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Chapter 2: Empty halls

Sasuke's P.O.V

TenTen and I have been friends ever since. Best of friends. She enlightened my days and always knows how to lift me up when I'm down. She was the ideal friend anyone would desire to friend. Anyone whose can go down like mercury on a thermometer at the Snow Country.

But now, things are going to be different. The time has come for her Graduation. A part of me wanted her to fail the test... the bad part of me, the greedy one. Just so she could... still be in town every so often and at the academy with me. God knows how often we'd be meeting a week when she is officially announced Genin. I'd miss her like hell! And I don't want to give up the only light I found after my family's... fall.

"Hey Sasuke!" TenTen hopped behind me, pressing down on my shoulder. "What'cha gonna get me for my Graduation?"

"Hmm... is that a requirement?" I teased. Others would stare when she hung around me. I always gave them the cold shoulder but her... the opposite of cold. I wouldn't blame them. My actions around her were completely different compare to what I am around them!

"Nope," she shook her head and circled me and stopped in front of me. "It's. A. De-mand." She said them carefully with emphasis and stuck out a tongue at me.

"Let's just hope you pass before... seeing too far ahead, shall we?" I provoked.

"Don't worry!!! I'll pass for sure!!!" She pinched my ears and screamed at it, which winced me and stings for awhile even after she let go. Man that really must've got on her nerves.

"Tell you what, I'll get you something you'd never imagine you'd get from me," I cocked my head to my shoulder a little, to give her the better side of me – my profile. I don't know why I did, don't ask. "How 'bout that?"

"In-ter-rest-ting," She rubbed her chin and circled me and my eyes followed her. Then a pack of seniors came and signalled her to come. "'Kay, gotta go! Bye Sas-gay!" She teased and hurried off to the pack.

"Sasuke-kun!" A group of girls ran towards me, wondering if I'm in a good mood and might be polite to them, I guess. But they are so wrong!

"What?" My voice still had the bitter coldness like every other time someone came to talk to me, girls (fangirls) especially but with the exception of TenTen.

"It's weird... his tone was different when he talked Senior TenTen," a girl asked a random girl among their army in a confused tone. They should know by now she's not like them. Pft.

"Sasuke-kuuuuuun!" Oh no. I know that voice too well! Don't tell me it's...

"Ino!" One of my fangirl army soldiers saluted.

The platinum blonde Queen (of School... a wannabe-Queen) clung onto my arm (and wants to crown me her King) and asked, "So, what's up?"

"Nothing's up but just that you're gonna drop down if you're still gonna hang," I snapped bitterly and swap her off my arm.

(The next day)

Today is the day... the last day seeing her in the academy... I should get used to not seeing her around.

"Hey, let's go check out who got into Hyuuga's team!" a random boy gushed as he joined the line peeking inside the testing room during the time we should be getting to our next class. I joined them as well, and received surprised glances from others. Big deal.

"Hey, isn't that girl the one that always gropes my Sasuke?" pointed a fangirl of mine, obviously.

"Now she's in Hyuuga!" another chimed in with a voice filled with hatred.

"She seems to get along well with ice cubes!" teased the loud mouth I know so well – Uzumaki Naruto. "Maybe she'll melt Shino someday too!" He snickered.

Like I'd let TenTen get anywhere close to that insect dude.

Whoever this Neji is, he's not going to get in between TenTen and my friendship. Definitely not!

I wish I was born a year older too... then I'd be in her class and who knows, we'd be shipped to the same team. No, I'll make sure we're on the same cell.

"Hey Neji's team also has this only-Taijutsu dude! Rock Lee, is it? Can't believe he graduated!!! With Taijutsu only and made it to Neji's team." Someone awed.

"That's because he has the lowest grade in the class and Neji's is the highest!"

"When do you think Neji will become a Jounin?" A girl piped in, her voice showing full of love.

"Within 3 years!" Another gushed. Those fangirls despise me. It's a miracle I know one who didn't take a religion called Fangirlism.

"No, make that two!" And they burst into giggles.

Lunch rolled by slower than I had anticipated. I went over to the graduates' classroom in search for TenTen. She likes it if I came to look for her. Then I saw them.

Neji and TenTen having lunch together. Has she forgotten all about me already? Hello! I'm still on the face of Earth and staring straight at you! I wanted to say. But no words came. He had this snobbish, arrogant, egotistical, don't-disturb-me, smug face! The least he could do is put up a pleasant face for the public. At least around TenTen! (Look who's talking! Lolz!)

She looks like she was looking for somebody. Who wouldn't? I bet she's thinking he's a total bore and searching for something for an escape plan. When she saw me her face's expression changed. She looked gleeful.

"Hey Sasuke!" She waved at me and I went over to her table and sat. Neji smirked when he peeked at the annoyance on my face. "Guess who graduated! Me!" She air clapped. "I'm sure you prepared it already! I mean, it was a definite I'd pass!"

"I was hoping you wouldn't," I teased. And Neji's smirk spread faster than the Plague did!

She fake-frowned. "Too bad!" She smirked slyly. "I'll pray every night for you not to pass next year too, then!" She teased and poked something in her bento box and dropped it in her mouth. "Oh and by the way, Sasuke, Neji, Neji, Sasuke." Then she quickly added. "I have a hunch you two would be great friends in a short time." And giggled.

I love her cheerful aura. It was always nice being around her... and I can't believe that Neji would be around her more than me now! I glared at him and he opened his eyes and smirked at me harder. No way are we going to be friends quickly!

-x-

TenTen and I spent lesser time together since her graduation. She had to carry out her missions. Even though they were small tiny matters like returning a cat and shopping for some lady and delivering important paintings to other cities, we didn't meet as much as we did before. One of her missions would require guarding something at night. And her bastard of a team mate wouldn't give her a rest at all! He'd call her early in the morning till dark of the dawn during a few of her free days so he could spar. Honing his skills, perhaps or boosting some of his... skills.

This is so unpleasant!

-x-

A year already passes and it's time for my graduation! I remember I never get to give TenTen her graduation gift. And never would... it'd be weird giving her a gift when I should have a year ago and on my graduation and not hers. She never bothered (or remembered) to ask for it either, which is the down part.

Oh, and guess who made it in my team! The loudmouth dweeb Naruto and Fangirl-goddess Sakura. Grrrr-eat. Just what I needed. 2 loud people!

"Hey Sasuke!" TenTen appeared at the academy. Others stared at her as they passed by. They all had the same huge eyes I have right now – The eyes of shock. "Wondering what I'm doing here and what I'm hiding behind me?"

"Let me guess... you missed me so much you have to come see me straight away from your mission?" I wish that was true but I'm very sure it's not.

"Lucky guess!" She played along. "But what's hiding behind me then?"

"A gift you bought during your mission to the land of somewhere?" I went on.

"Haha! Genius you are!" She placed the box on my table and air clapped.

I was about to rip the ribbons apart until she quickly secured my hands. "Why don't you open it... somewhere else?" She suggested.

"Why?" I raised a suspicious brow at her.

"I don't want others to see it," she whispered in a mysterious style. "It's totally confidential."

I shrugged. "Okay," making it sound nonchalant when my insides were the opposite of nonchalant! They were eager to find out what was in that box! "So was my guess really true?"

"'Course not!" She punched me playfully on the shoulder. "It's your graduation gift silly!" Then she quickly gasped. Has she remembered to ask for her own? "I almost forgot! I totally have to leave!" She said when she saw a green figure running towards the window.

"TenTen, we have to leave now!" That was Rock Lee, I'm guessing. Another lucky bastard.

"Haha! Duty calls! And I guess my wish came true!" She slipped off. And I thought she wished that I wouldn't pass! Now that's a shocker.

-x-

Being a Genin in the making is soooooo not what I had in mind. I was hoping we could already have missions mixed with other teams! Like, Gai's team. But nooooo, Kakashi thinks they're way out of our league to go on missions together when I made a nonchalant suggestion.

Then after short notice, Kakashi had already signed us up for the Chuunin exam, which TenTen's team has also signed up, according to her. Yay! Maybe they'll let us partner up and we'd definitely be the dynamic duo rocking the battlefield.

End of Chapter 2

Wanna know what that mysterious Graduation gift Sasuke had planned to give her??? Mwahahaha! That would take chapters more to be revealed! I'm so evil!

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