Chapter Six

I wasn't looking forward to going to school, obviously. I wasn't looking forward to seeing Naruto and telling him how I felt, seeing Sasuke, or any of the girls who got their asses kicked, which was every girl in my grade. So I hung out, just outside of the Academy and waited.

Tenten came walking down the street beside Neji Hyuga. I didn't like Neji, or anyone from the Hyuga clan for that matter. With the Uchiha gone it was like a constant struggle with the Hyuga to see who'd take their place. We ran the police force now, which was a point for us.

I quickly weaved the signs and transformed into an old woman. I walked out with a makeshift cane I found in the garbage and limped over to Tenten.

She looked at me with mild interest. She recognized my disguise; I used it all the time. I called this form Granny Yariman, or Granny Slut.

"Hmm… hmm… what a delicious young man," I said, puckering my lips. "I'd love a taste of you, boy."

Neji glared at me. "Get away from me, old woman."

"Why leave when I really wanna stay?" I cooed. I was close enough to reach out to him. "Warm an old lady's bones, kind boy."

"Don't touch me," Neji growled, but backed away. Tenten covered her mouth but couldn't contain her giggles. With a scoff Neji stalked off. "See you in class, Tenten."

I waited until he disappeared inside the building. Then I grabbed Tenten's hand and pulled her away from the building. She was my oldest friend, and my partner in crime. If I was going to skip class Tenten should be with me when I do it.

"C'mon, Ten-chan," I said, "Let's ditch today."

"You know that's not a good idea," Tenten said. She started to pull back but I tightened my grip on her wrist and kept on pulling. "Mid-terms are coming up, and…"

"You want another guy lying on top of you?" I asked.

That would stop her. Or at least make her think while I got us safely out of the school zone. Tenten was a full out lesbian. She liked no penis, and had no tolerance for it. She was also my first girlfriend.

"I don't want to deal with that shit either," I said, and pulled her into an alleyway, safely away from the academy. I dropped my genjutsu and I was once again me. "We can hang out. We hadn't done anything together in so long, Ten-chan. Please?"

"Like a date?" Tenten smiled.

"I'm paying," I promised.

She grinned from ear to ear, pulling me into a tight embrace. It turned into a side hug as we walked down the street. "How could I say no to that?"

Needless to say we were going to be in trouble with our parents later, so we stayed out pretty damn late. It was getting dark when we found a nice restaurant to eat at. We had breakfast, we had lunch, and now we were having dinner, and that didn't count the other activities in between. Luckily my dad gave me a big allowance.

"So after he kissed you he left?" Tenten asked.

I nodded. I had finished telling her about my boy problems. She found it too amusing – she wasn't disturbed like I was, but it wasn't happening to her. She didn't make Naruto and Sasuke cum, and have Naruto break into her room with she was undressing and get mouth raped.

"Sounds…" she searched for a word, "Intense."

"No shit," I said. "I don't know how to let him down nicely… and that thing with Sasuke only happened once, but… I've been thinking about him lately… I just don't know."

"I do," Tenten said. "Tell Naruto you're in love with me, and then let me take your mind off Sasuke." Her hands stroked my forearm as she spoke. I fought the urge to shiver.

"Why didn't we work out, anyway?" I asked.

Tenten shrugged the sexual tension easing away as she withdrew her hand and sat back. "I don't know. We're great friends, get along together perfectly, but we just…"

"You don't like commitment," I said softly.

"You don't like to share," Tenten said.

I shrugged. It was true, I didn't like sharing. I was strictly monogamous when I entered relationships, and I expected my partner to be the same.

"Nothing wrong with that," I said. "I'm possessive, is all."

"I know… and you know I like to try all the flavors," Tenten smirked.

"Yeah, I know," I smiled, and then changed the subject, because I wasn't going to get any of the answers I wanted for any of my questions. We got our dinner and ate, talking and laughing the entire time. It was well past dark when we put the chopsticks aside and got up to leave.

I walked Tenten home because her house was closer than mine. I told Tenten everything, but I hadn't told her about the ninja that had been following me around lately.

"Here we are," I said.

Tenten looked grim. "Wish me luck."

"Good luck," I chuckled, and pulled her into a tight hug. It wasn't a friendship hug, it was more than that. An intimate hug that made me flush before she let go.

"I could be the answer to all your problems," Tenten said. "Don't forget about me, ok?"

"I won't," I said.

She nodded and walked into her house. I waited until she was behind the closed door before I started walking again. Could Tenten be the answer to my problems? The sexual tension has always been between us, but could a relationship work a second time around?

I noticed the person walking ahead of me, his hands in his pockets, his hood over his head. I slowed down a bit and reached into my pouch. I wasn't taking any chances. It was a nice, snowless day, but that didn't make me powerless in the least.

"So we're not gonna bother with pretending?" the man asked me.

"Nope," I said. "I want to know who you are, and why you've been following me."

"I haven't followed you for some days now," the man said. "It must have been one of the others."

Others? There was more of his kind and they could possibly be close by.

"Who are you?" I asked again. "Why are you following me?"

"You have something we need," the ninja said, and then he charged.

Continued…