Staying by You:

Tenten.

Konnichiwa Minna-san desu!

I started this project of mine in class before a test! xD

Woohoo! I didn't study… Joking. I didn't really study that much though… I didn't even study for the tests before… Like the Chinese one, the Maths one or the science one… but I managed to breeze through it with uber high marks! xD Yay!!!

I love my fan fictions. Today, I read a passage by this writer in the reader's digest, She got knocked on the head by a ceiling panel and lost her senses. She lost her companions, which were writing and words etc. How sad… Losing my companions would be horrid… though I still have the company of my lovely friends! xD

I don't know why I'm blabbering here, but if you read this, I want to thank you!!! I just had a coke so now I'm on hyper mode!

By the way, before I want to continue this, I want to tell you, dear reader, that this story will most probably have the maximum of three to four chapters! (Smiles) Thanks for listening! Now onto the story!

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(Tenten's P.O.V)

My name is Tenten. I don't have a surname… It's just… Tenten. I had a family of four. My loving mother… My cold father… and a very caring older brother whom I loved very much. But… My mother passed away on the first day I entered the Academy. My father said that he couldn't care less about my brother and I… and soon after, he left us alone. My brother became a Jonin and brought me up. But when I reached the age of ten, My brother died during a A-ranked mission… I was devastated. People and students of the Academy around me ignored me, but often taunted me with my past… and often called me weak since I was only good in Taijutsu. It was true. My nin jutsus weren't very good, but I could do the basics. My aiming and weaponry skills were impeccable though… I passed the Academy's exam at 12… and got put into a three-man cell with Gai-sensei… Rock Lee… and Hyuuga Neji.

Lee was very much like Gai-sensei, even during our introductions as they often rambled on about youth. Neji acted all high and mighty towards us during our introductions, giving Lee an impression that he was his 'Arch-rival' or 'Eternal rival', just like Kakashi-sensei was to Gai-sensei. I could tell that Neji looked down on us and all, considering that her knew the Jyuuken and was part of the prestigious Hyuuga clan… but inside, I think he's just… lonely… or was…

Lee trained with Gai-sensei, so I had to train with Neji. On my first attempt, I got beat up real bad, but after a few rounds I actually realized I was improving… All thanks to Neji… We had warmed up to each other, after being together for about three months. Neji had practiced using the Kaiten everyday, trying to perfect it. I often sat on a tree and watched him, so as to not get in his way. I smiled at him every time he did that… and I didn't know why.

One day… I had waited… and waited… and waited for Neji to come for training. It wasn't like him to be late, so I asked Lee, who now used clutches. He told me that Neji had left on a mission to pursue the sound ninjas and bring Sasuke back to Konoha, together with Naruto, Kiba, Chouji and Shikamaru… I cried. Again, I had no idea why, but I knew that I was furious at the fact that he left without saying a word. I hoped he'd come back soon, and safely as well. Well… He did come back soon, about two days after. But terribly injured. I rushed to the hospital and waited outside the emergency room right after I heard the news. I shed so much tears that day, outside that white door. It all became so clear. How much I cared for him… How much I needed him by my side… How much I…

Loved him.

I was so glad to hear that the surgery went fine, and that he'd be ok. I went to visit the unconscious Hyuuga everyday, leaving a flower there every time I visited, like I did when I visited my brother whenever her got injured and landed up in the hospital. When Neji came to, he tried to break out of the hospital, mumbling about training. Gai-sensei and I had to keep him there, though it pained me to do it. I continued to visit him, bringing fruits from a shop near my house each day. I had to go on a mission with another team after awhile, and had to leave his side for a while. I whispered some things to him the day before I left.

I'll stay by your side… till you become the person you aspire to be…

I made that promise to him that day, and swore that I'd keep it. I knew that the moment I said that… I binded my fate to myself… that fate that I could never ever be together with him. So I had kept those strong emotions in. I didn't want to ruin our friendship, so I tried very hard to keep those feelings in, whenever they tried to escape. I tried so hard… But I couldn't do it. Especially after what I saw. I spilled the beans… and told him.

"I LOVED YOU NEJI!!! WHY DID YOU HAVE TO DO THAT?!" I shouted at the top of my lungs.

Yes. I ran away. I had spotted him lip-locking with a girl… and ran. He stole my heart without even knowing it… He took it… and ripped it up into little bits right in my face. Just… like that…

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I feel like crying…

(Sobs in my emo corner)

(Talking from that corner.)

Please review if you want me to continue this… I need 10 reviews to know that you all really like it… though I'll continue it I guess… I don't ever want it to end like this. It's too sad…

(Goes back to sobbing)

xoxo The obsessed fan fictioner,

Tennie-chan.