Chapter Eight

Meanwhile Back at the Party

Temari took the liberty to set up an agenda for the party "Choji, will you be in charge of music?"

" 'Munch' 'Munch' Sure" with a mouthful of chips, then started playing music.

Shikamaru walks up, hands in his hands in his pockets "Here you go again, bossing everyone around again. Such a troublesome woman…can I go now?"

She turned and glared "Oh don't worry lazy, I got a special event planned for you." she smirked.

The girls got excited when they heard the music and immediately started dancing.

Neji rolled his eyes "There is no way I'm dancing." the boys nodded.

"PFFT! Speak for yourself! This is my song." then Kankuro joined the girls in their circle.

The boys looked at him in shock. But the girls were cheering him on and squealing.

'Man does he look dumb' Gaara thought while he watch his brother humiliate himself. 'How can someone get such an enjoyment out of this? It's so ridiculous!' then he saw Sakura dance. 'Well Sakura's dancing, so it can't be that dumb if she likes it.' he had to admit, watching her dance made him smile.

Lee got up from one of the couches and stood in front of the guys. "I am going to show them my youthful spirit. We are shinobi! Dancing will not humble me!" then he got in the middle of the circle of dancers. He began doing fast dance moves/ combos and everyone stopped to watch.

TenTen screamed "Yeah! Go Lee! Way to break dance!" everyone cheered.

Naruto watched Lee "That looks easy! I'm not weak!" he ran into the circle. Lee stopped so he could try. Naruto only did a goofy version of Lee's dance. But they all cheered anyway.

Sakura cheered for her teammate! "Yeah Naruto! Show 'em how it's done!"

The song ended and everyone went back to regular dancing. Naruto was dizzy. Kankuro walked up "Sorry man, I think you got served." Naruto just smiled. Then Sakura pulled him aside.

"Hey Naruto, why don't you dance with Hinata? She told me she wants to dance with you?

He smiled his and scratched his head, "Umm, Ok…I'd love too."

Sakura gave Ino the signal. Ino tapped Hinata's shoulder "Hey Hinata! You should dance with Naruto, Sakura said he really wants to dance with you!"

Hinata blushed "W-W-Wha, Naruto? H-He does?" Ino nodded and pushed Hinata over to Naruto. Naruto started to dance like a maniac, she couldn't keep up if she tried. She giggled and started to dance. For the first time she didn't faint around him. Sakura and Ino smiled at their work, it's about time they got together.

Kiba saw the two dancing together. A rush of jealousy flowing through him. He couldn't take his eyes off Naruto and the object of his affection.

Ino saw the expression on Kiba's face, then saw what he was staring at. She couldn't help but be a little jealous herself. 'Well…maybe he might…'she walked over to Kiba. "Hey Kiba, will you come dance with me?" He didn't even look at her. Just kept staring and shook his head. She hated being invisible. Temari, Sakura, Hotaru, and TenTen tried to pull her back to dance, but she refused. Instead she got some food and sat next to Shino.

Gaara was watching Sakura dance STILL. She stopped dancing. She felt like someone was watching her. She looked around the room, everyone was being their regular goofy selves, then she saw Gaara. He had a devilish look on his face. 'Why is he looking at me that way? I think I'll go hide now.' or at least that's what she was thinking. What she really did was give him a flirty smile and a little wave. Gaara smiled back, till someone was blocking his view of her.

Lee grabbed Sakura's hands, "Oh Sakura, is it true? Have you finally accepted my undying love for you?"

Sakura's jaw hit the floor, her eyes wide with fear and confusion. "I umm…I wasn't"

Lee put a finger to her lips "No don't speak my cherry blossom! We'll talk later. Let's dance!"

he dragged her across the floor against her will and started to dance.

Gaara's hands were making fists and he was grinding his teeth. 'She's my cherry blossom.'.

Temari walks past him, dragging Shikamaru. "Damn it, why? This is such a drag!"

She snorted, "All the other girls have danced with a guy and I don't want to be alone!"

He sighed "Fine, you can be so troublesome" then they got to the floor and started dancing.

Neji shook his head. "Out of all of us, I thought he'd stick it out for sure." Shino nodded.

Gaara was still watching Lee, then he had an idea. He went to Choji and requested a song he knew he could dance to. Once it came on, he went up to Sakura. "May I" and stuck out his hand.

Lee hesitated, but before he could say anything Sakura had given her hand to Gaara. Then TenTen grabbed him, and Lee was more than happy to dance with his teammate.

Sakura sighed "Thank you so much Gaara, You have no idea. He was telling me about how many children he wants and where he wanted our wedding." he smirked.

He hated her dancing with Lee, he felt bad cause it was like torture, but at the same time it was a little amusing. "Well, he probably thought you liked him cause you waved to him."

"I was waving at you and you know it." she blushed. A faster song came on, and he started to go, until she stopped him. He groaned, she was going to make him keep dancing with her.

Ino was sitting next to Shino. 'I am the only girl who hasn't danced with a guy yet…Even Hotaru and Kankuro are dancing together.'

Shino leaned over and whispers to Ino "I'm sorry about Kiba. He's just blinded by what he can't have.". Shino knew about Ino's feelings, they've had a special friendship since the academy.

"I suppose you're right, I just hate being invisible." she forced a smile, gave him a one armed hug, and went over to sit next to Choji.

He didn't like seeing her upset, so he got up and sat down next to Kiba. "You know, you should be a little nicer to Ino." Kiba looked at him, raised an eyebrow. "Every time she talks to you or tries to get your attention you brush her off." Kiba folded his arms. 'Do I really ignore her that much?' he sat there thinking about what Shino said, this time his attention is focused on Ino.

Ino stared down at her plate, only a small portion as usual. 'What's the point of dieting anymore? No one sees me anyway.' she began to cry.

Choji saw her and stopped eating to comfort his teammate. "What's wrong Ino?"

She looks up, startled by his presence. "I'm sick of dieting to try and impress boys who will never notice me anyway!" She started crying again.

Choji was shocked at what she said "You know Ino, you aren't as invisible as you think." she stopped crying and looked up at him. He smiled down at her. "Yeah, and if you ask me, you diet too much. I mean, you've always been beautiful to me!" She was speechless. He gave her a armed hug and went back to his music and potato chips.