"Gimme a smile, girls!" Ino Yamanaka giggled. The three kunoichi held up their Starbucks cups and grinned for the camera. Ino snapped the picture and sat down, quickly swigging a sip of her caramel macchiato. " Ohhhhh, that's the stuff," she sighed in blissful contentment, ignoring her new fluffy white cream mustache. Sakura rolled her eyes.

"Okay guys, here's the plan," she announced. Hinata, Tenten, and Ino leaned in close for the briefing. " First up is the spa. Then, having been rejuvenated, we'll hit the mall. And lastly, we need to come up with a kick-butt prank to top the boys. It is April Fools after all."

" Question, does the prank have to be on the boys?" Ino voiced. Hinata and Tenten looked to Sakura.

" No, I don't think it does. But we definitely have to come up with something better than them. You remember last year, don't you?" The girls groaned unanimously. "Last year, when we did NOTHING for April Fools, the boys not only came up with an elaborate scheme, but they activated it on US, and did nothing but harass us about it for the rest of the year. Now, do you want that to happen again?"

"No!" They chorused. Sakura smiled at her troops. They were ready for action.

...

" No offense Lord Hiashi sama, but do I really have to do this as my way of bettering myself?" Neji uttered disbelievingly. He was surrounded by middle-aged women giving mushy self-esteem counseling over the phone. It was the suicide hotline. He groaned. There wasn't a single guy in the place, excluding himself and Hiashi sama. Instead it was filled with loud exclamations of, " No you deserve more than him, Sara" and " You are beautiful, just the way you are." It was like a bad version of Single Ladies by Beyonce. He shuddered. How did he even know that song? This place was having a creepy effect on him.

It wasn't that he didn't realize how necessary these things were. He recognized that and was grateful that some self-sacrificing people gave up their time to run them. But really, did he have to be the self-sacrificing person giving up his time? Him, pride of the Hyuuga clan? Him ninja prodigy? Him-

" Okay, Neji. You're making judgements. I can see it in your eyes. Contrary to your stubborn, egotistical notions however, I believe that this will be really good for you. Helping others, saving lives, and for once stopping that never-ending cycle of training that you call your pathetic social life."

" Pathetic?" Neji repeated, offended. Hiashi shook his head ashamedly.

" Neji. My nephew. Do you even have any friends?"

" Have friends? Of course I have friends! I have lots of friends." Hiashi raised his eyebrow inquisitively. Neji refused to look him in the eye.

" Who are your friends, Neji?" he challenged.

" Well there's... Tenten... and Tenten... and... You don't know them!" He fumed.

Hiashi sighed. " Well there's plenty of time to make friends I suppose. In the mean time, you are stuck doing this until you can deflate that impossibly enormous thing that you call your ego. If we could give these poor people one ounce of your self-confidence, maybe suicide wouldn't be such a problem." Hiashi walked away, leaving Neji feeling hopelessly stranded in the middle of a sea of women. He wasn't comfortable with women. Only Tenten. And he never really thought of her as a woman. More of a sparring partner.

" Oh and Neji," Hiashi called, popping his head back through the exit door. "That wasn't a compliment." Neji shook his head exasperatedly as the women all turned to glare at the loud intruder. God help him.

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Hinata sighed in utter contentment. It wasn't every day she got to simply relax, a pitcher of cucumber water by her side and a kindly masseuse arranging heated river stones along her spine to release the tension from her aching muscles.

" AHHHHHH!" A shriek that sounded a lot like Sakura resounded throughout the spa. Hinata sighed again, this time in dismay. She used to be relaxing.

"Gomen ne sai, Sora chan. I'm going to have to go see what happened." Sora nodded and helpfully removed the stones from her back. When her masseuse left, Hinata took a warm white towel and wrapped herself in it.

" Sakura chan?" Hinata called, hoping her friend would hear her somewhere. It proved unnecessary, however, because Hinata stumbled upon the pink haired kunoichi in the hair treatment section. Excuse me, the used to be pink haired kunoichi.

For when Hinata entered, Sakura was yelling at her boyfriend the Uchiha pride, her once-envied locks now a vibrant apple green. Judging from the dye bottle she was shaking at him, Sasuke must have switched the pink dye with green. Hinata tabulated the score in her mind - Boys: 1 Girls: 0. "MY HAIR, SASUKE. DID YOU REALLY HAVE TO TOUCH THE HAIR? YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE MY HAIR. NO MATTER WHAT DAY IT IS HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO MEEEEEEEEEE!" Sasuke smirked at her.

" Are you finished yet?" he drawled.

" No, I am most certainly not finished with you, Uchiha Sasuke," she fumed, stomping her foot for emphasis.

" Too bad. I have to go. Us guys have a few more tricks up our sleeves that need sorting out. You'll be at the mall won't you?"

" Tricks? Isn't ruining my hair enough for you?" Sakura questioned angrily.

" No, it's not. Shikamaru still has to get Ino, and Neji asked us to get Tenten for him. He... uh... unfortunately couldn't be here for this happy occasion. He has some... business to take care of." At this Sasuke laughed at some inside joke that was lost on both Sakura and Hinata.

" Wait a minute, Sasuke why didn't you mention Hinata?" Sakura asked, putting her hands on her hips.

Sasuke smirked again, certain that what he was about to say was going to tick off a certain not-so-pink-haired kunoichi very much. " We don't prank ladies." Hinata blushed right to her roots. At first Sakura was silent. Then, springing up, she pulled back her arm and let it snap forward, putting all her strength into a punch aimed right at his egotistical little nose. Predictably, he caught her fist in both hands and merely laughed at her livid expression.

" Sakura, Sakura. How you do amuse me," he told her. He kissed her nose and walked away, calling over his shoulder, " Don't forget - the mall. Until then, my cherry blossom."

And, just to infuriate Sakura even more, he added, " Goodbye Lady Hinata." Around her, the customers and employees just stared after him in shocked silence.

" Just you wait, Sasuke," Sakura thought maliciously. " I'm going to get you back for that. I always do." He was going to wish he had never messed with Haruno Sakura.

Hey guys!

Sorry about the short chapter introduction. I hope to get more done soon, so don't give up on me yet. Any question or comments you can post in the reviews and I'll be sure to give you feedback in the next chapter.

Also, please believe me when I say, I am NOT trying to make suicide a light issue. It's a horrible thing, and I know how hard it is having a low self esteem (been there done that). I merely need this hotline thing so to have a crucial character interaction. More elaboration on that interaction will come in later chapters.

Thanks for reading,

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