Author's note: I'm sorry, there's a new annoying rule at my house, that rule allows me to use the computer on weekend only! (Fate is cruel! Why me?) Since I'm on my last year on Junior High School (that's it! You know my age, yup I'm 14!) I must concentrate more on my study so... you know, but don't worry, I STILL update regularly... just not as often as before... GOMEN! (But I'll try to update faster if you give me review, 'kay?). Here's the ninth chapter for you guys! Enjoy!

NARUTO'S FIRST DATE CHAPTER 9

Kiba stepped out from the bedroom with an ultra-satisfied expression plastered on his face. He grinned and thrust his fist to the air.

"This is going veeeerrryyyy smoothly! I can't believe he got the same feeling!"

"Who got the same feeling?"

"GAH!" Kiba jumped thirty feet to the air before he turned to the brat who surprised him to death.

He came face-to-face with none other than Sabaku no Gaara, who glared at him as a 'hi'.

"Ga.. Gaara!" Kiba started to think that the Sand Siblings have a natural talent in surprising people.

Gaara nodded.

"Wh-what do you need?" Kiba asked nervously. Of course, he knew that Sand Siblings was their ally now, but he still felt nervous and slightly scared of Gaara.

"Nothing in particular..." Gaara muttered in a low, deadly tone.

"... oh...s-so..." Kiba swallowed a lump in his throat.

"What's wrong with Uzumaki?" Gaara asked.

"Eh?"

"I said what's wrong with Uzumaki..." Gaara repeated.

"O-oh... H-he just having umm... some difficulties in his love life...yeah, and now will you excuse me..." Kiba grinned nervously at the redhead and walked past him in an attempt to get away.

Hell... I don't need to tell HIM too...the dog boy thought nervously as he quickened his pace.

"It's the Uchiha?" Gaara pondered aloud.

Vein popped on Kiba's head as he turned angrily to focus his attention back to the Sand shinobi.

"NO! That Uchiha is a real BASTARD! And because of him now Naruto and Neji—" but he quickly covered his own mouth with both of his hands as his face turned as white as Casper. He felt like banging his head on the nearest wall.

"Oh... it's the Hyuuga..." Gaara nodded.

Great, Inuzuka... you and your big mouth, fantastic! Now Neji's gonna kill you for sure...Kiba imagined himself in an ICU room of a random hospital with bandages all over his body and an 'I can't keep my mouth shut' sign beside his bed.

"Please don't tell anyone..." Kiba begged at the redhead.

"Like I would..." Gaara approached the depressed Inuzuka.

"Huh?"

"I'll help you..." Gaara stated.

"Help... me?" Kiba pointed at himself.

"Yes... about Uzumaki and Hyuuga..." said Gaara.

Kiba stared at him. His brain was registering (slowly) what Gaara had said earlier. Did Gaara just say that he'll help him? THAT Gaara?

"Are we a team?" the redhead broke the silence. The Inuzuka boy couldn't help but grin.

"The best one in the world..." he smiled.

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"Aaaaah!"

"Please hold still Neji-kun!"

"ARGH, stop it!" Neji groaned.

"Don't move... I can't get... ow!"

"L-Lee... s-stop..."

"No! You need this! And you need me to do this!" Lee insisted while he grabbed Neji's sweating form.

"No... LEE! That hurts!"

"Hey! Turn your body over here so I can do it properly!"

"NO! Ow ow ow ow! Lee!"

"Just a little bit more..."

"Aaaah!"

"Neji-kun... I can't concentrate!"

"GODDAMMIT LEE! GIMME THAT!" Neji stood up angrily and snatched the medicine from Lee's hand.

"Hey!" Lee whined.

"You're smacking the wound Lee! It'll get worse! Geezzz... what will the medic nin say if they saw you?" Neji said angrily as he started applying the medicine on his wound himself.

"You're so caring and dependable oh Rock Lee-sama!" Lee put his usual happy grin on his face.

Neji lifted his eyebrow in an annoyed fashion at his so-called rival's words. The second session of the training has left him with a nasty looking bruise on his left arm. Lee, as usual, was eager to help. Neji didn't get any chance to protest because Lee dragged him to the bedroom and started treating his wound, but his zero talent in treating people has made Neji's wound looked worse than before.

Neji winced when he tied the bandage carefully around his wound.

"But all I want to do is help you!" Lee pouted his lower lip.

"Help me to my death?" Neji asked sarcastically.

"..." Lee was silent for a moment. "Partly true, maybe..." he grinned and jumped out of the bedroom, running away from Neji's piercing glare.

"Just die already..." Neji muttered when Lee's footsteps faded.

He sighed and laid down on his back, staring at the ceiling. He lifted his wounded hand carefully and examined it.

I can't concentrate at training... all I think about is Sasuke Naruto Sasuke Naruto Sasuke Naruto Sasuke Naruto Aaaaargh! Why me? He thought as he gritted his teeth.

"Hey..." another voice echoed on the room.

Neji turned his head and saw Kiba stood in the doorway. Akamaru in tow.

"What?" Neji snarled/winced at him. He was in the worst from the worst mood in the universe.

"Um... well, I just wanna ask how's your wound... and to ask you to join us downstairs... it's cold here," Kiba explained.

"... Is Naruto... downstairs?" Neji asked, a bit hesitated.

"Of course, where else he would be?" Kiba said with a little hint of sarcasm in his voice.

"I... just don't wanna meet him right now, after that..." Neji lowered his head. Damn, he sounded like a girl!

"Look, Neji... I'm really really sorry! But c'mon! You sounded like you don't wanna live! Forget it! Think about something more important for now! You can talk to him later!" Kiba crossed his arms on his chest.

"..." was the reply.

"... Neji?" Kiba called.

"Maybe I'll try..." the Hyuuga stood up and brushed imaginary dust from his clothes.

"So... can we go down now?" Kiba grinned. Hey... that was fast...

"Ladies first..." Neji replied with a smirk.

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"Game?" Lee and Kankurou echoed.

It was late afternoon and all of them were gathering on the living room, since there was only one fireplace on the small cottage and it was located in the living room. Everybody needed a warm place if the weather was as cold as North Pole, right? Even Gaara sat in the furthest corner of the living room.

"Yeah! I mean... just sitting and doing nothing is boring like hell! Let's do something fun... like playing game!" Kiba exclaimed.

"Sounds good to me!" Lee gave Kiba thumbs up.

"Okay! Okay! Everyone?" Naruto turned his head to the rest of the group.

"We're in!" Chouji exclaimed as he raised his and Shikamaru's hand.

"Huh? B-but—but!" Shikamaru protested but no one heard him.

"Fine..." Neji nodded.

"Don't forget to count me in!" Temari waved her hand, followed by a nod from Kankurou.

To everyone's surprise, Gaara moved from where he sat to sat beside Kankurou.

"I'm in," he said shortly.

Everyone blinked at him, but shrugged it off. Excitement filled the room as everyone started suggesting games to play.

"What should we play?" Lee asked.

"Let's play Spin the Bottle!" Temari exclaimed.

"Are you nuts? In case you haven't notice YOU'RE the only GIRL in here, missy!" Kankurou yelled.

"Oh... right..." Temari scratched her head as she looked at her surroundings.

"I know I know! Let's play Hide and Seek!" Lee suggested.

"What are you? A three year old? Besides... it's so friggin' cold to play that game!" Kiba pointed out.

"Oh..." Lee lowered his head.

"How 'bout Truth or Dare?" Gaara asked.

"Oooooooh! Okay okay! It's so youthful to play that game! Everyone agree? GREAT! They agree! Let's play!" Lee's spirit was lit up again.

The others blinked again, but decided to play that game. They moved to sit in a circle.

Kiba secretly winked at Gaara, who smirked in return.

"Here! Use this!" Kankurou took out a kunai from his pouch and gave it to Lee, who snatched it excitedly.

"I'll go first, okay?" he got a 'whatever, make it quick' from the others. He put the kunai in the middle of the circle and spun it.

It spun fast.

It slowed down.

It stopped on...

"Shikamaru-kun! Truth or dare?" Lee pointed the half-asleep boy, who startled at the mention of his name.

"How troublesome..." he yawned. "Umm... truth..."

"Let's see... umh, what is your favorite shoujou anime?" Lee asked.

"Uh, how troublesome...it's (mumble)" Shikamaru blushed.

"Whaaaat? Just whisper to me!" Lee leaned closer.

"I said it's (mumble)" Shikamaru repeated in a whisper.

"WHAT?" Lee asked.

"I SAID IT'S 'SAILOR MOON' YOU DEAF!" Shikamaru shouted at the top of his lungs, sending Lee's hair flew backwards.

Silence.

Everyone in the room burst out laughing like maniac. Even Gaara's face showed that he was preventing himself from giggling. Shikamaru's face turned in a five different shades of red before muttered a 'damn' and spun the kunai on the floor.

It stopped on...

"Kankurou...truth or dare?" Shikamaru asked when the kunai pointed at the puppet master.

"Truth," said Kankurou shortly.

"Fine..." pause. "Thinking is so troublesome..." another pause. "Yup it is..." pause. "What's your name?"

"KANKUROU!" Kankurou mentioned it proudly as the others moaned in protest.

"Hey hey hey! Fair and square!" Kankurou grinned as he took the kunai and spun it on the floor.

It spun...

It spun...

It stopped.

"Gaara! Truth or dare?" Kankurou pointed at his little brother.

"Dare..." said Gaara.

"Okay then... um, say Gaara... I don't know how romantic you can be... show me!" Kankurou grinned.

"What do you mean?" Gaara muttered, but his face slightly red.

"Yeah, I mean... umm... ah I know! Let's see you propose to Neji!" Kankurou exclaimed.

"WHAT!" Naruto stood up abruptly while Neji's face turned bright crimson.

"What's with you?" Kankurou asked. Naruto gulped and muttered a 'nothing...' as he sat back.

"Just imagine yourself as Neji's lover then one day you want to propose to him after so long! Now do it, man!" Kankurou urged Gaara to start.

Gaara gave Kankurou a smirk. "Fine." He moved slowly to sat beside Neji, every pair of eyes were watching them, especially Naruto's (who radiated jealousy). Gaara examined the brunette's face carefully.

Neji gulped.

"Hyuuga..." Gaara started with a soft (soft? Gaara? Holy shit...) tone. He took the Hyuuga's right hand in his.

"I've thought about this everyday..." Gaara reached out and pulled Neji's hair tie so Neji's beautiful hair was fully exposed to his view. He tucked a few strands of that delicate hair behind the Hyuuga's ear.

Neji felt his stomach turned upside down.

"You're so beautiful... your face, your hair, your smile, everything... I can't stop thinking of you," Gaara leaned closer and touched Neji's cheeks. Neji's eyes widened.

"Ga—Gaara... please don't—" but his words were cut off when Gaara landed his lips on Neji's cheek in a soft kiss.

"—kiss me..." Neji finished his sentence as Gaara pulled back.

"Will you marry me?" he asked, before put down his act and turned to his brother. "Is that enough, Kankurou?"

Kankurou gaped at him like a fish while the others stared at him with wide eyes and dropped jaws. Neji's face wore the same color as Gaara's hair while he was trying to tie back his hair without doing anything clumsy. The jealous Naruto started thinking about making Gaara's voodoo doll.

"Goddammit Gaara! I didn't know you can do that! You can win the Golden Globe award for the best psycho actor category!" Kankurou clapped his hands. The others stared at Kankurou.

"Does that category ever exist?" Shikamaru whispered at his girlfriend.

"I think you forget something Nara, Kankurou is an idiot..." Temari replied.

"Lemme go! Lemme go! Lemme kill him, lemme kill him! He kissed NEJI! How dare he did that!" Naruto hissed in a low tone that only him and Kiba could hear as he tried to free himself from Kiba's grip.

"Whoa, whoa, Naruto relax! It's only on the cheek!" Kiba held the blonde tighter.

"But! But! That's not changing the fact that he kissed NEJI!" Naruto whispered, luckily the others didn't pay attention at him.

Gaara shrugged at the blonde before he spun the kunai at the floor.

It spun...

It stopped...

"Ooh! Me!" Kiba exclaimed as the kunai stopped at him. "I pick dare!"

"Then do a strip tease..."

"WHAT!"

"I said do a strip tease..." Gaara said casually.

Kiba remained rotten on his spot.

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"That's it!" Kiba pulled his boxer back up and quickly put on his clothes back. His face was bright red from the embarrassment.

The boys smirked while Temari has a 'oh my God' expression on her face.

"Kyaaaaaa! I CAN'T believe he did that!" she said with a red face as she cupped her own cheeks.

Kiba didn't say anything except a few curse when he spun the kunai at the floor.

It spun...

It stopped...

"Naruto..." Kiba started. "Truth or dare?"

"Dare!" said Naruto in a challenging tone.

Perfect! "Hmmmh... I dare you to--" he leaned closer and whispered onto Naruto's ear.

Naruto's face exploded in a blush.

"But—but but!" Naruto stuttered.

"Do it!" Kiba patted his back. The others have a questioning looks on their faces, except Gaara, who smirked at the blonde.

Naruto didn't move. "Can you give me some privacy?"

"... Fine, then... you want some privacy? We'll give you!" Kiba grinned and gestured the others to follow him to the kitchen.

"Eeeh? But I want to know!" Temari protested.

"C'mon...he'll tell us in the kitchen," Gaara dragged his sister with him, followed by Shikamaru, Chouji, Lee and Kankurou.

Neji sighed and he stood up as well, but suddenly he felt a hand grabbed his wrist, preventing him to go any further.

"No... you stay..." said Naruto and pulled Neji down so he sat beside Naruto.

"What did Kiba ask you to do, anyway?" Neji eyed him, curiosity showed itself on the Hyuuga's handsome face.

"He... eh skaed em ot skiks ouy!" said Naruto as if he was on a recovering state from a stroke attack or something.

Neji arched his brow. "Excuse me?"

"Neji?" suddenly Naruto found the floor was very interesting.

"What?"

"Have you ever kissed by anyone before?" Naruto asked bluntly, earning a blush from the brunette.

"Eeer... if you count that previous one with Gaara, then yes," said the Hyuuga truthfully.

"No... I mean on the lips..." said Naruto, still not broke his eye contact with the floor.

"... no, never..." said the Hyuuga, suddenly he had a weird feeling inside his stomach. "Why?"

"..." the blonde took a deep breath once again.

"Kiba... dared me... to-uhm-kiss you..." said Naruto, he tilted his head upwards shyly so he could face the Hyuuga, his face compared Gaara's hair color.

"What?"

-TBC-

Author's note: How was it? How was it? Please review! THANKS A LOT FOR YOU GUYS WHO REVIEWED MY STORY! C u on the next chapter!