gasped, "Wow..."

Temari took a small bow, walked back to the others and looked at them. Temari quickly turned her head away and blushed as she noticed Naruto was staring at her with wide eyes and blushing, "I...I didn't think it would make you blush..."

"Eh? What?" Naruto said and placed his hands on his cheeks, "Oh...eh...well...You were..."

Temari turned her head towards him and grinned widely, trying to hide her blush, "No need to say anything else."

"Hmph." Ino let out as she stood up and stamped towards the karaoke machine, "I'll go next."

"Meow, looks like someone's jealous..." Sakura whispered, "Not that I'm not or anything...That was amazing, Temari."

"I wonder if I can compete with that...Can't think of any song right now that would be more impressive..." Tenten crossed her arms and pondered.

"We'll see. For now let's enjoy seeing Ino sing." Naruto smiled and looked at Ino, who had just finished selecting her song.

"This song doesn't describe all of my feelings, but it's the song that comes closest to it. I also know all the dance moves to it so..." Ino stated and took a deep breath as she looked at Naruto, "This one is for you, Nemar-kun..."

Naruto smiled at her and nodded once at her, causing the blonde to smile back at her.

"Then...All I've left to say is..." Ino said as she threw a glance towards Tsunade, who nodded and hit the karaoke machine's play button, and Ino then raised the microfone to her mouth, "What can I do for you?"

The music started to play, the sound of an electric guitar leading the intro and was followed by the drums,"What can I do for you? What can I do for you? I can hear you."

"What can I do for you?" Ino sung the same line two more times as she started to dance and followed with, naturally, the first verse.

"Ano hi kokoro no kanata ni egaiteta basho ni iru." Ino sung and pointed towards the heavens.

"Tohou ni kuretetari suru" Ino pointed to the back of the room before pulling her arm back, holding her hand against her chest and shaking her head, "Keredo mou modorenai."

"Yume ni mita katachi to wa." Ino looked at Naruto and smiled, "Nanimokamo ga chigau."

"Genjitsu ni wa...memai sae suru." Ino sung and slowly tilted her head back when she said the last part. The blonde raised her hand up towards the ceiling and brought it down again a moment later as she sung, "Riaru na sekai ni yureteru kanjyou."

She pointed towards the general direction of the other girls as she sung, "Maketakunai."

"Mou tada hashiru shikanai kono mune ni kikoetekuru." Ino placed her free hand over her heart and closed her eyes, looking at Naruto a moment later with soft eyes, "Kimi wa hitori jyanai."

During the guitar solo that followed, Ino just danced away, patiently awaiting the next part of the song she needed to sing.

"Ino's good too." Naruto stated and nodded once, "I didn't think any of us would sound good up there..."

"I have to say...Blondy has some nice moves." Temari stated as she leaned back and supported herself on her arms.

"Yeah, she sure can dance." Naruto said as he was slowly being hypnotized by the movements of Ino's hips.

"I wouldn't call it dancing..." Temari replied.

"Sounds like someone's feeling regret for not dancing more than she did..." Tenten winked at Temari and playfull stuck her tongue out at the wind mistress.

"Hmph." Temari let out and closed her eyes.

"What can I do for you? What can I do for you?" Ino sung the chorus as she pointed at Naruto and kept dancing, "I can hear you."

"Kesshite furimuki wa shinai anata ni wa to.yo.ra.na-i." Ino followed up with the next verse, "Nanika ga areba kanarazu suguni kite kureru kara."

"Ima boku ni dekiru koto sore wa shinjiru koto..." Ino sung, pressing her hand against her chest once more as she looked at Naruto, "Shinjitsu nara kono mune ni aru."

"Riaru na sekai ni yureteru kanjyou. Sasaeru no wa."

"Sou anata ga oshietekureta subete."

"Ima no watashi."

"Dakara, hitori jyanai."

Ino's singing and dancing had the audience moving along with the beat of the music and Naruto grinning widely at the blonde.

"Riaru na sekai ni yureteru kanjyou." Ino turned her head to the right in one rapid movement, moving it back the next moment and looking up towards the ceiling as she sung the next part, "Kan-ji-temo."

Ino moved her hand over her eyes and closed her eyes as she sung the next part,"Anata ga me o tojita nara soko ni iru."

At the next line, Ino instantly pointed towards Naruto and looked him straight into his eyes, "Kizuna ga aru."

"Dakara, hitori jyanai."

Everything went silent. The music stopped, and Ino stood there with her mouth open.

"Wh-What the...?!" Ino yelled at the Hokage.

"...Could it be..." Tsunade looked with wide eyes at the karaoke machine and walked over to it a moment later.

"Don't tell me it's broken! I was just getting warmed up!" Ino said as she walked over to the machine as well.

"Hmmm..." Tsunade kneeled down and stared intensely towards the machine for a moment.

"My, my...I guess it broke." Naruto let out a sigh, "I wanted to hear Ino sing and see her dance some more..."

"I know the solution." Tsunade raised her finger in the air.

"...Sing without the music?" Ino raised an eyebrow and placed a hand on her hip.

Tsunade took a glance at the blonde, looking at her like she had just asked the most ridiculous question ever before turning back to the machine, "No, it's not that."

The Fifth Hokage stood and flexed her muscles, "Alright...Stand back now..."

Ino took a small step back and Tsunade raised her leg up until her foot was nearly above her head.

Everyone looked shocked at the Hokage as she roared, "Heeeeeeeee!"

Her foot came crashing down onto the karaoke machine, though it miraculously stayed in one piece. The speakers popped to life, "What can I do for you?"

"Eh?!" Ino let out in surprise before slumping her shoulders and looked towards the machine with disappointment, "It's at the beginning again..."

"Well..." Tsunade grinned widely and patted Ino on the back, "Then you can sing it again."

Ino looked towards the blonde Hokage with a frown on her face, "I don't want to do that..."

"Then..." Tsunade pondered for a moment before nodding, "It's someone else's turn, I guess."

"That's fine with me." Ino said as she put down the microfone and headed back to the others.

"Then...Who wants to go next...?" Tsunade wondered out loud as her eyes wandered over everyone present.

"Nemar-kun here wants to go next." Temari said and raised Naruto's hand up in the air.

"O-Oi!" Naruto let out, looking with wide eyes at Temari, "Wh-what are you doing?"

"Come on, Nemar-dono!" Sakura said, "We want to see you sing."

"B-But..."

"Hurry up and get on there already." Tenten said as she softly pushed him from behind, "You won't do worse than any of us would do."

"But I really..." Naruto protested.

"Nemar-kun, do your best." Ino said with a smile on her face as she extended her hand to help Naruto up.

"A-All right..." Naruto said as he stood up and walked towards the front, "Man...What am I getting myself into...? I don't even know if I know any of those songs..."

"Have you made your choice yet?" Tsunade asked with a smirk on her face, waving the sake bottle in her left hand for a moment before taking a sip of the liquor.

"Hmmm..." Naruto let out and went through the list of songs, "Let's see..."

"Just as I thought, I don't even know most of these songs...Let alone their lyrics..." Naruto sighed, "I should spend a bit less on training and studying and listen to more music...Really..."

Naruto then stopped at one song and grinned widely, "This song should do...I think..."

"Alright, I've found the song I want to sing." Naruto said and pointed towards the Karaoke machine.

"Then start it up and start singing." Tsunade said, taking another sip.

Naruto coughed and picked up the microfone as a piano along with a few other instruments started to play in the background.

Soon a drum joined the music and Naruto started to sing, "You complete my fate. The world unwinds inside of me."

"You complete my fate. The halo crawls away." Naruto sounded not too bad and he hoped the next part would sound just as good, "You repeat fate, rewinding all we can. You refill my place. You refill my plaaaace. Plaaaace."

Naruto took a deep breath and tried his best to sing the chorus, which was probably the hardest chorus for someone, like Naruto, who isn't a professional signer, "Come and saaaaaaaave meeeeee. Come and saaaaave meeeeeeee. Come and saaaaave meeeeeeee. Come and saaaaave meeeeeeeeee. Come and save me."

The girls softly squealed as Naruto looked at them, "You complete my fate, the heavens crawl inside of me."

"You repeat my fate, revealing who we are." Naruto stretched his hand out and pointed towards the girls, most notably a bit more in Sakura's direction, "You refill my place, you refill my plaaaaaace. Plaaaace."

Naruto sung the chorus again, this time he screwed up a bit, but it was too be expected when holding such a note for a long time.

Figuring he should probably also sing the last part as well, even though it was sung by a different singer normally, "Believe in me and drink the wine and take my hand and fill me in."

As he sung the final line, Naruto's eyes softened as he looked at the group of girls for a moment before closing his eyes, "Believe in me and drink the wine and take my hand and let me follow..."

Naruto opened his eyes and looked at the girls after the outro had ended. He blinked for a moment and then sheepishly grinned, rubbing the back of his head as Temari, Tenten, Ino and Sakura looked at him with big teary eyes, "Maybe I overdid it with that song...?"

A loud squeal errupted from the crowd and before Naruto knew what hit him, he was on the bottom of a pile of a whole lot of feminine flesh.

"Now I really need to be saved..." Naruto thought as various body parts were pressed against his entire being, "Must...focus...mentally...on...Ero-sennin...taking...a..."

--------Meanwhile in some unknown place--------

"Crap." Sasuke cursed as he sat up in his bed, his right eye twitching, "My fangirl-sense is nudging me..."

Sasuke narrowed his eyes at his feet at the end of his bed, "Those obnoxious beings have switched over to someone else...They belong to me! Me, I say! I need to ressurect the clan in a few years, so I'm going to need all of them!"

"Damn it." Sasuke cursed through gritted teeth.

"Sasuke-kun, I've brought you your..." Kabuto said as he walked into Sasuke's room. The run-away shinobi from Konoha threw a foul glance towards the medic-nin, who jumped up and ran out the door, "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I shouldn't have forgotten to add the sugar to your hot milk!"

When Kabuto had left, Sasuke turned back to his glaring at his sheets, "Damn it all. Damn whoever took my fangirls. Damn Itachi for killing my clan. Damn Kabuto for forgetting my sugar and most of all...Damn these perfectly white silk sheets..."

--------Back with Naruto--------

Naruto wasn't all too happy with his current situation, though that was because the girls he liked had decided to fight with the other girls on top of him.

"Man, I've got to get out of here as fast as possible..." Naruto thought as he tried his best to defend his head from making contact with a knee, "If their fighting won't kill me, than the heat will..."

Naruto tried to wrestle his way out of the pile of girls, but then he came in a position that set his face and entire body aflame, "Holy mother of...! Panties!"

He had somehow managed to wrestle his way underneath one of the girls' dresses and was only a few inches away from the girl's underwear with his face.

"What should I do? What should I do?" Naruto's mind raced and then he had an idea, "It's not the brightest idea ever, but I have to live to see more panties...I mean, become Hokage!"

"Alright...If I do this..." Naruto thought before he set his plan in motion. Sakura yelped and jumped up, her face bright red.

"I did it!" Naruto cheerfully announced as he quickly sat up, only to bounce back down as a girl fell down on him.

"That's it. You're all forgetting who's lying underneath you!" Anko said as she started to pull the crazed girls away.

"Who knows...He might need some mouth to mouth..." Anko smirked and licked her lips.

"Ugh..." Naruto groaned as he slowly opened his eyes, "Why do I have the feeling like I've just been kissing with someone...?"

When Naruto's vision cleared up and he saw Anko smirking at him, he shivered and twitched for a moment, "You...you..."

"My...Looks like he's doing fine." Anko grinned at Naruto.

"Nemar-kun, are you all right?" Sakura asked as she bend over Naruto.

"I'm sorry, we were all caught in a crazy fan mood for a moment." Ino frowned as she looked concerned at Naruto.

"I guess we should blame your act." Temari smirked at Naruto as she helped him up.

"Ah...That's all right..." Naruto sheepishly grinned, "I can endure it. Though that last blow to my head...ehehehe..."

"Though I wonder what would've happened if I had stayed conscious..."

Tsunade coughed, "I suggest then if everything's all right, that we continue our karaoke?"

"A-Ah...I guess so." Naruto grinned and laughed sheepishly.

The blonde shinobi looked around him and noticed that a lot of the kunoichi weren't around anymore.

"Areh?" Naruto blinked, "What happened to the others?"

"Tsunade-sama and the older Jounin kicked most of them out and threatened the others if they wouldn't behave." Tenten stated as she sat down, "Don't worry...Things won't be as hectic any more."

"Crap..." Naruto muttered and looked away.

"Hm? Did you just say something?" Tenten tilted her head.

"N-No, nothing at all." Naruto sheepishly grinned, "I probably shouldn't tell them that I didn't mind having all of those girls press against me...Other than the fact that I was sort of suffocating..."

"Hmmm...I wonder who should go next..." Tsunade pondered as she eyed everyone present, resting her eyes on Shizune.

"E-EH?!" Shizune let out, "Ts-Tsunade-sama! I...I can't..."

"Sakura will go next!" Naruto announced with a wide grin on his face as he held the pink haired kunoichi's hand up in the air.

"Eh? Wh-What's this all of a sudden?" Sakura asked as she slightly narrowed her eyes on Naruto.

"Because, I want to hear all of you and the longer we wait..." Naruto smiled at Sakura.

"Fine the, but you're coming along with me." Sakura said and pointed towards Naruto.

"Me...? Why? I already had my own performance..." Naruto blinked at her. Sakura smirked at her blonde team-mate in disguise, "I know. Don't worry, you won't have to sing..."

"Alright then." Naruto said as he stood up.

A few moments later he was standing across Sakura, who was holding the microfone in her hands.

Sakura opened her mouth and started singing with a soft, tender voice, "Kobushi wo nigirishimete watashi wo mamotte kureta."

Then the music truly kicked in, unleashing a sound that one wouldn't expect to fit the soft, tender voice Sakura used a moment ago.

Though still tender, Sakura's voice was less soft when she started to sing the first verse.

"Kogareta omoi wo butsuketemo anata wa suruu suru." Sakura shook her head, "Kotoba dake ja tsutawaranai no?"

"Kamigata wo kaete furiru to reesu de semeyou kana." Sakura stroked once with her hand through her hair before placing that same hand on Naruto's cheek, "Ichigeki hissatsu no ougi wa izuko ni?"

"Koi wa geemu ja nai kedo." Sakura shook her head, "Shoubu wo kakete, let's make love tonight."

"Eh?" Naruto let out, slightly blushing as Sakura's face flushed crimson, "Did she just say..."

Naruto's eyes darted towards the others for a moment and, seeing the surprise on their faces, confirmed that he indeed heard Sakura say that just now.

"Da...kiatte dakishimerarete. Ai no honoo ga moe agaru no sa." Sakura somehow managed to bring out the next line without too much effort.

"Hajimete mukaeru yoru no tsuki akari." Sakura managed to stop blushing and took a deep breath, "Terasarete, terasarete."

She looked into Naruto's eyes, a slight hint of being worried about him present in her look, "Mitsume au toki dousureba ii no?"

"Guu choki paa de shinkenshoubu ne." Sakura sung and raised a fist up in the air, "Honki dashimasu."

"Karada mo kokoro mo iyashite agetai to omou kedo." Sakura shook her head again, "Mada mada shugyou ga tarinai no?"

"Konya no menyuu wa." Sakura sung , trying her best to stay calm, "Sutaminareshipi de semeyou kana."

"Ichigeki hissatsu no ougi wa izuko ni?" The medic-nin glanced towards her friends, who seemed partly amused by what she was singing.

"Sui mo amai no jinsei. Wakachi aereba very very happy tonight!"

After singing that line, Sakura dropped her microfone and blushed a shade of red that even Hinata would have trouble to obtain.

"Sa...Sakura...?" Naruto let out as he too felt his cheeks burning, though not nearly as much as Sakura's.

"I can't..." Sakura said before turning around and ran off.

"E-Eh? Sakura?" Naruto reached out for her with one hand and tilted his head slightly, "What the...?"

"Shouldn't you go after her?" Tsunade asked as she stopped the music.

"A-Ah..Yeah." Naruto said and followed Sakura's path.

"Then! Who wants to go next?" Tsunade asked with a big smile on her face as she let out a heartly chuckle.

After heading around a few corners and running for a short while, Naruto found Sakura leaning against a wall near a window.

"Geez...What was I thinkin? Picking a song like that..." Sakura muttered as Naruto came closer.

"Sakura...You know..." Naruto started.

"i knew the lyrics, I just forgot about those lines...Really...It's not like me..."

"Well, don't worry...It's not like you were..."

"And now everyone will think I want to do that and that's all I'm thinking about..." Sakura continued.

"Oi...You're completely ignoring me, aren't you?" Naruto asked as he looked dully at Sakura.

"I'm not ignoring you." Sakura replied and sighed, "Just telling you my thoughts right now..."

"Ah...well..." Naruto looked around, not sure where to look at the moment, "Ehm...We should head back now, right?"

"Yeah...I suppose so." Sakura replied and sighed softly.

Naruto turned around and took one step before pausing and slightly turning his head around, "Ano...Sakura-chan..."

"Hm?" Sakura tilted her head up and flashed a smile at Naruto, "Something wrong?"

"I don't think this is like you." Naruto said as he looked straight into Sakura's eyes.

"Eh...?"

"I mean, the whole running off thing and such. It's not like you." Naruto smiled at Sakura, "The Sakura-chan I like would probably just grin wickedly at everyone else after singing a song like that instead of running away."

Sakura blinked at Naruto as the blonde shinobi turned his head back around and rubbed the back of his head, "Well...That's just what I imagined you'd do."

"Naruto."

"Hm?" Naruto slightly turned his head again and before he knew it, Sakura kissed him on his cheek.

"Thank you."

Naruto grinned widely as Sakura headed on ahead of him, "Hehe. You're welcome."

Not long after that, the two of them were back with the others.

"Hey, everyone. Look who's back with us." Naruto announced with a wide grin on his face.

"Oh, quit it..." Sakura replied as she looked at Naruto.

"What? Embarrassed again?" Naruto smirked at Sakura.

"Tsch..." Sakura smirked back at Naruto, "You'd wish."

"Alright!" Tsunade cheerfully raised a bottle of sake up in the air, "Drama's over, everyone. Let's continue the party!"

"As expected from the Hokage!" Naruto replied equally cheerful, "Next up for karaoke is Tenten!"

"Eh!" Tenten yelped in surprise.

"Sorry to disappoint you, but that's not going to happen." Tsunade said and took a zip of her sake.

Before Naruto could even protest with a single word, Tsunade firmly placed her foot down on the table and pointed towards Naruto, "You and your girlfriends to be have been hogging spots for a bit too long now. Time for a real pro at karaoke!"

"And who might that be?" Naruto asked with a smirk on his face, "You?"

Tsunade took another zip of her sake, "Exactly!"

Naruto's mouth dropped open, "This can't go good for too long..."

A while later, after Tsunade's singing had abruptly come to an end as she fell into the crowd due to her drunken stupor, and after much debating, Hinata had her chance to shine. The Hyuuga heiress was quite reluctant about it, however in the end she managed to do it.

"Yura yura to yuganda sora e, kimi no moto e tonde yuke." Hinata sung the last few parts of the song she had picked out, "Konna ni mo chikaku ni kanjiteru. Futatsu no omoi."

"Kira kira to kagayaku hoshi ga. Itsumo futari utsushiteru."

"Deata hito kawaranu sora no shika."

"Hitotsu no chikai."

As the outro of the song played, the Hyuuga heiress was loudly cheered on and, even though it was with a bright blush on her face, she took a few bows in front of the audience.

"That was amazing, Hinata!" Naruto commented as Hinata joined their little group again. Temari took a sip of her sake and placed her bottle down on the ground, "You're only saying that because you're drunk."

"I'm not drunk." Naruto retorted.

"Oh, but you are drunk."

"You're the one who's drunk." Naruto narrowed his eyes on Temari.

"Oh yeah?"

"Yeah."

"Yeah?"

"Yeah!"

"Let's see how drunk I am then." Temari smirked as she placed her hands on Naruto's cheeks and moved closer towards his lips with her own. Seconds before she kissed him or the other girls could interrupt them, the entire foundations of the building shook.

"Wh-What the?!" Tsunade yelled, the quake having shaken her out of her drunken state. Temari fell on top of Naruto and everyone else braced themselves as well.

A second later, the doors to the bachelorette party were broken open. An immense mass of sand and a loud roar entered the room, yet managed to avoid hitting anyone on it's way into the room, "APOLOGIZE!"

Naruto's eyes went wide, partly out of fear and partly out of pure shock and surprise, as the sand seemed to be heading towards him.

A few moments earlier, at Jiraiya's bachelor party, all the guys were relaxing and kicking back with some alcoholic beverages ready.

"Ahahaha...I'm really going to miss this life or rather, all the ladies hanging around me." Jiraiya said with a wide grin on his face, " Well...Every player has to retire at one point in his life..."

"You'd better enjoy it while it last, eh?" Asuma said with a smirk on his face as he lit up another cigarette. Gaara took a sip of his sake as most of the other guys nodded agreement.

"Speaking of women. Are there any left you wish you could do at least one time?" Kiba asked Jiraiya, grinning widely as he took another sip of his own sake.

"There's not a pretty or cute woman in the world that I wouldn't do." Jiraiya laughed and then took a moment to reconsider his statement, "Well...Except the really, really young ones of course...but they aren't considered full grown women yet anyway."

"Hehehe. I see." Kiba grinned even wider, "What about the rest of you?"

"Kiba-kun, I don't think such a topic is appropriate." Lee stated, the only completely sober person in the room.

"Lee, you don't have to answer." Gai said and struck his nice guy pose, "We all know you want to do it with Sakura-san."

"B-But Gai-sensei! I thought you said it was unyouthful to do such things!"
"Lee! Youth is passion! Youth is love!" Gai exclaimed and ignited in the flames of youth, even though they had a strange pink hue this time, "In other words, doing it is youthful!"

"O-Ossu!" Lee saluted his sensei, "Then I shall do it a lot and do it often with Sakura-san! For the sake of youth!"

"Lee!"

"Yes, Gai-sensei?"

"Not now though."

Lee slightly frowned and let his shoulders hang, "...Yes, Gai-sensei."

"Then, what about you, Gai-sensei?" Kiba asked as he looked at the green clad Jounin.

"Me?" Gai blinked for a moment before striking his nice guy pose again, "With my beauty and youthful looks, I can have any lady I want!"

"Yeah...ehm...That's not what I asked..." Kiba muttered as he stared dully at Gai. Neji smirked and took a sip of his sake, being the second most sober person currently in the room.

This didn't go unnoticed by Kiba, who decided it was Neji's turn to answer, "What about the great Hyuuga prodigy? Any interest in the ladies at all?"

"There's no need to tell you..." Neji said as he closed his eyes and took another sip of his sake.

"So there is someone, isn't there?" Kiba grinned wickedly at Neji.

"I didn't say whether there is or isn't someone. It's just none of your business." Neji replied and again took a sip of his sake.

"Tsch...Spoilsport..." Kiba muttered, "Then...Shikamaru? Do you have anyone you want to get it on with?"

Shikamaru looked dully at Kiba, "It's..."

Kiba nodded at Shikamaru to continue who just closed his eyes and added, "So troublesome..."

"...You're all no fun. However!" Kiba grinned again and turned towards Shino, who was sitting beside him, "Shino isn't like that! So...Tell me...I mean us! Who do you want the most?"

Shino was silent for a moment and took a sip of his sake.

"Well?" Kiba smirked and narrowed his eyes on his teammate.

Shino's shades then momentarily reflected the light, "Anyone you have zero chance of getting."

"Wh-What was that?!" Kiba yelled at Shino, who just straightened his shades in reply.

"There's no way you can hook up with a girl that I can't get!"

"Kiba...This team's..."

"Don't give me that crap again!"

Gaara took another sip of his sake and placed the bottle down on the ground.

"Geez...Nevermind..." Kiba said grumpily after his tantrum at Shino, "Do you know who I'd want to do?"

Some of the guys decided to shake their head in reply, others patiently awaited an answer from the dog-using shinobi.

"This guy's sister!" Kiba announced with a wide grin on his face as he slapped Gaara on his back.

The Kazekage twitched as Kiba continued, "Really! Have you guys seen her recently? I could hit that booty of her all night long!"

Gaara took another sip of his sake as Kiba kept talking about Temari, "She's got an awesome rack too. Man, I'd like to sink my teeth into those puppies. And speaking of puppies, I bet she's the kind that loves to have it doggy style. In other words, my style!"

As Kiba laughed out loud, Gaara twitched and dropped his bottle.

"Evacuate the building!" Jiraiya commanded.

"Holy sh-!"

"Out, out, out!"

"Waaaah! W-What are you doing?!"

Once they were outside, Gaara walked out while holding Kiba firmly in the grasp of his sand, twirling him around and around.

"Akamaru! Saaaaaaaave me!" Kiba cried out as Gaara kept spinning him around in circles.

Akamaru barked something in reply and Kiba forgot about his need for a saviour for a moment, "Fuck you? What the hell! Why are you disobedient?!"

Kiba tried to sniff the air as he was being twirled around, "Sake? It's sake! Who gave my dog alcohol! Who?! Who?!"

Gaara then started to walk away and kept twirling Kiba around with his sand.

"Oh my..." Jiraiya rubbed his chin, "This can't be good."

"Looks like he's heading for the bachelorette party..." Genma stated as they watched Gaara walk down the street with Kiba spinning above his head.

"Let's hurry!" Jiraiya said and pointed towards Gaara, "He's our ticket to be with the women!"

A while later, Gaara bursted through the doors of the bachelorette party with his sand.

"APOLOGIZE!" He roared as he threw Kiba at the ground near Temari and Naruto.

Gaara pointed towards his sister, "Apologise to her...now..."

Naruto and Temari blinked at Gaara nad Kiba as Kiba kneeled down and bowed and apologised repeatedly.

"I'm sorry...Please forgive me...Never again...I promise..."

"Uh...Uhm...O...k..." Temari managed to bring out as Kiba kept apologizing, "Gaara, what's this all about?"

Naruto looked at Gaara and saw his eyes twitch when they met his own. Realising in what position he and Temari currently were, Naruto decided it was best for his own health to not look Gaara in the eye again for a few moments.

"He needed to apologize to you." Gaara stated and pointed towards Kiba.

"Ehm...That's...fine then...I guess?" Temari replied hesitantly, not too sure what she should reply.

"Yo, Tsunade!" Jiraiya said as he peeked around the corner, a wide grin pasted on his face, "I'm really sorry for crashing your party like this."

"What are you hiding for? I'm not going to throw furniture at you..." Tsunade stated as she closed her eyes for a moment.

"Ah, well...I wasn't thinking that y-ouch!" Jiraiya yelped as a bottle him in the face.

"Why use furniture when empty sake bottles are cheaper and almost as effective...Almost." Tsunade pondered for a moment, "Not to mention less expensive...hmmm..."

Jiraiya rubbed his partly sore face, "Geez...Like it's my fault all of this happened."

"Well? Explain this situation to me..." Tsunade said as she crossed her arms.

"Ehm...You know..." Jiraiya grinned sheepishly as he grabbed the empty bottle of sake and pretended to drink it all in one go.

"He's...?"

"...I think so..."

"What should we do then?" Tsunade raised an eyebrow at her husband-to-be.

"I suggest we all stay here." Jiraiya said while nodding.

"Guess it can't be helped..." Tsunade said as she looked towards Gaara and Kiba, who was still apologizing to Temari, "Wait. What do you mean with..."

"Yo fella's! Get in! Tsunade said we're going to celebrate together!" Jiraiya yelled, being at a relatively safe distance from Tsunade.

"Alright!" The men of Konoha cheered as they entered the room with loud cheers.

"Ehm...You can stop apologizing now..." Temari stated and took a step away from Kiba.

"Really...?" Kiba asked as he slightly looked up towards Temari.

"Y-Yeah..." Temari slightly twitched as she stepped half away behind Naruto, "Do I honestly want to know why he was apologizing like that...?"

"Looks like you've repented for your crimes...Kiba." Shino stated as he joined his comrade and adjusted the position of his shades.

"...What crimes?" Kiba retorted, only to get a foul glare from Gaara, "A-Ah...Those crimes...Yeah...I did..."

"That's good..." Shino said as he scouted the kunoichi present in the room. His eyes rested upon Hinata and he tilted his head, "Could that be...our Hinata?"

"Huh?" Kiba let out and followed Shino's gaze towards Hinata, "Eh!"

Kiba ran on all fours towards Hinata and looked into her eyes, as if he was studying her, "You're...Hinata, right?"

"Kiba-kun...G-Good evening...Who else would I be?" Hinata blinked at Kiba, slightly backing away from him.

"It really is you!" Kiba let out and then his eyes headed down and away from Hinata's eyes, a wide grin forming on his face.

His moment of bliss didn't last long, however, as not one, but two fists met his face. After hitting the ceiling and falling back down on the floor, Kiba looked up, "M-Mommy?!"

"What the hell are you doing, Kiba?!" Kiba's mother questioned.

"Ehm...Eh...Just...you know..." Kiba grinned sheepishly.

"See, mom...I told you we should've castrated him along with Akamaru." Hana stated as she placed a hand on her hip.

"You look at that poor girl, or any other girl for that matter, like that again and you will wish you were born a woman." Kiba's mom threatened.

"Y-Yes mom..." Kiba managed to bring out as his mother and sister turned around and headed back to their seats.

"Kiba..." Shino kneeled down besides his comrade when his family had left, "You have no talent at all..."

"Wh-What's that, bugboy?!" Kiba growled.

"How a professional approaches this matter...I will show you that..." Shino said as he stood up and walked towards Hinata.

"S-Shino-kun...Is Kiba-kun all right?" Hinata asked as she looked slightly worried at her team-mate, "It...It looked like his mother and sister hit him pretty hard..."

"Don't worry about Kiba." Shino's shades sparkled, "More importantly, you should worry about yourself."

"Eh?" Hinata tilted her head.

"After all your..." Shino's shades sparkled again, "...boobs make me want to go hump-hump all through the night."

"..."

"...Oh crap."

Next thing Shino knew was that he was lying besides Kiba on the floor, even more beaten up than Kiba.

"Great work, mister professional." Kiba commented as he sat up.

"...I wonder why that came out." Shino replied as he slowly sat up as well.

"Well, first of all, you...hm?" Kiba looked besides them and noticed Neji standing there next to them, his face bright red, "Oh...crap?"

"No...Wait..." Shino said as he jumped up and waved his hand in front of Neji's eyes.

"...He's lost it?" Kiba asked as steam vented from Neji's ears.

Shino placed a hand on Neji's shoulder and his shades sparkled again, "Neji...I understand your feelings."

"Yes, she has the cleavage of a godess and yes it is hard not to drool when looking at her right now. However..." Shino adjusted the position of his shades, "She's your cousin. It's just not right."

"Hm? What?" Neji responded when Shino blocked his view, "Out of the way Shino, you're blocking my view."

"I won't move...You have to realise that doing anything with her on a lover's level is wrong." Shino replied.

"..." Neji looked at Shino then looked over his shoulder at Tenten, instead of trying to move out of the way, "I don't know what he's blabbering about, but I don't want to miss this late christmass present..."

"Ino, what the hell are you wearing?" Shikamaru raised an eyebrow at Ino as he and Chouji faced her.

Ino jumped behind Naruto and hid herself from their view, "Don't look at me like that! Next thing you know you'll be trying to do god knows what, you bunch of drunkards!"

"Well, first of all, we're not drunk...Second, you're the one who's dressed like that..." Shikamaru replied and sighed, "Besides, aren't you the drunk one? How troublesome..."

"Sakura-san!" Lee bounced over towards the pink haired kunoichi.

"A-Ah...Lee..." Sakura smiled sheepishly, "Y-You haven't been drinking, have you?"

"Of course not!" Lee replied and nodded heavily, "However, I am burning with the flame of youth and my flame of youth tells me to be with you all night!"

"R-Really? But...Getting enough rest is important if you're...youthful." Sakura replied.

"Hmmm...Sakura-san, you make a valid point." Lee sat down and crossed his arms, "I must meditate about this."

Sakura smiled sheepishly at Lee for a moment and then smiled sweetly at him, "You'll get enough rest, right? For me?"

Lee looked up and ignited in the flames of youth, "Yooooosh! I've decided! For Sakura-san's sake I shall get lots of rest!"

"Man, it's getting quite crowded here..." Naruto commented as the guys mixed themselves amongst the women.

"Yeah..." Temari replied, "It's a shame, I guess."

Naruto grinned sheepishly and rubbed the back of his head, "Well...That's partly true."

"I wonder what we should do next..." Naruto thought as he looked around. The blonde gasped when he laid his eyes upon something that didn't seem quite right, "T-Two Anko's?!"

He knew his eyes weren't deceiving him as one Anko was with Genma while the other one was with Raidou and both of them were heading towards each other.

"What the...?" Genma let out as he exchanged looks with the Anko beside him and the Anko standing beside Raidou.

"...This doesn't seem quite right..." Raidou commented. The eery silence that followed spread out across the entire room and drew everyone's attention towards the two 'couples'.

The Anko standing beside Genma grinned wickedly, "It's alright. Show yourself."

Anko's grin grew more wicked than before as she continued, "Mo-e-gi..."

The other Anko was covered in smoke for a moment and the next moment Moegi, Konohamaru's female teammate, stood next to Raidou with a big blush on her face.

"Wha-Wha-What the hell?!" Raidou backed away from the young girl as every guy in the room gasped.

"Did you get what you came for?" Anko asked the girl with a smirk on her face.

"Y-Yes. I've learned a lot and it was really fun. Also, I..." Moegi looked shyly towards Raidou.

"Good. Then your mission is now complete." Anko nodded once and that was all she could do for the next moment, Naruto jumped ontop of her and started shaking her back and forth.

"You let an innocent little girl change into you. YOU! And then send her to a place where they'd do GOD knows WHAT to her because they think she's you?!" Naruto yelled as he kept shaking Anko back and forth, "Are you completely insane?!"

Anko smirked at Naruto, "I know you would've liked to have two of me..."

"Like hell I would!" Naruto retorted as the rest of the guys of Konoha were staring in shock at Moegi.

"But then..."

"We..."
"This..."

"...I think I'm going to puke now..."

"God, please forgive us! We didn't know!"

"That's some..." Asuma let out a puff of smoke after cutting off mid-sentence, "Am I glad I didn't lay my hands on her..."

"Well, well...Calm down. I didn't force her to do it." Anko grinned at Naruto as she tried to calm him down.

"Does that really matter?!" Naruto let out.

"Give it a rest, Nemar-kun." Sakura said as she pulled Naruto away from Anko and let out a sigh, "It's not like it will help anything."

"I have to say it was a well-planned but cruel scheme." Temari said nodding, "I would've handled it in a different way..."

"Ano...Jiraya-sama..." Hinata let out as she looked around.

"Hm? Is something wrong?" Was what Jiraiya wanted to say, but because he was was his mouth with soap it sounded more like, "Hm? Ish shimtin gong?"

"Where is N-Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked as she looked around, "He's not here...I can't see him anywhere...Everyone else is here, but not Naruto-kun..."

Jiraiya quickly spit the soap and water out of his mouth and rubbed the back of his head, "Na...Naruto, huh? Ehm..."

Naruto, who was currently sitting amongst the girls again and enduring the envious looks of many shinobi, didn't immediately notice that Hinata wasn't amongst him and the others.

"Geez...Why did they all have to come over here...?" Ino scowled as she was still hiding herself behind Naruto.

"I don't know, but I think we should stop cosplaying now that all the guys are here." Tenten commented and blushed as she couldn't help but notice that people were staring at her and her santa outfit.

"I don't know about that..." Ino smirked as she run with one hand through Naruto's hair, "I kind of like it like this."

Naruto grinned sheepishly and slightly blushed, "I don't really mind either, but I want to live longer than after this party..."

"I really don't have a problem with looking like this..." Temari said as she leaned against Naruto, "They're looking at me because I'm looking cute and beautiful. Not because I'm half-naked."

"Me being half-naked is just a bonus part. I don't need some dress to look cute and beautiful." Ino stuck her tongue out towards Temari.

"Well, I guess you're right, Ino." Naruto replied and caused Ino to grin widely, "But, Temari doesn't need a dress either."

Temari smirked towards Ino, feeling somewhat victorious over her fellow blonde kunoichi.

"Then, I'll stop cosplaying at least." Tenten said and changed back into how she was looking before they started to cosplay.

"If Nemar-kun doesn't mind me sitting here afterwards, I'll stop too." Ino said smiling as she softly pressed herself against Naruto's back.

"E-Eh...M-Make yourself comfortable, I guess?" Naruto replied hesitantly, "I...somewhat want to know what would happen if they drink a bit more sake..."

Ino smiled and canceled her Henge no Jutsu as well, leaning her head on Naruto's shoulder afterwards, "What about you guys?"

"I don't really mind either way..." Temari replied and closed her eyes, "Well, If everyone's changing back, I guess I will as well. Didn't buy tonight's outfit for nothing, you know."

"Then, me too." Sakura added and dispelled her Henge no Jutsu simultaneously with Temari.

"What about you, Hina-...?" Naruto asked with a smile, only to find Hinata missing from the spot where he expected her to be, "Hm?"

"Where did she go?" Sakura wondered, speaking Naruto's thoughts out loud.

Naruto looked around and found the Hyuuga heiress taking a slight bow in front of his sensei before turning around and making haste to get back to Naruto and the others.

"Oi...Can it be that...?" Naruto wondered as Hinata came towards them.

"There you are, Hinata. What were you doing?" Sakura asked the shy girl.

"S-Sorry, but I have to go for a moment." Hinata replied and looked straight into Naruto's eyes before taking a slight bow, "P-Please don't worry. I w-will return as soon as possible."

"Ehm...You don't need our permission to leave, you know." Ino waved dismissively with her hand.

Hinata smiled sheepishly and scratched her cheek, "Y-Yes, but I didn't want everyone to worry where I suddenly went, s-so..."

"It's alright. Just go do what you need to do and come back to us then." Tenten smiled at Hinata, "If you really have to do something, do it."

"Then..." Hinata slightly bowed again and ran off.

"Y-Yeah...See you later..." Naruto managed to bring out before she was too far away, "...I wonder..."

"Well then..." Ino smirked, "Where were we? Oh yes, I think it's time to decide who won the contest."

"Tenten didn't have the chance to sing yet, you know." Temari raised an eyebrow at Ino.

"That's fine with me." Tenten smiled sheepishly, "I wouldn't have won anyway..."

"See, she doesn't mind. So, Nemar-kun..." Ino said.

"Sorry, but there's something I have to do as well." Naruto grinned sheepishly at Ino before standing up, "Don't worry, I won't leave the room...probably."

"Nemar-kun...?" Ino let out as Naruto quickly headed over to Jiraiya.

"Yo. I figured you'd come over here." Jiraiya said with a grin on his face.

Naruto quickly looked around to see if any one of the girls were nearby, "Ero-sennin, what did you tell Hinata?"

"Nothing specifically." Jiraiya took a sip of sake, "She asked me where you were, that's all."

"Th-That's all?! How can you call it 'That's all'?!" Naruto let out in shock.

"Now, now...Calm down. I didn't exactly say you were well...you." Jiraiya replied with a smirk on his face.

"Then, what did you tell her?" Naruto blinked at his teacher.

Jiraiya closed his eyes and smiled, "I told her you said something came up and you had to do something else...I think she's gone out looking for you just now, no?"

"Y-Yeah...If you put it like that, I guess she did." Naruto replied as he looked over his shoulder towards the exit of the room.

"Well, don't worry...I'm sure she'll come back here soon enough."

"Yeah, I suppose so..." Naruto replied as he turned around.

"Suppose? Heh, Naruto...You've really grown up, even in manner of speech." Jiraiya commented.

"Huh?" Naruto let out as he paused, "Y-Yeah...I guess I just talk like that every now and then."

"Enjoy the rest of the party." Jiraiya said as he raised his bottle of sake.

"Yeah, no problem." Naruto blinked and headed back towards the other girls.

Meanwhile, Hinata was running through the streets of Konoha and, with her current outfit, was drawing quite a lot of attention towards her.

"If anyone can find Naruto-kun right now, it's me..." Hinata told herself as she searched every possible location with the help of her Byakugan eyes.

"If I find him, then it proves that Sakura accidentally called Nemar-kun Naruto-kun...B-But if I'm unable to find him, then that doesn't necessarily mean Nemar-kun is Naruto-kun..." Hinata pondered as the lights of many inns and houses flashed past her eyes, yet no sign of her crush to be found.

"I...I can do this...I probably know N-Naruto-kun better than anyone else...I know almost all of his favourite places to go to...I..." Hinata's thoughts were cut off as she bumped into someone.

"I-I'm sorry. I was being distracted by my thoughts as I ran and..." Hinata apologized.

"Miss, it's not safe for you to wander about like that."

Hinata looked up and found herself looking at a member of the ANBU, "A-ANBU? M-My apologies, I didn't..."

"No, it's nothing. What is something however, is that a young lady shouldn't run around in something like that at night..."

"Ah...This? I...I completely forgot about it..." Hinata said as she looked at her cosplay outfit.

"This town may not look like it, but there are...creeps about. I suggest you cancel that technique of yours."

"Y-You know?" Hinata blinked at the man and he let out a heartly laugh, "This man's voice...something's weird about it..."

"Yes...I can tell. It isn't that hard to recognise...For me at least."

"I...I see." Hinata let out and popped back into her normal outfit, "Th-then...If you'll excuse me."

"Yes, be careful." The ANBU replied and headed past Hinata.

Hinata looked at the ANBU for a moment and shivered, "The ANBU members sound scary..."

She then turned back around and headed off again, "Anyway, I'll have to check all of Naruto-kun's usual places. Let's see...Ichiraku's Ramen, Naruto-kun's apartment, Naruto-kun's favourite training spot...Ehm...What else is there?"

As Hinata continued her search, her love and crush was still back at the party and in his disguise, drinking some sake along with the rest of the people there.

Hours later, Naruto was sitting on top of one of the buildings near his apartment that had a dome-type roof.

He knew Temari and Gaara were back at his apartment and they knew he was out there as well, but Naruto had told them he needed some time to spend outside of the apartment.

Temari gave him a concerned look when he had said so, but Naruto assured her that nothing was wrong.

"But man...a lot has happened tonight..." Naruto said as he lay back against the dome roof, "I'm glad that I didn't chuck down as much sake as the adults did...They looked horrible at the end of the party."

He forgot about some parts of the night due to his alcoholical use, but he still remembered the most important moments.

The first one was when he was done talking to Jiraiya and he had rejoined the girls.

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"I'm back." Naruto said smiling as he sat down and got the smiles of each of the girls in return.

"Good. Then..." Ino said and smiled widely, "It's time for you to choice whose karaoke performance you liked the most."

"Hehe." Naruto rubbed the back of his head and grinned sheepishly, "Well, you were all good. It's going to be hard."

"Except for me." Tenten slightly frowned, "Didn't get a chance and to be honest, I'm glad I didn't...I really can't sing..."

"Hmmm...Really? I think you would've done great as well." Naruto tilted his head, "I guess I really can choose from Temari, Ino, Sakura and Hinata right now, eh? Hmm..."

"Ne, ne! Tell us already what you thought of it." Ino said as she crawled towards Naruto and looked him straight into his eyes.

"Well, since you're so eager to know..." Naruto scratched his cheek and looked at Ino, "Ino's performance was quite energetic and definitely could dance...Her singing was good as well."

Ino blushed slightly and stuck her tongue partly out of her mouth, "Heehee..."

"Sakura's performance was ended prematurely, but she could keep up the pace and tone of the song. A good performance as well, I guess." Naruto stated as he looked at Sakura, who smiled slightly.

"Temari's was really emotional and beautiful...Don't really have the words to describe it..." Naruto nodded at Temari, who smiled softly at him.

Naruto pondered for a moment, "Hinata's voice was really amazing and made me feel warm inside, I liked hearing her sing a lot."

"So who do you think was the absolute best?" Tenten asked as she sat down beside Naruto.

"Well...It's hard to decide...But..." Naruto looked at the girls for a moment and smiled.

"I have to admit that Temari's was the best in the end." Naruto nodded once.

"What? No way..." Ino frowned, "I was almost sure I had won."

"Cheer up, Ino." Naruto smiled at her and placed a hand on her shoulder, "I was taken away by each of you. It's just that I liked Temari's performance a little bit more."

"That little bit did give me the grand prize, though." Temari smirked as she supported herself on one arm and slightly leaned back.

"Oi, oi...Is that all I am to you?" Naruto joked as he grinned at Temari.

"Alright have fun with him, Temari...Let me know when you guys are done." Ino said as she stood up, "I'm going to find Shikamaru and Chouji."

"I-Ino?" Naruto let out and blinked at her.

Ino turned around and winked at Naruto, "Don't worry, I'm not pissed off. I just hate losing and watching the winner take everything."

"Ah...I...I see..." Naruto replied and sheepishly grinned, "But what the hell did you mean with 'when you guys are done'...?"

"I'll go too." Sakura said, "Won't take that long, right?"

"I'll join you guys too...No need to disturb them..." Tenten said.

"E-Everyone?" Naruto tilted his head.

"Don't worry, we'll be back before you know it." Tenten winked at Naruto before the three girls headed off into the crowd.

"Looks like they decided to give us some privacy..." Temari whispered to Naruto as she crawled over towards him.

"Like it really matters with this many people around." Naruto rubbed the back of his head and grinned sheepishly.

"Well, you're right. Don't worry though..." Temari smirked and leered at Naruto, "Privacy has no effect on the kisses I'm about to give you."

"Only kisses, huh?" Naruto asked.

"If you want to cuddle me, then what are you waiting for?" Temari smirked at him, "Anything else can't really be done with this crowd here..."

Naruto felt his face slightly flare up, "Y-Yeah..."

"Well, we could move somewhere more...private, but I don't think that's a good idea...yet." Temari's smirk grew wider.

Naruto smiled at her and then cuddled up against the wind mistress, wrapping an arm around her waist before passionately kissing her.

---

Naruto smiled again and closed his eyes for a moment as he relived that moment, "That was really nice for as long as it lasted."

He then grinned and softly laughed, "I still feel bad for Shikamaru. He tried to save me from getting killed by other men and he ended up getting partly beat up by Temari because she said she'd be able to protect me. Oh well, he wasn't really heavily injured anyway."

Naruto tilted his head back and stared at the nightly sky above Konoha, "Then next was..."

---

"Geez, what was he thinking?" Temari frowned as she walked through the room along with Naruto, "Pulling you away from me with his Kage Mane no jutsu while we were kissing."

"Well...I don't think he meant it in a bad way..." Naruto sheepishly grinned and rubbed the back of his head.

"Even so..." Temari replied and then let out a sigh, "Damn it...That Shikamaru ruined the mood..."

"It would've been worse if a bunch of drunks tried to attack me." Naruto smirked at Temari.

Temari looked with slightly worried eyes at him, "That's not the point. It's not like you'd get hurt by anyone with me around."

"Oi, oi...I'm perfectly capable of protecting myself." Naruto grinned widely at the wind mistress.

"I know, but I'm not the kind of girl that would just sit back and let a guy do all the fighting, you know..."

"Well, I guess you're right." Naruto rubbed the back of his head.

After a moment of silence, Temari frowned, "Damn it..."

Naruto pulled Temari into his arms and gave her a kiss, "Please stop doing that. You and I both knew that it wouldn't last forever tonight. Besides, it will still be a while before the party's over."

"Yeah..." Temari replied and faintly smiled, "Shall we find the others then?"

"Ah...Yeah, you go ahead and find them..." Naruto said as he released Temari.

"What about you?" Temari blinked at him.

"I want to see if Hinata is coming back yet. It's been a while since she's left..."

"But I thought she said that..."

"Yeah, but I'm still a bit worried about her." Naruto smiled at Temari, "I'll be waiting near the front entrance, so if I'm not back by the time you've found Ino, Sakura and Tenten, please meet me there."

"A-Ah...Sure..." Temari let out as Naruto headed off to the front entrance.

"Sorry, Temari...But I have to be able to talk to Hinata in private when she gets back..."

A few moments later, Naruto was at the front entrance, patiently waiting for either Hinata to return or Temari to meet up with him there.

"I wonder how long she's going to search for me through-out all of Konoha..."

"Nemar-kun?" Naruto heard from behind him and he turned around to find Ino standing there.

"Ah, Ino. What are you doing here?" Naruto smiled at her.

"That's my question. You...didn't get into a fight with Temari, did you?" Ino asked.

"No, no. Shikamaru accidentally ruined the mood while trying to save me from any possible harm." Naruto smiled at Ino, "Apparently some of the drunk people here like Temari a lot and could get envious of me..."

"That still doesn't explain you being here instead of with Temari..."

"Ah...Yeah." Naruto turned back around, "I was just a bit worried about Hinata..."

"You really are a nice guy, eh?" Ino stated as she walked up to Naruto. She crossed her arms and looked towards the ground, "Probably a guy that's just too good for me..."

"Don't say that, Ino." Naruto wrapped an arm around Ino, "You deserve a good guy. And..."

As Naruto paused, Ino looked up towards him in wonder, "Hn?"

"I really don't think I'm world's greatest guy when it comes to love, you know." Naruto grinned at Ino.

"That's not true!" Ino replied, "Sure, you might not be able to pick the girl you like the most right from the start, but..."

"Thank you, Ino." Naruto smiled at her and pulled her closer, "It really is hard to choose..."

"Yeah, we're all just great, aren't we?" Ino winked at Naruto and then smiled softly, "But I'm glad that you excist and love me, Nemar-kun..."

"Ino..."

"You see...I don't think I've ever really fallen in love before or that someone else has fallen in love with me...Sure, I had my crush when I was younger, but..." Ino smiled faintly.

"I'm that special to you?" Naruto asked Ino.

The blonde girl leaned further against Naruto and slightly nodded, "Tomorrow's going to be a rough day...Definitely..."

"Yeah...but I'm glad it's finally here." Naruto replied, "These past two weeks have been the most fun ever. A lot has happened and...well...if I could go back in time after I know who I want, I wouldn't want to simply because all of you made me happy in your own way."

"Nemar-kun..."

"Hm?" Naruto looked at Ino, "O-Oi...Ino...Are you..."

"No matter what happens tomorrow, thank you for everything." Ino said before kissing Naruto as tears started to flow from the corners of her eyes.

---

"Heh..." Naruto's eyes softened, "Even though I went there to wait for Hinata, I'm glad she didn't come in the end...Seeing Ino like that was just..."

Naruto shook his head and smiled again, "Well, at least things brightened up after that...I still can't believe what sake can do to people."

---

"Woohoo!" Tenten cheered as she twirled her black top around in the air with one hand while holding a bottle of sake in her other hand.

No one knew who turned on the more 'energetic' part of the music collection available, but it had, along with some more bottles of sake, fired up the party.

Tenten was straddling Naruto and pressing his face against her silk white shirt, which she wore underneath her top, and tossed her top into the crowd.

She was lucky enough to get to Naruto before anyone else did, but the other girls really didn't mind since they took turns sandwiching Naruto.

Naruto tilted his head back to take a breath and smirked at Tenten, "Now this is a party, right?"

Tenten nodded and set the bottle of sake against Naruto's lips, allowing him to drink some more of the alcoholic fluid.

She then casted the bottle aside and pushed Naruto and herself towards the wall, before saying with a bit of a drunken tone, "Let's make it even more fun."

"What did you ha-..." Before Naruto could finish sentence, Tenten's tongue had found it's way into Naruto's mouth.

After breaking the kiss Tenten smiled at him and tilted her head, "Oh, I don't know? A little bit of this and that?"

Naruto grinned at Tenten, "Anything will do, huh?"

Tenten nodded vigorously, "Only thing I'm wondering is when you're going to get under this shirt of mine."

"Like this?" Naruto asked as he moved his hands underneath Tenten's shirt.

Tenten nodded and pressed herself against Naruto, only to back away and blink at him a moment later.

"What's wrong?" Naruto asked in surprise.

"Look." Tenten said as she hooked one finger around her collar and pulled it forward, "Someone stole my bra."

Without a second thought, Naruto looked and instantly pulled away again, trying to restrain a nosebleed, "Yeah, I can see that."

"I bet it was Neji..." Tenten said as she looked over her shoulder and started to move her hips to the beat of the music, "He's so jealous of you...Well, I'll give him something to be jealous about."

"What?" Naruto asked as he started to move along with Tenten.

Tenten laid a finger on Naruto's lips and nodded once, "Two things actually...Could you carry me like you did before?"

"Y-Yeah, no problem." Naruto replied and Tenten jumped up, straddling her legs around Naruto's waist as he moved his hands so that he could carry her.

"Now I'm going to suckerpunch you. In a good way." Tenten nodded once and leaned slightly back, "Watch closely now as I won't do this again."

"Eh?" Naruto managed to bring out before Tenten pulled her shirt up and flashed Naruto.

"There, how do you like that, you bra stealing bastard!" Tenten said towards the crowd behind her, though not loud enough for anyone to actually hear her above the music. Tenten jumped off Naruto and continued dancing with him.

"Wow, that was..." Naruto brought out as a small trinkle of blood ran out of his nose, the rest of it obviously being held back by his will.

"Were my breasts, yeah." Tenten said nodding, "All mine."

"I know that, it was just..unexpected." Naruto blinked at Tenten.

"Well, I'm drunk, so who cares." Tenten shook her head.

"You realise you're drunk yet you do that? Not that I'm complaining, but..."

Tenten nodded again, "I won't remember most of this anyway. And you know what?"

"What?" Naruto repeated.

"I really want to do you right now. But it would be wrong because I'm drunk. Being drunk is baaaaaad for your first time." Tenten nodded.

Naruto flushed red and sheepishly grinned, "W-Well...Ehm...What should I say to that?"

"Just dance with me 'till I fall asleep. I always do after a while."

"Thanks for the warning." Naruto smirked at her, "I'd freak out if you suddenly fell asleep in my arms and I think you've passed out."

"Heehee..." Tenten stuck her tongue out at Naruto, "I wouldn't mind you trying to give me mouth to mouth though."

Naruto smiled at her and continued dancing with Tenten. After a while, Tenten rested her forehead against his and Naruto stopped dancing.

"Feeling sleepy?" Naruto asked.

"No, I just realised I'm all wet." Tenten replied and grinned at Naruto.

"Eh?" Naruto looked with wide eyes at Tenten.

"You made me all wet. I'd let you feel how wet I am because of you, but I don't think I could stop myself from wanting more then."

Naruto gasped and decided not to reply directly to that statement, "Ehm...You don't get drunk often, right?"

"N-Nope..." Tenten replied as she continued dancing with Naruto, "This is probably the eigth time I'm really drunk...or is it the ninth? Don't know anymore..."

"Well, I guess that's good then." Naruto replied.

"Can you get Temari here? Or any other girl? I want to do a sandwich before I fall asleep..." Tenten stated.

"Again? Well that's fine with me..." Naruto replied.

"Only this time I want to be the one getting sandwiched instead of being the sandwicher!" Tenten stated firmly.

"Ehehehe." Naruto laughed and grinned at Tenten, "I guess that's possible too."

"Oh damn it. Hold on for a moment." Tenten said and stopped dancing. Naruto blinked at her as she slightly bend over and a moment later lifted her legs one at a time before standing up straight again, "There, much better."

"What did you just...?" Naruto asked but Tenten laid a finger on his mouth.

"Ssssh...It's a secret..." Tenten grinned at Naruto, "Now hold me tight and kiss me before calling Temari or Ino. I just decided I want a blonde sandwich."

Naruto grinned and shook his head, "Sake really makes you a different person, doesn't it Tenten?"

"No, I just do more in public than normally when I'm drunk. If we were at my place, I'd have you tied up on my bed by now." Tenten nodded as she pressed herself against Naruto and wrapped her arms around him, "Now kiss me, you fool."

---

Naruto grinned widely as he had two tissues stuffed up in his nostrills.

"Man...If Tenten remembers any of that tomorrow morning, then she's going to be embarrassed as hell." Naruto thought and shook his head, "But I already forgot what happened after that...Hmmm...Oh well, shouldn't be too important."

Naruto sat up and looked around, the village of Konoha was slowly preparing to hit the night and go to sleep.

"I wonder where Hinata went though...She never came back to the party..." Naruto pondered for a moment, "Maybe I should head out to the Hyuuga estate and find out if she's home already..."

However, just as Naruto stood up, the Hyuuga heiress appeared in front of him.

"Hi-Hinata?" Naruto let out in surprise as Hinata breathed deeply in and out.

Hinata faintly smiled at him, "Na-...Naruto-kun...I've...finally..."

Before the silver-eyed girl could finish her sentence she passed out and Naruto quickly caught her in his arms, "O-Oi, Hinata?"

He sat Hinata down on the roof and watched her for a few moments.

"Looks like she passed out from fatigue...She must've been searching for me all night." Naruto thought as he watched the girl steadily breathe.

Naruto laid down beside her and looked at her. He shook his head, "She should've just headed back after a while...What was she thinking searching for me that long?"

A few moments later, Hinata opened her eyes again and slightly blushed as she found herself staring into Naruto's blue eyes, "Na-Naruto-kun..."

"Geez, you really have been searching for me all night, didn't you?" Naruto grinned widely at the Hyuuga heiress.

"H-How did y-you..."

"Know? Well, I heard about it. Geez, I was really worried about you when I heard you didn't return to Tsunade-obachan's party. I was even about to see if you were back at your place!" Naruto grinned even wider.

"A-Ah...I'm sorry..." Hinata replied as she looked away.

"There's no need to apologise, Hinata." Naruto smiled at her, "If anything I should apologise for making you worry about me."

"N-No...I...I wasn't really worried about N-Naruto-kuns well-being..." Hinata said as she looked at Naruto.

"Eh? Then why were you...?" Naruto blinked at her, "Oi, oi! Don't tell me she too is wondering about whether or not I'm that Nemar guy!"

"Na-Naruto-kun..Ehm...Do you know who Nemar-kun is?" Hinata looked slightly worried at Hinata.

"A-Ah...Well, I guess I do..." Naruto smiled sheepishly at her, "He's an old apprentice of Ero-sennin and recently came back to Konoha, right?"

"That's not what I meant...I...I..." Hinata gulped, "I thought for a moment he was N-Naruto-kun."

"Eh?!" Naruto let out in surprise, "She does know!"

"B-But...When Nemar-kun used Henge no Jutsu at the Hokage's party...I...couldn't see his tenketsu..." Hinata stated, "A-And it wasn't just once either...Something was blocking out my Byakugan..."

Naruto blinked at the Hyuuga heiress out of surprise, "Something blocked out her Byakugan...? What in the...?"

"I...I know Naruto-kun doesn't have such an ability, but I...I thought I might have been mistaken...And when I didn't see you anywhere when Jiraiya-sama and the men joined the party...I..." Hinata looked at Naruto.

"I see...Well, don't worry." Naruto grinned widely, "I'm here and I'm not going anywhere for a while."

"M...May I ask what you were doing...?" Hinata asked.

naruto blinked at her for a moment and then grinned again, "Sure. I was just helping out Ayame-chan with some stuff and I didn't want to go to Ero-Sennin's party after hearing what he was planning to do..."

"Ah...I see..." Hinata's facial expression saddened slightly, "I'm sorry..."

"It's alright." Naruto smiled at her for a moment before looking up towards the sky, "But man, I caused you to worry a lot, didn't I? I feel kind of bad about that..."

"P-Please don't!" Hinata let out as she slightly sat up to face Naruto again, "I...I was just..."

"Well, I still feel like I need to make up for it." Naruto turned his head around and smiled at Hinata, "Want to stay with me here for a bit longer?"

"Eh?" Hinata let out and started to blush, "S-S-Stay wit Na-Naruto-kun...here?"

Naruto nodded, "If you don't mind doing so, that is..."

"N-No...I...would love to..." Hinata smiled and laid down beside Naruto.

"Tonight's a nice night...Tomorrow's going to be a big day."

"Y-Yeah...H-Hokage-sama and Jiraiya-sama are r-really getting married..."

"That's not all though." Naruto grinned widely.

"Eh? Th-There's something else?" Hinata asked.

Naruto smiled faintly, "Yeah...I guess so."

"N-Naruto-kun...About tomorrow..." Hinata blushed brightly as she looked away from him.

"Ah...That's right." Naruto smiled, "I wanted to ask you something about tomorrow."

"Eh?" Hinata gasped as she quickly turned around to face Naruto.

"Would you mind if tomorrow we..."

"Eh...Eh?!"

"Go together to the wedding? I'm not good with formalities and I wouldn't mind having a cute girl accompany me at the same time." Naruto turned around to face Hinata again and grinned widely.

Hinata blinked for a moment and then nodded with a huge smile and blush on her face, "I would be honoured."

"Thanks, Hinata. You're a real life saver." Naruto smiled and closed his eyes.

"N-No...It's the least I could do for Naruto-kun..."

"Hinata, can you lie a bit closer to me?"

"A-Ah...! O-Of course..." Hinata replied and shyly scooted closer towards Naruto. Before she knew what happened however, she was lying in Naruto's arms and blushing brightly, "Na-Naruto-kun...?"

"Tonight's really nice, but it's also quite cold. I don't want you to get sick, you know." Naruto replied as he stroked through Hinata's long blueish hair.

The girl shivered out of happiness and laid one her hands on Naruto's chest, "I..."

"You like me doing this a lot, don't you?" Naruto grinned widely.

Hinata's face flared up and she slowly nodded, "Y-Y-Yes..."

"It's so peaceful right now..." Naruto grinned again, "I hope that by the end of tomorrow I can say that again."

"Na...ruto-kun...?"

"Ah, that's right. It's already after midnight..." Naruto stated as he helped Hinata sit up, "It's already Valentine's Day."

"A-Ah...I guess you're r-right, N-Naruto-kun..." Hinata said as she looked away, "What should I do...? Should I ask Naruto-kun out on a date right now or...?"

"Ano..." Naruto and Hinata said at the same time.

Naruto smiled, "You first."

"N-No, you c-can go first, Naruto-kun..."

"No, I insist. Say what you want to before I do."

"E-Ehm...I...I'd rather have Na-Naruto-kun go first..."

Naruto smiled at her and slightly sighed as he closed his eyes, "Then, it can't be helped."

"Hinata, close your eyes for a moment."

"E-Eh? W-Why?"

"Well...I'm not sure what will happen tomorrow, so I wanted to give you a Valentine's present no matter what."

Hinata looked with wide eyes at Naruto as her hard started to race faster and faster, "A...A present from Naruto-kun?"

"Well then, hurry up and close your eyes." Naruto smiled at Hinata and slightly leaned towards her.

"Y-Yes!" Hinata quickly let out and closed her eyes, trying to make her heart slow down a bit in the mean time, "A present from Naruto-kun on Valentine's day! A present from Naruto-kun on Valentine's day! I...I can't believe it...!"

"Happy Valentine's Day...Hinata." Naruto said and gave Hianta a kiss on her cheek. Hinata's eyes shot wide open and as she did, a bright red blush burned on her cheeks, "Na...Naruto-kun...just..."

Naruto sheepishly grinned and rubbed the back of his head, "Maybe I shouldn't have done that..."

The blonde shinobi stopped doing so when he felt Hinata's arms wrap around his neck. He looked at her and found her trembling heavily as she slowly moved her face towards Naruto's.

"H...H...Ha...Happy V-V-...Va..." Hinata tried to bring the words out of her mouth, but was having a lot of trouble doing so as with each passing moment her face drew closer towards Naruto.

A moment later, her trembling stopped entirely as Naruto wrapped his arms around her and planted a kiss on her lips.

---

Not long after that, Naruto was heading back towards his apartment after bringing Hinata back to her room at the Hyuuga estate. The Hyuuga heiress was far too emotional after the kiss to go home all by herself, so Naruto gladly took her back to her home.

He had never seen Hinata smile that long and, even after he wished her good night, she just kept on smiling. Naruto was smiling right now as well, feeling somewhat warm and fuzzy inside after seeing how happy it had made Hinata when he kissed her.

"I wsh she could hold that smile forever." Naruto thought with a smile on his face as Hinata's happy smile ran through his mind again.

The blonde shinobi then landed on the rooftop of his partment, heading for the easiest way back into his apartment and into his bed, through the balcony door.

However, just as Naruto reached the edge of the rooftop, he froze and a chill ran down his spine and into the very essence of his being.
Up until now, he hadn't noticed it's presence. After all, who would notice something like that when reflecting their own thoughts.
Right now, however, Naruto noticed it all too well and clenched his fists.
Up in the nightly sky was a blood red moon shining omenously above Konoha.

"Aka...tsuki..." Naruto was only able to bring out that single word upon sight of the moon.

Naruto clenched his fists tighter and gritted his teeth as the hairs on the back of his neck slowly rose up.

"Right now...huh?" Naruto said to himself as he forced some power into his legs before jumping off the building and towards the next.

He raced as fast as he could from building to building, heading to the one place he knew he should go immediately after such a sign.

Dashing from the left to the right, Naruto kept an ever close watch on whether someone was following him

"Good, looks like they're not here just yet..." Naruto thought as he made haste towards one of the forests in Konoha.

After racing through the forest, Naruto ended up in front of a door and knocked with all his might on it.

"Ero-sennin! Ero-sennin! Open up! NOW!" Naruto yelled.

A few moments later, Jiraiya opened the door and yawned sleepily, "What's wrong, Naruto? Do you have any idea what time it is?"

"I don't care!" Naruto turned around and pointed towards the sky, "Just look at that!"

"Hm?" Jiraiya let out as he squinted his eyes, "Yes, a red moon, very interesting...Now go to bed."

"Did you forget about that assassin's tale?! She said they would be coming when there's a red moon shining in the sky!" Naruto pointed out.

"...Naruto, Red moons occur every now and then. It's because the sun and the moon are in a certain position then..." Jiraiya explained to the blonde, "There's no way that anyone would use something as unpredictable like that as a signal to attack a village."

"But!"

"No buts, Naruto...Tomorrow is a long day and I need some rest." Jiraiya replied, "If it makes you feel any better, I'll quickly arrange some extra guards to keep a look out on anything suspicious tonight, but I'm not going to do anything else."

"Fine then, suit yourself. I'll watch over Konoha by myself." Naruto said as he turned around and started to walk away.

Jiraiya momentarily narrowed his eyes upon Naruto, "Naruto...If there really is something going on, fire up some chakra...I'll be there to help you before you know it then."

"If something happens to anyone in the village, I'll blame it on you, sensei." Naruto said before heading off again.

"Geez...What is he thinking...?" Jiraiya wondered out loud as he yawned and headed back inside, "Tsunade, be sure to order reinforcements to the guards, though..."

"Yeah, leave it to me." Tsunade replied as Jiraiya closed the door behind him.

An hour or so later, Naruto was still keeping a watchful eye on the village of Konoha from his balcony.

"Damn it...Damn it...Where are those bastards?"

The balcony door behind Naruto opened up and Naruto turned around to find Temari standing there, wrapped in the blankets of his bed.

"Naruto, please come back inside..."

"No..." Naruto turned back around, "I won't endanger your life or those of anyone else by sleeping tonight..."

"...You really think someone's planning to attack Konoha right now?" Temari asked him as she rubbed the sleep out of her eyes.

"Yeah...I do..."

Temari wrapped her arms around Naruto and held him tightly against her, "Then, I'm going to stay here with you."

Naruto blinked at the wind mistress, "W-Why? It's safer for you to sleep inside."

"As it is for you, but I can't sleep while knowing that you're out here and I might be too late to rescue you from any harm..." Temari replied as she rested her head against his back.

"Temari..."

"This might be my last night here, Naruto..." Temari reminded him, "...I really want to spend the night with you at least one more time..."

Naruto's eyes scouted over the village of Konoha as much as he could from his balcony, "...Everything is quiet...Maybe...Maybe I was wrong..."

Temari softly nodded and pulled him back into the apartment, "Come...You need to be well rested for tomorrow..."s

"Yeah...I guess so..." Naruto replied as he headed inside.

A few moments later, he was lying in his bed with Temari, snuggled up against each other.

Temari seemed to sleep peacefully in his arms, but Naruto just couldn't do the same right away.

Something was bothering him about the fact that the moon was shining blood red just outside his window.

In the end, however, Naruto closed his eyes and softly prayed for the safety of the people he cared so much about.

Not too far away from the blonde, on top of the Hokage statues to be precise, stood a tall dark figure with spikey hair. He was concealed in the blanket of the night and the only thing that could be seen was the reflection of the red moon in his eyes.

"It has finally begun..." He said as he took a small step forward, onto one of the heads of the former Hokage.

As the wind blew through his hair and made his robe wave, the black of his robe simmered for a moment in the light of the red moon. The next moment it revealed a red cloud pattern and his eyes seemed to become one with moon, both carrying the same omenous blood red color.

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A/N: Like I said before people, sorry about the delay. It really couldn't be helped that much -frowns-. I hope the length was still worth the wait, even though I orginally planned to add a bit of the next morning to this chapter. Oh well, that leaves more chapters to write and thus more for all of you to look out for.

That being said and done, the next chapter SHOULDN'T take me too long to write, seeing how that really IS the final day. However, it will still be split up in two to three chapters and thus the next few chapters will probably be shorter than what you're used to .

Now, as for some trivia about this chapter. Here is it.

Temari was cosplaying as Chii from Chobits and the song she was singing during the Karaoke scene was "Let me be with you." by Round Table, which was the intro/outro of Chobits (I forgot which one it was XDDD)

Ino was cosplaying as Riku from Final Fantasy X-2, the song she performed was Real Emotion, the intro song of FFX-2 by Kouda Kumi (I think o.O...Not a big fan, to be honest and don't have the song myself.)

Naruto was cosplaying as Vincent Law from Ergo Proxy and he was performing the intro from Ergo Proxy called, Kiri by MONORAL.

Sakura was cosplaying Momoko from Sumomomo Momomo and did No Rock No Life by Honey Bee, the first outro of Sumomomo Momomo.

Hinata was cosplaying Dark Magician Girl from Yu-Gi-Oh, simply because I thought it would look cute on her and the song she did was Yura Yura by Hearts Grow, the latest intro of Naruto.

As for Tenten, she was cosplaying a Santa-girl because her voice actor is in Itsudatte My Santa! and I couldn't think up anything else for her.

Before I get a shit load of reviews asking me, no, Neji isn't a perv and he didn't steal Tenten's bra. Go reread the Tenten part and you'll probably find out what happened to her bra XD.

That's all, I guess. Anything else I will answer through emails or review replies. I hope you guys did like this chapter and find it just as good as the rest even though I have some doubts about the quality of it's contents. I'll try to beta check it as soon as possible, but I'm a busy guy and I know you all would much rather want the next chapter than have me waste time on fixing errors I missed. If you think the paragraphs are kinda screwed up, let me know and I will at least look into it. Thanks for reading, I hope you'll leave a review and see all of you at the next chapter.

Disclaimer: I do NOT own any of the lyrics, bands or songs mentioned in this chapter nor I ever will hold the rights to them. These are some songs that inspired me while writing this chapter and coming up with it, therefor it's only a tribute to the great bands and the music they make. So kudos for them.