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Alrighty guys, this is going to be...a long fic. Yes, you heard me, a long fic. I don't have the whole...story down, but I've been thinking of the plot. So don't worry. But then again, chapters might not come out so...often. So please don't get upset if I don't update in a while.

This is just an idea. So I'm not sure if I'll even finish it. But please, if you like it, feel free to review and express your thoughts and such.

Please don't disappoint me, this plot has been forever in my brain.

And no, I did not steal this from someone, (if someone thinks I did.). The 'bet' scenerio in a school is...a typical plot, I must say, but you shall see how this is different...hopefully. Well, you'll know what I mean.

I'm really excited about this fic. So don't spoil my...mojo. Yeah...ok.

Anyway, first chapter up! Enjoy!

The Proposition

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"A what?"

His stoic, steady voice rung clear throughout the room as onyx eyes flicked from one individual to another as he repeated his statement to his slightly stunned friends. "An agreement of some kind."

A pause met his proposition, then an echoed answer. "An agreement?"

"Yes," came a plainly annoyed voice, "an agreement, a sort of pact, that we, the 'Elite Four', will be held as unattainable until we graduate."

Sasuke leaned back in his chair, a look of satisfaction on his face. He had high hopes that his last year of high school was eventful. Much more exciting than the last. Glancing around at his fellow 'elite' peers, he watched as they mulled the thought within their heads.

This pact that he had created, he was sure, was truly a test for them. No other people could even imagine doing this besides them he had thought smugly, the 'Elite Four'.

The so called 'Elite Four' was lazily lounging around an outside shaded pool, idly enjoying their few days of summer left. With only one year left of Hokage High, the four had thought they needed a change. They wanted a final challenge to prove that they were indeed among the elite, the very best.

"B-but…that's such a long time!" cried Naruto after hearing Sasuke's crazy idea. He watched as Sasuke rolled his eyes and looked at Shikamaru and Neji, the other two of 'the elite four'.

"Well, how else are we supposed to become well known and wanted?" Sasuke said, a small smirk gracing his lips. "If everyone knows that none of us will become attached, that will only cause the girls to work harder to gain our affections." Sasuke's eyes glinted with arrogance, "Yet, try as they might, it will be to no avail! No girls can attain our attention for very long, right Shikamaru?"

Shikamaru just glared evenly at Sasuke, knowing that he was talking pointedly to him. Shikamaru had a…notorious reputation of loosing interest in a girl. Fast.

Rolling his eyes, Shikamaru gave a lazy excuse. "Girls. They are just too troublesome and whiny."

Sasuke nodded, thinking his 'plan' through. "And," he added slowly, "our names will go down in Hokage High as the most unattainable males in this boring school's history."

Neji snorted softly, "Right. You do know that sounds lame and egotistical."

Sasuke just narrowed his eyes at him. "Think about it, Neji, we will be known as the leaders, the ones who always come out on top. We-will-be-legends," he emphasized, slowly dragging out the last couple of words. "No mere girl would be able to test us. To make us do as they want us to, to have us wrapped around their finger, no one, Neji, no one will be able to do that. They would always come to us, never us to them."

Neji's eyes glinted with amusement and Shikamaru smirked. "Fine," both said, agreeing to Sasuke's goad.

"But," Neji said, a small frown encasing his mouth, "what is there to lose?"

"Your position," Sasuke said after a moment, "you will no longer be a part of this group and the rest of us will make the rest of your high school year miserable."

"What are the conditions," Neji asked, smartly wanting to know all details before finalizing what he was getting into.

Sasuke paused momentarily. "Well," he murmured, "definitely no 'I love you' stuff and sap. No 'serious' dating, for more than…a week. No seriously kissing or you had just kissed that girl goodbye. No calling girls for dates, you have to wait for them to call you. No asking girls out on dates, once again, they must come to you."

"And," Sasuke emphasized, "no falling in love."

Shikamaru rolled his eyes, "Of course, Sasuke. That's how it always works. Do you think we're stupid? How troublesome."

"Well," Sasuke replied offhandedly, "that's just what I hear everyone say when they make a pact like this."

"This isn't some storybook love story," Neji said, sounding only slightly amused, "this is real life. Things don't happen like that."

Sasuke just shrugged as he laid back down on his unfolded beach chair, "Well, I'm just saying."

Naruto's eyes widened slightly at the thought, "That's pretty harsh."

"Yeah," Sasuke said agreeing, eyes glinting, "that's what happens when you're popular."

"But," Naruto said, a bit perplexed at what Sasuke was saying, "don't you think you are taking this whole popularity thing out of control?"

"No," was Sasuke's simple reply, a smug grin covering his mouth.

"But how are we going to make this legitimate?"

"It's not a law suit," Sasuke said, growing irritated, "it doesn't have to be written on a legal document."

"Then how will he keep each other from backing down? Our words won't be enough," Naruto said smugly.

"Then we will write it, and sign," Sasuke said after a pause.

Naruto gave him a puzzled expression. "What?"

"We'll write it," Sasuke said slowly, dragging his line out for effect, "and sign it…in the boy's locker room."

"The…locker room?" Shikamaru asked, apparently amused.

"Hmm," Neji murmured quietly, "somewhere public, yet not exactly broadcasting it to the world. It's a good place, very clever, Sasuke."

"Right," Sasuke said, nodding his head, "that's right. This way, all the guys will know, but the girls won't. They, our guy peers, will be keeping us in check and making sure we hold up our side of the bargain."

Shikamaru and Neji nodded faintly in agreement. After a pause, three heads turned towards Naruto. A moment later, three pairs of eyes narrowed sharply, daringly.

Naruto gulped slowly before giving a small nod. "Well, when would we start?"

Neji, Sasuke, and Shikamaru glanced at each other and nodded.

"We will start," Sasuke said, pausing briefly, "right after summer, during our last year of high school, our Senior year."

"But," Naruto said, an uncertain look on his face, "what if we, you know, actually fall in love?"

Sasuke's eyes narrowed in distaste, "Fall in love? You're kidding me."

"Well," Shikamaru drawled lazily, "it could be possibly."

"Unlikely," Sasuke bit back.

"Actually, Sasuke," Neji cut in, "it could happen."

Sasuke snarled, obviously not used to being out-said. "Well, make sure you don't."

"But then what?" Naruto asked, somewhat perplexed, "Will we have to choose between our status and love?"

"Love," Sasuke bit out after a moment, "is nothing."

"You're going to be a sad and lonely man," Naruto said solemnly, a twinge of teasing in his voice. Neji smirked and Shikamaru laughed in amusement. Only Naruto could taunt Sasuke this way.

Sasuke glared in return, "You're such a moron."

"Not," Naruto said defensively, "I just have my priorities straight."

"So what?" Sasuke scoffed and snapped, annoyed at Naruto's unwillingness to participate in his little 'proposition', "Are you in? Or are you out?"

Naruto sighed in defeat, "I'm in."

"It's alright, Tenten, you'll be fine."

Glancing up from her stretch, Tenten looked at Sakura's cheerful face and sighed. "Sakura, it's fine for you, but I just moved here! I don't know anyone!"

Sakura gave her a questioning gaze. "So? You know me."

Tenten huffed as she looked through her weaponry slowly. Picking up a light-weight kunai, Tenten looked at Sakura again. "I hate the uniforms," she muttered sulkily, balancing the weight of the weapon in her hand.

Giving a small shrug, she eyed Tenten's weapon thoughtfully. "Well, just think of it as…having more freedom around the legs."

Tenten scoffed. "Freedom? Hah, why not go out in underwear while we're at it?"

"It's not that short," Sakura said grudgingly.

"That's what you think," Tenten replied with a pout.

Rolling her eyes, Sakura gave another shrug. "At least we only have to wear a white over-shirt for a top, and you could always loosen your tie."

"True," Tenten agreed, "thank goodness we don't have those heavy blazer jackets."

"Yup," Sakura said cheerfully.

"But what's with the uniforms again?" Tenten asked grumbling, clutching her kunai in her fist.

Sakura tilted her head and sighed, "Hokage High is a very prestigious school. We have to…maintain the image of well balanced individuals and…all that junk."

"Oh," Tenten said absentmindedly, "yeah."

"Don't worry," Sakura repeated for the hundredth time that day, "you'll be fine."

"I still don't know anyone," Tenten grumbled. Boy, she was just in a grumpy mood today, wasn't she.

"You know me," Sakura said again, seriously this time. "And I'll introduce you to other people. You'll be fine."

Flipping a blunt kunai between her fingers, Tenten threw it skillfully at the mark, hitting the target dead on. "You don't get it, Sakura. I don't make friends easily."

Giving a small frown, Sakura gestured towards the pierced target, "Tenten, you can join a club. You'll definitely make friends there."

Tenten raised an eyebrow in question, slightly interested. "Oh? What kind of club?"

"Weren't you paying attention during the transfer ceremony?" Sakura hissed, eyes narrowing slightly.

Tenten shrugged innocently, "I stopped listening after the first three hours."

Sakura rolled her eyes upward. "Oh goodness, so how did you get in?"

"Because of talent," Tenten replied, smugly. "So what about that weapons class? Or club, or whatever you 'prestigious' guys call it here."

"Well," she started hesitantly, eyes roving everywhere but Tenten's, "we do have a weapons club…but the captain is Neji Hyuuga."

"So?"

Sakura sighed heavily. "He's one of the stupid 'Elite Four'."

"So?"

"That means he's popular."

"So?"

"That means he could make your life horrible!" Sakura exclaimed, giving her a wide-eyed look.

"So?" Tenten smiled, amused. What was so great about Neji Hyuuga?

"Do you think this is all a game?" Sakura asked exasperated. "Sometimes I think you're still thirteen!"

"Maybe," Tenten replied, a smug grin on her face. "But seriously," Tenten asked, a slight frown forming on her face, "why should I be scared of someone who I don't even know?"

"And that's exactly why!" Sakura exclaimed again. "Tenten, I'm only looking out for your good!"

Tenten quirked an eyebrow, "Thanks, but I'll decide for myself about this Neji fellow."

Sakura gave Tenten a muffled noise that sounded strangely like a huff of disbelief.

"So anyway," Tenten said nonchalantly as she picked up another kunai, "tell me about this 'Elite Four'."

Sakura's face suddenly lit up as she delved into details, talking vigorously about the group and their leader, Sasuke Uchiha…

"You need to be fierce," Ino said as she demonstrated a 'lion face', fingers clawed, "just like this."

Giving Ino a small smile, Hinata blushed. "I-I don't th-think so Ino."

Walking into the Hyuuga mansion living room, Ino plopped down lazily on a plush sofa. "Well, how else are you supposed to catch his attention?" she asked, patting the soft seat for good measure.

Following Ino's example, Hinata chose a simpler chair diagonal from her and sat down. "I-I don't kn-know," Hinata replied truthfully.

"Come on! He's only, what, one of your cousin's best friends?" Ino asked incredulously.

Hinata idly poked her fingers together, "We-well, th-that doesn't m-mean I t-talk to them."

Ino's eyes widened in disbelief, "You're kidding, right?"

Looking down as she blushed, she murmured quietly, "N-no."

"No chatting?"

"No."

"No waving?"

"No."

"No baking cookies for them when they come over?"

Ino shrugged indifferently as Hinata shot her a baffled glance. "I'll take that as a 'no'," Ino muttered.

"Nothing?" she started again, "Not even a simple 'hello'?"

"No."

Ino moaned. "Girl, you have it great and you don't even know it."

"H-how?" was Hinata's confused reply.

"Easy," Ino answered, lying fully on the couch, "the 'Elite Four' come almost every weekend the Hyuuga mansion! Why don't you say 'hi' or something? And along with that, your number one crush since forever is in that group, an even better reason to say 'hi'! And if you haven't noticed, Neji Hyuuga, who is also in the 'Elite Four', is in that group! Say 'hi'!" Ino paused to breathe. "And, well, you get the picture."

Hinata nodded slowly, "B-but I could ne-never do that."

"Why not?"

"W-well, be-because they are s-so intimidating," she managed to stutter out.

"It's easy," Ino said, giving her a playful look, "we'll practice."

"H-how?"

"Say 'hi'."

"Hi?"

"Good, see? You practiced and passed with flying colors." Ino grinned teasingly as Hinata shot her an exasperated look.

"Ino," Hinata almost whined, "th-that's not what I-I meant."

Ino gave a little laugh. "I suppose you must be right, Hinata. I'm talking about them as if I know them. The only person I know from that little group you call the 'Elite Four' is Neji. And that's only because he's your cousin. Everyone else though, I know only from your personal thoughts and opinions."

Hinata gave a small nod and smiled. "B-but this y-year, y-you'll be m-moving to our sc-school so y-you'll be a-able to see wh-what they are l-like."

Ino gave a nod as her face twisted in a sudden look of distaste. "I know, and for my Senior year, too! I can't believe it. Why did my parents have to move me this year?"

Hinata gave a meek shrug in reply. "W-well, I-I'm glad y-you're moving to m-my school."

VxS

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