Disclaimer: No matter how much I wish, I do not own Naruto.

A/N: Wow, it seems like people have interest for my fic! Thank you, everyone who reviewed! Oh, and just to make this easier, Sai will not appear in this fic. I have no idea if he's a good character, or an evil one, so yeah…he's just too mysterious to write about right now.

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Ino let out a laugh, and pounded the table, "You're going to get Sasuke-kun, forehead girl? I don't think so. Why do you think I even suggested that idea to the council anyway?"

Sakura smirked as she drank her tea, "Probably because you're too lame to catch the eye of any guy, so this way you can use the pity technique to get them to take you out on a date."

Ino snorted, "Oh really? I've got more sex appeal than you'll ever have Sakura and boatloads more admirers," she struck a pose, right hand behind her tilted head.

"But you still can't catch Sasuke-kun," Sakura pointedly said.

"I don't see him taking any interest in you," Ino said, dropping the pose.

Sakura twitched, and put the cup down, "…he will. I'll make sure of it."

"Oh really." Said Ino, leaning back, "What are you going to do? Sneak up behind him, and wrap your arms around him? Oh yeah, I forgot. You already did that, and nothing happened."

Sakura laughed, "Oh yeah, nothing happened, except that I snapped Sasuke-kun out of his evil curse seal form, while you were lying on the ground petrified!"

Ino waved a hand in front of her, "Excuse me, but I was saving your butt!"

"Sure, by taking over the body of that sound nin girl, which did nothing, may I remind you!"

Ino stood up, "Oh yeah? Well you weren't doing much either! All you did was randomly perform Kawarimi no Jutsu, and stabbing out with your kunai!"

"Better than you now Ino-pig, the only reason you have admirers is because your dad would kill them if they didn't ask you out!"

"Why you—"

"Hey, what are you two doing?"

Ino and Sakura turned around, a fist pulling at a hank of blond hair in Sakura's hand, a fist pulling at a hank of pink hair in Ino's. Tenten just leaned against the door, mildly amused, "No, don't tell me…you're arguing about Uchiha Sasuke again, aren't you?"

They both nodded, knocking their heads into each other.

"Ow! That hurt, stupid forehead girl!"

"I didn't make you bump your head into mine!"

Tenten shook her head, "Jeez you two…anyway, Sakura, Mr. Hotshot Captain of the Anbu needs to talk to you about something."

Sakura let go of Ino's hair and looked up, "Really? What?"

Tenten shrugged, "Something to do with the amount of Anbu that should go with Naruto when the Kazekage arrives."

Sakura walked quickly to the door, looked back once and stuck out her tongue, then left.

Ino stood up, and brushed the dust off of her clothes, "Was that really what Sasuke said?"

Tenten grinned, "What, jealous?"

"As if!" Ino retorted, laughing, "You know that the only reason I keep on fighting about Sasuke with Sakura is because Sakura needs some competition if she's ever going to get Sasuke."

"I don't know," said Tenten, putting a finger to her cheek, "she seems to be doing fine on her own."

Ino shook her head, "Please, in the world of Sasuke-fandom, you need to be fast, or else all the other girls will eat you alive. Add the fact that Sasuke never pays any girl anymore attention than another, and a girl can really get discouraged."

"Which is why you're not obsessed with him anymore?"

Ino laughed, "I guess the charm wore off after he betrayed the village…"

Tenten shrugged, "That didn't stop some of his fans… Anyway, I heard you had some new plan for the Hokage ceremony; care to tell me what it is?"

Ino grinned, "Oh you're going to love this. All members of the clans of Konoha, and I do mean all of them besides the kids, have to have a date for the ceremony."

Silence.

"You didn't just say what I think you did, did you?" asked Tenten after she finally managed to recover from shock, "Because if you did…well, first of all, you're going to have Neji, not to mention Sasuke after your blood."

"I'm not too worried about that, they'll be thanking me in the end anyway…besides, now's your big chance again?"

Ino sighed and shook her head, "Dating 101 for you then…Neji has to ask someone. So there's the choice of you, or all his other fangirls. Which one sounds more likely to you?"

Tenten raised an eyebrow, "And what makes you so sure that he'll even want to ask me?"

"You're the only one he ever trains with; of course he'll ask you!"

Tenten let out a laugh, and shook her head, "Neji won't ask me. In fact, even if he did, not saying that he will, of course, I doubt the Hyuuga family will allow it. They have to keep their bloodlines pure after all…"

"That wouldn't stop Hyuuga Neji I bet. Besides, if it gets really bad, he could always take it to Hokage to be Naruto, and Naruto will definitely side with Neji."

Tenten shrugged, "As you say, but I really doubt he'll ask me…"

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"No."

"But Kazekage-sama," pleaded the persistent official of the Wind Country, "you must wear the hat, it's the symbol of all the Kages!"

Gaara shook his head, "No."

"Kazekage-sama"

Temari stuck her head in the caravan, "Just as a report, we are now in Konoha. Gaara, I think you should put on the hat…"

Gaara turned his black rimmed eyes towards his older sister, "I refuse to wear that idiotic hat."

Temari sighed, "Gaara…just put it on for a minute, you can take it off as soon as we meet Uzumaki Naruto."

Gaara considered this, "…fine," he stated flatly as he slowly put the blue and white hat on his head.

Temari sighed again, and jumped off the caravan.

"Problems?" asked Kankuro.

"No, just Gaara refusing to put on the hat…"

Kankuro snorted, "Well, he does look kind of stupid with it on."

Temari laughed, "…heh, a couple years ago, you would have been terrified to say anything like that."

"Yeah, probably. But thankfully, the 'little monster' calmed down a whole lot…"

"Yeah."

They shared a few moments of reflective silence before they finally caught site of the Rokudaime to be waving frantically, "Hey, Gaara! Get out here already, I've been waiting for hours, and I'm starving!"

Sakura and Sasuke both twitched at the same time, and hit Naruto on the head.

"You idiot! Stand up straight, stop acting like a kid, and act like a Hokage!"

"Dobe, shut up."

Kankuro winced, "Oh…that has got to hurt. Reminds me of the time I managed to steal your diary…"

Temari half-heartedly swiped at Kankuro, "You deserved that. But wow, you have to admit, the captain of the Anbu, and the Hokage's main advisor hitting the Hokage himself…"

"They can get away with so much here," Kankuro said, sighing.

The caravan came to a halt, and Gaara slowly got out, at the same time taking off the hat. The persistent official nearly had a heart attack, "Kazekage-sama! You must wear that hat!"

Gaara crossed his arms, "Nee-san said I would only have to wear it until Naruto arrived. He's over there, so I no longer have to wear it."

Naruto stopped his current argument with Sasuke to yell, "Hey, you're going to have to call me Hokage or Rokudaime soon!"

Gaara shrugged, and ignored the official's urgent protests.

"Anyway," Naruto cleared his throat, "I welcome you to Konoha as it is an honor to have the Suna in the village. Alliances will be built as the great celebration begins, and…" Naruto scratched his head, "…I don't remember the rest of it."

Sakura hit him on the head again, "I told you to memorize the speech!"

"But it was five pages long!"

Sasuke turned to the group, as Sakura and Naruto were still arguing, "Either ways, since the dobe forgot the whole speech, the gist of it was, enjoy your stay, don't attack us, if you do we will not respond well," he gestured to the five Anbu members by him, "if you don't we will have a nice celebration of the fact that the dobe becomes Hokage."

Gaara nodded and said, "We the Suna are honored to be here, we will remain peaceful, however if we are attacked—"

Naruto grabbed Gaara's arm, and started to run, "Blah, blah, blah, speeches are boring. Let's eat!"

Looking back at the pursuing Anbu, Gaara hesitantly asked, "…is this a habit of yours?"

"Yep, I sneak out every day, and most of the time Sasuke-teme can't catch me!" said Naruto, running right into someone.

Naruto hit the ground hard, "…ow….gah!" He saw Hinata shakily getting up from the ground, "I'm so sorry Hinata!"

Hinata stammered, "A-a-ano…no problem Naruto-kun…"

Naruto grabbed Hinata and pulled her up, "No really, I knocked you down yesterday too…okay, let's go." He took off with Gaara and Hinata in tow, followed by the Anbu.

"N-naruto-kun…why are we running?" asked Hinata after Naruto ducked.

"To escape Sasuke-teme and not die of starvation!"

"…I still don't know where you're taking us," stated Gaara, running.

Naruto looked at him as if he had sprouted cat ears, "Ichiruka of course!"

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"Um, um, three bowls of miso ramen, two bowls of pork, and one bowl of beef please! Hey, what do you two want?"

Hinata poked to of her fingers together nervously, "Ano…I'm not really hungry…"

"It's lunch time Hinata, how can you not be hungry!"

"If it's not too much trouble…a bowl of miso ramen?"

"Yeah, that's their best! What about you Gaara?"

Gaara sat staring around, "…I don't care."

"One bowl of beef then! It's as good as their miso ramen!" said Naruto, ordering for Gaara instead.

The manager had just turned around to prepare the ramen, when Sasuke and the rest of the Anbu ran up. Sasuke's eyes were already Sharingan red, and his mouth was a slash on his face, "Dobe…"

Naruto grinned, "Hah, knew you couldn't catch me!"

Sasuke hit Naruto on the head (again), and leaned back, "…anyway, since you're going to be Hokage Naruto…"

Naruto eyed him suspiciously, "Yeah, what?"

Sasuke coughed and looked away, "…could you just get rid of that weird clans have to date plan thing?"

Naruto started laughing, "Sure Sasuke…I'll make it so only you and Neji will have to have dates, how's that?"

The Anbu member with the bird's mask on stepped forward, "Naruto…"

Naruto's grin grew even wider, "Oh yeah, you should have seen Neji's expression when I told him he had to have a date for the ceremony!"

"So do you!"

"Bet you it'll be easier for me than you!"

"Oh yeah right, girls just flock towards you, don't they?"

"Hell yeah they do!"

"They must only want you for the money!"

"What does that say about your fans then?"

As the three argued, the Anbu member with the dragon mask on sat down next to Hinata, "…well, this is entertaining, isn't it?"

Hinata nodded while eating, "It's very interesting, Tenten-san…"

"So, do you have a date yet?" Tenten asked, removing the mask, and shaking her head a bit.

"Oh no…"

Tenten nudged her shoulder, "Ah, don't worry about it, I know someone who's got their eye on you…he's just a little too dense to see it," she winked and put the mask back on.

Hinata sat staring at the ramen blushing. Ah…someone who has their eye on me? Tenten-san must be joking…either ways…I don't really want to go with anyone besides Naruto-kun…

She glanced at Naruto still arguing with Neji and Sasuke and smiled sadly, but of course, he never sees me…

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A/N: That was pretty long, wasn't it? Please review, and give me some suggestions while you're at it!