"Oh no, of course she didn't." Tai mused and pointed towards Aya who was chatting away to her cousin Namihiko. "She left when you started climbing. I think she went to ask him for you...I dunno."
Aya bounced over in a happy mood. The smile on her face indicated a good omen. "He said YES! He's gonna swing by your place at seven! Don't you love me?"

Kikuyo didn't know what to say so she simply threw her arms around Aya. Kiba gave his bark-like laugh and even Tai smiled.

*Can i claim Sasuke son for my dude?*

*sure, whoever you want*

*Muhaha!*

Aya awoke from her afternoon nap to the chinking of something hitting against her window. Being slightly groggy she stumbled to the window to see a shadowed figure standing beneath her oak tree. "Hello?" Aya whispered into the night upon opening her window.

*night? after an afternoon nap? You got me confuzzled >_<*

*Well, a nap just before sixish.... It's a pre-dance nap!8)*

*oh right, I understand ^^*

Kikuyo took her dress out of her closet and looked at it. She'd saved up all her pay from missions for absolutely ages to get it, because she'd had it made specially for her. It was blue to match her eyes, with a silver sequence over the top in a pattern she'd designed herself. It was beautiful, but was it beautiful enough. Just thinking about the dance and Hyuuga Namihiko made her shiver uncontrollably and she had to force herself to calm down.
She glanced at the clock. She had about an hour before he came to pick her up. She was both terrified and excited at the same time, as she put on her dress and sorted her hair.

"Aya? You there?" The mystery person whispered back.
"Who is it?" Aya whispered, irritated that this person woke her.
"It's me, Tai."
"Well, what the hell are you doing? Why are you at my window?"
Tai did a running jump and using the basic techniques we practiced earlier this week he scaled the side of the house, and entered through my third storey window. "Hi." Tai shuffled nervously and fidgeted a bit with his pockets. "Eh, I need to ask you something, well, a favour really. It'd be too troublesome to do it myself..."
"OKay.... What is it?" Aya asked curiously, never before had a favour been asked of her by Tai.
"You know Su HiYami?"
"Yeah, since Academy. Why?" Aya asked raising one eyebrow. Tai blshed slightly and Aya clicked. "OH MY GOD! You like her!!!"
"Well, the dance is tonight and I kinda-"
"I'll ask her, I better et ready though. So shoud you, go! I'll give you the yes or no at the dance." Tai jumped from the window and ran of with a smile on his face.

*whose kid is Tai's crush?*

The doorbell rang and Kikuyo almost jumped out of her skin when she heard it from her room. Her heart started to beat uncontrollably.
"Calm down!" said her mum, who was helping her put on her make up. "You look gorgeous, hun."

"Kikuyo?" her dad's face appeared. "That Hyuuga boy is here for you."

Aya stood, in her dress the door of the academy awaiting the arrival of her friends and the arrival of Su. Aya's dress was a semi-kimono and was a light metalic blue. The twin dragons that lay embroided on her top were a silver.
Out of the streets appeared Su wearing a pretty silver spaghetti strapped dress that ran down to her knees and clung to her shaped hips. Her hair hung down and curled. Aya smiled and ran to her, "Hey Su. Here alone?"
"Well, yeah. No date..." She muttered.
"Same here! Now, here's the thing! Tai, you know Tai?"
Su nodded quickly, "Cute, got a ponytail?"
"That's him! Now, he asked me to ask you to go with him. I couldn't ask you before coz I couldn't remember where you lived..."
A smile broke across Su's face, "Sure, I will. Where is he?" Aya pointed towards the street and Tai ran up in a dashing tuxedo, "Well, you brush up nicely. There she is, I'm leaving now!"

Kikuyo had managed to calm herself down, and soon herself and Namihiko had arrived at the Academy. They had chatted a bit, but had mostly stayed in a comfortable silence.
Kikuyo spotted Aya by the door and waved.

Aya skipped over to Kikuyo and hugged her before complimenting her dress ad then she turned to Namihiko and did the same. She linked arms with the two and leaded them towards the door of the Academy and to the dance that had been desired and awaited for a year..."Should be fun, guys."

"Yeah, it should be great!" said Kikuyo. She suddenly realised that Aya didn't have a date. She scanned the crowd, looking for a boy for her friend...

Aya sat aside from the first dance of the evening, having no partner to dance with set her back. So she watched the other couples having fun or romancing among themselves, among those were Kikuyo and Namihiko who looked quite content in themselves and Tai and Su who were in the same situation. She placed her chin in her hands and her elbow balanced n her knee and she allowed her blonde hair to fall over her face. A prolonged sigh escaped her sparkling lips, "Boy, this sure does suck..."
"Tell me about it." A voice said from Aya's left, she turned her head. Sitting there was Itaru Uchiha, the son of the how famous surviving Uchiha.
Aya laughed and scoffed at thre same time, "You? You don't have a date?"
"No."
"Well, blow me over..." Aya sighed. It was unbelievable that Itaru had not got himself a date. He was considered one of the best looking ninja on the planet! She smiled at him nd said in a sarcastic tone, "No one in here good enough to dance with?"

*is Itaru's mum Sakura? Or just some random girl Sasuke married?*

Kikuyo glanced over Namihiko's shoulder and saw Aya talking to Uchiha Itaru and smiled to herself. Although they weren't dancing, she could tell that they wanted to.
Now that she knew Aya wasn't alone, she enjoyed the dancing a lot more.

*Might as well be Sakura.*

Itaru chuckled to himself. "All right, let me see..." He glanced around the room and evalluated the dancing girls. "Don't want to dance with her, or her. No, no, no, no and no..." He carried on and lowered it done to three girls in the room, "Letora...no. Yumi...no and..." He turned to Aya and smiled, stood up and faced her. "You...yeah, if you want." Itaru held his hand out towards her, "Do you?"
Aya's heart skipped a beat and she felt her face redden a bit. "M-me? You want to dance with me?"
"Mmm huh."
"Then okay then, let's do this!" She took his hand and he led her to the dance floor.

Kikuyo watched as Itaru led Aya onto the dance floor and smiled. Namihiko followed her gaze. "So the Uchiha finally found the courage to ask her to dance?"
"Looks like it. What do you mean finally?"
"He's had a crush on her for ages."

Aya and Itaru swayed back and forwards to the music. They didn't speak much, Aya didn't think they should, well, in a public place with the girls in question all around her. The song playing caused everyone to break for a slow dance. Shortly after this came the Cha Cha. Most couples evacuated the dancefloor. Aya and Itaru were one of the few remaining couples.
"So, you can Cha Cha?" Itaru questioned in a playful manner.
"Oh, I Cha Cha with the best of them! You better not upstage me." She smiled back playfully.
"Oh oh. If there is gonna be any upstaging it'll be you doing it."

Kikuyo laughed as most of the couples left the floor. "Cowards," she said softly.
Namihiko met her eyes. "So you want to do this dance?"
Kikuyo nodded confidently. "As long as you're all right with that. I won't think too lowly of you if you go join the cowards."
He laughed and showed no intention of leaving. Kikuyo threw Aya a wink.

Aya winked back at Kikuyo and continued dancing with Itaru. The couples continued to evacuate the floor and sit down, only 3 couples remained. Itaru and Aya, Kikuyo and Namihiko and Tai and Su. Suddenly, a brilliant spotlight shined down on all three of them.

Kikuyo jumped as the spotlight appeared, and almost stopped dancing, but she managed to carry on, feeling a blush spread across her cheeks. She glanced over at Aya and grinned - the six of them were the centre of attention.

"My god, that was so much fun!" Aya said breathlessly, all that dancing tired her out. She sank back into her chair at one of the round tables at the back of the room. She was surrounded by by the others...

Kikuyo sank into a chair at the same table, Namihiko next to her. "That was fun. Huh?" Her expression turned to puzzlement as she saw a large number of boys coming their way. "What do they want?"

*Where are you going with that?*

"I agree, there should be more dances." Namihiko smiled whilst looking at Kikuyo. He had sat down in the chair next to her and Tai.
"You don't normaly go to dances, Itaru. What got into you?" Tai quizzed Itaru ho sat across the table beside Aya. Namihiko cut in, "Neither do you, Aya. What got in to you?"
"Dunno, Kikuyo pestered me for a few weeks and my dad said it be good for me. So, I went." Aya shrugged.
"And you, Itaru?" Tai continued.