A Night To Remember [Naruto]

[Haruno Sakura]

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"This time, everyone, get a good look at my back."
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She's Good For One Day Of Comfort, Only Because She Has Suffered

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That comment itself had done more than just piss her off, although saying that she was 'pissed off' was still the most accurate term. 'Livid' might have been a little closer, but Sakura knew how to contain her anger... Most of the time. She already had a plan in motion... She knew the Hyuuga was going to stay with Tenten overnight. It was just a factor she could count on, she knew. A small smirk crossed her face. Yes, she'd caught the urgency, the worry, in his tone when he'd come to find her. Anyone with half a brain and some semblance of common sense would have been able to tell that.

Well... Except for the boy she was searching for at the moment. Nobody could really count on Naruto's intelligence in such situations. Actually, it was hard to count on his common sense at all... He was, through and through, a bumbling idiot. The bumbling idiot that you seem to like, her Inner Sakura chided, but the Sakura in control simply brushed the comment off. It sucked when your own mind - which worked like a split personality, too - liked to talk to you. No, it was never fun. Because most of the time, her Inner Sakura was a bit of a violent little minx... And kind of b*tchy, too.

One could easily guess that she was leaking out after that little comment that Neji had made. She wasn't just going to kill him. No, she was going to f*cking kill him. Well... Killing was a little extreme. She'd just remember to belt him one in the mouth later, possibly the next time she saw him. And hopefully in front of someone, too... Hopefully a crowd. Hurt the dense asshole's ego just a little. He'd learn to keep his mouth shut real fast once he found himself on his ass about twenty feet back, possibly into a tree or a couple wandering pedestrians, and at the mercy of her fist. She'd have to make sure not to break his jaw, though... She really didn't want to see him in the hospital any time soon. That would simply making things a lot worse.

Spotting who she was looking for - after searching for quite a while, she knew - she ran as quickly as she could manage in her heels towards Naruto. She'd been looking for him for about an hour... Hey, there was nothing wrong with 'friends' dancing, right? Or so she hoped... Na, you just want a little alone-time on the dance floor, don'tcha? There went her inner self again, chiding her and teasing her. Well, at least it was better than a verbal teasing from someone. She hated that... She'd even flinched when Tenten had called her out on it. Of course, that one she'd asked for... So she'd let it slide. Ino was her best friend, and that was the reason the Yamanaka girl got the benefit of the doubt in those situations.

"Naruto!" Sakura called lightly when she was near enough for him to hear, at least over the orchestra. "Hey, um... I was wondering if... Maybe you wanted to dance a little?" It wasn't too terribly hard to tell the kunoichi was nervous, but whatever the case, it would be what it was. Knowing him, he'd probably jump at the opportunity... It was simply his personality, that was all. She just hoped this would work....

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[Naruto Uzumaki]

Naruto was enjoying the so called “ball” or festival or whatever people called it mostly because he got to see his childhood friends grown up and how they had grown closer to each other, Naruto had felt that he had grown apart due to him leaving for nearly three years training with Jiraiya, but he doesn’t regret it, due to his training with the perverted sage he had become more powerful then he would have become while learning under Kakashi, it wasn’t that Kakashi was weak, Kakashi had a sharingan and lightning techniques which required a lot of skill, Naruto did not have pure skill that of Sasuke or Kakashi, he did however have more chakra then Kakashi or Sasuke. And Jiraiya was the only person in the village that could have taught him how to use that chakra and become stronger. He also liked the fact that he could see Sakura once again, even though he had made the young kunoichi mad at him for telling her she didn’t change over the years.

Though forgiveness will come in time, Naruto was now here just to relax and have fun. Yet another thing Naruto enjoyed about the ball was the free food, tons of free snacks and drinks and there was no limit to how much he could it. He had grabbed a plate of dumplings and started eating them in the further end of the ballroom so no one could disturb him. He was kind of hoping not to run into Sakura because she would just call him a slob and not let him eat as much as he wanted, even if he did like Sakura he didn’t like it that she had gotten a temper like granny Tsunade and the same strength as her so when she punched him over the head it was equally painful as if Tsunade had punched him, he sighted and sat quietly for a second thinking about how pissed Sakura is going to get after she finds out he was eating instead of socializing with her and others… aaaand back to the food.

He knew that this would not last long, Sakura was probably already searching for him and he was going to get beaten by his former team mate and he is going to have to beg for forgiveness, at least that’s what he learned from the perverted old sage. He continued to eat the dumplings and as there were only a few left in his plate as he heard the voice of Sakura shouting his name. He froze up in fear quickly putting the entire remaining dumpling into his mouth and sliding the plate away from his position so Sakura would see it. He then turned to the young shinobi, sweating and with a huge pile of dumplings stuffed in his mouth, he quickly swallowed them in one large gulp and stood straight as Sakura approached him, he smiled in an awkward smile and looked at his former team mate pretending he didn’t do anything “oh Sakura, I was just looking for you…” he said quietly unsure about himself. He was greatly surprised as the female invited him to dance, he never though Sakura even liked him, but to dance with her was probably something girls ask when they like someone “I would love to…”he said scratching the back of his blonde head and pausing for a second before adding “…but I don’t know how to dance…” Well he spent most of his life training and eating ramen not to mention he was away for three years training with Jiraiya.

Jiraiya never thought him how to dance and Naruto never asked to be thought, he never even knew such a moment would occur in his life especially being asked by Sakura. He laughed awkward and quietly unsure what else to say “Sorry…” he quickly added imagining she would proceed to pummel him.