BB: I AM SO SORRY!! I didn't update as fast i usually do, because I was busy. My evil and yet wonderful Mother, and my equally evil yet wonderful Aunt, got me hooked on World of Warcraft. So my chapters may take awhile.

Shay: it's okay, BB. At least I look good in this chapter.

BB: Well, yeah, you do. You're going to knock poor Gaara's socks off.

Alleanye: I feel more sorry for Neji. Hey, can I have Tenten's dress?

BB: sure

Viven: Poor poor NAruto. He won't know what hit him.

BB: And that's exactly why I gave her that dress. hehe. I don't own Naruto, but I do own Lena, Pem, and Shay.

Illiana: please enjoy this amazingly long chapter.


Saturday came quickly. Neji and Gaara were still unhappy about the fact that they don't know who there were going out with. Mattie had agreed to go to the shopping trip, and promised to keep the entire date parts a secret. Mattie thought it was fun, and Hinata was happy about that. Hinata would've told Lena, but Lena couldn't keep a secret to save her life.

The women all planned to meet up at the mall in the food court. It was huge, with the major department stores, and they were all ready to go. Lena was coming with them as well, mostly because she just wanted to hang out with them.

Hinata, Lena, and Shay were early. Hinata got each of them an ice cream as they waited. Shay was still pouting about being dragged into the whole date thing.

"I don't see why I have to be there." She whined.

Hinata sighed "I don't want to have to deal with all of those people who hate me with only Neji as backup. I know I can count on Tenten, but I want help."

"But!" Shay threw out.

"Stop whining, Auntie." Lena said absently, licking her ice cream cone. Shay shot her a look, but she didn't say anything else.

Soon, Tenten, Pem, and Mattie arrived. Mattie and Tenten ran to go get ice cream cones, while Pem, Hinata, and Shay talked about where they were going to shop. When Mattie and Tenten came back, all of them agreed on the shops that they absolutely had to visit Akatsuki fashions, Yamanaka's Fashions, and the Lazy Nara dress shop. They were a little out of the budget, but had the best clothes in the entire world.

Soon, they were up, and walking. Lena had asked about colors, and was soon getting her ear talked off by Matsuri and Pem, both of which had a surprising knowledge of fashion. Hinata only knew the basics. She knew that for wild clothes, you went to Yamanaka's, for more conservative styles you went to Akatsuki. Lazy Nara was pretty much an in between zone, but had the most beautiful dresses Hinata had ever seen.

The first stop on their list was Akatsuki. Throughout the store was mannequins and racks of dresses. The walls of the store was a dark black, and little red clouds seemed to float by. Two people were sitting at the cashiers desk, a man with long blonde hair, and another man with a cute swirly looking mask on.

The blonde man was reading a magazine, and seemed to mumbling about something. The man with the mask rearranging everything on the desk humming a hyper sounding tune. Lena started snickering, watching. Hinata shot her a disapproving look.

Shay was walking through all the racks, trying to find something that suited her fancy. She knew that she would probably find a good dress at either Lazy Nara or Yamanaka's, but she was still looking. Shay never knew when something would shock her.

"Hinata, you have got to see this dress!!" Tenten yelled excitedly. The women all raced to see what Tenten had. She was holding up one of the newest Akatsuki designs called the Neko no Nekomata.

It was made of dark red silk, with spaghetti straps, a hem that touched the ground, with a long slit going up to the middle of thigh on the right side. It was beautiful, but it definitely wasn't Hinata's style.

Hinata shook her head. "No way on God's green earth." She muttered.

"Oh come on Mom! You'd look great!" Lena said with a grin.

"Nah, it doesn't suit her." Shay said, giving the dress a critical eye. "It would compliment her face when she blushes though" Hinata swatted her friend's arm, and everyone laughed.

Soon they were all wandering through the store, looking at the different dresses. The drifting ended when Shay let out a yell.

Everyone raced to her, and saw what she was looking at. It was a newly designed dress, called Desert's Embrace. It was a strapless wrap-around dress, stopping just above the knee. It was made of silk, and was a deep purple color with a tan stripe swirling around the bodice. Shay immediately grabbed one of her size and moved to ask one of the clerks where the dressing rooms were.

"In the back, hmm." The blonde man said with a drawl. "Tobi, Show her, hmm?"

"Sure Senpai!" the man with the mask said in a hyper voice. "Follow me!" And Tobi began to bounce to the dressing rooms, Shay following.

"well, I think one of us found our dress." Matsuri said with an approving look. "Did you see her face?"

"Yeah, I did." Hinata said. Pem, Tenten, and Lena were starting to follow her. Hinata waited until they were out of earshot, and whispered to Mattie. "Do you think it's ironic that the dress is called Desert's Embrace?"

"Yeah, I do. Especially since Gaara-sama's last name means desert." Mattie giggled. "I think you made a good choice hooking them up."

"I know." Hinata laughed, and they moved to see what Shay looked like in the dress.

Shay took a moment, no doubt wiggling into the tight dress. But when she walked out of the dressing room, jaws dropped. Hinata barely recognized her friend. She had never seen Shay in a skirt, let alone a dress.

The dress showed of Shay's shapely legs, and the hourglass shape of her body. Her shoulders were bare, and it showed off the simple chain that she always wore. The chain held a sand filled glass pendant, the kanji for the word "Shukaku" etched onto the front.

The purple showed off Shay's blue-violet eyes, and the soft tan swirls completed Shay's sandy blonde hair. Shay truly looked a goddess of the desert.

Shayshaymura observed the shocked looks on her friend's faces, and nodded, satisfied. "I'm buying it." She said simply, and walked back into the dressing room to change back into her T-shirt and jeans.

The other girl's just blinked, and soon they were all gossiping like teenage girls. Hinata had the feeling that Gaara Subaku would never know what hit him when he saw Shay.

Shay walked back to the gossiping, and started giggling. She had the dress on it's hanger in her hand, and was walking back to the cashier's desk, the Tobi man walking with her. He was complimenting her, and Shay was grinning at him.

"He's not going to know what to do." Mattie whispered to Hinata, and Hinata nodded. The shy girl was actually feeling slightly sorry for the Subaku.

After Shay had bought her dress, they looked around some more, but no other dresses seemed to pop out at them. So they all agreed to visit Yamanaka's Fashions next.

Yamanaka's Fashions was near Akatsuki Fashions. It was a lot more colorful then Akatsuki, with bright green walls, with blue shelves. It was crazy, and the dresses showed it. Ino Yamanaka, the head fashion designer of the company, was good at wild outfits. Hinata had a feeling that Tenten and Mattie might find a dress here.

Soon, Mattie was the one yelling about a dress. She had hurried to the dressing rooms, before Hinata could even see the dress she had picked. Tenten and Shay just shrugged and they all sat to wait for Mattie to come out.

Mattie didn't disappoint. She came out wearing a cute little black dress. The hem came to mid-thigh, and the straps were simple spaghetti straps. But it was the little cuts in the sides of the bodice that gave the dress a daring look. Mattie experimentally piled her brown hair on the top of her head, and everyone nodded, approving. It was tame, Hinata thought, especially for Yamanaka, but it was cute. And it suited Mattie.

Mattie gave a grinning nod, and hurried to change back to her regular clothes. Hinata went back to the racks, as did everyone else.

Only a few minutes later, Hinata heard Lena yell, "Hey, Aunt Tenten, come here!" Hinata moved to see where they were, but stopped when she watched Tenten move to the dressing room.

After a few moments, a grinning Tenten came out of the dressing room. Hinata fought the urge to gasp.

Tenten was wearing an ankle length black dress. There was two slits on each sides of the skirt going up to her thighs, and at the top of the slits, were metal buttons shaped like ninja throwing stars. Another throwing star was placed above her belly button, and the dress opened above it, showing a nice oval of Tenten's stomach. Black fabric stretched over her breasts, and what looked like a ninja kunai was sitting in the valley there, the blade pointing down, like an arrow. In the circle of the hilt of the kunai, ribbons came up to tie behind Tenten's neck.

All the girls started laughing. Tenten went back to change into her jeans and blouse. Hinata had a feeling that Tenten was going to buy the dress. She also had a feeling that her cousin wouldn't be feeling so annoyed about agreeing to this blind date thing when he saw Tenten.

Hinata patted Lena on the head. "Nice job, Lena." Lena grinned, and stuck her tongue out at her mother.

Hinata knew that she wouldn't find anything for her in Yamanaka's fashion. So she waited patiently for Tenten to get dressed, and buy her dress. Once she was done, they were off for Lazy Nara.

Lazy Nara lived up to it's name. The walls were white, as though someone was too lazy to paint them. But there was nothing lazy about the dresses. They were all elegant, all beautiful. Hinata loved these dresses.

But for some reason, she just couldn't find the right dress. There was many beautiful ones, but none seemed to suit her. Soon she was feeling depressed.

"I can's find anything!" She almost wailed to Shay and Tenten. They both looked at her sympathetically.

"Come on," Shay said. "They have the new designs over there. Have you looked there yet?" Hinata shook her head. Shay sighed, and grabbed Hinata's hand, yanking her towards the new dresses. Tenten followed.

Hinata wandered around the dresses, but nothing looked good enough. Nothing was good enough. Hianta sighed, really feeling depressed.

"Oh come on!" Shay almost shouted, annoyed. "There are beautiful dresses here! Pick one!"

"But nothing looks right!" Hinata snapped back. "It's has to loo-" She stopped.

Her eyes had rested on a beautiful dress lying on the clearance rack. It was midnight blue, almost the color of her hair, and seemed to draw her to it. She grabbed the dress, and moved to the dressing rooms, before Tenten and Shay could say anything.

Hinata slipped into the dress, thanking Kami that it fit, and looked at herself in the mirror. The dress was long, the hem brushing the ground. A slit went up one side, stopping mid-thigh. It had an amazing glittering design of a Kitsune just above the hem. The Kitsune was sitting regally, the nine fluffy tails curled around her. The top had sleeves that covered her shoulders, but had a long dip between them, showing off Hinata's creamy skin and a little cleavage.

Hinata instantly loved it. It was revealing and mysterious at the same time, much like the fox demon that adorned it. Hinata had always loved foxes, because of they were naturally shy, yet nothing was more cunning then a fox. Nine tailed Kitsunes were also beautiful, with their white fur. Hinata was amazed by them, and had read everything about Kitsunes.

Hinata thought about whether she should show the others the dress. She decided she would, because each one of them had done the same. So gathering her courage, she stepped out of the dressing room.

Hinata was slightly shocked to see everyone's jaws drop. She hadn't thought that they would be impressed. She secretly wondered what Naruto would think of her in this dress. She instantly knew she had to buy it, just to see that reaction.

"Hinata, if you don't buy that, I am going to hurt you." Shay said, giving the dress a critical eye.

"It's last season, but the way you wear, I doubt anyone will notice." Pem said, nodding.

"Heck the way she wears it, I doubt anyone would be noticing anything but her" Tenten said sagely, and everyone giggled.

Hinata moved to change back into her outfit. She was going to buy the Kitsune dress, and the party was going to be perfect. She knew it.


Shay: Of course it would be perfect.

Alleanye: except, BB is writing the story.

Illiana: which probably means that the party will go like her first day of work.

Viven: suckish

BB: SHUT UP!! Please review, readers!!