The rest of the day went by without any trouble. She even met a few of Naruto and Sasuke's friends. One after another they introduced themselves. Shino, Kiba, Gaara, Kankuro, Neji, and this guy that gave her the creeps named Lee. Before she knew it was already 6th period.

"Ok, I did not planned this..." she murmured as she watched all the guys in her fencing class get undressed. She quickly 'eeped' and closed her eyes as Naruto dropped his pants with abandon.

"Don't you just love fencing class." She heard his voice said right in front of her. "Hey what's wrong? Aren't you going to get dressed?" He asked as he touched her shoulders. Sakura jumped a mile as he imagination began running away from her. 'Oh my gosh!' she thought as she literaly ogligled Sasuke as he stepped around the screen with nothing but a towel hung low on his waist.

"Maybe he's shy." Shino said as he placed on the protective gear on his head wihtout remocing his sunglasses knowing full well the potential damage he might cause to himself.

"He has nothing to be shy for. It's not like his is the size of Naruto's. Nothing is that small." Kiba said as he murmured the last part.

"Hey, I heard that! I am not small. It's cold in here." he said furiously.

"Calm down, Dobe. It was just a joke." Sasuke said calmly as he placed the finishing touch on before exiting the locker room.

"Let's see how upset he will get if someone talked about his jewels." Naruto said as he left behind Sasuke. Soon one after another the boys began filing out leaving Sakura by herself. She quickly began getting dressed trying to make up for the lost time. She placed on the padded sleeveless shirt, armed guards for the elbow and knees, black gloves, and the fencing helemt. In the end it was a wasted effort. Becasue she was the last one and new, she had to demonstrate her skills to Itachi Uchiha. She entered the spacious white gym, it had tinted windows at the top near the ciling. There was pads on the floor and benches on the far left side of the gym fro resting. She stood in the circle of the room facing Itachi.

"Are you ready?" he asked as stood in front of her. Sakura merely nodded her head as determination burned in her eyes. The rest of the students sat in a full circle around them, giving them a wide moving area. As she waited for the call to begin she felt Sasuke's eyes on her. When she heard the sign to start, she immediately lunged to the right on her knee as Itachi's raptor was thrusted ehrer her head was moment before. She replied in kind while she kneed on the floor and thrusted hers upwards in an attempt to score a point. Unfortunately it was blocked quickly. Sakura and Itachi were soon blocking and parring furiously making it appear effortlessly while at the same time making it look like they were dancing. Sakura felt sweat appearing on her brow as Naruto's voice filled the air.

"Come on, Saku! You can do it! Believe it."

After ten minutes Itachi soon scored a point. He accidentialy made a swipe at a delicated, unprotected area as blood soon began beading to the surface of her arm. Sakura released a painful hiss as she toppled backwards. Gentle hands closed around her shoulders to steady her. She turned to look at her helper.

Forest green clashed with Steel gray.

She quickly followed Neji as he led her to a bench away from on giong lookers as Itachi resumed teaching his class.

"You have to be more careful, Sakura." he said as he quietly so no one can hear him as he gently began cleansing the wound as he began the process of healing.

"How--Wait, who's Sakura?" she asked, playing dumb.

"Enough, Ino told Hinata, and Hinata asked me to look after the new pretty boy with beautiful green eyes and unique hair color and to make sure 'his' cover was not blown. It is safe to say that you fit this description." Neji said as he wrapped a guaze around her arm. 'He thinks I have beautiful eyes?' she thought as she watched him place tape over it.

"How do you know Hinata?" she questioned as she flexed her arm after he finished then placed it on his arm.

"She's my cousin." he replied as he stared at her intently. She was just about to reply when Naruto walked up to them with Sasuke locked securely to his side.

"So, what are you to talking about. Ya look so comfortable together, it's almost like you're dating. Well are you?" Naruto joked as he noticed Sakura's hand resting on Neji's left bicep. A blush stole its way across her cheeks as shse slowly removed her hand before looking in the opposite direction of the guys to let the heat die down.

"What's this? Is little Saku blushing? I hit the jack-pot." he said as he laughed softly.

"Naruto, shut up. I will see you later Saku." Neji said as he lightly patted her cheek before leaving.

"Well, that was unexpected. Neji is really protective of you for some reason. Is there something we should know?" Naruto questioned as he took Neji's spot.

"Lay off, Dobe. I don't want to hear about lover-boy's love life." Sasuke said as he sat down and layed on his back.

"Well at least you have a love life. Me and Baka hear can't even stand the girls around here. We just want someone who really sees us, you know. Instead of using all the tricks to snag us, ya know?" Naruto said as he layed back also and stared at the ceiling.

"Yeah...I know exactly how you feel....." Sakura said on a sign as she laid in between them.