Chapter 2: I can tell
Weeks have passed since Uchiha Sasuke transferred into Konoha high. The swarms of girls have died down a bit and their exams have ended. Neji was always the top of their class. There wasn't one test he hadn't placed first and he was quite popular for that. He walked over to his cousin, Hinata, who was in a different class than he was.
"Neji, what brings you here?" Tenten suddenly appeared. He had forgotten that Tenten and his cousin were in the same class. "I'm looking for my cousin…what is with your hair?" Neji asked, noticing that Tenten had let her hair down, rather than putting it up.
"Oh, this? They say that Sasuke likes long hair!" Tenten said, running her fingers through her hair. "You never like letting your hair down." Neji said distastefully. He didn't like the fact that the transfer student made such dramatic changes to a person in a short amount of time. Tenten was not a person who would care about her appearances too much and often gloated about the famous Tsunade. Now she was a love-struck teenager who Neji had enough of in his class and did not want to be around with anymore.
"By the way Neji, did you know Sasuke lives alone? I heard his parents died from a plane crash and his brother ran off with some older woman!" Tenten whispered to Neji's ear. "No, I did not, but thank you for telling me this useless information. Next time you sneak into someone's profile, cover your tracks." Neji sighed. "What? I did not!" Tenten retorted. "Don't lie to me; you know I'm good at sensing lies." Neji growled.
Tenten hesitated. "Alright, fine. You caught me. How did you find out this time?" she gave up, holding her hands up. Neji sat on a random chair and began to explain. "That information is only for teachers. He wouldn't have told anybody that since he is the quiet type in class. Also, all student files are locked up in a file cabinet. I can't think of anyone else who can pick a lock better than you can. The keys belong to a special group of people and from what I know; there are only three in this entire school."
Tenten smiled. "As always, you're really good at catching lies." Neji stood up to leave. "Tell Hinata that I will be coming home late, I have a meeting to attend." He said and left the classroom.
He noticed a crowd of people blocking the halls and took a peek at what everyone was long at. The test results were up and students were anxious. Neji had no purpose to look at the chart. He knew he'd be first place again followed up by Shikamaru. Even so, the crowd was still blocking his way; he would have to go through it to get to the other side.
Suddenly, he noticed someone had come out of the crowd and into his chest. "Hinata!" He called out. "Neji, sorry. Oh, and congratulations! You're first again!" she said to him and ran off before he could say anything. Neji sighed and pushed into the crowd, making it past many people and pushed into the center. The crowd had finally dispersed, leaving Neji in the middle to look at the charts.
Neji was first, but the runner up was not Shikamaru anymore. It was Sasuke, whose score was dangerously close to his.
In a couple of weeks…he had already made it near the top? Neji thought to himself. "Is that you?" He heard someone say. He turned his head to the voice and saw Sasuke, without the girls. "Is the person in first place you?" He asked again.
"...Yes, that's my score." He answered, a little annoyed that this person didn't know his class rep's name. "I see…Be careful next time, I'll top the charts." Sasuke smirked and walked past Neji. The long haired teen scowled at the direction Sasuke walked in. What was that about?
In any case, Neji had to go to the meeting quickly. He had no time to care about that transfer student. He opened the door to the meeting and apologized for being late. "It's fine, please take a seat. These are some complaints from the students for this month. Please take a look." said a senior, Temari, who handing out some papers to the first-years class reps. "The Judo mats are always left on the floor of the gyms every day. The club members are complaining that they have to clean up after the first-year Judo team and they want someone to tell them to clean up." Garra, the class rep of Tenten's class, said quietly. "The majority of the team is in your class Neji, take care of it." Temari said. Neji sighed and dropped his papers. He hated irresponsible people after all.
Neji made his way to the gym after school and opened the door to the Judo team. "Where is your captain? Rather, where is Choji?!" Neji called out. Everyone stopped and stared at each other, fearing the sudden entrance of the class rep.
"He's not the captain anymore; the joined the Sumo team after I became captain." Neji turned his head to see Sasuke sitting on the side, giving the same smirk as before.
What? He even became the captain already?! Neji thought in shock. "Very well, I will speak to you then." Neji sternly said. "We have been receiving complaints that the Judo mats are being left out every day. I will have to ask you to put them away after every meet." Neji explained.
Sasuke lowered his eyelids. "This gym is practically owned by the Judo team. Those complaints are from people who are in clubs. If they want to borrow our gym, they will have to clean it up, and put everything back when they are done. That is including our Judo mats." Sasuke said slyly.
"The gym belongs to everybody in this school! You will clean up after yourselves or find another place to practice!" Neji finally shouted. Everyone backed off as Sasuke stood up and faced Neji, glaring as he glared back. The air was tense as the team members fearfully gave Neji and Sasuke their space.
"How about this, you have a Judo match with me, and if you win, we will clean up and do as you say." Sasuke offered, staring into Neji's slightly lavender eyes.
Neji thought for a bit, looking at the team members who shot him ugly looks. "Are you really in a position to make bets? For the sake of the other students, I accept."
Did the team hear right? The intelligent, mature Hyūga Neji accepted a Judo match? Neji wasn't the type to engage in physical fights, moreover, he was not stupid enough to accept a challenge to something he has no knowledge of.
"Neji…are you sure you want to do that? Sasuke beat Choji first thing he came in here!" Sakura whispered to Neji as he took off his tie and rolled up his sleeves. He ignored Sakura's worried ramblings and overheard the team's cheering.
"Go Sasuke! Beat him up and we can finally have this whole gym!" He heard. What idiots, they don't even know what the two are fighting for. Neji faced Sasuke and gave off a death glare while Sasuke shot one back. The girls were in for a treat; two hot boys were going to wrestle each other and they were going to see all of it.
"Are you ready?" A student referee asked. "One moment, how do I win?" Neji asked.
This made simple question had everyone's head turn. Silence filled the gym as Sasuke chuckled. "You're and interesting guy aren't you? You never played this sport yet you still accepted my challenge?" Sasuke snickered. "Just tell me, you're wasting my time." Neji sighed, irritated to hear anymore.
"Fine, just knock me down and you win." Sasuke said, readying his stance. "Fair enough." Neji replied.
"Ready? Begin!"
A/N: I hope I'm not going to fast... This pairing needs more love!