Bodacious Gracious here with a new update. Sorry I'm not updating as quickly. Been busy with school and whatnot. You get the deal. I know my writing's gotten worse…I'm sorry. You have every right to say so. I know. I'll try my best. I've just lost focus. Read, Review, Enjoy.

[note Well, as my friend had said, I'll be taking over the stories "Smile" and "Somebody Loves You". And yes, I was the original who wrote "Smile". She just bought it off me. Lol Anyway…those two are currently on hiatus, but I'll continue when I finish my other stories and when I have time. Thank you!

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My Last Kiss.

Phase one: Jealousy.

Ino sighed as she waited for Neji or Sasuke in front of the school. She was cold as she wrapped her purple scarf around her neck. She watched the other kids run into the school building, desperate for warmth.

She was…mixed with different feelings. Jealousy was still there. She didn't know what to feel.

"Ino!" she heard Ten Ten call her. Ino turned to see Sasuke and Ten Ten arm in arm smiling. Whoah. Wait…Sasuke was actually smiling? Oh hell no. Sure, Sasuke would smirk once in a while, but that would be because someone got hurt or something was violently funny. Ino felt the pang of jealousy in her again; Ten Ten could make him smile, this was even hard for her. Ino tried to smile as she covered her mouth with her scarf.

"Hey guys," Ino said as steady as she could, "You guys look chipper today." Sasuke beamed, "Oh my gawd, yes! We're as happy as a married couple!" Ino raised an eyebrow as she felt something drop in her stomach. This was definitely not the Sasuke she knew. This one looked like his face was gonna crack from his big smile. Ten Ten stared at him, trying so hard not to slap him clear across the face. His acting skills were retarded.

Ino chuckled nervously, "Well uhm…eh heh…that's nice…?" She didn't know what to say. This was weird. Ten Ten followed her little laugh, "Oh Sasuke-Panda-Bear, you are so funny!" She swatted him on his arm hard as she kept on laughing. Sasuke grimaced but tried to keep a playful smile, resisting to punch the bun-haired girl.

'They seem so happy with each other,' Ino sighed in her head.

"Ino!" Neji came along, carrying his backpack over his shoulder. He smiled and put an arm around her, "You look cold." From the corner of his eye he could see Sasuke boil with anger. Luckily Ino was facing him not Sasuke. Ten Ten flinched, trying to keep a straight face. Neji smirked at her, 'Yeah, ditch me for Uchiha will you?'

Ino nodded, "Yeah. Let's go inside before we catch anything." They all filed in along with the other students, seeking the warmth of the building.

Ino and Neji left to go to history while Sasuke and Ten Ten walked to PE as the bell rang. Ten Ten glared at him with frustration.

"What the hell was up with that 'happy as a married couple' shit?!" she hissed, slapping him with her notebook. Sasuke glared right back at her. "And what the hell was up with 'Sasuke-Panda-Bear?"

"Well, I had to make it believable!" Ten Ten said as they entered the gym. Sasuke rolled his onyx eyes and frowned, "This is gay." "Well, excuse me for being the one who's at least trying to work this out! Look, we came to an agreement that you'd get your Ino-bitch and I'd get my Neji," Ten Ten said. Sasuke clenched his fists.

She was right. They had made a deal. The plan was simple. Make them jealous. Eh, wasn't the best plan ever, but it was the only thing the two could come to an agreement with. Sasuke rubbed the back of his head, "Damn. We'll figure this out after PE. Later." And with that, he made his way to the boys' locker room along with the other boys as the girls filed in to their own locker room.

Ten Ten screamed in frustration before she followed the other girls in.

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Ino wasn't even paying attention. The teacher's voice was like a drone, easy to drift off to space just hearing it, but hard to ignore. She was sitting in the back of the class with Neji. Nobody who cared about class sat in the back, but she didn't want to learn in class right now. She wanted to think.

She loved Sasuke right? Yes, but only as a brother. Nothing more. She should be happy for him. He has Ten Ten now and they even seemed happier than she and Neji are, even if they had a…weird way of showing it. But with all her thinking, the more she realized that she was jealous. She knew it was wrong to think like this. She had Neji. She shouldn't think about stealing Sasuke away from Ten Ten. Wait, what the hell was she thinking about?

'Oh, goddamn I'm losing my mind,' Ino sighed and laid her head down on the desk. She looked up at the clock; it read "9:47 am". Class was even halfway through. Ino silently groaned. She turned her head sideways to look at Neji. He was staring up at the teacher and it was clear that he disapproved of sitting in the back. But he had insisted on sitting with Ino.

She ripped up a piece of binder paper and wrote a note. She folded it up and threw on Neji's desk. It landed without a thump. He noticed and opened it, hiding it from the view of the teacher.

Neji,

Do you really love me? I mean…it's just a question.

Ino

Neji glanced at her and saw her hopeful eyes. He picked up his pencil and wrote back. He folded it up as careful as he could along the creases and, without looking at her a second time, threw it on her desk. She unfolded it and saw what he wrote in beautiful cursive:

Ino,

Of course! Why wouldn't I? You're the most perfect girl in the world.

Neji.

Ino smiled as she read his note. It made her feel better. Much better. Ino glanced back at him and smiled her warmest smile. Neji smiled back. It was going to be a good day.

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Lunch….

"Panda Bear!" Ten Ten squealed as she exaggeratedly wrapped her arms around him. Ino couldn't help but clench her knees and biting her lip. Neji stared blankly at them from across the lunch table. Never would they know that a thunder storm was raging inside him.

Sasuke's face held a broken smile, "Eh heh heh." 'Goddamn she's annoying!' he screamed in his head. This was not going well. It had been a quiet lunch between the four before Ten Ten threw herself over Sasuke. "I lav yooh like haw a lil boy lavs cahndy," Ten Ten said in her most cutesy voice she could manage while picking on Sasuke cheeks.

Neji was now starting to glare slightly. The thunder was acting up. Sasuke noticed and smirked. "What's wrong Hyuuga? Got something stuck up your ass?" He couldn't resist. It was time for Level-Headed-Hyuuga to crack. "Sasuke!" Ten Ten and Ino said together. Neji didn't reply, but his glare deepened.

"Uh...Panda Bear!" Ten Ten threw herself over Sasuke again and smacked her lips onto his. Ino gasped and Neji looked like he was going to faint. Sasuke pushed her away. "Ten Te-," Sasuke almost started to yell, causing some other students around them to stare. "Er…it's too soon…?" Sasuke didn't have any idea what he was suppoed to do at the moment.

"Uchiha," Neji stood up from his seat, "I need to talk to you." Ino eyed him carefully, but the glare was no longer there. His face was how it always looked, straight and firm. He stalked out of the cafeteria. As Sasuke stood up to follow him, Ino stood up to. "You girls stay here; he probably needs a paper for a class or something," he said calmly in vain. Ino slowly nodded and sat back down. "Bye Panda Bear!" Ten Ten said, as she thought that this may add some evil touch. "Come back soon," she said a little firmly. It was a command. "Right…"

Sasuke exited the cafeteria through the crowd of students. He found Neji leaning on a wall near a bench. He was slightly far away from the other students hanging outside. "Yo," Sasuke said flatly like nothing was up.

"Don't you 'Yo' me," Neji said bitterly, "What the hell are you doing with my girlfriend?! I know it was you with that damned camera. Yesterday when I was talking to Ino, your face gave it all away. So quit the lying and spill it." Sasuke stared at him for a moment before sighing and leaning on the wall a few feet away. "You got me," Sasuke said, smirking. Silence.

"Back off from my girl, Uchiha," Neji said glaring at him. "Why should I? You're the one who's cheating," Sasuke said. Neji didn't say anything.

"You know, you're one of the lowest people I've even met, Hyuuga," Sasuke said, looking up at the sky. "You're in that category with me, because you're cheating with Ten Ten." Sasuke chuckled at Neji's poor performance at this argument.

"Dude, dude, dude," Sasuke said, shaking his head, "You just don't get it do you?" Neji stared at him, "Oh, I perfectly understand. You're just too blind to see the fact that I can handle two girls." Sasuke scoffed, anger was starting to rise again. He was just using Ino like a doll.

"So what, are you going for neither of them?" Sasuke said, "You're just one of those ordinary players aren't you?" Neji hesitated. Sasuke's anger kept on rising.

"And you're just one of those low-life dogs who like to get into people's business," Neji said, "An ordinary son-of-a-bitch." That was it. Sasuke snapped.

He punched Neji clear across his face. Neji fell back and tried to keep his balance. "Don't you insult me like that!" Sasuke yelled at him. "Huh, guess the Uchiha family does live up to their reputation of being touchy, hard-headed bastards," Neji said, smirking and wiping his red cheek. Sasuke growled and glared, "Watch your toungue, Hyuuga."

He charged and aimed a punch on Neji's other cheek. Neji dodged and landed a kick on Sasuke's wide-open stomach. He fell back as he clutched his stomach. "Hm," Neji huffed, "That was a good punch, too bad it missed!" Neji punched him. Right then, a crowd of students was forming around them. "Fight, fight!" they chanted.

The fight went on; the two trading punches and kicks. Each taking or dodging a blow. They students were cheering for who they want to win the fight.

"Ten Ten! What's going on out there?!" Ino said to the bun-haired girl as the crowd's chants made their way into the cafeteria. They both got out of their seats and ran outside. "Oh no," Ino and Ten Ten said together as they heard the names the other students were chanting. "Sasuke! Sasuke!" or "Neji! Neji!"

"Shit," Ten Ten said under hear breath as they made their way to the crowd along with other interested spectators.

"Had enough, Uchiha?" Neji said. They were both bruised and their clothes were dirty. Sasuke wiped his mouth where blood was dripping, "Nawh, I'm just warming up. After all, I am a son-of-a-bitch." Neji smirked, "Hmph, I like your style Uchiha. If it weren't for our 'complications' we couldn've been friends." He threw a punch.

Sasuke dodged it, "Friends? Why would I want to be friends with a liar, player and a dyke." That made the crowd go "ohhhh" and some gasps came from the girls. Neji froze, "What…?" "Go Sasuke!" A freshman boy said from inside the crowd.

"Sasuke! Neji!" Ino broke away from the mob and ran between Sasuke and Neji. "Oh boy," Ten Ten said, watching from behind two other seniors. "Ino?!" the two boys exclaimed. "Ino we-."

"What in the hell is going on here?!" Ino screamed. Neji and Sasuke exchanged glances. Neji took a step toward her, "Ino-." "No. I don't want to hear it from you," she turned to Sasuke, "Sasuke, what are you guys doing?! You're making fools of yourselves! I never knew that my best friend and my boyfriend would act this way!"

"That's just it," Sasuke said, looking over her shoulder to Neji. He looked panic-stricken. 'Shit,' Neji thought. "Ino, Neji's cheating on you with Ten Ten." The crowd gasped. "Fuck!" they heard Ten Ten curse. Ino just stared at Sasuke for a moment, not saying nor doing anything.

"What…?" Ino said, a worry smile on her face, "What are you talking about? Ten Ten's going out with you. Isn't she?" Ino tried to look for Ten Ten but she had slipped away, she couldn't be seen anywhere.

Sasuke sighed. He didn't know where to go with this. "Sort of, but I have a reason. I can explain." Ino turned back to Neji, "Neji?" He shook his head. She turned back to Sasuke. Everything was falling in piece by piece. But he mind was fitting pieces into the wrong picture.

"I…I can't believe you'd do this to me, Sasuke," Ino said, shaking her head with that sad-smile on her face, "You were trying to break me and Neji up weren't you?" Her voice grew louder and her eyes were sharp with anger. "Weren't you?!" She screamed at him. The remaining crowd hushed.

When he didn't say anything, Ino continued, "All along, you were jealous. Either that or you just hated Neji's guts. I've been noticing that lately you know. You just can't understand that I'm happy with him." Ino had no idea what she was saying. Here she was, yelling at Sasuke, who she wasn't sure if he was the one she should be with. But this changed everything. "Well," she kept on, "I see how it is. You've always said that I was your sister. Or like one. But I guess my brother doesn't love his sister enough to let her be happy." She choked on her tears.

"Look what you did, Uchiha," Neji said, putting an arm around Ino, "You made her cry. Yeah, you're really a great 'brother'." Sasuke couldn't take it anymore. He hated Neji more than ever now.

"Get your hands off of her!" Sasuke aimed a punch at Neji's face. "Sasuke, no!" Ino cried, "Don't lay a hand on him!" She jumped in front of Neji.

She screamed.

Everything happened so fast. Sasuke hadn't the faintest idea what just happened. Ino fell back on Neji, a deep red mark on her face, blood dripping from the corners of her mouth. The crowd exploded.

"What the hell?!" "Ohh, that looked like it hurt."

"Oh fuck."

Neji tried to steady Ino, But she broke away from him and ran past people in the crowd off somewhere else. She was sobbing as she clutched her throbbing cheek.

Sasuke stood there, staring at his clenched fist breathing hard. The other students were yelling at him, but it was like he was shut off from the world around him.

What the hell just happened?

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Okay, yes, I know it was a very dumb chapter. But I didn't know what else to do! Sorry, I was pressured. As you know, school kills and extracurricular activities are schedule tight. But I really wanted to get on with the story. So sorry if it's crappy right now. I hope you'll understand. Thanks! Review? Yah? Bodacious Gracious.

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