Tada! Chappie ten is here!

CHAPTER 10

Tenten's P.O.V

My life is back to normal! Neji and I are going out and so are Sasuke and Sakura and Naruto and Hinata. At first, Neji was against it but with a little bit of coaxing from me and a lot of threats and glares from Sakura, he finally allowed them to date.

The weird thing was that I hadn't seen Akiko around for the last couple of days. Weird huh? But hey, I'm not gonna let that bitch bother me anymore.

The day of the election finally arrived. I voted for Naruto because, one, I can't vote for myself, two, he's my friend, and three he's the only candidate apart from myself.

It all went well. We had to go to a secret ballot box and submit our votes. I wonder who voted for me. Oh well, I guess I'll have to wait and see.

A few days after the election, I was in English class. Neji, Sakura, Sasuke, Naruto, Hinata and Lee had the same class too. The principal came in with the school's vice principal, Yamato. Some sorry kid must be in major trouble.

"Is Miss Tenten here?" Yamato asked. Crap. What did I do?

I stood up, "Um . . . that's me."

"We were going to announce the senior class president on Monday," said Yamato. "But we give it today. Congratulations Tenten. You won."

I won! But why did I feel something was wrong?

"Is there something wrong?" I asked.

"There are more number of ballots then the number of seniors," said the principal. "Tenten, you won by a suspicious white margin."

"Are you saying Tenten cheated?" Sakura exclaimed. No way! I didn't cheat. I'm not a cheater and I never will be.

"I didn't cheat, I swear." I told the principal.

The principal shook his head, "I'm sorry Tenten. But unless you can prove that, I'm afraid I'll have to suspend you. We'll discuss this topic further after school in the gym with the students. Also, I'm afraid you've lost the election, therefore Uzumaki Naruto is the class president by default."

Naruto's P.O.V

Naruto was baffled. He won but by default. He should be happy but he wasn't because Tenten was said to have cheated. He knew Tenten and there's no way she would ever do something like that.

'What do I do?' He thought miserably.

Tenten's P.O.V

The bell rang and all my friends came to me. Neji put his arm around me, "Tenten, I want you to know I didn't do this."

"Same here. I would never do that Ten." said Sakura.

"Cheating is unyouthful and I swear I didn't do it Tenten!" said Lee. The rest nodded in agreement.

I lowered my head, "I know it wasn't you guys." For a second there, I really thought I had won. I felt the traitor tears welling up in the corner of my eyes but I wiped them away before they could fall. Neji kissed my forehead and I leaned on his chest.

"Tenten," Naruto said. "I'm so sorry. You wanted to be president more than I do . . ."

I shook my head, "No Naruto. Its okay, I don't mind. By the way, congrats." I held out my hand. Naruto grabbed it and pulled me for a bear hug.

"Who would do such a thing?" Hinata said softly.

"Wait a minute," said Sasuke. "Do you think it's that Akiko girl?"

"Bingo! Sasuke-kun you're so smart!" A voice exclaimed. We all turned to see Akiko who was smirking. Neji growled, "Why on earth did you do something like that?"

Akiko scoffed, "Bunbun needs to know her place!"

Sakura lunged at her but I held her back. "Let me go Tenten!" She roared. I shook my head, "Forget it." Sakura paused but retreated.

"You do know you'll be punished for this right?" Hinata said with a frown. Akiko laughed, "What proof do you have that it's me? Who will believe you?"

"We have witness!" said Naruto. For once, he said something smart.

Akiko snorted, "But you guys are Bunbun's friends. They'll think you are supporting her."

She got us. I know the truth but I have to proof to give the principal. "See you after school Bunbun." Akiko said as she clicked her tongue and walked off.

"What do we do now?" Naruto shouted.

I sighed, "There's nothing we can do. I'll just . . . take responsibility for the whole thing."

"WHAT?" everyone exclaimed.

"But why? It's not your fault!" Sakura said as she punched the locker and put a dent in it.

"Sakura leave the poor locker alone and it's alright. We'll get Akiko back once my suspension is over."

Everyone was reluctant at first but agreed in the end. I sighed. It was the only thing I could do right now. One thing's for sure, I'm gonna kick Akiko's butt after my suspension is over.

After school the whole school gathered in the gym. Akiko was looking at me smugly but I ignored her. It was like I was in court or something. It felt weird. I was standing on a podium and the principal was standing on one too on the other side of the gym. Sakura, Lee, Hinata and Naruto gave me thumbs up. Neji and Sasuke gave me encouraging looks.

"Miss Tenten," said the principal. I took a deep breath. "If you have any proof that you didn't cheat please share."

I exhaled, "I know the truth and the truth is I didn't cheat. But since I have no proof what so ever, I will take the punishment."

The principal nodded, "Very well. You will be suspended for two wee-"

"Hold it!" I voice yelled. We all turned to the door and saw from where the voice came from.

"Hanabi?" Sakura, Me, Neji and Hinata said. A breathless Hanabi was standing at the door holding a brown messenger bag. She was wearing a red Nike t-shirt with khaki shorts and sneakers.

"Hanabi, what are you doing here?" Neji called out.

She caught her breath, "Tenten is not the one who cheated."

I couldn't believe my ears. Hanabi was defending me! What the hell is happening?

"And what proof do you have Miss . . ." the principal trailed off.

"Hanabi." Hanabi said with a smirk. "Hyuuga Hanabi."

A lot of murmurings were going on when Hanabi said she was a Hyuuga.

"Miss Hyuuga." said the principal.

"Hanabi, this isn't your business, stay out of it!" I hissed.

She scoffed, "It is totally my business."

The principal cleared his throat. "As I was saying, what proof do you have that Miss Tenten is innocent, Miss Hyuuga?'

Hanabi grinned evilly. She looked at the students, "Oh Akiko-chan! Why don't you answer that?" Hanabi said in a fake sweet tone. How did Hanabi know? Everyone turned to Akiko.

Akiko was turning red, "I didn't do it!"

Hanabi chuckled darkly, "Oh yeah?" She opened her messenger bag and pulled out a voice recorder and pushed play.

'I'm not done with you yet Bunbun, I will make you suffer!' Hanabi pressed pause. Akiko's voice was recorded loud and clear. Akiko turned even redder, "How do you know that's my voice? It could be anyone else's!"

Hanabi held up a finger, "Ah, ah, ah. I'm not done." She pressed play again.

'I'm gonna need a lot of copies of the election slips. Revenge is sweet ne?' Akiko's voice said from the recorder.

Akiko stood up enraged, "It wasn't me who put the extra slips with Bunbun's name!"

Hanabi grinned widely, "Thank you so much for admitting."

"What?" Akiko asked confused.

"No one calls Tenten 'Bunbun' except for you." Hanabi played the recording again.

'I'm not done with you yet Bunbun, I will make you suffer!' Hanabi smirked, "You've been caught red handed."

Akiko tried to dash out the door but Hanabi stuck her foot out and made Akiko trip. Akiko tried to get up but Hanabi pushed her back down, "Payback's a bitch!"

The crowd looked at Hanabi in awe. Then, Naruto whistled and started cheering. The crowd joined in and cheered for Hanabi. Hanabi smirked. I was still shocked. The principal's voice snapped me out of my trance.

"It seems Miss Tenten is innocent so she will not be suspended. Miss Akiko and whoever helped her will be punished. However, you still lost the election." The principal said.

"No worries," I told him with a grin. "I'm just glad Akiko was caught."

The teachers took a screaming Akiko away. I walked up to Hanabi with the rest of the gang.

I raised an eyebrow at her, "Why'd you do that? I thought you hated me."

Hanabi shook her head, "I have my reasons."

"And what are those reasons?" Neji asked.

"Revenge." said Hanabi.

"Revenge?" Sakura asked as she tilted her head.

Hanabi groaned, "Do I have to explain everything?"

"Yes." We all said at the same time.

Hanabi sighed, "Fine. But first, I'm hungry. Let's go to that café down the street. Then I'll talk."

We all headed in the café. Naruto ordered ramen and a mango juice and Hanabi ordered a cheese burger and a banana milkshake. The rest of us had coffee.

"Talk." I said.

Hanabi smirked as she munched on her burger. She swallowed, "Getting straight to the point eh?"

All of us looked at her and she sighed.

"Alright," she said. "A few weeks ago, I was returning home from the library with Ponyo and-"

"Who's Ponyo?" Naruto asked.

"Ponyo's my goldfish. And yes, I snuck Ponyo to the library. Now do you want me to continue or not?" Hanabi said as she sipped her milkshake. Naruto nodded.

"Anyway, I was returning home when Akiko and two of her skanks bumped into us," Hanabi continued. Whoa! For a kid, she knows a lot of bad words.

"They mocked me and . . . I lost Ponyo." She sounded pretty sad.

"What happened?" Hinata asked her sister.

"Akiko threw her into the sewer. And that's when I decided on revenge. I wanted to avenge Ponyo."

"Wow, you must love this Ponyo a lot." said Lee.

Hanabi smirked, "She was my partner in crime!" We sweat dropped. For someone so evil, she sure has a weird sidekick.

"Is that why you were brooding?" Neji asked.

Hanabi rolled her eyes, "Yes Neji-nii-san. That is the reason."

"Please continue your youthful story." said Lee.

"I was planning to hire a pervert to hide in her locker or maybe hijack her car and throw it over a cliff but those were too simple." said Hanabi. TOO SIMPLE! You have got to be kidding me.

"Remind me never to make Hanabi mad." Sakura whispered to me. I nodded in agreement.

"I was walking in the hallway of you school to see what I could do for a prank," said Hanabi. She looked at me and then at Neji. She grinned, "I didn't miss your little . . . moment. I managed to take a picture."

I blushed. I could see Neji turning pink. "So this is what you mean by 'Hanabi's evil.' Neji said to Sakura.

"Do you believe us now?" Sakura said. Neji nodded.

"I also heard Akiko scheming something to make Tenten's life a living hell," Hanabi said.

She looked at me, "Under normal circumstances, I would have let Akiko ruin your life because I don't like you," A vein popped on my forehead. "But I wanted Akiko to be punished so I sort of spied on her and recorded her voice along with her plan."

"So let me get this straight," said Sasuke. "You did all this for a goldfish?"

Hanabi nodded, "Yes. Ponyo's special and she had to be avenged. Tell me, if Pinky-" Hanabi pointed to Sakura who twitched- "was killed before your eyes, wouldn't you avenge her?"

Sakura and Sasuke turned pink. Hanabi smirked and swiftly pulled out a camera and took a picture of Sasuke's face.

"This will be useful for blackmail; the Uchiha Sasuke blushing." Hanabi said with a dark chuckle.

"You are evil!" Naruto gulped.

"Hanabi," I started to say. I can't believe I'm doing this! Hanabi looked at me questioningly. I sighed. Let's get it over with. "T-thanks."

"Oh I'm sorry. I didn't catch that. Can you repeat?" Hanabi said sweetly. Damn! She's doing this on purpose!

"Thank you for what you did." I said. That wasn't so bad! Who am I kidding?

Hanabi grinned, "Your welcome. But you owe me."

I nodded, "So what do you want?"

Hanabi shrugged, "Just don't cheat on Neji-nii-san."

I was baffled, "That's it? Nothing crazy?"

Do you want to do something crazy?" Hanabi asked. I vigorously shook my head. Hanabi smirked, "Very well."

"But why Hanabi?" Hinata asked. "Knowing you, you'd probably make us do something stupid."

"It's because he's the only one in the blasted Hyuuga family who isn't annoying. Sorry nii-chan, you're not annoying but your friends are," Hanabi looked at Tenten. "Besides, if you break up with him, he'll cry and whine."

Neji twitched, "I don't cry or whine."

Hanabi smirked, "Yeah right. And pigs fly."

"They do?" Naruto asked, shocked.

Sasuke smacked him on the back of his head, "Dobe."

Everyone laughed. Senior year was full of love, hate, tears, smiles, laughs, pranks and fun. Best year of my entire life!

Me: Chappie Ten is done! Don't worry, it's not over yet. I'm going to put up an epilogue and some Omakes. Stay tuned!

Hanabi: I am awesome.

Me: I made you that way. You are my favorite character in this fanfic.

*A sunset appears behind us*

Hanabi: Psy-chan!

Me: Hanabi!

Lee: Gai-sensei! They stole our sunset!

Gai: They're just being youthful like us!

Lee: Gai-sensei!

Gai: Lee!

Naruto: -sweat drop- please review!