SORRY guys! I had to do some other things for quite a while.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto sob that's sad.. –anyway let's get on with the story!

"This is where the fun begins," Ino whispered mischievously into his ear.

Their lips were almost touching, their hands intertwined. Shikamaru was shocked, but regained his composure quickly. He came closer and-

The bell rang. Ino smiled, as if she was expecting this. "Oops, gotta run," she said, flashing him one last youre-mine smile and backing off to get the door.

-End of flashback-

"Ooh," Ino smiled at Tenten's tease.

Then Zizi sat up and faced Sakura. "What about you, Sakura?"

Everyone turned to face Sakura and Tenten was grinning away because she knew what had happened.

And Sakura told. It was about the same thing Tenten did to Neji (in other words they turned both guys down).

Ino smiled, satisfied. "Okay guys, here's what's happening next.."

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The five of them went to school as usual the next day,this time all with their hair let down and strips of thick red cloth tied to their hair as a fashion statement (like how Sakura does hers in the anime). They had side-by-side lockers (courtesy of Zizi's dancefriends)

Sakura's locker was pink, Hinata's cream white, Tenten's earthly brown (I LOVE BROWN), Ino's royal purple and Zizi's raven black.

Just then a group of girls came towards them. "HEY BITCHES!!" Zizi said excitedly.

Everyone looked at her. "What? It's called sarcasm. It's very common…"Zizi shrugged it off.

"Ami," Ino said darkly. "What do you want?"

"OH,you KNOW what I want," Ami snapped, planting her hands on her hips.

"OH my god, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE A LESBIAN!!" Zizi's eyes bulged as she covered her mouth in shock.

Ami stared at her. "Ha ha. Very funny," then she noticed Sakura beside her and she turned to her. "Well well, if it isn't Little Miss I'm-New-But-I'm-All-That."

The five girls stared at her. "You SUCK at nicknames Ami," Tenten broke the momentary silence. Ami scowled and walked off with her gang.

"See you later, 'tchs!" (bitches) Ami scowled and walked off with her gang. The five of them looked at each other.

"See what I mean? She sucks!" Tenten said in exasperation.

Then something else caught their attention.

Five boys clad in black sleeveless leather jackets walked past them. (AHEM.)

It was as if it was in slow motion. The five girls turned, their hair tossing as they did so, revealing identical dangling earrings in the shape of a leaf for each of them. They flashed a mischievous smile at which the boys were taken aback at. They had never met such girls who didn't swoon at their feet. They smirked in return however and continued walking off.

"Oh, we are SO gonna kick their ass," Ino smiled with an aura of confidence.

And boy didn't she know, how right she was.

It was Gym. Today was something the students did once a month. They signed up into different groups doing different activities. Of course the 5 had made sure they were the first to sign in for the activity they had planned to join. And of course the guys had joined the same exact sport. "No surprise there," Ino mumbled as she scanned the list.

Sakura and Tenten exchanged secret smiles as they saw it.

"Gotcha," Sakura whispered, snickering.

Sakura & Zizi- Gymnastics

Hinata-Badminton

Tenten-

"Shit, no soccer," Tenten complained (she loves soccer) but smiled to herself as a new plan formed in her head. "But this'll do…"

Tenten-Softball

Ino-Volleyball

"Oh! But Shikamaru isn't participating…" Sakura cocked one eyebrow at her.

"Slackass,"Zizi muttered at the back. Ino's eyes wre still focused on the list as she smiled and said "EXACTLY."

-INO-

Ino tugged at her tight-fitting shirt and rolled up her sleeves. Shikamaru was quietly watching her from the bench.

The match was exciting. He'd never seen Ino play before, and boy was she damn good, just as good as she was with the computer. Suddenly he saw Ami on the other side of the net hit hard at Ino.

Ino missed it. And the ball rammed into her left side of the stomach.

-HINATA-

"Hiiinata-CHAAANNN!!" Hinata's eyes lit up when she heard the usually chirpy voice and she turned. "Naruto-kun!" she smiled appreciatively as he handed her a racket.

"Ready to play?"

Hinata smiled once again as he jogged to the other side of the court.

-ZIZI and SAKURA-

Sakura relaxed her muscles, and tensed them before running onto the mat to do a somersault, followed by a split on the floor. Zizi looked at her, impressed. "Great," she grinned.

"Show me what you got," Sakura grinned back and got off the mat to make way for Zizi.

Two particular boys were watching from afar with their arms folded. "I see Sakura's as flexible as Zizi is."

"Ninjas are anyway."

"Not all."

"Hn," Sasuke growled indicating it was an end to their conversation.

Then they watched Zizi run onto the mat to do a roundoff. At first they thought she did it safely. Then suddenly she collapsed, hugging her left ankle.

"Oh my god! You okay?" Sakura asked shocked as she rushed to her and bent down.

Kiba felt a pang of something not very familiar. He rushed to her and knelt down.

Zizi's eyes met his. "You okay?" he said as he gently lifted her left leg onto his lap and inspected her ankle.

"I'm fine- OW!" Zizi yelped as Kiba pressed at a spot on her ankle. "You can't do anymore of this today," he said.

"Says WHO?" Zizi shot back.

"Says me."

"And…WHO are you to me?" Zizi glared at him.

Then Kiba did something unexpected. Something Zizi didn't even expect to happen yet, a little too quickly.

She just expected Kiba to persuade her. Not CARRY her.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?? PUT me DOWN!" Zizi yelled as Kiba swept her off the mat into his arms. (Ooh how romantic… 3)

"You're going to the nurses," he said flatly.

"No I'm not. I WANT GYM."

"Yes you are. You are in no position to retaliate. Besides," he smirked down at her, "This is payback for what you did to me that time. My nose is a little crooked because of you."

"It's not my fault you're so soft."

"You just haven't seen the real me."

Zizi knew he was lying. THIS was the real him.

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Meanwhile Sakura was watching Sasuke doing backflips, somersaults, the whole shbang. "UCHIHA. Are you going to ignore me?" Sakura folded her arms and glared at him irritated.

He turned to look at her. "Oh sorry. Didn't know you were there."

"Well now you know."

Then Sakura saw some guy paired up with a girl. They were talking about something. Then as the guy held her at her waist the girl said "One, two, THREE!!". Immediately the girl jumped and he heaved her upwards for her to do a handstand at her shoulders.

"Wow," Sakura breathed. She was amazed at their agility.

The Uchiha caught her looking at the pair. "Wanna do that thing? It's easy," he interrupted Sakura's thoughts.

"I don't know how to do that." Sakura shook her head.

"I'll teach you. Just jump on the count of three and I'll bring you up on top of me. At the same time kick your legs upwards. Take my shoulders as the floor and do a handstand on me." Sakura nodded unsurely, but she wanted to try it.

"Don't worry, I won't let you go," he said gently, his eyes made Sakura believe him.

Okay, I've never done this before, but here goes..

Sasuke couldn't help but smirk as he held Sakura a little above her waist and felt her slender hands on his shoulders. "On the count of three," he said, "One, Two.."

"Three!!" Sakura jumped in the air as Sasuke swung her upwards. They came face to face with each other.

Oh shit! Didn't expect this! Sakura turned to look away.

"Don't look away!" Sasuke hissed, his breath controlled with much effort. "If you look away, you'll lose balance. Look down, look at me!"

Unfortunately Sakura's loose shirt neatly tucked in before doing this gave him the chance to see what was underneath her shirt.

It was unexpected. Quickly as soon as he had seen her shirt was loose he lost his grip on her.

Sakura started to fall forward. "EYAAAA!!!" Sakura shrieked. "What the hell are you doing?"

Sasuke reacted immediately after his mistake. Arms stretched outward, he caught Sakura before her head could come sailing to the ground. Both of them were breathless from the shock. "Sorry about that," he huffed.

Sakura stood up and adjusted her shirt while turning away.

So. He's not a perverted asshole. Surprising, eh?Sakura smiled at the thought. Think he's a virgin? I think so too.

Sakura let out a small laugh at the thought.

Just then Lee-san came over running. "Sakura-chan, you alright?" Lee raised his eyebrows. If he had space for him to do so. Then without warning he turned and walked to Sasuke, fuming.

"Uchiha. What the HELL did you think you were doing? Do you want to kill her?"

Sasuke laughed dryly. "If I wanted to kill her I would have done it a long time ago. I was just teaching her how to-"

"Shut up! She could have hurt herself! I would love to report this to Gai-sensei but he's busy right now. So I'M keeping an eye on you for the time being." Lee'san shived him in the chest with his index finger angrily. "Watch it, Uchiha," he hissed and walked away.

Sakura walked over to Sasuke and heard him hiss under his breath, "I'LL be watching, amazon eyebrows."

"That's not nice," Sakura blurted out without thinking twice. She remembered then that she needed to get to Step 2.

No more playing hard-to-get. She remembered Ino's words.

"Get him to ask you out. So in other words, don't be hard-to-get, don't act too desperate either, and… good luck then!" Ino had said before grabbing her cloak on the chair and leaving her house.

"W-wait! MATE!(is that how you spell it?) How do I get him to do that?!" Apparently Ino was very eager to leave to avoid that question. She didn't know how to either.

And now Sasuke was looking at her. "He(Lee-san) wasn't nice to me in the first place," he growled moodily. Sakura smiled apologetically.

"Guess so. But that doesn't mean you also have to do the same. Sometimes when you do the unexpected, people change their perception of you. Like if you had smiled at Lee's statement "I'll be watching you" and said something like "Thank you. Now I have a bodyguard", it would have possibly made him smile and change his attitude towards you," Sakura explained.

Sasuke's mood lifted and was now grinning inwardly. "So… if I do the unexpected, you will change your perception of me?"

Sakura didn't know what he was getting at, but she played along. She flashed an innocent smile. "Depends."

"How about I ask you out for some fun over the weekend? Sound good?"

Sakura hid her elation at having achieved her current goal. She shrugged. "I guess I can go. I have nothing to do anyway this weekend."

"Pick you up on Sat. 7 pm?"

"Okay."

"Alright," Sasuke smirked and walked away. Sakura called after him. "Wait, you don't know my address!"

Sasuke turned back to face her. "I have my ways," he smirked again. As he turned to walk away, Sakura called after him. "Oh, and Sasuke?"

Sasuke turned.

"I didn't have a bad perception of you in the first place. Well, not really," Sakura waved her hand goodbye.

After all, you saved me on my first day.

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-HINATA-

"See, Hinata-chan. Hold it like this," Hinata felt the warmth of his hands pressing onto hers and the racket. She hoped this practice will go on forever.

Naruto was sort of hugging her as he shifted her to the right position.

"So this is how players usually stand?" Hinata asked.

Naruto didn't reply. He didn't move from the awkward (but comforting) position.

"N-naruto-kun?" Hinata called and she turned to face him. Their faces were so close, their noses touching. Naruto looked into her eyes, deeply.

"I wish this match could go on forever," Naruto said suddenly, echoing her thoughts and smiled brightly. Hinata giggled and blushed.

Naruto smiled as he heard her giggle. He closed his eyes and when he opened them he saw Hinata's face. "Boo," she said and stuck out her tongue playfully. Naruto ran and started to chase her around the court.

-INO-

"Hey! You did that on purpose!" Shikamaru ran to Ino's side andstarted yelling at Ami.

Ino was wincing. "This sucks," she said.

Shaikamaru coaxed her to go to the nurses. "You just got hit in the stomach. Bad. Let's go to the nurses'," he held her waist and placed her arm over his shoulder and started for the nurses'.

"Thanks," Ino said after a momentary silence. She was sincere about it.

"No problem," he said, and joked, "Troublesome woman."

"HEY! What was that about?" Ino's cries of self-defense and Shikamaru's snickers echoed through the hallway they were in as they walked on.

-TENTEN-

Neji went into positon, ready to strike the ball when it came. He was too damn good in everything he did, and he's all too ready to show it. Unfortunately he didn't know someone at the field itself was an over-achiever as well.

Tenten flexed her fingers and adjusted her hold on the ball. She leaned back and threw the ball.

Neji hit it hard and far and dropped the bat and started runnig quick as lightning. He's fast, Tenten thought. The way he ran made it seem as if his legs were light and easy to move about quickly.

"OKAY, SWITCH SIDES everyone," Gai sensei said dramatically, flashing everyone a literally blinding set of white teeth as he smiled. Tenten went over to the bat while Neji went for the glove. As they passed by each other, Neji suddenly leaned toward her and whispered in her ear, "Like what you see baby?"

Tenten gritted her teeth. She was not going to fail Step 2. Not that she would if she kicked his ass on the spot. The thing is, she would have gotten detention.

So she flashed a seemingly innocent smile and walked on. Neji thought he got her and started grinning. (What an idiot. 0.o)

Tenten's grip on the bat was deadly firm. Neji gave a wink as he threw the ball. Tenten missed it. Neji smirked.

BAkAAAA… Tenten bit her tongue t keep it from lashing at him. "Strike One!" Gai-sensei shouted.

Second throw. Tenten missed it.

"Strike TWO!!"

Third one. Tenten kept focused on the ball this time.

You see, the reason why Tenten misses the balss isn't because she isn't good at softball. It was because she was aiming at a different angle. . Uh-oh. Neji's in trooouuuble!! EYAAAA!!!!

Neji leaned back and this time his eyes seemed merciless. He threw the ball with great surprising force.

Gai-sensei thought she couldn't get it. "Strike…."

WHAM! Tenten slammed it directly into Neji's groin. (O.O)

As Neji doubled over, he saw Tenten laughing with the rest, saying loudly, "YEAH, I LIKE WHAT I SEE BABY."

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