"Sasuke here was just giving me a ride back." I said quickly. I leaned down and grabbed my bag off the floor of Sasuke's car. "Well thanks again. Bye Sasuke." I quickly slammed the door shut and turned around heading towards my house before anything else could be said. However, it wasn't until I was halfway up my porch steps before I heard Sasuke pull away.

I yanked the screen door open and rushed inside, slamming it behind me. From the kitchen I could hear my mother screaming about how I shouldn't slam the door or something.

"Whatever." I muttered under my breath and headed up the stairs to my room. I could hear the door open again as Neji came in and followed me up the stairs.

Go away. Go away. I thought over and over again as I climbed the stairs, hoping that he might get the message. He didn't get it. When I reached my room I threw my bag into the nearest corner and flopped down onto the brown sheets that covered the bed.

My room wasn't anything special. The walls were a light green, not the neon kind, and the furniture was a light wood that my farther once told me the name of but I could never remember. Aside from that there really wasn't much there. A few pictures on the wall and some weapons I have collected over the years scattered around the room among the dirty clothes that lay everywhere on the wood floor. However, among the chaotic mess there was one thing that stood out in the room,a katana with a red and black handle and a black scabbard that had a design of a dragon in gold on it. The katana was on a shelf over the headboard of my bed and it my most valuable possession because it was the last thing my farther gave to me before he died.

I lifted my head up to look at the beautiful katana above me. From the side I could hear Neji slowly enter.

"So, it's Sasuke now?" Neji said. I didn't have to look at him to know the curious gaze he was giving me.

"Shut up." I replied coldly. He didn't say a word in return. Instead, he walked over to my bed and sat down next to my legs which I moved slightly over to give him more room. The silence between us seemed to last forever and had become unbearable. So, I turned my head to the side to look at him. From my view, I could see that Neji was looking out the door into hallway with a blank expression.

He's thinking really hard. I thought to myself. In that moment he looked at me and, from what I could tell, he was waiting for me to say something first. I cast my eyes down to the floor and stared at a kunai that was no more than three feet away.

"I'm guessing you heard?" I asked.

"You mean about the girl that left with Sasuke at the party on Friday?" He paused for a second to see if I would say anything. Then he asked "Was it you?"

I turned over onto my back and stared up at the ceiling and spoke. "I slept with Sasuke Uchiha." I paused, not really believing that I finally uttered those words. "I fucking slept with Sasuke Uchiha."

Neji just waited, staring down on me. I looked over to him. "What the hell were you thinking?" He said in a calm voice. I burst out laughing at the question before managing to spit out an answer.

"I have no clue." I said. Then the memory of that night came back. "Dai was there…and his new bitch."

"Tenten" Neji whispered beside me. I looked over and saw him go to the door and close it. Then returning to the bed, I shifted over more and invited him to lie down next to me.

"I needed…no I wanted a way out and Sasuke was there." I spoke softer this time. "I asked to forget…he obliged to the request."

"What are you going to do?" He asked me.

"I have no freaking clue. So, if you have an idea please tell me." I said in a little bit of a louder voice. I looked over to him and saw that he was already studying me. "I'm screwed, aren't I? If anyone finds out what happened–" Neji cut me off right there.

"Even if the whole school finds out, then what Tenten, you only have three months left until summer and only a year left till you graduate." I lifted myself onto my elbows and looked onto the pictures that were hanging on the wall.

"You're right. I can deal with that but…" I paused, looking back to him. "If Karin does find out, you won't let her kill me right." I said, letting a small smile appear on my face. Neji just smirked before replying.

"I'm pretty sure you could handle her all by yourself Tenten." Chuckling, I flopped back onto the bed and stared up at the ceiling.

"Yeah, you're probably right." Then looking over to him I said. "Thanks for making me feel better about the whole Karin thing."

"It's the least I can do. Besides, considering you might be labeled as a whore by the girls and easy by the guys, I figured Karin was the least of your problems." He said. I gasped at his comment and as hard as I could I smacked him right across the chest. Neji barely flinched and instead started to chuckle at my actions which left me insulted.

"You are such an ass." I said getting up from the bed. As I had just left the bed, my bedroom door opened.

"Hey guys, you hungry?" My mother asked. I looked over to Neji who just shrugged. Then looking back to my mother I said "Starved."


Three days have passed since Monday afternoon and things were going okay. I tried not to worry much about the situation and it seemed like the school was starting to forget all about Sasuke's mysterious girl. Even better news, I haven't run into Sasuke once since he drove me home Monday. Now all I have left is today and tomorrow and I am free for the weekend.

The locker opened with ease and I grabbed the books I would need for the morning classes and a pencil. The first class of the day was Kurenai and I believe Kiba was finally coming back to school so that was a plus. I closed my locker and was about to head to the stairs when someone grabbed my shoulder from behind and yanked me back into the lockers. I had managed not to drop a book but that didn't mean I wasn't a little pissed. I looked up to see who had grabbed me only to see a guy with long blonde hair.

"Deidara, what the hell are you doing?" I asked the senior.

"Just wanted to see how've been? You know the usual." He replied. I rolled my eyes at his response and tried to leave but he lightly pushed me back onto the lockers. "However, a little birdy did tell me that you were the girl that slept with the Little Uchiha."

"I don't know what the hell you are talking about." I said, once again trying to get away from the guy but he stopped me again. Then he went on. "Really, so you aren't the pretty brunette that slept with Sasuke last Friday." I froze. Then taking a breath, I looked down to the floor not knowing how to respond. "And judging by the face you're making, I guess I hit the nail right on the head."

I don't have to listen to this. I told myself. Then pushing hard on Deidara I began to walk away when he suddenly grabbed onto my arm.

"You can't keep playing hard to get Tenten." He said. Then taking a step close he leaned down to my ear. "Everyone either knows or will know soon enough just how easy and slutty you are." With that, I yanked my hand out of his grasp and ran for the stairs.

When I reached the top, I headed in the opposite direction of my class to the senior lockers. I began looking at the faces for someone when I noticed certain people were staring directly at me. I tried not to think about it too much and focus on finding a certain someone.

There he is.

I walked over to the tall dark haired man that was surrounded by a group of people.

"You are such freaking liar." I said bluntly to the man. The man excused himself from the group before grabbing my arm and pulling me off into the closest empty classroom. He finally let go of my arm and closed the door behind him.

"What is it exactly that I lied about, Tenten?" The man said turning around to face me.

"You freaking told Deidara that I slept with Sasuke, Itachi." I said in a hushed tone so that no outside could hear.

"I didn't tell anyone, especially him. I told you…I respect you too much to do that to you." He said.

"Well then, who told him because aside from you and me there are only two other people who know that I slept with him. One is Sasuke himself, and the other is Neji, and Neji would never do that to me." I paused for a second. "Which leaves Sasuke–"

"Sasuke didn't tell him." Itachi said cutting me off.

"And what makes you think that?" I replied, my voice sharp.

"Because I threaten him." His voice was low and I looked in shock at Itachi. "He didn't talk."

"Fine. But if Deidara knows then everyone in the school will know by the end of the day." I replied. Suddenly, a phone beeped and Itachi pulled his out of his pocket.

"I don't think you have that long." He said showing me the text on his phone.

Breaking News: Sasuke's new mysterious girl revealed. Any guesses? No. Well here it is!

Tenten, Junior of Konoha High.

Happy hunting ladies!

I didn't know what to say. I could only hand back Itachi back his phone.

"Look Tenten, it isn't so bad…" I looked at him in disbelief. "Okay, it is really bad. Just stay cool and tried to get through the day. As for tomorrow, don't even bother coming in. Let things cool down until Monday." He said, making this entire thing sound easier than it really was.

"Yeah, great plan, Itachi. The only thing is that I might not make it through today." I said, taking a step closer to him.

"You will." He said looking down at me. "Just don't kill anyone and you'll be okay." I rolled my eyes and walked past him to the door.

"It considered self-defense when they attack first." I said, opening the door and walking out to head to class. From behind me I could hear Itachi chuckling at the comment.


The rest of the morning was spent trying to ignore the sideway glances but I guess I could consider myself lucky that I hadn't run into Karin or any other of Sasuke's fans. Now to survive lunch.

I passed the stairs and walked over to my locker. I was putting in the combination when suddenly I heard my name called from down the hall. I looked to my right to see my dirty blonde friend.

"Hey Temari, and to what do I owe the pleasure of you coming to my locker?" I said turning back to my locker. I put in the rest of the combination, opened the locker and shoved my stuff into the locker before closing it. I looked at Temari once again and noticed the glare she was giving me.

"What the hell?" She said, pulling out her phone and showing me a text.

"So you got it too." I said leaning on to my locker.

"Yeah, like three times." Her voice was dripping with a venomous tone. "I shouldn't have got it, Tenten. No, I should have been told but I guess some people didn't see it that way." Temari said backing up to walk away. I grabbed her before she could leave and I pulled her over to the girl's bathroom. As we entered we saw two girls at the sink.

"Leave now." Temari spoke in a very demanding tone. I just let go of her hand and walked over to the stalls to make sure no one was in them before turning to Temari who was leaning up against a sink.

"Look, it wasn't exactly something that I want to talk about okay. I just wanted to forget that it even happen and let the entire thing blow over, okay. I certainly didn't mean to offend you." I said to her. I sighed and walked over to the sink looking into the mirror. I could see Temari turn to face the mirror and me.

"Tenten, I am not offended…well, maybe a little. But seriously, what the hell happened? You have been anti-Sasuke ever since middle school and now all of a sudden you're on the Sasuke wagon." She said in a softer tone.

"I am not on the Sasuke wagon…I just" I sighed, thinking about the next choice of words carefully. "Dai was there and I know it shouldn't bother me but…"

"I get it." She said placing a hand over my shoulder. "You could have come to me you know. I would have done something that may not have been as drastic." She said to me. I turned from the mirror to face her, her hand sliding off in the process.

"Maybe, but I certainly didn't want to ruin your night with the new guy." I said smirking at her. "Besides, I'll be honest. It wasn't like the entire night was a disaster." I said to her. She gave me a curious glance and I just shrugged. "What…I mean it wasn't as if it was my first time–" Temari cut me off.

"No, Genma had pleasure to that." She said in a playful tone. I lightly smacked her on the arm.

"And Sasuke wasn't half bad…ugh, I can't believe I am saying this but hell, he was freaking wonderful." I said folding my hands over my eyes, so I couldn't see Temari's reaction.

"Really!" she said in a shocked voice but I quickly replied. "Shut up."

"So who do you think spilled on the giant secret?" she asked. I looked down to the bathroom floor and replied. "Aside from you only four other people know and none…" I hesitated for a second thinking about that night. "That girl…" I muttered.

"What are you talking about?" Temari asked. I looked up at her.

"When I went over to…seduce…Sasuke I interrupted some girl was all over him and told her to leave. She was the only other person who could have known. Damn it." I said. Just then a couple of girls walked in on our conversation. So, I grabbed Temari's arm and dragged her out of the bathroom and headed towards lunch room.

As we arrived, I noticed the whispering people around us. I walked over to the line ignoring them and grabbing some food. When I reached the cash register I entered my pin and left. Temari was right behind me and she pointed to the table where Sakura was sitting with Neji. We walked over quickly and sat down immediately. I kept my head down so people couldn't see my face. I could feel the glances the others were giving me but they went on and began to talk about their mornings and I just silently began to eat my food. Suddenly there was a loud sound coming from the other side of the lunch room.

"Where is she?" a female screamed.

Our table got quiet and I looked up to the others. Sakura was staring at the scene behind me while Temari kept looking down at her food. As for Neji he was looking straight at me and he nodded subtly to me, confirming my fear.

Karin.

"Where the hell is Tenten?" she screamed again. No one in the entire room spoke. I looked at the people behind Sakura and Neji and noticed the worried glances they were giving each other.

I can't believe that she wants do to this here. But she can't go on like this. So I did the only thing I could think of and stood up and turned to face her.

"Karin, you're ruining lunch with all your screeching." I said defiantly. She looked at me with pure hate and stomp herself over to me.

"Well, well, well, never thought you would show yourself." I looked her over. She was barely the same height as me and looked absolutely sluttish in the tight, jean mini skirt, and low cut purple top. Not wanting to look any further I glanced to the side to see Sasuke staring straight at us, watching our every movement.

"Are you sure you even want to do this here?" I asked her. Her glare though was all the answer I needed. "I wasn't really hungry anyways." I said turning around and grabbing the tray of food and walking over to the garbage cans. Dumping the food, I placed the tray on the shelf next to the garbage cans. I could hear Karin approach me from behind by the sound of her shoes on the hard floor. So I turned around to face her when suddenly I was on my knees gasping for air.

"Karin, come on." I heard someone yell.

"Stay out of it, Naruto. This bitch needs to learn her lesson." I heard her yell back to the guy. I looked up and noticed that she had her eyes turned over the table that Sasuke was sitting at. "And to think you picked such a weakling to be with." She said with a sultry smile. Still trying to gain my breath I looked over to Sasuke and noticed that he was staring straight at me, his eyes filled with some form of pity. It was pissing me off. So I did what I do best.

Getting up silently, I waited for her to turn back to face me and right then I slammed my fist right into her jaw sending her stumbling right into Sasuke's table.

"Hey, that's enough." Itachi yelled coming up from behind me and grabbing my arm. I glanced back at him to see a serious look on his face and decided to drop it.

"Don't worry. I think she learned her lesson anyway." I said, yanking my arm from his grasp. I turned around and headed for the lunch room's exit.


Hey whitephoenix18 here with the newest installment of Falling Hard. I hope you guys like it and review to let me know what you guys think. Also, before i forget...I don't own any of the naruto characters. Bye!