Chapter 2: Ino and Shikamaru's Plan in Motion

Meanwhile, Naruto and Ino are dancing to the music on the dance floor.

"Thanks for saving me back then. How could I repay you?" Naruto said while heaving a sigh.

"Well for starters, we could go there." Ino pointed at the direction of Sakura and Sasuke dancing. Naruto looked and began to tense up.

"Oh no. Hell no! I'm not gonna go there! Anything but that." Naruto said pleadingly.

Ino looked at him with one cocked eyebrow. Naruto couldn't do anything. He knew he was cornered this time.

"Fine." He said finally.

"Yay! Let's go then." Ino said gleefully and they both danced to the direction of Sasuke and Sakura.

'Time to execute the plan.' Ino thought with a smirk in her face.

"Hey forehead! Hey Sasuke-kun!" Ino greeted them. Sasuke and Sakura looked at their direction.

"Hey Ino! It's been quite awhile." Sakura said.

"Hey dobe." Sasuke said, referring to Naruto, who was tensing up.

"Hey teme." Naruto said, his tenseness going down a bit.

"Hey Naruto! How come you don't greet me now? I thought you were my best friend?" Sakura said, pouting a little.

"U-uh.. Hi, Sakura-chan." Naruto said, his nervousness swelling up. His heart was beating fast and was blushing lightly.

"You seem to be dancing for awhile already, why don't you dance with your best friend? I'm sure you haven't seen your best friend for quite some time now. It would be good to dance and catch up with lost time together." Ino suddenly said. Naruto looked at her with shock and question and Ino looked back on her knowingly and smiled at him that signified, "It will be okay." Then she turned to Sakura.

"Okay! That's a great idea. As long as he would ask me to dance. Is that okay, Naruto?" Sakura said while facing Naruto. Sasuke remained silent.

"Sure thing, Sakura-chan! So, I guess I'll see you after this music ends?" Naruto confidently said. Ino just smiled at the sudden confidence of his blonde friend.

"Okay. See you then!" Sakura said while smiling at Naruto. He just gave her a foxy grin and danced away with Ino again.

'Mission Accomplished.' Ino said to herself while smiling contentedly. Naruto could only question her sudden smile but decided to keep quiet about it.

When the music ended, everyone, including Naruto and Ino, went back to their tables and the dance floor cleared up once again.

After Naruto waited for Ino to be seated, he was going to go back to his seat when suddenly Kim pulled his arm.

"Now that you're finished dancing with her, dance with me." Kim said, it was more of an order than a request. Before Naruto could answer, The Principal, Tsunade, spoke in the microphone.

"I hope you're having a good night. Now, for the next part of our program, I hope everyone would cooperate. You should dance with a friend, or someone you know whom you haven't seen or talked to for quite some time. The music will play shortly so please go to the dance floor. By the way, the couple who dances best will receive a reward. The winner would be announced at midnight." Naruto could only smile at this. He was safe again from the wrath of his witch-like fiancée.

"Sorry. I just saw you this morning so I can't dance with you. I should dance with the one I haven't seen in awhile so, excuse me, I have someone to ask." Naruto said confidently and was walking away again when Kim grabbed his arm again,

"You would actually follow all that crap the old lady says?!" Kim asked with fury.

"Well, everyone seems to go along with it so I yeah, I would go along with it." Naruto said happily, removed Kim's hold of his arm, and continued to Sakura's table.

"Hi Sakura-chan, may I have this dance?" Naruto said very gentlemanly, and extended his hands to Sakura.

"Why sure Naruto! You're such a gentleman today." Sakura said happily and took Naruto's hand and they both went to the dance floor.

"It's been awhile, huh." Sakura said as they positioned themselves in the dance floor. Naruto held Sakura's slender waist while she put her hands at the back of his neck. The slow music was already starting to play and everyone was starting to dance, including them.

"Yeah. You look beautiful tonight, more womanly." Naruto said sincerely while smiling at her. Sakura blushed at his remark.

"Thank You! You don't look bad, yourself. You look really cute and handsome, especially with that tuxedo on." Sakura said while still blushing. It was Naruto's turn to blush at Sakura's comment. His heart began to beat faster again and he was tensing up a bit.

"Hey Naruto, are you alright? You seem worked up." Sakura said, looking worried. Naruto shrugged off his nervousness and looked at Sakura,

"Yeah, I'm fine. It's nothing." Naruto told her while smiling and continuing to dance.

"It's just that, I am amazed by the presence of such a beautiful lady in front of me right now." Naruto said jokingly but sincerely.

"Oh stop your flattery Naruto!" Sakura blushed while giving Naruto a weak spank on his shoulder.

"Hehehe.." Naruto said while looking at Sakura's eyes, getting completely lost in it but continued to dance.

'Her eyes are so beautiful, I could just get lost in it the whole night.' Naruto thought but was cut of by Sakura.

"Hey Naruto! Don't space out on me!" Sakura said.

"S-Sorry, Sakura-chan. Hmm, how about we change our positions and dance gracefully so that we could get the prize?" Naruto asked her.

"Sure! I'd love that." Sakura answered. They changed their positions; Naruto's left hand was on Sakura's right waist while the other hand was under Sakura's left hand. Sakura's right hand was on Naruto's left shoulder while her left hand was on top of Naruto's right hand. And they danced gracefully, moving from one place to another, practically covering the whole dance floor as they danced to the music until they were in the middle of the floor, the other couples were on far both sides of them while dancing with their respective partners.

They were looking at each other's eyes, obviously getting lost in them. Everyone could see how they were dancing with their heart and that their look in each other's eyes was of pure love, but of course they both don't know it yet.

Meanwhile, on Naruto and his friends' table, his friends were watching them dance and were getting excited for both of them. Ino suddenly said to them,

"Oh my gosh! They look so good together! I knew Sakura also had feelings for him! They're so romantic!" Ino was practically squealing like a fangirl at that very moment.

Hinata on the other hand, looked at them with jealousy because of the way they looked at each other and decided that it was not Naruto she was meant to be with. However, she just accepted her fate and tried to be happy for them.

Kim however, was not looking good. She was looking at Naruto with jealousy because of the way he looked at Sakura, but was looking at Sakura with pure anger because she thinks Sakura was stealing his fiancée from her. She continued to do that until she looked at her bag, she hoped that it would never come to this but decided it was inevitable so she took off her jacket and wrapped the thing inside. The thing she wrapped up is.. a gun. No one saw her because everyone was busy looking at the dance floor, especially at Naruto and Sakura.

Here's the update! Sorry it's late. My computer broke while I was doing the update so I had to fix it. Please leave reviews. For your question, wind797, it will be answered in the upcoming chapter. Stay tuned for the next chapter.