Walking back from Tsunade-sama's office was like a walk of shame. Tenten was angry at Kiba as usual. She walked ten steps ahead of him because unlike him, she actually wanted to get to class. That was the difference between a Perfect and a jock. Perfects had everything in order. Jocks couldn't care less, as long as they pulled out a D or better. And, let's be honest, their chances of getting a grade better than a D was slim.
Kiba still didn't know what he did wrong he really didn't think she was mad. "Aw come on, babe, you can't take a joke?" he laughed running up behind her.
"A joke? I got detention…I've never been in trouble once." They both had detention, everyday for the rest of the week.
"Good, then I can finally be alone with you." She didn't bother to respond maybe if she didn't talk to him he would go away or at least shut up. He walked beside her instead, staring at her. She couldn't figure out if he was trying to be annoying or if he was just naturally aggravating. "Are you always this uptight?" he pulled out the chopstick holding together her messy bun and jogged backwards.
"Could you just shut up and take your medication for once?" She retorted ready to cause him permanent physical damage. He chuckled waving the teal and pink chopstick in front of her face.
"Nah, it's no fun…come on, try to get it." He dangled it in her face and pulled it back just before she could get it. Fast reflexes. It was no surprise he was the football team captain. "You're gonna have to try harder than that." He ran behind her putting his hand up her short pleated skirt. If Tenten could have caught him then she would've killed him.
'Ugh! Kiba! You are such a prick!" She chased after him with her teal stilettos in hand. The only reason she caught up to him was that he stopped. He had a devious smirk on his face that couldn't mean anything good. "You have three seconds to give me back my chopstick." He stepped closer to her only leaving a few inches between them. She could feel him warm breath on her face. She had to look up to him, he was significantly taller than her.
"Or what Tenten? You're gonna yell at me some more?"
"You are the most infuriating—" He forcefully kissed her. He was too strong for her. He practically knocked her back but his hands all over her stopped him from doing that. She pushed him away in pure disgust.
"You are unbelievable! I can't believe you just did that!" He just looked at her with the same look he would give one of the cheerleaders.
"That was a pretty good kiss, we could always skip next period and make out." He said laughing hysterically. He found Tenten so entertaining. She on the other hand, could no longer find words to describe just how pissed off she was at him. She was just about to take her shoe to his head when the teacher that was supposed to be teaching Tenten's third period class strolled by the two of them. The same teacher that always late. Even when he did show up to class he still never actually did anything.
"…Oh…kay…am I interrupting something…" the silver haired man asked casually leaning up against the lockers, Icha Icha novel in hand. He always seemed to show up at the wrong time. Tenten snatched her chopstick from Kiba's hand and hit him over the head with it.
"No Kakashi-sensei I was just on my way to your class." She replied quickly putting on her shoe.
"Oh good, because you're late." He wasn't kidding either. She opened her mouth to say something but what was the point? It didn't matter. Happy to get away from the idiot jock Kiba she walked with Kakashi to class. Slowly of course. How fast could you walk with one shoe off?
Tenten walked into class. It was more like a zoo. Gotta love classrooms without teacher supervision. She honestly didn't know how Shikamaru Nara managed to sleep through a class full of yelling and screaming. She thought about telling him that someone wrote on his arm and face with marker but he was impossible to wake up and she could hear her name being called on the other side of the room.
"Hey Tenten where did you go, you weren't in second period." They all could hear Kakashi-sensei's dry laugh from their seats in the back of the room.
"…you kids today." He shook his head and continued to read his orange colored book. She growled in frustration and collapsed into her seat in the middle of the cluster of the four desks.
"…um…Tenten…what happened?" asked Hinata Hyuuga, her oldest and dearest friend, barely audible. As long as they knew Hinata she was quiet. She was a petite girl with long bluish black hair and bangs that nearly covered over her eyes. They could all agree that she has changed significantly over the years. Not really shy anymore since she stopped stuttering but she was the one that kept everything together.
"Yeah what happened to you hair and your shoes?" asked Shizuka, her tall slender brunette friend. She was another Perfect, but was the friend that was up for anything. Everyone needed that wild and crazy friend. She would often ask the important questions that nobody dared to ask. She put a square Chanel compact up to Tenten's face realizing that Tenten had no idea of her current condition. Her long dark hair fell loosely and strands stuck to her pink glossed lips.
"Kiba Inuzuka, that's what happened." She took the compact and used it to fix her hair ignoring the inquisitive looks from her friends.
"Yeah, but what did he do?" pressed Shizuka, her brown eyes widening in anticipation.
"It's a long story." She didn't take her eyes off of the mirror. She silently prayed that they would not ask any more questions.
"You know she won't tell you anything…" chuckled Ami Akansuna, the fourth and final Perfect drawing on the desk. Ami was the only one they knew that had natural black highlights in red hair. But, it looked nice against her lightly tanned skin. She was the most artistic one and also the one with all the ideas.
"You're right I won't…." she snapped the compact closed and put it on Shizuka's desk. "All you need to know is that jocks are tools." They are nodded in agreement.
"They may be jerks but they are exceptionally hot." Giggled Shizuka looking over at Hinata mainly because she knew she would agree. Hinata looked over her thick rimmed glasses and blushed a light pink.
"Good point." Ami joined in the conversation. Tenten tried to stop herself from laughing but it didn't work.
"What am I going to do with you guys?"
Naruko Uzumaki had just finished re-taking a math test. She wasn't the best at algebra, she didn't deny that. She was good at all her other classes but it was hard to memorize all of those formulas and equations. She would do anything not to fail that class. Okay, maybe not everything. Not that it mattered anyway. People already had their minds made up about her. She was the school slut or one of them anyway. She had been hearing that for years and it didn't matter to her anyway.
She was on her way to lunch when she saw her boyfriend Riyo Takashi at her locker. He had his back against it, anxiously drumming his fingers. He was the one person that she could talk to. And it also helped that he was also best friends with her twin Naruto. She could still remember it was his idea for the two of them to go out in seventh grade and they've been together ever since.
"Aww! You didn't have to wait on me!" She hugged him and ruffled his wavy brown hair. But, he seemed different that day. Usually he would kiss her or do something affectionate. But he just looked at her, his eyebrows furrowed. "Is there something wrong?" she asked confused. She knew what that look meant, he was mad.
"I saw you in the gym today…I went to talk to Coach Gai about football practice today…I saw you talking to Sasuke." She couldn't tell him about how she wanted him to talk to Itachi for her. She knew how jealous he got. It was a double standard. He would hook up with other girls and he would get mad if she even talked to another guy. (Things were going okay up until a few months ago when he cheated on her and she caught him. He didn't even deny it and she wasn't even sure if he was truly sorry. That was the first time it happened. She was yelling and screaming at him when he pushed her. It wasn't a light push either. He pushed her into a bookcase. She had bruises all over her back. He promised it would be the last time he did that. She believed him.)
"I was just talking to him, it was nothing." Naruko avoided his intense amber eyes. She knew he didn't believe her. He had that look on her face.
"Did you kiss him?" he finally asked holding her by the shoulders tightly. She quickly shook her head. She desperately wanted him to believe her but he already had an idea about what he thought he saw. She closed her eyes and mentally prepared herself for what was about to come. He harshly slapped her across the face. She wanted to scream but that would have only made it worse. Riyo was so much stronger than her. He pushed her up against the lockers and held her there.
"You are such a liar I saw you." He angrily whispered in her ear. "Why do you insist on flirting with other guys?"
"But Riyo, I wasn't, I swear." She tried to stop herself from crying. He absolutely hated that. She was trying to get him to let go but it wasn't working.
"Shut up, I don't want to hear it!" He looked around before shoving her into the bathroom. Not that he felt guilty for hitting her anyway. "Go clean yourself up…" He said through the closed door. His harsh voice startled her and made her even shakier. She stood in front of the mirror checking her face. Thankful she was the only one in the bathroom. Her shaky hands reached up to touch her bloody top lip. Using the back of her hand, she wiped it off and reached in her purse for her lip gloss so she could reapply it. What was the point? She just wiped it off with a tissue. She figured the less she thought about it the better situation was. It didn't happen that often, maybe it only happened once before then. Naruko must have thought about a thousand excuses for him. None of them made sense anymore. She loved him though and was convinced he loved her too. She just had to keep telling herself it would never happen again…
