The chars in this fic are 14.
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Neji's eye twitched.Here he was,the most prestigious ninja of his year,genius of the Hyuuga Clan,being pestered by his Sensei and his teammate,Rock Lee,who had recently recovered. Tenten was too busy drawing people dying in her notebook to annoy him as they walked to the training grounds,and he was happy.Not that she annoyed him often.Only when she...
Rock Lee nudged Neji in the shoulder."Hey Neji,you've just walked into a construction zone.Be careful." Neji glanced around and noticed that it was true.Some female shinobi was moving,and he himself had to move aside to avoid the crane that was currently carrying the woman's grand piano (which she obviously couldn't roll downstairs) through the air. "Hey kid, watch it,this is a danger zone," a man called.Neji rolled his eyes and went back to his thinking.Where was he? Ah yes.Not that Tenten annoyed him,only when she...
"Hey il fait neige*,wait up!"
Neji flinched.The only time Tenten annoyed him was when she called him by his annoying nickname.He whirled around."Whadda you want?" he asked glaring.Just then the working man yelled, "Kid,watch out!" Neji didn't even have time to look up before the grand piano fell on him.
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Tenten stood by Neji's bedside,anxiously awaiting her teammate's awakening.Outside,she could hear Gai and Rock Lee conversing with the same nurse who had treated Lee."He has a bad concussion,and may act different from the way he acted before,may not remember things,etc. You'll have to be patient for a while before we can be sure of his condition," the nurse said in a hushed tone.She was very nice,Tenten thought.The young kunoichi looked down at her death drawing.It was Neji being crushed by the piano.She shuddered.It was all still very vivid in her memory,though it was noon of the next day;the crunch,Neji's screams of pain that were cut short 3 minutes after he had been crushed,the blood that splattered everywhere...The man had said it was an accident,but when the person running the crane got out,he had been wearing a very sour expression and had muttered,"Damn Hyuugas."
Tenten snapped out of her reverie when the boy in question groaned and opened his eyes. She gasped and leaned over him.Though he had survived with a remarkable lack of injury (though various gashes across his chest and back and other appendages (no not his privates you pervs I know what you're thinking) made up for the fact that no bones were broken),the doctors had said that he might be out for another day."Neji?" she asked timidly.He was staring up at her,mouth open and eyebrows curving in an almost scared expression."Tenten," he recalled,relaxing.The nurse and other two members of Team 9,hearing his voice,opened the door.He looked over at them,then back at Tenten."Who are they?" he asked in a low voice.Her eyebrows shot up.He remembered her,but not his sensei and rival? Something was definitely wrong.Then she remembered what the medic lady had said.'He has a bad concussion and may act different from the way he acted before;may not remember things,etc.You'll have to be patient for a while before we can be sure of his condition.' That must be it."Your rival and teammate,Rock Lee,and your sensei,Gai." He looked at her for a second,then nodded.The other three occupants of the room raised their eyebrows at Neji's odd behaviour."Well,let's go train! Come on,Lee,Tenten,let's get Neji ready to go!" Gai shouted as he pumped his fist into the air,breaking the silence.
As Tenten waited outside for Rock Lee to be done helping Neji dress,she worked on her death scene.When the green-clad shinobi opened the door,Neji came tumbling out with his hairbrush in hand."Lee dressed me,you can brush my hair," he said pointedly as he stood with his hands on his knees,panting.Tenten lifted an eyebrow at Rock Lee,but he just shrugged.So Tenten said,"Sure Neji,I'll brush your hair." She sat him down on his hospital bed so his legs hung off,then she sat on the bed herself cross-legged and undid the little elastic that held his hair together.She then took the brush and,starting carefully at the bottom,gradually brushed upwards, untangling any knots.His hair is so long and silky,she thought.Wonder if he has any dandruff problems.
Once she was done,they stood up and he thanked her,then all 3 people left to meet Gai. When they got to the clearing,they found their eccentric teacher playing Go Fish with his turtle.He quickly stood up and said,"Good to see you back in action,Neji!" Neji just nodded.He was standing behind Tenten as though she was a protective shield."Follow me!" Gai suddenly shouted and paraded out of the clearing,card game forgotten.
The training area that Gai led Team 9 to was simply a perfect row of trees,Tenten noticed.Gai stood proudly in front of them,hands on hips and said,"Yep,my great-grandpa grew them himself." "ALL by himself?" Tenten questioned.Gai looked a bit sheepish for a second as he said,"Well,actually,his wife did most of the growing." But then he quickly turned back to normal and proclaimed,"We will be running up and down this row of trees throwing kunai at each other! Your goal is to be the one least hit at the end of the day! Go!"
As they ran around the trees,Tenten smiled.Unlike the others,she wore clothing with a layer of thin bendy metal embedded in the middle and had enough kunai to donate to charity and make a difference.But Rock Lee was faster than her,and so was Gai,so that gave them something to gloat over.However,she was faster than Neji,so she had him there.
She was so caught up in her train of thought,she didn't see the approaching kunai sent by Rock Lee until she knew she wouldn't be able to dodge it.She closed her eyes and lifted her arms to take the impact,but she never felt it.She opened her eyes,confused,and saw Neji standing in front of her,kunai sticking out of his sleeve.He turned to her,smiling faintly,and said,"Be careful,Tenten." Then he ran off.
At the end of training,Neji won with only the blow that he had taken for Tenten. Apparantly no one wanted to hit him after his piano experience.
Tenten didn't get hit the whole time through with any of Neji's kunai.
After lessons,Neji timidly came over to Tenten and asked,"Is it okay if I walk with you to your house?" Tenten was surprised,but nodded.On the way home,Neji constantly stood behind and to the left of her.She didn't let it show,but it freaked her out ever so little.Also,the people who knew Neji and knew that he didn't usually act like this didn't help.To top it all off,when they got to the young kunoichi's home,Neji opened the door for her and said,"See ya tomorrow, Tenten," before he walked off.Tenten just blinked as her mom whispered,"So you have a Hyuuga after you? Oooh,lucky girl! I hear they're hard to get!"
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*Il fait neige='It is cold' in Canadian French.Suitable for Neji because his attitude is so cold.And 'neige' sounds like 'Neji.'
So,whaddya think? Look promising? Please tell me! R&R!
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Neji's eye twitched.Here he was,the most prestigious ninja of his year,genius of the Hyuuga Clan,being pestered by his Sensei and his teammate,Rock Lee,who had recently recovered. Tenten was too busy drawing people dying in her notebook to annoy him as they walked to the training grounds,and he was happy.Not that she annoyed him often.Only when she...
Rock Lee nudged Neji in the shoulder."Hey Neji,you've just walked into a construction zone.Be careful." Neji glanced around and noticed that it was true.Some female shinobi was moving,and he himself had to move aside to avoid the crane that was currently carrying the woman's grand piano (which she obviously couldn't roll downstairs) through the air. "Hey kid, watch it,this is a danger zone," a man called.Neji rolled his eyes and went back to his thinking.Where was he? Ah yes.Not that Tenten annoyed him,only when she...
"Hey il fait neige*,wait up!"
Neji flinched.The only time Tenten annoyed him was when she called him by his annoying nickname.He whirled around."Whadda you want?" he asked glaring.Just then the working man yelled, "Kid,watch out!" Neji didn't even have time to look up before the grand piano fell on him.
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Tenten stood by Neji's bedside,anxiously awaiting her teammate's awakening.Outside,she could hear Gai and Rock Lee conversing with the same nurse who had treated Lee."He has a bad concussion,and may act different from the way he acted before,may not remember things,etc. You'll have to be patient for a while before we can be sure of his condition," the nurse said in a hushed tone.She was very nice,Tenten thought.The young kunoichi looked down at her death drawing.It was Neji being crushed by the piano.She shuddered.It was all still very vivid in her memory,though it was noon of the next day;the crunch,Neji's screams of pain that were cut short 3 minutes after he had been crushed,the blood that splattered everywhere...The man had said it was an accident,but when the person running the crane got out,he had been wearing a very sour expression and had muttered,"Damn Hyuugas."
Tenten snapped out of her reverie when the boy in question groaned and opened his eyes. She gasped and leaned over him.Though he had survived with a remarkable lack of injury (though various gashes across his chest and back and other appendages (no not his privates you pervs I know what you're thinking) made up for the fact that no bones were broken),the doctors had said that he might be out for another day."Neji?" she asked timidly.He was staring up at her,mouth open and eyebrows curving in an almost scared expression."Tenten," he recalled,relaxing.The nurse and other two members of Team 9,hearing his voice,opened the door.He looked over at them,then back at Tenten."Who are they?" he asked in a low voice.Her eyebrows shot up.He remembered her,but not his sensei and rival? Something was definitely wrong.Then she remembered what the medic lady had said.'He has a bad concussion and may act different from the way he acted before;may not remember things,etc.You'll have to be patient for a while before we can be sure of his condition.' That must be it."Your rival and teammate,Rock Lee,and your sensei,Gai." He looked at her for a second,then nodded.The other three occupants of the room raised their eyebrows at Neji's odd behaviour."Well,let's go train! Come on,Lee,Tenten,let's get Neji ready to go!" Gai shouted as he pumped his fist into the air,breaking the silence.
As Tenten waited outside for Rock Lee to be done helping Neji dress,she worked on her death scene.When the green-clad shinobi opened the door,Neji came tumbling out with his hairbrush in hand."Lee dressed me,you can brush my hair," he said pointedly as he stood with his hands on his knees,panting.Tenten lifted an eyebrow at Rock Lee,but he just shrugged.So Tenten said,"Sure Neji,I'll brush your hair." She sat him down on his hospital bed so his legs hung off,then she sat on the bed herself cross-legged and undid the little elastic that held his hair together.She then took the brush and,starting carefully at the bottom,gradually brushed upwards, untangling any knots.His hair is so long and silky,she thought.Wonder if he has any dandruff problems.
Once she was done,they stood up and he thanked her,then all 3 people left to meet Gai. When they got to the clearing,they found their eccentric teacher playing Go Fish with his turtle.He quickly stood up and said,"Good to see you back in action,Neji!" Neji just nodded.He was standing behind Tenten as though she was a protective shield."Follow me!" Gai suddenly shouted and paraded out of the clearing,card game forgotten.
The training area that Gai led Team 9 to was simply a perfect row of trees,Tenten noticed.Gai stood proudly in front of them,hands on hips and said,"Yep,my great-grandpa grew them himself." "ALL by himself?" Tenten questioned.Gai looked a bit sheepish for a second as he said,"Well,actually,his wife did most of the growing." But then he quickly turned back to normal and proclaimed,"We will be running up and down this row of trees throwing kunai at each other! Your goal is to be the one least hit at the end of the day! Go!"
As they ran around the trees,Tenten smiled.Unlike the others,she wore clothing with a layer of thin bendy metal embedded in the middle and had enough kunai to donate to charity and make a difference.But Rock Lee was faster than her,and so was Gai,so that gave them something to gloat over.However,she was faster than Neji,so she had him there.
She was so caught up in her train of thought,she didn't see the approaching kunai sent by Rock Lee until she knew she wouldn't be able to dodge it.She closed her eyes and lifted her arms to take the impact,but she never felt it.She opened her eyes,confused,and saw Neji standing in front of her,kunai sticking out of his sleeve.He turned to her,smiling faintly,and said,"Be careful,Tenten." Then he ran off.
At the end of training,Neji won with only the blow that he had taken for Tenten. Apparantly no one wanted to hit him after his piano experience.
Tenten didn't get hit the whole time through with any of Neji's kunai.
After lessons,Neji timidly came over to Tenten and asked,"Is it okay if I walk with you to your house?" Tenten was surprised,but nodded.On the way home,Neji constantly stood behind and to the left of her.She didn't let it show,but it freaked her out ever so little.Also,the people who knew Neji and knew that he didn't usually act like this didn't help.To top it all off,when they got to the young kunoichi's home,Neji opened the door for her and said,"See ya tomorrow, Tenten," before he walked off.Tenten just blinked as her mom whispered,"So you have a Hyuuga after you? Oooh,lucky girl! I hear they're hard to get!"
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*Il fait neige='It is cold' in Canadian French.Suitable for Neji because his attitude is so cold.And 'neige' sounds like 'Neji.'
So,whaddya think? Look promising? Please tell me! R&R!
