Author: spillvegas/don't feed the models

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Naruto.

A little note: I changed my name! I'm still spillvegas :) I re-read the earlier chapters and it was kind of crusty, so I might do a little touching up. (btw: I edited Chap.3 because of it's short-ness so you probably got an update or something about it) Enjoy! Shoutouts are below. :)

P.S: Happy Halloween!

Chapter 8: Opportunity

2 weeks of anxiously waiting for a chance for sparks to be ignited passed by (slowly) and the girls were as exited as ever. School had ended for the week, and Ino, Tenten and Hinata made their way to Sakura's house to get pampered for the dance. This was their one and only chance to get the boys right where they wanted them. In front of her bedroom mirror, Sakura was blow-drying her hair with her fingers while Ino was fixing the cleavage on her dress. Tenten outdid her buns to let her long hair fall, and Hinata didn't do much, she was all for natural.

"I still can't believe you're going alone, Sakura. I mean, this is an opportunity to score a boyfriend, and you're not even taking advantage of it!" Ino said.

Sakura shrugged. "I don't need a guy to have fun and dance," she said independently.

Ino rolled her sapphire orbs. "But you're hot! You can get any boy to come with you. Seriously, Sakura."

At that moment, Hinata came out of the bathroom, fully ready. Her black dress brought out her ivory skin and dark indigo hair. She put on red lipstick which contrasted to her pale skin and was looking as classy as ever.

"Damn Hinata!" Tenten said. "You look fiinee!"

Hinata started to blush. "R-really? Do you think Naruto-kun will like it?" she said, tucking a piece of her hair behind her ear, showcasing the dangly pearl earrings Naruto had purchased for her before.

Sakura smiled. "Of course he would, Hinata. You look beautiful, you know?"

Sakura's long pink hair was finally dried, and Ino was doing her makeup, which consisted of amber eyeshadow to bring out her baby blue eyes and lip gloss with a tint of red in it. She would've liked to dress up more, but if she knew if she were to put on more makeup than what she had on currently, she would've looked like a baby hooker.

"So, are the boys going to pick us up here, right?" Tenten asked, putting on her black lace tutu dress.

"Yeah, in about 2 hours." Sakura replied.

"Oh yeah, Sakura?" Ino asked.

"Hm?"

"Thanks again. Gosh, I've finally found someone actually worth dressing up for."

-

1 week ago:

It was during lunchtime when Sakura and Ino were talking to Sai in their usual lunch table. Hinata and Tenten were in line at the cafeteria, buying some fries. Ino looked like she was blatantly flirting with Sai, thus causing deathly glares from his loyal fanclub members. In actuality, she was actually discussing the art of makeup to him.

"Really, it's so neat how makeup can enhance your best features and conceal flaws. It's like its own little art form!" she said enthusiastically.

Sai nodded in agreement. "Hm, I must agree Ino-san, and—"

"Ino." She corrected.

"Okay, Ino. I guess you can say that. I'm not really sure about the concept of how makeup can accentuate your features, because I don't know much about it, but would you care you elaborate?"

Ino's eyes lit up excitedly. "Well you see certain colors can highlight your eyes. Look at Sakura, for example. She has these beautiful green eyes, and something like a copper or deep purple eyeshadow would totally bring them out. You can also use a dark color to contour your nose and…"

Ino continued talking, and Sai was also interested in the topic, listening to her with full attention. Sakura rolled her eyes at the sight of Sai actually being nice to a girl. Oh yeah, didn't Ino want to go with him to the dance or something? Sakura sighed.

"…and you can even create the illusion of having higher cheekbones!"

Sai stroked his chin, processing the whole world of makeup in one conversation. "Very interesting," he mumbled.

Sakura began to speak. "So Sai, are you taking any of your lovely fangirls here to the dance?"

The girls around him seemed to whisper excitedly, while Ino's azure eyes widened in protest as she knew where this was heading. They seemed to scream 'Sakura! Not now!', but Sakura shrugged it off.

"Why do you ask ugly?"

"Well I've just seen you get asked a lot, that's all." She responded. "And quit calling me ugly, dammit!"

Sai smiled. "It's the truth."

Sakura resisted the urge to wipe the smile on his face off with her fist. Instead she exhaled, and said "Go take Ino, she doesn't have a date."

Ino turned around in shock. Sai lifted an eyebrow. He shrugged.

"Okay. Will do. I'll pick you up Friday then." He said, facing Ino. He got up off his seat and grabbed the books for his next class.

A look of 'What the fuck?' was exchanged between the two friends, and Sai's fangirls. In all truth, Sakura was expecting him to do something bastard-ly and Sai-like so Ino would think again about considering him. Huh, weird.

-end of flashback-

-

"Teme! Let's go for ramen!" Naruto exclaimed loudly as Sasuke was adjusting his form-fitting white dress shirt. I wonder how many fangirls will be jumping him at the end of the night.

Sasuke replied with the rolling of the eyes. "Dobe, not everything's about ramen."

"I can't wait to see Hinata-chan tonight. Isn't she pretty?" Naruto asked childishly.

An unenthusiastic "Hn."

"Oh yeah teme, don't we have to stop by Neji so we can go to Sakura-chan's house?"

"Why?"

"You know, I have to pick up my Hinata-chan. I can't wait to see her! You can see Sakura-chan too."

"Aa."

--

The girls were all finished dressing up, and were playing a game of Truth or Dare to pass the time when the doorbell rang. Sakura rushed down the stairs to get it, and greeted an enthusiastic Naruto.

"Hey Sakura-chan! Is Hinata-chan in there?" he asked. Dressed up Sasuke, Neji and Sai were behind him.

Sakura opened the door and stepped back, motioning for the boys to come in. "Yeah. They're coming down any minute now."

Naruto came in and the rest of the boys followed suit. He looked around wide-eyed, obviously mesmerized by the spacious rooms and expensive-looking furniture.

"Whoa, Sakura-chan! Your house is awesome!" Sakura shrugged. At the same time, the girls made their way downstairs.

"What took you guys so long?" Tenten asked.

"Naruto wanted ramen. Oh and Hinata-sama needs to get home before 11, got it?" Neji said whilst facing Naruto.

Tenten rolled her eyes. "Jeez Neji, loosen up, will you?"

At the same time, Ino linked her arms with Sai's. "You guys, are we going to go anytime soon? The dance is in 10 minutes you know." She asked, partly annoyed.

"Fine, fine Ino. We brought the huge-ass car, by the way. I call driving!" Naruto exclaimed.

"Naruto driving?! I might as well write down my will right now!" Tenten shouted.

Naruto pouted. "Teme drove last time!"

Sasuke rolled his eyes. "Fine, we'll let the dobe drive this time."

His blue eyes lit up with excitement.

--

After nearly running a red light and almost killing a poor squirrel, the eight teenagers made it to the banquet hall alive, (barely).

They were about 5 minutes late, but the party was already in full swing. The DJ was playing a hot techno song, and people looked like they were shedding sweat already. A huge rotating disco ball decorated the ceiling, and the circular tables, as well as the chairs, were coated with a white, silky fabric. They dropped their bags on the chairs and left to the dance floor.

About 45 minutes in, everybody was dancing to an upbeat song, the girls seemingly ignoring the fact that they were wearing heels. But hey, just because they were rocking them doesn't make 4-inch platforms hurt any less. Sasuke was being Sasuke, so he just sat there at the table looking bored, all dress up but no play. In the midst of dancing with a boy, Sakura went to sit down because her feet were throbbing.

As she sat down, she noticed Sasuke sitting all alone in the opposite end of the table. She raised an eyebrow.

"Why aren't you dancing?"

"Not much of a dancer."

Sakura rolled her eyes. "Anyone can dance," she said while grabbing his hand, getting him to get off his seat.

Sasuke jerked his hand away from Sakura but she took no offense. She pouted. "You're no fun."

They continued like that for a while, Sakura insisting him to dance, but Sasuke would always refuse. About the 6th time around, Sasuke finally accepted Sakura's hand and mumbled something along the lines of "Tch, annoying."

Sakura smiled in joy as she was obviously victorious, and led Sasuke to the middle of the dance floor. There his fangirls would stare in envy as they watched the rosette trail away with the man of their dreams. As the duo finally made it there, Sakura let go of Sasuke's hand.

"I'll be right back," she whispered in his ear.

Sasuke furrowed his brows in annoyance as he dug his hands into his pockets, standing under the disco ball all alone. In the distance, he saw Sakura talking to the DJ, but of what he didn't know. She met his gaze from the stage and waved excitedly, almost as if anticipating something.

She made her way to Sasuke again and took his hands and interlocked them with hers, swaying playfully.

"What's with you?" he asked, the question accompanied by a somewhat confused expression.

She smiled ecstatically and said "Wait for it."

The deafening sounds of a techno song soon enough faded to a theme Sasuke knew instantly.

Just a small town girl

Living in a lonely world

She took the midnight train going anywhere

He raised an eyebrow.

"I remembered you liked Journey," Sakura clarified, putting her arms around his neck.

Sasuke responded by placing his hands on the sides of Sakura's waist, and they started to slow dance for a while.

"You know, for a person who hates dancing, you're not half bad," Sakura joked.

Sasuke smirked. "Mom made me take lessons when I was little."

Sakura arched an eyebrow. "Little Sasuke in dance class huh?" she said, laughing.

"What? There's nothing wrong with an I-must-say, attractive 7 year old dancing is it?" he asked, in his infamous pompous tone.

Sakura rolled her eyes playfully, and they continued dancing for a while.

(Okay, so that took kindofforever to write. Sorry if it was a bit rusty, I was working on an essay the same time, so I didn't read it over/edit it as I would've liked to. Anyways, let me do the shoutouts here:

XxEmo BitchXx, sasusaku74, -wICKEDoSItY-, Painfully Random, flare-hugs, Twisted Musalih, darkreverie13, Naruto8ramen, Tommyboy1331

I was so happy in seeing the previous reviewers review again, ('cause I see you guys are awesomely loyal) and to the new reviewers. Also, thanks go out to those who put this story on their Favorite Stories List/Story Alert. Huzzah! I guess that's all to say for now, and remember: I lovelovelove reviews! :D)