This is probably the third to last chapter of my story. Naruto's dare might be extended to 2 chapters if I can't fit it all in. but you realize I AM just making this off the bat, right?

Enjoy Naruto's dare and I've been told MANY times that Naruto's dare has to be AWESOME. Don't kill me if it sucks. I'm also sorry if I took a while.

Question is…will this series end tragically or nicely?

Naruto Truth or Dare Chapter 24

The crowd at the bar was hazardous…and one of our heroes was trapped inside of it.

Basic summary: Sakura was stranded in the middle of the crowd. Who knows what kind of evil hobo is lurking in that crowd. Naruto is determined to rescue her out of the crowd…

"Naruto! Its way too crowded to search for her now!" Kiba warned. "I had a hard time down there myself." His gaze turned to face the horizon.

"But what about Sakura-chan? She might get stampeded down there." Naruto urged. He glanced at the stage where Anko and Gai were still partying, totally forgetting that they were still doing dares.

"We'll just go ahead and do your dare, Naruto." Shino said.

"But…" Naruto continued by stopped.

"We can wait until the crowd dies down. We'll be sure to see Sakura in there by then." Kakashi said. He stole a quick glimpse at Anko who was dancing onstage. That really pissed him off. Anko can be SO inattentive sometimes.

"Well, ok…" Naruto answered reluctantly.

"Come ON, Naruto! What's the worst that could happen?" Sasuke asked, annoyed.

Uh oh…never EVER say those words. It's bad karma.

"Well…nothing. Forget it." Naruto replied. "The crowd will die down soon. We'll spot her."

"And it's finally YOUR turn! Make good use of it!" Kankurou grinned evilly.

"Ok, here it goes Naruto…truth or dare?" Kakashi inquired.

"Er…" Naruto stuttered, not paying attention and glancing around for Sakura. "Dare, I guess."

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Naruto awaited the others as they thought and chewed their fingernails. In the corner of his eye, he saw that the crowds of people were dying down. Sakura should be visible with her bubblegum hair soon enough.

"Man, this club is packed tonight." Kakashi commented. "Usually means bad business."

"Bad business?" Naruto's mind raced.

"Yep. Around this time that the club is jam packed, it means that skeevy guys are just WAITING to spring a trap on girls." Kakashi said.

"Doesn't that put Sakura-chan in danger?" Naruto asked, anxious.

"No no…" Kakashi laughed. "I'm sure nothing will happen to her."

Uh oh…never EVER say those words. It's bad karma.

"Eh…ok, I guess." Naruto said, suspiciously and everyone resumed talking again as a new subject was brought on.

"So should we continue Naruto's turn without Sakura?" Ino asked. "This game is becoming really long. Especially since the freakin author is taking such a freakin long TIME." She glared menacingly at Erigstimloveles.

Careful, Ino. I'm the author. I can do things to this story.

"Why that wouldn't be fair to Sakura." Kakashi said. "Because I was planning a brilliant dare for Naruto involving him and Sakura…" He tilted his head down a bit and some rumbling occurred in the background.

"…Yes…" He continued in a deep voice. "Many things, I was thinking."

"Kakashi-sensei…" Naruto shuddered.

A few moments later…

Sakura raced through the floor to where everyone was sitting there waiting for her to get out of the crowd. She panted and huffed as she approached all of them.

"Sakura, you're finally here, geez." Ino sighed.

"We were beginning to worry." Tenten added.

"Sakura-san!" Naruto gasped happily. "We paused the game to await your return because Kakashi-sensei wanted to be an extra special dare involving us two!" Naruto said. He tilted his head down a bit and some rumbling occurred in the background.

"…Yes…" He continued in a deep voice. "Many things, Kakashi-sensei was thinking."

For reference, Kakashi and Naruto had been trading secrets for the past couple of minutes…

Sakura was pale, however and a cold sweat spread over her face.

"Ora…Sakura…" Kurenai examined. "Are you sick? You look sorta ill."

Sakura panted and titled her head down. "No…it's…"

"You alright?" Sasuke asked. Shikamaru raised and eyebrow as well. "You do look kinda pale."

"It's Orochimaru!" Sakura belted suddenly. "Orochimaru is here!! There's no mistake! I just saw him!"

…

…

"Ah crap." Sasuke muttered. "I dumped him last week, what does he want now?" he asked.

All eyes stared at Sasuke for a brief moment and then turned back to Sakura for her explanation.

"How could this be?" Asuma rubbed his beard.

"Yea, how could this be?" Naruto rubbed his beard too.

"I know I saw him! He even smirked at me!" Sakura shouted. "That bastard must be up to no good! What do we do, Kakashi-sensei? It's not safe here to resume our game!"

Kakashi nodded. "This leaves us no choice. We've got to go back."

"The games have ended!" Kurenai declared. "Sorry, Naruto, but this is for our safety."

Naruto stared meekly. He was awaiting his turn of the game that took all night to play, and now, everyone was leaving? He sighed deeply and followed the hustled crowd to the doorway to get out of here.

"I guess that's it." Naruto said to himself.

Outside…

"The moon is rising." Kiba said, as everyone hung close together as the chilly night blew a strong wind. "I feel my primitive instincts coming on me." He said, looking at the full moon with manly pride.

"Psh…" Shino snapped his head around. "If you have primitive instincts, Hinata must be the Wolf Queen or something…"

"Wolf Queen?" Temari turned her head, unimpressed.

"Wow, tough crowd." Shino muttered.

"Hurry, if we make it around the bend quickly we can get back to the Hyuuga manor!" Sakura declared, rushing everyone. Kakashi and the other jounin were close behind.

"That Orochimaru…" Anko hissed. "Always stirring up trouble."

"Yea…" Sasuke agreed. "…And right after I gave him the best 2 months of his life…" He muttered.

"Correct me if I'm wrong…" Shikamaru stared. "But this was before you ran off with the Sound 5 to chase after Orochimaru, right, Sasuke?"

"Yea, so?" Sasuke muttered.

"You're gonna run off with the Sound 5??" Naruto's eyes bugged out.

"Duh, moron." Sasuke rolled his eyes. "Keep up with the anime already!"

Everyone continued to run until a distant rustle of leaves could be heard. They ran to an abrupt stop and the jounin drew their kunai sharply. The genin crowded in the center of the pack as the jounin circled around them.

Tenten brushed her arm against Neji's back and she was overcome by a warm sensation.

"Well, well…" The dark voice said. A shadow was approaching and the face features could almost be made out perfectly…Until it turned out to be a camera man.

Everyone stared with blank stares.

"Er, sorry…" The camera man said. "Wrong fic." He backed out into the bushes again with his camera.

Then suddenly, Orochimaru appeared out of the blue with his white robe and the ghostly features on his face like ice. Everyone gasped, including the camera man.

"Well, well…" Orochimaru smirked evilly. Sasuke glared as everyone drew into defense form, ready to take on whatever he would throw at them.

"Long time no see, everyone." Orochimaru said blatantly. "Sasuke-kun…"

Sasuke pursed his lips to avoid bursting into tears. Obviously not over Orochimaru yet, we see?

"Orochimaru! What brings you here?" Anko barked. "Obviously nothing good!"

Gai scoffed in his corner. "I don't see why he's so bad…" He said quietly to Lee. "I had tea with the fellow once and I was the one who set him up with Sasuke-kun." Lee's eyes turned huge.

"Sasuke-kun…" Orochimaru smiled. "I want to talk to him."

Everyone stared. "You want Sasuke?" they all asked, with angry glares.

"Works for us." Everyone said with unison as they shrugged and Sasuke fell face-first onto the dusty ground.

"I mean, if it's just Sasuke that Orochimaru wants, might as well give him to him, right?" Kakashi scratched his head. "If it means we don't get killed."

"W-w-w-w-w-wait a minute!" Sasuke shouted. "Don't be so heartless, everyone!" He pleaded.

"Why not?" Kankurou shrugged. "You're gonna have to leave eventually to run off with the Sound 5 later in the anime right? Might as well do it now."

"You're gonna run off with the Sound 5??" Naruto bellowed.

Everyone rolled their eyes.

Sasuke sighed. "Fine, I'll do this for the greater good." He walked towards Orochimaru.

"Atta boy!" Everyone cheered. "For the greater good!"

Sasuke scoffed and walked off with Orochimaru.

Orochimaru turned his head and waved happily. "Ta ta, everyone! I'll be back around episode 110-ish. See ya soon!"

Everyone waved back, with a smile.

Sasuke whimpered as Orochimaru dragged him back into the village.

"Hmm…" Kakashi smirked. "Naruto…"

Naruto turned his head with a blank stare.

"I take that back." Kakashi said. "The game is back on! And I've got one more dare for you."

End of chapter.

WAVE YOUR HANDS, MAKE SOME NOISE! I'VE FINALLY UPDATED THIS STORY! AT LONG LAST, AT LONG LAST! You might question why I decided to update at this point. But since my friend…EBILANGEL12 started reading this fic, she showed a bunch of other peeps and soon pressured and gave me enough inspiration to begin writing again. THANKS.

Now, I'll say this once. There are still 2 more chapters of the story left. One, Naruto's dare will be finished. The plot twist was completely different of what I wanted it to be since my friend gave me some ideas. But the last chapter is the epilogue, where everyone goes home dwelling on that night's game. This involves heavily on more of the pairings and etc.

Thanks for your LONG patience and support.

R&R. I love you guys!