Alrighty, here is the next chapter of PWTG. Sorry about the long delay, my life has been pretty hectic.

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As always, thanks to my beta RaeTyphlosion for her assistance.

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Chapter 7

The next day after practice, while Tenten was still in the locker room, Rock Lee announced that he was having a basketball team party that Friday, and everyone was welcome to go.

Katsu waltzed over to Tenten. "We're going," he stated. "You newbies need to mingle with the team," he said, referring to Tenten and Gaara.

Tenten decided it was not worth arguing, and just nodded in acceptance. Katsu grinned in victory before he trotted of towards Gaara, presumably to tell him the same news.

Tenten gathered her things and went back to her room to shower in peace. On her way back to the dorms, she was joined by Kankuro, who had ditched the overly hyper Katsu, and left Gaara to deal with him.

"Hey Ryuu, you excited about the party?" he asked.

"Um…not especially, but…I guess it'll be alright," she said in reply.

"It should be fun! No alcohol, though…" he muttered. "Lee has connection with Guy, who has connection with the school, so he has a pretty big room. Thing is though, he rooms with Hyuuga…"

Tenten was not able to ask him to elaborate on Hyuuga because they had reached their rooms. Kankuro grinned and waved to Tenten as she entered her room. She set down her things and got into the shower, musing about Hyuuga. There were plenty of questions she wanted to ask. Why were the three siblings wary of him? What was the connection there anyways? And what did he have against her? She had never even talked to him.

Lost in her thoughts, she stayed in longer than she had intended to. "Ryuu, get out, it's my turn!" yelled Katsu, over the sound of the running water.

Tenten quickly dried herself and put her clothes on, then opened the bathroom door, letting a large cloud of steam billow out.

"I thought you were drowning in there," Katsu teased.

Tenten stuck her tongue out in retaliation and Katsu laughed at her childish antics, shutting the bathroom door behind him.

Friday came quickly, and before Tenten knew it, the day's practice was over and Katsu arm was slung over her shoulder as they walked back to their dorm. They showered quickly, and were almost ready to go an hour later.

"Hey Katsu, do I have to wear anything special?" asked Tenten.

Katsu scoffed. "Wear anything special? Wow, that's a girlish thing to ask." He laughed at Tenten's look of discomfort. "Dude, I'm just kidding. No, wear whatever."

"Ok, thanks" said Tenten, and she grabbed some clothes, a teal short sleeve shirt, a black sleeveless shirt and a pair of green shorts before going into the bathroom.

When she was finished getting ready, Tenten decided to stop by next door to see if the other two boys were ready. After she knocked, she got a "Yeah, hang on!"

The door opened and Kankuro appeared in just a towel. Tenten blushed and looked away. "Why is it that whenever I come over here and you answer, you're always in a state of undress!" she asked, annoyed.

Kankuro shrugged but asked her to come in anyways. Upon stepping into the room, she was a little disgusted by the clothes and food strewn around. "You guys really need to clean up in here." She said.

Kankuro rolled his eyes. "Yes, mother. Was that the only thing you came in here to say?"

"No. We're going to head over to Lee's soon. You guys coming with us?"

"Yeah, let me just get dressed. I think Gaara is ready." He moved to his dresser and pulled out some clothes.

"Um…yeah, I'll just wait out here." said Tenten heading to the door. When she got out, Katsu was there waiting. He was wearing a blue shirt, that had sleeves that went down to his elbows and upper part of the shirt was done up with a cord and a pair of baggy black pants.

"Are those boys taking forever?" he asked.

Tenten nodded and the two stood waiting for another ten minutes, before Kankuro and Gaara appeared. Kankuro was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and a pair of sweatpants. Gaara had on a black sleeveless shirt over a long sleeve fishnet shirt and a snug pair of black jeans.

"Man, Kanky, what took you so long?" asked Katsu.

"Well…one thing led to another…" he said vaguely.

"Whatever, lets just go already," said Katsu impatiently, and he proceeded to drag the three of them all the way to Lee's dorm room.

They arrived at Lee's dorm and knocked, to have the door opened by Shikamaru Nara. "Hey guys, come in. Pretty much everyone else is here…" he gestured them in and shut the door.

Tenten was amazed by the size of the room. It was easily almost triple the size of her own. "Damn, this room is huge," she said.

"Yeah, well, Lee has connections with Guy, and Guy has connections with the school, so to speak, which means that Lee has a bigger room than a lot of us," said Kankuro helpfully.

"Uh huh," muttered Tenten. She swept her eyes over the people in the room. Shikamaru was correct when he said most of the team was there. However, Tenten saw some new faces. "Hey, Shikamaru, who are those girls?" she asked.

"Uh…some of the cheerleaders got wind of the party and decided to drop by," He replied.

"Wait, Shika, some of the cheerleaders? Who?" asked Katsu, suddenly interested.

"Sakura and Ino," Shikamaru sighed.

"Dude, awesome," said Katsu, and he walked over to them.

Tenten watched in amusement as both girls jumped on him when they saw him. They pulled him over to a couch and sat down with him and began talking. Tenten shook her head, slightly smiling at their antics.

Just then, the host of the party popped up next to them. "Ah, dear teammates!" he cried, slinging himself over Gaara and Tenten, who were not as fast as Kankuro to evade him.

Kankuro laughed at them. "Ah, freshmen…you'll figure things out eventually." Shaking his head he walked off in the direction of Shikamaru who was talking with Choji, the last person to arrive.

Lee escorted Tenten and Gaara over to the counter, which had large quantities of food spread out on it. He babbled on about something or other as Tenten helped herself to some chips and a cup of lemonade.

"Um yeah Lee, that's great," she said. "But I'm going to go talk to Katsu."

"That is most definitely acceptable!" said Lee. "I shall do my best to keep Gaara company on this evening." He smiled brightly at Tenten, who smiled uncertainly back at him. She waved before leaving a scowling Gaara with a very exuberant Lee.

She walked to the couch to find Katsu with a blond cheerleader on his lap. He had one arm slung around her neck and another around her waist. The other girl, who had pink hair, was sitting on one side of Katsu. "Hey Katsu, can I sit here?" asked Tenten, gesturing to the empty place next to him.

"Oh, Ryuu, hey!" he said brightly, "welcome to the party." To the girls he said, "This is Ryuu, my roommate."

The blond one on Katsu's lap squealed and turned to look at Tenten. "It's nice to meet you! Katsu was just telling us about you! I'm Ino, Ino Yamanaka."

The pink haired one on Katsu's other side leaned over across Katsu and Ino and took a look at Tenten. "Yeah, it's nice to meet you. I'm Sakura Haruno." She turned to Katsu, "You never said he was cute." She accused.

Katsu shrugged. "I just didn't think it would matter to you," he said, smirking.

Sakura turned pink at the remark. "No, it doesn't matter," she huffed.

Katsu laughed which made Sakura madder. "Aw, shut up," she said, whacking Katsu on the side of the head. Katsu laughed harder. "What?" she asked.

"Nothing" he replied. However, he must have communicated something because Sakura looked down briefly and jumped back, blushing profusely.

"Geeze Sakura, it's about time you got off me," said Ino, with annoyance in her voice. "You're so heavy; I thought I was going to suffocate."

Sakura glared and was about to respond when Katsu interjected. "Girls, I know that you have trouble not expressing the…annoyance and…dislike you have for each other. However, I think you're weirding Ryuu out." She tilted her head towards Tenten.

Both girls turned to look at Tenten, who had her eyebrows raised and her mouth slightly open. She shut her mouth and scratched her head. "Um yeah…I'm not sure what happened there…" she muttered.

Laughing, Katsu said "Oh, don't worry about it. This happens all the time." He ruffled Tenten's hair.

"Ok…" said Tenten patting her hair down, "I think I'm going to go get some more food." She got up, still somewhat perplexed by the events that had just transpired.

She made her way to the counter again, this time taking a piece of watermelon. She had just bitten into it when she felt eyes watching her. She chewed and swallowed, before turning to look for the owner of the stare. She had a hunch she knew who it was; she just had to locate the person.

She scanned the room briefly, and her eyes settled on Neji Hyuuga, who was standing tucked in the corner of the counter. Tenten glared back at him as he stared at her. She saw his forehead crease slightly, and he straightened and walked over to her.

"You have a lot of guts glaring at me like that, freshmen," he stated, his unnervingly light eyes boring into her. His long hair fell unbound around his shoulders, framing his pale face.

She swallowed before replying. "Sorry, but you were the one who initiated it. What is your problem with me, anyways, Hyuuga? I haven't even talked to you before."

He sneered slightly at her, his eyes cold. "For your information, that Sabaku bitch hurt my cousin, and I haven't forgiven them for that. That whole family is messed up. You'd best not have anything to do with them. I'm just making sure that you don't fall into the middle of that mess. Be careful, Long." He turned to leave, knocking against Tenten's shoulder on the way.

She snarled at his back, disliking his arrogance. He looked over his shoulder at her once, smirking, before engaging a Gaara-free Lee in conversation.

Tenten turned once more to the food, throat dry. She poured herself another glass of lemonade and downed it. Then she shot a glance at Katsu who was laughing with Sakura and Ino. She sighed, seeing that Katsu was busy, and made a mental note to ask him about the Hyuuga cousin later.

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