Full summary: What starts as a simple dare turns lives upside down. AU. TenTen dares Sasuke and Naruto to go out with Sakura and Hinata. Naruto barely knows Hinata, but goes with it anyway. He falls almost instantly, but is confused by these new feelings. Meanwhile Sasuke and Sakura were friends years ago until a dangerous burden was placed upon Sasuke. Now grown apart, Sasuke has to face his past to salvage this friendship—and maybe love—with Sakura. To make things even more confusing, a mysterious group known as the Akatsuki is tormenting civilians in their town. But for what cause? (cover made by cyu on DeviantArt)

A/N: So this is my third time posting this story. I wrote it originally back in '07, sometime in '09, and I am now completely changing it. I need people critiquing the storyline, though, so please review! TenTen will be narrating the first two chapters, and might be thrown in every now and then. The main POV will be Sasuke and Naruto. Never the girls, though. :) Please enjoy~

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Naruto. If I did, it'd be about Gaara and Deidara wouldn't have died.

TenTen POV

(Friday—8:15 pm)

I sit here on the couch, my eyes watching the screen and my ears hurting. Naruto and Sasuke are yelling at each other. Again. I roll my eyes, finally tired of not being able to hear the game.

"Will you guys quit it!" They both turn to me. Neji had invited me to come watch our favorite team play basketball like every normal Friday, but for some reason he had invited these two as well. It was supposed to be just us tonight. I was thinking of confessing to him. And now he's out getting pizza. I sigh. "What's up, TenTen?" Naruto questions.

"I can't hear the game over your arguing! Can you guys tone it down?" Sasuke's face stays as emotionless as usual, but Naruto's sapphire eyes show guilt. "Sorry, TenTen." Just then the front door opens and the aroma of pizza drifts in. My stomach growls as I lick my lips. I stand up to see Neji walk in with a few pizza boxes, his hair flowing softly behind him.

Also following with more boxes is his beautiful cousin, Hinata. Her face becomes a tinge of pink as she notices Naruto sitting on the floor, but he doesn't say a word. Since elementary school, she has had a crush on the knucklehead, but he's so dense that he hasn't noticed. In fact, he has barely talked to her at all.

"How's the game going?" Neji sets the pizza on the coffee table and sits next to me. I cross my arms."I have no idea because those two keep bickering." He smirks at my pouting face. Naruto, who grabbed a box and was about to shove a piece down his throat, looks guilty. Sasuke, on the other hand, looks as stoic as ever. Which, if you know the Uchiha, was very normal.

"Uh-uhm...I'll put these in the kitchen." Hinata sneaks away, her silken locks gliding with her body. I hear Neji mutters something about us losing as I think about how sad it is that Naruto has never noticed the beautiful girl. I then focus my attention on the Hyuga as she walks in again—she still has the blush, but she didn't seem as tense. Her lavender eyes flutter open and closed as she yawns. As Hinata sits down next to me, I give her a smile.

"I know you're not here for me, but thanks for being here anyway." I whisper in her ear once she has settled in. I give her a wink as her face grows redder, then I look back at the television. Before I can focus on the game, though, I glance at Sasuke Uchiha.

He has some unrequited love as well named Sakura Haruno. Unlike Naruto and Hinata, Sasuke and Sakura were best friends as children. Sakura has told me that one day, she realized she liked him as more than a friend, but she knew he didn't think that way of her. A few years later she expressed it to him, and he did not reciprocate the feelings. Not too long after, she said he stopped associating with her at all.

That was five years ago, and the only one that has really seemed to try to keep Sasuke in our circle was Naruto. All the guys play basketball together, and Sasuke is one of their best players, so they all treat him nicely, although no one is friends with him like Naruto is. They may be friends, but I don't think he has had a closer relationship with anyone other than Sakura. I turn my attention back to the screen.

Fifty minutes later and it was the fourth quarter. Our team had gotten back up and were winning by eight. We were all on the edge of our seats, watching our team take on their defensive positions. All except Hinata. She had rested her head on my shoulder at one point, and now was leaning on a pillow. She was barely awake and if a certain blond wasn't here she would've been in bed back at halftime.

Finally it was the last ten seconds. Our best player was blocking their best player from making a basket. He couldn't get around him and finally gave up as the clock rang. We just won the championships! "Woohoo! YES!" Naruto, Neji, and I cheer and high-five, Hinata gives a glad smile, and Sasuke just smirks. "That was an amazing comeback!" Naruto hollers as he runs around the room, fist pumping. I think back to the beginning of the season when our team lost four games in a row, then compare it to now. So lost in my thoughts, I don't even notice Hinata climb up the stairs to her room.

"Thanks for inviting me!" Naruto waves as he walks out the door with two boxes of pizza. Once he is out of the home I heave a sigh. "Man can he eat." I mumble, barely awake myself. "He's a teen guy, what do you expect." Neji yawns. Sasuke grunts as I shake my head. "You aren't like that." I saw the light dance in his lavender eyes as he smirks. "I tend to not be like most teen guys." That's what I love about you. I smile as I grab my backpack and hand Sasuke his.

"Hey, I'm not like most teen girls." I tease. Sasuke ignores our conversation completely and walks out the door with a mumble of 'goodbye.' My mind goes back to Sakura, and I am overcome with an urge to talk to the serious boy. "Well I gotta go. See you Monday, Neji!" Neji says a goodbye to me as well, then I close the door behind me and speed up to catch the dark haired boy.

"Hey, Sasuke. I have a question." I ask as nonchalantly as possible. He keeps walking down the winding walkway. "Hn."

I clear my throat, annoyed by his reply. "Do you like anyone right now?" I glance at the boy walking next to me. He rolls his eyes at my words. "I don't have time right now, TenTen."

"Oh, come on, Sasuke. We're seniors and practically adults." I unlock my car and throw my bag inside. He ignores me and opens his own car door, and I see a small cherry blossom air freshener on one of the vents. Well, at least I know he subconsciously cares about Sakura. Suddenly I have an idea.

"Sasuke, tell Naruto to meet me at the old park. You, too. Let's say around one o' clock?" He nods, emotionless. I smirk. "Okay. Bye, Sasuke." I hear his door slam shut and then I climb into my own car, almost giddy about my new scheme.

What do you guys think? I completely changed it from the original, but I like it. :) I thought about completely changing the story into a SasuHina fanfic, but, I wanna keep it the same story with the same ending. NaruHina, SasuSaku, and now a lil' bit of NejiTen. Hehe. Thanks for reading and please review!

2016 Edit: I am going back through this story and editing some things. Originally I had Sasuke liking Hinata, but that isn't going to work in this fanfic. I already have a lot planned for SasuSaku, so that'll confuse it more.