Kagau waku wa hana no shita ni te Chapter 9: Open Up Your Mind, Dance, 100th Special, a naruto fanfic

Seito: YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Seika: Do I really want to know?

Seito: YES!!!! Okay to all you people who are looking at me and thinking I'm a completely wacko, manic, insane, crazy person (I think I am a bit), let me explain. First off I hit 100 REVIEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yay!!!! My first goal!!!!!!!!!!!!! Secondly NO MORE PE!!!!!!!! WHOO!!!! Not to mention the fact that I passed. YAY!!!! Seika: =Rubbing her temples= Seito how much sugar did you have today?

Seito: Just two cheesecake covered in blueberry filling.

Seika: Damnit Seito. You need to cut back on your sugar.

Seito: Ever thought it was because I was happy that I was hyper.

Seika: =grumbling= I have an headache....

Seito: YAY!!!! =all happy= I'm glad everyone liked the switching part of the last chapter (well almost everyone). I enjoyed writing that part and it's the part I liked the most in that chapter. =BIG SMILE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!= Time to answer reviews!

To DragonPearl1
Yeah we don't we?

To Kuroi Kitsune13
Thank you!

To Life's Garnet
I get yelled at too sometimes. My parents or Granny will always ask what I'm laughing at. =Smile= Oooooo I wanna see the picture of the play cast in their costumes when you're done. I tried to do that but it's not done. However I still want to see the picture if you don't mind. You can email it to me at

To PTBS
Agreed. Of course it's our jobs to annoy and torture you, Seika. (Seika: ... why can't you just stick to torturing Hotaru or Sai or anyone else) I'm already torturing Hotaru, Seika. (Hotaru: ....) Good luck on your story. Both of them. (Seika: Welcome to my world, Seiji. Enjoy being paired up with Itachi-baka. Itachi: Nice to know you care. Seika: .... I hate you too)

To Hasuko
PE can hurt alot! Five and half hours of running, swimming, and weightlifting for 11 days in the hot sun! I was in pain! (Yes I know I'm complaining but I hated it) On the bright side it's over.

To La/=/er
.... I really don't have to anything. I'm talking to you when I'm posting the chapter!

To ePuiChi
So I'm not the only one who didn't completely understand my title? I got it from somewhere else (Meaning I don't own this title either). I took it to heart and hoped that the translation was correct. Something like waku was work, shita was frame and hana I knew was flower. So it comes out pretty much correct. I couldn't find out was Kagau meant either. Yeah so the translation maybe wrong... But I liked the sound of it too much. (It actually came from a Naruto/Sasuke doujinshi)

To The Raksha
THANK YOU FOR THE 100TH REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I dedicate this chapter to you!!

To Purim
Ah! Nice to see someone does pay attention to the songs I put with the story. The song is from Cinderella 2 Dreams Come True. It's called 'Put It Together' =smile=

To baka-m3-l33t
Funny... everyone seem to like the last chapter...

To Anime Ambreen and Poke' Manic
Yeah once I figure out that you were reading all of my Naruto stories. Yeah =Smile= And that's good that this chapter was liked by your friend who doesn't like Yaoi. I know my friend who also doesn't really care for Yaoi (slowly convincing her to change her mind) just read the switching part and she was laughing as well.

To the rest of the reviewers THANK YOU FOR REVIEWING!!!!!

"Talking"

'Thoughts'

=Break in time/Flashback=

-----Info on what's happening in the next paragraph(s)-------

(Small Authoress Note/Interruption)

[Song]

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Aren't school dances fun? As the end of the school year draws near, the school dance festivities begin. All you need to do is convince the whole junior high dance committee into the idea of a masquerade ball. Then you and your boyfriend can dance together without anyone finding out. Although you do feel sorry for your boyfriend's brother. Wooing your roommate isn't the easiest thing to do. Especially since your roommate is so stubborn. But that doesn't stop you from getting her down there. Now let's see what happens!

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The rumors finally died off and the school play was merely a memory now. Although many people were still skeptical about the rumors surrounding Itachi and Seika. No one had spread rumors about Naruto and Sasuke's kiss, since everyone was so confused on who was who. Sasuke and Naruto didn't mind though. They didn't want to deal with those stupid rumors again. The fan girls eventually stopped chasing Naruto since the play and book report was now over. Although there were times when Naruto was chased by them because he was with Sasuke at the wrong place and at the wrong time. Other than that, things seemed to run their own course again.

Itachi went back to annoying Seika as she tried to balance school, homework, training and money problems (end of the school year and she's already worrying about next years school tuition.) Naruto and Sasuke went back to having "alone time", every time they could. They were always on the rooftops. If Seika ever needed to find them while school was in session -as she found out, they were always up there- she would just go up to the rooftop. It was also common to find both Uchiha's at Naruto and Seika's house. One would think they lived there. Another thing that was common was the fact that almost every single night after the homework was done, the video games came out.

The one time Naruto managed to drag Seika to play video games, (Seito: Amazing. He got Seika to put down her textbook. Seika: Shut up. I'm not like Uchiha, who has it done before he even gets here. I'm no genius remember?), err... and well... let's just say the results were quite interesting...

=Flashback=

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Area: Apartments

Location: Naruto and Seika's House

Time: 6: 00

Date: Sometime after the School Play on a school night

Characters: Seika, Naruto, Itachi, and Sasuke

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"So how do I do this again?" asked Seika. Naruto explained the controls again while Seika briefly wondered if she was going to humiliate herself, then again, maybe not. Her opponent was Itachi and from what she had seen, he wasn't too good. There was a chance she would win. But then again, that was a pretty small chance. After all this was her first time playing video games.

You see, Seika's childhood was a rather sad one. Not in the tragic sense but in the sense it wasn't very up-to-date. At the age of ten, if you had asked her what she thought a toy was she would have said a doll or a stuffed animal; nothing like video games or soccer. When people asked her about sports or childhood games that involved more then one person, it always left Seika very confused. (Ex: "Tag? What's tag?") It didn't help that there was no one her age to play with in the neighborhood. It most definitely didn't help that her family was so strict. Up until her disownment, she had no idea what the heck a video game was. After she found out what a video game was, she couldn't afford one. The only reason why Naruto had one was because Iruka and Kakashi had given him one for his birthday/Christmas present. (Seito: Do you even know the definition of fun? Seika: I know what "fun" means. I don't have time to have fun. Seito: Hah! I figured out why my OC is the way she is. She has no childhood. That is why she's so uptight. Seika: =planning to murder her creator=)

Sasuke watched Naruto explain to Seika how to play. This would be a very interesting fight. Seika, who never played any kind of video games before, versus Itachi, who has bad luck in video games. The only time Itachi won against Sasuke was when he played the game before Sasuke. He won once. After that Sasuke got the hang of the game and proceeded to beat his brother every single time. So Itachi did have a chance since this was Seika's first time playing. But then again, Itachi had such bad luck; it wouldn't be surprising to him if Seika managed to win. In the time Sasuke knew Seika, he found out that she could be very random at times. (He figured it was a girl thing to change their mind in the split second). Unpredictability was a good thing in video games.

Itachi, on the other hand, clutched the controller tightly. He couldn't lose... no... he WOULDN'T lose. Seika had never played this game before. He couldn't lose this game to a girl... much less a girl who has never played before. The game started.

After ten minutes, a surprised Seika dropped the controller. She couldn't believe. She really couldn't believe it. She... she... she... had won. "Um... All I did was push a few buttons. Was that supposed to happen?" Seika apparently did her special move to finish the round. Sasuke and Naruto both stared in amazement. No beginner figured out how to do the special move just by pushing random buttons. No beginner who has never played BEFORE could do that. As Itachi moped in the corner, Sasuke and Naruto wondered how far beginner's luck actually went.

Seika looked back and forth between the two younger boys, waiting for someone to explain to her what the hell she had just did. Itachi continued to mope and the boys continued to stare in wonder. And of course, Seika was still very confused.

The night continued onward. All the games Seika played against Naruto were sometimes wins and sometimes losses. Seika played against Sasuke and completely lost every single game. Though she managed to hold her own for a while; it wasn't much longer than what Itachi did against Sasuke. If anything Sasuke beat her faster than he beat Itachi. Itachi versed her one more time and she won again. This time it was big combo. Sasuke briefly wondered if there was some sort of growing game mastermind locked somewhere deep in Seika's head. Seika claims she's just pushing random button.

"Hey if I press this button twice and press downwards it goes KABOOM!! Is that a good thing?" Naruto's character goes flying off to never-never land. Seika blinked, slightly confused. "I guess so."

=End of Flashback=

After that Itachi challenged her one more time and won. That was because Seika realized what time it was (12: 00am) and that she still had a paper to write. She must have stayed up until 2 in the morning trying to finish the paper. Since it was so late, both Uchiha slept over again.

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Area: Junior High Area

Location: Empty Classroom

Teacher: Kurenai

Time: 12: 07

Date: Monday, May 19th

Characters: Junior High Dance Committee

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Sasuke twitched and shifted in his seat as Naruto glared fiercely. Sakura had taken his seat next to Sasuke. Since Sasuke always sat next to the wall or window, there was always only one seat open next to him. Naruto usually took the seat, even before they had gotten together. But this time Sakura grabbed the seat before Naruto could sit down, pushing the blond away from the chair.

If looks could kill, Sakura would have been dead by now. Sasuke leaned sideways as Sakura leaned closer. Naruto looked like he was ready to rip the pink haired girl to pieces. Finally, Sasuke couldn't take the invasion of personal space anymore. He leaped out of his seat onto the next riser. Figuring out what Sasuke was planning to do; Naruto began to move as well. Within seconds, Naruto had taken the seat next to Sasuke, leaving a very angry, steaming, red-face Sakura. By now, I'm sure you are wondering why on earth the two boys were even tolerating being in the "same" room as Sakura. The answer is actually quite simple.

Every year a Junior High/High School Dance takes place as the school year draws to close. The elementary school kids never go usually because their parents don't let them and were never interested in going to those dances. The High School and Junior High students take turns organizing the dance. Last year the High School Dance Committee did a great job and everyone who went had a blast. So now it was the Junior High's turn. They had a lot of planning to do and last year's dance wasn't the easiest thing to top.

Also, because of her success at the school play, Kurenai-sensei was not only in charge of next year's play, but this year's High School/Junior High dance as well. When Kurenai-sensei had found out, it just so happened that Naruto and Sasuke were once again at the wrong place, at the wrong time and were drafted into the dance committee. When Sakura found out that Sasuke was going to be there, she too signed up for the committee. Ino soon discovered what Sakura was up to and not to be out done by her rival, she signed up as well, dragging Shikamaru along with her. Since Shikamaru wasn't one to face danger alone, his best friend Chouji came along. Chouji, in turn, told Kiba about the committee. Kiba ended up going 'cause Hinata wanted to go. Of course Neji came along as well, to keep an eye on his baby cousin. Lee tagged along with his best friend, Neji and Tenten showed up, following her two best friends. Temari found out through Tenten and dragged her two brothers, Gaara and Kankuro along with her. They came reluctantly to the committee, being dragged by their sister. That was what... umm 14 people? That's a lot of people just for a dance committee but you know what they say, the more the merrier.

"Sasuke-kun!"

Sasuke immediately ducked and hid as Ino hit the wall. Naruto picked up Ino and dropped the blond into an empty seat next to Shikamaru who was sleeping yet again. Chouji was next to his friend, munching on chips. Sakura was plotting, no doubt about getting her hands on her precious Sasuke-kun. Gaara was silent as his siblings talked. Lee was fooling around and Neji ended up hitting him on the head to get him to stop. Tenten giggled at her friends' antics. Hinata was still stammering in the back as she and Kiba talked. Naruto and Sasuke were just enjoying each other's presence through silence. Words don't always have to be spoken for them to understand each other.

"Okay people, listen up. What's this year's theme gonna be?" asked Kurenai- sensei as she walked into the classroom.

See, what most students liked about the end of the year dance is the fact that it was always a different theme. It wasn't something set like the prom or winter fantasy. Last year's theme was bit of a stereotype Hawaii theme. So if you weren't in a grass skirt and coconut bras, you were in aloha print clothes or your swimsuit. Both Itachi and Seika wisely avoided THAT dance. (Seito: If you ever go to Hawaii, do not expect to see any of these things unless you're at the beach [swimsuits], at somewhere that's celebrating Aloha Friday [or any other day] for the aloha shirts, and people do not wear grass skirts and coconut bras. The only time grass skirts come on are those learning or performing hula. Coconut bras only exist on Halloween to make fun or for tourist attraction. Just a small note if anyone was under the expression that Hawaii is like that, [grass skirts, coconut bras, swimsuits, etc] But you're all smart people and know that, right?)

As soon as Kurenai-sensei said that, various themes were shouted out at once.

"Summer!"

"Traditional!!"

"Sports!"

"Animals!"

"Ocean!!"

"Sunflower!"

"Romantic!!"

"Blood!!"

Everyone stared at Gaara, who shrugged. "Blood is good," he said. Then he didn't say anything else after that. Naruto, meanwhile, was chewing on his lip. His first Junior/High dance and he couldn't dance with Sasuke. None of the themes allowed him to dance with Sasuke without raising suspicion. That or he could just have everyone to find out about his relationship with Sasuke.

Sasuke seemed to be thinking along the same lines. His elbows were propped up onto the desk; his hands were crossed as his onyx eyes were closed, deep in thought. When those onyx eyes finally opened again he said, "How about a masquerade ball?"

All eyes turned towards the young Uchiha. Both Sakura and Ino had stars in their eyes as they stared at their idol. "You're a genius," they both said, completely oblivious to each other. 'He's already a genius,' thought Naruto, 'and he's MINE!!' He glared at the two girls who seemed to be getting closer and closer to his boyfriend.

"A masquerade ball then," said Kurenai-sensei.

"Yeah that'll be cool. It's like a pre-Halloween thing," said Temari. Her brother, Kankuro was grinning to the side of her. He was ALWAYS prepared for Halloween. (Then again you couldn't really tell from his normal outfit, black clothing and face paint, from his Halloween outfits sometimes.)

It only took a few minutes, but everyone eventually agreed on the masquerade ball idea. The object was to hide everyone's identity and then at midnight when the dance ended, everyone could take off their mask and see whom they were dancing with. No one cared if people came in Halloween costumes or just wore a mask and causal clothes. It was just a masquerade.

The girls were excited. Who knew the possibilities? They could get a chance to dance with their special someone. Well at least that was what Sakura and Ino were thinking. (Seito: Do they honestly think I'm going to let them? Sakura and Ino: YES!! AND YOU BETTER!! Seito: -.- Seika threatens better than that. Seika: =Off to the side, nodding in agreement=)

So the moment Naruto got the chance to, he hugged Sasuke. "That was a great idea, koi. Now we can go without anyone noticing." Sasuke nodded. "That was the whole idea." He then grinned. "There's another part. I know that Itachi is going to ask Seika to the dance today. (Seika: HE'S GOING TO WHAT?!) So if he doesn't get her to agree then we could just hook them into a dance. (Seika: Since when was he playing matchmaker. Sasuke: Since Seito bribed me with fluff. Seika: =glares= Seito: =whistling innocently.=)

Naruto frowned a bit. "That's going to be hard. Seika has never gone to one of these dances in the 5 years she's lived here." Sasuke shrugged. "Oh well. Guess we'll just have to enjoy the dance by ourselves." Naruto grinned his (in)famous fox grin.

Meanwhile

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Area: High School Area

Location: Rooftop

Teacher: None

Time: 12: 48

Date: Monday, May 19th

Characters: Seika and Itachi

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Seika sat on the rooftop, feeling the breeze blow as she leaned against the gray cement wall. Her sapphire eyes were closed as her long white hair fluttered in the wind. The rooftop of the High School Area was one of the few places she went to for peace and quiet. Lately the school gardens had become too crowded (because of Itachi and his fan group) so Seika decided to come up to the roof today.

The soft squeaks and creaks of a door being opened reached Seika's ears. Since she was on the other side of the wall and the door opened towards the school garden while Seika was facing the junior high part of the school, she didn't see who it was. Who ever it was, Seika just hoped they would leave her alone. She wanted her peace and quiet and wasn't about to tolerate being disturbed.

Unfortunately she had no such luck as soft footsteps treaded closer to Seika. The footsteps were so light, she almost didn't hear them. "Nice view." One of Seika's sapphire eyes opened, catching a glimpse of a black cloak with red clouds as the person walked closer to her. Only two people in the high school area wore such cloaks and she knew whose voice that was. Her eye closed again and she asked, "What do you want, Uchiha?"

"I'm hurt. Are we not on first name basic, Seika-chan?" Itachi's voice held a mock hurt sound to it.

Seika's eyes snapped open as she glared at her classmate. "For me, no. For you, it should be no as well, but personally I really don't care," she snapped. "Now what do you want?" Seika was tired. She had spent all yesterday training and her frustration from it was still with her this morning. In other words, she wasn't in the mood to pussy foot around. Why didn't people just get straight to the point?

Itachi took a seat next to her. His black eyes stared up at the blue sky. The wind began to move his raven black cloak and hair. Silence greeted them as Seika grew more and more impatient, yet she didn't say anything. But talk about invasion of personal space. All she wanted was some time alone. Peace and quiet, which was all she asked for. Was that too much to ask? Ever since the older Uchiha became obsessed with learning more about her, peace and quiet was something she HADN'T had in a long time.

Suddenly he spoke, "Um... You know the school's Junior/ High Dance is coming up soon right?" Seika's eyebrow rose. Just what was he implying? "And?" she asked. His next words astonished her.

"Do you wanna go? Together?"

Seika quickly stood up, startling Itachi with her sudden movements. "Where are you going," he asked. Seika stopped and looked back at Itachi. "Apparently I have to clean out my ears. I could have sworn that you just asked me out to the school's dance." Itachi stood up as well and grabbed Seika's arm before she could move any further. Peering into her eyes he said, "I did."

A light blush stained Seika's face at the closeness of her classmate. =BRRRRRRRINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!= Then the lunch bell rang, signaling that lunch was over and saving Seika from an answer. With that, she slipped out of his grasp and headed toward the stairwell. "Sorry Uchiha-san. Gotta get to class. You understand," Seika called out. Then she disappeared behind the door.

Itachi frowned. Seika was avoiding answering his question. Was it something he said? He shrugged. Besides Itachi didn't know why Seika bothered getting to Math class on time. Kakashi-sensei never came on time anyways.

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Area: Junior High Area

Location: English Classroom

Teacher: Iruka

Time: 1:00 pm

Date: Monday, May 19th

Characters: Iruka and Kakashi

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At the same time that certain silver haired, always late, math teacher was giving his boyfriend a goodbye kiss, before he headed towards his class.

"ACHOO!!!!"

"Bless you," said Iruka. He handed Kakashi a tissue. "I hope you're not coming down with cold," he continued.

Kakashi just rubbed his nose with his finger after throwing away the tissue; his eye crinkling up into an arch as he smiled behind his mask. "Probably not. Just someone talking about me," he joked. "Besides, I wouldn't mind getting sick if you're going to take care of me." Iruka blushed. The last time that happened it was well... chaos.

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Area: Junior High Area

Location: Rooftop

Teacher: None

Time: 12: 58

Date: Monday, May 19th

Characters: Naruto and Sasuke

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When the meeting was out, Sasuke and Naruto had headed up to rooftop. They knew with the school dance coming up the fan groups would be searching for the young child prodigy. It was no surprise. They knew that those fan girls all wanted to go to the dance with Sasuke.

Therefore, while they were enjoying the clouds and blue skies, down below in the junior high part of the school every single girl that was a part of Sasuke's fan group was on the look out for the young Uchiha. "How long do you think it's going to take them to find us," asked Naruto. "Never," said Sasuke, "After all we've been up here for two months and no one has found us yet, plus we've locked the door. So even if they do come up here, they can't get in." Naruto grinned. Figures that Sasuke would cover all the angles.

Sasuke lightly kissed his boyfriend on the forehead. "The skies are beautiful today," he muttered, "But they're never as beautiful as you."

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Area: High School Area

Location: Math

Teacher: Kakashi

Time: 1: 30

Date: Monday, May 19th

Characters: Itachi, and Seika

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As usual, the class was in chaos. The noise level was loud and Seika felt herself getting a headache. Where on earth was Kakashi-sensei? Seika almost wanted class to start if that meant her idiotic classmates would shut up.

"So what's your answer?" Itachi took his assigned seat next to his classmate. Seika let out a sigh. Not this, not now. She rubbed her temples, as the headache seemed to increase. "Do you mean about your proposal about the school dance," she asked tiredly. There were actually a lot of questions that Itachi had asked her and Seika had never bothered answered.

"Yes."

"..." Seika didn't say anything. Any other girl would have been screaming and accepted. She should even feel honored that Itachi even considered of asking her, but Seika didn't. She wasn't that type of girl nor was she a part of Itachi's fan group. Actually, she wasn't sure how she felt. Once again, though, Fate had saved her from answering Itachi.

"Yo," said Kakashi, walking into the classroom. "Let's get today's lesson started."

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Area: Junior High School

Location: Empty Hallway

Teacher: None

Time: After School

Date: Monday, May 19th

Characters: Naruto and Sasuke

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Sasuke carefully peeked around the corner. All the students had left school already, but his fan group was still prowling around, searching for him. From what he saw, his fan group had every single entrance of the school covered. Apparently, they were all working together to find him, but once they did find him, it was a free for all.

"Is it clear," asked Naruto. Even though he knew what dangers he would be facing, Naruto stayed with his boyfriend to make sure that Sasuke got out of school okay. Sasuke nodded. The coast was clear and not a fan girl (or boy) in sight.

Quickly, they ran across the hallway, heading towards the school gardens. Sasuke would hide out, once again, at Naruto's house. Not that Sasuke was complaining or anything. It was better then running throughout town with his fan group on his heels. Sasuke shivered. This past year's Winter Fantasy was horrifying for the young Uchiha. Even though Sasuke wanted to go with Naruto (Seito: Remember they weren't together in this past December), the young boy had spent that week hiding. At one point, he didn't even show up for school because those fan girls were getting vicious.

Luck seemed to be on their side as both boys managed to make it out into the school gardens without being seen. Just as they relaxed and began to breath easily, their luck changed. They forgot to check to see if Sasuke's fan group were marauding the school gardens as well. Sakura was the lucky one to spot to him. "Sasuke-kun!!" Both boys didn't even say anything to each other. Instead, they took off, knowing this routine all to well. Great, another typical day of running from rabid fan girls. Those girls really need to get a life. That or Sasuke and Naruto should just tell the whole school that they were together. With that, both boys leaped into the garden's foliage.

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Area: High School Area

Location: School Gardens

Teacher: None

Time: After School

Date: Monday, May 19th

Characters: Seika, Itachi, Itachi's Fan Group, Naruto and Sasuke

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Itachi followed Seika through the school gardens. She still hadn't answered his question and he wanted an answer. It wasn't like a life or death decision, though it did determined whether or not Itachi even went to this dance. "So what's your answer," he repeated again.

"No." Seika's answer was quick and painless. Well at least to her it was. "Why not," asked Itachi. Why was her answer no and why did she take so long to answer him? Seika opened her mouth to tell Itachi why, when she was cut off.

"Yes, do tell why not." Both stopped in their tracks to reveal one of their classmates, Fuhyou Mieppari. Fuhyou Mieppari was Fuhyou Butouko's younger sister and the leader of the Uchiha Itachi Fan Group (UTFG). This girl was all beauty and no brains. A few people even believe she used that beauty to pass through schools.

Mieppari was actually a very, very, very beautiful girl. She had long beautiful blue hair and stunning purple eyes. She wore a blue shirt with a very low neckline and a black miniskirt. This was very different from her ugly brother. It was actually hard to tell that the two were related. She often wore this I'm-so-cute-innocent-and-beautiful-can-you-blame-me, look. While she looked innocent, she wanted nothing more than Uchiha Itachi. Nothing would stop her. Usuyuki wouldn't get her way either. If she did, then too bad.

Mieppari was the first to noticed that warm friendship between her love and the non-existent, only girl who wasn't in love with Itachi, hussy, loner of the school, Usuyuki Seika. If you thought she was just going to stand on the side and let Seika have her Itachi, then you were wrong. She had spent her entire life just trying to get the older Uchiha to look at her and this girl just comes waltzing in, ruining everything. Mieppari was not going to let Seika get away with this. Seika without realizing it, probably just made an enemy over someone she could barely stand. (Seika: I don't know why she's blaming me. Itachi was one who wanted to get to know me better. I never wanted to have anything to do with my classmate. Seito: Just shut up and wait until the chapter is done. Seika: =glare=)

"Itachi-sama, I'll go to the dance with you if this hussy doesn't want to," she said sweetly. In fact, it was so sweet, Itachi felt like gagging. "Speak for yourself," muttered Seika under her breath. Itachi's face darkened in disgust. What gave this girl a right to insult Seika? Before Itachi could even reject her, about 299 more girls showed up. Apparently, every single girl in the High School Area had heard that Itachi was going to the school dance and Usuyuki didn't want to go. Not that they cared about Seika. They were probably thinking that Seika was actually crazy to turn down such an offer. At one moment, they all attacked.

"Itachi-sama! I'll go with you!!"

"Take me!"

"Itachi-kun!"

"Take me to the dance!!"

"Pick me!! Pick me!!"

"No pick me!!"

"Every woman for themselves!!!"

They, more or less, all jumped on Itachi wanting to get a piece of their love and wanting a date. Seika was pushed into a nearby bush by the sudden movement of attack and Itachi seemed to disappear under the pile of girls. There was a muffled "Help!" from within the pile of the girls. A pale hand managed to work its way out. Seika sighed and took pity on him. Besides, she didn't want to stay with these idiot fan girls.

So she untangled herself from the bush and made her way towards the pile of girls that were dog piling her classmate. (Seika briefly wonder if she should just leave Itachi there) Swiftly, she grabbed the older Uchiha and ran into the school garden. Within about 15 minutes Itachi found himself in the treetops. He looked around. The tree was actually roomy and two pillows served as seats up here. He was sitting in one of them as Seika sat in the other across from him. It was the same place that Naruto and Sasuke had visited just weeks before. "Where is this place," he asked. Seika growled. "Another one of my hiding spaces that I had to show you because your stupid fan girls were following us." Itachi sweat dropped. Seika really likes her hideouts. Then he remembered what Seika and he were talking about.

"So why is your answer no," he asked. Seika blinked. "Huh?" she asked. Itachi let out a sigh. Seika could be so easily distracted sometimes. "Why was your answer no," he repeated. It was Seika's turn to sigh. "You forget we have a 15 page essay due on Monday for science. Unlike you, I'm not a genius. It will take me all week and weekend just to finish that paper on time."

Itachi tried to change her mind. "It's not that hard." Seika glared at him. "Right. An essay on 'How a Rainbow is Made' and we have turn a single simple topic like that into a 15 page essay. Easy right," she said sarcastically. "Plus there's a book report due for Languages Arts and a 5 page essay from English. All of which are due on Monday. That doesn't include any other homework our teachers will assign during the week." Itachi sweat dropped even more. He supposed he shouldn't tell Seika that he finished the book report, was halfway done with the English essay and had a ¼ of the science essay done already. That would make her even madder.

Suddenly both Naruto and Sasuke appeared in the tree, causing Seika to nearly fall out. Instead Naruto took her seat and Seika ended up bumping her head. "Geeze Seika, you seem to be falling a lot. Is something wrong," asked Naruto. Seika glared at her roommate. "Nothing except you took my seat!"

Seika and Naruto began to argue. It had been awhile since the two had a good fight; annoying each other like how brothers and sisters normally do. True, they weren't related and true, neither had had siblings before, but hey they acted like that so it probably entitles them to argue like such little children.

Both Sasuke and Itachi watched their classmates argue. Were they once like that? After thinking about it, both Uchiha thought, 'Nah.' Sasuke looked up to his older brother and still does. Itachi annoys his brother, but nothing like this. Naruto had managed to grab Seika's bag and was now down below running. Seika was chasing him trying to get the bag back. It didn't take her long to grab the bag back from Naruto. She jumped back into the tree to reclaim her seat only to find that Sasuke had now taken it. Sighing she gave up; Seika knew she wasn't going to get the seat back now.

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Area: Apartments

Location: Naruto and Seika's House

Teacher: None

Time: 5: 15

Date: Friday, May 23rd

Characters: Naruto and Seika

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"Oh c'mon Seika," said Naruto. He tugged at the white hair girl's textbook. "No, Naruto," said Seika. She snatched her textbook back from her roommate. "But it only comes once a year. You never go and this is my first year that I get to go to the dance," pleaded Naruto. "What would Iruka-sensei think if you let me go without supervision?" Did Seika have to be so stubborn?

Sadly yes she did. "I don't know. Ask him when you get there. I have a paper to finish, Naruto. Beside I don't like going to school dances." She grabbed her pencil from Naruto who'd grabbed that as well. "But it's the weekend. You have 2 more days to finish," protested Naruto.

"No."

Naruto sighed. Seika was so damn stubborn! "Seika," he whined, "Please?" "No." Naruto pouted. There had to be a way to get Seika to go. "I'll cook and clean the house for the next month," he offered. Cleaning the house was a big one. Seika always had to remind him to clean up.

Seika stopped writing. 'Score,' thought Naruto. He knew Seika couldn't pass up a deal like that. "Do you really want me to go so much that you're willing to do that," she asked. Naruto nodded. Of course he did. Plus Itachi would be there, but Seika didn't need to know that. Seika blinked before saying, "No." Then she turned back to her work.

"SEIKA!!!"

Seika stopped again. Sighing she told Naruto, "Look Naruto, even if I wanted to go, I don't have a costume."

As she said that she saw a strange gleam in Naruto's sapphire eyes. Seika started to worry. What has she gotten herself into?

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Area: School

Location: Auditorium

Teacher: None

Time: 5:30

Date: Friday, May 23rd

Characters: Seika, Naruto, Sasuke, and Itachi

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Yes, what had she gotten herself into?!

Somehow Naruto had managed to get Seika into her dress, grab his crown from the school play, gave the crown to Seika, hide her homework, and get her to the auditorium for the dance. She was going as a princess, she guessed. Seika really didn't know why Naruto bothered. She hadn't told anyone, but she couldn't dance. Plus she stuck out like a sore thumb, even with the mask. Not many people had white hair. On top of that, Naruto had ditched her as soon as they got there. So now she was just standing there, looking lost and not knowing what to do.

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"Naruto?"

"Yeah Sasuke?"

"Didja get Seika here?"

"Yup."

Naruto had found Sasuke quickly, despite all the masks. Sasuke wore a long sleeve back shirt and long black pants. There were random belts and buckles all over. One belt was handing off his waist, another around his neck and right wrist, buckles were on the shirt and pants. They were silver and shiny. (Seito: I admit!! I was thinking Yugioh when I wrote this. Seika: This would explain the similarities with Yami/Yugi's outfit.) On his back were a pair of black feathery wings. A fallen angel so to speak.

Naruto grinned. He definitely liked that costume. It fit Sasuke perfectly. After all the young Uchiha was an angel in a semi-dark way. This costume was a keeper. Naruto on the other hand went with something out of Japanese myths. His clothes were on rusted red side. His mask became long and slender at the nose. On his back, near his butt was an arrangement of nine tails. Naruto was the nine-tails fox demon.

Sasuke tugged onto one of Naruto's fake ears. "Hey," said Naruto. "You like pulling on things, don't you." Sasuke pulled his pigtails from the play, now he was pulling on Naruto's fox ears. Sasuke chuckled. He then pulled Naruto onto the dance floor. "C'mon," he said. Naruto smile as he followed Sasuke.

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Itachi scanned the crowds. Seika had to be around here. Naruto and Sasuke told him that Seika was somewhere in here. All he had to do was find the only person with white hair. But that was easier said then done.

A few apparently dyed their white so that caused problems. Plus there were plenty of girls and with all the masks; Itachi was on a wild goose chase. Needless to say it was driving him crazy. "There!" He had finally spotted Seika. There was no one else who fit the description. Seika was wearing a blue dress. Her white hair was tied back in her usual ponytail, but her bangs still fell around her face. On her head was the same golden crown that Naruto wore as the princess of the school play. Despite the small white mask on her face, Seika looked bored. It was like she didn't want to be there. (Seika: Which I DON'T!!)

Unfortunately, Itachi was too late. There was another guy heading towards Seika. Itachi just knew that guy was going to ask Seika to a dance. Itachi just hoped that Seika would turn him down.

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Seika's eyebrow rose. 'Damnit,' she thought, 'another guy?!' After turning down the last 5 boys you think everyone would have gotten the stupid idea that she didn't want to dance. (Seito: Then what's the point of going if you don't dance, since you're not there with friends. Seika: I didn't want to go in the first place!!) Before she even says no, the guy bowed gracefully, took her hand and lightly kissed it. Seika mentally groan. Not another charmer. She was getting tired of this.

"Why is a beautiful young lady like you, standing here alone, not dancing," he asked. Seika twitched. Okay so she was probably the only girl here without a date and one of the few girls who was just standing around not dancing, but why her? Why not someone else?

He offered her his hand, "May I have this dance?" Seika let out a soft sigh. "No," she said. "Why not," he asked. 'Not another one like Itachi," thought Seika. This guy didn't want to give up and just ask another girl. "Because I don't want to," she said curtly.

Although she couldn't see behind the mask, she just knew the guy was smirking. She just knew. "Oh. Or is it because you're scared to dance with me," he challenged. Behind her own mask, Seika's sapphire eyes narrowed. The nerve of this guy. Somehow this sounded like something Itachi would do. She couldn't tell if the guy before was Itachi or not, though. The mask muffled the voice making it hard to tell who it was. The mask covered the entire face. The guy was taller than Itachi by at least 2 inches but Seika was pretty sure it was because of the boots though. And unless Itachi cut his hair, she didn't spot the usual ponytail. This guy covered his identity well. In fact Seika wasn't even completely sure this was a guy standing before her.

He smiled at her from behind his mask. Seika hadn't figured out what this was supposed to be. If he was supposed to be something. He didn't look like anything she knew. The guy probably just threw on some mismatched clothes and wore a mask. There was a white mask that covered his entire face except for the slits that served as a place for the eyes to see out. There was a single red line that curved, painted on the mask. A high collared cloak covered the body. Underneath was the cloak were long black pants, shirt and boots. He wore black gloves as well. Needless to say, almost every inch of skin was covered in black clothing. The red line on the mask stood out greatly because of this.

"Whether I'm scared or not, it doesn't change the fact that I don't want to dance," she replied. Silence fell except for the music that was playing in the background. Seika wondered if the guy finally got the picture. She didn't expect what happened next. He pulled her out onto the dance floor before she could even object. "Wha-!"

[moshimo ima subete ga umaku nante ikanai

makesou ni naru toki datte

hitomi wo tojireba kokoro kara

sekai ga miete kuru

In this world when life can be so tough

You must be strong

Just believe in yourself and don't you fear

So open up your mind and close your eyes

Take another look from the other side]

{Even when it seems that nothing can go right

and you want to just give up,

if you close your eyes,

you can see the world from your heart.

In this world when life can be so tough

You must be strong

Just believe in yourself and don't you fear

So open up your mind and close your eyes

Take another look from the other side}

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"May I cut in?"

Naruto frowned underneath his mask as Sasuke snarled a bit. "No," the young Uchiha said fiercely. Some boy was trying to cut off Sasuke to dance with Naruto. The boy quickly left, sensing the danger in Sasuke's voice. (Sasuke: Smart boy. Seito: You're really protective of Naruto aren't you? Naruto: I can defend myself! Seika: Just get back to the story.)

"I guess he got the message," said Naruto. Sasuke chuckled lightly. "I guess so," he said. Naruto grinned as he asked, "Sasuke how did you get your hair like that?" Sasuke's hair for once was down, straight. It fell flat against Sasuke's face. "I had to gel it down. It took me an hour to get it like that." He frowned at how long it took him to gel his hair. It had been a very long and frustrating process.

Naruto petted Sasuke at the top of his head. "I like it better when it's spiky," the blond said. Sasuke grinned as well. Just as he was about to say something, he spotted an interesting scene. His grin grew bigger and he looked at Naruto. "Got the camera?" Naruto nodded. "Good," said Sasuke, "Cause it looks like Itachi got Seika onto the dance floor." Naruto grin wickedly. "Let's go," said the blond. It was picture time!

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Seika blinked. Okay back up and rewind. Let's see. Hmm... Naruto begged her and somehow managed to get her down here. Naruto then ditched her. A total of 6 guys asked her to dance. 5, she turned down. The 6th well... somehow he managed to get her onto the dance floor. Why she hadn't ditched him and how did he do that, she doesn't have a single clue. In fact she didn't know how she was dancing. Something was making her stay though.

=Flashback=

A few minutes ago.

"But I don't know how to dance."

"So follow my lead."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Never mind. Just follow."

=End of Flashback=

There was a soft shuttered and clicking noise that rose from over the music. Seika was almost sure someone was taking pictures. The problem was she didn't know who was taking the pictures, where it was coming from, or of whom they were taking the pictures. She just hoped it wasn't of her, not that anyone would recognize her.

[kodoku na yoru demo mayoi osoreru toki mo

ima wa hitori demo kono ashi de doko made mo

aruite ikeru hazu dakara

Just hold on tight hitomi tojita nara

Look inside yourself kagayaki ga aru kara

Yes, subete shinjite hoshii

You can take another look from the other side]

{Even on a lonely night, when you wander afraid,

you may be alone now, but

your feet can take you however far you want to go, so

Just hold on tight, because if you close your eyes,

look inside yourself, there's a shining light there.

Yes, I want you to believe in everything.

You can take another look from the other side}

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Sasuke grinned. Naruto grinned. They had a whole roll of pictures. Perfect blackmail material. They now had something against Seika and her videotape of their first kiss. Well they already had stuff against the videotape, but one could never be have too much blackmail material.

They walked outside, wanting to get away from the slightly stuffy atmosphere. The night was cool. Summer was almost here as spring seemed to fade away. The stars shined brightly in the sky as usual. The music continued to flow in the air.

[Just hold on tight kokoro kujikete mo

Reach into your soul ashita ga mienakute mo

Yes, ikiru tsuyosa ga areba

You can take another look from the other side

ai no subete ni deau made...

kono sekai de ikinuite-iku tame no tsuyosa wo

anata ni negatte-iru kara

kokoro no tobira wo hiraitara [1]

nanika ga miete kuru]

{Just hold on tight, even if your heart is breaking.

Reach into your soul, even if you can't see tomorrow.

Yes, if you have the strength to live,

You can take another look from the other side,

until you find all that is love...

I wish for you to have the strength

to make it through this world,

so open up your mind, [1]

and you'll be able to see...}

Naruto popped off his mask. "Ah... it's so stuffy in there," he complained. Sasuke nodded and took off his own mask. "Cramped too," said Sasuke. "This has been fun though," said Naruto. "I wonder how Sakura is going to react that she's actually dancing with Gaara." Sasuke laughed softly, "and Ino's going to flip with she finds out she's been dancing with Shikamaru."

They had spotted Sakura and Ino as they danced. Naruto and Sasuke knew it was them because they knew what kind of costume both girls would be wearing. Sasuke had managed to ask them without getting hurt or hugged, surprisingly. The two girls were more then happy to tell their 'crush' what they would be wearing. So the whole night, Naruto and Sasuke made sure to avoid them. It worked like a charm.

[Just remember you are not alone

So don't you fear

Even though you're miles away

I'm by your side

So open up your mind and close your eyes

I'll be there for you no matter where you are

hoshi no inochi nara nagai kedo itsu made mo

onaji kono hibi ga kurikaesu wake ja nai

ashita wa dare ni mo mienai]

{Just remember you are not alone

So don't you fear

Even though you're miles away

I'm by your side

So open up your mind and close your eyes

I'll be there for you no matter where you are

The stars may live for a long time, but that doesn't mean

that the same days will repeat over and over forever.

No one can see into tomorrow.}

"Well we could watch everyone unmasking," said Naruto. "Or we could," said Sasuke, drawing Naruto closer to him, "stay out here." Naruto grinned. "Let's stay out here," he said. Sasuke smiled gently. As he kissed Naruto he said, "Good. I was hoping you would say that."

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'Now how did I get out here,' Seika mentally mused. It was actually clear to see why. She was now standing outside under a tree. The auditorium had become too hot and loud for her to handle. She enjoyed her quiet after all. "Enjoying the dance?" Seika turned around to see her "mysterious" dance partner. "Perhaps," she said bluntly. Now why was she still with him? Maybe Fate was working against her from all those close calls from Itachi earlier in the week.

He then disappeared from her view. Automatically, Seika turned to her right only to come face to face with Itachi. "Itachi," she asked faintly, not believing her eyes. With that she fainted from shock. Itachi caught her before she hit the ground. He sighed lightly. Seika was not supposed to faint. He didn't think his classmate was that weak hearted. (Seika: I'm not! How would react if you found yourself dancing with the last person you wanted to dance with?!) 'Well at least she called me by my first name,' he thought as he held his unconscious classmate. 'I guess it was a pretty successful plan after all...'

[Just hold on tight hitomi tojita nara

Look inside yourself kodou kanjiru kara

Yes, "MIRAI" shinjite hoshii

You can take another look from the other side

Just hold on tight kokoro kujikete mo

Reach into your soul ashita ga mienakute mo

Yes, chigau sekai ga atte

You can take another look from the other side

ai no subete ni deau made...]

{Just hold on tight, because if you close your eyes,

look inside yourself, you'll feel a heartbeat.

Yes, I want you to believe in the "future."

You can take another look from the other side

Just hold on tight, even if your heart is breaking.

Reach into your soul, even if you can't see tomorrow.

Yes, there's another world out there.

You can take another look from the other side,

until you find all that is love...}

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[1] Took the lyrics from The person who translated the song had a note. I quote 'I had originally translated this line as "so if you open the door to your heart," which is the more literal translation. But one day while I was listening to this song for the umpteenth time (I really like it ), I realized that since "kokoro" can mean either "mind" or "heart," this line may have been intended to parallel the "So open up your mind" line that's sung in English. And so I went with that idea.' End quote.

Seito: Okay people I hope you enjoyed! On last thing. The La/=/er and I have written a join fic called 'Without Life' Please go and read it if you haven't already. It's a really good story in my opinion. Other then that I'll see you guys in the next chapter.

Next Chapter: Itachi's Birthday!! Seika, shame on you. What do you mean you don't have a gift for your boyfriend? =wink= (Seika: HE'S NOT MY BOYFRIEND AND I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS HIS BIRTHDAY!!!!!) tsk, tsk, tsk, Seika. You better start looking!

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