Uh, Drum roll, please? Yupp, the 3rd chapter that you've all been waiting for! Oh and a scoleciphob = person with a phobia of worms...yeah, I looked it up

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"GAH! IT'S NOT EVEN RAINING ANYMORE! WHY, SAKURA, WHY?" I scream. I bet you can guess what I was screaming about. Yup. Worms. I really didn't expect it. It wasn't even raining. It'd stopped sometime last night, yet here were the worms trying to show me that they reigned supreme over the sidewalks. No girl was safe.

"Ugh, TenTen, stop being a scoleciphob! I'd like to get through one day where you didn't scream because of worms. It's insane!" Sakura shook her head at me. This was really getting old. Why couldn't she even try to understand the fear that I was experiancing? How unfair.

"Fine, Sakura. Next time there's a spider, don't come crying to me." I huffed and pretended to be mad. It didn't work. Sakura eyed me and smiled.

"Well, you better go see Neji." Her smile turned into a sadistic grin. What a jerk.

"I can handle him!" I yelled at her as she entered her science class, not believeing myself one bit.

"I'm sure you could handle him, whoever we're talking is." A rich masculine voice coming from behind me caught me off guard. I turned around and almost ran into a very muscular chest. The owner of the voice chuckled at me.

"See you in class, TenTen." And with that, he walked away. As he was retreating, I noticed he had long, chocolate brown hair. Hyuuga. I flushed and turned, walking toward my next class.

When I arrived, I walk to my seat, surprised. Neji Hyuuga was in the seat next to mine. I sat down and made sure I was as far from him as physically possisble. Then, I turned to him and asked:

"Why are you sitting there? The assignment's over." he just smirked at me and shook his head.

"Well, Kakashi moved me here, though I'll be honest. If he hadn't moved me to this seat, I would have done it myself." My jaw

dropped and I glared at him.

"What's that supposed to mean, Hyuuga?" he simply looked at me and leaned foward, his lips against the shell of my ear. As he spoke, I felt the hair on the back of my neck raise. What he said stunned me.

"You know what they say, TenTen. Keep your friends close...and your enemies closer." he slowly backed away from me and looked towards the front of the class, not even gaging my reaction. What the hell did that mean?

"TenTen," Kakashi-sensei called across the class room.

"Yes, Sensei?" I asked, turning my head to meet his eyes-err- eye. He grinned and replied:

"Stop staring at Hyuuga and take off the hoodie and hat. I condoned them for the first couple of days because it was raining, but I don't allow those to be worn in my class room." He said, an evil glint in his eye. The whole class erupted into laughter and I sunk in my seat, pulling off my 'offending' articles of clothing.

"That's more like it. Now class..." and I stopped listening. This was rediculous! I was right, today does suck! I was in Kakashi's class all last year and he never made me take off my hat and hoodie. What a sick game.

That's when I felt it. The feeling of being stared at never goes unmiss by some as paranoid as me. I could feel his eyes burning holes into the side of my head.

"Stop staring, Hyuuga." I hissed at him. I didn't need this right now. I was mad enough as it was. If i was pushed any farther, I'd end up stabbing someone with a pencil...or my pocket knife.

"I've seen you before..." He mumbled. I was sure if he was speaking to me or himself. I turned to face him.

"Duh," I said, rather annoyed, "We wrote papers on eachother. Remember?" He looked at me and seem confused.

"You were at the pizza parlor yesterday, weren't you?" He asked, looking me straight in the eyes. I was rather flustered. I had totally forgotten about that. I felt the heat rise to my cheeks as I gazed back into his eyes. They really were a sight to see, all lavender and lacking pupils. I hadn't looked him straight in the eyes before considering the fact that I hid my face from sight under that hoodie and hat. He quirked a delicate eyebrow.

"Hn. I have my answer. It's written all over your face." He smirked and looked back to Kakashi. It took me to realize why he said that. My face was constricted into a look of pure horror and my cheeks where bright red...or I assumed that they were red considering the fact that when I felt them, they were burning.

Without thinking, I turned to him and stuck my tounge out. He looked at me and chuckled before returning his attention to the board. I breathed a sigh of relief when the bell rung. Off to study hall. I wasn't skipping today, for some reason. Ad for that, i was very proud of my self.

So there I was, in study hall, no longer proud of myself for not skipping. In fact, I was extremely mad at my self for not skipping. You're probably wondering why that is. After I sat down in a random seat (since it was study hall, we got to sit where ever we wanted) and Neji came up to me and took the seat next to me. After which, he leaned in and whispered in my ear again. This time though, it was not cryptic message. What he said, though scared me.

"You're really pretty without all that clothing covering your face." And I blushed. And he laughed. What a jerk! He was worse than Sakura, which was rather amazing.

"I-I...shut up." I whispered darkly. I had no idea what to say to that! it was completely out of the blue. I hadn't been expecting it and I hadn't been prepared. That was the worst part. He just smirked at me.

"Why don't you shut up?" His smirk widened. I knit my brows together and frowned. Then I said those faital words:

"Make. Me." I bit out angrily.

"If you really want me to..." He breathed, leaning in towards my face. My eyes widened in horror as his lips crashed onto mine. I practically melted. Not that I'd ever admit that to him, of all people. After about a minute, he pulled back slightly and looked into my eyes.

"How was that?" He asked, licking his lips. I looked at him and my breath hitched. My throat suddenly felt dry. Without allowing myself, I croaked out one word.

"...Wow..." I mentally cringed as he chuckled. And then I think that the phrase "saved by the bell" would be appropriate because the bell rang and I sprinted out of there.

The rest of the day went by pretty fast. I ate lunch alone because Sakura hadto finish preparing a presentation in the lab. Right now we were in 'Sakura's Sweets' selling our candy. I was on the ladder again because the other girl that helped us had quit. How was I suposed to know that she didn't like almost getting hit by sharp objects? See, she dropped a jar on the ground and so I threw a knife at her...well not at her. More like near her. If I wanted to hit her, I would have. Trust me. I just didn't get why she was so touchy. She even cried to Sakura, the taddle tale!

I heard the door chime and almost cried at what I saw. It was Neji, Sasuke, and Naruto. Did he have to torment me? I watched as Sakura's face contorted and then settled into a horribly fake smile.

"Welcome to Sakura's Sweets..What can I get for you?" She recited through grit teeth. Sasuke smirked, Naruto laughed and Neji stared at me. Oh great.

"Hey, Sakura-chan! Do you guys have ramen?" The blond asked. Sakura sighed at his stupidity and closed her eyes.

"No, Naruto. For the hundreth time, we do not have ramen." Sakura looked kinda angry... it was funny.

"Aww..okay. I guess I could settle for some gummy bears and...hmmm" Naruto peered at the list. "Darn. What I want isn't up there..." Naruto looked at Sakura.

"It isn't?" Said said, surprised, "What do you want, then? We might have it in the back." She smiled, in a better mood.

"Oh, what I want is in the front. I'm sure of it." Naruto grinned. Sakura looked extremely confused.

"Really? And it's not on the list? What is it?" She asked, completely serious.

"I want..." Naruto's grin got wider, "...a date with you." Sakura's eyes got wide. I knew I didn't have much time until she threw him across the room. I jumped off of my ladder and run up to Sakura, but it was too late. Naruto was soaring through the air, screaming. And even with all that was going on, Neji never took his eyes off me. This was going to be a long year...

Ja Ne!