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Chapter 4

Kiba followed Shino up the staircase, twitching slightly. Akamaru was faithfully at his heels.

They got to room #8, and Shino unlocked the door. He opened it, only to hear the arguing voices of two Sakura and Ino.

"Let's go," Ino whined, "Hina-chan's teammates will be back soon. They'll take care of her!"

"They're guys, Ino. How do expect them to know what to do with Hinata? She won't live to see tomorrow." Sakura said, rolling her eyes. "Look, Ino. All this arguing is making me dizzy. See? I'm hearing that stupid door opening and now seeing Shino staring and Kiba gaping at us and as if he's about to scream 'WHAT IN THE COMPLETLEY INSANE WORLD ARE YOU DOING IN OUR FREAKIN' ROOM??'."

"WHAT IN THE COMPLETLEY INSANE WORLD ARE YOU DOING IN OUR FREAKIN' ROOM??" Kiba screamed.

Sakura jumped. Ah, shit. "Well, uh, Hinata here...she..fainted. And. Yeah. S-she fainted. So we were..uh..w-we were..umm.." Goddammit, I've been hanging around Hinata too much, Sakura thought hopelessly.

"About to leave! Ha ha ha, yes! Just dropping in to visit Hinata! We'll be going now," Ino said, faking a smile towards the two boys. "Ahem, yes, we'll be going, Naruto." She added, eyeing Naruto, who was sitting on the floor.

"Yes, we will be," Naruto mumbled, still thinking about what happened earlier, and remaining on the floor.

"Uh-huh. That's right. We'll be going." Ino growled, turning to face the blonde.

"Mm-hmm.."

Sakura mooched over and grabbed Naruto's arm. "Exactly. We. Are. Outta here!" She cried, dragging him across the floor.

"Oh! Yeah! We're going!" He said and nodded dreamily as Sakura pulled him out of the room, "Take care of Hinata! She fainted, you know!"

Ino followed them out and slammed the door, afterward rolling her eyes.

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"Hinata..fainted?" Kiba repeated, looking around the room quizzically.

Shino walked forward to the open door that led to Hinata's room.

Kiba, thinking Shino was ignoring him and stalking off, yelled, "Shino! Don't you care about Hinata? She's out teammate! What if she's in a coma?? It could be the - Hey! Where're you going? Hey!" He ran to Shino, knocking him out the way and going inside the room. "Dog-Lovers first!"

If Shino wasn't Shino, he would've said, "Psh, Bugs own dogs like hell. That's right. Bow down. Supreme Buggage no Jutsu." But he's Shino, so instead he didn't say anything, he just rolled his eyes behind his sunglasses.

"Hinata!" Kiba frog-jumped to the bed, which was weird for Shino to witness, and just not right.

"Kiba.." Hinata muttered, turning in her sleep.

"Yeah? ..WAIT A SECOND. THAT IS JUST DAMN ABNORMAL! HOW DOES SHE HEAR ME IF SHE'S KNOCKED-OUT??"

"It's possible that she drifted into a sleeping state after her non-nocturnal fainting stage. It occurs to most people. She is, presumably, sleeping at the moment. It would appear that she talks in her sleep." Shino said, shifting his glasses.

"Yeah, yeah," Kiba grumbled, ruffling his hair, "I get all that. Sure, why not? Wouldn't it be easier to just say 'She feel asleep after she fainted and is sleep-talking'? Guess not. YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN IT IN VERY DETAILED FRENCH!"

"That wasn't French," Shino began, "It was-"

"WE DON'T GIVE DAMNS!!" Kiba yelled, raising his hands in the air, not noticing that Hinata had woken up and fallen behind his feet. He stomped on the ground, crushing poor Hinata's hand. "DAMMIT, SHINO! GET YOUR STUPID HAND OUT FROM UNDER MY FOOT!" He screamed randomly, looking up.

Shino stared at him.

Kiba stared back.

"OH MY GAWD, IT'S THE GREEN THREE-HEADED-VAMPIRE FROM SPEAKER-WORLD!!" Kiba shouted randomly once again, jumping off Hinata's hand.

"Idiot," Shino seethed, "Neji is going to kill you. You just broke Hinata's hand."

Kiba's eyes widened in realization as he turned to face Hinata, who had managed to sit herself upright, wincing in pain.

"SHIT."

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"Okay, I have to go meet Shikamaru and Chouji. I'll meet up with you later. Possibly!" Ino called, waving to Sakura (And Naruto) as she walked down a case of steps to the cuisine.

"Bye!" Sakura called back. As soon as Ino was gone, she grabbed Naruto's arm. "C'mon, Naruto. We're going to go find Sasuke. He's probably being emo somewhere." She chirped, pulling Naruto down the opposite staircase.

Naruto, who's daze had worn off since the Hinata incident, groaned. "Why do we have to find Sasuke-teme?? We're better off without him."

Sakura rolled her eyes, "No, we're not, and you know it. Either way, we need him for the entire month, so we're stuck with him whether we want to be or not. Now let's go."

Naruto was grumbling something about 'how much better the world would be if ramen took over' when; out of nowhere, the loudspeaker came on.

"GREETINGS FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SHIP!! GET YOUR ASSES UP TO THE TOP DECK; ALL OF YOU SHITS! A MEETING'S UP THERE, AND IF YOU MISS IT, WE'LL STALK YOU DOWN AND HIT YOU OVER THE HEAD WITH A BANANA PEEL!! ..AND A PLASMA SCREEN T.V.! SO GO UP THERE!! NOW!" Anko screamed, cackling evily.

She seemed to do that a lot.

Sakura, who had jumped 3 feet in the air, frowned. "Wonderful," She said sarcastically, "The last time we had a meeting, it was from hell. What could possibly go wrong this time?"

"I don't know, Sakura-chan, but we'd better go up to the deck. I don't wanna get hit by a banana peel!" Naruto cried.

"Uh-huh," She muttered, making her way across the hallway with Naruto at her heels. They clambered up the steps and the bright sunlight hit their faces as they made it to the top.

"Hey! It's Sasuke-teme!" Naruto yelled, pointing to the left.

"Where were you, Sasuke-kun?" Sakura asked gingerly. Her face frowned slightly.

Sasuke ignored her question completely.

"Huh?" Naruto was the king of all that was clueless.

Before either could make a snide comment, Anko jumped from out of the steam pipe.

"FINALLY! YOU'RE HERE! TOOK YOU LONG ENOUGH! I HAD TO WAIT 47 ENTIRE SECONDS! YOU SLOW-ASSES NEED TO GET IN SHAPE! HOLD ON, WE'RE MISSING ONE TRIPOD. WHO'RE WE MISSING?" She screamed.

Everyone sweatdropped and remained silent.

"FINE. WE'LL HAVE TO DO IT THE HARD WAY. IS THAT FAT OVERWEIGHT KID HERE? WITH THAT PINEAPPLE SPIKEY HAIRED DUDE? AND THAT HIDEOUS BLONDE CREATURE WHO SHAMES ALL NINJAS TO DATE? YES, THEY'RE HERE. OKAY, WHAT ABOUT THAT SCARY LONG-HAIRED GUY WHO LOOKS LIKE A GIRL? THE ONE WITH NO PUPILS? ACCOMPANIED BY THAT PANDA GIRL, FIVEFIVE WHAT'S-HER-FACE? OR WAS IT TWENTYTWENTY?"

"IT'S TENTEN!" Tenten yelled, "TENTEN! IS THAT SO HARD TO REMEMBER??" She hated it when people mixed up her name.

"YES, WHATEVER. I GUESS THAT MEANS THEY'RE HERE, ALONG WITH THAT REALLY SCARY SPANDEX FREAK WITH THOSE INSANELY HUGE EYEBROWS AND OVERLY-WEIRD EYES. OKAY! TWO DOWN. WHAT ABOUT THAT AFRO GUY WHO LOVES BUGS? WHO PROBABLY LIVED HIS EARLIER LIFE AS A BUG? OR WILL BE REINCARNATED AS ONE IN THE NEAR FUTURE? HE'S WITH THAT SCARY NO-PUPILS GIRL WHO ALWAYS STUTERS AROUND THE ANNOYING BLOND KID WHO SCREAMS 'RAMENGUN'? OR WAS IT RASEMGOO? WHATEVER THE HELL IT WAS! THEY WERE WITH THAT DOG BOY-LOVER-THING! WHERE ARE THEY?"

Naruto rolled on the ground laughing. "Rasemgoo? Haha! Who would scream that?!"

Sakura sweatdropped. "It's you, moron. She's talking about your Rasengan."

"Whuzza wha?"

"THEY'RE NOT HERE!" Anko continued, "WHERE ARE- ..WHAT'S THIS? A GLASS SLIPER?" A ringing noise was emitting from somewhere. Anko pressed a button on her black bracelet-strap, and brought her hand to her ear, listening for a few moments.

"OKAY!" She yelled, dropping her hand back down, "THOSE THREE ARE ON THERE WAY! WE'LL JUST WAIT FOR THEM TO COME.."

Two seconds later, Kiba, Shino and Hinata appeared at the top of the staircase, Hinata's hand in a cast.

"GOOD! TOOK YOU LONG ENOUGH! ANYWAY, LET'S GET TO THE POINT. AS YOU ALL KNOW, RIGHT NOW IS DINNER! SO YOU WILL HAVE DINNER NOW, BUT AS A WELCOMING TO THIS EVENT, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A DANCE WHERE YOU CAN MEET THE OTHER TEAMS PARTICIPATING IN THIS TOURNAMENT!!"

"A dance??" Shrieked the four girls.

"A dance??" Echoed the eight boys.

"YES!!" Anko screamed, tears streaming down her cheeks, "NOW MOVE YOUR SAD SELVES TO THE BOX!! THERE ARE CLOTHES THERE WITH YOUR NAMES ON THEM!! YOU WEAR THEM OR DIE! GOT IT? GOOD! NOW MOVE! GIRLS ARE IN THIS ROOM, BOYS IN THE ONE ON THE LEFT! HEPLERS WILL BE IN THE ROOMS, MAKING SURE YOU ARE DRESSED APPROPRIATLEY. WHAT THEY SAY GOES. NOW GET CHANGED!"

The girls trampled slowly over to the green box while the boys stalked into the other room, muttering curse words. Well, most of them were. Whatever was in the box could only be from hell.

Tenten shut her eyes and opened it, taking out a beige dress with her name on it. It had old fashioned flowers around it, and was big and poofy with three bows going down the front, and a big one to go in her hair. It scraped the floor. She groaned. It was the most hideous thing she had set eyes on. How am I going to get out of this one?

Ino's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets as she looked over her grey and white striped dress. It was long and went way past her feet. The cuffs were puffed up and a huge matching sun hat was set aside. Her nose wrinkled in disgust.

Because of her cast, Hinata had trouble fishing her dress out, so Sakura helped her without questioning. In fact, the girls were to busy glaring at their outfits to notice the Hyuuga girl's broken hand.

Hinata's dress ended up to be black leather and strapless. It was a tight fit, and the ends were ragged and torn, leveling up to just past her knees. Orange fishnet-like material covered the dress from waist-down, clashing with the black. There was also a long-sleeved shirt made out of the same colour and material for her to wear under the chest part of the dress. It would show visibly on the arms of her pale skin, and went all the way up her neck, ending below her eyes, like Kakashi's mask. An orange hairnet was also included, with a floppy black flower at the back. It was embarrassing for Hinata, since the dress was low-cut and she was disturbed by the image.

Sakura's was a pale shade of olive green, almost matching her eyes. The dress was a vest-like tank-top, with the middle being stitched together with brown string. The skirt fraction went a little below mid-thigh and was ruffled through out. The ends were trimmed with brown furry material. Gloves designed with green polka dots on a brown background were included, as well as the same designed knee-high socks. Her left eye twitched. An old-lady style shawl was supposed to drape around her shoulders, the colour being plane dark brown with stringy green ends. Someone kill me now.

"What. Fresh. Hell. Is this??" Tenten yelled.

"Whoever made these outfits forgot their medication!" Ino practically shrieked, dangling her dress in the rest of the Kunoichi's faces.

Hinata nodded in agreement but said nothing.

"Ladies," A snobby voice spoke up. "The change rooms are ready. Now go in and put your dresses on; after that we will do the finishing touches."

While complaining about the hideous pieces of clothing, the foursome had failed to notice that three other Kunoichi's without headbands had snuck in and set up changing rooms.

"Uh, yeeaahh. So, like, who're you?" Sakura asked, raising an eyebrow.

The Kunoichi on the right of the one who had spoken before answered. If you could call it an answer. "You don't need to know that. Just get dressed; the dinner dance starts in less than an hour."

And before she knew what was happening, Sakura was shoved into a random change room. The same lady closed the curtain. Sakura decided her other three friends had been shoved into change rooms too, due to the loud protests.

"Hey! What do you think you're..- Ooof! Watch it!"

"This dress is the ugliest thing I've ever seen! It's a shame to all dresses! How can you people even call this clothing??"

Sakura pouted. Her dress was hideous; there was no way she was going to wear it.

"Ladies," The girl who had spoken first snapped, "Anko-sama has told us to inform you that if you do not participate in this dance, this will count as a mission failure and you will be sent back to Konoha. Demoted. Along with your team. So choose what you want to do. Now."

The four girls each froze in their separate change rooms.

Screw this asses, Tenten thought as she slipped the dress over her head. Anything to not face the wrath of Neji.

Kiba and Shino won't be too happy..And I don't want to disappoint them. How do I put this dress on?

Sasuke'll death glare me to death, and Naruto will...I don't know, shove my face in a ramen bowl? Uhm, yeah. I'll wear it.

Shikamaru and Chouji won't give a damn. Actually, they'll probably be happy. But Asuma-sensei...Uh-oh. I'll just wear this thing.

Ten minutes later, the four kunoichi's came out of the changing rooms, dressed in their outfits.

Twenty minutes after that, the four were complete with make-up and new hair styles.

With the Guys..

"HAHAHA! TEME IN A TUX! NEVER THOUGHT I'D SEE THE DAY!! HAHA!" Naruto crowed, rolling on the ground.

Sasuke walked over to the wall, deliberately stepping on Naruto on his way there. He leaned against the structure, running a hand through his raven hair,

Naruto stopped laughing and got up, dusting his black tuxedo off and adjusting his orange tie.

Yes, his orange tie.

The 7 other ninjas wore similar tuxedos, each having a different colour tie.

Fine, I'll tell you what colour they were.

Neji's was a pale gray, almost matching his eyes, while Lee's was green. Figures. Sasuke's was a dark shade of blue, Shino's was striped with black and white, and Chouji's was an awkward beige. Kiba's was brown ("OH YEAH! DOG DOO!") while Shikamaru's was red. Don't ask why.

You never thought you'd see the day when ninjas were in tuxedos.

Well, now you have.

And these 8 ninjas just had the terrible misfortune of being in the room at the time when the four Kunoichi's stormed in wearing there, uh, dresses.

There was silence as the opposite genders stared at each other.

Naruto, Kiba and Chouji laughed so hard they were crying.

Neji and Sasuke smirked so hard it was close to snickering.

Shikamaru and Shino sniggered like mischievous cohorts.

And Lee just smiled a great big 'Lee' smile.

The girls glared.

The guys laughed.

And it went on for some time, until..

"OKAY, FREAKS! GET IN YOUR CELLS AND STAND IN A LINE!" Anko screamed, popping in through the door.

The ninjas did, with the girls still glaring and the guys still laughing/smirking/sniggering/smiling.

"Where did you get that beautiful dress?" Lee asked Tenten once all 12 ninjas had gotten into their lines.

"Went to hell and picked it up for this crappy dance." Tenten muttered.

"To wear?" Neji smirked, eyebrow's raised.

"No, to scare off burglars. Yes to wear." Tenten snapped back.

It was going similarily for the rest of the Kunoichi's as it was for Tenten.

"That dress is - HAHAHA! - ..Where did you get - BWAHAHAH! -??" Naruto couldn't even form proper sentences.

Sakura could hear Sasuke snickering.

Snicker snicker snicker.

Slither slither slither.

Slither?

"AUGGHH! W-W-W..!! It's a-a w-wo…!!!" Sakura seemed to not be able to form proper sentences either.

Naruto muffled his laughs into giggles, while Sasuke stared at Sakura who was screaming and jumping.

"What is it, Sakura?" He asked, punching Naruto's head.

"Wwo-o..GET IT OFF!! AACKK!"

"Huh?" Naruto wondered.

"Huh." Sasuke agreed.

"What's a wwo-o..?"

Sasuke shrugged. "Warrant officer?" He asked, matching words with the sound.

"Wonder boy?" Naruto guessed randomly.

"WORM!" Sakura wailed, getting the whole room's attention.

"Oohh." Naruto said. There was a pause, then, "AUUGHH! A WORM! YUCK! THE AGONY!" He screamed, hiding behind Sasuke.

"Idiot."

"Shut up! Save Sakura-chan from the evil worm of doom!"

A few ninjas snickered. Sasuke kicked Naruto and grabbed Sakura's arm.

She froze, still trembling slightly. This is so pathetic, Sasuke thought. He glanced breifly at the worm that was on her arm...

No, I'm not describing it.

..Picked it up, and flung it at top speed out the nearest window.

Nearest, meaning all the way on the other side of the room.

Where Ino just happened to be standing..

"EEEKK! SHIKA-FREAKIN'-MARU! GET THIS DAMNED WORM OFF ME! ARGHH!!"

With everyone's attention turned to Ino, no one, not even Naruto who was standing right beside them, notice that Sakura had fallen gracefully into Sasuke's arms, and time seemed to stop as the two unexpectedly kissed. It was brief, but hey, it was a kiss. Sakura jumped up quickly, blushing.

"Alright, you crazy worm-haters! May the dance begin!" Anko cried cheerfuly as she stepped in the room, opening two big doors behind her.

All of the crazy-worm-hater's walked in slowly, each twitching at the sight of disco lights blazing around, tables set up, and waiters riding around on roller skates.

But they weren't alone.

"SHIKAMARU, YOU MEAN PEICE OF SHIT! THE WORM! THE WORM! HOW COULD YOU SLEEP AT A TIME LIKE THIS?!"

No, that's not what I meant.

Other ninjas with different headbands were there. Glaring from the other side of the room.

Done! I tried to make it longer. Anyway, no preview for the next chapter, sorry. I decided to put some other ninjas in. They'll be participating in the event, too. But I won't be focusing on them. Okay, how about a poll question kinda thing?

How many teams from the other villages should there be all together?

You pick; three, four, five? No more than six though. I'd prefer around four. But your choice! Aanndd, I guess I started off with a little random SasuSakuness. I think I got two votes for that. Next..I'll do some NejiTen and then more NaruHina. Or vice versa. Dunno when I'll start on the ShikaIno stuff. Hmm. Review! Oh, and I'm on vacation for the week with no computer, so I'll something by hand and type it up later. The next chapter might be a little delayed.