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Yeah. So here's the second chapter. Hope you enjoy!

Chapter 2: Secrets & Notes

"WHAT?! YOU'RE JOKING, RIGHT?!" Sakura heard as she walked through the school doors. She sighed, with one thought in mind: Ino.

She followed the scream, which led to her locker. Ino was standing there, frozen and mouth wide open, staring at Tenten who was waving her hand in front of Ino's face repeatedly.

"Ino? Heeeeellllloooo? You in there?"

Sakura ran over to them. "Whats going on?"

Tenten beamed. "Hey Sakura! Ino just heard that Karen's bitchy friend Ami is moving to the school and-"

"WHAT?!"

Tenten winced. "Stop that!"

Ino, who had snapped back into reality, nodded proudly. "She's slowly turning into another me,"

Tenten slapped her hand against her forehead and shook her head.

"I can't believe it! One bitch is enough!" Sakura ran a hand through her hair.

"I hope you're not talking about me," A voice said sweetly. They spun around to see Karen standing there looking innocent. Robyn and Lauren stood at either side of her.

"Bitch, please!" Ino snorted.

Karen glared at her. "Says the boar." Her eyes flicked over to Tenten. "You're… not exactly a girl. You play every gay sport in the school, you dress like a boy and have you ever gone out with a boy?"

Tenten glowered angrily. "And you." Karen looked at Sakura. "I don't even know where to begin. Pink hair, no fashion sense, huge forehead, flat-"

Sakura punched her fiercely in the face. "Don't you dare insult me and my friends, whore."

Ino and Tenten started giggling.

Karen glared daggers at Sakura, holding a hand up to her jaw, and managed to mutter, "Where's that shy bitch?"

"Right; That's it!" Tenten ran at Karen, only to be pulled back by Ino. "Tenten! As much as I'd love to watch you kick the shit out of her, we'll just get into more trouble."

Tenten straightened up and shot a disgusted look Karen. "You better watch it," Karen rolled her eyes and walked off, Robyn and Lauren fussing over her broken jaw.

Ino sighed heavily. "I hate her so much,"

"I know. Me too. Where is Hinata anyway?"

Ino giggled. "Maybe Naruto will know" Tenten and Ino shared a grin as Sakura looked from one girl to the other. "Am I missing something here?"

"All will be revealed at Hinata's sleepover," Tenten winked. "Anyway, where's Naruto?"

"I'm sure we'll hear him before we see him," Ino tutted. Sakura laughed. "Honestley, Ino. I don't get why you hate him so much! He's so friendly and caring. Sure, sometimes he doesn't think before speaking, bu-"

"THERE'S INO-PIG AND SAKURA AND TENTEN!!" Rang through the halls, the noise of feet scurrying followed after. Ino raised an eyebrow "What was that about only sometimes not thinking before speaking, Sakura?"

Sakura and Tenten sweatdropped as Naruto and Hinata ran over to them. Ino nodded briefly at Naruto and grinned widely at Hinata. "There you are! You just missed Karen and her robots. They were here a few minutes ago making complete idiots out of themselves."

Tenten waved at Naruto, who grinned in reply, and put her arm around Hinata's shoulder. "Where were you? Seriously! What happened?"

"Hey Naruto," Sakura smiled. "Hey Sakura," He said, eyes bright. "Hinata! We missed you and your… shyness!"

Hinata chuckled. "Girls, I'm only like 10 minutes late!"

Ino's jaw dropped. Tenten's mouth made a wide 'O' shape. Sakura's mouth almost touched the ground, while her eyebrows were raised so high up my forehead, she felt like there was almost no room for them. Time seemed to stop in those brief seconds while they pondered on both what they had just heard, and what was apparent before their eyes.

Hinata blushed. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"You." Ino started

"Didn't," Continued Tenten

"Blush," Sakura finished.

Hinata shrugged. "Its nothing, really."

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN NOTHING?! YOU'RE HOLDING HANDS WITH NARUTO UZAMAKI!" Ino screamed

Students stopped to stare. Others fled, fearing their safety from the petrifying blonde. And some spread the news that was just bellowed to the world, to those who had just arrived.

Instead of glaring at Ino as usual, Tenten just continued gawking at Hinata and Naruto holding hands. Sakura blinked. "Wow…"

Hinata winced, while Naruto smiled proudly. "That's right! We're officially going out now. That's why we were late, we were outside mak-"

Hinata clapped a hand over Naruto's mouth and looked hopefully at her friends. Sakura beamed. "I'm so happy for you guys! I never knew you two liked each other though."

Tenten nodded happily. "I agree! Well at least about the 'being happy' part. It was so obvious you two L-O-V-E-D each other." She spelt out 'loved' with glee.

Ino was frozen. "B-b-but …y-you…N-N-Naruto…" Tenten snorted. "Now look who has the stuttering problem!"

Hinata flashed a grateful smile to Sakura and Tenten, and glanced back at Ino. "Well I suppose I'm more confident now that…" She trailed off, raising both her and Naruto's intertwined hands slightly, as to finish her sentence.

He grinned. "Me too!" Tenten grunted. "Naruto, I don't think its possible for your confidence to raise any higher." He grinned sheepishly in response.

"Have you told Neji yet?" Sakura asked.

Naruto and Hinata looked at each other before Naruto answered "Well…we predicted how he would react and decided it best not to tell him yet. So can you guys keep it secret?"

They were both focusing this request on Tenten, looking at her eagerly through beady eyes. Sakura followed their gaze. "What!? Why are you three looking at me?"

Hinata hesistated, making sure she was phrasing everything correctly, as to not offend her. "We know you and Neji are…close. But it would benefit everyone if you didn't tell him…"

Tenten nodded. "Of course I won't. Just because we were friends from when we were little, doesn't mean I tell him everything."

Hinata raised a brow while Naruto and Sakura were enjoying the conversation. "Tenten, you told Neji about you getting your first bra an hour afterwards!! And when did I find out? 2 YEARS LATER!!"

Tenten laughed nervously. "I-it was accidental…I had to tell someone!"

Hinata continued "And what about when you got your period? You told dear Neji before you told your own fudging mother!"

"H-he was…uh… he was home at the time. I was too nervous to tell Mother Tenten." She said anxiously.

"Well apparently, Mother Tenten wasn't as trustworthy as a hormonal, teenage boy."

"…So did you do the Maths homework?" Tenten said.

Hinata ignored her. "Look, the point is I don't want Neji finding out about this until he can…handle it."

"You're right. We don't want Naruto ending up in hospital now, do we?" She grinned evilly

Sakura waved a hand vertically across Ino's face. "Heeeellllooooo!"

Ino stayed rigid.

"Whats wrong with her?" A familiar voice asked. Everyone looked up to see Sasuke standing there, confused and annoyed.

"She just found out that N-" Hinata shook her head violently behind Sasuke's back at Sakura.

"Yes?" Sasuke pushed

"Uh…that noodles aren't being sold in the cafeteria anymore…" Sakura finished proudly while Naruto opened his mouth widely and mouthed furiously 'WHAT?! NO NOODLES?!' Hinata whispered something quick in his ear and he smiled, finally understanding.

Sasuke nodded slowly. "Uh…ok. I wasn't even sure Ino liked noodles."

"SHE DOES! SHE LOVES THEM WITH A PASSION!" Tenten screamed out of absolutely nowhere. Sakura and Sasuke covered their ears, while Naruto and Hinata were giggling childishly about something. Sasuke whirled around, hearing the noise, and the couple twisted out of each others grip and both smiled innocently.

Sasuke just shook his head. "Anyway, why are you all just standing here? I arrived pretty late so shouldn't the bell have r-"

He was interrupted as the angelic-sounding bell reminded everyone of their limited morning time. Sakura sighed. "Alright guys, I'll see you later I guess."

Ino, who looked incredibly similar to a Zombie who hadn't slept in days, didn't respond and Tenten said quickly, "Wait, Sak. What class are you in?"

Sakura pulled her timetable out of her black, diamond-imprinted skinny jeans pockets and studied it before answering "Umm…I'm in History."

Sasuke grunted. "Same here."

Tenten beamed. "Great! That's a base-class subject so we're all in your class then."

Sakura and Tenten dragged Ino by the arm, while Sasuke trailed after them, leaving Hinata and Naruto at the back to…er…talk(!)

They arrived to their History class and took their seats, excluding Sakura who approached the teacher to enquire about her seating arrangements. She glance down at the class. She was filled with delight as she realised she already knew most of the students.

The very back row consisted of: Ino –with the same look on her face, as she stared at Hinata and Naruto in horror, Tenten, free seat, Hinata. A boy with dark blue hair that I hadn't seen yet, Karen, Robyn and Lauren occupied the right side of the classroom, while on the left, right beside Ino but going upwards was: Sasuke, Neji, Shikamaru and Naruto –who had been grinning at a blushing Hinata for the past 5 minutes.

Sakura cleared her throat. "Umm…excuse me…"

The teacher glanced up at her. "Yes?"

"I'm new here and its my second-" She was cut short.

"Oh yes! Your second day here. You're Sakura Haruno, yes?" Sakura nodded. "Great! Well you can take your seat between Tenten and Hinata Hyuuga at the back. Girls, please raise your hands."

"She knows us already, sir." Tenten piped up happily. Sakura laughed inwardly; that's just like Tenten.

The teacher, who had deep green eyes and dark brown hair tied up in a ponytail, simply nodded and smiled at Tenten's comment. "Great to know you're the interactive kind then, Sakura. My name is Iruka Sensai."

Sakura hurried down to Zombie, Tenten and Hinata, who (apart from Ino) greeted her warmly. "So what's Iruka Sensai like?"

Tenten's face lit up. "He's awesome! Seriously. He's the reason I love history," She made a heart shape with both of her index fingers and her thumbs, and placed it near her heart.

Sasuke glanced over at Tenten and Sakura, to see Tenten's heart shape and he then saw Naruto and Hinata gazing at each other. He shook his head in disbelief, and scrawled something on a piece of paper.

Sakura had been concentrating on sorting out her pencils in alphabetical order (?!) when Tenten tapped her lightly on the shoulder. "Mhm?" She whirled her head around, facing Tenten. "Sasuke wanted me to give this to you," She whispered, handing Sakura a slip of paper. Sakura shrugged and opened it, while Tenten returned to attempting to make Ino life-like again.

It read: What's going on between Hinata & Naruto? They're been looking google-eyed at each other for the past 20 minutes…

Sakura looked at Hinata, who was giggling at Naruto, and laughed. She replied back: Who, Hinata & Naruto? Pssh! As if! You're just exaggerating. And anyway, friends can stare at each other, right? What's wrong? Is poor little Sasuke fearing for his buddy Naruto?

She handed it to Tenten, who passed it back to Sasuke, and laughed watching his reaction. Moments later, she received the same paper saying: You know something. And I'll find out. Hn. We're not 'buddies'. We're friends. I'm richer than you byotch! And I don't fear anything…

She smiled, and wrote down: I know everything! What does 'hn' mean anyway? Hey! Watch your language young man. Yeah right… There's no such thing as having no fear. What if you were trapped in a fire?

They exchanged rapidly (thanks to Tenten!) and seconds later she was reading his thoughts on her response: 'Hn' can mean anything I want it to mean. Young man? I'm older than you! I would: Stop, Drop and Roll. That's what we learned in little school!

She stifled her laughter while reading 'That's what we learned in little school', and scribbled down: 'Hn' is just a sound. It can't mean anything. Really then? When's your birthday? Mine is in March next year. In your face! What if you were tied to a poll? Then you couldn't 'Roll'!

She watched him smirk as he read her reply and wrote down: It can mean anything. Mine is December this year so in YOUR face. I would bite the ropes open. What were you doing before I sent you this? You looked…thoughtful.

She sniggered and retorted: Who suggested that they were ropes? They were metal. All metal! I was sorting my pencils alphebetically. And what do you mean 'Hn can mean anything'?!

She handed it to Tenten, who sighed and automatically passed it to Sasuke. She watched him read it. He smirked and shook his head, then looked bewildered. 'Alphabetically?!' He mouthed. He put down his pen to counter with what I had written, when Ino jumped out of her seat and shrieked accusingly at Hinata,"YOU'RE GOING OUT WITH NARUTO?!" She pointed to a blushing Hinata, who winced and looked slowly in Neji's direction.

Cliffy! I hope… :P As I said before, I'm SO sorry about the extremley late update! But school is over now! Soccer and basketball are finished for the Summer and practicing my flute and fiddly will only take about 30 mins a day! So no worries there!

All I have to do is hang out with my friends and get a new fudging laptop!

Anywho! Review please! If you do, I will reward with…er… interactive cups? I don't know =( I was staring at a cup for the past 10 minutes! So anyway! Please review and thank you much for reading!

~Beautifly101~