Neji's pov
Flashback
Uhhh Neji..I..I..I love you!"
"Tenten you're nothing but a teammate to me""A teammate, that's all" Tenten said, her voice taking on an angry tone.
"Don't make me repeat myself "Neji said growing impatient.
"Well, I honestly didn't expect you to return my feelings, but I was at least you friend!" Tenten yelled. She walked off at a brisk pace, tears filling her eyes.
Flashback over
The next day Tenten moved to Suna. When not on a mission it's her duty to house any Kohona nin that are staying in Suna for long-term missions. It was the conditions of her move, and for her to be able to contemplate to the conditions, she was given a large house, and a monthly allowance to pay for food and other necessities that she would need to share with the boarding nin. Tsunade also had another girl move in with Tenten to help with the cleaning, and to take care of the boarding nin when Tenten was off on a mission.
3 years later…
Neji ran across the tree branches, with Rock Lee, Sakura, Ino, and Sasuke following close behind. Soon they reached the gates of Suna, there mission was to help re-build the hospital after an attack by the Akatsuki. The guards let them in and handed them a piece of paper with the address of the home they would be staying in. When the reached the large house, Lee knocked on the door. A girl opened the door. She had on a violet dress that ended just below the knee and had a pink ribbon tied around her middle. She also had a white lacy apron on, and her mid-back length blonde hair was pulled pack in to low pigtails. She said "You must be the boarding nin, Tenten will be back shortly, she's getting groceries. Come I'll show you to your room.""Thank—Tenten?" Sakura questioned, quite confused.
"Come on know. Oh and by the way I'm Suki. Tenten is the other boarder. What are your names"Neji was quite curious about Tenten, he hadn't seen his former teammate in three years.
"Youthful Rock Lee at your service, did you say Tenten?" Lee said (screamed).
""Yes I said Tenten, she's the actual owner of the house, I just help out and take care of any boarders when she's out on a mission. Do you know her?"
"Tenten was in our graduating class, and she was Neji's and Lee's teammates. She left without even saying goodbye. We just woke up one day and she was gone. Oh and I'm Sakura!"
"Oh Sakura, I heard of you from a former boarder. Oh what was his name! Black hair, that kinda looked like a chicken butt.""Sasuke?" Both Sakura and Ino asked, they were quite confused on why Sasuke would be talking about Sakura, even though Ino had given up on Sasuke and know was secretly chasing Shikamaru.
"Oh yes. That was it! Tenten and I talk to all the boarders, and for some reason they just always tell us everything. Now, we can talk later. I'm sure you all tired, and I don't know your names. So names, then I'll show you to you rooms. Okay?"
"I'm Ino!" Ino said proudly.
"Neji"
"Neji…GULP..Neji Hyuuga?"
"Yes"
"Oh no, this is not good, not good at all"
"Why" Ino asked, always the one for gossip.
"Well, you may not know this, but Neji's the reason that Tenten came to Suna" Suki said.
Everyone's, except Neji's and Suki's, Jaws dropped.
"W..What?" Neji asked, He had completely forgotten there last encounter.
"I told you, we'll talk later, now follow me." Everyone reluctantly followed. Ino and Sakura chose to share a room with two twin beds, while the boys both chose to have there own room. Suki walked down the stairs. Seeing Tenten she quickly ran over. "Tenten, well I have to tell you something""What?" Tenten asked with a cheerful smile.
"Well, one of the boarders is Hyuuga Neji" Immediately Tenten's smile disappeared. "I think I'll go take a nap in my roo-"
"TENTEN" Ino and Sakura screamed from the top of the stairs. Both ran down a pulled Tenten in to a bear hug.
"Ino…Sakura..Can't breathe!" Ino and Sakura both released there grip while Tenten gasped for breath.
"Ok, so?" Ino said.
"Don't ask!" Tenten warned.
"We're asking, why did you leave, Suki said it was because of Neji!" Tenten glanced over her shoulder at Suki and glared, Suki smiled innocently.
"You may be asking, but I'm not answering. Why don't you go gossip with Suki, for a while? She loves gossip and he boarders tell us everything. Shikamaru boarded here once." Tenten said. That convinced Ino and she dragged Sakura over to Suki.
"Tenten?" came a stoic voice from behind her. Tenten's eyes flared up in anger and she spun around.
"What?" she spat out, glaring at the Hyuuga prodigy before her.
"Well Hi to you to" Neji said as stoic as ever. Tenten just glared before walking off to unpack the groceries. Ino and Sakura just stared at the spot Tenten had been standing. They were very surprised that Tenten would treat Neji liked that. While Neji finnaly remembered why Tenten was like that.
Tenten looks good. All this heat has don wonders for her. WAIT what am I thinking. I view Tenten as a former teammate. Nothing else. Right
Sakura and Ino pulled Suki over to the couch.
"Spill! Why did Tenten treat Neji like that?" Ino said to Suki while Sakura listened intently.
"Ok look, here's the story." Suki whispered, while both girls leaned in. Suki glanced over her shoulder to make sure no one was listening in. Tenten was auguring with Neji about something or other and Lee had yet to come out of his room. "So Tenten told me, that she told Neji that she loved him and he said she was just her teammate.""Yeah but why is she so mad at Neji? She can't honestly be mad at him for not falling in love with her, can she?" Sakura cut off Suki.
"Let me finish. Tenten found out that he didn't even view her as a friend. The only reason he even spent time with her is because they were coincidently on the same team. She just can't forgive him for that. She was completely crushed. She spent the entire time the first day crying her eyes out, so I kinda forced her to tell me what was wrong. ""How could Neji be so mean?" Ino was very unhappy that someone had caused her best friend so much pain.
"We're talking about Neji here. How couldn't he?" Sakura answered.
"Is he really that bad?" Suki asked, very interested in this gossip.
"Oh yeah, you should hear what he did to Hinata………….."
The end of chapter 1
A/N: Ok, I hoped you like it! I don't mind flames, I'll use them to make hot coco! And yes I know it's the middle of summer, but I have a total hot coco obsession! And my Dad's house is totally freezing 24/7. But hey, who am I to complain? I love the cold. Anyway, I went off track though. I don't own Naruto, although I do own Suki and the plot. The flashback is set pre-time skip the rest is post-time skip. Suggestions are welcome! R&R!
Sayonara,
Matsuri