So i really wanted to write a story for Naruto and this idea came to mind, so here it is!

Summary: Shikamaru was tired of his friends' complaining, so he thought of a simple way to solve the problem... Make a bet.

Warning: This will be a yaoi story! So if you don't like, turn back now. This is a NejixGaara, NarutoxSasuke and ShikamaruxKiba fic... other pairing might come out but that will be decided later.

Author's note: ...Please Review and tell me what you think! This is unbetaed so sorry for any spelling errors.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or its characters.

ENJOY

It was a typical day at Sannin Highschool and the students were all waiting for their teacher, Mr. Hatake, to arrive. The room was loud; many students were talking to their friends and laughing. But one girl was quiet, she was sitting in her desk and two of her friends were giggling beside her. The girl looked very nervous and fidgety. Her hand tightened around a small envelope in her hand. One of the girls beside her stopped laughing and pushed her a bit. "Come on, Akaii, you can do it". The girl looked at her best friend.

"Thanks Sadie" The other girl beside Akaii also stopped her laughter and added, " Besides, its not like you're the only girl whose confessed to one of those three. They're used to it and always accept you with a smile…" She trailed off as she went off to her fantasies. Akaii took a deep breath and Sadie decided to reassure her a bit more. " And who knows, Akaii, you might get lucky." The nervous girl nodded, a blush covering her cheeks.

The girl stood up, card in hand and walked towards the back of the class. She saw three guys talking to each other. She gulped, they were the most sought after guys in the school, and she walked towards the trio. One of them looked at her and she froze, his onyx eyes peering into her. Akaii gathered up her courage and held out the letter towards him with both her hands. "Sasuke-kun, I really like you, so, um… here"

Sasuke looked at the letter, held a small smile and took it. "Thank you, Akaii, will you be attending our basketball game? It would be nice to see you there"

She blushed "U-um, your welcome and of course I will, you're a great captain after all, Sasuke-kun." Sasuke hid a smirk that found its way to his face. "Great, then see you there" At this, the three boys went back to their conversation. Her blush deepened and she quickly turned around and walked to her seat, a soft smile on her face.

She sat down and her two friends returned to her side. "So how'd it go?"

Akaii looked at her best friend. "Well Sasuke-Kun is always so cool and aloof, so I was nervous. But he was so nice and he said he wanted me to see him in the game tonight, Sasuke-kun is the best." Her friends giggled, then Sadie decided to contradict. "Well, he's great but, Neji is the best, he's so perfect! He's been the president of every class he's ever been in. He's always really cool and his grades are flawless. Her other friend cut in "Well, Shikamaru is way smarter than both of them combined. He's been in, and won, all the intellectual competitions this school has ever had and he's so awesome when he casually corrects the teachers."

The three girls continued their hushed discussion until Mr. Hatake finally arrived. All the students sat down and looked towards their teacher. "Good morning students, sorry I'm late, I… had stuff to do"

Some students looked annoyed and others just sighed. Then the 12th grade math class began.

Nejis POV

We were in the first class, waiting for Kakashi to arrive… like always. Shikamaru was sitting next to me looking more bored than usual and Sasuke was in front of him with a calm expression. Then he turned to us and asked us his usual question before a game. "So you guys coming to my basketball game tonight?"

Shikamaru looked at him "Is he playing?" We instantly knew whom he was talking about. Sasuke scowled "Unfortunately… He is the idiot co-captain, so he has to" Sasuke sighed with and irritated scowl on his face. "Whatever so you guys coming?" Shikamaru predictably said yes and then my best friends looked at me.

"Well, I'm going to be having a meeting with the student council after school so I cant come to the basketball game tonight, but good luck with Naruto, considering you two fight like every day, how did he even get in the basketball team?"

Sasuke frowned again "Well it's difficult for me to say this, but he is a really good basketball player-" Shikamaru cut in "Then why do you two have to argue so much?"

Sasuke sighed, " He disagrees with every single thing I say. It takes us hours to decide on game plans so we have to meet a lot, which only serves to irritate me more."

I looked at Sasuke with completely understanding eyes "Well at least you don't have to deal with a psycho red head who adores causing trouble for the council. He's the freaking vice-president and he makes every meeting the student council has, last hours. Since ALL the student council members have to agree with the decision for it to pass, no matter how small."

Shikamaru held a small frown " Well, it was very surprising when I asked principal Tsunade to show me his grades and he had them nearly perfect. Gaara was smarter than we thought. Tsunade told me that was why, when he asked to be the vice-president, she agreed."

' This just pisses me off ' I scowled at the memory of Gaara first entering the school council room with that stupid smirk on his face.

"Why would a guy like that ever want to join the Council? Its like Shikamaru joining the cheerleading team…" The three of us shuddered at the thought. Shikamaru turned to me, sarcasm written in his voice " Well thanks for that…"

Then we heard someone coming towards us. Sasuke was the first to look her way and about a second after he did, the girl shoved a card in his face. He stayed cool but we both knew that he had almost fallen out of his seat. I held in the laugh that threatened to come out. We watched the girl as she spoke "Sasuke-kun, I really like you, so, um… here". I was calm while I watched the usual fake smile we always put on for the girls. Shikamaru and I let them talk to each other and as soon as they finished, we got back to our conversation. Sasuke turned to Shikamaru and asked "so where were we?"

Shikamaru started to answer in a bored tone. "Hmm… Naruto's an idiot, Gaara's a psycho and-" I had to. "Shikamaru's a cheerleader?" The boy in question looked annoyed and Sasuke just smirked.

Shikamaru would have probably thought of a comeback but right then, the very late teacher walked in. "Good morning students, sorry I'm late, I… had stuff to do"

Both Sasuke and I looked annoyed while Shikamaru sighed. The classes started as they usually did.

The council meeting was just about to begin. After having attended school for most of the day, Neji just wanted to finish the stupid reunion as soon as possible. Though he knew that wouldn't happen. Every council member gathered in the room and had just gotten to their seats when Neji stood up.

"Were all here to discuss what color should be chosen for all the high school teams. Honestly, this meeting not of much importance, since the classes had decided on three colors that were fine and all we need to do is pick between the three." All the students nodded, except for one redhead who was sitting opposite of Neji.

"The colors are purple, green and red" The student secretary, Ino, stood up and handed a small box to the president. He raised an eyebrow at this and she spoke "Well, to decide this quickly, we could just do it the old fashioned way and have a vote." Neji nodded to that, the quicker the better. She took out some pieces of paper and handed one to everyone. "Just write what color you want"

At this the door opened silently to show Shikamaru who had been told to bring a box of supplies into the council room. He entered silently; Neji looked at him for a moment before continuing. All the students wrote a color and put it in the box. They were counted and the result pleased Neji to the fullest "Looks like its unanimous, the highschool division's new color is now purple." Most of the student council was surprised except for one who just stayed calm. They were overjoyed; usually it would take hours to decide something as simple as this. The happiness was short lived as the vice-president cleared his throat, a smirk on his lips.

"Actually, I'd like to change my vote… Red's better" The rest of the student council groaned, except for Neji who just glared intently at Gaara. Shikamaru sighed

' I'll be hearing about this one…... Damn'

And so started the hours of discussion for the student council…

While Neji's torture continued, Sasuke's had just begun. It was twenty minutes before the basketball game and Sasuke was warming up with the rest of the team. Shikamaru had already gotten there to support his friend and was watching the team. Sasuke stopped stretching and stood in front of the players. "Alright, so we decided to go with the game plan number-" A grinning blond cut him off "Lets go with another one…"

Sasuke froze, a scowl on his face as he slowly looked beside him. "Naruto… you had decided- with me - what our game plan should be, days ago."

The blond could've sworn he saw the raven's eyebrow twitch, but he thought nothing of it and replied. "I'm not feeling it anymore" If it was possible, Sasuke's frown deepened. The entire team sighed. Shikamaru was just irritated

' I'll be hearing about this one too…... Damn'

And so started another discussion between the great co captains…

So there you have it, the first chapter of... *drumroll*... Win. them. over! Please review, they make me happy... constructive criticism gratefully accepted! XD