Sasuke began his walk to the elevators when he passed Sakura and Lee’s room. The door was closed, but his highly trained ears heard laughing on the other side of the door. Sakura’s laughes told the Uchiha that she was actually having a good time with Lee.

“Good. At least she won’t keep nagging at me anymore.” He muttered to himself. But deep, deep, deep, down, Sasuke felt a pang of sadness, and, dare he say, jealousy? No. Not for that loser with her big green eyes, and her pretty pink hair… Admit it, you want her! Inner Sasuke debuted. “Who are you?” Your inner self and I say you want her. “Hn.” Sasuke shut out his conscience and continued his walk. Great. He got a pervert for an inner self.

Naruto decided to walk with Kiba since Choji had left before him and there was no one to talk to, even though it was a two minute walk from his room to the elevators. When he got there, he Naruto noticed that the door was partially open so he peeked through to see what Kiba was doing. Instead of his Inuzaka friend, he was Hinata at the kitchen, getting a drink.

“Hinata’s sharing a room with Kiba?” Naruto thought to himself.

Oh, you’re jealous, aren’t you? Inner Naruto said evilly.

“What?” The Kyuubi boy asked, shocked that he had an inner conscience, “No, I’m not jealous. Why would I be?”

You have a little crush on Hinata, I know. It’s all here, in your head.

“So what? It’s nothing big, just a kiddy crush.”

Oh, sure, sure. But won’t you feel mad if Kiba got Hinata before you?

“What are you saying?”

I say, don’t lose to that dog-faced loser! You’re Naruto Uzumaki! You can certainly get Hinata before that Inuzaka can!

“No, no! I might have had a little crush on Hinata, but she loves Kiba and he loves her back! I know it, and I won’t break it for a puppy crush!"

Okay, if you say so. But I’ll be appearing much more often, count on it.

And just like that, Inner Naruto disappeared, lost in Naruto’s mind. The Kyuubi boy decided to walk alone to the elevators. It was only a three minute walk from here after all.

Most of the group was already at the elevators by 10:42, but Shikamaru and Sasuke had yet to arrive. Temari had left before Shikamaru had, and no one knew about Sasuke. The sand kunoichi was wearing a dark purple kimono decorated with white irises along with a decorative mini-fan, painted with a scene of Suna at dusk. Sakura had her hair up in a bun and wore a pink kimono that faded to white toward the end. It was decorated with red roses, which went well with Ino’s baby-blue white-rosed one. The lavender to white kimono Hinata wore went well with the lilies printed on it. Tenten braided her hair into two rings and wore a freesia-decorated, orange to red peignoir. Shikamaru, Sasuke (who both finally arrived), Gaara, Kankuro, Shino, and Neji were all dressed in their usual garb, while Kiba was dressed skater. Lee was wearing a green t-shirt with ripped blue jeans and Naruto was wearing a grunge sort of look.

The guys couldn’t help but stare at the girls, as they had never seen them so dressed up. Naruto was the first to snap out of the daze and ask, “You guys look great and all, but they’re not exactly partying clothes, are they?”

“Oh, don’t worry about that.” Sakura told him with an almost evil grin on her face.

“S-Sakura-chan, can’t we just tell them?” Hinata asked.

“What? Tell us what?” Kiba demanded.

“Well, there’s really no use to keep it a secret.” Tenten discussed.

“Just tell us!” Naruto whined.

“Hmm, we’ll talk over it first.” Temari decided.

So the girls walked into a nearby hallway and started talking to each other in hushed voices.

“What do you suppose they’re talking about?” Choji asked.

“Who knows?” Shikamaru said, “Women are just so troublesome.”

After a few minutes, the girls came back and Ino said, “We’ll show you at the party room.” And without another word, the girls marched into an empty elevator.

“See you on the 2nd floor!” Sakura waved.

The boys were all stumped. They turned to Shikamaru for his “genius” help.

“Well, I don’t like thinking about things like this, but they did seem like they wanted to there quickly. It also has something to do with their kimonos.”

“That’s not enough information!” Lee groaned, “We shall just have to go see for ourselves!”

“Agreed.” Neji actually spoke up, “Well, let’s go then.”

The guys separated into two groups of elevators, and when they arrived to the party room, the only lighting was a disco ball. However, the guys could see the back of the girls’ kimonos by the snacks.

Naruto whispered to the guys to jump the girls, just for fun. Naruto, Lee, Kiba, and reluctantly Neji and Shikamaru joined. They got out their kunais, just to threaten, not to hurt.

“On five.” Naruto whispered, “1…” One step closer. “2…” One more. “3…” One more. “4…” One more. “Five!” Naruto yelled. The guys restrained the girls in headlocks and showed them their kunais. But just as they were about to celebrate, they felt kunais at their own throats and turned around only to find out the weilders were…

“You guys?!” Naruto asked.

“Don’t you mean… you girls?” Ino asked.

“But, if you’re the girls, then who are…” Kiba took a closer look at the “Hinata” he was supposed to be threatening. It wasn’t Hinata at all, but a mannequin!

“Wow, I can’t believe that worked!” Tenten exclaimed, still holding her kunai at Neji’s throat.

“But, who...” Shikamaru asked. “Turn around, genius.” The Nara turned around only to find… “Temari?!”

“Yep, it was Temari who came up with this whole thing.” Sakura smiled, still head locking Lee.

“See, we knew you would be mad if we didn’t tell you why we were wearing kimonos.” Hinata started.

“So, we put our kimonos on these mannequins from the store next door, and waited.” Temari finished proudly.

Naruto stuttered, “B-but, that means-you guys shou-should be… NAKED!”

Ino punched Naruto on the head, “PERVERT! We were wearing our regular clothes underneath!”

“I expected more from you, Nara.” Temari smiled, “Did you think we wouldn’t have noticed ten boys come into the room without any music on? On second thought, don’t answer that.”

Suddenly, the guys disappeared in a puff of smoke and the girls were head locked by the real guys, who were hiding behind one of the walls the whole time.

“It was all part of the plan.” Shikamaru smiled.

“Yeah, we got you good!” Naruto shouted.

Then the girls started smiling themselves and all said together, “Reverse checkmate,” and disappeared in another puff of smoke.

“Cl-clones?” Neji stuttered.

“Clones.” Tenten said from behind them, “We were hiding behind this fake wall the whole time!”

“Hinata used Byakugan before and saw that you were just clones. So, we decided to let you fall for your own trick.” Ino explained.

“You really are dim, Nara. We even waved to your friends back there since they saw us before you did.” Temari taunted.

“You guys knew?!” Lee asked angrily.

“No!” Kankuro said sarcastically, “What would make you think that?”

“Well, if we’re all good and done, let’s party!” Sakura shouted. And for once, the guys agreed. Tenten pointed to a D.J. to start the music and “Move Along” by The All-American Rejects started playing. All the girls were hanging around the punch while the guys (minus the brooders, Kankuro and Shikamaru) were rocking it up on the dance floor. Kiba came over to get a drink and noticed Hinata standing to the side alone.

“Oi, Hinata, do you want to dance?” he called.

“Um, um-“Hinata stuttered.

“I’ll take that as a yes!” And with that, Kiba pulled Hinata to the dance floor.

The pair didn’t know that at that moment, Naruto was looking straight at them from the stage. You’re jealous… Inner Naruto taunted.

Naruto decided not to waste time arguing with himself and drank some coke.

Tenten smiled when she saw how horrified Hinata looked when Kiba started dancing, but the Hyuuga started to rock back and forth to the rhythm. When she started enjoying Hinata dancing, Neji came up and asked, “Uh, Tenten, do you want to dance?”

“N-Neji?”

“It’s okay if you don’t-“

“No, no, I do.”

So they went off to the dance floor, where the music had switched to “Never Had a Dream Come True” by S Club 7.

Lee approached Sakura, who was looking everywhere but him.

“Sakura-chan, do you want to dance with me?”

“Sure, if this song will end-“Almost by magic, the song stopped and was replaced by “Every Time we touch” by Cascada.

“Let’s go then!” Lee shouted victoriously.

You’re a big wuss, you know that? Inner Sasuke popped up.

“Do you enjoy coming up at the worst times?”

Now, what would make you think that?

“Tch,” Sasuke thought back.

You want her and you know that she wants you.

“Correction: wanted, not wants. She likes that Lee guy now.”

And you’re okay with that?

“Well…”

My work here is done, Inner Sasuke said.

The only girls left were Ino and Temari, and as sad as she was about not having a dance, Ino was glad she wasn’t the only girl left. Just then, Choji approached the snack table, so Ino stepped aside so her friend could get the chips. To her amazement, Choji actually was turned to her and asked, “Eeeto, Ino, do you mind dancing with me?”

Seeing her surprised face, Choji started, “It’s okay, don’t worry,” and started to walk back to the dance floor.

“No, no,” Ino held Choji by the elbow, “it’s okay. I’ll dance with you.”

The two started dancing as Shikamaru smirked from a corner.

“Poor Choji, stuck with such a troublesome woman”.

Naruto stood up on stage and announced, “Yosh, everyone! It’s karaoke time! First song is… Voice for You! Any takers?”

Kankuro, who was already a little bit messed up, thanks to drinking coffee, coke, and punch mixed together, said, “Hey, Temari! It’s your favorite song!”

Temari was looking very freaked out as the whole crowd turned to look at her.

“Kankuro…” Temari had a murderous look in her eye and was about to change her mini-fan to her regular gigantic one before Ino and Sakura started pushing her up stage.

“Guys, guys!” The wind user started pushing back, but it was too late. Everyone was already looking at her and waiting.

“Ksah! What do I do? That’s it!” The sand kunoichi smiled slightly and said, “Gee, I’d love too, but this song is a duet. We’d need a male singer. Too bad!” So she started off the stage, but Naruto stopped her.

“Oh, don’t worry about that. Shikamaru lost the karaoke draw before the party.”

“Is that so?” Temari saw a gateway open. One that would humiliate Shikamaru, which was the best kind. “Well then, why didn’t you just say so?”

Little did she know, Shikamaru was forced to do karaoke when he was little at his uncle’s parties, so he was no newbie.

“Yosh…” Temari and Shikamaru both thought, “I’ll definitely sing better then her/him!”

Temari started dancing to the beat, her skirt swaying with her. Shikamaru couldn't help but "glance" in her "general" direction.

Oh, is everyone's favorite genius falling for someone? Inner Shikamaru debuted.

"Tch, as if. Besides, she doesn't like me."

Ah, but that's the first stage! Denial! Well, I'd best be on my way, so have fun with your karaoke!"

Amazingly, both of them were evenly matched and got equal applause at the end of the song.

“Not bad, not bad! Too bad we can’t give away the grand prize!” Naruto shouted through the microphone, “What about we-“Before he could finish his tie-breaker suggestion, both had already left the stage. Shikamaru went to go in a little embarrassment corner with Choji while Temari went to go kill Kankuro with her transformed fan.

“Alright then! We still have one more song! It’s Ondo! I’ll be singing, but I need one more male singer and a female singer!”

“Forget it Naruto. None of us want to sing.” Neji told him.

“Really?” The Kyuubi boy asked, “Good! I didn’t want to sing anyway! I just thought you guys wanted more karaoke!”

“You couldn’t have been more wrong.” Sasuke replied with a smirk.

“That guy is so arrogant!” Sakura thought to herself, “I don’t remember why I even liked that guy! His dumb pretty face, that’s all! Well, Lee might not have a pretty face (or a good sense in fashion for that matter) but his heart is ten times better than that Uchiha’s! Why, I’d even bet-“ Sakura’s thoughts were cut short by Kankuro and Temari.

“Oi, Temari, can’t we talk this out?” Kankuro asked before dodging a powerful swing of Temari’s fan.

“No, not really,” Temari replied angrily. Just as Temari was about to tear Kankuro to bits, the sand kunoichi froze in mid-swing.

“Tch, women are so troublesome.” Shikamaru said from behind them, “It’s bad enough that I have to use my jutsu on vacation, but to help a sand nin?”

“Why you…” Kankuro started.

“Save it, Kankuro.” Temari cut off, “You should be thankful, even if it is him.”

Shikamaru smirked. Women were very, very troublesome indeed.

“But, if you think it’s a waste of chakra,” Temari added with a smirk, “why are you still using the jutsu?”

The Nara withdrew his shadow shocked and ticked.

The rest of the party went pretty normal, as normal as 15 genin on vacation could be, anyway. Once everyone was good and bored, they all decided to head back to their rooms, also since it was almost 2:00 in the morning.

“Okay, so girls,” Sakura told them, “meet me at the elevators tomorrow at around 9:30 to hit the buffet for a small breakfast, then we’ll go shopping and hit the springs. After lunch, we’ll go to the park.”

“I don’t know, Sakura,” Tenten said, “9:30 is kind of early for me. What about 10:00?”

“Yeah, 10 would be better for me, too.” Ino agreed.

“Okay, 10 then. Well, night everyone!” Sakura bid them farewell and started up to her room.

Everyone else followed in suite, including the guys, although Kiba and Lee had to drag Naruto up to his room since the Kyuubi boy was trying to escape to the park.

“Don’t worry, Naruto!” Kiba told him, “We’re all going to the park tomorrow at 11:00, remember?”

“I know, I know, but it’s like Mount Scream is calling me!”

“So are our beds, so let’s go to sleep already.” A tired Lee whined back. However, by the time Lee finished his sentence, Choji was already dragging Naruto back to their room.