A/N: Hey people hope you enjoy this.

College is so Troublesome

Chapter 6: Recovery!/The Academic Battle

Previously…

"There was a fight on campus yesterday and one of the female freshman was injured. I need someone to go release her from the hospital and your that person." Asuma explained.

"UHH. What time?

"Lets say 8:00 AM after you get up. That means get up at a reasonable time even though you don't have classes tomorrow."

"Aw man, how troublesome. Ok I'll go just get out so that I can get some sleep."

"Alright, remember 8:00."

"Got it, 8:00" With that Shikamaru closed the door and walked past Chouji to his bed.

Now…

It was 7:00 AM when Shikamaru's alarm clock started buzzing like crazy. He slammed his hand on top of it and silenced the obnoxious noise. He was about to turn over and go back to sleep when he remembered why he had set it for that time. He was supposed to be somewhere at 8:00. Wasn't he? That's right he had to make sure that that female freshman got released from the hospital. He knew that she wouldn't be to happy if he left her there for a couple extra hours.

He rolled over on his back and then heard the buzzing again. He rolled to his side and slammed it again. He had been laying there thinking for ten minutes already. He sat up and finally turned off the alarm clock.

He walked into the bathroom and took a shower then brushed his teeth. He got dressed and then ate some frozen waffles. He grabbed the money that Asuma-sensei had left for him and then called a cab.

When he got to the hospital he asked the receptionist where the room was. He didn't know her name or what she looked like so a nurse helped him find the correct room number.

When he got to the room he looked in the door way. She was already dressed and looked as if she had been waiting for hours. She seemed kind of angry and mean and she didn't look too friendly.

Shikamaru hesitated to walk into the room. He wasn't sure if she would be mad at him or not. It was already 8:05 AM and some people were very touchy about 5 insignificant minutes.

After a few seconds of inner conflict he decided that he didn't come all this way so early in the morning for nothing so he walked inside.

"Um." He said hesitantly and she turned towards him. "Hey, I'm Shikamaru. The guy that was supposed to make sure you got back to campus alright."

"Oh, yeah whatever, lets just get out of here, I hate hospitals. I feel so needy when I'm in places like this." She walked right around him and was about to go through the doorway.

"Yeah, we can go but you see Asuma-sensei gave me specific instructions to get your release form filled out and we have to go to the reception desk for that." He tried to sound as nice as possible.

"UUHH, alright fine." She couldn't wait to leave this dingy place.

"Well first off, what's your name?"

"Oh sorry for my terrible manners but you see I'm not usually the polite type. Sabaku no Temari."

"Ok, well I'm Nara Shikamaru."

"That name is familiar. You wouldn't happen to be that hotshot top student would you?"

"Actually I am the top student but definitely not a hotshot."

"Oh really, well I happen to be the second top student and I am aiming to beat you."

"Oh is that so."

"Yeah, that's so."

They walked silently to the reception desk but the silence was almost unbearable and he could feel her staring at him. When they got to the desk he took the form and filled out all of the information that he already knew which was only her name, gender, and room number. He had to question her for the rest, which proved to be a very difficult task.

"Hey Temari-san, when were you born."

"Why the hell do you want to know?"

"I don't but the hospital does."

"All of these people are fricken stalkers don't answer a question like that."

"I can't just leave it blank its required."

"Fine, August 23, 1987." She mumbled.

"Ok, how about hair color is that your natural color."

"Of course it is dumb ass."

"Ok blonde then."

"No dirty blonde are you blind."

"Geez, women are so troublesome." He figured that she was just hostile from being in here for so long. No woman could ever be this bitchy, he hoped.

"Any relatives?"

"Just my two idiot brothers."

"Who's first names would be…?

"Idiot geeky Kankuro who created a club called A.P."

"Huh?"

"Awesome Puppets you idiot."

"Oh, cause that was so obvious, right? And…"

"My even dumber brother Gaara who has no personality at all."

"Ok." He said writing.

"Their both still in high school though. Kankuro will be starting his freshman year next year and Gaara the year after. Oh yeah, and then there's also my parents."

"Yeah, because parents are so easy to forget about."

"Don't write them down, I wouldn't want to trouble them after they were so kind to send me to this college."

"Ok, but I'm not getting in trouble for it."

After they were done filling out the forms Shikamaru counted the rest of the money and then called a cab. They were completely silent on the way back. When they got back to the campus they went to the chemistry room to tell Asuma-sensei that they were back.

"Hey, Temari-san, lets go to the library." Shikamaru said.

"And why exactly would I want to do that with you?" She asked trying hard not to sound too mean but not succeeding.

"Because Asuma-sensei told me to get you caught up on the three days worth of classes you missed."

"I don't need your help with that."

"I know but I'm not doing it for you, it's a favor for Asuma-sensei. He asked me to help you so that's what I'm gonna do today. I didn't get up early for nothing."

"Your lazy if your upset about waking up."

"I know I'm lazy."

"Then you should really try being more mature."

"Whatever. Library. Now." He said while turning in the direction of the library.

She scoffed and then turned to follow him as it looked like she didn't have much of a choice. They again walked in complete silence. It wasn't until they got inside the library that Shikamaru spoke.

"Hey, what classes did you miss."

"Why do you want to know?"

"Do I have to explain because your acting really stupid."

"I'm not acting stupid I just don't like you."

"Why not? We just met."

"Its just because. I don't really have a reason to like you yet."

"Right."

"Yeah that's right."

"Well I don't care because this is hopefully the last day that I will have to do anything nice for you."

She scoffed at him and walked past him to go to the bookshelf to find a textbook for her literature class.

Shikamaru turned around when he heard some yelling. He looked in the direction of the noise to see Rock Lee, the track star, a girl with two buns in her hair that he could remember as Tenten, she was always with Neji except for that time they were in the infirmary with Hinata, and of course Neji was there too. He was sitting between them trying to read and looking as pissed off as ever. Tenten was yelling at Lee, telling him to get away from her and Neji. Those two were really going at it until a librarian came over and gave them the loudest SHH in the world. They immediately sat down on either side of Neji and began whispering their argument instead. Neji looked even more pissed. Shikamaru decide to go over and talk to him since he wasn't doing any thing to help Temari at the moment.

"Hey Neji. What's up?" He could swear that he heard Tenten growl at him and he was sure that Lee glared at him. Neji got up and closed his book. He walked over to the shelf and put the book back in its place. Then he turned his attention to Shikamaru.

"Hello Shikamaru. What are you doing here? You almost never come to the library."

"Oh, I'm just helping out Temari. I just picked her up from the hospital. She was in there for three days after that fight with Sasuke."

"Yeah I heard about that. Is she gonna be ok?"

"Yeah she's fine except for her attitude. She's extremely bitchy and unpleasant to be around. I can't believe I have to help her all day."

"Who exactly is extremely bitchy?" Crap she was standing right there. Neji and Shikamaru turned their attention to her.

"Who do you think?"

"If you weren't helping me today I would punch you right in your face, but since you are I will take that as a compliment." She said going from sour to bitter sweet in one sentence then smiling sweetly at Neji, who she had met for the first time. "Sorry for my rudeness I'm Sabaku no Temari, and you are…"

"Hyuuga Neji." He hesitated to tell her.

"What the hell, you didn't give me that kind of introduction." Shikamaru was surprised.

"Oh so you're Neji. The third top student right? Well I'm the second. It's so nice to be your rival. And since were all here together we can talk."

"Now your ignoring me." Shikamaru got pissed.

"Um, excuse you, but who the hell do you think you are hitting on my Neji." Tenten got out of her seat and grabbed Neji's arm.

"Excuse me, but I belong to no one." Neji said getting pissed off again.

"Tenten what are you talking about Neji's not yours, and as his best friend I vow to protect him against you." Lee sounded determined as he tried to pull Tenten away from Neji. Neji got really pissed now.

"Best friend? Since when?" Neji's question went unanswered as the two kept pulling on his arm and yelling at each other. For God sakes they were in a library.

Temari spoke up "Hey Neji, Shikamaru, will you guys come with me for a second. I have an idea and it's fun."

They all ditched Tenten and Lee who didn't even realize that they left. When they got far enough away from those two that they couldn't be seen Temari tried to explain her idea.

"Ok so what do you want?" Shikamaru asked.

"I want us to have an academic battle."

"Huh?" Shikamaru and Neji said in unison.

"Well I have to try my best to keep my grades up and I figure that this is the best way. I need a little motivation and since we're all the top students we should try to be better than each other to see who comes out on top in the end."

Neji and Shikamaru looked at each other for a second and then at her. "Ok." they both said "It couldn't be much more work then we're doing now so it couldn't hurt." Shikamaru said "And the first semester is ending soon." Neji added.

"Yeah that will be the first task. Whoever ranks highest in the first semester test will be winning until someone beats them at the next semester.

With that they all went their separate ways. They completely left Lee and Tenten arguing in the library and went back to their rooms.

Shojo_no_hikari: Hope you guys liked it. I'm not sure when the next chapter is but hopefully I will get ideas soon. CAN'T WAIT UNTIL CHAPTER 7 BAIBAI.