Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto nor it's amazing character. Also, I've read a couple fanfiction (don't remember their titles) and picked up a FEW an ideas. Most of this is my original idea, but you know, Sasuke is emo and cuts himself, Naruto was an abused child, Ino is popular, ect. are not my original idea. But then again, who can really claim it's theirs?????

I also do not own Chobits. Clamp does. EVERYONE SHOULD GO READ CHOBITS. (cough, cough) Sorry. :P

Rating: M for slight hints of mature themes, strong language and some major character deaths.

Pairing: NaruSasuNaru

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I crawled into my bed, smiling. "Happy seventeenth birthday Naruto! And congrates on your first birthday party!" And then sleep took over.

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Chapter Three: Can You Cross-dress?

"Please, Naruto! It won't be that bad. It never is." Sakura asked on the phone.

I sighed on the other end. "But Sakura-chan, I can't dance! I've never been to one, so I never learned."

"That's fine, I'll teach you. Come on, Naruto! School dances are fun. And the Hallowe'en is the best one!" She said. "Besides, I have no one else to go with. If you don't go with me, I'm going to have a horrible time." Her voice sound sad and I knew that if she were standing beside me asking this, she'd have her famous puppy dog eyes going. I hated it when she was like this, using the 'guilt card'. It always got me.

"Fine, I'll go. But I don't have a costume." I warned her, finally giving in. "It's your fault if I look stupid."

"Don't worry! I'll ask Iruka if you can borrow something from him! Thank you so much, Naruto! I'll see you at school tomorrow!" And she hung up.

I placed the phone on its hook and walked into my room. For being here for twenty-one days, I sure have made my room a mess. I sighed as I kicked a couple ramen cups to the other end of the room and sat on my bed.

"Man…. life sucks when your best friend is a girl. Why couldn't Lee or Neji be my best friend."? I muttered to myself.

Since I had come to Konoha High I had made quite a few friends, surprisingly. Sakura, Neji, Lee and Hinata were my closest ones. Shikamaru, Chouji and Kiba would be my 'guy friends' when I needed time away from them. The problem with me being friends with Neji is that Neji was Sasuke's best friend. And know Sakura and Sasuke were becoming friends, I found myself hanging around him. A lot. We rarely talked to each other. I was still pissed about what he said about my mother, and he was still pissed because I punched him.

I smirked. Maybe we could be good friends. We'd probably help each other with our personalities, since they clashed so much. I lied down on my bed; the smile was still there. It would be nice to be his friend. Maybe I should apologize. I thought a bit more, but soon sleep was coming over me. I turned over thinking one last thought about the raven-haired boy and went to sleep.

"No way in fucking hell will I wear that." I said sternly, making an 'X' with my arms. "No way."

"But Naruto! The dance starts at four-thirty! You barely have time to get home to change, let alone pick me up! And it's lunch now! You need to try it on to make sure it fits." Sakura said, pouting slightly. Sasuke and Neji were standing behind Sakura, trying to hold in their laughter.

The costume Sakura held was too much. Sakura had chosen the theme of waitress but couldn't find a waiter's outfit. So, in front of me, was this fluffy pink waitress outfit.

"No. Look. I'll go talk to Shikamaru. He works at a restaurant. I'll borrow his uniform." I said.

Sakura looked down then back up, smiling. "Okay! Look, I'm going to go see if Hinata will want to borrow it than."

"I'll come to. I need to talk to her." Neji said. Sakura waved quickly to Sasuke and me and the two walked off. I sighed and glanced at Sasuke before sitting down on a bench.

"You hurt her you know, dobe," Sasuke said, leaning on a wall. Since the first day I came here, Sasuke had started calling me that a lot. Sakura said it was my pet name, but somehow I don't see Sasuke using pet names.

I glared at him. "What do you mean?"

"Sakura. You hurt her feelings. She really wanted you to do that for her." He said, shrugging slightly.

One thing I hated the most was when someone pointed out I did something stupid or wrong, and I agreed with them. This time was even worse 'cause it was Sasuke telling me it.

"I'll make it up to her. But if I'm going to cross-dress I need more of a warning." I said, causally. "I mean, I can't just put a dress on and say I'm a girl. I don't look like one. You could pull it of though."

"Thanks." Sasuke said, smirking.

"Look, I'm sorry about punching you. I lost my temper." I muttered, looking down at the ground. There was a silence for a bit. He's going to yell at me, I know it, I thought bitterly.

"Whatever. I deserved it. I was badmouthing your mother. Every guy hates when that happens." He replied, smiling now. I glanced up at him and grinned.

"I still hate you, though." I got up while saying that.

"Same here. Don't worry, dobe, I won't ruin the lovely relationship we have. I mean you're the first person I've ever really hated."
"Yeah… I wish I could say the same thing about you. But I have a lot more hatred for someone else." I muttered and walked of, shoving my hands in my pockets.

I was sure he was watching me as I walked away, but I couldn't look at him. I felt like shit at the moment. I just had to remember my father. It wouldn't be me not to think about my father.

I gulped. I've never picked a girl up for a date. In fact, I've never picked anyone for anything. I've never had friends. I sighed, and straightened the apron to the waiters outfit Shikamaru gave me (after I promised to do the lazy genius' history homework for a week.) I knocked on the door to Sakura's house. I stood there for a bit before I heard the usual crash from the second floor. Then door the opened.

"Naruto-kun! Thank goodness you're here! Sakura-chan hasn't been able to calm down since after school. Girls, honestly. They don't know when to relax." Iruka said with a kind smile. He moved aside and gestured for me to come in.

This was the first time I had been in the house. When Kakashi and I came to pick them up, I always stayed in the car.

The first thing I saw when I walked in was a glaring black cat. And it just happened to be glaring at me. It hissed a little than stalked over to the stairs and up them.

"Ignore him. Hae isn't friendly to strangers." Iruka said. "Come on and sit while we wait for Sakura."

I nodded and followed him to I guess what was their living room. I sat done. I'm sure a lot of people would pity me right now. Sure, I got along with Iruka and everything, but that was at school or on the way to and from it. Right now I was sitting in my History teacher's living room waiting for his daughter to come done stairs. Awkward much?

As we sat there in Hae came stalking towards Iruka. He glared at me and hopped onto the man's lap. Iruka smiled and started petting the cat. Though Hae started purring, I couldn't help but notice that the cat had his eyes glaring at me. I gulped. I've never made enemies this quickly, let alone to a cat.

"Naruto! You're here!" Sakura's voice came from behind me. I got up and turned around. I smiled grew on my face when I saw her. Her waitress outfit was a light pink, though darker than her hair, with raspberry coloured ribbons tying it together. Her hair was up in a ponytail, set high on her head.
"Sakura-chan, you look so cute!" I exclaimed, walking over.

"You look good too. I'm glad you borrowed that from Shikamaru." She said, smiling.

"You two better get going. You have ten minutes before the dance starts. Don't keep Kakashi waiting." Iruka said, smiling.

I froze slightly, and then started walking. The only word going through my mind as we walked out, saying our good byes to Iruka was shit. We walked down the path and Sakura stopped.
"Naruto… I see Kakashi-sensei's car, but where is he?" She asked giving me one of those 'please don't tell me what you're going to tell me' looks.

"Well… I got my driver's license before I came here; just I never had the money to get a car. Kakashi said it would ruin the mood of our 'date' if he drove us, so he let me borrow his car for the night. He's really a nice guy." I said, rubbing my head, not catching her eye.
"Are you a good driver?" She asked quickly.

"Yeah, so don't worry. It's safe. Come on, we're going to be late." I said, walking over to the car. I opened the passenger's door and smiled at her. "Get in." She sighed and walked over and got into the car. I walked around to the other side and got in myself. I started the engine and slowly pulled away from the curve. The drive was quick, mainly because I drove a little over the speed limit. I pulled into the students' parking lot and parked.

"See! You're safe and sound! Not dead." I said, beaming at her. She giggled as we both got out of the car.

"All right, all right. I admit it. You can drive." Sakura said. I walked over to her and linked up arms. The two of us made our way to the school's gymnasium quietly, the sound of music growing louder and louder. We turned a corner and saw open doors to the gym. I looked at Sakura and saw a lot of excitement. I knew I was at least just as excited. This was my first high school dance, and I was lucky enough to go with someone like Sakura.
"Come on!" Sakura said, grabbing my hand and dragging me down the hall. Asuma was standing at the door.

"Okay, before you go in, here are the rules. No drugs, no drinking, no smoking, and no sex." He said, sighing. He looked like he had said this around five million times. "Now go in."
I nodded to him and let Sakura continued to drag me into the gym. The gym was dark with different coloured lights dancing around it with all the students. The two of us walked through the crowd, I had placed my arm around Sakura as if saying to anyone 'don't touch her, she's with me' and so I wouldn't lose her. Soon, we found Neji, Hinata and Sasuke standing at the wall like wallflowers.

""Hinata! Hey!" Sakura shouted over the music, as we got closer. Hinata looked up nervously. Hinata was a very nervous girl and always stammered. I had asked Neji once why she did, but he had looked away and started talking to Sasuke.

"Oh… h-h-hi S-Sakura-san." she stammered, smiling innocently.

Sakura wriggled out of my arm and walked over to the other girl to talk to her. I stepped over beside Sasuke. He glanced at me and went back to watching the dance.

"So, either of you have dates?" I asked, wondering when I'd get to start dancing with Sakura.

"No. Neji brought Hinata and I just tagged along." Sasuke said lazily.

"Oh." I muttered. He didn't seem like he was having a good time, but he didn't have to dump that little bit of info on me.

"Naruto! Let's dance! Neji, Sasuke, one of you going to dance with Hinata?" Sakura asked, looking at the other two boys. The word 'dance' made Neji look slightly uncomfortable, so Sasuke step forward.
"I will. Come on Hinata." He said, putting a hand out for her. She took it quietly and followed Sakura and I to the dance floor.

After a couple of songs played, I wanted to sink into the ground. I knew I was a bad dancer, but I had no idea how good Sakura, Sasuke and Hinata were. Hinata surprised me at first, but Sakura later told me Hinata to a dance class that taught a little bit of every kind of dance. Dancing with them made me feel more alone than I ever felt in Shippuuden.

At around six o'clock, Sakura asked if I would go sit in the hall with her for a bit. We pushed our way through the crowd and out of the gym, walking past Asuma, who seemed to have just jumped away from Kurenai (I guessed she joined him sometime), who was blushing quite a bit. Sakura smiled at the two and continued to walk.

We sat down by the math office. It seemed to be the only place where people weren't making out. For a while, neither of us talked. We just sat there in silence. Then Sakura looked at me.

"Naruto, you don't have to stay if you don't want to, you know." She said quietly.

"Wah! Why would you think I'd want to leave?" I asked, surprised by this comment.

"Well… I mean, you don't really know anyone here and I feel like I'm just dragging you around." She said, turning away from me. "If you think I'm being annoying, tell me, okay."
I looked at her, then leaned over wrapping an arm around her shoulder and bring her head against my chest. "You idiot, I could never find you annoying. You're my first and best friend. And I'm having a great time here. It's my first dance ever and I'm glad I get to spend it with you. I wouldn't want in any other way." I whispered, wrapping my other arm around her. Her arms wrapped around me and hugged me back. We sat there for a bit, just hugging each other. Then Sakura pulled away.

"Thank you. Naruto, I really don't know what I'd do without you." She said, a small smile on her face.

"No problem! I'm your friend! I'm here for you." I said, grinning. "Come on, let's get back to the dance."

Sakura nodded. I stood up first and offered my hand to her. Her smile grew and she took my hand, letting me pull her up and we walked back. This time Asuma and Kurenai couldn't see us coming. As we got closer to the two, I saw that they were kissing. I looked at Sakura who was holding back laughter. Sighing, I made a loud coughing noise. Asuma looked over and swore, causing Kurenai to look back at us.
As we got closer, Asuma looked like he was going to say something, but I cut him off. "Don't worry, we won't tell anyone."

Asuma relaxed slightly. As we passed them, I heard Sakura whisper 'Sensei, you two make a cute couple' to Kurenai. I smiled and walked into the dance.

For the rest of the dance, Sakura, Hinata, Sasuke and I danced. Neji got off the wall for three songs, in which I found out he was just as bad a dancer as myself.

At around seven thirty, Sakura and I left. Though I knew I could have stayed the rest of the dance, Sakura was getting tired, and we both were getting hungry. We said good-bye the trio (well, I glared at Sasuke, but that's close enough) and as we left the gym, Asuma and Kurenai smiled at us, though Asuma had a very stern look in his eyes (I knew from this point on that I had blackmail on my teacher). We made our way back to the parking lot. Soon, we were driving back to Sakura's house. The drive was slower, since neither of us needed to be anywhere, unlike on the way there. Sakura started to doze. I drove silently, not wanting to wake her up by putting the radio on. I smiled as a stole a glance at Sakura. She was snoring slightly.

I sighed as I turned on to her street. I didn't want this night to end. I was even better than my birthday party. I pulled up to the curve in front of her house. Sakura stirred, then woke up. Dazed, she looked at me.
"We're back already?" She asked, yawning.

"Yup. Want me to walk you to the door?" I asked.

"No, it's okay. You get home and eat. I'll be fine." She said, patting my cheek, smiling. I grinned back at her and nodded. She said good-bye and got out of the car. She waved and headed towards her house. I waited until she walked in before I pulled away. I drove back to my apartment, thinking about the night.

"Really? Naruto, you're amazing!" Sakura said, jumping on me to give me a hug. Everyone in the supermarket stared at us. Neji and Lee were here with Sakura for an extra credit project. I had decided to drop by to talk to Sakura.

It was now the thirtieth of October, meaning, tomorrow was Hallowe'en. Sakura had asked me if I'd got trick or treating with her the day after the dance. I thought she was crazy at first, but she was very serious about it. She even had a theme picked out and everything. Chobits. I finally I decided I'd go with her, meaning I needed to come up with a costume. The events from the day of the dance kept playing through my head, which lead to my next actions.

I went to Orochimaru to see if he could help me sew a costume, which he ended up making it completely, not that I was complaining.

Now I was telling Sakura who I was going as for Hallowe'en.

"T-thanks, Sakura-chan." I said, rubbing the back of my head. "It was nothing. Orochimaru made it the costume."

"You're still awesome." Sakura said. She looked over at Neji and Lee, smiling. "You two are still coming, right?"
They both nodded. "Sasuke and Hinata are coming as well." Neji said, looking away.

"Great! Naruto, I'm so happy you're coming!"

I nodded. Great… Sasuke was coming. I get to spend a whole night with him now. I sighed and walked off, giving my good byes to the other three.

Even if his royal ass was coming, I was still really excited. This was the first I planned something this big for Hallowe'en. The few times I went trick or treating, I went as a ghost or pirate. I never did anything special.

I gulped. "Orochimaru-san... are you sure that this'll fit? It seems… tight."

"Of course it fits! Asking that is like asking if I'm straight! Ha!"

Orochimaru snapped.

I sighed and walked into his bathroom. I undressed quickly. Even though I new my landlord was gay since the first day eating dinner with him (he had told me straight away he was gay, almost the moment I sat done. I laughed so hard at the fact he thought it was necessary to tell me. I could have guessed on my own), it still was uncomfortable undressing in his home. I put my costume on quickly, but carefully. I'd never worn a dress before.

Yes, my costume was a dress. A maid's dress to be exact. It was black with a white frilly thing covering my chest, (where the boobs should be) and white frills peeking out from under the hem of the skirt, which was very puffy. I looked in the mirror in the room and choked back my laughter. It was me in a dress. I sighed and walked out of the bathroom, my clothes in hand.

"Oi, Orochimaru-san, I'm done!" I shouted. Orochimaru popped into the room and grinned.

"Perfect! Just perfect! Now all we need to do is put your wig on and stuff your dress to give you breast!" He said. I groaned, but walked over to the man anyway.

After a lot of effort and swearing (mainly from me), me wig was on and my dress stuffed.
"There! You look just like Chi now! I'm very proud of my work." Orochimaru said, clapping his hands. He smiled and turned away. "Well, look at the clock, Sakura-chan is going to be here any second now. Go wait in the lobby for her. Sho!" He chased me out of his appartment into the lobby.

Sakura was already there with Sasuke and Lee. "Naruto! You look adorable!" She squealed when she saw me walk out. Her and Lee ran over, Sakura giving me a hug.

"You look good too! You're going as… who again?" I asked.

"Yumi," She said, smiling, "Though my boobs aren't anywhere as big as hers. Lee is Hiroyasu, the manager, Hinata is Sumono, Neji is Kotoko, and Sasuke is Hideki."

"Okay…. cool." I said, grimacing. Why did Sasuke have to be Hideki… my character's love interest.

I sighed as the four of us walked out of the building. On the way to the Hyuuga's household, I actually had a lot of fun, even with Sasuke there. So many of the houses we went to were shocked to see us, since we were all in grace twelve. When we got to Hinata and Neji's house, we killed ourselves laughing. Though we knew Neji was dressing up as a girl too, seeing it made it all the better.

For the rest of the night, the six of us goofed off. Sasuke had given up hating me for the night to have pictures of us taken for Sakura. In the end, Hallowe'en was great.

When I got back to the apartment building, I saw Kakashi and Iruka walking out of it. "Hey Sensei!" I shouted at them. They both turn and Iruka smiled.

"Naruto-kun, you look so cute." Iruka said as I got closer to my two teachers.

I grinned. "So I've been told. Orochimaru-san made this for me. I did it all for Sakura-chan."

"I know. Sakura told me all about what you were going to do. She was so hyped today." Iruka said.

"So, Iruka-sensei, what are you doing here?" I asked, pulling my wig off.
"Oh… Um… Work stuff. Going over some paper work with Kakashi here for the next staff meeting." He said quickly. As I stared at him, I could have sworn I saw his cheeks turn a nice shade of pink.

"Well, Naruto, I need to finish talking to Iruka now. I'll see you in the lobby Monday morning." Kakashi said, waving to me then leading Iruka off to his car. I grinned and walked into the building, now that Iruka was a terrible liar.

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A/N: Well, here's the third chapter, finally! I'm sorry it took me so long to write, but I just sort of had a bit of writer's block, but I beat it! YOSH!
Okay, who's happy I stuck Naruto and Neji in girl outfits for Hallowe'en, cause I know I am! . Oh, I'm so excited for the chapter! It's going to be a very very big one for Naruto and Sasuke, but that's all I'm going to say. Oh ho ho ho ho:3

Comment Answering:

Dragonfire04: Well, soon didn't happen too soon, did it. :3 Sorry about that. But I've finished it now! I'm sorry to say there aren't going to be flashback for either one of them. There isn't a way for me to do a flashback for Sasuke, since this is in Naruto's POV and as for Naruto… let's say I have another, slightly more boring way of showing you his past (which is coming soon).

deadanimals: I'm glad how you like the way I write Sakura. . I work really hard to make her not bitchy. But, I realised I need an outburst from her, so I'll stick that in somewhere. It's just a little hard since I don't have her falling for Sasuke, cause she likes someone else (but it's a secrest, shhhhh). I'm also glad you like my story. And I hope you enjoyed this chapter too.

Niver: Well, what can I say to you… Um… Nothing really. Thanks for the review though. :)