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Eleventh chapter: DateWednesday"Okay, Sasuke", I said. "You have to remember to let her come to you so she won't get scared, you get it?"
It was just after the first lesson of the day. I and Sasuke were hiding in a broom cupboard, and I was just giving Sasuke last-minute advise for his first attempt to get Sakura's attention.
"She's not an animal, Tenten", Sasuke said. I couldn't see his expression in the dark, but I guess he was glaring at me.
Yeah, he was. Remember my super-hearing?
"Humans are animals", I said smartly. "Especially Sakura, so get going!" It was always fun to piss Sasuke off by insulting Sakura. Again he death-glared me, but instead of commenting, he asked:
"How am I supposed to explain that I'm coming out of a broom cupboard?"
"You won't have to explain why you're coming out of a broom cupboard, Sasuke", I said impatiently, rolling my eyes. "Anyone could understand why you would do that. The question is why you went in there in the first place. Now shoo!"
And before Sasuke could reply anything I shoved him out kinda harshly and slammed the door after him.
I put my ear to the door.
"Teme?" I heard a familiar voice ask.
Nervous cough. "Yes, Naruto?"
"...Why'd ya come out of a broom closet?" I sweat-dropped.
"...Why would I have stayed?" I then heard Sasuke ask, and grinned. Yay, I taught him something!
"...Um... Dunno..." Naruto walked away. I heard him scratch his head while trying to figure out what was weird about that conversation.
"Um... Hello, Haruno-san", I then heard Sasuke said, and he sounded very awkward now.
I didn't wonder why he called her Haruno-san instead of Sakura; I had blackmailed and tortured him into repeating every single conversation he'd ever had with her.
It was silent for a moment. Then:
"Good morning, Uchiha-san." I could hear a nervous giggle from someone whom I could bet my katana on that wasn't Sakura.
Dammit, Ino was there! I need to do something.
I put on my best grin and skipped out of the cupboard.
"Ah, Ino!" I said happily and danced over to the blonde who stood next to a quite wary-looking Sakura. "I need you!"
"For what?" Ino asked, confused.
"Uh... um... the kitchen's on fire!"
"WHAT?!"
"No, no, I mean... your room is!"
"WHAT?!" Now it was both Sakura and Ino.
"No, I meant... I need you to find me a dress!"
"Oh... For what?"
"Uh... a... date! Yes, exactly, a date! Someone asked me on a date and I dunno what to wear! Now come on, I need help!" I grabbed Ino's arm in a firm grip and literally dragged her away from the corridor and round a corner.
There I stopped, pressed my back against the wall, and listened.
"Tenten... What's going o-" I interrupted Ino by putting a hand tightly over her mouth.
"Sch!" I hissed, and listened again.
"Well..." I heard Sasuke say, "that was weird." Oh, that bastard's good at acting!
...But then again, he might not have been acting right now.
"Yeah..." Sakura agreed. Yay, she agreed with him!
But she continued:
"I need to get to class now." And she started walking away. Dammit!
"Uh... um, wait!" Good, Chicky-chan, real good! The classical 'wait' always works!
"Yes?"
"Uh... I... need... help with homework?" I slapped my forehead. Sasuke...
"...I'm sure Neji'll help you out." And with that the Pinky walked away.
I heard Sasuke heave a sigh and start walking in my direction. I rounded the corner just as he was about to do the same, causing me and him to face each other with just a few inches between out noses.
"What the hell, Sasuke?!" I hissed furiously. "Don't you remember anything I taught you?"
"You never taught me how to handle a situation like that..." he mumbled, not meeting my eyes. I threw my hands in the air in exasperation.
"You know nothing about girls!" I exclaimed dramatically. "What am I supposed to do with you?"
"Uh, Tenten?" I turned around, just to see Ino's face not five inches from mine. I jumped back and collided with Sasuke, who stumbled back a few steps and fell because I pushed him at the same time while I swiped his foot off the floor with my own.
"Yeah, Ino?" I asked innocently.
"What are you doing?"
"Can't tell ya. Secret."
"Oh! Of course, that! Need help?"
"Not even you would be able to make this pathetic excuse of a Casanova to manage this, sorry."
"Oh, okay. Well, seeya!" Ino exclaimed.
"Yeah!" I replied.
"Casanova?" Sasuke asked.
"Um... You, too!" Ino said to him with a nervous smile and then skipped away.
"This won't do today, Chicky-chan", I sighed. "We'll try again tomorrow." I waved over my shoulder and left the poor boy sitting there on the floor.
Thursday"Okay, new try!" I said enthusiastically to Sasuke. Now we were hiding in Anko's office; it was just after my History class. "So Anko'll send in Sakura for a stack of papers – a huge stack – and you'll be her knight in shining armour and carry them for her! I'll hide in a closet meanwhile!"
I hurried into a closet in the back of the office and closed the door tightly behind me before I put my ear to the door again.
The door of the office opened.
Gasp. "Sasuke-kun?" Oh, she already called him that, did she? Though her voice's a little strange.
"A-ami..." Sasuke then said. Ami? Wasn't that the girl Sakura hated that was a part of the Uchiha Sasuke-fanclub?
...Ooh... Heh, my bad.
"Sasuke-kun!" Ami squealed and jumped on Sasuke, according to the sounds. "You waited here for me?! Wanna make out?! Well of course you do, honey!" She seemed to try and kiss him.
I stuffed my fist in my mouth so I wouldn't laugh.
"Ami, get off of me", Sasuke said in a strained voice.
"I know you want to, Sasu-kun, don't be shy!" Ami chirped. "Come here, sweetie!"
Sure, I could help him... But a little suffering haven't killed anyone.
"Ami, seriously, get off!" They started wrestling, it sounded like. In between the falling chairs and tables and stuff was heard things like:
"But darling, we want to!" and "Get the hell off of me, Ami!"
Then the door slammed open.
"...What's going on, Uchiha?" Uh-oh. Anko.
"...Nothing." Then something fell to the ground.
"Owww, Sasu-kun, that hurt! Kiss me better!"
"No!"
I waited for Anko to start screaming at them, but instead she... started laughing?
"Lame, Uchiha!" she managed to get out through the laughs.
I heard Sasuke glower at her and Ami whine, and I could just picture the messed-up office, the Anko laughing her ass off, the Sasuke with messy hair and clothes glaring at her (while blushing) and the Ami with the messy hair and clothes tugging his elbow while whining, and I just couldn't hold back anymore.
I started laughing too, just as hard as while watching the movie on Saturday, and since I was leaning on the door of the closet, it opened and I fell out on the floor, still laughing.
Neither Anko nor I stopped laughing for quite a while, but then we left the two love-birds to clean up the office.
Friday
"Okay, yesterday's try wasn't so successful, but today we'll get you to talk to Sakura, promise", I said, then snickered a little, remembering yesterday in Anko's office.
"So what exactly are we going to do?" Sasuke asked, glaring at me.
"Same thing as Wednesday, only you'll have to prepare better. Here, I've got your lines." I dug in my bag after a few papers and handed them to him when I found them. "You start the conversation, and then you go onto a subject you both are interested in, and then, after the lines I give you end, you improvise."
Sasuke looked at the paper thoughtfully. "You now, that could really work."
"I know. But if you start messing up, I'll give you a sign before she'll even notice, K? You just have to be positioned so that you have your face to me." Sasuke nodded.
"When?"
"...At lunch. On your way to the food-line." He nodded again.
Lunch"You know your lines?" I asked. We were standing outside the cafeteria, waiting for Sakura to show up.
Sasuke nodded in response to my question.
"Good. So, I'll sit by a table pretty close to the door, but inside hearing-range, and you have to position yourself so that you see me, in case you mess up. You can do that?"
"Of course."
"Well, then, seeya!"
With that I skipped into the cafeteria. I sat down by a pretty small table that was almost perfectly positioned for this mission, and waited.
After a few minutes Sakura entered, Sasuke at her side. It looked like he was just joining her on their way to the table, since they were sitting at the same table anyway. Good.
So, they walked to the food-line. Sasuke was small-talking about some Shakespeare play.
"You don't like it?" Sakura just asked. "It's one of my favourites." Ouch. They have different taste. Well, at least she's talking to him.
"As a play it's quite okay, it's just the story that bothers me a little. It's somehow just so stupid to kill yourself because of a misunderstanding like that. You should be sure of the facts before you do anything radical."
Ah. Romeo and Juliet, it looks like. And by the way, Sasuke's already improvising. Maybe I was wrong before...
"You might be right about that", Sakura agreed, "but I still like the play. Though my absolute favourite is A Midsummer Night's dream."
"That's good", Sasuke agreed.
Well, well, well. I didn't think he liked Shakespeare. Well, he's not messing up anyway. Yet.
"Excuse me?" someone suddenly asked. I turned around and saw a boy standing there. He had unruly, reddish hair and hazel eyes, and looked kinda cute, to be honest.
"Yes?" I asked.
"Uh... You're Kira Tenten, right?" he asked. He seemed a little embarrassed. I nodded. "I'm Takahashi Ken, nice to meet you." He held out his hand and I shook it.
"Nice to meet you, too, Takahashi-san", I said politely, a little confused.
"Uh... I have a quite embarrassing ting to ask", Taka- oh, whatever, I'll call him Ken. So yes, Ken said.
"Okay", I said slowly. "Go ahead", I then prompted when he didn't say anything.
"Well, I was wondering... if you'd maybe would like to go out for dinner or something tonight, say at eight o 'clock?" I blinked, surprised.
"Oh", I said. "Um... I..." I was trying to figure out a nice way to say no, but then a all too familiar voice interrupted.
'Oh, c'mon, Tenten.'
'What?'
'Why won't you go out with him? He's nice, and you need a little having fun.'
'I don't even know this guy, I.T.'
'And? It's not like it's anything serious, it's just a date. You're only seventeen once, girl. Give the guy a chance, go have fun.'
'I don't know...'
'Remember that I can take control over you, Tenten. You'll go out with him anyway, so you can choose on just agreeing and saving your pride, or agreeing in the most embarrassing way ever.'
'...Oh, fine, then.'
"Yeah, sure, that would be nice." I smiled kindly at him, but not too kindly. He shouldn't get his hopes up.
Ken grinned at me.
"Cool. So at eight o'clock tonight, then?" he asked.
"Yeah. Should I meet you in the hall?" Ken nodded, grinned and walked away happily.
I looked after him for a moment.
'Poor guy. Hope he's not hoping too bad.'
'Oh come on. You might like him!'
'I.T., I'm not the type to fall in love with some random guy I don't even know. Besides, he isn't my type anyway. He's too kind.'
'Yeah, you're probably right about that. No adventure at all with guys like that, even if he is a nice guy.'
Suddenly someone grabbed my arm, pulled me from the chair and started dragging me out of the cafeteria. I was to bewildered for a moment to notice that it was Sasuke.
"What are you doing, lunatic?" I hissed at him when we were outside.
"Why didn't you stop me?!" he hissed back.
"Stop what?"
"You were supposed to give me a sign when I was getting on stupid topics!" I blinked, taking in what he had said.
"Oh no", I then said.
"What a perfect way to state it", Sasuke hissed furiously.
"What did you say to her?"
"That's not important! The important ting is that you were supposed to stop me, and you didn't! Why?"
"I was distracted, okay? Don't worry, we'll try again. In the beginning everything went fine, didn't it? She talked to you, at least." Sasuke grunted.
I nodded. "But let's wait for tomorrow, okay? I'm pretty busy tonight."
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I was in my bathroom, combing my hair. It was seven forty-five p.m. and I was finishing up on my attire for the evening.
I was wearing a pair of black jeans with a red button-up shirt that hugged my body, and two buttons were undone. My hair was down, curly from my usual buns, and on my feet were a pair of red heels. I also wore a small amount of mascara, but that was all the makeup I had.
I was pretty satisfied when I looked in the mirror. I looked casual, but hot.
Despite my personality I sometimes liked to shock the world by looking sexy, which I did now.
I walked out of the bathroom at the same time that my bodyguards, AKA roommates, walked into the room.
I watched smugly as their eyes widened when they saw me.
"So, what'd ya think?" I asked, twirling around once.
"...Why are you dressed like that?" Neji asked, ignoring my question. I shrugged.
"A guy asked me out, and I said yes. Why?" Both Sasuke and Neji were staring at me with even wider eyes after I'd said that.
"Who?" Sasuke then asked.
"A guy called Takahashi Ken", I replied. "Seemed nice enough, so I thought I'd give it a try." I shrugged again.
Sasuke nodded slowly and walked over to his bed. I looked up at Neji, but his expression surprised me.
He looked angry for some reason. No, not angry; furious. Yes, furious. And maybe even a little... sad?
I looked away from him quickly. I couldn't deny that that expression frightened me a little.
"I'd better get going", I said as I glanced at the clock. Seven fifty. I grabbed my bag (no, not my schoolbag, but my purse, which I prefer to call bag) and hurried out without looking at Neji again.
I took the elevator down, not trusting the combination of my feet, heels and stairs, and hurried to the main hall. Ken was already there, waiting.
He grinned at me when I came over to him.
"You look great", he commented. I smiled. Ken was wearing a white button-up shirt and a pair of jeans, and over that a black blazer.
"So do you", I replied. He smirked and took my hand.
"Let's get going, then." We walked down to the car park in the basement and got into his shiny red car. I liked it, but I couldn't deny that I liked Neji's more.
Though nothing beats an old Mercedes. They've got style and personality.
We were chatting happily on the whole way to the restaurant, and I couldn't help but think that this was a good idea. Even if I didn't like Ken that way, he was very nice, and I really liked him as a friend.
The conversations continued through dinner and the whole way to the movie-theatre, where our next stop was.
We were watching a horror-movie, and I couldn't help but think that the atmosphere changed to something not so comfortable for me when I realized that Ken had picked this to get me scared – so that he could comfort me.
"I had a real nice time, Ken", I said, smiling, as we were driving to the school again.
Ken laughed. "The best is only on its way!" I furrowed my eyebrows.
"What'd you mean?" I asked.
"You'll see."
Suddenly Ken turned very abruptly. I gasped and grabbed my seat not to fall, but he had already stopped the car. Ken was out and around to my side in no time at all, it seemed, and pulled the door open.
"C'mon, get out", he said. I looked up at him. His eyes were gleaming in a way I did not like, and his mouth was twisted in a smirk that in a way looked somehow sick. Suddenly he wasn't so cute anymore.
"I don't think so", I said slowly, looking at him warily.
"Oh, c'mon, Tenten", Ken said. "It'll be fun, really. Come." Suddenly he grabbed my upper arm and tried to get my out of the car. I pulled my arm out of his grasp.
"No, Ken, I want you to take me back now", I said. For some reason I was really freaking out now.
The smirk vanished from Ken's face, and he started glaring again.
"We can do this the easy way, or the hard way", he hissed and grabbed my arm again. His grasp was so tight it hurt.
I tried to pull away again, but he managed to get me out of the car.
I noticed that we were in a park. It was really dark, and not a soul except for me and Ken was visible.
"What are you doing?" I hissed when Ken suddenly pushed me against the car. He pinned my arms to my sides and pressed his body against mine.
"You'll see", he breathed in my ear. Then he let go of one of my arms and grabbed my jaw, and before I could react he crushed his lips against mine. My eyes grew wide and I gasped.
Of course he took advantage of that and slipped his tongue into my mouth.
I tried to push him away from me with my one free arm, but he let go of my jaw and grabbed my wrist, pulling my arm around his neck. I fought against him uselessly.
Then his mouth went from my mouth to my neck. He licked it and bit it, and disgusted me more than ever.
"Let... go!" I panted, doing my best to get him off of me. The hand holding my arm around his neck let go but soon was at my waist instead, starting to get under my shirt.
One of my arms was now freed and I started pushing against him again.
Now he took his mouth off my neck and glared at me.
"Difficult, are we?" he hissed. "Don't think I'm going to give up so easy, bitch."
But I wasn't listening much to his words. Because from the bushes and from behind trees several men now appeared, and everyone of them were smirking at me in a sick way.
"Meet my friends, Tenten", Ken said, now smirking again too.
XxXxX
Neji's POV
I was walking down the hall with Uchiha. We had been to Naruto's room for a few hours, and now we were going back to our own.
My mind was flying to Tenten the whole time. Was she home already? It was over midnight, and she had gone out at eight... She better be home.
What had she done with that Takahashi guy? He better treat her well...
"Stop thinking about Tenten, okay?" Sasuke suddenly said. "She can take care of herself, and she's only on a date anyway. She's fine, so stop worrying."
I didn't answer. How did he know I was thinking about her?
"Besides, that Takahashi persons it alright. I don't know him well, but I've talked to him a few times; he's nice enough, he'll treat her well."
"He better", I muttered. Uchiha rolled his eyes.
Then we came to our room. I locked up the door and opened it, then entered.
Tenten was sitting on the window-bench, her arms hugging her knees to her chest. She didn't look up when we entered, just stared out the window.
"Had a good time, Tenten?" Sasuke asked, yawning, as he walked over to his bed.
Tenten jumped and looked around franticly. She finally looked straight at Uchiha and me, before I quickly looking back out the window.
She wasn't quick enough, though. I saw her face; it was wet and her eyes were red.
"Tenten?" I asked, walking over to her. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing", she said, but her voice broke and she hid her face in her arms, that she folded on her knees.
"Yeah right", Sasuke muttered, but he hurried over to her at the same time I did. I sat down next to her on the bench while Sasuke kneeled on the floor.
"What happened?" Sasuke asked, taking her hand and looking at her in concern.
"He-he..." Tenten started saying, but her voice broke into uncontrolled sobs and her whole body shook.
I acted instinctively; I lifted her up into my lap and let her cry into my shirt while my thumb drew soothing circles into her back.
It took a moment for Tenten to calm down, but I had and Uchiha waited patiently, I hugging her tightly and he holding her hand.
"Did he do this to you?" I asked, and the soothing in my voice didn't quite cover the fury I felt. Tenten took a deep breath and nodded into my shoulder.
"What did he do?" Sasuke asked in a low voice, and his face was furious, too.
"He tired to... he tired to... r-rape me", Tenten sobbed. Both I and Sasuke stiffened at her words.
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