For those who have been reading this story,

AT LAST, it continues!

I'm sorry for all of you who had to wait , Hopefully it was worth it.

I went back and edited the three previous chapters so you can go back and read them if you like and they shall hopefully sound exponentially better.

Disclaimer: I wish I owned Naruto, then I could afford my bills.

The nerds stared at the bright and exuberant newcomer who stood posed in the archway, his smile sending off intense beams of shine. Kiba felt himself momentarily blinded and blinked rapidly, trying to clear his eyes. Gaara glared at the brightness, certain that he had seen the boy's teeth literally sparkle.

'Is that even possible?' he questioned himself, not wanting to say it out loud.

"Holy cow!" Naruto exclaimed loudly pointing at Lee for a moment before his hand was pulled down by Sakura.

Ino laughed. Lee was the poster boy for perfect dental care. It had taken her months to get used to that radiant grin and when she tried to achieve the same startling whiteness, she had failed. Lee refused to share his secrets, saying only that he took care of his teeth the same as anyone else did. Ino did everything, she brushed her teeth 5 times a day, used whitening toothpaste, strips, and mouthwash, skipped her usual morning coffee, and still her smile lacked the wattage that Lee's carried. She soon gave up and went back to normal, glad to have her coffee back. Of course, everyone else was happy too. Ino without coffee = bitch.

"Lee, could you at least knock?" Sasuke asked, detached. He really could care less, Lee was always annoying him some way or another and he had learned to simply cope with it.

"I am sorry my most youthful friend, I was training after class with Gai-sensei, the most amazing and dynamic teacher of them all." Lee answered again, still sparkling. Sakura stared at him dazedly. She vaguely remembered him from middle school. Back then he had followed her around and left love letters in her locker. He had also had the most ridiculous outfit and a black bowl cut that had marked him as a definite weirdo.

He looked better now, His hair had grown out a bit and was pushed out of his face. He actually looked pretty good. The only green he wore now was his shirt which was a definite improvement from his favorite middle school outfit of green pants, a green shirt and orange shoes. Sakura figured that he was colorblind. Still, she didn't regret not dating him, even if he was now one of the cool kids. She had her sights set on someone else.

"Hey! I know you. You're bushy brows from gym class!" Naruto exclaimed again.

Lee blinked a few times at the nickname but casually accepted it.

"Oh how careless! My name is Rock Lee, it is a pleasure to meet all of you." he said enthusiastically, albeit a bit loud. They repeated their names again for him, except for Neji. He sighed, really wishing that Lee had not shown up. He really didn't particularly dislike Lee, actually it was the opposite. However, he did not want the boy to know about his feelings yet, he would prefer to wait until they were no longer lab partners. He really didn't need any distractions that could wind up with his hair set on fire or dipped in any chemicals.

"Oh..Lee, Naruto, I'll get you two chairs." Hinata said, noticing their lack of seats.

"I'll help Hinata" Ino said getting up behind her. Sakura watched, getting the impression that wherever Hinata went Ino wasn't far behind. She wondered if maybe there was something between them. She grinned evilly hoping to finally have some information to use against Ino-pig.

Kiba still seemed a bit disoriented and he was aware that Shikamaru had gone back to watching him. Kiba was beginning to get really nervous. After all, he was still afraid that this was some sort of plot to prank them horribly. And maybe Shikamaru was only pretending to be interested in him so that he could crush Kiba horribly.

Shika got up and walked over to the recently vacated position on the couch, sitting down next to Kiba. He patted him on the head, causing Kiba to stare at him quizzically.

"It's okay, Lee has that effect on people. You get used to it, well for the most part." Shikamaru said reassuringly. Kiba almost laughed, wanting to say that it wasn't the bright smiled guy that left him nervous and dazed. Instead he simply smiled up at Shikamaru, who still hadn't removed his hand from Kiba's hair.

Hinata and Ino came back carrying what appeared to be fancy kitchen chairs and set them down by the couch. The boys immediately sat down and Hinata sat back down on the couch while Ino glared at Shika who had taken her seat. She moved to the other side of the room and sat on the arm chair by Sakura.

'Interesting' Sakura thought, observing her actions. Ino and Sakura had once been best friends, back in elementary school. In middle school Ino had become a cheerleader while Sakura joined the science club. They drifted further apart until they never saw each other at all. Now that they had been pushed together by their friends Sakura was a bit upset that Ino hadn't even tried to talk to her. So she wanted revenge.

"So what do you guys do for fun around here?" Naruto asked bluntly, becoming bored with the small conversation. He was barely able to keep still and he started to bounce around on Sakura's lap, ending him a slap to the side of the head which knocked him off of her and the chair.

Sasuke snorted, before glancing around nervously, hoping no one caught that. Gaara cracked a smile at him, letting him know that he knew. Sasuke glared menacingly at the red-head, though it seemed to have no effect.

"What, are you complaining?" Ino asked annoyed.

"Um... W-well what do you want to do?" Hinata asked hesitantly. Shikamaru smirked and stretched, looking incredibly hot.

"Well there's lots of things we can do...' he said flirtatiously, trailing off and looking directly at Kiba, his eyes scanning the small boys form, his hand still in Kiba's hair.

Kiba blushed furiously at Shikamaru's tone. He may have been a nerd but he knew when someone was being a sexy flirt.

Lee poked Sasuke in the stomach, causing the Uchiha glare to be turned in his direction

"What?" the Uchiha snarled.

"You looked upset." Lee answered as if that justified his action. Sasuke simply heightened his glare powers until Lee backed away.

He attempted to not glance back at Naruto.
"We have video games and movies, and a game room, or we can go outside. We can play soccer or spar or tag. Whatever you guys want to do." He said with forced politeness.

When the word 'spar' dropped from Sasuke's mouth nearly all of the nerds frowned, knowing that they weren't quite physically fit for such a thing. None of them worked out and they were... wimpy, stringy, and had no endurance power, as Sakura would have put it. Sakura was actually probably the strongest among them. She was taking some martial arts and had a really mean punch, often Naruto was at the receiving end of it so he could vouch.

"What do you guys usually do?" Naruto asked in a moment of calm pondering. He sniffed and his glasses slipped down his nose. Sasuke couldn't tear his eyes away from the adorable boy, his Uchiha resistance to cuteness was not strong enough. Gaara watched him curiously.

Sasuke glared at Gaara once again, trying his best to threaten him using only his onyx eyes. He did not want anyone to know that he liked Naruto, that stupid little cute fox boy. Surprisingly to Sasuke, seafoam green eyes glared back at his own with an intensity just as fierce, if not more so. This definitely confused Sasuke, making his eyes widen slightly.

"Well, why doesn't everyone just split up and do what they want?" Hinata said innocently.

"Sounds like a plan" Neji answered.