R&R please.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto and I guess I never will.

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Tenten flung another kunai at him, hoping that this time, he wouldn't manage to dodge it.

"No fair!" Tenten screamed as she watched the kunai fly past Neji, "Can you at least pretend to get hit?"

Neji smirked then tossed his head back, "Isn't that the whole point of training, Tenten?" Neji just replied coolly, "Now, throw a faster kunai this time. This is getting too easy."

Grumbling, Tenten grabbed another few sets of kunai knives then flung them again at Neji.

As always, he jumped over, ducked and evaded them quickly.

Ironically, it was Tenten who was getting worn out. She was expecting Neji to be the one who would end up panting, sweating and getting floppy like a pancake. But, it turned out that she was the one who got exhausted at the end.

"Tenten," Neji called out with concern in his voice, "You need a break?"

Almost wearily, she nodded in reply. She stumbled onto the ground and tried to catch her breath.

Neji walked to her, holding two water bottles. He dropped into a seating position before her and handed her a water bottle.

"Someone's getting tired easily nowadays." Neji commented, "Are you sick or something?"

Grabbing the water bottle gratefully, Tenten said, "I have no idea… Man…"

She strained herself to open the water bottle and, lamely, she struggled in vain.

Neji was already gulping great amounts of liquid from his bottle when he rolled his eyes and mumbled, "Need help?"

Tenten groaned and handed her water bottle to Neji to get it opened.

"Damn it, Tenten," Neji muttered a little softly, "No wonder you don't have a boyfriend…"

Her eyes grew, "What's that supposed to mean, Neji!" Tenten defended her being single.

Neji chuckled and said nothing more. He hated it when Tenten got mad. He plucked the water bottle's cover open and handed it to her with a grin.

"Look who's talking," Tenten said teasingly as she got hold of her water bottle, its coolness bursting on her palm, "What about you? You don't have a girlfriend…"

With irritation, Neji snapped back, "I don't like girls who drool over me all the time. So… distracting."

Tenten gulped down a lot of water before she said, "But, no, seriously, what did you mean when you said that it wasn't a wonder that I didn't have a boyfriend?"

Throwing his hands into the air, Neji made an amusing statement, "I was saying that it wasn't a wonder. Nothing else…"

Tenten squirted some water from her bottle onto Neji's flushed face, "What did you mean!" Tenten demandingly asked Neji.

Rubbing the droplets of water off his face, Neji decided to spit it out, "…You're such a… How do I say this without getting you mad…?"

That was a bad sign for Tenten. 'Without getting me mad…!' Tenten thought with her patience running out.

"I meant…" Neji went on, "You're always acting tough all the time but it's just a tactic to hide the inner damsel-in-distress in you."

Tenten clenched her fists, "DAMSEL-IN-DISTRESS!" she yelled at Neji, "I can't believe you!"

Neji regretted his wrong choice of words, "…Sorry. No offence, actually…" he muttered.

"See? That's… That's the reason why YOU don't have a girl!" Tenten answered back, "You feel like… like… you're such a… prodigy!"

Neji's brow arched, "Tenten," he murmured, trying not to sound too arrogant, "I am a prodigy…"

Tenten crossed her arms across her chest, "That's the problem with you!" she replied.

"It's not my fault I'm a prodigy…" Neji grumbled under his breath, meaning every word.

Tenten's head was going to explode as she explained, "Not that! You're not humble. You always indirectly insult people by throwing around how much of a failure they are compared to you. Why don't you be sensitive or something?"

Neji's expression didn't shift from his usual emotionless face, "D… Do I make you feel that way, Tenten?" he asked almost innocently.

Tenten stared back at his adorable, beautiful eyes and began to blush involuntarily, "Sometimes…" she admitted.

At that, Tenten stood from the dirt and pointed at Neji with a grimace, "Well, why don't we settle things with a dare?"

Neji passively looked up at Tenten and said, "Aw, fine. What is it?"

"This is gonna be good…" Tenten said before announcing, "You have to get a girlfriend within this week!"

Neji's eyes grew, "What! No way!" Neji yelled, "Can you think of all the pain I'll get?"

"Don't worry," Tenten said, "Your dare for me is to get a boyfriend within this week. We're even."

Neji placed his water bottle on the ground beside him and exclaimed, "That's such a stupid dare, Tenten!"

Tenten smirked, "Hah! You're just afraid. Oh! The Great Hyuga Neji! Afraid to find a decent girl in a week."

Neji's scowl got even nastier, "Oh yeah?" he growled, "Fine! I'll do your dare! What do you say to that?"

He also stood from where he was, ready to shake Tenten's hand. Both were silent until Tenten finally grabbed his hand and shook it.

"We're talking about true love, Neji," Tenten explained, "A true love relationship, not just sweet talk and cutesy hugs. No homosexual relationships, alright?"

Neji tightened his grip on Tenten's hand, "Definitely."

The two let go of each other's hand, "So," Neji started counting, "Today's a Sunday so the dare starts tomorrow and ends next Sunday, am I right?"

Tenten nodded then added, "The loser is labeled a desperate virgin."

Neji had a sweat drop appear over his head mumbling, "Uh… what if we just get the loser to try to do something weird… and sinister?"

Tenten neared Neji's face, "What's in your mind, Neji?" she giggled.

Neji began, "If you lose, you have to steal Jiraiya's full set of Make Out books and his underwear. If I lose, I have to steal seven bottles of her sake and her undergarments."

Tenten's face slightly soured but soon got over the tentative trauma, "Oh, fine. Sinister enough."

Neji grabbed his water bottle and flipped it into the air continuously, "So, my target could be any single girl in Konoha?"

Tenten took the chance to mock Neji a little, "If you can't get a girl around here, you can find someone in the other villages."

Ignoring the insult, Neji mumbled, "You know, you seem really tired today. I'm serious. Why don't we just stop and continue tomorrow?"

Tenten was thankful to have such a great teammate and best friend, "Thanks…" was all she could say.

The two gathered their weapons and things and headed for the village, out of the woods.

"Oh, by the way," Neji said before parting ways with her, "If you plan on getting Lee as a boyfriend, you've got my full support."

As Neji laughed away, Tenten wanted to throw a really, really huge ninja sickle at him.

"Oh yeah? I think you'll be trying your luck on your cousin Hinata! Good luck!" she defended herself before she marched home.

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There you go. Reviews are very welcome so keep them coming. Heehee.