Chapter 9:

The day to pick the Akatsuki had come. Tenten wanted to join since there was a good chance that Neji would join, and little did she know that since she was Neji's girlfriend (according to the rumors) she had become popular with the boys, although the most popular overall was Temari for her adult looks.

"Wonder who's going to be picked for the Akatsuki." Temari said.

"You probably will get in." Tenten said.

"Why so?" She asked.

"Because you're smart, and the guys love you." Tenten said looking over at a few guys who were watching Temari. When they noticed Tenten, they quickly looked away. Tenten laughed. "Plus, you're responsible and you're a good leader."

"I'm not that good of a leader." Temari said. "If he actually had the motivation, he would be a way better leader than I ever would be." Temari pointed to a sleeping Shikamaru. (I love Motivation by Sum 41! XD sorry, really random.) Shikamaru looked at her, but didn't say anything since he was too tired to say anything.

"Alright, shut up kids!" Iruka-sensei said walking in to the classroom. "I have the papers with all the promoted kids on it. So choose 12 out of the 50." Iruka-sensei said as he passed out the papers.

'50?' Tenten thought as she received the paper from Iruka-sensei. 'That's a lot.' She thought as she skimmed through the whole thing first. 'Wait a second, I'm on the paper.' Tenten thought as she looked at her name on the paper. 'Oh well, let's see...' She thought as she circled the names of Temari and Hinata. She decided to choose Naruto for Hinata and Shikamaru for Temari. 'Neji!'� She thought as she spotted his name under Hinata's. She circled it.

Temari circled her 2 best friends, her boy friend (now who could that be?), and a few others she thought wouldn't be that troublesome to work with.

Hinata circled Naruto's name about 20 times before moving on and circling her friend's names and her cousins. After, she just randomly circled the names of people she knew that she thought would be good for the Akatsuki.

About 5 minutes before class ended, Iruka-sensei asked for the papers to be passed up so he could collect them. Once they were all collected, the bell rang.

"Sasuke-kun! I voted for you!" Karin shouted as she clasped her hands together while looking at him with adoring eyes. Sasuke's expression didn't change at all while he packed his bag. On the other hand, Sakura's eye twitched with anger as she waited for Sasuke.

"Kukuku..." Karin knew who it was without even looking.

"Shut up Suigetsu!" Karin shouted and threw her pencil box at Suigetsu who dodged, resulting in the pencil box hitting the poor Juugo who sighed as he looked at the pink pencil box that had hit him.

"..." Tenten silently watched the scene wondering when it was going to end. "?" She saw Lee quickly pass her. "Lee?" She asked.

"Sorry, I have a date!" Lee shouted as he left the room.

"That ugly guy has a date? Karin asked watching him leave.

"Hey!" Tenten said glaring at Karin. "He must be better looking than you since he got a girl friend before you got a boy friend." Tenten said.

"...You want to fight bitch?" Karin asked as she stamped her foot down. But she couldn't do anything since Suigetsu interrupted.

"Good one Tenten." He said snickering.

"God!" Karin shouted as she left the room. Suigetsu watched her leave and then walked over to Tenten and winked.

"That was really good." He said. Tenten blushed a little.

"Thank you." She said. Neji's eye twitched with a little anger but more annoyance as he watched Suigetsu.

"We should go find her." Juugo said to Suigetsu.

"Alright." Suigetsu said as he followed Juugo out. "Bye Tenten!" He said winking.

"I don't like that guy." Temari finally said as soon as he left the room. "You better stay away from him." Temari added looking at Tenten. Tenten nodded. "Plus, someone over there's going to get jealous." Temari said glancing at Neji who was silently putting his things away. Tenten turned around and looked at Neji.

'Would he be jealous?' Tenten thought. "But it's not like I like him or anything." Tenten said.

"We know." Hinata said reassuringly. "Neji nii-san, Hiashi-sama wanted to talk to you by the next week." Hinata said to Neji.

"Okay." He said as he took his bag and left the room.

"He's definitely jealous." Temari said smiling.

"Do you have the hots for her or something?" Juugo asked Suigetsu.

"Who?" Suigetsu asked.

"Tenten I mean." Juugo said as he looked around for Karin.

"No, I'm just playing. I like to see that Hyuuga pissed off anyway." Suigetsu said.

'Thought so...' Juugo thought.

"Plus, I like someone else anyway." Suigetsu added smiling.

"You like people?" Juugo asked. (How sad. ;;)

"Sometimes." Suigetsu said.

"I think I know who it is." Juugo said.

"Oh really?" Suigetsu asked laughing. He looked up at the roof. "There, found her." Suigetsu said.

Karin looked down from the roof. "You always find me." Karin said glaring at him.

"Didn't I promise you that?" Suigetsu asked. "Always..." He said smiling.

"..." Karin said nothing as she hopped down from the roof.

Done!

Jo's has finished, but I have Far Westerns coming up in 3 weeks so no updating during that time. (sorry...)

I will possibly write about Karin and Suigetsu's past in the next chapter and who becomes the Akatsuki.

Tobi has 71 stars already! Tobi must be seriously loved or something!

Okay, so I love Suigetsu. He's so awesome. I love Juugo too! (I'm sorry Juugo for making you deal with Suigetsu and Karin so much!)

Oh yes, please vote on my poll if you want to see more from me!