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With 15 Days Till Prom…

By: PurplePanda1010

Prologue-How Everything Started

~First Person POV~

"Tenten!" I turn around to see my best friend, Katana, hurtling down the hall at full speed, headed straight at me. She had a big grin on her face, her cheeks were flushed and her eyes were sparkling, a red rose in one hand as well as a piece of paper. As she got closer to me, I could smell that the paper had been spritzed with cologne.

"Hey, Kat, nice rose, dream come true huh? Who's it from?" I asked as she skidded to a stop right next to me. We started down the halls towards the cafeteria for lunch. You see, Kat is a romantic… she loves the whole idea of red roses, moonlit walks on the beach, poems, letters spritzed with perfume, etc.

"Guess who just asked me to the prom!?" She announced, jumping up and down giddily, waving the paper and rose in front of my face.

"Um… I don't know any guys in your grade… except Itachi cause you keep talking about him… but you're always saying he's out of your league, but I always say no, he's not, you're gorgeous, and then you say, no I'm not, just look at him! HE'S the gorgeous one, and then I say-"

"Okay, I get it already, just guess!"

"But I just said I don't know anyone in your grade!" I replied. "I'm not a senior like you"

"Just guess!" She exclaimed, growing impatient.

"But then I can only guess one person and then you'll go into your, 'he's too out of my league' spew!"

"Suck it up and guess!" I sighed and racked my brain for an answer. Jeez, demanding much?

"But I just said…oh… OH MYGOSH!" I turned to face 'Tana(one of my many (not) nicknames for her) as realization hit me like lightning. She was grinning like an idiot. "He… you… really?!"

"Took you long enough," she said, trying to roll her eyes and look unexcited, but I could tell that she was really excited and happy as grin spread onto her face.

"Haha, I'm so happy for you. The guy you've liked since what? Kindergarten? Asked YOU to prom! That's awesome!" I smiled. I was truly happy, but I don't jump up and down squealing. Well, most of the time.

At this point, she was squealing and jumping down as if she had drunken multiple energy drinks and had a gazillion sugary things to eat and drink, "I know! We have to go shopping for my dress! And shoes! And oh my gosh I'm so excited! This isn't a dream is it?"

"Um… not that I know of… lemme check." I grinned wickedly.

"OW! Why'd you slap my arm!" Katana exclaimed, rubbing her arm

"To see if you woke up from your dream," I stuck my tongue out and kept up my pace.

"Whatever… meet me at my locker after school today and we'll walk to my house!" She called, as we split up.

"Of course! After all, it IS friendship Friday!" I called back, heading towards my lunch. We had different lunches because sadly, she is a senior while I'm a junior. Bummer huh?

"And so, knowing that… you have a test on Chapter 15, in a week… next Friday…" My teacher droned on… and on… god… what a bore… I can't wait till school ends… I just want the weekend to finally come. Dude! A bird! Lucky thing, it's free, it doesn't have to go to school, and it could go on a vacation to Italy if it wanted to .Ugh, I have a soccer game too this weekend. Oh wait, yay! I'm so excited! I think I have a tennis game too, man, I love sports…

"Tenten…"

Whoa! Is the bird saying my name…? This is bizarre.

"Tenten…"

The bird is definitely saying my name. I'm actually slightly creep out…

"TENTEN!"

I was jolted back to my senses, "WHAT?!" I said, slightly relieved the bird hadn't been saying my name, but then embarrassed because all the students were looking at me, and the teacher was glaring so hard I thought his eyes would have fallen out. Haha, fun.

"Tenten, your constant spacing out is not welcome here, did you hear anything I just said?" The teacher narrowed his eyes.

"Um… well, you said-"

*bring bring bring*

Saved by the bell.

I quickly shoved all my stuff into my pin covered, brown carrier bag and proceeded to run out the door without letting my chocolate brown eyes make contact with the teacher's. I slowed my pace as I turned onto Katana's hallway and headed straight for her locker.

As I approached, I noticed what she was actually wearing today. A red spaghetti strap sundress that went to mid thigh under a white collared button up with the sleeves rolled up to her elbow. All her accessories were black; black hoops, a medium sized black belt at the waist of the sundress, black skater shoes with white and silver stars over red ankle socks. Adorning her right arm were a few black, sparkly bangles and her deep sapphire eyes were lined with sparkly, black eyeliner and mascara.

I stopped about five from her locker when I noticed someone else approach her.

~Normal POV~

Kat was putting her books away into her locker when she heard someone approach her.

"Hey, Ten!" She said out of instinct.

"Who's Ten?" A deep voice questioned.

"Oh, crap," Spinning around she came face to face with the one and only, Uchiha Itachi. "Sorry Itachi, she's my friend, and um, she's usually the only one who meets me at my locker…" Itachi shrugged.

"It's fine… um, I was wondering if you wanted to go see I movie with me tonight?"

She blushed and looked up at him, deep sapphire met onyx, "Sorry, my friend and I already made plans for tonight…" Itachi frowned but shrugged nonetheless.. again.

"It's fine, maybe tomorrow then, hm?" Katana grinned.

"Maybe…"

"Okay, I'll call you later then, see ya." He leaned down and kissed her forehead, smirk at her blushing face and walked away. Katana just stood there blushing and watched as Itachi's black and blue clothed body walked away.

"Oh my gosh! That was so cute!"

Katana turned around, "Ten! You saw that?"

"Yup! You guys were made for each other, at least by looks. Haha! You're blushing! Oh crap, I forgot the put some books away... why don't I just meet you by your car? And then we can head over to your place?"

"Sounds good, see ya!"

Tenten went to go to her locker as Katana made her way to her black and red mini cooper that she had painted white designs on. As Katana walked down the stairs at the front of the school, she felt a cool gaze on her. She turned around to find Itachi looking at her. She smiled back, turned around, and continued to walk to her car but as she walked away, imaging prom with her dream guy, something didn't seem right. Now at all.

~Later, Katana's House~

"So I was thinking about wearing a long red dress, either asymmetrical, or the kind that the hem goes up in the front… y'know what I mean?" Katana was messing posing in the mirror, trying to decided what to wear to prom.

"Yup!" Tenten chimed, flopping through a magazine on Katana's bed and occasionally staring at the posted above Katana's bed; A silver poster with multiple weapons in the background, and in the center was a Katana with a gorgeous black hilt that had a clear, red ruby.

The two friends were now in Katana's bedroom, which was just like her clothes, red, black, and white. The walls were crimson while the carpet was checkered black and white and the ceiling was sparkling white. Her room wasn't too big, though her walk in closet was half the size of her bedroom. She had black framed bunk beds, but instead of a bed on the bottom there was black desk covered with red, black, and white notebooks and pencils. A red laptop was off and sitting neatly on the corner of her desk with a white lamp next to it. Across the room from her bed was a red vanity that held all her makeup and hair accessories and the door to her bedroom. The left part of her room had a small TV with a Wii and Xbox 360 hooked up, with one black and one white beanbag to play. Next to the TV was the door to the bathroom and on the wall opposite was the door to her walk in closet. (A/N: Sorry for the long description. Just a quick set up of the room.)

Tenten had taken her brunette hair out of her two usual buns so it just reached her shoulders. She was dressed om light wash skinny jeans that were ripped at her knees and a forest green racer back tank top over a white t-shirt with a skinny yellow belt resting on her hips with green socks adorning her feet. Dark green eyeliner and black mascara were outlining her dark chocolate eyes and her lips were coated with strawberry pink chapstick. She had yellow and dark green jelly bracelets resting peacefully on her arms as she continued to flip through the sports magazine she had bought earlier this week.

"What am I going to do with my hair? It's so short!" Tenten turned to look down at Katana who was sitting in front of her vanity, messing with her hair. Tana's hair was short, feathery, layered, and it reached her chin. Her bangs were thin and feathery and reached between her eyebrow and eye. Her coal hair looked very angled and it was streaked throughout with red and white.

"Get a really fancy clip of something, I dunno, you're the fashion guru of the two of us…"

"Y'know what? I've been thinking. Even though I'm going with my dream guy, and I'm going to find my dream dress, this night won't be perfect without one thing, and I just realized what it is," Tenten raised her brow in confusion. "And what would that be?

"You."

"Wait… me? Sorry, but I am not going to your prom."

"Please, you know how long I've waited for my prom and it's one of THE most important events of my life." Katana turned to look at her best friend with a puppy dog face.

"I'm a junior though!" Tenten protested, not wanting to go through the make up and dress shopping no matter how much her friend wanted it, but she knew the odds weren't in her favor.

"So? We'll get a senior to ask you." Katana pressed, determine to win.

"Um… no, the only senior I know is taken, by you."

"If I find you a date, will you go?"

"… fine…" Katana grinned triumphantly and went back to messing with her hair. Tenten knew how important prom was to her friend. Ever since Kat heard of prom, she was obsessed. Kat often drew clothes, mostly dresses, because one of her dream jobs is a fashion designer. She had a whole sketchbook dedicated to prom dresses. And even though Tenten was an athletic jock, she still didn't want to go to prom but would just for her friend.

"Don't worry Tenten, I'll find you a date!"

"Good luck!"

Katana smirked, "Thank you, anyways, since you are coming, we shall both shop for dresses tomorrow."

"Um, how do you know you'll find me a date?" Tenten questioned even though she knew the answer since this is Katana were talking about here.

"I have my ways…" A wicked grin spread onto her face.

"I have a soccer game tomorrow." Tenten stated, looking happy to have an excuse to postpone the dress shopping.

"When?"

"Three PM sharp. Right after school gets out."

"After your game, call me. Now, who's ready for ice cream sundaes?" Katana stood up and headed to the door while Tenten jumped off the bed enthusiastically.

"Sure!"

"Awesome possum!" And both headed downstairs to make a mess in Katana's kitchen but hey, who cares? Ice cream sundaes are so worth it.

1010101010101010101010 End

Okay, so this could be longer, but I like this place as a stop. I'm having trouble defining Tenten's personality with this story… but I'll figure it out. Sorry that a lot of the focus was on Katana… it was kinda important for the prologue. The next chapter will also be a prologue kinda, and I think it will be shorter… Please review, I want your honest opinions of this, but if it's bad, make it not too harsh, and tell me how to improve. If you have any ideas, feel free to share. I also do accept anonymous reviews, just by the way. Also, for future reference, the age thing in this story is weird… Sasuke and Itachi will be in the same grade… I'm not sure what pairing to end up with… Tenten and Sasuke, or Tenten and Neji… please give me ideas, opinions, and anything else :]

Thank you for reading!

Kisses and Hugs!

~PurplePanda1010