Disclaimer: I do not own any of Naruto or it's characters.

Lynn walked inside her room, her long damp hair wetting her shirt.. She looked at her bruised arm and grabbed a bottle with pink-purple ointment and surrounded her arm with it.(Run-on sentence)Suddenly, her cell phone started to ring. She sighed. It was Sakura. She must've been worried. After the nurse saw the bruise on her arm, she had sent her home. Her dad was off in a navy mission and Irene was home early. Irene was a doctor so she knew how to handle bruises like the one Lynn had on her arm. She had given her this weird smelling ointment. Her step-mom said that she couldn't go to school on Tuesday. Lynn had gladly agreed. After what happened to her and Neji, she didn't really feel like going there. And right now, she didn't feel like talking to anybody.

The ring of the cell phone knocked her out of her thoughts. She left it on the bed. Even though she didn't do anything today, she was tired. (It's Wednesday)

Finally, the ringing stopped. She grabbed it and saw that Sakura had left her a voicemail. She listened to Sakura's worried voice. "Lynn? Where are you? We're really worried. Call us as soon as you get this message." Lynn stared at her cell phone for a long time before she threw it back on her bed. As soon as it hit the mattress, it started to ring again.She glared at it thinking it'll stop.After the phone rang seven times, she finally picked it up.

"Hello?"

"Lynn-san? Is that you?"

"Duh. What do you want? I don't feel like talking right now."

"Well, ummm. We're really worried. You haven't been here for two days already! Is something wrong?"

"Nothing. It's just that I don't want to go to school after what happened."

"But when are you coming back? Everybody is worried."

Lynn narrowed her eyes. "Oh yeah? Is Neji worried?"

"Um…"

"Yeah, I'm sure he would be after what he did to ME!" She then hang up and threw the cell phone at the wall. She hated her life. Something or someone was always ruining it.

"Hello? Hello? I know your still there!"

"Um, Sakura, I think she hang up." She turned to look at Tenten.

"Why is she mad anyway? I thought I heard Neji's name."

Sakura faked a smile. "I don't know. You must be hearing stuff." Tenten suspiciously looked at her.

"Everybody's been acting weird since I came out of the bathroom. Did something happen?"

"NO! I mean…no. Just, don't worry about it. Everything will be back to normal before you know it. Now, you better go home. It's getting late. We might be rich, but this city is ghetto. Who knows what could happen at night."

"Thanks mom." The two girls laughed for a few seconds before Tenten left Sakura's bedroom.

Irene walked slowly to Lynn's bedroom. It was Thursday and her step-daughter hadn't gone to school since her bruise on her arm. She knocked on the door.A few seconds passed before she saw Lynn's drowsy face in the door. But her face quickly became full of hatred.

"What do you want?"

Irene smiled. "I was thinking that you should go back to school now. Your arm's healing, right?"

"Yeah, why should you care?"

"Because I'm your mother, whether you like it or not." Irene was tired of Lynn treating her like shit. She was older than her. She was suppose to be the one that had power. Not the other way around.

Lynn scoffed. "I already know that." The two ladies glared at each other before Lynn got impatient. "Fine. If that's what you want, I'll go to school. But I'm already late. Fourth period started one hour ago."

"That's ok. Better than nothing. Do you need a ride?"

Lynn's face became grim. "All I need is for you to leave me alone." With that said, she slammed her door in front of Irene's face. Irene sighed very deeply. She might have won this battle but she still hasn't won the war.

Lynn slowly walked to Ms. Sedaka's room. She didn't want to go to school today but she didn't want to fight with Irene either. She took her time walking down the empty hallway.
Sakura looked around the room. She had hoped that Lynn would come today.Seems like she didn't. She glanced at Ino, who had the same expression as her. They both looked at Sasuke and Neji. Unfortunately, this is the one period that they both sit next to each other. And it didn't look like they were having fun. What it did look like was that they were about to jump each other as soon as Ms. Sedaka wasn't looking.

"Neji and Sasuke. I told you two to work together. And what are you doing? Looking like you want to kill each other." The two boys looked up to find Ms. Sedaka with an irritated look on her face. "Ok. If you guys don't want to work together, then you guys will work apart." She pointed at the board, twenty history questions on it.

"First one that gets all the problems done will get no homework for the whole MONTH." The two boys glared at each other before they slowly walked to the front of the room. They took an expo marker and got ready. "GO!"

The interested class watched as Sasuke and Neji tried to look at each other's answers. Those two boys were really competitive. Naruto sweat dropped. "You don't think they're taking this TOO seriously, right Sakura-chan?" But Sakura and Ino were too busy trying hard not to laugh.

Sasuke and Neji looked ridiculous. They looked like little boys trying to win a race. But Tenten wasn't laughing, she was staring at them, a confused look on her face.The boyswere competitive but not when they were playing each other. It looked like this was a win or die situation. What happened to them? They haven't been talking to each other all week. Something weird is going on. By now, the whole class was trying hard not to laugh. Even the teacher.

"Ok boys. That's enough. It looks like you guys are going to kill each other." But the boys wouldn't stop. They weren't going to quit until one of them became victorious. After about twenty minutes, they finished. It looked like a tie. Half of the class said Sasuke finished first but the other half said that Neji finished. When they were finally tired of arguing, all the students looked at the teacher, awaiting her decision.

Mrs. Sedaka smiled, an evil look on her face. "Since you two boys looked like you finished at the same time, and since the class can't decide who finished first, and since I told you guys to stop and you didn't stop, nobody's the winner."

Sasuke and Neji scowled at each other as they walked back to their desk. The teacher started to talk again and they started to fight again.

"I don't care. I won anyway."

Neji scoffed. "Why don't you prove it first?"

"Are you saying I'm lying?"

"You must be, because I won."

"That's not what half of the class said."

"But the other half said I won."

"While the other half said that I won." Their voices were slowly rising. Some of the students that were close were now listening to them argue.

"You know what Sasuke? I'm tired of this shit." Neji's face becoming redder and redder. Sasuke glared at him. Both of the boys got ready to punch each other when the door to their classroom opened. A girl wearing shorts and a strapless shirt walked in. She had an elastic bandage on her left arm. For some reason, Neji felt guilty.

"Hi Ms. Sedaka."

"Ah, Lynn. Long time no see. What happened to your arm?"

"I tripped." She said it like it was an everyday topic. She walked to her desk, right next to Hinata.

"Okay class. Back to work!" Lynn sighed. She could hearthe class whispering about what happened to her and Neji. But what she didn't get was that they were talking about Sasuke, too. Man! A lot of things happen in three days! Hinata's shy little voice brought her out of her thoughts.

"Um. Lynn-kun. I'm sorry for what my cousin did to you. He might not apologize so I'm apologizing for him. Is your arm okay?" Lynn grinned at her.

"It's ok! You don't have to apologize. It wasn't your fault he hurt me. It's not his fault either. But can I ask you something?"

"Sure, anything."

"Why are the kids talking about Sasuke? I understand that they're talking about what happened to me and Neji, but Sasuke? What does he have to do with what happened?"

Hinata stared at her paper before she started to talk again. "Well, after you ran after Tenten, Sasuke and Neji got into a little fight."

"Little?"

"Sasuke got pissed that Neji hurt you so they started to yell at each other. It soon got into a fist fight." Hinata said very fast.

Lynn immediately became worried. "Oh no. This is all my fault. Aren't they in the same football team? How will they play? Did they play yet? Did they win? Oh no, oh no, oh no." Hinata stared at her, a look of amazement on her face. She never knew anyone could get so worried so easily. Hinata was about to answer her when Ms. Sedaka's voice chimed through her ears.

"Ms. Hyuuga and Ms. Kayamate. Is something wrong?" The class turned to look at them. The two girls shook their heads.

"Ms. Kayamate. You barely come back from your little vacation and you're causing trouble already. Do you want detention?" Lynn put on her "innocent face" and shook her head again.

"Then I suggest you get back to work." Ms. Sedaka looked around the room. "All of you."

Lynn bolted through the door as soon as the bell rang. She got her snack and hid behind a tree. Every time someone saw her, they would start to whisper about what happened on Monday. It looked like they wanted her to feel guilty after what happened to Tenten. Thank God nutrition break was only ten minutes.

She threw her juice down the ground and kicked it. It went through some bushes. Then, she heard the juice hit something and looked at the direction she kicked it. She saw Gaara staring at her juice next to his new shoes. New shoes that had apples juice all over it. He looked up to find a girl with blue highlights staring at him.

He looked like he was about to murder her. Suddenly, the bell rang. Lynn ran out the bushes to her fifth period. It's a good thing I don't have this period with him.

BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGG

Lynn walked slowly out the room, looking around to see if Gaara was near. She didn't really want to see him after what happened in nutrition break. "Who are you hiding from?" She jumped when she saw Hinata, looking questioningly at her.

"Um. Nobody! Why would I be hiding?"

"If your trying to hide from Neji, you don't have to. I'll take care of him."

"No! I'm not hiding from him."

"Then who are you hiding from?"

"I didn't say I was hiding form anybody."

"You didn't say you weren't." Lynn sweat dropped, faking a smile. She was caught.

"Well… I accidentally spilled some juice on Gaara's new shoes." Hinata stared at her, before she burst out laughing.

"What? What's so funny?"

"Nothing! Didn't Ino and Sakura warn you about him? I advise you stay away from him. You do no want to mess with Gaara." Lynn bit her lips. That didn't sound too good. She walked with Hinata to the cafeteria and walked out to sit under a tree. She saw Neji, Gaara, Naruto, and Sasuke sitting in a bench. She looked away when she saw Gaara and Neji turn their heads.

Neji glanced at Lynn sitting by the girls under a tree. He suddenly felt guilty again. She looked so lonely and worried.

"You should go apologize." Neji turned around tocome face to faceGaara. He never really talked unless it was really important.

"I don't need to do anything."

"You and I both know that it wasn't her fault Tenten cried. But it is your fault that she has an elastic bandage on her arm." All of a sudden, Neji found the ground interesting. Then, he frowned. "Fine. I'll go apologize. But that doesn't mean me and Sasuke are going to become friends again." He stared at the ground again.

"What happened to your shoes? Didn't you buy that yesterday?"

Gaara looked away. "Nothing." Neji sighed. He knew he wouldn't say anything else. He slowly got up and made his way to the girls under the tree. Sasuke looked at him and was about to get up when Gaara stopped him. Sasuke gazed at him before he opened his mouth. But Gaara beat him to it.

"Just watch."

I have another story I started called Babysitting is Hell. Check it out.

This is the longest chapter I ever wrote. :D HUUURRRAAAYY >I'm crazy...

R&R--I LUV ICE CREAM!