Naruto was contemplating on why Sakura was acting very funny at the hospital during their last encounter. 'Maybe she was just shocked from Sasuke's confession' he thought. But still, there was doubt in his mind, 'What if something bad happened while I was gone?' Naruto was already developing some migraine from screwing up his brains for an answer.

But his confusion will be cut short when he thought of what happened before the hospital incident. He thought of his date with Ino.

Confusion will be panic, these are just a few things in Naruto's mind; what will he wear? Where will they go? DID HE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR A DECENT DATE!

The young ninja then rushed to his house.

Meanwhile, somewhere in konoha, 3 students and their sensei were playing a game of truth or dare…

As the bottle of choke-a-cola was spinning, giant sweat drops were forming on the four players. The bottle started to slow down, all of their pulses raised. It was a certain fuzzy browed ninja's turn to give the question or dare. Will it be the weapons master, the prodigy or the sensei?

Tension was building up as the bottled, slowly but surely, halted to a stop. Lee was notorious for giving the hardest of tasks. Tenten was nervous, she might be asked if he had feelings for Neji, Gai was nervous too; he might be asked if he was insecure around Kakashi. The only one who wasn't tensed was Neji, he was confident that he can handle anything Lee gave him.

Finally the bottle stopped! The gods answered two prayers, the bottle was pointing to Neji. Tenten and Gai let out a sigh of relief.

"Truth or Dare, Neji?" Lee said feeling very excited.

"Dare…" Neji said.

Lee started to think, what task can Neji not fulfill?

Tenten was struck with inspiration! She leaned towards Lee and whispered; "Dare him to date any girl from konoha!"

"Neji-san! I dare you to date anyone from konoha!" Lee said, as if he triumphantly laid his winning hand in a game of poker.

"Anyone? Neji said. He was putting his brilliant mind to use. This was a perfect time to finally have a reason to ask Tenten on a date, he did have a small crush on her. But he decided to get back on Lee for giving him such an asinine task. His mind thought of someone perfect to ask out.

"I made my choice." Neji said, then standing up.

"Who did you pick?" Lee, Gai and Tenten said in unison…

Sakura was trying to stop herself from crying. She couldn't remember the exact reason why she was crying. For some reason, she felt pain. As she was walking through the alley ways of konoha, she saw a blur of yellow and orange. She wasn't sure who that was, but she had an idea.

(Time flashback)

Naruto was rushing off home. 'Dang, how did the hospital get so far away from my house?' he thought. His side already hurt from running. As he was running, he saw a patch of red and pink. He went back a couple of steps, looked from the corner of the alley and suddenly saw Sakura's face. She immediately wiped off her tears.

"How's it going Sakura-chan? And why did you run off earlier? Do you have a problem" Naruto said.

"Oh! I just was shocked on how Sasuke got hospitalized." Sakura made up, hoping Naruto would fall for it.

"Hehehe, I should have been more careful with the tea." He said, scratching his head.

"Can you tell me why Sasuke was at your house?"

"You mean he hasn't told you yet?"

"Tell me what?

"Uh, never mind." Naruto said, 'Sasuke should tell it to her himself.' He thought.

"Sakura, are you free on Saturday?" Neji said, coming out from no where.

"Yes, why did you ask, Neji-san?" said, mildly surprised.

"Uhhh…" neji said, feeling stupid, ' I should have thought of a plan!' he said to himself.

Naruto was still trying to process how Neji got there and why.

Sakura could read what neji was trying to say, and thought this was an opportune time to know if Naruto still had feelings for her.

"Sure Neji, I'm free on Saturday. Pick me up at 7'o clock" she said, smiling at him. "What the &#$ are you doing!" inner Sakura said. 'Just wait' Sakura thought.

While Neji was arranging his "date", Tenten, Lee and Gai were watching from a distance. Tenten was crestfallen, Lee was stupefied, and Gai (too stupid to think of any other expression) smiled.

Sakura bade Naruto and Neji farewell, Neji was going to talk to Naruto.

"I hope you didn't get angry at me for asking Sakura out." Neji said. His respect for Naruto has grown a lot since they fought at the chuunin exams.

"Why should I?"…

Sorry for the delayed update, I was in (and continues to be) in a state of depression. I hope the Sakura X Neji didn't ruin the story. It was 1) a dedication for a friend, 2) a reason to lengthen the story.

The next chapter will NOT be about Naruto and Ino's date, it will be about how Naruto will solve his afore mentioned problems.

This chappie is short (I cant write a long one for an unknown reason) and will have to sign off for today, I still have to think of who I will take with me for our JS Prom…