-[The Start-
"Yes, yes, I am so sorry master!" The brown haired girl stammered as she rushed over to Hiashi, the Hyuga clan leader, and served him some warm rice tea. Her hands shook all over and then, as careless as she may be, spilled some on Hiashi's gray robe. She gasped in horror and fear as Hiashi pushed her aside angrily.
"Look what you did! You're so useless! I should've told your mother to take you away!" He hollered brashily at the frightened girl and she almost wanted to cry, "Get out, useless mutt." He murmured. Wiping her tears, she bowed to his master with respect and quickly left.
Hinata, the older daughter of Hiashi, quickly ran over to the upset girl when she saw her sobbing, "Did father yell at you again?" Hinata comforted the poor girl when she saw her trembling. "Look at your hands, they're all red!" The heiress noticed the girl's right hand and grabbed onto it gently.
"I'm fine, please, I have to go or else Hiashi-sama might see and he'll punish you for being so kind to me." The brown haired girl sniffed and Hinata frowned at her.
"Not without some ointment, Tenten. Wait here." Scurrying, the heiress lifted her decent dress, making sure it won't drag on the floor, and went into her room. Within a few seconds, Hinata, came out with a small container of special ointment and handed it to her.
"I made this myself; it should be pretty good for your burn." Hinata told her and Tenten gave the caring heiress a calm smile. "You can keep it with you, if you'd like. Don't bother returning it 'cause I have a lot." Tenten smiled again.
Hinata was a very sweet girl; she wasn't like her father or her sister, Hanabi. It's not that Tenten didn't like Hanabi, but it was vice versa: Hanabi did not accepted Tenten. Maybe it was because she was some unimportant servant while Hanabi was a well-respected princess, but Tenten never mind that. Hinata had always helped Tenten get out of trouble, like if she did something wrong or if she angered her father. This has made her grow fond of Hinata and Tenten hoped one day that she can help her back if she needed assistance in anything.
"I have dancing lessons with Neji nii-san, now. Please do take care!" There was grace in those lavender eyes of Hinata's and Tenten nodded in response when the heiress turned to leave.
Tenten was a slim girl with long brown hair that she loved to tie into two identical buns on top of her head with two thin, bright red strings. Tenten wore a worn out red robe that goes down right above her knees. She only had one outfit that fit her and that outfit hugged her waist comfortably, showing Tenten's nice curves. The brown haired girl didn't look too bad either, if she had been put in better clothes, she'd have boys attracted to her immediately. Yet, Tenten's family background wasn't very good. Tenten was forced unwillingly by her mother to become a servant for the Hyuga family since 7 years ago for Tenten's family could no longer support her. Her family consists of a father, which died in a war before she was born so she never knew how he looked like, a mother whom Tenten still loved, and an older brother named Makoto whom she loved also, but they never saw each other again after she became a servant. Tenten's father was very skilled with weapons, as she had heard from her mother, and her father was a weapons master. Her mother mentioned once that Tenten's father had perfect aim and that he knew of every single kind of weapon that existed. That was pretty cool for a young girl like Tenten and she trained with her brother everyday, throwing kunais at targets on trees, with Tenten's mother supervising of course. Although Makoto had trained 3 years earlier than Tenten, her mother had said a few times that Tenten could surpass her brother with ease. "She has her father's genes. I am sure that she can be a true weapons specialist someday." Quoted Tenten's mother and Tenten does want that to become true, but now she knew that it would never ever since she became a servant in the Hyuga compound.
With the ointment that Hinata gave her in her pocket, she ran quickly back to her room. Tenten only had a normal room for servants, so small that it can only fit a small bed, a chair, and a tiny drawer for her little amount of clothes. The room had always smelled of dirt or grass and Tenten had grown to adjust to the stench even if it bothered her sometimes. She was about to put on the ointment when suddenly, someone knocked on her door; it was the cook of the household, Eri.
"Tenten, you in there? Hiashi-sama wants you to bring Hinata-sama her lunch!" Tenten quickly opened the door and saw Eri smiling at her. Eri had jet black hair with light blue eyes. He looked somewhat handsome and charming because of his nice features, as if it was sculpted by angels. However, Eri was grown in a poor family so being the cook of the Hyugas is the only way to get a lot of money and quick. Tenten knew of a few servant girls that had a crush on Eri and that cousin of Hinata's, Hyuga Neji, but never mind Neji yet. It's just that Eri never knew about his 'fan girls' and Tenten never found out about Eri liking her either.
"Okay, I'll go right now." Tenten said and Eri handed her the tray of the food. "Thanks."
"Be careful not to burn yourself, its hot!" Warned Eri and he flashed Tenten a smile (the other servant girls would either shriek or faint if Eri ever gave them a smile). Tenten smiled back and left.
"Where is Hinata-sama again?" Tenten thought to herself as she walked across the amazingly large complex. It would be easy to get lost in there and never find your way out, unless you asked someone. "Oh right! Hinata-sama said that she is taking dancing lessons!" As quickly as the clumsy girl could, she rushed to find the heiress. Within a minute or so, Tenten knocked on the door and Hinata paused the music for a moment. Tenten bowed and grinned as she saw Hinata and, wait, there's still Neji.
"Here is your lunch, Hinata-sama." Tenten carefully placed it on a nearby table and the heiress thanked her delightfully. Neji stared from afar and sat beside Hinata as she ate lunch. "I'm sorry, Hiashi-sama never told me to bring-"
"It's fine. I don't want a lunch." Neji cut off Tenten's speech. Tenten never really liked Neji. He's too odd sometimes, even if he did look a little gorgeous. Neji always had that 'stare', that cold 'stare' that just makes Tenten shiver. She never had a long conversation with him before, the longest record was 4 sentences (Yes, Tenten counted) and they were 'small' sentences.
Hinata and finished her meal as fast as possible, since she had to go back and practice dancing with Neji again. Tenten carefully tidy up the half-eaten servings of food onto her tray, trying not to spill or drop anything. As Tenten was about to leave, a graceful and soft music was heard. She turned around to find Neji and Hinata dancing smoothily to the gentle music with talented moves that were obviously practiced a lot. Hinata moved along with Neji following her and it seemed so calm. Tenten quickly went into a trance and suddenly snapped out of it when the music paused. She looked up to find Neji giving her an intent look.
"Why aren't you leaving?" He inquired in an uncaring voice, "I don't like being watched." Tenten quickly blushed and apologized for being so rude.
"I'm sorry, I should get going now." Tenten answered disappointedly and left with the messy tray in her hands. She left in such hurry that she forgot to bow. Neji cocked an eyebrow at her reactions.
"Hmm, she's so strange. I thought she would oppose or at least become offended." He thought, looking at the direction where Tenten was. "Her reactions were almost cute." Abruptly, Neji snapped out of it. He never thought any girl was 'cute' or 'adorable'. This was just about rare for Neji to ever think that. Then he accidently stepped on Hinata due to his inattention.
"Is anything wrong, Neji nii-san? Did Tenten do anything wrong? You barely ever make a mistake." Hinata asked and Neji shook his head in refuse.
"No, its nothing." Neji briefly answered and he continued practicing, of course, with Tenten still in his mind.