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Friday: 2:59PM

Only one more minute. . . I thought to myself.

"On Monday, we will play a youthful game of volleyball. So be prepared!" Gai-sensei announced.

55 seconds, 54 seconds left. . .

"Be sure to bring your youthfulness! Because it will be a match between the guys and girls."

45, 44, 43, 42. . .

"The winning team will get a wonderful prize! And, knowing me, you'll know it'll be amazing!" Gai cheered, while the students groaned -- obviously knowing his prizes were usually extremely ridiculous.

39, 38, 37. . .

"The losing team will have to run 100 laps around the gym. So it doesn't matter if you lose, you will still get an amazing prize!"

That's an amazing prize? Pft.

"That is right! Gai-sensei! I hope the winning team gets to run 300 laps around the gym, or more!" Lee cheered.

"That's the spirit, Lee!" Gai praised him. "If you all had energy like that, you wouldn't waste your youth!"

I rolled my eyes. 23, 22, 21. . . This class is taking forever!

"Before you have to leave from this class, I want you all to run as many laps around the gym as possible!" Gai announced.

NO! Why does Gai-sensei have to do this!? I hate running. I looked at the clock.

15, 14, 13. . .

Lee zoomed off, going around the gym three times before I even stood up. I walked as slow as I possibly could. Lee was sure . . . interesting?

When I glanced at the clock, I began cheering in my head.

RING!

The bell went off, and I sprinted to the locker room, quickly changed, and ran out of there before anyone could say, "Why are you rushing?"

There wasn't any particular reason. I just had an exhausting week (you can probably tell) and I wanted to leave as soon as possible.

With a new school, and angry, jealous girls, problems will occur.

When I successfully made it outside, I heard the familiar voice of Sakura. "Hey!"

I turned around, and waved to her. She motioned for me to come over, and I saw that she was surrounded by Ino, Hinata, and Temari.

"Tenten, we were wondering if . . ." Hinata started, nervously.

"If you wanted us to show you around here tomorrow!" Ino finished.

"I already know where everything is."

"Not everything. Do you know where the clothing store is?" Ino asked.

"No."

"What about the restaurant?"

"No."

"What about ---"

I interrupted. "I get the point. Okay, sounds like fun!"

Ino cheered. "You're coming, right, Temari?"

She frowned. "Sorry, I can't. I have important stuff to do. I have to go now."

"Oh, right. Well, see ya later!" Ino shouted to Temari.

After she had left, I whispered quietly, "Important stuff?"

Sakura spoke this time. "Oh, that's right. You don't know. Temari is the Class President, on the basketball, soccer and tennis team. She's also in band and chorus. And she's a tutor for students, too. She's usually really busy."

"Wow," I said. I would never be able to be in all of those activities.

"Yeah."

"Well, I guess we'll come pick you up around noon. Maybe Sasuke and Neji --" Ino started.

"I don't want to hear it!" I said, covering my ears.

"It wasn't going to be inappropriate. Jeez," Ino said innocently.

"Right, Ino," Sakura said, folding her arms.

Ino glared at Sakura. "Forehead!"

"Piggy!" Sakura exclaimed.

"Forehead!"

"Anyway," I said, knowing this argument was going to be a while. "I'll see you then."

Two hours later

"I guess I better do that homework," I said to no one in particular. Damn teachers; giving us homework on the weekend.

I looked at the homework that Kurenai had given us. Math.

Number 1, I thought.

Directions: Prove the triangles congruent.

Okay, they are. Why do I have to prove that?

I looked at the first question. "I guess I'll skip that problem."

Directions: Find the angle measures of A, B, and C.

Can I use a protractor instead of solving it?

I skipped that one, too.

Directions. . . What does that one even mean?

I looked up and saw that Neji and Sasuke were doing their homework. I shifted uncomfortably.

I hated asking them for advice.

Especially whenever they say 'Hn' which I learned meant nothing.

As far as I know.

Maybe it's a secret language or something?

Whoa.

I was suddenly interested. Sort of.

Nah. I don't really care about stupid-guy talk.

"E-Excuse me?" I said in a shy voice.

They both immediately looked up at me. I shifted again.

"C-Could someone help me with this Math homework?" I choked out.

Grr . . . Why am I nervous?

Neji and Sasuke exchanged glances. "Do it yourself," Sasuke mumbled.

My mouth dropped open. What the . . .? Alright, that's it! "All I asked was for help! I'm not asking for anything else! Sheesh!"

Sasuke sighed, stood up, and walked over. He sat down right next to me, and said, "What do you need help with?"

"Um . . ." I said, embarassed. "Everything."

Sasuke looked at the homework. "Do you know how to solve equations?"

"Yeah," I said. "I know you're thinking I'm stupid, but I'm not, okay!"

Sasuke chuckled slightly; barely noticeable. "Obviously not."

I was shocked. "What was that?"

He looked confused. "Obviously not?"

"No," I said. "Did you just laugh?"

"Yes?"

"Wow. I didn't know you were capable," I said. "No offense!"

He looked angry for a moment. "I am human, you know."

"Sorry. Sometimes I forget," I said, immediately regretting my words.

Oops.

I could see Neji smirking in the corner.

Sasuke glared at Neji. "What's so funny, Hyuga?"

"Nothing," Neji said, writing something down. His eyes were still on the paper. Now his face was blank, as usual.

"Anyway," Sasuke said. "I'll show you how to do these problems."

"Thanks, Sasuke."

"Hn."

~_~

Sasuke was actually a pretty good teacher. He was polite, and explained things well.

It was strange. I never even thought of the fact that Neji and Sasuke could be normal people.

In my mind, they were as abnormal as people can get.

But! That still doesn't change the fact that they're rude jerks most of the time. I'll always believe that. No matter what.

Just maybe, deep down -- DEEP, DEEP DOWN, they could be nice, and polite.

Maybe.

I shrugged my shoulders, and went underneath the covers on my bed.

Neji and Sasuke were already sleeping, and, a few minutes later . . .

I felt something hitting me in the face.

"Wake up!"

I groaned, and turned to my other side.

"Time to leave!"

"N-No," I mumbled, and took the pillow in my hands and covered my ears. "Shut up."

Someone laughed, and took the blankets off of me.

I gasped, and looked up to see Ino and Sakura giggling, and Hinata in the corner, fidgeting.

"I thought you said noon," I muttered, while collapsing back onto the bed.

"It is," Sakura replied.

I jumped up. "Huh?"

Ino pointed to the clock. "See? Noon."

I rubbed my eyes. "Wow. It doesn't feel that late, already."

"Yeah, whatever. Come on!" Ino said, yanking me out of the bed. She had a short skirt in her hand, along with a. . . shirt, I assumed. It looked pretty small for one, since it didn't have much material.

"What's that?" I asked, pointing to the clothes in her hands.

"It's what you're wearing," Ino announced proudly.

I almost choked. "No way!"

"Yes!" Ino and Sakura shouted together.

"I-I'm sorry, Tenten, I tried to stop them, b-but --"

I sighed. "It's not your fault, Hinata."

"I'll help you!" Ino suggested.

"No!" I shouted back to her. "I'm not wearing that!"

Ino pouted. "Please?" She said in a sweet, innocent voice.

I folded my arms, and closed my eyes. "No."

"Fine," she grumbled, and folded the clothes. "Some other time, when we get you a boyfriend!"

I snorted. "Right."

"C'mon, let's go, then!" Ino said, yanking my arm.

"Wait! Let me change out of my pajamas first!"

"Will you at least let me do your hair?" Ino asked.

"No. I like my hair the way it is."

"Fine." Ino looked like she was about to cry.

I sighed. "You can pick out the shirt I'll wear, if you want."

Ino clapped her hands together. "Okay!"

She ran over to my closet.

When I had finished dressing, and fixing my hair (no one had EVER seen me with my hair down before. Never.) Ino dragged me down the hallway, and I could tell this was going to end badly.

"Where are we going?" I muttered.

Ino winked. "Places."

~_~

"Are we done yet?" This trip hadn't been exactly 'fun.'

Ino went straight for the clothing store, and had shopped there for five hours. Then, as we passed the places I WOULD like to visit, Ino would say, "Oh. And that's the Weapons Club."

Jeez.

I have a fascination with weapons. I had asked her if we could look in the Weapons Club, and:

"No," Ino replied. "Let's go to the shoe store!"

So, yet again, Ino dragged me across the area. Sakura and Hinata were close behind; Hinata had been quiet for most of the time, but Sakura was just as excited as Ino.

"Yes! I can't wait!" Sakura exclaimed.

"Ugh," I groaned.

"Oh, do you want some shoes?" Ino asked me.

"No, that's okay." I looked up at the clouds. "I'm going to go now."

"Wait!" Sakura said, and grabbed me by my arm.

"Listen!" I said to them. "I'm not the type of person who shops for five hours; I'd rather be doing other things!" Though I didn't really know what that was.

"Fine," Ino grumbled. "We just want to show you one more place."

I nodded my head. "As long as it's not a store."

Hinata kept looking at me; I bet she usually had to deal with Ino and Sakura, and might have been glad that I had said something.

For a while, it seemed that we were going nowhere. I was about to mention something, when Ino said, "We're here."

I had been kicking around a stone that was on the ground, so I had to look up.

I almost gasped. Now, facing me, was a park. It wasn't a normal park -- that was usually filled with litter, and rusted equipment.

It looked like it was brand new. But it wasn't, something told me that. It had a small lake at the corner, and the equipment looked new. Small children were playing on it, pretending to shoot each other with imaginary weapons.

People were sitting at the edge of the lake, feeding the birds. In the middle of the park was a large fountain, and people were throwing coins in it.

Not far away from the lake, was a large pavilion. That also looked new. I started walking, and inhaled the fresh scent. It seemed so weird how most of this school was filled with pollution, yet this park was beautiful. Something about it. . .

"So, what do you think?" Ino finally broke the silence.

I didn't take my eyes off of the scenery. "Wow."

"That's what most people say when they see it for the first time," Sakura said, sighing. She looked like she was having a flashback.

"How? How do they keep it like this?"

Ino shrugged. "They must clean it a lot, or something. I don't know."

Sakura smirked. "Do you still want to leave?"

"N-Not right now," I murmured. For some reason, this place reminded me of my parents.

I couldn't figure out why, though. Maybe my parents used to bring me to a park like this?

I couldn't remember. I had blocked out most of the memories with my parents included in them.

Ino shrugged her shoulders. "Well, I'm going to go to the clothing store, I guess. Sakura, you coming?"

"Sure," Sakura replied.

Ino looked at Hinata. "Hinata?"

"S-sure," she stammered.

"If you want to come with us you can, you know."

"Nah. I'll just stay here for a little while."

And that's what I did. I just sat on the bench for almost an hour; or so it felt.

When I returned back to my room, I could hear Ino and Sakura babbling about something.

It wasn't until I was right in front of their door that I could hear it was about me.

"Don't you think she's acting pretty weird?" Ino asked.

Sakura replied. "Well, we've only known her for almost a week."

Ino sighed. "Yeah, I guess. But it's pretty rude of her not to come."

"B-But you were shopping for five hours. Most people get e-exhausted," Hinata stuttered.

"Are you?" Ino asked Hinata.

"A-A little bit," she muttered.

"But you still came! And she ditched us!" Sakura agreed with Ino.

"She didn't ditch you, but it was s-sort of rude," Hinata agreed with them, now.

I groaned. I don't need them anyway. I thought Hinata was the smart one, here.

I shoved my key angrily into the hole, and pushed it open. It wasn't until I was inside I realized I had been sitting on that bench for nearly three hours. Time flies when your doing nothing.

It was 8 o'clock. I would've went over to Ino, Sakura and Hinata's place, but after what they said, I'm not talking to them.

I'm not usually the type to hold grudges, but this was different. I didn't even do anything wrong.

And they were being . . . snobs.

I thought I had finally found some normal people. Looks like I was wrong.

I plopped down on my bed, and squeezed the pillow angrily.

"Hey! Don't murder the pillow!" A voice exclaimed. It wasn't Neji's, or Sasuke's, or Ino's, Sakura's, or Hinata's voice.

It was. . .

I turned around. "Naruto! What the hell are you doing here?"

"The door was open." He pointed to the door.

"You don't even knock?" I exclaimed.

"Uh. . ." Naruto replied nervously. "Well, why are you trying to kill the pillow? What'd it do to you!"

He changed the subject. That's expected of him.

"Nothing," I replied. "It's something else."

"Sakura and Ino?" He blurted out.

"How'd you know?"

"I'm smart," he said, tapping his head with his finger with that goofy grin on his face.

"Right."

"Well, actually, I heard Ino and Sakura talking about you," he admitted.

"Yep."

Naruto started laughing. "They're always talking about other people! You shouldn't let it get to you!"

I smiled. "I guess."

It was quiet for a few moments.

"Why . . . did you come here? Just wondering," I told him.

"To see chicken-butt," he answered.

"Chicken butt?"

"Sasuke. Have you ever noticed his hair? It looks like a chicken's butt!" Naruto announced.

It took me a minute to compare a chicken to Sasuke. I laughed.

It was true.

"Um," Naruto started. "I was going to ask Chicken butt if he wanted to play video games, but since he's not here, do you want to come?"

I was shocked. "S-Sure."

I didn't have better things to do.

Naruto grabbed me by my arm, and pulled me to his room.

When Naruto barged through his front door, I saw Kiba and Sai.

"Hey, Sas -- Tenten?" Kiba said, looking at me.

"Yeah?"

"Sasuke isn't here." Naruto shrugged his shoulders. "So I invited her."

Kiba and Sai were staring at me.

"That's okay, right?" I asked them.

"Well, yeah. I guess," Kiba said, scratching his head.

I smirked. "Not used to a girl playing video games?"

"Not really," he admitted.

"Just watch," I challenged.

He smiled back. "I'll go easy on you."

"Ha! I'll go easy on you!"

"Holy crap!" Kiba yelled.

"I'm going to beat you! Just admit defeat now!"

"Never!"

"She's going to beat you, Kiba," Sai said, for once speaking during this whole time.

"Even he knows it," I muttered.

"Agh. Shut up, Sai!" Kiba muttered to Sai.

"I want to go against Tenten next!" Naruto shouted.

"Sure," I agreed. "Ha!" I yelled, while I crossed the finish line.

Kiba threw the controller on the floor.

"Sore loser," I mumbled.

Kiba smiled. "I let you win."

"Keep telling yourself that." I patted Kiba on his back.

He growled.

"Ooh! Me next! Me next!" Naruto shouted.

He sounded oddly like a seven year old boy.

Sai was looking at me with a strange expression.

"What?" I asked him.

He shook his head, as if snapping out of a trance. "Never mind."

Well, that was weird. "Okay."

Naruto grabbed the controller that was on the floor, and picked his car.

"Ready," he murmured. "Get set. . . go!"

I smirked.

I accelerated the car, and crashed into Naruto's car -- causing him to fly into the side of the track.

"DAMN!" He yelled.

I chuckled. "Better luck next time," I told him, as I crossed the finish line again.

Naruto frowned. "You're good."

"Thanks," I told him. "And you're better than the sore-loser dog-boy over there."

Kiba glared at me.

I smiled.

Naruto looked over to Sai, and held out the controller. "Sai?"

"Nah," he mumbled.

"Afraid you're going to lose?" Naruto asked.

"No."

"Then, why not?"

"Fine." He snatched the controller from Naruto.

What is wrong with that guy? He looks like he never saw sunlight. No offense.

Naruto was getting excited. "Sai's like an expert at this game! You can beat him though, Tenten!"

I smiled at Naruto. "I don't know."

As soon as the game began, Sai pushed my car out of the way, and I lost complete control.

I lost; obviously. "Wow. You're good."

"Thanks," he murmured.

Heh. He might be even weirder than Neji . . . or Sasuke.

No. No one can beat them. But Sai's pretty close.

He's . . . weird. Huh. How many times have I said 'weird' when referring to Neji, Sasuke, or Sai within the past week? Has anyone counted?

"Um," I started. "I'd better go. I'll see you guys later!"

As I walked past Ino, Sakura, and Hinata's room, I stuffed a paper underneath their door.

Please keep the noise level down. It's annoying.

-An angry neighbor

I laughed to myself as I opened up my front door and walked inside.

I guess I would forgive them. Now that I thought about it, I may have been a little mean.

Naruto was right, too.

I was glad that he was there.

I guess some people at this school might not be too bad.

Just some.

THE END

Oh, wow. I was sort of running out of ideas -- you could probably tell. And Sai's awesome, so I had to add him in here.

I'm usually a forgiving person, so I made Tenten be the same as me, too. :)

I have a pretty good idea for the next chapter, so just wait.

Okay? :)

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