Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of its characters. You would've been able to tell if I did…be glad I don't!

Author's Notes: Wow…this is the fastest thing I've updated…EVER! Things usually take me like 4 months! Hehehe…o btw…READ MY AUTHOR'S NOTES AND STUFF AT THE BOTTOM! Cuz I noe nobody does and it pisses me off…there's actually a lotta important stuff in here that I talk abt but I usually put it in the end so read that part!

Warnings: Well, a person I noe has decided to write a Neji/Saku story and I am so against that pairing but I'm more against the Sasu/Saku pairing (no offense) so I'm making the next few chapters especially horrifying and terrible for their date. Read at you own risk! Don't forget to review on your way out!

Chapter 1: When Pink Attacks

He was my North, my South, my East, my West,
My working week and Sunday rest;
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song,
I thought love would last forever: I was wrong.

When Tsunade had told him he was to take all the girls out on a date, he hadn't expected her to leave the asking part to him. He had just assumed that the girls already knew ahead of time!

But there he was, with a gawking pink haired girl staring at him incredulously while he was shifting around uncomfortably on her front porch.

It was going to be a long, LONG week.

Sakura's mind had shut down sometime between her answering the door and Neji asking her out. First, all she wanted to do was scream and slam the door in his face. Then she thought better of it (due to how insane it would look) and resorted to gaping at him for a while.

This was Hyuuga Neji…THE Hyuuga Neji…asking HER of all people out on a date.

If anybody, she had thought it would've been Tenten.

Besides…from his uninterested looks and cold demeanor…she had thought he was…well…

Gay.

"Ahem…" That snapped her out of whatever land she had been in.

"Er…" She said intelligibly and scratched her head. "Can we make this tomorrow?"

Neji blinked in surprise. He had more than half expected her to slam the door in his face and run away to tell her parents that a crazy man was outside trying to seduce her…but instead, she had just accepted for tomorrow! She obviously didn't know about the whole dating thing with Tsunade…so…why was she accepting?

Oh dear god…did she like him?

Neji opened his mouth to actually reclaim his offer until Sakura just turned around and closed the door in his face.

"Damn…" He muttered unhappily and made his way to training. Now he would have to actually explain to her that he wasn't interested and probably cause a scene wherever he was taking her to dinner tomorrow.

"Stupid marriage laws…"

The first thing Sakura did when she got in her house was run to her parents. Normally, a date with someone (hopefully Sasuke will finally ask her someday) would result in the banging shut of her door to her room and the phoning to Ino to tell her about it. But this wasn't a date she was thrilled beyond the point of sanity about…this thing was…just…

Weird!

"Mom! Dad! Neji-san asked me out to dinner tomorrow!"

Deadly, ominous silence greeted her. Then their kitchen practically fell apart as her mom and dad came flying at her faster than their legs could even carry them.

"What?"

"When?"

"How?"

"You need a major makeover honey! How do you expect to bear his child looking like this?"

Both Sakura and her dad turned to her mom.

"What?" Sakura demanded quietly.

Her mom swallowed nervously. "Erm…so he hasn't told you why he's asking?"

Sakura's mouth dropped open. "You mean he's asking me out to make me his…oh…my…GOD!"

Screaming like a delusional, Sakura ran up to her room and slammed the door. She didn't give a damn if their phone bill was going to skyrocket to the stars and beyond. She was going to call every single girl she knew and yak away like no tomorrow.

Tenten was just starting to get worried the slightest bit when Neji still hadn't showed up to training 3 minutes after he was due. Neji was never late.

A little blinging noise attracted her attention to her trusty laptop a few feet away. Opening the little popup, she was greeted with Sakura's insane ramblings.

Cherry: OMG! Tenten! Neji asked me out today! I think he wants me to be his wife!

Tenten almost bust a gut trying not to bust a gut.

Cherry: Tenten! Help me! I need help! Come over tonight! I need heeelllllllppppp!

That was all. Sakura logged off after 2 crazy sentences and didn't even wait for Tenten to reply. Tenten just sighed.

Sakura sure needed help, that's for sure. Didn't she know that Neji was only taking her out on a date because he was trying to pick out a possible suitor? It wasn't like it was anything serious! Unless…

Did Neji happen to conveniently leave that part out…?

Now she was pissed. For no reason, Tenten felt that green-eyed monster named jealousy (not Sakura) surge forward. She didn't even know why she felt this way.

Was Neji actually interested in Sakura? Why would he be? They hadn't even met properly before…perhaps the off hello here and there but nothing so enticing that it leads to heart failure every time they see each other.

Unless…maybe everyday after the sun went down…

NO! NO! NEVER!

It wasn't like Sakura was the one who had always trained by his side every single day! It wasn't like she was the one who would always worry about him! It wasn't like she was the one who knew him best out of everyone else! It wasn't like she was the one who was in love wit-

Woah…

Okay…

Tenten refused to let this affect her in any way. This was Neji's like and she would help him through all the insanity there was. If he was going to be happy with Sakura, then she was going to help get them together. That was the end of it.

Nope, she wasn't affected at all.

Rock Lee had been pacing around restlessly. Neji was never late…but today was the day the royally snobby Hyuuga was taking Sakura-san out! So if he were late, perhaps Neji and Sakura had decided…

To go on their date already so Neji could just skip training! A few renegade tears flew off his face as Lee jumped up in useless denial. Neji was taking his precious Sakura-san out to dinner and who knows what else and here they were wasting time…

His precious, precious Sakura-san was gone and here he was wasting his Springtime of Youth! The wrongfulness! The unfairness! The unholy-

"Lee, why are you running around in circles like that?"

Lee stopped quite abruptly to face Tenten who was looking at him strangely.

"Neji-san has taken my precious Sakura-san to dinner and who knows what else and skipped training meaning that he's serious about her and Tenten what am I going to do if she really does decide to marry him and-"

He ran out of breath right there and took a few seconds to breathe.

Before Lee could start rambling again, Tenten took this opportune chance to tell him everything was fine.

Well, as she was saying it, another flare of insane jealousy…well…flared up inside her and she ended up whipping out a kunai and challenging Lee to a fight.

Shrugging, Lee wiped away his tears and prepared to fight.

In the next 5 minutes, Rock Lee found himself eating dirt and beaten to a pulp for the second day in a row.

The first thing Neji saw when he got to training was Tenten furiously pounding Lee into the ground. She didn't even let the poor guy breathe.

This was how he knew she was unreasonably livid with rage.

When he made his presence known by clearing his throat, Tenten flung three kunai at his head on reflex. One of them almost hit him…it was that spontaneous…

"Tenten!" He muttered in his scolding voice, "Watch where you're throwing those things!"

Tenten gave him a twitchy smile. "Sorry, I didn't see you."

Neji didn't say anything. He knew she had seen him. God, he had made so much ruckus on his way in that she would've had to be deaf and blind not to know he was there. But he didn't say anything…because like anybody else, he was afraid.

Afraid of all the things she could do with a kunai and a few shuriken.

Battling his way out of his unconscious paper bag, Lee rubbed his head and looked up at Neji. Within seconds, he was on his feet and bombarding the guy with questions.

"What did you do to my-er…Sakura-san?"

Neji rolled his (sexy) eyes. "I didn't do anything to her. I just asked her out and she told me to make it tomorrow. So I'm taking her out tomorrow."

"Oh." Lee breathed a sigh of relief. That meant there was one more day where his Sakura-san wouldn't belong to Neji! He needed to buff up to attract her!

"Let's train!"

Both boys turned to Tenten when they heard her sigh.

"Sorry guys…" She muttered, "I'm not feeling up to it anymore. I'll see you tomorrow, ok?"

Without waiting for an answer, Tenten walked off.

Neji frowned (not that you could tell…). Of all the people he could read, she wasn't one of them.

And it bothered him to no end!

The door to Sakura's house flew open even before Tenten's finger brushed the doorbell.

"Come in!" A deafening voice shrieked before the weapons master found herself more or less dragged inside. A few seconds and painful stairs later, Tenten was in Sakura's room staring at all the girls. Ino looked elated, Sakura looked nervous, and Hinata just looked like something between astonishment and pure horror. Tenten was with Hinata.

"Neji-kun asked me out!" Everybody turned to stare at Sakura in exasperation.

"We know; that's all you've been saying for like the past day." Ino muttered to her but Tenten wasn't listening. She was still hung up on how fast Neji-san turned to Neji-kun.

It really, really, REALLY, disturbed her.

"Tenten!" Sakura exclaimed happily, "Since you've spent most time with him and you know him best…tell me about him! Like what he likes, what he hates, what he finds attractive…you know, his life!"

So…this was why she was here. Then she kicked herself in the brain (mentally). Sakura and her were friends; they were just sharing some news.

"Actually," Tenten started to say, "Neji's askin-" but stopped as she saw Sakura's face. Perhaps she really did like Neji…maybe Neji really did like her back.

Forcing a smile to her face, Tenten took the pink haired girl's hands in hers and sat down. "Neji can be a little intimidating at times. He likes to make fun of you and stuff, but don't let it get to you because that's just his defense mechanism. If you really get to know him, he's actually a really sweet guy…"

So for the next few hours until the sun went down, Tenten explained to all the girls about Neji…and every single reason why she loved him.

Sakura smiled inside as she watched Tenten talk about Neji. It was the way her face lit up, the occasional secret smile, that way her eyes would look downward every single time she said his name…that told her what was really going on.

It was undeniable. Tenten was in love with the most conceded bastard on the planet.

The weapons master wasn't that hard to figure out. It only took a few hours for Sakura to see through her. And Neji…who was always indirectly bragging about his astounding eyes and how they could read people…couldn't figure this little fact out in years.

It was too bad Tenten didn't say anything…because otherwise, Sakura would gladly give him up to her. She wasn't that interested in Neji anyway…he just happened to be pretty hot…pretty talented…and pretty rich!

After a few more hours, Tenten was finally done and boy did she look happy. Maybe reminiscing all her happy times made her cheerful…who knows?

But Sakura did know one thing. If things didn't work out between her and Neji, and she highly suspected that they wouldn't, then she would do anything in her power to push Neji and Tenten together.

Hey, that had a nice ring to it! Neji and Tenten. Tenten and Neji.

So cute…they would probably have gorgeous kids…

Neji sighed as Tenten fussed over every little detail of what he was wearing.

"I can't believe you're just going to wear pants and a black shirt to a date of this severity!" She scolded him gently, "Don't you know she could be your future wife?" Then she attempted to fix his headband so it wouldn't look so crooked…which it wasn't in the first place…

"Well," he said back to her with a smirk on his face, "I know that no future wife would be as worried and fuss over me as you."

Tenten stopped immediately and took a step back with a light blush on her cheeks. Unbeknownst to him, that had hit home harder than she wanted it to.

"Stop worrying." Neji said as he turned to leave for Sakura's house, "Everything will be fine."

Tenten gave him a tight smile and waved slowly as she watched him leave.

She wouldn't ever admit it. Hell, she could hardly admit it to herself.

But she really didn't want his and Sakura's date to go well at all…

Ino sighed wistfully as she watched Sakura turn a full circle in a very pretty pink top and jeans. Casual but cute…that's what all the guys loved these days…

"He's totally going to propose to you on the spot!" She said to her now best friend.

Sakura giggled softly. If Neji actually proposed to her tonight, she would whack him upside the head and tell him to get his scrawny ass to Tenten and ask her the question.

But hey, a girl's got to have some fun!

"I'll see you later!" Sakura exclaimed quietly when she heard the doorbell ring.

Ino just barely contained her excitement. "You have to promise to tell me all the details when you get back! I want to hear everything!"

"Okay! I have to go! Bye!" Sakura said in mock annoyance and left.

Who knows, maybe the night wouldn't turn out so bad.

Somewhere else…in a house far, far away…

Lee shot off his couch from the snooze he had been in due to "psychic visions".

"Oh no!" He shouted in that exuberant voice of his, "Everything's going to be ruined on their date tonight!"

Not even taking a jacket, Lee ran outside to intervene Neji and Sakura's date.

…No wonder everything was going to be ruined…

((( TBC )))

Next Chapter: Neji and Sakura's actual date!

Um…I know I kinda promised that this would be their date…but…hehehe…there were just a few details I had to work out…so in other words…sorry that this chapter sucked so much! O yea, I TAKE REQUESTS AS LONG AS I DON'T OBJECT TO THE PAIRINGS! Actually, that's it! Don't forget to drop a review on your way out!