Finally remembered to put another Disclaimer on.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, Rebel Girl, Ten Days That Shook The World, or Don't Fuck With Me attitudes.

Also, I will probably be posting updates every Wednesday and Friday, with a few on the weekends and in the rest of the week.

Enjoy!

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Women were troublesome. That was the guiding rule in Nara Shikamaru's life. They manipulated you to do what they wanted, and never really told you what they meant. It was a headache just to be around them. Of course, most of the girls at Konoha High fit the description above, which meant Shikamaru just tried to stay out of their way. That new girl, Temari, seemed to throw him off a little.

She wasn't the first person with her Don't Fuck With Me attitude, that he had ever met, but she seemed a little different. He had only met her a few times, but he definitely confused him more then most girls did, and that was certainly saying something.

Shikamaru was dozing off in his History class when he felt something hit his head. He looked up to see Asuma glaring at him, and the girl next to him giving him a look. That was another thing about girls that was troublesome. They went around giving you all these looks that no one in their right mind to figure out.

"Yeah?" he said, scratching his head as he sat up. Asuma just sighed and turned back to the blackboard. Most of the teachers had given up trying to sort him out. He looked down at his history book, which he had been napping on. It was opened to page 53, and it was detailing the many defining aspects of the dark ages. He sighed and began to read.

After class he caught up with Choji outside. "Hey Shikamaru," Choji said, through a mouthful of potato chips.

"Hey Choji."

"I think Ino was looking for you," he said, as they began to walk down the halls towards the cafeteria. Shikamaru groaned.

"Great."

It was no surprise then, that when he entered the caf Ino was waiting to pounce. "Shikamaru," she said, stepping in front of him. He just looked at her, waiting for her to continue. "I'm throwing a back to school party and was wondering if you would like to come?" 'So you and Temari can get together,' she thought.

He just looked at her.

"Well?" she asked. She was looking at him in a way that dared him to say no. 'Troublesome,' he thought.

"Alright… fine, when is it?" he asked with a sigh.

She clapped her hands together. "It's Saturday, at 6. My house. Hey, Neji!" she said, before dashing off to go see Neji.

Shikamaru groaned as he sat down. There went his Saturday. "So did she ask you?" Choji asked.

Shikamaru turned to glare at Choji. "You knew and you didn't warn me?"

Choji shrugged. "Didn't think to."

"Thanks a lot Choji…"

After school…

Temari threw Gaara a look as they drove home. She had driven them there and now she was taking him home, but she wished she could've made him walk. He had almost broken the wrist of a guy that asked her out earlier. Gaara just stared at the windshield though, completely impassive.

Temari knew her younger (by a few months, but still) brother was protective, but he was really getting on her nerves lately. I mean she was one of the only girls in her grade who had never been able to hold onto a boyfriend for longer then 2 weeks. She could count the number of days most of them stayed with her on one hand. Of course, part of it was her fault, but most of it was Gaara's.

Kankuro was sitting in the backseat chuckling over the incident. Temari finally turned around and screamed, "SHUT UP KANKURO!!"

He rolled his eyes. "Oh get over it Temari. It's not like you were actually going to go out with him."

"That's not the point!"

"Then what is the point?"

"Oh, I so don't want to talk about this," she hissed.

She pulled up to their house and stomped in. They lived in a big mansion, but it was rather unfriendly looking. She muttered to herself about meddlesome brothers as she stomped upstairs, banging into her room. It was huge, with a balcony and a big closet. Of course, most of her stuff wasn't unpacked yet.

She dropped her stuff on top of a box labeled, 'Books, H-L', and dropped onto her bed with a sigh. Her cell phone suddenly started blaring out, 'Rebel Girl' and Temari snatched it up. "This is Subaku No Temari," she snarled into the speaker. "If this is not anyone I know, hang up know or suffer a painful death."

"Um Temari, it's me, Sakura."

"Oh… hi Sakura. Sorry about that."

"It's fine. Ino just wanted me to tell you she is throwing a party this Saturday and that she wants you to come."

"Oh sure."

"Ok. It's at six, but you can come early if you want."

"'Kay… bye…" she said, before hanging up. She wished she had someplace to go tonight to get her mind off her brother. Last night at the pool had been fun, but now she had homework and unpacking.

"Joy…"

That Evening…

Sakura sat in the city library. It was the closest one to her house, and she spent many evenings there doing homework and finding new books to read. She had been finishing her Biology homework when a copy of, 'Ten Days That Shook The World' sidetracked her, and now, 2 hours later, she was still reading it. "This is amazing," she muttered.

She was in the room where most of the students went to study. She was the only left, when the door opened. She jumped and looked up, startled. There stood Uchiha Sasuke, who was watching her with raised eyebrows. She gave him a faint blush, and tried to resume her reading, her cheeks lightly tinted pink.

He glanced over her shoulder to see what she was reading as he went to sit his stuff down. He did a double take when he saw the title. 'Cute, funny, and good taste,' he thought with amusement. She felt him look over her shoulders but tried to ignore him and continue reading.

After getting stuck reading a paragraph over and over she shut the book, put it in the pile of books she was checking out, and started working on her homework again. She had tried working at home, but her older brother was staying there for an extra month because his college was undergoing some redesigns, and she couldn't study with him and his friends around making out of color jokes.

She glanced up when she thought Sasuke wasn't looking, but instead she found him watching her. She swallowed nervously. "S-something wrong?" she asked politely. 'I'm starting to sound like Hinata…' she thought.

"No."

She looked back down when she remembered something Ino had asked her to do. "Oh… um, Sasuke?"

He looked up at her from his book.

"Um… Ino asked me to ask you if you wanted to come to her 'Back to School' party this Saturday. It's at 6, so if you want to come… yeah," she said, trailing off at the end. They just looked at each other for a minute and then he nodded.

"Ok."

She blushed and looked back down at her book.

"Hey Sakura, wh--" Sasuke started to say when the door opened again. They both jumped— well, Sakura jumped and Sasuke just looked annoyed. It was Sakura's brother, Okako. He sighed.

"Finally I found you," he said to Sakura. "Don't you ever answer your cell phone?"

"I turn it off when I come to the library. What is it?"

"Mom says you should come home."

She rolled her eyes. "Fine. Let me get my things," she said, shoving her biology book and homework into her book bag, and grabbing the books to check out. Okako looked at Sasuke.

"Your boyfriend?" he asked Sakura with a smirk.

Sakura choked. She knew he was joking, but that was not something she wanted him to say in front of Sasuke. "N-no," she said, coughing. "This is Uchiha Sasuke," she said to her brother. "He's one of my year mates. Now come on, lets go."

"Yo," Okako said. "Hey, you wouldn't happen to be related to Uchiha Mandara would you?"

"I am. I'm his nephew."

"Cool." Sakura blew out a puff of air.

"Okako, lets just go," she said, glaring at him. He smirked at her again and walked out, followed by Sakura who was trying not to make eye contact with Sasuke.

'Oh brother…'