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Chapter 3

After an agonizingly long day, Tenten took her belongings back to her dorm, and changed into attire suitable for playing basketball. After making sure her chest wrappings were secure, she headed over to the gym, map in hand. When she got there, she realized that she was there about fifteen minutes early. Last year's team was already present, (1) along with the coach, a man with ridiculously large eyes and a ridiculous haircut. He also wore a lot of green.

Tenten took a seat in the bleachers and watched the team going through drills. She zoned out watching, but was called back to reality by the voice of the coach saying, "The newbies will be getting here in seven minutes, so go do what you need to until they get here. Be back exactly on the dot!!"

His command was met with a resounding chorus of "Yes sir!" and the team dispersed. Tenten watched most of them go into the locker room, but Katsu bounded over to her, basketball in hand.

Tenten blinked and raised and eyebrow. "You just bounded over here." She said in disbelief.

"Yeah, what's your point?" asked Katsu smirking. His blond hair drooped over his left eye and he brushed it away impatiently. "How about you show me this accuracy I was hearing about yesterday?" he asked. "I hope you weren't bluffing…" he laughed.

Tenten blushed slightly at the verbal jab, but said, "I guess so…the coach won't mind, will he?"

"Guy? Naw, he's a good coach, but believe me, he's really a big sissy, even though he puts on the tough act. Come on." Katsu practically dragged Tenten to one of the hoops, and deposited her at the top of the key. "Ok, I'll stand in the middle of the bag, and you cut, then I'll throw you the ball and shoot. Then we'll repeat k?"

"Yup," said Tenten, "I got it." She got into position, and lowered herself into her stance. She glanced around to see that the gym was empty. Sounds could be heard coming from the locker room as boys joked around. The coach was no where in sight. Tenten shook her head, clearing her mind of everything except Katsu and the basketball he was holding.

"Ok…Cut!" yelled Temari.

Tenten dashed left, just outside the three pointer line. Katsu passed the ball and Tenten caught it. She glanced up at the basket and shot, and the ball soared right into the hoop. She cut again, and Katsu, having retrieved the ball passed to her again. This time, she shot from the foul line, and again, the ball went through the hoop.

They repeated the process for sometime, and Tenten only missed three shots. When they finished, and Tenten looked around, she realized that a crowd had accumulated. Some of them gawked at her, others looked surprised, and some looked impressed. Embarrassed, by all of the eyes on her, Tenten looked down at her feet.

Her head shot up and she looked to her left at Katsu who had just slung himself over her shoulder. He grinned at her, white teeth shining and eyes glittering. He ruffled her hair, "Wow shorty, I'm impressed. You really do have talent." Still slung over Tenten's shoulder, Katsu directed the two of them over to the coach. "Hey coach, this is Ryuu. He's a freshman. Were you watching? He's really got something, dontcha think?"

The coach was a tall man, who looked like he had been very athletic in his youth. He was still in shape, his green shirt vaguely showed the hard line of muscle. His black hair was cut in bowl shaped style, and it shined in the florescent lights of the gym. "Well Ryuu, I have to say that your performance was entwined with youthful vigor, I hope you do just as well in the tryout." He smiled an unnaturally large bright smile and spoke again, this time to all of the students in the gym. "All right, now, as you know, you are here today for the basketball tryouts. Please get into two lines…"

The tryout passed by quickly, and the boys soon found themselves in the locker room. "Hey, nice playing today." Said Katsu, sauntering over to Tenten.

"Thanks…" said Tenten. The presence of so many half naked men was making her slightly uneasy and the sounds of running water coming from behind the next door weren't helping. "I…think I'm gonna shower back at the dorm." She said, eager to get out of the locker room.

"Hey, me too." said Katsu. "We can shower together." He joked.

Tenten looked at him in mortification. "No way," she said flatly.

"Ok, ok I was just kidding, no need to get defensive."

"Whatever." said Tenten. She collected her water bottle and left. Katsu looked after her for a moment, as she walked away, seeming to consider following her to bug her some more, but he thought better of it and turned back to his locker.

After a quick shower, Tenten set to work dutifully on the homework she had been assigned that day. Her philosophy was to get it done as soon as possible so she could have free time. Whenever she explained this to anyone, they looked at her strangely and said something along the lines of 'wow, I couldn't possibly do that, homework is so hard…'

Tenten had not gotten very far when Katsu came back in to the room. "Ugh, you smell." She said, wrinkling her nose.

"Well, I really don't like the locker room showers…you just never know with them." He said for an explanation. He scratched his head and walked into the bathroom and locked the door.

Shrugging, Tenten returned to her homework.

Again, she had not gotten very far when she was interrupted. Kankuro and Gaara barged through the door of the room. "Ryuu!" Kankuro exclaimed. "Nice playing out there, though I have to say that you weren't quite as impressive as Gaara…" He grabbed the boy in question and ruffled his hair.

"Kankuro, we've been through this before…" said Gaara as he disentangled himself from his brother. "You don't touch me." He said glaring.

"Whatever bro," said Kankuro carelessly as he ruffled the boys hair some more. "But really Ryuu, you were awesome. I'm sure you two will be picked for the team."

"Thanks." Said Tenten smiling. She set down her pencil, assuming that she wouldn't be able to much more work with the three brothers in her room distracting her.

Just then, Katsu stepped out from the bathroom, his hair still damp. The light from the ceiling gave it a sheen and it accented his delicate nose and jaw. He shook his head violently, sending water all over Tenten and her work. She jumped back out of reflex. However, before she could say anything Katsu rushed over to Gaara and hugged him tightly.

"Gaara! You were wonderful today. Nice job."

"Thanks…" he said not pulling away from the embrace. As if they suddenly remembered where they were, Katsu let go of Gaara.

Tenten gave them a quizzical look, but dismissed the action as nothing and returned to her homework once more.

(1): I decided to have Guy not do re-tryouts for the old team; it's just simpler that way.

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