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Chapter 7 Dress code: Sexy

At twelve o'clock sharp the senseis picked up the pupils and went back to town. Once again everyone assembled at the square. Anko had an announcement to make. She announced that a new festival was going to take place this evening, thanks to the success of the missions. In addition, she said that the dress code is sexy. So everyone, especially the girls, should wear something sexy to this event.

Neji and Tenten were listening to Anko attentively. Neji had his arm around her shoulders. When Anko's speech was over he whispered in her ear. "If the dress code is sexy, you could wear that outfit you wore recently again.

She smiled and whispered back at him. "I have another, more sexy dress that I was planning to wear."

"What dress?" He asked curiously.

She grinned. "You'll just have to wait till tonight." She teased him. She blew in his ear. Which made Neji feel weak in the knees. She walked away.

"Wait, Tenten. I wanna know what dress."

She looked back at him. She winked and continued walking. She walked over to her girlfriends. Shikamaru was standing next to Ino with his hand on her hip. He was listening to what Ino was saying to Sakura and Hinata.

"Lets go to my place this time and prepare for the festival together. We'll do each others make-up and hair etcetera etcetera." Ino suggested excited.

The girls approved of her idea. Shikamaru raised one eyebrow. "Wait a minute, what about me? Can I join you?" He grinned.

"NO!" They all shouted simultaneously.

"Why the hell not! You wont even know I'm there." He put on his most innocent smile, but alas.

"No! Baby, you can't see me in my dress yet. I want it to be a surprise. And I don't think the girls and Neji would like it if you watched them while they got dressed." She smiled at him.

Shikamaru thought of Neji kicking his ass for a second. "You make a good point. Ok, well I'm going to play some pool with the guys then and I'll get dressed for the festival in my own cabin." Ino nodded. "I'll see you later." He kissed her on the cheek and left.

"Come on girls, lets go!"

The girls were all at Ino's place and were picking out something sexy to wear.

"How about this tight leather pants? With this top?" Ino asked.

"I thought you were going to wear a dress." Sakura responded.

"Yeah I was, but every girl is going in a dress. I just wanted to be original."

"You can be original and still go in a dress." Tenten said.

"How?"

"I'll show you." Tenten walked over to the pile of clothes that was on Ino's bed. She picked out a dress and held it before Ino. "Most of the girls are going in a black or other dark colored dress, you can go in a white one." She smiled.

"Tenten you're brilliant." Ino hugged her. Tenten laughed. "And I've got just the right shoes to go with this dress!" Ino ran to her closet and pulled out white, leather boots. They had high heels and the leather went all the way up to over her knees.

"That's a good combination Ino. You will definitely look sexy in that. A very short, white dress and long boots. It's perfect." Hinata said to her.

"Thanks Hinata. But wont I look like a whore?" She questioned her.

Hinata laughed. "No silly. It doesn't even have cleavage. You will look sexy, but classy." She assured Ino.

"Well ok. I trust your judgment. I'll go put this on." She dissapeared into the bathroom. "Now it's your turn to pick out something!" She shouted from the bathroom.

"I already know what I'm going to wear." Tenten said to her friends. She showed them her dress. Hinata and Sakura were surprised to see what Tenten was going to wear. Their mouths fell open and their eyes widened.

"Tenten, are you sure you want to wear that?" Hinata asked in disbelief.

She laughed out loud. "Don't look at me like that you two. It may seem a little bit too daring, but it looks different once I put it on."

"I hope so." Sakura laughed. "In any case, Neji is in for a treat."

"How about you Sakura? What are you going to wear?" Hinata asked with a soft voice.

"I wanted a dress where I could show off my bellybutton. Someone once told me that my bellybutton looked cute." She blushed. She took out her dress and showed it to Tenten and Hinata. They gazed at it in awe.

"That is THE dress for you. But getting back to that someone. Is there another reason why you picked this one?" Tenten asked suspiciously. She winked at Hinata. Hinata smiled back at her.

Sakura's head turned tomato red. "Err... well I... I just wanted to look nice for my boyfriend."

"I KNEW IT!" Tenten laughed.

"I heard that!" Ino rushed out of the bathroom. She was just in time putting her outfit on to find out who Sakura's boyfriend was. "Who is it! Who is it! Please don't tell me it's Ryu. I would freak out if it's him. Well tell us! Who is it! She said out of breath.

"Would you let the girl talk Ino." Tenten interuppted Ino's loud outburst. They all stared at Sakura. Anxiously awaiting her answer.

She was reluctant to say it, but eventually she did. "It's... It'sSasuke." She smiled embarrassed.

"Kyaaaaa! I'm so happy for you! It's all thanks to me though. If I hadn't gave you those self-confidence lessons you wouldn't have gotten this far." Ino grinned.

"Yeah thanks a lot. Your ideas almost backfired."

"Whatever. You got what you wanted so it doesn't matter anyway."

Sakura sighed. "Yeah, you're right. Anyway lets have a look at you. Go stand in front of the mirror."

"Oh right." Ino walked over to the mirror and liked what she saw. "Wow." Her front was all covered with the soft, white fabric of the dress, but you could still see her gorgeous curves. The dress itself was very, very short above her knees. The back was open. Underneath it she wore the long, leather, white boots to complete her outfit. In her ears she had long, diamond earrings. Her blond hair was tied into a knot with a few strands in front of her face. She had glitter gel in her hair to make her appearance even more sparkly.

"You look amazing Ino." Hinata complimented her.

"Thanks."

"As for your make-up. We'll put some white glitter eye shadow and some natural pink lip gloss." Tenten said. "I'll do it for you, while I'm putting on her make-up you can get dressed Sakura."

"Ok." She grabbed her dress and shoes and went into the bathroom.

Hinata watched Tenten as she put on Ino's make-up. Tenten noticed it. "Hinata? What are you going to wear?"

Tenten caught her off guard with that question. "Uhm... I don't know. I was planning to stay home."

"WHAT!" Tenten and Ino screamed together.

"Why?" Tenten asked surprised.

"It's just that. I have nothing to wear and I have no date for the festival. And I don't want to be in your and your boyfriend's way all the time." She stared at the floor.

Tenten stopped putting make-up on Ino's face. She had a sad expression. She hadn't realized that while they were all dressing up for their boyfriends, Hinata was the only one with no one to dress up for. "Hinata, you can't not go. You will be missed by everyone and besides, this festival is a good opportunity to get Naruto's attention." Ino tried to convince her.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, a sexy Hinata will surely caught Naruto's eye." Ino grinned.

Hinata smiled. She thought about it for a moment and finally decided to go to the festival after all. "I'm going to show that dimwit what he's been missing out on." She laughed.

Tenten continued putting on Ino's make up. When she was finished, Sakura came out of the bathroom. She went to stand in front of the mirror. She also liked what she saw. It was a short black dress with an opening around the area of her bellybutton. It looked like a top and a miniskirt, but it actually was a one-piece dress, since the two parts were connected on the back. It had low cleavage and she had on black high heel shoes. She had in long, diamond earrings and a matching diamond necklace around her neck. Her hair was the same style as Ino. She turned to face her friends. "So? What do you think?"

"You look stunning." Tenten answered.

"Thank you."

"Come on I'll do your make-up." Hinata suggested. "It's your turn to get dressed Tenten."

"Yeah. I'm sure we are all dying to find out how that dress is going to look on you Tenten." Ino laughed.

While Tenten was in the bathroom, Hinata was doing Sakura's make-up. Ino was searching for a gown for Hinata. The ones she didn't pick ended up on the floor. Hinata laughed at the sight of Ino stressed out to find the perfect outfit once more, but this time for someone else. "You know Ino, I can pick out my own dress."

"No, because then you're not going to keep to the dress code and pick something conservative. And we wouldn't want that, now do we?" She replied without looking up.

Hinata sighed. "Ok, but don't blame me when Shikamaru sees this place in the state it is now. He will never visit you again, once he finds out that you can be quite the messy type. You will never live together and won't end up getting married. He'll break up with you and you'll be miserable for the rest of your life." Hinata grinned.

Ino stopped searching. "Really?" She said with a depressed voice.

"Haha no, of course not. I was only kidding." Ino threw a pillow at her, but missed and continued her search. Hinata smiled. She finished Sakura's make-up. She went for a natural look. Light eye shadow and soft, pink lipstick.

Tenten came out of the bathroom and her beauty amazed them. She stood in front of the mirror. She had on a darkred, long dress. The only things covered on the top were here breasts. It was a top shaped like an X. At the bottom end of the X the dress continued from just below her bellybutton all the way down. At the back it was open from her neck to above her butt. She had on matching darkred high heel shoes. You could barely see them, because the dress was so long. She let her long, black hair hang loose with a strand of hair in front of her left eye. In her ears she wore small, diamond earrings.

"Wow Tenten! You look... You look hot." Ino laughed. "I think that was what you were going for. Neji will be blown away when he sees you."

"Hahaha thanks." Tenten replied.

"Tenten it's your turn to do make-up." Sakura pointed at the chair. "I'll do it for you." She smiled. "We are going for dark and mysterious. I'll use the same color red as your dress for lipstick and eye shadow."

"Ok, that sounds fine." Tenten sat down in the chair.

"Hinata, I found a dress for you." Ino called her friend.

Hinata looked at the dress. Her eyes widened. "I can't wear this!"

"Sure you can." Ino pushed Hinata into the bathroom along with the dress.

"But...!" Before Hinata could protest some more, Ino closed the door.

Luckily Hinata didn't come back out. She considered giving the dress a try and then decide whether or not to wear it. After a while she came out of the bathroom. Sakura had just finished Tenten's make-up. They were all in shock when they saw her. Hinata looked totally different than before. By the looks on their faces, Hinata quickly walked over to the mirror. Her eyes widened. She expected something different, but not this. She almost cried and fainted when she saw her reflection. It was a darkblue, long strapless gown with a very (very) high split on both sides. She had on blue high heel sandals. Her earrings were long diamonds and her necklace had one shiny gem hanging in the middle. Her hair was the same as always, but with a blue/white flower on the right side. "I look..." She paused.

Sakura walked over to her. "You look absolutely beautiful." Hinata turned around. Sakura embraced her.

"Thank you, Sakura." She returned the hug.

"Hinata, make-up time." Ino said proudly and while wiping away a tear.She waved at her.

"Oh no thank you." Hinata responded.

"What do you mean, no thank you? We all have make-up on, so you too. Get over here." Ino smiled.

"No that's ok." Hinata persisted.

"Just a little bit of lip gloss." Tenten assured her.

Hinata looked at her friends. "Uhm... well ok then. Only lip gloss."

Ino smeared some gloss on Hinata's lips "Done."

They all looked at each other and smiled. "Ok! Then lets go surprise our men." Tenten said. "Lets go!"