Sorry I took so long to update, but school's been such a drag( so shika)! So without further ado chapter 2(that rhymes)!
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Naruto, not now or ever.
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Recap:
"Why did you tell them we were staying?" Shikamaru asked Neji, Sasuke and Naruto were thinking the same thing.
"Because we have unwelcome guests." at that moment 4 figures jumped down from the trees.
"How long have you known we were here?" the figure at the very front asked. His name was Sai. He had short dark hair and dark eyes, people say he looks like a less hotter version of Sasuke. That, of course, did not go down well with Sai.
"Since we first sat down." replied Neji with an emotionless voice, yet his eyes held pure loathing for the people in front of him.
"Guess we'll have to try harder next time, won't we?" he says with a smirk that made the guys want to attack him, especially Naruto.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN NEXT TIME??" he yelled at them
"Well, you see, I seem to have a certain liking for cherry blossoms," Sai says with a glance toward Sasuke. "She's a pretty one isn't she Sasuke?"
Sasuke just looked at Sai with an expressionless face, "Hn". Sai smirked at the Uchiha's cold response, "So you wouldn't mind if I asked her out?"
Sasuke's hands clenched and his eyes narrowed, yet he remained quiet. Although, Naruto seemed to not be able to shut up, "OF COURSE HE MINDS!TELL HIM SASUKE!TELL HIM NO-" "Damn it dobe, shut up!". Sai watched this with amusement then turned to the red-headed and blue eyed figure next to him and gave him a small nod. The said figure, Itsu, returned the nod, then said loud enough for the others to hear, "I actually like the shy one, Hinata. She's cute." That definitely caught Naruto's and Neji's attention.
"WHAT!?" Naruto was now totally ticked off. He meant to charge at Itsu but was held back by Sasuke and Shikamaru. "YOU WON'T EVER GO NEAR HER!DO YOU HEAR ME?!NEVER!I WON'T LET YOU!" he screamed at Itsu while struggling to get free of his friends' grips.
"Naruto keep calm." Neji said in a calm voice but his eyes no longer held just loathing but also menace.
The other 2 figures, one with brown hair and hazel eyes, Tenki, and another with black hair and gray eyes, Kenji, came out of the shadows. Then the 4 of them started an 'argument' on which girl was better.
"I got a great view of Ten-Ten when she was on that branch, she's a total hottie." Kenji said with a side glance at Neji. "What are you talking about?! Ino's the hottest one, I mean have you seen her?!" "No way! Hinata's the best! She's so adorable!" "All of you are just out of your mind! Every guy at school is talking about how hot Sakura is!"
Sasuke, Shikamaru, Neji, and Naruto heard all this and used all of their energy to not pound their asses to a pulp. When the idiots finally stopped their 'argument' Sai turned toward the guys and said "Well, it seems that we can't decide which girl is the best, so I guess we'll just have to get all of them."
Naruto let out a low growl, "You won't go anywhere near them." The others nodded their agreement. Sai just smirked and said "We'll see". With that he lead his gang away from the other seething teens.
5 minutes later
The guys, now making their way to class after calming down, were now discussing what they should do. "They started that stupid argument to get a reaction out of us. And thanks to Naruto they got it. Now they'll be trying to find ways to get near them" Shikamaru explained. Everyone stayed quiet, even Naruto, all thinking about what Shikamaru had said. Then Sasuke spoke up "We'll just have to prevent Sai and his cronies from going anywhere near the girls."
"Oh and how will we do that?" asked Naruto. They entered the class room and found that Kakashi still wasn't in from break yet. The guys made their way to the back of the class and resumed their discussion. "Okay, how will we protect the girls from those creeps?" repeated Naruto.
"We don't have to worry much about protecting them at school seeing as all of our classes are together, except this one, but they're across the hall, so it's not really a problem. After school we all have to work at the café, but it's after work that they're alone." Shikamaru let it all sink in before continuing, "So I suggest we find a way to see them safely home."
"That's easy, we walk them." Naruto said with a cheery smile. The guys gave him a weird look. "What?! We can't just let them walk alone! Shikamaru doesn't Ino live like 3 blocks away from you?" Shikamaru gave a sigh and a small nod, already knowing where this was going. "Great, then you can walk her home! And Neji since you live your uncle and Hinata you walk with her anyway! And Ten-Ten lives down the street from me and I live a street before you and Hinata so the four of us can walk together! And Sasuke always goes home later so he can take Sakura home!" he finished with a huge smile of accomplishment. The guys all looked at Naruto with wide eyes. After 2 minutes of this Naruto started to get irritated, "What the hell are you guys staring at?"
They snapped out of it and Sasuke said, "We just didn't think you could tie your shoes let alone a think up a good idea."
"Thanks!…….HEY! Damn you Teme!" before Naruto could say something else Shikamaru interrupted him, "Naruto calm down. We just didn't know you had it in you."
"It's known to happen, you know." Naruto muttered as he crossed his arms. Sasuke rolled his eyes and said "So it's settled? We stick to Naruto's idea?"
The guys nodded as the classroom door opened, "Sorry I'm late. I got hel-" "LIAR!!" "Dammit dobe, shut up!"
Same time/with the girls
Ino was talking to the girls about trying out for the cheerleading team when she was interrupted by somebody's loud voice, "I was thinking ab-" "LIAR!!" The girls started laughing and Ten-Ten said "I guess Kakashi finally arrived to class."
"Yeah, whatever. Like I was saying," Ten-Ten rolled her eyes, "I was thinking about joining the cheerleading team this year. I mean without volleyball what else is there?"
"Hello! What about Basketball or Softball?!" asked Ten-Ten. "They already had their tryout remember? Besides I hear they have a new Cheerleading coach."
"Who?" asked Sakura. "Me!" they turned to see Anko in front of them. "You? Since when?" asked an incredulous Ten-Ten.
"Since the end of last year that's when. And tryouts will start tomorrow, so I expect you 4 there!" with that she left to her desk. "I'm so trying out!!" Ino exclaimed.
"I think I will too," said Sakura, "What about you Hinata? Are you trying out?"
Hinata seemed to think over it for a few seconds then said "Sure, sounds like fun!"
"Yay!" Ino then turned to Ten-Ten and asked "You're trying out right?" Ten-Ten knew she wouldn't get Ino off her back until she said yes, so she decided to save herself hours of torment, "Sure, why not?" Ino squealed and hugged Ten-Ten so hard the poor girl was gasping for air, "Ino-gasp-can't-gasp-breathe-gasp-!" Ino let her go, "Sorry!"
The girls laughter was cut short by the bell ringing. They packed up their stuff and made their way to 4th period. They were walking down the hall when they saw the guys walking in their direction. They were whispering to each other and didn't even turn to look at the girls as they walked by. 'What's up with them?' thought the girls.
Same time/with the guys
The guys were having a whispering discussion. "Should we tell the girls what happened?" asked Naruto. "Of course not dobe. There's no need to worry them." "Sasuke's right, the less they know the better. We don't want them to worry for something that we are already taking care of said Neji. "I agree, we have this under control." finished up Shikamaru.
"Okay, okay, I was only asking, no need to bite my head off!" Naruto said with his hand held out in front of him, "Now let's get to class before Anko kicks our asses."
Skip to lunch
The gang was sitting once again on the big Oak tree talking. Naruto was explaining to Sakura how him, Sasuke, Neji, and Shikamaru were all on the Football team. "Well only me, Neji, and Sasuke-teme are really on the team, Shikamaru's the assistant coach. He was to lazy to actually try out, but with him being a strategy genius the coach really wanted him to be part of the team."
While Naruto and the girls gave Sakura the info on what's happened since school started the guys kept on the lookout for Sai and his gang of idiots. The way they were sitting really helped the guys out. Naruto was sitting on the grass leaning against the tree trunk with Hinata right next to him(perfect view of the south part of the school yard), Shikamaru was sitting on the floor leaning against a root while Ino was next to him sitting on the root(perfect view of the west part of the school yard), Sasuke was lying on is side with his head in his hand and Sakura next/in front to him(perfect view of the east part of the school yard), and Neji was sitting on a branch with Ten-Ten(perfect view of all the school yard).
The girls were now informing the guys about their tryouts for Cheerleading the next day. "Are we allowed to watch?" asked Neji. "Why do you want to watch?" answered Ten-Ten with her own question. "Well it's not every day a guy gets to see a bunch of girls in booty shorts and tight shirts." The guys laughed as the girls blushed. They know that Neji doesn't want to be there because of all the girls, but because of Sai. Yet the girls don't know that. "Pervs" muttered Ten-Ten while crossing her arms across her chest, which Neji now noticed was pretty big. 'Whoa, cool it Neji, you don't need to be thinking that, especially now' He looked at her face and couldn't help but stare. She was looking of into the distance and her chocolate brown eyes sparkled with her fierce and fiery personality. Ten-Ten really was different than most girls, she preferred wearing jeans and shorts than skirts or dresses, she was more into sports then shopping, and she wasn't afraid to get down and dirty. Yet she was so graceful in everything she did. 'What's she doing to me?' Neji asked himself as he continued staring at her.
Ten-Ten could feel someone staring at her, she turned to see Neji staring at her so intensely that she started to blush. ' What is he staring at? He looks so hot-no Ten-Ten! Snap out of it!' All she could do was stare back at the hot guy in front of her(A/N: she's leaning against the tree while he's sitting on the same branch across from her).
Neji didn't know what made him do it, maybe it was the way she was staring at him or the way she bit her lip, he didn't know, all he knew was that in a matter of seconds he had leaned over and kissed her. He wrapped his arms around her slim waist and brought her closer to him, she wrapped her arms around his neck deepening the kiss. Neji tightened his hold on her, as she ran her hand through his hair. The kiss seemed to go on forever, until they finally separated for air. They stared into each others eyes, unaware of a pair of angry gray eyes watching them from a far.
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I'm deciding to make this fanfic equal among the pairings, meaning that each pair gets an equal amount of show time. Sorry if it seemed to be all abour Neji and Ten-Ten, but I just wanted to get this pair over with. Not to worry though the next chapters are going to be full of Sasuke and Sakura fluff!
Did I rush the whole Neji/Ten-Ten thing? It's just for some reason I wanted them to be the first pair to hook up, but now I'm not sure. Maybe I'll make them feel all awkward with each other or something, don't know yet, any suggestions?
Now get your mouse and drag that little arrow to the 'go' button. I'll give you some Sour Gummy Worms! That's if I don't eat them first!