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Tenten sighed as she stared up at the entrance into Konoha High School. Being a new student was something Tenten did not want. She had only a few good friends in the last school, but it was enough to survive.

Once the bell had rung, signifying the beginning of classes, Tenten immediately swung her navy messenger bag over her head and hurried off in attempt to find room D312.

'D304...D305...D312. Where is D312?' Tenten told herself as she walked down the crowded hallway. 'D309! Ooh! I think I'm close! Sweet! I think I-OW!'

Tenten found herself on the floor, a sharp pain on the back of her head from falling back onto a locker. Looking beside her, she found a girl with long blonde hair tied up into a messy ponytail rubbing her shoulder.

The girl was pretty, and dressed in a light blue V-neck t shirt and a dark blue tier skirt; she was wearing black flip flops too.

"I'm so sorry! Are you okay?" Damage control. Tenten did not need anyone upset with her on her first day. Picking up the girls' text-books, Tenten helped the girl stand up. "Are you okay? I didn't mean to bump you or anything, I'm just trying to find my class, and I'm new and stuff." Okay, maybe she was rambling, but it's not like the girl in front of her was complaining.

The girl smiled, revealing her very pretty blue eyes. She was the same height as Tenten, and Tenten had always been taller than the average. "It's okay. I'm Ino. Where are you headed?" Ino eyed Tenten from head to toe. When her eyes landed back onto Tenten's face, she smiled. "You're pretty."

Tenten half smiled. "Uh, thanks... Um, I'm going to D312. Oh, and I'm Tenten."

Ino smiled too. "Well Tenten, it seems we both have bio together. C'mon, I'll take you."

"Thank you so much!" Tenten mentally cheered as Ino began asking how the day had been for her. Asking a lot of questions but listened kindly.

"Come sit beside me Tenten! There's no need to feel alone in this class. Hey! Can I see what other classes you got?" Ino sat in one of the desks closer to the back than the front, and pointed to the desk on Ino's right.

Tenten nodded, handing Ino the timetable sheet she'd had all day, double checking everything over and over again, while also taking a seat at the desk Ino had pointed out, Tenten lightly put her bag on the floor, pulling out a notebook and pen.

Tenten looked around at the other people filing inside after setting her notebook on the desktop. A lot of people seemed to really notice that Ino was talking to her, whispering and the random very rude people even pointed.

"Okay, well, it looks like you have all your classes with the Bee's. So like, why did you change schools?" Ino asked, handing the timetable back to Tenten.

"Oh, my Dad just decided he wanted to move and my Mom agreed." Tenten smiled, tucking her timetable beneath the cardboard cover of her notebook.

"Cool. Do you like shopping?"

"Err... Sometimes I guess."

"Okay good. Today, the Bee's and I are going to take you shopping to get you better clothes. Do you have a cell? Oh my god! We should totally update your bag too. You wear a lot of eyeliner sweetie."

Tenten half smiled as she turned to face the front, where a teacher was beginning to write on the board. Tenten looked down at herself. She thought she looked very nice. The black shirt she was wearing was her favourite, so were her jeans, and she always wore her sneakers.

"So like, did you just move here like, last week?" Ino inquired, not at all paying attention to Mr. Hatake. "I mean, there were some people who just moved in, in the same neighbourhood as me and Sakura and Hinata. And well, that strip is pretty pricey. My family owns a flower shop that is like, the only place people ever get flowers so we do like, really, really well. Sakura's family is all doctors. She's on her way to being a doctor too. And the Hyuga's, well, they're just really rich."

Tenten began to feel a bit uncomfortable. She came from a wealthy family, but she didn't beg her Dad for extra cash for things she didn't need. She was just raised to be satisfied with fewer things with more meaning, not waste less junk, and she didn't mind not always getting what she wanted. But it felt as if Ino was offering a friendship. Sure Ino was probably really shallow, but it's not like there was a huge line up behind her that wanted to be Tenten's BFF.

"Uh, yeah, my Dad is a lawyer, and before that, he was still rich."

"Cool. So shopping won't be a problem for you?"

"Uh, no."

"Fab. Now, we might skip the rest of the day to shop for you. We always skip on Tuesday's to hang at the mall when we have school. But because it's the first day of school, we came for first class; afterwards we're going to meet up by Sakura's car and go drop some things off at our houses and what not."

"I'm coming with you?" Tenten asked, not fully following.

"Duh. If you're on your way to becoming a Bee, you have to actually hang out with the Bee's." Ino flipped the hair in her face over her shoulder and leaned closer to Tenten. "We only call each other Bee's, because everyone else started it. I mean, they call us the Queen Bee's of Konoha. So we just call each other Bee's. It's not like we're calling each other bitches, that's just not right. I mean, if I called you a bitch, you'd be offended. Regardless of us being friends. Its common sense, but we do use slut and whore. Only to describe clothing. When it's each other, it's like so hideous and eww. Don't worry; you're in the right hands."

Tenten was getting completely lost, but somehow, still completely understood it. Talk about weird.

"Oh fabulous. Class is going to end soon. So like, did you eat breakfast?" Ino asked as she picked up her purse from the ground.

"Uh, yeah." Tenten said, putting stuff back into her bag too. "Why?"

"Well, we planned on having breakfast at my house. Oh my god, Kin! I love the shoes!" Ino had turned to a girl sitting in front of Tenten. Tenten looked at her shoes too. They looked nice, but kind of trashy. Like those hooker boots.

Tenten raised an eyebrow but said nothing as she watched Ino talk fluidly.

"Where did you get them?"

'Ino sure changes her mind a lot about what she's talking about. But she's nice for pointing out what she likes in other people's wardrobes. Right?' Tenten asked herself, watching Ino still.

"I got them from Hot Topic." Kin had answered, smiling.

Kin was pretty; her hair looked as though it never ended.

"Wow. I would never step foot in there. Even for such great shoes. Lucky you." Ino said as she leaned back into her seat. Ino smiled at Tenten as the bell rang.

As soon as Kin was gone, Ino's smile dropped, as she leaned toward Tenten again. "Those shoes were totally disgusting. What is wrong with her? She used to always follow us around trying to be a Bee. I guess she's just broke from trying and needs to start living in a brothel."

Tenten couldn't hold the minor laugh, and brought her hand to her mouth. "Wow. Why did you say they were nice then?"

"Because I'm a Bee, little Miss Tenten. Bee's are like the models of the school. We have to look good. While looking good rocks, we have to remember the little people. Even if we hate it, we compliment it so they think we love it and so they keep wearing it."

"Why would you want them to keep wearing it?"

"Tenten, you have so much to learn about this. Anyway, we say it looks good, to make them feel good. They will never be one of the Queen Bee's, but every once in awhile, you gotta pick up someone's self esteem, right?"

Tenten smiled. She actually really liked that answer. Tenten nodded and briefly realized they were outside.

"Hey Ino! Who's the new girlfriend?" a rowdy and energetic looking blonde asked, hooking his arm around Tenten's neck.

"Hey Narutard. This is Tenten. I think Hinata is already with Sakura by Sakura's car." Ino smiled, plucking his arm off Tenten.

"Tenten. Hi! I'm Naruto! Well, I'd stay and chat, but I gotta go find Miss hee-naw-tah!" Naruto toke off like lightning and rushed across the field in the front of the school.

"That's Hinata's boy-toy. They aren't dating because, Hinata's cousin Neji doesn't want them dating, but they still act like they are. Just minus the sex and kissing." Ino said as they kept walking. Tenten nodded, taking it all in.

"Who's Neji?"

"Neji is over there. In the black t shirt with Shikamaru. Shikamaru has the ponytail. Neji is like really hot. Dead sexy even. Just not my type. He likes brunettes though."

Tenten turned to look at Ino, who was smiling like a Cheshire cat. And Ino was right. Neji was hot. Gorgeous even. Yet completely out of reach. "What is your type?" Tenten asked lightly, turning to Ino.

"Shikamaru is my type. We're not dating though. He has a girlfriend I think. Unless they split up."

Tenten patted the back of Ino's shoulder, knowing exactly how she felt. Tenten stopped once she realized they were right in front of Sakura's car. A shiny silver convertible. Tenten had no idea if there was any more to say; just that it was silver, shiny, and definitely a rich girl's car.

"Sakura! Hinata! This is Tenten. Now, I know she needs some work, but this girl can definitely be a Bee!" Ino said, gesturing at Tenten as if she were presenting a new car. "She totally could, right? She only need's guidance!"

Sakura and Hinata were both dressed similar to Ino. One, with pink hair, wore a pink tank top and a black mini skirt with black heels. The other, with long, navy hair, wore a white shirt underneath an open zipped grey hoodie with the sleeves pushed up to her elbows. She wore skirt that was rather tight around her legs, reaching just over her knees. She too, wore black heels.

The navy haired one had white eyes that were strange but really cool at the same time. She tilted her head as she looked at Tenten, making Tenten a bit nervous.

"She's gorgeous. But clothes can always be fixed." The other one, with bright pink hair said, adding, "I'm Sakura by the way. Did you just move here? I don't remember seeing you."

The other, that Tenten figured to be Hinata nodded. "She is really pretty. A hottie even! I like her. Does this mean we get to play dress up with her?" Hinata turned to Ino, smiling.

Sakura smiled. "She still has to go through initiation right? I mean, if she lacks the confidence, it won't work." Sakura and Hinata looked over at Ino, who nodded briskly.

Tenten began to feel a little scared, initiation? Like, do the chicken dance in the middle of a crowded place? Confidence?

"Don't worry Tenten." Hinata laughed. "It's not that bad."

Ino linked arms with Tenten. "Fab! Let's go drop off our shit and head to the mall."

Sakura smiled, getting into the convertible. Hinata, in the passenger seat, started asking Tenten all kinds of questions.

Tenten stared at herself in the mirror. There was no way she could walk out in that!

"Come on Tenten. We wanna see you rock that outfit!" Ino giggled on the other side of the changing room door.

Tenten toke a deep breath, closed her eyes and opened the door. With a body like a Victoria's Secret model, Tenten wore a tight fitting purple tank top with little white hearts printed all over and a black skirt, similar to Sakura's, only, if at all possible, shorter.

Sakura smiled, Hinata smiled wider, and Ino clapped.

"Wow Tenny, why were you hiding that beautiful bod?" Sakura asked.

Tenten blushed, feeling naked in such the small amount of clothing she was not used to. "Can't I at least have a hoodie or something?" Tenten begged.

"Sorry Tenny, you got to show that off. Today at least. Now, try on the rest and buy whatever fits and then, you're changing into that again." Ino smiled.

Tenten sighed as she managed to successfully walk down the hall in heels; Ino wore some too so Tenten felt more comfortable. Also, because Tenten wanted to be in flats if Ino was too. Tenten stumbled a few times, but somehow, eventually got used to it. Once they were done with clothes, the three girls decided they needed new bikinis.

After a couple hours of shopping, they had dropped off all their bags into the trunk of Sakura's car. They had spent most of the time asking questions about Tenten.

"So Tenten, why didn't you always dress like that?" Sakura asked once they had finally sat down in the food court.

"I don't know, I was always into sports and I guess a tomboy too." She said as she ate some of her fries. "But they do make me feel pretty."

"Girl, you're gorgeous. Now hand me some fries!" Ino said, smiling.

"Hey look! They guys are over in the arcade!" Hinata pointed out, nodding her head in the direction of the arcade.

Tenten looked, and made eye contact with Hinata's cousin. The two really did look related. Mostly because of their similar eyes.

After staring for a few seconds, to Tenten's utter horror, he began walking towards them.

"Oh god! Looks like Tenten's got a crush!" Ino laughed, nudging her in the arm.

"Hey. This the new Bee?" he asked, staring only at Tenten once he arrived, with a smirk in place.

Tenten couldn't stop her blush, so instead, buried her face into her hands while Ino laughed from beside her.

"C'mon, don't be shy. I won't bite you." Neji laughed. "So is the newbie joining you ladies to the party at the Uchiha's?"

"Duh." Ino said. "She's going to be our new Bee!" Ino then patted Tenten's head.

Once Neji had left, Tenten lifted her head. "I'm going to a party?"

"Yep. That's where your initiation will take place. Nothing nude. We promise. But if you can't do it, I'm afraid you won't be a Bee." Sakura said.

"What do I have to do?" Tenten asked quietly.

The three looked at each other. Each mirroring the same look of amusement.