So yeah... What can I say? I hate myself. :(

I am soooo sorry! I know I keep saying that, but... -.-' Still. I do apologize. I'm sorry. Sooosososorrysorrysorry! Hope you will find it in your hearts to forgive me, and let's hope that once I start the next story, I won't suffer of these terrible uninspired periods.

Thanks so much for all the reviews, by the way, and for not being too angry with me. ^^ I hope you'll enjoy this last chapter or Roommates and that you'll continue reading my stories in the future, too. (But there will be an epilogue, so don't start crying yet. xP)

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The ending...?

Chapter 20

Sakura's PoV

I stared at the door for a good two and a half minutes after it'd slammed shut, blinking and trying to realize what had happened.

Eventually I managed to get out a: "What the hell?" in a confused tone.

"Have you always been this slow?" Itachi asked, from where he was standing next to me. I turned to glare at him and say something rude, but I froze when I noticed that we weren't alone in the room.

Sasuke was standing in the back of the room, leaning against the wall with crossed arms. His eyes were wide as he stared at Itachi.

"Sasuke?" I asked without thinking, very surprised.

He turned to stare at me, as if he only just noticed that I was there, too.

"Sakura?" he asked, blinking once.

"Uh… Yeah?" I said. "What are you doing here?"

"I have absolutely no idea", he replied, and it was obvious he was telling the truth.

"Uh-huh", I replied. "So… You know Itachi?"

"…Yeah."

"Ah. Nice."

This was followed by and uncomfortable silence.

After I moment I decided to go Tenten, and marched up to the door. Then I gave it a very hard kick and yelled:

"LET US THE FUCK OUTTA HERE NOW!"

The only thing I got as an answer was silence.

I heaved a great sigh and leaned against a desk, running a hand through my hair.

"So, guess we're stuck, then", I announced. Neither of the two answered me. I frowned and wondered whether I should start a monologue, but then decided it would just be a waste of energy. Energy that I would very soon be in need of…

Tenten's PoV

"Argh!" I yelled, kicking the door. "I knew that bitch would stab me in the back one day!"

I had already spent about ten minutes screaming, swearing and beating up the door, but it hadn't gotten me anywhere – which really said something about the door's strength.

"You done yet?" I blinked and turned around to see who had spoken, just to find myself face to face with… You-Know-Who.

No, not Voldemort! Neji!

I do see where you got it wrong, though; they're quite alike.

"Done with what?" I asked.

"Torturing the poor door."

"Oh, that. Yeah, I am."

"Good."

"…"

"…"

"…Oh, and, what the fuck are you doing here?"

"Leaning against a wall. And waiting to be let out of here."

I glared at him. "Shut up, smart-ass. I'm not in the mood." I turned away from him, walking up to the window of the classroom. It had occurred to me that by smashing said window, I would be able to get outta here.

But no such luck. We had somehow gotten up to the tenth floor – I have no idea how, since I couldn't remember any elevators or stairs - not to mention that underneath there was a very, very big… rosebush? Oh, c'mon! Not to mention it's winter!

Of course they still have thorns, not matter what the season. I think… I'm not good at Biology. Well, at least nowadays I have a lousy teacher to blame that on…

I sighed heavily and sat down on the floor, my back against the wall. I glanced at Neji, who was still leaning against the wall with his eyes closed. I glared at him briefly before turning my face away.

The memories from last night had come flooding back, and for some reason I was really pissed at Neji. I knew that it was completely out of line to be angry with him, since technically he hadn't done anything wrong. In case having really bad taste in women didn't count as a crime, of course. Which it should. But anyway.

I glared at him again from the corner of my eyes. Unfortunately he noticed.

"What's wrong with you?" he asked, raising an eyebrow. I only scowled at him and turned away, crossing my arms over my chest.

I could tell his other eyebrow went up now, too.

"Seriously, Tenten. You've been really weird today", he said. "What's going on?" I didn't answer him. It was silent for a moment before he heaved a sigh and walked up to me.

He crouched in front of me. I regarded him haughtily but kept silent.

"And what the hell is Hidan doing here?" he asked. "I heard you yelling to him outside."

"Is that any of your business?" I asked, standing up and walking away from him.

"Well, I guess not", he allowed after a moment. "But I still want to know what's wrong with you."

"Well that especially is not your business."

"Actually it is, since you're my roommate, not to mention that I seem to be the only one you're bitching to."

"…I bitch to Hidan, too."

"He doesn't count. Everyone bitches to him; it's physically impossible not to."

I stayed silent since I didn't want to agree with him out loud.

'So, what're you gonna do now?'

I almost slapped my forehead in frustration, but managed to stop the reflex in the last minute.
Then I decided to do one better and punch the wall.

'Ow! Oh, fuck, that hurt!'

"Hey, Tenten, calm down", Neji said from behind me, sounding a bit nervous.

I glared at the deep dent I'd made in the wall, ignoring the throbbing pain in my knuckles. I.T., on the other hand, was not.

'Ooh, fuck, fuck, it hurts so fucking much! Ouch, ow, owwwww, you idiot, there was absolutely no reason for you to do that, oww, ouch ooow, oh, ow-'

And so on.

"Calm down?" I repeated through my teeth. All the frustration from a hellish night and day came flooding over me as I twirled around to glare at him. "Calm fucking down?" I yelled, walking up to him. He backed away and soon his back was pressed against the wall as he stared at me in horror. Wow, guess I really was scary…

"I am not going to calm down before I've teared this room apart!" I yelled in his face.

"Okay", he squeaked.

"And you had better not say one more fucking word to me, you big old faggot!" I continued. "You could just go fucking drown yourself, I wouldn't give a damn!"

He looked shocked for a moment, but then his eyes narrowed into slits so quickly that I wasn't even sure the first expression had been there.

"Very well, then", he said, his voice venomous. "I don't get what the fuck you're going on about, but I'm not going to sit around here listening to some rabid bitch insulting me."

I took a step back before I could stop myself, my eyes going wide with shock. It wasn't that I hadn't seen Neji angry before; it had just never been at me.

'Well, there we have it.'

'Have what?'

'He hates me.'

Sakura's PoV

One of the things I'd never thought would happen was also the one I'd never, ever wanted to happen. And you would feel the same way if you knew the two Uchihas.

Because then you would know, that whenever they're in a room together, they start bickering. And it's so much worse when they're actually locked inside that room.

"Idiot."

"Fag."

"Emo."

"Weasel."

"Coward."

"Weakling."

You are now witnessing the argument of the two Uchiha brothers. It's possible that you might find it amusing, but you're not the one trapped in a room with them.

"Jerk."

"Stupid."

"Asshole."

"Idiot."

"You already said that, fag."

"Well, you already said that, emo."

I clenched my teeth and fisted my hands tightly.

'Breath in… Breath out… Breath in… Breath out…'

Tenten's PoV

'Oh, you idiot! He does no hate you!'

'As a matter of fact, he does.'

'No he doesn't! You just caught him off guard by being so nasty, that's all! Jeez, you're so stupid!'

I decided to ignore her. Fighting with her wouldn't do anything any better anyway. But fighting with someone else might…

Because right now, I really needed something – or someone, more correctly – to take my anger out on. And since there was only one other person than me in the room, and that was actually the person I was right now boiling mad at, there was only one reasonable solution.

"Oh yeah?" I yelled. "You think I haven't got anything better to do than sit around in a smelly old classroom and listen to your stupid-ass comments, huh?"

"Well if you don't want to be here, why don't you just jump out the window?" he asked, giving me a kind of glare I'd never seen before.

"Oooh, you have no idea how much rather I'd tear myself up in pieces and fall to the cold, wet ground and break all the fucking bones in my body than having to see your stupid, ugly face ever again!" I told him, my voice shaking with anger and… something else…

"Well, then, what are you waiting for?" he asked, gesturing towards the window. "Go on! I won't miss you!"

"As much as I'd like to, I won't, since I don't wanna make you feel good."

"Shut up, you little slut."

My mouth dropped open as I stared at him in genuine surprise. Oooh, that bastard had some fucking nerve…

"I'm a slut?" I hissed. "I'm not the one who spends their nights making out with some stranger whore in a classroom!"

"…What?"

"Yeah, that's right, I saw you! And don't you think I give a fuck! You can just go have sex with any fucking slut you want, anytime you want and anywhere you want! I don't care about what you do! I don't even care about you! You're such a fucking shithead, I hate you!"

With that I stormed over to the door, and gave it a kick so hard it flew from its hinges. Then I ran out, tears blinding my sight. My whole body shook as I ran down the hallway, trying to get as far away from Neji as possible. I never, ever wanted to see him again!

XxXxX

Sakura's PoV

"Go drown yourself, fucker. No one would miss you anyway."

"Likewise, shithead."

"You think you're so smart, huh, you big idiot?"

"Oh, just go cut your wrists up, emo-kid."

I took a deep breath, and slowly let it out.

'Calming thoughts, Sakura', I told myself. 'Calming thoughts.'

'That ain't gonna help anything, y'know. Just tell them to shut the fuck up, okay? I can't stand that stupid bickering!'

'Yeah, well, it isn't exactly easy for me, either! But I'm pretty sure they wouldn't listen to me.'

'How do you know, if you don't try it?'

And the bitch took control.

"CAN'T YOU JUST SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTHS FOR ONCE IN YOUR LIFETIME? STOP BICKERING LIKE SOME OLD HAGS! YOU'RE BOTH EMO, YOU'RE BOTH PATHETIC, YOU'RE BOTH ASSHOLES, AND YOU'RE BOTH WEAKLINGS, SO STOP BEING SO FUCKING ANNOYING ALREADY! I'M TRYING TO THINK HERE, NOT THAT I'M SURE YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT THE WORD MEANS!"

'…Wasn't that a bit much?'

'Umm… Maybe.'

'…You agree with me. What's wrong?'

'Oh, it's just the fact that they seem to be pretty pissed.'

I blinked and looked into the eyes of a couple of veeeery scary-looking Uchihas.

XxXxX

Neji's PoV

I was standing alone in the classroom, staring at where the door should've been.

'Well, you've really screwed up now, haven't you?'

'…Yeah.'

'I mean, seriously! What were you thinking? Jeez… Saying those things? Wow, you really are stupid…'

'I know.'

'You should've known, you know. That what happened yesterday would come and bite you in the ass.'

'You're right.'

'I know! …Although, of course, you couldn't do much. The whore did blackmail you.'

Suddenly my eyes went wide.

Tenten.

She was alone.

And those people were ready to hurt her.

And it was my fault.

Fuck.

I ran for the door and into the hallways, ignoring the questions Shikamaru and Tsunade asked me.

I was cursing myself to death inside my head. This was all my fault! If something happened to her… I wouldn't be able to live with myself.

First of all I went to our room to look for her, but she wasn't there. It didn't surprise me; it was a bit too obvious a hiding-place. After that I went over to Hinata's room.

I knocked impatiently on the door.

"Open up!" I called through it.

I could hear a few odd noises from inside, and maybe half a minute later the door was opened by a flushed Hinata.

"O-oh, h-hello, N-niisan", she said, apparently trying to sound relaxed and failing completely.

"Is Tenten here?" I asked bluntly.

She blinked in surprise. "That's why you're here?"

"Yes", I replied. Then I got suspicious. "…Why? What did you expect me to be here for?"

"N-nothing, nothing!" she quickly said, her cheeks getting red. I looked at her for a couple of seconds. Then I pushed past her into the bedroom, walked over to Naruto, who was trying to hide behind one of the beds, grabbed him by the neck and dragged him out of the room.

When I was out I turned back to Hinata. "Can you inform me if you see Tenten?" I asked her.

"S-sure", she said, glancing at Naruto apologetically. "But… Why?"

I sighed and ran the free hand through my hair. "I'm afraid something might happen to her if I don't find her fast", I said. "But if you see her, don't say I'm looking for her, okay? I don't think she'd be too happy to see me right now."

She nodded.

I gave her a short nod before I walked away from there, still dragging Naruto after me.

XxXxX

Sakura's PoV

'What the fuck's wrong with them?'

'Dunno. It kinda seems like they're pissed because you yelled at them like that, but that can't be it! Cuz you didn't go overboard at all.'

'…Shut up.'

I know it was pathetic. But I was still pressed up against the door, watching the threatening approach of the two Uchihas with rising fear.

"O-okay, guys, I didn't mean that", I said. "Or, well, I did, but I said it kinda harshly. Sorry! I have had a reeaally bad day see, and-"

"And I haven't?" Itachi snorted.

"Come to think of it…" Sasuke suddenly said, turning to Itachi. "What are you doing here?"

Itachi and I looked at each other. It was silent as we tried to come up with something good.

We didn't.

Silence.

"…You're not… on a… uh… d-date… Are you?" Sasuke then asked after about fifteen minutes.

It was silent for yet another few minutes as Itachi and I tried to read each other's minds.

Then, suddenly, without me – or I.S. – doing a conscious decision to do so, I said:

"Yes."

And so did Itachi.

Mind you.

…

…

We really are stupid, aren't we?"

…

…

It was silent for yet another moment.

Then:

'I'm a Barbie girl, in a Barbie wo-orld…'

Blink.

'Life in plastic! It's fantastic!'

I swore and grabbed my cell, looking at the caller I.D. It was Hinata.

I answered the phone with a simple "What?"

"Hi! I'm not interrupting, am I?"

"God no."

"…Oh? Well, good. I was just wondering, have you seen Tenten? Apparently she's disappeared somewhere, and it's really important that Niisan finds her."

I raised an eyebrow. "No, I haven't seen her. I'm locked inside a classroom with Sasuke and Itachi."

"…Why?"

"Don't ask me. Anko and Tsunade were the ones who pushed us in here."

"Oh… But is there any way you can get out? Niisan's afraid something might happen to Tenten if we don't find her quickly, so we'd need everyone's help!"

"Okay, I'll try."

"Okay, thanks! And by the way, if you see Tenten, don't tell her Niisan is looking for her."

"Why not?"

"They've had a fight or something."

"Okay, got it. See you soon!"

"Yeah, bye."

We hung up, and I put the phone in my pocket.

"Okay, guys!" I said. "We have to break down this door."

"…Why?"

"Because I tell you to. Stop asking such stupid questions, Itachi, and gimme a little help here", I ordered.

"…Are you serious?"

"No, I'm joking! Now get your pretty little ass over here and get down this door for me."

Itachi rolled his eyes and sighed before walking over to the door and putting a hand on it.

"It's kind of thick", he told me.

"Are you a man or a weasel?" I asked. "Take it down!"

He sighed, acting all martyrish, and took a few steps back, before he run at the door and kicked it with all his strength.

"Fuck", he hissed, his eyes going wide with pain. God, what a baby.

The door creaked, and looked pretty unstable, but didn't fall.

"Can't you kick better than that?" I asked, annoyed. "That's not gonna help!"

"Well sue me if I'm not some kind of-!"

PANG!

Both of us jumped and turned our heads towards the door so quick that it hurt our necks, just too see it fall down to the floor with a crash.

Sasuke walked over it without a word, but I think he was limping a teensy-weensy bit. So he'd kicked the door down. He was so much cooler than his brother. I followed him after shooting a frowning Itachi a scornful look.

Tsunade and Shikamaru were staring at us as we walked out.

Then, suddenly, Tsunade got pissed.

"Okay, what the fuck is this shit about kicking down my damn doors?" she yelled. "It's the second one within half an hour!"

"Blame yourself for locking us in there", Itachi told her.

"Don't talk as if you were the one who got us out", I told him.

"Hey, I did the most of the work, he just finished it up, okay?"

"Did not!"

"I'm not dignifying that with an answer", he said haughtily, and I once again resisted the urge to punch him in the face.

"C'mon", I said instead. "We need to find Tenten."

"What, she's lost?" he asked, confused.

"Uh, yeah, apparently she's had a fight with Neji", I said.

"She did seem kind of upset when she ran out", Tsunade said, motioning to the other door in the hallway.

"And they were yelling at each other in there", Shikamaru added.

"…What, did you just lock in everyone?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Nope, just you three and those two."

"…Oh… But anywayz, Hinata said that Neji had told her Tenten might be in danger", I continued. "So we need to find her quickly."

"Right", Tsunade said, and Itachi gave a short nod.

"What a drag…" Shikamaru muttered, scratching the back of his head. Sasuke didn't say anything; he just stood a bit away from the rest of us and looked gloomy. But I took it for granted that he'd help, since it was Tenten we were talking about.

"Well, come on, then!"

XxXxX

Tenten's PoV

I was walking through the streets, my hands deep in my pockets. It was getting dark already, but I didn't give a damn. The dried tears on my cheeks were annoying me, and so was the headache that I felt was on its way.

I heaved a deep sigh and leaned against a wall of one of the buildings. When had my life started sucking this badly?

…Oh, right. Yesterday night.

…Was it really that short a time ago? It felt like an eternity. I closed my eyes with another sigh.

I guess I only had myself to blame, if we were being honest. After all, it wasn't like Neji and I were dating, or anything. He had the right to make out with anyone he wanted.

That didn't make me feel any better, though.

But neither did blaming him…

I fisted my hands tightly, biting my lip. Just two days ago it had seemed completely obvious that he liked me, after what he did to Takahashi and all. But maybe that was what he would've done for any of his friends.

No, I absolutely didn't think he'd hated me from the beginning. But I was pretty sure he'd started to today.

And who could blame him?

The reason why I'd gotten out of the school was that I didn't want to see him. Not now, not ever. I doubted I'd go back there… Maybe I'd sneak in some night to grab some of my stuff and then get lost. I didn't know what I would do… Maybe Anko would let me stay with her, just till I turned eighteen and could live by myself? 'Cause there was no way I wanted to go back to my 'family', either. That would be something you could get suicidal about.

Yes, I realized I was being pathetic, running away like this, but I just couldn't seem to do anything else. Everyone always said how strong I was… But that just felt like it wasn't true, not anymore.

I felt a lump in my throat that had gotten to be unpleasantly familiar lately. I bit my lip even harder and tried to fight it down, but no use. Soon my eyes were swimming with tears again.

"Well, well, well", a nasty, and familiar voice suddenly said, and I opened my eyes wide in horror. I twirled in the direction of it.

I was silent for a long moment, before I said in an emotionless voice:

"You just can't leave me alone, can you?"

XxXxX

Neji's PoV

I had looked everywhere. Every-fucking-where. That idiot must have left the school; there was simply no other possibility.

I was running down to the car park to get out and search for her, Naruto following close after me.

"Could she have gone to see some of her friends?" he called from behind me.

"Doubt it", I replied. "She was on a really bad mood, and I don't think she wants to see anyone right now."

"Fuck."

"You don't say."

This meant she was probably wandering aimlessly around the streets. Probably the less populated streets, too, which meant she could easily get cornered by those bitches. And I kind of doubted she would win that fight, no matter how strong she was. After all, she was alone, and now she didn't have the element of surprise. Nor was she probably armed.

"I can take my own car so I can help search", Naruto offered when we came down to the car park.

"Yeah, thanks", I said. "Can you call someone else help, too?"

"Sure!"

I gave his shoulder a quick pat before I ran to my car. It's good to have friends like that.

I started the engine and speeded out of the building.

XxXxX

Sasuke's PoV

"Tenten!"

"Tenten!"

We were walking through the school, calling her name like the idiots we quite obviously were. The other students we passed snickered at us or stared weirdly, but I just glared at them and they stopped.

I wasn't on a good mood, exactly, which is pretty understandable, since Tenten had gone missing and apparently was in danger, and Sakura was on a date here, with my stupid brother.

So, if I like Sakura, why did I turn her down last night, you ask?

Well, quite simply; I freaked out. I know; pathetic, right? But I did. And honestly, c'mon. After hating me for a month or what and barely even speaking to me she suddenly comes up and asks me out? What the hell is that? And then the next day she's on a date with my brother?

I'll never understand women.

I gave Itachi my best glare when he passed me, and the idiot noticed.

"What?" he asked impatiently.

"Shut up", I sneered back, and he turned away, rolling his eyes.

"You're so annoying, you know that?" he had the guts to ask.

"And you're what, the most wonderful person in the world?" I retorted.

"Shut up, both of you!" Sakura said angrily. "We don't have time for this! Tenten might be in danger!"

I huffed and turned away from both of them, walking ahead of all the others. I didn't want to deal with anyone right now.

Fate, on the other hand, seemed to have other plans, since my phone rang.

"What?" I answered it impatiently, not bothering to check the caller I.D.

"Sasuke?"

Ah. Naruto. "Yeah?"

"You've heard about Tenten?"

"Yeah."

"Well, she's not in the school. At least Neji and I didn't find her anywhere, and no one else had seen her, either. We think she's gotten out, and Neji went after her with the car. I was gonna ask if you could take yours and do the same, just so it'd go quicker?"

"Sure", I replied.

"Great! Kankuro's waiting in your room, by the way, to see if she comes back there, and Hina-chan's in her room, and some of us'll stay here to see if she gets back. Kiba, Ino, Temari, Gaara and Lee went by foot, and I'm too in my car, just so you know."

"Okay, that's good. I'll go right now."

"Okay! Seeya later!"

With that he hung up.

'Tenten, you little idiot", I though with a sigh. 'You always have to get yourself into situations, don't you?'

"Hey, who was that?"

I turned to see Sakura walk up to me, an eyebrow raised.

"Naruto", I replied curtly. "Apparently Tenten's left the school. I'm taking the car and see if I can find her somewhere in the city."

"I'll come with you", she said immediately.

"There's no reason for that", I said impatiently.

"Yes there is! I might guess where she's gone, and two pairs of eyes are better than one!" Without waiting for a response she turned to Itachi. "You could take your car and go look for her, too, right?"

He just gave a short nod, and without a word he headed for the car park.

"I'll go look for her by foot", Shikamaru said.

"Okay. Some people already went, but one more can't hurt", I said.

"I'll make some calls, see if someone's seen her", Tsunade announced, and walked away together with Shikamaru.

We just stood there for a moment, Sakura and I. I avoided her eyes for some reason, and there was an uneasy silence.

Suddenly, though, she grabbed my hand.

"C'mon!" she said, starting to drag me after Itachi. "We have to find her before she gets into trouble!"

XxXxX

Tenten's PoV

I was oddly calm, considering that I was being cornered by a huge gang of mean-looking people. Some were smirking, some were glaring, some were sneering, but they all had one thing in common; they all looked reeaal stupid.

'Not to mention that this is really getting old", I thought as I looked up into those familiar, hazel eyes.

"Which part of the sentence 'I'm not interested' do you not understand?" I asked Takahashi as he kept nearing me. I didn't try to back away, partly because I knew it wouldn't do any good since I already had been leaning against a wall, but mostly because I would not have him think that I was afraid. And oddly enough, I really wasn't.

McWorm was walking behind him with his loyal team of basket-ball players, and there were a few girls there, too.

My eyes widened a fraction when I recognized them. Ami, Tayuya and was that Karin? Then there were a few gals I didn't recognize, and a few I did recognize by the looks, but didn't know the name of.

As for example the girl who I saw kissing Neji last night.

I hadn't seen her face, of course, but I recognized the hair. It was long, a bit curly and a pretty exciting color that was a mixing of wine-red and brown, but somehow had a bit of a dark purple tint to it. The rest of her was as pretty as her hair, so it wasn't odd that Neji liked her.

"What makes you think I care what you're interested in?" he hissed, coming closer and closer. I raised an eyebrow at him.

"I don't", I said. "You don't have the brains to care about anything else than you nonexistent dick. It's just a saying."

"You're really begging to get fucked up", he said, glaring even harder. After the way Neji had looked at me a little while earlier, I almost laughed at his expression now.

As a matter of fact, I did.

"You really are pathetic, you know that", I told him when I was done. "With your 'macho' lines… How come you've got this many friends? You've bought them or what?"

"We just happen to hate you as much as he does", McWorm told me with a smirk. "And Hyuuga even more, and he's gonna suffer from what we do to you."

"Sorry to disappoint you, but Hyuuga doesn't really care what happens to me anymore", I said sweetly. "As a matter of fact, I think he'd thank you. But either way, it's not like it's gonna work, whatever you're planning. Don't you remember how I beat you kids up earlier this week?"

"That was different", McWorm hissed. "We were caught off guard. And not to mention you're alone now."

"Which matters only in the way that there's more fun for me comin'", I smiled, fluttering my eyelashes at him.

"This isn't gonna be fun for you", Takahashi promised, stopping his approach about a foot from me. "Not in any way."

"We'll see", I said, my voice dripping with honey, and then I punched him.

XxXxX

Neji's PoV

I bit my lip as it started to rain, cursing my bad luck. It was getting darker by the minute, and it was harder and harder to see. I had no idea where I would go, but I was now driving through the worse district of the city. It seemed like the best choice; it wasn't that far from the school, and not many people walked around there. Something that had me pretty worried.

'Please don't let those bitches get to her…'

'Calm down, man. She can take down a few girls, she's strong!'

'They weren't alone! Don't you remember what she said?'

'Probably just threatening you or something.'

'I'd rather not take the risk', I thought at him, and my mind wandered back to the night before.

.::Flashback::.

I stared down at the girl in front of me with distaste. Someone had to teach her how to put on clothes; apparently she only got halfway through.

Not that Tenten wouldn't look good in that…

…Okay, so not the moment for that right now.

"Neji-kun", she said, throwing her hair back in what was supposed to be a seducing gesture. I didn't answer, just kept glaring at her. She smiled sweetly. "You have two options, my dear. One: you do as we tell you, and no one will get hurt. Two: you don't do as we tell you, and someone will get hurt. More precisely your dear little… Tenten, was it?"

I glared even harder. "What do you even want?" I hissed.

"Oooh, well, y'know", she said, smirking. "A gal has to have money, right? Although it's more the, eh, male ones in our party that want that. What we girls want is something a bit… Different." Her smirk widened and I resisted the urge to roll my eyes. Someone' watched a few too many movies, it seemed.

"No deal", I replied. "There's no way you could hurt Tenten; both I and Uchiha'll watch over her, not to mention that she can take of herself."

Her smirk widened into a grin. "Oh, but Neji-kun. You can't watch over her all the time, can you? She'll be alone at some point. And if we attack with, say, a whole basket-ball team of strong men and a few of us girls, then there ain't much she can do, don't you agree?"

She had gotten up from the desk she'd been sitting on and was now approaching me, trying to look sexy and in my opinion failing perfectly. That didn't mean that she wasn't right, though.

I gave her my best death-glare, but she didn't even flinch. Her girlfriends wouldn't have managed that; I had to give her that much credit…

Suddenly she had me pressed against a wall. For a second all I could think about was how lame that actually was, and then she kissed me.

I was shocked in a few seconds, and she giggled against my lip as if I was reacting in some way. Which was odd, considering I wasn't.

I then pushed her off me with a grunt of distaste, but she stayed as close to me as she could.

"Neji-kun", she said, smiling sweetly. "You don't know what you're doing here. It's a big mistake, I'll tell you."

"And you know what I'll tell you?" I hissed at her. "That I don't give one fuck what you people want. You won't get any money or anything else for that matter, including Tenten."

She pushed away from me, and now she was actually glaring. "Oh?" she hissed. "So you prefer that ugly little tomboy with no sense of clothes or anything at all over me? Look, you're cute, but there has to be something wrong with your brain!"

I rolled my eyes and headed for the door. I opened it, and then I paused, before I threw over my shoulder:

"You shouldn't really go around calling anyone else ugly", I told her. "Least of all the most beautiful girl in the entire city."

"I warned you!" she yelled after me as I walked away.

.::End Flashback::.

I heaved a deep sigh, my eyes clouding over with worry.

XxXxX

Sakura's PoV

"Dammit, why does it have to rain now of all times!" I groaned.

"No idea", Sasuke muttered, and I would've glared at him if I hadn't been busy staring out the window. He had been pretty annoying this whole trip that had been about twenty minutes long now.

Annoying how, you ask? Well, he was sulking.

As a matter of fact, he had seemed on an especially bad mood ever since he heard that I and Itachi were on a 'date'…

What if… the whole jealousy thing was working?

'HELL YEAH!'

'Of course it isn't, what the hell am I thinking?'

'Argh, you're irritating…'

I grimaced out the window, but he seemed to see my reflection in it, since he asked:

"What are you grimacing about?"

"You", I replied. So he wanted to sulk? Well, two can play that game!

'HELL YEAH!'

"Hn."

"…Don't you wanna know why?"

"Because I'm not my brother?"

My eyes widened.

"…What the hell makes you think that's why?"

"Well, you seem to be so in love with him."

"I do not seem to be in love with him!" I replied.

"Then why are you on a date with him?"

"…Do you have to love someone to be on a date with them?" I asked, getting kind of frustrated. But in the back of my head, I was kind of excited, actually; why did he care this much?

"Hn."

It was silent for a while again, and I glanced at him from the corner of my eye. He was glaring out the windshield, gripping the steering-wheel so tightly that his knuckles were white.

I hid a satisfied little smile behind my hand. Okay, if that wasn't jealousy, then my hair wasn't bubblegum pink. Which it is. So much that people used to tease me about how I'd gotten tons of bubblegum stuck in it so it got this color.

They stopped when I beat that one guy up.

I smirked mischievously. 'Maybe I should press it some more…' I thought deviously. 'Till he admits his feelings.'

'HELL YEAH!'

'…Okay, you have got to stop doing that.'

XxXxX

Tenten's PoV

"Fucking bitch!" Takahashi yelled, holding his nose where I'd punched him. Wow. First time in my life I punched him. That really felt good.

"Blame yourself", I said calmly, inspecting my nails uninterestedly. "You're the one who's an asshole."

He looked up at me, and gave me a glare that somehow didn't look so scary with all the blood pouring out of his nose.

"You'll pay", he hissed.

"What, for the hospital bill?"

I guess that kinda did it. Because then he seemed to go crazy, since he let out a furious roar and threw himself at me, but not before digging a knife out of somewhere.

I quickly moved out of the way, letting him stumble into the wall behind me. I gave him a sweet smile.

"Remember the balance, honey", I told him. "It's kinda important."

I didn't get any farther than that, though, since a strong hand suddenly grabbed my arm so tight it hurt, and something cold and sharp was pressed against my neck.

Oh right. He wasn't alone.

I didn't panic, though, but kicked back. Seemed like I'd hit the bulls-eye, at least according to the pained cry from behind me, and I twirled out of the guy's grip.

Just to get into another guy's.

There were three of them now, one holding the knife to my throat, one holding both my arms and the third holding my legs.

Well, they were manly. Three muscular, armed guys against a little girl.

I sighed and relaxed, making them relax, too, and so I snatched one of my arms quickly out of the guy's grip and threw my elbow back in the other one's stomach. I smirked and used the free arm to punch the guy who still held on to the other, and then I grabbed the shoulders of the third one, giving him a kick in the face with my knee whilst pushing him, so he fell backwards with a yell.

I danced out of everyone's reach with a smug expression on my face. To be honest, a fight was just what I needed to get all the negative thoughts out of me.

Everyone looked at me with something close to horror on their faces. I kinda liked that.

"What?" I asked, raising an eyebrow. "Aren't you gonna do something? I thought you were gonna take me down."

"We are", a voice from behind me suddenly said, and I twirled around to see Takahashi, holding something shiny. My brain registered it randomly as a 9 mm Berretta, and I only had the chance to think "how regular" before there was a loud bang and I felt a horrible pain in my shoulder.

I let out a cry of pain and fell down on my back. It hurt so bad, it felt like my whole arm was on fire!

I clenched my teeth and felt tears build up in my eyes as I clutched my shoulder, but quickly let go since it hurt so bad to touch it. I looked down at my hand though everything was hazy thanks to the tears. It was completely bloody.

There was a cold laugh from Takahashi as he walked up to me. The others didn't seem to share his opinion, though.

"Don't you think you've kind of overdone it?" McWorm asked unsurely.

"What d'ya mean?" Takahashi hissed back. "I'm gonna kill her! Didn't I tell you that?"

"You can't kill her for real", a voice that I vaguely registered as Karin's came. "I mean, no one of us likes her, but you can't just… kill her!"

"Not to mention you might go to jail!" Ami agreed.

"Shut up, fucking sluts", Takahashi hissed at them, and as I looked into his eyes, the crazy glint that had gotten to be almost familiar by now was even more noticeable than usual.

"Don't talk to us like that!" Karin protested.

"That's what you are, isn't it?" Takahashi sneered. He was still approaching me, gun in hand.

"Yosaku", Tayuya said, apparently turning to McWorm from what I could tell. "You've gotta stop him, the man's crazy! We weren't supposed to kill her, just… scare her a bit!"

McWorm looked almost scared when he took a step closer to Takahashi.

"Ken, be reasonable-" he started, but the redhead towering above me pointed the gun at him suddenly, and he took a step back.

"I'll kill the person who takes one step closer!" he shouted. They all looked at him with horror, and when he noticed that they were all frozen, he smirked and turned to me.

Then he kicked me in the head.

"Fucking bitch", he hissed. "What, I'm not good enough for you?"

I tried to say "nope", but it came out as an almost incoherent groan. The kick in the head hadn't made matters better. I couldn't almost see.

"Whore!" he yelled. "I'm gonna rape you once you're dead you fucking slut!"

I think he was going to kick my jaw, but he hit my collar-bone instead, and I felt something break in there. I started to let out a cry, but it hurt too much.

I couldn't move or anything, I could hardly see as the gun came closer and closer to my forehead.

"Goodnight, babe", he hissed. I closed my eyes. Staring thae death in the face without fear might prove you're proud and brave, and it wasn't like I was afraid. I was just too damn tired. I was kind of hoping that I'd fall asleep despite all the pain, so that I wouldn't have to be aware of it when I died. But I doubted he'd wait long enough.

I braced myself for it, wondering how it'd feel, and what would happen.

'No need to be curious for much longer.'

I took a deep breath through my nose and waited.

…And waited.

…And waited.

…Well, that's odd. Had it gone over that quickly? And what was that racket?

I opened my eyes to see if I was still alive, which I was, considering the pain. I doubted that death was this painful, at least if I didn't go to hell…

Not that that would be a surprise.

But then I registered the scene in front of me. Someone was holding Takahashi against a wall, the same gun that had shot me pressed against his jaw.

Someone with long, luxurious dark hair in a ponytail, a tall, lean and muscular body and a handsome, pale face that looked pretty damn scary when he was furious.

"Neji…" I whispered, and even though I couldn't possibly have been very loud, he heard me. He whipped his head in my direction, and his eyes went wide before he dropped Takahashi to the ground and ran over to kneel by me.

"Tenten!" he whispered, his voice almost frantic. "Tenten, hang on, okay? You'll be alright, there's an ambulance on its way, and the police-"

"Just shut up, Neji", I whispered, and with some odd power that I didn't really realize from where it was coming, I pulled him down and kissed him.

Then everything went black.

XxXxX

I woke up somewhere… white. Huh. Had I gotten to Heaven, against all odds?

Oh, now I'm disappointed! I didn't get to meet Satan!

I wasn't religious, and I didn't really believe in anything – I thought that I'll just wait and see what happens, that you can't be sure – but one of my childhood dreams had always been to beat up Satan, in case he exists.

Yes, I was a very weird kid. Some say I still am.

"Where's God?" I asked, still half asleep.

"If it's Neji you're talking about, the nurses forced him to get something to eat. He's been sitting here in twenty-seven hours straight, ever since they would let him in, and he's refused to leave since."

I opened my eyes completely, just to look into the eyes of Temari. She was smiling at me, and despite her cool voice, I could tell she'd been really worried.

I smiled right back.

"But… What happened?" I asked, confused.

"Well, after you passed out Neji apparently started beating up Takahashi till the police came and stopped him – don't worry, Takahashi won't put any charges on him – and then he was taken to the station and you were brought here. They wanted to take Neji to the station, too, to tell them what it was about, but he refused. He wanted to come with you."

I started nodding, but quickly stopped. It hurt like a bitch.

"So he called the rest of us as soon as he remembered, and now everyone's here. They went with him to get some food."

I smiled and leaned deeper back in the pillows. It was over now. Although the Neji issue wasn't completely cleared up, but something told me it would be, soon enough.

Temari glanced around, and then her eyes fell on the window by the door. "Well whaddaya know. He's back already."

And true enough, the door was opened by a pretty beat up-looking Hyuuga.

"Look who woke up", Temari smiled. He looked up, blinked, and then his eyes widened as he stared into mine. I stared right back for a moment before I looked down, slightly embarrassed.

"Sooo…" Temari said after a moment of silence. "I... guess I'll go watch so Kiba doesn't get too much caffeine again! You know how he gets..." And with that she stood up and left, but not before giving me a meaning smile and a wink.

I bit my lip and played a bit with the sheets. Everything was silent.

"So..." he said eventually. "Uh... How are you feeling?"

"I'm fine." I glanced up at him at same time as he gave me a skepitcal look, and added without thinking: "You look like shit."

It was true. He wore the same shirt as yesterday – at least I thought it was yesterday... I couldn't be sure – and it was stained with blood and mud and dirt, and slightly torn. His usually smooth hair was messy and, oh my god, was that a tangle? Not to mention that he was even paler than usually, and that contrasted painfully with the dark purple circles under his eyes.

He gave me a crooked smile. "You're not much better yourself."

I looked down at grimaced. I was dressed in a glamorous, wannabe lime-green hospital-gown and bandages. My hair was down, and the part I saw of it was greasy, tangled and otherwise dirty, too.
Not to mention that every single part of me seemed to be hurting.

I winced. "Are these people such hippie-phobes that they can't even give their patients pain-mediaction?" I muttered.

Neji came to stand next to me. "I'll call the nurse", he told me, reaching for the button, but I quickly grabbed his hand. He looked at me with surprise.

"No yet", I said, a bit embarrassed over the fact that I'd touched him. I didn't let go, though. "I... want to talk to you."

He kept looking at me for a moment, before he gave a short nod and sat down on the chair Temari had vacated. He didn't take his hand away from mine, though.

It was silent for yet another moment. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath.

"Well..." I started, not quite sure what to say. "I... guess I wanted to... apologize." He frowned in confusion and looked as if he wanted to say something, but I held up a hand to stop him. "Please, don't interrupt me", I said. "I... was really unfair to you, I know that. You hadn't done anything wrong. If someone is to blame for anything, it's me. So, yeah... I'm sorry."

He looked at me for a moment, and then, suddenly, he chuckled slightly. I frowned, offended.

"Hey!" I exclaimed angrily. "What the hell is that? I apologize to you, and you laugh? God, you're a jerk!"

I huffed and leaned back in the pillow, folding my arms. Then I unfolded them again due to the pain that went through my arm when I moved it.

"It wasn't because of that", Neji said softly, smiling at me. "It's just... You don't seem to do it often. Apologize, I mean."

"Wonder why, if all they do is laugh at me if I do", I muttered. He just kept smiling, and then suddenly started stroking the back of the hand he was holding with his thumb. I felt my cheeks heat up slightly and turned away.

"What comes to the apology itself..." he said then, not looking me in the eyes, but instead staring at the wall across from him. "You're wrong." I blinked in surprise. "You have nothing to apologize for. You weren't unfair. I was the one who was a jerk. And if someone else than those... things... that did this to you is to blame for something, it's me."

I rolled my eyes. "You're just saying that."

"No." I could tell he turned to look at me. "I'm not." His tone made me turn to look at him. He sounded... sorry.

"...What are you talking about?"

He took a deep breath and looked away again, out the window. Then, suddenly, he started babbling something about some girl blackmailing him, saying that she and her friends would do something to me, and he hadn't taken her seriously and therefore it was his fault I was attacked by a bunch of raving lunatics.

I know I should've listened, but for some reason my mind just started wandering after the first sentence. It just didn't feel important suddenly. What did feel important was the feel of his hand in mine, the way his hair fell down into his tired face and the way his lips moved as he spoke.

Suddenly I couldn't stop smiling, and he looked at me weridly.

"Uuuh... Tenten?" he asked, raising an eyebrow. "Are you listening?"

I laughed. "Neji, I never listen to you! Shouldn't you know that by now?"

He looked at me as if he thought I'd had more than enough pain mediaction already, and I rolled my eyes and stopped grinning.

"You are an idiot", I told him wisely. "It's not your fault those guys attacked me. You didn't exactly force them, did you?"

He blinked and opened his mouth to say something, but then he seemed to change his mind. He closed it and looked at me softly, smiling.

"And by the way", I continued. "I don't hate you. Just so you know."

"Good to know", he replied.

I leaned back in the pillows again, closing my eyes. I decided to relax and just enjoy the feeling of his hand, still stroking mine.

'Well?'

'Well what?'

'What are you waiting for?'

'Uuuh... Nothing?'

Sigh. 'Kiss him, you idiot!'

'...Pardon?'

'You already did it once. You can do it again. And that's what he wants, anyway.'

'He does not and I did not.'

'Yes, you did! Just before you passed out!'

'You mean you did.'

'Nope. It was all you!' She sounded pleased.

'...Whatever. He still doesn't want to.'

I could hear her roll her eyes.

'Yes he does!'

'No he doesn't.'

'Yes, he does!'

'No, he doesn't.'

'Yes!'

'No!'

'Yes!'

'No!'

'Uh-huh!'

"Tenten", Neji said before I could respond to her.

"Uuuh, yeah?" I was a bit disoriented after talking to I.T. Nothing new there.

"Can you promise not to hit me or do something similar?"

"...Why?" I was pretty puzzled. Why would someone ask such a thing?

"Because there's something I need to do.'

I blinked in confusion, but then shrugged and said: "Sure."

He turned away from the window and smiled at me. "Thanks."

And then he grabbed my chin, tilted my head up and kissed me.

I was in complete shock for a very long moment, so I couldn't respond. And apparently he took it the wrong way, because he pulled away and said:

"Sorry..."

I blinked when I realized he wasn't touching me anymore, but instead standing up to leave, and I honestly panicked.

"Neji!" I yelled, throwing myself after him and grabbing his arm, not caring about the pain that caused me.

More than half my body was out of the bed, and I lost my balance and started to fall of it. I yelped and braced myself for the impact, closing my eyes, but instead of feeling the hard floor against my face, I felt someone's strong, warm arms around me.

Guess who!

I looked up at Neji, who was holding me in his arms. We were both sitting on the bed now, staring into each other's eyes.

I felt my pulse start speeding when I noticed how close his face was. I would just have to lean in one little inch, and our lips would connect.

So I did.

He wasn't so slow at repsonding as I was, fortunately. Instead of freezing in shock, he wrapped his arms even tighter around me, running one of his hands through my hair. Some part of me hoped he didn't mind the greasyness of it, but the absolute major part didn't give one shit about trivialities like hygene.

I wrapped my arms around his neck, pulling him closer to me and burying my own hands in his dark locks. Despite it being messy, it was soft and smooth, cool against my fingers.

Good thing at least something was cool here... Otherwise I probably would've burned up by now.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door. We quickly tore apart, and he cursed silently, making me smile.

Neji stood up, annoyed to no end, and walked over to the door, snatching it open.

"What?" he hissed, glaring at whoever stood out there.

"I heard that Kira-san had awoken", a female voice said. "I should take a look at her."

"Right", he muttered, stepping aside and letting in a brunette nurse who despite her pretty kind looks had a no-nonsense attitude over her.

She gave me a warm smile as I quickly got back under the sheet, and walked up to me.

"How are you feeling, Kira-san?" she asked.

"Great", I told her. That wasn't completely true. Fabulously amazing was more near the truth.

She laughed, apparently just mistaking me for a positive person.

"Good to hear", she said, walking up to inspect some of the weird machines by my bed. She had a smile on her face, but it slowly faded as she looked at the results and was replaced by a frown. "You're heartrate has gone a little wild here. Are you-" Then she stopped talking and her face changed into a very dissapproving expression as she turned to Neji.

The man in question was doing his best not to smirk smugly, but instead look innocent, and that expression would've looked odd on his face even if he'd pulled it off.

"Maybe you should leave now, Hyuuga-san", she said drily.'

"There's no need for that", I said quickly.

"No, she might be right, Tenten", Neji said. "I don't want your heart to... get wild again." He was doing nothing to hide the smirk now, and I looked for something to throw at him. When I didn't find anything suitable I settled for sticking my tongue out at him instead.

He chuckled. "I'll be back as soon as I can", he promised, and I smiled and nodded. I looked forward to that.

He left the room after giving me one more smile, and as the door closed I was completely sure I heard the nurse mutter "Teenagers..." under her breath.

XxXxX

After three days I was finally let out of the hospital. I hated it there; it was so dull. Of course, having Neji by my side almost all the time made it pretty much easier, but it was so boring that I couldn't go where-ever I wanted.

Neji and I were officially a couple now. We'd told the others yesterday, something I'd dreaded something terrible. Neji had just laughed at me for that, but as soon as the words had left his lips, he found out exactly why I'd been so afraid.

You see, seeing Temari, Sakura and Ino do the "I told you so"-dance they'd invented was something mentally scarring, and hearing Hinata run around the hospital, screaming that she and I were going to be sisters in law, was even worse, if that's possible. The guys' smug comments had earned them each a punch, and even though I did get to punch them it was still annoying.

But of course they were really happy for us, which they soon showed by the girls forcing the guys with them into a group-hug, and the guys by letting themselves be forced.

And another interesting thing was that Sasuke and Sakura were a couple now, too. Yeah, that's right. Believe it or not, the two old pervs' "hey let's get some Akatsukies here to make the guys jealous (but we really just wanna piss off the girls)"-method had actually worked. Amazing, no?

According to what Sakura had told me () it had happened like this: the two of them were in Sasuke's car, searching for me, and Sakura noticed that Sasuke acted a little jealous of Itachi, so she decided to mess with him a little. Buuut, as it was, a little was a little too much, and Chicky-chan snapped. He stopped the car, grabbed my Sakura by her shoulders and started yelling something to her about how Itachi was nowhere near good enough for her and that Sasuke himself was the one she should be with and that she'd see it for herself if just opened her eyes, yadda-yadda-yaa. And then Sakura kissed him.

I still say she did that just to shut him up, although she claims that she did it because she loves him and he's adorable when he's jealous. But c'mon. Who'd believe that? No one in their right mind could possibly think Sasuke's adorable. Am I right? Am I right? Am I? Am I?

Heeeheeheeeeeee...

That's right, very good. This is due to too much pain-medication. But don't tell Neji, though. He'd probably drag me off to rehab if he knew; he's gotten even more overprotective of me after the incindent in the alley, and despite all its cuteness it sometimes gets really annoying.

We were currently hanging out by one of the windows in one of the hallways inside the school. It was snowing again, and I had wanted to go outside, but no one else were with me. God, they're pathetic.

So now Ino was sitting on the big windowsill with Shikamaru's head in her knee, Naruto and Hinata were sitting by the wall, talking and holding hands (they never did anything more than that when Neji was present), Sakura and Sasuke were making out on one of the benches (...ew...), Kankuro was texting with some girl, ignoring Kiba and Temari who were discussing something and I was sitting on the floor in Neji's lap (he'd dragged pulled me down there) and playing with his hair. It was pretty silent, but it wasn't an uncomfortable silence, or a bored one. We all felt content with it.

"Hey!" Ino suddenly exclaimed, sitting up straight and widening her eyes. "We need to go shop for clothes!"

I stared at her. "Why?"

"Well for the New Year's disco!" she exclaimed. I stared at her expressionlessly for a moment, before I eventually said:

"Are you serious?"

"Well, duh!" she replied, pushing Shikamaru's head of her lap lightly and jumping off the windowsill and to the floor.

"After that was Saturday, I don't think any of us would want to go to another dance so soon", Sakura said, probably attempting to sound smart, but her breathless voice kind of destroyed the image.

...Ew...

Ino raised an eyebrow. "It wasn't a disaster for everybody, you know", she replied, and Shikamaru smiled slightly without opening his eyes. "And everything turned out well for you guys too, right? Not to mention that just because the dance didn't go so well then, you might want to make another try."

I sighed and leaned my head against Neji's shoulder. "What do you say?" I asked, looking up at him.

He smiled. "I'll stay so close to you the entire time that nothing bad can possibly happen", he told me, wrapping the other arm around my waist, too, and giving me a slightly peck on the lips. I smiled and closed my eyes.

"...Tenten's become different", Sakura suddenly said, looking at me blankly. I blinked in surprise. "When she's with Neji, at least. She's not as... violent."

Kankuro smirked. "Guess Hyuuga's tamed her."

I felt my eyes widen, not quite believeing he'd actually said that.

Kiba laughed. "Takes quite a man to do that", he said, grinning.

My eyebrow twitched once. Then a second time.

Shikamaru yawned. "She was probably just showing off in the first place anyway", he said, sounding bored. "No woman can be like that naturally."

You could almost hear my patience stretching to its limits. One more comment, just one, and then it would...

"Hey, that bug looks like Jim Carrey!" Naruto laughed.

SNAP.

I got up from Neji's lap in less than a second, glaring at everyone harshly. "You've got two seconds' head start", I told them. It was silent for a second. A blink. And then they were off and running, me following.

"AAAGH! SHE'S CRAZY!"

"YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT CRAZY IS, MISTER!"

"HIDAN! HELP!"

"No way am I gonna piss off her again", the blonde said, hurrying down to the car park. "Good luck! You'll need it!"

"GET YOUR MOTHERFUCKING ASSES BACK HERE SO I CAN KICK THEM!"

"NOOO! I'M TOO YOUNG TO DIIIEEE!"

"DON'T WORRY, I'LL MAKE IT SLOW! YOU HAVE TIME TO GET OLDER!"

"Hyuuga", my superhearing heard Sasuke say from somewhere far behind us.

"Uh-huh?"

"When you two have kids..."

"Yeah?"

"I don't wanna meet them."

XxXxX

And, voilá. How was it? Loved it? Liked it? Hated it? Eeeither way, that was the last chapter.

I personally thought I could've made it better... I am so sorry that it took this long to update, and when I finally do, it's with a chapter this... ah... crappy. It wasn't even that funny. But I hope it'll do! ^^

Welllll... As you know there'll be an epilogue. And I dare promise that it won't take this long to update that one... Eeehee... -.-' That one will hopefully be funny.

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