Summary: Neji x Sakura Meet Haruno Sakura, a typical junior high school prankster. When her prank got out of hand, the school principal decides to assign Sakura a mentor. Sakura thinks it's going to be a hell but things might not be as bad as Sakura thinks. AU and hopefully not too much OOC

Genre: Drama/Romance

A/N - Author Note

Italic - thoughts

Bold – emphasis on the word


Troublemaker

Chapter 7: Improvement

5 days later

"47."

"48."

"49."

"50."

Sakura lay back down on the ground. "You would think that I'll be used to it by now." Sakura said to herself. Sakura stood up and walked to Neji, who was drinking tea.

As if he knew she was coming he spoke up before she could say anything.

"I heard that you have a math test tomorrow."

"How does he do that!" she thought.

"Y-Yeah, I do have a test tomorrow. How did you know?"

"I'm your mentor. I suppose to know everything."

"Oh…"

"Do you have any other test that's coming up?"

Sakura giggled, "I thought you knew everything?" Sakura joked.

Neji grunted. "Whatever. Just don't forget our deal." He smirked when he saw Sakura reaction.

"Don't worry, I'll pass that test for sure." Sakura said confidently.

"Let's just see what will happen."

"Humph…" Sakura stood up and walked away. Neji chuckled beneath his breath.

The next day after lunch

There was a crowd when the teacher posted up the grades for the math test that they just took, and Naruto was in the crowd. When Naruto got close enough to see the results, he thought he was going blind because what he just saw was…

The list read…

The Test is out of 100 points

Haruno Sakura--99

Name--unimportant

Name--unimportant

skip some names

Yamanka Ino--80

Name--unimportant

Name--unimportant

Somewhere at the bottom…

Uzuamki Naruto--67

"Sa-Sa-Sa-Sa-Sa-Sa-Sa-SAKURA-CHAAAAANNNNNNNNN!" everyone covered their ears when they heard Naruto screamed.

At the other side of the building

Sakura was walking down the hallway and was munching on a strawberry mochi she has left over after lunch. Then suddenly Neji showed up next to her.

"Sakura, what did you got on your test?" Neji asked.

"I don't know. I'm going to go look right now." Sakura said while still chewing on the mochi.

"I'll go with you just in case you don't lie to me." he smirked.

"Yeah right, why would I do that? You'll find out later even if I did lie." Sakura said playfully and finished her last piece of the strawberry mochi. Then she heard Naruto screaming her name from down the hallway.

"SAKURA-CHAAAAANNNNNN!"

"What the-" Neji and Sakura said at the same time.

Naruto finally reached where Sakura was, and he putted his hands on his knees for support.

"Naruto, what's wrong?" Sakura asked.

"Y-Y-Your-your-test-" Naruto was panting really heavily and he couldn't finish her sentence.

Sakura looked at him with a questionable face and Neji raised an eye brow. When Naruto caught his breath, he straightened himself and took a deep breath.

"Sakura-chan, you got a 99 on your test."

Sakura eyes were widened and even Neji was shocked.

"Are you serious? Please tell me you are serious." Sakura asked.

"I'm serious." Naruto answered.

"Are you joking?"

"No! I am not joking. I am telling you the truth. You got a 99 on the test, for real!"

"For real, for real?"

"Yes, for real, for real! If you don't believe me then come see for yourself."

Then Sakura ran off and followed from behind her were Neji and Naruto. When the gang reached the scores board, Sakura immediately looked for her name and Neji was right next to her.

"Not bad, Sakura." Neji complimented.

"I can't believe! I got a 99! WOOHOO!" Sakura yelled and then did a victory dance. "See Neji-senpai? I told you that I can do it and I got the highest score too." Sakura stuck her tongue out at Neji.

"Neji? Since when did Sakura-chan call him Neji instead of Hyuuga? And when did Neji call Sakura by her first name?" Naruto thought.

"Yeah, but let's just see how long you can maintain that grade." He smirked.

Sakura smile turned into a frown upon hearing the comment, and she started to glare at her mentor.

"Damn it! Why do you always have to spoil my fun?" Sakura whined.

"Because it's my job." He smirked again, which made Sakura glared at him more.

"Is not."

"Is to."

"Is not."

"Is to."

They continue their argument while Naruto was standing next to them. But Naruto didn't seem to listen to them at all. He tuned them out the minute he heard Sakura called Neji "Neji-senpai."

"I win the bet Neji-senpai." Sakura proclaimed proudly.

"A bet? There was a bet?" Naruto mentally asked.

"Fine, I admit you won this time. But that doesn't mean that you can slack off again."

"Of course not! You should know me better than that."

"I do know you. That's why I'm worry. I would never know when you will go back to being your bad self again."

Sakura blinked twice. "I would never do that." Sakura tried to sound as innocent as possible.

Neji watched as Sakura pretending to act innocent. He sighed and just walked away.

"Uh…wait a second, Neji-senpai!" Sakura called out. Naruto was still standing there watching as Sakura ran to Neji.

Neji gave Sakura a 'what do you want' look. "Neji-senpai, can you tutor me in English? I have a big test coming up in two week." Sakura pleaded.

Neji looked at Sakura for a minute and then said, "Sure, get your books and meet me in the library."

"Ok! See you there." Sakura said cheerfully and skipped to her locker to get her books.

In the library

Neji was explaining to Sakura the different rules of grammar. Her test would include reading a four different sentences and figure out which one is the correct one. That involved a lot of grammar skills. While, Neji was lecturing, Sakura couldn't stop yawning for some reason.

Then Sakura couldn't take it anymore. She was having a headache from learning all the different rules, so she asked Neji if she could take a short break. Then Ino came out of no where and nudged Sakura lightly on the shoulder.

"Ne, ne, Sakura look at this." Ino said.

"What is it?" Sakura said in a bored tone.

"Isn't it cute?" Ino squealed and showed Sakura a picture in a magazine.

Sakura found herself staring at a bracelet that was cover in white gold and has the word "spring" written in gold on it. (I'm not very good with describing jewelry. So I might change the description later on)

"Yeah…it is…" Sakura murmured to herself that only she can hear.

Somewhere near the table where Ino, Sakura, and Neji sat; Naruto was listening on the girl's conversation.

"It looks like Sakura-chan really like that bracelet. I'll get it for her on her birthday then." Naruto mentally praised himself for thinking up such a brilliant idea.

Neji sat just across from Sakura, and he was annoyed as hell. Girls could really be noisy sometimes. He didn't get why girls would freak out over a stupid piece of jewelry, but then again he would never know because he is not a girl, nor did he want to understand the feminine mind.

Naruto continued to watch the girls while Neji tried his best to ignore them. Suddenly, Sakura gave out a yawn and her face looked very tired.

Sakura turned to Neji and he continued to lecture her about some more rules. For the rest of the study period, Sakura could not stop yawning, but she still kept herself focus on her studies. Neji didn't pay much attention to Sakura yawning because he thought that she was just tired from the lack of sleep. Neji kept going on and on about the rules about grammar until study period was over.


A/N: At the beginning, I started this story out of guilt because I didn't update my other story. But then I found out that the more I write this, the more I become attached to it. And now it is my absolute favorite fanfic to write about.

Next Chapter: Archery

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