Author's note: I hope you enjoy; ( slight bashing of Sakura, * nervous laugh*) Hope you all like the drama!

Ino swallowed on her turkey and washed it down with a sip of water. Glancing around, she could see all the rookie nine were bored. She couldnt blame her friends, though, she thought as she kicked Sasuke under the table. Sasuke winced and glared at Ino, who only smirked back at him. They both kept their eyes focused on each other, niether willing to look away first. Five seconeds, ten seconeds, fifteen. Damn hes good!, Ino admitted to herself. Twenty seconeds, twenty five, thirty- Kiba fake coughed.

" If you two are done..." He mumbled, causing most of the table to laugh. Ino and Sasuke looked away in different directions, each seemingly bored and irritated. Ino turned to Sakura, who looked back at her with a cold stare. Ino backed up, a little nervous and confused. She quickly shrugged it off, turning her attention to TenTen.

" So are you guys in?" She asked impatiently.

Ino looked confused. "Huh?", she asked.

Shikimaru yawned. " If you hadn't been playing footsy with Sasuke the whole time, you would know." He smirked. Ino picked up some celery from her plate and threw it at Shikimaru. He mumbled something uncomprehensible while Ino and Sakura laughed.

TenTen cleared her throught. "Cheerleader tryouts after school, any of you guys coming? There are only a couple spots for 7th graders but you still have a shot of making it..." Sakura squealed. " Oh my god; I am soooooo joining the team! Sasuke- Kun, do you like cheerleaders?" He just grunted.

Ino stated loudly, " Well I sure dont. They are all extremely girly and stupid, and they hardly ever help in a game!" A couple of the populer 8th grade girls turned to give her dirty loooks. Kin, the girl Ino ahd seen before, was one of them.

Naruto and Kiba laughed. Suddenly, the bell rang, dissmising first lunch to their fifth period classes. Sakura hopped of her seat, chasing after Sasuske,just like a bunch of other 7th grade girls.

" Stupid love sick puppies." Ino spat. Hianta smiled. "At least we aren't under his spell. He seems sort of...unfriendly." Ino shrugged, blushing a little,and they walked off to class.

Ino rushed with her pencil, doing her best to copy down all the notes off the board. 7th period L.A. was a LOT of work, but it was her best class, so she always kept focus. When she finnished, she glanced around. Everyone was still desperetly finnishing. B-O-R-E-D-O-M! Suddenly, she felt a peice of paper bounce of her head. She turned around and looked at Sasuke questioningly. He sat behined her in, well, every pointed at Naruto, who pointed at Hinata. Hinata nodded encouragingly. Ino turned arouned and unfolded the note.

Cheerleader tryouts after school! Coming?

Ino thought for a minute, then scribbled something on the back. She then threw it behined her, on Naruto's desk. He then passed it to Hinata. She quickly read it over.

Well, DUH! But no way are you going to convincing me to join the cheerleader squad, or even try out, okay? But you can be sure I'll be there cheering you and Sakura on!

Hianat smiled gratefuly over to Ino. Ino grinned back. After all, what were friends for? "All right girls!" A lady named Anko barked. "Welcome to cheerleader tryouts." Ino looked arouned. There were two rows of cheerleaders in front of them. One row had the 9th grade cheerleaders,and the others had the 9th grade cheerleaders. " These are the rules. Only a couple of you will end up on the squad. But, for every grade, we have a representative. Today, we will be choosing the cheerleader representative for 7th grade and the others we choose will become cheerleaders. Ninth grade representative cheerleaders, please stand."

A girl with long, untamable pink hair stood up. "I'm Tayuya, head cheerleader." Ino could hear people whistling and clapping and cheering. She then smirked and sat down.

Anko loudly said,"Now for the 8th grade represntative cheerleader, please stand. Ino recongnized the girl to be Kin, she had long dark hair and dark eyes as well. She stood up proudly. "Call me Kin," she said smugly and then sat down. She too, had many cheers for her.

Anko turned her attention back to the 7th graders." The motto for us cheerleaders is that we are all STARS. We are all unique and special in our own way, but we are part of the same constellation. No one's better then anyone else here, got it? We are all important. Studies, together, athletism, .You all MUST keep a "C" grade in every class to stay on the . You must all stay together, help each other and stuff. You will need to practice, practice, practice! Responsibility. If you can't make it at a practice after school, let me know AHEAD of time, dont come whining to me about it later. Now. Lets start." She said finnishing her lecture.

Ino watched every girl go up on stage, doing her best to do cartwheels, airiel flips, splits, and loud cheers. Hinata was next. "Good luck!"Ino cheered for Hinata. Ino heard one of the 8th grade girls say," She's cheering for a cheerleader? That is just messed up!" and she and some other 8th graders snickered. TenTen rolled her eyes. Ino and TenTen shared a smile.

Hinata took a deep breath and did many cartwheels, summersaults and backbends. In the end, the finnished with a perfect split. Many people clapped. Hinata blushed and ran of the stage to Ino, who hugged her. Even TenTen ran over and congratulated her.

Anko grinned approvingly at Hinata. "Next!" Sakura ran onto the stage. She yelled in a high pitched voice. " Ready? Here we go!" She jumped and did a stumbling cartwheel. "D-R-I double B-L-E dribble that ball and shoot! Dribble that ball and shoot!" Then she did a summersault, and yelled in the end, "TA DA!" Some people bothered to clap, but CLEARLY not as much as Hinata's routine. Sakura bowed, "Thank you,thank you everyone!" Sakura giggled.

Anko stepped up."That ends our try outs. Every single one of you pass!"

All the girls trying out leaped up and down, cheering each other and hugging their friends. Ino ran over and congratulated Sakura and TenTen returned to her seat with the 8th graders, who were also clapping( heartlessly). Anko said," Now for the cheerleader representative for 7th girls listened intently. Anko read of a piece of paper.

"After much consideration, I have chose a girl who may not have the best cheerleader moves...", her voice trailed off.

A couple 8th and 9th graders chuckled.

She continued." But she has a loud voice with lots of potential as a great leader." Ino saw the other girls all looked like they would die from the suspense.

Anko threw the piece of paper behined her. " Congratulations to..."

Author's note: Hahaha cliff hanger! Who do you think it will be? I tried to do better this time, spelling wise. I'll update very soon, and remember, I love constructive criticism and compliments!