A Special Case: This is a new story which is another KankuroxTenten (Neji is sometimes too stoic, sorry) so please read and enjoy!

Duet

She stared at the rain bouncing off the puddle in front of her, resisting the urge to test the depths with a jump.

Tenten, her name was. Tenten the plain girl, with plain brown hair and plain brown eyes. If her features were somewhat described individually, she could be considered pretty. Her eyes were not too small for a chinese, and her face not too round. Her nose and mouth sat almost cutely in the middle of her face.

But she wasn't pretty. She was plain.

The repetitive 'dunk…dunk…dunk' on the top of her umbrella were soon becoming annoyingly methodical. Who knew waiting for the bus in the rain would be so frustrating?

"Rain, rain, go away, come again another day…"

"Aren't you a little too old to be singing nursery rhymes?"

She turned in shock, almost losing her footing at the edge of the puddle. A handsome boy strolled towards her, a small smirk on his face.

At one look she raised her eyebrows. He was one of those guys.

The ones without a care in the world, but had a need for the last word. The rain pounding down on his simple black umbrella didn't affect his casual posture as he raised his pale face to look at her better.

"You're never too old to believe in the power of music." She turned her chin upwards to match him, never one to back down.

"Well, then…shouldn't it be more like this?" He leapt onto the telegraph pole and turned his umbrella outwards, letting the rain soak through his unruly brown hair.

"I'm singing in the rain, just singing in the rain-"

Her mouth moved on its own, joining in the last few words quietly.

"-what a glorious feeling, I'm happy again!"

He bounded over next to her, just enough to let their umbrellas touch. His laugh was carried away by the wind.

"Nice work, comrade."

"I'm not your comrade."

"But we sang together! We were such a wonderful duet!"

"Uh huh. Keep thinking that."

And that's how they met.

A Special Case: Reviews incredibly appreciated please! Thank you for reading :D