Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

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Sasuke was slowly getting madder and madder. First it was Sakura, now it was those idiots from Suna. Though if he had to choose he would pick the guys.

Flashback

"Hey, Sasuke," Sakura said seductively- or tried to anyway.

"Leave me alone," He stated tonelessly. This girl ticked him off. She always talked to him like he was her boyfriend or something. She was also the clingy type.

She proved that thought right when she clutched his sleeve and pouted. On some it would have looked cute but it just had a nasty affect on her.

He pushed her off and walked away. She tried to tail him, but the buzzer went off signaling the start. She clomped off miserably.

End Flashback

Sasuke shook his head. That girl was freaking nuts. That other girl, the one they were talking about, wasn't so bad. Sure her stuttering was annoying, but he got the impression she didn't like him that much. It was funny to him. After all, most of the female population had crushes on the great Uchiha.

Now, Neji had gotten over his rare state of shock and glared at the boys. "There is no way she would hang out with such low lives as you. Hinata has too much class." Neji smirked. This one was a lot eviler than the one he shows his sweet cousin.

Kiba growled much like Akamaru did. "Jerk. She's our best friend. Here I'll prove it." With ought a second thought he headed to where he would be visible to the stands. Then, standing on tiptoe he started to wave his hands energetically. He looked like a deformed windmill but he didn't care.

Acting as if they didn't care, Neji and Sasuke traced the path to the stands with their eyes. Sure enough, there was Hinata. The boys didn't know who the two sitting next to her were, but they knew the girls behind them.

Kiba kept waving his hands and eventually Hinata saw him. She pointed him out to her friends and waved. She had a large smile on her face.

Neji had the immediate urge to kick this guys butt. So he wasn't lying after all.

Who would have thought the shy Hyuuga, the same one who rejects Naruto all time, would have a friend almost exactly like him, Sasuke thought.

Shino, from behind said, "She never told us about you."

Neji frowned. "Well she never told me about you three either."

"She has a horrible memory and forgets to mention things all the time," Gaara stated.

Just then the next match was called.

"Shino Aburame vs. Sasuke Uchiha," the ref said.

"Go kicks his ass, bug-boy," Kiba yelled good-naturedly, slapping him on the back. Shino glared at him as he took off his shades, revealing his hazel eyes.

Naruto, who had finally appeared, yelled, "Go Sasuke bastard!"

Sasuke glowered at him. (A.N. Hah writing teacher! I do have talent and I used a vocab word. Sorry for the interruption.)

Both competitors jumped into the ring. They were about the same height and fairly quiet boys. Sasuke was more sarcastic and Shino was more attentive.

In the stands, Hinata pointed to Shino as she had with Kiba.

"That's Shino. It's weird to see him with ought his sunglasses on." Temari and Kankuro shared an all-knowing glance with her.

"He's hot. Not as hot as Sasuke is though." Ino nearly drooled, but regained her composure. "'Nata are you cheering for him or Sasuke?"

"Shino. No offence but I don't like Sasuke to much. He's too cold." She looked away with a blush on her cheeks from her boldness.

Ino sat stunned for a second. Then she smiled. "Everyone has different taste, hmm?" was all she would say.

On the inside Tenten was cheering for the blonde. Maybe she has finally gotten over that obsession with the Uchiha.

Hinata just smiled at them both.

Temari cut in. "He sure is hot. The guys at Suna sure aren't made like that." Slyly her eyes sought Hinata's. The latter blinked. "Hinata however might disagree."

"Why? Is there something 'Nata hasn't told us about these so-called "friends" of hers?" Tenten giggled lightly. Her friends face rivaled a cherry's. The brunette turned to Temari.

Seeing the question in her eyes she replied, "Hina's in love with Gaara. Aren't you Hina?"

Hinata nearly fell on Kankuro. Her face was really red now. While Kankuro laughed at her she said, "I am not!"

Kankuro patted her on the head like an older brother would and smiled.

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Shino's and Sasuke's match began. Being near the top of their teams they were about evenly matched. Sasuke had more strength, but Shino was more cunning.

The match lasted for twelve minutes. Finally, Sasuke won. He was panting and sweating but he had won.

Being the arrogant jerk he walked off, not even giving Shino so much as a good bye. He went to the benches and chugged a Gatorade, some falling off like red rain from the storm cloud that was the Uchiha.

When Shino came back he calmly put his shades on.

"Too bad bug-boy. You lost." Kiba fake-pouted.

"Whatever," Gaara said. "I don't intend to lose." He glared at the Hyuuga boy and the raven-haired boy as well.

"Cheer up." Surprised, Gaara listened to Shino's low, deep voice. "We found Hina again and you can quit acting like you have a stick up your ass."

Overhearing- more like eavesdropping- Neji punched the hard, smooth wood of the benches. These boys were too familiar with his sweet cousin.

Neji was jealous. As far as he had known, he was Hinata's closest male friend. Apparently he had been wrong. The Suna fighters obviously knew plenty about her. Then another thought invaded his mind; What if they were her protectors instead of him?

No, Neji thought, I won't lose that job. She is my cousin and I will not hand my job over. Only when she is married. That will be the only time. But that is so far away.

Guzzling some tangy fruit juice, Neji smirked as another thing came to mind.

After today Hinata wasn't ever going to see them again.

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Oh, a jealous Neji. It's funny to portray him like that. This means there is more to what he's saying then you might think.

Anyways for the poll: Most of you would like either just a SasuHina or a GaaHina. That was pretty even. Then came a GaaHinaSasu triangle. The ShinoHina paring had some votes. Poor Kiba; he didn't receive any votes. Maybe I'll write a KibaHina fic for him later. If you guys could give me some help with that I would be a very happy writer.

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