Revelations
A Naruto Oneshot
By: GoldenDragonClouds
Neji did not feel reassured.
Disclaimer: Don't own.
It was illogical.
Absolutely absurd.
There was no way that Hyuuga Neji liked someone.
Yet here he was, being utterly beaten by the objects of his affections (aka his long time training partner) for the first time in months, and all because of this newfound revelation:
He, Hyuuga Neji, liked his teammate Tenten.
Tenten was meanwhile enjoying kicking Neji's butt.
"What's wrong Neji?" she hollered, grinning. She flipped back to summon a new barrage of weapons - a batch of newly made kunai had just been imported from Lightning Country and Tenten had been adamant about trying them out - and Neji broke out of his musings just in time to pull himself away right before impact. He stumbled, and Tenten laughed, eyes closed and head thrown back, exposing the nape of her neck from the mandarin collar of her shirt.
Neji tripped over a discarded shuriken, managing to use the replacement jutsu in time to prevent himself from falling, face-down, to the floor. Tenten visibly deflated and sighed.
"As if it would be that easy," Neji said from right behind her, only to have her flip forward while launching two wakizashi at him.
"I don't think those are meant to be thrown," Neji called out at Tenten, deflecting her weapons with chakra-covered hands, and Tenten stuck her tongue out at him.
"You know I can keep you out of your range for as long as I have stamina."
"Or weapons."
Tenten scowled and threw a fuuma shuriken at him. Neji grunted, avoiding it, and attacked once more, focusing on continuing to move forward despite of Tenten's weapons raining down on him. Tenten gave a satisfied grin - and Neji tripped once more, Tenten ceasing her barrage immediately in fear of unnecessarily harming her teammate.
As Neji dusted his clothes off, Tenten stood there, staring contemplatively at him.
"What's wrong with you today?" she asked, and Neji barely suppressed a flinch. "You're terribly distracted and I can obviously tell because it's taking you forever to even start beating me up."
This time Neji visibly winced at her bluntness. Tenten laughed.
"What?" she asked, still chuckling. "We do beat each other up. Like, every single day."
Neji did not feel reassured.
Author's Note:
This is a oneshot for now, but who knows where it'll go. I mean, look at Of Cages and Snakes - that's turned into Mission: Hoguwatsu... In short: depending on the reviews and what you, my readers, want, this might turn into a full blown chapter fic rather than a measly little oneshot.
I do enjoy torturing Neji - a bit too much, in fact. I have in store a lot of little "torture Neji" moments that I really should input into one of my many fics...
And of course, like most of my other fics, this is obviously Tenten-centric. I am a bit too obsessed with this character, really, but it's just so much fun to write her.
Reviews are love!
Ja Ne,
~Golden