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Chapter 3 – The fight that'll go on

She bit her lower lip, her feet stomped lightly in a nervous manner. You can feel her furious aura if you are close enough. Sasuke chuckled softly seeing the girl's current look. Instantly, he raised his hand and bid $1000.

The whole room's attention diverted to him, and stared at him, giving an 'are-you-nuts' expression. Sasuke shrugged them off and continued to stare at her. Nobody was expecting Sasuke, one of Konoha guys' boarding school's cold girls' target to bid an invisible whoosie-whatsit. She is totally anonymous to the guys.

Sakura and Ino gave her devious looks, a look that clearly said 'you-backstabbing-bitch'. TenTen froze with the look they gave and turn away from them.

Neji, for a reason that is hidden deep in his heart which he can't seek, bid too. "$2000,"

Sasuke glared murderously. How dare he fight over her with him? After witnessing his glare, none of the boys in the room dare inch.

"$3000," Sasuke clenched through his teeth, still glaring at his buddy. He does not know why he was fighting for a girl with his best buddy.

"$4000," Neji continued, the bid rose higher to about $20,000. The crowd's mouth dropped, surprised at the sudden interest on a no-one by 2 popular guys. They are hoping not to see a misfortune coming out of this spectacular party. The thought that is running through everyone's mind right now is for Sasuke to win. Neji is a cold bastard (I can't believe I'm saying this! –SQUEALS! – XD Yeah well, like Sasuke's not!) That won't give a damn for a girl. People know that Sasuke likes to get what he wants, and if he doesn't get it he's going to challenge him (surely, he goes to a boys' boarding school!)

"OMFG! The bid's going higher than mine!" Sakura yelled.

"It's sky-rocketing! WHY HER?! I'm the BIRTHDAY GIRL!" Ino screeched, regretting that she even forced TenTen to go on stage.

"Who's idea was this again?" Temari appeared behind them.

"Shut up Te, butt out of this .Sasuke conversation," Ino replied, leaving Temari retarded.

"This is not even about Sasuke," Temari whispered, causing only Hinata to hear it.

"Temari-san, I think we should stay away," Hinata said, inching back further, not wanting to face the wrath of her friends.

"Ino, I think you should stop them, until it gets $25,000," Sakura warned.

"$25,000," Sasuke bid.

"Oops, too late,"

"Better late than never," Ino said, barging in on stage.

The audience was really really surprised at the prodigies wasting money like water on a girl! I will repeat myself, on a NO-ONE! (Well, she is someone to me, no, no, she is The One to Neji)

"$30,000!"

"Sorry to interrupt the bid," Ino said trying to hold her anger management. "Being the one responsible for this bidding party, I can't allow you two to continue raising your price anymore,"

"Then who gets her?" Sasuke asked abruptly.

"Well, that is for TenTen to decide," Ino answered, slowly turning back to TenTen. Knowing her friend well enough, she knows that TenTen will not disappoint her and will choose Neji. TenTen knows too well about the misfortune that will come if she chose Sasuke.

"T-th-the o-o-one," TenTen stammered, making up her decision. Both of the boys are giving such hopeful, confident looks to her that she pitied too much to turn anyone of them down. "T-the o-o-o-one w-w-wit-with the b-b-brow-n po-p-pony-t-tail," 'Gosh darn it, Hinata's disease is spreading,'

Neji smirked deviously, Sasuke sneered. He vowed that he will smack the living daylight out of the Hyuuga. (If he could)

Everybody heaved a huge relief sigh out loud. Everyone seems to be thanking Kami-sama. Their wish wasn't fulfilled, but at least the worse part was over.

"Since TenTen's turn is over... it's time for Hinata!"

The pupil-less girl walk up on stage, playing with her fingers.

"$5," somebody teased on her, which is not very nice. Hinata looked at that someone with disbelief. And as she noticed, he is a son of her father's rival company.

"You, come on be serious," said Ino, still on stage. Of course, being a preppy girl wanting for attention.

"$1000," somebody said, after all she is one of 'The Hyuugas'!

Kiba who was angered by the joke bid. "$1700,"

Nobody said anything. "Good,"

"Ok, that's about it for my friends. We will continue the bidding part of the fun later on tonight, now everyone enjoy the party!"

The disco ball subducted from the ceiling and everyone, well, danced to the DJ that was on... just a few minutes ago along with the disco ball.

Sasuke caught his eyes to a girl sneaking to the bathroom, who happens to be the one that he is interested in. Perfect! He got up from his seat. Naruto pulled his wrist. "You're not angry at Neji are you?"

Kiba tried to talk some sense in him. "After all, she's just one chick,"

"I'm not looking for Neji, hn" after that 'hn', he jerked his wrist out of Naruto's seize.

Naruto and Kiba traded shrugs as they watched Sasuke left for elsewhere... as we all know, to the girls' bathroom. (Don't even go there! Sasuke's not a pervert ok?!)

He leaned against the bathroom walls...not in there. The entrance's walls. Some girls checked him out while entering the bathroom. Some even gave him winks, and some shot stares, whispering something about his actions before. Finally TenTen came out, after all the girls that had entered all left, leaving the two of them alone.

As soon as she was seen, Sasuke grabbed her by her wrist, and pushed her against the wall, dragged their um, seized hands down, and his other hand holding her other hand, pushed against the wall high, above her buns decorated with hand-out chop sticks, with dragons cris-crossing each other printed on it.

Sasuke smirked; at their positions... he's having an advantage at this position. He finds this position comfortable, while the girl's wiggling out of discomfort.

"So, you're the girl that I didn't get," he leaned his lips close to her ears and whispered. She felt his warm breath on her shoulders as he spoke.

She was waiting for his head to separate from her but since 'he' was waiting for a response with no movement from his earlier position. His head a few centimetres apart from her shoulders. She said in a shaky voice. "M-My friends a-are a big f-fan of you," she felt his smirk, somehow. "But why did you bid... me? Are you just... playing with me?"

He sighed softly, still not moving from his previous position. "No, too bad you chose Neji over me. Why did you do that?"

"I... didn't want my friends to get upset,"

"But do you think I will return them a favour if you have done that?"

"Uh, at least I won't get them to be mad at me,"

"But you like me right?" he asked straightforwardly. (Sorry for Sasuke being too OOC! I don't know how to get him to be emotional in his way.)

TenTen didn't answer, she was flabbergasted. Was this really the Uchiha she heard about?

"It's ok if you don't answer right away," he gave a light kiss on her neck. She was stunned. His light kisses continued. Her stunned moment snapped out of her. She pushed him away from her. "I'm sorry, but I don't think we should be doing this," with that she pulled both of her hands out of his and ran away, leaving him in a despaired look.

She entered the dance floor, searching for her friends. She spotted Ino right away. She is dancing right under the disco ball, and her sparkled dress is really distracting. When you find Ino, it's a shortcut to Sakura. The two girls were dancing together.

"Hey Tens where have you been?" she 'wasn't planning on seeing the Sas-girls. She was looking for Temari and Hinata for help in case Sakura and Ino do something to her.

"'We' need to talk," Ino said, word by word clearly.

TenTen, stunned, dead-end. Later on after a few seconds, she pretended not to hear what they said. "Huh?! What did you say?! I didn't quite catch that,"

That left Ino and Sakura no choice, they cling their arms in hers and dragged her to the girls bathroom, again. Oh how she hated that part of the building now. She can't seem to count the number of times she's been there within a few hours.

In the 'ladies' bathroom

"So what was that about?" Sakura started, pushing TenTen up against the wall, crushing her hands on her shoulders.

"What was what about?" TenTen asked, trying to play dumb.

"Don't play coy with me," Ino said, than quickly corrected. "Us,"

"Seriously, I don't know what you guys are talking about –um- asking about,"

"What's between you and Sasuke-kun? What's the deal?"

"Uh, no deal, and I don't even know him. I only know the stuffs that you talk about him,"

"O...k, then why did he bid you?"

"If you ask me, who shall I ask? Him?" wait, she had already asked him... but her assumption is that he's just playing with her, still.

"Ugh, then what about the Hyuuga? You know him?" Sakura asked, trying to search into her deep hazel eyes for an answer.

"Nope,"

"Damn, the prodigies are fighting over you," Ino cursed, not at her but at the world. "I mean, they should fight for me!"

"Haha, very funny Ino-pig, there's a good reason behind that. I'm the one that they should be fighting over,"

The two kept on arguing as TenTen slipped out of the girls' bathroom slyly, without their notice.

She couldn't believe her eyes when she went out!

End of Chapter 3

Ooh! What did she sees that her eyes can't believe!? Review to find out! I hope this is long enough... it's a 4 whole page in my word document! That's not much but- ah!- I just wanted to end it here! Hehe!

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