Summary: Shikamaru was tired of his friends' complaining, so he thought of a simple way to solve the problem... Make a bet.

Warning: This will be a yaoi story! So if you don't like, turn back now. This is a NejixGaara, NarutoxSasuke and ShikamaruxKiba fic... other pairing might come out but that will be decided later.

Author's note: ...Please Review and tell me what you think. This is unbetaed so sorry for any spelling errors.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or its characters.

ENJOY

A longhaired brunette boy was on his way to school. Anyone walking by could see the determination in the boy's eyes. The 12th grader held a knowing smirk on his face. He'd made a plan to get his psycho alone and he'd work on it from there.

'I'll have to see what he likes… I wonder what would happen if I-' The courageous thought was cut off when he saw a shorter brunette that he'd only talked to a handful of times, walking just ahead of him. The boy was gazing to the clouds as he walked, this reminded Neji of Shikamaru.

The hyuga walked up to the boy who was currently deep in thought.

"You're Kiba right?" The brunette jumped slightly and blinked as he looked at the older boy. "Uh… yeah, Hyuga"

Neji smirked 'Bonus! Gaara's best friend! Yesss!' While Neji was celebrating in his head, the smirk grew on his face. This made the younger boy a bit uneasy, though he didn't show it. "What's up Hyuga"

Neji quickly looked towards the startled boy with a charming smile. "Why so formal Kiba… I personally think we should be friends-" He was cut off by a laugh

"You and me? That's hilarious! Why would I ever-" This time Kiba was cut off the one mid laugh. "You like Shikamaru don't you?..." Kiba's eyes widened and a blush instantly spread on his face. "H-how did you now?" Neji smirked again "Its incredibly obvious" Kiba's eyes widened again "Obvious? How I didn't even- wait…" He glared at the smirking boy "You were bluffing weren't you!"

The 12th grader simply nodded "I had a hunch, but now that I Know its true... would you like me to help you out with that?" Kiba blinked before his eyes were narrowed in suspicion. "What's the catch?"

Neji then leaned in to whisper the secret in the younger brunette's ear. " I help you with Shika and you help me with Gaara… Simple as that"

Kiba took a step back eyes widening for the third time in that morning "You're kidding, I had no idea you-" Their conversation was cut short when someone cleared their throat, so that the two would notice him.

Both boys looked to their side were an impossibly angry looking redhead was glaring daggers. "Hate to interrupt, but may I ask what's going on?" His voice was seething with sarcasm and anger. He really did look like he was about to explode any minute now. Gaara stood crossing his arms, with a glare that could scare away sharks.

Neji just straitened up and smiled and spoke in a charming tone "Good morning Gaara" The red head glared more than humanly possible "Shut it Hyuga and when did I say you could call me by my first name?" Kiba was currently standing awkwardly forgotten.

Neji smiled and tilted his head as if confused " hmm? I don't know… Its such a cute name I just cant stop saying it… Gaara. Gaara. Gaara." He said this happily, his voice holding a bit of sensual tone. Kiba looked at the impressively brave boy and preferred to keep his mouth shut.

The glaring redhead pouted for what seemed like a second before he forced it into a frown. He was very confused but Gaara hid it well. He decided to stop the odd conversation before it went any further. Suddenly, his angry green eyes looked at Kiba, which made the boy flinch and let out a nervous laugh.

Gaara just rolled his eyes and quickly pulled his friend away from the smirking Hyuga.

Neji looked at the retreating figures, his eyes focused on the angry redhead as he smiled. "This is going to be very fun… Stubborn psycho"

Then the 12th grader made his way to his first class.

Kiba was being pulled in a fast pace to the 11th grade homeroom. He let himself be dragged most of the way while thinking of what he should do. The brunette looked up at his friend's expression. Gaara eyes were glaring forward, though he held a pout that made Kiba release a small snicker. This stopped Gaara and made him turn to glare at the boy he'd forgotten he'd been dragging.

"Gaara? What's going-" He was cut off by the redhead "Not much. Kiba… are you…" He trailed off and looked down, trying to figure out what to say. Kiba watched his friend glare to the floor with a frown and blinked at the question "am I what?"

Gaara looked at him "Kiba… Are you… dating Neji?" The brunette was shocked and it only took a second for his hands to raise in front of him in defense "No, No, No, No, No! Not at all! Like never EVER! I swear! In fact Neji likes-" He cut himself off and cleared his throat "Ummm… someone else…" He couldn't tell him, Neji would probably want to do it himself.

Gaara looked at him, a blank expression on his face. Then he turned "Whatever…"

The redhead shrugged and kept walking. Kiba sighed 'I guess Neji could use all the help he can get...'

He followed his friend and observed his angry expression 'And they call me clueless'

The 12th grade math class had already started and Shikamaru was sitting in the back of the classroom, his face showing the usual bored expression while Kakashi talked. He'd seen Neji enter the room with a smirk clear on his face, followed by a calm Sasuke.

Shikamaru looked out the window to the clouds and gazed at them for a while, when a tap on his shoulder snapped him out of his daze. He looked at Neji who handed him a small letter a small letter with a heart on it while pointing at the girl sitting in front of him. Shikamaru took the letter and looked at the girl sitting infront of his friend. She was looking away but the blush was noticeable on her face.

He opened her letter and read it

To Shikamaru-kun

I've really liked you for a while and even though it's taken me some time to muster up the courage to confess, I couldn't do it face to face. So I wrote you this letter to express what I can't say. I would really like the chance to get to know you better, so, would you please go on a date with me?

-With love, Kattie

Shikamaru folded the letter and put it in his pocket. His gaze again landed on the clouds and he rested his chin in the palm of his hand. The bored looking boy sighed 'Ill have to let her down easy, I guess.' His bored gaze then turned into a soft smile

'I wish Kiba would do something like this for me one day…'

Shikamaru looked at his friends and smirked. Neji had already told him what happened in the morning and he was glad Kiba was going to be helping him, though he wondered why the younger brunette would do that. But he didn't really care much for the reason, since that meant he'd get to see the cute 11th grader more often.

Sasuke had told him he was planning something for "his idiot", but he didn't specify much. 'I wonder what he's up to. Honestly, this is the most fun I've had in a while'

In the minutes before the 11th grade history class began, a cheerful blonde sat in the back of the classroom and watched his best friends walk in. He saw the angry looking read head walk in, his glare was directed at the ground. A slightly confused looking brunette, his gaze set on the other, followed Gaara. Naruto kept looking at them as they walked to their seats next to him. "Uh, what's up guys?"

Kiba seemened to snap out of his focus and turned to the curious blonde, a huge grin on his face. "Oh nothing just Gaara being all jealous, it took a while but I'm glad he finally- OWW!"

He was cut short by a book that hit the back of his head. The redhead that sat behind him was glaring furiously at the pouting brunette. Naruto watched them and laughed. "Eh? Gaara, didn't know you had it in-Ahhh!" he ducked as the same book was thrown at his head. "Not true! It was just girly boy being weird…" Naruto looked disappointed.

"Ehh? That's it?! Jeez I almost died for that?" The blonde said this while turning his gaze to the book he now acknowledged as a weapon. Kiba snickered while still rubbing the back of his head 'Now who's in denial?' Though he didn't dare say that out loud. Gaara just turned in his seat and faced forward, arms crossed. "Whatever, doesn't matter anyways" Naruto and kiba both laughed. "Ok then, oh! Hey did you guys know they're serving ramen today at lunch?"

"Yeah I heard." Gaara looked at Naruto with a calm expression. Naruto grinned and leaned back on his chair "Cant wait!" Kiba smiled and looked away just as their teacher came in. He walked to the front of the class and started their lesson.

All the students paid attention to the lesson while Kiba was lost in thought. He looked at the redheaded boy sitting in front of him. ' So I'll be giving advice about Gaara to Neji…' Then his gaze turned to the grinning blonde beside him. 'And I'm already giving advice about Naruto to Sasuke. Hmm, he sure works fast. I wonder what he planned to do with what I told him' Kiba smiled 'This sure is the most fun I've had in a while. I just hope it turns out for the best, seeing as i can't even remember why this all started.'

The brunette thought more about the everlasting feud between them and the three twelfth graders, and couldn't come up with the reason for it. It had started so long ago, that probably none of them even remembered, and some didn't even care anymore. Like Kiba for example. He frowned at the memory of how much he'd despised Shikamaru and his friends, but now he was totally over whatever had happened. In fact, he knew most of them were, they were just accustomed to acting that way.

Kiba looked to the teacher for a moment, and shifted to take out his notebook. He'd been a bit on the fence about helping Sasuke and Neji win his friends over, but decided to help out in the end. He was no idiot, he wouldn't say or do anything that put his friends at risk, and he'd just give a few tidbits of info here and there.

Kiba smiled as he started writting down some things written on the board. ' Those two better mean well, or I'll tear them apart.' Never underestimate a member of Sannin High's wrestling team.