Hakureisaiga: I would like to thank animefanbren and deathgeonous for reviewing this story since they are the only ones that have reviewed it. Oh, well, on with the story…

Chapter 7- The Carnival

Seito was happy this afternoon and he couldn't wait until the mission was over….it didn't seem to matter that he was on a D-Rank mission to catch Tora at all. Sasuke noticed this as the three blood brothers walked home, "You seem happy today…can't wait until the carnival, huh?"

Seito nodded, "Have you found out who Takeshi's date is?"

Sasuke frowned, "No, he won't tell me or anyone for that matter. Besides he did say that they were just friends."

Seito said, "He said that with Ami and look what happened. By the way, I wondered who she is going with."

Sasuke said, "I heard from Sakura that she was going with Akito."

Naruto said, "So you are going with Ayame-nee-chan, huh?"

Seito said, "And you are going with Hinata-chan?"

Naruto said, "I owe it to her….since I didn't recognize her at first without her jacket."

The Uchiha replied, "Yeah, you did kind of fail on that."

Naruto said, "Shut up, Sasuke…So I heard through the grape vine that you are going with Sakura."

Seito said with his eyebrow raised a bit, "Really, Sasuke?"

The young Uchiha boy had a light blush on his face, "Well….yeah, she looked kinda sad, so I figured that I might as well take her out."

Seito said, "And you have a thing for her…."

Sasuke said, "Right….wait, what?"

The Rokubi Jinchuuriki smirked at his victory, "So we were right, you do like her."

Sasuke blushed, "Y-You tricked me." Naruto said, "But your blush says it all, Sasuke." The three boys continued to argue a bit until they reached home.

6:00- Uchiha Manor- Naruto, Seito, Sasuke and Takeshi dressed in formal clothes. Takeshi wore a traditional green Chinese shirt and black dress pants with a forest green sash around his waist, Seito wore a golden brown kimono, Sasuke wore a dark blue kimono with the Uchiha crest on both sides of his chest and the edges of the kimono were a blood red like his Sharingan, Naruto typically wore a dark orange kimono and the bottom half was a deep black.

Mikoto said, "Aww, you all look so cute…one more picture."

The boys shouted, "Kaa-san!"

Mikoto said, "What? It is only fair since Takeshi went on his first date and never bothered to tell me."

Takeshi said cheekily, "But you never asked about it…"

Mikoto said, "That may be true, but I expect you to tell me about it." Takeshi sighed while everyone else snickered at his predicament. Mikoto snapped another picture and said, "Now you four remember, be a gentleman, be polite…especially you, Naruto. Also protect her at all costs."

Takeshi smirked, "Oh, trust us, they can protect themselves just fine…well, except Seito's date since Ayame is not a ninja."

Seito said, "Yeah, but that is why I bought this earlier."

Seito lifted up a cane and Takeshi said, "Let me guess there is a hidden 12 inch blade in it, right?"

Seito said, "Right…we better go, I don't want to be late."

Mikoto said, "Have fun…" The boys set out to go to pick up their dates.

Naruto- The Jinchuuriki reached the Hyuga Manor at 6:45 since the Hyuga were always secretive about their bloodline. Naruto nervously approached the gates and the branch member guards looked at him, "Welcome, Uzumaki-san, Hiashi-sama and Hinata-sama have been waiting for you."

Naruto said, "Arigotou…"

He walked inside of the Hyuga Manor and looked around to see that the compound was almost like the Uchiha compound only it was a bit colder and it didn't seem like a place that Naruto would call home. Suddenly a man that seem to have an air of authority around him made Naruto guess that he was the head of the Hyuga clan.

"Hello, Uzumaki-san, I'm Hiashi, Hinata's father….Takeshi informed me earlier that you were taking my daughter to the carnival this evening."

Naruto remembered his manners and said, "Hai, Hiashi-sama."

The Hyuga clan head replied, "Excellent, I expect her to be safe and sound after this...if you so much hurt her in any shape or form, I will make your life miserable."

Naruto gulped, "Y-Yes, sir."

The Hyuga Lord said, "Good, now I will see to Hinata, Uzumaki-san." The Jinchuuriki nodded and Hiashi moved upstairs to get his daughter, leaving him to his thoughts. "Hinata's father is scary as hell." Naruto thought.

Kasumi replied, "Oh, you'll be fine, Naru-kun. Just show Hinata a good time and you will be straight."

The boy said, "Alright, Kasumi-chan, if you say so." Then Hiashi came out forward to present Hinata. She wore a kimono that matched up with her hair perfectly, it also had lavender flowers littered all over it and the Hyuga clan crest was embroidered on the back.

Naruto's jaw dropped at the sight, "H-Hinata-chan, is that you?"

The girl timidly looked away from Naruto's entranced gaze as she whispered, "O-Ohayo, N-Naruto-kun."

Naruto stuttered out, "Y-You look very b-beautiful, Hinata-chan."

Hinata replied, "T-Thank you...and y-you look handsome as well."

Hiashi thought, "It seems that Takeshi was right to expose them to each other. Her stuttering is worse than ever before, but her eyes show that she is determined to not mess up in front of him. Maybe this will work after all."

Hiashi cleared his throat, "Although I am enjoying the compliments about my daughter's beauty, but you two have a carnival to get to now."

Naruto and Hinata blushed, which made the stoic Hyuga patriarch almost smirk at the scene. "Be careful, you two. Gatherings such as these tend to have people misunderstand situations and cause trouble." Hiashi warned.

Naruto replied back, "Don't worry, Hiashi-sama. I will protect Hinata-chan...after all she is one of my closest friends and I will always defend my friends."

Hiashi said, "I am sure you will, Naruto-san. I have heard of your exploits on your A-Rank mission, now get going or you will miss the carnival."

Naruto bowed to the Hyuga lord and turned to Hinata, "Well, shall we go, Hinata-chan?" He offered the crook of his arm and Hinata took it gingerly as the two stepped forward to go to the carnival.

Sasuke- Sasuke showed up at the Haruno residence and knocked on the door to have Sakura open the door. She was wearing a dark pink kimono with sakura-style blossoms on it as if she was a tree and the blossoms were falling, also her hair was pinned up with a jade comb.

Sasuke was shocked as if Kakashi sent a low-level Raikiri through his body...or when he showed up on time for once in his life. "Hi, Sasuke-kun." The bubblegum-haired lady said shyly. Sasuke said, "Hi, Sakura, ready to go?"

The girl said, "Hai, we better go before my mother starts gushing and telling you my most embarrassing moments in my life."

Sasuke smirked a bit, "In that case, maybe we should walk slow...I would get some interesting blackmail to use."

Sakura playfully slapped his shoulder and Sasuke clutched his shoulder with a smile as she said, "Don't you dare do that to me, Sasuke!"

The Uchiha replied teasingly, "Hey, better me than Ino. Considering that she is the queen of gossip. I would just use it for other purposes."

Sakura said, "And what are those purposes?"

Sasuke gave a smile, "That is for me to know and you to never find out." With that, the young Uchiha broke into a fast walk as Sakura moved after him, protesting against his decision, but he knew that she was enjoying herself.

Seito- The Jinchuuriki nervously walked up to the Ichiraku residence and knocked on the door to have Teuchi open the door. "Ah, you are early, Seito and you are looking sharp too." he commented.

Seito smiled at the old chef, "Thanks, Teuchi-san."

Teuchi said, "Come in, come in...Ayame will be down in a few minutes, but you know women, they tend to make sure that they are perfect," Ayame's voice rang out in a melodious tone despite that it was indignant, "I heard that, Tou-san."

Seito and Teuchi turned to see that Ayame was upstairs on the balcony on her way to the stairs, wearing black heels and a beige dress with a slit in the side that came up to mid-thigh. Her lips were shown that she was wearing a shade of light pink lipstick and her hair was down, cascading down to her shoulders in light curls.

Seito stared at Ayame for a moment and turned to Teuchi, "Teuchi-san, are we dead? If we are dead , then I am seeing an angel in here."

Teuchi chuckled loudly as he watched his daughter blushed at the comment. The ramen chef said, "Nope, this is my daughter Ayame, Seito. Now take care of her and be careful." Ayame walked up to Seito as Teuchi pulled out a camera to snap a picture. "Tou-san! You promise!" Ayame wailed.

Teuchi said, "I said that I would think about taking a picture, now run along, so I can have the place to myself." He gently pushed the couple out of the house and Seito turned to Ayame, "Well, Ayame-chan, considering that you have to be kicked out of the house for the time being, shall we go and have fun at the carnival?"

Ayame giggled a bit and gave Seito a soft smile, "Yes, yes, we shall."

She hooked her arm around his and Seito had a light blush on his face along with a smile that he couldn't seem to suppress. They walked toward the familiar ramen shop to find Naruto, Hinata, Sasuke and Sakura.

"Hey, guys!" Seito called out. The four turned to see him and Ayame, Naruto and Sasuke were visibly shocked at Ayame considering the two of them have never seen her outside of her work and civilian clothes. "Wow, you look great, Ayame-neechan." Naruto said to her.

Sasuke said, "And you could recognize Ayame-neechan than Hinata-chan? Anyway impressive, Ayame-neechan..." Naruto replied indignantly, "Hey, I haven't seen Hinata more often than Ayame-neechan. Plus I could always tell by the jacket considering all the Hyugas look the same with their eyes."

Ayame said, "Thanks, Naruto, Sasuke...where's Takeshi? He did tell me that he was coming to the carnival." Sasuke said, "Most likely he is somewhere with his date, he mentioned that he was not going to meet us here."

Naruto pouted, "Not fair, he wasn't going to tell us about his date."

Seito suggested, "Maybe his own date is embarrassed and want to keep it a secret." Sasuke replied, "Perhaps, but we didn't come here to worry about Takeshi-niisan, let's go and have some fun...besides we all need it since that A-Rank mission." Everyone nodded and left to go and play some games.

Naruto- Naruto was a bit excited and nervous at the same time. He was happy that he could spend the time at the carnival with one of his closest friends, but for some reason, he was also nervous...maybe because it was his first time taking out a girl or the weird feeling that he had in the pit of his stomach. Plus the stares that he was getting left and right were unnerving. "So...Hinata, what do you want to do?" asked the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki.

The female Hyuga looked at him and said, "Ummm, w-we can t-try one of t-those booths o-over there."

Naruto said, "Okay, let's see...let's go to this one." He gently tugged her to a booth where you used darts to get prizes.

The vendor said, "So kid, can you hit the bullseye? If you do, you can win a prize..."

Naruto grinned, "You bet!" He gave the vendor some money in exchange for some darts and then the Jinchuuriki took up a stance and threw the darts. One of them managed to hit the bullseye and the vendor said, "Congratulations, good shot, kid. Pick your prize..."

Naruto turned to Hinata and asked, "What do you want, Hinata-chan?" The girl blushed a bit and shyly pointed at the fox plushie, the vendor pulled it from its perch and gave it to Hinata.

Naruto smiled and said, "Thanks, oji-san."

Hinata said, "You didn't have to do that for me, N-Naruto-kun..." Naruto rubbed his head sheepishly, "Um...m-my room has been clattered with stuff already and I figured I could win you a souvenir."

Sasuke- The Uchiha was also nervous because of the reactions that were shown by the villagers and some of the genin, mostly girls. Sakura felt a bit of pride swelled up within her heart and asked, "So, Sasuke, what would you like to do?"

The Uchiha's eyes darted around to see a dance being held and he led her gently to the floor. "How about this?" Sasuke asked.

Sakura said shyly, "Umm…I don't know how to dance…"

"You are kidding me?"

"What? Do you?"

Sasuke scratched his cheek a bit, "Yeah, I do…my mother made me do it when I was little. She said that dancing was a lot like fighting hand to hand combat….it is why I have a lot of speed. Do not worry, I will teach you how…"

Sasuke took her hand gently and moved her hand on his shoulder, his other hand was clasped along with her. "Now…when I step back, you step with me…follow my lead." He said with a smirk. "O-Okay…" Sasuke stepped back and Sakura step forward along with him. The Uchiha said, encouraging, "See, there you go….now to the side."

Eventually Sakura got better and better as they danced through the night. After that, Sasuke added some twists to the moves and Sakura followed her instincts. She twirled around on the dance floor and Sasuke pulled her back to him, making the Haruno place a hand on his chest to stop herself from colliding with him.

They looked deeply into each other's eyes and blushed a bit as the adrenaline left their bodies slowly. "That was nice….thank you, Sasuke, for teaching me…." She said, looking up at the stars.

"Well, I am not that good of a teacher unlike my mother….but thanks for the compliment….maybe Kaa-san can help you with the more advanced moves." Sasuke offered. Sakura turned to him and smiled, "Maybe I will take that offer sometime…."

Sasuke slowly smiled as Sakura's stomach grumbled a bit. "Looks like someone is hungry, come on, let's get us something to eat."

Seito- Seito walked with Ayame, both of them laughing and talking until someone bumped into them. "Hey, man, watch where you going?" Seito called out. The man with his girl turned and Ayame gasped in shock, "Tenchi…"

"So this is Tenchi?" Seito thought, "Good, I will remember his face when I kick his ass later…"

"Well, well, Ayame-chan…it seems that you have moved on as well. Say hi, Keiko-chan…"

Keiko was a dark-haired girl with hazel eyes and tan skin, she was wearing a golden kimono that made her eyes lit up. "Hello, Ayame…" she said. Seito helped Ayame up and could tell that she was a bit upset at the situation.

"And who are you, runt?" Tenchi asked.

"I am Seito Kamuya….so you are Tenchi and Keiko, huh?"

"Yes, I supposed that Ayame told you about our recent break-up…" Tenchi said with his arm around Keiko's waist. "Hmm, funny, there was no mention of that…considering you did cheat on her." Seito said sarcastically.

"Really? Ayame lied to you…."

Seito deadpanned, "She saw your ass screwing Keiko in the alleyway, idiot….next time, do it at the house. Come on, Ayame-chan….we better go." He took Ayame up and dusted her off before walking away until Tenchi chose to open his mouth.

"You should have let me fuck you when you had the chance, Ayame…." Big mistake, Tenchi, very big mistake. Seito whispered, "What did you say?" "I said…"

"No, I know what you said…but I can't believe you would suggest such a thing….besides probably after you had sex with her, you were going to dump her….am I correct, Tenchi?" Seito said, "You know, you are a real bastard…..it is no wonder why that guys like you give honest men a bad name…..always thinking with your pants, instead of your head."

"You little shit!" Tenchi said, "How dare you speak to me like that?"

"I dare because you not only broke a great woman's heart, but believe that women are just your playthings….are you going to do the same to Keiko-san as well, huh?" Seito replied in calm anger.

Tenchi chose to smirk, "I am the son of the councilman Oboro Takoro….I can do such things."

"Adultery and unfaithfulness is frowned upon….I am done with you….you are nothing that I thought you were." Seito said, "You are nothing, but a child…" Tenchi growled in anger and watched as Seito and Ayame walked away, he looked around and spied a bottle.

The idiot grabbed it and flung it at the walking couple, but Seito's senses caught the danger and then moved to unleash his hidden cane blade to cut the bottle in half. Tenchi caught the glare that Seito's eyes had and backed off.

"You are making this very hard….not to kick your ass right now…" Seito said in anger. "Don't make me do anything that you will regret…."

Tenchi said, "Come on…you brat!"

Seito set aside his cane and said, "No…we will settle this by a combat challenge….I prefer not to beat the crap out of you and go to the council under charges of assault. Since I am a ninja, I will give you a handicap….no hands."

Battle Arena- Seito and Tenchi faced each other in battle. Seito had his hands crossed and tucked tightly under his armpits. "Begin!" the referee said. Tenchi moved forward and punched Seito, but the Jinchuuriki moved backwards to avoid his punch and then jumped up to deliver a roundhouse kick.

Tenchi's head cracked to the side and Seito then sweep kicked him. Tenchi rolled away and circled Seito slowly, then Tenchi charged at him and Seito smirked as he jumped in the air and planted both of his feet into Tenchi's chest, launching him out of the ring.

"It is done…you have lost, now get lost and stay away from Ayame-chan or I will make sure that you are never have sex again." Seito said dangerously. He moved to go to Ayame and continued in the night while Tenchi was left in shame.

Hakureisaiga: Now it is done….next is the Chunin Exam Arc, finally got this damn thing done…