Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, but the cookies are mine. Mine I say! Away, cookie-stealers!

Author's Note: Thank you all so much for the reviews! They make me so happy that I will share my cookies with all you reviwers! Ok...maybe not happy enough to share my cookies but happy enough to give hugs. This chapter is kind of kunoichi (Sakura, Ino, Hinata and Tenten) centric. Not to worry, our favourite shinobi will have their share of the spotlight in the next chapter. Well, enjoy!

Warning: Bad sense of irony, humor, perversity (Is that even a word?) and drama. Slightly OOC.

After a bloody pile, that once was Kiba and Naruto, was dragged back into the room by a pissed looking Kurenai, the students were gathered around a relatively clean counter. The female teacher's mood did not improve after seeing the state of the classroom. She glared at each of the students individually, as if deciding a suitable punishment.

Ironically enough, she was deciding a punishment which she was not ashamed to announce, "Since you have decided to waste the provided food, I'll sentence you to eat whatever you cooked this class, even if you haven't cooked anything. You are also not allowed to share with other groups, so no taking advantage of those who actually worked. But before you eat, I want this room spotless! Get to it!"

The students scrambled to clean up the room. Some grabbed mops and buckets while others grabbed brooms and dustpans. The remaining people started to clear the dishes. Since the males were such chauvinists, the made the girls do the 'light work', in this case, washing the dishes. This earned them a death glare from Tenten.

"C'mon Tenten," Ino pleaded as she started to wash the dishes, "It's not like we want more work."

"It's the way they say it that angers me," Tenten told her as she rinsed of the scum from the bowls, "They think that just because that we're girls, we can't handle the big jobs."

"Tenten's right," Sakura agreed as she washed the utensils, "They think that their so much better. Even though I admire Sasuke, he's such a jerk! He thinks he's too good for everything!"

"Ano…," Hinata joined in, "Not a-all the b-boys are l-like that…"

"Aw," Ino said as she passed a clean dish to Hinata, "You don't have to stick up for Naruto, Hinata. Here's another dish to dry."

"You k-know," Hinata stuttered, almost dropping the dish.

"Duh," Sakura smiled, "You guys are so obvious. You like him, he likes you; everyone can see that. By the way, you guys look adorable together!"

"Speaking of together," Ino grinned slyly at Tenten, "Why was Neji on top of you?"

"When did that happen?" Tenten asked innocently.

"Don't pretend you don't know," Sakura continued from where Ino left off, "Right after the mega food fight ended and we were sort of picking up the mess."

Of course Tenten knew; she just didn't know that the others knew, nevertheless she answered simply, "That idiot Kiba pushed Neji into me and we fell."

"You're not fooling anyone," Ino told her, "We all know that you enjoyed it."

"Ew," Tenten gagged, "That sounded so wrong, Ino."

"But you got my point."

"For your information, I was disgusted. Didn't you hear me yell 'PERVERT'?"

"But you secretly enjoyed it."

"If I did 'secretly enjoy' it, would Kiba be in the state he's in right now?" Tenten demanded, slightly irritated and embarrassed but managed to keep a calm façade.

"Uh…" Ino was at a loss of words, "Point taken."

"Good," Tenten replied as she got back to cleaning dishes.

Did I actually enjoy his warmth? No, of course not! Bad Tenten, don't let a boy get the better of you. But his eyes were so sexy…ah, stupid, stupid thoughts, MUST CONCENTRATE ON DISHES.

Unfortunately, Tenten was concentrating too hard on washing the bowl. She was scrubbing with so much power that the bowl cracked in half. The others turned to look at her. She smiled sheepishly.

"Um," Kurenai cleared her throat, "I think it's time for a break. Take out your cookies and enjoy…since that will be the only thing you'd have for lunch…hahaha!"

Everyone grumbled and sat around a big table. Lee, who has been able to save his group's hard work, had produced a plate of delicious vanilla bean cookies. Tenten immediately grabbed one and started munching.

"Mm," Tenten complimented, "These are great, Lee."

"THANK YOU," Lee beamed, "BUT YOU AND NEJI ALSO HELPED. THIS IS THE PRODUCE OF THE POWER OF YOUTH!"

"Uh," Tenten said awkwardly, sweat-dropping, "Yeah, what you said…"

"Hn," Neji grunted as he too indulged into a cookie.

The rest of the group looked longingly at the plate of cookies. Since Kurenai was still in to room, they weren't able to bribe, steal or plead for a cookie. Sakura was the first to notice there was a small bowl of batter left untouched on the counter. She tapped Ino on the shoulder.

"There's still some batter left over on the counter," Sakura whispered to Ino, "Tell Hinata while I ask if I can use the batter."

Ino nodded and passed the message on to Hinata while Sakura went over to Kurenai and asked for permission to use the left over batter. Kurenai who was surprised at the young kunoichi's keen eye, nodded.

The three girls proceeded to the counter and started to knead the batter into dough, followed by all the other steps needed to complete those mouth-watering cookies. Too bad the boys still haven't noticed.

Ding!

The cookies' chocolate chip aroma filled the air as Kiba and Naruto started drooling. The unfed boys turned to see Ino producing a tray full of chocolate chip cookies. Ino playfully stuck her tongue out at the drooling boys.

The poor blond boy had tears in the corners of his eyes as he watched the girls eat up the treats that came from the oven. Then he turned his head towards Neji, Lee and Tenten, looking longingly at the last cookie on the plate. Just then, Tenten picked it up and started nibbling on it.

Naruto couldn't stand it anymore, he screamed, "NOOOOOOOO!"

Everyone watched him hungrily eye Tenten, or more specifically the cookie on her hand. Kiba had perverted thoughts running through his head. Chouji was drooling over the three girls and their cookies, mostly the cookies. Shikamaru woke up from his nap. Lee 'pinged' his teeth for no reason. Sasuke was eyeing Naruto warily. Hinata, who had thought that Naruto liked her (which he does), was on the verge of tears because she thinks that Naruto now prefers Tenten (she, like the others didn't know that Naruto was staring at the cookie not Tenten). Neji twitched angrily, though he didn't know why (cough-jealous-cough). There was an awkward silence.

"Naruto," Tenten demanded, breaking the silence, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"COOKIE," yelled Naruto.

Tenten popped the cookie in her mouth and the rest of the people sweat-dropped seeing Naruto's pained expression as the cookie got devoured. Hinata breathed an inaudible sigh of relieve.

So, Naruto-kun doesn't like Tenten-chan after all. Arigatou, Kami-sama…

Kurenai watched as the drama unfolded. This was even better than that soap opera she watched last week. She wondered if Jiraiya-sama, the principal (oh, gasp…), would let her direct a little soap of her own using these shinobi. Knowing Jiraiya, she was almost certain that Operation: Teen Drama was a go.

Author's Note: Hahaha...I had so much fun torturing the boys. Poor Rookie Nine (excluding the females). I chose Jiraiya for the role of principal because it'll help move the plot on. Plus, almost every other high-school fic I've read so far has Tsunade as principal so I thought that this would be a nice change. By the way, I never intended to portray NaruTen; I just thought that Naruto would look adorable, drooling over a coookie. It's still NaruHina. Leave a review please. See you all next time!