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Ch.7: School dance / relationships

Monday has begun and on Friday of that week was a Welcome Back dance. When Tsunade announced that, all the girls were excited. Boys wondered who they were going to ask while girls talked about their dresses and who they want to ask them.

The males in rookie 9 sat at one table in the corner while the females sat at the other table at the other side.

Kiba looked at everyone and smiled.

"Hey, who you guys asking?" whispered Kiba.

Everyone looked around for someone to start. When no one began talking, Shikamaru coughed.

"Well, you know, I'm taking my troublesome woman of course." He said with a yawn.

Chouji ate some chips from his bbq flavored chips bag as he thought. Naruto stared at Hinata from the other side of the class.

"I think I'll ask Hinata." He said.

Kiba looked at Naruto shocked, "No way! I was going to ask her!"

Naruto looked at Kiba, "Hn, competition I see."

Naruto stood up from his seat. Everyone at the table looked at him. Naruto walked towards Hinata and waved at her. She shyly waved back. When Naruto was about to get near her, he was moved aside by Kiba. Kiba took Naruto to a corner to talk with him.

"Hey, man. Im going to ask her!" he said fiercely.

Naruto just looked at Kiba, "Hn, okay. Go ask her. If she rejects you, then im going in." Naruto said then left to his seat. When he sat down, he was trapped by some girls asking him to the dance. Naruto rejected them all but they still kept trying. Sasuke broke apart the group and told them to go away. Some of the girls even asked Sasuke but he rejected them too. When the girls were all tired out, they left.

Kiba sighed and walked to Hinata.

"H-hey, I was wondering, do you want to go to the dance?"

Hinata looked at him then at Naruto and blushed, "Sorry, but no."

Kiba left back to his seat defeated.

"So…" asked everyone.

"No."

"It's okay, you'll find someone else." Said Shino.

"I'm thinking about asking Ayame." Said Chouji.

Everyone looked at him, "Ayame? The junior?!"

Chouji nodded, "Yeah, I like her, she likes me, why not?"

"Tch, troublesome. Im happy for ya," said Shikamaru as he patted Chouji's back.

Everyone nodded in agreement and patted his back.

"Im not going," said Shino.

"Why not?"

"Have a trip to the bug museum in Suna with my family."

"Ohhh…." Everyone said, some crept out.

"What about you, Sasuke?" asked Kiba.

"No one," he said as he looked at Kiba, "I'm only going because I have duties to do."

Kiba laughed, "He said 'duties'!" he rolled on the floor laughing while holding his stomach.

Everyone shook their heads at how much of a child he is.

"What's your duty?" asked Shikamaru, earning a loud laugh from Kiba.

"Umm, I have to watch out for Naruto. I'm protective and he is like my brother."

"Yeah," Naruto nodded, "He's always like this."

When that period ended, everyone left to second. In P.E, they had to run fifteen laps around the gym then they played basketball. For third, they had to draw a pot of flowers that was in the front of the room. For fourth, they learned about numbers, their properties, and symbols. (A/N: I hated this. It was so hard to remember the symbols.) At lunch, everyone got their lunches and met up at the roof.

When everyone arrived, Kiba popped the question again.

"Who you guys asking to the dance?"

"Ayame," said Chouji.

"Temari," said Shikamaru as he went to Temari and hugged her from behind, "want to go to the dance, babe?"

"Of course, Shika," she said as she kissed him.

Neji walked to Kiba and whispered, "Tenten."

Of course, everyone heard him because everyone was bunched together while talking about this.

When Neji said that, Tenten went to him and tackled hugged him.

"I'll go with you!" she shouted.

Hinata smiled at the scene. 'Im happy for you.' She thought.

"I'll ask her tomorrow, so everyone be here. Tomorrow at lunch, she's going to be here," said Naruto.

Every male in Rookie 9 already knew. The ones who didn't were very curious, especially a certain lavender-eyed woman.

'I wonder who..' she thought, slightly hurt. Throughout the time when she knew him, she developed a little crush on the blonde-haired male.

"No one," said Sasuke, "just going to… have fun…"

"Yosh!" shouted Lee, "I'm going to have fun too! With the power of youth, we're going to party hard! Right, Sasuke?"

Everyone sweat dropped while Sasuke laughed nervously, "Y-yeah, sure. Whatever."

Everyone then looked at Gaara, Kankuro, and Sai who all sat next to eachother. They waited for an answer.

"Well," Gaara sighed, "I'm not going."

"Why not?"

"I'm going to Suna to visit my girlfriend. Every weekend I go see her."

"Who is she?" asked Sakura, trying to hold back a squeal.

"Her name is Matsuri. I'll introduce her sometime."

"Just going to have fun too," said Kankuro.

Everyone looked at Sai. Sai sat there fidgeting, not wanting to answer.

"Well, who you asking?" asked Ino.

Sai blushed, "U-uhh…" everyone scooted in closer, "You, Ino."

Ino flushed, "R-really?" Sai nodded, "then ask me."

"Okay? Do you want to go to the dance with me?"

Ino jumped him, "Yes!"

"Good then," Sai smirked.

After lunch, everyone went to carry on with their day. After school, Naruto told Sasuke to not worry about him and he was going to go somewhere. Sasuke refused at first but after awhile after Naruto said 'That's an order,' Sasuke accepted. Sasuke left to the apartments with Sakura, Hinata, and Neji while Naruto went the other way to where the mall is.

Sakura looked at Sasuke, "Where's he going?" she asked.

"I don't know. Probably going to buy something for tomorrow," he replied. When he mentioned 'tomorrow' Hinata automatically got interested in this.

"So," Hinata said, "Do you know who he is asking?"

"Yeah," Sasuke nodded. Then a few seconds later he regretted it when he saw everyone's curious face, especially Hinata's.

"Who is she?" she asked.

"U-umm," Sasuke mentally cursed himself for telling them he knew, "Well…"

"Well…?"

"I don't know her name?" He said.

"Why is it like a question?" asked Sakura.

Sasuke panicked and said the first things that came to mind, "Well, I don't know her name, but he says that she is really beautiful and… I see him hang out with her sometimes. Well, more like a lot."

"Mhm, you don't know her name?" asked Sakura.

Sasuke put his hands in front of him, "No, I really don't."

"Well," Hinata sighed, "I hope she says yes."

"Y-yeah,"

When they departed at the apartments, Hinata mentally scolded herself for liking such a great person. Of course since he was so handsome, funny, smart, strong, and so many other things, anyone would fall for him. He had plenty of beautiful girls to choose from, why would he pick me. 'I'll tell Kiba I changed my mind about being his date tomorrow. Maybe after Naruto asks out that girl,' she thought.

The next day, everyone looked at Naruto in first period. He had a bouquet of lavender flowers, which were Hinata's favorite but he didn't know, and he was also dressed nice. Well, not all fancy, but nice. He had a black buttoned up short sleeved shirt, but three buttons at the top weren't buttoned, black skinny jeans, and black and white nikes. His hair was combed down, atleast tried to be. It was still a little spiky.

As he walked to his desk, girls were drooling over him. Almost everyone knew that Naruto was going to ask someone to the dance, and he didn't know how they knew. The girls, and even some guys, thought the girl he would ask is going to be so lucky.

'He's so handsome,' thought Hinata. Then she looked around class and saw all the girls, 'I wonder if its any one of those girls…'

With the excitement of finding out who Naruto will ask out, lunch came by fairly quickly. Hinata didn't want to go to the rooftops, she didn't want to be hurt, but she also wanted to know who so she sent Sakura to go up there while Hinata stayed in art class with her favorite teacher.

When Naruto got to the rooftops, it was very crowded. People were there to watch who he was going to ask, which he didn't mind. When he looked around for Hinata, he felt disappointed because he didn't see her.

Naruto went up to Sasuke and tapped his shoulder, "Oi, where's Hinata?" he whispered.

"Sakura said she's in the art room."

"Can you and Sakura go get her? Tell her she would want to see this and wouldn't regret it."

"Alright."

And with that, Sasuke took Sakura's hand and left. While they were walking towards the art room, Sakura felt angry.

"Why did you do that?" she asked/yelled.

"We're going to get Hinata."

"Why?! So she can be hurt?" Sakura yelled while she struggled to get out of his hold.

Sasuke glared at her, "He wants her to see this! She's part of it."

"What do you mean she is a part of it?!"

Sasuke let her go and he stopped walking, "Because he is going to ask her!" he shouted, annoyed with Sakura's behavior.

After that Sasuke stormed off to art room, leaving a shocked Sakura behind. Then she smiled and ran to Sasuke and walked with him. When they got to the art room, Sakura took Hinata's hand and led her out towards the roof.

"Where are we going?" she asked.

"Don't worry," Sakura smiled at her, "You will want to see who he asks out. Trust me, you wont be disappointed."

Hinata frowned, "B-but-"

"No buts, just go."

When they got to the rooftops, everyone went quiet. Sakura let go of Hinata and pushed her towards Naruto, whose back was turned to them. As Hinata was about to collide with his back, Naruto turned around and was surprised when he caught her. Hinata blushed at the contact.

"Oi, you okay?"

"Y-yeah, thanks." She said as she glared at Sakura, who was smiling.

Naruto helped steady Hinata and when she was up on her own, Naruto looked at the crowed.

"Alright, now that every one of my friends are here, and random people, I can ask that girl to the dance."

As Naruto said that, a pang went to Hinata's heart.

"So, here I go," he turned around to face Hinata, "Hinata, will you do me the honors and go to the dance with me?" he asked as he bowed with one hand behind his back while the other holding out the flowers.

Hinata stood there shocked for a while. When she recovered, she took the flowers and smelled them. 'So pretty, and he asked me to the dance so royally. I can't believe he actually asked me. Its like a dream. Am I dreaming?' she thought. Then she pinched herself, 'nope, its not a dream.'

Naruto still hand his hand held out, except he didn't hold the flowers anymore. He was waiting for her hand.

Hinata took his hand and smiled, "Yes."

Naruto looked up and grinned, making Hinata blush, "Yosh!" he said as he pulled her towards him and hugged her.

Everyone congratulated them, all the girls squealed at how charming Naruto was.

On the night of the dance, Hinata was inside the their room with Sakura putting on dresses. Hinata had on a light lavender dress that hugged her figure and complimented her skin tone. The dress was strapless so it showed her shoulders and cleavage. When the dress reaches her waist, from there on it is poofy.

Hinata had on some mascara and her hair was curled up, thanks to Ino who let them borrow her supplies.

Sakura wore a light blue dress that was similar to Hinata's. Her hair was tied up into a ponytail and she had on some red lipstick and mascara.

"Thank god we went shopping yesterday for dresses," said Sakura. Hinata nodded in agreement.

When Hinata and Sakura left the room, they met Neji and Tenten in the living room waiting for them while cuddling eachother. Neji wore a black tux with a white dress shirt and black slacks with black dress shoes while Tenten wore a white tight dress that hugged her figure.

Hinata looked at the two on the couch curiously.

"Are you two a couple?" she asked.

Tenten looked up at Neji and smiled, "Yeah, he asked me a while ago."

"That's so cute! Im happy for you cousin. Last long."

With that said, all four of them left Neji's apartment and went to Naruto's. When they knocked, Sasuke opened the door.

Sasuke the same as Neji but his dress shirt was black.

"Come in," said Sasuke, "Naruto's still getting ready."

When Sasuke finished his sentence, Naruto came out from his room. He wore the same as Sasuke but his top three buttons on his dress shirt weren't buttoned.

"Hey," he called out.

"Hi," everyone replied.

When Naruto looked at Hinata, he was stunned. He's never seen anyone so beautiful. It must have been a crime to even look at her. She was like a goddess in his eyes.

Hinata caught Naruto staring and she blushed. Naruto too blushed at being caught.

"S-sorry. You're beautiful, Hinata." He said.

"Thank you," she smiled, "You're very handsome."

"Eh, you think?" he said as he touched his hair, "It wouldn't go down so I had to put a lot of gel."

Hinata giggled, "Still handsome."

"You guys ready?" asked Neji. Everyone nodded and they left.

While they were walking to school, Naruto noticed Hinata shivering. It was kinda chilly at this time of night and Hinata didn't have anything to cover her. He took off his tux and wrapped it around her. When Hinata felt the warm shirt, she flinched.

"It's cold, so I'll give you that to wear." Said Naruto as he smiled at her.

"Thank you," Hinata blushed and hugged the shirt closer to her as she took in his scent.

When they got to the school, it was already seven. The dance has just begun. They all waited at the front gates to wait for their friends. Ten minutes later, everyone arrived. All the guys wore a tux with black slacks but with either white or black dress shirts. Well, except for Lee and Kiba. Kiba just wore a red dress shirt with black slacks while Lee wore black jeans over his one-piece spandex and left the top of the spandex as his 'shirt'.

When they went inside the gym, loud music was blasted into their ears. All the pairs had been out on the dance floor and at the bleachers sat Sasuke, Sakura, and Kiba. Lee went to the dance floor just to dance by himself.

After a while of sitting, Sasuke grew bored. He stood up and held out a hand to Sakura.

"Want to go dance, milady?" he asked charmingly.

Sakura blushed and nodded as she took his hand and he led them to the dance floor.

While everyone was having fun, Kiba groaned at being a loner. 'Screw dates, im going to have fun!' he thought as he stood up and left to the dance floor.

After a long night of dancing, Naruto and Hinata went to sit down. Naruto had left to get some drinks for them and Hinata was sitting patiently. Little did they know, throughout the night someone was watching them. When Naruto came back, he gave Hinata a cup and she happily took it. They rested for about five minutes then a slow song came on. Naruto happily jumped out of his seat and held a hand to Hinata.

"Milady?" he said as he bowed.

Hinata blushed and took his hand. While they started dancing, Naruto's heart was pounding. He swore Hinata can hear it by how her head was resting on his chest. She can ever hear it a mile away. Naruto felt something he never felt before. Was it love? What was it? He didn't know, but he wanted her to be with him.

Naruto lifted Hinata's head so she can look at him and he kissed her cheek.

"Thank you for coming with me as my date," he said.

"It's okay," she smiled, "I had fun and… I wanted to come with you."

Naruto smiled down at her, "I know we don't know eachother well, but do you want to go out with me? Like you know, boyfriend and girlfriend? W-we can take it slow and get to know eachother too." When she didn't reply, he panicked, "You know, nevermind what I-"

"Yes," she cut him off.

"Yes?"

"Yes, I'll be your girlfriend."

Naruto couldn't explain it. He was in cloud nine. He hugged Hinata tight and spun her around while she giggled. When he put her down, he kissed her cheek again.

"Im so happy," he said as he grinned.

"Me too."

When the dance was over, everyone met up and said their goodbyes. As Naruto, Neji, Hinata, Sakura, and Sasuke were going to leave, Naruto was pulled back by Jiraiya. Naruto had told them to go ahead and he was going to talk with Jiraiya. When they turned the corner, Naruto glared at him.

"What ero-sennin?"

"Naruto," Jiraiya sighed, "Go back home. You're parents are worried sick!"

"But ero-sennin, I'm going to have to be married if I go back. And besides, I think I found the woman I'll love."

"You mean that hot chick with you all night?"

Naruto glared at him, "We're you spying on us?!"

Jiraiya smiled wickedly, "Naruto, my boy, that's a good choi-," he stopped his own sentence and hit Naruto's head, " stop changing the subject! I have some news about your little fiancé."

"What?" Naruto asked curiously while rubbing his head.

"Listen kid, she ran away too. We don't know where she is but your parents and her parents are worried about the both of you!"

Naruto sighed, "Fine, I'll write them a letter. But, you better not tell them I'm here! And I hope they find that girl soon, I'm worried too, even though I don't want to marry her. I found someone special already."

Jiraiya glared at him, "Fine. Better send a letter."

Naruto smiled and walked off to his apartment. When he got home, he went to his room and took out a sheet of paper and a pencil. Ten papers later, Naruto finally made an ok letter. He put it in an envelope and wrote his home in Kyuubi's address on it then smiled. (he didn't put a return address)

Naruto quickly ran to the post office before it closed at twelve and put his mail on advanced mailing. (I don't even know if there is such thing, lol) As Naruto walked back, he smiled. 'It'll get there tomorrow night,' he thought.

A/N: Tell me how it was :) The next chapter is going to have Naruto's letter.