The six teenagers stared in shock, taking in all of the information. Ino used to go out with Shikamaru? Since when? And how come the other girls- plus the boys- are hearing about this until now?
"What are you even doing here?" Ino asked her ex.
"I should be asking you that., with you looking like a slut, which you are." He said, harshly back.
"Oh shut up! Just go somewhere!" Ino screamed at him.
"Ok, Whatever you wh-"
"Alright that's enough!" Sakura yelled. She was really getting pissed off like no tomorrow. Especially when four random dudes pop out of nowhere and one of them is making fun of the other. Sakura is so not with that policy. Everyone stared at her as she stepped in front of Shika.
"No one talks to Ino like that in front of me." She said to him.
"Mhm. What are you going to do about it?" Shika asked, sounding like he's about ready to pounce on Sakura and kill her- just for being friends with Ino.
"Hey Shika. Calm down. There's no point in this." Naruto whispered in his friend's ear. "Let's just go."
"No." Said Shika. "She wants a fight, I'm giving her one."
Hinata tugged on Sakuras shirt sleeve. "Just stopp, both of you. This is really retarded." Sakura then drew back, sitting back in her seat, attempting to kill Shikamaru with her evil Green eyes. Shika just rolled his, completely ignoring her.
Already he doesn't like a girl.
Another girl.
"Look we're. . . going to go now. Nice meeting you girls. We are so sorry about Shika here." Naruto said, sweat dropping when saying Shikas pet name.
"Its OK. " Hinata sighed. "We'll. . . See you around I guess."
"Yeah. Bye." Neji said as he and Naruto pulled Shikamaru away from the girls and park him right next to a nearby Game Stop.
"Are you," Sasuke started, "on some type of crack that we need to know about?" as he looked straight at him.
"No I'm not. She sounded like she wanted to fight. I gave her the advantage to do so."
"THEY WERE SO HOT! YOU BLEW THE CHANCE! OF A LIFETIME, SHIK! A LIFETIME!" Naruto yelled as he started to shake Shikamaru so hard and fast, Neji grabbed Naruto and pushed him away.
"Just go and say you're sorry." Neji replied.
"No! I'm not apologizing to that. . . That. . . Thing!" Shika said, disgusted.
"He mean Sakura or Ino?" Sasuke asked Neji. He just shrugged. Shika heard him.
"Both! Im not apologizing to Ino for being such a whore! And to little Strawberry Shortcake over there for 1. Being friends with her and 2. For trying to fight me! You expect e to apologize to them?!" Shika shouted with rage.
"YES!" all three of the other boys said.
"HA! You must be on crack! I'm going to the car!" Shika protested as he went the opposite way the boys was standing.
The rest just stared at his retreating form.
Naruto sighed, "Well we. . . Might as well finish our shopping. I'm going to Hot Topic to get that shirt I wanted for weeks now."
"I'll get it" Neji volunteered. "I'm going there anyway."
"Thanks. You know what it looks like." Naruto said as Neji left to the store. Naruto and Sasuke left to the car to see is Shika didn't blow anything up while he was gone. To see if he was alright.
--
As Neji entered the store, he expected everything: the posters, loud, pounding rock and metal music, the clothing and accessories, and his little friend behind the counter.
"Hey Neji!" called his friend, Kiba. They've known each other since about a year ago.
"Hi Kiba. What's new?" he asked as he walked over to his friend. Kiba has been working here for about 5 months- and he loves it.
"Nothing much. Came to get Narus shirt?"
"Yeah. Thanks." Neji thanked as Kiba gave Neji a bag with Narutos shirt inside- a shirt with all his favorite bands on it. Limited Edition. And Naruto got the last one.
"I gots to jet. Someone's calling me. Talk to you online OK?" Kiba said, taking out to see who it is.
"Who is it? Your mom?" Neji said playfully.
"No!" Said Kiba, pushing Neji playfully. "Talk to you later!"
"See you." Neji said back as Kiba went to take his call in the back part of the store.
When Neji put the money in the register- since he does that all the time but the manager doesn't mind, as long as he pays- he saw a girl walk in and started looking for something. She then found that section and started to move toward it. He recognized her from earlier, then moving toward her.
"Uh. . . Hi." he said to her. She turned around to reveal her dark brown eyes.
"Hey." Tenten said dully.
"Look, I'm terribly sorry about what my friend did. He-" She rose up her hand which told him to stop,
"It's OK. She's fine now. I suggest we just forget the whole thing."
"Yeah. That'd be nice."
"Look, I got to go now. They're waiting for me. Ill. . . Talk to you. . . " she then took out a piece of paper and wrote down something. Then gave it to him. "That's my AIM and MySpace. I'll be on at 9:30."
"Uh. . . Thanks. . . OK." Neji said confused than ever.
"OK. Bye." Rushed Tenten as she dropped the colored fishnet she was holding and ran out the store.
Neji looked appalled. Just feeling funny. No not funny 'Ha Ha'. Funny weird.
First of all, aren't the guys supposed to ask the girls for someway to contact them.?
Second, she was all calm and stuff. Aren't the girls supposed to drool at a guy for being so hot?
This was all just so weird!
As Neji left the store with Narutos shirt, Kiba, from behind the door, smirked and chucked at his friend. Then his phone went off again and checked who it was.
Kiba sighed and answered. "Yeah mom. . . "
--
The girls entered their home, tired from their shopping, Ino went straight upstairs to her room.
"You going to be ok Ino?" Hinata called from downstairs.
"I'll be fine, Hina." Ino replied.
"You going to eat?" Sakura asked.
"No. See you girls in the morning." Ino protested as she walked into her room and slammed the door shut.
Hinata sighed. "This must be hard on her, seeing her ex-boyfriend after all this time."
"Where'd he come from anyway? We never heard of him until today!" Sakura wondered.
"I knew something familiar was with him." Tenten said, mostly to herself.
"What do you mean, Ten?"
"One day, when I was in High School and out with my other friends, I saw them down the sidewalk where the store was located. I didn't know they was going out."
"Weird." Sakura said, shaking her head.
"I'm going to go into my room too. Have to do something on the computer."
"OK Tennie. Hinata said as Tenten went upstairs to her room and turned on her computer. She then logged on to AIM and launched her internet. She then saw that she had a friend invited for both AIM and MySpace already.
'Wow he's fast' Tenten thought. She accepted the invite on AIM- not really MySpace since she's already his friend once he added her- and saw that he was on. She clicked his name and started to talk to him.
XxxMusicHolic: Hey Neji
HottestHyuga: Hey
XxxMusicHolic: How long have you've been on?
HottestHyuga: About. . . Few hours. . . 3. . . 4 hours maybe.
XxxMusicHolic: Awesome. We just got home.
HottestHyuga: Wow. That sucks.
XxxMusicHolic: Yeah. So what's up?
HottestHyuga: Nothing much. Talking to Hina.
XxxMusicHolic: She's on?
HottestHyuga: Yeah.
XxxMusicHolic: Wow. I didn't even hear her log on. And yeah my speakers are on.
HottestHyuga: How'd you know I was going to say that?
XxxMusicHolic: Lucky guess
HottestHyuga: lol
XxxMusicHolic: I'm going to make a chat room with my friends in it OK? I'll invite you and you invite yours.
HottestHyuga: OK.
Both Neji and Tenten did exactly that and invited Ino (PrettyxPopxPrincess), Sakura (CliqueChic2), Hinata (SexiestHyuga). Naruto (HyperDood24), Sasuke (Rockstar316) and Shika (LazyGenius200) to the chat.
HyperDood24: YOOOO!
Rockstar316: Naruto shut up god!
LazyGenius200: Hey
SexiestHyuga: Hola!
PrettyxPopxPrincess: Hi
CliqueChic2: What's up?
XxxMusicHolic: Bored
PrettyxPopXPrincess: Wait a minute
CliqueChic2: Ino?
PrettyxPopXPrincess: Which one is Hina-chan again? I forgot XD!
HyperDood24: XDDD LMFAO
SexiestHyuga: I am Ino lol
Rockstar316: That happened to us before too
XxxMusicHolic: Really?
LazyGenius200: Just us guys and her
LazyGenius200: And one of us
LazyGenius200: Mostly Naruto
LazyGenius200: Forgot which Hyuga is which
HyperDood24: That's what you get when you have 2 Hyugas in 1 room
SexiestHyuga: lol Hey Neji remember when my sister came on?
HottestHyuga: Oh gosh that was so funny
Rockstar316: No it wasn't! That was living hell!
CliqueChic2: You mean Hanabi?
HyperDood24: Yeah whatever her face was!
Rockstar316: She was so annoying! More annoying than. . . Than
HyperDood24: Say it!
Rockstar316: More annoying than Naruto
HyperDood24: BOOOOOOOOOYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!
SexiestHyuga: lol
PrettyxPopxPrincess: lmfao
HyperDood24: XD
XxxMusicHolic: What's her screen name?
HottestHyuga: Um. . . I think StrongestHyuga?
HottestHyuga: Scratch that. It's SmartestHyuga
SexiestHyuga: Yeah. Then who's StrongestHyuga?
HottestHyuga: Hell if I know and Hell if I care.
CliqueChic2: lol Anyway what's there to talk about?
Rockstar316: What school are you girls going to?
PrettyxPopxPrincess: I forgets the name to it but the initials are SHS.
HyperDood24: US TOO! WERE GOING THERE!
SexiestHyuga: Its Ten's second year there.
LazyGenius200: Really? It's Nejis second year there.
HyperDood24: Wow! We have sooo much in common!
XxxMusicHolic: Where do you guys live?
Rockstar316:Um. . . 37 Richford St.
PrettyxPopXPrincess: OMFG! WE LIVE ON 38 RICHFORD ST!
HyperDood24: THATS AWESOME!
Rockstar316: Ok. Really. Chill out.
HyperDood24: lol
They kept on taking on AIM, exchanging MySpaces and having fun for the most part. Then, Naruto just had to know something and he couldn't keep it in.
HyperDood24: Hey Ino?
PrettyxPopxPrincess: Yeah
HyperDood24: Why didn't you or Shika tell us you two was going out?
Silence formed into the chat for about a minute
PrettyxPopxPrincess: Um. . . Well. . .
LazyGenius200: That's none of your concern. That's our business.
CliqueChic2: Arrogant much?
PrettyxPopxPrincess: Yeah. Just forget about it. It's nothing special.
HyperDood24: Ssuurree.
SexiestHyuga: Wow. It's 1:00 already. It's real late.
Rockstar316: Yeah. I'm going to sleep.
CliqueChic2: Me too. Night guys.
Everyone said goodnight to each other and left the chat room- saving the chat first- but two people didn't log off and went to sleep.
Neji and Tenten was caught up in their own chat that they totally forgot how late it was, They did eventually log off - saving both chats- and went to sleep- like at 4:30.
--The Next Day--
Sakura, in her cheery pink robe, went outside on a beautiful Summers day. The newspaper where it should be. She bent over to get it, then she saw Naruto come out of his home to get the newspaper, also, in his orange robe. She then got up and waved at him. He smiled and waved back. He then walked toward her. She did the same.
"Buenos Dias, Naruto-kun!" Sakura said cheerfully.
Naruto didn't compute. "Uh. . . Yeah. . . Morning Sakura." Sakura giggled.
"Silly! I said, 'Good Morning, Naruto!' You don't speak Spanish?
"Sort of." Naruto confessed. "But dont remind me. It reminds me that school is tomorrow."
Sakura looked dumbfounded. School was tomorrow?! Summer went by so fast! It's not fair! Sakura totally forgot. Well she didn't forget, just didn't want to remember. "O-Oh yeah! Duhr! I'm so stupid!"
Naruto rose his eyebrows. "Right. . . Anyway, the guys and I are going to the park today soon. There's no one there cause the kids and grown-ups are getting last minute things. You girls want to come?"
Sakura looked delighted. "Sure! Ill tell them now! Adios! Hasta luego!" she then turned around the other way and waved at him.
"WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?!" Naruto yelled confused.
Sakura giggled again. "I said 'Goodbye! See you later!'" she then skipped into her home cheerful as ever.
As Naruto downloaded that information, he then retreated home. Then Naruto noticed something with his "Sort of " goodness at another language.
Doesn't '-kun' mean, sort of, that the person who said it, likes that person?
But then again, that's Japanese.
Naruto shrugged. Both are sort of the same.
Naruto sighed as he entered his home with the newspaper. Different languages are hard.
--At The Park--
As the eight teenagers entered the park, Naruto was right. There was absolutely no one there. Awesome.
"So. . ." Ino started as she walked to a nearby bench and sat on it. She wore a yellow shirt with diamonds on it and blue Capri's with yellow flip flops. "What do you guys want to do?"
"Well we are having a picnic, no doubt. So Ino and I will prepare everything, the rest of you. . . Do whatever. Socialize." Sakura said, starting to unpack the blanket. She was wearing blue shorts and a pink shirt saying 'Pretty Pink Princess' in Hot Pink sparkly letters.
Everyone went their separate ways: Shika on a tree branch sleeping, Naruto annoying the hell out of Sasule, Neji and Hinata talking about how the family is going and stuff, and Tenten sat alone at a bench near a lake. Neji sa her and Hinata pushed him a little, signaling him to go and check on her. He sighed, but went anyway. He started to walk slower when he reached her.
"Hey." Neji said, taking Tenten out of her train of thought. She looked at him.
"Hi. . . Sit down." she moved over a little and let Neji sit there.
"You alright?" he asked her.
"Yeah. Just. . . Thinking." she replied.
"About."
"Nothing. Just forget it. I'm. . . sort of anti-social around others."
"You didn't sound so anti-social last night."
She smiled. "Yeah. . . It's just. . . Forget it." Neji just kept looking at her. He just couldn't keep his eyes off of her.
'Hmmm. . . Even though she wears Black a lot. . ." Neji thought, looking in the water at Tentens sad and depressed reflection. 'She looks really pretty.'
But then that beautiful reflection got ruined by a big rock hitting the water, splashing the both of them in surprise.
Naruto fell over laughing hard, trying to breathe- obliviously he threw the rock- and Hinata and Sakura giggling in the back round.
Naruto then got up, still laughing. "Hey! Romeo and Juliet! Time to have your royal dinner!" The girls then started laughing out loud. Tenten blushed embarrassedly. Neji slightly blushed, stood up and held out his hand. Tenten took it and stood up. Both of them walked back in silence to the picnic setting.
"Hey hey hey! Look who decided to join us!" Naruto joked more.
"Shut up Naruto." both said at the same time. They sat down in the circle that the teenagers made.
Then they started to exchange food and plates, snacks and drinks as they made up subjects out of total random.
"So daddy. . ." Naruto started as he was chewing on a cookie. "How's SHS?"
"It's alright. You just have to get used to the place. Did you all get your schedules?" They all nodded. "Then you'll be fine. They gave you maps in that envelope with the schedule. You'll live."
"Yeah right" Naruto murmured. "Anyway, let's not talk about it. We'll deal with it tomorrow. Let's just chill."
"Tell me about it." Tenten whispered and shivered. Naruto stiffled a laugh.
They all continued their celebration of a brand new friendship.
When they all got home in their sleepwear, Neji was done with his hair when there was a knock at his door.
"Come in." he said, yawning. Then Naruto came in, slowly and a little bashful.
"Hey. . ." he said. Neji just rolled his eyes.
"What do you want." he said plainly.
"Look I'm sorry about that rock incident. I was just trying to have some fun. It's the last day of summer before school starts. I didn't mean to hurt anyone." Naruto sounded serious.
"Whatever"
"Please don't tell me. THE. Neji Hyuga. Taking something stupid serious?" Naruto said surprised. Neji sighed.
"No I'm not. It's just. . . She didn't look- let alone feel- so hot OK? Let's just forget about it."
Naruto nodded. "I understand. Can I ask you something?"
"Yeah what?" Neji asked as Naruto walked over and sat on Nejis bed- meaning it's going to take some time.
"Can we talk about girls?" Naruto asked. Neji like looked at him.
"You've been hanging around Kiba again haven't you?"
"No! It's just that when I saw Sakura this morning, she said something in Spanish but something that caught my attention in Japanese."
"What was it?"
"She said 'Naruto-kun'. And I know that '-kun' means that that the person who said it, likes that person."
"I got you. So you're trying to say that. . ." Neji said, letting the sentence trail.
"Do you think. . . That maybe. . . Sakura might like me?"
"I don't know. Maybe. Why do you ask?"
"Because. . ." Naruto trailed.
Neji just looked at him, telling him to go on.
"Because. . . I. . . I like her too."