A.N.: Okay, so my mind is still blank… I'm thinking of what will Ran do to Sakura… you know and how I could settle that thing with Neji's dad… the story still needs to go a LONG way… and I don't get many reviews, which made me disappointed somehow. But that's okay. I write for leisure…

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

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Sakura and Neji went to their school together and they were greeted by Sakura's friends. Instead of going to the classroom, they went to the lockers since their first subject today is Gym. Neji went to the boy's locker room of course.

"So… what do you think are we going to do today?" Sakura asked while putting on her t-shirt.

"Dunno." Ino replied smugly as she sat on the bench to put on her gym shoes. Tenten was fixing her hair in the mirror while Hinata was sitting beside Ino, finishing her shoes too.

Later…

"Okay class! We're going to have some small sparring match!" Asuma yelled at the top of his lungs as his voice echoed throughout the gymnasium. There was a large mat on the middle.

"What kind of match sensei?" One of their classmates asked.

"Well, our principal wanted to see if you guys know how to use self defense or something like that since it's really important nowadays. Especially you girls." Asuma glanced at the girls who were seated at the opposite side.

"So I'm going to teach you some self defense and later on, you should find a pair to you know… spar upon but don't worry, we have armors here so that you won't get hurt! And please don't kill each other okay? Especially you Uzumaki!"

"Yes sensei." Naruto rolled his eyes.

Sakura and Ran looked at each other and gave each other a sly smile.

'Bring it on. I'm SO going to kick your ass.' Sakura and Ran thought at the same time. Neji and Sasuke were now glaring at each other and agreed that they would be a pair. Neji saw Sakura glaring at Ran, who was now giving her a devious smile.

'So we're not the only ones…'

30 minutes later…

"Okay, now all of you get a piece of paper and put you and your pair's names in this box so that we could have random pairs. I'm going to call the pairs okay? Now I'm giving you five minutes to do that." Asuma said and the teenagers started to scramble to find a piece of paper and a pen.

5 minutes later…

"The first pairs are… Uzumaki and Nara!"

"Troublesome."

"YOSH!" Naruto jumped up happily from his seat while Shikamaru lazily stood up. Everyone started cheering. They put on their armors and Neji thought this fight is going to be amusing. Everyone silenced as they stood into their fighting stances.

"GO SHIKAMARU!" Ino yelled, waving her hand which made Shikamaru go all red.

"You ready lazy ass?"

"Bring it on dobe." He called back.

"Okay… no serious stuff here okay? Now… ready… START!"

Naruto charged at Shikamaru while Shikamaru just gave out a small yawn. When Naruto delivered a punch at him, Shikamaru dodged it easily, grabbed his arm and pushed him on his back. Naruto stumbled on the mat as everyone stared with shock.

"Wow."

"That was amazing."

"There are a lot of things we don't know about Shikamaru." Sasuke mumbled as Neji nodded in agreement. They too, are in shock. Ino gaped.

"Well what do you know, sluggard has a talent!" Ino said happily. Sakura smiled.

"That's not his only talent. He's lazy but smart." Tenten remarked as Sakura nodded in agreement. Shikamaru had the highest IQ among the school and was considered as the school's lazy super genius. Even Sakura can't beat him.

"Naruto, you shouldn't charge at me like that." Shikamaru remarked, turning into his fighting stance again. Naruto groaned in annoyance as he stood up and charged at Shikamaru again. Shikamaru ducked down and turned his feet, hitting Naruto's own feet as Naruto fell on the ground.

"He's… amazing." Ino gasped.

"Ooh, someone's having some new feelings." Sakura teased at Ino, who was now staring in admiration at Shikamaru, who looked cool and as usual, lazy. Hinata just giggled at Naruto's actions.

"I can't believe Naruto's the one who's daily abusing Shikamaru." Tenten sighed as Naruto charged at him again. Neji shook his head at his stupidity while Sasuke just smirked. Before, everyone was cheering for Naruto. Now, they were cheering for Shikamaru.

"SHIKAMARU! YOU'RE THE COOLEST!"

"Oh! I'm having a crush on him!"

"Uh-oh. New fan club coming through." Sakura said sarcastically as Ino stood up.

"SHIKAMARU! DON'T LET THAT DOBE BEAT YOU! YOU'RE AMAZING!" Ino yelled as Shikamaru almost slipped when he heard that. He was now awfully red and good thing the head armor was there or else it would be REALLY obvious.

"I'm the president of the Nara Shikamaru fan club!" Tenten heard one girl whisper at her comrades. Tenten chuckled.

"Shikamaru's great, isn't he?"

"YOU BET HE IS!" Ino yelled back.

Later… Shikamaru and Naruto's fight ended and Naruto was now whining in anger and in annoyance. Shikamaru sighed as he took off the armor and headed to his seat.

"Shikamaru-kun! Go out with me!" One girl squealed. Shikamaru stared at her.

"What?"

"No! He'll go out with me!" Another one yelled. Sakura burst out laughing at this. Tenten just snickered as Ino rolled her eyes.

"That was great Shika. And congrats for the new fan club." Neji tapped his shoulder as Shikamaru just smirked and scratched his head and sat beside Neji. Naruto slumped on his chair and gave out a soft 'Hmph!'.

"'tis so unfair. He gets a fan club while I get what? Embarrassment." Naruto cursed as Hinata tugged his sleeve making him look at her.

"But I think you were great back there Naruto." Hinata blushed. Naruto gave her a grin.

"Thanks Hinata-chan! You made me feel better."

Sakura and the other two looked at each other.

"Was I being deaf earlier?"

"No we heard it right."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah. We heard him alright. Loud and clear."

"You're kidding."

"I'm not. I'm one hundred percent sure."

Sakura and Tenten yanked Hinata as Hinata yelped.

"Hinata! Did you realize what he just called YOU!" Ino, Sakura and Tenten hissed at the same time as Hinata sweat dropped anime style at her friend's actions.

"Huh?"

"He called you Hinata-chan!" Sakura whispered. Hinata started to go red. If possible, she was redder than Shikamaru earlier.

"He did?"

"YES HE DID!" The three chorused.

"Suboshi and Haruno!" Asuma called out. The others looked at the two, as the two glared at each other and Sakura stood up confidently. Ran hurried to put on her armor. When Sakura was passing by Neji, Neji held her hand.

"Be careful." He said gently.

"Don't worry. I will be." Sakura smiled to re assure her worried boy friend. Sasuke gave her a worried glance while Sakura just gave him a small smile and a nod. Sakura then gave Ran a slight smile before putting on her armor.

"Okay, 1…2…3…" Ino counted.

"GO GET HER SAKURA!" Tenten and Ino yelled at the same time as Sakura sweat dropped. Hinata gave her an encouraging smile.

"I won't go easy on you, you got that cherry blossom?" Ran hissed at her.

"Whatever you say Casablanca." Sakura replied calmly as she stopped while Ran continued on walking. When Ran stopped, she turned around and immediately turned into a fighting stance.

"Give me all that you've got cherry blossom." Ran challenged. Sakura just stood there.

"Same with you." Sakura smiled.

"START!" Asuma yelled as Ran sped up at her with an amazing speed as Sakura stood calmly there and Neji was now clasping his hands together in nervousness.

"SAKURA! MOVE!" Ino yelled.

"HIYAAAA!" Ran was about to deliver a round house kick to her when Sakura disappeared and reappeared behind her.

"Whoa! That was fast!" Tenten gasped. Then, they saw Sakura push her, like what Shikamaru did to Naruto except for that grabbing arm style. But then, Ran balanced herself on the ground with one hand and was about to kick her upward when Sakura ducked it with ease.

"What the?" Ran gasped as she stood up and jumped off. Sakura jumped off as well and all of their classmates gaped at them.

"Sakura…?" Neji was in shock. More than Shikamaru and Naruto's fight earlier. Sakura beckoned her to come closer.

"Come here and attack me."

"Yes ma'am." Ran said sarcastically as she sped up to her and copied Naruto's style on punching her squarely on the face but Sakura grabbed her collar and her arm and threw her overhead, dropping her hard on the floor (A.N.: You know, like what they do in Judo?).

"Oww…" Ran moaned in pain. Sakura straightened her own collar as she smirked.

"Give up?" Sakura mocked.

"No." Ran said as she gave out some back flips and landed a good ten feet away from her. Sakura just stared at her.

"Whoa, they're both good at martial arts!" Naruto had his mouth open.

"Sakura… she can… do that?" Tenten gasped.

"No way… 'tis not real!"

"It's real sister. Believe me. But we didn't know she had such talent." Ino said as Hinata nodded in agreement. Hinata glanced at Neji, who was purely in shock. And so was Sasuke.

'Who is Sakura really?'

"Who ARE you?" Ran asked, turning to her fighting stance. Sakura smirked.

"The girl you challenged to a fight for Neji till death. Why? You surprised that I outmatched you?" Sakura asked with venom in her voice. Ran's eyebrows met in frustration.

'Who is she?'

Even Asuma was staring in shock.

'And come to think of it, Neji was the one who saved her when I barged into her house. Why didn't she do that to me instead?' Sasuke thought.

"I'm going to be the one to attack you now, if you don't mind." Sakura said and before Ran could say anything, she charged on her, even faster than Ran herself. Ran readied herself for the impact. When she was a few inches away from her, Sakura disappeared and reappeared in her back.

"What the?" Ran gasped and before she could watch what she was doing, she flew to the opposite wall, creating a large crater.

"WHOA!" Naruto gasped loudly.

"Miss Suboshi! You okay!" Asuma ran to her aid and so did the others. Sakura took off her head armor making her hair fall down her face.

"Tch. She's okay. I didn't injure her that much." Sakura said and returned the armor and proceeded to her seat. Neji grabbed her arm.

"How did you do that? Why didn't you tell me you can do that?"

"Neji, it was instinct. My grand pa was a martial artist so I learned some things from him." Sakura winked as she went to her seat. They all went to a group hug.

'Some… things? You call that SOME things!'

"YOU WERE AWESOME!" Ino yelled at the top of her lungs.

"Sakura, how did you create such impact?" Hinata asked as Ran stood up and wiped the blood away from her mouth.

"Skill." Sakura said, smiling innocently at Ran, who was glaring at her dangerously.

"She asked for it, she got it." Sakura said and then proceeded to cross her arms and legs. Ran threw the armor off and stormed out of the gymnasium. Sakura gave out a devious smile. Neji noticed this and was confused if he already knew everything about Sakura.

"Sakura… I think there are a lot of things we don't know yet." Shikamaru remarked.

"Yeah. Like you." Naruto said. And Asuma told Sakura about the damage she has done on the gymnasium and Sakura told him that she's going to pay for that later. Neji eyed her.

"I'm going to pay for the damage Sir Sarutobi." Neji said as Sakura shook her head at him.

"I have enough money left and remember, I have a job so it's okay."

"Job? I don't even know what your job is!" Neji responded back at her. Sakura smiled.

"Believe me. It's a job I enjoy a lot. And besides, I earn a lot of money from it, enough to sustain me in my needs and more. So it's okay. You don't need to pay anything I need to pay." Sakura said and nodded at Asuma, who gave out a sigh.

"When can you give your money Haruno?"

"Tomorrow is okay. Just tell me how much it is. The crater isn't that big." Sakura said, pointing the enormous crater that she just did.

"Sakura, why didn't you try to do that to me when I barged in your house?" Sasuke asked as Sakura turned to him.

"I didn't want to ruin my house. That's it."

"You could've stopped us from punching each other." Neji remarked. Sakura apologized and gave out a nervous laugh.

"Ahehe. Sorry… I didn't know what to do at that time."

That night…

"She did? She's amazing." Setsuko said as she drank a sip of wine when Neji told her about what happened at gym class earlier.

"You have no idea mom. And Ran stormed out of the gym, furious about what just happened. And Sakura, she didn't even break a sweat." Neji explained, proud of his girl friend's achievement. Setsuko gave him a gentle smile.

"Neji, I think Sakura's amazing but I think we don't know much about her yet." Setsuko said. Neji shook his head.

"It's okay mom. Don't worry."

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Ichizawa Hotel…

"DAMN IT!" She yelled as she threw the glass at the wall, shattering it to pieces. She was really furious and upset on what just happened and she won't let Sakura get away with it. What's more, she knew that Setsuko approved on Sakura and Neji was now prouder of Sakura.

"WHO IS THAT GIRL?" She yelled.

She grabbed her phone.

"Casablanca here. I have an assignment for you. Be here in ten minutes." She ordered and hung up. She threw her cell phone at the bed and sighed.

"Calm down Ran… its fine. You're rich and you can do anything. Sakura's not a threat. No." Ran tried to stay optimistic but remembering of what happened earlier made her want to rip her hair off. Ten minutes later… two new men came in wearing black cloaks.

"That girl. Are you sure this is all that's here?" Ran asked, patting the back of her hand at the file folder.

"Yes miss Casablanca. That's all we've got."

"Yet you didn't mention that she's an expert in martial arts. She kicked my ass earlier and she has monstrous strength did you know that? And this is all the information?" Ran asked, her voice clearly annoyed. The two men didn't reply.

"I want you to have some further investigation on this Haruno Sakura. And all of it. You got that? Follow her wherever she goes and keep an eye on her."

"Yes Miss Casablanca."

"And I'm going to let her suffer for a while. Settle some papers…"

"Why is that?"

"I'm simply just going to buy her house and serve her with her expulsion papers."

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A.N.: Okay my back hurts. Dunno why. Please people, I need reviews! I saw a story and it got 200 and more reviews on the first thirteen chapters! Boy, was I green with envy. Please guys… if I don't get enough reviews, I think I won't continue this story… sniff. And my last story was 40 chapters and how much did I get? 107! Waaahhh!

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