Love that Cannot Be

Part 1: The Realization and a Lot of Agains

A/N: I'm new here. Sorry, I have my cousin, hyperB4eva, edit my stuff. All mine except some grammar mistakes. Hope you like it, because I'm bad at details.

Disclaimer: Don't own Naruto.

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Brain... not... functioning.

Tenten groaned as she pulled the covers up over her chestnut hair. She rubbed her eyes and squinted in the bright sunlight. Groaning (again) she turned her head to the clock.

"Oh gods! I'm late AGAIN!"

She threw the covers back and sprang up. She rushed into the shower, letting the cold water wake her up.

Damn it... Gai is going to kill me. By talking about youth.

She quickly put up her still wet hair in the normal two buns on her head, buttoning up the Chinese-style shirt and her pants that ended to her knees. Buckling her rather heavy weapon pack around her slim waist, she gave one fast glance in the mirror.

She sighed. She wasn't the most prettiest kunoichi in Konoha. Too skinny and a huge tomboy, guys were scared at her because of her specialty-weapons. But at least she wasn't flat-chested.

By the time she reached the training grounds, Gai-sensei was watching Lee and Neji spar.

"Tenten-san... you're late. Enjoying youth?" Lee grinned, his teeth shining in the morning sun.

Gai-sensei and Lee beamed at Tenten.

"I'm so sorry. On my way here, some elderly folks asked me to help carry some things inside so I did," Tenten lied.

"Ahhh just what I'd expect from you Tenten. Using your power of youth to help the needy out. I'm so proud of you! The Spring of Youth runs through your veins as it does in Lee!" Gai's eyes got watery. Tenten stepped back.

Gods... should have told the truth.

Neji could see she was lying through her teeth. Neji could also see the back of his head. Lee was beaming, looking like a mini Gai without the ninja vest, but of course, wearing the green spandex. Out of nowhere, in this acquired moment of silence, there was a pop. Tenten jumped.

"Well if it isn't my life long rival. Hatake Kakashi. Shall we continue our long youthful rivalry! I have after all beaten you 50 wins to 49!" Gai proclaimed doing his "Nice Guy" pose.

"Did you say something?" Kakashi drawled lazily.

"You act so... hip! I see green!" Gai yelled.

"You always see green..." Neji murmured. Gai wasn't listening.

"Ohayo Kakashi-sensei!" Lee greeted.

"Ohayo Kakashi-sensei" Tenten smiled.

"..." Neji looked away.

"Neji show some respect to Gai-sensei's greatest rival!" Lee demanded. "We youthful pupils must be nice to our elite shinobi teachers!"

Neji scoffed, thinking it wasn't worth glaring at the spandex-clad boy. Lee pouted.

"Lee! Stop disrespecting your teammate!" Gai punched Lee in the face.

Tenten watched, and sighed. This always happened.

"Gomennasai Gai-sensei..."

Gai lifted the boy up, and they started hugging. Kakashi walked away.

"Gai, the Hokage wants to see you and Lee, report to her office for another mission." Kakashi waved slightly, his nose in his book, Icha Icha Paradise.

Gai nodded, saluting the pop that was once was Kakashi. "Let us go Lee!"

"Hai Gai-sensei!" Lee sprang up and they almost skipped towards the administration building.

"Ready to train?" Tenten said, turning to the stoic boy.

Neji walked to the center of the training ground, like always, and Tenten jumped into the trees, pulling out a couple of kunai. Tenten never missed, so she wasn't going to miss Neji. Neji blocked her attacks with his gentle fist. This way, Tenten could sharpen her accuracy and increase her speed, and it would help higher Neji's reflexes. They would rather do this, then watch Lee proclaim that "today he would beat Neji" and fail miserably again, much to Neji's and Tenten's annoyance.

Tenten threw the kunai. She watched as Neji moved, his body moving rather gracefully for a boy. His dark brown mane moved as Neji ducked, dodged, and blocked. The way the kunai would just graze his shirt, but he would move his body so flexibly, it didn't cut through the fabric. Tenten had seen Neji without his shirt off once. He, like her, wore body bandages, but Tenten could see the faint outline of the lean muscles on the Hyuuga.

"Why are you slowing down? Tired already?" Neji's voice cut into the air. Her heart beat faster as the prodigy's eyes gazed up at her.

Tenten stopped, "Oh... I was slowing down? Gomen."

She picked up speed, aiming for his weaker spots. But there weren't many. She smiled as she continued to watch Neji's fluid motions.

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A/N: Sorry that was short, the next one will be longer. So how did I do? Please review if you want to.