Hello loyal readers,

Chapter 3 is up! Ok, so my sister was reading this, and she said that the last chapter was confusing because the scenes changed a lot. I apologize for that, I do that sometimes. I will try and make things less confusing.

Thank-you so much for reading, and Thank-you SOOOOOOOO much to everyone who added me to their favorites, or story alerts, or reviewed! You guys all rule! People like you deserve cookies! LOTS and LOTS of cookies!

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School announcement: "To all students, the dance this upcoming weekend will be a masked dance, so whatever you wear, remember to bring your mask! We apologize for the short notice, and we hope you all have a great time!"

A masked dance! Sakura sighed. This would only make it much easier for Ino to set her up with someone, even though she told her not to.

Nevertheless, the dance was tomorrow, and Sakura had nothing to wear. As much as she hated to admit it, she knew that Ino would help her find the perfect dress for her. Ino regularly went shopping two to three times a week, and so was an expert in what looked good on everybody. Sakura however, hated shopping for clothes, so she knew this was the only way to get something decent to wear to the dance.

Sakura and Ino strolled through the store, looking at row upon row of different beautiful dresses.

"So, Sakura, which color would you like to be seen in?"

"I don't know, you're the expert in this! You should be the one deciding for me!"

"Well, you can at least choose the color! I have a feeling you would look great in pink though. Just because it would match your hair!"

Ino rummaged around a rack of pink dresses, and gasped. She brought out a slutty dress with a cut out midsection and was so short it could have been a shirt.

"Now this is what you have to wear to the dance, Sakura! Sasuke is just going to go gaa gaa when he sees you in this!"

"Shut up! I'm going to the dance with Lee! And there is no way I'd ever be seen dead in that!"

After another half an hour of looking around and trying different dresses on, Sakura found the perfect one. It was a light pink halter neck dress made out of smooth silk that flowed to just above her ankles. She couldn't even wait for the dance to begin.

Since it was such a beautiful summer's night, the school dance was being held outdoors. The sky was beautifully clear, and all the stars and the Milky Way were visible. The dance was also being held on the beach, and with all this combined with the sound of lapping water as the sea hit the shore, it was the possibly going to be the best dance that all the students had ever had.

All the couples for the dance started arriving: Ino and Shikamaru, Neji and Tenten, Hinata and Naruto, Sakura and Lee, Sasuke and the fangirl, and many others from Konoha high.

Sasuke was one of the first to arrive.

"Urm, by the way, What's your name again?" Sasuke said to the fangirl.

The girl gasped, looking hurt. "Sasuke-kun, that is no way to treat your date for the dance!" She then softened. "You can call me Lanta. That's my nickname!"

"Hn. Lanta it is then."

Lanta was wearing a beautiful blue silk dress, and Sasuke had to admit, it did look great. But he was still displeased. Why was it so easy for everyone else to go the dance with someone they actually liked, and so impossible for him?

Ino turned to Shikamaru. "Um, I'm sorry; can you excuse me for just one minute please?"

"Sure" he just said, and Ino ran off. He sighed. How troublesome.

Naruto then turned to Hinata.

"Hinata, I'm so sorry, but could you excuse me for a few moments please?"

"Oh, o-of course N-Naruto-kun" Hinata said, studying her feet. Naruto then ran off.

Ino and Naruto met behind the huge speakers near the beach dancefloor.

"Ok, Naruto. Let's go over the plan again."

Naruto cleared his throat in a very obvious way. "Ino, I do believe there's something you owe me for going to all this trouble, isn't there?"

"uggggh, FINE! Here's that cup ramen I promised you! God is food all you ever think about?"

"Yes!" Naruto said beaming and took the cup ramen from Ino.

"Ok, so the plan is this. Sasuke will be dancing with that fangirl, and Sakura will be dancing with Lee. When it is an hour into the dance, you will come back here, where the power mains are to the lights. You will then unplug the lights, and bury most of the cable under the sand so that nobody sees. By doing this, only people's silhouettes will be visible. While you are doing this, I will create a diversion, and somehow get Lee and the fangirl away from Sasuke and Sakura. Then, I will somehow get Sakura and Sasuke to pair up. I'm not sure how I'm going to do this yet, but I'll think of something! Got it!"

"Got it!" said Naruto. A puzzled look came across his face.

"But wait, if it's a masked dance, then surely we won't need to unplug the lights?"

Ino sighed.

"Yes Naruto, but think about it. Sakura is the only girl in the whole school with pink hair. Sasuke's hair is clearly recognizable from miles away. They are bound to know its each other unless we shut off the lights so they can't see each other! It'll be soooo romantic, imagine what will happen if they find out it was each other the next day!"

Ino then squealed with an evil manic look on her face. Naruto looked scared and slowly walked away from the crazy girl.

It was an hour into the dance, and it was midnight. Everyone was having a great time dancing with their dates, except for Sasuke because Lanta kept trying to kiss him, and then got upset when she was rejected.

Sakura was dancing with Lee, when Lee suddenly said "Would you like me to get you some punch?"

"Oh, that'd be very sweet of you, thank-you Lee!" Sakura waited patiently while Lee went to get her punch. While Lee was pouring out the punch into a Dixie cup, Ino suddenly ran up to him.

"LEE! It's terrible! Delilah is hurt, really badly! You have to come and help her. Follow me, she's this way and squeaking in pain!"

Lee ran after her-His pet squirrel Delilah meant more to him than anything.

"She's just in this closet!" Ino said. Lee walked into what was the beach changing room and looked around when he suddenly heard the door slam shut behind him and a chair pull up against the door on the other side. "HEY! LET ME OUT!" He yelled. But Ino was gone, and it was too late for him to remember that he had left Delilah at home.

Ino knew that capturing Lanta would be much easier. She simply wrenched the girl's arm and pulled her away from Sasuke.

"HEY! What do you think you're doing! Get off of me! Sasuke-kun, help me! Get this girl off of me!"

Sasuke simply stood there and watched. He didn't know why Ino was dragging her away, but he sure was glad to get rid of her.

Ino opened the door to the closet and pushed Lanta in, slamming the door behind her. Lanta and Lee were now both trapped in the closet.

At that very moment, the lights at the dance suddenly went out, leaving only the faint dim glow of the moon and the stars to light the beach. As planned, Naruto had gone and shut off the lights, making everything dark, but still so that people could see the faint outline of the others.

Ino thought hard. How on earth was she going to pair Sasuke up with Sakura? She decided that the only way to do it would be to do it quickly, and without saying much and leave it to them to figure out the rest. She looked at the now date-less Sasuke and Sakura looking in bewilderment around the floor wondering where their dates had gone (except for Sasuke who looked pretty pleased, but still curious).

She acted there and then, quickly she grabbed Sasuke's arm and said "Hey Sasuke, where's your date? OH, weren't you dancing with this girl?" Ino then pushed Sasuke into Sakura, and forced his hand into Sakura's.

She then ran back to Shikamaru who by then had been waiting for quite some time. He didn't look pleased.

The fact that all the lights had gone off didn't seem to bother any of the students at all. In fact, they seemed to prefer it as the dim glow of the moon and the stars as the lighting was so beautiful.

Sasuke and Sakura stood there for a few extremely awkward moments. They could not tell who each other were at all. All Sasuke could see was Sakura's faint silhouette and the faint outline of her mask.

After a while, the silence became too much for Sasuke. Everyone else was dancing, and they both looked pretty stupid just standing there.

"Look" he said "Would you like to dance? My date was annoying the hell out of me, and looks to me like you don't have a date either."

Sakura looked around, trying to spot Lee. What had happened to him?

"Well, my date should be back soon, I'm not sure where he's gotten to."

"Well, at least until he comes back then. We don't exactly look great just standing in the middle of everyone while they're all dancing."

Sakura didn't know what to say so simply nodded in place of answer. Sasuke put his arms around the small of her back, Sakura put her arms around him, and they were soon dancing.

"Wow, she's a great dancer" thought Sasuke.

The two danced throughout the whole dance, and as much as Sasuke hated to admit it to himself, he was having a great time. They laughed together, and made jokes, and slowly even Sasuke started to come out of his annoyed shell, and actually show emotion like any other normal person.

"So, what's your name?" Sasuke asked Sakura

"I can't tell! It's a masked dance after all."

"Oh, I see! In that case I won't tell you who I am either then."

"Oh is that because you have a really embarrassing name and you don't want me to find out?"

"yes. That is absolutely correct, How did you know?" Sasuke chuckled.

They danced on. When the end of the dance came around, it was extremely late, and though they didn't admit it, they were both bummed that the dance had ended. Although they didn't know who each other were, they had both had a blast. As, they walked away from the dance, Sakura was worried though. Where in the hell was Lee!

In the end, she decided just to let it slide. Lee was an expert in hand to hand combat, nothing bad could possibly have happened to him.

"So," Sasuke broke the silence "You didn't have a terrible time dancing with me, did you?"

"Au Contraire, mon cher!" Sakura laughed and started walking toward the car that her older sister was picking her up in.

"Wait, what in the hell does that mean! Hey!"

"Look it up!" Sakura yelled back as she climbed into the car. Sasuke watched after her as she sped off into the night.

Mean while, in the beach changing room closet:

Lanta was banging her fists against the door.

"HELLO! CAN ANYONE HEAR ME? It's 3 a.m.! Sasuke, are you there? HELP!"

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Whew, that was a long one! I hope you all liked it! For those who don't know French, and didn't know what Sakura said, then it's a very common saying and it basically just means "On the contrary my dear".

And yes, being 100 Sasuke fan-girl, I just had to put some reference of myself being Sasuke's date. Hahaha

Oh, by the way, I wont be able to update within the next week, because I'm in Jamaica for Spring break, so you'll have to wait a while! Sorry!

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