A Cinderella Story

NOTE: Okay, Hinata and Naruto gave Sakura salvation by having a bunch of nerds do Ino and Temari's schoolwork, and having the cleaners do her stepmothers laundry. Now, it's time for chappie 4!!

CHAPTER TITLE REFERENCE: Let's Dance – Miley Cyrus

PS. "Don't let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game." is a reference to A Cinderella Story [starring Hilary Duff]

DANCING DISCLAMER: I do not own the steps in this chapter. The steps belong to Another Cinderella Story. I do not own the movie, the choreographers, yatta, yatta, yatta.

Chapter 4: Let's Dance – Konoha High Midnight Masquerade Ball

It was the night of a lifetime for the seniors of Konoha High. They were enjoying the prom, especially the jocks since it was held in the gym. The ceiling was dressed in black with lights that were the "stars in the sky", or so their principal, Tsunade said. There was a giant ball in the middle of the ceiling that was the moon – it was pale blue and crater-y.

Shikamaru was dressed up in a black-and-silver tuxedo, complete with a red rose in his left chest-pocket, a snazzy black overcoat, and a black top hat. His mask was checkered with black and white. He was trying to flirt with the girls passing by. Soon, Sasuke came.

Sasuke was dressed in a black blazer with a grey vest and a gold chain hanging from his vest pocket. He also had a red rose on his left chest-pocket. He also had a top hat with a touch of silver. His mask was something like the shape of the waves of the ocean, in gold and it had a checkered design in black and silver that was near his left eye.

Shikamaru came up to his best friend and said, "Dude, where've you been? I've been looking for you everywhere!!"

"Well, don't you have your free will? I was in the bathroom." Sasuke was sarcastic. "Okay, I was still getting my blazer from the cleaners and I saw these two girls, one of them was taller than the other and a blond dude. They had the junior varsity jocks carrying stacks of dirty laundry. It was so dirty, there are probably insects in there that were undiscovered yet by Science."

Shikamaru looked at the gym's entrance, behind Sasuke and saw three people enter the gym. "Is that them?" He asked Sasuke.

Sasuke turned around and saw the same three people at the cleaners. The tall girl was wearing a sleeveless overcoat that looked like a cape that covered her body comepletely. It was velvety purple with the collar part in fur that was as soft as a German shepherd's fur. It had a ruby in the center. The bottom edges were also bordered by the same material for the collar part. The shorter girl was wearing a top hat with rabbit ears. Her dress was a tube dress that was mostly black with silver vines s her design. The bottom part of the dress had traces of silver. The blond dude was wearing a black blazer. He had a red necktie and his vest was striped with black and maroon.

"I think it is. I think the taller girl look cute, and I intend to dance with her." Sasuke was really determined to ask her to dance.

Some of the girls who were staring, including Ino and Temari, who were hideously dressed in their gowns, said, "Who's the Miley Cyrus who decided to make her own moves?"

Ino responded to Temari by saying, "Really? I thought she was more of a Demi Lovato."

"I don't care if she's a Miley or a Demi or a Selena or a Hilary!" Temari shouted at her sister.

MEANWHILE, with THESE 3 MYSTERIOUS PEOPLE….

The girl in the overcoat said, "Everyone's looking at us."

The shorter girl said, "Sakura, own it!! And I think you need some punch." She turned to Naruto and said, "C'mon, Naruto." Naruto followed.

Sasuke went to the punch bowl [that's where Sakura and co. were going], with Shikamaru following. When she arrived, Sakura got a paper cup and took the ladle from the bowl. She scooped the glass ladle into the bowl filled with red punch and poured the liquid into her cup.

Sasuke was nervous but confident to ask his mystery girl to dance with him. He tapped her shoulder and she turned around.

"Um… am I cutting in line?" Sakura asked.

Sasuke nervously said, "Oh, no. Well, I saw you a while ago at the cleaners, you know? I never knew a girl as cute as you were could actually command—"

"Oh that!" Sakura, in her mask remembered. "Well, they wanted to help out, y'know?"

"Well, would you like to dance?" Sasuke asked.

This was it. Sakura always wanted to dance with someone she thought was cute, or someone who thought she was cute, or maybe even both. Sakura didn't know who this guy was, but she felt attracted to this raven-black haired stranger.

"Yes, I'd love to." Sakura responded feeling a bit excited.

Sasuke spoke, "Great!"

Sakura told Sasuke to meet her under the "moon". She turned to Hinata, who was conversing with her friend from Spanish 207, Tenten. She grabbed Hinata's elbow, pulled her closer and said, "Hinata, I'll be dancing with some mysteriously handsome stranger!!"

"OMG! Go, now. Wait." Hinata was excited for her friend. After all, it was Hinata who stuck by Sakura in everything, so you can consider her a true friend. She took out a CD from her Louis Vuitton bag and said, "Try playing track 8."

Sakura took the CD, looked at the tracklisting and said, "That's my favorite song from this CD!"

"It's a very dance-able song. I think the two of you will enjoy the song, dancing."

"But I don't know how to dance."

"Just let the music speak to you. Who knows? You might have inherited dancing from one of your parents, or probably from both of them."

"Maybe I did."

"GO!"

"Okay. See you." Sakura ran off and went to the DJ. She said to him, "Hey, I have a favor to ask you. Can you play this for me? Track 8." and gave the CD to the DJ.

As she was walking towards Sasuke, she noticed that on her gloved arms, her bracelet was about to fall off. Crap! This bracelet better not fall. It's my mother's, and it's precious. Her bracelet could not stay on her left wrist for long. The golden ball the held her bracelet together was loose, and she forgot to have it done.

She took off for under the moon, where she told her mystery boy to wait for her. The music started playing. Soon, everyone was looking at the two. Sakura took off her overcoat and revealed her beautiful dress. The silver in them gleamed and glittered thanks to the lights. The red reflected a little sex appeal and revealed Sakura's hourglass figure. She handed her overcoat to Naruto, who was conversing with Rock Lee. Rock Lee was dressed in, well, green.

Sakura and her boy were ready to dance. By the first guitar sound, her right foot made a semi-circle on the floor and she moved he body wavily.

"Whoa. What was that?" Sasuke asked.

Sakura responded confidently "I guess the music just makes its magic."

Sasuke pulled Sakura closer and the two started their dance. Sasuke made his move and said to Sakura, "I guess you know this dance?"

"Yeah. From a movie." Sakura said and made her moves.

Sasuke marked his turn with his steps as he whispered to Sakura, "Well, let's see if your memory works well. I got my steps from a movie, too." Sakura couldn't help but giggle.

Soon, their dancing [which was totally awesome] caught the attention of more people. They twirled and moves across the floor, turning and dancing away. They moved two steps back, and Sakura kicked the back of Sauke's legs with the back of her own right leg. They move 4 steps forward and Sakura's right leg made a semi-circle going forward. Sasuke's left leg also made a semi-circle going back. Sakura lowered herself quickly, then pulled herself up. Sasuke twirled Sakura. Then, she had her left leg anchored on Sasuke's left thigh, and she raised her right leg higher. The crowd gave applause.

The two kept on dancing, as though it were the two of them, no one else. They turned and Sakura put her left leg behind her right. Sasuke lifted Sakura's foot with his own as Sakura made a small jump, getting her right leg out of the loop and landed on her feet without falling. The crowd gave another applause as both of the kept dancing.

As they kept moving, Sakura took Sasuke's hat and wore it. Sasuke lifted Sakura in front of her and she enclosed him with her two legs, then she was lifted back to Sasuke's right side and they move some more. Sasuke took back his hat and moved to Sakura's front, where she twirled when Sasuke kneeled.

From the crowd, Hinata giggled. Ino and Temari advanced to the punch bowl sneakily. Sasuke watched as Sakura twirled away from him. Ino and Temari steadily poured the punch on the floor, causing Sakura to slip and fall on her butt. Everyone gasped and asked each other if they think she's okay. Ino and Temari laughed at Sakura's fall.

Sasuke ran towards Sakura and pulled her up. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." Sakura responded.

"You were amazing. You were the best dancer I've ever seen."

"You think so?"

"Yeah." Sasuke had a steady gaze upon Sakura. His face went closer to Sakura.

Sakura blushed and closed her eyes as she went closer to Sasuke's lips. Just before their lips could meet, she opened her eyes and saw a clock. Her eyes widened when she realized it was 11:30. She muttered, "Oh no!"

"What?" Sasuke asked his panicky princess.

She said, "I'm late. I have to pick up the cleaning." She ran off for the DJ, who immediately gave her back Hinata's CD. Then, she took of for Hinata and Naruto, who were near the entrance. "I'm late!! Remember the cleaners?"

"Oh crap!" Naruto said. "C'mon, let's go!" He took off for the entrance.

Sasuke caught up with Sakura and grabbed her left hand, causing her bracelet to fall. "Where are you going?"

"I really have to go." Sakura responded nervously, and she gave him a quick kiss on the lips. "I hope you understand, but I love you, even if we've just met tonight."

Sakura took off and left the gym with Hinata and Naruto with her. Sasuke yelled, "Wait, don't go!" and found a piece of jewelry on the floor. This must be her bracelet, he thought. He looked at the gold ball that was in half. He closed the bracelet and read the inscription on the gold: Don't let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.

Sasuke looked up and thought to himself. I need to find her.

MEANWHILE with SAKURA and CO….

Hinata drove in her sky blue Volkswagen bug all the way to the Cleaners which was 10 blocks away from the school, where Sakura's stepmother's laundry awaited. Sakura told the cleaning people to load it all in the van. The cleaning people did as they were told, and decided to help Sakura by taking the laundry to the laundry room, where Sakura's stepmother knew they were.

On their way, Hinata and Sakura conversed.

Hinata: "OMG. I can't believe you danced with a totally hot stranger!!"

Sakura was in despair now, as she looked at the time on Hinata's radio. It was 11:38. She told Hinata, "Hinata, if I don't get home by midnight, I'll be damned for life. My stepmother will eat my face and I'll never see the light of day again."

"Don't worry so much. We'll make it back to your house."

"Alright."

It was 11:40 by the time they reached her house. Sakura guided them to the laundry room. Soon, laundry men were going back and fourth to get all the stacks of [thank God!!] clean laundry. It took them around 15 minutes to finish everything.

Sakura ran back to her room, but as she was rushing, she tripped on her treasure box, which she left open. The contents of her box fell. Sakura rushed in gathering the things that scattered, then she realized that her bracelet was gone!!

"Holy crap!!" she yelled. "My bracelet!! It's gone!!"

Well, nothing she could do. She gathered everything into her treasure chest, took off her gloves and her stilettos, but she didn't have enough time to take off her dress, so she grabbed her pink bathrobe and put it on. She took a look at her black cat clock staring at her room from left to right, its tail moving in unison with the eyes. She checked the time and realized it was only 12 seconds till her stepmother would be back, but she heard a voice, screaming, "No, I am not going to attend Madonna's concert. She's an old bag!!"

Sakura realized the voice came from her stepmother, so she rushed out of her room. She ran for the laundry room and opened the door once she got there. When she opened it, one of the Laundry guys was slipping out through the balcony. She ran over to the balcony and saw the Cleaners people and the nerds they hired running for their truck and drove off.

"Well, I see you can follow orders." The same voice was present in the laundry room, addressed to Sakura. She turned around and saw her stepmother looking a little pleased. Sakura looked at one of the piles of laundry and saw a receipt taped to one of the clothes. She ripped it off as fast as she could before her stepmother could look at her again. "It looks like as though it were power washed." She knew immediately her stepmother was suspicious.

"Well, I did my job as hard as I could." Sakura lied. She didn't do the job herself, but she was thankful to the cleaning people.

Her stepmother demanded, "Where are my children's homework, researches, projects, and all that school stuff?"

"Oh." Sakura said, "It's in their rooms."

"Okay, well, you've done your job for the night. Get out." Her stepmother commanded.

Sakura obeyed. She ran for her room, locked the door, took off her dress, put on her night clothes, and finally went to bed. She knew she would be in trouble if her stepmother found out it wasn't her who did the laundry and the schoolwork, but she had one of the best nights of her life. She replayed the image of her and her mysterious man dancing together the dance moves, even though they were copied from a movie.

Well, that's it for chappie 4. Get set for Chapter 5 - What's So Easy About Princess Hunting?

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