AN: Ok, here we go! First shot at updating an old story after a long time. I hope I've improved and not gotten worse…

Chapter four: Of NejiTen and NaruHina

The door to the rooftop slammed open as a gust of wind caught it. Neji caught hold of the door and closed it gently. He turned to look at Tenten who was standing at the edge of the rooftop looking down, a miserable expression on her face.

"Tenten…" He called, walking over to her. She didn't look up and he wrapped his arms around her waist, a silent reassurance. she leaned against him and kept her eyes glued dead ahead. He looked up at the sky. "This is something too minor to be seriously concerned about." He said after a long pause.

He could feel her go tense. "In our current situation…" She began "We're siblings. That is so horrible! How can we freely love each other?" She turned around in his arms to observe his expression only to find that his face was much closer than she had anticipated, she flushed instantly but Neji seemed not to notice. He rested his forehead on hers and their noses brushed against each other.

"What we have between us is the product of destiny. No one can change destiny. It may take a little time… but in the end, you will find that you are still in my arms, just like this…." He said softly, his deep voice humming in Tenten's ear.

Her blush deepened and now Neji noticed that her face was very warm. He allowed himself a small smirk.

"You-!" She exclaimed, her face now fully scarlet "What are you smirking about?" She continued, struggling to get away in her embarrassment. "Why? Is there a problem, Tenten?"He asked nonchalantly, his monotone concealing the fact that he was teasing her.

"Of course there is-" She looked up at him and saw the teasing look in his eyes. It was barely there and only someone who knew him as well as she did would be able to see it. His own eyes bored back into hers. His were pale, milky lavender and hers deep, brown amber. The eyes of friends, comrades, partners and then after she had found the courage to confess, lovers. Everything she wanted was contained right there in those eyes.

Neji observed her searching eyes; the unconditional trust within them. As long as there was trust and love, they would be together. This he had decided when he accepted her confession as a fruit of destiny.

He bent his head towards her, his lips brushing against hers and then paused, as if waiting for permission. A small smile graced her features. Then, she wrapped her arms around his neck, closed her eyes, and kissed him, the wind from the rooftop pulling and tugging at them both like an impatient child.

Hinata had walked the hallways, searching for a place to be alone. She decided to go outside but got lost on the way. She looked oddly out of place here, in the area that was reserved for her upperclassmen, but the harder she tried to get back to her original position the further she got lost. Looking around for a sign that would tell her how to get back she bumped into a hard back and stumbled backwards.

The said person turned around, a glare in his green eyes. "Watch where you're going, shithead." He cursed around the cigarette in his mouth.

He wore the uniform without blazer or tie and the top buttons of his shirt were undone. He looked dangerous and Hinata's terrified eyes widened as he walked towards her. Her intuition assured her she was about to get beaten. His spiky black hair, the scowl on his face, everything scared her.

"S-Sorry!" She exclaimed suddenly, crossing her arms in front of her like an 'X' from her position on the floor. She had closed her eyes in terror, praying that he would accept her apology and walk away. But the sound of footsteps informed her he was still approaching. When the sound stopped she looked up in fear, only to find an extended hand.

"Here," He said.

"Come on, get up." he added, seeing her confusion. She took his hand and stood up slowly, unsure of how she had escaped a certain death. Seeing the look on his face she noticed that he was probably not as horrible as he seemed from an outward appearance.

He opened his mouth to say something when a flying foot kicked him in the face. He crashed through the glass window of the science lab.

Wait a minute… flying foot?

Naruto had just found Hinata with a thug and had, without hesitation, jump kicked his face in.

"Hinata-chan! Are you alright?" He asked taking her hands in his.

"N- Naruto kun…" she said her cheeks going red.

"Damn bastard! Don't touch Hinata-chan!" he shouted.

A weak voice came from the twitching form in the science lab, "Who's touching who?"

"What was that? I'll knock you into next Tuesday!" Naruto threatened, completely ignoring a blushing Hinata by his side.

"Come on, Hinata-chan. Let's go." He said, taking her hand once more.

She allowed herself to be led away as the green eyed guy jumped up and said "I'mma bust your face! Meet me on the roof after school!"

Naruto looked back as he was running ahead, "Only if you're interested in fallings down!"

Hinata paled. 'Oh no, this is all my fault.'

"Ano, Naruto-kun…" She tried to explain.

"Don't worry about it!" he grinned. "Leave it to me! I can take that ogre!"

They were quickly approaching the cafeteria she had just left. She struggled to find her voice. "He was only helping me up! He didn't do anything bad!"

Naruto froze in the cafeteria doorway. "You mean…?" He pointed weakly in the direction the had just came from. Hinata nodded, deeply ashamed of the trouble she had caused. Naruto's finger quickly bent over like the wilted flower of a rejected lover. His eyes were spinning spirals. Then, he pulled himself together. "Eh he, that's fine. I just won't go to the rooftop then!" He smiled. "Don't worry Hinata-chan!"

He led her back to their friends, minus Sasuke, where everyone was just getting up to go. Tenten and Neji had also returned looking considerably more cheerful. Or at least, on Tenten's part. Neji was just looking less dismal than usual.

Sakura smiled, "Alright! Now that Hinata-chan is here, let's go! What classes do you guys have next?" Sasuke, Sakura, Hinata, and Neji had math. Naruto, Kiba, Ino, and Shikamaru had P.E. Shino, Lee, Tenten, and Chouji had science.

MATH CLASS

"Alright students, settle down." Said Kakashi, the math teacher who had just walked in 15 minutes late. He was ignored, since no one had even noticed that he came in. Only four students were sitting quietly at their seats. Two of them because being noisy chatterboxes was beneath them, one because she was too shy and obedient to misbehave, and one because she had no interest in the conversation.

There was the sound of fingernails screeching on chalkboard. Everyone froze and looked dead ahead, where Kakashi smilingly turned off the CD player. He had neither long fingernails nor a chalkboard so it's not possible for him to have made that sound himself, is it?

His smile was invisible to the students due to a black mask that he wore at all times. Besides the mask, he wore baby blue shirt and black dress pants. "3…2…1…" He counted aloud.

Old students rushed to their seats. New students looked around in confusion.

"Everyone still standing, please leave the classroom." He smiled, visible this time through his cheerful eyes. "A notice of your behavior will be sent home." They trudged out in silent disbelief.

"Alright! Everyone please open your books to page 105. Those who know how to do these problems please work through numbers one through twenty. Those who need an explanation… eyes on the board, please." With this announcement, everyone opened their books as Kakashi began working his way through the first problem. The work-on-your-own part was a running gag in the classroom since most of the things they were learning were extremely difficult and near impossible to do on your own.

"Sakura, what are you doing?" said Kakashi, eyebrow raised in irritation.

"Huh?" She looked up from her paper. "The work you assigned Hatake-sensei."

He smiled that smile that he only smiles when someone is about to be given a reason not to smile. The you're-in-for-it smile. "Well, then why don't you finish the problem we began with the class?" He said cheerily.

Sakura missed the underlying threat and walked to the board confidently. She picked up a green marker and carried off where Kakashi had left off. Soon, her writing covered the whole board. At the very bottom right she had circled the line that read "x= y³ + 17y² +5"

She walked back to her desk leaving Kakashi to look over her work. He slowly began clapping until the rest of the class (minus Sasuke) joined in.

"I think I've found…" He smiled, sincerely this time, "…my model student."

Sakura blushed in embarrassment.

PE CLASS

Ino sat on the bleachers among the other girls who claimed to be on their monthlies all year. Leaving Kiba, Naruto, and Shikamaru to do the real work.

They were running laps as Anko-sensei had told them to. (I know, Anko is her first name, it's awkward, bear with me please.)

"I'll definitely come in first!" said Naruto sweat trailing down his face as he struggled to stay a few steps ahead of Kiba.

"No you won't, you moron!" shouted Kiba struggling to catch up.

"It's not a race, you guys." Sighed Anko as she surveyed the gymnasium. Way at the back, there was one person, who was walking his laps instead of running.

"You there!" she shouted. "What are you doing?"

"Running laps" responded Shikamaru.

"If that's running what do you call walking?" She answered heatedly.

"You don't want to know!" said a voice from the bleachers. It was, of course, Ino's.

Just then, Naruto and Kiba fell into an exhausted heap as they finished their laps.

"Sensei, sensei…" said Naruto raising his head weakly, "…Who came in first?"

"Oh, sorry, I wasn't watching." She replied with a smile. "But you can do it again if you want."

Naruto let his head drop back on the floor, as his eyes spun in spirals for the second time that day.

BIOLOGY LAB CLASS

"Alright now," said Iruka, head of the science class. "Let's all ignore the broken window to our left." He said, gesturing towards it. Everyone's heads turned towards the window.

"I SAID IGNORE IT!" said Iruka. "Ahem. Anyway, today we are going to begin by dissecting these live crickets. It will be a very exciting experience, especially for first-timers. So, if you would please pick up your scalpel and do just as I say, I'll walk us through this together."

He smiled as everyone grabbed their tools.

"Alright, first, make an incision on the underside just beneath the head. Make sure you don't cut too deeply and.." he stopped as he saw a scalpel pointed toward his nose. Shino stood in front of him.

"Let the crickets go…" said Shino in a voice that implied instant murder.

"Class dismissed." Squeaked Iruka.

Everyone filed out followed by a herd of jumping crickets.

Naruto tried to sneak home but he was caught by two upperclassmen who quickly dragged him down the halls. "Wait!" shouted Naruto. "This is kidnapping!"

But they dragged him all the way to the roof. Where that guy was waiting.

"Tamaki-sama… he was trying to run away just as you said. We caught him though."

He spit out his cigarette and walked slowly towards Naruto.

"Wait!" said Naruto, "If you don't fight me today, I'll give you this!" He held out two free tickets for free ramen.

"Ichiraku?" read Tamaki, confused. He looked at Naruto. "Why are you backing down now?"

"Ehe… that's because Hinata chan told me that you didn't do anything…" Naruto answered nervously.

"Is she… your girlfriend?" asked Tamaki seriously looking at Naruto from dark eyes underneath furrowed eyebrows.

"WHAT? No- no- no- no –no NO! She is just a friend who happens to be a girl!" He stammered. "Like, that, you know more of a friend-girl than a girlfriend… I mean not a girlfriend at all!" Naruto finished his speech with a red face that escaped Tamaki's notice.

"If she was your girlfriend I would definitely fight you today, but since she's not…" he held out his hand. "Let's be friends."

"Er…what?" said Naruto demonstrating intelligence rivaling that of Albert Einstein.

"Let's go eat ramen together." Said Tamaki.

"er… why?" said Naruto in similar fashion.

"The truth is… I like that girl… Hinata." Said Tamaki with a thoughtful smile.

Sasuke's POV

I headed straight home. There had been more interruptions to my routine than I could take in one day. I collapsed on my bed, thinking to myself. If those four are in love with each other, wouldn't that be awkward now that they are legal siblings? I closed my eyes deciding it didn't concern me.

My cell phone rang, This how you remind me of what I really am, this is how you remind me…

I slid my thumb across the screen to find Itachi's four word message. "Family meeting. Call them."

With a sigh, I stood up and alerted my bodyguards and servants to gather the orphans.

Ino was staring at a flower shop in animated excitement when someone covered her mouth and dragged her into a van.

Shino was in front of an oncoming marathon, struggling to pick up a tiny ladybug that was in their way and would surely be squished. He had just managed to pick it up with a small leaf when his mouth was covered and he was dragged into a van. The leaf fell out of his hands with a whirl. Said Ladybug ended up on the bottom of a Nike sneaker.

Naruto was eating ramen with Tamaki.

Lee was running laps around the school, the bodyguards chased him around a couple times before finally catching him.

Chouji was just about to take his first bite of a slice of cake when he was pulled away.

Shikamaru was sleeping.

Neji and Tenten were walking down a hallway hand in hand when they were pulled apart in similar fashion.

Kiba was in the bathroom… Really.

Hinata was standing in front of the mirror struggling to pretend to confess to Naruto in front of her reflection. She was on the 17th stutter of the first syllable of Naruto's name when she was dragged away.

Sakura was receiving a confession from a starry eyed, brown haired classmate.

They all gathered in the living room.

I went to the bathroom and washed my face with cold water. With a sigh, I put my hand into my blazer pocket and began the 10 minute walk from my room to the living room. (Remember the hallway-stairs routine?)

As I entered, I saw all the orphans sitting around the table and gave myself a mental pat on the back for a job well done.

Shikamaru was still sleeping.

Ino looked confused.

Chouji looked furious.

Kiba even more so as he was still buttoning up his pants.

Shino was… crying?

Hinata's face resembled a cherry.

Naruto was still slurping up a couple ramen noodles that were still on the chopsticks in his hand.

Sakura looked irritated.

Neji and Tenten even more so.

Lee was the only one who didn't seem to be upset as he stood by his chair, running in place.

Wait. Did I just remember all their names? No, I must have mixed some up.

Aniki and Mother entered with Father coming shortly afterwards.

"Everyone be seated." Commanded Itachi with a clear voice of authority.

When everyone had done so and was staring at the Uchiha family with either confusion or distrust, Fugaku began to speak.

"Your mother and I will be heading back to our business in France today so we wanted a quick meeting with you all before we left. If you open the drawer in front of you, you will find either a wallet or a purse, depending on your gender. Inside, you will find your ID cards, a debit card to access the bank account that we've opened for you, the PIN number to your card, and a cell phone."

They all opened their corresponding drawers and took out the named items. "Of course, we want you all to behave responsibly with money so there is a limited amount of money you can use in a month so that you learn how to manage your finances."

Ino looked up with obvious disappointment.

"At the beginning of each month 10,000 dollars will be transferred into your accounts, and you will have to make do with that for the rest of the month. Of course, bad behavior and bad grades can result in a docking of your allowance. Do I make myself clear?"

"Yes," they said in unison.

Alright then, you are all dismissed. The orphans filed out of the room engaged in eager conversation. Mother hugged Itachi and kissed me wishing us goodbye before they left the mansion and headed towards the airport in a limousine.

I looked at Itachi who headed back to the living room and opened a certain drawer. The contents were just as they had been, untouched. Itachi picked up the purse and opened it, taking out the ID card. A picture of a smiling pink haired girl looked up at us and the name Uchiha Sakura seemed to be taunting me.

Itachi closed the drawer and we shared a moment of silence. "Sasuke," began Itachi "Sakura is the one most likely to cause trouble. There is also a risk that she may run away."

"Is that even a problem?" I asked.

"Not for us, but for father, and his problems generally come back to bother us as well" He said.

I folded my arms and raised a brow, "So, what are we going to do?" I asked.

"I place you in charge of Haruno Sakura. You don't need to worry about the others. Just make sure she doesn't cause any trouble." Itachi looked at me, waiting for a reaction.

"It can't be helped then. I'll take care of it." If Itachi is relying on me, I can't afford to be childish and make excuses. He nodded and I headed up the stairs, purse in hand, ready to hand it to its rightful owner.

I knocked twice before opening the door, only to find it empty.

AN: DUN DUN DUN! So tired! I kind of hate it. It's too rushed. I'm frustrated. Tell me if you like it, I know there wasn't much sasusaku and this chapter turned out very different from what I had planned to write. But now, the scene is set for my plans which will now take place in the next chapter, and don't worry it will be loaded with sasusaku xP. If there are mistakes I'll try to get around to fixing it, please bear with me.